Essay from the year 2004 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 1,0 (A), University of Abertay Dundee, language: English, abstract: The purpose of this essay is to give an overview of the development in management of quality over the last six decades. Today’s business environment is such that management must plan strategically in order to regain market share. An aim of companies is to satisfy the customer’s needs and desires before the competition will do so. Over years the direction and visions in organisations changed, one significant reason is the quality movement. This has a deeply impact of the policies, attitudes, and operations of organisations. However, the essay will discuss the four phases of quality management: Inspection, quality control, quality assurance, and total quality management. Further, there are a number of tools for management in order to reach their objectives of which some will be presented. In the early 1900s the Jobs of the employees, characterised by Taylorism, were broken down into their fundamental structures in order to increase efficiency and productivity. This division of labour formed repetitive jobs in which the employee has to work and follow the instruction of the management in order to give attention to the maximisation of the output. Only the management were setting the rules and were allowed to change the way of work through the calculation and analysis of job records, instruction cards, etc., and through time and motion studies on the shop floor (Hutchins 1985). The information system was often not standardised and informal. Further, since there was very little conversation, there was very little real recognition that each dealt with aspects of the same difficulty. Furthermore, Beardwell (1994) explained that the work was monotone, demotivating and inhumane because it offers no challenging and satisfying tasks. In the first stage, the inspection phase of development in quality management, factories determined quality by comparing their manufactured product to some master part. If the produced good did not equal the master entirely, a team of inspectors carried it out. The inspectors took samples of the manufactured parts, but could not inspect all of them. As a result, the quality of inspection was low and not very productive. The quality inspection was technical focused. For example, the mass producer of automobile Ford used a method of industrial management based on assembly line systems and caused in this time a lot of waste and the deterioration in the quality of the products was extremely high.
Presents the findings of a study of start-up factories in the United States by Japanese companies. Discusses the quality of jobs these factories produce and reveals their keys to success in achieving a strong competitive advantage. Gives the four inter-related strategies ( high performance management strategy, the economics of efficient wages, the quality of technology plants and regional economic development) that make for successful, high performance factories.
Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 1,0 (A), University of Abertay Dundee, language: English, abstract: The purpose of this dissertation is to focus on franchising and to examine, if franchising is a good strategy for a company operating throughout Europe. In order to find an answer to this question further sub-tasks have to be researched. It will identify the characteristics of the franchise system and its advantages and disadvantages. Furthermore, why franchising is a useful hybrid organisational form for organisations to entry, be in business and to expand without enormous financial resources. Moreover, criteria in terms of transaction costs and resource scarcity will be explained. Once a company decides to go abroad and to target a certain European country, it has to develop and determine a strategy to enter the new market. There are several methods a company can use, for example indirect, exporting, direct exporting, licensing, franchising, joint ventures, direct investment and informal networks. Considering as a case study the corporate strategy of the Italian company Benetton, it will be analysed, if franchising is a successful mode to be used in business and to expand throughout Europe. Here is to be added that the analysis of the franchise system of Benetton will occur exclusively through the selection of the most important characteristics of a franchising strategy highlighted in chapter three. An extension of this selection would go beyond the scope of this project. The dissertation consists of (including this introduction chapter one) six chapters. Chapter two encompasses the theoretical framework. Here, agency theory and transaction costs analysis will be explained. The agency theory will be used to explain the business relationship between franchisor and franchisee. Coase developed in 1937 the transaction costs analysis which was further developed by Williamson (Williamson and Masten 1999, p.181), however, this approach could explain the importance for organisations to find the suitable coordination structures, whether be it vertical integration, non-vertical integration, or a hybrid form that includes elements of both. Furthermore, the agency theory and the transaction costs analysis will be applied to franchising. Accordingly, franchising as a hybrid organisational form will be explained in detail. In chapter three the trend of franchising in Europe will be analysed and the international franchise concept with its advantages and disadvantages will be explained. This involves the master franchising.
Presents the findings of a study of start-up factories in the United States by Japanese companies. Discusses the quality of jobs these factories produce and reveals their keys to success in achieving a strong competitive advantage. Gives the four inter-related strategies ( high performance management strategy, the economics of efficient wages, the quality of technology plants and regional economic development) that make for successful, high performance factories.
The US Supreme Court is the head of the judicial branch of the federal government. It is the highest court in the land, with thousands of cases appealed to it every year. One of those history-making cases was Bush v. Gore, which addressed the Florida vote recounts in the 2000 presidential election. Readers will follow this case from beginning to end, including the social and political climates that led up to it and the effects it had after the court made its ruling. Major players and key events are discussed, including George W. Bush, Albert Gore Junior, Dick Cheney, Joseph Lieberman, Karl Rove, William Daley, Katherine Harris, and William H. Rehnquist. Compelling chapters and informative sidebars also cover the Electoral College, presidential debates, hanging chads, third party candidates, and protests. Bush v. Gore forever influenced laws on voting procedures, absentee ballots, ballot design, and voting equipment. This landmark Supreme Court case changed the course of US history and shaped the country we live in. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
The pandemic left disorder and crises in its wake everywhere it struck. Drawing on disciplines including public health, politics, and socioeconomics, this book tracks the spread of COVID-19 to weave a coherent picture that explains how scientists learnt about the virus, how authorities reacted around the world, and how different societies coped. Written by a leading team of public health, policy, and economics experts, this volume provides an in-depth analysis of various countries’ responses to the onset of the pandemic, as well as suggestions to increase capacity and capability to fight future pandemics. The first part of the book provides an overview of global governance and international cooperation, economic and social consequences of the outbreak, and breakthroughs in mathematical modelling and COVID-19 vaccines. The second part of the book examines and compares specific countries and regions through the lens of good governance, social contract, and political trust. This book is essential for anyone seeking to learn from the impact of COVID-19, particularly professionals and policy-makers, as well as those with a general interest in governance and pandemics. “Loh and colleagues have once again provided a clear, multidimensional set of lessons on the global pandemic that is at once contextualised to Hong Kong. This is an excellent follow-up to a similar volume for the 2003 SARS outbreak—sadly plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose—lest future history repeat given the inevitability of more emerging outbreaks to come.” —Gabriel Leung, honorary professor and former dean of medicine, the University of Hong Kong “Future generations may find our generation’s extreme COVID-19 measures bewildering. This enlightening and far-sighted collection demonstrates that some rose above the fray and looked to the future. Expertly edited and co-authored by Christine Loh, this book shows how some in our generation kept their heads while others were losing theirs.” —Naubahar Sharif, professor, Division of Public Policy, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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