Management and Supervision

Explain Seven -Eleven supply Chain strategy in Japan with particular reference to facility location, inventory management, transportation and IT

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It is subject to individual will or judgment without restriction.

What are differences between Management and administratio ?

What is meant by administrative system in business? What is meant by administrative system in business?

the matrix structure :- a Grid of functional and divisional for two chains of command

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Matrix structure, shown above, combines both structures. For example, we can have a functional structure and then assign a manager for each product. Some employees will have two managers: functional manager and product manager. This type of structure tries to get the benefits of functional structure and also of divisional structure; however, it is not easy to implement because of the dual authority. This structure is very useful for multinational companies.

It is important to keep in mind that each managerial decision has its pros and cons. Sometimes, writers will convinve you that divisional or matrix structure are the recent trends and that you need to re engineer your structure tomorrow morning. Obviously, this is not true. Many organizations still has functional structure and is doing very well. It is very important to select the structure that best service your condition. What is your strategy? How many products do you have? What type of technology are you using? How big is your company/organization?

Management should take necessary actions to decrease the disadvantages of the chosen structure and to enhance its the positive effects. For example, if we think the divisional structure is the best type for our condition then we should have tools to exchange knowledge between engineers working in different divisions. These tools can include forums on the LAN and conferences to exchange knowledge. Conversely, if we adopt functional structure, we can form teams from different functions to solve problems and develop our products.

Developing countries suffer from the lack of research. Most of research on organization structure based on studying Japanes, American and European compoanies but it is rare to find a research based on a sample of African companies. That is a challenge for managers working in developing countries because the research does not really tell them what to do and what to expect. The differences in cultures can affect the results of adopting certain structure in certain part of the world. Sometimes, you deal with the same organization in different parts of the world and get very different standard of service. This shows that this multinational organization failed to reach the same results in the developing country.

Management should not think they are going to double their profits because they adopted flat structure (less number of management layers). If this structure reengineering is not part of a certain strategy, it will not work. For example, if we adopt flat structure and then transfer the authorities of the middle management to the top management then we are increasing centralization and decreasing our flexibility. Similarly, if we adopt functional structure and allow for the duplication of resources, then we will get the disadvantages of the functional structure and will lose one of its main advantages which is economies of scale.

Many companies have combination between functional, divisional and matrix structure. Many of the decentralized companies will have one or two department centralized such as human resources or marketing.

Whatever structure you have, the results are the most important. The results are not your perception that you are the best. Measure yourself compared with similar companies. Do you need one week to take a decision that they make in one hour? Are your employees motivated more than those in other companies? Are you devloping new products and services faster than other companies? Are you achieving your main strategy?

It depends. Robots are faster at doing some things but they also can miss small details people can see.

A producer will enter a competitive market if it believes that it has a better version of other products already competing in a particular market. As an example, for a time, the best selling cola drink was Coca - Cola. It had a mass market of loyal cola customers. It seemed illogical to many businessmen to bring a new cola drink into this market. Pepsi Cola did enter the cola market with a good deal of success. Following that there were several other cola drinks such as Royal Crown Cola that also this now competitive market.

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The path-goal theory of management is based on the leader's ability to choose the appropriate style for the organization in order to reach certain goals. The path-goal theory is based on the idea that specific actions will result in a known outcome.

It depends. In some actual fields, the functions of management include:
a) planning and decision making,
b) organizing for stability and change,
c) leading, and
d) controlling.

These can be otherwise defined as 5 functions: controlling, planning, organizing, staffing, and implementing.

The main components of a companies business model are business commerce, business occupation and business organization. The results are goods, products and services that people value.

Time management courses come in three flavors.

At the most basic level, they are made up of tips, tricks and shortcuts that are assembled without much concern for how they fit together. These programs are often offered in short spaces of time, when the audience is assumed to be new to the topic and the budget for something substantial is unavailable.

At the next level are programs that define a set and fixed collection of habits or practices to be followed. These courses go into great detail to define these behaviors, and emphasize the need for compliance in order to produce a successful result. Generally, the course focuses little on implementation, and mostly on describing specific practices.

At the highest level, time management courses are intended to teach a user how to design his/her own system. They take an andragogical approach, which assumes that the learner is a competent adult with not only some knowledge of time management, but also a system that functions to some degree. Such a course would follow this outline:

Part 1 - Establish the need for an upgraded system

- Are there failures?

- Is failure expected in the future for some reason? e.g. increased workload.

Part 2 - Analyze the individual's current system

- use best in class behaviors to create a shared understanding of skills in important areas.

Part 3 - Look for obvious gaps, and define a target system to be implemented by a particular due date.

Part 4 - Break down the gaps to be closed in small steps and schedule them for implementation over time.

Part 5 - Set up a multi-faceted habit change support system to ensure that the required behavior changes are supported.

This kind of time management course teaches the user how to successfully perform an in-place upgrade i.e. an upgrade that must take place while a system is in active use. Many people fail in these implementation steps in the other courses mentioned earlier because they are unable to change their current set of habits.

If I'm not mistaken, I believe you are asking for interview questions for Project Managers. I am adding a link below: 300 Project Manager Interview Questions.

Three general sets of factors do appear to influence the standards of behavior in an organization , the sets consist of individual factors , social factors, opportunities.

One of the problems facing hotel management information systems is making them easier to use and understand. The systems also need to have a way to measure results better.

Functional departments are the higher level departments, such as Sales, under which sub-departments like Field Sales for example fall.

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Try to do the best job you can in spite of him, or find another job. or you can ask nothing from him for 3 months. within those 3 months work as hard as you can then he will soon ask you out for the local pub. get him drunk then make him think that you have known him all your life. tape it, then make him listen to it and then he will automatically fall for it. it's what I did and my kids are his kids friends!

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People managing things in unison.

Normally a Director is the level directly under the Vice President and President, however some corporations have differing job desriptons than the norm. Normally a Director is the level directly under the Vice President and President, however some corporations have differing job desriptons than the norm.

The internet has change the management process in so many ways and has made it better to a large extent. Through the internet, virtual management has become possible which increases productivity.

Japanese culture evolved from Japanese management style

Tourist sees it as one whole thing, but in fact there are all individual companies.

Is all the tourism industry working together to achieve more, its not one company that makes it all, they have to communicate with each other to deliver customers expectations.

If one company does not provide the right service to a tourist it can impact badly on their total experiences