Abstract Employee attitudes toward computer technology change over time. As computer technology becomes increasingly more prevalent throughout society and throughout the educational process, appreciative and critical attitudes toward the technology have changed. Understanding these attitudes can hel...

Business Strategy must drive IS strategy and not the other way around an essay presented to the Information Systems Department University of Cape Town in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Introduction to Business Computing Course (INF400F) 1. Introduction The stateme...

Introduction: Project risk management has been an aspect of business for a very long time, yet it has never been more centralized or scientific in application. (Simons, 1996, p. 3) The process of project risk management is essential to the development of profitability, and especially in large scale...

Abstract: With the ever changing model of recent technologicalapplications, we are incessantly dependent on the rapid computer systemsand technology, which inadvertently effect to a safe, secure and reliableinfrastructure to provide services an develop routine activities that ...

INTRODUCTION Overview In the current global business environment, since a company competes on quality, it is likely the most important aspect of its strategic plan. The value of Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) to its clients is based on the quality of their high performance data processing softw...

The world of work has always been subject to continuous and ever evolving transformations and changes. Change is essential in an organization. Technology has changed the way we work and live. In the pre-industrial era, workers lived in isolation; they crafted goods required at th...

In journal one, virtual teams, understood as teams with geographically dispersed members communicating primarily by use of information and communication technologies (ICT), have become a viable form for work in innovation projects involving one or several organizations. Knowledge development and cr...

Communications and Telecommuting, a Supervisory Perspective Given the recent advances in Technology and the changes this brought to business communications, revolutionary impacts on the traditional workplace are predictable. The modern workplace is truly global in its realm. It is imperative ...

Introduction Four Seasons enjoyed a reputation as the world's leading operator of luxury class hotels and resorts, being particularly known for its ability to deliver highly personalized service. Isadore Sharp the chairman, CEO, founder and major shareholder, had an ambition of making Four Se...

Management Trends Management has gone through many changes, and with the explosion of technology, many more are to come. At one time, the management styles that most companies used was that of "top down" management, which incorporated the use of a few managers to oversee many employees. T...

The evolution of the market trends, together with the development of technology and the globalization tendency has left an important mark upon how businesses must be conducted in order to become, and more importantly, to remain successful. Under the circumstances in which companies use a maximum spe...

Strong leadership is the cornerstone of all organizations that are able to achieve and maintain long term success. As business dynamics become more complex in response to mergers and acquisitions, work force shortages, rapid technology changes and increased foreign competition, only those organizati...

Assignment Part ABackgroundHB Enterprise is a geographically dispersed organization with a workforce of approximately 1000 staff providing a wide range of support and commercial services to the hospitality industry. At this stage HB Enterprise relies on a HRMIS which is both manual and computerized....

Effective leadership is the process of motivating others to meet specific objectives and to be in the situation of making significant decisions. Here, I will discuss how motivation affects leadership styles and also how imperative the decision-making process is on the leader. Personally, I feel th...

The Dynamics of Today's Virtual Team Although the advantages of today's "virtual" workgroups are considerable, these teams also face unique challenges which require effective solutions and ongoing cooperation from their members as well as their managers if the team is to be successfu...

Introduction This report explores the potential of self-managed work teams. A self managed work team has been describe as "formal groups in which the group members are interdependent and can have the authority to regulate the team's activities"(Desimone, R. Wermer, J. Harris, D. 200...

Pick up just about any business magazine or newspaper and you are sure to see an article on the topic of outsourcing. There are many arguing that outsourcing jobs to other countries is taking jobs away from people of this country. This is a major concern to most; however, this is not the topic mos...

Types of Business Organization There are millions of successful businesses around the world. They range from local fruit stands to huge multi-national businesses worth billions of dollars. One common trait all these businesses share is that they have some sort of organization. Without organiz...

It seems almost everywhere you turn these days, some type of change in this world is being attributed to the tragedies of September 11. One of the biggest places this change is evident is in peoples' place of employment. Even before September 11, however, a trend was growing in the business w...

Coaching and Mentoring "Behind every successful person, there is one elementary truth. Somewhere, some way, someone cared about their growth and development." Both coaching and mentoring are proving to be powerful aids to personal and organizational ...

Introduction Strategic Decision Making is an essential component in the success of any firm. However, the strategic decision making process can be wrought with challenges. The purpose of this discussion is to investigate how senior Management influence peers to adopt cultural change within a dec...

Introduction - Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) Today the organizations operate in a very dynamic environment. The external and internal forces are constantly changing the rules of the game, to face these changes the organizations and businesses must develop new strategies to remain comp...

Dear Mr Jefferies, As per your request, please accept this careful strategic analysis of your respective organization Abercrombie and Fitch Co., which address the key issues currently experienced by its subsidiary brands, as well as a recommendation of a competitive strategy for the next five years...

What is Competency Mapping? Competency is a specific, identifiable, definable and measurable knowledge, ability, skill and/or attitude, physical ability required to perform any given task. Identifying competencies is the basis for HR planning. It provides the framework for individual training and de...

Computer Development from 1970-1990Alienation. Computerization. Employment. Mass-production. These are someof the words associated with the introduction of computers into the work environment,mainly beginning on a large scale basis in 1970 and continuing on to the present day andbeyond. Between...