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Abstract This paper will formulate an ethics program suitable for a small organization of 15 to 20 employees. The ethics program will include; the code of conduct and a training program on the company ethics. Other sections of the ethics program will focus on monitoring and evaluation procedures for the implementation of the outlined ethics in the company and strategies for further improvement on the outlined company ethics. In the conclusion section, the paper stresses the importance of an ethics program to an organization. An ethics program provides an ethical guideline for employees’ conduct in the organization. A good ethics programs helps employees in developing and developing a good employee and customer relationship. Introduction An ethics program is a set of moral rules meant to guide the conduct of employees in a given organization. An ethics program helps employees provide the best service and attention to the customers. An organization can achieve high customer satisfaction by implementing a comprehensive ethics program. Trust and good relationship between employees and customers in a business organization thrives on a good ethics program. The main challenge in implementing an ethics program in an organization normally is acceptance to the change. Since an ethics program requires stringent practice and internalization of the moral values contained in it, many employees tend to find themselves on the offensive side of the ethics. Often when this happens, a punitive penalty is imposed to them which make them dislike the ethics program. It is therefore necessary to have a training program that helps employees adopt and internalize the ethics program as a guide to various interactions in the organization. A monitoring and evaluation program is an important part of the ethics program in finding out the level of success in achieving the set objectives. The dynamic modern business environment requires that organizations keep on reinventing their business strategies in order to remain relevant. The same applies to the ethics program, the program should remain open to future changes and reviews to suit any changes taking place in the business environment. Code of Conduct This code will be divided into two sections; the first section aims to inspire the workers to uphold the moral values set out by the company. The second section will outline the behavior guidelines for employees in the organization. As a management consultancy firm, the organization will require that all employees keep the clients’ information confidential. The organization will provide consultancy services to sometimes competing organizations; it will be unethical to reveal the strategies of one of the firms to the other. Fair pricing will be our policy in charging our customers for services offered to them. Gartner and Bellamy (2008, p. 202) suggest that organizations should establish standard pricing policies and apply them equally to all customers without discrimination. This will form the foundation for the pricing policy of the organization; this will see to it that customers are charged reasonable amount proportional to the amount of work done for them. The organiza
Summary of the Case This case depicts the ability of a company to transform and attain a higher level of competitiveness by taking advantage of information technology as a platform for business enhancement. According to the case, there is a myriad of other competitive companies that are operating in the same industry in which United Parcel Service Company is operating. Among these companies are FedEx and Airborne Express. The presence of these companies denotes difficulties in terms of the ability of UPS to capture customers in the market. However, United Parcel Service has captured and deployed technology for use as a positioning factor as far as efficiency in service delivery and operations are concerned. The manner in which the company structures and develops its information technology platform is quite desirable. Information technology in the company is structured in such a way that it is focused on both employees and customers. This increases the level at which customers interact with the company. The case goes further to break down the IT platform in the company. According to the description provided in the case, UPS has adopted information technology and then gone ahead to ensure that information technology is applied in all its operations to increase efficiency and minimize costs of operation. The information technology tools in the company are developed in such a way that they link the operations of the company with customers, thereby increasing the level of customer satisfaction. Learning experience from the case One critical thing that can be borrowed from this case is the fact that firms can easily attain a desirable level of competition in a highly competitive market by taking advantage of the prevailing factors of competitiveness. For instance, a firm can deploy information technology in its operations. This does not only minimize the cost of operation, but it also raises the scale of efficiency and effectiveness in terms of service delivery to customers. One outstanding thing in the case is the manner in which the information technology platform has been developed in UPS. UPS has tailored its information technology platform in such a way that it is focused on its customers. Customers are kept up-to-date with the latest technologies enhanced by the company and how they can use the technologies. Information technology can only be valuable in a company if the company ensures that all its employees keep up with the pace of technology development and fully deploy technology in business operations. This is another area in which UPS has been outstanding. All workers in the company are involved in implementing IT, including drivers who perform the duty of parcel delivery. Logistic companies are faced with the difficult task of ensuring that all parcels are tracked. It is now easy for UPS to track all its parcels to avoid logistical problems since the development of an automated package tracking system. Some of the logistical problems include wrong delivery and loss of packa
In the circumstances of rapidly changing requirements to leadership and management in modern organisations, I have prepared this report for you to consider. The report covers three major issues:   * the analysis of the suggestions for leadership and the management of strategic change in a VUCA environment;   * the investigation and evaluation of the company’s change leadership capability, including our organisation;   * the recommendations for choosing and developing VUCA’s change leadership potential in institutions, including Qatar Airways;   * the description of obstacles to implementing VUCA. I hope that my report will provide a sufficient explanation of the issues mentioned above, and with its help, you will be able to make some critical strategic decisions concerning the movement of our organisation towards a VUCA-based development. Implications for Leadership and the Management of Strategic Change in a VUCA Environment An abbreviation VUCA that was coined in 1998 became the embodiment of modern business affairs in the world. VUCA stands for “volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous,” and the implementation of these principles in a company poses many requirements to leaders and managers (George 2017). Traditional methods which have been successfully practised for many decades are not sufficient to reach the best outcomes in the modern world. Therefore, scholars and specialists in the sphere of business perform a careful analysis of the contemporary needs and possibilities of organisations that want to gain worldwide success. Scholars emphasise that adapting to VUCA requirements is not an easy matter (George 2017; Hall & Rowland 2016; Rodriguez & Rodriguez 2015). However, they unanimously admit that without such an adjustment, any company is doomed to failure (Codreanu 2016; George 2017; Johansen & Euchner 2013). Therefore, it is crucial to get acquainted with the determinants of VUCA and do our best to conform to their requirements. Volatility is the first component of VUCA, and it encompasses unexpected and multi-layered changes in social politics, economy, and geopolitics (Codreanu 2016). Volatility expresses the difficulty of establishing and explaining the innovations that have occupied the place of certain and stable state of things that prevailed in the past (Codreanu 2016). Therefore, it is no longer enough to own experience and have a beneficial practice to survive in the current business world. As Codreanu (2016) remarks, past achievements can no longer help in defining the present and future goals. People tend to base their decisions on desires and emotions rather than securities and principles. Rodriguez and Rodriguez (2015) mention that even if a person is highly qualified and performs one’s duties promptly a
Executive Summary Footwear has become an integral part of fashion, and life in general, in the last couple of decades. Interestingly, before, shoes were not considered essential for health but were used purely for walking or running. Today, consumers deliberate on the size of the sole, the balance, and aesthetics when buying shoes. Multinational footwear companies have changed the way they contemplate consumer needs, and thorough market research has come up with impressive shoe designs for different activities. For instance, some shoes are meant explicitly for runners, while others are designed primarily for light jogging. Arguably, the industry has grown tremendously because of the changes in fashion, healthcare, and manufacturing. Health practitioners have encouraged the wearing of shoes based on activities endured for purposes of proper balance and statue. On the other hand, shoes have been used as accessories in both high and street fashion. Manufacturing in the footwear industry has changed because of technological advancements. Indeed, more companies produce a significant number of shoes per day due to efficient and supportive innovations in the field. It is critical to point out that online retail businesses have also pushed the industry forward with more clients opting to buy their shoes online and have them shipped across the world. This goes to show the importance clients place on having the right shoes in their closets. The industry is highly saturated but has some loopholes that, if appropriately targeted, can give a newcomer an essential advantage over the rest. Amara Shoes aims to fill one of the gaps in the industry that will not only push the sector forward but will also give the company a much needed competitive edge. Introduction Amara Shoes will be an online footwear stall that will target men, women, children, and athletes. The target audience for the store is broad due to the healthy-living component, as well as the fact that many children are exposed to sports at an early age through their schools. It is critical to note that the footwear offered by Amara Shoes will be custom-made and manufactured in-house. The company will not have a physical store but will be available on a 24/7 basis so that people from different parts of the world can also shop whenever they want. For purposes of streamlining services, the market segment will be divided into two broad categories, which are the primary and secondary groups. Currently, various online stores offer footwear to the public. However, very few shops offer custom-made pieces. The cu
In the 19 th century, most of the political, economic and social life in the American society was very disorganized. This was because of the rapid growth of the cities that were experienced with poor planning and implementation. This culminated in to the development of three classes of people in the society, the rich, middle class and the poor. The rich lived in the city because they could afford high rents; the middle class lived in the suburbs as they could afford building their own houses or buy the built. The poor majority lived in the city slums under poor living conditions. After the Second World War, many changes in political, social and economic sphere took place. The post war era saw the increased purchasing power in commodities and veterans compensation saw them purchase many houses and the government’s involvement in restructuring their lost time brought about high economic growth (Chafe 2006 pp 106), A large population moved from living in the cities and headed to the suburbs. Most of the people who moved to the suburbs were the soldiers who had returned from the world war (State Museum of Pennsylvania). They did prefer the suburb because of the good environment experienced in the area unlike the crowded, dirty, cities that were as well crowded with criminals. According to the state museum of Pennsylvania, the L.I catered for veterans and Manhattan commuters while Levittown P.a targeted blue-collar workers in Delaware valley. The economic change had created a different class of managers, “…the blue collar work force increased by 3 percent … but the white collar jobs increased by 50 percent,” (Chafe, 2006, pp110). Many people lived together as a family and avoided the external threats that were created by the communist menace. This created a new social diversity while setting up a new family conformity. According to Chafe (2006), the suburb families of the 1950’s experienced a situation where matriarchy and patriarchy was replaced by filiality, and the families were run in a way that could provide children with easy mobility. The media gave family teachings directed to certain members of the family. Women were taught how to be individualistic, good mother and a good wife while fathers were to be good breadwinners as well as meaningful family man. The women were torn between being culturally dependent and practically independent. The suburbs placed them in such a manner that they needed to drive so as to be successful wives and mothers. The suburbs created a strong nuclear family that bound them together to avoid communist ideas, but have capitalization privacy. The Levvit suburb was built in a form new America. The major attraction of the city was a community. This made Levitt to build houses that could represent the new American community that had an extended neighborhood holding the community together. He wanted a suburb with a town like feel with schools, churches, shopping center and recreation places for children (S
The documentary film Fast Food, Fat Profits is aimed at exploring various issues such as the underlying causes of obesity in the United States, the eating habits of American people, and the factors that shape their dietary choices. This movie can be discussed with the help of frame analysis developed by Erving Goffman. This approach can show how the authors convey their main message to the viewers. Moreover, this film should be evaluated from the perspective of radical doubt. In this way, one can evaluate the arguments or ideas more critically. First, one can speak about social framework which implies that the events and trends described in the movie can be explained by the actions and decisions of individuals and organizations that can derive some benefit from current social tendencies (Goffman 22). In this case, one should speak about the activities of fast-food companies that provide products that are rich in calories. These enterprises can appeal to many consumers because they can sell their foods at a much lower price. Moreover, these organizations resist the attempts of legislators to regulate their activities. Apart from that, much attention should be paid to the unwillingness of public administrators to raise awareness about the risks of fast food. For instance, many employees of the U.S. Department of Agriculture are affiliated with the producers of fast food. In fact, they can even lobby the interests of these businesses. Thus, the epidemic of obesity in the United States can be attributed to the activities of corporations as well as governmental officials who have a conflict of interests. This is one of the messages that this documentary film conveys. However, it is also possible to speak about the natural framework according to which the events should be regarded as undirected or unguided (Goffman 22). In other words, the outcomes should not be attributed to an agent that strives to influence the behavior of other people. This perspective can be applied to this film. For instance, one can say that the epidemic of obesity is driven by the economic inequalities in the American society. Many people are not able to purchase healthy food products; therefore, they have to buy fast food. Furthermore, many people do not know much about the risks of such eating habits. In particular, some of them are not fully aware of such consequences as diabetes or heart diseases. Therefore, it is not reasonable to blame only fast-food comp
The author opposes the death penalty with very robust opinions. The author’s views indicate that he does not support the form of punishment, which is accepted by about 60 percent of Americans. The author thinks that the death penalty does not play a role in the rehabilitation of offenders (Inciardi 24). The author believes that the verdict for capital punishment to individuals does not affect the perception of other potential criminals. This is because people normally think irrationally when they commit murder crimes. The author believes that individuals irrationally during crimes makes the punishment unrealistic (Inciardi 60). There are situations when the Supreme Court has handed down the punishment to innocent Americans. This is disturbing because in most cases suspects who are unable to secure substantial legal assistance may fail to prove their non – culpability. The author perceives the arguments that capital punishment deters other potential offenders as misplaced. This is because studies indicate that it does not necessarily stop other people from committing a criminal offence (Inciardi 80). The punishment also fails to reduce criminal activities in America. The author questions the Supreme Court’s motivation in delivering capital punishment to alleged criminal offenders. He wonders whether they are motivated by the need to revenge for the death of another American. It is notable that legal revenge helps the public to appreciate social cohesion against suspected offenders (Inciardi 363). Furthermore, the Supreme Court seeks to prevent the possibilities of the people affected carrying out private revenge. It is notable that murder cases are common in the states that have approved death penalties (Inciardi 387). This is different when compared with the states that have abolished the form of punishment. Argumentative Discussion about Death Penalty The death penalty debate in America remains controversial because people have failed to reach a consensus. The states where death penalty is abolished have achieved massive gains. It is notable that some states have managed to expunge the capital punishment from their regulations. It is noteworthy that a greater number of Americans support the death penalty (Bedau and Paul 57). However, there is an escalated interest in the number of politicians supporting the death penalty
Working capital: Definition and Management Techniques Working capital is a measure of business liquidity, and it can be computed by subtracting current liabilities from current assets. Working capital is a significant element of the monetary coordination of an organization. Good monitoring of working capital would result in an enhanced market slice through ensuring a good supply of cheap products. Neglecting to monitor working capital would cause a great loss in market share and decreased profit margins as a result of increased funding costs. Effective monitoring of working capital includes practices and techniques that focus on managing both current liability and assets effectively. The techniques include cash management, inventory management, account receivable management, and short term funding. I would recommend utilizing cash management and short term funding techniques as they assist in monitoring float (Titman et al., 2011). Capital planning and internal rate of return important to an organization Capital planning refers to monitoring practice utilized in determining whether an organization’s long term investment is worth to be followed. Long term investment can comprise newly acquired or replaced machinery, plant, new product, and research development. The internal rate of return (IRR) is significant as it aids an organization in understanding what its rate of return is based on specific investments-the returns from an individual investment. Net present value, initialed as NPV, determines future cash flow anticipated from individual projects, reduced to present value, and related to the original investment needed by the projects. If the reduced cash-flow projections are the same as or above the original investment, the projects are significant and should be pursued. Otherwise, the organization should consider another opportunity. At the organization, much of the effort is utilized in creating value for the investor. However, the company uses equity value added (EVA) when selecting projects rather than market value added (MVA). EVA refers to a method of determining the wealth that is beyond the shareholder expected returns. The organization evaluates a monetary decision utilizing the EVA framework. In certain events, the organization chooses between the alternatives generating more positive EVA value (Keown et al., 2005). Lease or buy a computer system A lease can be described as a contract between a proprietor of buildings, machines, properties, and a pe
As defined by Daft (2009), organizations are bodies with goals, structured and coordinated activities, and are linked to the external environment (p.11). Organizational theory depends on how a company operates and how the environment affects the running of the organization. In simple terms, organizational theory, also referred to organizational behavior, is defined as the study of how individuals or groups of persons act in an organization. The organizational research and design are essential during restructuring or effecting changes in organizations; however, it is essential to apply the correct organizational changes to increase effectiveness and efficiency (Bollingtoft, Hakonsson and Niesen, 2009, p.79). Organization theory is a tool used by managers to understand, diagnose, and respond to organizational needs (Daft, 2009, p.10). This theory can be applied to all industries, for-profit and non-profit organizations. Since organizations are not static, there is need for constant changes to adapt to new environment in the market. Some of the causes of the constant change in