What is Public Value? How Can It Be Created and Sustained?

Introduction Public value is a concept that has gained significant traction in the field of public management and administration. Originating from the work of Mark Moore in the 1990s, public value focuses on the creation of value through government and public sector activities that benefit the public. This essay delves into the essence of public … Read more

Merit system in Public Administration

Introduction The objective of this article is to perform an analysis of the merit system addressing the perspective of management, which forces us to question ourselves on how to make the human resources system work in the specific framework of the multiple and heterogeneous organizations that make up our public administrations. The analysis of this … Read more

How can ARM attract talent to effectively compete in the Microchip design industry?

Introduction. Having recently been taken over by Softbank, microchip design company ARM Holdings, they recognise the need for innovative designers that will help maintain the firm’s reputation as the world leader in Microchip design. The strategic plan is to double the workforce recruiting the brightest chip designers. Within the first 2 years they have increased … Read more

Talent Management’s relation to global talent mobility

Introduction Talent is the only differentiator for organization’s success in a global, complex, extremely viable and dynamic environment. In the early 1990s since a group of McKinsey coined the phrase War for Talent, the theme of talent management (TM) has grown to be one of the vibrant matters for managing academics, practitioners and consultants as … Read more

Power relations in modern organizations (Foucault)

Executive Summary Traditionally, power was controlled through a functionalist approach, where top-down managerial approaches were employed. However, with the fall of Fordism and rise of neoliberalism as the dominant economic paradigm, managerial control has shifted from exercising power through top-down approach to a more post-modern approach characterized by the use of biopolitics. In this paper, … Read more

Implementation of certified asset management system at Westland Infra

Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1. Research problem Westland Infra is a regional grid operator that manages the gas distribution network and electricity network within the municipality of Westland and Midden Delfland in the Netherlands. To manage these networks, Westland Infra has introduced a certified PAS55 asset management system in 2011 and replaced it in 2015 for … Read more

Strategy in Action: Evidence Review & Reflective Report (Energy Sector)

Introduction Change is the basic or fundamental factor of development because of the working condition and changing environment. The organization should adapt the changing culture and trends of the modern world to minimize the chances of risk. In the first assignment we discussed the need of cultural change in order to maintain the competitive advantage … Read more

Service-dominant logic and value co-creation

Introduction Marketing has seen many paradigm shifts from “commodities, to goods and services and presently to experiences” (Bhattacharya, 2015, p.36). Creating a superior customer experience has become a core focus and objective in today’s business environment as it is argued that this can result in competitive advantage for firms (Verhoef et al, 2009). In agreement, … Read more

Tesla analysis (Balance Scorecard)

1.0 Introduction The companies have to consider different factors in order to attain the goals and objectives. According to the words of Martin Eberhard (2005), the founder of Tesla Motors, customer’s plays, a significant role in their decision process and the company is giving more importance to the customer needs and interests. In this paper, … Read more

Reinventing performance appraisals

1 INTRODUCTION Performance appraisals provide a common method for assessing employee performance over a specified time-period. This has been a common practice in the field of HR management, with 63 percent of British workplaces operating formal appraisals for non-managerial employees in 2011, up from 38 percent in 2004 (van Wanrooy et al., 2013). According to … Read more

Systems engineering approach to transform IT services

Abstract This project focuses on systems engineering approach taken by the IBS Company to transform their IT services resulting in a tremendously improved business model that consisted of independent yet interrelated autonomous business units. The rearrangement was carried out in 2001, by the top management of the group in order to create new capabilities by … Read more

External environment of the big 4 UK supermarkets (PESTEL, Porter’s)

Around the world, developed economies and emerging economies have been influenced by the supermarkets as they have acquired an increasing share of the grocery market, which led to, the impact on the demand of food grown, transporting and packaging, and livelihoods of many consumers (See Appendix 1.4 and 1.6). For the past 10 years, Sainsbury’s, … Read more

Strategic management process overview + case study (Sneakers Inc)

Strategic management helps an organization to realize its current situation and figure out the best strategies to put it at a competitive advantage in the market (Rouse 2019). Since the business environment keeps on changing, strategies have to be updated from time to time in accordance with the changes experienced. Strategic management can only be … Read more