...Introduction Rooted in Ray Kroc’s founding principles of Quality, Service, Cleanliness & Value (Q.S.C.&V.), McDonald’s management has always believed in being a leader in issues that affect their customers. This philosophy is evident in McDonald’s involvement in various community projects regarding education, health care, medical research, and rehabilitation facilities. These activities help the corporation to extend their image beyond fun and entertainment into social responsibility. However, in the late 1980s, McDonald’s began to face criticism for its environmental policies, especially those surrounding polystyrene clamshell containers. In 1987, McDonald’s replaced CFCs, the blowing agent used in clamshell production, with weaker HCFC-22’s after facing public criticism that CFC usage was contributing to ozone depletion. But this change was not enough for many grass-roots environmental groups that, led by the Citizens Clearinghouse for Hazardous Waste (CCHW), united in establishing a “Ronald McToxic Campaign” consisting of restaurant picketers and an organized effort to mail clamshells back to Oak Brook headquarters. When McDonald’s later tested trash-to-energy on-site incinerators, CCHW quickly named the project...
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...Organizational Structures Paper There are various organizational structures, however the most predominant in project management are: functional, matrix, and pure project. Organizational structures, refers to the way in which project groups within an organization are structured. Organizational structures, is a description of the methods of management used to organize the procedures of departments and individuals that contribute to achieving a common goal. Maintaining a basic understanding about organizational structure allows for leadership to make educated decisions concerning to the best structure for their organization. Another critical component to an organization is to have effective communication and coordination. This paper will compare and contrast the three primary project management organizational structures: functional, matrix, and pure project. Each structure has advantages and disadvantages and if used correctly the structure can help with the completion of the project. Functional Structure Functional organization structure has been around forever and is considered to be one of the oldest structures. In a functional structure there is usually a vertical hierarchy through the organizational breakdown structure. Within a project management functional structure, projects usually fall into two different categories. There are some projects that have a functional manager who combines with others who assign and share the work. Then, there are projects that are assigned...
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...The Art of the White Paper July 2003 Executive Summary...................................................................1 What is a White Paper? .............................................................2 White Papers Come in Many Flavors..........................................3 Why Write a White Paper? ........................................................3 Industry Standards for White Papers ........................................4 Who Reads White Papers?.........................................................5 Who Writes White Papers? ........................................................6 Success Factors for White Papers..............................................7 A Gordon & Gordon Success Story.............................................8 Copies of this white paper can be obtained from www.gordonandgordon.com/downloads.html © 2001-2003 by Manuel Gordon and Gordon Graham Executive Summary High-tech companies produce a lot of white papers, and many IT managers use them—even if no one can clearly explain what they are. This paper begins by describing the various kinds of white papers, and the various purposes for which they are needed. Although no industry standards exist for white papers, we can make some generalizations. Most white papers are around 10 letter-sized pages with black & white illustrations. They are written with an authoritative, neutral tone. Most are distributed through the Web as PDFs. They can take from 4 to 10 weeks and cost from...
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...TOWARDS A “LESS PAPER OFFICE” IN KUDHEIHA WORKERS UNION Kenya Union of Domestic, Hotels, Educational Institutions, Hospitals and Allied (KUDHEIHA) Workers is a trade union among the many listed in Kenya that works for and champions the rights of workers in our country. Its headquarters are in Nairobi and has several branches spread all over the country. The structure of this union is such that, the Chairman, Secretary General and the Treasurer form the top management. The deputy secretary general and his assistants form the middle mangers. The branch managers form the line managers. The branch managers report directly to the Secretary General every now and then concerning their respective branches and all disputes reported are handled from the headquarter where the industrial relations officers take over. In its endeavors, the union depends majorly on CBA agreements and the labour laws Act 2007. Numerous reports are written after every negotiation with employers and cases filed if there tends to be a disagreement. All these files of cases dating from the 1980s that have ever been handled by the union and reports are stored in file cabinets in a store room. File cabinets are like the junk drawer that hasn’t been cleaned out in years: a few frequently used things are in the right place, and they store some valuable stuff- if you can find them. The files are too many and some are old and in tatters but it’s said that the union cannot function without these files. The employees...
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...tools, and techniques used to manage time when accomplishing specific tasks, projects and goals complying with a due date. This set encompasses a wide scope of activities, and these include planning, allocating, setting goals, delegation, analysis of time spent, monitoring, organizing, scheduling, and prioritizing. Initially, time management referred to just business or work activities, but eventually the term broadened to include personal activities as well. A time management system is a designed combination of processes, tools, techniques, and methods. Usually time management is a necessity in any project development as it determines the project completion time and scope. Contents [show] | ------------------------------------------------- [edit]Main themes of time management The major themes arising from the literature on time management include the following: * Creating an environment conducive to effectiveness * Setting of priorities * Carrying out activity around those priorities * The related process of reduction of time spent on non-priorities Time management has been considered to be a subset of different concepts such as: * Project management. Time Management can be considered to be a project management subset and is more commonly known as project planning and project scheduling. Time Management has also been identified as one of the core functions identified in project management.[1] * Attention management: Attention Management relates...
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...Stage I //The proper implication of the human resource management related practices is quite important for different business organizations. In this context, different HR needs and requirements are assessed in the reference of Castle's family Restaurant. The section is aimed to provide a brief description of the business organization and needs of HRIS// Business assessment: The paper presents the findings in the special reference of the Castle's family Restaurant. The restaurant is a wide spread restaurant chain in the area of northern California. In the area, there are about 8 restaurants operating within the hotel chain. In such restaurants, about 300-350 employees are employed who are committed to provide excellent services to the customers. As the hotel conceives such a large human resource, the management of the hotel is required to manage its human resource in the most effective manner. As the company's branches are situated at different locations, the management of the restaurant requires making the HR management of the organization quite integrated. This need of integration of different management functions is the most crucial and intensive requirement of existing hotel industry, which has become quite comprehensive and well spread. The integration of the HR function supports the theory of centralized management, which is quite common among geographically diversified business organizations, like Castle's family Restaurant (Andrews, 2009). Identification of the...
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...2.4 LOCAL LITERATURE 2.4.1 Electronic Voting Literature Review Computer scientists who have done work in, or are interested in, electronic voting all seem to agree on two things: * Internet voting does not meet the requirements for public elections * Currently widely-deployed voting systems need improvement Voting on the Internet using every day PC's offers only weak security, but its main disadvantages are in the areas of anonymity and protection against coercion and/or vote selling. It's such a truly bad idea that there seems to be no credible academic effort to deploy it at all. The Presidential elections of 2000 brought national attention to problems with current American methods of casting and counting votes in public elections. Most people believe that the current system should be changed; there is much disagreement on how such changes should be made. The MIT/Caltech researchers [1] “see a promising future for electronic voting, despite its problems today” (under a few conditions). They advocate using the methods currently in use which result in the lowest average numbers of “uncounted, unmarked, and spoiled ballots,” like in-precinct optical scanning. Their report even proposes a framework for new voting system with a decentralized, modular design. Other researchers have done work in electronic voting; while they may not explicitly mention voting from remote poll sites, their work is nonetheless relevant to any effort at designing or implementing...
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...TRIDENT UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL ITM 423: System Acquisition, System Development and Project Management Module 2: IT Organizations, Projects and Project Life Cycles Case Assignment May 2014 Term June 08, 2014 Assignment: Prepare a 4-6 page paper addressing the following issue with a special focus on the project of a Household Move: “Discuss Various Stages in the Project Life Cycle Based on the Type of IT Organization Structure You Have Seen” Discuss Various Stages in the Project Life Cycle Based on the Type of IT Organization Structure You Have Seen (Household Move) For this assignment we are asked to review a few very well-respected project lifecycle guides and synthesize our own personal experience of the project lifecycle in terms of planning a household move. Throughout this module we have examined various different accepted different stages in managing our programs, such as those presented by the NYS Project Management Guidebook, Barron & Barron as well as Johnathan Carr. These are all discussed in some form or fashion on PMHut.com which is well-respected for providing project management information. Based on my own personal experience with project management I will use the phases as presented by Johnathan Carr primarily; however, I will also indicate the terms used by the other sources and how they correlate to the phase I am referring to. These phases are: Concept Phase, Planning Phase, Development Phase, Implementation Phase and Closeout Phase...
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...There are four main functions of management. 1. Planning. 2. Organizing. 3. Leading. 4. Controlling. Planning. Planning is an important managerial function. It provides the design of a desired future state and the means of bringing about that future state to accomplish the organization's objectives. In other words, planning is the process of thinking before doing. To solve the problems and take the advantages of the opportunities created by rapid change, managers must develop formal long- and short-range plans so that organizations can move toward their objectives. It is the foundation area of management. It is the base upon which the all the areas of management should be built. Planning requires administration to assess; where the company is presently set, and where it would be in the upcoming. From there an appropriate course of action is determined and implemented to attain the company's goals and objectives Planning is unending course of action. There may be sudden strategies where companies have to face. Sometimes they are uncontrollable. You can say that they are external factors that constantly affect a company both optimistically and pessimistically. Depending on the conditions, a company may have to alter its course of action in accomplishing certain goals. This kind of preparation, arrangement is known as strategic planning. In strategic planning, management analyzes inside and outside factors that may affect the company and so objectives and goals...
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...[pic] PRACTICAL SESIONS 1. Introduction We are going to work on the process of internationalization of a specific company and adapt its determinants to major theories of business internationalization at the same time, we will work the attraction of international investment of two country-specific factors. First of all, you must choose that undertaking, which may not be that choosing another schoolmate. You then select two countries where the company is present, if possible, one developed and other non-developed. 1. Tasks The tasks that you must perform will be a word document and a PowerPoint to present it in class. It is a single work consisting of choose a multinational company and based on information in primary and secondary schools about the company, to analyze the following issues as a case study: 1.- Explain briefly the origin and growth of the company. What is the current situation in terms of number of brands, institutions, countries and modalities of expansion? 2.- What specific factors are those who have influenced the internationalization of the tourist company in question? a) What are the competitive advantages of the company that will ensure an international success?-Hymer applied to the company. b) Does kind of industrial organization sector which belongs to the company? (competes under conditions of perfect competition, oligopoly...) What are your main competitors? Is the industry formed by SMEs or multinational...
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...Globalisation can be defined as the process by which regional economies, societies and cultures have become integrated through a global network of communication, transportation and trade. However, in this study, the focus will be on the economic dimensions of globalisation whether positive or negative. According to, Kendall 2008, “Soros, who has a more limited but very important perspective nevertheless, equates globalisation with “the free movement of capital and the increasing domination of national economies by global financial markets and multinational corporations.” Accordingly, globalisation here is defined simply as the integration of markets for goods and services, capital and labour. Globalisation has had great impacts on increased trade and corporate outsourcing, cash flows and the implementation of fiscal policy reforms in the Caribbean region. Firstly, with the increase of trade through globalisation it provides a notable opportunity for increased exports because of the dynamism of trade. Secondly, corporate outsourcing with the increase of trade volumes enhances the income flow into a region. Thirdly, structural reforms facilitated significant increase cash flow in the Caribbean. Fourthly, the implementation of fiscal policy reforms were designed to reduce expenditures and increase revenues. Firstly, with the increase of trade through globalisation it provided a notable opportunity for increased exports because of the dynamism of trade. According to, Shelah, 2006...
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...BUSM3311 International Business Assignment 2 Report Format: Business report (40%) Due date: Monday week 10 (5pm) Word count: 4500 words (do not exceed that limit!) Your Task: Using International Business concepts, empirical evidence, analytical tools and a broad understanding of international institutional environments, write a business report in which you are analysing an existing Vietnamese (or foreigner) company, either international or national, regarding the next steps for their internationalisation to a new market. Provide justification for your recommended strategy. Note: The purpose of this assignment is to practice your ability to write a business report, think that you are paid to do that report for a real company that will consider acting upon your analysis & recommendations. Structure Note: you should cover the following categories; however within each category you can choose what analysis tools you want to use out of our suggestions (you do not no need to use all the tools) Cover Page, with all students names and numbers (typed, no hand writing) Main Title: assign a meaningful title for your report Table of Content: including the main title for your assignment and page numbers 1. Executive summary: must contain all critical information presented in the report in a concise manner. 2. Company background: Outline the company’s background and describe the product or service. 3. Target Country PEST – relate the analysis to your product or service ...
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...Business Activities to Achieve Results Edexcel BTEC level 4 in AMS-LONDON College By Lodoisambuu Bazar To Francis Nwofor Table of Content Task 1 1.1. Evaluate the interrelationship between the different processes and functions of the organization 1.2. Identify and justify the methodology you would use to map processes to the organization’s goals and objectives 1.3. Evaluate the output of the process and the quality gateways Task 2 2.1. Design plans which promote goals and objectives for own area of responsibility 2.2. Write objectives, which are specific, measureable, achievable, realistic and time based to align people and other resources in an effective and efficient way 2.3. Implement appropriate systems to achieve objectives in the most efficient way, on time, to budget and meeting organizational standards of quality 2.4. Carry out work activities meeting the operational plan through effective monitoring and control Task 3 3.1. Design systems to manage and monitor quality standards specified by the organization 3.2. Demonstrate quality culture to ensure continuous monitoring, evaluation and development of the process 3.3. Recommend improvements which align with the organization’s objectives and goals and which result in improvements 3.4. Report on the wider implications of proposed changes within the organization Task 4 4.1. Carry out risk assessments as required by legislation, regulation and organizational requirements ensuring appropriate action is taken ...
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...Monga, A. (2008). E-government in India: Opportunities and challenges, JOAAG, Vol. 3. No. 2 E-government in India: Opportunities and challenges Anil Monga1 Abstract Public administration, governed by bureaucratic structures built on rationale principles, that dominated the twentieth century, has failed to respond to the changing requirements of the present times. E-governance, which is a paradigm shift over the traditional approaches in public administration, means rendering of government services and information to the public using electronic means. This new paradigm has brought about a revolution in the quality of service delivered to the citizens. It has ushered in transparency in the governing process; saving of time due to provision of services through single window; simplification of procedures; better office and record management; reduction in corruption; and improved attitude, behavior and job handling capacity of the dealing personnel. The present study substantiates these theoretical assumptions about e-governance by analyzing some experiences at the local, state and federal levels of government in India. Keywords: E-Government, India, Public Administration 1 Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. Email: monga_ak@yahoo.co.in 52 Monga, A. (2008). E-government in India: Opportunities and challenges, JOAAG, Vol. 3. No. 2 Introduction In the past, service delivery mechanisms of the government departments left much to be desired in India. Cramped spaces;...
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...Introduction The Internet has revolutionized the computer and communications world like nothing before. The invention of the telegraph, telephone, radio, and computer set the stage for this unprecedented integration of capabilities. The Internet is at once a world-wide broadcasting capability, a mechanism for information dissemination, and a medium for collaboration and interaction between individuals and their computers without regard for geographic location. The Internet represents one of the most successful examples of the benefits of sustained investment and commitment to research and development of information infrastructure. Beginning with the early research in packet switching, the government, industry and academia have been partners in evolving and deploying this exciting new technology. Today, terms like "bleiner@computer.org" and "http://www.acm.org" trip lightly off the tongue of the random person on the street. 1 This is intended to be a brief, necessarily cursory and incomplete history. Much material currently exists about the Internet, covering history, technology, and usage. A trip to almost any bookstore will find shelves of material written about the Internet. 2 In this paper,3 several of us involved in the development and evolution of the Internet share our views of its origins and history. This history revolves around four distinct aspects. There is the technological evolution that began with early research on packet switching and the ARPANET (and related...
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