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  • Operations Management

    Operations Management

    An Introduction to Operations Management Compiled by: Yosef N School of Graduate Studies Unity University College Addis Ababa March 2008 Contents Operations Management 1 Origins and Development 2 Craft Manufacturing 3 Mass Production 3 The modern period 4 Key Issues In Operations 5 Building Success With Operations 8 References 10 Operations Management Operations management is an area of business that is concerned with the production of goods and services, and involves the responsibility of ensuring

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    Essay Length: 1,233 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Resource Based Management

    Resource Based Management

    What is the relevance of the resource-based view of the firm to strategic management in a global environment? The resource-based theory or resource-based view (RBV) of firms is a concept of business strategy highlights the need for a fit between the external market context in which a company operates and its internal capabilities. This view of strategy has a coherence and integrative role that places it well ahead of other mechanisms of strategic decision making.

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    Essay Length: 364 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Edward
  • Sales Management: Cloverfield Case Study

    Sales Management: Cloverfield Case Study

    Introduction Cloverleaf plc is an established UK-based supplier of bottling plant used in production lines to transport and fill bottles. One of the main strengths the organisation has is their technology. The technological benefit they have allows them to fill the bottles 10% quicker than their competitors with equal accuracy. Therefore this will save customers a lot of time and cost. Cloverleaf also discovered that their product was more reliable than any of their competitors.

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    Essay Length: 536 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Mike
  • Dell Leadership Strategy

    Dell Leadership Strategy

    COST LEADERSHIP STRATEGY Dell Computers have been the industry leader with there cost-leadership strategy. They strive to provide technology and support at a lower unit cost than their competitors. They are a direct model company. Their unique relationship with customers gives Dell the opportunity to know exactly what their customers want and offer products that their customers need. They have a strong focus on being a "market taker" rather than a "market maker". Capitalizing on

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    Essay Length: 326 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Leadership and Change

    Leadership and Change

    MANAGERS WHO WANT TO become better leaders must develop sound leadership practices as part of their daily routine. These practices revolve around five key concepts: motivation, attitude, communication, integrity, and decisiveness. Motivation True leadership can be seen in action when managers motivate their teams to meet their mission. The key to motivating employees is for managers to know where they are going and to set expectations high. If managers expect greatness from themselves, their employees

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    Essay Length: 1,434 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Management Functions

    Management Functions

    In today’s business world managers follow certain rules that help them be better at their job and also contribute to the success of the business. The functions of management are established to help managers see the business operations with more clarity and understanding. This report will look at the four functions planning, organizing, directing and controlling. In business managers are divided into three parts: top-level, middle managers and first-level managers. Each level of management uses

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    Essay Length: 473 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Top
  • Project Management, the Building of the Three Gorges Dam

    Project Management, the Building of the Three Gorges Dam

    1. Introduction The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River will probably be finished by 2009 and will be the largest hydroelectric dam in the world. Being the present manager and being appointed by the government at the feasibility stage I am asked to write a report in order to outline the activities required to successfully manage this major project and to ensure that it is completed on time and within budget. This report

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    Essay Length: 1,860 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Assignment Topic 2: Management Gurus

    Assignment Topic 2: Management Gurus

    ASSIGNMENT TOPIC 2: MANAGEMENT GURUS 1. Frederick Winslow Taylor: (1856-1915) Frederick Winslow Taylor was an American industrial engineer, who originated scientific management in business. He was born in Germantown (now part of Philadelphia), Pennsylvania. In 1878, he began working at the Midvale Steel Company. He became foreman of the steel plant and applied himself to studies in the measurement of industrial productivity. Taylor developed detailed systems intended to gain maximum efficiency from both workers and

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    Essay Length: 2,351 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Steve
  • Strategic Management

    Strategic Management

    Question 1 The change model that I chose is the Satir Change Model which was developed by Virginia Satir a therapist who developed a model trying to map out the manner in which individuals experience change. The model has the following stages: 1. The Late Status Quo 2. The Foreign Element 3. Chaos 4. The Transforming Idea 5. Practice and Integration 6. The New Status Quo Stage 1 ЎV The Late Status Quo The Late

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    Essay Length: 3,135 Words / 13 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Artur
  • Why Is Corporate Finance Important to All Managers?

    Why Is Corporate Finance Important to All Managers?

    Why is corporate finance important to all managers? Corporate finance is a specific area of finance dealing with the financial decisions corporations make and the tools as well as analyses used to make these decisions. The primary goal of corporate finance is to enhance corporate value, without taking excessive financial risks. A corporation’s management’s primary responsibility is to maximize the shareholder’s wealth which translates to stock price maximization. Corporate finance provides the skills managers need

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    Essay Length: 1,210 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Top
  • Database Management Systems Memo

    Database Management Systems Memo

    Memorandum To: CC: From: Date: Re: Database Management Systems Memo Sir: X COMPANY is a small BLANKcompany located in Southern California which has been doing business for over 20 years. My company provides legal BLANKto the courts and probation offices in both Southern and Northern California. Internally, X COMPANY has 20+ users most of which are systems engineers and BLANKdevelopers. Our BLANKcalled XYZ connects to a back end database which our customers use to store

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    Essay Length: 457 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Victor
  • Leadership Analysis of Banastre Tarleton

    Leadership Analysis of Banastre Tarleton

    Leadership Analysis of Banastre Tarleton The Glorious Cause, written by Jeff Shaara, depicts the strategy of the English and American generals in the Revolutionary War. It reveals exactly what the people who were in charge at the time were thinking. The book illustrates the various battles and campaigns through out the eight-year war. Many notable characters are analyzed such as Nathaniel Greene, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Charles Cornwallis. Although all of these men were

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    Essay Length: 784 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Artur
  • Operations Management at Kudler Fine Foods

    Operations Management at Kudler Fine Foods

    Table of Contents i. Introduction. ii. Business process affected and how they would be affected. iii. Effects on Kudler’s supply chain iv. Quality control tools and performance standard needed. v. Conclusion. vi. References. Introduction Kudler Fine Foods founded by Kathy Kudler in 1998 to provide ingredients needed for gourmet meals in one location. Kathy began the company with one store, which turned a profit in the first year. The company now consists of three stores

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    Essay Length: 1,415 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Management of National Health Care Services

    Management of National Health Care Services

    You’re Name Professor Course 01 June 2006 Management of National Health Care Services In order for the National Health Care program to function appropriately it has to be managed effectively and with precision. Some would claim that the reason there are some ethical problems with it now is due to a lack of understanding of different ethnicities and other citizens with opposite international beliefs. Although there are project stakeholders involved with trying to bring an

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    Essay Length: 696 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Edward
  • Short Analysis and Description of the Management Style of Netscape Managers Prior the Merger in 1998

    Short Analysis and Description of the Management Style of Netscape Managers Prior the Merger in 1998

    Overview Netscape workforce increased from 2 to 330 in just 15 months between April 1994 and July 1995. Despite further important increased and an attrition rate of 20% in the following years, Netscape undoubtedly had a strong management style which differentiated itself from the vast majority of well established companies (was different from those used by). With today’s detachment we can qualified it as “technological start-up management style”. Indeed it is quite similar to the

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    Essay Length: 819 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Conflict Management

    Conflict Management

    In order to have a team that is creative and innovative you must have a leader who has the ability to fulfill administrative functions, but who can also inspire and motivate the employees to strive for excellence, and at times facilitate meaningful changes in organizations. Next you will need a manager who has traditional administrative skills such as planning, helping to organize the work of each subordinate, and exerting control over their behavior. The leader

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    Essay Length: 443 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Yan
  • Information Management in Today’s Business Environment

    Information Management in Today’s Business Environment

    Information management in today’s business environment Managing information is a complex and ongoing issue—and it’s vital to your business. Not only do you need to make sure that data is available to the right people at the right time, competitive pressures demand that data be leveraged to help you identify trends, respond more quickly to customers and to optimise day-to-day operations wherever information is used within your business. Customer expectations are very high and grow

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    Essay Length: 2,056 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: regina
  • Transformational Leadership and Group Climate Вђ“ Empirical Results from Symphony Orchestras

    Transformational Leadership and Group Climate Вђ“ Empirical Results from Symphony Orchestras

    Transformational Leadership and Group Climate – Empirical Results from Symphony Orchestras “Literature gives us several indications on how transformational leadership increases success in groups and organizations (Avolio et al, 1999; Bass, 1998; De Dreu & Weingart, 2003; Fuller et al, 1996; Lowe, Kroeck & Sivasubramaniam, 1996). The positive effects of transformational leadership in organizations seem to depend largely not only on the specific performance criteria, but on particular situational conditions (Gebert, 2002; Ehrhart & Klein,

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    Essay Length: 1,014 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: regina
  • Southwest History of Management

    Southwest History of Management

    Southwest Airlines was originally incorporated to serve three cities in Texas as Air Southwest on March 15, 1967. The investors got together and decided to start a different sort of airlines. They started it off with a simple notion that if you get your passenger to their destination on time and at the lowest possible fares then people are sure to fly through your airlines and this hold very true (Rollin King and Herb Kelleher

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    Essay Length: 611 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Vika
  • Common-Sense Classroom Management

    Common-Sense Classroom Management

    Common-Sense Classroom Management For Middle and High Scholl Teachers A well-planned classroom space can facilitate management of student behavior. Physical space needs to be encouraged; as a teacher, you need to provide enough space for your student to work and comprehend what is going on around them, without distractions of others. In my art class I will create an organize center. An activity center offers the students an opportunity to work on projects or activities

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    Essay Length: 817 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Customer Orientated Hot Water Load Management

    Customer Orientated Hot Water Load Management

    CUSTOMER-ORIENTATED HOT WATER LOAD MANAGEMENT by Andries Stephan Wilken Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Masters of Engineering (Electrical) in the Faculty of Engineering UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA September 2001 “FOR THE LORD GIVES WISDOM, AND FROM HIS MOUTH COMES KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING.” - Proverbs 2:6 - Author: A.S. Wilken Study Leader: Prof. G.J. Delport The reader will be introduced to the South African electrification crisis and the benchmarks set by Eskom

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    Essay Length: 1,164 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Risk Management

    Risk Management

    Risk Management Dianna Kirkland Risk Management The purpose of risk management is to analyze, measure, and asses exposure to risk and determining the most suitable strategy for management. (WebFinance, 1997-2007, p. 1). Basically, risk analysis is also preparing for every possible situation which could cost the organization, individuals, and society financially, mentally, physically, etc... The risk management process is necessary in criminal justice and private security organizations now more than ever. Effective risk management involves

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    Essay Length: 789 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Technology and Management Functions Paper

    Technology and Management Functions Paper

    Technology and Management Functions Paper Technology is a general term for the processes by which we use a combination of tools, machines, computers, knowledge and skills, to increase our control and understanding of the material environment. Technology has a significant impact on the way we live and work. Evolving technologies substantially change the way work is done and enable a wide range of processes that were not possible before. We all need to understand the

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    Essay Length: 718 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: regina
  • Time Management

    Time Management

    You need to manage time effectively if you're going to be successful. Better time management skills can improve your grades, help you keep stress in check, and help you be competitive in the career you undertake following your college or university education. Time management systems often fail because they the expectations of them are too unrealistic. Some people don't start a time management system until they're already falling behind in their work. They take on

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    Essay Length: 694 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Anna
  • Fedex Management Function Controlling

    Fedex Management Function Controlling

    Controlling is one of the four management functions, which monitor performance, within the organization, for the purpose of making adjustments and needed changes. In a recent decision FedEx canceled their order for ten global air freighters from Airbus. The huge A380 super jumbo airplanes were originally scheduled for delivery in 2008 but Airbus delayed the date to year 2009 and then to 2010. Frederick Smith, chairman and chief executive of FedEx, cited Airbus's recent decision

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    Essay Length: 587 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Tasha