| Author: | Nicole Brand | ISBN: | 9783638613859 |
| Publisher: | GRIN Publishing | Publication: | March 1, 2007 |
| Imprint: | GRIN Publishing | Language: | English |
| Author: | Nicole Brand |
| ISBN: | 9783638613859 |
| Publisher: | GRIN Publishing |
| Publication: | March 1, 2007 |
| Imprint: | GRIN Publishing |
| Language: | English |
Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject Business economics - General, grade: 9 / 13 (Danish scale), Copenhagen Business School, course: Operations and Strategy Management, 6 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Many studies about operations strategy and management have tended to focus on profit maximizing organizations than on non-profit organizations. However, the importance of operations and its strategy and management is a key factor in non-profit organizations as well. Therefore, Oxfam is of particular interest because it is a non-profit organization while it can be seen that the same theories are applicable. The purpose of this paper is to apply the main theories within operations strategy and management on this charity organization. Operations, as the resources that create products and services, covers different functions in an organization, as can bee seen in figure 1. 1 Therefore, this paper gives an overview about the application of the different parts of this model. [...]
Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject Business economics - General, grade: 9 / 13 (Danish scale), Copenhagen Business School, course: Operations and Strategy Management, 6 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Many studies about operations strategy and management have tended to focus on profit maximizing organizations than on non-profit organizations. However, the importance of operations and its strategy and management is a key factor in non-profit organizations as well. Therefore, Oxfam is of particular interest because it is a non-profit organization while it can be seen that the same theories are applicable. The purpose of this paper is to apply the main theories within operations strategy and management on this charity organization. Operations, as the resources that create products and services, covers different functions in an organization, as can bee seen in figure 1. 1 Therefore, this paper gives an overview about the application of the different parts of this model. [...]
