Introduction Today, the economic and business environment is changing fast, dynamic and turbulent. Due to the increasingly globalized and competitive business landscape, companies are forced to evolve and learn fast, to stay relevant and competitive in the respective industry. Due to such a situation, it can be seen that observers and researchers are arguing that […]
Strategizing combines a number of critical processes in relation to knowledge, learning and change. Critically discuss this statement and using examples from organizations illustrate how different aspects of strategy as a process entails aspects of learning, knowledge and change across levels of analysis (individual, group, organization). Introduction Strategy is a highly complex subject with […]
Executive Summary In this article, the many concepts and management philosophies about strategic supply chain management will be applied towards an automotive company from Malaysia, namely, Proton Holdings Bhd (“Proton”). The applications of supply chain management is particularly relevant for the company because as a manufacturing companies, the government-related automotive company is facing a higher […]
Introduction In the recent decades, due to the rise of the era of globalization, competitions across borders among businesses are becoming more and more competitive. In such an era, it is apparent that changes are necessary for a firm to stay competent and relevant in the volatile and fast changing business environment (Johnson et. al., […]
Introduction In this report, the various strategies for effective human resources management in Jaguar in the contemporary business environment will be presented. Three areas pertinent to the company are change management; expatriate management as well as managing across culture. In fact, all these areas are not something faced by Jaguar in the current business environment, […]
Introduction This paper present a successful change management programs recently completed in Ermenegildo Zegna (“Zegna”). A study of the successful organization transformation program enables us to understand the steps and approaches used in real life in changing an organizational culture. In the following sections, the paper is arranged as follow. Firstly, the situational context of […]
Business process re-engineering (BPR) began as a private sector technique to help organizations fundamentally rethink how they do their work in order to dramatically improve customer service, cut operational costs, and become world-class competitors. A key stimulus for reengineering has been the continuing development and deployment of sophisticated information systems and networks. Leading organizations are […]
Executive Summary This paper provides the outlook on how important is change to an organization. How an organization with long history of establishment reacts to complacency and resistance to change from its human capital, the methods and ways to overcome the resistance through continuous support from the management. This paper also presents the importance of […]
INTRODUCTION In the fast changing and turbulent business and economic environment, creativity and innovation is increasingly important for the success and performance of a firm. To begin, creativity is a sort of mental process, either conscious or unconscious, that generates ideas, concepts and associations of various elements in the world. Innovation, however, is the profitable […]
Introduction This paper present a successful change management programs recently completed in Ermenegildo Zegna (“Zegna”). Some of the issues discussed include the following: Change factors and driver analysis The used change models Design of new interaction structure Active changing strategies (i.e., operational changing strategies) Applied specific strategies (i.e., lessons learned from the case study) […]