A1) Bill Bailey, Chairman of the Board of Utah Opera, is cognizant of the benefits that can be reaped should a merger form between UOC and the Utah Symphony. One of his tasks is to share his view point by motivating potential supporters to become proponents of the merger. He himself is motivated by this potential merger due to the financial hardships the arts’ field in general is enduring. He understands that they merger most likely will result in profit and long term growth/stability. Whilst
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Back in 2002, arts communities across the United States were experiencing financial hardships due to the weakening economy and declines in public and private support resources. Two art organizations in Salt Lake City, Utah; the Utah Opera and Utah Symphony, are just two examples that experienced these hardships. In order to alleviate the effects of those hardships, the two company boards and Anne Ewers (general director of the Utah Opera) are convening in meetings to discuss merger of the 2 organizations
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HRM 4495 CH 7 Team decision making- pitfalls and solutions 1. Decision making is an integrated sequence of activities -gathering, interpreting and exchanging information -creating and identifying alternative courses of action -choosing among alternatives by integrating differing perspectives -opinion of team members -implementing a choice and monitoring the consequence 2. Individual decision making biases -Framing bias E.G. A spread disease in US, two plans were suggested
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CASE STUDY Materials Management (MM) Case Study This case study explains an integrated materials management process in detail and thus fosters a thorough understanding of each process step and underlying SAP functionality. Product SAP ERP G.B.I. Release 6.04 MOTIVATION The data entry requirements in the materials management exercises (MM 1 through MM 5) were minimized because much of the data was stored in the SAP system. This stored data, known as master data, simplifies the processing
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B398 Ch. 1 • • • Mon. May 5. 2014. Chapter 1 -‐ Organizations and Organizational Theory Org theory helps us understand and explain what happened to an org in the past and what may happen in the future so that we can manage orgs more effectively. Important to choose the right change
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CASE STUDY Materials Management (MM) Case Study This case study explains an integrated materials management process in detail and thus fosters a thorough understanding of each process step and underlying SAP functionality. Product SAP ERP G.B.I. Release 6.04 MOTIVATION The data entry requirements in the materials management exercises (MM 1 through MM 5) were minimized because much of the data was stored in the SAP system. This stored data, known as master data, simplifies the processing
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Workforce diversity (L9, chapter 14: 34) Benefits diverse workforce for organisations in terms of creativity and so on, different approach diversity management, how might be diversity, Ethnicity in job applications * Fictional CVs, online applications * Entry-level jobs * Same CV, different names * Name as indicator of ethnicity What is diversity? Diversity encompasses any characteristic used to differentiate one person from others Primary dimensions: age ethnicity, gender, sexual
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MBA514 Spring 2013 Work in accountability hierarchies (organisations) = using discretion and judgement in making decisions in carrying out a task* within certain parameters (including time limits). - Jaques, 1989 The capacity to work depends on one’s knowledge and experience, skills, temperament and wisdom, and it is driven by one’s values. *A task is an assignment to produce a specific output (valued goal) within a target completion time Maximum target completion time Prescribed limits
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www.studymaterial.ca ADMS 2511 MIS Notes Ch 1 – Modern Organization in the Global, Web-Based Environment Management information systems (MIS)- deals with the planning of info tech to help people perform tasks related to info processing and management Information technology (IT)- any computer-based tool used with info to support the needs of an org Importance of Planning for IT -a new info system can apply to the whole org, or a specific area of the org Application portfolios- are groups of new system
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Description 1 Strategy Set of techniques & tools for leading, managing, coordinating and making decision in times of complexity & change Organising tools, shared language for analysing and communicating current position of Org Means of communicating tasks of coordinating complex activities towards the goals of Org Emergence - Changes in nature of Ownership and management, Changing and gloabliisng market conditions, New Org structures Org vision and mission statement articulates its strategy, Org performance
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