The case revolves entirely about leadership agents and change management. The leadership changes made at the apex and the drive to have a strategic focus resulted in structural changes of the university. To ensure that this initiative produces the desired output‚ it requires a huge commitment from employees at all levels. The senior management plays a pivotal role in ensuring the transition is smooth and all employees are made part of the decision making process. With respect to the case we shall
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CL317 Construction Management Coursework Part 1 Leadership vs. Management: What does the 21st Century hold? Lydia Stevenson Introduction When we think of Leaders in the construction industry‚ we think of past engineers such as Brunel and Telford. Yet ask someone if they could name a current leader in the construction industry and they would most likely draw a blank. It is more common these days to come across construction mangers rather than construction leaders. Why is this
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HOSPITALS: A CASE STUDY AT SINGAPORE HOSPITAL Arun Kumar and Linet Ozdamar School of Mechanical & Production Engineering Nanyang Technological University 50 Nanyang Avenue‚ SINGAPORE-639798 Email: makumar@ntu.edu.sg KEYWORDS Business process reengineering‚ Healthcare. ABSTRACT As health care costs increase‚ there is a need for healthcare service providers to look for ways to contain costs and to achieve a higher efficiency at their operating facilities without sacrificing quality. This paper studies
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Southwest Airlines: 1993 (A) - Just Plane Smart -SummaryIntroduction: During the summer of 1003‚ the company was about to receive two uncommitted airplanes. The director of schedule planning needed to find a way to put these machines to work and meeting growth objectives without damaging the company’s focus. The main decision should be compliant with the Southwest Airlines’ organizational culture. History: Southwest started in 1971‚ after going through court battles caused by competitors that
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Abstract This paper contains details about a problem faced in Elecon Engineering Co. Ltd. (Anand-Sojitra road‚ Vallabh Vidhyanagar-388120‚ Gujarat‚ India) and a solution by means of proper application of innovation management. Elecon Engineering Company Ltd. Was established in the year 1951as ‘The Pioneers’ in the manufacturing of industrial geared motors and reducers‚ material handling equipment and industrial gears in Asia. The company wanted to establish a new fully automated plant in order to
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Introduction Case studies Learning excellence: Southwest Airlines’ approach Ulla K. Bunz and Jeanne D. Maes The authors Ulla K. Bunz and Jeanne D. Maes are based at the University of South Alabama‚ Mobile‚ AL‚ USA. Abstract In an era in which adapting to change means survival‚ it is important to study what successful organizations have done. While the airline industry in the USA has not made thriving financial headlines‚ one small company has been able to satisfy its customers completely
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Netaji Subhash Engineering College‚ Garia‚ Kolkata Netaji Subhash Engineering College was started in the year 1998 in the southern part of Kolkata. It is about one kilometer from Garia railway station and is within the state of West Bengal. Its aim is to increase the number of technical graduates in the state. High quality of education is imparted with a team of excellent professors. It always wants to promote research work in science and technology. It dreams to improve the socio economic condition
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Aeronautical Engineering Aeronautical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering refers to an applied discipline of Engineering dealing with the design‚ manufacture‚ functioning and maintenance of airborne vehicles like aircrafts‚ spacecrafts‚ helicopters and missiles. Aeronautical Engineering belongs to the category of high-tech engineering and involves the study of physical science and mathematics to perform research‚ development‚ testing‚ launching and the manufacture of various air vehicles. The core
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* Medical engineering * Medical Engineering encompasses a broad range of activities‚ and is altrnatively called Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering. It is a multi-disciplinary subject integrating professional engineering activities with a basic medical knowledge of the human body and an understanding of how it functions when healthy‚ diseased or injured. * Medical Engineers are needed for the healthcare industry‚ the world’s biggest industrial sector‚ which has a turnover approaching
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October 4‚ 2013 Southwest Airlines Every business has a CEO who deals with the everyday lifestyle of being the boss. Have you ever wondered how many people who work as the CEO of a company because it was always something they wanted to do? For those of you who said yes‚ think again. The CEO of Southwest Airlines‚ Gary Kelly‚ never had aspirations of being a CEO to a company as large as Southwest Airlines. There are a few founding principles: keep costs down through fast turn-around time at
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