Essays on Agility

Leading & Managing Organisational Change: A Reflection

I. Value of Subject Experience on Capacity to Lead & Manage The current business practice involves numerous complexities in organizational development and change areas. If anything, evolving practices, a more dynamic workforce and, of course, ever changing ICT implementations which enable collaboration and communication – all contribute and inform how organizational development and change are understood, adopted, maintained and sustained. Accordingly, proper knowledge of and practical experience in optimum organizational development and change strategies, policies and practices are most critical not only to survive in current business practice but also to sustain a healthy, if not innovative, organizational makeup. For current ...

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Introduction

Organization Details:

Type: Multinational Corporation - Private Limited Company Vision Statement “Lead from the front, prepare for the future and create solutions from data.” -DataStackArray Systems Pvt. Ltd. DataStackArray Systems (DSAS) Private Limited is an organization that has a mission to provide a comprehensive and valuable platform for individuals and organizations seeking solutions from their big data. DSAS has a vision towards the big data industry to become a platform that provides viable solutions for all kinds of big data and makes the life of solution seekers ...

Activity 1

The paper will present an overview of how Clark’s Manufacturing Company sought to carry on a competitive run on its business against Japanese competitors. The company becomes progressive by using the systems thinking method. According to Gabor (2010), Clark Manufacturing Company engaged Ackoff’s Idealized plan in 1988 (Gabor, 2010). When its market for earthmoving merchandise came under attack from superior quality and cost effectiveness of competitor Japan, Clark Manufacturing Company realized that it does not have the managerial capabilities to compete with the Japanese. Clark’s Corporation to start a successful joint venture with two other companies: ...

American Public University

Organization is a group of people who come together to achieve a set of goals. Each organization develops a structure to function to move towards the set goals for the organization. How the organization forms a structure determines flexibility and agility of the organization. In the volatile business world nowadays, any organization requires developing its agility and flexibility to position the organization against the volatility in the markets. The main factors are the people who feel belonging to the organization because they would like to take responsibility to reach the set goals. The individuals in the organization would like ...

Fitness and Training

Fitness refers to a state where one is suitable for fulfilling a job, task or role. Many individuals do not enjoy fitness but it has many benefits (Plowman et al. 384). The social benefits of fitness include offers one a chance to meet and interact with other people. Through interacting with others, friendship may be established and one may become more motivated in performing exercises to improve their fitness. The physical benefits include total weight control and minimize the risk of getting diabetes, cancers, and cardiovascular diseases. According to Ciccolo et al., physical benefits include stimulation of bone growth, ...

Introduction

Marketing communication is the integral part of the brand strategy of an organization and can enable the firm to acquire competitive positions. This case describes how to competitive hospitals Brianwood and Crestview operating in the same locality compete against each other. Crestview has made a smart marketing communication move by acquiring two billboards near Brianwood. The pros and cons from the perspective of Crestview Hospital of the placement of its new billboard directly adjacent to Brianwood Medical Center Crestview Hospital will gain a lot of publicity by placing its new billboard directly adjacent to Brianwood Medical Center as it ...

Introduction

The ability to concurrently develop a product and its supply chain is a major competence in manufacturing industries. When the tow activities get undertaken efficiently at the same time, massive returns are bound to get derived. Proper design ensures that goods produced have the highest quality possible. High quality guarantees customer satisfaction and improves the brand name and legacy. Suitable supply chains, on the other hand, ensure that goods and services reach the customers on time. They also provide that the cost of supply is greatly diminished and saves the company revenue. However, in the auto-manufacturing industry, this ability ...

Executive Summary

The company wants to develop an electronic business solution to improve the products and services the company offers to the clients. An interior design company develops a new platform on the internet to have more contact with providers, clients and potential clients that find in the use of a website and other information technologies as a new opportunity to increase sales and increase the number of clients.

Industry Analysis

Target Demographic: The requirements of interior design services are different groups in the market. The institutional demand for organizations, companies that require the customization of Workspaces and the demand by individuals and ...

Introduction

Time warner Cable Company is a telecommunication company located at the Time Warner center in the United States in the city of New York. Time Warner company deals with the televisions networks, films and entertainment. It is the third largest telecommunications company in the world. The company was established in the year 1990. It was started by forming a merger between two companies in the United States of America. This companies comprised of Time Inc. and the Warner communications. The company mainly operates in film production and television. The company has a limited publishing operations in the United States ...

The first main idea brought forth by Ms. Hill is that innovation is not about the genius of a single person, but it is about the genius of a collective group of people. She gives the example of the production of a successful Pixar movie: that it takes no less than 250 people toiling hard for 4 to 5 years to come up with a blockbuster hit. Therefore it is not enough that the thinking of one person is enough to influence the evolution of innovation in an organization. This then brings one to the second learning: that success ...

Introduction

The purpose of the paper is to evaluate the approach of Marks and Spencer, a giant multi-channel retailer located in the UK based on sustainable products and managing waste (EY). The report aims to identify the main sustainability challenges that M &S recognize in their reporting and summarize the M & S sustainability strategy to highlight the obstacles, benchmarking against its rival Zara and Adidas. The report will provide an evaluation of M &S approach to sustainable products and manage waste drawing upon information available in the firm’s sustainability reporting material and concerning the speculative academic theory and models. ...

Service Management Report 3

Introduction 3 McDonald’s Service Management 3 Motivation 3 Leadership 5 Learning and leadership management 5 Human resource management 6 Culture and diversity 7 Information technology 7 Communication 8 Apple’ Service Management 9 Agility to allow innovation into completely new areas 10 Build and enforce a performance culture... 12

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Service Management Report Introduction This report aims at demonstrating the manner in which organizations provide services to their clients and how their approaches differ with each other. For purposes of this paper, two business organizations will be analyzed. These are the McDonalds Corporation, a fast food restaurant and Apple, a ...

Many games are played for fun. Sometimes game are played for more than that. They are played for bragging rights, to prove a point, to achieve personal best records, or beat another’s best record. Within these modern times, individuals who reside in industrialized countries play games for amusement, entertainment, or money. Rarely are games played as a matter of life or death. However, there are games that are played as matters of life or death. Depending on the prize, the winner chooses his or her spouse, where they will live, the car they will drive, the clothes they ...

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Relevance of the Topic

Basketball is one of the most dangerous team sports in the world with over 1.6 million basketball-related injuries reported every year and over three acute injuries occurring in every 1000 hours of basketball exposure (Luig and Henke, 2011). Most people including basketball players and coaches do not know these facts because excessive contact and aggressiveness are prohibited in the sport. Basketball’s popularity is growing in most parts of the world. It is estimated that over 300 million people worldwide play the sport because of its simplicity and minimal requirements. As the popularity of the sport ...

Fitness is defined as a state of well-being. Fitness affects a person’s physical, mental and social health. Fit people are always ready to face challenges and opportunities that life offers, when compared to ‘not fit’ people. A person who is physically fit, has a body that can work efficiently and effectively. Physical fitness will help the person carry out activities at work and in personal life, and still have energy left to face emergency or enjoy leisure activities. As a nurse, I need to carry out a lot of physical activity. I walk, run and stand around a ...

Introduction

The lean concept has gained popularity in the recent past especially in the globalization of various business operations due to the introduction of multinational organizations. Different lean principles as explained in the paper enable organizations to overcome waste in various trade actions carried out. The concept makes business organizations achieve their objectives more flexibility and profitability, making businesses able to control their operations in the most optimal way possible. Waste, as used in the paper, implies the various activities that limit the smooth flow of business process with no value addition to the commerce. Some of the main activities ...