ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY‚ ISLAMABAD (Department of Business Administration) PROJECT MANAGEMENT (5539) CHECKLIST SEMESTER: SPRING‚ 2011 This packet comprises the following material: 1. Text Books (Two) 2. Course Outlines 3. Assignment No. 1‚ 2 4. Assignment Forms ( 2 sets ) In this packet‚ if you find anything missing out of the above mentioned material‚ please contact at the address given below: Mailing Officer Services Block No
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After project initiation‚ begins the process of planning‚ with the end goal of achieving a successful‚ timely‚ and efficient completion of the project. Responsibilities‚ schedules‚ directions‚ and details for the team need to be laid out‚ and clear. The process of planning the project however needs a considerable care and attention. It is crucial that the project’s objectives be clearly tied to the overall mission‚ goals‚ and strategy of the organization‚ such as might be reflected in the project
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What is a Strategic Planning? It is a well written mission statement for any organization which drives its business towards its goals - be it profits‚ standards‚ market value‚ customer satisfaction? Can the plan be flexible or adaptable as many of you have discussed here? I believe that every organization need to follow the strategic intent in today’s ever changing world. There are some factors that can be predictable but many factors are not. An organization‚ in order to succeed need to have
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valuable position‚ involving a different set of activities”. It is also defined as “a set of related actions that managers take to increase their company’s performance” (Hill & Jones‚ 2007). Another deep definition would be “A company’s strategy is managements game plan for growing the business‚ staking out a market position‚ attracting and pleasing customers‚ competing successfully‚ conducting operations and achieving targeted objectives" (Thompson‚ Strickland & Gamble). Putting all together in one
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Strategic Management Journal‚ Vol. 13‚ 17-37 (1992) STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING KATHLEEN M. EISENHARDT and MARK J. ZBARACKI Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management‚ Stanford University‚ Stanford‚ California‚ U.S.A. This article reviews the strategic decision making literature by focusing on the dominant paradigms—i.e.‚ rationality and bounded rationality‚ politics and power‚ and garbage can. We review the theory and key empirical support‚ and identify emergent debates
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Strategic planning is an organization ’s process of defining its strategy‚ or direction‚ and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy. In order to determine the direction of the organization‚ it is necessary to understand its current position and the possible avenues through which it can pursue a particular course of action. Generally‚ strategic planning deals with at least one of three key questions: “What do we do?”‚ “For whom do we do it?”‚ and “How do we excel?”. In
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Strategic information systems planning is a crucial component of business in the 21st century. From the smallest of businesses to multi-national corporations‚ successful use of IT and IS drive fundamental business processes‚ help business cope with increasing marketplace demands‚ and form an integral basis for competitive advantage. This paper will discuss strategic information systems planning‚ information technology‚ information systems‚ and how they affect competitive advantage‚ business planning
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Strategic Human Resource Management Strategic Human Resource Management Strategic Human Resource Management – The linking of HRM with strategic goals and objectives in order to improve business performance and develop organizational cultures that foster innovation and flexibility. – Formulating and executing HR systems—HR policies and activities—that produce the employee competencies and behaviors the company needs to achieve its strategic aims. Linking Corporate and HR
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Topic 1 – Strategic Leadership: Managing the strategy (H&J: Chapter 1) Actions in business are frequently directed at the achievement of superior performance‚ therefore a strategy can be defined as “an action a company takes to attain superior performance” (Hill and Jones‚ 2107). It is important to understand that this definition is one of many. Contrary to some views that there is one single definition of strategy‚ we argue that there is no such universally accepted definition and that
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work of others so that organisational goals can be accomplished. Further to this definition management‚ which is essentially what mangers do‚ involves ensuring that work activities are completed efficiently and effectively. There are three specific categorisation models to explain what exactly it is that managers do: • Management Functions (Henry Fayol) • Management Roles (Henry Mintzberg) • Management Skills (Robert L. Katz) Throughout this assignment reference will be made to Ms Williams‚
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