6/22/12 Fundamentals of Project Management‚ 4th Edition Simple Solutions for Busy People By Joseph Heagney (A Book review by R. Max Wideman‚ FPMI) The views expressed in this article are strictly those of Max Wideman. Published here July‚ 2012 Introduction Every now and again it is nice‚ even comforting‚ to read a book on the basics or fundamentals of project management. Here is a book that does just that. It is a simple compendium of all the things that every project manager should know
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The Importance of the Chain of Command of a Soldiers Whereabouts As it is well known in any of the military branches‚ the chain of command is of high importance. The chain of command is built of out a single soldier. Those single soldiers are made into a squad. Two to four of those squads put together a platoon. From there‚ three to five platoons makes for a company. In a closer look‚ a soldier of an E-4 status or below is patrolled by squad leader which is in fact an NCO. An NCO stands for
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Summary: The case discusses about the operation of the world’s largest convenience store chain Seven-Eleven in Japan‚ and the way it became Japan’s top leading super market chain. Seven–Eleven started its operation in Japan in November 1973 under an area licensing agreement between Ito-Yokado Co.‚ Ltd.‚ and The Southland Corporation. With more than 15‚500 stores worldwide‚ Seven-Eleven Japan Co.‚ Ltd (SEJ) franchises 6‚900 stores in Japan and most of the remaining stores located in North America
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DELEGATION Delegation is an integral component of the organizing process. Since manager is responsible for the performance of such a large variety of tasks‚ activities and functions that he cannot perform them all by himself‚ he assigns a part of work to his subordinates. In doing so he keeps with himself those tasks and functions which he consider crucial to his goal accomplishment and transfer to his subordinates less important work which he need not to do himself. It is through this process of
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changes in the community era was a shift toward a more decentralized organizational structure of police departments. Decentralization has been accomplished in at least two different ways: (1) the physical restructuring of police departments and (2) the decentralization of decision making. In an effort to increase resident access to police‚ many departments have reversed the centralization trend popularized during the professional era. In some locations this has been accomplished by opening neighborhood-based
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roles for any organizational structure. Chain of Command The role of the organizational structure is to set up a chain of command or reporting structure among workers. Chain of command refers to the hierarchy or rank of various employees. For example‚ vice presidents usually report to the president‚ directors report to vice presidents‚ and managers’ report to directors. Managers often have coordinators or analysts working under them. Chain of command allows companies to assign a supervisor for
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purpose of the Chain of Command is to install structure‚ discipline and respect into newer enlisted soldiers. Each branch has its own secretary that assigns forces under their jurisdictions to unified and specific combatant commanders they perform missions and report back to their chain of command. The chain of command starts with the Commander-in-Chief (the U.S. President) and works its way down to the lowest ranking private in the Army. Within the military‚ the chain of command is a method for
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Since all the goods and services must originate from the central government which is located in Manila. Thus‚ resulting to slow progress of development‚ that is supposed to be done in a quick manner. Experts then proposed a solution to this by Decentralization. They believe that bringing the government closer to the people will result to a more productive and actively participating society that will later bloom into a good economic society‚ where in people will be able to enjoy all the goods and services
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Aspects of Organizing‚ Flatter Organizations‚ Human Resources and the Control Process BUS 135-O1 Asheville Buncombe Community College March 11‚ 2013 Abstract Based on current research and using an occupational example‚ this paper includes a description of the different aspects of organizing and the effects of flatter organizations; this paper will also discuss what position human resource plays in the organization. At last‚ it explains the supervisor ’s role in the control process
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Value Chain Analysis Over the last few years Dollar General has taken many steps to deliver value to its customers. The Dollar General stores compete on the basis of convenience with highly price sensitive consumers. The chain also strives for simplicity with both 10 basic-needs core SKU categories and and even dollar price points. Simplicity‚ price‚ and convenience are of high value to a Dollar General consumer. Dollar General practices a low cost business model and each step the company makes
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