(1984) model of the flexible firm (b) What are some of the strengths and weaknesses of the Atkinson model? ANSWER PLAN: Introduction/Background o What are the aims of flexibility o Guest (1987) de-centralisation helps to create flexibility o What are the main forms of flexibility that modern organisation need Body: 4 types of flexibility o Functional/Temporal/Numerical/Financial Body 2: Atkinson’s Model o Core group o Frist/Second peripheral groups How each of these differ
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STRATEGIC CHOICE AND STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING Andy Adcroft STRUCTURE • Why do things happen? • Generic Strategies • Criticisms of generic strategies WHY DO THINGS HAPPEN? Norms and what has happened before Environment Analysis Roles and wider functions Creation of options Organisational Analysis What we want to achieve Emotions‚ power desires‚ goals Age and frequency of behaviours What I want from this job Habits‚ rituals and routines Social factors Decisions are taken and implemented
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University of Ljubljana – Faculty of Economics Graduate Programme Course: Globalization and Multinational Firms Mentor: Črt Kostevc Ph.D. Academic year: 2012/2013 Globalization and Multinational Firms Seminar paper MNCs and the role of the state Author: Aljaž Bešter Cerar – 19489662 Ljubljana‚ 10.6. 2013 Summary The seminar paper is logically divided into two related parts. The first part of the paper looks at a multinational corporation (MNC) as a principally passive object
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Q4) what are the advantages and disadvantages to a firm of operating on a large scale? Economies of scale fall under microeconomics and are the cost advantages a business obtains due to expansion. As scale is increased they cause a producers average cost per unit to fall. Microeconomics (from Greek prefix micro- meaning "small" and "economics") is a branch of economics in which you study the behaviour of how the individual firms make decisions to allocate limited resources. Normally‚ it applies
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structure: By way of a conventional start‚ perhaps it would be worth our while to look at what "capital structure" actually means. In broad terms‚ it is essentially the firms ’ mix of debt and equity but it would be wrong to assume that this is all there is to it. These two terms belie the complexity that lies beneath‚ from the viewpoint of the decisions that any firm must take - that is to say‚ what kind of debt and which type of equity. Capital structuring would then‚ deal with how a concern
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Title of the Journal Article: What Makes Human Resource a Strategic Partner? Name of Author/s: Lawler‚ Edward E‚ III and Boudreau‚ John W. Name of Journal: Scholarly Journals Date/ Issue of Journal: (2009): 02-22-2014 MAJOR IDEAS OF AUTHOR: At last! For over a ten year of decades‚ HR professionals have seen an increasing call to take on the third role which is to be a strategic partner. But what it takes to be a strategic business partner? What are its requirements? Through this article
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Managerial theories of the firm Managerial theories of the firm place emphasis on various incentive mechanisms in explaining the behaviour of managers and the implications of this conduct for their companies and the wider economy. According to traditional theories‚ the firm is controlled by its owners and thus wishes to maximise short run profits. The more contemporary managerial theories of the firm examine the possibility that the firm is controlled not by its owners‚ but by its managers‚ and
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Shui On Group Introduction The company was formed by Vincent Lo in 1971 and the company was launched hotel business in Shanghai by 1984 and with a proven track record in large-scale development of Hotels‚ Apartment or residential projects over the world and focus in China’s land development project since 1985. The company become listed company in 1997 and was grouped under SOCAM Development Limited (00983.HK). Shui On Group’s business structure is composed: * Shui On Construction and Materials
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Record: 1 Title: What Is Strategy? Authors: Porter‚ Michael E.1 Source: Harvard Business Review; Nov/Dec96‚ Vol. 74 Issue 6‚ p61-78‚ 18p‚ 1 Black and White Photograph‚ 3 Diagrams‚ 1 Graph Document Type: Article Subject Terms: *STRATEGIC planning *ORGANIZATIONAL effectiveness *MARKET positioning *COMPETITION *BUSINESS planning *INDUSTRIAL management *ORGANIZATIONAL
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The Haier Group The Company Haier Group started in 1984 manufacturing and selling refrigerators to the Chinese market. Under the leadership of Zhang Ruimin‚ Haier’s CEO grew a collective run factory into a global multi-national with over $12 billion USD in global sales. Haier produces a wide range of household electrical appliances‚ 15‚100 varieties of items in 96 product categories‚ and exports products to over 100 countries including Wal-Mart and Target. In just 20 years‚ Haier became the
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