Managing People and Organisations

325-101 Managing People and Organisations Assignment 1 Case Study: Fresh Produce Company Ltd. Content of Report: - Analysis - Solution - Plan of Action Due: 6th April, 2005 Travis Perdevski 104241 Peter Lau 108854 Mae Lehui Huang 241693 Janine Qi Jin 210864 Derek Cheong Hoi Mun 166670 Analysis Whilst Fresh Produce Company Ltd. has been enjoying relative success in the past, symptoms of reduced sales, reduced productivity, supplier complaints and increased costs suggest that the performance of Fresh Produce Company Ltd has declined over recent months. The decline in performance coincides with the appointment of Kevin as a team leader of the produce-shelving team six months ago. It appears the team morale has decreased significantly resulting in a decreased level of performance and even in loss of staff. This is vital as the "relationship between employee's personal satisfaction and the cost of doing business cannot be ignored (Robbins, Donna pg 17. 1993). The circumstances leading up to the current state of affairs indicate that there has been a total breakdown of team effectiveness. Team Building Theory proposes that effectiveness of work teams may increased by improving interpersonal processes, goal clarification and role clarification. (Johns G., Saks A., 2005, pg 257) The team effectiveness of

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Discussion in terms of Fayol's Managerial Functions

Discussion in terms of Fayol's Managerial Functions Henri Fayol proposed that all managers perform five management functions. - Planning, 2- Organizing, 3- Commanding, 4- Coordinating, 5- Controlling. Most management books still continue to be organized around the management functions, Although they have been condensed down to basic and very important functions. - Planning The planning functions involves the process of defining goals, establishing strategies for achieving these goals, and developing plans to integrate and coordinate activities. Our instructor also defines or goals which is standard education and successfulness in the exams, according to this concern he establish the ways and strategies that how can we perform well in our exams. 2- Organizing Managers are also responsible for arranging work to accomplish the organization's goals. This function is called Organizing. It involves the process of determining what tasks are to be done, who is to do, how the tasks are to be grouped, who reports to whome, and where decisions are to be made. 3- Leading When managers motivate subordinates, influence individuals or teams as they work, select the most effective communication channel, or deal in any way with employee behavior issues, the are leading.. Our instructor leading us by motivating through his moral support, he use best channels to teach us, he polish

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Organisation and management

OE203 (Organisation and management) coursework Case study (semester 1) "Critically analyse the main issues in the case study using relevant theories related to Organisation and management". DEADLINE: Friday 21st January 2005 This case study deals with the Oticon's organizational change, a Danish firm specialised in hearing aids. Due to an instable environment, the firm has transformed the organisation of the structure in order to be competitive in an international market and consequently it has changed the work, the hierarchy, the organisational culture and patterns. The case study shows us with the real example of Oticon how that change can affect the organisational behaviour of the employees and how Lars Kolind manage them in order to stimulate their motivation and increase the productivity. According to the results of the turnover and market shares, that change is a success but it also has some limits which may affect the activity of Oticon. Indeed, the organization has completely changed in term of work because "everyone started in a different workplace" and Oticon has adopted a structure in which the employees are present and involve in the important decisions. This new structure based on "project-organisation" is called "spaghetti-organisation. We can recognize some aspects and characteristics of an organic structure with "the lack of a line of command". Oticon has

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Leisure Administration and Development

Leisure Administration and Development The Management of Leisure and Tourism Services List of contents Page No . Introduction 3 Main findings 2. Marketing Mix 4 3. Recruitment 5 3.1 Staff Shortages 6 3.2 Recruitment Costs 7 3.3 Recruitment Laws 7 3.4 Training and Development 8 3.5 Grievance and Discipline 10 3.6 Manpower Planning 11 4. Leisure Programming 12 4.1 Methods of Programming 13 4.2 Common Mistakes 14 5. Managing Money 16 5.1 Capital Expenditure 17 5.2 Revenue Expenditure 17 5.3 Control of Income 18 5.4 Budgeting 18 5.5 Cash Flow 19 6. Conclusion 20 7. References 22 . INTRODUCTION People management, financial management, and the programming of facilities are all vital elements in the management of Leisure and Tourism so it follows that the best way to manage leisure and /or tourism facilities is via a method which links these three aspects. Whatever approach is adopted, it needs to be flexible and adaptable in an ever-increasingly dynamic marketplace. An inflexible organisation or company will stagnate and eventually fail, either as an organisation, or its customers, or both. This report will look at these three aspects of leisure/tourism management and how to effectively link the three areas through a common

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Moving towards a modern HR department.

Moving towards a modern HR department * Promoting the company culture * Marketing the company as an employer * Organisation structure * Developing staff management * People data * Communication systems * Reward systems Defining and promoting company culture Marketing the company as an employer HR people should have a very keen understanding of three areas: . What is the purpose of the organisation they work for ? What is the culture that enables that purpose to be maintained ? 2. What is the work that people are employed to do in the organisation ? 3. As an employer, what positively distinguishes my organisation from others in the market-place ? Unfortunately, a lot of people in support roles do not appreciate that whatever their company makes or sells, the main purpose of a private sector organisation is make a healthy and reliable profit. To this end, the company culture is critical. HR people can make a contribution by their keen understanding of the culture that defines the whole or part of the company they work for, and reinforce the positive elements of that in all work they do. Mainly through recruitment and job evaluation, HR people learn about the work that people in other jobs than their own do. This is critical. HR people who do not know what employees are doing will not be influential with management or much value in the hiring process. Recruitment

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Analysis of Decline and Rise of Various Business Activities in the U.K.

In this task, I will need to decide what the core activity is in each of my two businesses and whether they are dealing with products, services or both. In the UK some of these business activities are becoming more common and others are becoming less common. I will need to find out the broad trends for these business activities and how they affect the businesses that I am investigating. The legal status of Freelance Audio Productions is an equal partnership between Martin and Nikki Rider. The company was set up in 1986, but has only been trading as Freelance Audio Productions for four years. The company doesn't make a product, the service it provides is audio production based which includes performance arts, supplying of equipment and supplying of production services and facilities. FAP falls into the category of the Tertiary Sector. There are many departments that operate within FAP, but there are two departments that control most of Freelance Audio Productions. These are Stage sound and Showbiz. Stage Sound. FAP Stage Sound has been in operation for fourteen years but has only been working under Freelance Audio Productions for the last four years. FAP Stage Sound specialises in renting out sound equipment and educating young trainees. FAP Stage Sound is a continuously growing business which is also shown in the trend of the tertiary

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Self Managing Work Teams(SMWT) - Critically review the published literature on Job Design and SMWT's and use this review to evaluate Sidney's introduction of the teams in his organization.

Job Re-design at HI - Tech Question: Sidney Lau had made a big change to the way work is done in his company -by establishing Self Managing Work Teams(SMWT). Critically review the published literature on Job Design and SMWT's and use this review to evaluate Sidney's introduction of the teams in his organization. Facts Of The Case: * 10 year old corporation with diversified product lines * Has grown from a small family owned business into the above diversified corporation. * Well defined product lines with distinct manufacturing and assembly lines * Evidence of logical assembly line work flows based on product lines * Evidence of patriarchal management style Relevant Theories that will apply to this Case: Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Abraham Maslow proposed that humans have five universal needs that they seek to satisfy, and these needs are proposed in a hierarchy of importance, with the most basic needs- physiological and safety needs at the bottom followed by belongingness needs, Esteem needs and Self-actualisation needs (Langdon & Marshall, 1998, P. 90) He arranged these into a series of different levels or the order of importance of these basic needs. Man's basic needs are physiological, for example, hunger, thirst, sleep, etc. When these are satisfied they are replaced by safety needs reflecting his desire for protection against danger or deprivation. These in

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Molex and Human Resource Management

Touro University International Kevin J. Hall (5332) Bus401 International Business Module 3 Case Assignment Professor: Dr. Anastasia Luca Molex and Human Resource Management As today's global economic evolution stirs interest in worldwide expansion, the ongoing information revolution is shrinking the market place through a global business environment. This environment, a tossed salad of cultures, must be nourished by building a human resource function that is flexible, adapt, able, and focused on attracting, motivating, mobilizing, and retaining global human capital. The alignment of key human resource functions more closely with overall corporate strategy enables theses businesses to greater capitalize on people: the greatest, most important asset of a company. This is where Molex leads the way. Molex is a plastic material developed by the late Frederick August Krehbiel. In 1938, he founded the Molex Products Company in Brookfield, Illinois to manufacture a variety of products from this material, including clock cases, flower pots, valve wheels and salt tablet dispensers. In 1940 one of Frederick's sons, John H. Krehbiel, Sr., joined Molex and soon recognized the importance of this material's excellent electrical insulating properties. Later in the decade, Molex added metal stamping to its molding processes, resulting in its first connector assembly. In the 1950s,

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HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT MODULE ONE ASSESSMENT The lack of attention to international human resources management has cost many millions of dollars to MNCs and yet this has been a neglected area in the profitability equation. Explain the assertion under the following headings: TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction The International manager Management Recruitment and Selection Process Management training Foreign Posting Compensation Manpower Differentials in Foreign Markets Repatriation Summary Induction Few executives would argue with the fact that people are vital for the effective operation of a company. Managers often say that people are their most important asset. Yet the human assets are virtually never shown on the balance sheet as a distinct category, although a great deal of money is invested in the recruitment, selection, and training of people. Recent theoretical work in business strategy (Patrick, 1998) has given a boost to the prominence of human resource (HR) in generating sustained competitive advantage. The world is becoming far more competitive and volatile than ever before, causing firms to seek to gain competitive advantage whenever and wherever possible. As traditional sources and means such as capital, technology or location become less significant as a basis for competitive advantage, firms are turning to more innovative sources. One of these is the

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Assess three government policy measures to increase labour mobility

Assess three government policy measures to increase labour mobility (12) Labour mobility refers to the freedom of workers to practice their occupation wherever opportunities exist. This may mean changing occupation (occupational mobility) or moving to work in another area (geographical mobility). A lack of mobility is identified as a cause of structural unemployment. This is where mismatches occur and unemployed workers are unable or unwilling to fill existing vacancies due to the skills shortages- occupational immobility or shortages in particular areas-geographical mobility Governments use various measures to improve mobility .In the UK these include the New Deal, job centres and affordable housing schemes in certain areas of the country. The New Deal is a key part of the government's strategy to get people back to work. It gives people on benefits the help and support they need to look for work including training and job preparation. It also gives the unemployed the opportunity to develop the skills and experience that employers want so they can find lasting, worthwhile jobs. At the same time, New Deal aims to improve the overall skills base of the British workforce and provide help to employers whose businesses are suffering from staff shortages. Participants can receive intensive advice, counseling and guidance to help them find employment or can choose from four

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