TATA Motors-International Business Indian Automobile Industry Hailed as ‘the industry of industries’ by Peter Drucker‚ the founding father of the study of management‚ in 1946‚ the automobile industry had evolved continuously with changing timesfrom craft production in 1890s to mass production in 1910s to lean production techniques in the1970s.The automotive industry in India grew at a computed annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.5 percentover the past five years‚ the Economic Survey 2008-09 tabled
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Introduction There is no particular definition of an organization. Different authors have defined organization in different ways. Therefore‚ organization can be define as an institute where a group of people work together to achieve certain goals and objectives. Organization has a distinct purpose and follows a particular strategy to goals or set of goals. Whereas structure is the manner‚ in which something is build. This structure defines and limits the behavior of the members of an organization
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IS THERE A PHILIPPINE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION? OR BETTER STILL‚ FOR WHOM IS PHILIPPINE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION? 1 Alex Brillantes‚ Jr. and Maricel Fernandez 2 I Yes‚ there is a Philippine Public Administration Is there a Philippine public administration? A number of our colleagues asked us why we are asking that question again as we were planning this colloquium. Indeed that question had been asked 20 years ago‚ and answers have been provided us by eminent scholars of Public Administration such as
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control‚ centralization and decentralization‚ and formalization. Work specialization refers to the degree to which one activity is divided in to multiple jobs. Departmentalization is the strategic gathering of different jobs into groups. The line of authority to which lower level employees must report is the chain of command. The number of individuals efficiently‚ and effectively lead under a manager determines the span of control. Centralization and decentralization determine where the authority
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divided‚ grouped‚ and coordinated. There are six key elements that managers need to address when they design their organization’s structures. These are work specialization‚ departmentalization‚ chain of command‚ span of control‚ centralization and decentralization‚ and formalization. Ford demonstrated that work can be performed more efficiently if employees are allowed to specialize. Today we use the terms work specialization‚ or division of labor‚ to describe the degree to which activities in the organization
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Choose four (4) of the following questions and answer them in short essay format. All questions are worth equal marks. (12.5 marks each) QUESTION 1 (12.5 marks) Discuss the key factors in the international environment that managers of emerging global organisations look to as threats to their international operations. Provide examples as appropriate. International Environment is the management of business operations conducted in more than one country and usually outside of the organisations
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There are six elements in an organizational design‚ or the formal process in which we integrate the information‚ people and technology of an organization. The first design is work specialization‚ or the dividing of work activities into separate job tasks. This can also be referred to as the division of labor examples can be found in companies such as Ford‚ Dell‚ Apple‚ Acura and many others where the count on factories to make a product. The second design is chain of command‚ which is‚ the line of
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Mary Parker Follet defined management as ‘the art of getting things done through people.’ This means that managers use their employees to perform tasks which will help achieve organisational goals without themselves performing the tasks that are managers and subordinates should fully collaborate. The management in all business and organisational activities comprises of planning‚ organizing‚ leading and controlling for the purpose of accomplishing a goal. And Mary Parker Follet is saying the subordinates
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1. QUALCOMM Inc. QUALCOMM Incorporation was incorporated in 1985. It manufactures and markets digital wireless telecommunications facilities and products. These products and services are based upon code division multiple access (CDMA) technology. This company is listed in the Fortune’s List of top 100 companies‚ which have the best environment to perform work. It has almost 20‚000 employees. There are four segments‚ in which company is operating: 1- QCT (Qualcomm CDMA technology) 2- QTL
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