...Joan Didion: What is Home? In Joan Didion’s essay “On Going Home” she writes about leading a double life. She feels like one person when she’s with her husband and daughter in Los Angeles, and a completely different person when back “home” surrounded by her childhood family in the Central Valley of California. During this particular trip, she begins to reflect on her life in Los Angeles. Didion contemplates the fact that she often feels uneasy around her husband, just like he feels uneasy being around her family. At a crossroad, she must decide not only who she is, and the life she wants, but also the kind of life she wants for her daughter. Her life in Los Angeles has cleansed her from her youth—one that was dusty and full of useless trinkets. She ponders the time her husband wrote the word “D-U-S-T” on those useless trinkets and she remembers her feelings of sadness and indignation. She says, “We live in dusty houses…filled with mementos quite without value to him” (139-40). The dust-covered trinkets signify what is important to her, or what needs to be addressed in her marriage. Yet, these objects just lay there waiting for someone to see them—for someone to dust them off and care for them—not unlike how Didion wishes her husband would see her and nurture her in their marriage. Didion wonders which of her two homes is normal or if they are both flawed. When she and her husband are with her family, he becomes apprehensive about her behavior, “…because once there I fall...
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...ПРИНЦИПЫ И МЕТОДЫ РАЗРАБОТКИ И РЕАЛИЗАЦИИ ОРГАНИЗАЦИОННЫХ СТРАТЕГИЙ В данной лекции в фокусе внимания окажется стратегия. Грамотно разработанная стратегия является подспорьем для организации в процессе ее деятельности. К сожалению, с связи с усложняющимися связями внешней среды, а также быстрым изменением рынков, наличие стратегии не является 100% гарантией того, что компания сможет быстро адаптироваться к динамичным изменениям окружающей среды. Однако ее отсутствие негативно сказывается на возможностях дальнейшего развития компании. Здесь я бы хотела подчеркнуть, что стратегия необходима как небольшой, так и крупной компании. Особенно важно наличие стратегии у крупной компании, поскольку топ-менеджмент имеет очень ограниченный набор инструментов для корректировки общего курса, и необходим инструмент, который позволил бы направить усилия компании на всех уровнях в одном направлении. Эту задачу как раз и решает стратегия. Так зачем все-таки нужна стратегия? Стратегия дает организации три важных конкурентных преимущества: Во-первых, она определяет направление развитие компании, что придает действиям менеджеров необходимую согласованность и со направленность. Во-вторых, стратегия придает персоналу компании уверенность и ощущение твердой почвы под ногами в условиях увеличения неопределённости внешней среды. В-третьих, стратегия создает уникальность организации. Благодаря этому сотрудники находят дополнительный смысл в работе и испытывают гордость, что принадлежат к особой группе...
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...Compensation & Benefit Strategies Compensation and Benefit Strategies In today’s world, assigning a right compensation for a right job position and matching it with individual’s expectation has become a challenging task. For large scale organizations, defining compensations and benefits is even harder and border challenge. In this case organizations need to consider various demographic factors prior to defining favorable compensation strategy. Any compensation strategy applicable in given organization cannot be matched with similar job functions in other organizations or in other regions for same organization. A constant review of compensation and benefits strategy is needed with various benchmarks to attract right talent. Organizational long term strategies, span of organization, hierarchical structure, policies and future internal expansion in organization determines overall pay scales and promotions. For a large organization as referred in video ("Atwood and Allen," 2014) which is already having multinational presence and looking forward to expand further in various demographic regions, needs to consider various factors to fulfill organizational strategies. Attracting right talent, retaining existing talent and improving upon existing talent of employees are some major challenges faced by all such types of organizations. For such organization with its multinational existence I will choose a multinational based compensation plan which will account for regional...
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...Material Team Strategy Plan 1. Complete the following table to address the creation of teams at Riordan Manufacturing. Strategy | Strengths | Weaknesses | During forming stage members roles are defined | By defining roles everyone is aware of each other’s roles are and exactly what their part is, and what is expected of them. | Some members may not like their roles and act out in dysfunctional behavior, or power struggles may form | While in the storming stage strategy’s to resolve conflicts are employed | The hierarchy of the group can begin to demonstrate leadership qualities | Avoidance of power struggles and not willing to use conflict resolution just yet. | Norming stage open lines of communication | Cohesiveness develops due to camaraderie and group identity. | Gossip starts in group from disgruntled members | performing stage plan for team goals | Group energy guides Team to achieve goals. | Disgruntled members can corrupt group energy while slowing production down. | Adjourning stage team is rewarded for reaching team goals. | Wrapping up, group member’s celebration festivities of completing goals. Members esteem at a high. | Disgruntled member create negative results if allowed to participate in festivities | 2. Identify the team formation strategy that is most suitable for Riordan Manufacturing, and provide the rationale for the decision. I chose to use the five stage model as a strategy in group formation. I feel that by defining roles in...
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...03 / 22 / 2013 Compensation and Benefits Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 Challenges that Face Organizations in Defining their Compensation Strategy Abstract A strategy refers to the fundamental directions that an organization chooses. All organizations that pay people have a compensation strategy. Sometimes different business units within the same corporation fit different compensation strategies since they have very different competitive conditions and adopt different business strategies. Some organizations may also have written compensation strategies for all to see and understand while others may not even realize they have a compensation strategy. The following paper will address the challenges organizations are faced with today in defining their compensation strategy. The first challenge is to understand the business, the industry in which the organization operates and how the organization plans to compete in that industry, to cope with the turbulent competitive dynamics and to focus on the important factors in the business environment; such as changing customer needs, competitors’ actions, changing labor market conditions, changing laws and globalization. Managers must also become knowledgeable about competitive conditions both globally and locally. Second, the pay strategy is influenced by how it fits with other HR systems in the organization. Pay can be a supporting player, as in the high-performance approach, or it can take the...
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...An ISS White Paper Security Strategy Development Building an Information Security Management Program 6303 Barfield Road • Atlanta, GA 30328 Tel: 404.236.2600 • Fax: 404.236.2626 Security Strategy Development Information Security Management A sound information security management program involves more than a few strategically placed firewalls. These safeguards, while important, are only truly effective as part of an overall information security management system. The integration of existing security technologies and processes into a cohesive framework for security management will ultimately reduce inefficiencies and redundancy and ensure the manageability of those solutions. A comprehensive security program should contain the proper balance between people, processes and technology to effectively manage risk with minimal impact on normal business operations. In order to build an appropriate information security program, an organization should assess and define their specific security requirements, design a solution that meets those unique requirements, deploy the necessary policies, technology and procedures, and continuously maintain, adapt and improve that solution. An organization’s overall security strategy will provide a framework for defining those elements necessary in building and maintaining a sound security management program. Strategic planning can take many forms, but the end result should yield a documented approach for achieving goals set within the...
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...has a role that supports organizations in achieving their goals by hiring and maintaining effective employees. The human resource manager is in charge of the staffing, defining and designing work, and employee compensation and benefits. The goal for HRM is to make the most of the production of an organization by improving the success of the employees. Human Resource Management According to DeCenzo & Robbins (2007), human resource management will deal with the changing world and how it relates to the work field. HRM must “understand globalization, technology changes, workforce diversity, labor shortages, changing skill requirements, continuous improvement initiatives, the contingent workforce, decentralized work sites, and employee involvement” (DeCenzo & Robbins, 2007). Primary Function The primary functions of human resource management are overseeing department functions and managing employees. This includes strategic and functional responsibilities, compensation and benefits, training and development, recruitment and selection, and employee relations. Strategic Plan The strategic planning is when a company defines objectives and addresses any internal and external factors. The strategic planning process includes the mission and objectives, situation analysis, strategy formulation, strategy implementation, and evaluation and control. The company starts with the mission and objectives because the mission statement is the company’s reason for existing. Then the...
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...Ashley Richardson Customer service is very essential in today’s business world. In the next few paragraphs I will be explaining can Go and there company. Can Go and other companies must have customer service to their customers because that’s who pays their entire bill and pretty much there paycheck. Mission statements are one of the most critical organizational documents that need to be developed and shared with all stakeholders. “A clear thoughtful mission statement provides employees with a shared sense of purpose, direction and opportunity,” (Kotler & Keller, 2007). The enterprise mission statement is an important aspect in defining whom the company is, what it stands for, and how it envisions itself in relationship to the corporate environment, it operates within. As CanGo enters into the online gaming industry, new and existing stakeholders will be anxious to review and understand the executive vision for the organization. Leadership should not under estimate the critical step of casting vision. Although Can Go does not clearly articulate its mission statement episodes, it appears to be to connect trendsetters to quality entertainment using the latest and most innovative technology . This becomes more evident as Can Go prepares to launch into the world of online gaming and as it seeks to adequately market to its primary and secondary audiences – Gen Hers and Gen Yers.The challenge, as Warren so adequately points out, Can Go does not have the capital to compete against...
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...Case Study: Infosys (A) Strategic Human Resources Management Strategic Human Resources Management defines the organization’s intentions and plans on how its business goals should be achieved through people. It is based on three propositions: first, that human capital is a major source of competitive advantage; second, that it is people who implement the strategic plan; and, third, that a systematic approach should be adopted to defining where the organization wants to go and how it should get there. Strategic Human Resources Management is a process that involves the use of overarching approaches to the development of Human Resources strategies, which are integrated vertically with the business strategy and horizontally with one another. These strategies define intentions and plans related to overall organizational considerations, such as organizational effectiveness, and to more specific aspects of people management, such as resourcing, learning and development, reward and employee relations. Strategic Human Resources Management addresses broad organizational issues relating to changes in structure and culture, organizational effectiveness and performance, matching resources to future requirements, the development of distinctive capabilities, knowledge management, and the management of change. Infosys which was founded on July 2, 1981 in Pune by N R Narayana Murthy and seven others: Nandan Nilekani, N. S. Raghavan, Kris Gopalakrishnan, S. D. Shibulal, K. Dinesh and Ashok...
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... * It provides a sense of direction by being the light at the end of the tunnel. * It helps the entrepreneur to define his or her goals. * It provides the entrepreneur with a sense of warmth and encouragement when the going gets tough. * It guides the generation of strategy for the venture. * It gives the venture a moral content and helps define social responsibilities. * It can be used to communicate what the entrepreneur wishes to achieve to other people. * It can be used to attract people to the venture and motivate them to support it. * It plays a crucial role in supporting the entrepreneur’s communication and leadership strategy. Communicating and Sharing Vision-the first stage must be to understand why other people will find the vision attractive. Approaches to Communicating Vision 1. I have a Dream-entrepreneurs are explicit about their vision. * They describe the better world just as they see. 2. Talking Specific Goals-entrepreneurs can break down their vision into a specific goals relating. * To the value that will be gained * To the relationships that will be created * To the moral content of the new world 3. Talking Strategy-approach that the business will take to achieving its goals and the task that must be undertaken in order to create the new world. 4. Story-telling-entrepreneurs give their vision a dynamic form by describing scenarios and telling stories...
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...similar elements of a traditional plan, a strategic plan takes planning a step further by not only defining company goals but utilizing those goals to take advantage of available business opportunities. This is achieved by carefully analyzing a particular business industry and being honest about your company's strength and weakness in meeting the needs of the industry. Significance A strategic business plan is necessary to optimize market research and to attain optimum market share for your b usiness. - The plan allows businesses to focus on a particular niche in the marketplace, which makes sales, advertising and customer management more effective. -The plan allows a company to know as much as possible about the needs of its customers and gaps in the marketplace that need to be filled. - A strategic business plan helps a company provide better, more targeted service to its clients. Characteristics A strategic business plan includes extensive market research, industry trends and competitor analyses. A strategic plan will include the components of a traditional plan, such as an executive summary, marketing analysis and financial statements, but a strategic plan will be more specific on how the company will go about achieving company goals. For example, a strategic business plan will attempt to identify a target market, narrow it down to a manageable size, and establish a strategy for acquiring those customers. Benefits Strategic business plan has many advantages. -The plan...
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...Discuss the steps for using the nursing profession for political strategy. Achievement of a goal in any political arena is contingent upon the ability of the person involved to understand individuals and ascertain and uphold strong interpersonal relationships. Political strategies are approaches and guidelines practiced in the invention of a plan to accomplish designated goals and objectives. Well-organized and cleverly managed strategies define the variability of success and failure when participating in the political arena. As nurses, we tend to stay in our comfort zone. If we want to implement changes in laws and regulations affecting our profession then we must escape the complacency and comfort of our practice areas and step into the political arena. The political arena is the place where the laws and regulations impacting our profession, patient care, and regulation of scarce resources are discussed and negotiated. Nursing as a profession has potential power in numbers and is familiar with institutional and regulatory policies. Joining a professional nursing organization assists in increasing this power in numbers and enhances resources, which provides the ability to strategize more effectively. A nurse who joins a professional organization can be assured the organization is monitoring public policy and will offer reliable information related to policy issues and development. The nursing profession automatically benefits from expert power, legitimate power...
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...Simple rules for a complex world All companies have goals crafted for them to achieve and to achieve those goals they form strategies. In this article as per the authors’ research, if a company wants to achieve their goals, they have to work on simple rules. Complexity is not always intended. It is not necessary that the solution for a complex problem has to be a complex and tricky one. To make better decision, As per the author there are five simple ways of defining simple rules which are Identifying the bottle neck where in companies identify the opportunities and focus on one or two critical areas with greatest impact ad step is Let data outmaneuver opinion i.e. rather than relying on data mangers should look on small numbers of strategic events to analyze. Letting users make their rules can help the cross functional team to sort the tough decisions as these people are more near to the process than CEOs. Rules should be easy to understand as simple as they can be answered in yes or no and Rules should be evolving. Following these simple rules companies can overcome the complex issues In Case of America Latina Logistica (ALL) a freight railway company in Brazil. In late 1990s they were struggling with bureaucracy, with only $15 Million capital available for spending on either projects or repairs, and they required about 10 times more of capital for upgradation of infrastructure and trains.in 1997 they saw a management change. Management team aligned the activities with...
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...Distribution Plan and Promotions Strategy In determining my distribution strategy, I have decided that I would leverage by using stores in different regions, however, the stores would have to accomplish the same strategy but for the demographics within it. Although selling online is a good option, I highly believe that my product would not leverage well. I’d hire a sales team that is exceptional at selling directly to suppliers as well as door-to-door. Having face-to-face contact with an “expert” of the product or service is great, because not everyone has access to the web. I recommend low cost provider strategy. This strategy helps strive to achieve lover overall costs and then using that low cost advantage to attract a wide range of buyers with a lower priced product offering than that of my competitor(s). I’d also seek focused strategy based on low costs, because this will allow me to concentrate on a narrow buyer segment and beating my rivals by having lower costs, this being in position to win buyer favor by means of a lower priced product offering. Lastly, best cost provider strategy. I am reaching to strive to achieve a competitive advantage over my competition by developing the capability to incorporate upscale product attributes at a lower cost than that of my rivals. It allows my company the ability to give customers more value for their money by underpricing rivals whose products have similar attributes. Best cost provider strategy is a hybrid strategy that blends elements...
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...multi-divisional structures. These structures are constructed on increasing horizontal and vertical differentiation, as well as customer relations as a service driven business (Dearinger, R., 2010). Southwest’s business strategy from its launch in 1971 encompassed four core competencies, which are; “the lowest operating costs per plane; an economical point-to-point airport network; a fanatical culture focused on customer service and cost savings, and an ability to keep planes in the air more of the time than its competitors” (Heller, I., 2008). For the past 40 plus years Southwest has exceedingly accomplished these competencies and strategies within a very competitive market, and has outstandingly been recognized as a low cost provider in airfare with frequent service domestically. In 2014, Southwest chose to integrate international flights in its business strategy. In an effort to identify issues and develop solutions for this new integration, clarifying strategic priorities and providing the company’s strengths and weaknesses will aid in supporting the use of the Strategy Canvas Tool. Equally important, the strategy tool will assist in providing an analysis to ascertain and elucidate if the strategic priorities are clearly articlulated and implicit. Defining strategic priorities and identifying current gaps within the organization will boost the framing of the problem statement, and will benefit in the examination of the case for change in the current business...
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