Essays about: "organization structure in ikea"
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6. Organizational exposure to risk of unethical behaviour : in Eastern European timber purchasing organizations
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest ProductsAbstract : Issues: The issues Swedwood asked us to explore in their Eastern European timber purchasing organizations were: Have clear directives been given to each purchasing unit regarding the purpose and scope of its activities? If so, what do these directives contain? If so, how are these directives followed? How are purchasing transactions planned and carried out? What roles are involved in the purchasing process, and what are the responsibilities and authorities of each role? Can the purchasing process, or parts of the process, be improved? Can the company organize its purchasing units more effectively to ensure best practices? Purpose: The overall approach we took was to assess Swedwood's potential exposure to low levels of legal or ethical practices by benchmarking its actual practices, using the concept of best purchasing practices described in the literature. Method: To collected data using qualitative methods, since this is an appropriate way of raising the sensitive issues that needed to be addressed. READ MORE
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7. Low Cost Country Sourcing: An introduction for companies on the verge of starting their LCC sourcing initiatives
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategiAbstract : This thesis was originally written on behalf of ASSA ABLOY AB, a company on the verge of increasing its low-cost country sourcing. The main purpose of this thesis was to investigate which type of products are most suitable to source in low-cost countries and which type of contractual business form that is most suitable for sourcing in low-cost countries. READ MORE
