In groups of three or four, make a list of possible reasons that the actual ending inventory might not agree with the ending inventory according to a computer system. Jason Tierro, an inventory Jason Tierro, an inventory clerk at Lexmar Company, is responsible for taking a physical count of the goods on hand at the end of the year. He has been performing this duty for several years. This year, Jason was very busy due to a shortage of personnel at the company, so he decided to just estimate the amount of ending inventory instead of doing an accurate count. He reasoned that he could come very close to the true amount because of his past experience working with inventory.
Over time management concepts have evolved into modern techniques that rely more on listening to and understanding the needs of employees as more businesses realize how much more productive employees can be when they have some control in their team or work environment. I do feel that some leadership decisions can and should be made directly by the leader or manager in charge, as there is not always time available or valid reason to ask opinions or suggestions from the entire group. However, there are a lot of leadership decisions that can be better resolved with input from the people that will be directly affected by the decisions. Providing employees some control over their work situation can provide them with more work satisfaction; keeping employees happy in their workplace will
Have these changes resulted in HR losing sight of its role towards employee relations and support? While companies are seeing the value in moving to a technological-based business, how might HR technology impact the “human” side of “human resource?”
One manager can order for the week and then alternate each week. This way, if one manager is out ill or for any other issue, there are two others who could handle the ordering with no hiccups in the system. Kathy also needs to hire a full time book keeper who can run all 3 stores until the volume is too large for one person, which it may already be, then each individual store needs to have a finance person. As far as the inventory, they can cut costs by hiring only one person to travel between the three stores with the help of the assistant managers. Everyone needs to be cross trained with every position.
Reactive change occurs due to outside pressures on the business these may include a perceived threat to the company or a new opportunity arises out of the blue. Proactive change is when the business actively seeks to modify its practises or work place environment. Proactive change is normally more controllably because the business has been able to plan it. Reactive change can be a bit more chaotic until the business has been able to adapt to the external force. Internal forces can be the business getting new equipment or a restructuring of personal and external forces are changes in one or more
Using this software exclusively on all projects will greatly reduce the hectic current project execution system that is in place. The communication lines are totally disrupted. There needs to be more structure with communicating what is expected and needed amongst employees. This can be done by weekly meetings. Every week at 12:00 pm Monday morning the senior staff and board of directors will have to meet (in person or phone) and talk about which deliverables are needed and why.
Without prior market penetration of an organization’s competetitors, the usefulness and effectiveness of properly marketing a new product or service can be quite burdensome. This is due to the fact that an organization runs a major risk of constantly striving to maintain its customer base, as the new type of product or service has not yet been introduced into the maintstream. Additionally, pricing may be an issue based upon: Should pricing be very low to attract new buyers?, or Should pricing be set high to offset initial entry into a new marketplace? These are the questions that an organization must face, but for the most part, being a
There is lack of innovation coming out from these industries. By providing time and | |tested engineering solutions to customers the firms operating in this industry has matured and implemented efficient work processes to | |improve on quality and service. From my perspective, these firms must also form externally oriented teams who continuously interact with| |their customers and ‘live a day’ in their work to understand the needs and issues they run into. This approach using the concept of | |forming external teams will facilitate organizations to come out with innovative solutions for their customers and facilitate the | |process of innovation. | | | |Managers avoid implementing the ‘real’ concept of external teams as it increases costs in their operations and indulge in ‘eye wash’ | |approaches where people are encouraged to look beyond their organization or industry by following the Internet Search & Research
Before discipline issues were done in an oral, written fashion. The first offense the employee was given a warning the second offense it was a written statement and put into the employee’s personnel file and remained there until the employee left. Each department also, maintained a communications books where every-day if, any incidents occurred It was written in the communications book and reviewed at monthly meetings. This was not always a Good reliable resource because some supervisors would forget to record in it. Legal issues could be risky as, well.
Critical Thinking Application MGT/350 August 20, 2013 Critical Thinking Application Making a sound decision can be complicated enough by not following an appropriate decision making process. A decision is a choice between two or more alternatives. When an individual has a choice, decision making can be time consuming but may not require critical thinking. When thinking critically, the individual will consider all possibilities of the matter and its resolution, including how the decision may affect others involved. Applying critical thinking in the workplace expands the thought process opening the mind to develop ideas, make more acceptable decisions, and lesser mistakes.