...Overview View the Demo Lab available in the Practice section of the Learning Space Unit 10 and answer the following questions. This lab presents the process of how to design and implement Security Operations Management Best Practices. The Instructor will demo how to gather all the information necessary to implement a Security Operations Management Best Practices solution with the use of Splunk. This lab will thoroughly evaluate the student’s knowledge of the infrastructure worked on and built throughout the course as well as their capability to bring it all together. Lab Assessment Questions & Answers 1. During the Instructor demo lab, how did he connect to the Splunk management tool? a. Using an IP address as the URL (loopback) 2. What are the main functions of Splunk, a log management and alerting tool, that were demonstrated by the Instructor and why do they help build more secure operations? a. Monitors and logs network data and events and alerts users and admin of said events. This allows admins greater awareness of network activity and specifically security. With this tool, admins can more effectively plan their network security strategy. 3. What types of “Data Inputs” are available in Splunk and most other log management tools? a. Scripts, files, directories and network ports 4. What types of “Alert Conditions” are available in Splunk and most other log management tools? a. A Basic Conditional Alert is a trigger that is set off when a certain...
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...Project Management Best Practices In the project management world, the development and utilization of best practices is the key to success for projects of all shapes and sizes that yield the highest quality result. Finding the perfect balance between the organization, observing, and governing of projects help organizations reach the goals and objectives set by shareholders and executives. Best practices can be determined by finding simply what works best. Organizations can determine this a couple of ways. One way is to benchmark, or compare practices used by other organizations that are similar to yours. (Veatch, 2011) If a company in your industry is striving, using philosophies or techniques that are commonplace to them should become familiar to your organization. Another way is to use techniques such as postmortem meetings after the closure of projects to determine what worked and what did not. Listening to your resources and determining what was helpful in reaching the goals outlined in the project, or finding out what was an interference can outline practices that will spell success for future projects. Having postmortem meetings itself can be a best practice. It’s always a smart business decision to continue to find ways to improve. David Herron and David Garmus from the Davis Consulting Group, outlined that analysis of quantitative data collected, such as size, effort, duration, and defects along with qualitative data, such as process, methods, skills...
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...Assignment #1 Problems and Best Practices in Retention Question 1 What three problems might an organization have with the issue of employee retention? Explain why they could be a problem. There are many reasons an organization may have with the issue of employee retention such as; money, mergers, health benefits, family reasons, etc. The three problems I believe are money, health benefits and work overload caused by a merger. Higher salary is the number one reason why employee looks for change. When employee feels they are not being paid adequately and the differential in pay between new and longer term employees, they are more likely to leave. For instance, an organization average annual pay increase is approx. 4% however employees perceive that the newcomers are paid better. The second problem might an organization have with the issue of employee retention is the benefit programs. Employees feel that they pay too much for health insurance, especially prescription drug programs. An Organization offers their employees the opportunity to choose a benefit package that is best for their family. The employee has an option to choose from high premium low out-of-pocket cost or low premium high out-of pocket cost benefit package. Whichever one an employee decides to choose, their health insurance still cost too much. The third problem would be work overload caused by a merger. Departments being understaffed and the employees feel as if their workloads are too heavy...
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...Benchmarking: A permanent Process for Excellence Benchmarking is a process in which organizations evaluate various aspects of their processes in relation to best practices, usually within their own sector. It is also a process of identifying other organizations that are best at some facet of our operations and then modeling our organization after them (Operations Management, 9/e, Jay Heizer & Barry Render). It selects a demonstrated standard of performance that represents the very best performance for a process or activity. Benchmarking is `the continuous process of measuring products, services and practices against the toughest competitors or those companies recognized as industry leaders, (that is) ... the search for industry best practices that will lead to superior performance (Camp, 1989, 10). According to these definitions benchmarking helps organizations increase their performance. They compare and measure their policies, practices, philosophies, and performance measures against those of high-performing organizations. Benchmarking could be a onetime event but rather a continuous process in which organizations continually seek to challenge their practices. It is a continuous, systematic process of measuring products, services and practices against organizations regarded to be superior with the aim of rectifying any performance ``gaps’’ because of the existence of strong dynamics in the current business world. The aim of benchmarking is to identify competitive...
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...Upon Research, the following are found to be the competitive advantage if CEMEX. * Continued innovation * High level of commitment to customer service and satisfaction * Proven post-merger integration expertise (PMI) * Efficient production, distribution and delivery processes through information system * Ability to identify opportunities in developing countries CEMEX is one of the world's largest building materials suppliers and cement producers. Founded in Mexico in 1906. They supply cement to CEMEX has operations extending throughout the world, with production facilities spanning 50 countries in North America, the Caribbean, South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. CEMEX’s holds and controls the number 1 rank market shares in almost all countries they are in. this ensures them profit from their customers which are global construction firms or even individuals building their home. CEMEX is the has the largest market share. CEMEX has already established itself as a well known and reliable brand in terms of their product that why their product is heavily preferred by their customers whether firms or individual. CEMEX also acquires companies to extend its market coverage all over the world and it is successful because of its post merger integration and their CEMEX way. CEMEX standardized business processes, technology, and organizational structure across all countries while simultaneously granting countries certain operational flexibility. Opportunity...
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...Innovation in Entrepreneurial Organizations The nature of entrepreneurial organizations is that they have the capabilities and competencies to create a culture of embedded behaviors that support the constant focus on identifying and subsequently taking advantage of profitable opportunities. In other words, they exist to find and take advantage of opportunities that have the highest potential return. Bateman (2010) states that, “…an entrepreneurial venture has growth and high profitability as primary objectives. Entrepreneurs manage aggressively and develop innovative strategies, practices, and products” (p. 238). Entrepreneurial organizations do this by being willing to try new things, challenge the status quo, and test out new processes. They encourage creativity, risk taking, and continuous learning and improvement. However creativity must then be harnessed and developed by innovation and it takes innovation to turn great ideas into something of value. Thus innovation should be considered fundamental to an entrepreneurial organization’s success. What then is innovation? Bruton (2012) says it well when he concludes that innovation is, “…a process of intentional change made to create value by meeting opportunity and seeking advantage.” (Innovation, para. 1). And although product innovation is a very important aspect of their business, it is only one area that entrepreneurs are interested and excited about. Rasmussen (2013) explains, “The very nature of innovation is changing...
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...BEST PRACTICE v. BEST FIT How do we know what is an appropriate HR model for a firm? Best Practice Model ! Argument: all firms will see performance improvement if best practice implemented (see empirical evidence) ! Method: identify best practice, give HR a high profile, get top level commitment, sell it, do it, measure it, reward champions ! Advantage: much agreement / tradition on basic best practice. Also recognition of ëbadí practice. Established rules of thumb for selection; training; appraisal methods. No need to re-invent. Itís out there. ! Disadvantage: difficulty arises when we go beyond these straightforward practices. There is great diversity of ëbest practiceí which moves away from uniformity. Pfeffer(1994 listed 16 practices for ëcompetitive advantage through peopleí. Danger of becoming an end in itself at the expense of company goals / interests. Can be conflict between benefit to company & benefit to worker ie reengineering & downsizing. Employees may lose their voice. May not be appropriate in all situations or even in sections of same business. High Performing Work Systems (HPWS) High Involvement ! Ability ñ enhance employee ability & knowledge through good recruitment & training ! Motivation ñ motivate desired behaviours through strong incentives ! Opportunity ñ encourage ideas & contribution from motivated & better trained workers Characteristics of Best Practice Model: Work teams~ flexibility 2-way information ~ comms Care...
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...OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT 1.1 Outline the steps involved in Benchmarking. Introduction Benchmarking is the process of measuring an organisation’s internal processes then identifying, understanding and adapting outstanding practices from other organisations considered to be best – in – class. The essence of benchmarking is the process of borrowing ideas and adapting them to gain competitive advantage. It is a tool for continuous improvement, for e.g the Ministry of Civil Service and Administrative reform initiatives and maintains links with other organisations at national and international levels, so as to keep track of latest development in public management practices. BENCHMARKING CONCEPT Benchmarking is a way to go backstage and watch another company’s performance from the wings where all stage tricks and realignments are visible. This can be illustrated as follows: What is our performance level? How do we do it? What are others performance levels? How did they get there? Creative Adaptation Adapted from the Benchmarking Concept : Institute of Industrial Engineers (Page 208), 1995. Breakthrough Performance Benchmarking involves setting standards for business operations based on the best practice that can be found. For example, a business targeting rapid and significant growth may choose comparisons with an established market leader. The term “benchmarking” emerged when the idea took ground in US during 1980s when Xerox, Ford...
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...price (“EDLP”) positioning is less competitive in the very economic environment in which it seemed designed to prosper. Consumers are more stressed than ever, but now instead of blindly accepting that Walmart has the lowest prices …always… these struggling digitally enabled cybershoppers are surfing the net comparing Walmart’s prices with their competitors. And there are LOTS of competitors, ultra low priced Dollar Stores and hi-lo food retailers, category killers such as Best Buy and Home Depot. Let me give one simple personal example. Yesterday my wife came home from Publix with two huge boxes of Cheerios, which she bought on special for $5. On its best day, Walmart could not match this price or that of dozens of promo items at numerous retailers including Publix, not exactly recognized as the low price leader in Florida. When the issue is item price and consumers are armed with a price comparison capability, the balance of power tilts away from the EDLP retailer. To its credit Walmart’s management has long foreseen the weakness of EDLP as a consumer positioning. They have clung to it because Mr. Sam himself mandated it and it worked for...
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...Best Practice Manual for Supervisors MGT/210 8/18/2011 Lisa Newman The purpose of a best practice manual for supervisors is to provide a reference guideline for new supervisors. As a reference, this manual could serve as a training aid for supervisors and a management resource for performance evaluations of employees. The manual contains an overview of the best practices to use for the following supervisory responsibilities: • Demonstrating communication skills. • Determining effective orientation and training methods. • Improving productivity for teams. • Conducting performance appraisals. • Resolving Conflicts. • Improving employee relations The approaches described in this manual will assist supervisors in providing the best and most effective solutions to any problems the employees or supervisors might face. This guideline will ensure that supervisors are aware of the objectives and standards to follow to help improve employee’s production. Demonstrating communication skills is one of the most important skills a supervisor can have. Supervisors should be able to direct, motivate, and persuade their colleagues in order to maintain an acceptable working relationship that will encourage positive results. A large part of all three of these skills is the ability to listen and absorb the ideas of others (Rue & Byars, 2004). Active listening skills help supervisors absorb their employees concerns. The key to being an active listener is...
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...The company uses advanced management techniques ➢ Introducing best practices that had been standardized throughout the corporation and making a concerted effort to learn best practices from the acquired company and implement them where appropriate( Post merger Integration (PMI) process) ➢ Forward Integration ➢ In order support communication and decision making process the company has deployed satellite communication system, CEMEXNET, • The company uses its capital to acquire other companies ➢ Acquiring, building or buying terminal facilities in other markets and buy other companies in order to facilitate global expansion • This company exert effort to create common culture and common processes ➢ Standardized of business processes, technology, and organizational structure across all countries while simultaneously granting countries certain operational flexibility b) Illustrate how CEMEX has managed to attain a high level of operational efficiency throughout its distributed operations without a complex organizational structure. • Developed core competencies • Learning through the process of acquisition and integration • Innovative marketing and operations • Standardization of best practices, technology and organizational structure • Disposal of non-related businesses and non-core assets by management • Implement key...
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...positions of responsibility across a worldwide range of ICT, Business, Social and Public Organizations. As well, for high quality of MBA program practical knowledge is very much helpful for the students. So a short trip for few of our students can help to learn them how bookish knowledge actually works practically. As a successful company Syngenta earn huge reputation in corporate world. We already heard about the story of your successful management in factory. Your company make very good practice of CSR. You have a very good environment of factory product line and production plant. We believe if we want to produce potential future business leader or entrepreneur this type of practice from your organization will be an example for all. We select 12 students from different department of MBA program with two senior faculty as a research team to visit a factory for their better knowledge. Syngenta can be the best for this purpose. If you allow the team to visit your factory at 17th April, 2015 for half a day, they will get to see industry best practices. The team will be reached at 10 am on the notified date and back at 2 pm by own transportation. We like to form a harmonious relationship with your organization and we look forward to your positive response in the interest of our MBA students. If you need further information, please feel free to contact us at +88 01914001470, also can contact through e-mail: mba@uiu.ac.bd. Thanking...
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...organization's practices and performance against those of others. It seeks to identify standards, or "best practices," to apply in measuring and improving performance. It is the process of comparing one's business processes and performance metrics to industry bests or best practices from other industries. Dimensions typically measured are quality, time and cost. In the process of best practice benchmarking, management identifies the best firms in their industry, or in another industry where similar processes exist, and compares the results and processes of those studied (the "targets") to one's own results and processes. In this way, they learn how well the targets perform and, more importantly, the business processes that explain why these firms are successful. Benchmarking is used to measure performance using a specific indicator (cost per unit of measure, productivity per unit of measure, cycle time of x per unit of measure or defects per unit of measure) resulting in a metric of performance that is then compared to others. Also referred to as "best practice benchmarking" or "process benchmarking", this process is used in management and particularly strategic management, in which organizations evaluate various aspects of their processes in relation to best practice companies' processes, usually within a peer group defined for the purposes of comparison. This then allows organizations to develop plans on how to make improvements or adapt specific best practices, usually with...
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...“Analyzing the Compliance practice of With respect to Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production (WRAP)” A Study On Clifton Textile & Apparels Ltd, Baizid Bostami, Chittagong. (THIS INTERNSHIP REPORT IS SUBMITTED FOR THE PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION WITH A MAJOR IN HRM) Prepared By: Abdullah Al Mamun Matric No: R101195 Program : MBA Semester : Autumn 2011 Internship Duration: 1st September, 2011 to 1st December, 2011 Submission Date: 11th June, 2011 Department of Business Administration Faculty of Business Studies International Islamic University Chittagong “Analyzing the Compliance practice of With respect to Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production (WRAP)” A Study On Clifton Textile & Apparels Ltd, Baizid Bostami, Chittagong. (THIS INTERNSHIP REPORT IS SUBMITTED FOR THE PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION WITH A MAJOR IN HRM) Prepared By: Abdullah Al Mamun Matric No: R101195 Program : MBA Semester : Autumn 2011 Supervised By: Mr. Abdullah Ahsan Mamun Lecturer, DBA, IIUC Internship Duration: 1st September, 2011 to 1st December, 2011 Submission Date: 11th June, 2011 ____________________ Signature of Supervisor Department of Business Administration ...
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...Best practices for measuring customer satisfaction? Is it upper level management, hired consultants, surveys, or reactions to industry swing? So many choices but what really is a best practice. Customer satisfaction programs, research, employee satisfaction, and personal experience all play a role in measuring customer satisfaction. Even when using those practices it takes effort and continuous improvement to stand a chance on improving customer engagement and satisfaction. Hopefully these next few paragraphs can add some insight on measuring results. The problem companies face, is exactly how to and do it well. Companies need to understand how to quantify, measure and track customer satisfaction. Without a clear and accurate sense of what needs to be measured and how to collect, analyze and use the data as a major strategic focus to achieve business success, no firm can be effective in satisfying customer to drive business. Plans must be constructed using customer satisfaction research results and design a strategy that target customers and/or processes that add to the bottom line. The last thing a company should do is not take action, there is collateral damage in asking (resources and time) customers about a service or product if it won't or can't be changed. What are some of the ways to measure customer satisfaction. One used quite frequently because of the associated low cost is using outdated and unreliable measures of customer satisfaction. The data is...
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