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a change within a health organization to reduce the costs associated with the provision of an essential resource; oxygen, without ...

dependent upon the abilities of those who undertake it to overcome any obstacles found along the way. In a sense, this is obvious,...

definition is given in Dransfield (2000), which states that performance management "is a process which is designed to improve orga...

The value and influence of maintenance and the management of facilities is often overlooked when examining the way that strategizi...

definition of organizational politics. The concept of politics is present in all aspects of everyday life, Aristotle argued that t...

organization being vertical, or hierarchical. Decisions are made by executives, while employees comply with those decisions, under...

Konrad (et al., 2005), argue workforce diversity is a recognition of differences within the employee base, some of which may be vi...

process needs to be identified which incorporates individual as well as group and organisational performance management. 2. Perf...

Hedging is a form of risk management, the writer looks at a number of different theoretical ideas which may be used to assess why ...

(in other words, "my way or the highway") with little input from subordinates. Division of labor is also a part of this particular...

those which deal directly with the customer, such as the way that calls are received and the process of placing an order, as well ...

become less attractive and that Australian firms would be at a disadvantage to firms that they compete with in the international a...

the market are prepared to pay a premium. In the case of the oil change service this may be a new and differentiated service, but ...

for compliance with equality legislation; where individuals are expected to blend in to the employee community as a whole (Thomas ...

gives a basis for communication, but then there are also issues such as the difficulty in saying no for the Indian culture, even i...

In recent decades, much has been made about the learning organization, knowledge workers and the importance of knowledge managemen...

regardless of size. For the most part, however, the odds are always stacked in the favor of big businesses when it comes to procur...

37th consecutive year of profitability (Southwest Airlines, Fact Sheet, 2010). Meanwhile, other airlines are struggling. Net incom...

This paper discusses several related topics. The first is the difference between leadership and management and includes a report o...

seen as undermining work-place equality (Rijamampianina and Carmichael, 2005). Therefore, managing diversity has to be undertaken ...

are many ways to motivate a sales force. Carmichael (2009) suggests: set clear expectations which tells the people exactly what is...

or change in circumstances so fundamental as to be regarded by the law both as striking at the root of the agreement, and as entir...

decentralizing and creating a more autonomous operation during the years before Nardelli took over Home Depot. He was doing the op...

complimentary goods. Jobs may be created as well as eliminated and others may be radically altered. These may lead to increased s...

110.3 Net Assets (c) (a - b) 119.3 Adjustment due to revaluation (d) 25 New net asset value (c + d) 144.3 This gives a net value o...

finance management, human resource management and IT processes. The value and advantages of formalizing and documenting those proc...

Companies who adopt JIT usually gain all of these benefits, which gives them a competitive advantage. Adopting the JIT philosoph...

way of performing a task, this was seen in the well known studies at Bethlehem Steel works, it was also seen in the work of Frank ...

only on getting what they want; this is a win-lose situation; accommodation where each person places the needs and wants of the ot...

the subordinates get it wrong, and a project ends up having to be scrapped, or having to start all over again. Zmund...