3 Organizational Culture and Performance The concept of organizational culture has drawn attention to the long-neglected‚ subjective or ‘soft’ side of organizational life. However‚ many aspects of organizational culture have not received much attention. Instead‚ emphasis has been placed primarily on the cultural and symbolic aspects that are relevant in an instrumental/pragmatic context. The technical cognitive interest prevails. Culture then is treated as an object of management action. In this
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Transportation Company: FedEx By: Aniket Goswami - 121106 History FedEx Corporation (FedEx) traces back to 1971 when Frederick Smith established FDX‚ later to become FedEx‚ in Arkansas. FDX installed Cosmos‚ a centralized computer system‚ in 1979‚ to manage vehicles‚ people‚ packages‚ routes‚ and weather scenarios on a real-time basis. 1984-1998: Gelco Express International‚ Caliber System : Acquisition FDX Corporation was renamed FedEx Corporation in 2000. Business Description FedEx Corporation
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18th IEEE International Workshop on Quality of Service IEEE IWQoS 2010 16-18 June 2010 Tsinghua University‚ Beijing‚ China Conference Information IWQoS 2010 Sessions Authors Search Welcome Welcome to the IEEE IWQoS 2010 on CD-ROM. This disc is designed so that you may locate papers by session or author‚ as well as with full text search. Papers originated as electronic files and were converted to Adobe Acrobat PDF file format for cross-platiform access. Even though the
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[CU681] Improve own performance in a business environment. 1.1 Explain the purpose and benefits of continuously improving performance at work Everyone should strive to improve their performance. Organisations also strive to improve the performance of the whole of their workforce. As an individual‚ the purpose of continuously improving our performance at work is to make ourselves a more valuable employee who is more efficient and reliable. As a consequence of our improved performance‚ the organisation
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Relationship between Organizational Culture and Performance Management Practices: A Case of University in Pakistan Ul Mujeeb Ehtesham‚ Tahir Masood Muhammad‚ Shakil Ahmad Muhammad Abstract The aim of this study is to expand the base of knowledge and empirically test the relationship between the components of organizational culture and performance management practices. The study adopted the exploratory research approach to explore the impact. In this study‚ primary data was collected through
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success 2 2.0 Reasons underpinning FedEx Corporation’s success 4 2.1 Strong Brand Image 4 2.2 Employee Service and Customer-oriented 4 2.3 The innovation technology 4 2.4 Innovative Culture 5 2.5 Strong Infrastructure 5 2.6 Large customer base and customer loyalty 6 3.0 Strategy Capability 6 3.1 Value chain 6 3.2 VRIN framework 9 3.2.1 Value: 9 3.2.2 Rarity: 9 3.2.3 Inimitability: 10 3.2.4Non-substitutability: 10 4.0 International Strategy 11 5.0 Leadership of FedEx Corporation 13 5.1 Leadership 13
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“Definitions of Organizational Performance” (1) Organizational performance comprises the actual output or results of an organization as measured against its intended outputs (or goals and objectives). (According to Richard et al. (2009). (2) Organizational performance involves the recurring activities to establish organizational goals‚ monitor progress toward the goals‚ and make adjustments to achieve those goals more effectively and efficiently. (Carter McNamara‚ MBA‚ PhD‚ Authenticity Consulting
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to explain how a group can become a high-performance team. The purpose is also to examine the impact of demographic characteristics and cultural diversity on group behavior. This paper will illustrate how demographic characteristics and cultural diversity contribute to or detract from high-performance teams. High-Performance Teams A high-level of performance makes up the basis for groups and teams today. High-performance is a major focus for many organizations since group and teams have become
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Improving Team Performance Dung Tran University of Phoenix July 4‚ 2010 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to construct and support an argument on how to improve performance within a team. The argument will be based on a team charter comprising two other members’ responses. The paper will evaluate a variety of strategies in support of improving performance. Improving Team Performance Teamwork‚ as defined by Wikipedia‚ as a joint action by two or more people‚ in which each person contributes
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FedEx Corp. URL:http://www.fedex.com Email:info@fedex.com [pic] Business Description: FedEx Corp.‚ founded by Frederick W. Smith‚ began operations in April 1973 and was incorporated on October 2‚ 1997. FedEx Corp. is a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange and headquartered in Memphis‚ TN. Fedex Corporation was formed in January 1998 with the acquisition of Caliber System Inc. The company reports in four major business segments. FedEx Express provides time-certain delivery within
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