...Top of Form Bottom of Form Homework Help "Management is both an art and a science." Please explain this quote. Topic: Business deepak85 | Student, Undergraduate | eNotes Newbie Posted September 21, 2008 at 4:09 AM via web dislike2like "Management is both an art and a science." Please explain this quote. ------------------------------------------------- 10 Answers | Add Yours gbeatty | College Teacher | (Level 1) Educator Emeritus Posted September 21, 2008 at 10:13 AM (Answer #2) dislike1like The idea that management is both art and science is a truism and a kind of short hand. That is to say, a lot of people say it, and it is commonly held to be true, and it serves as a way of indicating a rather complex reality involving management. A science has known laws. It works with facts and reason and produces—when it gets to application via technology—dependable results. By contrast, art is highly personal and subjective. It works with emotions and the interplay between individuals and communities. Managers must do both: produce reliable results and deal with emotional humans. sruthi19 | Student, Undergraduate | eNotes Newbie Posted July 29, 2011 at 9:05 PM (Answer #6) dislike1like since art is concerned with personal application of knowledge some kind of ingenuity and creativity is required to practise the basic principles. it is said to be art because: 1) A successful manager practise the art of management in the day-to-day job of managing an enterprise...
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...1. How does the organization achieve “compliance” from its members? As our organisation is unionised, it is harder for managers to receive positive compliance from it’s employees as the reward power is minimized. Due to the unionization, decisions about promotions and giving raises are not allowed to be made by supervisors and managers. This restricts the amount of control the managers have over the compliance of its employees. However, I believe that my organization still exploits some power over the interest of my team members. One attempt of my supervisor’s to keep compliance amongst our ‘team’ is to reward hard work with a ‘party halfa’ once every month. This included half an hour out of one shift every month dedicated to “pigging out” on party food including lollies, chips, cake and coke etc. We did not receive the “party halfa” if we do not meet the packing standards. Everyone knew each individual had to perform to the standard and not have any one team member let the rest down and therefore increasing productivity and establishing compliance. As shown above, my fellow employees are referred to by our supervisors and managers not as employees or staff, but a ‘team’ which symbolises this reality that we should operate not only for our own individual gain, but also the gain of the individuals in that team. Another act of compliance can be implemented by coercive power. This example is a more subtle version of coercive power; the threat from the supervisor to stay back...
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...Robert Ambrose Small Business Management October 9, 2015 Professor S. Turner Final Paper The Dilemma The gentlemen of “Three Guys Garage” all have the best interest of the organization in mind. However, they have differing outlooks on the best approach to expand “Three Guys Garage” and reach the level of success they all aspire for. Karl is very interested in turning the company into a national chain, but the other members of the team have some concerns. For an example, Ben is concerned about control losing control of the brand. Rick on the other hand has voiced that he is worried about losing his profits. The Strategy After evaluating the different Growth strategies the best strategy for the team is to continue on as a privately owned company. As a privately owned company while growth may be slower than the other options it is still possible. On the other hand, if the gentleman where to try and franchise the organization there is a very good chance they would lose control of the day to day operations of some units, which is an issue for Ben. While it is required for franchise owners to follow company-operating procedure developed by the parent company, ultimately the unit is owned by the franchisee and he or she going to make decisions for his or her shop that best fits their goals (Joseph, 2015). If the team decide to take the offer of the investor and start a joint venture, they will have to further split their profits which does not go over well with Rick. Other...
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...8956860531 Am I speaking to .... ? Hi I'm calling from Is it right time to start interview? can we start? ur resume is in front of me u r from ... right? but we are based in pune, r u ready to move here how many companies u have worked in till now? then why would u like to switch? so far u have worked in (number) projects were they all in core php? if not then in what other framework? then ask about that framework so u have experiance in oop then ask oop questions then go to php questions then go to my sql then js I think thats all we need our hr will get back to u with the decision/result but before that may i know ur current ctc and expected ctc? and is it negotiable? PHP: 1) What is use of header() function in php ? The header() function sends a raw HTTP header to a client.We can use herder() function for redirection of pages. It is important to notice that header() must be called before any actual output is seen.. 2) what does the error message "header already sent" mean? Ques: 10 How we can upload videos using PHP? Ans: When want to upload videos using PHP we should follow these steps: 1.first you have to encrypt the the file which you want to upload by using "multipart-form-data" to get the $_FILES in the form submition. 2.After getting the $_FILES['tmp_name'] in the submition 3.By using move_uploaded_file (tmp_location,destination) function in PHP we can move the file from original location. 3) What is the difference...
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...HCBA 3221: International Business Management Group 1 Topic 2: International Business Research Peter Chege HD 333-1080/2015 Peninah Nyutu HD 333-1088/2015 Submitted to Dr. Oloko October 2015 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS RESEARCH What is international Business? * Is a business where transactions occur across the borders What is research? * Research - is a process of inquiring. It is a systematic search for information. It also means carrying out a diligent enquiry or critical examination of a given phenomena * Research remains the most efficient and reliable source of knowledge. What is International business research? * International business research has been described as the objective, systematic, testable process for obtaining knowledge about our world. * International market research is a particular discipline of Market research that focuses on marketing across the borders. It is mainly concerned with consumer goods, resources or services within a business value, which is commercially utilized and further processed. * International market research covers cross-country issues. * International business has existed as a distinct field and a unique discipline. * Research in international business shows a clear dichotomy between focus on activities that cross open national boundaries and activities that are aimed at surmounting the barriers imposed by Governments. Why conduct international business research? (a) Concept...
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...Travel Poster Betty Kapasa Nur/408 Professor: Jacqueline Paik June 8, 2011 University of Phoenix This writer’s country of choice is Zambia located in the southern part of Africa. Zambia’s history goes back to the debut of Homo sapiens: evidence of human habitation going back 100,000 years has been found at Kabwe, north of Lusaka. Beginning around 1000 AD, Swahili-Arab slave-traders gradually penetrated the region from their city-states on the eastern coast of Africa. Between the 14th and 16th centuries a Bantu-speaking group known as the Maravi migrated from present-day Congo (Zaïre) and established kingdoms in eastern and southeastern Zambia. In the 18th century, Portuguese explorers following the routes of Swahili-Arab slavers from the coast into the interior became the first known European visitors. After the Zulu nation to the south began scattering its neighbors, victims of the Difaqane (forced migration) began arriving in Zambia in the early 19th century. Squeezed out of Zimbabwe, the Makalolo people moved into southern Zambia, pushing the Tonga out of the way and grabbing Lozi territory on the upper Zambezi River. Zambia is a land locked country with a population 12,935,368. Kenneth Kaunda, a militant former schoolteacher, took over the leadership of the Africans from the more moderate Nkumbula and in 1959 formed a new party, the United National Independence Party (UNIP). Following a massive civil disobedience campaign in 1962, Africans were given...
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...Cultural Activity Report Name Institution Cultural Activity Report The college faculty and students visited The Nasher Museum on 12th February 2016. The Nasher Museum was celebrating its first decade as the primary focus for the arts on Duke University's campus and in the nearby Research Triangle area. The arts center arranged and presented innovative presentations that travel to organizations universally, most recently Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist, Wang-chi Mutu: A Fantastic Journey, The Vorticists: Rebel Artists in London and New York, and Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the Cool. The traveling presentation El Greco to Velázquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III was known as one of Time magazine's top 10 shows of 2008. The students also observed that the powers of the permanent collection of the museum are medieval art, art of the Americas, Classical Relics and contemporary and modern art. The contemporary collection of museum comprised of a growing list of performers, containing Barkley L. Hendricks, Christian Marclay, Wang-chi Mutu, Ai Weiwei, Fred Wilson and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. The fact was also brought to our notice that approximately 1 million individuals had visited the museum since its opening in 2005. Engineer Rafael Viñoly designed the 65,000-square-foot Nasher Gallery. The foundation of Viñoly's modernist project is a theatrical 13,000-square-foot glass-and-steel rooftop increasing to a stature of 45 feet above the wonderful gallery. Five concrete...
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...Level Three business students on the usefulness of innovation management and new product development in an essay format. The topic of the essay is “what skills should a business graduate acquire about innovation management in order to advance their career development and employability”. "We live in a society where technology is a very important force in business, in our daily lives. And all technology starts as a spark in someone's brain. An idea of something that didn't exist before, that once they have invented it —brought it into existence — could change everything. And that activity is generally one that's not very well supported." - Nathan Myhrvold, CEO, Intellectual Ventures From a 2010 interview with Harvard Business Review Introduction In the development of new businesses today, initiatives that spur knowledge-based competitions amplify the importance of boundary spanning activities and tactical coalitions, which cause organizations to focus more on institutional knowledge, system improvement and knowledge management (Quah, 2001). This essay will help the level 3 business school students to understand the required skills about innovation management to to advance their career development and employability. An innovation is something that is new. You are required to write a piece of advice to a group of Level Three business students on the usefulness of innovation management and new product development in an essay format. The...
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...Business essays you write, no matter whether it is on Finance, Management, Marketing, sustainability, E-Business, employee management or any other topic, must be good enough to get you grades as well as be an asset to your portfolio. At VivaEssays, we offer excellent business essays writing service. Backed by our team of highly professional, expert writers, we assure you of the best quality. Our writers have enough experience writing business essays for colleges and organizations. Before writing well structured, compelling and insightful business essays, it is necessary to follow certain guidelines. One of the most important aspects of writing good essays is to include relevant content and to substantiate your arguments with references. You must also use the right language, presentation and layout. The simplest way to do this is to break up business essays into stages. Before you start writing the essay, do a thorough research on the essay question. Find out what exactly does the topic question requires you to address. If you are allowed to choose your own topics, choose one that interests you. Conduct a good research on the internet and library taking care to choose authentic resources. You can take the help of interviews and surveys to get directly relevant content. Include sources such as case studies and articles from books written by noted scholars or from official journals. After making an outline plan, start writing your business essays in precise language...
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...Help Writing Your Essay on Management You’re really talking about a test of your academic writing endurance and reading endurance here. Management, accounting, and mathematics are the trifecta of yawn worthy subjects to do an essay on, but someone has to write them eventually. If you’re reading this, you’re that person. The only starting suggestions that can be offered are stick to facts and start early on this. You have a long, long, road ahead for this essay. Normally writing an essay is as boring or painful as you make it, but you’ve found the exception to the rule here. Let’s get to those management topics. Starting Topics for Your Essay There are several types of management essays you can do: an operations management essay, project management essay, a business management essay, and so on. Management Essay Topics: The nature of managerial work Basic functions and roles Marketing in the public and private sectors (can be separate topics) Management skills Implementation of policies and strategies within a business policy Policies and strategies in the planning process Middle-level management Upper management First / lower management Organizational structure of a business Other essays you could focus on are a human resources management essay and supply chain management essay. This doesn’t have to be kept to a business nature, though. You’re also open to a stress management essay and a time management essay. Overall there isn’t much there as far as...
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...Zoom In Zoom Out Page 1 of 2 Business Management Essay COMPANY: Starbucks Subject; “Discuss the impact macro factors may place upon your chosen organisation in the future (1-5 years) and how the organisation may positively manage this”. When speak from macro and micro perspective we must bear in mind that these are two different phenomenon’s. Micro factors can be described as factors that people and businesses keep in mind when making decisions concerning the allocation of resources, whereas macro factors can be described as the factors that are kept in mind when making decisions regarding not only specific companies but industries as a whole and economies, more over micro environmental factors are the one’s over which the business has control for example price, product and promotion whereas macro environmental factors are the one’s over which the business has no control as such as social, cultural, technological and political factors. Businesses operate in markets keeping in mind changing situations not only of their market conditions but also the trends of the economies that they operate in, so that they can adjust and survive in accordance with new situations because adaptation is a must for a business to survive and prosper otherwise a business might be forced to cease operations and shut down. Starbucks is one of top five(Caribou coffee, Tully’s ,Coffee bean and tea leaf, Peet’s Coffee) businesses in a $11 billion industry. The coffee house industry grew from merely...
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...Scientific Management - Scientific Management This essay will critically evaluate the scientific management’s importance and its contribution in the current management context. In this era of rapid economic development and industrial expansion of different nations, scientific management has enabled every nation to be involved in this global market. Scientific management is the theory which serves as the ‘backbone’ to many current management theories. Scientific management will be briefly described initially. After that, the essay will identify why scientific management is an important contribution to management theory when Frederick Taylor proposed it.... [tags: Business Employee Management] 1639 words (4.7 pages) $19.95 [preview] Scientific Management - Scientific Management Fredrick Taylor, the father of scientific management. He had a firm belief in "one best way" (Samson & Daft, 2003), of doing something. In the year 1899, Taylor held an experiment that involved German and Hungarian men, whose job involved some very heavy-duty work (Gabor, 2000). To his disappointment, men either refused to work, or wouldn't work to his expectations. The men hated him utterly; to the extent he required security when going home (Gabor, 2000). In his entire dilemma with his employers, in stepped Schmidt, a man not of intelligence but had the strength of a bull and an ox-like mentally required to reach the standards of Fredrick Taylor.... [tags: Taylorism Business Management Essays] :: 3...
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...assignment #2 will be an essay in which you compare and contrast two objects, concepts, or ideas. You are encouraged to use your field of study to help in generating a topic for this essay. Some sample topics are listed below: If you are majoring in one of the Sciences programs in our SCIP unit, you might be majoring in one of the following: environmental management, biotechnology, laboratory management, social science, gerontology, psychology, or political science You might write a comparison-contrast essay on one of the following: green and non-green buildings two processes in building sustainable communities two countries’ approaches to a particular environmental issue archaeal viruses and bacterial viruses two gene lists in a particular animal community descriptive and prescriptive discriminant analysis in the social sciences two views of a particular field of study in the social sciences two methods of performance appraisal for an employee gender differences in a particular psychological phenomenon two frailty models two cultures’ methods or attitudes toward caring for the elderly If you are majoring in one of the disciplines in our Computer Information Systems and Technology (CITE) unit, you might be majoring in one of the following: computer networks and security, computer science, cybersecurity, digital media and web technology, or information systems management You might write a comparison-contrast essay on one of the following: ...
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...0115 966 7955 ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Bottom of Form * UK Essays * Services * Instant Price * Order Now * Essays * Dissertations * Guarantees * Contact * tourism The tourism essay below has been submitted to us by a student in order to help you with your studies. 1. UKEssays 2. Essays 3. Tourism 4. Importance Of Human Resources In The Hospitaliy Industry Tourism Essay Importance Of Human Resources In The Hospitaliy Industry Tourism Essay In order to gain competitive power for the hotel, human resource management is an elementary issue. Human resource management can be regarded as the foundation for the hotel to acquire competitive advantage. Honoring the employees through effective communication, training programs for the employees and benefit programs is what effective hospitality management is all about. Human resource management and effective hospitality management is the corner stone of successful business in hospitality industry. The Human Resources Management (HRM) function includes a variety of activities, and key among them is deciding what staffing needs you have and whether to use independent contractors or hire employees to fill these needs, recruiting and training the best employees, ensuring they are high performers, dealing with performance issues, and ensuring your personnel and management practices conform to various regulations. Activities also include managing your approach to employee...
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