Case Study Axeon N. V. ME2028 Behavioral Management Control • • • • • B7 Jianan Chen Xiaofei Ren Suyu Zhang Xiao Zhou 880805-A307 861106-A261 870401-A280 871029-A926 Question1 -What do you feel about the initial analysis? -Was there‚ in your opinion‚ anything wrong with it? We do think there is something inappropriate with the initial analysis. • First thing is the over optimistic scenario which they have based on. • Secondly‚ since Ian Wallingford want to borrow money for the investment‚ hence
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Introduction Thesis Statement: Decentralization as process of dispersing of authority by the Government to provide the needs of the society. I. General Consideration: Philippine is an archipelago that makes travel and communication difficult‚ time-consuming and costly. Development is inequitable and stunted because there is difficulty in reaching and responding to the needs of remote areas. Philippines had a long tradition of centralized government. It has been ruled from its national capital
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Executive Summary This report presents a case involving problems at a chemical manufacturing firm‚ Axeon N.V. having grown into a multinational Company‚ problems have emerged; do to ineffective performance measurement systems and lack of strategic control. The following management report describes and analyses those problems and presents solutions and recommendations. With headquarters in the Netherlands‚ Axeon N.V. operates three subsidiaries; in the U.K. Scandinavia and Southern Europe. The subsidiaries
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Axeon N.V. Case Study Company Strategy: Axeon acquired three foreign companies in Milan‚ London and Sweden to take advantage of geographical expertise in these subsidiaries. And the company emphasizes a high degree of decentralization from top-level management. Issue 1: Organization structure – Is Axeon’s current organization structure decentralized? Although decentralization is part of Axeon’s current strategy‚ however from the case facts show that Hollandsworth does not have the considerable
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less concentrated area”. My first topic will be showing where the idea of decentralization came from and how much of an influence the ancient Greeks had on our constitution. Another argument behind this is seeing how poorly the Articles of Confederation worked‚ and why we had to re-body our whole government. My last discussion will be to simply look at America in the past couple hundred years‚ and decide if decentralization has had a positive‚ or negative impact on us. The ancient Greeks existed
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Discussion Board Thread Re: Decentralization Definition: Decentralization allows for power to be distributed throughout middle and lower levels of management‚ giving those at lower levels of management the ability to make decisions. (Satterlee‚ page 92). Satterlee‚ A. (2013). Organizational Management and Leadership: A Christian Perspective (2nd Edition ed.). Page 92. Raleigh‚ NC: Synergistics International Inc. Summary: This article is written by Li Wei‚ Director of the Institute
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Axeon NV Project Review for the Production of AR-42 within the UK By Team 1- Ahsan‚ Biljana‚ Jason‚ Pavi‚ Silvia‚ Rick April 6‚ 2015 Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Axeon N.V and The Hollandsworth UK Proposal 4 Analysis of the UK Proposal 4 Analysis of the Netherlands Proposal 5 Corporate Structure and Strategy 6 Transfer Pricing and Compensation 7 Recommendation 7 Appendix 9 Exhibit 1 –Axeon Sales Distribution 9 Exhibit 2 –Incremental Variable Cost 9 Exhibit 3 – Manufacturing in Netherland
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Delegation and decentralization Delegation of Authority Delegation is the process by which authority passes from one organizational level to another. But for delegation of authority‚ organizations would remain forever small. Delegation is the only solution to cope with the increasing work load of managers as the organization grows. Because of the-constraints of time and ability‚ a manager cannot perform all the tasks himself. Therefore‚ he delegates certain of the tasks to the subordinate and
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I. Organizational Decentralization Rationale of Decentralization The term decentralization is often used in business environments and can be defined as the organizational severance and division of power‚ capital‚ and technical procedures and control into multiple units of the business.1 Decentralized corporations make it possible for managers to control without ownership. 4 In decentralized organizations‚ the breakdown is that the president of each unit of a business is on his or her own management-wise
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Decentralization In an organization‚ centralized way of making a decision entails less autonomy to everyone except the central leadership. In contrast‚ decentralization involves delegation of responsibility and the associated decision-making powers across various levels in the organization. Let us discover the pros and cons of this concept. A central command structure derives from an autocratic style of management. Autocracy is not necessarily an intention and could
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