FROM ‘STRATEGY’ TO ‘CORPORATE COMMUNICATION STRATEGY’: A CONCEPTUALISATION Paper delivered at the 9th International Public Relations Research Symposium, held at Lake Bled from 4-7 July, 2002 Benita Steyn APR Lecturer Dept of Marketing and Communication Management Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences University of Pretoria SOUTH AFRICA 0002 (27 12) 420-4040 w (27 12) 362-5085 fax bsteyn@hakuna.up.ac.za TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. 2. 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 INTRODUCTION DEFINITION OF TERMS
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The HRM Function In any organisation, an essential part of the process of management is to ensure the efficient use of resources, particularly human resources. This is because the human element plays a major role in the success of organisations. The effective management of human resources is therefore very important. This is because organisational goals and business strategies can only be realised through people. HRM has been defined as “the design, implementation and maintenance of strategies
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Management is essential for the conduct of business activity in an orderly manner. It is a vital function concerned with all aspects of working of an enterprise. Definitions of Management 1. According to George R. Terry, "Management is a distinct process consisting of planning, organising, actuating and controlling, performed to determine and accomplish stated objectives by the use of human beings and other resources". 2. According to Henry Fayol, "To manage is to forecast and to plan, to organise
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aCHAPTER 1 BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS At the end of this Module the student shall be able to: Understand the various types of business organisations that can be established. Appreciate the advantages and disadvantages of each type of business Introduction A business activity is any legal activity that may be owned by one person as a sole proprietor or can be owned jointly by two or more people thereby creating a partnership. The main aim of many business operations is to make a profit either in the
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these sectors?What other sub-sectors are they operating in?Information sources: website, CBK (Centre for Business Knowledge) industry/client reports, report & accounts, analysts’ reports, One source reports, recent press articles, conversation with contacts. | 3 | Partner, contact or relation manager | Which people have contacts in the target organisation?e.g. Are we already working with the target - if yes, who are the members of the engagement team? Do we do any other work - e.g. MCS, tax
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The Industrial relations system is complex in nature. It has a number of key players who are very dynamic. These players also known as parties are commonly known as management (Employers), workers (Employees) and the state (Government). When these parties are properly organised in a collective manner, their power and capabilities will have consequential influences to the industrial relations system itself and even on to the society as a whole. This essay explains why the organised employers’ associations
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STUDENT ID# 27EMB12312 INSTRUCTOR: MR G. KACHALI TOPIC DISCUSS THE NEXUS BETWEEN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND PREVENTION OF FRAUD AND CORRUPTION IN THE WORKPLACE This paper will discuss the relationship between corporate governance and prevention of Fraud. One can safely argue that corporate governance is a medicine to cure corporate fraud in an organisation. The systems, procedures and policies set by the organisation to curb anomalies such as fraud and corruption largely entail corporate governance
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Roles, authority and involvement of the management accounting function: a multiple case-study perspective Caroline Lambert HEC, Paris 1, rue de la Libération 78351 Jouy en Josas Cedex lambert@hec.fr Samuel Sponem Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers GREG-CRC (EA 2430) samuel.sponem@cnam.fr Acknowledgements The authors are grateful to participants at the European Accounting Association Conference 2009, the Accounting department ESSEC seminar, France, and at the seminar of Ecole de Comptabilité
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different forms of business organization in East Asian countries emphasizes the variety of viable enterprise structures and suggests the need for a comparative analysis of how they develop and operate in different societal contexts. Major differences between East Asian business 'recipes' include the range of activities that are authoritatively coordinated, their pattems of development, the ways in which they are organized and controlled and the organization of inter enterprise relations. These differences
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December 2008 Contents CIMA now designs its qualifications in what we believe to be a unique way. Based on rigorous international primary research with all of our key stakeholders and involving the participation of over 6,000 individuals and organisations – members, students, employers (both existing and potential), CIMA tuition partners, universities and our examiner and marker team – we have designed a professional finance training and development solution that is second to none. I commend this
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