EXECUTIVES GRADED CASE STUDIES Department of Industrial Engineering Faculty of Engineering King Abdulaziz University Jeddah‚ Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Fall 2014 CONDITION The information supplied in this document is for the use of students undergoing IE 652: Functions of Executives course. DESIGNED & DEVELOPED BY: Dr. Muhammad Ehsan Ulhaque FOE FALL 2014 CASE STUDIES IE 652: FUNCTIONS OF EXECUTIVES Facilitator: Dr Muhammad Ehsan Ulhaque Case Studies (5 Graded Marks each
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issues relating to strategic change in an organization AC: 2.1 Examine the need for strategic change in an organization: Change is seen as an opportunity‚ not a threat. This sometimes implies an entrepreneurial strategic leader. It invariably requires flexibility and innovation‚ which implies entrepreneurial managers who accept responsibility for driving the change initiative. The reason for this failure is the inability of the organization to deal with change. A change in behavior cannot be realized
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Experiences with Organizational Change – Apple What is Organizational Change and why do Companies go through Organizational Change? Positive and Negative of Organizational Change Case Study of Apple and Organizational Change Conclusion In an ever changing world these days‚ organizations are faced with the prospect of change every day. It is seen as the only constant factor in this complicated and growing environment that we are faced with. Because of the need to change daily‚ organizations
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Boeing Financial Analysis The Boeing Company was formed in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle‚ Washington. The following year they had a twenty eight person payroll which included pilots‚ carpenters‚ boat builders and seamstresses. The lowest wage was fourteen cents an hour‚ while the company’s top pilots made two to three hundred dollars a month. When the company was short on money‚ William Boeing used his own financial resources to guarantee a loan to cover all wages‚ which was a total of about
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Case Study A – The Boeing Company Q1 about analyzing the tasks of the activity in terms of value‚ time‚ frequency and cost. - What criteria were used to classify tasks as value-added (PE and PI) or nonvalue-added (SE and SI)? - Is an activity value-added if it changed the form‚ fit‚ or function of the product‚ for which the customer is willing to pay? - Why is operation 070.00 classified as SE? - What is the task time versus flow time for the operation 060.00 under 737 EBU? - Why were the
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Managing Diversity in the Watchingham County Council a) Select an appropriate research question for the proposal. Research Question The Watchingham County Council is concerned with the state of employee and customer satisfaction. These two aspects are interrelated since one leads to the other. In many cases‚ when employees are dissatisfied with their workplace‚ their work product suffers and is compromised. The diversity in the Watchingham County Council is a relevant concern for the service provider
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9 October 2012 Global Aircraft Competition In recent history‚ the global aircraft manufacturing and assembly has been controlled by two companies. The first of these companies‚ Boeing‚ was founded in 1916 in the Northwest United States and still survives today. Their direct competition‚ Airbus‚ was created in 1970 and by 1981‚ was controlled by France‚ Germany‚ Spain and Britain with support from the European Union. Today‚ many issues plague these two companies as they struggle to maintain their
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What is organizational commitment and discuss ways of managing it effectively? There are hundreds of articles (Mathieu & Zajac‚ 1990) related to Organizational Commitment and multiple definitions. This paper reviews the different perspectives and examines how multiple views of organisational commitment could be integrated into businesses and what benefits would be achieved for both the employee and employer. There are a number of views on how staff become committed to an organization and variant
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Success or Failure in the Organizational Change Process With the current state of the economy today many organizations are faced with the task of implementing organizational change. The change that needs to occur can be either very successful or a complete failure if attention to the details of the change is not explored. The Concord Bookstore is an independent store that faced these challenges during a time of urgency for businesses to restructure in order to achieve a successful strategic renewal
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