Essays on Roos

Lean manufacturing system focuses on providing impeccable customer service at an incredibly quick pace. For most of the American manufactures, superimposing their existing production methods with lean production techniques would cause huge disturbance and pain (Womack, Jones & Roos, 2007). Also, lean is basically a change in the management paradigm from the traditional small craft approach to mass production. One of the most important factors that led most of the American companies to fail in implementing the lean manufacturing system is the absence of a standardized procedure in practicing the lean system. For instance, even as Toyota successfully implements the ...

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The Chinese real estate market is currently experiencing a bubble in growth as investors rush to acquire real estate property both within and outside the country. As such, there is a need for effective communication platforms to facilitate the frequent talks and negotiations between China and other countries to take care of the increasing numbers of Chinese investors who want to purchase or invest in real estate properties overseas. In most cases, these negotiations crumble because of the lack of understanding as the buyer and the seller speak two different languages, hence a communication malfunction (Bogucki & Deckert, 2012). Therefore, ...

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The rate of employee retention differs from one industry to another, and while some firms experience internal challenges others, experience external issues that contribute to increased rates of turnover among their key employees. The above study, therefore, seeks to outline some of the areas that can be reviewed to resolve the issue regarding the necessary policies and practices to be employed. High turnovers among employees result in increased costs to an organization, and if the rate is not resolved, it may stagnate the workforce. It is for this reason companies need to embrace practical strategies to help enhance the ...

Performance management is an important tool for the supervision of human resource in an organisation as it makes sure that the available scarce resources are utilised efficiently and effectively. The purpose of a performance management plan is to develop or design a planned, organised, systematic-wide methodology to process policy and performance measurement, evaluation and the enhancement of the health services being provided. According to Epstein and Manzoni, management control scholars have for a long time advocated for the alignment of strategy, structure, and systems that leads to a rise in a firm’s organisational performance standards needs to rise. ...

Nowadays lobbyists are an important actor of American political system, but their influence is exaggerated by the public. There were some scandals concerning the activity of some lobbyists that had a very negative impact on the overall reputation of lobbyists. Nevertheless, they work in accordance with American laws and have the right “to petition the government for a redress of grievances” written in the First Amendment of the Constitution (Cited in Roos, n.d.). Therefore they are one of the many special interest groups that are able to communicate with politicians and persuade them to pass or defeat new legislation. ...

Drawing from the seminar presentation, I have gathered that the mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) signals various pathway functions and regulates critical functions in the placenta such as mitochondrial respiration and nutrient transport. Placental amino acid transporter activities are significantly decreased in intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) with recent experimental research evidence suggesting that the changes directly contribute to restricted fetal growth (Jansson, 2016). In this case, placental nutrient sensing is seen to have a pivotal role in the modulation on resource allocation between the mother and fetus thus affecting overall fetal growth, preventing overgrowth of the fetus and ensuring ...

Business Plan: Whether is it Feasible for BMG to Expand its Presence in the Increasing Affluent Chinese Market via Joint Venture (JV) with a Local Chinese and if it is Feasible in the Chinese Milk Market with a Local Partner.

Executive Summary

The purpose of this business plan is to come up with information in relation to the Chinese milk industry. Furthermore, this business plan seeks to determine whether the Chinese milk industry can be a lucrative platform to invest. Just the same way, this study is meant to analyze the possibility of BMG Company forming a joint venture with a ...

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Performance management is an important aspect of organizational function. It encompasses all the activities that concern the adherence to corporate goals. Performance management is an integral step towards the achievement of company objectives through sustainability (Roos, 1997, p.416). This is done in ways that promote organizational efficiency and consistency. Performance management can be streamlined to concern particular organizational units. Concerning this, it may regard to the activities of an organization’s departments or its employees. Through the creation of performance management strategies. Performance management has been cited in the field of corporate strategy (Youndt, 1996, p.840). Organizations use this ...