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The Application Of Production Skills In The Management Of Business Organization To Gain Competitive Advantage
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Production skills (defined)
Industries
and business organization be it private or public, have one thing in
common, the human workforce, this could confidently be said, that
organization, will not exist without its human resources, since a
business organization cannot even start without a workforce, and
effective and efficient skills, will gear the ability of the
organization to stand out among its competitors.
Production control
is defined by Burbidge (1992). In his book the principles of production
control, “Is the function of management which plans, directs and
controls the material supply and processing activities of an enterprise,
so that the specified products are produced. By specific methods to
meet an approved sales programme. These activities being carried out in
such a manner that the labour, plant and capital available are used to
the best advantage.
Poter (2006). In his book, effective
entrepreneurship, he is of the view that companies can choose between
three general strategy to build competitive advantage a differentiation
strategy, a low-cost strategy and third approach, frequency used by
entrepreneurs in focus, or ninche strategy. A firm that uses a
differentiation strategy competes on the basis of its ability to do
things differently than its major competitors do.
Beal, Reginald
(2000). In his journal competing environmental scanning competitive
strategy and organizational performance in small manufacturing firms is
of the view that pursuit of an effective entrepreneurial strategy is
mainly through advantages, has been mapped through the collection and
analysis of information from existing and potential customers.
Boxalla
(1996) Boxall 1996 defines strategy as a firm’s frame work of critical
ends and means. This definition helps to make the point clear, that
means do not flow unproblematically from ends. Rather the historically
developed means to shape what ends are conceivable and possible.
Mitchell
Porter (1984), Competitive advantage is a very basic word, a position a
firm occupies against its competitors. The three methods of creating a
sustainable competitive advantage are through: cost leadership,
differentiation and focus.
Iornum (2005). In his book introduction to
material management defines material management as practical in
business today, as “ A confederacy of traditional materials, activities
bound by a common idea; the idea of an integrated management approach to
planning, conversion flow and distribution of production materials from
the raw materials state to the finished product state. Managers or
individual should understand that core competencies include the
particular set of skills and resources firm posses as well as the way
those resources are used to produce outcome.
Usage of these resources
depends on the skills and ability of the human work force in the
organization. Therefore the need for effective and skilled labour is
required to stage ahead in competing with other competitors. The
creation of knowledge is a dynamic and continues process.
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
In
the past years, various issues to the effective management of
industries and business organizations to gain competitive advantage over
others have been noticed and highlighted as follows:
Unskilled Labour:
Unskilled
labour has been the major problem facing industries and business
organization, this is as a result of personnel managers, not recruiting
and selecting employees, base on merit, skill, and expertise, but rather
on selection based on man know man, a connection of whom you know to
get to were you want. Hence, the effect is having the wrong people at
the right place and thereby affecting the quality of service or product
to be delivered to the market.
In Nigeria today, you will be
surprise, seeing somebody who read a different course entirely been
employed in a different field. i.e. a mechanical engineer working in a
banking sector, such the expected performance will be upturned and
unsatisfactorily.
Technology
Inability of industries and business
organization. To use the modern ways to get things done, effectively
and efficiently. Is another major problem, A supplier may be expected to
produce technical, particularly during the early stages of design and
manufacturing.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]Production skills is a basic element in maintaining the production capacity of an organization is an important function in any production organization. The reprocess of any organization is made up of both it’s human and material assets, which are the source of generating revenue and growth. A great deal of production skills, is required to harness both the human, machine, materials, money, and assets of a production firm, and stay on top of the business, been a competitive market. Where t ... Continue reading---
