order. In this paper‚ we develop a linear programming model for integrated planning and scheduling of supply hub activities. We assume that all stakeholders in the supply hub share information on their capacities‚ schedules and cost structures. Based on this information the model addresses the issue of production and delivery scheduling‚ for the manufacturer and its suppliers‚ for optimal profit. The model was solved using optimization tools provided by ILOG. Keywords : Supply Hub‚ Collaborative
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relatively stable environment Support strong and visionary leadership. The Planning School A formal process A rigorous set of steps are taken‚ from the analysis situation to the execution of the strategy Gives clear direction. Enables resource allocation. Control The Positioning School An analytical process It places the business within the context of its industry and looks at how the organisation can improve its strategic positioning within that industry Urban planning
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category is interpersonal. This includes figurehead‚ leader‚ and liason. The second category is informational which includes monitor‚ disseminator‚ and spokesperson. The last category is decisional which includes entrepreneur‚ disturbance handler‚ resource allocator‚ and negotiator. These roles are all used in the leadership styles of top management and we will find throughout research which roles are most frequently used and which seem to be the most effective. We have selected five companies in
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Conceptual Framework in Tourism Industry Context in Taiwan: Resource Based View Chih-Wen Wu ‚ National Chung Hsing University‚ Taiwan Abstract: The purpose of this research was to develop and test a conceptual framework for sustainable development in tourism industry context to address the integration of social‚ economic‚ and ecological elements of sustainable development and the contextual nature of sustainable development. Resource-based view theory was used to model the driving force‚ state and response
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Henri Fayol or Henry Mintzberg; Management‚ management today is one of the subjects with the most widely branched areas. Management is an area under discussion and criticised since many years before till today by many contributors and authors. There have been developed many ideas and notions regarding the right way to manage and been successful manager. Some of the most important contributors are Henri Fayol and Henry Mintzberg with two different views but‚ in the same time very similar
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has‚ supposedly‚ been heavily opposed by Henry Mintzberg’s (born 1939) differing views on management‚ portraying managers as critical strategic players (Brooks‚ 2009) and investigating what people are motivated by other than money‚ he also developed his theories upon Fayols. I intend to investigate both of these men‚ who are prolific names within management and organisational theory‚ and have some contrasting views‚ but also some similarities and development on Fayol’s theories. I will look at
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not be taken here as a necessary condition for "strategy as plan.") To Drucker‚ strategy is "purposeful action"’‚ to Moore "design for action‚" in essence‚ "conception preceding actionn2 A host of definitions in a variety of fields reinforce this view. For example: in the military: Strategy is concerned with "draft[ing] the plan of war.. .shap[ing] the individual campaigns and within these‚ decid[ing] on the individual engagement^."^ in Came Theory: Strategy is "a complete plan: a plan which specifies
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Mintzbergs Model on Organisational Structures The Five Parts This note summarises the key features of Henri Mintzbergs theory on the structuring of organisations‚ which he presented in his book The Structuring of Organisations and Structure in 5 ’s: Designing Effective Organizations in the early 1980s. According to Mintzberg organisations are formed of five main parts: Operating core Those who perform the basic work related directly to the production of products and services Strategic apex
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2.1 Ten managerial roles as identified by Mintzberg Managerial roles define behaviors and traits certain managers possess. Henry Mintzberg identified ten managerial roles. Henry Mintzberg developed a thesis based on his research about the nature of managerial work analyzing the actual work habits and time management of CEOs. In his research‚ he had come up with the identification of the following 10 separate roles in managerial work: The first managerial role is a figurehead. A figurehead is
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OVERVIEW Effective human resource management is undoubtedly critical to the success of virtually all firms. Thus its importance is huge in the study of business strategy; which is the system of the firm’s important choices that are critical to the firm’s survival and relative success (Boxall and Purcell 2003). Getting more specific‚ strategic human resource management as a field of study is concerned with the strategic choices associated with the use of labour in firms and with explaining why
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