...identification of processed used by Toyota Corporation during the accelerator crisis. It will identify the process used and the core problems with the process. In part A of the paper the paper addresses the issues that began with sticky gas pedals, floor mats, and pedal entrapment and braking issues on some models of Toyotas vehicles. The quality of the vehicle was the issue. In part B of the paper the issue was safety and this lead to drivers dying because of safety issues. In part C of the paper Toyota has a lean process established that had no buy in from employees or Leadership which contributed to issues with their product. Toyota thought they had implemented a learn culture that consist of problem solving, teamwork, and a continuous improvement culture to sustain lean. Toyota Process Improvement Toyota is considered a global leader in the automobile business. Toyota has dominated the market with accolades from several organizations endorsing the Lexus as well as the Camry on a top ten list of best cars to own. Toyota had the market share of 12.8 percent. Toyota was based in Japan in 1933 and was introduced to the United States of American in 1957. Toyota made a name for them for producing reliable vehicles with superb quality. This paper will identify several processes for improvement that Toyota has researched, developed, or incorporated due to the crisis of the accelerators. A process will be identified for improvement and be identified in the operations improvement plan...
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...by many factors. According to Kreitner and Kinicki (2007), performance management is continuous cycle of improving job performance with goal setting, feedback and coaching, and rewards and positive reinforcement. In this study the focus is given to financial compensation. A research will be conducted at supermarkets in San Jose Del Monte to see how financial compensation affects job performance of the employees. The question that has prompted this research is what degrees at which the salary, bonuses, benefits and commissions collectively or individually have influence on employee performance? Job performance is a measure of compensation but it is only one part of it. Compensation generally is a key factor in productivity, organizational effectiveness as well as in the well being of people. The way people are compensated is an aspect of the organizations in different parts of the world; manage the disjuncture between life at work and life outside work. Financial compensation schemes based on pay are often developed in individualistic cultures, where the relationship with employees is seen as instrumental and contractual. This may be based on the achievement motive perspective ( McClelland, 1985). More sophisticated human resource management systems in many western countries emphasize a wider spectrum of incentives based on the design of jobs, levels of involvement and participation, promotion opportunities, working conditions as well as pay. Although there is some evidence of the...
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...Note: ---This Project is made with the help of internet and some other books. This is not linked with any organization. This project will help the students to make their assignments and projects. (www.projects99.com) TABLE OF CONTENTS |CHAPTER |TITLE |PAGE NO | | |ACKNOWLEDGEMENT |Ii | | |ABSTRACT |iii | | |LIST OF TABLES |iv | | |LIST OF CHARTS |v | | I |INTRODUCTION |1 | | |Profile of Organization |8 | |II |REVIEW OF LITERATURE |16 | |III |OBJECTIVES |18 | |IV |RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ...
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...nations are no longer important. A final component of the general environment is actions of other countries or groups of countries that affect the organization. Governments may act to reserve a portion of their industries for domestic firms, or may subsidize particular types of businesses to make them more competitive in the international market. Some countries may have a culture or undergo a change in leadership that limits the ability of firms to participate in the country's economy. As with the other elements of the macroenvironment, such actions are not directed at any single company, but at many firms. ECONOMIC ASSOCIATIONS. One of the most recent joint efforts by governments to influence business practices was NAFTA. The agreement between the United States, Canada, and Mexico was intended to facilitate free trade between the three countries. The result has been a decrease in trade barriers between them, making it easier to transport resources and outputs across national boundaries. The move has been beneficial to many businesses, and probably to the economies of all three countries. In most economic associations, preference is also given to products from member countries at the expense of products from nonmembers. Probably the best-known joint effort by multiple countries to influence business practices is the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). The formation of OPEC, an oil cartel including most major suppliers of oil and gas, led to a drastic increase...
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...analyzing an organization and its chain of command employees answer to, what decisions are made on behalf of the organizations when communicated to employees or others within or outside an organization, one must first understand and determine whether the organization functions as a tall or a flat one. Larger organizations are typically structured as tall organizational hierarchies in which the span of control is narrower and more management roles are established. A flat organizational structure is typically wide and doesn’t have many management roles. Tall organizations consist of many managers, giving each manager the responsibility of supervising subordinates. Managers in tall organizations may have a small area of control as the organization grows larger the more levels of management increases causing the structure to grow taller. Though tall organizations allow management to work closely with its subordinates, this may skew the lines of authority causing the lines of communication to become distorted. Flat organizations tend to communicate more effectively up and down since there are very few management roles. However, if the organization only has a few mangers this may cause the mangers to become overwhelmed with the number of subordinates they must supervise directly. Though tall and flat organizational structures seem to have pros and cons associated with communication among management to subordinates, it is important to first assess the foundation of an organization when determining...
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...operations were few which caused further delays. The Missouri Earthquake Disaster Emergency Management Team has prepared this comprehensive report on the response to the Missouri earthquakes and has developed a plan of action for other agencies and organizations. Budget: We have a proposed to create a program for the next four years with hopes of not only strengthening the health field with earthquake preparedness, but to enhance the response capacity in the Midwestern states, while minimizing the long term effects of devastation. The total budget amount we are requesting is $7,525,500 million with categories such as Strategies, Per State Cost, and Total Budgets. STRATEGIES PER STATE COST TOTAL BUDGET FOR MIDWESTERN STATES Emergency Preparations and Planning $475,000 $3,325,000 Training $150,000 $1,050,000 Supplies $350,000 $2,450,000 Program Reviewing and Monitoring $100,071 $700,500 Final Totals $7,525,500 Earthquake Policy: Emergency Preparedness Plan For The Midwestern States The Missouri Earthquake Disaster Emergency Management Team will establish and maintain the earthquake preparedness program and design policies and procedures that will help emergency organizations ability to provide service and healthcare to affected members of the Midwestern states. The scope of the emergency plans for various...
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...Human resource development (HRD) can defined as a set of systematic and planned activities by an organization to expand human capital and talented workforce to reach their highest potential. This framework provided opportunities to develop their personal and organizational skills, knowledge and abilities to meet current and future job demands. (Stone, R, J., 2005 ) In the Malaysia, accordingly to Minister of Human Resources (MoHR), YB Datuk DR S. Subramaniam, “government always placed high priority on the capacity building of its human capital.” This is further demonstrating by introduction Human Capital Development as one of the tactic in strengthening Malaysian’s economic flexibility against an increasingly challenging in external environment. Besides that, at economic stimulus packages, government has been allocated RM650 million to encourage training and development via training programmes, on-the job training and job placement schemes to unemployed graduates, those currently employed as well as retrenched workers. Several training programmes which initiated by (MoHR) are Train and Place program, Train and Replace program and Train and Retain program. (Datuk DR S. Subramaniam, 2009) As shift into the next millennium, “brainpower” will become valuable than muscle, technical power, or even mechanical power. The era of brainpower industries is causing...
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...• Pre- and post-lecture quizzes • Microsoft Office 2007 lab manual and projects • How-to animations for Microsoft Office • Additional cases CHAPTER OUTLINE 3.1 Ethical Issues 3.2 Threats to Information Security 3.3 Protecting Information Resources What’s in IT for me? ACC FIN MKT OM HRM MIS rain_c03_070-121hr.qxd 28-09-2009 11:25 Page 72 72 Chapter 3 Ethics, Privacy, and Information Security Opening Case NASA Loses Secret Information for Years The Business Problem Over the past decade, U.S. government agencies have been the victims of an unprecedented number of cyber-attacks. One government official noted, “It is espionage on a massive scale.” Government agencies reported almost 13,000 security incidents to the U.S. Homeland Security Department during fiscal year 2008, triple the number from two years earlier. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (www.nasa.gov) is one of the hardest-hit agencies. The government agency responsible for the nation’s public space program, NASA, has been the target of cyber-espionage dating back at least to the late 1990s. During...
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...will be discussing is the person(s) or group(s) that affects an organizations decisions, operations and policies. An organizations stakeholder has an interest in the company, and plays a critical role in daily operations. If I had to choose a company to assume an executive position in; it would be AOL. This company is was on the forefront of social media launching. They changed the way we communicate with one another and created a global community of collaboration. AOL began as a small, but passionate group of employees that had a vision about future encounters on the internet. Their sole purpose then and now remains the same; delivery of news, service and enhancing social activities for a consumers of all ages. AOL has many accomplishments, but one of the most outstanding of them all; is opening of their executive positions to all that qualify. They overcome the hurdles that most company is still having difficulties achieving. They empowered women in the corporate America arena; unlike any company in the world. This is a major competitive edge. Additionally, AOL’s compensation plans are very competitive in the media industry. “Their workforce consists of more than 13,000; with salaries of $50,000 to $200,000 per year.” (AOL Salaries, 2013) Among these salary lye many stakeholders, that perform their duties interactively to achieve company goals. Stakeholders each share different interest levels in an organization. For Instance, the primary stakeholders are referred to as the...
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...TITLE PAGE CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN NIGERIA’S TELECOMMUNICATION SECTOR A CASE STUDY OF GLOBACOM NIGERIA LIMITED ENUGU ZONE BY EZEIGWE, GRACE CHINYERE BA/2007/163 A PROJECT REPORT SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINSTRATION, CARITAS UNIVERSITY, AMORJI- NIKE, ENUGU, ENUGU STATE. IN PARTTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (B.Sc.) DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. AUGUST, 2010. CERTIFICATION This is to certify that this project written by Ezeigwe G. Chinyere With Reg/No.BA/2007/163, has been duly supervised, approved and found adequate in scope and content for the award of Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration, in the Faculty of Management and Social Sciences, Department of Business Administration, Caritas University, Amorji Nike, Enugu, Enugu State. ___________________ ____________________ Mr. Innocent Ubawike Prof. Godwin Nwanguma Project Supervisor Head of Department, Business Administration Department ________________ _______________________ Date Date DEDICATION I dedicate this project work to God Almighty for His infinite mercy all through my studies and also, for the wisdom and inspirations towards the successful completion of this work. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT All thanks and Praise...
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...characteristics or attributes of group of objects, individual or events. Those variables having cause – and – effect relationships are called independents / endogenous and dependent / exogenous variables. * QUALITATIVE – are non – measurable characteristics that cannot assume a numerical value but can be classified into two or more categories. Data obtained from this type of variable come from qualitative data. * DICHOTOMOUS – consists of one or two values; example of which is gender (male or female) * TRICHOTOMOUS – three values; example is in an opinion poll (for, against or undecided) * MULTINOMOUS – four and more; example of which are the responses coming from the a survey like “Smoking Habits”(always, very often, often, seldom, very seldom) * QUANTITATIVE – are those quantities that can be counted with your bare hands, can be measured with the use of some measuring devices, or can be calculated with the use of mathematical formula. Data involving quantitative variables are called quantitative data. * DISCRETE – consists of variates (actual values) usually obtained by counting. They are represented by counting numbers or whole numbers. (no. of students in a Research Class) * CONTINUOUS – are obtained by measurements, usually with units such as height in meters, weight in kilograms and time in minutes. DATA AND INFORMATION * DATA – usually refers to facts concerning things such as status in life of people, defectiveness of objects or effect...
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...stage of the strategy-formulation framework involves the Quantitative Strategic Planning Matrix? a. b. Stage 1 Stage 2 c. d. e. Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5 9. 10. Which strategy should be implemented when a division is responsible for an organization’s overall poor performance? a. Backward integration b. c. b. c. Divestiture Forward integration Cost leadership Related diversification 11. What analytical tool has four quadrants based on two dimensions: competitive position and market growth? a. b. c. d. e. Competitive Profile Matrix Internal-External Matrix SPACE Matrix Grand Strategy Matrix QSPM. 12. Which of the following is not true about objectives? a. b. c. d. e. They should be communicated throughout the organization. They should have an appropriate time dimension. They should incorporate policies. They should be measurable. They should be consistent. 13. _______ is not a major factor that commonly prohibits...
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...who work together to achieve some specific purpose is/are called A. managers. B. employees. C. a team. D. an organization. E. a community. 3. To be ____A_________ means to use resources wisely and cost-effectively. A. efficient B. effective C. multiplied D. ethical E. innovative 4. To be ____B__________ means to make the right decisions and successfully carry them out to achieve goals. A. efficient B. effective C. multiplied D. ethical E. innovative 5. The scarcest, most valuable resource in business is A. a highly stable technology. B. a young workforce. C. skilled effective managers. D. financial capital. E. government support. 6. Which of the following is a payoff of studying management as a discipline? A. You will understand how to choose target markets. B. You will understand how to relate to your family much better. C. You will understand how to market the organization. D. You will understand how to advance your career quickly. E. You will understand how to manage yourself in the workplace. 7. The ability of an organization to produce goods or services better than its competitors is called its A. customer responsiveness. B. core competency. C. competitive advantage. D. efficiency. E. effectiveness. 8. ______ is the implementation of systems and practices to increase the sharing of knowledge and information throughout an organization. A. Knowledge management B. Information management C. E-management D. Project...
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...No matter how new or old, small or big, government owned or private enterprise, an organization must develop and implement their own management concepts in order to be successful. Four fundamental and core concepts to follow are plan, organize, lead, and control. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has forgone such challenges in the process of reinventing itself (United States Department of Veteran Affairs, 2011). The VA fought internal and external factors that impacted areas in globalization, technology, innovation, diversity, and ethics. As the United States continues to fight against terrorism, members of the military continue to come home broken and disabled. Some disabilities require long-term recovery. The Department of Veteran Affairs makes every possible effort to ensure veterans receive the quality of care they need to enable them in performing their daily functions. The VA uses globalization not in a way to sell goods or services throughout the world but as an internal measure to promote acceptance, appreciation and tolerance of people from all backgrounds, cultures and nationalities. (businessdictionary.com, n.d.) Veterans gave of themselves to preserve the freedoms Americans now cherish without any concern to one’s background, religion, race, or culture. A veteran is a hero who deserves to be treated with honor and dignity no matter what part of the world he or she comes from. According to the businessdictionary.com, Technology is the purposeful application...
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...University of Pheonix Decisions in Paradise Part I N/A MGT/350 December, 2011 Decisions in Paradise, Part I Good day, my name is Nik and I recently completed my degree in Economic Analysis. Within two weeks of finishing my degree, I landed a job with the Federal Government to perform economic analysis on various countries to determine the need for our governmental support. My first assignment with my new company requires me to travel to an island country of Kava in the South Pacific. I will travel to Kava and work with Alex who is our director of strategic planning. I have been told Alex is very experienced, very demanding and a very influential executive of the organization. Facts Upon arriving at Kava, I noticed the local area and the company to be at disarray. The organization had set up a make-shift office in a trailer. Alex held the position of our strategic planner and the office receptionist. I was briefed that the local populist consisted of over 50% under the age of 15 with an ethnic mix of indigenous South Pacific tribes, Asian (primarily Chinese), African, French, Spanish and a sizeable number of Americans. Local languages consist of numerous Indigenous, as well as English, Spanish, and French. The religions among the people are 50% Indigenous with the remainder closely divided between Christian, Buddhist, and Islamic. Petroleum, coffee, cocoa, spices, bananas, sugar, tourism, fishing, and natural gas as well as inexpensive...
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