...Mead Johnson: A Case Study of the Four Frames Solution Mead Johnson, a manufacturing and marketing company on the frontier of pediatric nutritional products, was on the verge of disaster in their first attempt to retire an old and costly ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system to a revamped more cost-efficient one, entailing the transfer and conversion of IT sales and marketing data to new software and hardware platforms. Their critical system, manufacturing, was down during the system change—a disaster as they could not make products nor have an online presence for customer service and ordering. Mead Johnson finally employed qualified project managers to remedy the initial disastrous IT conversion attempt. The introduction or accommodation for ever changing IT systems in an organization requires the strategic acumen of project managers, project managers who would have to implement a holistic systems model for carrying out the daunting task in order to streamline operations and mitigate organizational crisis. The holistic model in question consists of four frames that, as Bolman and Deal, in their Book “Reframing Organizations” claim, are necessary in “…help[ing] those to better understand and approach issues about organizational diagnosis, development and change” (2003). Project Management is a broad field that can be universally defined as the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to activities of a project for the achievement of the project objectives/requirements...
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...employees are extremely busy. So when a new change is implement into the workplace that has a little impact on performance. Changes are easily ignored. Making changes successfully in a company requires specific leadership skills and management strategies which including effective communication and alignment to initiate changes and reduce resistance. The goal of this case study is to analyze problems of an accounting company, BestAccountants, PC (B-AC) when it faced a system change from 2008 to 2009 by using structural and human resource frames. 2. Background Information BestAccountants, PC (B-AC) is located in southern U.S. It is a medium sized accounting firm which engages in personal tax work and company accounting. The goal of B-AC’S Managing Partner, Ima Bigwig, was to create a “paperless office”. To achieve her goal, she instantly decided to develop some changes, which were having a new system, database, and accounting software to decrease the usage of paper and physical storage in the office. Thus she grouped a team to design a training program to teach their staff how to use the new system in order to raise productivity and access documents more...
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...burgers. Organizational Frames Bolman and Deal’s organization frames can assist organization with approaching different issues regarding diversity in the workplace. Bolman and Deal’s four frames are structural, human resource, political and symbolic. The structural frame "emphasizes the importance of formal roles and relationships," allocating responsibilities to participants in a "division of labor" that coordinates diverse activities effectively as long as the structure fits the situation (Bolman & Deal, 2003, p. 392). The symbolic frames organizations are held together more by shared values and culture. As diversity is managed from this perspective, it can become either positive or negative. Human resource theory frames things from the human resource perspective and "emphasizes the interdependence between people and organizations, focusing on ways to develop a better fit between people's needs, skills, and values and the formal roles and relationships required to accomplish collective goals and purposes" (Bolman & Deal, 2003, p. 390). An organization that operates on human resource theory is most likely to view diversity as a con, because it tends to disrupt the relationships between people. In this type of organization, people need to be trained to deal with diversity so that they can use it and see it as a benefit. Political theory frames things from the political perspective and views "power, conflict, and the distribution of scarce resources as the central issues in...
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...| | | Maintain Business Resources Assessment number 1 Certificate III in Business (Day) Table of Contents Introduction 1 Background 1 Body of the Report 1 1. About MCEC, its core business, resources and reporting procedures 1 2. MCEC Resource Management Polices 2 3. Problem areas 2 4. Areas of business that face potential resource shortages 2 5. Technology 3 6. Suggestions for improvement in resource management 3 Conclusion/Summary 3 References 3 Introduction This report is going to describe about an organisation in hospitality and events industry, its current resources acquisition and reporting procedures. This also identifiesorganisation policies in resources management. Furthermore, it will document any problem areas and identifies any potential resources shortages that business might have to face. Comments will be given on the possible impact on business’s operations after that. Likewise, technology devices that utilised in the management of resources are also spotted out in this report. Suggestions for improvement will be mentioned afterward. Background This case study is said at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre (MCEC) every year. As a student looking for experience in event industry and business...
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...This organization has been in operation for over 160 successful years, and has over 117,000 diverse workers employed worldwide from all facets of life. It is important to employ a solid employee workforce within an organization, this can either make or break an organization. “In 2012 Pfizer was ranked #40 among Fortune 500 with 2011 revenue totaling almost 68 million dollars, and a profit margin of over 10 million dollars”(CNN Money, 2013). The purpose of this paper is to break apart Pfizer into four different organizational perspectives, analyze them, and then put them back together again. Or as with the title of the textbook (Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership. Vol. 4) suggests to reframe organizations to a particular frame or frames. The frames that I will be using to analyze Pfizer Pharmaceuticals will be the Structural Frame, the Symbolic Frame, the Human Resources Frame, as well the Political Frame. To begin, I will describe the Pfizer organization using Bolman & Deal’s Structural Frame perspective. The structural components that I will discuss will be the Division of Labor, the Leadership Structure, and Roles and Responsibilities of the organization. Pfizer’s headquarters are located in New York, with numerous companies located throughout the United States and worldwide. At Pfizer geography plays a major role because by having numerous locations available. This would make the supplying of products easier, quicker and more efficient thus keeping...
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...Medica, Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Italy * Communicating and contact author: sintjans@ulb.ac.be Introduction Standardization of motion representation is a key element for result comparison and data exchange during motion analysis studies. The discrepancies of the results currently found in the literature can be explained by a lack of standards related to at least 3 topics: 1- motion representation; 2- selection of anatomical landmarks (ALs); 3- software resources. This literature discrepancy should be greatly reduced if a consensus on the three above points could be reached. Topic 1 is tackled by the International Society of Biomechanics (ISB) that published Standards to define body segment orientations and clinically meaningful motion representation (Wu, 1995; Wu, 2002; Wu, In Press). Efforts related to Topic 2 are currently undergoing to allow strict AL selection necessary to build anatomical reference frames in a repeatable way (Van Sint Jan, In Press). Topic 3 is the goal of this paper. The presented research aimed to propose a software interface that would allow a user to: -interactively import motion data; -to register the motion to 3D bone models (if necessary); -to select ALs; -and to create motion representation graphs according to standards. Similar commercial tools are available, but they are unfortunately often costly and limited to a few motion representations. Materials and methods The Interactive Motion Representation (IMR) tools ...
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... The final individual paper for this class includes three sections; the final section is due in Week Four. One section of the paper is due each week. Complete Section 1 of the Service Request SR-rm-022 paper. Using the Service Request SR-rm-022, analyze the HR system. Prepare a 4- to 6-page paper that accomplishes the following: • What key stakeholders in Riordan Manufacturing would you gather requirements from? • Describe the information-gathering techniques and systems analysis tools you would propose for the project. • Identify the key factors that help ensure the information required for the project is gathered successfully. • Explain what project scope is and why it is important. Describe the areas of project feasibility that are examined in the analysis phase of the SCLC. • Cite and discuss 2 to 3 references, in addition to the required readings, that are relevant to the assignment. Include citations and references formatted consistent with APA guidelines. Submit Section 1 of the final paper. Week 2 Individual Assignement The Riordan Manufacturing Company has submitted a service request to analyze the human resources department. The goal of this analysis is to integrate the variety of tools already in use by the company into one system for the whole company to utilize. The system development life cycle will be used to complete the request and the goal of Riordan Manufacturing. The first portion of this paper will focus on the scope...
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...Capability and UNDP Human Development Reports Introduction The source of the human development approach is from the theory of Sen which says that development comes about only when capabilities expand. The idea generated from the theory is that the core reason for development is to ensure that human lives are improved. This can only be achieved if there is expansion in what they can be or do. It could include things such as the being well nourished and healthy, participating in the activities of the community and being knowledgeable. Hence, development can only occur once the obstacles that were present preventing an individual from doing something are removed. The obstacles might be in the form of ill health, illiteracy, lack of resources or lack of freedom- both political and civil. When these obstacles are removed one is said to be capable; hence the origin of the concept of capability Sen, 160). Purpose Statement The purpose of this paper is to analyze the concept of capabilities approach that was developed by Amartya Sen, a Nobel Prize winner, and M. Nussban. Amartya has enabled the measurement of human development by the United Development Program (UNDP). He helped invent the capabilities approach, which is the foundation of indices used by UNDP in their measurements. Through these indices the achievement in education and health can be measured in addition to income (Nussbaum, 67). Objectives The main aim of this paper is to establish whether the Human Development Reports...
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...own eyes. It seemed he might have been better informed if he had relied on CNN Homeland * Security, Enron, and Home Depot represent only a few examples of an endemic challenge: how to know if you ’ re getting the right picture or tuning in to the wrong channel. Managers often fail this test. Cluelessness is a fact of life, even for very smart people. Sometimes, the information they need is fuzzy or hard to get. Other times, they ignore or misinterpret information at hand. Decision makers too often lock themselves into fl awed ways of making sense of their circumstances.rather than his own agency. * Reframing requires an ability to think about situations in more than one way. We then introduce four distinct frames — structural, human resource, political, and symbolic — each logical and powerful in its own right. Together, they help us decipher the full array of signifi cant clues, capturing a more comprehensive picture of what ’ s going on and what to do * They argue that smart people act stupid because of personality fl aws — things like pride, arrogance, and unconscious desires to fail. * But if we don ’ t realize our image is incorrect, we won ’ t understand why we don ’ t get what we hoped for. So, like Bob Nardelli, we insist we ’ re right...
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...Battered Women Fight Back! Situation Analysis: ✓ Battered Women Fight Back! is a Boston, MA 501 (c) (3) agency with a goal to increase awareness that domestic violence is a direct violation of a person’s fundamental human right, Stacy Kabat is the main force driving BWFB! ✓ There are compelling statistics demonstrating the extent and gravity of domestic violence in the US, ✓ Women and children are the principal victims of domestic violence, ✓ Domestic violence is a major contributing factor to homelessness in the US, ✓ Businesses suffer significant losses because of domestic violence, ✓ Very few cases of domestic violence are reported, ✓ Children exposed to domestic violence are more likely to become “abusing” parents, ✓ Domestic violence crosses boundaries of ethnicity, educational background, income level, social class, ✓ However, domestic violence is perceived to be a “private matter for a certain population”, ✓ Academy award for best documentary given to “Defending Our Lives” gave a huge push to the issue of domestic violence making it a “national matter”, BWFB! through Stacy contributed to the making of the documentary, ✓ The murder cases of Carol Stuart and Nicole Brown Simpson have also contributed to bringing the problem of domestic violence into close public attention, ✓ Stacy Kabat wants to leverage the heightened public attention to promote BWFB! cause and expand its programs, ✓ BWFB! operates...
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...S T R AT E G I C P L A N 2007 - 2011 education Department: Education REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Strategic Plan 2007-2011 1 Mrs Naledi Pandor, MP Minister of Education Mr Enver Surty, MP Deputy Minister of Education 2 Mr Duncan Hindle Director - General: Education TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Statement by the Minister of Education 4 2. Legislative mandates 6 3. Vision, mission and values 9 4. Introduction by the Director-General 11 5. Five-year Broad Priorities 12 6. Five-year Branch Plans 15 7. Physical and Financial Asset Acquisition Plans including Information and Communications Technology 77 8. Administration Service Delivery Improvement Plans 83 9. Education Provision Service Delivery Improvement Plans 87 10. 2007/08 Operational Branch Plans 101 11. Statutory bodies 175 12. Structure of the Department 179 3 1. STATEMENT BY THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION, MRS NALEDI PANDOR, MP In my statement in the 2006 Strategic Plan, I indicated that Education received the largest share of the National Budget. This year Government has once again reaffirmed its commitment to the education system. Building on the transformation successes of the past but also recognizing the huge backlogs that exist in many parts for the system throughout the country, additional funds have been allocated to further address backlogs in the system. This investment is...
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...between human users and computer programs, CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Human Apart) mechanism is widely applied in websites such as accounts application website. While the major implementation of CAPTCHA method—2D still image verification code based on OCR technology is threatened by developing artificial intelligence and image recognition technologies. In this paper, we propose a new approach to implement CAPTCHA mechanism based on 3D Animation, utilizing the weakness of computer vision, which make it robust to computer attacks and convenient for users to recognize, and implemented this method to generate a 3D animation verification code. Keywords-CAPTCHA;VerificationCode;Moving Three-dimensional Animation I. Figure 1. objects; INTRODUCTION Internet is crucial to each respect of life all over the globe nowadays, through which we could retrieve and exchange information freely and efficiently. Given the fundamental relation between internet and people’ s life, vast malicious computer programs attack websites for profits, such as auto application for some mails’ accounts to send junk e-mails, etc. CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Human Apart) system emerges to solve this problem by identifying end-users of internet whether a real person or an automated computer program[1][2][3]. It also prevents malicious computer program impropriating limited resources on internet...
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...too large to interview (“Basics of choosing a survey population”, 2008). In this research, the random sampling will be the method used so that favoritism or being bias does not occur. Instruments Used Often times large groups of people are broken down into smaller groups because it can be too expensive and too time consuming (“Basics of choosing a survey population”, 2008). Some examples of instruments used to collect data are : informal and formal surveys, direct and participating observation, interviews, focus groups, expert opinions, case studies, existing records and literature search (Carroll) In this particular study the instruments that will be used is informal and formal surveys , case studies and interviews. Surveys can be on paper and handed out to employees or the survey could be accessed through a link on the computer. Computer stations will need...
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...Organizational Structure Paper b. Evaluate how organizational functions (e.g., marketing, finance, human resources, operations, etc) impact the organizational structure of your selected organization. As far as marketing, I would evaluate Amazon at the top of their game. They have commercials, emails; they even get to know their customer. When someone logs onto Amazon and orders an item they remember the item, category, and around what time frame you ordered it. If you order a cook book during the holidays for cooking recipes, they will store the information for marketing later. Amazon will send you an email asking if you would be interested in a new selection of holiday cook books and show what you previously ordered. The good news is that Amazon will never sell, rent, or give your information to a third party. http://money.howstuffworks.com/amazon3.htm Amazon’s finances http://www.hoovers.com/amazon.com/--ID__51493,ticker__AMZN--/free-co-fin-factsheet.xhtml When it comes to human resources within Amazon, they are looking for people with fresh new ideas. As we know human resources is somewhat difficult and full of challenges. Human Resources have always been known to be an administrative expert. With the business world quickly changing, Human Resources are now expected to be a strategic leader as well. Currently, this is the top paradox within Human Resources. Being the kind of organization that Amazon is, their human resource department would be a fun-loving...
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...Swinburne University, Hawthorn, Australia Abstract Purpose – The concept “flexibility” is ubiquitous as a rationale for organizational change. However, its broad application is accompanied by a general lack of definitional agreement or theoretical cohesion. The purpose of this paper is to propose the merits of an alternative approach – applying a discourse perspective to the use of flexibility as a rationale for organizational change. Design/methodology/approach – This paper first illustrates the broad referencing of flexibility as a desired organizational characteristic. It then discusses the associated lack of theoretical coherence associated with the use of the concept “flexibility” before arguing the merits of a discourse perspective on flexibility as a rationale for organizational change. Findings – This paper identifies a set of questions to frame a discourse perspective on the use of “flexibility” as a rationale for organizational change. Research limitations/implications – The questions derived in this paper provide a research agenda for an investigation of the use and effects of the concept “flexibility” in the context of organizational change. Practical implications – The questions derived in this paper provide practice-based insights into how the concept “flexibility” is and/or could be...
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