Logistics and Distributions Management        Companies require a good flow of materials/products to avoid any case of wastage or incurring unnecessary extra cost. Hence the introduction of logistics operations in businesses. Logistics is the process of linking the supplier to the producer/company and then to the consumer. According to Christopher (2016), logistics managers meet their objectives by managing the procurement activities, storage, and monitoring movements of products within the company and later through the marketing channels to the consumer. Logistics and distribution are crucial in today’s business, noting the advancement of the technology that has opened global business networks. Hence people can now transact business from different parts of the world without physical movement. For example, a procurement manager can purchase raw materials from abroad while in the office. Hence logistics and distribution come in to bridge the gap. This paper examines how business people can coordinate logistics to enhance consumer value and principles that affect purchase decisions. According to Christopher (2016), it is high time for every business person to realize the fierce competition in the market. Additionally, consumers…

Healthcare Management The penalties instituted on the hospital by Medicare are witnessed among several other medical organizations. They were adopted in 2012 as a mechanism to ensure that hospitals reduced their rates of readmission and gave value treatment to their customers. The penalties have their implications on the financial wellbeing of the healthcare facility. Therefore, it is only suitable for the organization to work towards reducing readmissions. They pose an issue with how the organization is managed and how patients are treated while at the same time, affects hospital financial stability and operations negatively. Parameters of the Issues What is happening? As depicted on the Medicare penalties, the organization has had a high number of hospital readmissions. One of the issues that have not been held with the due seriousness that they deserve by medical organizations is the transitioning of patients from hospitals and their recovery at home. The hospital seems to be failing at the process. There is a need to ensure that the patients being released from the facility are only those who can cope and move into…

MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION The course concept that I chose is interview and resume. I put the concept into practice in my part-time job when new employees come seeking employment opportunities. Despite being a part-time employee, I had to request my employee to allow me to be part of the team that interviews new applicants so I would get a chance to experience how the whole thing is handled within the company. The steps that I decided to take so I would ensure that I have put the concept into practice is, requesting for a chance to be part of the interviewing team, gathering the applicant’s resumes and preparing the appropriate questions to ask the applicants. When it comes to requesting my employee so I could be part of the team, it was not easy on my side. Being a part-time employee means that I am not in a massive position in my place of work, but I had to explain how important it was for me due to the evidence that my course needed. I yearned to be part of…

Williams limited Management report Executive Summary William Company limited is considering some options in an attempt to increase revenue. The reason being William has been facing a cashflow problem. The company depends so much on its parent company in South Africa. To solve the cash flow problem, the company wants to invest in a new Software known as an advanced suite. The software cost is 9 million and will generate annual cash flows. Secondly, the company wants to open a new Drop-In Center in London. The company will sell the advanced Level package (ALP) and Entry-level Package (ELP) in the new centre. The costs and estimated sales for April, May, June and July are available. The company will invest 6,000 as startup capital and will get a loan of 21,000 with an interest rate of 3.5%monthly. The report outlines some methods that are used to analyze the investments such as Investment appraisal methods, cash budgeting and breakeven analysis. The methods will evaluate the company to determines its position and performance during the period. Since William Company Limited has been relying…

MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Introduction The workers’ safety health and wellbeing are vital concerns to the millions of people working in the whole world. Statistics show that approximately two million people die globally from work-related accidents, injuries, or illnesses. Furthermore, depression has been highly attributed to occupational risks, thus negatively impacting on the worker’s health conditions. As such, the global action plan has deliberated on strategies to develop policy instruments needed to protect and maintain a worker’s health condition. Besides, the government and other stakeholders in the working environment have articulated the positive effects of productivity. So, the need to increase productivity has led to the development of ILO guidelines to help the workers, employers, and government to collectively improve OSH performance. Therefore, a critical analysis of the similarities and differences between ILO guidelines on OSH management and healthy workplaces, a model for action is developed. The scope of workplace safety, health, and wellbeing programs The ILO guidelines highlight the scope of workplace safety, health, and wellbeing programs as the expected behavior while responding to an emergency. Hence, ILO guidelines provide evacuation…

        MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVENESS: LEADERSHIP, PSYCHOLOGY AND DECISION MAKING Management Effectiveness: Leadership, Psychology and Decision Making Leadership is the key to organizational success. Thus every company should recruit leaders with adequate knowledge, attitude and skills to ensure good relationships among workers, boost morality and productivity of staff to achieve its mission and vision. Organizations face daily challenges that require leaders’ decisions. However, some fail as a result of poor choices. Therefore, the study attempts to discuss issues of leadership and decision making in organizations. Precisely, the researcher will come up with an organization scenario that required leaders’ critical decisions. Further, the researcher will review the given article on leadership to summaries factors that influence leadership styles and decision-making, such as principles, theories as well as biases, and how well leaders can use them to arrive at the best decision to improve or save a company from collapsing. Nonetheless, every person can be a leader in different ways, but the leadership skills and knowledge differ, which determines who is a good leader and who is not. Perhaps, leaders are…

   9 effective   strategies of  Debt management. Managing debt is an essential aspect of running daily activities, like education, getting home, and when buying a car. When dealing with mortgages, you should give it close attention, since controlling debts is fundamental in life. management of debts should be done when they are little to make sure that it does not get out of control. If they are large, a lot of effort should be put in to make sure that they are fully paid in due time. Have you ever tried to pay off your debts in time? Then here are interesting ways of managing debt. Prepare a list of your debt Writing  down the debts including creditors, total amount of the debts and their due date. Knowing all the debts that you are owned can help you plan on how you are going to pay them. Keep checking on your list and keep on updating it monthly. Reduce your debt loan and d ecide on how much credit cards do you need and mail it an efforts keep only…

Six Sigma vs. Total Quality Management Six Sigma Six Sigma is a tool used by businesses and organizations to improve their abilities in undertaking diverse business processes (Salah & Rahim, 2019). Through Six Sigma tools, a company can effectively reduce defects by decreasing variation in the processes. In the process, companies can easily attain high employee motivation, which in turn improves their performance. Six Sigma process control ensures quality processes and hence quality products and services. The tools are used to control operations with perceptions t.hat an improvement in the process can be reflected in the outputs. Six Sigma employs the use of several tools to improve business processes. The Six Sigma involves five steps to which its practitioners emphasize strict adherence. These are Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control (DMAIC). Through these steps, organizations can solve defects in products that seem to have no specified solution. Organizations may have Six Sigma practitioners, acting to implement the steps. These people will first define the specific production process that exhibits defects. They will them measure performance for the associated process to…

Project Risk Management Template Journaling helps collect and synthesize ideas from multiple sources as a vital resource for study. Quote Comment Due Date: Month Day, Year Keywords: Quote “Quoting a peer-reviewed source.”   (Author; Year; page #) Each session of the class will have prescribed reading and opportunity for researching peer- reviewed articles. Each session will be marked by the due date in the first row of that session; subsequent sessions will continue to build upon the same journal. Keywords help to tag/code the quote for later reference. Keywords will likely be re-used when related information is discovered. When quoting the work, ensure a citation is placed at the end with a page number. This provides a means to go back to the source if needed quickly. Later, when authoring a paper, it will be more accessible to synthesis the information from multiple sources by finding the related keywords within the journal. This also adds strength to any arguments. As for comments, expand your thoughts based on the quote as it relates to personal lived experiences, analogies, events, correlations with…

Statement of Purpose to Pursue Master’s in Communication Management at the USC My desire to join the University of South California began when during my high school. The desire was instilled to me by my parents, who often encouraged me to work hard to have a study in the united states, specifically at the University of South California.  The encouragement that I often receive from my parents influenced me as a young child, such that I often envisioned working hard in my studies to qualify for further studies at the University of South California. When I was growing up, I was an eager apprentice, working very hard to arm myself with the fundamental knowledge relating to communication management.  During my undergraduate course in communication management, I was fortunate to get exposure to the duties and the responsibility that relate to communication management. I had the opportunity to interact with successful individuals in the communication industry that made me more intrigued by communication management, and my interest in my career in the field of communication grew. During my studies in China,…