Together, policies and procedures ensure that a point of view held by the governing body of an organization is translated into steps that result in an outcome compatible with that view. Policies and procedures, involve Legislations, which are protected by law. If law is violated, then prosecution procedures take place, it is a nonstop circle. Grievance- procedure Is a written complaint about work conditions, that doesn’t satisfy, upset worker. They can make a formal grievance complaint if they’ve tried solving a problem by talking to manager but they’re not satisfied.
In supply chain management, strategic capacity planning controls the demand of new opportunities at minimal cost (Chase, Jacobs, and Aquilano, 2006). Strategic capacity planning is essential in establishing the permanent capacity capability a business needs to maintain or improve its market share. Poorly planned capacity needs can help the competition, costing the business customers (Chase, Jacobs, and Aquilano, 2006). Performing a break-even analysis would assist Riordan in calculating the proper capacity needs of their
Factors employers should consider in determining if assessment methods may require evaluation; • High employee turnover rates • Poor performance related to new hires • Low applicant rates • Declines in organizational productivity • Screening of applicants effectively • Identification of competencies requirements (Person-job fit) • Identify development needs and/or capacity to obtain knowledge • Organization and cultural fit (Person-organizational fit) • Talent and HR philosophy alignment to business strategy • Other attributes; personality, attitude, motivations, teamwork and interests (Person–group fit) and (Person-vocation fit) • Validity/reliability and accuracy of method to achieve staffing goals • Minimize adverse impact, ethical and legal concerns • Maximize ROI/costs of hiring • Candidates reaction (fair, consistent and objective) Source: Strategic Staffing 2nd edition – Phillips and Gully. Chapter 9 Assessing External Candidates page 233- 240 2) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of both structured and unstructured interviews. Which would you prefer to use? Why? Unstructured Interviews Disadvantages • Standard approach is absent variances by candidate/interviewer • Formal scoring may be lacking impacts the ability compare candidates effectively • Interviewer approach and questions may be irrelevant to competencies.
KEDA’S SAP IMPLEMENTATION Business Context • Started as a small manufacture of ceramics machinery located in Shunde • Chinese market was dominated by European companies, looking at that Keda modeled its business accordingly • Keda started getting recognized and was counted in china’s top 500 companies and in top 10 building materials enterprise in the world • By 2000, Keda had become second most leading company in building materials machinery • By 2002 Keda got listed in Shanghai stock exchange. Key Business Drivers • The not integrated business units were creating issues like duplication of task and difficulties in performing work and increased cost • The local and foreign companies challenged Keda as they lacked integration • There was high need of ERP as lack of it was causing extending of due date and increase in cost • The process of decentralization and independent of department was helping Kedas performance Initiative Objectives / Benefits Objectives Benefits Initialization of strategic objective to a direction • Beneficial for immediate needs • A well-defined path for becoming the world leader Integrated system for smooth communication • controlled organization and timely flow of information • Solved the problem in decisions making faced by managers because of low information flow Kedas integrated plan including vendors and customers • Shared a unify platform and application for the proper flow of communication and helped in faster solving issues Initiative Challenges Challenges Solutions Implementing ERP system across the structure • To make them study, design, and be a part of building it • Responsible for giving input and output of the system Need for data model • The key users were involve in data model with the help of project managers and IT personal Customization of ERP system • Third part
The bottom-up way is just the opposite in that the systems are determined by the lower employees and are replaced or updated. 2. How are organizational information systems related to company strategy? How does strategy affect the information systems a company develops and uses? The strategy should drive what its purpose is and which goals to reach for.
This Company reached their business sales of about 16million yen in 1990s. The company’s main products were different kind of writing instruments such as fountain pens, brushes, pen points, or pencils. During the 1990s Tombow had introduced a series of new products with extraordinary design aiming at compete efficiently in market and improving profit margin. One of such product was Object EO(Ergonomic Orb) , which was a mechanical pencil with a refillable 0.5mm lead retiling at 100 yen at stationeries. Of course it is considered as low-price/high-design product.
From 1989 to 1996, Zara ventured into businesses geologically. From 1997 to 2005, the internationalization experience gained has empowered Zara to extend quickly neglecting the land separation and social contrasts. Zara has 1,723 stores spotted in 77 nations by end 2010. Abroad deals helped more than 60% of its aggregate deals. So as you can see in above factors Zara 1st moved into the countries which has same kind of geographical and cultural characteristics, and then moved to other countries in Europe, Asia and Africa by using different approaches like joint ventures and franchising.
* What is organizational culture, why is it important, and to what extent can managers manage it? * Using examples from the MGT 120 course, describe how the informal organization impacts upon employees’ behaviour in the workplace and critically evaluate the implications of these processes for how managers should manage. * Distinguish between the different approaches to the study of leadership and critically discuss the practical ramifications and contemporary relevance of each of these approaches. * The increasing use of cultural forms of control to manage contemporary organizations may be seen as a systematic attempt by managers to eradicate the influence of the informal organization upon employees’ work place behaviour. Discuss.
This, coupled with production, storage and shipping issues, has resulted in inventory shortfalls and a marked decline in GMP’s profits and customer base. In order to improve quality and efficiency of service, an information system solution to allow GMP to capture and analyze point of sale, inventory and logistics data from our stores and facilities in near real time is needed. In order to implement this project, we need to focus on lean manufacturing; cutting inventory storage requirements; reducing the lead time needed to replenish and make product; establishing more efficient throughput on orders; and maintaining
At the beginning it was just an online bookstore. Six years later, Amazon used their own inventory management, distribution infrastructure, fulfillment, and customer service model to become the one of the biggest online-shopping company. By 2000, over 75 percent of U.S. consumers recognized the Amazon.com brand, and the Interbrand ranked the company as the 48th most valuable brand worldwide. The number of customers increased from 14 million in 1999 to over 20 million in 2000. However, a successful company like Amazon.com also has its own actual problems.