Introduction Leaders often formulate management philosophies to chart the way forward for their organisations or institutions. These philosophies may guide people’s behaviours with the goal of fulfilling an organisation’s vision or mission.1 Management philosophies are typically nurtured in organisations using a top-down approach whereby new and existing employees are taught...
Factors considered when choosing a Research Methodology for a Business Problem On the whole in tackling a business problem, various issues inform the choice of methodology. These include: Ethical Issues and Dilemmas The relevance of business ethics to researchers in choice of methodology is insurmountable because ethical issues occur in...
Principles of Empowerment, Teams, and Positive Change Empowerment in the workplace Evaluation and empowerment of employees’ professional skills are the main duties of every manager. One usually operates with a whole variety of data when performing those tasks. Normally, these data include reviews, targets, performance metrics, and several other operational...
Introduction Business Intelligence (BI) encompasses IT solutions providing decision support with, chain end, monitoring reports and dashboards both analytical and has advanced visualization. The final aim of (BI) is to consolidate the information available within the organization’s databases. “The processes, technologies and tools needed to turn data into information and...
Introduction A business excellence model is a framework, which a corporation can apply to help in focusing its actions and philosophies in a way that is more organized and efficient in order to generate to improved performances. The models should be able to put the focus on all dimensions of...
Introduction The business environment is highly competitive, thanks to the prevailing technological advancement, globalization, and ever-changing customer preferences and expectations. As organizations strive to remain aggressive in terms of seeking to enhance customer satisfaction, the demand for quality services and processes features prominently. The field of quality management has attracted...
Introduction Working together towards a common goal yields a synergistic effect, thus leading to the attainment of goals that transcend the efforts of the different individuals working separately. Kaifi and Noori (2011) note, “In our modern world, teams are essential to everything individuals do in daily life” (p. 88). This...
Introduction Strategy is a common term which is used in many circles. This is a common word that is used in the business and organization circles. It is a statement that is largely used in reference to organizational change (Cummings & Christopher 2008 ; Arora 2003). An action is referred...
Introduction Creativity, innovation, and change are interrelated phenomena affecting the operations in the organization. The human endeavor is characterized by creativity, in which the people and workers come up with new practical ideas to make the operation more efficient. Through creativity and innovation, one can add unprecedented value to the...
Preamble Single project level management and Portfolio Management are closely interlinked factors in the business operation milieu. The relationship between the two revelries can be conceptualized at a reasonably general level as portrayed in the back ground information garnered in this study. The two factors stage a rapport where a...
