Made available in DSpace on 2014-07-29T14:49:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Luciana Gois .pdf: 1414281 bytes, checksum: 392042ee40ce53cfe3030b20d847d1d9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-03-11 / This research raised the peculiarities in the strategic management of rural agricultural units that are based on the production irrigated by center pivot. Aimed to understand the main difficulties and potentials involved in the management of rural enterprise, raise difficulties for the adoption of strategic management in production, competitive scenario specify the units of irrigated agricultural production by central pivot the city of Orizona-GO, and finally , develop guidelines for the management of this strategic sector. The data collection instrument was the interview. The subjects of research were the landowners of the properties selected for this study. Concluded that strategic management in the units is important for rural development and improved performance properties, is essential for establishing a competitive position in the agribusiness market. / Esta pesquisa levantou as peculiaridades no processo de gestão estratégica das unidades rurais agrícolas que têm como base a produção irrigada por pivô central. Objetivou compreender as principais dificuldades e potencialidades que interferem na gestão da empresa rural, levantar as dificuldades para adoção da gestão estratégica nas unidades de produção, especificar cenário competitivo das unidades de produção agrícola irrigadas por pivô central da cidade de Orizona- GO e, por fim, elaborar orientações para a gestão estratégica deste setor. O instrumento de coleta de dados foi a entrevista. Os sujeitos de pesquisa foram os proprietários rurais das unidades selecionados para este estudo. Concluiu-se que a gestão estratégica nas unidades rurais é importante para o desenvolvimento e melhor desempenho das propriedades, sendo essencial para o estabelecimento de uma posição competitiva no mercado do agronegócio.

This thesis is entitled The Role of Management in the Turnaround Process and is presented for the degree of Doctor of Business Administration at the University of Manchester by Ian Roberts in April 2015. Inquiry into turnaround has largely has been carried forward in two broad areas of study: strategy and management. Strategy research has attempted to identify a single or limited number of strategies which apply in all turnaround situations, while management studies have concentrated on managers themselves or some of the techniques they employ. Neither school has systematically analysed how turnarounds are actually implemented in dysfunctional organisations and both schools are weak in extant theory. As a consequence, a holistic explanation of the process leading from crisis to viability is lacking. This thesis addresses these lacunae in three ways. Firstly, it provides a systematic study of how professional turnaround managers implement the turnaround process over time. Secondly, it applies a unique and complementary mix of extant theory which addresses both cognitive and organisational aspects of strategy formulation and implementation. Thirdly, it presents a holistic turnaround model based on six core constructs which are argued to be necessary and sufficient to explain the dynamics of the turnaround process. The thesis adopts a mixed-methods approach. A survey is used in order to gather data from turnaround professionals on implementation methods. This data is then subjected to statistical analysis in order to identify the most important factors for implementation. These concepts are then blended into a conceptual framework which is tested for its explanatory and predictive power on a matched pair of turnaround case studies of two mid-sized UK manufacturing companies in the household goods sector, one of which executed a successful turnaround and one of which failed in the attempt. The model is able to explain and predict the outcome in both cases. The thesis is one of only a handful of turnaround studies which employs a rigorous case study research protocol. Its principal contribution is that of a middle range turnaround theory of the causal factors leading from organisational crisis to dissolution or viability.

Diplomová práce na téma Aplikace Balanced Scorecard se zabývá vytvořením systému měření a řízení výkonnosti samostatného podnikatele. Teoretická část je zaměřena na popis metody, jednotlivých perspektiv a vzájemných souvislostí. Praktická část se věnuje analýze dosavadní činnosti podnikatele a rozboru současné situace na trhu. V návaznosti na výsledky analýzy je vytvořen systém strategických cílů a měřítek, který je následně vyobrazen prostřednictvím strategické mapy.

The Master's Thesis deals with Customer Relationship Management. The aim is to describe and analyze the CRM in a particular company and make suggestions for improvement. The Master's Thesis is divided into two parts, theoretical and practical. The theoretical part explains the theoretical knowledge of CRM. In the practical part is described and analyzed the mode of operation of the company T-Mobile with a focus on CRM. Theoretical basis is based on the available literature and other information sources. The practical part is based on interview with the company employee, customers and internal documents of the company.

The main purpose of this research project was to bridge the existing knowledge gap inthe empirical identification and understanding of how conflict occurs between keyproject parties within Saudi Arabia’s public sector building projects. Such conflict hasbecome an increasingly endemic feature within the last 20 years, and this researchproject provides a contribution in knowledge terms which will help to overcome theobstacles and challenges impeding growth and development in the field. This wasachieved by conducting an investigation to provide the theoretical background aboutthe antecedents of conflict, and presenting a number of project management suggestions to avoid or minimise.Both qualitative and quantitative research approaches were utilised in this study. Thequalitative research data was obtained from 30 in-depth semi-structured interviewswith four types of key project party, namely, project owners, consultants, contractors,and sub-contractors. This was followed by two separate questionnaire surveys. The firstwas a means of validating conflict data obtained from the interviews, and the secondwas used to test Project Management - PM data, . In this part of the study, 672questionnaires were sent to various people engaged in the Saudi Arabian constructionindustry. The response rate was 46.1% (n = 310 ).In terms of the interview data, a total of 349 data items were derived and from these data items, 30 general themes emerged concerning various causes of conflict and the latent conditions of conflict, providing descriptions of what and how conflicts arise within Saudi Arabian public building projects. From these general themes, 31 recommendations for strategic project management processes are made, with the intention of preventing or at least minimising conflict. The quantitative survey conducted to test these project management strategies (recommendations) revealed that all of them were supported. The study subsequently produced a cyclical framework of conflict avoidance, derived from the research methodology used in the study, and this is outlined to enable project building participants, whether individuals, groups, or organisations, to improve their project management strategy from project to project.The research recommends that: generally, certain project management strategiesshould be implemented in the earlier phases of a project in order to promote conflictavoidance behaviours or at least to effect a reduction in these. Furthermore, strategicactions are required to deal with the latent condition-related issues in respect of building projects in the Saudi Arabian context. In this case, reforms to current practices are required to improve the performance within the building industry. It is also recommended that further research be undertaken to explore other latent conditions of conflict and conflicts themselves in order to develop additional project management strategies aimed at managing the causes of conflict.

The subject of this thesis is to determine a business strategy, that will allow the company Farmet a.s. to increase its sales and to strengthen the position on the markets. The theoretical part describes methods and procedures that are further being referred to in the main part. The main part consists of the internal and the external environment analysis, as well as the SWOT analysis. Based on the actual accounting data and with regards to the current company position, there are several proposed strategies of possible business development. These strategic options are evaluated in terms of their individual profitability and risk. The final part of this thesis determines the optimum strategy and describes its implementation in more detail.

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The dissertation clearly outlines the concept of Controlling, analyses and reviews the state of controlling system in the company agriKomp Bohemia s. r. o. Based on analysis evaluation, it suggests options of improving the quality of the current system, together with schemes to implement a system of plans.

That companies need to respond to the issue of climate change is no longer in question and with multiple carbon management activity options to choose from, companies need to select the most appropriate carbon management strategy to meet the challenges of a carbon constrained future. Because of South Africa’s vulnerability to the impacts of climate change as a developing country and because of business’ pivotal role in addressing this urgent issue, it is important to characterise the corporate responses to climate change. The contextual factors that influence carbon management strategy decisions need to be understood so that appropriate policy decisions are taken to encourage innovation related to climate change opportunities.To this end, secondary data in the form of qualitative responses from 70 large South African listed companies to the Carbon Disclosure Project 2011 questionnaire were analysed for this study during September and October 2012. The detailed responses were first mined using a text-mining statistical program to identify the five carbon management activities currently practised by the companies. A cluster analysis of these activities revealed four general response strategies to climate change and carbon emission reduction pressures.The companies were found to have a strong focus on saving energy with less focus on higher-order sustainability activities. While market capitalisation, turnover, sector and carbon commitment were shown to correlate and indeed predict the carbon management strategy chosen by companies, no significant link was found between carbon management strategy and corporate financial performance. / Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012. / Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) / unrestricted

En este trabajo se exponen investigaciones relevantes que discuten los efectos que las Fusiones y Adquisiciones (F&A) tienen sobre las variables empresariales, con particular énfasis sobre la construcción y destrucción de valor. Para este fin, se analizan las variables de estrategia gerencial, creación de valor, función comercial, capital humano, aspectos operativos y tecnológicos y gobierno corporativo. Finalmente, a la luz de la información bibliográfica revisada, y con la finalidad de que pueda servir de apoyo a las empresas para la toma de decisiones en relación a los procesos de F&A, se recomienda llevar a cabo un estudio empírico que permita cuantificar los efectos sobre las variables empresariales e identificar cuáles son las condiciones que favorecen el éxito de las F&A. / This paper presents relevant research that discusses the effects that Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) have on business variables, with particular emphasis on the construction and destruction of value. For this purpose, the variables of management strategy, value creation, commercial function, human capital, operational and technological aspects, and corporate governance are analyzed. Finally, in light of the bibliographic information reviewed, and with the objective that it can serve to companies as a support for decision making in relation to M & A processes, it is recommended to carry out an empirical study to quantify the effects on the business variables and identify which are the conditions that favor the success of the M & A. / Trabajo de Suficiencia Profesional