1st of February 2013 Business organization and management Business size Small business: e.g. Independent service-station‚ restaurant Medium business: e.g. coffee club‚ nando’s Large business: Maccas‚ red rooster‚ kfc Economies of scale; this term refers to the lower costs per unit of output as a result of operating on a larger scale. Question 1. What is meant by economies of scale? Provide 3 examples of typical economies of scale enjoyed by large organizations: a) Coles (big
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Mine Management ************************************************** Q. "Safety is a management function"; comment as a manager of a mine how would you ensure compliance with the provisions of the Mines Act and Regulations by all concerned? Chalk out an organizational set-up fixing and integrating accident control responsibility into management operation. Safety is a management function because the root causes of all accidents often relate to the management system. They may be due to management policies
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What a manager does and how it is done can be categorised by Henri Fayol’s four functions of management: Planning‚ Organising‚ Leading and Controlling. Through these functions managers can be catalysts for change or by definition change agents "People who act as catalysts and manage the change process." (Robbins‚ Bergman‚ Stagg and Coulter‚ 2000‚ p.438) Wether performing the role of the change agent or not‚ change is an integral part of a manager’s job. Change is "An alteration in people‚ structure
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MGMT 610- OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT 1. What are the differences between job-enlargement‚ job-enrichment‚ and job-rotation? Discuss the benefits of using each of these. Job design is an approach that specifies the tasks that constitute a job for an individual or a group. There are seven components of job design‚ and JOB expansion is one of them. It includes: • Job enlargement: We add tasks requiring similar skill to an existent job. You are using the same skills‚ but the tasks are different
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BLDG 1260 CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT 1 SESSION 1/2006 GROUP PROJECT REPORT: “Management is pure common sense and should not be taught”. BY: Robert Freitag (3192736)‚ Shanshan Hou (3189173)‚ Mario Japardy (3191803)‚ Reza Juwono (3186839)‚ Ryan Melvold (3187100)‚ Benny Wang (3189899). LECTURER: Dr Linda Tay. DUE: 2nd May 2006. CONTENTS |1.0 INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………...
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ABSTRACT Management is the most important part of any organization. No organization can achieve its objectives without proper management. So management is considered the hub of any organization. As society continuously relied on group effort‚ and as many organized groups have become large‚ the task of managers has been increasing in importance and complexity. To meet the challenges like competition‚ efficient and economical uses of sources and maximum output‚ knowledge of management and theories
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Project 1. General Objectives ➢ Scope and Limitations ➢ Methodology (Technicality and functionality of the system) III. PROJECT MANAGEMENT 1. Calendar of Activities 1. Description of Activities 2. GANTT Chart of Activities I. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Problem
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increased problems in the management of employees and work processes. Relationships between employees and employers were often volatile as employers sought to impose strenuous working conditions in order to increase productivity. There was a need to develop management approaches that would minimise tension and increase productivity. These approaches would give management the ability to have more control over work processes‚ its members and also to increase their capacity to initiate change where
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Discuss the importance of studying management. List at least five(5) rewards and five(5) challenges of being a manager. ____________________________________________________________ ________________________________________ "As a manager the important thing is not what happens when you are there‚ but what happens when you are not there." - Ken Blanchard According to Wikipedia‚ management comprises directing and controlling a group of one or more people or entities for the purpose
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brands which serve all around the globe. Pizza hut have their set operation procedure to make sure they meet customer’s satisfaction to the maximum. This report includes Pizza hut’s supply chain management‚ inventory‚ product and service design‚ production process‚ planning and controlling‚ and quality management along with conclusion‚ recommendations and some areas of improvement. Introduction: Pizza Hut turns out to be a dream comes true for Frank and Dan Carney
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