International Journal of Arts and Commerce Vol. 2 No. 11 December, 2013 EFFECTS OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT DRIVERS ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE: A SURVEY OF THE HOTEL INDUSTRY IN KENYAN COAST Uzel Jean Mzera Mutindi 1 PhD Candidate at JKUAT, MSA CBD, Kenya. Contact: jeanmzera@yahoo.com Prof. G.S. Namusonge, PhD 2 Full Professor, EPD JKUAT, Kenya. Contact: gsnamusonge@yahoo.co.uk Dr. J. Obwogi, PhD 3 Technical University of Mombasa, Kenya. Contact: Josephobwogi@yahoo.com ABSTRACT
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Cross-Cultural Human Resource Management BUS 357 February 20, 2012 Cross-Cultural Human Resource Management Today’s business world continues to evolve to worldly new levels due to the global market. Before globalization began taking place, business was primarily localized or regionalized within villages, townships and kingdoms. The initial changes of transportation’s or shipping’s delivery methods from the beginning of time by just human delivery to the transportation or shipping
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INTRODUCTION The volatility and dynamics of the business environment represent stimulations to change and expand new working areas that possibly would improve management goals. Today’s business environment deals and intersects with different factors. As a result, the working environment becomes a complex system which should remain unique and reliable to all stakeholders. Rapidly changing society, technologies and trends make the big fashion companies to propose not just a brand but also a fast fashion
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Developing an international manager Written and researched by Milan Manasievski Class: Concepts and principles of international management Lecturer: Bruce Gahir Introduction: In the paper that you are about to read I will describe in depth the differences between the eastern and the western style of management and processes that take place when adopting and using different management styles. In order to narrow it down and to make it a bit easier and more understanding for the
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EUROPE • Copenhagen Business School (DENMARK) • Corvinus University of Budapest (HUNGARY) • Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (NETHERLANDS) • HEC School of Management, París (FRANCE) • Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration (FINLAND) • Koç University (TURKEY) • London School of Economics and Political Sciences (UNITED KINGDOM) • Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Bergen (NORWAY) • Prague University of Economics (CZECH REPUBLIC) • Reykjavik University
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[ Introduction to Multinational Companies (MNC’s): The word MNC’s is the short form of Multinational Corporation. As its name, MNC’s is a corporation spreads out one nation to another. Business involve into Multinational Corporation, so that they can capitalize on opportunities. The financial managers must be able to detect opportunities, asset exposure to risk and manage the risk. Definition of Multinational Companies (MNC’s): A corporation that has facilities and other assets in at least one
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International Business Group Project 5 IP American Intercontinental University September 13, 2011 ABSTRACT In a global business that requires many different individuals around the world to start and finish a project no matter how big or small it’s important that every line of communication is open, communicated correctly, planning and all the follow-through from every level of management to every employee around the world that Pride International now known by Ensco employ and rely on a
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Assignment 1: Literature critique An exploration of the impact of strategic international human resource management on firm performance: The case of Foreign MNCs in China By Chanzi Bao, Robert and UK Farhad Analoui, Robert Gordon University. 2011 Overview of the article’s content The paper reports the intensive competition arising from globalisation requiring MNCs to seek low cost, innovation, speed and adaptability and the need to manage their human resources globally and strategically in order
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Topic Review: General Management Effective cross-cultural management has to be grounded in a detailed knowledge of individual cultures. Discuss using examples from two multinational companies. I/ Introduction: In times of rapid globalisation and economic development growth, the environment of business has become more and more complicated as a huge number of firms want to globally expand their businesses. Subsequently, the managerial implications of cross-cultural management is the challenge
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widening of the linkages between places, leading to the internationalization of cultures, global flows of goods and services and increased competition. According to Cooper et al (1998), the crux of globalization is in the increase in world-wide business and trade between multi-national and trans-national corporations, irrespective of their geographical locations.” [ Mpofu : JBAS Vol. 1, No. 2, Sept. 2009 ]. Understanding it in an economic sense, globalization renders world-wide scope to changes
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