Module 7 Case Study 2: Transforming customer service for BRANZ Ltd. Abstract Porter’s value chain describes a comprehensive format of creating value within any business venture. It explains how to alter business inputs into outputs that are of greater value than the initial cost of creating the same outputs. According to Michael Porter‚ analysing the chain of activities in any organization will be of more value to the output and services compared to the summation of the cost of these activities
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Jude Excell L. Morales BSCS IV-A CASE STUDY 1 You Are Your Own Worst Enemy Q1. Think of yourself as a business manager. You have employees you supervise and you are responsible for ensuring that they meet daily work quotas. But you find they are spending a couple hours per day shopping online‚ chatting with their friends through instant messaging‚ and so on. How do you motivate your employee to perform their work? How do you restrict them from non-work-elated activities without creating
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Robert Owen (1771-1858) Robert Owen was a man ahead of his time. During his lifetime‚ he endeavored to improve the health‚ education‚ well-being and rights of the working class. This driving ambition to create a better society for all took him around the world‚ from a small mill village in Lanark shire in Scotland to New Harmony‚ Indiana in America with varied success. Although‚ he encountered much criticism and opposition in his lifetime‚ he influenced reformers who came
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organization. The course offers a broad array of cases covering several industries‚ and organizations. PEDAGOGY The pedagogy emphasizes the case study method and strategic audit as means to synthesize and organize relevant information in a logical fashion. Active discussion in class is used to exchange knowledge and debate current issues in management. COURSE REQUIREMENTS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Assigned readings Case preparation Participation Term project Team case study presentations and written
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Module 2 Case ITM524: Foundations of Information Technology Management Dr. Mina Richards Introduction We live in an environment which changes often. In the business world‚ what is in demand today for an organization may not be a requirement for tomorrow. Smart managers know that organizations that succeed do so because they adjust to keep up with the changes that are taking place (Harmon‚ 2007). Change in business comes in many forms and affects companies in every industry. Business today
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REVIEW OF LITERATURE This chapter attempts to review different literatures on customer satisfaction with reference to hotel industry and presents various studies made regarding the issues related with hotel industry and customer satisfaction. Customer – Definitions Paul S. Goldner (2006) 1 defines‚ “…a customer is any organization or individual with which you have done business over the past twelve months”. Grigoroudis‚ E and Siskos‚ Y (2009) 2 provide definition for ‘customer’ upon two approaches:
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Bridgeton Case Bridgeton Industries is faced with a difficult decision. Manifolds have been their most profitable product but based off of their recently developed classifications for products it has fallen to the lowest class. The lowest class is then designated to be outsourced. There are many implications for the decision to stop making manifolds. If they eliminate them they are losing almost half of their sales totals ($226‚542-$93‚120= $133‚422). This would then in turn drastically reduce
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CHANGING THE HR FUNCTION AT BELLA’S: A CASE STUDY Bobby Medlin‚ USC Upstate Lynne’s day had started at 7:00 this morning with a meeting with the disgruntled store manager of location number two—and things hadn’t slowed down since. Her “to-do” list was already full‚ but she had barely had time to glance at it. She was too busy with her “other stuff” (as she liked to call it)—things that kept her from being able to focus on what she really should be doing in her role at Bella’s. “Tough day‚ huh‚”
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ANALYZING A CASE STUDY STAGE 1: QUICKLY GO THROUGH THE GENERAL SCENARIO PRESENTED TO GAIN A GENERAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITUATION. Underline/highlight information which may indicate problems exist STAGE 2: EXAMINE THE QUESTIONS CAREFULLY Read the questions several times-work out what is asking of you STAGE 3: READ THE CASE AGAIN VERY THOROUGHLY Look for evidence STAGE 4: PLAN YOUR ANSWER-SOME GUIDELINES You must be able to cite evidence (s) to support your arguments Apply
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