Discussion Questions Chapter 2 1. Why is it important to understand the different perspectives and approaches to management theory that have evolved throughout the history of organizations? Management is constantly changing. It changes over time to meet new needs. if we know what happened in the past (WHAT WORK/ WHAT DIDN’T) WE WILL be able to understand the present and plan for the future. Some ideas from the past (stock ownership‚ open book management) are still relevant to management today
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Chapter 2 The Balanced Scorecard and Strategy Map | | ------------------------------------------------- QUESTIONS 2-1 Financial performance measures‚ such as operating income and return on investment‚ indicate whether the company’s strategy and its implementation are increasing shareholder value. However‚ financial measures tend to be lagging indicators of the strategy. Firms monitor nonfinancial measures to understand whether they are building or destroying their capabilities—with customers
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References: BIBLIOGRAPHY l 1033 Cernusca‚ L. (2011). Ethics in Accounting: The consequences of the Enron scandal. Agricultural Management‚ 35-42. Johnson‚ C. E. (2012). Meeting the ethical challenges of leadership. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
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Topic 2 Discussion Question 2 Diversity among individuals‚ as well as cultures‚ provides a challenge for nurses when it comes to delivering meaningful health promotion and illness prevention-based education. How do teaching principles‚ varied learning styles (for both nurses and patients)‚ and teaching methodologies impact the approach to education? How do health care providers overcome differing points of view regarding health promotion and disease prevention? Provide an example. As quoted by
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Chapter 12 Discussion Questions 1-5 Dan Yohe 1. Approximatley how far ahead would one need to plan for the following types of facilities? A. Restaurant-At least one to three nights in advance. You could go to the farmers market to get fresh vegetables but you may only be able to get staples/necessities once or twice a week. B. Hospital-I would say at least a week if not a month to be enough to take care of all the patients they might get. C. Oil refinery-An oil refinery I would
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Individual Assignments from the Readings Jose Angel Valenzuela RES/320 January 21‚ 2013 Instructor: Nichole L Johnson Chapter: 5 Discussion Questions. 2- Define the distinctions between primary‚ secondary‚ and tertiary sources in a secondary search Primary source as stated is original data. Primary source is based in facts from the time period involved and have not been filtered through interpretation or evaluation. Therefore‚ primary sources is considerate the
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degrees‚ marriage licenses‚ and land titles‚ among other things. Violators were subject to trial without jury. The following tax raising endeavor by Parliament was the Townshend duties which imposed taxes on all imports which caused the Boston Tea party. 2. What were the main reasons for the failure of the Articles of Confederation? Under the articles there was no president of the country‚ and they did not give Congress the power to regulate foreign or interstate commerce. They also did not give
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2-2: Chapter Questions Action Items Q/ 01 Why study operations management? Answer All businesses want to hire bright people who can make the best decisions for the business as a whole‚ not the best marketing‚ finance‚ or operations decisions. They want employees who can see the big picture of how these functional areas interact. You will severely limit your career if you take a narrow functional perspective. Every decision is cross-functional in nature2. You will be working with operations and
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Relationship Chapter Discussion Questions Culture 1. Explain the idea of “quanxi” and how it relates to the principles behind collectivist’s attitude toward friendships. -People in the Chinese culture typically make few short-term acquaintances. And friendships are based on quanxi‚ or social connections. Decision making in collectivist cultures such as Japan‚ Korea‚ and China is highly dependent on family members. Families typically decide on their children’s university‚ profession‚ and
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Discussion Questions 1-7 pg. 284 1. Discuss why many information technology professionals may overlook project cost management and how this might affect completing projects within budget. Information technology projects have a poor track record in meeting budget goals. There is an average cost overrun for unsuccessful IT projects ranging from 180 to 56%. There is room for improvement in meeting cost goals for IT projects. 2. Explain some of the basic principles of cost management‚ such as
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