Essays on Manger

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 ...

“Performance management systems, which typically include performance appraisal and employee development, are the “Achilles’ heel” of human resources management. They suffer flaws in many organizations, with employees and managers regularly bemoaning their ineffectiveness” (Pulakos, 2004). Performance management involves planning, and employee input to determine methods and techniques to improve the performance of employees and align these improvements with organizational goals. In this paper, the internal and external job roles and responsibilities of retail sales associates will be highlighted, an organizational modification plan that can be used to encourage specified behaviors in the retail sales associate capacity, methods for measuring ...

Personal Weekly Journal: The Journey to Developing Skills

A fascinating week full of experience and much learning. I learn many things this week. I put the raw egg over the flat bread, then I put the cheese on the egg. What do I come up with? Dessert!!! Dessert is a common word used in the food industry to employ a variety of food course that entirely consist of a sweet array of foods. It involves such foods like the snacks, sweet soups, fruits or what is called pudding in other contexts. Delicacy sometimes may sometime be mistaken for flavor. The food was so sweet and we did ...

Management

In supply chain management, the role of manager plays an important role in the success of the business. The job vacancy of ‘supply chain manager’ is a very demanding and dedicated job, which covers almost every important aspect of the supply chain management. The main requirement for the job is to create and maintain a good supply chain process for the company’s new office. It includes the responsibilities regarding purchases, shipping, production planning, and relation with the suppliers and receiving of goods. The job for the manager post requires special skills to manage all different production departments in an ...

Authorship of the Gospels

The Gospels of Mark, Matthew, Luke and John have or have not been written by specific individuals. The Catholic tradition has always believed that Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are specific persons who have recorded the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. According to Felix Just, SJ. (Who Really Wrote the Gospels, and Why Should we Care), recent scholars have argued the anonymity of the original authors. In his comparative chart of the gospels, Just identified the gospels’ traditionally attributed as well as the implied authors. Mark was John Mark of Jerusalem; Matthew was a tax collector and apostle; Luke ...

Introduction

Construction is a field that requires efficiency and hard work. It is a field that has the potential to improve a nation’s economy by a great percentage (Keith 2008 p 3). This paper is literature review that seeks to give appropriate leadership skills for construction management. Effective ways for a construction manager to achieve success are given with its relation to customer satisfaction and employee performance. Roles and ethics that should be inculcated in management of a construction company are given to a fine detail.

Proper recommendations towards achieving this are also highlighted. The impact of proper and efficient leadership together with the consequential output is ...

Background

Playsouls Toys is an upcoming global producer and supplier of toys and games. The company will open in December 2013 and will start its operations in five locations across North America, with a production facility in China. The company employs more than eight hundred people, and serves a customer base of more than one million worldwide.

Mission Statement

The mission of the human resource department is to support the goals and aims of Playsouls Toys by providing services that natures a work environment characterized by open communication, fair treatment of staff, personal accountability mutual respect, and trust. The department will seek and offer solutions ...

CHAPTER 5: DISCUSSION, FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS

5. Findings and Analysis

Lulivo Irving restaurant is located in London. From the graph above, the hotel has 6 nationalities namely Italian, Albanian, Romanian, Egypt, Spanish and Hungarians. Italians are the majority with 6 followed by Albanian, Romanian and Egypt with 2 then Spanish and Hungarians 1 each. British nationals do not work in the hotel because most do not consider it a noble job to do. In the absence of British nationals, the hotel has no option but to employ other nationals thus the diversity.

Graph 2: Piazza Restaurant

Pizza restaurant has 6 nationals namely Italian, Albanian, Romanian, Egyptian, Spanish and Bosnians. Romanians ...

SCENARIO ONE

Conflicts at workplace are common and especially in healthcare where a single mistake can result in greater loss. In this situation the internist is speaking louder and being angry but he has not used abusive language which means that there is a chance to settle the conflict easily. Moreover, until the time of conflict there had not been some great loss or repercussion which means there is a chance that the conflict can be resolved in a friendly way. So, for this purpose, I would suggest that one party should remain calm which in this case should be the radiologist. This situation needs ...

[Critical Discourse Analysis of Transcript]

Introduction

Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) is a branch of etymology that looks to see how and why certain writings influence readers and listeners. Through an examination of the syntax, it means to reveal the 'shrouded philosophies' that can affect a peruser or listener's perspective of the world. Investigators have taken a gander at a wide mixed bag of speech and composed writings – political statements, promoting, standards and regulations – trying to exhibit how message makers use second language (wittingly or not) in a manner that could be ideologically huge. A hefty portion of the apparatuses utilized as a part of CDA ...

Introduction

Counterfactual thinking has been defined as the thought of events or occurrence of something that never occurred. Counterfactual thinking is a subject that has been discussed by many psychologists. This is the reason why there have been numerous researches that have been conducted about the subject. The first pioneers of the study of counterfactual thinking were Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman. This happened in 1982 where they wanted to show that people in the world tend to think about the “if only” of some certain events in their lives. There are positive feedbacks from the numerous researches conducted about the ...

Management Decision Making

Management Decision Making

Introduction

AMCOM Communications Limited Inc. is an Australian company that deals with varied investments in technological and high speed connectivity service products such as cloud computing services, speed connectivity, communication tools, and internet communication tools to government, corporate, and wholesale customers (White, 2011). Over the last five years, the company has faced financial trouble and declining revenues forcing the company to implement a strategic therapy to minimize the increasing operational costs. Other challenges brought about by the declined revenues included declined profits, dwindled market share and loss of market share. However, evaluation of the company’s operational costs ...

Studies and researches prove that employees who are allowed to share their inputs into job design and are given larger accountability often show far greater motivation than the employees who are not allowed these. These ground-breaking ideas are considered forms of employee empowerment.

Employee Empowerment

Employee empowerment is a term that means that the non managerial staff can take decisions without consulting there bosses or managers. The decisions taken by them can be small or major decisions, the intensity is related to the power vested in them by the company. Many companies these days are going this way and training their employees ...

Introduction

Family businesses are an important part of economic development and prosperity. Many people have established family enterprises in order to experience economic growth. However, the management of family businesses is not easy. Businesses owned by members who share family relations are very challenging to manage. Apart from the business issues that arise from time to time, there are family issues as well. Some of the most striking challenges in running family businesses include succession disputes, family conflicts, gender disputes in the management position, financial weaknesses, mismanagement, work relationship among others (Davis). It is important to keep i9n mind that ...

The congress of the United States has put legislation in the leather industry the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) (RCRA Nonhazardous 1).This act governs the generating, storage, transportation, and the treatment procedures as regards the leather manufacturing facility. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) controls and regulates the RCRA Act in the nation (EPA Reports on Progress 1). The EPA ensures that industrial and manufacturing industries such as those that prepare the basketball adhere to the laid down procedures as regards waste. The RCRA Act stipulates environment friendly ways of handling all industrial waste in the leather industry. ...

Business Plan Summary

Business Plan Summary

Executive Summary 3

Management Team 4 Competitive Analysis 5 The Marketing Plan 6 Operational Plan 6 Development Plan 7 Risk and Mitigation Factors 7 Financial Plan 7 Projected Income Statement 7 Projected Balance Sheet 8 Projected Cash Flow 9 Sensitivity Analysis and Mitigation Measures 9

References 11

The Children World Business Plan Summary Executive Summary Playing is a very important aspect of the general development of children because it helps them develop some of their talents that could not have been identified earlier. Playing also helps children develop their motor ...

Social World and significant issues of Male Prisoners

The prison society consists entails confrontations between staff, administrators, and prisoners. Most relations within the prison society depends on rules and regulations implemented by the prisoners. Power relations revolve around gangs, drug dealers, and masculinity. Drug dealers hold a deal of power and they have the ability to sway others in relation to their dependency on substances. The second important factor that determines prison relations are consumer possessions (Crewe 23). Possessions can enable prisoners to confer a certain status among his peers. This brings in the issue the importance of masculinity in prison social life. Masculinity creates and determines friendship barriers ( ...

Omega house being a hospice which had been closed for some time as a hospice dealing with patients suffering from deadly diseases and timely death, has suffered various managerial problems all related to the ineffective operations and programs in place. The omega hospice is a place designed to effectively take care of the individuals suffering from serious infections who are at the brink of their deaths. This place had been shut down for some time due to lack of funds to run their day to day activities. It was later reopened in the year 1990 by the SAC which stands for the ...

16-Oct-13

What is a bad News? At managerial level there are some decisions that need daring and courage. Sometime these decisions become challenges for a manager of an organization. For example, as Moller (1999) states that these challenges may be of any types; completion of projects on time, dealing with headstrong employees, hiring and firing employees. One of the biggest challenges that a manager often faces in an organizational is to deliver a bad news to its employees. Bad news: We are going to fire Mr. Mark Twin by this week. For me, as a manger, delivering this bad news is worst ...

Introduction

For a long period, Christians and atheists continue to maintain conflicting perceptive about the existence of God. Consequently, this issue triggers unending debates. The argument about the existence of God does not simply entail sensory proof. This is because universal perception is a determinant of what will be accepted as proof in the first place. In order to be certain in either side of argument, there is need for evidence. Theorists provide conflicting perspectives in support of atheism and existence of God. Christians derive their source of proof from biblical writings. However, these sources receive disqualification from atheists as mere theoretical ...

Personal and Professional Development

Introduction All of us wish to do well in our life and in order to do well we need to develop ourselves constantly in a way to excel in our personal and professional life. To keep in pace with the ever-changing world, the organizational needs also go through a transformation over time. As and when the changes take place in the organizations, it is mandatory for every employee to develop himself with the changing trend to fit into the emerging work environment. In case of an employee failing to develop himself with the changing time, chances of his falling behind ...

PURPOSE AND PRODUCTS/SERVICES OF THE ORGANIZATIONS

The basic purpose of a college library is to develop a collection of books which can provide sufficient level of support to all the students of college. Library is educational service provider and its product is a number of books available in it for the use of students and teachers.

Types of Decision Making In The Operation Management Of College Library:

The four decision types or framework used for identifying important operations decisions and responsibilities include: process, quality, capacity, and inventory (Schroeder, Goldstein, and Rungtusanatham, 2012; Apte, Maglaras, and Pinedo, 2008; Krajewski, Ritzman, &Malhorta, 2007). - Process: The operation manger has got the responsibility of issuing and receiving the books from ...

INTRODUCTION

Organizational environment has been among the most widely assessed discipline in the management sciences domain. Role and behavior of employer and employee, being the central players in organization, affects the organizational environment significantly. The discussion in the underlying case study revolves around the four main characters including two employees and two managers. The leadership approaches of managers’ and the employees’ level of motivation in the presence of those leadership styles have been central theme in this discussion. Alex and Stephanie are the state’s university students both work in the local super market to make ends meet and help ...

In today’s competitive business environment, several organizations have come up with innovative ways of sustaining their competitive advantage and this has led to the setting up of line management division within various organizations. Generally, line managers oversee the administration activities leading to the production of specific products and services, with the overall aim of meeting the corporate objectives of the business. Bestowed with such heavy responsibilities, therefore, the role of line managers in fostering the success of a business cannot be underestimated. Nevertheless, line managers do not operate in isolation and not all the stipulated roles run smoothly as ...

Business Plan

- Introduction - This document is a report on Stock Management systems for a prime tourist destination restaurant called Frangipani Restaurant located in Byron. The restaurant will be opening its doors to its first customers in two months time and it is important for the management to have in place an efficient stock management system that supports its hospitality and recreational service provision. The report therefore highlights the internal and external documentation to be used in managing stock, appropriate stock levels to be maintained, potential security issues and how to manage them, stock taking exercises and adoption of a computerized stock ...

Introduction

In this particular paper, I will comprehensively give a description and also analyze my working experience in a class group project that was on conducting a case study on The Superintendent Directive, from the book, The Leadership Experience by Richard Daft. In the paper, I will focus on and address some of the communication techniques that were used in the group in the course of conducting the case study. I will also comprehensively address the issues that emerged in the group, the functional roles of the group members and I will also be commenting on the effectiveness and the efficiency of the ...

Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc

Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc is an American-based brewing company, which is an exclusively owned subsidiary of the Anheuser-Busch InBev. The risk management plan of the organization should be in such a manner that it touches on all aspects of the organization. Of particular importance is the actuality that the liquidity, operational strength, legal aspects, business strength and strategic plans are exceptionally important in the smooth running of the organization. It therefore follows that the risk manager should be in a position to address all these aspects in his risk mitigation plan (Spedding & Rose, 2008). The main reason why I selected this organization ...

The managerial work is an extremely critical part of any organization. It is the principal organ in any organization. This is because; it is through the organization that every activity in the organization is defined. All issues in the organization are handled through the management of the organization. Therefore, this is a fundamentally sensitive part of an organization where every individual needs to commit their respect. Following researches that had been conducted by earlier business researchers and economists, management roles were entrusted to seniors in every department in a company known as managers. There are unique roles that were defined for ...

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Management and Technology

Technology and any business at present time in the world go hand in hand. The absence of technology based solution in any kind of money making business, especially one in which management of store and its delivery is involved, will ensure lack of speed in the development of that particular business. The report consists of two major parts, the first one containing the solved quires about managing controls of a company and the second part deals with the modern tools and methods used ...

Approach to change

India has an ever developing readiness and intercultural adaptability to change. In a country seen to have medium tolerance to risk and change, innovations ought to have a history full of benefits in order to be accepted and implemented. Unlike in other countries, failure in India results to a long-term erosion of one’s confidence by the individual and others as well. Given this inherent attitude, it’s a prerequisite for a manager to exercise intercultural sensitivity, especially when overseeing group meetings. The same is expected when discussing and critiquing contributions from the participantsFor instance, when a manager is presiding over an end of the ...

Managing Organizational Changes

Part 2: The Change Analysis – Images of Change General Motor and Ford Corporation went under tremendous changes to improve Company’s financial condition. The major changes carried-out by both the organizations at various levels are as follows:

Organizational Changes in General Motor:

General Motor faced significant decrease in sales and financial losses during years 2005 to 2009. In 2009 company went for bankruptcy and made significant organizational changes. Closing of unprofitable business: General Motor either sold off or closed down unprofitable units and car models. Company sold its two brands named Hummer, Saab and closed Saturn and Pontiac. Goodwrench and Oldsmobile were ...

Thalidomide Scientific Component:

Molecular Mass: 258.23 Da Color: white crystalline Odor: Odorless Taste: taste-less Melting point: 271°C. Insoluble in ether and benzene Has a low solubility in water, methanol, ethanol and glacial acetic acid" All bulleted sources from (Erkoc, 2004)

Structural Properties:

Thalidomide is composed of two rings with each of the rings having different chemical makeups (Franks, et al, 2004). The left-hand side ring is thought to be the ring responsible for the teratogenic effects seen (Franks, et al, 2004). The right-hand side ring has a structure very similar to hypnotic drugs and the sedative ...

Belief is defined as powers or a supernatural power that control human destiny. Maori tribe holds a strong belief of their ancestors including Wharenui, whom the meeting house is named after. On the contrary, Pakeha tribe does not believe in any traditional culture and it has been claimed that they do not have a culture. Maori tribe believes that people who visit the wharenui gets into to the body of that ancestor where they are protected and natured. To Ngaire, holding the meeting in that place would provide an ideal environment for nurturing the participants. Pakeha people on the other hand believe in ...

Essay Questions

1. Three Steps in the Individual Ethical Decision-Making Process and How Characteristics of Individuals and Organizations Influence our ethical Behavior The first step in the individual ethical decision-making process is ethical awareness. The second step is making ethical judgments. To be able to make ethical judgments one needs to define the ethical issues in the situation. The third step in the ethical decision making process identifying the ethical behavior. Individual characteristics that influence ethical behavior may include ethical decision-making style. Certain individuals believe that, in cases of ethical dilemmas, no one should be harmed. An individual’s locus ...

Success is the ability to obtain a desired object. It can also refer to the ability to accomplish what is intended or attempted. “Success is measured in terms of performance and compared with an individual’s desires” (Andersen 2). To determine success, there must be set targets or goals before a task is undertaken. On completion, the performance achieved is compared to the goals and success is determined. Managers are obligated to supervise, lead, motivate and mentor others in an organization. The ability of a manager to perform all these tasks effectively makes a big difference as far as success is concerned. However, ...

The book by Belasen is mainly focused on management of a learning organization. Often, leading a learning group is cumbersome since some believe that leadership in intellects is not necessary. This type of leadership usually comes with uncountable numbers of problems mostly when it comes to organization of the intellects. The main problem encountered is ideological difference, which is a common phenomenon among learners (Belasen, 243).

Chapter ten of the book’ leading the learning organization’ form the conclusion of the book thus offers the whole book summary in brief. The chapter deals with the exemplary leadership and how to come up with a ...

1. What are the four mind-sets about the environment? Why are they important to our thinking about business ethics?

Four critical mindsets about the environment must be put into consideration in the management practice. These mindsets help to steer the organization towards a financial prosperity including generosity, vulnerability, candor and accountability. Generosity is the belief in mutual existence between the organization and the society. Other behaviors arise from this major behavior. It is the commitment to mutual support. It begins with the willingness to show up and willingly share our deepest insights and ideas with the world (Freeman, York & Stewart, 2007). Vulnerability entails fearless friendship where risks are taken up. Candor, on the other hand, is the freedom ...

Communication in Apple is crucial in promotion of services and products, advertising of the company, and channeling information through the different levels of management and company branches. Communication in Apple is also critical in communicating and receiving of feedbacks from customers and the manufacturers. The main factors that are affected by communication include customer relations, advertising, reputation of the company, marketing, public relations, and employee management among others. In Apple, the communication channels involved include the web-based communication that is possible any time and in any place in the world, email that is instant written messaging globally, video conferencing ...

Executive summary

Security has become a big problem in today’s organizations setting. Intruders of al kinds have managed to successfully break into many companies’ web services as well as their networks. Several trials have been developed to curb the same from and secure companies’ infrastructural networks and exchange of information through secure channels, among these are firewall setups, encryption technology, and VPNs. Intrusion Detection is a new mechanism of instilling security in organizations’ networks. Application of this technique assists IT security manager to gather and utilize information resulting from recognized attacks and check if someone is attempting to break into your network ...

Personal and Organizational Ethics

A value is a belief, philosophy or a mission that is meaningful to one’s life. Whether one is consciously aware or not, people have a core set of personal values that define who they are. Life in this world depends on the personal values and beliefs that people hold true to them regarding their perception on life. They range from commonplace values like belief in hard work and punctuality to psychological values like self-esteem, self-reliance, concern for other people and harmony of purpose. It defines one largely with regard to personal values when it comes to working for an organization because ...

Actually, individuals have diverse reasons for working. In most cases, people are driven by what they intend to achieve at the end of the day. Motivation refers to the driving force by which we realize our goals. It is both extrinsic as well as intrinsic. Intrinsic motivation is a type of motivation in which it is driven by enjoyment or interest in the job. In most cases, it exists in the individual rather than depending on external pressure. Intrinsic factors include, challenge, control, curiosity, fantasy, cooperation and recognition. On the other hand, extrinsic motivation is externally driven. Some extrinsic motivators ...

Strategic change

1. From the start Welch started, his tenure at a very demanding period since all the sectors of the economy was facing recession. There were high interest rates and a tough dollar intensified the situation. The country was going through difficult times with most people being laid off due to depression in the economy. This situation ideally was too difficult for any manger that had just joined the company and high expectations were anticipated from him. What could he do was what many remained speculating on whether the new CEO would meet the standards of his predecessor (Bartlett & Wozny, 2005). ...