EFFECTS OF STRATEGIC PLAN IMPLEMENTATION ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE: A CASE STUDY OF NAKURU WATER AND SANITATION SERVICES COMPANY (NAWASSCO) MUKIRA NEWMAN GITONGA GMB/NE/0076/01/11 A Research Project Submitted to the School of Business in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of the Degree of Masters in Business Administration‚ (Strategic Management) KABARAK UNIVERSITY JUNE‚ 2013 DECLARATION This project is my original work and has not been presented for a degree in any other
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Running head: STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE – DRAFT II Individual Assignment: Strategic Plan Update-Draft II YOUR NAME STR/581 DATE NAME OF PROFESSOR Individual Assignment: Strategic Plan Update-Draft II Work Breakdown Structure Organizational Chart [pic] Work Breakdown Structure [pic] Project Name: Kudler Fine Foods Sales Growth Strategy Focus Area: Supply Chain Overhaul Budget Allowed: $220‚000 [pic] Prepared By |Document
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Four contingencies of reinforcement: 1. Positive Reinforcement Purpose: Serve to strengthen desired behavior Method/How: Gives bonus or present that is powerful and durable‚ praise Essential Element: Correct timing and consistency (Directly after the desired behavior) Example: Teach child correct manners Consideration: Modifications in behavior should equal to the reinforcement 2. Punishment Purpose: Decrease inappropriate behavior Method/How: Can carry out through 1)
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CONTINGENCY THEORIES OF LEADERSHIP WHAT ARE CONTINGENCY THEORIES? _best way to organize a corporation _their performances depend on internal and external situation _leaders’ styles are classified base on these theories HOW MANY CONTINGENCY THEORIES DO WE HAVE? FIEDLER MODEL SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP THEORY (SLT) PATH-GOAL THEORY <THE FIEDLER _Developed by Fred Fiedler MODEL> _Leader style makes effective group performance LEADER: _2 leader’s styles: Relationship-oriented and Taskoriented
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Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction 2 2.0 Strategic Plan 3 3.0 Describe mission statement‚ strategic goals and corporate strategies for a hotel 4 3.1 Mission Statement 4 3.2 Strategic Goals 6 3.3 Corporate Strategies 7 3.3.1 Shangri-La Care 1: Shangri-La Hospitality from Caring People 9 3.3.2 Shangri-La Care 2: Delighting Customers 9 3.3.3 Shangri-La Care 3: Recover to Gain Loyalty 9 3.3.4 Shangri-La Care 4: Take Ownership 10 4.0 SWOT chart for the Shangri-La Hotel
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Strategic and Operational Plans of General Motors Bethany Herman MGT/521 October 27‚ 2014 Stephanie Edens Strategic and Operational Plans of General Motors General Motors is a Fortune 500 company that relies upon strategic and operational plans to ensure that the company is consistently growing and evolving. By using strategic and operational plans on a daily basis‚ General Motors can see these plans working to achieve a goal within the company. The company is also able to see what effect these plans
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Dick and Mac McDonald‚ McDonald is the longtime leader in fast food industry. It has sustained a remarkable place in industry by fast and consistent quality services‚ in starting days‚ McDonald enjoyed tremendous growth where its average annual return on equity was 25.2% between 1965 and 1991. But the company found its sales per unit slowing between 1990 and 1991. Plus growth in the quick service market was projected to only keep pace with inflation in the 1990s. Question- Why has McDonald sustained
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One pioneer who was instrumental in moving organization theory to the contingency approach was Joan Woodward‚ who studies the effect of technology on the organization. Woodward found that many variations in organization structure were associated with differences in manufacturing techniques. As Woodward pointed out: "Different technologies imposed different kinds of demands‚ and these demands had to met through an appropriate structure. Commercially successful firms seemed to be those in which function
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Comprehensive Project Proposal Regression Application toward Better Management of Construction Project Budgets Objective This project plans to develop a methodology to estimate future projects’ costs and their appropriate contingency reserves for changing prices in constructional projects. Based on the methodology‚ recommendations will be given in order to change Ministry of Construction’s policies that relates to project budgets‚ and how to deal with the current policies if they are not
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Strategic Plan for Move � PAGE �1� Five Year Strategic Plan for Move CIS Strategic Management CMGT/578 March 20‚ 2006 Strategic Plan for Move Riordan Manufacturing‚ Inc. has been able to make way into the global business arena with a strong footing. Riordan has established operating plants in San Jose‚ CA‚ Albany‚ GA‚ Pontiac‚ MI‚ and Hangzhou‚ China. In addition‚ the quantity of plastic fan parts manufactured in the Hangzhou plant has increased‚ adding significant shipping costs. This plant
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