Challenges facing small business in Kenya |Indeed‚to come with a logical definition of a small scale business is not that easy.It is dependent of quantity of output‚say number of | |employees‚stakeholders and also varies from one industry or firm to any other. | |A small scale business I can assert to be managed in sole proprietorship or partnership and whose output is relatively small. Since colonial | |times‚Kenya has had
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in organizations by considering the organizational structure‚ culture‚ employees’ Motivational and leadership aspects. LEARNING OUTCOME 1 TASK 1a AN ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE There are many different opinions and definitions of organizational structure. Structure in a sense is the arrangement of the functions used to do the work. Thompson said the structure "is the inner structure of the differentiation and the relations." He referred to the structure as the means by which the organization sets
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The impact of using an ERP system on organizational processes and individual employees of an Italian regional government organization Alessandro Spano* Benedetta Bellò* This paper reports the results of the second phase of a research project started in 2008-2009 on the impact of the introduction of an ERP system in a public sector organization. The research aims at investigating the impact of ERP systems on organizational processes and individual employees by analyzing a case study of an Italian
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South Korean culture places a strong emphasis on family(Hofstede™ Cultural Dimensions‚ n.d.). Hofstede‚ along with other experts‚ state that employees look to their manager as a “parental figure” (Hofstede™ Cultural Dimensions‚ n.d.; Javidan et al.‚ 2006‚ p. 83; Saner-Yui & Saner-Yui‚ 1984‚ p.28). According to Saner-Yui and Saner-Yui (1984) employees are thought of as the children and if the team’s performance is poor then this reflects badly on management. Another interesting fact mentioned
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of which one of three types of organizational justice? Answer: * Distributive justice concentrates on results and outcomes that are fair for everyone. * Procedural justice concentrates on the methods and procedures that should be fair for everyone. * Interactional justice looks at the way people interact with each other in a way that is fair for everyone. Workplace demonstrates a lack of interactional Justice among the three types of organizational justice. Because Interactional
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The impact of culture and law on Organizational Behaviour Introduction In the era of globalization more and more managers are confronted with ever increasing need to interact with different cultural and law situations. Not only the environment where the organization is operating‚ the management‚ the workforce‚ the suppliers and the customers can be coming from different cultures. So when they strive together to achieve the objectives of the organization there various cultural influence and the
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(Spindler 1994). The term psychological contract (Argyris 1960; Schein 1980; Rousseau 1989) refers to a commonly used exchange concept providing a framework for understanding the ‘hidden’ aspects of the relationship between organisations and their employees (Shore & Tetrick 1994). The common theme underlying these definitions is that the psychological contract refers to an employee’s unexpressed beliefs‚ expectations‚ promises and responsibilities with respect to what constitutes a fair exchange
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The course in organization behaviour helped me understand the impact of individual‚ group and structure within an organization and systematic way in which all these elements work within the organization and allows the predictability of the behaviour and help us move away from intuitive ways. Course also helped me to understand the fact that everyone amongst us has a “Beautiful Me” inside ourselves and the art of learning leadership and management traits without leaving one’s self personality. Although
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" MAJOR PROBLEMS FACING PAKISTAN TODAY" Introduction:- Pakistan was established in 1947 and since its inception‚ it has been surrounded by countless issues including but not limited to ill-formed/missing infrastructure‚ insufficient refined resources‚ barren or obsolete factories and technologies‚ imposed conflicts at Kashmir and other fronts and an ever-ready enemy to underscore all the efforts towards
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Institutional theory is one the most renowned theoretical approaches to internationalization process of firms. From the 70s‚ there have been publications supporting and developing this theory by researchers such as Di Maggio‚ Powell‚ Scott‚ Meyer or Rowan. Nonetheless‚ some other alternative theories‚ such as OLI paradigm or TCE model‚ have also proven themselves quite significant. Shortell and Kalunzy (2000‚ p. 24) state that organizations must face certain external factors such “external or societal
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