A Comparison of Two Books on Non-Profit Leadership
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This 6 page paper compares and contrasts the following books: Grassroots and Nonprofit Leadership: A Guide for Organizations in Changing Times and The Leader of the Future: New Visions, Strategies and Practices for the Next Era. No additional sources listed.
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A Contemporary Definition of a Good Manager
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This is an 8 page paper discussing the definition of a good manager. The need for good management is essential in employee production. It has been found that over 35% of employees leave their positions if they feel they do not have a “good” manager. While management skills used to be based on the “hard” skills such as education, organizational skills and experience, recently it has been found that “soft” management skills are what are needed to be considered within the definition of a good manager. Good managers today not only need the basic hard skills which relate to education and organization but also need open and ongoing communication practices with their employees. Overall, these communication skills include goal and priority setting, praising good work, integrity, sincerity, mentoring, and delegating responsibility to employees among other practices found to create higher morale, and better productivity and retention within the business environment. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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A Critique of Senge on Learning and Leadership
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This 8 page paper looks at an article written by Peter Senge; ”The Leader’s New Work: Building Learning Organization” and the ideas in it concerning leadership and building a learning organization. The paper consider the strengths and weakness of his ideas and looks to other theories to find any support or contradictions and examines the role of leadership and how this fits with modern concepts of leadership. The bibliography cites 10 sources.
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A Demonstration of Mintzberg's Organizational Structure Model
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This 8 page paper considers the way in which organisation structures will be influenced, using the theories of Mintzberg. These include examination of machine bureaucracies, professional organization, entrepreneurial start up's and adhocracies. The writer then applies these models to a real company in order to demonstrate its practical application. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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A Dissertation Proposal; How Should Companies Compete to Maximize their Returns from the Internet?
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E-commerce is an important element of many businesses. This 7 page paper is a proposal for the development of an e-commerce model that can set out the requirments for a business to be successful in e-commerce. A literature review is undertaken and then a methodology is outlined which includes primary and secondary research. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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A FAILURE OF PROJECT SCOPE: VISTA AND GEOPLEX
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This 5-page paper examines the concept of a project scope, and defines where Microsoft's Vista and AT&T's Geoplex failed in its project scope endeavors. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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A Look at Total Quality Management (TQM)
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This 4 page paper examines TQM but also compares it to another management model (BPR). TQM is discussed in terms of how it is applied to various industry types. Four questions posed by a student are answered in the context of this essay. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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A Management Perspective
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5 pages. "Planning is looking ahead and controlling is looking back." Based on this statement, this research paper considers the management perspective that forward thinking is very important in the management of any business, but by considering the past it is also possible to learn to plan more efficiently and with more knowledge. Neither looking ahead nor looking back should be considered more important than the other; rather, by doing both, the most effective manager can make his or her business a more tightly run and efficient machine. Bibliography lists two sources.
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A Managerial Plan for Diversity
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A fictitious, 8 page plan for a model company to incorporate an emphasis on diversity in its human resources. A detailed strategy, blueprint for implementation, etc; are all included in this well-structured presentation. Bibliography lists 2 helpful sources.
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A Modern Look at Porter's Five Forces Model
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This 5 page paper consider the well established model that is used to examine the competitive environment. The writer argues that the model is accurate, and assesses its' limitations, arguing that the model could be improved upon. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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A PEST Analysis
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This 16 page paper demonstrates an in-depth PEST analysis to consider the political, economic, social and technological influences on industry; The case used is the mobile communications industry in Thailand, but the paper serves as a good framework for any PEST analysis that needs to be undertaken as it includes general descriptions and discussions of the issues included. The bibliography cites 10 sources.
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A Position on Bluestone’s Essay “The Inequality Express”
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This is a 6 page position paper in regards to Barry Bluestone’s essay “The Inequality Express”. In his paper “The Inequality Express”, Barry Bluestone (1996) discusses aspects of the trends predicted by British sociologist Michael Young in his 1958 book “The Rise of Meritocracy, 1870-2033” in which an individual’s socioeconomic status would no longer be based on lineage or family connections but instead on the differences of education, intelligence, experience and effort by the year 2034. While Bluestone writes that he has not seen such a revolution yet within society he and other social economists believe that there are three clearly defined trends which are consistent: that the distribution of earnings (in the U.S. and the U.K.) reflect the distribution of formal education in the workforce; “the gap in earning between the well educated and the not-so-well educated is steadily increasing”; and, the standard of living for those who are less educated is declining. Despite these trends, Bluestone and his colleagues present possible solutions to the end of inequality; most of which seem unlikely in today’s global free market society. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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A Proposal ; Does the Application of TQM and Six Sigma in a Multinational Corporation Yield Overall Positive Net Results
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This 15 page paper is a proposal for a case study project that examines a company using TQM and Six Sigma. The paper proposes an investigation to asses if the Six Sigma model as a whole adds value to the company or if companies may be better just adopting parts of the Six Sigma model to reduce costs and make net gains. Te proposal includes an outline of the context, rationale, questions, methodology and a comprehensive literature review. The bibliography cites 20 sources.
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A Review of Burawoy's Manufacturing Consent
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This 12 page paper provides a review of Burawoy's book that takes a sociological view of the worker and work environment. The book draws on Marxist ideology but expands on it through the use of a case study. Burawoy creates his own theory with a look at a company over a span of several decades. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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A Strategic Alliance; IBM and Kvant
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This 5 page paper considers this short lived strategic alliance. The writers considers why the alliance was undertaken, and why this may be seen as a good text book example of an international strategic alliance that created value for both partners. It is also a good example of the impact of unanticipated macro factors, in this case causing the failure of the alliance. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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A Strategy for Change in an Organization
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14 pages in length. An example paper in assisting a company to formulate a management strategy that will enable it to become a learning organization. This organization should have the capacity to meet the challenges posed by the future environment. Techniques include performance management strategies, line management, group dynamics, and training and development. This is a very useful paper about change and learning that can be applied to any organization. Discussion includes such things as what to teach, when to teach it, who should teach it and to whom. Education should occur several times in professionals' careers and should be provided not only by universities but also by alternative sources, such as in-house training programs, and training and certification programs. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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A Strategy For Handspring
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This 9 page paper looks at the strategic alternatives that are available for Handspring considering the company core competences and the condition of the competitive environment. A recommendation is made and then an plan for implementing that recommendation is given. The paper ends by considering control and evaluation. The paper is based in a case supplied by the student. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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