Defenses Against Takeovers Following are the defenses against takeovers in mergers and acquisition; 1. Stock Repurchase One common way to avoid acquisition is target firm buybacks its shares. The firm would buy the shares from majority shareholders by paying premium, by doing so they possess all the vot... read more

introduction to business

March 25, 2019

Organizational Politics “Organizational politics are informal, unofficial, and sometimes behind-the-scenes efforts to sell ideas, influence an organization, increase power, or achieve other targeted objectives. Politics has been around for millennia. Aristotle wrote that politics stems from a diversity of inter... read more

organizational behaviour

January 07, 2019

Before I discuss the differences between scientific and administrative theories of management, I will like to remind importance of having a good management. Whatever theory or type of management an organization accepts, the management by planning, organizing, leading, and controlling build actual squads to attain the obj... read more

human resource management

November 20, 2018

Variables of Information System Following are variables of Information System; Level of Management Operational Data Decision Making Efficiency And there are 9 major types of Information System; Management Information System Operational Information System Office Auto... read more

business research methods

November 19, 2018

Mission Statement “A written declaration of an organization's core purpose and focus that normally remains unchanged over time.” A mission statement is a short sentence or paragraph utilized by a corporation to clarify, in modest and brief expressions, its resolutions for being. These declarations... read more

introduction to business

November 18, 2018

Companies by Guarantee Definition A form of firm planned to guard members from liability, but which naturally does not distribute profits to its members and does not divide assets into shares.  Members of a guarantee company are obliged to pay a definite sum of money (a guarantee) if the company is wound up.... read more

financial management

November 18, 2018

Motivation “Motivation is the effort, the drive, the desire, and the energy a person uses to activate and maintain goal driven behavior.”   Motivation is the word derived from the word ’motive’ which means needs, desires, wants or drives within the individuals. It is th... read more

organizational behaviour

November 14, 2018

Meaning of Organizational Behavior: - Organizational behavior studies the influence persons, groups, and structures have on human behavior within administrations. It is an interdisciplinary ground that comprises communication, psychology, sociology, and management. Organizational behavior accompan... read more

organizational behaviour

March 09, 2018

Strategic Management Process is defined as the method through which an organization defines its strategy. It is a continuous process in which the business or organization decides to implement a selected few strategies, specifics the implementation plan and keeps on appraising the progress and success of implementati... read more

strategic management

March 09, 2018

Goal setting Theory:  In 1960‘s, Edwin Locke put forward the Goal-setting theory of motivation. This theory states that goal setting is essentially linked to task performance. It states that specific and challenging goals along with appropriate feedback contribute to higher and better task performance. In simp... read more

organizational behaviour

February 11, 2018

Motivation is an internal state or condition (sometimes described as a need, desire, or want) that serves to activate or energize behaviour and give it direction. It is a drive that compels one to act because human behaviour is directed toward some goal. Motivation is intrinsic (internal); it comes from within based ... read more

organizational behaviour

February 11, 2018

Organizational behaviour offers several ideas to management as to how human factor should be properly emphasized to achieve organizational objectives. Organizational behaviour provides opportunity to management to analyse human behaviour and prescribe means for shaping it to a direction. Organizational behaviour ... read more

organizational behaviour

January 12, 2018

A training needs assessment, or training needs analysis, is the systematic  method of determining if a training need exists and if it does, what training is required to fill the gap between the standard and the actual performance of the employee. Therefore, training needs analysis is: Systematic method o... read more

human resource management

December 30, 2017

Training and Development Training and development is a subsystem of an organization. It ensures that randomness is reduced and learning or behavioural change takes place in structured format.  Traditional and Modern Approach of Training and Development Traditional Approach Most of the organizations b... read more

human resource management

December 29, 2017

Financial manager is the individual who performs the financial management in the firm. A finance manager of a large organization has a very critical responsibility to shoulder as he has to take all decision about raising and utilization of resources have been taken efficiently and at no time resources should remain idle.... read more

financial management

December 05, 2017

There are two main objectives of financial management; Profit maximization  Shareholders wealth maximization  There are two schools of thought in this favour  Traditional Approach Modern Approach The modern scholars favours shareholders wealth maximization as key obj... read more

financial management

October 02, 2017

Introduction to Financial Management: Financial management is as emerged as an interesting and stimulating area for academic studies as well as for the real-world finance managers. Financial management covers all decisions, taken by an individual or a company, which have financial implications. In our simple understa... read more

financial management

August 26, 2017

Objectives of Capital Budgeting   Following are the objectives of capital budgeting;1. Shareholder’s wealth maximization: In tune with objectives of financial management, its aim is selecting those projects that maximize shareholder’s wealth. The decision should avoid over/under investment in ... read more

financial management

May 27, 2017

What is Job Analysis?Job Analysis is the prescribed process of identifying the content of a job in terms activities involved and attributes needed to perform the work and recognizes major job requirements. In other words, it means: The technique for determining the duties and skill requirements of a job and the kind of p... read more

human resource management

May 20, 2017

Human resource planning according to Leon C Megginson:According to Leon C Megginson human resources planning is an integrated approach to performing the planning aspects of the personnel function to have a sufficient supply of adequately developed and motivated people to perform the duties and tasks required to meet ... read more

human resource management

May 19, 2017

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