...Analysis and Synthesis of Prior Research Analysis and Synthesis of Prior Research The companies that efficiently solve their projects issues and portfolio concerns will differentiate themselves from their competition. The projects that companies work to complete with the many different project methodologies demonstrate where the business is now, and the portfolio of projects of the organization demonstrate where the organization is headed. To effectively manage the tremendous number of projects that leaders face today in their organizations, they look to methods and processes that aid them in effectively managing a group of projects. The method used to help in this endeavor is Portfolio Project Management (PPM). Portfolio Management Methodologies According to Project Management Institute’s 2012 Pulse of the Profession In-Depth Report there is a clear trend based on their annual global study of more than 1000 project, program and portfolio managers. Over half of the companies reported an increase in their use of portfolio management as a means of effectively dealing with organizational strategy based on portfolio management (PMI, 2012). Moreover, the results of the study determined that 62% of projects that were concluded based on the effective use of portfolio management methodologies met or exceeded their expected return on investment (PMI, 2012). Notwithstanding the quantifiable benefits of portfolio management, the study uncovered that relatively few businesses created...
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...AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT |CONSULT IN EUROPE - LDV project n. 2006 FR/06/B/P/PP-152533 | | | |This project has been funded with support from European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the authors, and the | |Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. | MODULE N°4 RESTRUCTURING AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT INTRODUCTION With rapid changes in economic and technical environment, the firm must be ready to cope withperiod of organisational transitional. Organisational change generates new management issues and managers have to anticipate their strong repercussions since the beginning of change process. The main objective of this module is to give to the future consultant the tools necessary for internal adaptation to restructuring imperatives and managing the change process. This training course is organised over 5 days of 6 working hours facilitated by a trainer whose professional experience will enrich and develop practical insightsinto theManagement Consulting sector. LEARNING OBJECTIVES This training programme addresses the needs of experienced employeeswho must know about the main issues linked to organisational change management. In order...
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...Student Name: Student No.: Assignment Due Date: Academic Year: Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 DECLARATION [pic] Business Strategy Assignment 1-4 Lecturer Name：Charlie Dayman Student Name: XIANG XIANG LIN, CHEN CHEN HE CLEBER ALMEIDA, NAMIR EL MULHIM Student Number: 2012855, 2012979, 2012939, 2012840 17th December, 2013 Table of Contents 1. Introduction---------------------------------------------------------------------------------5 2. Task 1-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5 2.1 explain the meaning of strategy, strategic contexts and the terminology associated with business strategy----------------------------------------------------5 2.2 outline and comment on the issues involved in strategic planning----------8 2.3 explain different planning techniques---------------------------------------------9 3. Task 2----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------16 3.1 producing an ‘organizational audit’ for an organization of Apaches Pizza & Lam Take Away-------------------------------------------------------------------16 3.2 carrying out an ‘environmental audit’ for Apaches Pizza & Lam Take Away-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------18 3.3 explain the significance of ‘stakeholder analysis’------------------------------21 4. Task 3----...
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...Subject Outline Subject Name: Managing Entrepreneurial Enterprises Code: LB5207:03 Study Period: SP21, 2014 Study Mode: Internal Campus: Brisbane Subject Coordinator: Dr. Boaz Bernstein Pre-requisites: If pre-requisites apply to your subject, provide link to subject in Studyfinder <https://secure.jcu.edu.au/app/studyfinder/index.cfm> e.g., For prerequisites for EV3010, see https://secure.jcu.edu.au/app/studyfinder/index.cfm?subject=EV3010&year=2013&transform=subjectwebview.xslt Note that where a subject is offered across different campuses and/or modes and/or teaching periods within the one calendar year, the learning outcomes will be the same and, other than in exceptional circumstances, there will be no variation in assessment type or weighting. Any minor variation in assessment type or weighting will be authorised through relevant School/Faculty processes and by Head of School, and documented in the subject outline/s, prior to the commencement of the subject. The design of course content and learning experiences across different campuses and/or modes and/or teaching periods within the one calendar year will ensure equivalent opportunity for students to achieve learning outcomes. This subject outline has been prepared by the School of Business, Faculty of Law, Business and the Creative Arts, James Cook University. Updated 20 March 2014. Q1. This subject is offered across more than one campus and/or mode and/or teaching...
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...Title |Advanced Information and Management System | |Degree/Program |Master of Management/Master in Business Administration | |Course Description |The information systems function in an organization has a broad responsibility to plan, develop or acquire, implement, and manage an infrastructure of information technology (computers and | | |communications), data (both internal and external), and enterprise-wide information processing systems. It has the responsibility to track new information technology and assist in incorporating | | |it into organization’s strategy, planning, and practices. The activity of developing or acquiring information technology/information systems applications for organizational and | | |inter-organizational processes involves projects that define creative and productive use of technological tools and resources for...
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...Engineering Management VISION Mapúa shall be an international center of excellence in technology education by: providing instructions that are current in content and state-of-the art in delivery; engaging in cutting-edge research; and responding to the big local and global technological challenges of the times MISSION a) The mission of Mapúa Institute of Technology is to disseminate, generate, preserve and apply scientific, engineering, architectural and IT knowledge. b) The Institute shall, using the most effective means, provide its students with professional and advanced scientific and engineering, architectural and information technology education through rigorous and upto-date academic programs with ample opportunities for the exercise of creativity and the experience of discovery. c) It shall implement curricula that, while being steeped in technologies, shall also be rich in the humanities, languages and social sciences that will inculcate ethics. d) The Institute shall advance and preserve knowledge by undertaking research and reporting on the results of such inquiries. e) The Institute, singly or in collaboration with others, shall bring to bear the world's vast store of knowledge in science, engineering and other realms on the problems of the industry and the community in order to make the Philippines and the world a better place. MISSION a 1. To prepare students for a professional Engineering Management career including a vital role in the overall management of organizations...
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...Individual Assignment Individual Assignment MODULE: Principles of Management MODULE: Recruitment & Selection TOTAL WEIGHTING: 40% TOTAL WEIGHTING: 2340% 2015 (Both softcopy and hardcopy to be submitted) rd DATE DUE: April DATE DUE: 05th Nov 2015 (Both softcopy and hardcopy to be submitted) Required: Based on the findings, write a report of 2000-2500 words. General guideline Your report should include a good synthesis of academic references, facts and information collected by using difference methods. Students should familiarize with APA referencing. Plagiarism is a serious offence and will be penalized if found guilty. Document guideline (25%): Font: Time New Roman, Size 12 1.5 line spacing No intend Alignment justified Oral Presentation guideline (15%): Duration: 10-15 minutes Assignment 1, Recruitment and Selection Literature review should be included to the given points 1. Good and unethical practices happens in different organization 2. Distinguish recruitment & selection process of a smaller and a larger organizations. 3. Assess each stage of the process and identify differences between both organization practices and the standard. 4. Write recommendation on both firms with Justification (apply theories for justifications) Individual Assignment Individual Assignment MODULE: Strategic Human Resource Management MODULE: Marketing Management TOTAL WEIGHTING: 40% TOTAL WEIGHTING: 1st40% 2015 (Both softcopy and hardcopy to be submitted) DATE DUE: May DATE DUE: 10th Nov 2015...
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...Applied Research Project Course: IS 535 Submitted: 04/14/2011 Introduction HSBC is one of world’s largest banks with electronic commerce, which consists of the buying and selling of products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks. With HSBC, the amount of trade conducted electronically has grown significantly with widespread Internet usage. ("HSBC" 2009) The use of commerce is conducted in this way, spurring and drawing on innovations in electronic funds transfer, supply chain management, Internet marketing, online transaction processing, electronic data interchange (EDI), inventory management systems, and automated data collection systems. Modern electronic commerce typically uses the World Wide Web at least at some point in the transaction's lifecycle, although it can encompass a wider range of technologies such as e-mail as well. ("HSBC," 2009) A large percentage of electronic commerce is conducted entirely electronically for virtual items such as access to premium content on a website, but most electronic commerce involves the transportation of physical items in some way. Online retailers are sometimes known as e-tailers and online retail is sometimes known as e-tail. Almost all big retailers have electronic commerce presence on the World Wide Web. Electronic commerce that is conducted between businesses...
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...framework assumes inter-firm settings as a-centered and a-static, whence the relevance of an interpretive approach where coordination is viewed as a process characterized by dialectic interactions between coordinating actors. The empirical part of the study is aimed at verifying the explanatory power of the framework studying a case of outsourcing relations in a divisionalized company operating in the semi-conductor industry. The case provided useful data giving new insights that enrich the framework. Keywords: coordination; information; system;: process; inter-organizational relations. Revised version July, 5 2011 1. Introduction Inter-organizational relations have become a widespread and problematic phenomenon which, from the management control perspective, has required the design and implementation of control systems at a distance (Mouritsen et al, 2001). Coordination is one of the main problems to be dealt with by means of an inter-organizational control system (Dekker, 2004; Caglio and Ditillo, 2008). Particularly,...
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...5/21/2011 Strategic Planning In real life, strategy is actually very straightforward. Pick a general direction and implement like hell.” Jack Welch, Chairman and CEO, General Electric between 1981 and 2001 1 5/21/2011 • “We have a strategic plan, It´s called doing things.” Herb Kelleher, Cofounder and CEO of Southwest Airlines between 1971 and 2008 • “Strategy is 10 per cent vision and 90 per cent execution.” Percy Barnevik, CEO and Chairman of Asea Brown Boveri between 1988 and 2002 2 5/21/2011 Revolutionary Strategy • When Strategic Planning isn’t Strategic – It should not be just an annual ritual – It should challenge the limits of industry – It should harness the creative potential of a large portion of the organization – Planning is not the same as strategizing – Planning is programming not discovering – Strategy discovery is not incrementalism 3 5/21/2011 Revolutionary Strategy • Principle 2 Strategy Making must be Subversive – Revolutionaries are subversive and enlightened – Be a rule maker not a rule taker Revolutionary Strategy • Principle 3 The bottle neck is at the top of the bottle – the top is where least diversity of experience lives – the top is where there is greatest investment in the past – the top is where there is great reverence in industry dogma 4 5/21/2011 Revolutionary Strategy • Principle 4 Revolutionaries exist in every Company/Organization – They are the maligned middle managers – Allow them to participate in the strategising...
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...second-order type of change is more evident. Below are the snippets organizational change that occurred at Nestle according to its order: First Order * Nestle began expanding globally and begun to purchase local subsidiaries in local markets. * Offshore transfer of Executive from Switzerland to United States * Strengthening/Centralization of its IT department Second Order * Diversification of market through entering in cosmetics and pharmaceutical market. * Complete overhaul of executive board with 10 executives replaced * Acquisition and Mergers Discussing more on the second-order change, a transformational change happened when the organization switched from entrepreneurial to become a wider and more professional management kind of structure when they begun to purchase local subsidiaries in foreign market in order for their sales agent (new position) to introduce their product outside of Switzerland. Another transformational change that happen involves the visionary changes that make the organization change in terms of involving in other fields of business through product d1versification through: i. Production of chocolate with the ingredients of Swiss General Chocolate Factory ; ii. Created new product like malted milk, powdered beverage and powdered bottled milk ; iii. Production of coffee products ; iv. Merged with Maggi seasoning and soup manufacturers ; v. Entered cosmetic arena thus becoming the major shareholder...
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...Lance A. Bynum Professor Franklin Mitchell Project Management 30 May 2015 Scope of a Project As the project manager the first step towards establishing a project timeline will be to setting up the project goals, and allocating project resources. These steps will help you to define the scope of the project. You’ll be able to allocate tasks, give your team direction, and deliver the project on time, and within budget. Strategic Moves Since I spoke with the consultant, and the executives I have decided to work with this strategy which involves the ten (10) steps to maintaining a contract. (1) Learning the program and how it helps to understand the project objectives. (2) Becoming familiar with the (FAR) Federal Acquisition Regulation, a complex set of rules governing the federal government. Government contracts and commercial contacts are different in many ways. The FAR applies to all agencies in the executive branch, but the legislative and judicial branches are not required to comply with the FAR. (3) Registering in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) is a highly secure single repository of vendor data used government wide. (4) checking FEBBIZOPPS ( Federal Business Opportunities formerly known as the Commerce Business Dailey (CBD) is the source for federal procurement bidding opportunities, contracts awarded, special notes, and surplus government sales. (5) Finding out if you qualify for business development programs. (6) Visiting your contracting...
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...for this initiative. Analysis Enterprise architecture (EA) is a strategic planning process that translates an enterprise’s business vision and strategy into effective enterprise change. The EA program institutes a collaborative, shared planning process. EA teams work with business and IT stakeholders to define a future-state vision in terms of requirements, principles and models. They then compare the future-state vision to the current state, identify gaps and plan investments to fill them. EA is not IT-focused, but business-driven and comprehensive. The future-state vision helps coordinate the analysis of—and develop a plan to harmonize—required changes in business functions and processes, information and data provisioning, technology capabilities and application solutions. An effective EA program will help align IT investments with long-term strategy, reduce risk, deliver higher-quality information and engineer adaptive solutions and technical services. Consider these factors to determine your readiness EA planners must charter the program and ensure that senior leaders support it. They must also establish program milestones, plan ongoing refinements and devise strategies to tackle hurdles such as how to: • Assess EA program maturity, and improve it. • Define EA in a useful way. • Explain the business benefits of the EA program. • Gain credibility and build momentum by picking “low-hanging fruit” projects. • Use EA to improve the quality of information for decision making...
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...Informatics, University of Zagreb, Pavlinska 2, Varazdin, Croatia Abstract –This paper employs combination of SWOT analysis and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) in strategic planning for tourism of small mid-european city Varazdin, which is located in the north west of Croatia. SWOT analysis identifies internal and external factors which are prioritized by expert in tourism domain by means of AHP. The prioritized SWOT factors are used in strategies formulation using TOWS matrix. Results indicate that proactive communication strategy and isolation strategy with effective marketing promotional strategy were the best strategies that could have been implemented. Keywords – SWOT, AHP, strategy formulation. cases in the strategic management process. One of them is the SWOT analysis. This article explains the SWOT analysis, provides the theoretical background and an overview of the application of the SWOT analysis. As some authors have identified weaknesses of the SWOT, analysis is combined with a method for multi-criteria decision analytic hierarchy process (AHP) in order to avoid these disadvantages. Therefore, in the second part of the paper AHP method and SWOT AHP hybrid method are described. Following the basic steps method, SWOT AHP is applied to the example of the city of Varazdin strategic marketing plan definition. 2. SWOT analysis SWOT is an acronym of strength, weakness, opportunities and threats. The first two factors (strengths and weaknesses) are related to internal...
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...Business Intelligence Redefining Management Processes * Project Category: Business Intelligence * Project Topic: Business Intelligence-Redefining Management Processes * Contributor Details: * Name: Nishikant Harjai (11 Ex-037) * Synopsis of the Project Today, Indian firms have been exploring ways to improve their business practices and procedures to gain competitive advantage. One of the most talked about Information Technology (IT) enabled business innovation is the emergence of Business Intelligence (BI). A well implemented BI can bring manifold benefits to an organization. However, the implantation is resource intensive and complex, with success dependent upon various critical success factors. The successful implementation of BI depends upon several factors. Indian organizations hesitate to adopt BI as they feel higher risks are involved and the returns are not assured in India. The demands of the industry may vary in time in India. Indian firms are of opinion that the products have limited amount of customization paradigm, hence greater complexity involved to adopt BI. This paper focuses on two aspects of BI in India: prospects and challenges. It tries to identify the major issues and concerns in successfully implementing BI in India. A business is operated with the objective of making a profit from the sale of goods or services. Business Intelligence enables the comprehension, understanding and profit from experience. Business data and information...
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