INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS JTP293: 2014

Thursday, January 30, 2014

PROACTIVE NETWORK TEAM MEMBERS

Name : Mohamad Faiz Bin Mokhtar
Matrix ID : JG/6018/12
Course : Management (PJJ)
Major : Organization

Name : Nur Hazwani Binti Md Aishan
Matrix ID : JG/6310/12
Course : Management (PJJ)
Major : Organization

Name : Jeyaisswaren A/L Ayadorai
Matrix ID : JG/5960/12
Course : Management (PJJ)
Major : Organization

Name : Ridwan Firdaus Bin Rosdi
Matrix ID : JG/6375/12

Course : Management (PJJ)
Major : Marketing

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Monday, January 27, 2014

Centralization VS Decentralization

Centralization

Decision made by senior level manager at HQ
Facilities coordination of value chain
Ensures decisions are consistent with strategic objectives
Senior executives have authority to direct major change
Preempts duplication of activities
Reduces the risk of making wrong decisions at low level
Ensures consistent dealings with all stakeholders
Discourages initiative among lower level employees.

Decentralization

Decisions made by employees, who are closest to the situation.
Employees who directly deal with customers, markets, etc
Motivates employees to exercise initiative
Enables more flexible response to rapid environmental changes
Permits to fix better accountability
Put the org at risk for bad decision making
Cross-unit coordination is at stake for favouritism

AFTER STUDYING THIS CHAPTER, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO :

Define and discuss the nature of international organization design and identify and describe the initial impacts of international business activity on organization design
Identify and describe five advanced forms of international organization design and discuss hybrid global designs
Identify and describe related issues in global organization design
Explain the general purpose of control and the levels of control in international business.
Describe how international firms manage the control function.

Sunday, January 26, 2014

Introduction

An Introduction to

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION DESIGN AND CONTROL

Organization Design is the overall pattern of which all the structural components and configuration are utilized in managing the organization as whole. The appropriate for any particular organization depends on the size of the firm, strategy, technology and environment as well as the cultures that the organization originate from.

However there are several factors affecting an organization's ability to function and it has to be properly assembled and managed :

a. the manner that the organization allocate all its valuable resources i.e capital, manpower and etc.
b. how the organization assigned tasks to all its employees.
c. the way that the organization take to enforce its rules, procedures, and expectation pertaining to the employees' performance. and
d . the way the organization collects and transmit data or information that are crucial for problem solving, decision making, and effective organizational control.