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Case Analysis: Social Responsibility and Business Ethics
BHP Billiton Background BHP Billiton is one of the largest mining companies in the world. It was formed by a merger between the Broken Hill Proprietary Company (now BHP Billiton Limited) and the Anglo-Dutch Billiton plc (BHP Billiton Plc) in 2001. Until 30 June, 2009, BHP Billiton has 40,900 employees in over 100 operations in 25 countries. In the financial year of 2009, BHP Billiton has reached revenue of 50.2 billion US dollars, which results
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Cash Management
"The world sometimes turns upside down and only those with light liquid assets float to the top again.' – Anthony H Allen. Whenever any long-term investment is considered the future cash flows from the project, the uncertainty of those cash flows, and the opportunity cost of the funds invested in the project are evaluated. Investment in current assets are also evaluated by all organisations in the same manner but over a short-term period. The time
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Human Resource Management
Human Resource Management Introduction to HRM Activities undertaken to attract, develop, and maintain an effective workforce within an organization. • The people who make up and organization give that organization its primary source of competitive advantage. • Human Resource Management plays a key role in finding and developing the organizations people as human resources that contribute to and directly affect company success. Introduction to HRM • Organizational performance is impacted in a positive way from
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Management
INTRODUCTION In recent years, research in management has grown, and many new insights have found its way to business all over the world. Since the early days of management studies, such as the Hawthorne studies, a bigger focus has come on contingency and the specific character of human beings (Robbins & Coulter 2009: 38-57). Management is a demanding task, that requires technical, soft and conceptual skills for the manager (Robbins & Coulter 2009:27). From a
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Business Letter Ford
January 19, 2011 Receiver's name Receiver's address Dear Sir/Madam Ford's expansion in India and China and development of the order-to-delivery system In the times of economical recession, I am proud to inform you that Ford Motor Co. is registering one of the highest quarterly operating profits in 6 years. This positive result is due to the higher or funds allocated for advertising and rebranding, as well as thanks to the effort that our employees put
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Supply Chain Risk Management
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A growing number of hi-tech supply chain managers are being tasked to manage risks to their supply chains in their increasingly competitive and innovative environments. This study proposes risk mitigation methodologies relevant to the hi-tech industry. The proposed risk methodologies are based on analysis of the supply-chain characteristics inherent to the hi-tech industry, vulnerabilities in the upstream and downstream hi-tech supply chain and successful steps taken by hi-tech firms in response to supply
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Khind Strategic Management
1. Establish regional market by strategic partnership - Establish more regional offices in the world other than Dubai can help them to planning and explore more potential markets. -Strategic partnership with local distributors is also can help Khind to establish an effective and efficient supply chain management so that they can Cooperation with local distributors to form a strong union on controlling and monitoring the local market. 2. Market development -market development can help Khind
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Management Theory Taxonomy - Description of Theory
Running head: MANAGEMENT THEORY TAXONOMY MANAGEMENT THEORY TAXONOMY SHRANDA Y. CALDWELL Grand Canyon University MGT 301-Principles of Management December 4, 2009 Management Theory Taxonomy Management is one of the hottest topics in the economy to date. This project will describe 10 different management theories, their authors, and significances. Theory Name Author of Theory Description of Theory Theory X & Theory Y Douglas McGregor an American social psychologist. Theory X states that we, as human beings,
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Bureaucracy: Is This Concept Still Applicable to the Business Organization of the 21st Century
he concept of bureaucracy was initially formulated in the early 1900-ies by the German sociologist Max Weber. The characteristics of a rational bureaucracy are: 1. A clear division of labor, which leads to the emergence of highly qualified specialists in each position. 2. A hierarchy of levels of management in which each lower level is controlled by the parent and is subordinated to it. 3. The presence of an interconnected system of generalized formal rules
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Opperation Management - Supply Chain Management
Table of Contents Introduction: 3 Company Overview: 4 Swot Analysis: 5 Lean Production: 6 Value Chain: Reducing Lead Time by Eliminating Waste 7 Toyota's Competitive Advantage: 9 Long term Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility : 10 Lean Quality Value Chain: 12 Conclusion: 15 Reference: 16 Appendix: 17 Appendix 1: The Seven Wastes in Manufacturing: 17 Table of Figure Figure 1: Elements of Product Leadtime 7 Figure 2: Traditional vs. Lean Approaches 8 Figure 3: The
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Definition of Change Management
Definition of Change Management Change management is a systematic approach to dealing with change, both from the perspective of an organization and on the individual level. A somewhat ambiguous term, change management has at least three different aspects, including: adapting to change, controlling change, and effecting change. A proactive approach to dealing with change is at the core of all three aspects. For an organization, change management means defining and implementing procedures and/or technologies to
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Sample Business Plan
Foreword This sample business plan was prepared by Craig Gonzales, undergraduate student, and by Dewey E. Johnson, Ph.D., Professor of Management and Director, Small Business Institute, Sid Craig School of Business, California State University, Fresno. The purpose is to provide a format for a simple business plan to test the feasibility of a business idea. The data sources such as the International Premium Ice Cream Institute and locations such as Valley City are fictitious and
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Measuring and Managing Service Quality
Measuring and managing service quality GAP 1: customer expectation => company perceptions of customer expectations (the difference between them) Activities can be undertook to improve Inadequate or inaccurate management understanding of customer service Causes of gap 1: • Lack of marketing research • Inadequate upward communication (front line of the company) • Inefficient relationship focus • Inadequate service recovery Different layers at a company can create problems when it comes to communication through the company.
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Management Hierarchy Pc Lahore
Management Hierarchy Pc Lahore: The management hierarchy of the company is as under: • General Manager • Executive Assistant Manager (Room Division) • Executive Assistant Manager (Food & Beverages) • Director of Finance • Director of PRDirector of Sales • Director of Human Resource • Chief of Safety and Security • Executive House Keeper • Chief Engineer It is worth mentioning here that the hotel doesn't have separate marketing department, and its marketing operations are
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Global Business Strategy
Global Business Strategy 1. The Situation The forces of globalization are generally credited with the major role played in increasing the access of organizations to countless resources. Due to market liberalization for instance, large corporations are able to import cheap resources from various global regions and as such patronize the market through price leadership strategies. Nevertheless, another crucial characteristic of globalization is that it allows economic agents an incremental access to larger customer markets. This
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Business Law
Answer no. 4) Profit maximization which basically follows laissez-faire theory of capitalism is concerned about gaining long term profit, circumscribed within the boundaries of law. However it can also be argued that proper allocation of resources should sometimes be sacridized for the social concern that involves the employee, employer, the environment and society as a whole. Even though profit maximization is a prime motive in a free market, but when a firm is hires a
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The Human Resource Management of Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited
Table of contents Topics Page Letter of Transmitted 2 Acknowledgement 3 Preface 4 Declaration 5 Introduction 10 Introduction of the Topics 10 Main Subject of the Topics 10 Rational of the study 10 Purpose of the study 10 Objective of the study 10-11 Source of Data Collection 11 Limitations of the study 11 A Short Profile of the Organization 12 About the Organization 12 Financial Highlight of the bank 12 Corporate information of the Bank
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Information Technology Management Case Study
Managing Information Resources Angelo H. Catubig A Case Study CBA Program Batch 12 Given: Mercure Drug Company – Global Pharmaceutical Firm – Fortune Most Admired firm – Cumulative Annual Growth Rate: 15% for five years – 48,000 employees – 160 countries, 8 R&D laboratories and 30 Global MFG and Supply sites – 4 divisions o Pharmaceutical – 57% o Consumer Health – 24% o Animal Care – 11% o MFG – 8% – Focus Market:
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Earning Management
It is known that the ability to generate profit in the future plays a very crucial role in determining the company's current stock price. "Earnings" is the most important item in the financial statement and a rise in earnings can increase the company's value, build up market expectation to the company and create a higher level of reputation [1]. That is why the management of a company deliberately manipulate its earnings in order to make
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Memorandum Business Economics
Business Economics Memorandum Mr. President As you are well aware, we are currently experiencing a severe recession. Analysts have suggested that this condition will likely last another year. We have high unemployment and deflation. The current unemployment rate stands at 8% and is expected to continue to rise. The inflation rate is -2.4%. You have graciously given me the task as your Senior Economic Advisor the job of changing things around. First, I offer a
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Peter F. Drucker - Father of the Modern Marketing Management Concept
At the beginning of this article, I can conclude that Peter F. Drucker is the father of the modern marketing management concept. He saw himself as a management, not marketing, specialist with a primary interest in management principles and theory. Ant there are two entrepreneurial functions-marketing and innovation. I also know that marketing is not only much broader than selling; it is not a specialized activity at all. In fifty years ago, he also assertion
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Business Plan - Buster's Convenience Store
Executive Summary This business plan outlines the proposed expansion of Buster's Convenience Store from a one-store to a two-store operation. Buster's is a convenience store based in the lobby of the Cameron Building, a large office building in the town of Bellevue. Bellevue's population as of the 2010 census was 50,137. This is a growth of 13% since the 2000 census and due to the expanding economy in the civilian sector it is expected to
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Corporate and Management Accounting Systems Are Inadequate for Todays Environment: A Critical Analysis
CORPORATE AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS ARE INADEQUATE FOR TODAYS ENVIRONMENT: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS Managers of organisations make decisions that have significant impact on the organisations survival. Their decision can either make or mar the organisation, and so they strive to make appropriate decisions based on the information available at their disposal. In doing this, they make use of both finance and management accounting information. However, there is growing concern for the adaptive nature of management
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Management Case - to Avoid or Resist Activity
Q1: It's common for us to avoid or resist activity which is unpleasant or downright nasty. But why might there be resistance in organizations to what's beneficial to all hands: participative decision making? Yet we see resistance to decentralization and participative decision making from employees, managers, and cultural groups, and at various levels. Identify at least two reasons for resistance to participative decision-making as a human resources strategy. Relate an example, if you can from
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Management 0f Financial Principle & Technique
Financial Forecasting Financial forecasting is a process of assuming the future and gets prepared for it. The forecasting system provides the way for a firm to announce its goals and priorities and to ensure that they are achievable. It also assists the firm in determining the asset requirements and necessity of external financing. For instance, sales forecasting is the core driver of the financial forecast. Since most Balance Sheet and Income Statement accounts are deeply
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