Assignment 1 – Understanding your Organisation Due Date: 21 October 2009 WHD Organisational Chart - Figure 1 According to Mclean and Marshall (1993) organisational culture is defined as the collection of traditions‚ values‚ policies‚ beliefs and attitudes that contribute a pervasive context for everything we do and think in an organisation. (ie) this means that these factors actually determine how we think as well as act and react not only to people from
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Chain Management. London: SAGE. 16. Miller‚ J.‚ 2011. SUSTAINABLE ORGANISATION PERFORMANCE WHAT REALLY MAKES THE DIFFERENCE?‚ London: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. 17. MindToolsltd‚ 2013. Lewin ’s Change Management Model ; Understanding the Three Stages of Change. [Online] Available at: http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newPPM_94.htm 18. Olga‚ T. et al.‚ 2012. High Performance Work Practices and Firm Performance: A Longitudinal Case Study. British Journal of Management‚
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intangible aspects of the way employees think. Organisational culture can be defined as ‘a pattern of shared assumptions invented‚ discovered or developed within an organisation as it learns to cope with problems or external adaptation and internal integration’ Organisational climate is ‘a characteristic ethos or atmosphere within an organisation at a given point in time which is reflected in the way its members perceive‚ experiences and react to organisational context. There are different techniques
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underlying problems that exist in the accounting department. In the last section are some resolutions to improve the current situation. We discuss ways to provide motivation for employees‚ and reduce turnover from various theoretical models in organisational behaviour. Section 1 – Company Background Lock&Lock established in 1978‚ is a Korean based company with hundreds of subsidiaries and branches worldwide. Lock & Lock has 5024 employees including overseas employees and has 10 subsidiaries
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BP – The $40billion Safety Culture Vacuum On March 23rd 2005 a huge explosion at BP’s Texas oil refinery killed 15 people and injured more than 180. Most were its own staff. The refinery had suffered safety problems before. The previous year two workers died when scalded by super-heated water that escaped from a high-pressure pipe. The British media focused on the effect of the 2005 blast: the price of oil rose by several $s a barrel. In Texas‚ however‚ the local media were outraged by ‘yet
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Organisational Appraisal of Nike with its competitiors Ratios (Summary) -NIKE Nike Inc.‚ liquidity ratios | May 31‚ 2012 | May 31‚ 2011 | May 31‚ 2010 | May 31‚ 2009 | May 31‚ 2008 | May 31‚ 2007 | Current ratio | 2.98 | 2.85 | 3.26 | 2.97 | 2.66 | 3.13 | Quick ratio | 1.82 | 1.94 | 2.32 | 1.93 | 1.68 | 2.07 | Cash ratio | 0.97 | 1.15 | 1.53 | 1.05 | 0.84 | 1.10 | Source: Based on data from Nike Inc. Annual Reports http://www.stock-analysis-on.net/NYSE/Company/Nike-Inc/Ratios/Liquidity#Ratios-Summary
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Introduction This assignment will analyse the organisation behaviour of two mining companies: WMC Resources and BHP Billiton. It will discuss issues such as: motivating in the short term‚ resistance to change‚ internal and external forces that favour change‚ characteristics of an effective team‚ factors of team effectiveness‚ and how to use punishment strategies successfully. Summary Clear understanding of the relationship between performance and outcomes – e.g. the rules of the reward
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article is about learning organizations‚ how they operate and what is required of them for success. First Garvin states most scholars see the learning environment as gaining knowledge and improved performance and efficiency‚ but the definition of organisational learning is different from one another. However after organisations “pass the definitional test”‚ big organisation like General Motors still find it difficult to apply the knowledge to practice. Second‚ he states some activities that most learning
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Essay Title: Introductory to organisational behaviour principles Books‚ journals and articles on organisational behaviour (OB) can be found anywhere nowadays. Experts and professionals in this area have done a lot of research‚ coming up with theories‚ models‚ concepts‚ explanations and views on how a person will behave in an organisation. This paper argues that there are other resources to help us understand OB better. This paper will firstly define what OB is and discuss the similarities and
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organisation reflects the whole picture of the strategy will motivate them‚ keep them loyal and increase the global performance. Drucker devised a five stage process‚ each stage with its challenge and how to be addressed. First stage is setting the organisational objectives (Mission Statement and Vision) subsequently clear goals and targets need to be made available and understood by all employees. By having employees participate in the goal setting‚ they
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