What are the critical issues that a company must consider when trying to match its staffing to its strategy? What are the unique impacts on a company that must staff in international settings?

/in /by

Strategy

What are the critical issues that a company must consider when trying to match its staffing to its strategy?

What are the unique impacts on a company that must staff in international settings?

What skills should a person have for managing a business unit following a differentiation strategy? Why? What should a company do if no one is available internally and the company has a policy of promotion from within?

Does staffing really follow strategy? Are the job applicants’ knowledge, skills, and abilities the key, or is it the corporate strategy?

What are some ways to implement a retrenchment strategy without creating a lot of resentment and conflict with labor unions?

How can corporate culture be changed?

Provide local examples to show how relevant Hofstede’s dimensions are in effective staffing and directing.

 

How do timing tactics impact the strategy implementation efforts of a company? What issues would you consider to be the most important for a company that is considering the use of a functional structure?

/in /by

Timing tactics

9-1. How do timing tactics impact the strategy implementation efforts of a company?

9-2. What issues would you consider to be the most important for a company that is considering the use of a functional structure?

9-3. What is the matrix of change, and how often do managers implement it to evaluate proposals?

9-4. How should an owner-manager prepare a company for its movement from Stage I to Stage II?

9-5. Show how reengineering as promoted by Michael Hammer is an appropriate method of strategy implementation

9-6. Is reengineering just another management fad, or does it offer something of lasting value?

9-7. How is the cellular/modular structure different from the network structure?

 

What is the problem Solidere faces? Should Solidere adopt a marketing strategy? Why? Why not? If you were part of the decision-making team in Solidere, which functional level strategy would you adopt to improve the position of Solidere?

/in /by

Solidere

The political situation in Lebanon always seems to be changing. At times, like the saying goes, political calm only precedes chaos. At others, this political calm truly stabilizes the economy and growth follows. Encouraging news about the

potential formation of a new government, at one point, pushed the Beirut Stock Exchange (BSE) higher with Solidere A and B shares having gained 7.87 percent and 6.18 percent, respectively. Investors, whether local or foreign, seemed optimistic. The beneficial impact of this rise led to more sales: the trade of Solidere A was 86,111 while Solidere B was 24,060. The total number of shares traded that day was 307,667 with a trading value of $4.47 million, meaning that the stock capitalization of the listed companies increased by 1.30 percent to reach $10.848 billion rather than the $10.707 billion for the previous session. Despite the increase in trades on the BSE following the news, the volume remained relatively low compared to historic levels. Trade was local; it was not foreign. Foreign investors who normally do not buy less than 50,000 shares are rarely found on the Beirut Stock Exchange. It is their capital that is acutely needed in Lebanon today!

  1. What is the problem Solidere faces?
  2. Should Solidere adopt a marketing strategy? Why? Why not?
  3. If you were part of the decision-making team in Solidere, which functional level strategy would you adopt to improve the position of Solidere?

 

Evaluate the types of retrenchment strategies that might be used by companies in stagnant industries. How does horizontal growth differ from vertical growth as a corporate strategy? From concentric diversification?

/in /by

Horizontal Growth

1.List the means available to a company for Horizontal Growth and explain why a company might pursue one over another?

  1. Evaluate the types of retrenchment strategies that might be used by companies in stagnant industries.
  2. How does horizontal growth differ from vertical growth as a corporate strategy? From concentric diversification?
  3. What are the trade-offs between an internal and an external growth strategy? Which approach is best as an international entry strategy?
  4. Explain the vertical integration continuum.
  5. Explain Green Field Development, and provide examples to clarify.
  6. How is corporate parenting different from portfolio analysis? How is it alike? Is it a useful concept in a global industry?

 

How much of our time and money should we spend on our best products and business units to ensure that they continue to be successful? How much of our time and money should we spend developing new costly products, most of which will never be successful?

/in /by

 Time and money

  1. How much of our time and money should we spend on our best products and business units to ensure that they continue to be successful?
  2. How much of our time and money should we spend developing new costly products, most of which will never be successful?

 

How does a hypercompetitive environment change the strategic approach for a company? Explain how our understanding of the three generic strategic approaches available to companies can be used to direct the efforts of all employees at those companies.

/in /by

6-1. How does a hypercompetitive environment change the strategic approach for a company?

6-2. Explain how our understanding of the three generic strategic approaches available to companies can be used to direct the efforts of all employees at those companies.

6-3. Discuss how industry structure impacts competitive strategy choice.

6-4. What does a business have to consider when trying to follow a cost leadership strategy and a differentiation strategy simultaneously? Can you name a company doing this?

6-5. How can a company achieve a sustainable competitive advantage when its industry becomes hypercompetitive?

6-6. Why are many strategic alliances temporary?

 

How does the Resource-Based View of the Firm provide a superior means of evaluating a company’s competitive advantage? Explain how using an IFAS table impacts the understanding of a company’s internal resources and capabilities?

/in /by

Management Lab® Go to mymanagmentlab.com for the following Assisted-graded writing questions:

5-1. How does the Resource-Based View of the Firm provide a superior means of evaluating a company’s competitive advantage?

5-2. Explain how using an IFAS table impacts the understanding of a company’s internal resources and capabilities?

5-3. How does the resource-based view of firms help in determining the sustainability of a competitive advantage?

5-4. How does VRIO framework analysis help in evaluating a company’s competencies?

5-5. In what ways can a corporation’s structure and culture be internal strengths or weaknesses?

5-6. What are the pros and cons of management’s using the experience curve to determine strategy?

5-7. How might a firm’s management decide whether it should continue to invest in current known technology or in new, but untested technology? What factors

might encourage or discourage such a shift?

 

Evaluate the effectiveness of the professional EHR management skills and behaviors you employed in your internship. Why were these behaviors and skills appropriate for the audience and setting?

/in /by

PowerPoint-presentation

Create a PowerPoint-style presentation, using the provided template (if desired), that addresses the following critical elements:

Process Improvement

  1. Evaluate the key EHR management methods used within your internship environment. Explain what works well and what needs improvement. [HIM-445-01]
  2. Describe a specific challenge caused by inefficiencies in EHR processes. Explain how you employed classroom experience and internship knowledge to solve the problem. [HIM-445-02]
  3. Describe an area of opportunity related to EHR management methods that you have identified at your internship site. What implications exist if it remains unresolved? What are the barriers? [HIM-445-03]
  4. Using your professional and classroom experience as a guide, recommend an appropriate improvement for the identified EHR management issue. How will your proposal improve EHR management? [HIM-445-03]

Reflection

  1. Describe your internship, including work environment, work responsibilities, challenges, accomplishments, and opportunities encountered. [HIM-445-01]
  2. Evaluate the effectiveness of the professional EHR management skills and behaviors you employed in your internship. Why were these behaviors and skills appropriate for the audience and setting? [HIM-445-01]
  3. What effect did this experience have on your perspective of the profession and field as compared to your academic training? [HIM-445-04]
  4. Explain how your experiences will inform your EHR use in future work environments. [HIM-445-02]

 

What are the major steps involved in developing a KM strategy? What sorts of information is needed to recommend a KM strategy to an organization? List the major categories of stakeholders who should be involved in the strategy formulation process.

/in /by

Assignment Questions

Part 1. Answer in 500-600 Words. ( 7 Marks)

  1. Describe the concept of Communities of Practice. Why are “Communities of practice” Important? (2 Marks)
  2. How can organizations cultivate communities of practice? How can these communities of practice contribute towards the knowledge needs of the organization? (2 Marks)
  3. Provide a detailed description of major roles and responsibilities in a community of practice. (3 Marks)

 

Part 2. Read Chapter 9 and 10 from the book and answer the following questions. Answer in 500-600 Words. (6 Marks)

  1. What are the major steps involved in developing a KM strategy? What sorts of information is needed to recommend a KM strategy to an organization? List the major categories of stakeholders who should be involved in the strategy formulation process. (2.5 Marks)
  2. Why is it important to conduct an audit before eliciting stakeholder objectives? (1 Mark).
  3. Compare and contrast the three KM metrics of benchmarking, Balanced Scorecard, and house of quality. What are their major advantages and major drawbacks in monitoring progress toward strategic KM and business goals? (2.5 Marks).

 

References:(2 Marks). 0 Mark for No references, Less than 5 References (1 Mark) More than 5 references 2 Marks.

 

What is the underlying problem in this case from the perspective of Hospital administration? What role did extrinsic and intrinsic motivation play in this case?

/in /by

What Motivated Workers in the Face of a Pandemic

Assignment-2

For Part I of the Assignment, read the case “What Motivated Workers in the Face of a Pandemic?” given on Page number 558, Chapter 12 – “Motivating Employees” available in your textbook/e-textbook “Management: A Practical Introduction” 10th edition by Angelo Kinicki, & Denise B. Soignet and answer the following questions:

PART-I

QUESTIONS (Each of your answer should be around 100 -125 words)

Q1. What is the underlying problem in this case from the perspective of Hospital administration? (2 Marks)

Q2. What role did extrinsic and intrinsic motivation play in this case? (3 Marks)

Q3. What are the major motivation issues at play in the health care industry according to the major needs-based theories of motivation. (Maslow’s need Hierarchy theory, McClelland’s acquired needs and Deci & Ryan’s self-determination)? (3 Marks)

Q4. What do you think were the major equity issues faced by health care workers during the pandemic? (2 Marks)

PART-II

QUESTION (Your answer should be around 200 -300 words)

Q5. Describe the needs for achievement, power, and affiliation, and how these needs affect work behaviour. Review the hygiene and motivators in the two-factor theory. Are there any hygiene factors that you would consider to be motivators and vice versa? (05 Marks) (Min words 200-300)