...The main internal drivers of change were as follows: Largely due to dwindling revenue and poor business performances, the agency was seen as old and not relevant to modern and current advertising practices; it hardly was given jobs by its former or prospective new clients. There was also low employee morale; the agency had fast lost its place as the number one. It was no longer a thing of pride to work there. The marketability of the employees also dwindled as they could not easily get new clients because they have current and new business practices in the field. The key objectives management hope to achieve by embarking on the change was to; 1. Reinvigorate the agency: The agency desperately needed fresh ideas and minds to help produce creative and effective advertising that will sell the client’s brands. 2. Change the perception of the agency in the eye of the public: Rebranding of its image in the public eye as it has come to be seen and referred to as ‘old school’ and not relevant to the times. This was particularly harmful as the ability to ability to compete in the market place was severely hampered. 3. Introduce and invest in new technologies: New software and hardware have been introduce to the profession which were not currently in use in the agency; A case point was a software used by agency in determine strategies to use in understanding and breaking into clients’ briefs, such a tool and department were non-existent in the agency. 4. Invest in training and...
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...Assignment Organizational Change Case Study: Fast Track Couriers Pvt. Ltd. 1. Analyse the Organizational Objectives to Identify the Change Requirements for Fast Track Couriers 1.1 Identify the requirements for change Fast Track Couriers are in the need to bring some changes in their organizational structure as well as operations. These requirements for change are: It needs to build its market share so as to be the preferred choice as movers/courier company. It needs to change their delivery system so as to offer shorter delivery times to its customers. Slow distribution system causes late delivery to the customers which can be negative for the company, hence decrease their delivery system The lack of participation in training programs are required to be changed by building trust among employees as well as drivers and motivating them to work productively Productivity reporting shall be completed using PDA data Drivers are resistance to change which can negatively affect the company and thus should be explained about the change in detail by keeping in mind their requirements. 1.2 Link between changes identified and organizational strategic plan goals. Change is inevitable. Every organization needs a change but it should be in accordance with the strategic goals of the company. The changes identified for Fast Track Couriers are linked to its strategic and operational goals. The strategic goals and its associated changes are: The company proposes to expand their business in the...
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...Identify change requirements Submission details Candidate’s name | | Phone no. | | Assessor’s name | | Phone no. | | Assessment site | | Assessment date/s | | Time/s | | The assessment task is due on the date specified by your assessor. Any variations to this arrangement must be approved in writing by your assessor. Submit this document with any required evidence attached. See specifications below for details. Performance objective The candidate will demonstrate the skills and knowledge required to identify change requirements for an organisation. Assessment description Using the scenario information supplied, the candidate will identify strategic change needs, review existing policy, monitor trends in the external environment that impact on organisation’s objectives, identify operational change objectives, prioritise change requirements and consult experts or specialists to assist in identification of change requirements and opportunities. The candidate will then write a report to management outlining the change requirements. Procedure 1. Review the scenario information provided (in the Appendix of this task) for Fast Track Couriers. 2. Prepare to write a report on change requirements for Fast Track by following steps 3–10 below. 3. Analyse the organisational objectives provided in the scenario to identify the change requirements for Fast Track Couriers: a. Identify requirements for change b. prepare an explanation of how your identified change needs...
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...TRAFFIC ATTITUDE CHANGE IN TURKEY The most important attitude which should be changed and given importance about traffic in Turkey is being obeyed the traffic signs and light rules by pedestrians and vehicles. Starting point or reason of attitude change is education indeed. In that way, traffic accidents and injuries will be decreased in Turkey. If pedestrians and vehicles obey the traffic signs and lights rules more and the drivers are more conscious of driving, most of traffic accidents and injuries will be diminished in Turkey. Securtiy General Directorate, Directorate General of Traffic Education and Investigation explained that there was 254.000 accidents at police responsibility zone in 2011 and 178.255 people were injured and 2.382 people were dead because of these traffic accidents. Other accidents which made at constabulary responsibility zone would be excluded in that 254.000 accident number. If we count all zones accidents in Turkey, this will be 4.000 dead people because of accidents in 2011 in Turkey. These are really huge numbers for the countries. If we look the numbers of traffic accidents in general, we can see that developing countries have higher traffic accident numbers. It might be prevented by education of course. General president of Preventing Traffic Accidents in Turkey Institution, lawyer Hitay Güner, explained that there is no change or decrease in numbers of traffic accidents and deaths in comparison to 2010...
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...SMRT Bus Driver Case: More pay but more work? A study of union, management and employees’ relationship and dispute management SMRT Bus Driver Case: More pay but more work? A study of union, management and employees’ relationship and dispute management 1. Negotiating Labour Agreement between Union and Management Both unions and management of organizations have their individual objectives that could be similar or different accordingly to their perspectives. In Singapore, with tripartism, both union and management together with the government would settle their differences through a collective agreement. From the perspective of the management, profitability, growth and effective human resource management are the three main goals. For the unions, besides the management’s goals, they are concern about the welfare of the employees. Some companies believe that it is better off remaining non-union and adopt a hard-bargaining approach towards the unions. However, some eventually accept the philosophy that with both parties cooperating, it will create a win-win situation for both and gain more out of the collaborations. Any interest dispute that was raised by employees or employers could be resolved via two collective bargaining approaches of distributive bargaining or mutual gain bargaining. The distribution bargaining approach creates a win-lose situation while mutual gain bargaining a win-win situation. In order to illustrate how...
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...teenagers over the age of eighteen, because they are more responsible and understand the risk involved. Sixteen-year-olds brains are underdeveloped and most of the driving they do is unnecessary. I don't think the driving age should change. Its worked for so long, why change it now? In today's society the idea of sixteen and seventeen year olds operating cars has become a way of life. But if one stops to think about it, there is no need for these drivers to be on the road. Most of these drivers still live at home and have no job because they're still in school. So they have no job to drive to or from. To go to school they can take the bus or be dropped off by their parents. I know there's so many times when I want to drive somewhere because my parents aren't home or I just want to be by myself outside of the house. I'm sure a lot of teenagers that are younger than sixteen can't wait to be able to get on the road. Maybe they aren't responsible enough, but then they shouldn't be driving. Another problem with these drivers is they are very irresponsible and put other drivers in danger on the road. Recent statistics show that most drivers who are caught speeding or involved in automobile accidents are under the age of eighteen. This is because the drivers have no responsibility and cannot handle the task of driving a car. In Georgia congress members have noticed this problem and are working on an amendment that would raise the driving age to eighteen. By raising the driving age to...
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...Self-driving Cars Do you think driver less cars need to be sold on the market? Are driver less cars safe? No because if changes in laws the car does not know and could crash. I don't like driver less because something could happen to the parts and then the car would be working wrong. I will prove that we don't need driver less cars. My first reason is the cars might not know all the things about driving. If something on the road changes, the cars are lost. For example they wouldn't obey a new stop sign. If there was construction they would go the wrong speed limit. That is why driver less cars are not safe. Additionally cars wouldn't recognize things like a paper ball. They have problems figuring out what objects are like paper...
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... New Technology in the Trucking Industry Drivers who travel the interstate have shared the road with an 18 – wheeler, which incorporates a large portion of the transportation service industry (also known as the trucking industry), and have witnessed firsthand new technology working not only to protect the driver but you as well. New technology is defined as the specific methods, materials, and devices used to solve practical problems. Research has shown that new technology has been both helpful and harmful in changing the trucking industry, but was needed. The electronic log, an electronic clearance system (also called PrePass), and the on-board computer (also called EOBRs which stands for Electric On-Board Recorder) are some of the new technologies implemented by the trucking industry that are designed to improve safety, productivity, and help the trucking industry keep up with the changes of the manufacturing and distribution industry's choice to keep a lower level of inventory on hand by using the just-in-time business practice. The following table illustrates the major changes to the trucking industry by Congress that required new technology, in order for the trucking industry to comply with the new regulation. Table 1-History of Changes in the Trucking Industry Date | Event | 1935 | Congress passed the Motor Carrier Act. This gave the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) authority to regulate the motor carriers and drivers involved in interstate commerce by granting...
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...Cost Drivers and Company Activities Organizations require different types of supporting activities (administration, purchasing, marketing, logistics, etc.) to co-ordinate their products services. The accounting for different types of supporting overhead costs, as well as for material and labour costs, is important. Design and classification of cost drivers for accounting organizational and operational activities are usually the first cost accounting tasks to be handled. Cost drivers A cost driver is the unit of an activity that drives the change of cost in production or servicing. It refers to any activity that causes a cost to be incurred. In traditional costing, the cost driver used to allocate overhead costs to cost objects relates to quantity of output. There are usually two main types of supporting cost. The first is a resource driver, which is the contribution of the quantity of resources used to cost an activity, such as one kilogram of flour for bread production and one operator hour for manufacturing work. Examples of an overhead cost and resource cost driver are electricity costs and the number of machine hours. The second is an activity driver, which is the cost incurred by the activities required to complete a specific task. With changes in business structures, technology and related cost structures, output quantity are not the only cost driver. Examples of overhead costs and activity cost drivers are inspection costs and the number of inspections or the hours...
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...specified period of time. * Licenses are usually suspended for 30 to 90 days and always fewer than 365 days. * States also have the power to revoke, or take licenses away. You must then apply for another drivers license. * Point system assigns each driver points for violations. States decide when to suspend or revoke your drivers license based on this. * If a driver who has been suspended continues to get pints, their license can be revoked. * Statues issue a certificate of title when you buy a motor vehicle which proves that you legally own the vehicle. * When purchasing a vehicle, you must also register your vehicle with the state. * Financial responsibly is another aspect of driving. * The Right of way is the right to proceed first. Never assume you that you have the right of way. * 3 situations when you must yield the right of way: * Yield the right of way to an emergency vehicle that has its sirens on and its lights flashing. * Yield the right of way to people who ae blind and are carrying a white cane or using a guide dog. * Yield the right of way to all pedestrians, especially those using crosswalks. * One of the most common causes of fatal collisions is one driver’s failure to yield the right of way to another driver. * All states have basic speed limits that mean you cannot drive at speeds faster or slower than conditions safely permit. * Visibility, time, and space...
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...NASCAR: Lessons Learned About Safety By Kai McLemore Columbia Southern University MOS 5101 Abstract The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) seems to always be a few steps behind when it comes to initiating safety practices. They wait until there is a reason in implementing a change. This paper covers the changes that has been mandated over the past decade and why these changes have occurred. Changes ere not just to the car but includes the whole NASCAR package. Changes were made to the car, the track, the driver’s gear, and pit road. Unfortunately, these changes were too late for some of NASCAR’s most legendary drivers, to include Dale Earnhardt. However, NASCAR officials have attempted to rectify their wrongs by ensuring the safety of the driver over the past 10 years. One can hope that they do not stop there and continue to look towards the future and they can continue to improve with the increase of changes to machine and man. The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) has been an exhilarating sport since the mid 1940s, and has thousands of spectators at each race cheering for their favorite driver. But then again, what other sport can be as exciting as watching an extremely super fast car that weighs approximately 3,400 pounds (Online NASCAR, 2010) bulleting around a track at speeds ranging close to 200 mph and merely inches from each other. Unfortunately, there are downsides to this sport which keeps every fan, spouse...
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...PEST - Analysis By Dagmar Recklies The PEST analysis has proven to be a flexible and easy to understand tool in the context of strategic planning. Like with all tools, the real value of the PEST analysis depends on the way it is used. Hence, the following article not only describes the content of this tool, it also provides advice for its practical application and interpretation. Content The PEST or PESTLE is a useful starting point for the analysis of an organizations external environment and the forces at work there. PESTLE stands for political, economical, socio-cultural, technological, legal and ecological factors. There are different opinions in literature about the inclusion of legal and ecological factors. Their importance doubtlessly differs from industry to industry. In case such factors are of high relevance to an industry, they should be analyzed separately. In industries that are less influenced by legal and ecological factors, they could be allocated to the other categories, e.g. legislation as a political factor or ecological awareness as a socio-cultural factor. In any case it is important to include only external factors which an organization cannot influence by itself. The following chart shows some examples for typical content of a PEST. These examples are not comprehensive; they should be modified according of the actual subject of analysis. Political Legislation (current and pending) Laws relating to the industry Tax laws Regulation of transfer for capital...
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...have remained at the 70 mph limit that many drivers have become accustom to, other areas have seen increases from 75 mph up to 85 mph. But, what effect does this have on drivers that travel between these areas with varying speed limits? This study is being conducted to determine what these changes in speed limits have on drivers. With the current speed limit of 70 mph, how fast do driver truly drive? And given the average speed it is the goal of this study to determine if drivers will increase their speeds proportionally in the new high speed zones. While there is much debate on the speed limits and the effects it has on drivers, this study will serve to provide an accurate study on whether or not driver actually pay any attention to the posted speed limits. In addition the driving habits of today’s driver will be examined in relation to posted speed limits on many of the Texas highways. ABSTRACT The Speed Zone Study will be conducted in an effort to better understand how the recent changes in the posted speed limit affect drivers on those highways. To better understand how these changes affect drivers this study will monitor traffic in areas with different speed limits. The goal is to determine if driver adhere to the posted speed limit or if drivers exceed the posted speed limit. If drivers exceed the posted speed limit that excess will be calculated and then compared to the speeds in the new higher speed limit zones. Do drivers exceed the new speed limit proportionally...
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...the New Norm Sitting down, whether in a vehicle, office or home, has become the principal offender in a worldwide obesity and diabetes pandemic that is damaging healthcare systems to the breaking point and increasing health risks to millions of overweight people. Administrations everywhere consider solutions that are economically feasible, easy to implement and improves patient health all at the same time. Together, they may have discovered their answer in a simple piece of engineering able to resolve all of these issues; the bicycle. However, research suggests that American society is not cyclist friendly due to drivers and/or cyclists not always being properly trained. Also, there is a need for bike lanes and laws that require road sharing. For the last five decades, only motorized vehicles have been considered in street designs throughout our country. Driver focused polices, education, and behaviors are an important part of the cycling safety encounter. Revolution in road and cycling infrastructure design is also needed as our population keeps growing. Care needs to be taken and investments made to ensure that everyone has a safe place to travel. In many ways, there has never been a better time to be a bicyclist. If you thought there were more bicyclists on the roads lately, you’d be right. Biking is thriving. The number of cyclists are growing vastly. More and more, people are using bikes to commute to work, schools and stores or simply for the enjoyment and the health...
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...While driving down the freeway do you ever see a car in front of you that is swerving or speeding up and slowing down? Then you think to yourself, “I don’t want to follow behind or be in the lane right next to them.” So you speed up, and sure enough the driver is using their cell phone. Well, I am sure you have. Cell phone use while driving is not only frustrating for other drivers; it is very dangerous to all drivers who are on the road. When a driver is using a cell phone, it doesn’t matter what kind of person they are, or what their age is, or their gender. Accidents don’t show any sympathy. Driving while using a cell phone is dangerous and there should be laws that prohibit the use of cell phones while driving. These laws should be effective in every state, not just some states. This is a seriously dangerous issue because that driver is putting not only but their life at stake, but the lives of other drivers on the road at stake when cell phones are used. In 2009, 5,474 people were killed in the U.S. that involved distracted driving (dd), of the 5,474 deaths, 995 of them involved reports of a cell phone being a factor, and 24,000 injuries were reported from cell phone related accidents (Cell Phone & Texting While Driving Statistics, 2010). This is a serious problem in our world today in the lifestyle we live, but the problem is solvable. All that needs to happen is for a few laws to be passed to refrain people from using cell phones. It should not be legal in any state to...
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