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introduction to management accounting
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Introduction To Management Accounting
Research and describe a major IT-enabled project that has resulted in failure due to poor change management.
Give practical examples of the ways in which strategic change can be managed making use of the Kotter and Schlesinger framework of: education and communication; participation and involvement;
kilometres from the present location. It will be staffed by employees who are currently surplus to requirements in their own departments. What reasons for resistance to this change might you
Your organisation is setting up a call centre facility
Give a definition of change in an organisational context.
What were the reasons for resistance to change by some BBC staff members?
Identify the key elements of change management under the Birt regime.
Explain the concept of Producer Choice.
What are the main risks associated with business process reengineering?
What were the key motivating factors behind the implementation of business process reengineering at the State Bank of India?
What are the advantages of business process reengineering?
Outline five key advantages of using social media for communicating a marketing message.
Highlight a key attribute that differentiates Chilean wines from rivals.
What are the main consumer characteristics of the target market for Chilean wines in China?
Identify five main challenges facing firms seeking to increase exports to China.
What are the key drivers in the global wine trade?
What are the dangers of using social media for marketing purposes?
What other social media does IKEA use for marketing purposes?
What does ‘going viral’ mean in the context of online marketing?
Identify the key factors that led to the success of the Facebook competition campaign.
Name five characteristics that you think are key to the mobile phone as a product.
Is Nokia's success all down to the way in which the products are marketed?
What differentiates Nokia products from those of rival firms?
Access a Nokia mobile phone product on the internet and describe its key features.
Describe the concept of core competence and evaluate how it can help an organisation sustain a competitive advantage.
Highlight some examples relating to each of Yip’s global drivers.
Identify and discuss the roles of business level and functional level managers in an organisation.
Outline the key elements of the strategic process and discuss the value of it to managers.
Discuss the advantages to managers of undertaking analysis based on Porter's Five Forces model.
List the low cost activities of Air Asia.
Research Air Asia and identify the key destinations for the airline.
Identify some disadvantages of a cost leadership strategy.
Outline the limitations of the Five Forces model.
Explain how to apply the value chain model for a company in a chosen industry.
Choose an industry and undertake a Five Forces analysis.
Describe what strategy is.
Are oligopolistic industry structures good for the consumer?Should government intervene to ensure minimum levels of competition exist within industry?
How do Starbucks demonstrate their CSR credentials in Guatemala?
Do Starbucks act ethically in their dealings with coffee growing stakeholders in Guatemala?
Explain how the concept of Fairtrade works.
Research and list the countries that Starbucks buys coffee from.
Where did the culture of unethical behaviour by managers and staff at the News of the World and The Sun newspapers stem from? Consider the role of individual staff members, line managers, top
Can regulation work in controlling the excesses of the media and in particular the activities of newspapers?
Identify the world’s five most powerful media organisations.
What can GSK do to ensure that malpractice of the type outlined in the case cannot happen again?
Who is to blame for the unethical practices at the Cidra plant?
Identify four examples of management failure in the GSK case.
If Pfizer do not invest in stem cell research then rivals in other countries will. Is this a suitably compelling argument for deciding to undertake stem cell research?
What are the key issues that managers have to address at Pfizer when deciding on whether or not to pursue stem cell research?
Research and highlight the main points of the Pfizer Stem Cell Policy Guide.
What factors constrain the ability of managers to transfer the characteristics of a positive organisational culture from one company to another?
Does it ring true or is the outcome dubious? Explain your answer.
Research what Hofstede’s model of national culture has to say about the country you are from.
How can managers influence the formation of a strong and positive organisational culture?
What are the main factors that determine the formation of an organisational culture?
Define organisational culture. Highlight the key characteristics of organisational culture.
What can managers at Toyota do to influence the formation of a strong and positive organisational culture that can be transferred to workers in different countries?
Highlight the key weaknesses in the organisational culture at Toyota that have contributed to the company’s problems since 2000.
What type of organisational culture is in evidence at Toyota? Explain your answer.
Using the cultural web model, compile a summary of the key factors that determine the formation of the organisational culture at Toyota.
Research Hofstede’s findings on national cultures and list the key characteristics of the Japanese national culture.
How does the mission of the World Bank influence the creation of a strong and positive organisational culture?
What initiatives did the World Bank introduce to facilitate knowledge sharing? Separate out the technology-based ones from the human-based ones.
What are communities of practice?
Is effective knowledge sharing always likely to be limited by internal politics in organisations such as the World Bank?
Is voluntary participation in organisational change initiatives an effective means of achieving a positive organisational culture?
What organisational benefits derive from the educational programmes run by Pixar for workers?
Explain how the organisational culture at Pixar helps the company achieve its aims.
What do managers at Pixar do to encourage the team ethic among workers?
Do formal educational courses help or hinder everyday activities in organisations?
What is meant by innovation?
Is there a management role for women in organisations in Saudi Arabia?
Are Islamic countries competitive in global markets?
What is the dominant organisational culture in most Saudi Arabian enterprises?
Is the organisational culture evident in Saudi Arabia helpful to firms seeking to compete in global markets?
What are the key national characteristics associated with Saudi Arabia?
Discuss the risks and benefits associated with strategic alliances.
Find an example of a company that has implemented a matrix structure. Explain why the company has chosen this type of structure.
Highlight four key factors that managers should consider when choosing the type of organisational structure.
Define a virtual organisation. What are the advantages associated with a virtual organisation?
What are the disadvantages of tall, hierarchical organisational structures?
Identify and discuss some of the main challenges when implementing the new structure at the Ministry of Health in Oman.
What is the purpose of the new structure? What is it designed to achieve?
Identify the type of organisational structure at the Ministry of Health in Oman.
Is healthcare service provision easier to manage in the public sector or the private sector?
In large-scale, complex organisations such as a healthcare provider, is a hierarchical structure inevitable?
Explain the rationale for the implementation of the new structure at Gazprom in relation to the strategic aim of expansion of activities.
Is there a direct link between organisational structure and good corporate governance at Gazprom?
Define a wholly owned subsidiary.
What organisational structural factors contributed to the Deepwater Horizon disaster?
What type of organisational structure is in place at BP?
Apart from the Deepwater Hozizon incident, identify and describe two major disasters in the oil industry in the last thirty years.
Do sophisticated information and communications technologies (ICTs) make traditional organisational structures less relevant in the modern business environment?
What were the main challenges facing Xerox when implementing the new structure?
What organisational type is most suited to what Xerox is trying to achieve?
Using Belbin’s role model, identify what role(s) best suit your personal characteristics.
Why have cross-cultural teams become more prevalent in organisations in the last two decades?
Summarise the main advantages associated with virtual teams.
Identify five potential sources of tension and conflict in the production team at Les Folies Bergére.
Choose any two functions from Figure 10.4 and explain why they need to know and understand what each other is doing.
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