Monday, April 30, 2012

Small Business Enterprise - SBE or SME - Definitions - Knol Book Chapter

Small Business Enterprise - SBE or SME - Definitions - Knol Book Chapter

Small Business Enterprise - SBE or SME - Definitions - Knol Book Chapter

What is an SBE or SME?

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Behavioral Approach to Management - Concept/Definition



Concept

Organizational behavior represents the human side of management, not the whole of management. Other recognized approaches to management include the process, quantitative, knowledge, and contingency approaches. In other words, organizational behavior does not intend to portray the whole of management.

This text on organizational behavior attempts to provide the specific, necessary background and skills to make the managers of today and tomorrow as effective with the conceptual and human dimensions of management as they have been in the past with its technical, functional dimension.

Fred Luthans, Organizational Behavior, 9th Ed., McGraw-Hill Irwin, Boston, USA, 2002, p. 24.




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Role of Shop Floor Executive - First Line Supervisor or Executive


 

Role of Supervisor

 
Objective: Front line supervisors are to  carry out approved programs within a budget, to obtain and use service and staff help, and to meet the requirements of their superior managers. (Koontz and O'Donnell, 4th ed. pp.518-521).
 
To carry out the work assigned to them, supervisors have to be planners and leaders of operators under them. To be leader of men, they have to study the motives of men
 
Supervision is management. It involves functions like planning, organizing, directing, and controlling. A supervisor takes decisions after careful consideration of the facts.
 
A shop floor supervisor is responsible for the quantity of production and timely delivery of production. He is responsible for the quality of the output. He has to see that production is achieved in budgeted cost and he is also made responsible for cost reduction that occurs due to learning effect.
 

Activities of Supervisors

 
A. Organizing Work of the Shop
 
Planning of resources (to meet a production plan for a month, week or a day)
Determining priorities regarding jobs to be taken
Allocation of jobs to operators
Communication with upstream and downstream sections
Communication with production planning
Communication with technology section
Making sure that work place is a safe place
 
B. Directing Men
 
Training workmen
Allocate and explain the job
Building teamworking
Frequently checking the methods for correctness and safety
Checking to see that equipment is being kept in proper condition
Understanding motives and providing motivating rewards
Settling grievances
Encouraring new ideas for quality improvement and cost reduction
 
C. Initiate Development
 
Develop men for variety of jobs and promotion
Investigate breakdowns
Maintain equipment
Improve methods or suggest improvements
Prevent waste
Maintaining morale of the section
Investigating and controlling idle time
 
A supervisor requires technical skills and people handling skills. He has to employ both in equal quantities in his every day work.
 

Difference between an operator and a supervisor

 
Operator
 
Follows plans and instructions given for his own job.
Is responsible for his own output
Uses equipment, materials and tools personally.
Produces specific components or does specific operations on a component.
 
Supervisor
 
Deals with plans. He may have to prepare plans himself.
He deals with people in his section.
He has to make decisions for allocating work to others.
He is responsible for work of others.
His duties are more varied as he is supervising number of operators
Objectives: To develop skilled employees with good morale. Have proper relationships with people under him to get production on time, according to quality standards in required quantities efficiently and economically.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Behavioral Management for Job Performance - Job Design and Goal Setting - Chapter

Behavioral Management for Job Performance - Job Design and Goal Setting - Chapter

Behavioral Management for Job Performance - Job Design and Goal Setting - Chapter

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Management Videos - Management Knol Videopedia

Management Videos - Management Knol Videopedia
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Managerial Skills Videos - Knol Book

Managerial Skills Videos - Knol Book

Managerial Skills Videos - Knol Book

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Managerial Skills Lists
Source:
 
 List 1  List 2      

1. Forecasting: prelude to planning

2. Strategic planning

3. Budgeting

4. Marketing

5. Innovating

6. Resolving conflict

7. Disciplining

8. Rewarding

9. Improving Productivity

10. Managing costs

11. Managing time

12. Managing change

13. Managing ethics

14. Developing yourself

15. Leading 

 

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  1. Verbal communication (including listening)
2. Managing time and stress
3. Managing individual decisions
4. Recognizing, defining, and solving problems
5. Motivating and influencing others
6. Delegating
7. Setting goals and articulating a vision
8. Self awareness
9. Team building
10. Managing conflict		      
 

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Zero Time Concepts in Management Initiatives

Read an interesting paper Zero Time(Tm): A Conceptual Architecture for 21st Century Enterprises
http://cyberlibris.typepad.com/news/files/zerotime-white_paper.pdf

Zero Based Budgeting

Zero Based Cost Management

Zero Defects


Interesting Articles on Zero Based Concepts in Management

http://www.mackinac.org/article.aspx?ID=5928 on ZBB

Presentation by Booz and Company on ZBCM
http://www.booz.com/media/uploads/Zero-Based-Cost-Management.pdf

Article to be developed further.
Currently busy with redirecting as many Knols as possible as today is the last date for closure of access to Knol.


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Marketing Management Videos - Video Knol Book

Marketing Management Videos - Video Knol Book

Marketing Management Videos - Video Knol Book

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Kotler on Marketing Strategy at London Forum
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bilOOPuAvTY
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Narayana Rao - 08 Jul 2011
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Communication Skills - Knol Book

Communication Skills - Knol Book

Communication Skills - Knol Book

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Communication - An Important Social Activity - Introduction

Communication in Every Day Life

Communication in Business Organizations

Forms and Formats of Communication

Communication Media and Technology

Communication Skills  - Basics

Comprehension - Reading

Comprehension - Writing

Group Discussion

Language Improvement

Listening Skills

Business Correspondence

Technical Writing

Presentations

International Communications

Effective Communications - Suggestions

Research in Communication Area

Communication Skills - Bibliography

Communication Skills - Training Programs

Communication Skills - Videos

Click on the chapter links to go to articles on various topics in the chapter.

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Financial Management - Knol Book - Online Book

Financial Management - Knol Book

Financial Management - Knol Book

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Narayana Rao - 01 Jan 2011
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Sales Tax - USA - Knol Book

Sales Tax - USA - Knol Book

Sales Tax - USA - Knol Book

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Training and Development - Knol Book

Training and Development - Knol Book

Training and Development - Knol Book

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Corporate Governance - Knol Book

Corporate Governance - Knol Book

Corporate Governance - Knol Book

 

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Website Awards

Website Awards

Website Awards

Web Marketing Association announced website award in September 2011

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Web Marketing Association announced website award in September 2011

21 agencies or companies were recognized as Outstanding Website Developer for winning six or more WebAwards announced  in 2011 for various products and industries. They include:


       
        AGENCY                             AWARDS
        Biggs|Gilmore                      28
        Sabre Hospitality Solutions        21
        Risdall Marketing Group            20
        Extractable                        19
        TRAVELCLICK                        15
        VML                                15
        CareTech Solutions                 14
        TMP Worldwide                      11
        Critical Mass                      8
        AGENDA Ltd.                        7
        Aristotle                          7
        BGT Partners                       7
        Blenderbox Inc                     7
        Forum One Communications           7
        Hubbard One                        7
        WSI                                7
        IQ                                 6
        JHI Health                         6
        LBi                                6
        Methodologie                       6
        usdm.net(R)                        6
        Walt Disney Parks & Resorts Online 6
       
http://www.webaward.org

Source Prnewswire press release:
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/best-websites-named-in-96-industries---the-2011-webaward-winners-129875438.html

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    Sunday, April 29, 2012

    Operations Management for Construction

    Operations Management for Construction

    Operations Management for Construction

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    Operations Management for Construction
    Chris March
    Taylor and Francis
    2009
    http://books.google.co.in/books?id=o51zMOsAB0IC

    Construction Operations Management
    Tony Baxendale
    1998
    http://books.google.co.in/books?id=V9IOAAAACAAJ


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      Top 50 Knols - Mergers, Acquisitions (Takeovers)

      Top 50 Knols - Mergers, Acquisitions (Takeovers)

      Top 50 Knols - Mergers, Acquisitions (Takeovers)

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      Salesman Selection Tests

      Salesman Selection Tests
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      Teamwork and Collaboration - Harvard Publishing Video



      Interview with John Chambers, CEO Cisco
      2009


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      Disruptive Innovations - Videos

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      Costing Profit and Loss Account - Interesting Web Pages

      Costing Profit and Loss Account - Interesting Web Pages

      Costing Profit and Loss Account - Interesting Web Pages

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      Preparing absorption costing profit and loss account from marginal costing profit and loss account
      An ACCA suggested answer
      http://www.accaglobal.com/students/student_accountant/archive/2003/33/828775
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      Costing Profit and Loss Account

      Costing Profit and Loss Account

      Costing Profit and Loss Account

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      Online Marketing: A Customer-Led Approach, Richard Gay Et.al.

      Online Marketing: A Customer-Led Approach, Richard Gay Et.al.

      Online Marketing: A Customer-Led Approach, Richard Gay Et.al.

      Book Information and Review

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      Contents
      1. Principles and Drivers of the New Marketing Environment
      2. Strategy and Models for the Virtual World
      3. Online Marketing Planning Issues
      4. Online Marketing Research - Principles and Practice
      5. Online Buyer Behaviour
      6. Positioning for Traffic and Profit. Search Engine Optimisation
      7. Permission and Personalisation Online
      8. Website Development - Design and Content
      9. The Online Product
      10. Pricing Issues on the Web
      11. Online Communication Tools
      12. Online Distributuion and Procurement
      13. Online Marketing Legal Issues
       
      Authors, editors, and contributors


      Richard Gay, Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University,
      Alan Charlesworth, Senior Lecturer in marketing and e-marketing at the University of Sunderland, and
      Rita Esen, Law Consultant and Visiting Lecturer at Durham University.

      Contributors:Mike Grehan, CEO Smart Interactive

       

      Published: Oxford University Press

       

      Description

      • Structured by the authors' own 4P's online planning model of Positioning, Permission, Partnership and Performance, traditional marketing concepts such as the marketing mix and buyer behaviour are considered in an integrated fashion as online marketing evolves. By using familiar marketing theory, students' understanding is aided, as new concepts are grounded on existing knowledge.

      Focuses in an engaging way on up-to-date and modern operational aspects such as blogging, covering them in detail from initial descriptions to their use as marketing tools.

      Stresses that the customer should remain the central focus in online interactions and that beneficial, innovative experiences are vital for developing loyalty and sustainable competitive advantage.

      Dedicates a whole chapter acknowledging the crucial role played by search engines in building site traffic and brand building by industry expert, Mike Grehen.

      Includes a whole chapter on web site development. Taken from a marketing perspective, subjects addressed include the basic elements of effective web design, the place of usability in web site design and the importance of content and its management.

      Legal issues, in the form of Legal Eagle boxes and self-regulation underpin the text, highlighting at every stage the legal constraints for online marketers. This ensures that students are fully equipped with the legal knowledge expected by firms operating 'across borders' in the online workplace.

      Fully supported by an Online Resource Centre.

      Online Marketing: A Customer Led Approach provides an excellent and stimulating balance between theory and practice by recognising the advantages and drawbacks of doing business online. The text is deeply embedded in traditional marketing concepts and examines their evolution as we understand more from online customer experiences. The authors believe that, despite the availability of new online tools, the customer should remain the central focus in all transactions and experiences.
      Supported by contemporary mini-cases, case studies and expert opinion from leading practitioners, the text comprehensively covers:
      · the changing online environment
      · online planning and evolving business models
      · application of ICT to achieve marketing objectives
      · changing online elements of the marketing mix
      · legal aspects impacting on online marketers

      Online Marketing: A Customer-Led Approach thus provides a comprehensive account of the most up-to-date issues facing the developing world of internet marketing.

       

      http://www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780199265855#contents

      You cand download the first chapter of the book from

      http://www.oup.com/uk/orc/bin/9780199265855/gay_ch01.pdf

       

      Interesting points from the book

      The telephone took four decades to reach 50 million people. The Internet has managed this

      within four years as digital technologies provide such efficient channels for business and

      consumer interactions transactions.

      This is a good to be read by all knol authors to understand how to market their articles to the internet audience

       

      Online (Internet) Marketing and E-Commerce - Knol Book


       

      Some related sites

      http://www.wordtracker.com/

       

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      Saturday, April 28, 2012

      Ideacia ONE - Consulting Firms - Youtube Campaign Videos



      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2nA_QkEj-4
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      R&D ONE
      Strategic Marketing ONE
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      Google Director of Consumer Marketing and Brand Management on Google - Video

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      Integrated Marketing Communications - Youtube Videos

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      Yankelovich Monitor

      Yankelovich Monitor is a research service that tracks more than fifty social trends and provides information as to shifts in size and direction, and resulting marketing implications.

      See a specialized report by Yankelovich for US News subscribers.

      Direct Response Marketing survey 2005

      Marketing Productivity plummets 2004 survey

      Toward Wiser Public Judgment

      Daniel Yankelovich, Will Friedman


      Daniel Yankelovich, chairman and co-founder of Public Agenda, is the initiator of the New York Times/Yankelovich Poll and the author of twelve books. A founding president of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics, he is also chairman emeritus of the Educational Testing Service.
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      Equity Free Cash Flow Discounting Model

      Operating Free Cash Flow Discounting Model

      Operating Free Cash Flow Discounting Model

      IB, SAPM Concept

      The knol will have brief introduction to the concept, links to various knols on the concept, books on the concept and research papers on the concept.

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       Index of concepts
        1. Aa to Az  2. Ba to Bz  3. Ca to Cz
        4. Da to Dz  
        5. Ea to Ez  6. Fa to Fz  7. Ga to Gz
        8. Ha to Hz
        9. Ia to Iz
      11. Ka to Kz
      24. Xa to Xz

      Subject: Investment Analysis

      Chapter/Topic: Valuation of Equity Shares
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      Concept Definition and Explanation

      For cash flow discounting some use operating free cash flow and some use equity free cash flow.

      Operating free cash flow is free cash flow before the payment of interest to the debt holders but after deducting funds needed (capital expenditure) to maintain the firm’s assets bases.  Free cash flow to the firm also refers to the same thing. These cash flows are discounted using the firm’s weighted average cost of capital (WACC). The discounted value will be the total value of the firm and it includes the value due to the bond holders and other lenders.

      V =  Î£ CFt/(1+i)t   [t = 1 to ∞]
       Where
       V = value of the firm
      CFt    = operating free cash flow of the firm in year t
      i   = WACC of the firms

      For a mature firm, whose growth is less than that of WACC and can be estimated as a constant rate, we can use the simplified formula:
       V = CF1/(i – g)
       CF1    = operating free cash flow of the firm in year 1
      g =  constant growth rate for infinite period.
       If firm has presently high growth rate, the cash flows can be modeled as two stage model with one stage having high growth rate and the second stage having infinite growth rate.
       Operating free cash flow or free cash flow to the firm is equal to
       EBIT(1- Tax Rate) + Depreciation Expense – Capital Expenditures – Change in Working Capital – Change in Other Assets
       Using the above formula Operating free cash flow can be calculated from projected financial statements.

       
      References:
      Reilly, Frank and Keith Brown, Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management, 7th Edition, Thomson-South Western, 2003
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      Research Papers

       
      SSRN-Extended Dividend, Cash Flow and Residual Income Valuation, papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1145201
      On Comparing Cash Flow and Accrual Accounting Models , papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm/SSRN_ID282421_code010910600.pdf?abstractid=282421
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      Constitution of a Political Party

      Constitution of a Political Party

      Constitution of a Political Party

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