Q1) Compare the strategy of FedEx and UPS‚ highlighting why one is scoring over the other. About China Courier Service Postal services were available in China more than 2‚500 years ago‚ modern postal services were offered in the country only since 1877. Known as the China Post‚ the postal services in China for a long time operated with obsolete equipment and few outlets. However‚ during the First World War‚ China Post was completely destroyed by the Japanese invasion. In 1946‚ the Ministry of Communication
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consumption are being developed. Businesses are establishing channel design or decisions associated with forming new or altering existing channels. But some companies do not have the right structure for the distribution of the products that result to ineffective access of consumers to the products that they need and want. So now there are a number of studies about the structure of these channels or what they call the channel design to have an explanation to some issues regarding the
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the statement‚ ‘understanding organizational behavior is important to organizational success.’ Organizational behavior is both a vast and complex area of study. It concerns itself with the study of organizations and management‚ with a focus on anything relevant to the management‚ design and effectiveness of an organization. (John Martin – Organizational Behavior and Management 3rd Edition‚ Thomson Learning 2005‚ p.4.) I will critically evaluate why organizational behavior is important to the success
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CHAPTER 1: ORGANIZATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Explain why organizations exist and the purposes they serve. 2. Describe the relationship between organizational theory and organizational design and change‚ and differentiate between organizational structure and culture. 3. Understand how managers can utilize the principles of organizational theory to design and change their organizations to increase organizational effectiveness. 4. Identify the three principal
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Contents 1.0 Job Design Job design can defined as work arrangement or re- arrangement focused on overcoming job dissatisfaction and employee alienation arising from mechanistic tasks and repetitive. Organizations try to improve productivity levels by giving non- monetary rewards through job design. Non- monetary rewards such as better satisfaction from a personal achievement in meeting the responsibility of one’s work and increased challenge (Business Dictionary‚ 2013) It also refers to constitute
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{text:bookmark-start} Running head: ORGANIZATIONAL {text:bookmark-end} STRUCTURE Organizational Structure Romanoff‚ T. Axia College of University of Phoenix MGT 330 Management: Theory‚ Practice and Application Peter Espeut October 26‚ 2009 Organizational Structure Planning and organization are crucial for an organization to achieve maximum effectiveness and success. Microsoft Company‚ for instance‚ has an organizational structure consisting of board of directors who include
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The Topic of my presentation today is Corporate culture. Let’s start with the definition of culture and corporate culture. 2. slide Organizational Culture Culture is the characteristics of a particular group of people and the symbolic structures that give such activities significance and importance. Corporate culture: The customs‚ rituals‚ and values shared by the members of an organization (company‚ workplace) that have to be accepted by new members. 3. slide The importance of Corporate
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230 Rafael Mendoza 11/28/2012 A company’s organizational structure can determine how effective its management department will be in implementing and executing company decisions. Without a great structure the company may lose its finances‚ by being inefficient. With that in mind‚ a company’s organizational structure is geared towards making the company more efficient and successful. UPS like all major organizations has to keep their organizational structure with the times in order to stay productive
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1.0 Introduction Job design is broadly defined as level and breadth of job content‚ over-time variability in task assignment‚ specific mix of assigned tasks‚ use of teams‚ and the level of autonomy granted to individual workers or teams (Baron and David‚ 2000: p 334). Today¡¯s business environment‚ correct job design can help a company to become successful and competitive in the market. The job design is more emphasized and focuses. Since jobs have to be designed using processes that model new
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JOB DESIGN AND TECHNIQUES OF JOB DESIGN JOB A job can be defined as the set of tasks and responsibilities of a worker. These tasks and responsibilities‚ along with performance expectations‚ work conditions (time and place of work)‚ general skills‚ and possibly methods to be used‚ are normally contained in a written job description. There is no set formula for designing jobs that will best fit a production system. Also‚ a job is also reffered to an activity‚ often regular‚ and often performed
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