Business Management

Managing Business Activities to Achieve Results

INTRODUCTION4

TASK 1: LEARNING OUTCOME 14

Business Goals and Business Processes4

1.1 Process Interrelationship5

Garment Process Chain Example6

1.2 Process Mapping to Match Organizational Goals and Objectives6

Methodology of mapping Processes6

Alignment with Organizational Goals and Objectives7

1.3 Process Output and Quality Gateways7

Boieng's Quality Gateways and Process Goal Integration8

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Development of Departmental Plans as per Areas of Responsibility8

2.1 Plan Designing9

Human Resources Department Plan9

2.2 Objective Preparation11

Exemplary Explanation11

2.3 Implementation and Plan Execution12

Practical Example12

2.4 Monitoring and Controlling13

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3.1 Quality Assurance Systems14

Top Quality Suppliers and Quality Measurement14

Latest Production Machineries14

Total Quality Management14

3.2 Ensuring Quality Culture15

Continuous Monitoring15

Evaluation and Development15

3.3 Improvement Recommendations16

Trainings and Development16

Automated Inventories16

Flexibility in Processes16

3.4 Wilder Implications of Proposed Changes17

Openness to Product Development Opportunities17

Meeting Customer Requirements17

Chances for Growth and Improvement17

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4.1 Risk Assessments18

4.2 Effective Application of Health and Safety Policies19

Manufacturing Process Chain19

Emergency Exits19

STOP6 Activity19

4.3 Systematic Review of Health and Safety Policies20

4.4 Practical Application in the Workplace20

Periodic Employee Trainings20

Evaluation by Legislative Bodies21

Implication of STOP6 with further developments21

An Ever Developing Process21

Managing Business Activities to Achieve Results

Introduction

The term management refers to working with and through people by designing processes, organizing tasks, leading employees and controlling work to improve future performance of the team (Daft & Dorothy, 2009, p. 68). However, management does not simply end with a collection of diversified responsibilities in a narrowed role; the duty of a manager goes way beyond regular schedule work.

In order to achieve the desired outcomes, the managers have to design effective and efficient business processes, develop plans to implement those processes, monitor the operational progress after implementation to ensure effective outcomes, and above all assure the health and safety of the assigned employees. In order to understand the mentioned duties of the manager, an in depth understanding of the related factors is required.

Task 1: Learning Outcome 1

Business Goals and Business Processes

Diversified businesses operate in distinct environments according to their industrial requirements. These distinct environments demand creation of different business processes directed towards achievement of the ultimate business goals, and the organizational vision and mission.

Oates (2012) highlights that a business process is a sequence of related activities which are triggered by some phenomenon, and which is directed towards achievement of organizational objectives; moreover, it utilizes resources and is subject to influences (p. 2). If we look at a business process, it is the background set of integrated distinct activities which work together to take the form of a unified mechanically fluent body of processes. Forming a combined output, these business processes take the form of a fluent procedural hierarchy known as the process chain. In turn, every business's process chain is designed keeping in mind the overall organizational objectives.

For instance, a car manufacturer working to produce a luxurious family car would be paying immense attention towards the creation of a related process chain. Since manufacturing of a car requires step by step processes, the chain would be based on interdependent individual processes such as body shaping, parts assembling, painting, finishing and finally testing. These processes are all dependent upon the preceding step, and therefore, would require ...