UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM BUSINESS SCHOOL MASTERS OF BUSINESS ADMINSTRATION (MBA) EVENING PROGRAMME 2011/2012 COURSE CODE: MS 604 COURSE TITLE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY COURSE INSTRUCTORS: DR.ULINGETA O.L. MBAMBA & D.E. TUMSIFU SEMESTER PAPER TASK: RESEARCH PROPOSAL: AN ASSESSMENT OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT IN PUBLIC SECTOR CASE STUDY: KINONDON MUNICIPAL CUONCIL MNYANGA, JACQUELINE V. REG. 2009-06-01122 Table of Contents CHAPTER ONE 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.1.1
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create new businesses include: • A focus on currently successful businesses (culture) As Clayton M. Christensen argues, when a firm’s core businesses are profitable, starting new growth ventures seems unnecessary (Christensen, 1997). Senior managers don’t focus on launching new growth businesses when the core units are strong, so miss potentially lucrative future business opportunities. Eastman Kodak, for example, lost the industry leadership it had held in the photographic media and equipment
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION 3 BODY 3 Diversity Management 4 Ethical, Social, and Legal Responsibilities 5 International Business 5 General Planning & Strategic Planning 6 Organizing Work and Synergism 6 Organization Structure and Chart 7 Work Team Utilization 8 Staffing 8 Employee
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THE ON OT C OP YO CASE STUDY HANDBOOK RP OS T ON OP YO RP OT C OS T THE ON OT C Write Persuasively About Cases OP CASE STUDY HANDBOOK How to Read, Discuss, and William Ellet Harvard Business School Press Boston, Massachusetts YO RP OS T Copyright 2007 William Ellet All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 11 10 09 08 07 5 4 3 2 1 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced
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Problematic? Hiring Pay ing Technology and Productiv ity Firing Managing the Av erage Perf ormer Minimizing the Core Organization Toolkit – People 5 SUPPLIERS Who Manages Supplier Costs? Understand the Balance of Power Consolidate to Fewer Better Suppliers Negotiate Intelligently Don’t Get Locked In Manage Total Cost of Ownership Get Tough on the Costs of Serv ices Toolkit – Suppliers 6 COST CUTTING CASE STUDY Month 1 Month 2 Month 3 Month 4 7 WIRED AND GLOBAL The Internet
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Nickelodeon Latin America Introduction This case study has at its center, Taran Swan, who served as launch director and general manager of Nickelodeon Latin America. She was involved with the launch from its inception. She was enthusiastic in the pursuit of her goals and at the beginning when the Nickelodeon Latin America was taking shape, she was relentless in achieving what her managers believed was impossible. Despite her dogged determination, she proved to be very open to new ideas
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Best Snacks Problem Solution Creativity and innovation are the lifeblood of modern organizations. Creativity and innovation can provide a company with a competitive advantage in an increasingly competitive global market. Individual and organizational learning, management practices and modern technology can enhance individual and organizational creativity. Sales at Best Snack have been slipping and the issue has been identified as a complacent corporate culture that has managed business in one
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and the United States C441 CASE 29 United Technologies Corporation: CASE 14 Bank of America and the New Financial Landscape C175 Running a Global Ethics and Compliance Program C447 CASE 15 DeBeers’s Diamond Dilemma C194 CASE 30 Apple after Steve Jobs C455 389 C ASE A NA LY S IS How to Conduct a Case Analysis The case study is a fundamental learning tool in strategic management. We carefully wrote and chose the cases in this book to expose you to a wide variety of key
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______________________________________ Course Objectives Technical competencies are not enough to ensure continued success in your career if you cannot leverage efforts. How do you motivate employees to go over and above the call of duty to get the job done? How can you ensure that decisions are not biased? What influence tactics can you use even if you do not have the formal authority to tell someone what to do? This course attempts to add to your understanding of life in complex organizations
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MarketingMarshall University Marshall Digital Scholar Management Faculty Research Management, Marketing and MIS 1-1-2001 Employee Relations Ethics and the Changing Nature of the American Workforce Chong W. Kim Marshall University, kim@marshall.edu Dennis Emmett Marshall University, demmett@marshall.edu Andrew Sikula Sr. Marshall University, sikula@marshall.edu Follow this and additional works at: http://mds.marshall.edu/mgmt_faculty Part of the Business Law, Public Responsibility
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