Essays on Management Skills

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 ...

Internship Paper

The purpose of this paper is to explain the entire internship experiences that I personally and professionally encountered during the timeline of internship position as “Subway Assistant Manager”. It firstly determines the challenges and difficulties that arose during the internship program. It then describes the duties and responsibilities of the internship with respect to the performed tasks and undertaken activities. It also gives an overview of the company description including its name, location, the category of product/service, and the approximate size of the company. It then explains how the internship prepared me for the workforce through gaining of three ...

Introduction

The economic and social wellbeing of the society depends substantially on an effective and efficient performance of organisations. Management and leadership activity in the United Kingdom organisations becomes necessary, and the weakness and opportunities that exist should get addressed to realize a further advantage based on enhanced performance (Goetsch & Davis, 2014). Thus, excellent and adequate management and leadership skills are essential tools to achieve the best in organisations. The current ideas of the nature of leadership and management have evolved significantly over several decades to encompass new ideas including emotional intelligence, especially in organisation and planning (Giacalone & Rosenfield 2013). ...

Introduction

The fast food industry is a multi-billion venture for companies operating in the United States and those that have a foothold in the global market. One of the successful American publicly traded franchises is McDonald's with food stores both in the United States and beyond. McDonald's has a net worth of about $110B, annual revenues of $25.36 B and a profit margin of $5.7B by close of the financial year in 2016. Besides, McDonald's has a strong history of acquisition spanning from the 90’s where it acquired Chipotle. Followed by Donato Pizza, KeyCorp, Essex Capital Markets Inc., Wallach ...

Abstract

This paper aims at studying the role of engineers in the society and the industry. It also focuses on appraising the role that engineers play to change human lives and the world. A general definition of the engineering profession helps in understanding them better. The research aims at assessing the ethical and social responsibility that engineers are bound with. This is achieved by studying the education and training criteria set by the governing and accreditation bodies pertaining to the engineering disciplines. With the help of case studies, the paper seeks to explore the sort of ethical and social responsibilities. ...

Personal Development Planning

Abstract Personal development planning is an innovative concept that was developed to ensure that the achievement of a student are tracked in a structured manner. Such a plan has been essential in enhancing their learning and career development, which are essential aspects of their learning and career development. Universities in different countries have facilitated students to develop PDPs, which are integrated with their transcripts. It is essential to note that PDPs have facilitated students to set clear goals that are essential in ensuring they achieve the desired objectives. Personal development planning has facilitated students to develop effective learning skills, ...

Question 1:

The five core competencies that are discussed and broadly tackled in the MBA program are as follows: Competency 3006.1.5: Legal and Regulatory Requirements Competency 3020.1.4: Motivational Concepts in Human Resources 3012.1.4: Microeconomic and Macroeconomic Principles 3013.1.4: Marketing Strategy 3014.1.1: Financial Analysis The graduate in these core competencies of the MBA program is taken through the rules and regulations as well as the legal procedures that they should be privy to, so as to analyzes applicable legal and regulatory requirements of their organizations and assist them to determine whether organizations meet legal responsibilities or not. The graduate in this competency ...

The firm is medium-sized and it has over 600 employees.

The state of HR was not stable enough from start but it experienced expansion as the CEO of the firm wanted to build strong HR functions and organized department. The starting budget of the firm was $1.0 million and then it was increased to $1.40 million. Only twenty-five percent can be spent for the first quarter but the budget cannot be exceeded in 4th, 8th and 12th quarter. The related expenses such as hiring of employees, wages and benefits, trainings and HR program decisions are charged against the budget. There were 5 different job levels required to be staffed. ...

Chapter 1

Question 1: Authority, responsibility and delegation are basic engines that drive every organization. Authority is the possibility of law enforcement, command and exact obedience. It gives the legal right to accomplish things through others by demonstrating influencing behavior. There are two types of authority: formal authority stems from credentials or ranks and informal authority which comes from friendships or compering to others. Responsibility means the capability of an individual to be accountable or liable. In this way, the managers have the authority to command and the subordinates are responsible to fulfill these commands. Thus looks like the structure based ...

Section 1 Company Name/Location

The name of my company is Star Rose Fashions and Designs and its location is New York City. Section 2 Job Vacancy Identification and Subsequent Text Acquisition Position Available: Sales Representative Education level necessary: Bachelors Degree Position Type: Full-Time Regular Experience Required: 2 Years Position Description Our organization is currently seeking a Sales Representative to arrange for oversea sales and coordinate sales team at our world headquarters in New York.

Position Summary

A Sales Representative will head the sales department, present practical knowledge to the sales team. A Sales Representative will be responsible for the formulation of strategies. The role of ...

An internship with Abu Dhabi Airport entitled Abu Dhabi Airport Internship report completed in partial fulfilment of the requirements for CEHS 396-Internship in Homeland Security

Abstract

This report offers the description of my internship at the Abu Dhabi Airport Company (ADAC) in the United Arabs Emirates. Fundamentally, Abu Dhabi Airport is a public joint-stock organization that is fully owned by the Abu Dhabi government. It is located 16.5 nautical miles east of the Abu Dhabi City, which is the second largest city within the United Arab Emirates. My primary duties and responsibilities as an intern were to understand about the ...

Introduction

The report is intended to identify and analyze the skills of project management and planning in the project of implementation of information systems as well as the critical evaluation of the skills of business analysts for the effective use of the system. The most critical issue and challenge for the executives these days is the improved and efficient business information system planning and implementation for the successful outcomes and results for the business performance (Lederer & Sethi, 1988). The business goals and targets can be attained through effective information system (Van Grembergen, De Haes & Van Brempt, 2008). Therefore, the report ...

Healthcare Providence to every citizen is the prime responsibility of medical care centers and other health departments working simultaneously. It is imperative for health care centers to educate and inform self-pay patients how to deal with insurance procedures. The medical institutes are devising strategies to collect cash from self-pay patients efficiently. Many of health care institutes help out self-pay patients to get insured but still many of self-pay patients do not get proper outlets or platforms to insure themselves. Healthcare centers like Sutter Healthcare are progressing and working on how to provide healthcare services to those who cannot afford ...

Reflection on group work project – Anger management skills

[Institution’s Name] Reflection on group work project – Anger management skills

Introduction

Group project exercise was an activity that every class member had to perform being a part of some group based on a particular cause or topic. It was aimed at enabling students to work as a team, experience certain roles as a member and learn how to plan, develop and engage a group including its dynamics. A part from being a group participant, every student also got a chance to learn something from all the other groups as the member of the class. Group topics included weight loss, ...

Business Ethics Capstone Project

Introduction Business and ethics are really important in all aspects of life. There is the need for every human being to follow rules and this includes generally accepted morals as well as laws. In most cases, laws seem to evolve from morals and generally accepted customs and practices. However, laws come with specific sanctions whilst morals often come with softer consequences like reputational issues. There are many situations where organizations set up ethics as a means of ensuring that the workers observe moral standards in order to reduce the risks of legal problems and issues in its operations. Ethical ...

Application of Management Skills

The purpose of this exercise is to build a comprehensive plan for the development of the leadership capability in myself. Based on the understanding of the underlining principles of management, it is evident that leadership is the key skill, which I would like to develop and further work on to be able to complement and complete my profile as a current leader of self and a future leader of others. With that in mind, the following aspects of the leadership competence are central to my development model:

Personal and unique life story

Diversity awareness and management skills Continuous learning. First of all, personal and ...

Introduction

The purpose of this document is to reflect on personal and professional sides of my life up to date. While the analysis is rounded on the intention to analyse and close the gaps, between the "current me" and "expected future me" in terms of business environment, it is critical to understand that management and leadership, whether it is the leadership of self, leadership of others or leadership of entire organizations is based upon the combination of personal and professional qualities of an individual. With that in mind, the GAP analysis, which will be used as a structure for this ...

The Criminal Justice system is not just a crime solving entity. It has several other functions besides dealing with criminal activity. The leadership roles within this institution require a variety of skills to conduct daily operations. There are several administrative considerations for any law enforcement or correctional agency. Accuracy in the selection of suitable leadership within these institutions is difficult. For example, in the police department, an officer who makes the most collars in a year might not make detective grade based on number of cases. The reasons can range from poor communication skills to inadequate interpersonal skills. However, ...

The demand for the financial specialists is at its peak than ever with the Bureau of Business Statistics projecting an 8% growth from 2014 to 2024. Reflecting on this statistics, more than 632400 new jobs in finance field shall be open within the same period. The high demand follows the increased regulatory frameworks in the business world accommodating companies to demand more financial specialists. In matching the world corporate demand for financial professionals, the finance graduates are faced with numerous financial careers that offer job opportunities to exercise their financial skills. This paper seeks to explore the careers in ...

CONTENTS 1. Introduction 3 2. Task A – Description of the Evidences 3

A. Evidence 1 – Essay on Sir Kenneth Robinson Educational Views 4

B. Evidence 2 – Internal Memo about applicants for the position of Assistant Marketing Manager 5 C. Evidence 3 – Making a brief presentation about employment law 5 3. Task B - Reflections about the Process of Self-Assessment 6

Introduction

Merely having professional capabilities is not enough for getting employment, securing a promotion or otherwise rising through the ranks in the company. The critical aspect of being properly rewarded for one’s professional skills and capacities is making persuasive and impressive presentations of such skills to the company managers. This ...

Westminster Business School

Module Code: BHRM 401 COURSEWORK ONE CAREER PATHS INTO MANAGEMENT AND THE FOUR REMEDIAL STRATEGIES Seminar Leader name: __________________ Abstract Rees and Porter model and concept of managerial escalator fits in the two mangers career path in becoming the managers. Both the mangers begun their careers as specialist. Overtime, they gain more experienced and received relevant training that prepared them to carry out their current roles. The trainings equipped them with vast managerial skills which satisfied Rees and Porter concept of hybrid managers. Furthermore, the trainings helped reduce managerial gaps as both the mangers showed great love and respect ...

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Working at Maimonides Medical Center as an Internee has allowed me to understand and appreciate life with a new perspective. I am fortunate enough to get the hold of this opportunity as it has provided me the essential tools for reaching my goal of becoming a nurse. Initially, I was quite uncertain whether I would be able to handle the professional responsibilities in the healthcare industry. To jump into a hospital setting from an academic setting was relatively different. This is because I thought that theoretical education and practical experiences are entirely dissimilar. However, my fears ...

The Role of HRM in Hospitality

Jerpi (2016) discusses that there are many issues related to HR in the hospitality industry. These issues include management skills, company procedures and policies, and training. The author states that as far as management skills, that many within the industry are often promoted without receiving the necessary training to actually do their job. As such, there are managers within hotels and other hospitality related businesses who do not have the specific skills and/or training to deal with issues related to customer service. It appears as though human resources departments along with individual supervisors are recommending that people get promoted ...

Introduction

Change is inevitable within the organizations. In essence, the organizations in the contemporary competitive environment are required to undergo changes so as to remain competitive. In other words, change is imperative for the organizations because it would be possible for them to lose their competitive advantages devoid of it. Alkaya and Hepaktan (2003) describe change as a response to some considerable opportunity or threat that arise out of the organization. It is imperative to note that change takes place when the organizations make a transition from their present state to some anticipated future state. The task of managing change ...

Introduction

The paper will review contemporary management practice involving a case study of one UK’s power and energy Services Company named Energy Co. One topic from HRO 383 curriculum that is related to the contents of the case is the company structure. The thing that relates this topic to the content of the case is the company’s leadership hierarchy that the case discusses. Therefore, the mentioned issue of staff resistance towards change results from the way the leadership of this company approaches the change process. The case study indicated the Energy Co. has been through a process of ...

A project manager’s task is to induce right people, at the right time to address the right issues and to make the right decision. In a nutshell he is required to plan, monitor and control the project. Broadly, a project manager’s basic skills can be divided into Personal Skills, Technical Skills to understand complexity of the project and apply PM tools knowledge, Management Skills and Coping/interpersonal Skills. We all are aware of the importance of personal, interpersonal and management skills of a project manager. But what about Technical Skills? There are primarily two school of thoughts: Authors ...

A combined classroom is the concept of placing the students from two successive grades in a single classroom with one teacher. This trend is constantly on the rise and many researches have been conducted all over the world whether this new concept is a good move or not. This concept has both supporters and those who oppose it. The people who are concerned about this concept are mostly the parents. The researches which were conducted show evidence that the students, in split grades, perform as good as the students in the combined grade classes (Riggio, 2015). The diversity in ...

Introduction

The hydrographic printing technology was developed in 1988. The investigator Motoyasu Nakanishi of company Kabushiki Kaisha Cubic Engineering registered the first patent for the hydrographic printing technology on 26 July 1992. The principle is almost the same of the current hydrographic printing technologies where a transcription film is inserted in a painting apparatus with water. The machine transfers the painting film to the surface. There are many applications in the hydrographic painting in the automotive industry, interior design and industrial applications. The needs of customization and personalization are the force that gives the energy to this industry and the ...

Part (a)

According to statistics, the US has shown the highest progress when it comes to the development of infrastructure (Hamm, 2009). Technology is advancing every day, and its focus impact has surely been infrastructure. The roads, railway, water and air are the primary mode of transports we have today, but the most frequently used is the road transport. Projects have been initiated to enhance road transportation including bridges. According to Steve Hamm (2009), Smart technology is an imperative component of the contemporary society where it ensures a better world. He argues that it is necessary for a safer and much ...

How are management skills acquired?

Secondly, it is crucial to think about who you are, what you want to achieve, where you are going and how you are going to get there. Without clarified goals and values, it is impossible to make a strategic plan for all of your actions and, consequently, impossible to achieve your goals. When you made a plan of your actions, the next thing to do would be influencing yourself in the process of achieving a particular goal and it is called self-management. Self-management is influencing yourself by organizing, controlling, planning and directing yourself. The next step is defining a ...

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Service Management

Executive Summary Service organizations face numerous challenges in an attempt to please their users. Discontentment and un-satisfaction among service users may lead to the organization in question being unpopular. Organization management differs from one organization to the other. Importantly, an organization can learn from another on how to address certain challenges. This report focuses on two service organizations in a similar industry (American Health Organization and American Red Cross), in relation to CRP. Both organizations offer CRP trainings, in addition to helping victims. The approaches the two employ differ. This report seeks to analyze such differences ...

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PART 1: PROJECT INITIATION

Project Brief In the history of Olympics, this project has been termed by many experts as being the most complex in Europe. A number of factors conspired to ensure this is the case. First, the project was to be delivered within a short deadline that was provided for. Because London had won a bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games, there was a need to have the facility ready in the shortest time possible. The second reason why the project was complex is because of the unique environment in which it was to be located. The ...

In the current world, music has become an important issue for people. Individuals use music for various reasons such as leisure, concerts for making money, and career. A career in music can involve being an artist, producer, djing, and directors. Each of the listed roles has different requirements and tasks that an individual will perform. At times, and individual may have more than one careers in music such as being a songwriter, producer, and artist. Germany is one of the countries where people practice music as a career. I was born and raised in Germany with a Turkish origin. ...

Organization Value and Business Reflection Topic

Introduction Business management is a fascinating topic, more so when the lessons in the class are integrated with real-world case studies. The integration offers the students opportunities to employ the management skills learnt in the class through creative thinking and problem solving approaches to provide solutions to real business problems. The experience equips the learner with practical skills that enables the student to be an economic productive person in the society. The paper will evaluate the critical management skills the author has leant in the class. The paper will review management functionalities in the firm, relevance of effective communication ...

Contemporary Leadership

Over the years, decades and even centuries the relationships those humans develop with each other and with the external environment have become much more complicated. It is not a secret that social, economic and business scenes demand stronger focus on the ability to deal with diversity and differences that individuals, as well as groups, demonstrate. The role of leader in human groups was always essential, from the times, where tribes were struggling for survival, facing the nature, to the contemporary business environment, where companies are facing a challenge of working in an international and highly competitive environment. The truth ...

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First of all, the article shows that college students can possibly balance their time by learning time management skills with the right mindset. For instance, the very first thing that Lucier asks the students to consider is the management of academic time. She says that “even though you may have a million other things going on, it's important to remind yourself why you're in college in the first place: to graduate” (Lucier). Notice that Lucier didn’t start by telling her audience to list down their tasks and organize them according to priority. Instead, it is evident ...

Inventory Assignment Organizational Skills

Question One: D) Once a week or less Question Two: B) Four to five Question Three: C) Six to nine hours Question Four: B) Sixty to ninety minutes Question Five: B) Two stacks Question Six: A) Very little Question Seven: D) More than two Question Eight: C) One to two hours Question Nine: B) Occasionally Question Ten: C) Twice Question Eleven: D) Only when there is a good reason Question Twelve: B) I do most of it Question Thirteen: C) Monthly Question Fourteen: C) Weekly Question Fifteen: C) About seventy-five percent

Question One: The time management guides for eliminating ...

Introduction

A professional degree in Mechanical Engineering will allow me to become actively involved in all areas of design. Designing and planning a project requires careful decision-making so that the appropriate materials are used. The machinery must carry out the task it was designed to do while at the same time giving workers a safe task. Noise and environment pollution are two of the greatest problems that need to be taken into consideration, because the health of workers is a primary concern.

Knowledge and Skills Area

Therefore look forward to opportunities to create innovative solutions to problems based on a diverse range of knowledge. ...

Strong leadership and communication skills are vital for many professionals. In particular one needs to communicate well with the clients and the other employees. Unfortunately, schools put great emphasis on examination and academic achievements and disregard equipping students with pivotal skills such as leadership, time management, critical thinking, survival, decision making, communication and public speaking. Public speaking training helps one to build confidence, to manage time and become a good decision maker and is a must for one to compete in the business world and also to be a good leader. It then suffices that a marketer has to have excellent communication skills ...

PERSONAL ASSESSMENT

For all the students in any learning institution there is always one suitable way in which learning appears easier. Among the styles used I found auditory the most suitable method as I got to understand whatever I was taught. Any explanations the teacher made on the course work in graphs, handouts and other notes given by the teacher, I realized it was easy to remember than when I read for myself. Moreover the teacher gave practical examples that are easier to relate to unlike those given in the books that are hypothetical. This way it is possible to apply ...

Section 1: Personal assessment.

Learning style: I am comfortable learning as an individual or in a group. My learning style is quite flexible, often ranging from personal learning, group discussions, study groups, to research peer groups. I believe that with research, human beings can tackle almost any problem in their day-to-day activities. I therefore emphasize more on research work, be it in the field, library research or internet based research.

Personal skills assessment: the diploma course I took at Southampton University has given me significant skills both in academics and in the field. The English language diploma that I took was necessary to enhance ...

Personal Assessment

Learning Style

I am a visual learner, and the most effective way to remember things in the classroom for me is by using visual materials such as graphs and charts, written in handouts or textbooks. While seeing I visualize detailed pictures in my mind. The first thing I notice in the book is a picture or a diagram, only after analyzing it I may read the text below. Group work assignments during lectures, when we make a presentation or a speech, first of all I prepare visual aid for it. When one of my fellow classmates tries to explain his point using examples or ...

The Columbine High School experienced a horrific turn of events on the 20th of April 1999. Two of its students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were on a mission that led to the death of 12 students and one teacher. The two teenagers had been planning for this massacre for quite some time. They been collecting guns, ammunitions as well as bomb components that they would use on the day of 20th April. It is said that they had even created a website which they posted blogs with statements that pinpointed several individual likely to be ...