Email/Contact Forms There is no question that email is one of the most valuable ways to gather candid customer feedback. However, there are a few ways you can improve the way customers reach out to you via email to maximize… Read More
How to Get Information from Stakeholders
1. Ask Them. The simplest way to find out what people want from your service or product is to ask them. That’s what the hairdresser does when he says, “How would you like your hair, sir?”. The trouble is, most… Read More
Two Challenges
Two of the challenges of performing stakeholder analysis are determining how stakeholders are affected by a firm‘s decisions and how much influence they have over the implementation of the decisions that are made. Many people have a tendency to fall… Read More
Steps in Identifying Stakeholders
Identifying all of a firm‘s stakeholders can be a daunting task. In fact, as we will note again shortly, a list of stakeholders that is too long actually may reduce the effectiveness of this important tool by overwhelming decision makers… Read More
Key Differences between Perfect Competition and Imperfect Competition
The following are the major differences between perfect competition and imperfect competition 1. The competitive market, in which there are the large number of buyers and sellers, and the sellers supply identical products to the buyers, it is known as… Read More
TYPES OF MARKETS
1. PERFECT COMPETITION This is also known as pure competition) describes markets such that no participants are large enough to have the market power to set the price of a homogeneous product. Because the conditions for perfect competition are strict,… Read More
CONSORTIUM BUYING
A consortium is a short-term arrangement in which several firms (from the same or different industry sectors or countries) pool their financial and human resources to undertake a large project that benefits all members of the group. A consortium lasts… Read More
THE IMPORTANCE OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
Small companies usually use one of two types of organizational structure: Functional and product. Functional areas such as marketing and engineering report to the president or CEO in a functional organizational structure. Product structures are used when a company sells… Read More
FACTORS AFFECTING ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE
1. Strategy The best approach to organizational design tailors it to a company’s strategic plans. The plans, meanwhile, follow from a company’s vision, which itself follows from the company’s mission. Mission is a business’ reason for being its purpose. Vision… Read More
Types of Organization Structure
In choosing a company’s organizational structure, management is searching for the one that will bring the company’s moving parts together into a well-coordinated, efficient and effective unit. The choice is important because the right groupings of people and work facilitate… Read More