CMEC01 12/8/06 8:50 Page 1 Chapter 1 Managers and Managing LEARNING OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter‚ you should be able to: ✓ Describe what management is‚ why management is important‚ what managers do‚ and how managers utilise organisational resources efficiently and effectively to achieve organisational goals. ✓ Distinguish among planning‚ organising‚ leading and controlling (the four principal managerial functions)‚ and explain how managers’ ability to handle each one can affect organisational
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Agriculture‚ and Machinery industry against its industry competitors. Cat Inc. had a record $30.25 billion in sales and revenues in 2004‚ an increase of 33 percent over 2003. The 2004 record profit of $2.03 billion is 85 percent higher than the 2003. What Caterpillar is best in the world at making: Track-Type Tractors. Track-Type Loaders. Wheel Loaders and Integrated Tool carriers. Excavators. Trucks. Scrapers. Motor Graders. Backhoe Loaders.
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I really love trying to protect the world/environment through many ways such as recycling‚ picking up trash‚ no polluting and decrease pollution overall‚ saving animal habitats and so much more. We should care for the environment because its our real home‚ we live in it and we dont want a nasty living of trash every where with stenches‚ also animals can die from our trashes such in beaches‚ they can get stuck in the can plastics. We need to recycle because recycling takes trash and processes it in
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and mindsets of the world. Thus‚ it is especially important that they are held accountable for their actions‚ even those undertaken in private. Although it is often argued that we can overlook what is done in private if the person performs his or her public job well‚ it is indeed worrying with their massive influence over society. In my opinion‚ public figures should be held accountable for their actions‚ even those undertaken in private. With technological advances in the past few decades‚ innovations
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The following paper is intended at establishing whether the French president may undertake military action‚ along with establishing to what extent involvement from the parliament is necessary in such scenarios. The paper will focus on the constitutional aspects of the question and will therefore refer to the French Constitution along with other relevant legal materials and customs. This will be done in the following manner: Firstly‚ the main characteristics of the French President‚ the Parliament
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Introduction This paper aims to analyze the common-sized balance sheets and ratios of 12 companies in order to identify their respective industries (Please refer to the Appendix for an overview of the financial data). The balance sheets of the 12 companies are analyzed in four steps‚ as shown in the following table. Step Industry Common Characteristics Companies 1 Service Almost no inventories Inventory turnover negligible Major passenger airline Regional bank Temporary office
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activities to achieve desired outcomes. A manager is someone who works with and through other people by co-ordinating their work activities to accomplish organisational goals. (Robbins‚ Stagg‚ Coulter‚ 2003‚ p.10) This definition states‚ the fundamental responsibility of a manager‚ is to accomplish the organisations objectives by ’getting things done through people’. There are however several ways of conceiving managerial responsibilities‚ as a ’manager’ can be viewed from many different positions
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Intellectual property From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about the legal concept. For the 2006 film‚ see Intellectual Property (film). Intellectual property law | Primary rights | * Copyright * Patent * Trademark * Trade secret * Authors ’ rights * Related rights * Moral rights * Utility model * Geographical indication | Sui generis rights | * Database right * Indigenous intellectual property * Industrial design right * Mask work
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A product manager investigates‚ selects‚ and develops products for an organization‚ performing the activities of product management. A product manager considers numerous factors such as intended demographic‚ the products offered by the competition‚ and how well the product fits with the company’s business model. Generally‚ a product manager manages one or more tangible products. However‚ the term may be used to describe a person who manages intangible products‚ such as music‚ information‚ and services
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A Liberal View of The Civil Rights Act of 1964‚ Affirmative Action‚ and the Leadership of Martin Luther King Jr. I:Civil Liberty Events: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Goal of The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Affirmative Action The Civil Rights Act of 1964 marked a major liberal victory for Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Right Movement‚ since it provide a legal basis for equality and fairness to people of color in the United States government. This event was major legal success because
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