...The international manager The world of management is undoubtedly complicated and confusing, but in the same time, it represents one of humankind’s most important inventions. Dating back since the 1900’s, management has helped in the creation of successful and well-known companies. One of the figures who contributed to the foundation of management was Henry Ford. Ford said some interesting and insightful words, which even now, underline the fact that a company means more than profit: “A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.” We agree in every aspect with the profound meaning of the quote, but we, as students, have to ask ourselves what do we have to know in order to become proficient managers? First of all, what we need to keep in mind is that a good manager pursues daring goals, that will encourage creativity, ambition and innovation.(„Great accomplishments start with great aspirations.”-Moon shots for management). In order to become a successful manager one needs to ask himself: „Isn’t this worth trying?” rather than „Has anybody done this?” Drive and determination along with a drop of courage are required in the managerial role. Not since long ago, a question of „management’s age” put some problems among scholars and CEOs. They felt that the main issue concerning management, was that its fundaments were created decades ago, and because of the many improvements and innovations that occured, the principles needed some changes. The group tried to understand...
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...As the new communications manager for International Gadgets, a goal has been set forthto most effectively and efficiently communicate information about a new product that theResearch and Development team believes will revolutionize the industry. The importance andrelevance of this product must be properly communicated to all employees and teams withinInternational Gadgets. The type of communication that should be used in a business environment should bebased on the objective that is trying to be achieved. When the goal is to communicate generalawareness to a large number of stakeholders, existing and established communication channelsare an effective choice. Communication channels that are commonly used in a businessenvironment are memos, letters, email, instant messages and text messages (Gerson, 2014). Inaddition to these commonly used methods of communication, reports, web sites, blogs,Powerpoint presentations and telephone or face to face communication are used. The Communication Team will collaborate to identify the best channels forcommunication to each of the intended audiences. The first communication amongst theCommunications Team will occur via email. This email will outline the product details,projected launch date and the goals that R&D has requested the team to accomplish. Once weekafter the email is sent, a brainstorming meeting will be held. In this meeting, the information andgoals will be identified communicated in more detail. Additionally, the team members...
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...the United States and compared that to the differences later. With the help of this information we could have seen why the growth in China was so rapidly and why Chinese people started to enroll at universities. Secondly, we do not agree with the statement: “the best leaders are those with the broadest education in liberal arts”. Liberal arts is education that is not focused on specializing but on the entire package of management. We think that if every manager knows a little bit of everything that the quality of products and services would be relatively low because the managers do not have sufficient knowledge about specialized things, so without that knowledge they are not able to run the company or a specific division. So we think that managers should have specialized knowledge of their division or they should have sub managers who have that knowledge. Because if employees have difficulties or questions they should be able to ask their manager but if the manager is not specialized in that specific discipline the manager cannot give a clear answer or solution. This is why we do not agree with the statement made in the text. Conclusion We think this text has some strong points. The authors explain...
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...about various technologies and the efficiency achieved by computer systems and would welcomeadvice on the acquisition of hardware, software and network items to augment her existing systems inorder to meet the company’s growing needs. The company has a budget of £100,000 for this project. The company currently consists of the following departments (all located in the same open space office): The sales Manager who is responsible for dealing with Maritime companies. She is assisted by asales assistant, equipped with a laptop but with no ability to access the web. This department iscurrently the only one with a connection to the Internet and with access to the company’s commonemail. The General Manager who is responsible for the general operation of the company. She tradeswith suppliers all over the world in order to ensure the best prices of goods for the company’sMaritime shipping clients. For client communication, she uses plain telephone services and a faxmachine. She keeps all the clients’ invoices in an Excel file that has no access to the web or anybackup devices. The manager recently hired an assistant who was given a modern laptop, butagain with no ability to access the web. The company recently obtained funding to expand its operations. They will soon start hiring more people,and expand in an additional office that is located beneath their current...
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...ENSR International Which of the proposed solutions do you favour and why? Of the 3 options provided, I would choose to implement Anderson’s key account program for several reasons: 1. It will help align employee compensation with overall corporate profit objectives. CSC managers are currently compensated based on their CSCs profit performance. This gives managers the incentives to employ their own CSC consultants on projects from the region, regardless if there are better-suited ENSR consultants working under different CSCs. Depending on the specific needs of a prospective client in the manager’s region, the CSC may or may not contain the necessary expertise to win a project. Implementing a key account program will allow the right expertise to be allocated to the right accounts. 2. Clients often need a certain type of expertise across a range of geographic locations outside the CSC’s area. Under the current system, the client would need to build new relationships with several CSCs dispersed geographically. This requires a great deal of company resources, including consultant time and money. Under a key account program, the relationship would be limited to one project team. This heightens the chance of building a strong relationship with the client. Relationships between clients and suppliers are becoming increasingly important, since there is a new industry trend where clients are limiting the number of suppliers/consultants employed by the firm. 3. By following...
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...✓ To be recognized and obtain a minimum of 200 regular customers in QC market for our first year of operation. ✓ To provide an income for the founders by the end of the second year with income growth possibilities. KEY TO SUCCESS ✓ Reputation: Every customer visiting our store will want to return and will recommend us to their friends and family. Word of mouth marketing will be a powerful ally for our business. ✓ Superior Customer Service: Knowledgeable, friendly service will be of the utmost importance. ✓ Location: Provide an easily accessible location for customer convenience, including walk-by And drive-by traffic. ✓ Product/Environment: Offer a variety of high quality foods with domestic and international themes, sold at a fair price in a clean, authentic, comfortable environment. ✓ Convenience: Our customers will know that they can get what they need at our market for fair price. ✓ No direct competition: We are the only milktea store/ tea house along Regalado Highway. THE COMPANY Form of Business Ownership The Cha-karaoke is a privately help partnership. These partners, Lyka Benaro, John Gelano, Pam Lopez, Kat Napao, and Rica Reyes, each control 20% of the business. The Partnership is grouping of two or more…….( Definition) Start-up summary Equipment and Inventory will make up 75% of start-up requirements. Leasehold improvements ans general expenses comprise the remaining 25%. The...
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...right individual to a management position, which causes negativity not only in the department but causes distrust with their subordinates. Federal Companies is a moving company that is headquartered in East Peoria, Illinois. They have been in operation since 1913 as an agent for Allied Van Lines. They offer widespread services in residential relocation, international moving, office moving, warehousing and distribution, delivery services, and custom logistics solutions to data backup and record storage services to motorcycle transportation. They have multiple locations throughout Central Illinois, St. Louis, MO, Milwaukee, WI, and Chicago, IL (Federal). The Federal Companies corporate headquarters is where the marketing, accounting/finance, billing, human resources, executive management, and information technology departments are located. The key decisions regarding personnel and promotions are decided by the human resources manager and his or her superiors when a position becomes available. When a new management position becomes available, notification is sent to the human resources department from the department manager and research is conducted if there are any internal candidates or if an advertisement is...
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...about various technologies and the efficiency achieved by computer systems and would welcomeadvice on the acquisition of hardware, software and network items to augment her existing systems inorder to meet the company’s growing needs. The company has a budget of £100,000 for this project. The company currently consists of the following departments (all located in the same open space office): The sales Manager who is responsible for dealing with Maritime companies. She is assisted by asales assistant, equipped with a laptop but with no ability to access the web. This department iscurrently the only one with a connection to the Internet and with access to the company’s commonemail. The General Manager who is responsible for the general operation of the company. She tradeswith suppliers all over the world in order to ensure the best prices of goods for the company’sMaritime shipping clients. For client communication, she uses plain telephone services and a faxmachine. She keeps all the clients’ invoices in an Excel file that has no access to the web or anybackup devices. The manager recently hired an assistant who was given a modern laptop, butagain with no ability to access the web. The company recently obtained funding to expand its operations. They will soon start hiring more people,and expand in an additional office that is located beneath their current...
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...evaluate Allstate’s goal setting process to determine whether or not Allstate has an effective goal-setting program. After comparing the model for goal setting with the steps that Allstate had put into effect, I believe that they do have a successful goal-setting program already established. Nevertheless, when you are trying to make sure that a business is operating as smoothly and efficiently that it can, there will always be room for improvement. One way they could improve is instead of giving, each manage a twenty-five percent of each manager merit pay, and why not break that down to at least five percent for every employee (Hellriegel. 2010). That way even thought the percentage is lower but all the employees would be getting a reward based on the Diversity Index and QLMS. Everyone in the company, no matter what background that that individual may have, needs to feel like what they do for the company is not taken for granted. Managers at this time are receiving a twenty-five...
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...Corporate managers and shareholders can sometimes find themselves in a conflict of interest. The goal of being a good manager is being able to spot these potential conflicts and to remedy the situation before a serious problem arises. The biggest conflict between managers and shareholders is going to be money. Here is the most common scenario. A corporation is profitable. In fact, the corporation is more profitable than expected. Therefore, the corporation has a cash surplus, if you will. Managers would want this money as a financial bonus and the shareholders would want this money as a stock dividend. What to do? What to do? Mangers will argue that without their leadership and managerial ability, the corporation would not have been as profitable. The shareholders will argue that without their money, the corporation would not have been able to invest in its growth, and therefore, would not have reached that level of prosperity. Who should get the money? Another situation arises when the managers are also shareholders. This may lead a particular manager to push the opposite way of his/her position. For example, if a shareholder manager would get more money from a stock dividend than from a bonus, this shareholder manager might vote in favor of a stock dividend, not because he/she believes that stockholders should be rewarded for their investment, but because it will mean more money for that particular manager. What if only that one manger is a stock holder? Before...
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...3500 2200-75-2800100-3500 2200-75-2800100-3500 1640-60-260075-2900 do 1 Production Manager 1 In charge of Production Plant 21900 2 Asst Manager Production Asst Manager Maintenance Asst Manager Quality Control Jr. Manger (Q.A)- A 4 3 1 4 1 5 1 Supervision of Production Activities 14500 do 14500 do 14500 do 10840 6 Jr. Manger (Q.A)- B 1 MSc (Pharmaceutical 1640-60-2600In charge of Quality Chemistry)/ MSc (Micro Biology) with 2 years 75-2900 Assurance experience in the relevant field. do 10840 7 Jr. Manger (Q.C) 2 B.Pharm with 2 years experience OR Msc. In charge of Quality (Chemistry)with 2 years 1640-60-2600Control 75-2900 experience/ BSc (Chemistry) with 5 to 7 years experience in relevent Field do 10840 STAFF/WORKERS:TECHNICAL 750-40-950-50B.Sc. (Chemistry) with D.Pharm 1200-60-1500Industrial DA Production of Drug and minimum 3 years 70-1990-80based on cost experience in Pharmaceutical Formulations 2390-95-2865- of living Index production 110-3415 630-25-755-30Minimum 10th Standard + ITI in 905-35-1080Production of Drug Fitter/ Machinist Trade with 2 40-1360-45years experience in a Formulations 1585-55-1860Pharmaceutical Company 65-2185 Minimum 10th Standard + ITI in 605-20-705-25Production of Drug Fitter/ Machinist Trade with 1 830-30-950-35Formulations year experience in a 1230-40-1430 Pharmaceutical Company 630-25-755-30Minimum 10th Standard + ITI in 905-35-1080Maintenance...
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...Aim for 1 page – this example cover letter is longer because it includes instructions Ms Karen Medica [Address] [Suburb, State, Post Code] [Mobile] [e-mail] [date] 1 November 2010 [Salutation] [first name] [surname] [Position in Company] [Company name] [Address] [Suburb, State, Post Code] Dear [Mr. or Ms.][Last Name], Re: [job name, reference] Customer Service Officer, Position C542 [Write a brief explanation of your experience in the particular field and interest in the role advertised. This section should be limited to one paragraph only.] [Example only] I am writing to express my interest in your advertisement/ current opening for a [……],and submit my résumé for your review. Having served in sales and operational leadership roles for the past 8 years with continued success in meeting business/operational goals, I can make a valuable contribution to your organisation’s future projects and initiatives. I am aware of your products and familiar with your new line of [show you know something about what the organisation does] and believe that I can assist with increasing sales in the area of [again, show you know what they do]. [Sell yourself. Point out why you would be best for the role. Use examples/or use as a guide your current or most recent position. Provide detailed summary of the role’s key responsibilities and accountabilities]. [Example only]What I bring to this position is a combination of team leadership, strategic planning, and business development skills that...
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...workplace by serving as a good manager of people and their unique skillsets. The psychology of human beings cannot be ignored since people are almost certain to act as their nature dictates. In the article reviewed, “The Psychology of Crowds” by Chuck Csizmar, the author explores how herding mentality can act as a hindrance to a manager looking to set them self apart as a leader. Csizmar’s major point was that if you do not want to simply be part of the herd, as a manger you have to learn how not to be a “yes” man. You should get comfortable breaking the mold, because managers who change this mentality are able to make a real difference. The author starts off the article by discussing how when he was a child during recess the children were herded. Then as an adult in the military, during basic army training, drill sergeants crammed them into “cattle cars” to drive them to the different locations for their training. They would often yell “Moo!” to indicate that they felt like a herd. All of these experiences in the author’s life were part of building camaraderie and a spirit of teamwork with others. You feel as though you belong to something and becomes your comfort zone because of that human need to belong. But on the flip side it also caused groupthink and took away feelings of individuality. As the author stated, “the group focus suppresses the individual personality”. The author then goes on to say that when you transition into that role of a manager, you are now responsible...
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...ACKNOWLEDGEMENT God has its own purpose for all of us. He never plans without a purpose. He never sets a life without a promise. As long as we believe in ourselves and be grateful for all the people who contributed so much in our life. I wish to express my sincerest things and gratitude to those people who have helped me to reap the fruits of my success in the training. Mr. Erwin Camarillo, General Manager of the UNION GALVASTEEL for his undying support. Mr. Proland Mangahas, SNF Engineer of the UNION GALVASTEEL for his encouragement and for sharing us his knowledge about the qualities of a good employee and trainee. Mr. Joseph Savellano, former Senior Accountant of the UNION GALVASTEEL for helping us to do the assigned tasks accurately. Ms. Janette de Asis, Cashier of the UNION GALVASTEEL for guiding and leading us to the right way during difficult times. Ms. Gema Bulao, present Senior Accountant for providing us a copy of the history and other related information needed in the preparation of my terminal report. Mr. Roldan B. Eden, Dean of the College of Information and Computing Studies for teaching us the right manners and conduct of a trainee. Mrs. Riche M. Jose, College Computer Laboratory Assistant for inspiring me to go through and pursue my training despite of the problems that I am facing. Ms. Rosemarie B. Gascon, Elementary Computer Laboratory Assistant for assisting me during my training in the school. Above all, the Father Almighty for without Him nothing...
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...Scenario I When implementing a specific communication channel, I would recommend downward communication. Downward communication is most effectively used by group leaders and managers communicating with an employee assigned goals, provide job instructions, and also points out problems that need attention. This communication channel can help the marketing manager be more efficient in setting strategic goals with the team members. It can also get her team motivated by her leadership and wisdom as she relates in detail the task at hand. To convey my strategy to the Vice President of Operations, I would use the upward communication channel. Upward communication is the best choice in the marketing manager situation. This type of communication is used to provide feedback to higher- up’s to inform them of progress towards goals, and relay current problems. For this scenario it would effectively help the marketing manager convey updates on the task that was set fourth. By using key headlines and phrases, the Vice President of Operations could better understand the progress of the team and implement changes if needed. Scenario II The communication channel that the manager of the travel agency should utilize is oral communication. Oral communication deals with either face to face or phone communication. .The manager can make an emergency phone call to the IT group and they can walk her through issue with the password and expiration issue. Scenario III Implementing the face to face...
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