...What is force field Analysis? Force field analysis is a management technique developed by Kurt Lewin, a pioneer in the field of social sciences, for diagnosing situations. It will be useful when looking at the variables involved in planning and implementing a change program and will undoubtedly be of use in team building projects, when attempting to overcome resistance to change. Kurt Lewin assumes that in any situation there are both driving and restraining forces that influence any change that may occur. Driving Forces: Driving forces are those forces affecting a situation that are pushing in a particular direction; they tend to initiate a change and keep it going. In terms of improving productivity in a work group, pressure from a supervisor, incentive earnings, and competition may be examples of driving forces. Restraining Forces: Restraining forces are forces acting to restrain or decrease the driving forces. Apathy, hostility, and poor maintenance of equipment may be examples of restraining forces against increased production. Equilibrium is reached when the sum of the driving forces equals the sum of the restraining forces. In our example, equilibrium represents the present level of productivity, as shown below. Steps involved in Force Field Analysis Step-1 : Prepare the statement of the problem or issues under study (note : make sure that the statement is indicative and provide clear understanding and perspective regarding the cause variables). Step-2...
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...softball, bowling, jogging, walking and other sports.Allow employees to register for company-sponsored classes and programs to help them manage their weight, reduce stress, stop smoking, and manage other health related issues.Track data on employee involvement in these recreational and health-management programs.Offer incentive for people to join the programs and do well in them. | Business strategy compliance | This project should contribute to reducing internal costs of the company, as one of the strategic key goals.MYH, Inc. pays 20% more that industry average for employer health care preniums.This add-on to the existing Intranet will help employees improve their health and at the same time, lead to lower health insurance preniums. | Benifits | Net savings of at least $30/employee/year for full-time employees over the next for years.Total financial benefit for 20,000 full-time employees, with $30 saving per employee per year, for 4 years is $2,400,000.Health improve health our employees. | Project 2 | Health Coverage Costs Business Model | Project goal description | Develop an applocation to track employee health care expenses and company health care costs.Application an add-on to the current Intranet and must be secure.Application should allow several managers and analyst to access and download selective data...
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...International assignments are often the key in developing good managerial teams in the new foreign subsidiary as expatriates can transfer their knowledge on how the company operates overall. In some MNE’s it is considered necessary for the senior managers to spend some time abroad to build the experience of running the company internationally so they can use that knowledge to fulfil the top corporative posts. The costs of sending expatriates abroad is high, in addition to paying expatriates salary organisations have to pay the cost of relocating the person and his/her family, pay for the house, give living allowances, special family benefits etc. Often organisations pay for the locating a job for the spouse and even pay them salary till they find a job, this is known as ‘trailing spouse’ benefits. The research show that many international assignments had failed. Traditionally a failed assignment is when the expatriate come back home before he/she is scheduled to do so. However a ‘failed’ assignment can also be defined in terms of poor quality performance & not meeting the expectations of their supervisors. Research done by Black & Gregerson (1999) show that 10%-20% of expatriates returned home before the scheduled to do so. 30% of expatriates fail to meet the expectations of their supriviours and 25% soon left their jobs after returning home. Why did so many assignments failed? The three main reseasons for the international assignemnts failer is the expatriates...
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...Running head: SHOULD ORGANIZATIONS ALLOW SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE WORK PLACE? Should Organizations Allow Social Media in the Work Place? Following the American Psychological Association’s Guidelines Abstract The growth of social media is astonishing. Organizations question if to allow social media in the workplace. The paper contains information beneficial to an organization when making the decision to allow social media in the work place. Topics included are social policies and procedures, benefits, risks, legal impacts, media interpretation, legal cases and methods of improvement. The information is intended to convey that it is beneficial to allow social media in the workplace if only a well written social media policy exist. Should Organizations allow Social Media in the Work Place? Social media continues to grow. The rapid growth has Organizations facing a decision whether to allow the use of social media in the workplace. Social media today is widely popular due to its advancements in collaboration and communication which can benefit business. In order to make a decision such as allowing social media in the work place it is important for an organization to be knowledgeable about the following information: * Social Policies and Procedures * Benefits and Risk * The legal impacts to the organization * How to minimize the risks but maximizing the market * How media interpret the impact * Recent legal cases and outcomes * Methods of improvement...
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...organization’s labor supply consists of the people employable by the organization. I would like to introduce my company and my job responsibility. I work as a sales advisor in X shop. The X department store is a local retail chain store selling apparel, shoes and timepiece products and so on. It has around 20 employees in its sales and service line. My job in the shop is to handle the daily sales work and service customer needs. The retail sector in Singapore is one of the most important sectors in the economy. Retailing plays a pivotal role in making Singapore a viable place to travel and reside. The retail sector consists of retail outlets, hypermarkets and small specialist stores. The retail sector is a significant contributor to the Singapore’s economy. In 2009, it employed about 102,000 workers. The sector also registered some $26 billion in operating receipts and generated $3.8 billion in value-added (VA). This is equivalent to 1.5 per cent of Singapore’s GDP (SPRING Singapore commits $86mil to retail sector 2011). Since 2010 when government starts to increase the tax for hiring foreign workers, the burden for companies especially for Small Medium Enterprise (SME) has increased. To hire a Singaporean staff, the monthly expenses is about 2500 Singapore dollars, to hire a foreign workers who is holding a S Pass (SP) or Work Permit Pass (WP), the salary is only about 1800 Singapore dollars...
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...rapid globalization. New technology has shrunk the size of the world. The world has become a small state with a few big cities, few towns and villages. The cities are markets for the products form towns and villages, and vice versa. This shrinking in size has brought people from different cultures and backgrounds to work together under the same umbrella. Wherever you go, even the smallest of the company has people from different cultural backgrounds. This mixing of so many cultures at workplace has come up to be challenge for the modern organizations. The modern managers or leaders find it difficult to make a decision for their team, which comprises of people from different cultural and educational backgrounds. There is always a problem of synchronization within the team, which is faced by a modern leader. Since different statements are perceived differently in different cultures, the problem of miscommunication always persists. For a modern leader it is necessary to have the knowledge of different cultures. This knowledge will not only help him in making better decisions, but will also help him understand his team better and be more productive and efficient at work. Geert Hofstede, while working with IBM, saw this problem of intercultural differences and mismanagement arising due to these...
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... I have been studying the case study of the McPhail family, a family of large numbers who have traditionally followed their ancestors footsteps and lived within the travelling community. Within in this piece I shall examine the different aspects of family structure and the effect that it has on the family as a group and individually. Family Structure For every member of a family socialisation is a key part of famliy structure as it shapes each individual into the person they are going to become and the role they will have within society and the family household. People learn from birth a number of different things from their parents and older siblings, everything from simple manners to the core skills they will develop for fututre work etc.they learn norms, values, roles and status and this is how they can obtain a role within a family structure.The structure of the McPhail family is that of an extented family, rather than a nuclear family which would consist of a man, woman and their biological children we can see that there is a 'network' of family members within the household. Other structures that we have discovered are the lone parent family which would involve a single parent who is completely reliable towards any children they may have there has been a significant rise in this particular family structure " Lone parents with dependent children rose from 1.7 million at the turn of the centuary to 2 million in 2012". Another family structure is a same sex family which...
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...RAWSON HOMES PTY LTD. REPORT ON ICT ENVIRONMENT & ADOPTION OF CLOUD COMPUTING PRESENTED TO PETER RAWSON GENERAL MANAGER/CEO RAWSON HOMES PTY LTD. 29 September 2011 September 21, 2011 Peter Rawson Rawson Homes Pty Ltd Unit 34/11-21 Underwood Rd HOMEBUSH, NSW PH: 02 9764 6442 Dear Mr. Rawson: We are submitting to you the report, due 3rd October, that you requested. The report is entitled REPORT ON ICT ENVIRONMENT & ADOPTION OF CLOUD COMPUTING. The purpose of the report is to inform you of our analysis of your current IT infrastructure as well as the costs and benefits of a cloud computing adoption strategy. The content of this report concentrates on the structural and acoustical aspects of the CSU Performing Arts Center. This report also discusses cable-stayed technology. Sincerely, Kai Minors 1. Executive Summary 2. Part 1: Introduction i. The Organization ii. Corporate structure iii. The major business processes iv. Statement of the problem 3. Current IT Infrastructure and Challenges i. Ecosystem ii. Current usage and efficiencies 4. Cloud Computing: Costs and Benefits. i. Overview of Cloud Computing ii. Goals and success factors of an agile IT infrastructure. iii. Benefits/Costs of Cloud Computing iv. Private vs. Hybrid vs. Public Cloud 5. Cloud Adoption Strategy 6. Recommendations 7. Conclusion 8. References 9. Appendix 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...
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...The importance and benifits of adults and the environment supporting the speech, language and communication development of children There are many ways in which we as adults can support and extend speech, language and communication development effectively in children during their early years. We need to make sure that the language we use is appropriate for the child’s age/stage of development. We can use resources to help us aid communication, these could be photos, pictures, objects and symbols. With a baby we would use lots of exaggerated facial expressions and single words. We could get really close to them so they can see our face and are on their level and talk in a sing song kind of voice. We can also talk about the things we are doing as a baby will take this all in and listen to us. We can sing songs and rhymes to them. Adults can also look at and talk about simple story books as it really is never too early to share stories. One year old: Adults can copy what sounds the baby is making taking it in turns to simulate having a conversation. Use words that need actions for example bye bye and wave. Saying up and lifting hands up as this will help the baby to understand what the words are and will hopefully encourage them to join in. Singing action songs and playing peep po games will encourage concentration and communication in babies. Eighteen months: As adults we can sing nursery rhymes that need actions, talk to them about what we are doing for example “ Let’s go and...
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...Argument template The given argument presents a couple of assumptions and facts to arrive at the conclusion that ______claim_______, (which in term) _________conclusion_______. The argument cities the (example, survey data) as an evidence in support of its claim that ____________. An overview of the argument would lead the reader to be convinced of the authenticity of the claim made. However, on closer scrutiny / on analyzing the given argument from all perspectives, one can indentify various weak links/loopholes/flaws that make the argument weak/ stand out as conspicuous logical flaws. These flaws are going to be discussed in the succeeding paragraphs. 1 Insufficient / implausible support Firstly, ________________may not be the primary / main reason for ____________. This assumption appears to be illogical as there can be various factors for _________. ______ may be attributes to _________. ________ are all important factors to be considered. Therefore, the claim_____________ seems far-fetched and illogical/ vague / unsound/ambiguous. 2 Confusing correlation with causation Secondly, the claim that ______________ is a classic case of confusing correlation with causation. _________ may in fact ____________. It dose follow that ___________. Perhaps ______________ for entirely different reasons. The claim alone does not suffice as a supportive reason for _________. 3 Basing on current trend Thirdly, the argument holds its relevance on the assumption that the number...
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...the background of both development of RFID and situation of the business case of Officeworks are given; team work and team roles are assigned as well as the project schedule is planned and executive; the following sections of analysis and solution are involved: team requirements, project scope and assumptions, project drivers and strategies as well as enabler, complementary and competing initiatives, strategic and economic benefit, investment requirements, outsourcing plan, and implementation roadmap. It is concluded that the RFID project is generally valuable and able to be implemented for Officeworks Company ranged stores. Some useful suggestion to successfully construct the RFID into Officeworks is also recommended. Based on the successful experience of Wal-Mart, the RFID is detailed analysed with suitable solutions given. To completely evaluate the project, the ROI model and vertical comparison are also used for the cost/benefit examinations. As the suggested implementation, implementing work flow with detailed sub-steps is developed as well. Table of Content 1. Introduction 1 1.1. Background of RFID 1 1.1.1. Definition and description of RFID 1 1.1.2. RFID technique and history 1 1.2. Background of Officeworks 1 1.3. Project Initiation 1 1.3.1. Business case selection 1 1.3.2. Objective 1 1.4. Role assignment 2 1.5. Project schedule 2 1.6. Overview 2 2. Description of team requirements 3 2.1. Members training 3 2.2. Participants and roles 3 2.3. Process and framework for an...
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...Introduction: The first Part of this paper will review the literature to define Classification. Briefly Discuss DSM IV and ICD 10 and list the main categories of clinical disorders. The paper will discuss the main dangers of classification identified as labelling and Stigma which have lifelong implications for those diagnosed with a mental illness. The main advantages of classification such as most appropriate treatment and community education Definition of the Classification system used to Diagnosis Mental illness. As Social workers it important to try and grasp the concepts of how classification of mental illness is arrived at and to have a basic knowledge of the types of mental disorders people can be classified as having so we can understand the basis of a diagnosis. According Mendelson (2001) “Classification refers to ordering of objects into groups on the basis of their relationship. The result is a classificatory system. Nomenclature related to agreed names that have been assigned to disease or syndromes. Taxonomy covers principles and methods underlying the practice of classification. Finally, nosology denotes the conceptual system that supports the strategy of classifying.” ( Mendelson 2001 p. 63) Golightley (2004) text states that classification is an important step towards the diagnosis of a mental disorder. Mental disorder is broken down into various classifications that represent groups or syndromes of symptoms. Thus if a series of symptoms fits into...
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...Industrial Placement Report CC2FW4N: Professional Industrial Placement London Metropolitan University Faculty of Computing Contents INTRODUCTION 3 SKILLS REQUIRED 3 WEB DEVELOPER 4 Web Developer Skills and Qualities 5 Work to be done at Placement. 5 Working As Part Of A Team 6 Website Front And Back End 7 Joomla (Creating Pages) 9 Advantages Of Using Joomla 19 This importance of a HomePage 20 Hosting and Domain Name 21 File Management. 23 Benifits Of File Management 23 Website Testing 26 The Website: 28 Using Facebook for Marketing 30 Using Twitter for Marketing 32 Conclusion 33 Acknowledgements 34 References 35 Provisonal Information Form 37 Student Performance Feedback Questionnaire 38 Introduction For my placement I worked for an organisation called Africa Unplugged, I have been given the privilege to work under Daniel Dina (Senior Project Consultant) as I will be a web developer and research assistant, he will be supervising me throughout my 12 week placement. I will be working on different projects with him but our main task is that of the Africa Unplugged concert, which will be held August 27th 2012 at the prestigious Wembley Arena. This will be the first annual African concert in Europe. The company plans on making this event an annual festival- this year being the first of many to come. “Africa Unplugged” management committee & the Black British Business Professional Association...
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...no name was given in the scenario, we shall name it: Rain&Sun. 'R&S' for short. • Assemble an overview of R&S: We already know that R&S is a newly-found company, therefore no marketing actions were taken before reaching out to Global Marketing LTD, this allows us to innovate new marketing campaigns in a fresh way totally controlled by Global Marketing LTD. We also know the production capacity of R&S, 200 umbrellas/day current, 700 umbrellas/day maximum. We are aware that the umbrellas can be manufactured in any color or design, which is very important to produce visually attractive product. • Describe the marketing goals and objectives of R&S: These objectives must be set in accordance with the vision and objectives of the management team at R&S, in our given scenario, R&S aims to have a sizeable piece of the market within one year, another way of stating the parameters of success is to achieve a sales rate of 700 umbrellas per day, which is the current maximum manufacturing capacity. Since no particular market has been set in the scenario, lets assume that the market is the Libyan national market. • Describe the current customers of R&S: Since R&S is a new company, they currently have no customers in Libya. • Describe customers R&S would like to target: Since the use of umbrellas isn't limited to...
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...CSR Within Starbucks [pic] Written By: Ashley Benton Charles Yeung Karin Sigl Krishna Oedjaghir Virginie Laroque Hong Kong Baptist University Cross-cultural and Comparative Management BUS 3690 Prof. Anne Marie Francesco 1 Introduction "The future belongs to those who understand that doing more with less is compassionate, prosperous, and enduring, and thus more intelligent, even competitive." Paul Hawken In a world, where more and more interest in performance in sustainability, in moral defensibleness, in the operational activities of companies is developed, there takes place a change from the only profit-oriented firm to a more environmentally oriented, pro bono targeted firm. This change can be seen all over the world and it has generated the term Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). CSR is the activity of companies in matter of the environmental, the social and operational responsibilities. While achieving high profits might have been the only interest some years ago, the demand by share- and stakeholders for a good CSR-performance is now gradually increasing. In that matter, stakeholders could be (Ballou et al., 2006): ● Financial stakeholders as shareholders, banking institutions, employees, ● · Supply chain stakeholders as customers, direct suppliers, alliance partners, ● · Regulatory stakeholders as the FDA, Environmental Protection Agency, accounting standard setters, ● · Political stakeholders as federal, state and...
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