Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies The Hong Kong Polytechnic University LGT3105 Operations Management 1st Semester 2013/2014 Subject Description This is a foundation subject on Operations Management (OM). It will provide students with an understanding of the strategies‚ processes‚ and analytics of OM for both manufacturing and service organizations. At the end of the course‚ students will have a fair understanding of how things should be done and the importance of these
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Samsung group is a multinational company located in South Korea. It was founded in 1938 by Lee Byung-chull and since then great changes took place). At the beginning Samsung was a small trading company with forty employees. After the Korean War in 1954 Samsung grown up and entered several industries. It will take about three decades since its creation (1938) before it enters the electronics industry. Moreover‚ it will take another three decades to rise into a multinational organisation (1990). It
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Small businesses‚ for example‚ generally operate in a single market or a limited number of markets with a single product or a limited range of products. The nature and scope of operations are likely to be less of a strategic issue than in larger organizations. Not much of strategic planning may also be required or involved and‚ the company may be content with making and selling existing product(s) and generating some profit. For large businesses or companies—whether in the private sector‚ public
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Samsung vs. Apple - The smartphone wars John Myers COM/156 November 11‚ 2012 Lawrence W. Daly Samsung vs. Apple - The smartphone wars The Samsung Galaxy S has a better operating system than the Apple iPhone‚ which is why Apple is suing Samsung over infringement rights; greed took over. The smartphone craze was started in 2007‚ when the Apple Corporation strove to be the next innovative mind in the electronics world. These innovations were followed by greed and a desire to own the market.
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11 [pic]"Imagine the Possibilities" Executive summary: Samsung is such a brand name in the world that has been leading the business sector for over 70 years. Having the punch line of “Imagine the possibilities”‚ it has opened a door for people to get gadgets and appliances beyond expectation and expand their imagination. Samsung has been dedicated to making a better through diverse businesses that today span advanced technology‚ semiconductors
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Samsung Electronics case study The Samsung Electronics Company was the largest conglomerate in South Korea. The total net sales of the Samsung Group were $135 billion in 2004. It has 337 overseas operations in 58 countries. Electronic‚ finance‚ and trade and services were the three core sectors within the Samsung Group. Semiconductor products were classified into two different categories of chips‚ which are memory and logic. To focus on the global memory chip industry
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Samsung promotion Samsung puts great emphasis on its presentation and image in public. Promotion is highly important part of marketing mix and the company sets aside a sufficient and quite large budget for making the best to promote itself. Support of selling is highly intensive and always tries to react on the competition. There are many types of promotion. Samsung uses three types of them. The first one is selective promotion. Selective promotion means that the company provides distribution
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TUTOR: AUSTIN CHIA WED 1PM-3PM In Aug 2012‚ Samsung‚ the world ’s largest technology company by sales‚ is ordered to pay $1.05 billion in damages for violating Apple’s patents for the iPhone and iPad‚ "Samsung ’s strategy was to build something similar to another company ’s product but to make it better‚ faster and at lower cost"‚ is Samsung going to change its strategy to fit new conditions? Choe Sang-Hun ’s article "After verdict‚ assessing the Samsung strategy in South Korea" is a roadmap to evaluating
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References: Farhoomand‚ A. (2006). Wal-Mart Stores: Every Day Low Prices in China. Harvard Business School. Harvey‚ M.‚ Speier‚ C.‚ & Novecevic‚ M. M. (2001). A theory-based framework for strategic global human resource staffing policies and practices. International Journal of Human Resource Management‚ 12(6)‚ 898-915. doi: 10.1080/09585190110063147
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Recruitment and selection process HR Planning SLT regional branches inform available vacancies to the head office. Each department decides number of employees to be recruited. Inform vacancy requirements to recruitment section Plan deadlines. Create strategic plan for the recruitment. Decide recruitment type. Decide whether to recruit through direct SLT or SLT human capital solutions. If an employee is recruited by SLT‚ the HR section of SLT is responsible for all HR related activities (eg. Insurance
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