Your focus in this subject has been on new trends impacting global business
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Your focus in this subject has been on new trends impacting global business. For instance:
i. Organisations are experimenting with radical workplace arrangements such as, amongst others, hot-desking, working from home, corridor meetings standing-up etc. What is the motivation for these developments and are they succeeding?
ii. Assessing worker performance and productivity is a challenge for managers. Automating various processes has been identified as a way of improving performance. What are the implications of automation in today’s workplaces particularly professional jobs?
iii. Is the ability of individuals to work in a team important and how is collaboration encouraged. Or is privacy an issue that precludes collaboration?
Iv. Managers continually are required to make decisions – to make the ‘right’ decisions. But decision- making is affected by biases. Discuss some of the common biases in decision-making and how they might be overcome.
v. What are the key drivers of disruptive innovation?
vi. What examples of the execution of successful businesses strategies can you find in your research?
vii. While it is easy to see the need for design expertise in a furniture manufacturer like IKEA, why are organisations like Australia’s Commonwealth Bank placing emphasis on design in everything they do. Give examples.
viii. Is the ‘freedom to fail’ essential to encourage business innovation? [Cite some examples of entrepreneurs successful now but who failed, even going bankrupt prior to their success]. Can experimentation help?
ix. ‘Digital disruption’ has launched a number of successful innovations. Research examples and identify the role of digital disruption?
x. Some commenters foresee major impacts of information technology still to come in the workplace. Discuss.
Hint
Management i. Driven by powerful driving forces of change at both the global and local level, organisations today are re-examining the way in which they think about, organise and carry out work in a global competitive environment. Workplaces have undergone dramatic changes during the last number of decades as society shifts towards a post-industrial knowledge era. Historically, employee...
Management i. Driven by powerful driving forces of change at both the global and local level, organisations today are re-examining the way in which they think about, organise and carry out work in a global competitive environment. Workplaces have undergone dramatic changes during the last number of decades as society shifts towards a post-industrial knowledge era. Historically, employees had a permanent place of work, with a fixed desk or office. Technological developments were in their infancy. The use of cellular offices emphasized hierarchies and individualism, and represented corporate success. In an era of expanding globalisation and ferocious competition, every factor that influences workforce performance is a potential source of competitive advantage. A growing number of workplace specialists and academics are suggesting that an emphasis should be placed on maximising workplace value to assist the organisation to compete and thrive. The reasons for this is that the work environment can enhance productivity, while the efficient design and use of physical spaces can limit the need for space and reduce cost in terms of rent and operations.
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