Managing Organizations 2011-12 A Study of ThoughtWorks Organization Structure Submitted to: Prof. Sourav Mukherji Group 5 ACHAL GUPTA BHUSHAN MASKAY MAYANK UNIYAL RACHITA RASIWASIA SOUMYA PRAVAT NAYAK 1111325 1111340 1111355 1111371 1111386 Preface This report is submitted as a part of group project‚ undertaken for the partial fulfilment of course requirements of MANAGING ORGANIZATIONS. The report contains a study of the organization “THOUGHTWORKS” – an IT software and consultancy firm
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Managing Diversity | Sexual Orientation in the Workplace | | I am looking at what managing diversity is about‚ why and when it emerged and what problems and issues it is supposed to address. I will be investigating into sexual orientation in the workplace and will be looking through history at when employment became equal and what the perceptions are like at current. | Contents | Page | Diversity | 3 | Managing diversity and the concept | 3 | Trade unions and diversity‚ and the
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In the case study Nike: Managing Ethical Missteps and Seizing Opportunity‚ we explore the story of Nike: the world’s leading seller of athletic wear. As some may know and others may not‚ Nike was actually started (similar to FedEx by Fred Smith) from a college paper by Phil Knight which conceptualized importing athletic shoes from Japan into the United States. In 1964‚ Knight teamed up with a colleague and launched Blue Ribbon Sports‚ a distributor of Japanese athletic shoes which also marketed its
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shopping on shopping centres in Australia • Management and leadership: Mary Schapiro • Australian Beverages Ltd CPA Program Global Strategy and Leadership © CPA Australia Ltd 2014 Page 2 of 25 Global Strategy and Leadership Case Scenario 1: The impact of online shopping on shopping centres in Australia The Australian shopping centre industry comprises companies that build‚ develop‚ and manage shopping centres in Australia. Shopping centres are purpose-built complexes containing
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MANAGING PROJECTS Name: Course: Professor: Institution: City and state: Date: 1. Draw the network diagram (use activity on the node) 2. Explain how you determined the timing of activities and the total float. From the diagram above‚ the ES or earliest start time is zero for activity A. Therefore‚ ES equals the EF or earliest finish time of the predecessor. An example can be from the diagram above as ES of C activity is EF of activity B i.e. 9 days. Earliest finish time
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industrial electrical equipment may already know a certain proportion of its work consists of regularly scheduled contracts to perform preventive maintenance. The balance may come from “walk-in” business and emergency repairs. * Demand patterns allows the firm to schedule less preventive maintenance work on days with high anticipated demands of typically more profitable emergency repairs. Understanding patterns of demand To understand the patterns of demand by segment‚ research should began by getting
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Why are diversity and inclusion important to the future of the CPA profession? *500-1‚000 words Word Count: 1‚046 According to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.‚ “An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.” The selflessness he describes is of paramount importance to the future of the CPA profession‚ as this altruistic outlook fosters both diversity and inclusion. Looking beyond one’s self is
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It is important to take a balanced approach to risk management as most activities children undertake have some element of risk involved in them. However when the activity is well planned and organised‚ with thought given to risks that may occur‚ any probability of risks should be minimised. We must ensure that the benefits the activity gives to the child outweigh any risks involved. Risk and challenge are important to overall development as avoiding all risks may cause someone to grow up to
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Managing in complexity Complexity and Personal Experience Assignment 3 Thinking about complexity is not to “think about a new problem”‚ but rather to “think in a new way about a problem that has always existed”. First of all‚ we should think about what is the basis of complex thinking? The article gives the answer: Association of ideas or mental association has always been an integral part of scientific thinking. In today’s increasingly complex world‚ being able to associate knowledge and
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Various literatures indicate that managing diversity within today’s labor force has become a primary concern for companies and organizations today. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2012)‚ compared with the labor force of past decades‚ today’s labor force is older‚ more racially and ethnically diverse‚ and composed of more women. Over the next decade‚ the labor force will become even more racially and ethnically diverse (Bureau of Labor Statistics‚ 2012). Non-Hispanic whites made up
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