Avoiding Electronic Taylorism
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A 5 page paper discussing two issues of false economy in employee productivity. The paper discusses two vignettes in which workers' performance is tracked electronically but fails to be able to account for all of the duties included in workers' jobs. This amounts to "electronic Taylorism," and is as unworkable as pure Taylorism was a century ago. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KSmgmtElecTaylor.rtf

B.R. Richardson Timber Culture and Innovations
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10 pages. Like many timber companies, the B.R. Richardson Timber Products Company has ignored innovative management trends that have emerged over the last decade and is now finding itself caught in the trap that comes from not taking advantage of new efficiency systems. By having waited, several cracks in the structure have been identified within the organizational structure as a whole and it is having a negative impact on operations. The structure is weak due to many factors from lack of technology integration to inability to establish teamwork within the organization, which would allow the introduction of new ideas and innovations on a consistent basis for the continual improvement of operations. 9 References. jvBRRich.rtf
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B2B Process Integration
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A 7 page paper answering several questions about business-to-business (B2B) process integration. B2B process integration is an outgrowth of total quality management and the advent of just-in-time inventory management designed to decrease inventory levels while increasing internal efficiency. It began with the need to share information and over the past two decades has progressed to sharing processes as well. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: KSmgmtB2BprInt.rtf

Balanced Score Cards and Profit and Not-for-Profit Organizations
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This 10 page report discusses the management tool of the balanced scorecard. The concept of the “Balanced Scorecard”(BSC) has become one of the hot topics in management today – and with good reason. A properly designed and implemented Balanced Scorecard program can be a powerful tool for sharing a common vision throughout an organization and coordinating the activity aimed at achieving it. It can offer a remarkably coherent view of an organization. The word “balanced” is part of the title to indicate that the focus of such a management process and evaluation is on the entire organization, instead of the operational results and/or products it is delivering. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: BWscorcd.wps

Balancing Employee Layoffs and a Company’s Future
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This 14 page paper explores a case study involving NDR, a manufacturing firm that is being forced by difficult times to lay off employees. The author discusses the various options that are available in terms of the human resources plan, new hires, and the layoffs themselves. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
Filename: PPbusLayoffs.rtf