Essays Tagged: "Senior management"

Total Quality Management in Construction

y successful. Until then the dominant management model was that of the autocrat. Management, primly senior management, decided how the business was to operate, including what the policies and objectiv ... corporate performance.·. Can't manufacture competitively at the low end.·. The job of senior management is strategy, not operations.·. Success is good, failure is bad.·. If ...

(11 pages) 755 0 3.5 Dec/1995

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Lessons learnt from Citibank

that Citicorp committed a substantial seven figure investment in the Sydney call centre proves that senior management was backing the reengineering effort.Well defined project structure with continuou ...

(5 pages) 362 0 3.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Web Services Return on Investment: Working out what you're getting out of Web Services In this article, the authors have tried to keep a realistic, pragmatic, and balanced approach

alls as and where they foresee them, leaving the final decision up to the us readers who range from senior management (technical and business), through business analysts, and systems architects, to pr ...

(6 pages) 257 0 5.0 Jan/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

The Difference Between Management And Leadership.

a leader; he also needs formal authority to be effective. For any quality initiative to take hold, senior management must be involved and act as a role model. This involvement cannot be delegated.In ...

(3 pages) 546 2 4.1 Jul/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Management People and Organization

ement, with fewer supervisors and middle managers, vertical communication between the workforce and senior management may be hindered". (Leicester 2001, 3.7-3.8)In general, employees resist a change a ...

(12 pages) 825 1 4.8 Mar/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Marketing plan

hen see which bugs have been fixed, which are outstanding and how long it is taking to fix defects. Senior management can use reports to understand the state of the development process.HISTORICAL BACK ...

(7 pages) 293 0 3.8 Mar/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Quaker Steel

l attempts to change the call patterns yielded negligible results; she has currently been tasked by senior management to develop a successful implementation strategy. Management has afforded Frye the ... tary rewards was the lowest ranked motivator. This lack of incentive is especially problematic from senior management's perspective. Whereas senior management would like to implement this call pattern ...

(8 pages) 148 1 4.2 Jun/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

SUBJECT: Internet promotions within Renuzit's IMC

MEMORANDUMTO: Renuzit Senior ManagementFROM: ---------------DATE: 15 May 2004SUBJECT: Internet promotions within Renuzit's ...

(2 pages) 57 0 3.0 Sep/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

CONTRASTING ORGANISATIONAL PRACTICES AND THEORY FROM AN ORGANISATION I KNOW.

r export. This company is owned by members of the Indian community. The Chief Executive and all his senior management are Indians. The company has a total work force of 200 people and a third are from ...

(6 pages) 157 1 5.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Computer Systems Management

rstand and guide the work of their subordinates, yet also explain the work in nontechnical terms to senior management and potential customers. Therefore, these management positions usually require wor ...

(1 pages) 31 0 4.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Internal Controls

control is the systems, policies, procedures, and processes established by the board of directors, senior management, and other key personnel to safeguard an organization's assets, and limit or contr ... tly enforced system of operational and financial internal controls helps the board of directors and senior management of an organization safeguard the organization's resources, produce reliable financ ...

(4 pages) 488 1 3.5 Nov/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

Report on conditions under which organizations should consider changing their existing structures and the benefits which may be excepted structure.

on of systems of positions and relationships within the firm, which is designed as a statement from senior management as to how they wish the firm to work (staniforth, 1994). Also, Robbins et al. (200 ...

(9 pages) 341 0 5.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Risk Assessment Report for Resorts

the Resort, and the specific steps that will be taken to reduce its exposure.A discussion involving senior management and several key personnel of the operative and planning level from the industry wa ... , human resources, legal, marketing, and public relations.Determining spokespeopleA person from the senior management will be appointed to represent the Resort to the media and the public.Developing c ...

(5 pages) 235 0 5.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Internal Accounting Controls: Jomona.com.

ns, assets, and reporting. These controls may consist of both financial and non-financial controls. Senior management or the board of directors usually bares the responsibility of designing and implem ...

(8 pages) 150 0 5.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > E-commerce

Principles and Functions of Management.

hing and feedback, work-life imbalance, poor carrier opportunities prospects, lack of confidence in senior management, etc. However, for some reason, managers fail to acknowledge these factors; instea ...

(5 pages) 139 0 3.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

How effective is competency based training.

is feasible to introduce it into our medium sized engineering company. The report should equip the senior management with enough information to change their vague impression on what competence based ... easibility of a competence based training system in a medium sized engineering firm as requested by senior management. The methods used in providing this information have consisted of applying and dra ...

(11 pages) 106 0 0.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Scenario Planning

l for helping to organise complex uncertainties into manageable snapshots of the future, from which Senior Management can shape their organisations accordingly. Others dismiss it as another in a long ...

(8 pages) 130 0 0.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

PepsiCo in Mexico

ng PepsiCo's anchor bottler in Mexico, Gemex, the case details the strategies employed by PepsiCo's senior management beginning in 1993 to expand its market share versus Coca-Cola. The various dimensi ...

(11 pages) 213 0 3.0 May/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Starbucks: Delivering Customer Service

uently visiting customers.* Was not meeting customer expectations in terms of customer satisfaction.Senior Management at Starbucks have the task of analyzing the results of the market research to unde ... shot scores to measure service performance was proving ineffective. This was a cause of concern for senior management who had to develop a plan to address this issue.Alternatives:We believe that inves ...

(3 pages) 823 0 2.3 Jul/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Lateral and Vertical Communication

IntroductionWhy all the noise from senior management about improved communication? Organizations need communication, in all sorts of re ...

(2 pages) 108 0 3.0 Jul/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Leadership and Communication