Essays on Management Team

Introduction. 2

Strategic Plan3 Program Description.5 Leadership Challenges..6 Ethical Implications..7

Engaging communities and building constituencies.7

Budgeting, financing, and human resources.8 Performance management & Health Informatics..9

Appendix 1 SWOT Analysis10

Appendix 2 SMART Objectives..11 Appendix 3 Budget..13 References15 Introduction In the past decade, chronic lifestyle diseases such as type 2 diabetes, heart/cardiovascular disease and stroke have increased exponentially in the state of Minnesota. Sedentary lifestyle and poor diet has led to an increase in obesity which in turn has led to an increase in heart disease and stroke. Most adults in Minnesota have poor lifestyle which has increased their risk to heart disease and stroke. As per the Minnesota department of health, ...

Statement of Customer’s Need

The modern business environment is influenced by globalization and international mobility of individuals. As a result, companies demand more focus on diversity and leadership capabilities to manage professionally and personally diverse groups, communication and the conflict of interest, which may arise from the polarization of opinions. While companies provide internal training in face-to-face as well as virtual environments, there is an opportunity to improve the outcomes of diversity training by implementing an integrated training seminar, involving the practical and theoretical exercises and workshops with individuals from different companies and sectors. This cross-functional and cross-sectorial groups can significantly benefit in ...

Innovation can be defined as new ideas that a company incorporates to meet the requirements and standards of the consumer market in order to bolster both their economic interests and the growth of the company while maintaining good relations with the consumer. Depending on the type of company and their market targets, the company can approach can handle innovation in different ways to meet its set objectives. Color Kinetics Incorporated as a company can focus on different approaches to innovation such as sustaining innovation, breakthrough innovation and disruptive innovation. In addition to relevant frameworks in place that help the ...

Incident Background

It has come to the attention of the facility’s security management team that there is a plan to steal a portion of the facility’s nuclear waste and release it into the community. We believed that the threat is credible. Naturally, if such a release of nuclear waste were to occur, the potential loss of life and damage to the environment would be substantial. Accordingly, we have developed this incident action plan in order to effectively deal with the risk by either stopping it from ever happening or mitigating its effect and quickly resolving and problems in the ...

DISASTER PLAN

Introduction Disaster preparedness in nursing is important due to the environment that the clinical nurses face on a day to day basis. Nurses play a vital role in communication, coordination and handling health care activities. There are numerous external and internal disasters that nurses can face in their career. The disasters might require proper preparation and strategic planning. Nurses are important in disaster preparedness and readiness in the society.

Analysis

The disaster plan begins from the point of evaluating the possible threats that are likely to occur within a particular geographical region or business. The evaluation is important in creating ...

Introduction

Employee appraisal is necessary for any business setting since it gives proper information to the management which is essential in the formulation of future decisions and facilitates the mitigation of challenges that employees face. External and internal factors could impact the value of a business necessitating an appraisal to ascertain whether the needs of the employees are met within the company to ensure that their satisfaction is guaranteed (Tricker, 2015). Management teams often use different indicators in determining whether the output of an employee is increasing stagnant or decreasing. The principle objective of this paper is to explain the ...

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Introduction The crisis management plan has been structured to deal with possible unionization or collective bargaining agreements leading to strike of the workforce in Blossoms Up. Meanwhile, the following paper investigates the crisis scenario to develop most suitable crisis management plan according to the order. Admittedly, the Crisis Management Plan can be evident to control such unintentional disruption.

The crisis management team

In order to respond to the strike situation, the role of Human Resource, top management, and legal assistance will be evident. Therefore, each of the said department must be included in the crisis management team to deal with the unwanted scenario. ...

Introduction

A country’s economic and security prosperity highly relies on the aviation system that is operating efficiently. The existence of weak security poses a threat to aircraft safety and those that are boarding it. The hostile nation-states, criminals and terrorists have been viewing the aviation sector as a target for exploitation and attack. Successful airport attacks inflict grave economic damage, mass casualties and negatively affect the airline transportation system. The air transport sector should adopt appropriate ways of managing different incidents and threats. Intelligence and Threat Assessment play a significant role in mitigating numerous risks in the aviation industry. ...

Management Team and Manufacturing Operations Plan

Management Team and Manufacturing Operations Plan The proposed business will be manufacturing organic dog treats, and it will require physical facilities within the city. It will need a manufacturing workshops and equipment for processing, testing and packing the product. There will also be a need for a climate controlled storage space for the ingredients and final product.

The packaging material and labeling will come from outside suppliers. Correspondingly, suppliers will also offer raw organic ingredients that make up the product. The business will process the ingredients according to approved specifications then package them and label. The product will be ...

Introduction

Managing change within an organization can be a challenging endeavor. Generally, the larger and longer existing an organization and its practices have been, the harder it would be to implement a proposed set of changes. In this paper, the author assumes the role of a consultant team leader who is working on a client organization’s planned organizational change management. The objective of the present paper is to be able to discuss the different theoretical and operational issues involved in the lead up to the planned change management scenarios.

Main Theoretical Perspectives on Leadership and their Relevance to Organizational Change

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REPORT

Report

The research aims at analyzing PMIBoK5 to identify the topic coverage for P3M, entailing the areas concerned with P3M, and to identify the influences in PMIBoK5 affecting the approaches as well as the methodologies of P3 Management in the diverse project environments.

Deliverables

Project Management Institute Body of Knowledge (PMIBoK) entails a term describing the totality of knowledge within project management as a profession. The areas of coverage concerned with the P3 management include the project scope management, project quality management, project cost management, project risk management, project stakeholder management, project procurement (Haimes 2015, p. 41).

Related Scope Factors to P3 Management

Project scope management. ...

Critical Management Exam

Gender Gender equality has been a subject of debates and long discussions of human rights protectors. Equal access to education, equal opportunities to professional growth and equal rights in advancing careers are the key goals of the governments of the most developed countries in the world. Gender inequality has been considered as the cause of many imbalances in society that often lead to decline of its overall level. Modern world’s conditions and technological developments allow women and men to leave gender stereotypes in the past and discover opportunities on the equal basis (Linstead, 2000). Equal opportunities start with ...

Introduction

The case examines the project for construction of a Business School for the University of Exeter, which was completed on time and within the forecasted budget by 2011. The objectives of the University involved (1) delivering a world-class research and teaching facilities to the University, (2) satisfying the needs and expectations of the student during and after construction, (3) enhance the School's position in the international educational arena. The objectives of the project team, however, included a variety of more complex elements. The core goal of the project was to deliver the facility according to the University’s project, ...

Project Management

Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) is a nationalized laboratory headed by the private contractors, situated in the United States of America. On the other hand, the Department of Energy (DOE) is a centralized agency that is held responsible for supervising the country’s technological and scientific laboratories.

Q1. Organizational Changes in BNL and DOE

The major difference between Brookhaven National Laboratory and Department of Energy is the difference in the operational techniques and purpose. BNL is supposed to invent nuclear components in its scientific activity laboratory, whereas, DOE is accountable to check the reliability and stability of the invented reactors. The BNL had to face big challenges ...

The Choice

In the current case, BMI has managed to develop a multi-million dollar business, but they still remain unknown as they are a new company. The company has a management team made by individuals with years of experience and strong industry reputation. BMI (Brand Momentum Inc.) needs to evaluate all options and identify the way the company can maximize their brand reach and exploit their competencies. Among all three choices available for promoting BMI and developing the company’ brand name, the most effective option would be to use traditional marketing option. The traditional marketing option requires BMI to purchase ad ...

For the success of any business project, there must be well laid out plans to prevent all the misfortunes that might come on the way. The problems incurred during the development of the project might pull the developer's several steps backward. It is important to understand that a project’s risk may have positive or negative impacts on the desired objectives of the project (Baloi & Prince, 2003). It is, therefore, easy to perceive that Project Risk Management is meant to guard against the failure of a new project while maximizing on the possible future returns. An exquisite Project Risk ...

Introduction

The company is known for best multi-featured cameras and high quality entry level cameras. The aim of the enterprise is creating cameras that people trust. We have a team of three individuals who are dedicated to ensuring that the goals and objectives of the organisation are met. The culture of the company is strong, and it focuses on strong relationships between individuals. We do create trust building seminars to educate the employees on the importance of having trust. We also have a high corporate social responsibility and sustainable practices.

Strategic plan

The Glo- Bus application is a challenging task. Our team ...

SWOT Analysis

The SWOT analysis is a tool used in the evaluation of the internal environment, where the organization conducts an analysis of its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. The Sony retail company in London has low product diversification, making it vulnerable in the face of the businesses that have a broad range of goods. The threat posed by the competitors is real. Many players in the DVD/CD and video games market have emerged, and the management is concerned that it is becoming extremely hard to retain dominance of the market (Williams and Chinn, 2010, P.426). Several Substitute products are available ...

Business Plan

Business Plan

Executive Summary

A business plan is a particular statement that contains the goals of a business and the way of attainment of these goals. The paper presents a business plan that employs a business strategy in defining the business’s overall goals, management team, staffing of the organization and other factors. This plan ideally presents my idea of establishing a new business venture in the field of health care. Initially, the paper presents a well-detailed description of the business that is to be established. This includes defining the overall objectives of the business the particular products that the business ...

Introduction

According to Trevino & Nelson (2011, p. 35), fraud does not happen as a coincidence. To be specific, fraud in organizations is usually premeditated and has to happen in the right conditions and members of the organization in authority often set these conditions. As such, identifying the root causes of fraud, which is called fraud deterrence, should be one of the priorities of corporate governance. Since fraud has been a common menace in the history of organizational management, various strategies, government regulations, and acts have been developed to prevent the occurrence of fraud (Giroux, 2013, p. 32). These procedures cover ...

EHRs

Electronic Health Records are a broad category of HITs containing a patient’s clinical history. The system’s primary user is the provider and would encompass primary clinical information relevant and unique to the patient from the provider’s perspective. Some of the information contained in EHRs include demographics, medication reports, patient charts, laboratory data, and past medical information. Thus, the system is an automated version of patient information offered as part of the support process from various interface users (Keyhani et al., 2008). This paper considers the lifecycle of EHRs through a description of the process involved in ...

Gantt Chart and Network Diagram

Gantt chart The picture below shows the Gantt chart of Store relocation project of Hamptons: There are 14 major tasks to be completed for successful project outcomes, where, four initial major tasks are further divided into sub tasks to lead the project in flow. The first major task of initial research is divided into three sub tasks include problem identification, search for location and feasibility research. The project management decided to allocate two weeks to complete this task. The second major task of planning is directly connected with initial research task; it means that planning cannot be started until ...

Introduction

In the modern age of corporation, businesses tend to expand their operational reach through a penetration in newer markets. The penetration requires effective teamwork and deployment of limited resources in order to achieve the long-term objectives. The corporate objectives are achieved through an execution of multiple and temporary activities called projects. These projects are different in nature, size, and resource allocation. An effective and timely completion of these plan-oriented activities requires a systematic framework, prominently known as “Project Management”. The Project Management is based on nine key elements that define purpose, approaches, requirements, and execution of the discipline. This ...

Purpose of the Message

The message is designed to familiarize the new Coca-Cola Company new hires with the way the company operates and the people they will be interacting with in their daily activities. The message shall be used by the human resources group to assimilate new employees into the company as well as making the new employee feel welcomed into the business. The message will also introduce employees to the Coca-Cola vision and mission to enable them to work with similar corporate vision and goals with the current employees. The letter will explain the company’s vision to the new hires, as ...

Executive Summary

The report comprises of two main tasks that are financial ratio analysis and distress analysis to determine and evaluate the financial performance of HSBC. The case study is prepared to analyze the financial conditions of HSBC. HSBC Bank Plc. is one of the largest financial services providers in the world. HSBC operates in Finance and Insurance industry that is highly competitive in the global market. The decline in values of current ratio, quick ratio, and cash ratio reveals that the company did not succeed in maintaining stability in its financial position, but the decrease of 0.02 and 0.01 is ...

Biography

I can describe myself as a highly accomplished entrepreneur. I have gained a great deal of experience in business startup, growth, as well as, exit. So far, I have been a Chief Executive Officer in three companies and my role in contributing to their success cannot go unrecognized. I started my career by establishing my biotechnology company, Volentix Pharmaceuticals. Starting this company was stimulating, exciting, and frightening at the same time. Nonetheless, this company did not operate for a long time due to some difficulties and hardships, but I did not lose hope. I learned a lot from this ...

Introduction:

In this paper were will be covering our analysis of the BoldFlash: Cross-Functional Challenges in the Mobile Division case, written by Michael Beer and Rachel Shelton. The analysis will cover the history of the company, symptoms and problems, alternatives, and our recommendations. The given case expounds over the situation when Roger Cahill – Vice President of BoldFlash Mobile Division came across the situation where BoldFlash is struggling to adjust to a progressing and challenging marketplace. In the case study, there are four departments (marketing, sales, manufacturing, and product development) within a division that refused to work collaboratively. As a result, ...

7. Objectives Product/Service: Bring the menu up to 4.8 score in the next three months.

Pricing: Formulate a plan to make portion sizes proportionate to price without comprising on quality. Pricing: Review the current list of ingredients that are regularly used and identify means to reduce cost. This should be done in the next 60 days. Place: With the help of an interior fit-out firm, review the layout of the restaurant and determine whether an open kitchen/grill/mini-prep station can be installed in a place where patrons can see the cooks in action. Set up meeting in the next 14 ...

Today, manufacturing processes are a major part of most businesses. It provides employment for organizational workers and is the only way to bring science to life. Thus, there is a need for organizations to improve their performance so as to create significant value for their businesses. This is made possible through manufacturing excellence approach that helps organizations to adapt to new as well as changing markets. Manufacturing excellence ensures that a rigorous assessment is carried out on the overall performance of organizations so that it is in line with the financial impact expected for the organization as well as ...

Introduction

Projects have increasingly become an important component of many organisations today. In this sense, the project management occupies a progressive master role in the success of many organisations (Shenhar & Dvir, 2007). This means that the fruitful and appropriate delivery of the projects promotes the progress and the development of the humanity from the global perspective. This paper is about the analysis of the automated baggage system built by the BAE Automated System incorporated into a project at the Denver International Airport (Neufville, 2004). Ideally, the project was designed to cater for the teaming air passengers at the airport. While ...

4. Environmental Analysis 4.1. Operating Factors Some of the common goals in any restaurant regardless of size is the desire to make money, control food and labor cost and to retain employees . A restaurant is one of the toughest businesses to run successfully because of the long hours involved, the high turnover and the relatively low pay when compared to the number of hours. Therefore it is clear that human resource is a critical operating factor. An understanding of the nature of the market is also essential; factors like market saturation and market trends are critical to operating a ...

Introduction

Quality improvement has to be a conscious process in any given organization. The reason for this argument is the fact that continuous quality improvement enables the organization to improve its productivity and service delivery. This is the case even in David HealthCare Center, a community center dedicated to the provision of expert services to its clients. The following report is a quality improvement plan for Davis HealthCare Center whereby the focus is on the development of staff members and the improvement of teams. As a health care organization, Davis HealthCare Center plays a critical role in maintaining good health ...

The article, “The Well Director,” is a compilation of ten attributes that describe a great director. This paper will discuss four of the attributes discussed in the paper that this writer deems most important; 1) a great director has vision, 2) results are obtained by guiding people to accomplish the predetermined goals of an organization, 3) an efficient management team is key to success, and 4) a great director causes people to want to work for him or her. All ten attributes are important, but this writer feels that these four are keys to the overall success of a ...

Question 3: Creaholic

Introduction Creaholic is a company of innovation and high technology products that was founded by Elmar Mock in 1986. The company serves its clients with the help of the team of highly knowledgeable and skilled, technical and creative-minded individuals. The company usually works on the clients’ project to provide them with the innovative solutions to improve their products; however, it also started working on its own projects (Creaholic, n.d.). Being an innovative and high technology product development company, it is very important to market and advertise the company to increase its brand awareness so that the company can attract ...

Question one

The descriptive statistics is the analysis of data for describing, showing, and summarizing records in a meaningful way so that the patterns to emerge from the information. However, it does not allow the analysts to draw conclusions beyond the data to be analyzed concerning any hypotheses being made. The types of descriptive statistics are as follows: The measure of central tendency. It is the way of describing the central position of a distribution for the collection of data. That is the frequency distribution the distribution pattern of records of a company particularly from the lowest to the highest. Therefore, ...

Divestiture strategies are laws that separate people from what is legally theirs. For instance, people should socialize while they are young, but they are taken to academy where they are separated from both their families and friends. Again, they are forced to adhere to strict rules such as cutting their hairs as well as putting on uniforms, meaning that they cannot wear the kind of cloths they love. At the workplace, recruits need more socialization than the experienced workers, but bidding procedures as well as shift assignment prevents them to socialize, and this may make them feel strangers in ...

Starbucks is a United States based coffee manufacturing company that has been in existence since 1971, and has various branches in the country, but due to the continuous technological advantages, the firm has been forced to improve the quality of its softwares. The present learning management system for the firm that has been in use for the purposes of generating reports, documenting, and e-learning appears to be out of date because of the increasing size of the firm. Therefore, the management has been forced to contemplate on two options, which include upgrading the existing learning management system or adopting ...

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 ...

Business Executive Summary

The aim of this document is to outline the organization’s plan to introduce a profitable product and or service to the market. The document covers the product development processes, the actual product, marketing processes, and lastly the distribution process. The business being proposed is bistro. This means that it would offer both a line of products and services. Bistro food would be the main product. Services offered would be similar to a typical fine dining restaurant. One of the major variables that the members of the planning team considered is the location of the store and the theme ...

Introduction

Samsung has been in the telecommunication business since 1977, but it was in 1993 that the company changes its shift from the cost saving approach to providing unique featured products. It was then in 1994 that the company started creating and ruling the mobile phone market globally. Since then the company has been doing various efforts to maintain the strong hold within the market despite of immense competition from giants like Apple.

Strategy

Samsung Mission Samsung as a sole mission as an organization which is adapted for all its division which is to allocate the resources and the capabilities that ...

International Marketing

International Marketing Marketing is simply a legit communication between sellers and buyers with an objective of transaction whereby, a seller sells goods or services to the buyers. There are so many things that sellers can sell to the buyers, but food seems to be the most common good that sellers sell worldwide, simply because food is a basic commodity in the lives of people. Different countries have different tastes and preferences to various foods, meaning that what one country produces and sells is not what another country produces and sells. Therefore, there is a need for international marketing that ...

Executive Summary . 3-4

History .. 4-5

Strategic Elements 5-6

Critical Events .. 6-7

Leadership 7-8

Mission and Vision Statement . 8-9 External Assessment 9-13 Analysis of Competitive Position 13 Internal Assessment . 13-17 Current Strategy 18 SWOT Analysis 18-21 BCG Matrix . 21-23 IE Matrix .. 24-25

Possible Strategic Alternatives 25-26

Evaluation of Current Organizational Structure .. 25 Recommendation Changes .. 25-26

Situational Analysis . 26-29

New Turnaround Objective .. 29

Proposed Measures . 29-31

Funding this Turnaround Effort 32-33 Financial Projections 33-34 Conclusion 34

References 35-36

Sears Holdings Corporation Executive Summary Sears Holdings is a major brick-and-mortar retailer in both the United States and Canada. As such, it sells a wide variety of products, including appliances, consumer electronics, apparel, tools, sporting equipment and ...

Human Resource Management

Introduction Human resource management (HRM) is the process through which an organization interacts and guides its personnel so that they work together and achieve company objectives. The primary goal of this process is to set a target for the firm, build a plan for the organization, analyze data about staff members, train the company employees, and mentor them to fit in the enterprise. HRM can be traced back to the year 1950 when great scholars Drucker and McGregor saw that there is a need to have a vision and goal-directed activities in organizations. They also stressed that the management ...

A project is a activity to create products or services. Every project has a beginning and end and has a time deadline for completion. Project management required to satisfy the needs of the project. Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK ) published by project management institute,is the collection of standards to achieve success in project. By referring to this document, managers are benefited in the sense that they use or try to use all the available resources at their disposal to the extent possible in completing the project successfully. According to PMBOK , management of a project is achieved through ...

Background

Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Johannesburg, Netcare is one of the largest South Africa healthcare providers, operating through a wide chain of local hospitals and dental centers. Over the years of the operations the company grew in domestic market organically as well as through acquisition strategy, starting with the acquisition of Medicross, which allowed the organizations to an acquisition of 75 physical facilities, including medical and dental centers across South Africa. Ricard Friedland, the head of the organization faces several challenges with regards to the future direction of the organization and potential strategies with regards to the organizational ...

1.0 Internal Assessment [from Phase 1] The SWOT Analysis, using the Internal Factors Evaluation (IFE), noted Sear’s strengths in the areas of retail network (expansive), strong brand recognition (e.g. Kenmore Home Appliances, Craftsman Tools, etc.), and a strong management team (lots of untapped potential), among others. Conversely, its weakness were also notable: deteriorating debt margin (has exceeded its assets and capital), unreliable revenues (fluctuating), and poor management style (cause of poor strategies), among others. 2.0 Current strategy Supplier and merchandise inventory management: Despite the fact that the fourth quarter only generates not more than 29 percent of its ...

A strategic audit is the review of a corporation’s business strategies and plans to see if they will contribute towards the achievement of the company’s goals and objectives(Carey 4). The strategic audit analyzes whether the business plan is complete that is whether it consists of all the necessary information for its execution. It also analyzes whether the business plan is financially sound. It analyzes the employee’s attitudes and commitment to the vision and execution of the business plan at hand. The strategic audit analyzes whether the business plan offers a schedule for daily operations. Whether ...

The Boston Harber Hotel is one of the most cherished and prestigious hospitality and accommodation destination for many travelers in Boston city. It has served the service industry with memorable moments of history, recognized as a leader-service provider in the industry. The hotel is located at the historic Rowes Wharf in the Bostan's city scape. It attracts a large number of travelers in the city with a promise of variety of services. Their services range from the normal restaurant services and accommodation services. They also provide human therapeutic services such as the Spa and fitness facilities in the industry. ...

Community bank is an independent, small and locally-owned commercial bank, which operates and obtains its funds solely from the community, where it is based. Community banks focus on providing traditional banking, derive deposits locally and mostly make loans to local businesses. It is widely known that today community banks provide most of the loans to our nation's small businesses and are an important financial resource to small cities. Because of that and because of the fact that they have knowledge of their local community and their customers, they are called “relationship” banks. They base their credit and loan decisions ...

Introduction & Brief Description of Business

Entrepreneurship allows for the opening of new businesses bringing about jobs for the people in a community and revenue that benefits not only the business but also taxes for the city and the state. Entrepreneurs usually take advantage of processes to enable their success in business to include lean experimentation that allows for the resolution of risks speedily and with minimum resources thereby allowing for testing of a business model; the enactment of investing which permits the entrepreneur to confront risks in order of importance thereby having the ability to use only the resources that are needed to meet ...

Executive summary.4

THE TEAM..4

MANAGEMENT TEAM PROFILE AND OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE4

ADVISORS.5 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES5 HUMAN RESOURCE REQUIREMENT.5-6 THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT6 BUSINESS SUMMARY AND HISTORY..6

INDUSTRY OVERVIEW6

Consumer trend 6 Seasonal factors6 POSITION IN THE INDUSTRY.6-7 Legal issues.7 Competition7 Use of technology7 THE MARKETING PLAN.7 TARGET MARKET7 The competition 7 SERVICES.8 PRICING STRATEGY8 SALES/DISTRIBUTION PLAN8 Credit term and guarantees..8 ADVERTISISNG/PROMOTIONS PLAN..8

Public relations.9

FINANCE.9 INCOME STATEMENT9 CASHFLOW STATEMENT.9-10 BALANCE SHEET10 RISKS AND CONCLUSIONS10-11 Introduction/Executive Summary The new generation clothes line is an organization which started as a small business venture by providing quality materials to both genders men and women. The business venture began as a small clothes stall with limited stock in ...

Introduction

Managers are constantly making decisions that affect the operations and the bottom lines of the business. Such decisions could include the stocks in which to invest, when to introduce a new product into the market, how to optimize the profits of a firm, how to assign employees to various tasks, and when to venture into new markets. Managers require information to make correct and timely decisions. Managerial accounting and financial accounting are potent sources of the information that managers require when making decisions. Managerial accounting entails the identification, measurement, and communication of the economic information that is needed by ...

The change management team established a successful needs assessment by describing the importance of a reduction in the LOS/excess days at the facility. The final comments came in, and the results were mostly for the change project. The primary aims of the reduction in LOS project are to conduct the following tests. First, to describe the precise constitution of the project for the facility as related to the project in question. Second, specify the changes required for optimal approval and project functionality. Third, describe the process required for successful project implementation, evaluation, and advocacy for continuous improvement (Chin, et ...

Business Report

Introduction Managerial functions in an organization determine the efficiency and performance of any organization. They influence the functions of the human resource management and determine the marketing strategies of an organization. This paper discusses the differences between planning, controlling, leading and organizing. It also defines the functions of the Human resource management. In addition, it explains the 4Ps of marketing concerning Nike Inc.

Explain the Differences between Planning, Organizing, Leading and Controlling

Managerial functions are important social processes in an organization that ensure effective and sustainable planning and regulation of business functions to enhance achievement of organizational goals. The basic functions include; planning that prepares a company's future ...

1. Recommend the type or types of research you would propose. Answer. Owing to the current situation of pre-crisis phase for the organization, the research should focus on the assessment of those factors that might help to save the organization’s image during the crisis (Coombs, 2014). Hence, a comparative crisis communication oriented qualitative research is recommended for the current situation (Schwarz, Seeger & Auer, 2016). The comparative crisis communication research will focus on comparing the situation of the victims at the San Diego and Atlanta stores before and after their collapse. 2. Determine what kind(s) of information you ...

Is there anything the team should have done when they received only three proposals by June 30?

When the team was assembled and started the process for soliciting for requests for proposals, they wanted and expected at least eight proposals to choose. After receiving only three proposals by the June 30 deadline, they should have come up with a contingency plan to be able to get more proposals. According to the business dictionary (2016), contingency planning is an activity undertaken by management or employees in an emergency to ensure that proper follow-up steps and immediate action will be taken. In this case, the team should have come up with a plan to curb this situation. 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 ...

Ethical issues in procurement

Perception of the Impropriety The intention of the appearance in ethical or any compromising conduct, actions, and communication in business should be prevented. The professionals in supply chain management should deal with both internal and external customers and suppliers. Therefore, such interactions must be honest and fair minded (Crmlearning.com). Consequently, certain actions that appear to diminish ethical conduct have to be avoided.

Conflicting Interests

Any personal or other activities should not conflict with the lawful interests of the employers. Therefore, in ethical procurement, the professionals in supply management should not apply their positions to induce other people to offer inappropriate benefits ...

Executive Summary

The art of management can be very challenging but with the mastering of the basic principles of management, managers can easily navigate a company into success. Setting a business up anchored on the principles of management enables it to operate effectively with checks and balances. Outdoor Adventure Paintball Park was not set up using the right management principles. For a start, the business was set up without a sound plan on how it was going to operate. As much as the business enjoys some advantages given its strengths regarding resources and location, the business also has some weaknesses that ...

Company Overview

Myer Company was founded by Sidney Myer, who will be remembered in a long as one of Australia’s great philanthropists as well as a retail visionary. He welcomed customers to his incredible department stores, giving them international class merchandise and services. Currently, Myer Company remains to be the favorite department store in Australia. It has continued to uphold its legacy. Myer Company has been the largest Australia department store offering stylish and fashionable items for more than 100 years. Since its foundation, Myer has been a significant employer and has a great history of local community involvement and ...