12 Strategy development processes 1. Intended strategy: strategies come about as the result of the deliberations of top management. - the rational/analytic view of strategic development. 2. Emergent strategy: strategies do not develop on the basis of a grand plan but tend to emerge in organisations over time. These two views are not mutually exclusive. 12.2 Intended strategy development Intended strategy is deliberately formulated or planned by managers. This may be the result of strategic
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Manager: A form of work that involves coordinating an organization’s human‚ financial‚ physical and information resources toward accomplishing organizational objectives. Attainment of organizational goals in an effective and efficient manner through planning‚ organizing‚ leading and controlling organizational resources. NOTE THESE CHARACTERISTICS: Goal-driven Activity is effective and efficient Uses the four managerial functions What is Management? A set of activities planning and
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HOW CAN YOU EFFECTIVELY WORK IN A TEAM? What is a team? As noted by Dwyer (2006) “The terms ‘team’ and ‘group’ are frequently used interchangeably‚ since on many occasions that they share almost identical characteristics”. Or in other words‚ a team is composed of two or more individuals who are working together interdependently and cooperatively towards a common purpose or goal. The team is the most important asset of any project; an effective team has
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CU678 WORK IN A BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 1.1 The concept of diversity encompasses acceptance and respect. It means understanding that each individual is unique‚ and recognising our individual differences. These can be along the dimensions of race‚ ethnicity‚ gender‚ age‚ physical abilities‚ etc. 1.2 There is a need to be sensitive to the needs of others in all aspects of life including office life. I‚ myself‚ am formally registered disabled by being hard of hearing aid. My line managers have always
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functions operation managers perform many other activities as given below. 1. Facility location and lay out design-The facility location activity involves the decision of the location for the facility‚manufacturing unit or service outfit‚geographically.The layout design determines how the internal facilities (departments‚equipments‚service stations‚workstations etc ) will be arranged. 2. Job design and work measurement-The job design activity involves the structuring of work tasks assigned to
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MBA 435 SEMINAR 2b Group 10 Mohammed Iftikar Khan ID No. S00009979 Trimester 1‚ 2014 Culture affects our understanding of biographical characteristics and intellectual abilities BIOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERISTICS • Biography: A biography (from the Greek words bios meaning "life"‚ and graphos meaning "write") is an account of a person’s life. • Biographical characteristics represent many of the SURFACE-LEVEL aspects of diversity that are very easy to identify. • Personal Characteristics
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Managers make many decisions every day. Thankfully there are many tools available to a manager as they make these decisions. Tiffany is a General Manager of a franchise in the quick service restaurant industry. She is faced with decisions dozens of times in one day. A large portion of the decisions that she is faced with are made to solve structured problems‚ however‚ sometimes an unstructured problem does arise that she needs to address. As well as solving problems Tiffany must also make plans to
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Can Hitler Happen Again? “Everything changed very quickly in 1933‚” says a survivor of the Holocaust. Suzan Strauss was a twelve year old girl when the Holocaust began. Adolf Hitler‚ was a very powerful man. He killed 6 million Jews‚ worked them to death. Hitler hated Jews‚ he irrationally blamed them for Germany’s defeat in world war I (1914-1918). It happened to a high school in California in April 1967‚ by a history teacher who was teaching them about Hitler and discipline. The teacher and
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Page 32 Groups and Group Behavior Dr. I. Chaneta Faculty of Commerce University of Zimbabwe ABSTRACT Groups and teams are a major feature of organizational life. The work organization and its sub-units are made of‚ are groups of people. Most activities of the organization require at least some degree of co-ordination through the operation of groups and teamwork. An understanding of the nature of groups is vital if the manager is to influence the behavior of people in the work situation
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Resolutions Within a Workgroup Effective communications is defined as the successful exchange of information between individuals. An effective communicator is successful in establishing an active two-way link with another individual or group. When people work in groups‚ there are two quite separate issues involved. The first is the task and the problems involved in getting the job done. The second is the process of the group work itself: the mechanisms by which the group acts as a unit and not as a loose
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