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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and its previous peripheral role as a low-cost manufacturing site on the periphery of the world economy. What do you think? Mattel’s global sourcing in China‚ like all other toy manufacturers‚ was based on both low-cost manufacturing‚ low-cost labor‚ and a growing critical mass of factories competitively vying for contract manufacturing business. Do you think the product recalls and product quality problems are separate from or part of pursuing a low-cost country strategy? Many companies in many
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Cost-Quality Relationship Memo Ziv Mor Western Governors University TO: John D. Doe‚ Department Supervisor FROM: Zeav Mor‚ Quality Assurance DATE: April 1st‚ 2012 SUBJECT: Costs of Quality An important aspect for our consideration includes the costs of quality. Considering our product is not affected by place‚ income‚ sex‚ race‚ age‚ or any environmental concern‚ the profit margins should be considered higher. However‚ it is crucial to recognize three costs of quality
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What qualities should an ideal statesman possess? The world is full of aspiring political leaders‚ but very few of them meet the requirements of an ideal statesperson. Many politicians seem to lack some of the most important qualities‚ such as integrity and accountability. And no wonder that for many people the word “politician” or “statesman” has negative connotations. However‚ we can still try to build an image of an ideal statesman. First of all‚ it’s necessary to notice that a person who
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“I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.” The great‚ spiritual leader of India‚ Mohandas K. Gandhi‚ tells us what leadership is all about- being a people’s person. Although the characteristics and qualities‚ which make up a good leader‚ vary depending on the person and the situation‚ I do agree with this. Good leaders are not those who achieve success by underhand methods‚ but they are the ones that understand his/her followers before undertaking
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Topic: Flexibility within the workforce is essential to maintain a competitive advantage. Discuss this statement with reference to an organization of your choice 1. Introduction: Human resource is one of the most important factors that decides the survival and success of a company. Like every department in a company‚ Human resource management needs to modify frequently during time to adapt to the continuous changes in external environment. The external changes are as Human Resources and Skills
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maintain a competitive advantage‚ we must be able to draw on the most important resource – the skills of the workforce”. Organizations are undoubtedly aware of the benefits of a diverse workforce. The major question is what best practices should be adopted to achieve diversity. what constitutes “best” practices? The EEO report indicated that a "best" practice is one that is in conformity with the requirements of the law‚ promotes
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Being adopted is always tough‚ I’ve had many traumatic events that affected my life ‚ but these events happened for a reason. Without them I wouldn’t be who I am today. To begin with‚ I got adopted when I was very young. My biological mom didn’t t take very good care of me‚ and my siblings and we were all close to death from malnutrition. My adopted mom took me‚ and my siblings in and nursed us back to health. Growing up was pretty tough. My brother and I always fought. My
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was to ask for cost estimation of public service. Why do you think he asked for cost estimation instead of privatizing the public service right away? Was it a sensible action? 2. Existing DOT employees were allowed to bid against private businesses. Was it a sensible decision? For example‚ they could have been just fired. 3. How well did the project team implement ABC for estimating the cost of pothole filling? Do you agree with the manner in which they treated equipment cost and excess capacity
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1. What qualities should an effective leader possess? “I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.” The pre-eminent spiritual leader of India‚ Mohandas K. Gandhi‚ tells us what leadership really is – being a people person. Leaders are not those who achieve success by underhand methods‚ but they are the ones that understand his followers before undertaking the difficult job of leadership. Certain qualities are necessary to help effective leaders understand
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