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
Premium Management
UNIT 1 ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM AT THE ADVENT OF BRITISH RULE 1.0 ’ Objectives 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Mauryan and Gupta Administration 1.3 Major Characteristics of Moghul Administration 1.3.1 Role of the King 1.3.2 Bureaucracy 1.3.3 Army 1.3.4 Police 1.4 Structure of the Moghul Administrative System 1.4.1 Central Administration 1.4.2 Provincial Administration 1.4.3 District and Local Administration 1.5 Revenue Administration 1.5.1 Land Revenue as the Primary Source of Income 1.5.2 Types of Land Tenurial
Premium Management British Raj History of India
The Han dynasty mitigated the harshest aspects of Qin governance but kept Qin’s system of imperial bureaucracy. As mentioned above‚ early Han emperors reduced taxes‚ provided financial relief for the poor‚ and relaxed legal penalties; the dynasty had nothing to gain from revoking the ghastly memories of Qin. Qin remained an anathema to Han scholars as well. The scholar-bureaucrat‚ Jia Yi‚ despite his praise towards Shihuangdi for unifying China‚ denounced his dynasty for imposing terror upon people
Premium
Question no: 01:- Accounting profit and Economic profit. Economic Profit Implicit cost Accounting profit Explicit cost Total opportunity cost Revenue Revenue How an economist views a firm How an accountant views a firm Accounting profit equals sales revenue minus ( - ) all costs except the cost of equity capital‚ while Economic profit is sales revenue minus ( - ) all costs including the opportunity cost of equity capital. Thus economic profit may be lower than the accounting profit
Premium Economics Costs Microeconomics
IKEA CASE STUDY (Current Position‚ Value Chain Approach‚ Goes Forth) Word Count: 2‚884 IKEA is the world’s largest furniture retailer‚ specialising in selling stylish‚ inexpensive‚ self assembly Scandinavian design furniture‚ home accessories‚ kitchens and bathrooms in their retail stores around the world. Delivering good quality contemporary design furniture to the middle class consumer is not the only focus of the IKEA group; it also sells a lifestyle that customers around the world recognise
Premium Management Strategic management Marketing
To over view the knowledge we learnt from accounting theory and practice‚ the main thing I can conclude that is the tendency of accounting will shift away from technical way to people’s behaviour way. By understanding what should do‚ we should ask why and how we could improve and change it into a better way. This essay aims to explain how the theoretical material that we learn in lectures can be developed under a real practical manner. When talking about accounting‚ the first thing we should
Premium International Financial Reporting Standards Ethics International Accounting Standards Board
GRAAD 12 NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE GRADE 12 ECONOMICS NOVEMBER 2011 MARKS: 300 TIME: 3 hours This question paper consists of 16 pages. Copyright reserved Please turn over Economics 2 NSC DBE/November 2011 INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION 1. Answer SIX questions as follows in the ANSWER BOOK: SECTION A: SECTION B: SECTION C: 2. 3. COMPULSORY Answer any THREE of the five questions. Answer any TWO of the four questions. Write the question number above each answer.
Premium Inflation Gross domestic product
CAUSES OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES Blanchard‚2006; Adnett ch.7.4 Unemployment rates‚ 1970-2002 12 10 8 USA Japan 6 Korea EU 4 2 0 70 72 74 76 78 80 82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 00 02 Source: OECD data Two models to explain EU unemployment • Eurosclerosis: due to labour market rigidites the natural (equilibrium) unemployment rate rises • Histeresis: unemployment increases due to demand/supply shocks (i.e.technological shocks which shift labour demand from the low
Premium European Union Unemployment
C. Transition to county governance; Challenges and Prospects D. Devolution and health system in Kenya Part A:Understanding Devolution; Concepts and Principles A. Devolution-Concepts and Principles ¡ Devolution is a form of decentralisation ¡ Founded on the principle of subsidiarity ( Dav i d A. Bos ni c h‚ T h e P r i n c i p l e o f s u b s i d i ar i ty h t t p / / w w w. ac t o n . o r g / p u b / r el i g i o n l i b erty/ vol ume- 6- numb er- 4/ p ri nc i p l e- s ub
Premium Health care Medicine Health economics
government who exercise power and maintain the economic stability. (Anderton‚ 2000: 273) There are three types of economic systems‚ first is the market economy that works according to the price mechanism‚ next is the planned economy where centralisation is being applied. Of course‚ both of the mentioned economic systems do not exist in pure form but in a fusion form. "That is the mixed economy‚ where both private sectors and governments are involved in process of resource allocation." (Bamford
Premium Mixed economy Economic system Market economy