...restaurant by businessman Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois, on April 15, 1955, the ninth McDonald's restaurant overall. Kroc later purchased the McDonald brothers' equity in the company and led its worldwide expansion, and the company became listed on the public stock markets in 1965. Today McDonald’s has grown to become is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, serving more than 70 million customers daily in 119 countries across the globe. As of December 31, 2013, the company operated 35,429 restaurants, including 28,691 franchised and 6,738 company-operated restaurants. It ranks 111 in Fortunes top 500 companies, with revenues of usd$28.1B at the end of calendar year 2013. Problem Statement McDonald’s problems started in the 1990s as a result of rapid global expansion at the expense of service, cleanness, and quality. Solving for cleaning up stores and improving service were short term fixes. CEO Skinner realized that longer term problem lurked in the horizon and these needed to be addressed quickly if McDonalds were to survive, and grow in the market place. McDonald’s problems can be categorized in several areas; this could help the organization focus on addressing them; 1- Fragmenting markets and customer taste. With the expanding options and availability of once exotic foods, like Sushi and...
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...|ENTREPRENEURIAL STRATEGY AND GOING GLOBAL | | | |ENTREPRENEURIAL STRATEGY: GENERATING AND EXPLOITING NEW ENTRIES | |STRATEGIES FOR GROWTH AND MANAGING THE IMPLICATION OF GROWTH | |GOING GLOBAL | | | | | |Himma Putri Sholihah (0910233042) | |Khaula Kharisma Zakhrani (0910233043) | | | | | CHAPTER 13 ENTREPRENEURIAL STRATEGY: GENERATING AND EXPLOITING NEW ENTRIES One of the essential things in entrepreneurship is new entry. New entry refers to offering a new product to an established market or new market, offering and established product to a new market, or creating a new organization. To introduce new entry we need entrepreneurial strategy. Entrepreneurial strategy is a set of decisions, actions, and reactions that first generate, and then exploit over time, a new entry in a way that maximize the benefits of newness and minimize...
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...Banking plays an important role in the economy of any country. In Bangladesh Muslim holds the majority of the population. Though, no Islamic banking but only traditional banking system was developed here till 1983. However, interest is absolutely prohibited in Islam. The main aim of traditional banking is to earn profit by borrowing and lending money in exchange of interest. As a result there is an unfair competition among the bankers and among the customers. The people of this country are profoundly committed to Islamic way of life as enshrined in the holy Qur‟an and the Sunnah. Naturally, it remains deep in their hearts to fashion and design their economic lives in accordance with the precepts of Islam. The establishment of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited on March 13, 1983, is the true reflection of this inner urge of its people, which started functioning with erect from March 30, 1983. Now, a question may arise- „what is Islami Banking?‟ According to OIC- “Islamic bank is a financial institution whose status, rules and procedures expressly state its commitment to the principle of Islamic Shariah and to the banning of the receipt and payment of interest on any of its operations.” This bank is the first of its kind in South-East Asia. It is committed to conduct all banking and investment activities on the basis of interest fee profit-loss sharing system. In doing so, it has unveiled a new horizon and ushered in a new silver lining of hope towards materializing a long cherished...
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...A PROJECT REPORT ON “HR POLICIES AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION” AT “HERITAGE FOODS INDIA LIMITED” PREFACE Human resource management is concerned with people element in management. Since every organization is made up of people, acquiring their services, developing their skills/ motivating to high level of performances and ensuring that they continue to maintain their commitments to the organization which are essential to achieve organizational objectives. This project is meant to know the Human Resource Policies in the organization. The HR Policies are a tool to achieve employee satisfaction and thus highly motivated employees. The main objective of various HR Policies is to increase efficiency by increasing motivation and thus fulfill organizational goals and objectives. The objective is to provide the reader with a framework of the HR Policy Manual and the various objectives that the different policies aim to achieve. The main focus was on the managerial levels of employees in HERITAGE FOODS INDIA LIMITED. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This report is an outstanding prospect to convey my gratefulness to those many people whose timely help and guidance went a long way in finishing this project work from commencement to achievement. I would like to express my sincere thanks to Mr. Nitin V Asalkar (Sr. Manager-Human Resource and Administration) for giving me an opportunity to explore the practical knowledge practiced by...
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...employees for performing their jobs effectively, ensure harmonious working relations between employees and their managers and maintain a safe, healthy work environment. Development focuses on preserving and enhancing your employees' competence in their jobs by improving their knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics. HR specialists call these competencies. Adjustment is concerned with compliance with federal and state laws, as well as with your organization's policies, for example, through discipline, and business strategies such as cost leadership. Finally, managing change is an ongoing process. Its objective is to enhance your new organization's ability to anticipate and respond to developments in the environment, political, economic, social and technical, and to enable employees at all levels to cope with those changes. To some, these activities are the special responsibilities of the HR Department, but they also lie within the core of every...
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...ORGANIZATION STUDY REPORT ON CENTRAL PRODUCTS DAIRY ALAPPUZHA [pic] An Organization study Report submitted to Mahatma Gandhi University for the partial fulfillment of the Award of Master of Business Administration Submitted By SHARON JOSE (Reg No: 40134) Under the Supervision of PRIYA SUNIL Associate Professor MBA [pic] DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES Caarmel Engineering College JUNE 2013 CERTIFICATE This is to certify that this report entitled “AN ORGANIZATION STUDY REPORT ON CENTRAL PRODUCTS DAIRY ALAPPUZHA” is a bonafide record carried out independently by Ms SHARON JOSE under the supervision and guidance of PRIYA SUNIL and submitted in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree of MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMNISTRATION of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam. Place: Miss. Priya Sunil Date: (Associate Professor) Dr. Selvadas M J Mr. Mathew Kurian (Director of MBA) (HOD of M.B.A) DECLARATION. I, the under signed, hereby declare that the Project Report entitled “AN ORGANISATIONAL STUDY AT CENTRAL PRODUCTS DAIRY, ALAPPUZHA”. Written and submitted by me, under the guidance of Mrs...
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...University of Macerata DPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCES, COMMUNICATION AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS MASTER’S DEGREE in Studi Politici e Internazionali ‘International Economic and Trade Relations’ LM–62 MASTER THESIS in DEVELPOMENT ECONOMICS Foreign Exchange regimes and major currencies Supervisor Student Prof. Paolo Sospiro Parapatakam Praveen Reddy MAT: 62282 ACADEMIC YEAR 2013/2014 Contents Introduction 5 Chapter 1 7 1. History of exchange rate regimes: 7 1.1 Gold Standard System (1880-1914): 7 1.2 Interim instability (1914-1944): 7 1.3 Bretton woods system (1946-1971). 8 Figure1.World Trade (1929-33).............................................................................................9 1.4 Par Value system: 9 2. Classification of Exchange Rate Regimes: 10 2.1 De facto Classification (1998-2009) 11 Diagram1. De Facto Classification of Foreign Exchange Regimes (Nov 1998 – Jan 2009).......12 2.2 Revised De Facto Classification System (2009 January to Present): 15 Table1. Shares of Classifications Using the 1998 and 2009 Systems. 16 2.3 Revised Classification System Definitions: 17 Hard pegs: 17 Soft pegs: 18 Floating arrangements: 19 Residual: 20 2.4 De facto Classification of Exchange Rate Arrangements...
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...performance Volkswagen AG (condensed, according to German Commercial Code) Research and development Business processes Legal matters Risk report Outlook contents 40 ▼ net assets, financial position and earnings performance Sales revenue at prior year level Despite the negative effect of exchange rate movements, the Volkswagen Group generated sales revenue at the level of the previous year. However, earnings reflected unfavourable underlying conditions and special items. 12 ▼ letter to our shareholders Change and progress Our efforts are targeted at the goal of continuously enhancing the value of the Company as you, our shareholders, perceive it. 12 ▼ 14 ▼ 18 ▼ volkswagen share An attractive investment Despite difficult market conditions, the Volkswagen share has been attractive for analysts and investors. 18 ▼ 30 ▼ 40 ▼ 50 ▼ 14 ▼ 30 ▼ 50 ▼ group values Values create value >> Volkswagen is on the move – from a collection of strong...
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...ACKNOWLEDGEMENT “Acknowledging the debt is not easy for us as we are indebted to so many people”. I take this opportunity in expressing the fact that this project report is the result of incredible amount of encouragement and co-operation that I have received from others. Words alone cannot express my deep sense of gratitude to Mr. Asoka Weerakoon-HR-Admin EAM maliban Textiles Pvt Ltd. Jordan, who provided me an opportunity to meet him when he came to Srilanka and to get the information I needed to do this project. His valuable guidance & support made this project work an enlightening educational experience. I would like to express my deep sense of gratitude to everyone who directly or indirectly helped me during my project work. M.V.M. Rodrigo EXECUTIVE SUMMARY People form an integral part of the organization. The efficiency and quality of its people determines the fate of the organization. Hence choice of right people and placing them at right place becomes essential. Recruiting and selection comes at this point of time in the picture. Recruiting is a strategic function for HR department. Recruitment and selection form the process of hiring the employees. Recruitment is the systematic process of generating a pool of qualified applicant for organization job. The process includes the step like HR planning attracting applicant and screening them. This step is affected by various factors, which can be internal as well as external. The...
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...Work Contracted for the H2O Corporation Table of Contents Background & Introduction Outline and Review of HRIS Systems Explanation of Manpower and Technology Needed to Operate HRIS Assessment of the importance of the HRIS function within an organization Metrics HRIS system can produce for the organization Best practices of 5-10 US organizations Key action items for H20 implementation of effective HRIS system Overview of Staffing Methods Cost per Hire Staffing and Training Requirements Consideration of Recruitment/Time to Fill Vacancies Unique/Best practices for Staffing Review of Training and Development-Strategic Alignment Cost Analysis of Training Program – In house vs. Consultant Best Practices for Training and Development Recommended Training and Development Programs Overview HR Functions- Outsourced Benefits/ Cost Savings of Outsourcing Best Practices- Outsourcing Key Actions and Recommendations- Outsourcing Overview of Performance Management Philosophies Analysis of Best Practices – Theory Analysis of Best Practices- Applied Table of Contents (Con’t.) Recommendation PM Program HR Budgets- Components/ Elements Cost Reduction Strategies Budget Cut Recommendations Summary of HR Department Budgeting Challenges Recent Practices from 3-5 US organizations Review of Typical US Rewards Programs. Analysis of Best Practices for Compensation, Benefits, and Perks Consideration of US Taxation...
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...Communication Skills Chemistry/Physics Laboratory Workshop Physical Training-I NCC/NSO/NSS L 3 3 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 13 T 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 P 0 0 0 3 0 2 3 2 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 6 0 0 8 2 C 8 6 8 5 6 2 3 0 0 38 8 8 8 8 6 2 0 0 40 8 8 6 6 6 2 2 2 40 6 6 8 2 Course No EC-1101 CS-1101 MA-1102 ME-1101 PH-1101/ CH-1101 CS-1111 EE-1111 PH-1111/ CH-1111 Course Name Semester-2 Basic Electronics Introduction to Computing Mathematics-II Engineering Mechanics Physics/Chemistry Computing Laboratory Electrical Science Laboratory Physics/Chemistry Laboratory Physical Training –II NCC/NSO/NSS Semester-4 Structural Analysis-I Hydraulics Environmental Engg-I Structural Design-I Managerial Economics Engg. Geology Laboratory Hydraulics Laboratory Physical Training-IV NCC/NSO/NSS Semester-6 Structural Design-II Structural Analysis-III Foundation Engineering Transportation Engineering-II Hydrology &Flood Control Concrete Lab Structural Engineering Lab L 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 15 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 15 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 T 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 P 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 C 6 6 8 8 8 2 2 2 0 0 42 8 8 6 8 6 2 2 0 0 40 8 8 8 6 6 2 2 MA-1201 CE- 1201 CE -1202 CE -1203 CE-1204 CE-1211 Semester-3 Mathematics-III Building Materials and...
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