I. How Do Businesses Compete? （Q1‚Q2) 1. Business strategies are primarily concerned with allocating resources across functional activities and product-markets to give the unit a sustainable advantage over its competitors. 2. The unit’s core competencies and resources‚ together with the customer and competitive characteristics of its industry‚ determine the viability of any particular competitive strategy. 3. Most SBUs pursue a single competitive strategy—one that best fits their market environments
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financial manager is mainly responsible for raising the required finance for the business. There are several sources of Finance and as such the finance has to be raised from the right kind of source. Generally speaking‚ there are two sources of finance as follow: 1) SPONTANEOUS SOURCES: Finance which naturally arises in the course of business is called as ‘Spontaneous Financing’. Trade creditors‚ credit from employees‚ credit from suppliers of services etc are the examples of spontaneous
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varying roles and functions of a manager‚ all managers have the same fundamental functions that ensure the business runs as efficiently as possible.There are four areas that a manager deals with in the functional areas of any business. These four areas are controlling‚ leading‚ organizing‚ and planning.( Bateman ) It is important to realize that the role of control for a manager is not negative in nature. In the functional areas of a business‚ control means that a manager is making sure that all areas
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Leaders and Managers Before I begin to discuss about leaders and managers‚ management and leadership need to be defined. According to Jones & George‚ management is defined as “the planning‚ organizing‚ leading and controlling of human and other resources to achieve organizational goals efficiently and effectively. (cited in Jones & George‚ 2007‚ p. 5). Thus a manager plans‚ organizes‚ leads and controls the assets of an organization. As stated by the previous definition‚ leadership is a part
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The Reflective Manager Abstract Reflection and the effect of its application in relation to organization learning have attracted a growing attention. It is recognized that reflection is the vital content for either individuals or organizations learning process. It is believed that reflection is a very important component to accomplish successful working behavior. Moreover‚ reflection is the crucial practice in the process of exploiting learning organizations. In this report‚ the concepts of reflection
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THE ROLE OF A MANAGER What is a manager? According to the oxford dictionary a manager is ‘a person responsible for controlling or administering an organization or group of staff’ but is that really what a manager is? (Oxford dictionaries 2011)This is because they are many different types of managers‚ as well as different roles each type of manager will have to perform‚ in order to be efficient and achieve their desired results. Also there are managers who must possess certain character traits
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break. The life of a factory worker was extremely crucial‚ especially for young women and children. Both young women and children were being treated unfair‚ almost like slaves. The working conditions were terrible‚ the boarding houses and factories were overpacking‚ young women and children were being overworked with the lack of sleep. The factory life had such an big impact on young women and children. Overall‚ working in a factory everyday was life challenging. Working in a factory was exasperating
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Question: Australia has to date not legislated for paid maternity leave‚ unlike most other countries. Assess who should take responsibility for paid maternity leave. Explain the reasons for your response. Paid maternity leave is defined as income replacement to compensate for the leave from paid employment necessary around child-birth (Baird‚ 2002a:2). In the developed world today‚ many western countries have designed a legislated for paid maternity leave such as Sweden‚ Germany‚ United Kingdom
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The most basic function that a manager is responsible for is to focus the people of the organization in performing work activities to accomplish desired goals. No matter the size of the organization‚ a manager is responsible for the planning and executing of the efforts of its team members in achieving the necessary objectives of its mission. There are four primary functions of managers known to many as POLC. These very important functions are planning‚ organizing‚ leading‚ and controlling. These
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Minimum Wage Laws Really Help? Minimum wage laws were first implemented in the United States in the early 1900’s and since then‚ economists have all agreed that they play a large role in our economy. They were first implemented to put an end to the sweat shops in America‚ however things have changed dramatically since then. The minimum wage is an important topic to consider and understand because "minimum wage workers" account for 1.7 million Americans. In the past‚ when the minimum wage has been
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