In Great Britain, the national government and to some extent the European Union has been playing and continues to play a big role in influencing business activities. From time to time, the government amends the regulations and frameworks which cause business firms to alter their way of operation. Trade is...
Introduction The training and development process entails a behavior modification which is usually carried out officially and systematically which is as a result of planned experience, instruction, and learning. Training and development play a key function in the accomplishment of organizational objectives and most of these goals are more often...
Introduction In U.S. presidential elections, close races occasionally occur. The Electoral College is a mechanism, by which ties are nearly impossible. If a tie should happen, the nation would have found itself in a predicament and heated controversy. This appears to be a complex solution to a simple problem, a...
Fast and accurate decision-making has become very important in today’s business world. It can make the difference between a successful enterprise and one that is heading toward failure. This may be an extreme case but the latest financial crisis demonstrated that in time decision-making can make the “life to death”...
Executive Summary The inefficiency of Company A’s inventory systems has dealt a major blow to turnovers and overall firm efficiency. The Company has observed that goods have been poorly stored and disposed of. Moreover, some retailers have complained that delivery schedules are not satisfactory. For months, the Company executives have...
Abstract The following report deals with the expansion of the giant leader of the industry in specialty coffee, ‘Starbucks’. The focal point of the study where Starbucks can improve in the course of their operations management is the response that the company should give to the recent market research which...
Introduction Business sponsors have declared your business project as one of the complete successes of their organization. It is reported by end-users that the productivity and quality of the project was a leap according to their previous experiences. The company’s status has acquired a heroic position due to the success...
Over view Social demands and economic conditions have changed the role of work worldwide. Initially, people worked out of necessity and for the need to survive. However, this has changed over the years and so has the workforce composition. Though work is still a necessity today it should also lead...
Summary The paper aims at exploring whether organizations can benefit from process management when investing in quality is carried out. Firms may manage their processes even though they have already documented the same processes through investments. In order to address the research question in the most satisfactory manner, the author...
Operations management is one of the main components of any business and enterprise functioning. This function is necessary for the implementation of processes that ensure the creation of a quality product or service, as well as its successful implementation on the market on an ongoing basis. Processes are its central...
Abstract Since the present-day market is characterized by a high propensity to change, it becomes inevitable for businesses to involve themselves in the change management process to stay afloat and boost organizational performance. Supply chain redesign is one of the most challenging tasks an organization can undertake, a fact that...
Organizational cultural diversity is a set of beliefs and values or understandings which are held by different people in the organization. It is also a structure of forms of perceiving, evaluating, believing, and acting. This serves to bring a relationship between different communities and the environmental settings. (Christopher, 2006) Every...
Cultural diversity in the workplace provides strength as well as challenges to businesses today. Diversity is a reality in today’s workforce. Diversity is otherness or those human qualities that are different from our own and outside the groups, to which we belong, yet present in other individuals and groups. It...
Introduction Human Resources Management is a rather important function of every company. One can even say that this very function is basic and all other are built on its basis, as far as the work of any company depends greatly upon its workers. That is why every ambitious organization has...
Executive Summary In the present day business context knowledge management with its components change management, best practices, risk management and benchmarking is occupying a vital position with respect to its contribution to the enhancing the competitive advantage of the firms. In this connection it becomes necessary to study various aspects...
What do IT managers need to know about ‘knowledge management’ in our days? The unprecedented growth of knowledge in the 20th and now in the 21th century has brought about the necessity to manage knowledge. The new world order, though far from being fully defined and agreed to, is beginning...
Introduction Managing human resources is a highly complex and competitive task in modern organizations. Human resource management demands mastery over many areas, including psychology. The most difficult issue of employee management is their ever changing behavior. In spite of a number of behavioral theories developed by experts in the field,...
Problem Definition and Objective of the Plan In 1999, Clark Faucet Company is recognized as the third-largest supplier in both the commercial and the home segments. It was a general tendency among the customers in a severely competitive environment where the main considerations for buying the faucets more relied on...
To idealize operations strategy, we need to first think about its two major components- operations and strategy. Operation means activities and procedures implied in regular process of commodities manufacturing. Strategy refers to the planning for achieving organizational objective. Stevenson, W. J. (2006), argued that combining those aspects, operations strategy is...
Introduction The role of operations in the day to day functioning of organizations is very important, especially in the manufacturing sector. As a result the topic of operations management has grown in importance as organizations have begun to understand the need to streamline operations. “Operations management is concerned with managing...
Introduction Organizational environment and work relations have a great impact on an employee and his motivation, objectives, and personal achievements. For this reason, every employer tries to select the best place he/she can contribute to and fulfill his life aims and career goals. The essay examines scenario 2 as a...
Introduction Operations management refers to the management of resources, goods, and services in an organization with the main aim of ensuring efficient and effective operations. Organizations involve handling resources, goods, and services in the pursuit of achieving their goals and or objectives. As (Robert H. pg. 4) observes, operations management...
Introduction This essay describes the change management processes within the project management framework and the various processes of initiating, monitoring, and closing phases of a project. The organization selected for this assignment is a large software organization with more than 1000 employees. The project for which this study is being...
Management During the course, I acquire knowledge and skills important for managerial profession. Now, I understand that the development of a managerial philosophy forms the foundation for the goal-setting technique. The management philosophy presented here is not intended to be an ideology but rather an individual philosophy. The reader may...
Executive Summary Knowledge Management is an important issue with businesses today. Today, knowledge is the strategic key resource. Knowledge management is an approach that many commercial companies use to deal with knowledge. For years organizations have coded, stored, and transmitted knowledge. However, the current advancement of information technology has made...
Abstract Leadership is a very important skill that is not possessed by all; hardly very few people are blessed with this skill. Being a leader is not easy; it poses many challenges and the person who overcomes these challenges makes a successful leader. A leader instills confidence and provides motivation...
Introduction A firm’s production ability provides a new paradigm which it uses to penetrate new markets globally. Global penetration is often laced with global issues such as taxation, government regulation, economic concerns, and cultural diversity. Of these issues, cultural diversity is significant as it affects employees. If not carefully handled,...
Introduction Business change is an inevitable process for any organization that is success-oriented and is committed to achieving high levels within a given market.Some of the factors that make the change process inevitable include competition coupled with advancement in technology for instance information technology. This paper touches on the importance...
Introduction Leadership and management are important assets of a firm that should not be ignored if the organization intends to achieve any success in its activities. These two aspects define the success of the firm. Currently, the world is becoming very competitive. In order to survive in this competitive world,...
Literature Review Armstrong (2003) and Price (2007) argue that human resource management coordinates the core functions of business process re-engineering towards the goals and objectives of a business organization. Melão and Pidd (2000) established that Hallmark considers human resource management as an important best business practice for managing the implementation...
Introduction General Electric (GE) is a US-based conglomerate company headquartered in Boston. Henry Lawrence Culp Jr. is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of this company. The main products of GE are electrical distribution, finance, healthcare, gas, software, water, wind turbines, etc. GE is a large-size company that has 283,000...
The Emirates company launched its first two aircraft in 1985 and has been actively developing since then. Although the company has been following the goal of quality, not quantity, it grew up to have a fleet of more than 265 aircraft.1 Currently, it is one of the biggest air companies...
Classic research studies on leadership have set the stage for the theoretical development of leadership. Recently there is renewed research interest in the “Big Five” personality traits and effective leadership. To manage organizations today, where change has become rather a continuous factor, leaders need to be strategic and have the...
Introduction Enterprise resources planning (ERP) systems are gaining momentum in the modern business world due to their efficiency and relevance in the present-day business environment. An ERP is a standardized information system that integrates organizations’ “business functions around a common database and standardized processes that are configured to fit the...
Introduction The current global organizational changes threaten to make yesterday’s managers outdated. However, the awareness of the changes and how to take advantage of them offer tomorrow’s manager’s countless opportunities. Even though the nature of managerial function varies across organizations and changes continually, one general thread pervades nearly all managerial...
There is no use denying the fact that in the modern world rivalry is one of the main forces that influences development of society and individuals. Moreover, various organizations and companies are also affected by this issue and try to organize their functioning in the way that could help them...
All companies need to use high-quality data to achieve success in their fields. It is necessary to organize the data in such a way that a company can solve the problems it faces with the help of it. The usage of data of questionable accuracy increases the risk of loss...
Operational management technique The processes occurring at the present stage in the world economy have led to a revival and development of estimate activity, urgency, and demand for results in market conditions. The predictive analytics and its key category – ROI – are a complex indicator of expediency, utility, and...
High-quality management lies at the core of public and private organizations. However, because of the distinctions in the structure and objectives of the two sectors, professionals have to master the art of administering people differently in governmental and business settings. By examining differences between public and private administration in terms...
Time management is defined as the proper utilization of time for the appropriate purpose. In general, management of time includes tools or techniques for planning and scheduling time, particularly with the aim to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of personal and organizational time use. Since it plays a very important...
Importance of Managing People in a Global Context In the era of Globalization, Companies try to differentiate themselves mostly through the labor force as imitation is very minimal in this case. This illustrates the importance of managing a workforce. Employees contribute directly to Organizational Development and change is the permanent...
Business re-engineering can have a ‘happy ending’ if well implemented. Business Process Management (BMP) can refer to a method of aligning efficiently a company with the needs and wants of a specific client. It is a holistic approach of management that aims at promoting business effectiveness as well as efficiency...
Executive Summary In any organization – may it be a large corporation or just a small business enterprise – first-line managers usually hold the most important responsibilities. They are in direct contact with all the important enablers of the organization. They maintain superiority over the overall workforce. They are in...
Abstract This research was set up to discover which HRM practice would suit the strategy of the service or hotel industry. A comparison between a selected manufacturing and service firms was made during this research. From the research, it was discovered that the practice of HRM in organizations can be...
Introduction The process of management consists of controlling and directing people in the organization to harmonize and coordinate the people towards the direction of attaining the goals and objectives that the organization has set. For people to be able to attain these organizational objectives, the management uses the resources available...
Abstract Many organizations are currently organized as functional organizations. The idea is to manage across functional areas rather than managing down the functional structure. The focus in these organizations is the customer, not the interests of the functional areas. A functional organization has departments such as marketing, engineering, production, and...
Acknowledgments This study may not be achievable without the cooperation, guidance, and support and of a few people and organizations. University adopted Supervisor Dr. – PQR2, Lecturer, Department of Department of Accounting/ Financial Management, ABC University, was the resource of the inspiration and motivation to this dissertation effort. He has...
Introduction Platt (2002) defines Enterprise Architecture (EA) as a conceptual tool that assists organizations with the understanding of their structure and the way they work’. It is becoming a common tool for large organizations willing to embrace technology. This tool encompasses all the technical aspects into a single software. In...
Introduction With the current trends in commercial activities, the importance of human resource capital has been of high consideration. This is in the realization of the role played by the workers in an organization. In all organizations, the leadership styles are determined and promoted by various theories in which the...
Introduction Teams are very important elements in the new high-performance organizations. These teams are very different from other committees in that, they have created performance goals to achieve, and also the members of those teams feel accountable for achieving those goals. A team is a manageable group that joins together...
Introduction The arrangement of firms at the enterprise level – in core, the generally management and control requierments for the association used to be a comparatively easy implement. Traditional organizations consisted of patterns of practical units occupied in product expansion, producing, and selling. Depending on the degree of interconfidence necessary...
Abstract The aim of the present work is to enumerate, analyze and sum up all key strategies in Business Process Redesign. The following strategies have been assessed in the work: Quality Management, Business Process Engineering, Benchmarking, and Performance Measurement. Firstly, the three are defined, and the descriptions of their essence...
Executive summary The report looks at the group development, conflict management, and group leadership of a team of five band members whose main function is to perform concerts. A group development analysis by Tuchman’s model shows that the team is currently at the performing stage. The dynamics of the group...
Abstract in daily unfolding around the world, workplace discrimination is the unfortunate reality the unveils itself to hundreds of working class. Therefore, the best and appropriate actions should be taken. Discrimination is characterized by many deeds of unfairness and injustices. Women are mostly discriminated segment in society propelled by sexual...
Introduction Culture, organizational and national, has a great impact on every organization and its effective performance. In the pursuit of our everyday tasks and objectives, it is all too easy to forget the less rational and instrumental, the more symbolic social tissue around people that gives a meaning to everyday...
Introduction With the advent of globalization and expansion of the firms across geographical locations, the competition among business enterprises have become intense. This has necessitated the firms to employ best management practices in every functional area. The most critical factor for the success of a business enterprise is not only...
Introduction According to the expert analysis operations management deals with all the operations inside an organization. The management includes an extensive range of exploit and involves; excellence control, logistic, assessment, managing purchases, record control, and product intend and manufacture management (Skills and Practice). Operations management is distinct as the management...
The analysis of relationship between the corporation and the stakeholders helps in identifying the field and scope for change and improvement and for collaboration between the two. The aim of collaboration is creation of business value for both. Since the corporation receives money from the shareholders the main interest of...
How it all began? Knowledge Management (KM) significance was unknown to the industrialized world until individual entrepreneurs and global corporations felt the bottlenecks to efficiency towards large-scale manufacturing. In many organizations, it was recognized by the higher management teams that individuals alone are unable to contribute towards the mutual productivity...
Different managerial styles The process of becoming an effective manager starts with learning the right managerial style. Some of the managerial styles are people-oriented, while others are project or product-oriented. The chosen style depends on the skills, knowledge, and resources as well as desired results that are available to the...
Recent years, customers and market annalists admit a complete breakdown of all customer service aspects through the wholesale sector. Many wholesale retailers have determined that the capability of their organizations has been defined by staff responsiveness, thus customers admit that many companies are not responsive, and not worthy of loyalty,...
The Company’s Current Objectives and Current Strategy As far as the current marketing objectives and strategy are concerned, it is believed that the strategy JetBlue is implemented this far is perfect for the airline industry and the business JetBlue is in. The business JetBlue is in is that of the...
Introduction In an organization, the structure and management can be considered to require the knowledge and ability to be able to have an optimum output. There are different issues that are needed to be considered. Included in the techniques to be able to achieve success in the management of an...
The only thing constant in the world is change. The same is true for the world of marketing. The environment in which a product is sold will change gradually over time. The Product Life Cycle (PLC) theory refers to the progression of stages a product goes through. The Product Life...
During several decades, the product life cycle model has been very popular in management. Companies adopt this concept as a core of business operations and product management. The product-and-service mix is a significant force in corporate growth. Profit performance and market adjustment have as their fulcrum new product development, which...
Introduction Product life cycle in this case is taken to mean the succession of the many varying stages by which a product is said to undergo through. Products are seen to undergo several iterations, and some of these iterations may include the consumption of time and money before they eventually...
Literature Review Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives have become increasingly prevalent in the last couple of decades. Scholars define Corporate Social Responsibility as “contributing in a positive way to society by going beyond a narrow focus on profit maximization” (McWilliams, 2015, p. 1). Such contributions could be in the form of...
Introduction Apple Company is among the most well-managed organizations in the U.S. This corporation has supportive administrative and leadership teams that are always ready to teach, guide, and inspire both new and existing employees, a strategy, which has contributed hugely to its remarkable organizational culture and performance. According to Haslam...
Define innovation and give some examples of different types of innovation. How can managers promote innovation in large organizations? Give an example of an organization that is an innovator and describe how they support innovation. Give an example of an organization that has failed to innovate. Why do you think...
HR Planning Introduction Human Resource (HR) planning is a critical concept in every business organization. Armstrong (2012) believes that organizations should have ‘the right people who possess the required skills’ (p. 27). This goal can only be achieved through effective HR planning. This discussion begins by defining the concept of...
Introduction In the past, production was associated with manufacturing. However, business processes have changed significantly in the last two decades (Neely, 1993). Consequently, service provisions have grown in Canada due to developments in Internet services. Today, Canada depends on a service economy i.e., an economy dominated by the service sector....
Information sheet The company is a large advertising and marketing agency that develops and launches product promotion campaigns according to its clients’ needs and preferences. The organization renders a great variety of services including copywriting, market research, design, finance management, etc. Advertising is a customer-oriented business. It means that the...
Introduction The ever-changing business environment requires companies to be able to adjust to changes. Change management requires an immense amount of energy, an accumulation of leadership experience, well-developed skills, and significant knowledge. A qualified leader should be aware of the critical factors that influence the success of the process of...
HR Planning (HRP): Introduction Human resource planning is an essential practice in ensuring that an organization maintains the right workforce in an attempt to achieve its impending operational goals. The employees must possess the right skills for their designated jobs. Therefore, HR planning plays a central role in ensuring that...
Introduction Integrating ISO 9001: 2008 with EFQM, AKA DGEP and Six Sigma encompass linking quality management with environmental management. Reflectively, these standards of quality certification have similar advantages in saving of costs and improving effectiveness and efficiency in management of business entity. As a matter of fact, EFGM demands definite...
What are the requirements of ISO 9000? Discussing the requirements of ISO 9000, it is essential to elaborate on what ISO 9000 is. ISO 9000 serves as the primary set of rules quality management has to follow when it comes to the establishment and definition of the international quality management...
Introduction Researchers engaging in studies related to industrial relations classify three important theoretical approaches, which are critical in understanding the interactions among various stakeholders in the places of work. The perspectives differ in a number of ways, but they are often employed in understanding the behavior of individuals in the...
Introduction Stress in the workplace is observed when demands are not addressed adequately with the help of resources available to an employee. The reference to demands and resources is presented in the literature on occupational stress and its management. In this context, demands are pressures and uncertainties associated with work...
Discuss the seven (7) actions that managers can take to overcome resistance to change Organizations are constantly changing in their modes of operation in order to adapt to their competitive environments. Managers, being the overall individuals who oversee and implement change within their organizations, are obliged to the following actions....
Introduction The modern world is changing fast and, as such, there is need for nations to adapt to the changes. Nations that handle change in a good manner thrive, while those that do not, have to put an extra effort in an attempt to survive. The context of change management...
Introduction Business organizations should consider different ideas, beliefs, philosophies, and concepts that have the potential to drive performance. A good example is the use of the seven quality management principles. These attributes guide companies to formulate evidence-based models for improving practices, processes, and activities continuously. The paper presented below uses...
Introduction Organizational change is a structured process that creates the roadmap for growth. The growth and development of an organization centers on the correlation between the objectives and the processes involved. When the need for organizational changes arises, managers must focus on employees, who are the agents of change. The...
The ISO standards applied in the UAE The ISO standards which are applied in the United Arab Emirates are the following; ISO 9001 QMS, which is the standard framework for Quality Management System (QMS) providing a framework for quality production in organizational performances. The ISO 27001 is an Information Security...
Introduction Management practices are performance enhancement tools that are essential in any given organization. They entail attainment, allocation, and utilization of organizational resources through planning, leading, organizing, staffing, and controlling. For organizational management practices to be effective in institutions, it is essential for administrators to ensure proper coordination of key...
As it would be observed, everything in the current world seems to have taken a different course, probably for the better, owing to the many development plans that have emerged from industrialization and urbanization. As a matter of fact, the time is gone when the highest positions in politics and...
Operational managers are tasked with the responsibility of ensuring that the operations in their firms flow smoothly and without any major glitches. Every firm involved in the production of goods and services has the office of the operation’s manager. The occupant of such an office is in charge of the...
Summary The article focuses on investigating quality systems that are utilised by many organisations across the world. It has outlined factors that have motivated firms to opt for quality systems. Factors, such as meeting customers’ needs, quality requirements and risk reduction have encouraged them to struggle to use the quality...
Supply chain management software Motivations for a good SCM system Several motivations would prompt an organization to operate through an excellent supply chain management (SCM) system. The commitment of the top management, concentration on core strengths of the organization, the long-term vision, the establishment of a strategic SCM plan, and...
Introduction Over the years, the use of information systems by business enterprises has been on the rise. Most organisations use transaction processing systems that help to capture data items which are later passed to decision support systems to support the decision making process. Drawing from a study by Baltzan, Detlor...
Introduction The management practices of organizing, staffing, leading, planning, and controlling play an important role in any modern workplace because of the ever-changing business environment. This has been brought about by competition and the ever-increasing need to attain different organizational goals. It should be understood that these management practices ensure...
Introduction According to Gibson (2011, p. 46), empowering employees with the resources and trust to solve customer concerns is a critical component to making a great first impression. Defined as giving somebody power or authority, empowerment must follow a top-down model that conveys authority through the ranks to front-line service...
Introduction Many organizations are currently dealing with workers in branches that are distributed across different parts of the world. Hence, letting an organization’s leader track each employee’s progress manually and physically can be tiresome, ineffective, or in the worst-case scenario, an impossible approach to determining whether every party is performing...
Introduction The constituent parts of the idea of quality management (QM) have been a piece of human attempts for a long time. However, the concept of quality management has not been fully addressed in previous literature. This is clear in writing where scientists and chiefs have ascribed different implications to...
Introduction This section was devoted to evaluate the statement, “quality manuals are a waste of time, they take too long to prepare and don’t make any difference to the quality of the product” based on research results on quality and the defining characteristics of Alabama Specialty Products, Inc.’s quality manual...
Comparing IMS and KMS True to observations made by Galandere-Zile and Vinogradova (2004), information management systems (IMS) and knowledge management systems (KMS) is often used for the same purpose. Their common usage notwithstanding, one cannot ignore the fact that IMS and KMS are different. At the very basic, IMS is...
What are the similarities between the criteria of ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001:2004? There are numerous aspects that are common between the criteria of ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001:2004. For instance, it is imperative to note that the two quality standards address environmental policies and therefore provide invaluable information on...
Introduction Supply chain management has become the need of many organizations looking for a way to meet the hostile challenges of today’s business environment. Supply chain management is a broader perception of the business environment, as measure up to with more conventional approaches. Instead of administering a business as a...
Abstract Corporate social responsibility is one of the strategies that a firm can use to strengthen its brand in the market. In this paper, the researcher was interested in investigating how companies around the world conduct their corporate social responsibility. The researcher selected Alibaba Group Holding Limited to help understand...
Introduction Managing change is critical in ensuring that there is a continuous improvement of structures and systems in an organization. The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, often referred to as ADNOC, is one of the largest firms in the United Arab Emirates (Mallakh, 2015). The firm has its headquarters in...
Introduction The given report will critically evaluate a number of business excellence models and frameworks. Specifically, three international business excellence frameworks will be compared and analyzed, which are MBNQA-Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Awards, Deming Prize, and EFQM European Business Excellence Award. These excellence frameworks are essential components of total quality...
