Brief Summary of the Case Shoe Corporation Illinois (SCI) is an enterprise that specializes in the production of low price footwear for women. The company has two-production centres, one at Centreville and the other one at Meadowvale. It is headquartered in a building adjacent to the production plant at Centreville. SCI’s profits per pair of[…]
In any organization, “control” is an important aspect mainly conducted by management and supervisors to ensure that errors are minimized. Therefore, control in the workplace can be defined as all functions of management, which assist in checking and minimizing organizational errors such as production and final output of the company. Also, control can be described[…]
Introduction A gap analysis and visual map are critical components of the HRIS installation process. Gap analyses may aid in identifying shortcomings and other roadblocks that must be overcome while preparing for a system’s deployment. Identifying the gaps indicated by the degree of immediacy with which they should be addressed will enable the most critical[…]
Executive summary In this course, much that has been discussed is geared towards ensuring one becomes competent when it comes to managing a business or an organization. The course ensures that it has given the learner necessary skills which will see me do better even when it comes to managing accounts. Having learnt quite a[…]
Introduction The Automotive Industry is made up of a wide range of organizations and companies that design, develop, market, manufacture, and sell motor vehicles. However, this Industry does not include the organizations responsible for maintaining automobiles, such as repair shops and other automobile-related services (Mahut & Eynard, 2017). The Automotive Industry is subdivided into two:[…]
Lenses of History Humanity relies on history to determine the extent of progress made in civilization and humanity as a discipline. Consequently, examining an event through a historical lens involves utilizing different sources such as newspapers, books, diaries, art, magazines, pictures, oral testimonies and artefacts to trace a chronological pattern of the occurrence of an event[…]
Executive summary The purpose of this report is to present an analysis of the workshop team worked with during the semester concerning its effectiveness. According to the analysis using the GRPI Model, the team’s effectiveness was above average. It met the set goals, each member played their role quite well, and we managed to work[…]
Question Four Many scholars have contributed to various frameworks, which try to explain organizational culture. Handy’s model is one of the theories that are used to explain the different types of organizational cultures that are exhibited (do Carmo Silva and Gomes, 2015, pg.682). The model attributes to four types of cultures, including task, role, person,[…]
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Introduction Entrepreneurial opportunity is often considered as the heart of entrepreneurship; without ongoing generation or identification of opportunities, the field of entrepreneurship would seize to exist. Accordingly, entrepreneurship involves sourcing and identifying profitable opportunities and the individuals who engage in exploiting these opportunities (Venkataraman, 1997; Shane and Venkataraman, 2000). The entrepreneurial opportunity process typically involves[…]
Graphic communications fall into the broad class of non-verbal communications. The processes associated with the development of graphic communications involve the interpretation of data and exchange of information through the use of well arranged and structured elements, symbols, depictions and illustrations (Oladumiyte, 2014). To develop effective graphic communications, a high level of clarity, coherence, consistency[…]
The word ‘manage’ comes from the Italian word maneggiare, which means ‘to handle’. The French word mesnagement (later ménagement) influenced the development in the meaning of the English word ‘management’ in the 17th and 18th centuries (Oxford English Dictionary). As a discipline, management includes planning, organizing, controlling and directing the organization’s actions and processes in[…]
Literature Review A number of factors are identified by the researchers and investigators which motivate employees in the organisations and result in enhanced productivity and job satisfaction. Factors Affecting Motivation Old and contemporary theories of motivation propose various factors which play a significant role in employee motivation. Some of these theories will be investigated to[…]
The purpose of this review is to consider both current and past literature concerning the main concept areas associated with the study in question and also to provide some rationale for conducting the study. The literature review will focus on critically analysing tools which have been used in the past to measure service quality such[…]
Introduction Customer Relationship Management, like all the other marketing faculties, is created to achieve one of the most important objectives of creating competitive advantage. Now Vargo and Lusch (2007) argue that ‘the only true source of sustainable competitive advantage is knowledge’. Further they also suggest that organisations can no longer rely on ‘competing through service’[…]
1.1 Introduction Seeking a solution to increase the responsiveness of supply chain in a volatile market place, the agile concept has gained a lot of attention recently. In the first section of this report, current market conditions have been reviewed briefly to show the need for more flexibility and responsiveness. In the second section, the[…]
Introduction Haynes (2007) suggests that the ‘notions of bodily discipline, technologies of the body, mind and body, bodily power relations, and sex differences’ are of interest to those involved in management, psychology, philosophy and feminist literature (for example, Butler, 1990; Foucault, 1977 and 1979; Irigaray,1999; Kirkup et al.,2000). However, although this suggests that the body[…]
An informative e-mail to Kamala Balu, CEO, exploring how to achieve person / organisation fit when recruiting and selecting staff for Benkleys Dear Ms. Kamala Balu, Any organisational intervention needs to be preceded and substantiated by an adequate diagnosis of the current situation, in order to predict its outcomes, in terms of benefits and risks.[…]
This paper looks at fundamental information management (IM) and knowledge management (KM) principles, concepts and techniques. It presents a diagrammatic representation (developed for the purpose of this paper) of the author’s personal perspective on IM and KM, and the relationship between them. Finally, the paper discusses how two organisations, NASA and Xerox, implemented IM and[…]
Systems Development Benchmarking Exercise Executive Summary: This report attempts to define ten benchmarking measures and related metrics for the various systems development projects. A model for the acquisition and comparison of the relevant data is also established. There are two purposes for undertaking this exercise; performance improvement and the identification of outsourcing opportunities. The ten[…]
In this essay, I will analyse some of the main themes that owners and managers of the hospitality industry have to face every day within their working environments, such as hotels, restaurants, spa, tourists establishments, etc. However, since there are several typologies of issues, and it is not possible to examine all of them in[…]
1.0 Executive Summary 1.1 Introduction The current global recession was influenced by a complicated combination factors, including historical, but one of the immediate triggers was events caused by, and which in turn would greatly influence, the construction industry. The collapse of the global housing bubble in 2007, the methods used in which consumers accumulated credit[…]
Introduction Since the economic reform in China, based on the comparative advantage theory, the factor endowment theory, product life cycle theory in international trade and rapid development of “four Asian tigers” using export-oriented economy, China has implemented the export-led growth strategy, and spared no effort to carry out foreign trade policies for foreign exchange. Although[…]