Essays on Management Theories

Management Theories

Management Theories

Introduction: Overview of Management

Human beings will remain to be the most complicated assets to manage in an organization unless probably the day computers will think, feel, and learn to do things without human intervention. Until then, every manager needs a management concept that will assist him or her to manage these complex resources. Management refers to the process of locating, organizing, planning, leading, and exercising control over the workforce among other resources. Every manager needs to have the necessary skills in making decisions and resolving issues for him/her to be effective, efficient, and beneficial.

In essence, managers’ primary role is ...

1. Describe the company in terms of industry, size, number of employees, and history Amazon was founded in 1995, now it is the largest bookstore in the world that operates in 185 countries. In 2011, Amazon employed 30 thousand employees. Amazon expected that earnings will increase at the expense of the volume of business, as the company works with a large number of clients and offers many diverse products. Amazon has distribution channels, which are provided by a network of giant warehouses located around the world. Amazon takes the goods from the seller to their warehouses located throughout the ...

Introduction

The Marriot International and Renaissance Long Beach Hotel has come under fire after the hotel received a lawsuit from two women over alleged sexual harassment claims. Luz Cuevas and Teresa Evangelista allege that different employees working for the hotel sexually harassed them on more than one occasion and that female workers from the Latin region have on several occasions been the targets for physical, emotional, verbal and sexual harassment by senior employees at the Marriot Hotel. The two women filing the lawsuit against the hotel are Luz Cuevas and Teresa Evangelista who work at the hotel as an on-call ...

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Background Business Situational Context Hilton London Bankside is one of the Hilton hotels and resorts that offer hospitality services in the UK. It is accessible from London Bridge and equipped with state of the art facilities to increase its competitive advantage. The resort operates in a highly competitive environment which consists of other Hilton hotels. Nevertheless, product differentiation helps the hotel to compete favorably and maintain high profits. The goal of Hilton London Bankside is combating the high demand for rooms and offering its clients a comfortable stay. It offers complimentary services including fitness facilities and team building opportunities. ...

Strengths of Sofitel Hangzhou Westlake 4

Weaknesses of Sofitel Hangzhou Westlake 6 Opportunities which Sofitel Hangzhou Westlake can Exploit 7 Threats to which Sofitel Hangzhou Westlake is Exposed 7 3.0 Strategy Proposed 8 4.0 Critical Evaluation of the Problems Identified 8

Using Six Hats Thinking Approach for Problem Solving 9

Blue Hat 9 White Hat 9 Red Hat 10 Black Hat 10 Yellow Hat 10 Green Hat 11 Application of Mintzberg’s Theory at Sofitel Hangzhou Westlake 11 Interpersonal use of Managerial Skills 11 Informational Role of Managers to Solve Problems 12 Decisional Role of Managers for Dealing with the Issue 13 5.0 Conclusion 13

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Strategic Management Analysis of Sofitel Hangzhou Westlake in China ...

Hofstede, Trompeenaars, and Javidan conducted three different research studies with the aim of establishing the key values from which they developed different dimensions that are used to define organizational culture across different countries, thus establish the types of cultures (Trompeenaars, 364). However, their research strategies were different. For instance, Hofstede conducted an employee interview across sixty-six countries. He only used the results of forty countries. On the other hand, Trompeenaars’ research was based on 40 countries. He collected data through questionnaires from over forty-six thousand managers. Javidan research was conducted in over sixty-two countries and involved more than one ...

Introduction

Brands have existed since ancient times, as evidenced by the fact that individuals have always used unique marks to distinguish their products from those produced by other individuals. However, the main reason for branding in ancient times was to prevent the theft of property. Despite the origins of branding, its main purpose shifted to enhancing the visibility of products as humans engaged in increased commercial activity with each other (Hampf and Lindberg-Repo, 2011, p. 1). Consequently, the concept of brand development arose. Brand development refers to the efforts taken to increase the success of a brand in the market ...

Management Theories and the Workplace

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Management Theories and the Workplace

Introduction

This paper is devoted to the issue of management theories and how they can impact on the workplace in the supply chain management. As we know, the management theory is a combination of knowledge about the laws and regularities, methodology and methods of implementation of the management activity. The science of management creates, organizes and disseminates knowledge of how to carry out management activities relying on the knowledge of the three basic sciences (psychology, economics and law). The subject of the management theory is the administrative relationships, in which both economic, social and ...

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 ...

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Many scholars in the management field have spent most of their time trying to come up with theories that explain management. The work of these theorists, however, has not gone to waste as there are very many theories that have come up as a result. Management theorists have been linked to improving the quality of products and services being offered by any organization by using their creative minds in developing ideas that solve problems. For one to be well conversant and an expert in the management field, he/she must study and try to emulate the work of these theorists. ...

Uber is a car service company that created an Android application that enables anyone to request a car under a few minutes on a short term basis. The creation of the company was in 2009. It all started on a snowing day in Paris, where Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp was having trouble getting a cab to reach their destination. They thought it was too much hustle and wanted to make the traveling experience easy by being able to access a cab from the comfort of your mobile phone at any location. They sought to use technology to give ...

Actually, since the beginning of 20th century many companies and organizations have put more emphasizes and interest in the leadership. In the past, theories of leadership focused on distinction between followers and leaders, while subsequent leadership theories analyzed other variables of leadership such as skill level and situational factors (Northouse, 2009). Company leader is a very important person, when he his doing his work well the entire employees team become inspired to work hard. Leadership team is an asset in every business, either small or large. There are major theories of leadership; these include management theories, great-man theories, participative theories, ...

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The 1950’s were a remarkable period in the business world. The world at large was on a recovery path after two devastating world wars which had changed the focus of business towards the provision of military goods than on providing quality value to customers. Production was mainly concentrated on few organizations and was characterized mainly by bureaucratic methods of organizational management. It was during this period that there was increased pressure to develop internal methods of cost evaluation that would aid in the decision making process of managers. It was necessary to have in place relevant accounting information that was ...