...Human Resources We live in a world of explosive technological change and of intense global competition. More than ever before, these pressures are forcing organizations to become more effective and efficient. Top managers are beginning to realize that organizational success depends upon careful attention to human resources. Within today's business world the focus on human resources has increased tremendously in recent years. Companies have realized the importance of human resource to administer employers relations with employees. Such human resources services involve the recruitment for a company as well as over seeing benefit and compensation packages, temporary and permanent placement of qualified workers and ensuring training and future development are observed and meet the company's qualifications. Employment policies must take into account court decisions and legislations pertaining to a wide range of issues - age, race and disability discrimination; health and safety requirements, employment security, confidentiality; and sexual harassment, to name a few. Tyson suggests that the aim of the HR strategy process is concerned with devising ways of managing people, which will assist in the achievement of organizational objectives. Within these processes HR assists management in development and implementing policies, practices and philosophies to benefit the organization. Tyson recognizes that there is a lack of importance placed on the actual process that...
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...Assignment 4 The Influence of Health Policies and the Future of Health Care in the U.S. Based on the changing environment, as well as demographics in 21st Century America, there are many burgeoning issues and hurdles the U.S. Health Care System faces. As part of the preparation for your assignment, view the video titled “Health Care Issues and Problems in USA” (7 min 36 s). Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you: 1.Based on the video, analyze the main points presented by the narrator concerning issues and problems inherent in overall health care in the U.S. 2.Ascertain whether the narrator’s views are in sync with your opinion of 21st Century U.S. health care. Provide support for your rationale. 3.Provide a financial rationale for following the current U.S. health care policies. Discuss your position in which you highlight, at a minimum, economic and ethical considerations. 4.Reflecting upon the material covered in this course, outline a five (5) stage plan which articulates the main ways in which you would improve the present U.S. health care system. Introduction Our health care system is complex in the way it is setup and the way it operates. There are many key issues that face the health care system in the United States today. Three of the most difficult issues include diseases, health disparities and paying for health care. As we are capable of preventing diseases through preventive medicine and advanced technology, the mortality rate of the United States...
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...forces. Some are close and internal forces whereas others are external forces. External forces may be related to national level, regional level or international level. These environmental forces provide opportunities or threats to the business community. Every business organization tries to grasp the available opportunities and face the threats that emerge from the business environment. The term business ‘typically’ refers to the development and processing of economic values in society. Normally, the term is applied to portion of economic activities whose primary purpose is to provide goods and services for society in an effective manner. It is also applied to economics and commercial activities of institutions which having other purposes. Business may be defined as “the organised effort by individuals to produce goods and services to sell these goods and services in a market place and to reap some reward for this effort.” Functionally, we may define business as “those human activities which involves production or purchase of goods with the object of selling them at a profit margin”. Business organizations cannot change the external environment but they just react. They change their internal business components (internal environment) to grasp the external opportunities and face the external environmental threats. It is, therefore, very important to analyze business environment to survive and to get success for a business in its industry. It is, therefore, a vital role...
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...forces. Some are close and internal forces whereas others are external forces. External forces may be related to national level, regional level or international level. These environmental forces provide opportunities or threats to the business community. Every business organization tries to grasp the available opportunities and face the threats that emerge from the business environment. The term business ‘typically’ refers to the development and processing of economic values in society. Normally, the term is applied to portion of economic activities whose primary purpose is to provide goods and services for society in an effective manner. It is also applied to economics and commercial activities of institutions which having other purposes. Business may be defined as “the organised effort by individuals to produce goods and services to sell these goods and services in a market place and to reap some reward for this effort.” Functionally, we may define business as “those human activities which involves production or purchase of goods with the object of selling them at a profit margin”. Business organizations cannot change the external environment but they just react. They change their internal business components (internal environment) to grasp the external opportunities and face the external environmental threats. It is, therefore, very important to analyze business environment to survive and to get success for a business in its industry. It is, therefore, a vital role...
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...1. Introduction As part of public sector reform, or new public management, a number of key factors have led to a greater emphasis on establishing, building and sustaining relationships between, within and outside government. The purpose of managing out is to ensure that the public sector develops strong relationships with the external world. This may include groups, organisations or individuals who are users of government services; collectively they are referred to as citizens. Key Factors The key factors underpinning public sector reform include, but are not limited to the following:- - Demand by the public for improved quality of service and improved service delivery. This may also include customisation of services so they are relevant to the individual, community or organisation; - Changes in public policy or direction which includes stakeholder engagement that ensures benefits realisation where the end-user receives the benefits of the project. The New South Wales (NSW) Department of Finance and Services (2011, p. 27), states benefits realisation is “measurable improvement resulting from an outcome which is perceived as an advantage by a stakeholder”; - Requirements for transparency and accountability because of the application of information and communication technologies (ICT) in governance systems and processes. Riley (2002), refers to this concept as e-governance (see Figure 1); - Increased emphasis on partnerships to meet pressures of globalisation and...
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...Globalization and the Information Economy: Challenges and Opportunities for Africa1 Derrick L. Cogburn, Ph.D. University of Michigan School of Information and Global Information Infrastructure Commission – Africa Catherine Nyaki Adeya, Ph.D. United Nations University Institute for New Technologies Prepared as a working paper for the African Development Forum '99 24-28 October 1999, United Nations Conference Centre United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 1 Copyright © 1999 Derrick L. Cogburn (dcogburn@umich.edu) and Catherine Nyaki Adeya (nyaki@intech.unu.edu). This paper reflects the opinions of the authors and not necessarily those of the institutions represented. Comments on the paper are welcome, and an updated version can be found at: www.si.umich.edu/~dcogburn/info_econ.htm. and www.intech.unu Derrick L. Cogburn and Catherine Nyaki Adeya ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The authors would like to thank the officers and staff at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa for their untiring patience and assistance on the st preparation of this paper. Special thanks to the team organising the 1 African Development Forum. Dr. Cogburn would like to thank his colleagues at the Global Information Infrastructure Commission for their assistance and support on the paper. Also, at the University of Michigan, he thanks his friends and colleagues at the School of Information, the Alliance for Community Technology, and the Centre for AfroAmerican...
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...Final Current Trends and Issues in Operations Management Presented To Operations Management Respectfully Submitted By Introduction 3 A Brief History of Operations Management 4 Current Trends and Issues in Operations Management 6 Lean Operations (Just-in-time) 6 Shrinking Product Life Cycles 7 Employee Empowerment and Training 8 Globalization 9 Total Quality Management 9 Advances in Technology 10 Insourcing 10 Conclusion 11 References 12 Introduction Operations is the part of a business organization that is responsible for producing goods and services (Stevenson, 2012, p. 4). In this definition, goods are tangible items. Goods can be finished items that are sold to end consumers such as a chair, a car, a computer, or a house. Goods can also be the raw materials, parts, and subassemblies that comprise the finished goods described above. These raw materials are sold as well, but not to end consumers. They are sold to the producers of the finished products. Services, for the most part, are not tangible, but are activities that provide some combination of time, location, form, or psychological value (Stevenson, 2012, p. 4). Services such as the ability to place a cell phone call, electricity in a home, advice from a financial planner, traveling on an airline, receiving medical treatment, or staying in a hotel are all considered services directed at an end consumer. One definition for the word management is “the person or persons controlling...
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...effectively understand how to utilize and incorporate it into their curriculum. Once the educators understand the positives with the introduction of technology into the classrooms and the students learn how to effectively learn how to utilize the technology to advance their education. Globalization has affected many areas of the human life, most importantly education. Many third world countries have witness a rise in the type education, whether a school was built, tele-video or via the internet to them, this has been greatly influenced by universities from the west. This gives those students an opportunity to increase not only their education but also skills. The use of technology in elementary and senior High School is an ongoing issue. The lack of continual education for teachers is lacking, and they do not possess the experience or the knowledge in order to utilize the technology in their classrooms as they do with text, chalk boards and over heard transparencies. The use of this advanced technology is more advanced than just using the computer, the Internet, it requires the knowledge of utilizing the information, the was that is presented. The use of technology related to the computers, has provided us with the opportunity to obtain knowledge from numerous new sources and allowing us to present it to a bigger audience (Partnership for 21st Century Skills, 2003). Most educators come to their schools with a basic understand on how to utilize a computer, but according to the...
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...environment in which it does so, something which Starbucks has a limited extent of control over. The impact of the external environment is divided into three major categories: Economical, Socio-cultural and Technological. Through the study of their impacts, opportunities and threats are then identified and recommendations presented which best prepare Starbucks to meet them. | Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Starbucks 1 1.2 Core operations 1 2 Impact of external environments 2 2.1 Economical and Globalization Impact 2 2.2 Socio-cultural Impact 2 2.3 Technological Impact 3 3 Opportunities and Threats 4 3.1 Economic and Globalisation 4 3.2 Socio-cultural 6 3.3 Technological 8 4 Recommendations 10 4.1 Increased Range of Product Offering 10 4.2 Latte Art 10 4.3 Business Diversification 10 Bibliography 12 1 2 Introduction In order to determine their future plans, companies must first be able to understand not only their internal position, but also their external environment and how it affects their potential growth. This paper seeks to discuss the impacts that the external environment has on Starbucks, a world renowned coffeehouse chain, and provide holistic recommendations to take advantage of the presented opportunities and mitigate any serious threats to their core operations. 1.1 Starbucks Starbucks started its humble beginning at a small shop front down by Pike place market in Seattle. The company prided...
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...between rural and urban areas has widened. Rural populations will need to be provided with mobile telephony and wireless broadband access, by connecting remote areas to the broadband core networks. Choosing efficient, cost-effective and fast-deployment technologies – whether wired or wireless networks – will improve accessibility. The key challenges for the provision of telecommunication services in rural areas are driven by both technological and economic considerations. Setting up backhaul connectivity remains a high-cost exercise. Erratic power supply or complete lack of energy sources is a major barrier, and photovoltaic power supply is increasingly becoming a viable alternative. The requirement to maintain sufficient backup systems raises operational costs substantially. In the 1990s, the term digital divide was introduced as a way to describe the gap between those who have access to computers and the internet and those who do not. Mobile technology is now being sold as the bridge across the digital divide. The last decade has seen advances in digital electronics devices such as computers smaller, cheaper and faster. These significant changes have promoted the rapid development and market growth of small computers and electronic gadgets that can be carried from place to place. It has also revolutionalised the consumer market place where computers are now commonly embedded in everything from household appliances to automobiles, just to mention but a few. Zimmerman (1999) defines...
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...Implementing situation analysis to identify marketing opportunity For a marketer, the most important aspect of marketing management is to analyze the recent and changing trends in the market, conduct a situational analysis and meet the demands of their consumers. Trend Analysis is the practice of collecting information, analyzing it and them attempting to spot a pattern or ‘trend’ in the information. After spotting the trend in the information, marketers follow it to come up with ideas in order to meet the demands of what their consumers want. Trend analysis is used to predict future events based on events happening in the present or the past. While conducting a trend analysis, marketers are actually conducting a situational analysis. A situation analysis, according to the American Marketing Association (AMA), is “the systematic collection and study of past and present data to identify trends, forces, and conditions with the potential to influence the performance of the business and the choice of appropriate strategies.” The situation analysis involves a thorough review of the industry, the market and the marketer’s competition. A thorough analysis of the situation in which the firm finds itself serves as the basis for identifying opportunities to satisfy unfulfilled customer needs. In addition to identifying the customer needs, the firm must understand its own capabilities and the environment in which it is operating. The situational analysis can be viewed as the analysis...
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...businesses. An industry review in mobile commerce found a variety of current trends and business models that will affect future strategic uses from a project management perspective. This paper explores m-commerce technology from a business perspective; how it is similar and differs from e-commerce technically; and tries identifying and exploring potential strategic uses for this new technology. Introduction The Global Mobile Commerce Forum, which came to include over 100 organisations, had its launch in London on 10 November 1997 and Kevin Duffey was elected as the Executive Chairman. Over 100 companies joined the mobile commerce forum within a year, many forming mobile commerce teams of their own, e.g. Mastercard and Motorola. Of these one hundred companies, the first two were Logica and Cellnet. Member organizations’ such as Nokia, Apple, Alcatel, and Vodafone began a series of trials and collaborations. Mobile commerce services were first delivered in 1997, when the first two mobile-phone enabled Coca Cola vending machines were installed in the Helsinki area in Finland. The machines accepted payment via SMS text messages. The first mobile phone-based banking service was launched in 1997 by Merita Bank of Finland, also using SMS. It is increasingly becoming an understatement to say that the Internet and related technologies are changing the ways we live. Clearly, these technologies will affect peoples’ lives in ways that have yet to be imagined. One of the most significant changes...
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...Chapter 2: The Political, Legal, and Technological Environment Learning Objectives and Chapter Summary |1. |INTRODUCE the basic political systems that characterize regions and countries around the world and offer brief examples of | | |each and their implications for international management. | | | | | |The global political environment can be understood via an appreciation of ideologies and political systems. Ideologies, | | |including individualism and collectivism, reflect underlying tendencies in society. Political systems, including democracy| | |and totalitarianism, incorporate the ideologies into political structures. There are fewer and fewer purely collectivist or| | |socialist societies, although totalitarianism still exists in several countries and regions. Many countries are | | |experiencing transitions from more socialist to democratic systems, reflecting related trends discussed in Chapter 1 toward| | |more market-oriented economic systems. | |2. |PRESENT an overview of the legal and regulatory environment in which MNCs operate worldwide, and highlight differences in | | |approach to different legal and regulatory...
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...dissemination of information to tomorrow’s workers. Leadership is necessary to bring cohesion to the distance education arena within higher education. Drucker (1998) maintained that in the latter part of the last century, technology resulted in a transformation of the social structure. We saw the “rise and fall of the blue-collar worker” (p. 539), the rise of the industrial worker who gave way to the rise of the knowledge worker, a term unknown prior to 1959 (p. 542). These societal and cultural changes meant leaders were challenged to rethink how they encouraged management, workers, and organizations. If as Drucker (1998, p. 551) claimed, “Knowledge has become the key resource,” ways need to be found to develop and share knowledge. This is the challenge for higher education transformational leaders. A...
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...Project of E-Banking DEFINITION OF E-BANKING Electronic banking, also known as electronic funds transfer (EFT), is simply the use of electronic means to transfer funds directly from one account to another, rather than by cheque or cash. You can use electronic funds transfer to: •Have your paycheck deposited directly into your bank or credit union checking account. •Withdraw money from your checking account from an ATM machine with a personal identification number (PIN), at your convenience, day or night. •Instruct your bank or credit union to automatically pay certain monthly bills from your account, such as your auto loan or your mortgage payment. •Have the bank or credit union transfer funds each month from your checking account to your mutual fund account. •Have your government social security benefits check or your tax refund deposited directly into your checking account. •Buy groceries, gasoline and other purchases at the point-of-sale, using a check card rather than cash, credit or a personal check. •Use a smart card with a prepaid amount of money embedded in it for use instead of cash at a pay phone, expressway road toll, or on college campuses at the library's photocopy machine or bookstores. •Use your computer and personal finance software to coordinate your total personal financial management process, integrating data and activities related to your income, spending, saving, investing, recordkeeping, bill-paying and taxes, along with basic...
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