history in a different direction” Discuss the above quotation and its relevance to acquisition and use of the traditional and managerial power bases within organisations POWER IN ORGANISATIONS Richard Nixon wrote‚ “The great leader needs the capacity to achieve.......Power is the opportunity to build‚ to create‚ to nudge history in a different direction”. In order to appreciate the above quotation‚ one must understand what is meant by the word “leader”. A leader is a person who influences
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Imapact of merger and aquisitions 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study The Pakistani banking sector has undergone extraordinary transformation over the years‚ in provisions of number of organizations‚ ownership constitution‚ as well as the deepness of operations. These modifications have been prejudiced mostly by challenges pretended by deregulation in policies of financial sector‚ globalization of procedures‚ technical innovations and embracing of managerial and prudential necessities
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Flexibility in organization Flexibility is becoming a common world in the present world of work. Organisations find it essential to be flexible and to make its employees have the same mind set because they believe it can create organisational prosperity in terms of profit and competitive advantage. Functional flexibility is the requirement or expectation that workers will perform tasks beyond those strictly specified as their main role of function. This might entail ‘cross-working’ (performing
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attracting employees to that job‚ screening and selecting applicants‚ hiring‚ and integrating the new employee to the organization. Recruitment is the process of searching the candidates for employment and stimulating them to apply for jobs in the “organisation”. Recruitment is the activity that links the employers and the job seekers. A few definitions of recruitment are: A process of finding and attracting capable applicants for employment. The process begins when new recruits are sought and ends when
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IMPACT OF MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS ON THE CORPORATE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF GUINNESS GHANA BREWERIES LIMITED BY STEPHEN SANYE BATOGBEE SEIDU A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE OF THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AUGUST 2008 UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST THE IMPACT OF MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS ON THE CORPORATE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
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cultures and Deal & Kennedy’s cultures. In your opinion‚ which is a more realistic representation of organisational culture? Justify and explain your answer. Organisational culture is a shared value belief which binds the people of an organisation together to achieve a particular objective. “In the early 1980s organisational culture became increasingly considered as both an obstacle to change and a vital ingredient of organisational success or failure” (Ian Brooks‚ 2003). Handy culture has
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EDUC8884: ORGANISATION THEORY IN EDUCATION Assignment 1- UNDERSTANDING ORGANISATIONS (LITERATURE REVIEW) INTRODUCTION Organisations‚ which have been developed over decades‚ embrace dynamic and complex elements and structures. Working in organisations requires leaders‚ managers and staff members to pay attention to these features in order to understand the organizational life and the way it works. In this paper‚ a review of the literature related to understanding organisations will be presented
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MOTIVATION IN WORKPLACE Faith-based International Charity Background This faith-based humanitarian organisation based on the philosophy of Islam and Quran that if you save the life of one person; you saved mankind. Therefore‚ it promotes humanity in its operational areas. However‚ due to its identity of being an Islamic organisation‚ the funds are mainly generated through Muslim philanthropists and other means such as Zakat. In essence‚ Islamic identity has been the motivating factor
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MECHANICS OF MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS Change is ubiquitous in contemporary society‚ and nowhere more so than in the operations of the large-scale‚ public corporation. Dramatic changes are underway‚ not only in the structure of corporate activity in areas such as the nature of work and the nature of organizational form‚ but also in the product and financial markets and the regulatory environment within which corporations operate. The depth and rapidity of these changes compel a reassessment of
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learning and learning organisations have been the focus of a great deal of evaluation within management literature since the 1990’s (Senge‚ 1990; Michaux‚ 2002). This paper aims to define and critically evaluate the concept of a learning organisation by drawing on the writings of core authors to both support and demonstrate criticisms of the ‘learning organisation’ concept. The Learning Organisation Organisational learning is a continual process whereby an organisation adapts to its environment
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