Essays on Organisation

Good for the World: Hustle Statement - Activity: Part 1

Leading a large organisation will not only be instrumental in advancing my career development, but will be vital in helping the organisation to achieve its long term and short term goals and objectives. In this case, I intend to lead a clothing organisation to achieve its long-term objectives without undervaluing the existing organisational cultures and practices. Initially, the organisation had an effective reputation and its productivity was admirable. However, with increased global challenges including financial and economic crises, the organisation has started trailing behind its competitors in its production and marketing. The purpose of leading this organisation is to assist it ...

Culture and Management

Modern institutions operate under organizational models that are informed by a collection of normative orders, organisational goals, and communication system. Moreover, the essence of an organisation relies on the development-shared assumptions, meanings, values, and beliefs that reinforces and guides organisational behaviours. Although employees are critical players in modern organisation, cultural aspects have a critical role in influencing the success of the organisation. Organisational cultures have an all rounded roles that shape all aspects in an organisation including human capital. Studies have confirmed that profit-making organisation utilises employees’ abilities, competent, and skills in fulfilling their objectives and goals (McShane, & von Glinow 2008, ...

Analyzing the New York Times

In the 21st century, the development of technology means that several media companies have entered the market. This has increased competition for clients and customers. With the accessibility of the internet, it has become easy for people to access information. No sector has been affected as much as the media industry. Whether in the print media, online news, advertising or broadcasting, there are several companies and organisations that seek to assert their superiority. The increased competition is a major cause of concern. Because of this, companies have resorted to employing mechanisms through which to analyze the external and internal environments ...

Using examples, explain how stakeholders could affect an organisation and its activities. Discuss how organisations might attempt to understand stakeholders and control them

Business

The main objective of this essay to describe how the stakeholders can affect the organisation and the activities associated with it. The main focus in this essay is to explain the stakeholder’s responsibility in the organisation. It also describes the procedure that helps the companies or organisations to understand their shareholders. Furthermore, in this paper also shed light on the stakeholder’s position in order to ensure and strengthen the image, gaining loyalty of the ...

1. Introduction The banking industry is one of the most important and crucial industries in any economy as they perform many vital financial functions associated with the development of the nation’s economy (Scott, 2007). The utility provided by banks to the customers determines the popularity of the bank in the market and likewise also has an impact on the competitive position of the bank in a particular market. As banks are a part of the service industry, the competency of a given banks is largely dependent on the human resources employed in the organisation. This document analyses the aspect ...

Interactions between the Environment, Technology, and Human Resources in the Organisation

Introduction Casual Togs faces the challenge of establishing advantage in a highly competitive environment amidst the various problems and issues that affect the company’s operations, performance, and outcomes. Henceforth, this discussion is an analysis of Casual Togs’ circumstances based on developments in the external environment and tensions within the internal environment. This discussion also explores other aspects of the organisation such as issues concerning technology and human resources. The objective of analysing Casual Togs is to determine the interactions between the environment, technology, and human resources in the organisation that affect management and organisational performance. Doing so ...

Management at Sprint

Management at SPRINT Introduction Sprint Nextel Corporation is a based in the United States and it is engaged in telecommunication business. Sprint Nextel Corporation was founded in the year 1899, by Jason Brown and Cleyson Brown. The corporation has been operating as Sprint Corporation until the year 2005when it underwent branding to Sprint Nextel Corporation. The corporation is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and it mainly specialises in the provision of both wire line and wireless communications networks. Management comprises of the following various function, which include organising, directing, staffing, planning, controlling and leading. All ...

Introduction

Risk is very common in any business. According to the definition given by Knight (1999), risk is measurable ambiguity of outcome whose impact may be either optimistic or pessimistic. Usually, risk is measured and expressed in terms of strong index. Many researchers think risk as unwanted event and this risk have statistical expectation value for ranking the seriousness too. Risk analysis can be defined as mathematical product value of strong and disutility. Procurement management offers advantages on economies of scale in purchasing and delivering the goods and services at right time and right place in order to minimize the risk involved ...

Declaration This is to certify that the dissertation entitled “Gaining Strategic Advantage through Customer Value”, presented by me to the University of South Africa for the award of the degree of Master of Business Leadership is a bona fide record of research work which was carried out by me under the supervision of Dr Sidney Shipham. The contents of this dissertation in full or in parts have never been submitted to any other Institution of higher learning for the award of any degree or diploma.

Acknowledgement

I would like to express my gratitude to my study group members of the ...

of an Organisation’s Strategic Objectives of an Organisation’s Strategic Objectives The efficacy of an organisation results from the development of its culture, which occurs over a long period of time (Bryant, 2013, p. 147). In particular, organisational culture refers to the standards, behaviorsbehaviours, attitudes, values, and beliefs that shared by individuals or groups within an organisation share. Moreover, an organisation’s structure is defined by its culture defines its structure, which impacts the manner by in which individuals and groups contribute to the organisation’s growth. It is a dynamic phenomenon that surrounds people at all times ...

Financial information generated from finance departments of any health care organisation are among the major source of data and information that an an organisation needs in order to undertake decision making. This information provides a basis for determining how an organisation is doing and curving out future endeavours and expansions based on this financial information (Fried & Hisrich, 1994). Therefore, the financial information must be at any cost reliable accurate and present true reflection of the situation in the organisation. Existence of accurate and quality information is imperative to effective and efficient decision making in health care organisations (Woolf et al, ...

PART I

British Petroleum Company Profile BP plc, formerly known as British Petroleum, is a UK based multinational oil and Gas Company with its headquarters located in London, England, United Kingdom. As of 2012, BP is the world’s sixth largest energy company in terms of market capitalisation, fifth largest company by revenues, and sixth largest oil and gas company by production (BP. Financial and Operating Information, 2008-2012). BP is a vertically integrated organisation and it has a strong presence in all areas of the gas sector, including exploration and production, refining, promotion, distribution, power generation, and trading. The company also operates in the ...

Management- Organisational Analysis Report

1.0 INTRODUCTION The objective of this study is to evaluate an Australian organisation with over 100 employees. The organisation that has been selected for the evaluation is ‘BHP Billiton’. The central theme of this study is to diagnose BHP’s structure, human resource and symbolic frame. The structure frame focuses on revealing the organisational chart. Through the organisational chart, the complexity along with the organisational level has been evaluated within the study. The study also encompasses the coordination of activities within the organisation, while identifying the coordination mechanism within the organisation. The human resource frame entails ...

Business:

Introduction The structure of an organisation is a very important aspect that dictates the functioning of activities in the organisation. The structure is what determines the organisation’s success and cohesion of activities and results to the effective operation. Structure leads to job and responsibility assignment and these factors are important for the division of labour and specialization which helps organisation tackle tasks in a sustainable and effective manner. Division of labour results to order and increases the effectiveness in meeting the goals and objectives of an organisation. The structure also establishes effective communication within the organisation that people could ...

Multinational organisations present serious challenges in complying with international and domestic ethical norms. Particularly, multinational organisations currently experience various complications in assuming full responsibility of their actions to the society and environment. The manner in which an organisation can effectively foster a culture of ethical code in all its countries of operations, how to education employees on the importance of complying with the set regulations, and the most effective means of meeting the intricate legal and compliance obligations are some of the main challenges that face most multinational organisation. Even though all these challenges are independent, the solution to these ...

Background

Although it is a small business compared to its competitors, Bain & Company has managed to succeed in modern complicated economy. Bain & Company headquarters, which is an American global management consulting business, is based at Boston Massachusetts. One of the main services of Bain & Company is to offer advisory services to a good number of the global largest government agencies, non-profit organisation, and other global businesses. The Bain & Company started in the late 1973 by a group of individuals and employees from the Boston Consulting Group. The initial leaders of the organisation were the GCG VP bill Bain who increase its profit by ...

Introduction

Risk and risk factors are the cornerstones of a functioning firm or company. The risk-management process involves the systematic application of management policies and practices as well as procedures, with the intention of establishing a context of communication and consultation with relevant stakeholders. The treatment, monitoring, and reviewing of risks also comprises identification, analysis, and evaluation. Consider a scenario where a top company employs a new CEO and one of her first decisions is to ensure that safety is a major priority. Twoof the new rules being established state that all employees are required to use safety gear while in the manufacturing department of the ...

Introduction

Learning and development (L&D) is an organisational strategy in which efforts are made by the organisation to improve the competencies, capabilities and skills of the employees. the objective is to ensure improve oragnisational effectiveness and ensure success and sustainability of the organisation by improving efficiency of the employees. This paper reflects on how learning and development activities add value to an organisation and how it contributes to talent management by playing an important role in recruitment, retention and performance management strategies. It also discusses role of L&D in change management.

Adding value to an organisation through L&D

The simple reason behind learning and development activities is ...

Ethical leadership

Introduction Ethical behaviour is a term used to refer to knowing the role that you are supposed to do as a leader and doing it in the right way. The term right have been controversial in the sense that it is relative and differs from one person to the other. Ethical leadership may be used to refer to a person who has a strong character in that they have the capacity to withstand and overcome the different temptations that come their way as they discharge their duties. The concept of ethical leadership is a broad concept that takes different dimensions and, therefore, has to ...

Introduction to Leadership style and virtues

There are various approaches related to the leadership style and virtue, and this is a widely studied subject as it majorly impacts not only the decision-making process but also the employee relations, corporate performance and image of the company in the market. Although there are various studies conducted in order to study the behaviour, the leadership styles are one of the most important topics considering the impact of the same. There are two major aspects of leadership's which will be studied, and there are major other factors related to the same which can be extremely subjective in nature and may ...

Introduction

Nike Inc is a corporation that was founded on Jan 25, 1964 in the county of Washington. It is a corporation that was founded in the United States of America by a Phil Knight. At the time of its inception Phil was a track athlete at University of Oregon. The company commenced operations as a distributor of shoes for a Japanese company. Original the organisation started operating under the brand Blue Ribbon Sports which was later changed to Nike Inc, on May 30th, 1978. The name Nike originates from the Greek goddess of victory. Presently the company specialises in the production of sports equipment and ...

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to evaluate various factors that play an important role in influencing diversity at workplace. Is it important for an organisation to spend its valuable time and resources in improving its diversity and motivating its employees to work together happily? The answer to this would be a “yes”. This article studies the factors that give rise to diversity, the importance of having a diverse workforce and its merits. This article also throws light on the significance of effectively managing workplace diversity. It tries to analyse how an organisation can achieve long term success and employee ...

Human Resource

The human resource management teams have a crucial duty to play one which is vital in an institution that is the recruitment as well as retaining performers. This is about all the field of expertise where these people have displayed that they are nothing but the best that an institution can have (Askegren, 2005). The rationale of this paper is to evaluate and analyse into details several strategies that are core, which the human resource team has to consider in their operations. The paper will show how these strategies enable the recruitment team get the best person for the job ...

Introduction

Mac Contract Services Limited has received a contract from Moneymusk Electric Savacentres Limited in order to provide consulting and development services related to the technology functions and process operations of the company. Based on the current status of the organisation, there are various issues pertaining to the maintenance and access of the systems, including the upgradation of the company systems and adequate maintenance of the applications and software developed within the organisation.

In this report, there will be a detailed assessment of the current functions and IT org chart for Moneymusk Electric Savacentres Limited and the importance of creating an IT ...

Executive Summary

The modern workforce has a lot of diversity all stemming from factors which are internal, workforce, and workplace related. Diversity that is common in the labour force includes race, sexual orientation, gender, and disability. However, there has been an increasing diversity which is most often overlooked but is critical and is the age/generation diversity. In most developed companies there are at least four clear generations working side by side which are older or mature baby boomers, baby boomers, generation X, and millennia babies (generation Y). Like any other diversity, if it is not effectively managed then the organisation has no ...

1. Introduction In the current increasingly uncertain market environment, it is difficult for firms to maintain their competitiveness in the marketplace and to increase their market share. In this context, businesses recognise the importance of enhancing managerial efficiency in planning, organising, and controlling various organisational activities so as to achieve a competitive edge over market rivals. The concept of project management has gained great popularity over the last few decades as a result of growing complexity in the business landscape and mounting volume of business transactions (Webb, 2000, p.69). Corporate managers believed that the idea of project management might assist ...

Contents Page

Contents Page 1

Introduction 2

Company Structure 4 Legislation 6 Code of Conduct 8 Advantages of Code of Conduct 9 Disadvantages of Code of Conduct 10 Ethical Issues 11 Conclusions 12 Bibliography 13

Introduction

Mac Contract Services Limited has received a contract from Moneymusk Electric Savacentres Limited in order to provide consulting and development services related to the technology functions and process operations of the company. Based on the current status of the organisation, there are various issues pertaining to the ...

Introduction

Risk and risk factors are some of the threatening entities of a functioning firm or company. The risk-management process involves the systematic application of management policies and practices as well as procedures, with the intention of establishing a context of communication and consultation with relevant stakeholders. The treatment, monitoring, and reviewing of risks also comprises of identification, analysis, and evaluation. A risk is the possibility of a loss or other adverse event that has the potential to interfere with an organization’s or individual’s ability to fulfill its or his/her objectives. Risk identification ensures that an organization or the individual identifies ...

Business Plan: Students’ Welfare Association

Background Information The Student Welfare Association department has been one of the most success departments in the university. The department has been useful in boosting the image of the university both at the local level and in international level. Some of the services offered by Students Welfare Association include providing rental services to the university students and sporting activities to both university staffs and students. In reference to the department long-term objective and goals, the department aim at becoming one of the most efficient departments not only in the university, but also at national levels. The department is ...

Introduction

The United HealthCare Corporation traces its roots to the emergence and development of Health Maintenance Organization (HMO). United HealthCare Corporation is a reputable national leader in the management of healthcare services in United States of America (Kongstvedt, 2001). The organisation is currently serving over three million individuals through Local Based Health Maintenance Organisations. The institution also serves over 20 million people in all America states through other managed-care speciality services including Employees Assistance Services, Preferred Physician Organisations, Workers Casualties and Compensation Services, Substance Abuse Services, Managed Mental Care Services and Pharmaceutical Cost Services. The current success of United HealthCare Corporation ...

Describe potential risks to the information and the related vulnerabilities within the organization. Identify the forces that drive each threat and the related vulnerabilities. 

Information is a vital asset to a company or an organisation. Information is processed, stored and disseminated to the places they are needed by use of IT infrastructure and communication devices. These devices face threats from different sources and of different kinds which results in the threats to information. Information is passed through networks that employees and other personnel rely on every day to generate income for the company.

Threats to information in the organisation are discussed in the sections that follow:

Spam: this is a major threat to email users where emails are filled with unwanted and not-so useful products. These products include scum products, designer goods and schemes that are unrealistic. Research shows ...

Time to market with respect to the commercialization plan and value creation

Commercialization is a process where the organisation introduces new products in the market. It also refers to the process through which the organisation or the company introduces a new production process in the market. When the company is introducing the product in the market, time is a crucial factor to consider. On the other hand marketing refers to the process through which the company communicates the value of the products that it is producing or the services that it is offering to the public. The chief reason behind the marketing by the company is to create awareness among its customers and other ...

Abstract

In the modern business environment, the employee has taken a central role in both management, production, sales, among other phases in the workplace. In addition, with information and a growing level of consciousness within society, it has become essential for employers to take note of the necessary employment laws, regulations and safety requirements. In the spirit of undertaking a fulfilment of the same, this paper proposes a number of laws that this organisation needs to adopt and observe through a clearly set and pre-determined mode. It is also in the recognition of the need to follow the employment law regime not only in the ...

Management

Strategic Human Resources Management: Palmerston North City Council Strategic human resources management (SHRM) has changed in recent decades because global marketing and high technology communication systems. The changes demonstrate the need for SHRM to remain flexible and ready to face the challenges of change. Human Resource (HR) managers deal with a large variety of opportunities and challenges. Often problems disguised as challenges are really opportunities. Sustainalbity has been integrated into mission statements, policies and practices from the largest corporation to the smallest not-for-profit due to the challenge of global warming. The need to take responsibility for negative human impacts ...

Introduction

Capital markets and individual companies have changed the face of business through globalization. Firms have expanded their operations through new technologies that provide solutions at a low cost. Technological innovations have kept firms on their toe in the competitive world. Global markets are also putting firms at pressure to innovate and still reduce the costs of their products. This is not an easy task but it has led the companies to effectively manage the assets they have more specifically human assets and come up with more strategies other than innovation to maintain the profile in the market and cope with ...

Technological Viability Analysis

Firm Related Factors An innovator is a person who develops new ideas and looks for efficient ways of accomplishing a certain task. Innovation is the art of developing new ideas and looking for efficient ways of accomplishing a certain task. This means that an innovator can include people across all the professions that currently exist in the world. An innovator does not necessarily have to be a business person he or she can even be an engineer. Over the years, Starbucks has been investing heavily in order to promote innovation in the organisation. This is because there has been an increase in ...

Do you think Jill Thompson’s proposal to decentralize the rules and procedures of Bosco Plastics will work?

I would not agree with certainty that the proposal by Thompson to decentralize the rules and procedures at Bosco Plastics would work because this could lead to other problems; but I would agree that it is the most logical and appropriate means of correcting the problems mentioned in the case. The existing rules may prove appropriate for some departments within the organisation. However, some of the rules may not suite some other departments, specifically manufacturing and other functions, especially those that require collaborative efforts of multiple individuals scheduled business hours to ensure that a complete team participates throughout a work shift. ...

Policy on consumer profiling

Consumer profiling in the organisation is a tool that is used for consumer segregation and segmentation to identify and helps organisation to know its consumers. This aide in assessing their needs and determining the best means and ways to meet their needs. It is important to have a policy that will then guide the process of consumer profiling and attain a target market for the organisation which in turn will orient the operations of the organisation. The issue of consumer profiling has been an issue of contention due to the different notions, though it is beneficial to the organisation, it must ...

Re-engineering Malaysian Airlines (MAS): Who Can Save the Company

1. The business operations of an organisation play a significant role in supporting the new leader and a new strategy. The functional organisations are facing remarkable modifications and challenges. As a matter of fact the businesses are becoming increasingly concerned about the capabilities and the skills and are demanding that the leaders associated with the functions come forward and play their strategic role in this regard (Kouzes and Posner, 2012). Because of the less stability of the business environments and fierce competition in the majority of markets, the focus on flexibility and the skillfulness is increasing, because of which the focus on ...

The terms ‘Organizational Learning’ and ‘Learning Organization’ sound so similar. Both involve learning. Learning organization is the process to change. Organizational learning is having the process and strategies and implementing change throughout an organization. Thus the former becomes the plan, to which the latter is the action. According to Fiol, (1985) Organizational Learning is “the process of improving actions through better knowledge and understanding”. Where as, an organisation that facilitates the learning of all its members and continuously transforms itself (Peddler, Boydell & Burgoyne, 1997) is a learning organisation. “Learning organization can develop structures and strategies to maximise the learning ...

How WHO provides global health care relief to the uninsured groups

Introduction

World Health Organisation (WHO) is UN Specialized organization for health. Today, World Health Organisation is one of the largest health agencies in the world. The organisation was established in 1948 with an aim of providing the highest possible level health to all people. According to this organisation, good health defined as a state of complete social, physical, and mental well-being, not only the absence of illness or disease. The organisation has six regional offices and 148 country offices and 9000 staff worldwide. 80% of the organization’s funding comes from governments. WHO has a variety of fundamental functions. Some of ...

Dark Side of Leadership

Leadership is almost always associated with positive outcomes that we tend to forget that at times, leaders fail. The causes of leadership failure have been the focus of many studies in recent years, resulting in many theories concentrating on leaders’ behaviours and characteristics which ultimately produced disastrous results for their organisations. These kinds of behaviour and vulnerabilities fundamentally constitute the dark side of leadership.

Slattery argues that although there has been an increasing focus on the dark side of leadership in recent literature, there is a lack of solid description about it and instead, ‘literature focus on particular characteristics or ...

What challenges, if any, did colonialism and the cold war pose to the United Nations at its inception in 1945? Use specific examples to illustrate your answer. The world has gone through two serious world wars. The negative effects of first and second world, wars are still eminent. Most of the countries that actively took part in the second world wars lost their economic superiority due to repeated bomb attacks. The Allied victory against the axis brought the eagerly awaited peace. The allied forces convened several meetings that came up with the United Nations organisation. The frictions between ...

Introduction

Human Relations implies the study of human problems and issues that occurs in the professional and interpersonal relations. It focusses on the analysis of human behaviour and aims at the betterment of interpersonal relationships among employees. The study of human relations involves understanding of the ways in which people satisfy their needs of growth and accomplish their career goals within the organisation (Dalton, 2010). An important aspect in this case is the fact that employees’ personal life that they have outside their workplace has a crucial impact on their performance at the workplace. It has been observed that there ...

The Ethical Leader

Transformational Leadership is a concept used in describing leaders who adopt insightful strategic plans in motivating their juniors or followers to improve performance. Transformational leaders connect one’s identity with the collective identity of a business or a project. In most instances, transformational leaders apply ethical leadership principles in facilitating effective management in an organisation. In definition, ethical leadership is the leader’s ability of leading by understanding and abiding by what is right and appropriate for an organisation and employees. To be effective in modern business entities, ethical leaders should make ethical decisions that aim at benefiting both the organisation and ...

MANAGEMENT REPORT – EVALUATION OF THE COMPANY’S STRATEGY

Abstract

Wood Group is a leading organisation that provides engineering, repairing or maintenance services for companies activating in gas and oil throughout the world. The current report evaluates the company’s strategic position, its strategic direction and it aims to identify if the strategies that the company utilizes to attain its strategic direction are suitable, acceptable, feasible or sustainable. The report will intertwine the organisation’s internal environment with its external environment, making references to PESTLE and Porter’s Five Forces frameworks for allowing a more transparent understanding of its strategic position and its strategic direction. The report will provide recommendations ...

Let us suppose your current annual sales are $1 million. You implement social media strategy and begin generating $200,000 in revenue through your Facebook page. At the end your sales are still $1 million. Was your social media strategy successful? Why or Why not?

Any social media strategy that can increase organisation’s revenues presents as an effective strategy for success in the modern world. Although the organisation will not increase its sales, adoption of a social media strategy will invite various positive impacts to the company’s development. Economists and business analysts observe that a strategy that increases the organisation revenue or competitive potential is likely to increase its profitability and productivity. The core purpose of any profit making organisation is to generate enough revenue that can cater for its production and operation cost without compromising its profits. The increase in the revenue without ...

Introduction

Diversity involves acknowledging and appreciating differences among people with respect to issues such as tribal affiliation, ethnicity, religion, performance capabilities and public status. The world’s population, now at a staggering seven billion mark continues to rise, and this comes with increasing differences among people. At the workplace, people are different because of various factors such as culture, ethnicity, nationality, political affiliations, skills and talent. Diversity can be drawn from an extensive list of differences and still would not include everything. There are three classes of diversity elements including social diversity, value diversity and informational diversity. Social diversity consists of ...

Workplace stress refers to stress that one endures due to higher work demands and pressures that do not be matched with his or her abilities and knowledge, causing him or her to be unable to cope with the work situation (Beswick, et al. 2007; Healthy Workplaces 2014). Statistics shows that the problem of stressful work and occupation is becoming quite prevalent in many workplaces. For the Health and Safety Executive survey taken in Great Britain on stress and depression, it was revealed that about 39% of the total employee workforce was suffering from stress related illness. In the construction ...

Introduction

This is a scientific age where the technical advancements of everyday are catapulting the human race as a whole towards a remarkable future. Nonetheless the proper development of all such progresses, depend on the human touch, thus the importance of Human resources. However the major issues, that managers feel, are not within their direct control and therefore complicate the functioning of the organization most are those of Productivity, Job satisfaction, Turnover and Absenteeism – all of which are human centric. This highlights the fact that despite all the technological advancements, even in the 21st century, the proper and successful functioning of any organization ...

Introduction

Mobile computing ensures that employees become flexible when carrying out their responsibilities in the business environment and in other places of work. It ensures that the employees are able to have unlimited access to information at any location and at any time (Helal 2002). The constant use of mobile security is reported to have enhanced productivity in the business world. The use of mobile computing comes along with increased vulnerabilities and security risks (IT 2011). Mobile computing can be termed as the access, storage, transportation and the processing of information that relates to the organisation by the employee who ...

For obvious reasons, having a clear and effective understanding of knowledge transfer is a vital tool that should be possessed by all the individuals in any given organisation. Taking the case of the army, knowledge transfer is a critical issue that should never be underestimated. In the military, a soldier is supposed to know what to expect and how they ought to react to varied military situations, therefore, to the soldier, this knowledge is literally a matter of life-and-death. Similarly, the aspect of effective transfer of knowledge in a business organisation either dictates its success or fall. In this report, I will focus on the ...

“An employee’s voice describes how employees raise concerns and express their interests, solve problems, contribute and participate in workplace decision making” (Pyman et al, 2006, p. 543).

The type of voice an employee possesses on a job helps in establishing the essence of relationship between employee and employer relationship. A voice is an expression of discontent, engagement towards management decisions and demonstration of mutual relationship between employee and the employer (Dundon, 2004). In today’s organisations there are various kinds of voice that are practiced by the employees, it all depends on the nature and structure of the organisation ...

Overview of the Quality Improvement Plan

The nursing shortage puts a strain on the present nursing workforce. With unfilled nursing positions on the one hand and a high demand for services on the other, innovative staffing patterns are needed to optimally manage the existing human resource in nursing to effect the best patient outcomes. In the perioperative setting, this was accomplished by permitting nurses from one surgical speciality to float to or cover for nurses in other specialties during times of shortage. However, this proved problematic because the specialisation of nurses prevented them from matching the skills needed in the areas there were floated to. Thereafter, ...

Business Contract Law: the case of Choc Delux and Kim

1. Law of Tort The Law of Tort is considered to be an important aspect as far as consideration for legal and statutory implications are concerned (Schwartz, 2003). The Law of Tort is regarded to be a source of legal references in case any of the parties to a business contract is affected by the wrongful actions of the other (Fleming, 2005). In the case of a situation whereby an individual, group of individuals, are affected by the action of another individual, group of individuals or an organisation, the stipulations of the Law of Tort help in provision of a remedy ...

Challenges for leaders in Post modern education

There are numerous frameworks that are used to assess models of administration and leadership and also outline the changes that are needed in the process. Various approaches are used which involve leadership as management, value leadership, trust cultural leadership and spiritual; leadership. The notion of postmodern leadership by educational leaders can be seen to agree and concur with the principles that are used to explain subjective models (Moos, 2008). This is a generally recent model of leadership which has no generally accepted definition. Key features that may characterize postmodernism may include situations whereby multiple realities exist, situations are understood at a ...

Developing a model of brand personality in Sport Industry

Organised competitions such as sporting events have been meaningful and important cultural components of essentially every civilization that has existed throughout history. In an effort to capitalize on this ubiquity, sports media and marketing have been used to connect with customers for nearly as long as sport itself has existed, in one form or another. People have been engaged in different activities that may be associated with and classified as organized sports competitions for hundreds of years. One of the first examples of modern sports marketing involved tobacco cards featuring popular baseball players of the 1870s . The ...

Management

It is apparent that, in the 21st century, diversity with respect to workforce has become one of the most essential concerns in every business. Therefore, every business is looking forward to getting employees who are diverse since diversity in business means a diverse economy that is strong. If a business wants to leap economic benefits it, therefore, requires that it has all-inclusive and diverse workforce. It is believed that businesses that manage to employ or recruit from a workforce that is diverse stand a better position in that they are able to tap the best in terms of bright talents, which help them, ...

Introduction 3

Report on marketing process 3 Definition of Macro and micro environment and the factors that affect IKEA 5 Macro environmental factors 5 Micro environmental factors 8 Application of segmentation, targeting and positioning at IKEA 10 Segmentation 10 Demographic segmentation approach 10 Behavioural segmentation approach 10 Targeting 11 Positioning 12 Conclusion 13

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Introduction Marketing is an imperative aspect within the operational facet of an organisation. Thus as a tool for generating product or service awareness, it is significant that an organisation invests into proper marketing tools. Hence, from the analysis ...

Business Ethics

Recent decades have witness intensive debate and researches on the significant of business ethics in modern workplaces. Although researches on business ethics are still at infant stage, researchers have universally agreed on some basic significant of business ethics to both individual’s development and organisation productivity. Business ethics regards to values that focus on moral features in commercial activities. Ethics are also professional and applied virtues that explore ethical problems, morals, and ethical principles that emerge in the business environment. Ethics addresses individual’s conducts in a business while revolving other critical business conducts. Business ethics mainly comprises of both ...