Leader Versus Manager Purpose of study The main purpose of this project is to provide an elaborative‚ descriptive study on the perceived differences and similarities between leaders and mangers in an organizational context and to see as whether any overlapping exists between the two as well as the characteristics of both. From Organizational Context‚ it is an important topic as knowing that leaders can be more effective or the managers or may be in some places organization would need the
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British Journal of Management‚ Vol. 9‚ 91-114 (1998) Attributes of Successful and Unsuccessful Acquisitions of US Firms^ Michael Hitt‚* Jeffrey Harrison‚^ R. Duane Ireland* arid Aleta Best§ *Lowry Mays College of Business Administration‚ Texas A&M University‚ College Station‚ TX 77843-4221‚ •College of Business Administration‚ University of Central Florida‚ Orlando‚ FL 32816‚ ’Hankamer School of Business‚ Baylor University‚ Waco‚ TX 76798-8004‚ and ^College of Business and Industry‚ University
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OPERATİON MANAGEMENT BENCHMARKİNG TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTİON 2. WHAT IS BENCHMARKING? 3. TYPES OF BENCHMARKING AND LİMİTATİONS 4. COSTS İN BENCHMARKİNG 5. CRITICISMS OF BENCHMARKING 6. ETHICAL PRACTICES CONCERNING BENCHMARKING 7. XEROX CORPORATION 8. CONCLUSION 9. REFERENCES 1. INTRODUCTION It is often stated that those who benchmark do not have to reinvent the wheel. By following others one can make improvements and not focus on stale ideas
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1.0 Definition of Project Manager Project manager is the person‚ who is responsible for deliver the project deliverables within the budget and within the time frame‚ in accordance with technical specifications‚ and‚ when specified‚ in accomplishment of profit objectives. There is no one particular representation for a project manager. Different projects require different approaches. Project managers are more often either transformed functional managers or‚ specially trained professionals.
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1999). Whichever definition is used it is understood that commonality is the guiding force for a successful team. With their purpose and goals defined and accepted the team becomes interdependent; they coordinate their various skills and abilities to direct themselves toward the desired result. Characteristics of a Successful Team There are common characteristics that make an effective team successful. These characteristics are developed by the individual team members and by the group itself. As
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your own words‚ how customer relationship management is proving to be a successful tool for organizations to retain and attract new customers. Suggest different ideas that Rajat can use to keep the customers happy in his chain of restaurants. Rajat‚ restaurant business faces following challenges: on busy nights – all tables get booked‚ customers are lined up and waiters are occupied serving meals and clearing tables and managers are busy to make sure that the show runs smoothly and happy satisfied
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Good managers are born‚ not made. Discuss this idea whilst exploring key characteristics of an effective manager. For a long time‚ many people have questioned whether a good manager is born naturally‚ or they can learn and train to become a good manager. For people who think that a good manager is born‚ they believe that an effective manager is born with some specific skills and characteristics that ordinary people do not have. “Charisma and trait are qualities which are generated from inside a
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com/locate/ijproman Project managers and career models: An exploratory comparative study Karin Bredin a ‚ Jonas Söderlund b‚⁎ a Department of Management and Engineering‚ Linköping University‚ Sweden b BI Norwegian Business School‚ Norway Abstract Prior research has paid little attention to the careers and career models of project managers. This is troublesome for at least two reasons. First‚ project managers are becoming an increasingly important category of managers and today they constitute
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Which motivational theories are in use at Eagle? Eagle uses the encourage and reward theory to motivate its salesforce. For example‚ It features the salesperson who has been the most successful during the previous quarter in the company newslette‚ give the salesperson a football jersey‚ a plaque‚ and $1‚000 worth of Eagle stock‚ and create a "Superbowl Club" for employees who reach or exceed their sales goal and use the "Heisman Award‚"which includes a trip to the Caribbean to reward the top 20
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13_26_ch02.fm Page 13 Friday‚ September 8‚ 2000 2:43 PM Chapter 2 Basic Skills for Project Managers Be not afraid of greatness; some are born great; some achieve greatness—others have greatness thrust upon them. William Shakespeare Twelfth Night Introduction Before now‚ we had discussed project management in the broad sense‚ that is‚ from the perspective that any type of project—industrial assembly line‚ new construction‚ or technology implementation— operated by the same sets of rules
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