“HR1003 People‚ Organizations and Management” “Assessment 1 2008/2009 Semester B” Date: 20th March 2009 1. “Provide a brief definition of the concept of an organization.” An organisation is a social arrangement‚ construct‚ a body or unit composed of two or more persons to achieve a specific objective on a relatively continuous basis by means of planned and coordinated activities. People interact with each other in a particular way and form relationships with suppliers‚ customers
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Cost - Risk In this case‚ the advantages that Deaconess Clinic‚ as a service company‚ would have if they performed it in-house would be at quality and risk factors. If the cooking activity performed within the hospital‚ it would be easier for the management to control the quality of the food‚ and minimizing the risk of contamination from outside. Other than that‚ employees could feel more about the “family” atmosphere if they doing the activity in a same room and doing teamwork. On the other hand
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Project Management • • • • • Introduction to project management Critical path method (CPM) Crashing Uncertain activity durations Reading: Page 760 – 794 Project • Project: – A special type of process / transformation – A series of related jobs directed toward some major output – Require time and resources – Examples • MS Windows 2000‚ Fund raising‚ Preparation for a private party‚ Building a new airport… The Campus Wedding Reserve Church (1) Church Notice (17) 1 Decorate Church
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The essay will firstly introduce the organisation easyJet. Secondly the essay will explain about how easyJet uses its operation strategies and its competitive priorities. Finally the essay will discuss the most important operation decision and explain it further in detail. easyJet is a well known low-cost airline which operates in several European countries and has been founded by serial entrepreneur Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou in 1995. easyJet undertook intensive research of a United States owned low-cost
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paper trays to explain some. The purpose of this term paper is to elaborate on the meaning of strategy and to further understand what a service operation strategy and a manufacturing strategy constitute. In order to achieve this purpose‚ the paper attempts to address some basic questions in regards strategy in general and service operations and manufacturing strategies in particular. These questions include looking into the definition of strategy and the processes involved in formulating strategy.
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material from the unit‚ critically evaluate how the passage relates to issues concerning the business activities of MNCs and the concept of ethical leadership. Having examined Machiavelli’s passage from the ‘prince’ I believe it may be applied within the field of change management. It is important that the ‘prince’ may be used as a metaphor for an individual or an organisation. The passage focuses on the effective management of change when merging into a new global market. Drawing attention to
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Issue Management: Risk Management Unlike traditional risk management tools‚ which are usually based around tangible and quantifiable issues‚ scenario thinking encourages executives to step into the unknown and imagine a range of possible futures. - Doug Randall and Chris Ertel Managing risk is central to many corporate strategies. Reputations that take decades to build can be ruined in a matter of hours through incidents such as environmental accidents. “The definition
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As a Compass manufacturing company the organizational chart is very simplified. The positions are depicted down to the manger level. The executive vice president reports directly to the chief executive officer of Firebird Compass Tech. The marketing department manages customer demands. They also generate future sales and manage partnership technology initiatives for future projects within the navigation industry. The operations department manages people‚ schedules‚ equipment‚ technology‚ materials
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To Organisation Organisation is one important element of the management process. It is next to planning. In management‚ organisation is both the process as well as the end-product of that process which is referred to as organisation structure. Such structure acts as the foundation on which the whole super-structure of management is built. Sound organisation structure is essential for the conduct of business activities in an efficient manner. It is within the framework of the organisation that
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Chapter One ~ Operations and Productivity • POLCA (plan‚ organize‚ lead‚ control‚ achieve) • Suppliers → Inputs → Process → Outputs → Consumers (SIPOC) • 3 functions to create goods and service: o Marketing o Production/operations o Finance/accounting • Why Study OM? o Learn how people organize themselves for productive enterprise o Learn how goods/services are produced o Understand what operations managers do o OM is a costly part of an organization • Productivity= Units produced or
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