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Management and Operations Management Theory, 2006.
A look at the four functions of management and the operations management theory.
1,147 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 20.95
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The functions of management and operations management go hand in hand. This paper defines the four functions of management - planning, organizing, leading (motivating) and controlling, together with the operations management theory. It then provides an analysis of how the functions of management affect the operations management.
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The Four Functions of Management
Operations Management Theory
Impact of Management Function on Operations Management
Conclusion
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"As the goal of organizing is to produce better results, similarly leading or motivating is necessary for an organization to extract maximum performance out of the workers. With appealing incentives, workers would work honestly and put in their best. This in turn would save the company time and there would be a complete control of the managerial department over things like production control and quality control. When an employee is rewarded for work hard done, then it is only natural that they would put in the most effort. An employee would by nature be well-organized thus bringing the load off the managerial department as far as quality control is concerned. It would also give a higher rate of production and an organization can comply with increasing demands."
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Care Management and Case Management, 2008.
This paper discusses current challenges in the healthcare system and offers case management and care management as a path to the solution.
1,123 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 8 sources, APA, £ 20.95
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This essay states that the greatest challenges in the healthcare system currently consist of controlling costs, improving clinical outcomes, and ensuring quality care. Barriers to those goals include the nursing shortage, a rapidly aging population, competition, and reduced government reimbursement. This article addresses the most problematic issues in healthcare today but offers direction for their solutions rather than facile solutions. The paper goes on to claim that the overwhelming question for the current healthcare system presently concerns how to improve quality while reducing costs. Case management and care management are two valuable strategies which can control costs while improving clinical outcomes and ensuring quality care.
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Introduction
Rationale
Case Management vs. Care Management
Attempts for Quality
Journal Selected for Submission
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"The current nursing shortage appears to be intractable. Recent government downsizing and cutbacks have been followed by reduced funding for the healthcare system that is about to be overwhelmed by the baby boom generation. Never have there been so many obstacles to cost-effective, quality care. Two choices are available: case management and care management, with the latter actually being the common alternative. High-risk patients need individual case management but the vast majority of patients require some form of care management (Doyle et al., 2003). Care management is evidence-based practice since such practice is an essential element in clinical pathways and protocols. Even though standard pathways are used, stringent pathways are being eliminated since evidence-based protocols and guidelines are becoming the norm."
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Strategic Management: Philosophy or Management Technique?, 2002.
Discussion of what the term "strategic management" has meant in the past and what it means today, and how significant strategic management is in a global economy.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 7 sources, £ 23.95
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Not too long ago, strategic management was a term that applied to a company's short- and long-term planning goals. Such planning was generally done by senior-level officers or their designated experts in the company. Today, with the global economy growing every day, strategic management has taken on a new meaning, making it both a management technique and a philosophy.
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Management Theory, Management Practice, 2004.
An overview of management theory and practice and the implications for implementation in international business today.
2,569 words (approx. 10.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 40.95
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This paper provides an overview of contemporary management theory, with a stress upon how such theories can be used to cope with the stresses of an increasingly multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, and complex global business environment.
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International and Comparative Management
Environmental Political, Cultural and Economic Differences, Globalization
Organizing and Staffing in a Global Context
Leadership in a Global Context
Control in a Global Context
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"Management is not a science. Rather, management is a dynamic process that involves the interaction between the manager in question and the environment he or she is located in. This 'environment' includes the manager's employees. A manager must be continually aware of shifts and changes, not simply in his or her own national branch of the business he or she works for, but the state of that business as the organization exists in different forms and in different areas around the globe. As cited in Patrick Boylan's article upon the history of management as a theoretical discipline, Rosemary Stewart has noted that there have been, historically, four academic approaches to studying management."
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Risk Management in Project Management, 2005.
Examines the benefits of risk management in business.
920 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 3 sources, APA, £ 16.95
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This paper discusses whether it is worth expending the time and money to build strategies for dealing with unforeseen risk into a management plan and how risk mitigation can be incorporated into the project planning process. It looks at how formal risk monitoring can save a project when end users fail to engage.
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Business Management: What Makes a Good Manager?, 2002.
An overview of the qualities that make a good manager.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, £ 23.95
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This paper will discuss the role of a manager and what makes a good one. By revealing, through as many sources as possible, the strategic elements into making a good manager, we can see how research into the field can improve one's abilities. By taking example of good management and how that applies in the place being managed, a better perspective on weaknesses and strengths can devised to create good management.
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Cultural Management - Culture Cannot Be Managed, 2008.
The paper discusses the question of if and how culture can be managed in a business environment.
1,928 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 5 sources, APA, £ 32.95
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In this paper, the validity of the belief that in a business setting culture cannot be managed is critically analyzed and arguments are made both for and against the statement. The paper also presents examples that suggest that organizational culture does play a very important role in the success of the organization. However, these same examples also serve to reinforce a contention about the inability of corporate culture or management to undergo change.
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"It must be acknowledged that the assertion - "Culture cannot be managed" - would likely meet with some degree of skepticism from organizational management students as well as corporate professionals. However, it may be argued that there is some validity to the perspective on the relationship between management and organizational culture that is manifest in this assertion. Consider, for example, the case of software giant J.D. Edwards. The corporation's CEO and chairman, C. Edward McVaney, contends that the success of a business often has very little to do with its management and senior executives who - as is commonplace in corporate culture - often come and go with minimal impact upon the organization itself. It is McVaney's view that the success of an organization is based upon its culture, which is usually invulnerable to change by management or business leaders. In McVaney's words: "95% of the time, the leaders and management of a business do not lead and manage that business" (Jesitus 16)."
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Management Theories: Value-Based Management, 2006.
A discussion regarding the evolution of management theories, focusing primarily on value based management.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 8 sources, £ 41.95
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This paper outlines why a change management initiative informed by Value Based Management theory is one that stands to benefit a generic retailer interested in improving the fiscal bottom line. The paper briefly discusses what value based management theory is and looks at how the theory allows an organization to isolate value drivers that can determine long term success or failure.
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"Management theories are always evolving and new ones are emerging, literally, every day. For example, there are management theories for dealing with different people within an organization, theories for dealing with crisis or with change, and theories dealing with acquisition integration and with organizational entrepreneurialism. In spite of this, a case can be made that value-based management (VBM) is as good a theory as exists for balancing an organization's management needs with "bottom-line" effectiveness. With that in mind, the following paper will explore the implementation of a change management initiative (within a hard goods retail organization) that focuses upon revitalizing the organizational warehouse, delivery and gross margin performance of the corporation using value-based management theory. "
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Management Communications, Project Management and Quality, 2002.
An evaluation of management communications, project management and quality issues using a case study format.
2,648 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 10 sources, APA, £ 41.95
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The paper shows that TaxPrep, Inc., a (real) tax preparation service firm, is rapidly losing market share, experiencing negative profits, and is unable to efficiently bring new software products to market. This paper analyzes TaxPrep's problems and presents specific recommendations to solve the software development, organizational, and communications issues. Short-term recommendations include: implementing project management techniques for software development, conducting employee communication sessions, and freezing present compensation. The paper shows that, in the long-term, TaxPrep should implement a management system that meets the Q9001-2000 quality management standard, market new web-based products, and institute performance based compensation.
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"In the late 1980's TaxPrep, Incorporated (TaxPrep) found itself quickly losing market share in the service bureau tax preparation business. Profits and sales plummeted during 1990-91 threatening the future of the Company. TaxPrep's survival depends upon its ability to rapidly enter the personal computer (PC) tax software market where consumers are numerous and competitors have a strong lead. The tax preparation industry was in an acquisition frenzy during the mid to late 1980's, as evidenced by the addition of six firms to TaxPreps' portfolio. Due to this period of rapid change and because PC developers are using new programming technology ("C" programming language requires less programmers), TaxPrep found itself with surplus personnel. The Company reduced the employee headcount by over 50 percent in the number of sales and support jobs. These large layoffs created anxiety within the surviving employee base, which is further hampering the ZX Development Groups' (a division of TaxPrep) ability to efficiently develop software for the PC market niche."
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Management Theorists and Public Sector Management, 2002.
Discusses the contribution of management theorists to public sector management.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 9 sources, £ 37.95
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This paper discusses the contribution of management theorists to the public sector management today. That contribution is only partially positive, but is not the fault of the theorists.
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Performance Management in Human Resource Management, 2002.
Examines the issue of HRM and how it applies in the field of hospitals. Looks at how performance management (PM) is directly linked to HRM.
4,215 words (approx. 16.9 pages), 26 sources, MLA, £ 58.95
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This paper examines the various functions of HRM. Issues examined include the overall importance of PM in strategic HRM, the rationale for implementing PM, the advantages, disadvantages, tasks and goals of PM and the relevance of PM in the specific environment created by hospitals. The literature examined demonstrates that performance management has evolved as one of the critical tasks of human resource management in this particular work setting.
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Introduction and Purpose
Description of Performance Management (PM)
Role of Human Resources Management (HRM) in PM
Purpose of Study: Centered in Hospital
PM and Quality
Standards of JCAHO
Goals of PM in Hospitals
PM in Hospitals and Health Care
Standards and Scope
Purpose and Goals
A Blueprint for PM in Hospitals
Issues in Hospital HRM/PM
Role of HRM
Appraisals
Education
Rewards/Incentives
PM. HRM. Training and IT
Information Technologies (IT) and their Impact
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)
Patient Care
Deficits and Challenges
Summary and Conclusions
Restatement of HRM Role
References
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"Performance Management (PM) is a system composed of an orderly series of programs designed to define, measure, and improve organizational performance (Katz & Green, 1997). It is a system developed to ensure compliance with requirements, that is, that staff are in compliance with written standards. PM uses the tools of statistical process control to form the basis for decisions about change. It incorporates the processes of performance awareness, performance measurement, and performance improvement.
Successful PM requires the creation, maintenance, use, and evaluations of mechanisms to define and revise standards and to inform those affected by the standards about them (Katz & Green, 1997). It requires the judicious deployment of fiscal, human, and material resources. It speaks directly to issues related to quality and such traditional quality-oriented tasks as quality assurance, quality control, and continuous quality improvement (CQI). In such disparate settings as sales organizations, hospitals, automobile and other manufacturing facilities, and schools, PM is a vital element of a cross-sectional, organization-wide strategy for coping with uncertainty, managing change, and "growing" an organization while satisfying client and customer needs (Skinner & Mabey, 1997)."
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Managing the Expatriate Manager, 2002.
Examines the advantages and disadvantages of sending an employee to a foreign country to manage a branch of a company.
1,759 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 5 sources, APA, £ 29.95
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Globalization is one of the major trends in the business environment, with companies increasingly looking to enter global markets. This creates a need for companies to manage international operations effectively. One option is to send an employee to the foreign location to live and work, with this manager known as an expatriate manager. This process has significant advantages and disadvantages, including the fact that it often fails. However, a closer look at the process in this paper shows that problems can be effectively prevented. This requires being aware of potential problems, selecting the right employee to take on the role of expatriate and preparing the expatriate and their family for the experience. To consider this further, the advantages and disadvantages of an expatriate are considered in the paper. This is followed by a discussion of how an expatriate can be selected and effectively prepared for the role.
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"A high-context culture is defined as one "in which communication is used to enhance personal relationships" (Daft, 1997, p. 475). Asian and Arab nations are examples of high-context cultures. A low-context culture is defined as one "in which communication is used to exchange facts and information" (Daft, 1997, p. 475). Germany, England and the United States are examples of low-context cultures. These differences mean that two people can attempt to communicate and yet receive completely different messages. For example, an American expatriate may speak to a Japanese businessman in the hope of developing a working relationship. The American may talk about business, while the Japanese businessman makes idle conversation. The American may see this as the Japanese avoiding the conversation, while not realizing that the Japanese businessman is trying to develop a relationship. The end result can be failure and frustration."
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"Strategic Human Resource Management" ( Charles Fombrum, et al.) and "Management and Machiavelli" ( Antony Jay ), 1992.
Compares the authors' approaches to personnel management and human resources at General Motors.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 2 sources, £ 33.95
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"Procuring, training, maintaining and managing qualified personnel within a business organization has taken its place alongside managing other resources such as raw materials. The entire process has been termed, "human resources management, identifying the resource role that individuals within an organization are expected to perform. The field of human resources is replete with productivity studies, time-motion studies and theories based on personal interviews, but managers continue to clamor for ways to get the absolute maximum benefit from their workers. This research examines two books, Strategic Human Resources and Management and Machiavelli, and compares and contrasts their approaches to the area of personnel management. Particular attention is paid to how the two books approach human resources within the General Motors corporation."
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William J. Stevenson's book, "Production/Operations Management" Production/operations Management, 1991.
This paper is a chapter-by-chapter summary of William J. Stevenson's book, "Production/Operations Management" a work on forecasting, systems design, operation & control, technology, jobs and quality assurance.
4,500 words (approx. 18.0 pages), 1 source, £ 71.95
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"William J. Stevenson's book, "Production/Operations Management" provides an up-to-date introduction to the field. The book is well written and makes excellent use of charts, graphs, illustrations and photographs. Each chapter includes learning objectives and a chapter outline at the beginning, and concludes with a summary, a list of key terms and the pages where they are defined, and solved problems. In addition, there are discussion and review questions as well as problems without solutions provided. There are two appendices, one containing solutions to some problems, and the other containing appropriate tables for calculations. Stevenson has also included a number of case studies to encourage the application of what is presented in the text. By making good use of headings and subheadings, and by using shaded areas to call attention to real-world examples, ... "
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