... | |COMPANY BACKGROUND | |INTRO | |Davao Packaging Corporation (DAPACOR) is the premier producer of world class packaging products targeting the agricultural, | |industrial, and consumer markets. | |DAPACOR's core products include: corrugated carton boxes, plastic films and sheets, synthetic twine, sticker labels, and | |recycled resins. DAPACOR is an organization of skilled individuals dedicated to the pursuit of Quality, Excellence and | |Innovation. It has highly-advanced and state-of-the-art equipment that boost its capabilities to exceed its customers' | |expectations. | |DAPACOR's customers are assured to get on-time delivery, all over the world, of high quality and modern packaging that is | |tailor-made for their specific needs, helping them to excel in their own highly competitive industries. | |In its more than 25 years of customer focused service, DAPACOR evolved from a production center of...
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...agency’s environment, staff, clients, and often from its own leaders, are so widespread as to be considered a constant of human service administration. Influences within the organization such as low morale, fatigue, inadequate management skills, and high turnover can also present change opportunities. Program redesign, agency reorganization, developing program evaluation systems, enhancing diversity, and altering an outdated or dysfunctional organizational ethos can all be done more successfully using planned change processes. Best leadership for Angel Wings of Love Since the field of human services is continuously evolving the worker must be able to adapt to change in the area of human services. The paper will explore the common methods of organizational change that a manager or staff member(s) may utilize to improve daily operations or responsiveness. The ascension of hierarchy in human service organizations, expectations of leadership has increased. With this demand and increase, positional power and visibility has attracted the greater attention to and reliance on the manager’s leadership style. Leadership is a key factor in coordinating and aligning the organizational process. As with any aspects of organizational functioning it should...
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...Staff Motivation at Sharp Healthcare The purpose of this research paper is to discuss the key factors responsible for the success of the Sharp healthcare system’s approach to staff motivation, Identify any weaknesses in the approach and also explain if the approach to staff motivation can be replicated by other healthcare organizations while stating some barriers and facilitators of the approach. The healthcare industry is characterized by constant changes and dynamism with the aim of providing quality care that is affordable. “Motivation is a state of feeling or thinking in which one is energized or aroused to perform a task or engage in a particular behavior”(Steers and Porter,1987 as cited by Burns et al 2011). Sharp healthcare’s major objective is to increase the satisfaction of its employees, physicians and patients. To achieve this, the organization adopts techniques such as open communication among workers, re-recruitment of current employees and the development of the workforce. Although these techniques may successfully motivate some workers it may not be as successful in motivating other workers because they are intrinsic factors which do not necessarily motivate everyone. In November 2007, Sharp HealthCare received the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's highest presidential honor for quality and organizational performance excellence. (Sharp Healthcare, 2015) Due to its success a number of organizations have adopted the sharp’s approach to staff motivation...
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...Week 5: Final Paper Journal Assignment Carol Hickman PHI445: Personal & Organization Ethics Instructor: Kristine Ouzts June 15, 2015 Thesis statement for the Boys & Girls Club of America (BGCA) Not-for-Profit Company This paper will evaluate how the BGCA honor their commitment to assist young people at reaching their potential of becoming productive, caring responsible citizens using motivation, education and encouragement. The ethical issue that BGCA faces is maintaining the virtues and image of the BGCA and the challenges related to disenfranchised youth of today. The ethical theories of deontology, utilitarian and relativism will be examined to resolve how BGCA will honor their mission statement with an ethically proper solution. Background The BGCA is a 501(c) 3 (nonprofit) organization and their donations are tax deductible. The BGCA’s mission is to ‘To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring responsible citizens.’ The BGCA has over 4000 youth affiliated clubs throughout the U.S., Native lands and military installations worldwide. The BGCA started in 1860 in Hartford, Connecticut with three women and for more than 150 years, BGCA has been helping kids grow and thrive. The moral character of the three women whom started BGCA is a great example of the virtue theory. Taking boys off the streets into their homes to provide a positive alternative is a selfless act of kindness. BGCA’s...
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...Evaluation United Natural Foods, Inc (UNFI) “is the leading U.S. independent national distributor of natural, organic, specialty foods and related products, including: nutritional supplements, personal care items, and organic produce” (UNFI, 2012, para. 1). UNFI started out as Mountain People’s Warehouse in 1976, when people started becoming interested in natural product. In 1996, Mountain People’s Warehouse and Cornucopia Natural Foods merged and formed United Natural Foods, Inc. Today the company employs 6,900 individuals throughout the United States and Canada. This paper is going to evaluate the best value discipline, generic and grand strategies, and the recommended strategy UNFI should implement in the organization. Best Value Discipline Value disciplines are strategies that center on delivering customer value through operational excellence, customer intimacy, and product leadership (Pearce & Robinson, 2011). Operational Excellence Operational excellence is the approach to the production and delivery of products and services. Using this approach the organization leads the industry in price and convenience by focusing on lean and efficient operations. Organizations using this approach work hard to minimize costs by reducing overhead costs, eliminating unneeded production steps, reducing transaction costs, and optimizing business processes (Pearce & Robinson, 2011). To implement this strategy organizations generally restructure their delivery processes and use information...
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...Everyone who works in or for the NHS is there, first and foremost to serve the public. Therefore, everyone at every level has a part to play in driving up standards of safe, effective, patient-centred care. The consistent delivery of safe, high quality care relies on contributions from a wide range of organisations, individuals and stakeholders. The Welsh Government’s, Achieving Excellence: The Quality Delivery Plan for the NHS in Wales (2012/2015) sets out their ambitions for achieving excellence in Welsh Healthcare by 2016. Their vision is for a quality driven NHS, focused on providing high quality care and excellent patient experience. These standards “are key to underpinning the vision, values, governance and accountability framework for the new NHS Wales” and are seen as a key tool, alongside the guidance from the 1000 Lives Quality Improvement Campaign and other initiatives in helping to drive up clinical quality and patient experience. The aim is been to map the quality standards more closely with service specific and professional standards and quality requirements such as the National Service Frameworks (NSF), National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) and its Intelligent Targets so that there is potential for a common language across all health services. Healthcare Inspectorate Wales uses these standards to undertake a level of testing and validation each year with each Health Board, but the onus is on health board and services to demonstrate they are...
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...Functions of Management Milton Jones MGT 330 August 9, 2011 Yvonne Jordan Four Functions of Management The essential responsibility to any business lies in the hands of their managers. How these managers provide the planning, organizing, leading and controlling, reflects on the success of reaching company goals and continuing to maintain competitive advantage. Maintaining these four functions requires managers to form groups of employees who will help to complete each plan successfully. According to (Bateman, & Snell, 2007), “In the business world today, the great executives not only adapt to changing conditions but also apply—fanatically, rigorously, consistently, and with discipline—the fundamental management principles. These fundamentals include the four traditional functions of management: planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. They remain as relevant as ever, and they still provide the fundamentals that are needed in start-ups as much as in established corporations. But their form has evolved.” Planning The very first function in the management process is known as planning. Basically, the determination of success or failure for any manager lies within each manager’s planning procedure. According to (Bateman, & Snell, 2007), “Planning is specifying the goals to be achieved and deciding in advance the appropriate actions needed to achieve those goals. Planning activities include analyzing current situations, anticipating the future, determining objectives...
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...Abstract. This paper tries to emphasize why in the era of globalization human resources are viewed as a source of competitive advantage? Therefore, the aim of this paper is to reveal that human resources management is essential to ensure the success of any organization which is based on the belief that an organization gains competitive advantage by using its people effectively and efficiently. Regarding this new challenge of HRM, this paper strives to identify whether the HRM can be considered as a source of competitive advantage of the firms or not? Finally the result of this study highlights the value of human resources (HR) and its strategic activities which have an influence on organizations performance and competitive abilities. 1. Introduction The term ‘human resource management’ (HRM) is simply the reflection of three words that does not provide much enlightenment. Where, ‘human’ implies it has something to do with people; ‘management’ places it in the domain of business and organization; but ‘resource’ is a highly ambiguous concept that many people find difficult to relate to [1],[2]. Now the question arises what exactly is the ‘HRM’? According to Storey [3], HRM is a distinctive approach to employment management which seeks to achieve competitive advantage through the strategic development of a highly committed and capable workforce. On the other hand, concerning to HRM, American Management Association (AMA), mentioned it can be described as the organizational function...
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...Professional Values and Ethics Paper GEN/200 Professional Values and Ethics Paper Corporations demand an exceptional quality of characteristics and traits when hiring employees. Individuals who illustrate good work ethics and values will persevere. Identifying what is wrong or right and applying it to one’s choice will lead to making the right decision. In some cases; however, there may be gray areas not as straightforward as there are various personal values and ethics one may follow. Numerous sources identify these traits each person possesses that will help accomplish professional success. The following paper will define professional values and ethics, identify sources of each as well as describe how both affect career success. Values and Ethics The importance of values in one’s life will determine how a decision will be made. Following rules set forth and knowing the difference of right or wrong and good or bad define values; it also advises what is more important in life. Each individual has his or her own sets of morals and values one abides by. Decisions made in the workplace directly affect future career opportunities and success. Choosing to make the right decision in any given situation at the workplace will demonstrate excellent employee values and ethical skills. Ethics fuel the human condition. According to Dictionary.com, ethics is a system of moral principles; the antithesis of right and wrong, good, and evil. ...
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...Course: Foundation Degree in Business Management Module title: Management Skills Module Number: Title of Assignment: Written Assignment Assignment number: One Tutor: Student No: Date: The author’s objective of this paper is to investigate the difference between a manager and a leader. There are numerous discussions around whether a manager is a leader and are leaders born or made. This paper will discuss various theories relating to managers and leaders and their differences. In order to complete the research there are different ways of interpreting the data. The author will be completing an inductive research assignment with an interpretivism approach. When undertaking and presenting research, it is done with the objective of accumulating knowledge. The author will be using this approach as, although there are a number of management and leadership models and theories a number of conclusions drawn in the journals and books are the thoughts and opinions of the individual authors not necessarily facts. In research there are two methods of reasoning; deductive and inductive. There are also two approaches that can be used positivism and interpretivism the author will briefly summarize these methods. Ehow (2011) sums up inductive and deductive reasoning - ‘Inductive reasoning moves from the specific to the general. Deductive reasoning moves from the general to the specific Deductive reasoning arrives at a conclusion based on generalizations. The basis of the argument...
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...Abstract The focus of this paper is the importance of maintaining academy honesty, which is a requirement of all students at the University of Phoenix. As a student I am responsible for the way I conduct myself when it comes to honest when it comes to assignments and making sure that the wording is in my own words. When it comes to using other’s work I must show the respect that he or she deserves and cite their work the correct way. I have to make sure to read over the Student Code of Conduct and follow the guidelines when it comes to this situation. From here on out I will remember to maintain honesty and make sure to follow the correct way to cite information from my own benefits. The definition of plagiarism where an individual is takes someone else’s working and using as your own. The Importance of Maintaining Academic Honesty I am aware of the University’s policy when it comes to plagiarism and academic dishonesty. I have gone over the sources that have been provided for me through the University of Phoenix and articles from the library that is online. I have a great opportunity to finish my Master’s degree and given another chase to fulfill my educational goal and understand to make sure to look over my papers and use the tools that are provided for me through the University. I understand that I need to make sure to always respect the school policies, instructors, and the students that I am in class with. I understand plagiarism up and down now and how it might...
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...Personal Goals Tracy Saunier HCS/301 September 16, 2014 Nancy Shultes Personal Goals Setting goals and achieving them are essential components for personal growth and development. When we set goals for ourselves we never set out thinking failure is an option. There are always barriers to overcome, but overcoming the milestones keep us motivated to achieve what we originally set out to do. My personal goals for the future consist of relocating, followed by a professional promotion into management, and completing my degree in order to have a successful life ahead of me. A personal short term goal of mine is to sell my home. I am preparing my home for resale and hope to place it on the market with a realtor in the next few months. There have been many barriers to overcome to overcome in this preparation. To date, I have replaced the kitchen, bathrooms, air conditioner, carpet, tile, and painted inside and out. There are still a few cosmetic things I need to do such as fixing up the yard and staining the driveway. Once those things are completed I will contact the realtor to obtain an appraisal to see how much I can list my property for. My long term personal goal is downsizing from my current five bedroom home and purchasing a town home. Three of my four children are grown and have moved into their own homes which just leaves myself and my youngest daughter. Living in this large house is no longer necessary nor financially beneficial. With the help of a realtor along...
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...responsible for accuracy and timeliness in completing study activities and helps with data collection, storage of information and must be able to organize, maintain and retrieve study materials and documentation when is needed or requested. They must be able to recognize defined adverse events and report these to the appropriate parties. (Mayoweb.mayo.edu, 2008). The qualifications for this position require an associate degree in the physical or social sciences or a health-related field or extensive experience in either a health care program, or significant experience in the research setting. Employees must be highly advanced in medical terminology and exhibit a medical background. They must be experience in patient-related activities, maintaining schedules, and coordinating activities with several departments and levels of employees. Employees in this position must have strong organizational skills, a high level of technical computer experience and be very proficient in word processing and spreadsheet programs. They must also be a dependable team player and self-directed to meet study deadlines (Mayoweb.mayo.edu, 2008)....
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...achieved by creating educational goals and maintaining academic integrity. Your personal learning style will help you not only in school but in your career and in your life. With so many resources available to students you are sure to succeed at anything you put your mind to. Proper education and learning the core fundamentals of our major is very important, but without learning about how we learn as individuals and exposing ourselves to all of the services the university has to offer we may not be as successful as we can be. Beginning my educational journey at the University of Phoenix and taking GEN200 has helped me refresh my learning abilities, learn some new critical thinking skills and has helped me in taking the beginning steps to achieve success in my education and eventually in my career. Setting long and short term goals is the key to academic success. Creating realistic long term goals such as graduating college gives us something to work towards and creates the ultimate goal. Setting short term goals such as finishing a paper early, getting all of the reading for a class done or getting an A in a class brings us one step closer to achieving the ultimate goal. Short term goals will always help bring us to our long term goal without it becoming overwhelming and working toward that goal one step at a time. One way to help achieve a short term goal of succeeding academically is the writing process. Getting your thoughts on paper, completing research, working on a thesis...
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...Best Practiced Trends in Performance Management Shanel Carter HRM 6622, Dr. Richard Voss Troy University Term 4 Best Practiced Trends in Performance Management Abstract Performance management is a comprehensive approach used to identify performance breakdowns within an organizational system and appropriate interventions useful in achieving the desired performance results. When defining performance management one needs to be able to look into the cyclical approach of performance management. Performance management is about more than just managing or documenting annual goals. It is important because it is an ongoing partnership between an employee and a manager that helps guide performance and development within their company. To get a better understanding of the best used practices and current trends within performance management, this research will briefly discuss successful practices used among companies that utilize the four main components of performance management which are, planning, coaching, providing feedback and the performance review. Best Practiced Trends in Performance Management Today’s world is continually changing and expectations are on the rise. Managing employee performance is essential in helping companies meet these expectations. Many companies have adopted the performance management process in order to monitor and improve performance within the workplace. The goal of performance management is to guarantee each...
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