Controlling is one of the four management functions‚ which monitor performance‚ within the organization‚ for the purpose of making adjustments and needed changes. In a recent decision FedEx canceled their order for ten global air freighters from Airbus. The huge A380 super jumbo airplanes were originally scheduled for delivery in 2008 but Airbus delayed the date to year 2009 and then to 2010. Frederick Smith‚ chairman and chief executive of FedEx‚ cited Airbus’s recent decision to delay delivery
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The next function is Staffing. Staffing is the achievement of organizational goals through effective and efficient deployment of people. Shahin (2012) noted military personnel are required to train‚ equip‚ organize and deploy to support worldwide combat and peacetime contingency operations” (p. 6). Along with meeting these requirements‚ there are many other military commitments that must be adhered to such as completing various levels of professional military education‚ general military education
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Is your company a great place to work? Why? People always aim to work in big companies. Not all big companies are a great place to work. But there are only a few. I feel that my company is really a great place to work. My company’s hallmark don’t always revolve around perks and luxuries. It’s not all about the bonuses. We employees feel happy for being respected by our bosses‚ confident in our job and valued for our expertise. Every employee in our company are accepted for the person who they
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Conflicts management in work place OVERVIEW The purpose of this assignment is to critically analyze the conflicts in working place and try to understand organization behavior with respect to conflict effect. I also try to focus whether conflict is necessary or not by using range of theoretical perspectives and ideologies of conflict. INTRODUCTION: Conflicts are unpleasant‚ but it is a kind of force that ruling almost every aspect of our life. As time passes in every working relationship
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PLANNING Meaning Planning is deciding in advance what to do and how to do. It is one of the basic managerial functions. Before doing something‚ the manager must formulate an idea of how to work on a particular task. Thus‚ planning is closely connected with creativity and innovation. But the manager would first have to set objectives‚ only then will a manager know where he has to go. Planning seeks to bridge the gap between where we are and where we want to go. Planning is what managers at all levels
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listen to their ideas and their points of view. When you encourage the team members to discuss issues they will work together and start to develop solutions together. Many things can contribute to trouble within a team. A lack of trust can be one of them. Most people need to be confident that the other team members will deliver to really feel comfortable and confidante that the team will work. In other words they need to be able to trust. It is hard to trust someone you just met and building trust takes
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Discrimination in the Workplace Ethnic discrimination is an ongoing problem in the work place. As an attempt to extinguish this problem‚ the Civil Rights Act of 1964 established the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The law states that it is unlawful employment practice to discriminate based on race‚ color‚ sex or national origin. Despite these advancements‚ ethnic discrimination is still a prevalent problem in most work places. People of different races are being intentionally passed over for promotions
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GREAT PLACE TO WORK * EMPLOYEES VIEW Great workplaces are built through the day-today relationship between employees. The key fact in common in these relationships is TRUST. TRUST the people they work with Have PRIDE in what they do ENJOY the people they work with Trust is the defining principle of great workplaces created through management credibility‚ the respect with which employees feel they are treated‚ and the extent to which employees expect to be treated fairly. The degree or
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References: ateman‚ T. S.‚ & Scott‚ S. A. (2009). Management Leading & Collaborating in a Competitive World (8th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill/Irwin. Keegan‚ J. (1998). Leaders and Revolutionaries. Time Magazine. Retrieved January 16‚ 2009. Retrieved from http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/index.htmlLeadership
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Examination Paper Principles and Practice of Management Section A: Objective Type (30 marks) Part one: Multiple Choices: 1. A plan is a trap laid to capture the ________. Ans.: A) Future 2. It is the function of employing suitable person for the enterprise Ans.: B) Staffing 3. ___________ means “ group of activities & employees into departments” Ans.: D) Departmentation 4. This theory states that authority is the power that is accepted by others Ans.: A) Acceptance theory
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