2 questions. 1 page for each question.

    Learning Activity 1 – Theme 1
    For businesses to succeed they must maintain a competitive advantage in the marketplace. The key to doing this has changed over the last century as illustrated in our discussion in week one about the 21stcentury business environment and its challenges. In theme one we take a closer look at the way managers create competitive edge in the 21stcentury organization.
    You have been hired by Baltimore Spring Waters Inc. (BSW) as a management consultant. The growing demand for bottled water in the face of worldwide supply shortages has management at BSW concerned about the future of the business. The company wants to remain competitive in price knowing that sourcing difficulties will make it harder to do.
    Learning Activity 2- Theme2
    A challenge for the manager in the 21stcentury is to merge the traditional functions of a manager with the new demands of workplace life. The change of value regarding human resources to the organization coupled with technology is shifting the design of organizations towards boundaryless and flat organizational structures. In this theme we examine Fayols five functions of management as well as the 14 lesser functions of management upon which most management models are based today andhow they are bumping up against the constructs of 21stcentury management to create tension in the workplace.
    Read the following articles on big business break with telecommuting and managing with technology at
    Working from home alone is the real culprit
    http://fortune.com/2013/03/19/working-from-home-alone-is-the-real-culprit/
    Working from home: how Yahoo Best Buy and HP are making moves
    http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/working-from-home-yahoo-best-buy-hp-moves
    The role of informational technology in virtual management theory
    http://www.muhlenberg.edu/depts/abe/business/miller/virorg.html

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