Essays on Organization Structure

In order to create a powerful corporate identity for the Janday Power Tools, it is imperative that the key strategies and organization structure of some of the leading power tools manufacturers be revisited in an effort to realize some pros and cons of the industry. The three selected power tools brands are among the leading companies in the business and researching on them is bound to offer more insight into the power tools industry thus providing a platform which can be used to formulate a better entry market strategy for Janday.

DeWalt

Established in 1924 by Raymond E. DeWalt, the ...

Advise To the Mayor City of Kelsey

Advise To the Mayor City of Kelsey

One of the main objectives of the city government is to make sure that there is an efficient and effective strategic planning process for further development of the city and ensure smooth flow of services. In addition, ensuring that there is effective teamwork which have shared visions, missions, sense of direction and objective is critical as this would bind the team for the common objective. The values and motives of the society in the city also play a critical role in enabling building of teamwork. It is important to note that the ...

Introduction

The Bayer AG is a German multinational chemical company that deals in pharmaceutical and was founded in 1863 by Barmen. As a chemical and pharmaceutical company, Bayer AG was the first company to produce aspirin in large quantities at a time when it was considered the best cure in the world. From this point, Bayer AG has strategically placed itself from this time to control the cosmetics and pharmaceutical market in the UK and other reading partners that interact with the UK. In terms of business, Bayer AG has invested in doing research and coming up with new products ...

National Bank of Canada

National Bank of Canada is among the largest commercial banks in Canada, with its headquarters located in Montreal, Canada. The bank’s history dates back in 1859 when francophone businesspersons founded it (Cheffins, 1998). The bank has approximately 452 branches located in most of the Canadian provinces and approximately 2.4 million clients. The bank also has partnerships, subsidiaries and representative offices in other countries through which it serves both Canadian and non-Canadian customers. The bank has a public company ownership structure and its shares trade in Toronto stock market. This paper discusses in details the organizational structure, managerial practices, ...

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND DECISION-MAKING PROCESS: CAIFU

Executive Summary Caifu, in an effort to maintain its growth and sustainability, looks to invest its money in a credible organization that has a sound management system and trustworthy leadership. Currently, the companies at its disposition include H&M and Next. Prior to committing any initial capital outlays to one of these companies there is a need for a very thorough analysis in relation to what choice would be lucrative to Caifu especially in the long run. As an employee affiliated to Caifu and its interests, I have been asked to come up with a management report to forward to ...

DD Month YYYY Datasil, a Canadian distribution firm specializing in sale of computer and electronic equipments was apparently bought by the US firm with a carefully planned strategy to access the Canadian Market. According to experts firms that plan expansion in other countries must thoroughly evaluate the external and internal factors of the M&A before establishing an operation in a new country (East 1). The expansion plan must address all these issues before initiating the process in order to achieve a smooth transfer of operations. According to East, the first and foremost issue is the financial soundness of the ...

Tran, Q., & Tian, Y. (2013). Organizational Structure: Influencing Factors and Impact on a Firm. American Journal of Industrial and Business Management, 3(2), 229-236. Organizational structure is a concept that is important to the success of organizations as it relates to the formal distribution of functions and work roles as well as coordination of subsystems within an organization. According to Tran and Tian (2013), it relates to the aspect of inner order and relations among the parts of an organization and deals with the allocation of responsibilities and power. There are different ways in which an organization can structure ...

Mission statement for the Golden Age Hospital and Community Clinic

The Golden Age Health Care (GAH) is located in Greenwood, USA since 2011 (Home Health Care Mission Statements, 2016). It provides premier health services that are home based through its specialized and paraprofessional team. Moreover, this health care offers a wide range of facilities such as expert nursing, physical and occupational therapies, home health assistance, evaluation of home safety, management of medication, neurological conditions, pre-operative as well as post-operative care. Therefore, the mission of the GAH is to deliver both professional and paraprofessional services to its customers in their respective homes. This is to help the health care in ...

International management in an Asian context: Business life and management in China

Introduction Globalization has complicated the management process. As such, for one to be an effective manager, that individual needs to understand the global context of the management process. Fundamentally, one needs to appreciate the role of culture in the management process (Luthans & Doh, 2014). As such, the paper shall examine several features of the Chinese society and evaluate the ways they will affect the management process.

Discussion

Culture sensitivity is highly linked to effective management (Luthans & Doh, 2014). Considering the Chinese society, the Chinese have been socialized to believe that they are the descendants of Hun. As such, the Hun ...

Introduction

A multicultural organization is an organization characterized with a workforce of people from diverse social and cultural backgrounds. The workforce includes people from diverse religious, ethnic, racial and gender backgrounds, including those from minority social cultural backgrounds at all levels and in all departments of the organization (Wang & Chan, 2009). Virtual organizations are organizations primarily supported by technology such as World Wide Web, Internet, telecommunications, EDI, e-mails, videoconferencing and groupware. Organizations have been encouraged to become virtual to derive benefits that include lower overhead, lower labor costs, increased employee morale, more project options and flexibility (Wang & Chan, 2009). The ...

Organization of Focus

The organization that will be reviewed in this case is ECOBANK. For two years, I served as an employee in this firm where I worked in the organization’s risk management department which was mandated in guiding the firm through all manner of risks. Having served in this organization for two years, I am confident that I adequately understood its function and operations as well as employee culture and organization structure. The organization is one of the largest African multinational banks. The bank’s key operations are in West Africa. However, the bank has made great strides in penetrating ...

The global workforce of today is changing and the diversity mix is changing as well in many industries as more and more people are emerging in response to globalization. The human resource management has always been challenged with managing the diversity. These challenges have varied over time. In earlier times, the main concern was to manage the class division, but now it has shifted to managing the diverse identity groups. Along with managing these vast changes, technological and organizational changes have also been seen taking place in the Canadian labour history. The further study demonstrates the workers’ response to ...

1. Apple’s international business organization Apple Company has an elaborate global market system, and that distributes the company’s products to most parts around the world. The company supplies its products to Europe, China, South Korea, Middle East and Africa. These countries receive products from the Apples headquarter located in Cork, Ireland. As of March 2016, the company had 475 stores in about 17 countries (Apple stores, 2016). Additionally, Apple Inc has an online store that serves 39 countries around the world (Brewer & Fox, 2016). The company has a significant international market share, and almost half of Apple's ...

Slide 1

The title of my presentation is “Functions of Management”. Slide 2 Management can be described as a social process that involves responsibility for effective and economic planning and regulation of a company in the fulfillment of certain purposes. It a dynamic process and consists of various activities and elements. These activities differ from operative functions such as finance, marketing, purchase, etc., but they are common to every manager regardless of his status or level. Numerous researchers have classified functions of management in a different way. According to Fayol, for example, there are four functions, but the most accepted are ...

Whole Food Market Company is a supermarket specializing in organic food based in Austin Texas, United States. It is a chain of supermarkets and has over four hundred branches in the US, UK, and Canada. The company only sells products that meet the quality of being natural and minimally processed. The foods are free from hydrogenated fats, sweeteners, artificial flavors, preservatives, and colors (Johnston, 2015). In addition, it cannot sell milk and meat from cloned animals that have made the company’s food safe for human consumption.

Strategic planning

The company has a corporate image strategy that can be achieved through ...

Introduction

The report presents discussion and analysis of compensation strategies of Nucor Corporation. The organizational structure significantly impacts the compensation system of an organization that affects its ability to attain strategic goals. If the compensation to executives is not aligned with the organizational culture then it may lead to adverse impact on the firm’s performance and lead to other consequences. Several studies indicate that the organizational culture has a significant impact on compensation as well as the firm’s performance. The firms offer different types of compensation to their executives that may affect the compensation structure. However, they are ...

Abstract

The drive for conducting this research is to establish the importance of HRM as a strategic partner in an organization. A strategic partner is a party who legally agrees to work with the other party in order to achieve set goals. The first part of this research involves identifying the importance of having HRM as a strategic partner. They include, but not limited, to recruiting and maintaining the right talent, reduction in undesirable turnover and overall success for the organization. The second part identifies how HR can transform to a strategic business partner. The research shows that it is ...

2.1 Overview of Research and Development Department Research and Development (R&D) is composed of such investigate activities that a business selects with an intent make a discovery which results in the development of new products or leads to improvement in the existing products. R&D is important for an organization as it helps in the future growth and expansion of the business. An educational background in hard sciences or engineering is required to be a part of research and development team. An advanced degree in the relevant field with both Bachelor's and Master's degree (Vonortas, 2012; Anderson, 2012). 2.2 Organizational ...

Introduction

Choosing a career is an important decision which requires sound approach. The choice of career determines one’s lifestyle. Both management analyst and urban/rural planning are economically rewarding careers. They have different characteristics due to the difference in the nature of work. This report tries to compare both careers on different aspects and provides relevant findings and recommendations.

Purpose

The aim of this report is compare two careers: management analyst and urban/rural planning as potential career choices. The report provides a comparison on the main areas and provides conclude conclusion and recommendation to influence people on career choice.

Sources and methods

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