Bridging the gap between strategy formulation and strategy implementation
Essay - 10 pages - Management
Organizational Behaviour Theories hold that successful strategy implementation is a lot more than plain market facts, figures and competitive advantages. Those quantitative aspects are the outcome of a successful strategy implementation, yet the qualitative, i.e. the cognitive aspects are those...
The application of Knowledge Management to the larger context of information gathering
Essay - 4 pages - Management
Collecting tacit knowledge in the organization can be a notable challenge. While this information provides critical insights to the specific methods and procedures used by employees to accomplish goals, finding methods that can be used for collecting this type of information in the organization...
The Creative Problem Solving Model
Essay - 6 pages - Management
Introduction The challenges facing managers in the workplace today are, in many cases, overwhelming. As organizations become more complex and employees lives are shaped by both internal and external pressures, the ability of the manager to effectively understand and resolve critical problems for...
Systems thinking and its role in the development of change management program
Essay - 4 pages - Management
Systems thinking is an integral component of managerial decision making. Although systems thinking does not always ensure that success will be garnered with respect to a specific project, it does ensure that managers and stakeholders are able to garner a comprehensive understanding of a problem...
The application of change theories in organizations
Essay - 3 pages - Management
Scholars examining the process of change have noted that regardless of the environment in which change takes place this process is often difficult to successfully navigate. With this in mind, researchers have begun examining the process of change and how it occurs in the organization. Through...
Public perception of the pay and benefits given to executives
Essay - 8 pages - Management
Research on executive compensation packages clearly demonstrates that the general public is incensed and outraged by, what they perceive to be, excessive pay and benefits for these professionals. Throughout the course of the twentieth century organizations have argued that executive pay and...
How does the organizational culture of General Electric affect organizational behavior?
Essay - 6 pages - Management
Competition among organizations in the same industry has promulgated the development of numerous strategies to facilitate the success of the organization. While some strategies focus on streamlining operations to reduce fixed costs of their strategies focused on the development of internal...
How does Confucian management influence ethical development in western organizations?
Tutorials/exercises - 7 pages - Management
Over the course of the twentieth century, researchers have spent a considerable amount of time and energy examining the development of ethics in the context of organizational behavior. While some experts have concluded the ethics are difficult to incorporate into the context of the activities of...
Easy-jet's position in the low-cost carrier market: Recommendations for the best strategic plans the company should pursue in future
Tutorials/exercises - 4 pages - Management
Easyjet began operations in November of 1995. Although the organization spent a number of years struggling to establish itself, by 2000 stock for the organization was being offered on the London Stock Exchange. By 2004, Easyjet was named the top low-cost airline in Europe. Despite this...
It is unethical to use politics within a business organizational setting
Case study - 4 pages - Management
The notion that it is unethical to use politics within a business organizational setting is not one that is without validity. In this context, the word 'unethical' refers to peoples' ability to behave in unacceptable or immoral ways within a business environment. The general point...
Construction Management
Essay - 5 pages - Management
The world of construction management has grown in a multi-billion dollar industry and a force that must be reckoned with for anyone that ever has to deal with a build project. Gone are the days of an elusive contractors that may or may not finish a build within the parameters of the project. The...
Can the development of online business activity weaken the influence of organizational culture?
Case study - 4 pages - Management
Organizational cultures have been a popular topic since the advent of the 1980s. At that time, the management literature began to popularise the claim that the ‘excellence' of an organization is seen in the ways by which its members have learned to act and behave. Using the label...
How firms use efficiency wages to raise employee productivity and how it explains wage stickiness in the labour market
Case study - 4 pages - Management
Some firms will attempt to increase their profits by improving their worker productivity by paying a wage that is above the wage paid by other competing firms. A well known example of the gains from this sort of wage setting is found in third world economies. At the market level wage, workers may...
Why do firms alter labour hours just before employment?
Case study - 4 pages - Management
The model of labour demand in terms of hours worked by employees assumes that firms instantly adjust their employment when the economic environment or business cycle changes. A firm looking to change the size of its work force will always find that it is costly to make spontaneous changes to its...
Narcissist Leadership: Its traits and their impact on strategy implementation
Case study - 5 pages - Management
The mistakes that leaders make in the context of strategy implementation are often the result of a narcissistic behavior which denies the participation of subordinates in the strategic decision making. Narcissistic leadership refuses updating obsolete organizational knowledge, participating to...
Employee Commitment: A comparison between theory and business reality
Essay - 3 pages - Management
This practicum field project is the result of an interview conducted with the Group Strategic Analyst of ING Group, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.* The goal of this project is to compare the views of a prominent executive with the theoretical approach provided by famous scholars about employee...
The roles of a manager: A comparison between theory and business reality
Case study - 4 pages - Management
This practicum field project is the result of an interview conducted with the Investor Relations & Strategic Development Director of Citigroup in Athens, Greece.* The goal of this project is to compare the views of a prominent executive with the theoretical approach provided by famous scholars...
Characteristics of effective leadership A comparison between theory and business reality
Case study - 4 pages - Management
This practicum field project is the result of an interview conducted with the VP Corporate Communications in Alcatel-Lucent, Paris, France.* The goal of this project is to compare the views of a successful executive with the theoretical approach provided by several scholars about the...
Military Efforts to Meet Soldiers Needs Faster
Essay - 5 pages - Management
The following essay compares the Lean Six Sigma and Uniformed Army Scientists and Engineers (UAS&E) transformation efforts of the United States military. This analysis will identify key factors which led to the transformation as well as, policies which were enacted in order to effect this...
Human Resource Development in the Law Enforcement Field
Essay - 6 pages - Management
Law enforcement is a unique field which is highly dependent on human resource development (HRD) but is often times lacking in individual training and support. Regardless of the type of law enforcement officer (LEO), individuals in this field take numerous risks and may witness disturbing actions...
Creative tension in learning organizations and the role of leadership
Essay - 5 pages - Management
Learning organizations develop and sustain an environment, which stimulates the power of learning in all organizational members, allowing organizational flexibility and adaptability. Successful organizations use the power of learning in order to produce the maximum benefit for the organization,...
Team Effectiveness - How can it be achieved? An analysis of the team attributes that could contribute to team effectiveness
Tutorials/exercises - 4 pages - Management
Theory holds that working together brings better results than working alone. Team structures often account for organizational success in the contemporary corporate environment. Modern organizations favor team structures and teamwork viewing them as key elements for organizational success. This...
Study of nursing management
Essay - 5 pages - Management
Nursing management remains a critical component in today's healthcare. Due to a wide array of factors, the number of nurse managers is diminishing, and the healthcare industry is scrambling to stop this trend from continuing. Research and surveys have shown that the nurses are generally...
Study about Administrative Bureaucratic Theory and Scientific Management View in Organizations
Essay - 5 pages - Management
It is first important to understand management in general in order to understand how it had developed through the years from the 17th century until presents. The basic concept behind management is that it is the field in human behavior wherein the manager needs to plan, organize, direct, and...
Cost-efficient Business Management
Essay - 5 pages - Management
Cost-efficient business management is on the tip of the mind for many business owners across the world. It does not matter whether the business in question is a corporation employing several thousand team members or a start-up in a local community with just a few over the counter employees;...
Sample resume for a financial or managerial position
Sample resume - 1 pages - Management
This resume is targeted towards anyone who needs a template or a guideline for writing their own resume for a financial or managerial positon. The other has taken care to write in detail what she/he did in the past. Use this example to inspire you when writing your own. Here is an excerpt from...
Problems with Am in UK Electricity
Essay - 3 pages - Management
The first chapter sets out the problems of AM within the electricity in UK. In fact the UK electricity companies have owned and operated the UK electricity distribution networks since privatisation took place within UK electricity industry in 1990. Presently the RECs are coming under increasing...
Executive Planning
Presentation - 16 pages - Management
Steve Kaye shows how to become more effective by working smarter. He helps companies that value learning as the key to increased profitability. Here's why. Steve Kaye thinks out of both sides of the brain. Kaye brings a system approach to his work, which means his material well designed,...
Experiencing Acquisition Through a Process of Culture Change in a Serbian Organization
Essay - 61 pages - Management
This study addresses the issue of culture, acquisition and change in Serbia. Specifically, the project focuses on a Serbian bank which has recently been taken over by a Greek bank and explores organisational culture in a Serbian bank. Culture can be an image created by its members. It is both a...
The transformation of Hoechst into Aventis - published: 06/03/2007
Case study - 18 pages - Management
THE COMPANY Hoechst was a chemical and pharmaceutical company founded in 1863 Hoechst internationalizes its production after WWII AVENTIS 1999: Hoechst and Rhône-Poulenc decide to create a subsidiary company, Aventis THE FUSION 1999 : Hoechst + Rhône-Poulenc = Aventis THE MAN Jürgen Dormann How...
