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VCE Stuff => VCE Business Studies => VCE Subjects + Help => VCE Business Management => Topic started by: Odette on November 14, 2007, 03:13:51 pm
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Ok everyone, if you have any last minute questions just post them in this thread :)
Good luck studying =]
Oh please bare in mind i wont be on tonight, so if i don't reply don't think that i'm ignoring you or something... i'll be sure to check in the morning though :)
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hey odette..
can you explain to me the key management roles in relation to each type of manager. e.g front-line, middle and executive.
for e.g explain how a front-line manager can lead their subordinates
are their specific tasks under each management role for all three?
or each position is only relevent to a specific role. for e.g are top management only involved with planning, and then middle-management/top-line take action to get these objectives implemented? (which would be the next roles)
sorry if i sound a bit confusing
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that's a really realy good question
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hey odette..
can you explain to me the key management roles in relation to each type of manager. e.g front-line, middle and executive.
for e.g explain how a front-line manager can lead their subordinates
are their specific tasks under each management role for all three?
or each position is only relevent to a specific role. for e.g are top management only involved with planning, and then middle-management/top-line take action to get these objectives implemented? (which would be the next roles)
sorry if i sound a bit confusing
Good question :)
Well as you know each level of management will need to apply POLC (management roles), the only difference would be the time frame (planning), and the tasks that need to be implemented. Obviously some roles will be used more than others depending on the level of management, i.e top level management (planning), middle management (organising) and front-line (leading and controlling). Overall all levels of management use POLC, just to varying degrees :)
Hope that helps ^_^
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To extend upon Odette's response - senior management planning function would be strategic planning - long-term (two to five year plans). Middle management would have shorter-term plans, etc.
Middle and front-line management organization/leading/controlling functions are generally to assist with the achievement of organizational objectives. For example, an objective may be to increase market share - front-line management can 'plan/organize' a '20% off sale' or the like to assist in achieving that objective.
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True true =] ^_^
Anymore qns people?? post post post.... i feel redundant lol ;)
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What cases are people planning on doing?
I'm doing the RTA New South Wales for Management of Change, and Body Shop for CSR assuming they come up... Bluescope steel and Rheem for Just In Time... Quiksilver acquiring Rossignol for acquisitions and some others:) Oh and Qantas for elements in op (inputs, processes, outputs)
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Where did you get the information for the RTA NSW case?
I don't have a case study yet lol.
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My teacher compiled this massive file for us with cases and information and we did a management of change essay SAC on it
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oh ok- damn that's lucky
do you know any other case studies for management of change?
i've got nike for a change ISSUE but not one specifically detailing an organisation's management of the change.
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I think the Body Shop has one don't they? I'm not sure I haven't really looked I don't want to confuse myself as Body Shop has a lot of different crap going on with it.
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haha i agree- seems like you can apply body shop to everything
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I'm doing Holden or Ford for Operations Elements.
Body Shop and Virgin Blue for Social Responsibility.
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how about change management?
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I would imagine that you would only have to apply an example for change management itself in the context of your change issue.
That is, if they ask for a real-life example for change management, find one that applys to your change issue. For example, I'm doing mergers and acquistions, so I would define organizational change, mergers and acquisitions, and then provide an example of a merger/acquistion. Remember that change is a rapidly occurring thing in business - examples can be found in many newspapers, news sites, business publications, etc.
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Does anyone have any examples for HR? I'm not too sure ...
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thanks! that's really helpful- so they won't exactly ask:"how did the organisation manage the change?".
Do you reckon it matters if we use organisations that are not specifically Australian (but still has offices in Australia)? i.e Nike
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Exactly Josh. Its dependent on the nature. I have examples for each Change Issue. :)
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^^^ yeah el89. I asked Odette if we could Aust businesses, she said i dunno :p
Oh examples of HR businesses Odette: Link Recruitment [http://www.linkrecruitment.com.au/]
- Michael Page
[http://www.michaelpage.com.au/]
:)
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Take what I said with a grain of salt though - I'm purely speculating. However, how an organization implements change isn't often known outside the organization. In the case they do ask, 'how exactly did the organization implement change?' and you don't know, just make it up, being sure to include reference to low- and high-risk tactics, and change theories.
The study design states, 'involves an examination of the role and importance of large-scale organisations to
the Australian economy'. One might argue however that Nike is a multi-national corporation and has locations, whether it be branches/offices/factories, etc. in Australia. I'm trying to find as many Australian examples as I can, as the examiners are likely to be more familiar with those, as opposed to more obscure examples, such as Google acquiring DoubleClick.
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Ok thanks ^_^
Btw I said I didn't know if we could have examples of non-Australian companies :P lol
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will do, thanks for the advice josh
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No problems at all. I can keep it coming if you want :P
Be sure to define, explain, and provide an example. If possible, make the explanation and example relevant to the stimulus/case study (i.e. link the explanation/example to the material provided for the question).
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No problems at all. I can keep it coming if you want :P
Be sure to define, explain, and provide an example. If possible, make the explanation and example relevant to the stimulus/case study (i.e. link the explanation/example to the material provided for the question).
Good advice :)
^_^ Glad to see other people helping out
keep it up :D
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I should elaborate - assessment reports in the past have indicated that not enough students included an example. Always read the question twice! :)
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So, who knows what the difference betwee a process and product layout is? My definitions don't really differentiate them very well.
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Hey everyone was just wondering do we need to know the different sectors of the economy?? as in definitions?? My teacher told me to know what they meant just in case it appears in a case study... we never covered it though...
Thanks ^_^
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Process Layout- where work stations are grouped together according to their function.
Product Layout- where the products move along a line as stages of work are completed.
[taken from the a+ publishing book, found the definitions easy to remember]
Hope that helps =]
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An example of a product layout is a car manufacturer's assembly line. An example of a process layout is a hospital. For example, the pathology department would have similar equipment than say the maternity department.
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Good luck everyone! See you all on the other side. 8)
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Yeah good luck everyone, I'm sure you'll all do well :) :D