Category: Management

 
Change Management and Management Styles
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As economic times change, management styles have changed accordingly. New concepts and issues of management styles have been analyzed, synthesized, and evaluated to meet the changing needs of the marketplace. The concept of change management has gained great acceptance and/or disapproval by all sectors, including civilian and military.

Katzenbach (1995) wrote that “Real change leaders are the linchpins connecting three critical forces for organizational change and performance: top leadership aspirations (what are we trying to become?); workforce energy and productivity (how will we climb the mountain?); and the marketplace reality (what do our target customers truly seek, and what can and will our potential competitors really do?) (pp. 8-9).

Analyze the changes in the field of Business Administration/Accounting to determine if there have been periods of time in which leaders in the field, as well as actual practitioners in the field, have had to address the issue of change management. Specifically, this analysis should be based on a synthesis of the current literature (and literature no older than 1995) to demonstrate how leaders in your field of study have addressed the issue of change management – as well as any changes in management style. Finally, the information should relate these specific changes to current, previous, and/or future career paths. This analysis should help to reveal how changes occur over the past decade or so in the field. Finally, what possible changes, suggestions and/or recommendations would be considered to be necessary in this field of study?

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Instructions:

Write a well-researched, thorough response to the questions posed above in an APA formatted paper. Include 7 scholarly references in your paper. Upload your submission for review here.

Respond in 4-5 content pages, not including title page, abstract, or references, to each question.

** Make sure you are using credible sources in discussions and assignments. Text book and scholarly journals are the preferred source of credible/quality references. The scholarly journals consist of peer-reviewed articles published in academic journals related to the field, which are found via on line Library databases. Websites such as Investopedia, ask.com, answers.com, or dictionary-type websites limit the insight to the topics. Wikipedia is not acceptable as it is not a reliable, credible source of reference.

 
You are a quality manager working on the Fox Island Wind Project. The project is now at the testing phase and will be handed over to operations soon. As a quality manager, you want to ensure that the electric power generation process is in control. For ten consecutive days, 5 times a day, you read the meter at specific times throughout the day to measure the output of the power plant. These data are stored in the attached Minitab worksheet. You will use the data and a Word document to answer the following questions:

1. What is the appropriate control chart to study the process variability (within sample variation)? Why?

2. What is the appropriate control chart to study the process mean (between samples variation)? Why?

3. Use the data provided in the Minitab worksheet to display the charts. Copy and paste the charts to the Word document and look for any evidence of assignable-cause variation

4. Is the electricity production in statistical control? Please explain.

5. What is a rational subgroup? And why is it important when collecting data for process analysis?

6. What advice do you have for the Fox Island Wind Power Project to maintain customer satisfaction?

Please support your arguments with facts. Write a short paper containing the answers to these questions. Successful reports will include:
> Evidence of research from academia and other reputable sources (Wikipedia is NOT a reliable source).
> References are correctly cited within the body of the paper. APA format is required for in-text citation.
> Examples of personal experience (work, life) that supports the research.
> All references cited correctly at the end of the paper (Reference page). APA format is required for reference pages.
> Use APA style for in text citations and your reference page (double spacing not required).
> Please use reference from the textbook (Please see the attachment)
>I also provide the example for you to get idea (See the attached file “Example-1.pdf” **Please Do Not Copy anything from the example.

 
COURSEWORK
Company and Project Description
Systems Building is a construction firm with a turnover of £600 million and 2250 employees. Currently the company has a partnership agreement contract with the Department of Work and Pensions to refurbish and extend the Edinburgh office. The contract is a £5.6 million refurbishment of the existing building with a new extension project scheduled to last 47 weeks in total. Systems Building operates by engaging subcontractors to carry out the building work. The project will commence in 6 months.
Coursework Brief
The Chief Executive (CE) of Systems Building recognises the need to have effective and flexible project management. The Chief Executive has asked you, an external Project Management Consultant, to provide a professional report addressing the following 3 sections associated with the project.
1) Health & Safety
2) Environmental & Sustainability
3) Risk
(choose a topic that is neither health and safety, nor environmental)
The CE wishes you to identify and describe effective management approaches for each of the three sections and with the aid of two distinct and different examples for each, to explain how they might be used in practice. Specifically, within the management approach chosen, she wishes you to address the following.
1) The management process to be followed for each section.
2) The timeline for project progression, providing a table of the main hazards identified for each stage.
3) How relevant hazards will be identified and evaluated.
4) The process(es) adopted to monitor and review performance.
5) How the management systems chosen will accommodate project progression and the consequent hazards arising.
Given the high level nature of the report, the focus should be concerned with the systems and tools to be employed by the team to ‘manage’ the project and there is no requirement for indepth details of any particular national legislation.
Each of the three individual sections of the report should finish with a subsection headed ‘Discussion’ in which a critical analysis of the system and tool choices made should be presented. This may take the form of a reflective statement on the advantages and disadvantages of the management/hazard system chosen, of the issues of implementation in a Project setting, and of the value of management systems and tools on a project of this nature. Students are expected to refer to relevant and up-to-date academic literature to inform their critical analyses.
Word Count
1) Excluding the discussion subsections, the three sections i.e. H&S, Environmental and Risk, should be circa 750 words maximum each (+/- 10%) (total for whole coursework is 2250).
2) Each discussion subsection should be circa 750 words maximum each (+/- 10%) (total for whole coursework is 2250).
3) Overall total coursework word count is therefore 4500 maximum (+/- 10%).
Use of models, figures, and diagrams is encouraged. Use a reasonable and realistic amount of supporting text to support any such models etc. Please note, you may make reasonable and relevant assumptions to progress your work.

1)Table of content
2)List of Figures
3)List of Tables
4)Introduction
All these are needed in the coursework. Please add diagrams as well.

 
The organization i have chose already which is B&G construction based in London. External change will be consider that assume B&G is going to open a new branch in China. The internal subject areas u should consider 3, which are business model, business culture and leadership. The relevant documents I will upload later to u. I don’t need introduction and conclusion even describe external change in this coursework. I ONLY need you illustrate these 3 subject areas i have selected already within the broad discipline of management offer the most appropriate conceptual tools, frameworks and knowledge to respond/adapt to external change. And then give the recommendation to improve the competitive position.

 
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTION

(on BOFFI (A): MANAGING INTERNATIONAL IN LUXURY GOODS) now required to independently evaluate the internationalization strategy of the business and make recommendations to the Board of Directors on suitable future internationalization options available to the business. Your evaluation and recommendations should be presented as a Management Brief.

Your Management brief should include:
1. Title Page

2. Executive summary

3. Table of contents

4. Introduction
It should be impressive

5. Internationalization
– External Analysis of Brazil and Chile (Macro, micro and industry lifecycle)
PESTEL ANALYSIS, INDUSTRY LIFECYCLE

– Motive for Internationalization (USE organization factor, external factors)

– Evaluation of National Competitive Advantage
USE PORTER’S DIAMOND
– FIRMS STRATEGY, STRUCTURE AND RIVALRY
– DEMAND CONDITION
– FACTOR CONDITION
– SUPPORTING INDUSTRIES

– Evaluation of mode(s) of entry
(use Suitability and feasibility)

6. Conclusions and Recommendations
(including pros and cons)

8. References (you should use reliable and good quality of reference, please don’t use silde share and Wikipedia)
9. Appendix (if required)
Your assignment should include in-text citations and supported with a full List of References at the end of the assignment. You are expected to use the Harvard Referencing Style.

Word Limit: 2200 words, using the standard Management Brief format described above.

 
Dear Sir/Madam,

Please find the description of the essay below.

Employment Law

Essay Question:
Critically evaluate the law on privacy in the workplace. As part of your evaluation, you need to consider the statutory and common law protection of workplace communication and data about employees. Is the current law an unnecessary burden on employers?

The Executive Summary:
Your essay should start with an Executive Summary of your argument. Executive Summary is a concise document summarising your argument made in the main essay. It could be read separately from the main document and should make perfect sense to the reader, as in practice decisions are sometimes made on the basis of executive summaries. Your Executive Summary should:
- Contain brief analysis of the question / issue within the question
- Summarise the main argument
- Follow the structure of the essay
- Provide brief justifications for the arguments made
- Only include materials used for the main essay
- Contain a clear conclusion

Introduction to the topic:
Employment law is a fascinating and fast changing area of law. People spend a considerable amount of time in their workplace. They have obligations to fulfil their contractual responsibilities whilst they are there, but that does not mean that they forsake all of their rights. A developing area of law, which is particularly pertinent as a result of the increase in new technology, is the extent to which people should be entitled to privacy in the workplace. This debate is the focus of this question.

Guidance Notes:
Introduction:
The introduction should set out how you are going to structure your answer by providing a framework for your argument. It should provide the broad context for the essay by, for example, setting out what constitutes privacy in the workplace. It should also give some indication of your own view on whether the current law is an unnecessary burden on employers. What kinds of monitoring rights should employers have?

Main Body:
You might want to start your answer by considering practical examples of situations when data protection becomes relevant in the workplace. This needs to be followed by consideration and critical analysis of the statutory and common law provisions on protection of workplace communication and data about employees. It is anticipated that you will consider the Data Protection Act 1998, the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Acts 2000 and the Telecommunications (Lawful Business Practice) (Interception of Communications) Regulations 2000. There is also scope to consider the impact of Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights as incorporated into our jurisdiction by the Human Rights Act 1998. This should include a consideration of relevant cases.
It will be necessary to set out the mechanics of the various aspects of the legislative framework, i.e. what rights and responsibilities do they impose? In addition to the academic sources there is useful guidance on this on government websites.
A view needs to be formulated as to whether the current law is an unnecessary burden on employers. This needs to be presented in a measured, rather than an emotional way. You may consider broader public policy considerations when discussing this aspect of the question. There is also scope for considering recent examples of privacy in the workplace issues as reported in the media.

Conclusion:
This should provide a clear summary of the overall argument and specifically respond to the question.
! Please note that:

– The essay must not exceed 4, 000 words in length. Bibliography and Research trail are not included. Please add the bibliography and the Research trail in the end of the essay. The Research trail must be not more than 600 words.

For the purposes of this assessment, where the „Oxford system‟ has been employed, footnotes will not be included in the word count. Footnotes must however contain only information about the reference. There should be no argument or explanation to supplement the main body of work in footnotes.

 

please write a paper about family business management how they work, how it gets inherited, 2nd generation and 3rd generation family members etc…
please make sure to get all aspects of it

 
A written report of 2500-3000 words to be submitted to the office by 16.00 on date to be confirmed January 2016 (100% of the final mark).

You will need to refer to the case study provided and answer the following:

1.Briefly describe the key characteristics of the organisation in the case study, and the circumstances surrounding the change initiative/ programme.

2.With reference to relevant theories analyse the change processes involved and the extent to which the change has impacted on both individuals and teams

3.Evaluate those aspects in the organisation and its environment that either aided or hindered this change initiative.

4. Critically evaluate the success of the leadership strategies employed to manage the change programme, giving examples of how they supported or hindered the success of the change programme.

Attached are the two case study documents you will need to refer to during your written report .

There is also a link to the PG assessment criteria which you should read through thoroughly before handing in your assignment to ensure you have met all of the assessment criteria

 
“Incident Command System in disaster management” white paper assignment:

The idea of the white paper assignment is to give you the experience of integrating multiple science perspectives or science and practice. Your paper should accomplish the following:

1. Executive summary (no more than 1 page)
This section should be a very short summary of the content of the white paper. It should require no special training to read and should convey the basics of your larger work.

2. Paper(about 10 pages):
 Research part(about 3 pages):
Summary of “state of science” for the Incident Command System.
 Provide a review of some body of scientific literature associated with the Incident Command System. The section should describe the insights from a body of knowledge. It should include references to publish peer reviewed materials. It should broadly describe theory, empirical research, consensus, conflict, etc.

 Practice part(about 3 pages):
State of Practice or science for the place you think you can make a meaningful contribution through integrating new ideas.
 This section should discuss the policies, processes, and state of practice associated with the Incident Command System. The paper should answer the question how is it currently being done.

 Analysis and conclusion part(about 4 pages):
 Based on what you have observed this draw some conclusion about the similarities and differences in these two approaches (research part and practice part). What is similar? What is different? Where can gains be made? What do we need to know more about? Outline a specific strategic view for how the insights could inform each other and develop a set of actions/ tactics to facilitate that integration.

 
Assignment Brief:
Describe and illustrate the main functions of five selected Operations Management (OM) techniques that may be used in a small-medium manufacturing enterprise (SME) to help improve manufacturing performance measures? (Note: Select a particular case study from your own reading, research, or industrial experience to help you answer this question)!

Submission Requirements:
Your report should not exceed 2000 words ± 10%, and include any figures, tables or diagrams where appropriate, and be in the form of a business/technical report.

Marks Awarded for:
Marks will be equally distributed and include for: the amount of research and effort included, any thoughtful structure and examples, figures, tables or diagrams or similar, clear concise descriptions and discussions, distinct advantages and disadvantages, related recommendations/conclusions, references and bibliography used etc.
This Assignment assesses the following module Learning Outcomes:
1. Acquire a broad understanding of the role of Operations Management within various organizations.
2. Understand the framework and concepts of Operations Management.
3. Develop an appreciation of operational processes, techniques, planning and control systems.
4. Demonstrate the application of appropriate measures and techniques to plan and control production
* proper use of diagrams and tables can help gaining extra marks.