The past decades have been characterised by considerable and unpredictable fluctuations in employee work attitude. Othman and Suleiman (2013) content that organisations have increasingly been faced with the problem of poor or negative work attitude levels among employees, customer satisfaction and effectiveness in the implementation of organisational policies. The authors further explain that negative or poor work attitude among employees has been evidenced through poor service provision, high turnover rates, poor employee productivity, and low overall organisational performance and competitiveness. Poor or negative work attitude, as Olubusayo et al. (2014) explain, is dangerous to the growth and competitiveness of a firm in the modern business environment following the fact that employee work attitude has emerged a key factor for determining the survival of any organisation. While this hold true, existing literature reveals that organisational leaders are faced with numerous challenges in their efforts to provide motivation for positive work attitude among employees, integration of company philosophy policies that are identified through the sales turnover, …show more content…
Huawei invests more than 10% of its annual sales revenue into Research & Development (R&D) while there are more than 45% of its 170,000 employees working in R&D function (www.huawei.com). This proves that the R&D function resides at the centre of Huawei’s operations. This gives rise to the interest of the proposed study to look into the issue of concern in its branch in Hong Kong to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the company philosophy policy implemented by Huawei based on all aspects including Sales turnover, Operating cost, Customer Satisfaction and Employees’ Job
Managers and worker’s value, goal and attitude will also be considered as Organizational Behavior. Manager will know how to react on both internal and external environments. Nevertheless, this method is complex for a small
If employees are not familiar with the company’s goals and what the company is expect from them they won’t be able to perform good. Successful organizational culture requires a team work. Johnson should establish the espoused values of the company. These are the stated values and norms that are preferred by the company (Kreitner, 2013, p.63). Johnson should set the basic assumption which values employees (Kreitner, 2013, p.65).
Project 2: Researching the Telecommunications Industry Jeb Bolyard Business Department, Zane State College BUSM 2720: Financial Management Mr. Daniel Amspaugh April 30, 2023 Table of Contents Verizon Communications Overview 2 Verizon Communications Stock Overview 4 AT&T Overview 4 AT&T Stock Overview 6 Sprint Nextel Overview 6 Sprint Nextel Stock Overview 8 Verizon Communications Overview Verizon Communications is a multinational telecommunications company that provides wireless communication, internet, and other services. The company operates in several countries, including the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Name: Amalia Buga 1. For the following word, list as many synonyms as you can think of (at least five) and discuss the connotations that these synonyms have. • thin (of a person) -slender: positive connotation - a person that is gracefully thin in proportion with its length and height -slim: positive connotation - a person that is gracefully thin due to its constitution -skinny: negative connotation – a person that is unattractively thin due to its lack of flesh.
Apple states in their Form K-10 Report (2017, p.1) they are “committed to bringing the best user experience to its customers through innovative hardware, software and services.” In an Industry where profit margins are low, technologies are constantly evolving and competition is high it is essential that Apple continues to offer innovative and simple products that increases customer experience (Heracleous, 2013) so to maintain a competitive advantage. A variety of tools have been used to evaluate Apple’s external and internal environment, including the PESTEL (Appendix 1), Porter’s Five Forces Analysis (Appendix 2), SWOT (Appendix 3). It is envisaged that the information derived from these tools and the associated analysis will support Apple’s CEO to make strategic decisions that addresses the challenges ahead in the short term, ensuring Apple can be competitive in the long term (Rothaermal, 2017).
The external business environment consists of a set of external factors, such as economic factors, social factors, political and legal factors, demographic factors, technical factors amongst others, which are not controllable in nature and affects the business decisions of a firm. The external environment includes opportunities and threats which can impact on the marketing strategy of Huawei. As mentioned, marketers cannot control the factors of the external environment. However, they should try to understand the changes in the external environment and assess the impact of those changes on the target market. In fact, a proper understanding of these factors helps organizations to identify potential business opportunities and threats in the international market (Baines et al., 2011).
Although motivating employees can be a challenge, a number of theories about motivation at work can be used as a basis for creating practices, procedures and processes to affect employee
Two firms doing similar business in the same industry are Vodafone and Etisalat. Question 1: Structure of the Organization Vodafone: Vodafone first entered the Egyptian telecom market in 1998. Through a series of mergers and acquisitions, in 2011 Vodafone has grown to become the leading mobile operator in Egypt serving more than 36.3 million customers with the highest technology, customer service and communication skills.
Keeping the workforce motivated and making them feel empowered to make some decisions is key to an organisations
In some situations, conflict can be more constructive than destructive. In this paper we take a look at two technology giants,
Executive Summary Apple has always surprised the world with its innovation starting from the invention of computer circuit board of Apple I in 1976 to world’s most successful personal computer and electronic device manufacturer. They brought revolutionary changes in user experiences in using personal computers and currently smart devices. The company was always under the supervision of visionary leaders and effective strategies applied by them made the Apple what it is today. The company faced several ups and downs during its operating timeline and remained successful in sustaining their position in the market as a leader. The Harvard Business School Case study of Apple Inc. focuses on the growth and strategic management of the company accordingly.
I would like to reflect upon how I manage my work priorities and professional development. In doing so I would go on to explain how I serve as a positive role model in the workplace through personal work planning and organisation, how I ensure personal work goals, plans and activities reflect the organisation’s plans, and own responsibilities and accountabilities. Then I will explain how I measure and maintain personal performance in varying work conditions, work contexts and contingencies, take initiative to prioritize and facilitate competing demands to achieve personal, team and organizational goals and objectives, use technology efficiently and effectively to manage work priorities and commitments, maintain appropriate work/ life balance, and ensure stress is effectively managed and health is attended to. Subsequently, I will discussion on how I assess personal knowledge and skills against competency standards to determine development needs, priorities and plans, seek feedback from employees, clients and colleagues and use this feedback to identify and develop ways to improve competence, identify, evaluate, select and use development opportunities suitable to personal learning style/s to develop competence. Finally, I will look into how I undertake participation in networks to enhance personal knowledge, skills and work relationships, identify and develop new skills to achieve and maintain a competitive edge.
1.1 Background of the case The chosen company is Lenovo Group Limited which is a multinational technology company that is headquartered in Beijing, China. Established in 1988, Lenovo is the largest information technology enterprise in China, engaged primarily in the sale and manufacturing of personal computers, mobile telephone handsets, computer servers and printers, in China. It has been the market leader for seven consecutive years, commanding a 27 per cent share of the domestic PC market in 2003. It is also the market leader in the Asia Pacific region (excluding Japan), with a market share of 12.6 per cent in 2003.
For example, if all the employees of Amazon of always trying to find the mistakes that their peers are doing to report them to their superior and were working together instead, they could put all this unnecessary energy in a focus group to find innovative ideas and to help each others. This type of positive climate could help people staying in the company and not leaving after few months, because the stress encounter at work is too high. The article cited that Amazon had the second-highest turnover among the Fortune 500 companies, with a median tenure of one year, which is really low. [2] The espoused values of the Amazon’s culture are “work hard, have fun and create history”, but the enacted values just seemed to be hard work and success. The Amazon culture can be described as an outcome orientation organization with managers asking for results without excuses.
Employees are considered as one of the most valuable assets for a company. They are the main force behind the company’s success. So happiness of employees is definitely a big factor in driving the company to meet its goals and reap the benefits. Now the question comes that does happy employees create happy customers. Well the answer is definitely yes.