SEMESTER 1 (MM 100) PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF MANAGEMENT SECTION A: OBJECTIVE TYPE (30 MARKS) Part One: Multiple Choices: 1. A plan is a trap laid to capture the _____ Answer: a. future 2. It is the function of employing suitable person for the enterprise Answer: b. Staffing 3. _________ means “group of activities and employees into departments” Answer: d. Departmentation 4. This theory states that authority is the power that is accepted by others Answer: a. Acceptance Theory
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“Leading the Lean way: Analyzing the HR role for organizational effectiveness in Lean Management Practices” - Manjunath N ABSTRACT Organizations‚ the world over are facing stiff and diverse challenges with regard to enriching customer value at the appropriate time and appropriate cost. Thus the essence of customer value entails the organizations to structure their activities in such a way that leverages their cost and time potential. An increasing number of organizations are resorting
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Compare Contrast Ethical Relativism Timeless questions asked in different ways. What are morals? And if any who decides what is right or wrong? The answers we get vary depending on who is asked or which theory we believe to be true. Whether the universal theory or the ethical relativism; The fundamental difference in these theories is defined in their names universal theory believe that morals are universal and ethical relativism reason that ethics is relative depending on the views of the people
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Comparative Management Practices in China and the West It is true to say that globalisation is a two-way street. As international business and trade continue to grow‚ models of organisations and approaches to management are beginning to merge; nevertheless it remains imperative for firms to understand and govern across the myriad of cultural differences which still exist. These differences seem most apparent in China‚ where managerial values are deeply rooted in archaic and powerful culture. Some
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1.) 2 purposes of performance management and its relationship to business objectives Performance Management is a process that ensures that the aims and objectives are met effectively and efficiently in a long term. Armstrong and Baron define Performance Management as “a strategy which relates to every activity of the organisation set in the context of its human resource policies‚ culture‚ style and communication systems.” It is a process by which organisations align their resources systems and employees
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Organizational Plans XMGT/230 – Management Theory and Practice There are three different types of plans that organizations use: strategic‚ tactical‚ and operational. Strategic planning is orchestrated by top-level managers‚ contains a broad level of detail and can span over a 3-7 year time span. Tactical planning is implemented by middle-level management and includes more specific detail than strategic planning. Tactical planning is done in a shorter time period‚ typically
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Management Aptitude Analysis Kaplan University Autise Mortimer GM 500 Management Theories and Practice I Professor Jack Deem Introduction The purpose of this paper is to see what type of manager I will be‚ and from the findings from the aptitude test I will explain the results that I got. From my results I will see where I stand as a potential manager. Aptitude testing is mostly used to see what skills and strengths you posses as a person and if
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Cultural relativism is simply explained as such that a culture of some sort has their own set of moral codes and beliefs where they all agree that whatever is the rules they must follow because they believe it is morally correct and ethical. For example‚ in the Philippines‚ president Rodrigo Duterte believes in the extrajudicial killings of drug users and drug dealers because it is morally right to cleanse their society from it. People in that culture believes that it is correct because they all
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Cultural relativism can be defined as the understanding that the choices one can consider morally right are those approved of by one’s culture. Cultural differences in moral beliefs don’t imply cultural relativism because nonmoral beliefs can alter the perspective of basic moral principles shared by the culture. This would imply that there are no universally set/correct moral standards. Saying that cultural differences in moral beliefs imply cultural relativism is only part of an argument‚ not a
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Katrina Rose S. Mendoza MGT 201: Theory and Practice of Management Book Analysis: Art of War as applied to PLDT Founded on November 28‚ 1928‚ Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) is the leading telecommunications provider in the Philippines. Its mission is to be the preferred full service provider of voice‚ video and data at the most attractive levels of price‚ service quality‚ content and coverage‚ thereby bringing maximum benefit to the Company’s stakeholders. When PLDT was
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