Case 5-2: North Country Auto- teaching notes (case facts in red) Internal Environment – key facts about the Company • North Country Auto is a: Franchised dealer & factory authorized service centre– 3 manufacturers (SAAB, Ford, VW) o Began operations in 1968 o 5 departments (new car sales, used car sales, service, body, and parts) o Situated in upstate NY- pop. 20,000, served two nearby towns of 4,000 people as well as rural areas covering a 20 mile radius • George Liddy & Andrew Jones –
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1. Management and control (1) Management is the process of organizing resources and directing activities for the purpose of achieving organizational objectives” (2) Distinguish three elements of management process a. Objective setting Knowledge of objectives is a kind of necessary prerequisite for the design of MCS, but objectives do not have to be quantified and financial. Employees must have a basic understanding of what the organization is trying to accomplish. Otherwise no one could claim
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I. What is Planning? Planning is a primary management function that involves defining the organization’s goals, establishing an overall strategy for achieving these goals, and developing a comprehensive set of plans to integrate and coordinate organizational work. The term planning as used in this chapter refers to formal planning. Types of Planning: * Informal – not written down, little or no sharing of goals with others in the organization * Formal – specific goals covering
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HR ineffeciency * PROBLEM AREAS IDENTIFIED 1.With the company’s growing size, the company became more process oriented and started leveraging its experience to perform repeatable projects, employees realized that they were being deprived of creative and technical ingenuity that had been inherent in their work during the initial years. Employees thought the organization was becoming more impersonal and that some of the perks of initial years were being repealed. 2.As the company
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internal and external factors affect the four functions of management. In your paper, explain how the following internal and external factors affect the four functions of management. Include specific examples for each. the four functions of management planning, organizing, leading, and controlling Retail – Globalization How do four functions of management affect globalization within retail marketing? The four functions of management affect globalization within retail marketing. Globalization
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Leadership I. Case Background : Mr. Hing Lim owner and president of the (HTC) HING TYRE COMPANY . Since 1990 when the business was started more client are interesting about their production because of their ability to repair and re-arrange a car into a standard quality. Mr. Hing also give a discount of 8% and warranty atleast 2 years for those people who willing to repair their car. Months later they grew rapidly and they promote their work and the feedback of the costumer was
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Chapter 3 – Theories, Concepts and Applications China Banking Corporation uses a type of theory which is the Managerial theory that implements to improve or increase their organizational productivity and services through their employees. This theory helps them to maintain their performance based on the information that we have gather during our interview. They consider training as an important strategy to improve the competitiveness of their employees. Trainings serve as a main factor to achieve
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Catherine Lawrence MHA 601 Principles of Health Care Instructor: Dr. Rhonda C. Hatfield 2/25/2013 Bay Medical Center Bay Medical Center is a 403-bed regional referral center, serving a seven- county area in the central panhandle of Florida. The hospital’s CFO and CEO recognized that the Those services include application services, data center services, 24X7X365 help desk services, desktop and network services, and telecommunications
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fellow group members. With the diverse ideas within a group, we are now able to express our ideas into one central solution. One of the important aspects to my success is time management as it is a strength that I need to further expand. I can’t regain every minute that I waste. In the past, I had been successful in time management by avoiding multitasking such as watching television while doing homework from school. I can avoid this by prioritizing my work according to their importance in my life. This
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RESPONSIBILITY ACCOUNTING Management Accounting - Responsibility Accounting Planning & control are essential for achieving good results in any business. Firstly, a budget is prepared and, secondly, actual results are compared with budgeted ones. Any difference is made responsibility of the key individuals who were involved in (i) setting standards, (ii) given necessary resources and (iii) powers to use them. In order to streamline the process, the entire organization is broken into various
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