Procurement

To be effective we need to “ask the right people the right question”. That’s why it is important to distinguish software product management from software project management. In other words, we shouldn’t confused these two types of management. P a g e 2 | 10 As the name suggests, the project manager focuses on the project. The project manager is in charge of the project development. The project manager solves the question: how should this solution be implemented? According to Manteli (2010, p.…

Shiny devices with flashy lights ruled over sci-fi fantasies during the years of my childhood. Later, these devices left me in awe as I slowly came to understand the physics behind its making and the impact electronics plays in our life. On the other hand, I always admired and respected doctors as they practiced a near divine profession. Over time, when electronics greeted medicine, the healthcare industry was accelerated to perform tremendous feats. Inventions such as bionic arms, prosthetic…

Vendor Selection Optimization In Supply Chain Management Abstract— An effective vendor selection process is very important to the success of any manufacturing organization. Simply looking for vendors offering the lowest prices is not efficient sourcing any more. We propose a multi-criteria decision making method, which accounts for both vendor selection and optimal order allocation. We also propose a policy for unselected vendors to maintain a competitive environment and derive maximum…

Natural resources played a significant role in the United States and the Soviet Union’s intervention into the Congo Crisis. In the years leading to the Congo Crisis, tensions heightened between the world’s two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union. “After World War II, the relentless pursuit of resources was overshadowed by the political and ideological exigencies of the U. S. -Soviet rivalry” (Klare 50). However, the United States was perceived to be losing the arms race. So, the…

For decades, leadership is a fundamental role in every organization. It provides direction, motivation and inspiration to all members of the team to achieve organization’s goal. As defined by Stoner, Freeman and Gilbert (1995), “Leadership is the process of directing and influencing the task related activities of group members”. Furthermore, other people are involved in an unequal distribution of power between group members and the leader. Based on my experience, I have been met three types of…

Bingham, F. G., Gomes, R., Knowles, P. A., Business Marketing, 3rd ed., p. 204-205). Five primary ways of segmenting business markets include: type of economic activity; size of organization; geographic location; product usage; and structure of the procurement function (cf. Bingham, F. G., Gomes, R., Knowles, P. A., Business Marketing, 3rd ed., p.…

Ikea outsourcing is solely based on the dependency on capacity enable Ikea to reduce capital investments and achieve scale of economies. For instance, Ikea was able to save on procurement costs as compared to glass sourced from rest of the world. Collaboration between Ikea and stakeholders enables high volumes of glass manufacturing in China, thus achieving economies of scale for both the manufacturer and…

Workplace bullying is a form of provocation or harassment, especially one that is regularly repetitive against an individual, and usually done consciously with an aim of hurting the target person. In most organizations, this goes unnoticed unless it is at high levels or physical, which negatively affects the performance of the organization (Namie & Namie, 2011). As a result, new mechanisms ought to be developed and adopted to address this issue in the organization. Problematizing workplace…

• Individual project staff members who will be responsible for managing project individual tasks such as project design, cost, budget, schedule, construction reviews, quality control and assurance, procurement, communications, and project execution, permitting and acquisitions, contract monitoring, and project oversight. 2. Roles must be defined in each subset of the project to have a clear trajectory of the direction of work that must be done. Once…

Government Composition Brazil’s government is classified a presidential and federative republic with traits of both federalism and democracy (Brazil - Structure of Government, 2016). Brazil is broken up into states, but still has a federal government that oversees the entire country. In Brazil voting is mandatory for all literate citizens from ages 18 to 69. Anyone who is illiterate, between 16 and 17, or older than 69 years of age can choose to vote, but is not required to do so (Brazil…