Introduction & Purpose Thank you for contacting MegaBank PLC with your investment analysis request. This report will be analysing the medium/long term investment suitability of Next PLC‚ a publicly traded (LSE: NXT)‚ British fashion and homewares limited company. Background Next plc was originally founded in 1864 by Joseph Hepworth as Joseph Hepworth & Son‚ Gentleman’s Tailors; however‚ the current Next fashion brand evolved in 1981 when the company purchased the chain of Kendalls rainware shops
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Organizational Structure Meaning – Various Structures – Practical Illustration Organizational Structure: It refers to a formal system of tasks and reporting relationships that coordinates and motivates employees to work together to achieve the organizational goals. Formal system of task and reporting relationships showing how workers use resources. It involves the following structures: 1) Functional Structure It refers to the organizational structure composed
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Organizational Structure: A Critical Factor for Organizational Effectiveness and Employee Satisfaction August 2007 Craig W. Fontaine‚ Ph.D. Northeastern University College of Business Administration Based on: C.W. Fontaine‚ How Organizational Structure Impacts Organizations. First Annual Conference on Organizational Effectiveness‚ Chicago‚ IL 2006 © 2007 Northeastern University Executive Summary “Organizational structure is perhaps the least understood and most under-appreciated
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Organizational structure An organizational structure consists of activities such as task allocation‚ coordination and supervision‚ which are directed towards the achievement of organizational aims.[1] It can also be considered as the viewing glass or perspective through which individuals see their organization and its environment. Organizations are a variant of clustered entities. An organization can be structured in many different ways‚ depending on their objectives. The structure of an organization
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Question 3 3.1 Highlights two advantages and two disadvantages for each of the following types of organizational structures: 3.1.1. Functional structures According T.N. Chhabra (2003:263)‚ functional structures directs the subordinates throughout the organization in his particular area of business operation. This means that subordinates receive orders and instructions not from one superior but from several functional specialists. In other words‚ the subordinates are accountable to different functional
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Organisations (Assignment 2) Organisation Structures – Introduction Organisation Structures – Span of Control Functional Areas Finance The finance department is a department within an organisation who deals with the financial side of the business and will therefore have many roles and activities which they would complete on a daily basis in order to ensure that this department is performing to a high standard which will contribute towards the overall success and standard of the business
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Chapter 10 Organisational Structure and Design Robbins‚ Bergman‚ Stagg‚ Coulter: Management 4e © 2006 Pearson Education Australia LO6 Students will evaluate two types of organisational structures and recommend a structure for a given situation Key elements a) Hierarchy and departmentalisation economic growth b) Centralisation versus decentralisation c) Mechanistic versus organic d) Span of control Robbins‚ Bergman‚ Stagg‚ Coulter: Management 4e © 2006 Pearson Education Australia 2 LEARNING
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Culture‚ HRM and ethics. Understanding Organisational Culture Interest in organisational culture began in the early ’80s when management gurus such as Tom Peters began to focus on culture as a differentiator of successful organisations. In the past twenty-odd years interest in culture has increased as case studies have identified a strong link between organisational culture and its performance. Managers in general and HR practitioners in particular‚ must appreciate the extents to which culture
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UNIT 3 Structure ORGANISATION STRUCTURE AND EFFECTIVENESS 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.0 Objectives Introduction Concept of Organisation Structure Components of Organisation Structure Types of Organisation Structure 3.4.1 Functional Structure 3.4.2 3.4.3 Divisional Structure Adaptive Structure 3.5 3.6 Dimensions of Organisation Structure Organisational Design 3.6.1 Classical form of Organisation 3.6.2 3.6.3 Alternate Design Organisational and Mechanistic Design 3.7 3.8 3.9 10.10 Organisational
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Porter Model to give an idea what kind of influences exists and how a company can deal with it. Fig. 3 Porter′s Five Forces Model Bargaining power of suppliers Source: see Chapter 7 To what extend have the suppliers of NEXT power over the company? In the case of NEXT the influence is limited because there are a lot of providers in this sector. If a supplier were to ask for an increase in his price‚ or for other better conditions‚ his customer could easily replace him in a short period of time
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