Strategic Management of Business Activities in the Digital Age

The provided assignment content consists of various academic articles and a online resource that focus on business-related topics such as managing smart grids, systems thinking, business travel management, business process management, requirements engineering, business intelligence systems, and sustainability. The articles explore concepts like chaos and complexity, strategic paradoxes, risk management, and ambidexterity in the context of business operations. They also discuss the importance of models, lifecycles, and decision-making processes in managing businesses effectively.

MANAGING BUSINESS
ACTIVITIES

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1.....................................................................................................................................................................3
1.1 Interrelationships between the different process and functions of the company..........................................3
1.2 Methodology used to map processes to draw a process map for the functions............................................4
1.3 Evaluate the process and the elements required to build a quality. .............................................................5
M.1 Identify and apply strategies to find appropriate solutions.........................................................................5
TASK 2 ....................................................................................................................................................................6
2.1 A plan to promote goals and objectives and responsibility........................................................................6
2.2 SMART objectives, recommendations relating to the alignment of resources, .........................................6
2.3 Appropriate systems to achieve objectives...................................................................................................7
2.4 Activities for the operational plan with effective monitoring and control. .................................................8
M2. Select the design and apply appropriate techniques....................................................................................9
D1. Use critical reflection to evaluate the work and justify valid conclusion....................................................9
TASK 3...................................................................................................................................................................9
3.1 Design systems to manage and monitor quality standards...........................................................................9
3.2 Demonstrate a quality culture to ensure continuous monitoring, ..............................................................10
3.3 Recommend improvements for objectives and goals.................................................................................10
3.4 Implications of proposed changes within the organisation.........................................................................11
M3. Present and communicate appropriate findings........................................................................................12
D2. Take responsibility for managing and organizing activities......................................................................12
TASK 4...................................................................................................................................................................12
4.1 Legislation, regulation and organisational requirements ensuring appropriate action...............................12
4.2 health and safety regulations and legislation in specific work situations ..................................................12
4.3 Systematic review of organisational health and safety policies.................................................................13
4.4 Application of health and safety policies and procedures in the workplace...............................................13
D3. Demonstrate convergent, lateral and creative thinking..............................................................................13
REFERENCES ......................................................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
In a company managing activity is a functions are classified by the managers and
experts in many different ways according to the tasks of the business. ABC company is a
requirement company to providing the job placements services(Pohl, 2010). It is very
difficult to classified the activities according to the different factors are affected on the all
functions. Business activity including the planning, organising, motivating and controlling.
ABC company planning the all activities according to the tasks and making decision by the
managers. Organising refer to the designing to the functions and establishing the structure of
employers and creating the relationship between the workers to carry out the work determine
by the planning function. ABC company motivating the peoples for placement and give the
opportunity to achieve the carrier goals. Controlling ids the last activity in the business
functions to control the all functions according to the groups. The recruiter company
deviations between plan and the all functions provide the result from error in the decision
making and controlling the all staff activities. To ensure the achieving the outcome from the
deviations of the work to monster the actuals work and performance according the corrective
actions of the company.
TASK 1
1.1 Interrelationships between the different process and functions of the company.
ABC company create the structure and functions according to the capabilities of the
business (Trevino and Nelson, 2010). This company including the different structure and
functions according to the different designed and many types of functions in the market. ABC
company structure including the directors, managers and staff.
The general directors- In the company the first duty of the supervisor and the directors of the
company to operate daily functions of the staff members and aims to coordinate the financial
part of the management.
Business development managers- Development manger play a role of the organisations
structure to develop the new training and responsible to bring the clients of the company,.
Requirement managers- This managers involve the work with the potential peoples of
receptiveness. This managers need to develop the and refer the business requirement process
with including the all aspects.

Operational managers- This type of managers in the company needs to make sure the
business is running according to the all planning and functions to met the criteria of the
every task to achieving the goals and objectives.
Those are structure adopt by the organisation to related to functions according to the business
activities following by the managers (Crane and Matten, 2016.). Functional structure
included the functions according to the sprite departments that provide the report to the
department mangers. Divisional structure to spears the functions across the different branches
or group and the advantages of this elements to divide the task or personally to carry out the
all function are necessary. Matrix structure include the flexibility in the business and
assigned the project under different managers and grouping the persons in different functions.
1.2 Methodology used to map processes to draw a process map for the functions.
A company use the business process mapping to refer to the all activities including
the defining the business entity, responsibility are determined. The main purpose of the
mapping process to assist the company work are more effective and flexible. ABC company
use the process mapping to visually present the work responsibility, identify the problems and
providing the common understanding in the entire process or contribution of the employers.
Company use the map process for knowledge integrations to use the guideline in the process.
A process map defined and display the informations in a formate to easily understand by the
members. Under this process analysis the all aspects and activities are displayed and its help
to see the issues (Eckerson, 2010). Clear the all problems to see where it is in the process and
its allow the improvement the efforts into the rights area use to right approaches. Those are
process mapping methodology use by the ABC company-
Select the process and identify the responsibility- The first methodology is select and
defined the process use the planning function to dividing the responsibility according to the
group tasks.
Plan and schedule the mapping and identify he issues- After select the process
according to the responsibility to plan the mapping process and create the formate in a
systematic way. Managers identify the issues and problem in the mapping scheduling like
understanding between the staff, financial problems and resources availability.

Identify quick wins ,implementation and gather data ion as-is process- Managers
and department head identify the wins situations and get the data from the mapping process
activities(Gharajedaghi, 2011).
Identify he document and display the process- The last step take by the recruitment
mangers to identify the all document like blue prints, process steps print and display the new
process after the evaluate the all process.
1.3 Evaluate the process and the elements required to build a quality.
ABC company evaluate the process to build the quality of the services of the business
and increases the performance of the employers. Evaluation the process is systematic ways to
determine the all subject merits, significant and identify the using criteria in the all process.
The main purpose of the evaluate the process to determine the quality of a program or project
by formulating the judgement and build the quality of the all approaches and techniques.
Company improved the quality of the mapping process and business use the various types of
elements-
Manage expectations and continue improved philosophy- Mangers maintain the
exceptions in a company of the employers and the functions to use in the process(Gustafson,
2012). General managers are timely improve the philosophy according to the requirement.
Align the objectives and create teamwork culture- Leaders align the all objectives in
a manner to achieve the different task completed and create a environment of teamwork
between the staff members in the organizations. There are no difference between the
employers.
Analysis and measure the daily routine- The requirement managers analysis the daily
routine of the workers in the company and measure the daily tasks of the staff members.
Manger should solve the problem sin daily routine of the workers.
M.1 Identify and apply strategies to find appropriate solutions.
A company use the problem solving strategy take the common place in the business
and use the right tools for specific problems(Achtenhagen, Melin and Nald, 2013). Identify
the risk issues like ABC company reducing the jobs and delay the operations and create the
the road amp to solving the problem. After identify the problem to use the monitoring and
brainstorming of the solutions and the end of the stage use the right problems solving tools.

TASK 2
2.1 A plan to promote goals and objectives and responsibility.
A business plan create by the ABC company in many ways to increase the goals and
objectives and classified the responsibility according to the group tasks. Create a plan to
promote the business objectives and goals to plan and apply the right plan to set in the
organisation activities and function and employers are adopted the change easily(Smith,
Binns and Tushman, 2010). In the market there are many types of plans uses by the many
organisation. Those are plans u8ses by the company-
Start up and mini plan- Mini plan proffered by the small company because they can
use easily and apply in the organisations for mini tasks. A start up plan use in the start the
new business in the market. Include the sections described the section of the company
products and services, market evaluations and create a teams for managing the all functions
of the company.
Internal and presentation plans- A presentation on a topic and subject uses in the
mini tasks completed by the staff members. The internal plan target the audience in the
market place. Create a internal plan for business to promote the goals and objectives evaluate
the project and factors(Hull and et. Al , 2011). Managers described the current business status
including the costs of all operations and profitability.
Strategic and working plans- ABC company use the strategy plan to create the new
strategies for business to achieving the objectives and increases the performance of the
employers. A working plan use to operate the daily business operations of the workers to
development the services(Hammer, 2010.). Strategic plan involve the element s are vision,
mission, critical success factors, strategies for goals and implementations the scheduled the
plan.
2.2 SMART objectives, recommendations relating to the alignment of resources,
A SMART objective include those elements-
Specific- ABC company use the specific objective in the business functions to target
the specific area for improvement. The problems in the company to reduction of many
jobs, close services and delay operations in the market against its
compositors(Schaltegger, Lüdeke-Freund and Hansen, 2012). In this situations

company target the one problem and area to improvement with the
solutions.
Measurable- The company uses the measurable elements use to
quality and at least suggest he many indicators of progress in the
process. Under this task to motivating the employees to completed the
challenges.
Achievable- A smart objective include the agreed and achievable
task who will complete it. Company achieve the goals and objective by
the help of this element and many responsibility of the managers can
achieved by the its contributions in the operations work. Realistic- A
realistic objectives under in the company state with the result can realistically achieved with
the available resources and its uses in the business(Dijkman, La Rosa and Reijers, 2012).
Company use the resources with the best approaches to get the result a successful outcome.
Time bound- Time bound is very important to achieve the goals and
objective of the company. Managers set the timeline to completed the
task and activities for a group with the time limit, cost limit to achieve
the result at right time and use the resources at the right time.
Recommendation relating to the alignment of people ion the company-
Considers the strategy vision define the clear Agility-
Company use the clear strategy vision and objectives will provide an
indications of the company is heading and the employers resources
needed to help achieve the goals.
Considers demography and operations planning- Company
plan fort the partitions functions with the considering the demography
elements in the market. Determine the demography of the workforces
and identify the gapes between current skills or experience use in the
future that alignment the vision of the company(Sandström and Osborne, 2011).
2.3 Appropriate systems to achieve objectives.
Company use the many forms to achieve the objectives to create a appropriate system-
ABC recruitment company use the simple requirement methods, or it can

assume from a routine or daily schedule the followed by the regular
basis. Managers will use the management by objective to set the goals
and operations are by the earlier set objectives. The mangers of the sub
groups are not only have a individual goals and set the settings of the
responsibility. The management by objectives give a review mechanism,
corporate leaders measure the performance of workers and functions are
contributing in the result are human resources, innovations, financial
availability and productivity. An appropriate system including the various
forms-
Carry out the work activity fro meeting the operational plan by the
effective controlling by the requirement managers. The company set the
all activities to set the gaols characteristics define the quality of the
management system. Its include the employees what to achieve and
d3etermine the methods according to the budget of the company.
Company manage the quality management system to focus on the
improvement the work quality of the employers. Quality is a system
include the three elements High quality mean the high accuracy adopted
by the department managers, compliance with the applicable standard of
the company.
A important elements of quality department to maintain the
environment of the business. To maintain the culture by the managers
and employers of a company in the market to improving the activities
with the use of minimum resources and budget.
To increases the performance of the employers by the training tools
and techniques to develop the skills. Increases the performance of the
employers its automatically improving the profitability and maintain the
budget.
2.4 Activities for the operational plan with effective monitoring and control.
A company work activities meeting for the operational plan through the effective
monitoring and controlling of the staff and management teams. In a company operation

planning is a process of planning for strategic goals and objectives with tactical task.
Operations plan should establishing for the activities and budget for every part and functions
of the organisation at least one or more years(Crawford and Nahmias, 2010). Managers create
the plan and they link with the strategics plans with the functions of the business will deliver
and the requirement o0f the resources. The key components and activities in a operations
plan are including-
Human Capital- In a company the human resources are very important to run the
business. ABC company including the staff and skills required to planning and implement the
project as well as current sources of the human resources.
Financial requirements- Capital is important for start or running a business. With the
help of financial availability to create the new operations plans and purchase the new
resources including the complete the task. The funding required to implementations, use of
resources, increases training equipment.
Risk assessment- Analysis the risk issues in the company to solve the problem of
reduction the jobs opportunity, close services and delay operations by the
company in the market.
Estimate the project stability- Company identify the project
stability in the market and many peoples are uses the project. Managers
also identify the stability of the project to identify he risk.
M2. Select the design and apply appropriate techniques.
Company use the many types of appropriate methods and
techniques to design he organisation structure ans set the activities and
functions according to the environment. To use the performance
indicators to get the outcome of the performance of the employers.
Create the assessment plan to set the all activities and apply the
approaches.
D1. Use critical reflection to evaluate the work and justify valid
conclusion.
According to the company problems are reducing the jobs and
close the services use the new tools and techniques according to the

problems(Toppinen and Korhonen‐Kurki 2013). According to me use the
communicate with the new company for jobs placement and innovate the
new services in with the new offers.
TASK 3
3.1 Design systems to manage and monitor quality standards.
A system in a company to manage and monitoring the quality standards of work to
identify he area of the from defected by the quality. There are various ways to monitoring the
quality standards-
Identify and correcting the defects- It is part of the system to evaluate the quality of
the work is to identify the area of defect and to measures the address of the problems that
affect the successful outcomes of the company(Fang, and et. al, 2012). Company also
involve the assessment of the key things including on the quality measurement to meet the
requirements specified a contract.
Conforming the contracts- In the company including the situations of contracts
influencing the work is carried out and maintain the quality of the finished products.
Setting out- Managers to set the order correctly of the quality monitoring of the
products provided by the company in the market. Company managers setting the all aspects
including in the measuring and maintaining the quality standards.
Work material and goods- ABC company to set the work task into the groups and use
the material as per required at the time of providing the services to the consumers.
Quality maintaining is the difficult task for a company to identify the defects, issues,
conforming about the risk and setting the all aspects to maintain the quality standards in the
market.
3.2 Demonstrate a quality culture to ensure continuous monitoring,
A quality culture in the company is a set of group values that guide to improving the
daily works practices and considering the successful outcomes. There are many culture type
to monitoring the quality culture-
Consistent- In a company there are many things to effect the culture of the quality
with the double standards. There are many consistence to affect the culture of the quality of
the company products. ABC company reduce the job requirement and also loose the many

services in the market place. Company need to require the create new quality standards for
the providing the better services.
Useful and learning- A quality culture is important to maintain the standards the
quality of the products and services in the marketplace(Turner, Swart and Maylor, 2013). It is
very useful for employers fro kerning new things about the quality standards in the company.
Truthful and utilitarian- In the current market environment consumers wants and
handle the truth it is offensive of the company by its quality of the services and performance
of the employers. There are no matter for the place to operate the function of the company its
depends on the quality if the services and services providers.
Respectful and empowerment- ABC company maintain its quality standards with
respectful of the employers and empowering the employee in the company.
3.3 Recommend improvements for objectives and goals.
ABC company held the problems of the reducing the job, delay its operations and
close the many services its needed to improving the goals and objective and adopted the new
tools and techniques. Company use the many type of process to improving the goals and
objectives. There are many recommendation fro improvements the goals and objectives.
Recommendation for improving group work- To improvement the goals and
objectives to emphasis the important of teamwork in the company leader are divide the
groups according the task and teach the teamwork skills. Leader use the team building
activities for the group members to understand the work structure of t he team work.
Providing the roles to groups and providing the time line to complete the tasks.
Recommendation for improving the productive- Use the accountability fro use the
resources and using the manpower for producing the product and services. Head manage the
workforce activities, motivate, encourage the employers to better performance.
Recommendation fro improving the organization structure- ABC company
improvement the goals and objective to improving the organisation structure to create the
dream structure and organize by the function are planning, motivation and controlling by the
directors(Crane and Kazmi, 2010). Managers create a chain command to follow the all
activities and communicate with the its subordinates.

3.4 Implications of proposed changes within the organisation.
A company change in the organization with the implications its help to streamline the
business process, systems or groups works.
The process of change- The implementations of the company change using the many
types of approaches. The main phase is difficult in the process is unfreezing includes identify
the wrong behaviour of members in the organization environment. The second phase
involving the replace the behaviour and changing and redevelop the training tools. The last
one is refreezing to reinforce and create the new behaviour through the visibility and
measurement of success.
Employees resistance for change- Company change in the every department not
ignore the human resources to important part of running the business. If employees are not
involve to any changes they are not accept the change. Employees resists to change because
they are affair for the loss and take to additional activity.
Employers turnover- Employers turnover major affect on the organisation
productivity, workers skills and the resources.
Deteriorating Work Climate- Company change the lead to job uncertainty and crate
a decline environment of work, that can negatively effect on the economic health of the
company functions and activities.
M3. Present and communicate appropriate findings.
ABC company present the and communicate wither the appropriate
findings use the new communication tools in the increases the
performance of the employers to treat the clients in a systematic manner.
Company identify the finding in the communications to solve the
problems in delay the operations.
D2. Take responsibility for managing and organizing activities.
Managers take the responsibility to manage the all activities or
functions according to plans and set the activities are classified into the
groups. The all department take the all duties according the own skills
and experience to solve the problems in many ways.

TASK 4
4.1 Legislation, regulation and organisational requirements ensuring appropriate action.
Legislation is to create the shape and impact the many functions of the company. This
is the use by the law and government body and it is usually proposed by a member of the
legislature company. Its impact on the organisations in many ways. Difficulties in the
implementations of the functions and activities of the organisation. Its also impact on the
economy of the coma0pny and health and social status of the company employers.
Regulations is an abstract concept management system set according to the rules and
regulation of the company policies(.Popovič and et. al, 2012). Its adopted by the company in
many situations like market failure, collective desires, experience and its deals with the
problems of the current generations outcomes.
4.2 health and safety regulations and legislation in specific work situations
Health and safety regulation effect on the work environment of the company. The
health of the employers also affect on the work of the daily routine productivity. The impact
of the health issues in the company performance and its services. Safety is big issue in the
company to impact on the workforce activity. Security of the employees in a organisation
impact on the all functions of the company including the planning, organising, motivating
and controlling. Its create a different situations in the company faces by the managers and
members of the company failure in the market. Employers are comparing the security
functions to others organisations and some employers share the safety issues with other
company employers.
4.3 Systematic review of organisational health and safety policies.
For any organisation an effective heath and safety policy should be made in various
ways for smooth process in the organisation(Hull and et. al , 2010). There are some steps in
which an effective health and safety procedures can be implemented. At first step a policy is
set in which the information about all the rules regarding health condition and safety
condition of the employees so that there will be no risk about their health in the future. In the
second step of review of health and safety procedures the aim for the policy is made in which
the all important points which can help in implementation policy are considered. Thus there

should be regular, careful and intense review of health and safety policies and procedures to
make it effective in the management of the business organisation.
4.4 Application of health and safety policies and procedures in the workplace.
In the company health and safety policies is the sets of the general approaches and
commitment together with the arrangement of the place for managing health and safety issue
in the organisation. The policy require the address of the health place and matters related to
the employers, but in many organization to create the health policy for the employers safety
in which affected by the any activities(Yilmaz and Flouris, 2010). In a small organizations
create the simple heath statement of the health and safety policy including the less section
only one or two names and less responsibility allocated with the peoples. Health and safety
policies impact the work environment of the organisations in many ways are value of the
company, standard of the safety, environment of the safety.
D3. Demonstrate convergent, lateral and creative thinking
Company use the new creativity idea for use the old services
presenting in the new ways and to set the operations functions according
to the activities following chart. ABC company innovate the new job
opportunity for the peoples. Its use the new techniques in our
requirement services to communicate with new companies in the market.
CONCLUSION
On the basis of this report conclude the all managing business activities are involving
the planning, organising, motivation and controlling impact on the all business function and
its performance. Identify the interrelationship between function and organisation structure
affected on the business productivity and use the many types of methodology to main the all
business aspects.

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