Lecture 4 Organisational Culture and Change [Stephen P. Robbins & Mary Coulter‚ 2012‚ Management‚ 11th Ed.‚ Pearson‚ Essex‚ England] 1. What is organizational culture? 2. Strong cultures 3. Where culture comes from and how it continues 4. How employees learn culture 5. How does culture affects managers 6. Changing organizational culture 7. Current issues in organizational culture Note: This topic represents the managers’ internal environment‚ thus‚ is a continuation of Lecture 3: The
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Metaphors of Organizations "All theories of organization and management are based on implicit images or metaphors that persuade us to see‚ understand‚ and imagine situations in partial ways. Metaphors create insight. But they also distort. They have strengths. But they also have limitations. In creating ways of seeing‚ they create ways of not seeing. Hence there can be no single theory or metaphor that gives an all-purpose point of view. There can be no ’correct theory ’ for structuring everything
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Lecture Topic 1 : The Service Sector Reading : Chapter 1‚ Services Marketing : People‚ Technology‚ Strategy by Kotler & Wirtz‚ 7th Edition. The Service Sector- some facts : • In the West‚ business conditions generally remain difficult for service sector firms with falling prices hitting profitability. - The service sector typically accounts for between 66% and 75% of GDP in most of the more highly developed economies. (Central Intelligence Agency‚ 2011)
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Name: Vincent Olson‚ Elliott Fermin ‚ Raven Seelinger ‚ Steven Strother Date: 9/25/14 Group: 3 Know/Need to Know Chart: Work together as a group to create a list of information about tattoos. What do we know about What do we need to know tattoos We know that they can give you skin cancer. What in the tattoo causes us to get skin cancer. They can be really painful. What reactions can a tattoo give a person. They can have some sort of symbolic meaning. The kind of ink they use in
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The Business School BUMGT 5921 Organizations: Behavior‚ Structure‚ Processes Semester 2‚ 2012 Pre-sighted examination questions and notes on the examination QUESTIONS Section A Question A1 will be offered in the exam without any change and you will have to answer this question. As a guide‚ approximately three pages long relevant answers should be sufficient for this question. It is worth 20% of the total grade for this course. Question: A1 Analyze and evaluate your syndicate’s development
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Police Organization The function of policing is to provide overall public safety. The goal is to deter and prevent crime by immobilizing police units. There are various types of police agencies at the local‚ state‚ and federal level. The United States has one of the most complex law enforcement systems because of the various levels of their policing agencies. Within the United States‚ each state‚ city‚ county‚ town‚ and incorporated village has its own policing agency. Although there are various
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Organization structure Organization structure is the formal pattern of interactions and co-ordination designed by management to link the tasks of individuals and groups in achieving organizational goals Organization structure consists of four elements: ❖ The assignment of task and responsibilities that define the jobs of individuals and units. ❖ The clustering of individual positions into units and of units into departments and larger units to form an organizations hierarchy. ❖
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Nature of Merchandising Business • Revenue activities of a merchandising business involve the buying and selling of merchandise. They purchase merchandise which is resold to customers. • Comparison to Service Business |Service Business |Merchandising Business | |Fees earned |Sales
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At Parker Memorial Hospital we strongly believe in carrying out our mission and values statements. According to Buchbinder and Shanks (2007)‚ the mission of an organization is the enduring statement of purpose and identifies what the organization does‚ whom it serves and how it does it. And the value statement‚ To be the recognized healthcare provider and employer of choice‚ helps define the organization’s culture. We believe that Parker Memorial Hospital‚ the nation’s first hospital‚ has a responsibility
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Strategy through which one firm buys a controlling‚ or 100 percent‚ interest in another firm with the intent of making the acquired firm a subsidiary business within its portfolio. Strategy through which a firm changes its set of businesses or its financial structure. Reasons for Acquisition: Increased market power Overcoming entry barriers Cost of new product development and increased speed to market Lower risk to developing new products Increased diversification Reshaping the firm’s competitive scope
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