Chapter 5: General Management and Leadership Learning outcomes • Conceptualise the skills managers must acquire in the context of their roles as managers‚ and identify and understand the four primary management tasks • Analyse planning as a management task relevant to all management levels • Analyse organising as a management task‚ including modern structuring and design • Analyse leading as a management task with the focus on teams‚ culture and work-force diversity‚ motivation and communication
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from date of the referral of the dispute4. union(s) must give at least 48 hours’ notice of the intended strike to employer5. in the case of proposed lockout: a written notice to union‚ employees or relevant council should be given at least hours before the announcement of the lockout6. If state is the employer‚ a notice period of seven days is required for a intended strike or lockout-- a failure of a union to follow its own procedures towards a strike does not affect the legality of the strike.Situations
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person: dislikes work and attempts to avoid it‚ has no ambition‚ wants no responsibility‚ and would rather follow than lead. Is self-centered and therefore does not care about organizational goals‚ resists change‚ is gullible and not particularly intelligent. (1)Theory Y makes the following general assumptions: work can be as natural as play and rest‚ people will be self-directed to meet their work objectives if they are committed to them‚ people will be committed to their objectives if rewards are
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Warehouse Management Is it only a storage facility? A warehouse is typically viewed as a place to store inventory. However‚ in many logistical system designs‚ the role of the warehouse is more properly viewed as a switching facility as contrasted to a storage facility. 2 A Sample Warehouse Video 3 Benefits of Warehousing Consolidation Shipment consolidation is an economic benefit of warehousing. With this arrangement‚ the consolidating warehouse receives and
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1ST SIMESTER ASSIGNMENT GENERAL MANAGEMENT QUESTION 1 INTRODUCTION (kfc ) Micro environment factors which the organisation controls . eg employees product ‚price ‚place and promotion‚ it can be considered to be the local environment where business operates and owners are aware of the impacts that they are faced with. Macro environment factors are the ones which the organisation does not control and may affect the business . eg political ‚ economic‚ social‚ legal and technological factors
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Lisa Wilson | Building & Sustaining Trust | | Building and Sustaining Trust Can you imagine working in a place where you have no one to trust? You cannot trust your teammates to do their fair share‚ you cannot trust management to provide an atmosphere conducive to a positive work day‚ you cannot trust that the communication within the team will be positive and effective. There is no trust to be found. We are going to define and discuss trust and how it plays a part in a highly effective
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Roles of management in business: Employees are the heart of any business‚ but management is the soul! They are the center of the operation. The role of management in business is critical to success and requires an individual who possess the following abilities. Goal setters: Whether it is completing all items on the to do list in the business planner‚ or scheduling the meeting with the marketing department about a promotion three months out‚ good managers know the importance of goal setting
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Instances where employee and management relations are hampered?? conflict is an inevitable part of organizational life and will influence organizational teams. A lesser known fact is that conflict can be healthy‚ even useful and productive. However‚ conflict can become dysfunctional and inhibit productivity if parties become entrenched‚ disputes become personal‚ or team members take sides (Chris Musselwhite). When people work together‚ conflict becomes a part of doing business. It is a normal occurrence
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17Functions of mutual funds PAGEREF _Toc401073803 \h 17Advantages of investing in mutual funds. PAGEREF _Toc401073804 \h 19Types of mutual funds PAGEREF _Toc401073805 \h 21UNIT TRUST. Introduction. PAGEREF _Toc401073806 \h 25Differences between mutual funds and unit trust. PAGEREF _Toc401073807 \h 26Features of a unit trust PAGEREF _Toc401073808 \h 26Types of unit trust. PAGEREF _Toc401073809 \h 27Benefits of unit trust. PAGEREF _Toc401073810 \h 28General Risks of Investing in Unit Trust Funds PAGEREF
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What role does power play in politics? This essay will argue that power‚ in its various forms‚ is the vital component for politics‚ because political policy mainly changes things through the use of power. Heywood (2004)‚ suggests that politics is the process of decision-making‚ the allocation of scarce resources and the exercise of power and authority. The politics this essay will discuss is on a Formal level not on an individual one‚ and when referring to political systems this essay will
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