Essays about: "Strategic management and productivity"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 29 essays containing the words Strategic management and productivity.

  1. 21. Induction and Commitment : A discursive psychological analysis of Nynas’ Induction Program and its influence on employee’s commitment

    University essay from Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier

    Author : Ville Björck; [2011]
    Keywords : induction program; Corporate Group Induction; social constructionism; discourse analysis; discursive psychology; discursively constructed; reflexivity; commitment; affective; continuance; normative; Likert scale; late modernity; strategic sampling.;

    Abstract : Abstract In accordance with several scholars in the field of human resource management, developing employee commitment towards the employing organization is valuable due to the assumption that it increases their satisfaction, productivity and adaptability. By taking a pedagogical perspective focusing on impact processes, the aim of this master thesis is primarily to identify the constructions and functions of interpretive repertoires, of a few employees, in their descriptions of how the experience of Nynas’ Corporate Group Induction has influenced their commitment to Nynas, but also to categorize the constructions and functions of interpretive repertoires in a booklet underlined during the Corporate Group Induction, which I refer to as “This is Nynas”. READ MORE

  2. 22. Leveraging Organizational Performance Through Enterprise Business Architecture

    University essay from IT-universitetet i Göteborg/Tillämpad informationsteknologi

    Author : Fadeel R. Shamekh; [2010-09-24]
    Keywords : Enterprise architecture; enterprise business architecture; alignment; strategic alignment; business value; IS IT investments; productivity; profitability;

    Abstract : Enterprise architecture is a conceptual IS architecture and management framework used to describe and organize and control an organization’s IS/IT structure, processes, applications, systems and techniques in an integrated and cohesive way. The IS framework helps organizations to achieve strategic alignment and consequently creates a business value to the organization and its shareholders and stakeholders. READ MORE

  3. 23. Six Sigma strategy applied to the pharmaceutical industry : how customers benefit

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för management

    Author : Steven Roan; Maria Jernelid; [2009]
    Keywords : Six Sigma;

    Abstract : The pharmaceutical industry is extremely large, dynamic and a highly profitable industry. Pattison and Warren ( 2003, p 1 ) suggest that in 2002 the pharmaceutical industry pulled in profits that far exceed other industries and accounted for profits “ five-and-a-half times greater than the median for all industries represented in the Fortune 500”. READ MORE

  4. 24. Implementation of Simulators at Sandvik Chile – “Practice Makes Perfect”

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Produktionsekonomi

    Author : Jacob Sandberg; [2009]
    Keywords : Simulators; Implementation; Sandvik Mining and Construction; Standard Rate Per Day; Payback; Proposed Implementation Period; Net Present Value; Benchmarking; Value Constellation; Service in action.; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : With a current financial crisis and a tough competitive environment, all units and departments within the companies have to keep up with the market and its demands. Every time Sandvik sells a machine to a mining company, the buyer faces the fact that they normally have to educate their operators from scratch. READ MORE

  5. 25. How can supply network management be used to improve the quality of corrugated cardboard suppliers in China? : A case study of Tetra Pak in China

    University essay from Handelshögskolan BBS

    Author : Liu Cui; Yee Man Wong; [2008]
    Keywords : Cardboard; Tetra Pak; China;

    Abstract : This thesis involved Tetra Pak and corrugated cardboard suppliers in China at various locations to understand how this industry looks like, the reasons for inconsistent quality and analysis of the current state of whole industry, and recommendations for improvement. As innovation can bring competitive advantage to companies, our thesis focused upon making extended value of material flow from Tetra Pak and suppliers. READ MORE