and in search of highest quality—to shape their unique corporate culture. They insist lowest price every day, carry out total solution services, effectively control the cost of global logistics, fully leverage information technology to become e-company, powerfully motivate employees to work and share knowledge and adopt a play-safe strategy in internationalization. As for the number two player—Carrefour, they provide customers with one-stop shopping, lowest price, fresh products, self-served shopping
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ARTICLE IN PRESS Int. J. Production Economics 106 (2007) 323–345 www.elsevier.com/locate/ijpe Organizational structures and the performance of supply chain management Soo Wook Kimà College of Business Administration, Seoul National University, San 56-1, Sillim-dong, Kwanak-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea Accepted 12 July 2006 Available online 26 September 2006 Abstract The objective of this paper is to suggest a set of best organization structures for efficient supply chain management. For
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03/01/2014 Introduction Managers are charged with many significant responsibilities. In order to be successful, they must attract, hire, develop, motivate, and retain a high performing team of talented individuals. Employment of an effective, yet ethical, performance management process is critical to the long-term success of any organization. Indeed, it is perhaps the most vital function of thriving business leaders. Furthermore, the ability of a manager to develop and retain his/her talent
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or capital and for its effective management, organization requires effective HRM system. HRM system should be backed up by strong HRM practices. HRM practices refer to organizational activities directed at managing the group of human resources and ensuring that the resources are employed towards the fulfillment of organizational goals. The purpose of this study is to explore contribution of Human Resource Management (HRM) practices including selection, training, career planning, compensation
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Chapter I Introduction Recently, we have been given the opportunity to know more about Davao Medical Hospital, which has been greatly of interest to us. The Hospital has become part of our lives for more than four years now. We spend 24 hours every week in Davao Medical Hospital for our duties. That is why today, and for a few days more, We as a group are indeed very grateful that upon the day we shall bid goodbye to Ateneo de Davao University, the institution who have inculcated
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CHA P TE R Introduction to Principles of Management FIGURE 1.1 The restaurant industry poses many challenges to the successful management of individuals and groups. 1 © Thinkstock C H A P T E R L E A R N I N G O B J E C T I V E S Reading this chapter will help you do the following: 1. Learn who managers are and about the nature of their work. 2. Understand the importance of leadership, entrepreneurship, and strategy within organizations. 3. Know the dimensions of management
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Chapter 7 Cultural Diversity in Cross-Border Alliances Susan E . Jackson Randall S . Schuler Introduction Increasingly, firms are using cross-border alliances to strengthen and maintain their position in the market place . Although often seen as a relatively fast and efficient way to expand into new markets and incorporate new technologies, the success of cross-border alliances is by no means assured . To the contrary, such alliances often fall short of their stated goals and objectives
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Introduction Negotiation is a method of conflict resolution. It is a problem-solving process in which two or more parties attempt to resolve their disagreement or conflict in a manner, and through a process, that is mutually agreeable. Where as the general concept of negotiation is easy enough to understand, in practice it can be an extremely difficult proposition. Negotiation is further complicated when the parties find themselves negotiating across dissimilar cultures. “Culture is a powerful
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business environment. Introduction In organizational behavior, leadership appears to be the most researched, debated and discussed topic, and researchers have analyzed what leaders are like, what they do, how they are effective, what are the conditions/situations that make them effective, how do they bring about changes among the followers, the styles of their interactions with the followers and how they go about achieving their individual, group and organizational goals (George, 2000). The
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CHAPTER 4.0 REVIEW OF LITERATURE 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Quality – Has Many Definitions Evolution of Quality What Quality Gurus Have Said The Concept of Total Quality Management The Business Processes and Quality Vendor Quality Human Aspects of Quality World Class Manufacturing Bibliography Foot Notes 89 CHAPTER 4.0 REVIEW OF LITERATURE 4.1 QUALITY – HAS MANY DEFINITIONS: It is true that Quality has a number of definitions. 4.1.1 Oxford Advanced Learner‟s Dictionary72 defines
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