Chapter 1 An Introduction to Management of Technology M .A. Akkas, Professor, Department of Management Studies, University of Dhaka. 1. 1. Introduction We live in a man-made technological world. Technology has played the basic role of an instrument for transforming the primitive and natural world into a technological and man -made world. Technology determines the standard of living of people of a given country. It is technology that makes basic difference between
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive summary Introduction Motivation Self-control Controlling motivation Importance of motivation Role of leadership in motivation Mistakes leaders make True leadership Conclusion and recommendations EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Big companies have great ideas as the basis of their foundations. An idea can be a random thought of a quick plan, but a great idea comes from right approach to keen observation and broad vision. When we say idea, first thought prompts in, is a general snapshot/overview
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Report on Global Financial Crisis Discussions on psychological factors affecting People’s behaviors in the crisis and their motivations Qiang Sheng 9th May 2011 Financial Risk Management Lecturer: Bernd P. Leudecke Macquarie University Melbourne 4.1 Three areas of applications were reviewed and investigated: 1. The pricing of financial assets; 2. The portfolio choice and trading decisions of investors; 3. The behavior of firm managers; 4.2 A “Bubble” is an episode in which irrational
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process comments and has indicated a contradiction with the results and Alex’s self-assessment. ANALYSIS Alex Sander is described by his staff as a successful, but overly-critical, narcissistic, demanding and inconsiderate micro-manager. These attributes fit the Harvard Business Review Guide to Office Politics’ (Dillon 2013, p. 15) description of a “Control-Freak Boss”. With reference to the Guide, it must be understood that Alex is behaving in this manner not because he is evil. Firstly, Alex has
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performance. 2. Managing employee performance, and 3. Integrating the management of organisational and employee performance. (Rogers, 1999) defines that the characteristics of performance management systems for managing organisational performance are that they are corporate systems which include the following processes as part of an integrated cycle of management: * Setting corporate policy and resource aims and guidelines, * Specifying within the above framework, a detailed set
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of corporate annual reports in Sri Lanka. Design/methodology/approach – The data reported in this study were collected through a questionnaire survey, covering seven user groups – accountants, executives, bankers, tax officers, academics, financial analysts, and investors. The 264 responses received were analysed using the Kruskal-Wallis one-way ANOVA test. Findings – The results reveal that most use annual reports for obtaining information for share transactions. Despite the long delay in publishing
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this chapter, you will be able to: • Understand the growing need for better project management, especially for information technology projects • Explain what a project is, provide examples of information technology projects, list various attributes of projects, and describe the triple constraint of project management • Describe project management and discuss key elements of the project management framework, including project stakeholders, the project management knowledge areas, common
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[pic] An Analysis of Cisco Systems by Steven Levchenko TABLE OF CONTENTS: Objective I. Network Communications Industry Summary a. Industry Profile b. Typical Industry Competitive Strategy c. Porter Model Evaluation d. Globalization of the Industry e. Importance of I/T to the Industry II. The Cisco Company a. Cisco Systems Company Profile b. Business Leaders c. Competitive Strategy Statement d. Market
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A SURVEY OF THE FACTORS INFLUENCING CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IN ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE BANKING SECTOR IN KENYA ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the study Customer satisfaction within the banking institution is measured by many factors, which may or may not be quality related and is the key determinant as to whether a customer will be loyal to the baking service provider (Taylor and Baker, 1994). Satisfied customer will refer other to the same services by word of mouth. In the contrary
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