1. Compare functional and product departmentalization in terms of relative efficiency‚ production‚ satisfaction‚ flexibility‚ quality‚ competitiveness‚ and development. Consider particularly the possibility that one basis may be superior in achieving one aspect of effectiveness‚ yet inferior in achieving another. Functional departmentalization has organizational and production efficiency and product departments should have overall higher satisfaction and adaptability within its department. Departmentalization
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2.1 The causes of product return for online apparel products Research on commercial returns have shown that the reasons for product returns could be defects‚ product incompatibility with user needs‚ and deficiencies in product performance relative to customer expectations (Ferguson‚ Guide‚ Souza‚ 2006; Guide‚ Souza‚ Van Wassenhove‚ & Blackburn‚ 2006; Rao‚ Rabinovich‚ & Raju‚ 2014). However‚ the main reason of returns suggested by Lawton (2008) is that products are not meeting consumer’s needs. Because
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Question 1 Not yet answered Marked out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The decisional managerial roles include all of the following EXCEPT: Select one: a. entrepreneur. b. negotiator. c. disseminator. d. resource allocator. Question 2 Not yet answered Marked out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Tactical planning is: Select one: a. Planning that unities various functions of the organization in order to avoid the silo problem b. Intermediate-range planning that is designed
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complementary investment in organizations and managements as well as social assets. The organization assets required to optimize returns from information technology investment include the organization’s hierarchy‚ efficient business processes and models‚ supportive organizational culture‚ and strong information system development team. The management complementary assets involve strong management support for technology investment and change‚ Incentives for management innovation‚ teamwork and collaborative
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formal product costing system implemented in the company – with the exception of the calculation of product costs imperative for external financial reporting purposes‚ prepared by your company’s accountant. In order to reduce cost pressures upon Sunflower Ltd‚ in the highly competitive flower sector‚ this report recommends the introduction of management accounting into the company‚ in particular the use of product costing systems. The purpose of this report is to identify an appropriate product costing
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Consolidated Products A Case Analysis The purpose of this case is to provide you with an opportunity to use the behavior concepts presented in Chapter 3. One basis for comparing the two successive plant managers is in terms of task-oriented and relations-oriented leadership. 1. Describe and compare the managerial behavior of Ben and Phil. Describe each manager’s use of specific task and relations behaviors. How much does each manager use participative or inspirational leadership?
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Product-Harm Crisis Giselle Rieschick Walden University Product-Harm Crisis Businesses spend top dollar in order to get the publicity needed to be successful‚ and success is generally measured in dollars. If a company is lucky‚ then the brand will flourish by “word-of-mouth” or traditional advertising. If the company is unlucky‚ the brand can be tarnished by a product-harm crisis. Product-harm crisis can be defined as a well-publicized event that finds a particular product to be defective
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TANG Wentao Campus Paris Group A What kind of product placement in the film industry is more acceptable by the audiences? Contents Contents 1 Introduction 2 Product placement in Movies 2 Literature review: Some examples 2 Ray Ban: Top Gun 3 FedEx and Wilson: Cast away 3 Chevrolet Camaro: Transformers 4 Successful and failure attempts of product placement 4 The product for the movie 5 Example of success: Mini cooper and the Italian job 5 Example of failure: China Mobile
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introduction of products and services to stay alive in the market. Continuous learning helps organizations to identify gap between the current business and areas which could be tapped with the help of existing knowledge of the market which is close to our existing area of focus. This fits to services businesses as well as products businesses. Where there is a solution to a problem‚ there is the prospect for a business. One of the many ways of continuous improvement of the business is product/service
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determine the relevant JND for their products for two very different reasons: 1. so that negative changes (e.g. reductions in product size or quality‚ or increase in product price) are not discernible to the public (i.e. remain below JND) and 2. so that product improvements (e.g. improved or updated packaging‚ larger size or lower price) are very apparent to consumers without being wastefully extravagant (i.e. they are at or just above the JND). When it comes to product improvements‚ marketers very much
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