sioUnit four: Principles of supporting change in a business environment Assessment You should use this file to complete your Assessment. * The first thing you need to do is save a copy of this document‚ either onto your computer or a disk * Then work through your Assessment‚ remembering to save your work regularly * When you’ve finished‚ print out a copy to keep for reference * Then‚ go to www.vision2learn.com and send your completed Assessment to your tutor via your My Study
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Unit four: Principles of supporting change in a business environment Assessment You should use this file to complete your Assessment. • The first thing you need to do is save a copy of this document‚ either onto your computer or a disk • Then work through your Assessment‚ remembering to save your work regularly • When you’ve finished‚ print out a copy to keep for reference • Then‚ go to www.vision2learn.com and send your completed Assessment to your tutor via your My Study area
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of supporting change in a business environment Section 1 – Understand why change happens in a business environment 1. Explain why change happens in a business environment. You should include at least three reasons in your answer. Reasons for change in a business environment may include: internal factors • A business wants to reduce waste and costs • A business launches a new product • A business introduces 24-hour customer support • A business introduces quality
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The Contemporary International System The structure of the contemporary international system involves many different factors that influence how the world operates today. The international system is defined as the study of the interactions among the various actors that participate in international politics‚ including states‚ international organizations‚ nongovernmental organizations‚ sub-national entities‚ and individuals. The study of international relations aims to evaluate how countries interact
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Electronic Contracts E-commerce is staggering nowadays; everyone is using e-commerce at their own leisure. The meaning of the term "electronic commerce" has changed over time. Originally‚ "electronic commerce" meant the facilitation of commercial transactions electronically‚ usually using technology like Electronic Data Interchange to send commercial documents like purchase orders or invoices electronically. Later it came to include activities more precisely termed "Web commerce" -- the purchase
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CCOT Essay The period between 1500 to 1900 also refers to the time period from the Middle Ages to the modern world. The period witnessed significant strides in state building in England‚ France‚ and Spain‚ where growing bureaucracies levied taxes to finance large-scale warfare and territorial expansion. At the same time encroachment on the longstanding powers of the nobility caused feudal reaction‚ while the breach with tradition‚ particularly by creating new taxes in an era plagued
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Contemporary Issues in Management ASB – 4426 Abhishek Roy Gollamudi abpc90 Contemporary Issues in Management: Business Ethics and Values Introduction Business Ethics and Values has this become a very high regarded issue in management. Changing demands‚ advancing technology and worldwide recession have added to the suppression of this issue and has forced management to maintain numbness towards business ethics and to exploit very possible opportunity disregarding the interests of employees and the
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Models for Change Business Process Reengineering Assess Business Strategy Like many other approaches‚ BPR claims to align organisation change (and IT development) with business strategy. This is important because BPR concentrates of improving processes which are of primary strategic importance. The assumption is that strategy is already determined‚ and that it is externally focussed‚ dealing with customers‚ products‚ suppliers and markets. BPR is quite distinct from strategic planning.
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Leading Change when business is good Sam Palmisano’s challenge: finding a mandate to continue a company’s transformation‚ his response a bottom up reinvention of IBM’s venerable values Palisimo recognized the key task would be to unite IBM’s global workforce behind a common business vision and a common set of values. * IBM help 3 day discussion via the corporate intranet about the companies values‚ dubbed ValuesJam * Struck a core with employees company wide‚ positive and negative feedback
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Leading Change When Business Is Good • If not reviewed on a regular basis‚ a company’s vision or belief system can become misaligned or distorted. • Companies are organic systems that need to learn to adapt‚ yet remain true to their essence‚ their misson and their identity. • Today’s work places are more educated and diverse than those of the past. These teams can be united and motivated by a strong value or belief system. • Command and control mechanisms cannot be imposed
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