organisational culture and how can it be managed effectively? Organisational culture is defined as the shared values‚ norms and expectations that govern the way people approach their work and interact with each other. Organizational culture is different from world cultures‚ those tapestries of shared histories‚ languages‚ beliefs‚ and foods‚ which are the source of our identity. Our personal culture affects how we marry‚ how we raise our children‚ how we celebrate events‚ and how we mourn death. Defining
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Benchmarking for Working Capital Strategies Many companies seek to differentiate themselves and achieve success primarily through new technologies or unique product or service offerings. Companies that apply best practices go beyond this by gaining competitive advantage through stronger and more efficient internal business processes. The role of cash management can vary greatly from one company to the next‚ making an apples-to-apples benchmark comparison of how corporations collect‚ disburse
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Multinational Management of Working Capital MNCs tie up funds when investing in their working capital‚ which includes short term assets such as inventory‚ accounts receivable‚ and cash. They attempt working capital management by maintaining sufficient short-term assets to support their operations. Yet‚ they do not want to invest excessively in short-term assets because these funds might be put to better use. The management of working capital is more complex for MNCs that have foreign subsidiaries
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status in the period from 1991 to 1995. In this analysis we intend to highlight the various issues related to working capital experienced by the company. What makes this case interesting is the turnaround of Dell’s financial structure which in turn led to its recovery from seemingly major liquidity issues. To give a brief outline‚ this study enlightens one on how a fast growing company can get into trouble due to mismanagement of cash flows‚ organization of value chain and also the measures taken
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World Applied Sciences Journal 12 (11): 1967-1973‚ 2011 ISSN 1818-4952 © IDOSI Publications‚ 2011 Practices of Working Capital Policy and Performance Assessment Financial Ratios and Their Relationship with Organization Performance 1 1 Ghulam Shabbir Khan Niazi‚ 2Ahmed Imran Hunjra‚ 3Majid Rashid‚ 4 Syed Waqar Akbar and 5Muhammad Naeem Akhtar Quaid-I-Azam‚ School of Management Sciences‚ Quaid-I-Azam University Islamabad‚ Pakistan 2 Scholar Iqra University Islamabad‚ Pakistan 3
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How to clean dishes properly There are two ways to wash your dishes: by hand or in the dishwasher. Even though they both give the same results‚ there seems to be a disagreement about which is better. Some prefer the dishwasher for its convenience‚ and others prefer hand washing because you can control how much water you use and ensure that your dishes are clean the first time. To wash dishes by hand‚ first make sure you use the hottest water that you can without making it so hot that you burn
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Define working capital. What could happen if an organization neglected to manage its working capital? What techniques would you recommend for your organization in order to appropriately manage their working capital? Why? “ Working capital is defined as the difference between current assets and current liabilities” (SBA‚ 2013). It’s the total amount of cash or inventory that can quickly be converted into cash or assets in order to grow an organization. Working capital is calculated by subtracting
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Concept of working capital includes meaning of working capital and its nature. Working capital is the investment in current assets. Without this investment‚ we can not operate our fixed assets properly. For getting good profits from fixed assets‚ we need to buy some current assets or pay some expenses or invest our money in current assets. For example‚ we keep some of cash which is the one of major part of working capital. At any time‚ our machines may need repair. Repair is revenue expense but without
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Working Capital Management in Healthcare Houma Guy. HCS 579 Health Care Finance September 24‚ 2005 Working Capital Management in Healthcare Working capital is the money required to finance the day to day operations of an organization. Working capital may be required to bridge the gap between buying of stocked items to eventual payment for goods sold on account. Working capital also has to fund the gap when products are on hand but being held in stock. Products in stock are at full cost‚ effectively
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accounts. They pass these funds on to borrowers‚ receiving interest on the loans. Their profits are derived from the spread between the rate they pay for funds and the rate they receive from borrowers. This ability to pool deposits from many sources that can be lent to many different borrowers creates the flow of funds inherent in the banking system. Banks assume two primary types of risk as they manage the flow of money through their business. Interest rate risk is the management of the spread between
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