Arab Open University Faculty of Business Studies B300B – Business Behaviour in Changing World (II) Fall Semester 2012 -2013 Tutor-Marked Assignment‚ TMA MounirAbboud Question 1 Hyundai Motor Company (HMC) went through some difficulties during the 1980s and 1990s that affected its market position and brand image‚ in particular its U.S subsidiary‚ Hyundai Motor America (HMA).Identify the problems faced by HMC and the strategies it has adopted to improve its competitive position
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Module 2 MN250/D a) How organisation of work can contribute to dysfunctional behaviour. Bennett and Robinson (2003)‚ suggest that behaviour is deemed dysfunctional or deviant when an individual or a group violates an organisation’s norms‚ policies‚ or internal values‚ and threatens the welfare of the organisation or its constituents. Researchers into dysfunctional behaviour have come up with other alternative terms such as corrupt‚ counterproductive behaviour‚ deviance‚ antisocial‚ and unethical
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Challenges of Business in Today’s World Abstract This paper will describe the challenges associated with newly formed enterprises‚ the viability of niche products being introduced into bigger markets and the impact that they entail‚ and also discuss the reasoning behind consumer’s fascination with exclusivity. Six examples companies will be provided to explain how these factors worked into their success. Challenges of Business in Today’s Economy Identify at least three challenges when setting
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Chapter two Behaviour in an organisation: belonging This chapter focus on the sense of belonging of an organization members. There are several researches analysing “ … an organizational context a fundamental aspect is that‚ whatever their role in the organization‚ employees should be able to understand and use the brand – otherwise how can they live it?” (Ind‚ 2001:85). Branding is successful when an institute can make sure that their workforce identifies with and have faith in in the product
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Introduction The aim of this paper is to determine/examine how buying behaviour in the organization point of view more rational than consumer behaviour‚ that is played by the type of the organization market and making the right call for buying decision in the matters of organization strategic. Buyer behaviour itself can be referred to the decision processes and action of people involved in buying and using product (Dibb et al‚ 2001‚ p.107). It also can be defined as the activities and decision
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PROFILE OF G.S.ALLOY CASTINGS LIMITED GSAC is started by Mr. G. Prasad Rao‚ a technocrat with 35 years experience in foundry industry. The top management consist of people with rich‚ long experience from renowned foundries like L&T and KCP. The 250 strong dedicated work force is the back-bone of this company. G. S. Alloy castings Ltd. Company is started in 1987 with initial capacity of 1800 Mt/annum and later grown into one of the biggest foundries in South India with
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Barclaycard Bernardo Bátiz-Lazo and Nurdilek Hacialioglu with contributions by Jarunee Wonglimpiyarat and Douglas Wood 1. INTRODUCTION The case study is concerned with how a long-standing market leader tries to maintain market share and develop its business in an industry undergoing significant change. Students are challenged to formulate‚ evaluate and compare a range of strategic options and to choose the best way forward for Barclaycard 2. POSITION OF THE CASE The Barclaycard case study lends
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structures Organisational structure is the way in which a large company or organisation is organised‚ for example‚ the types of relationships that exist between managers and employees (Cambridge Business Dictionary‚ 2013). Organisation structure can be seen as different levels of power within an organisation. Structure is the layout of responsibilities clearly distinguished within a business setting. The design of a business structure can be affected by influences such as size‚ age‚ culture and management
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introduced the world to a new way to look at a workplace (Blake & Moseley‚ 2011). The theories and practices that were mentioned in his speech have had a vast affect in the 21st century workplace (Hudson‚ 2004). The speech provided a new perspective to the workplace by improving the efficiency of the working class man (Blake & Moseley‚ 2011). The theory highlighted that companies could use simple training techniques so that workers could focus on one task‚ which would run the business more efficiently
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MAJOR COMMUNICATION CHALLENGES IN THE BUSINESS WORLD TODAY Communication is defined as the process of transferring information and meaning between senders and receivers‚ using one or more written‚ oral‚ visual or electronic channels. Simply put‚ communication is the exchange of information between people. It is important to get feedback from your audience and vice versa for the process of communication to take place effectively. The feedback can be either positive or negative. It is any communication
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