Understanding and Leading Organisations DT34 C09085556 Paul O’Shea DECLARATION I‚ the undersigned‚ declare that this report is entirely my own written work‚ except where otherwise accredited‚ and that it has not been submitted for a degree or other award to any other university or institution. Signed: _____________________________ Date: ________________ Introduction In “The Knowledge Creating Company (1991) Nonaka proposes a new way in which organisations can think about knowledge and
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Scenario 1: LO1 (P1.1): There are mainly four types of organisations. Private sector organisations‚ Public sector Organisations‚ voluntary organisations and cooperatives. Private Sector: In the private sector‚ businesses operate in order to maximize the profits. They raise finance by issuing shares‚ borrowing loans from banks etc. They are owned and controlled by private parties. For example Bank of Maldives‚ Amin Construction pvt ltd‚ Haza Construction pvt ltd. Their main aim is to maximize the
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unlimited liability i.e. they were jointly responsible for the debts of their partnership. In 2001 this has been altered so that some large partnerships e.g. accountancy firms can have limited liability. 3. Companies are separate in law from the individual owners (shareholders) of the business. This means that should the business run up debts the shareholders are only liable for these debts up to the sum they have contributed to the company. A number of Companies Acts have been passed setting out
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Managing Change in Organisations ASSESSMENT NO: 1 OF 1 FOR THIS UNIT Full Name: RAHUL DESHMUKH 4 Intake: October’ 2008 Date issued: ____________ Date due: February 13‚ 2009 Date submitted: June 01‚ 2009 Assessor(s):_______________________________________ Learning Outcomes: 1‚ 2‚ 3 Unit outcomes Outcome Evidence for the criteria Feedback Assessor’s decision Internal Verification 1 Explore the background to change affecting the current organisation (2.1) • discuss
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Managing Change in Organisation SUBMISSION DEADLINE : 12th January‚ 2012 WORD COUNT : 3‚542 words Today‚ teams and organizations face rapid change like never before. Globalization has increased the markets and opportunities for more growth and revenue. However‚ increasingly diverse markets have a wide variety of needs and expectations that must be understood if they are to become strong customers and collaborators. The ability to manage change in an organisation‚ while continuing
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369 Unit overview SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS WITH SPECIFIC COMMUNICATION NEEDS Elements of competence 369a 369b 369c Identify specific communication needs and methods Support individuals‚ key people and others to communicate Observe and evaluate individual communication needs About this unit For this unit you need to work with people with specific communication needs where you will be required to support the individual and others to communicate. Scope The scope is here to give you guidance
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Module 2 MN250/D a) How organisation of work can contribute to dysfunctional behaviour. Bennett and Robinson (2003)‚ suggest that behaviour is deemed dysfunctional or deviant when an individual or a group violates an organisation’s norms‚ policies‚ or internal values‚ and threatens the welfare of the organisation or its constituents. Researchers into dysfunctional behaviour have come up with other alternative terms such as corrupt‚ counterproductive behaviour‚ deviance‚ antisocial‚ and unethical
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occur in large teams from 3 members onwards‚ and is where members in the team apply less effort than when working as an individual. Social loafing appears within every team one way or another‚ even if it’s in a high functioning or dysfunctional environment (Murphy‚ Wayne Linden‚ Erdogan‚ 1992). Research has shown that a combined team performance required less effort by individuals than if they were to work alone‚ and therefore the social loafer in the team is able to profit from the work of the others
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motivation and assess their applicability to scenario that exists within Scotia Airways. The process theories are about ‘how’ organisation should motivate its employees and about ‘the processes’ of motivation. One of the process theories is Edwin’s Locke’s Goal Theory. It is about setting specific goals which are challenging but acceptable for individuals. Individuals should receive feedback so that they could improve their work in the future. The investors in Scotia Airways have set specific goal
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INTRODCTION An organisation is a social arrangement which pursues collective goals‚ which controls its own performance‚ and which has a boundary separating it from its environment. Organisation is the association formed by a group of people who see that there are benefits available from working together towards some common goal. Organisation studies are the study of individual and group dynamics in an organisational setting‚ as well as the nature of organisation themselves. Whenever people interact
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