Capacity Building

The objective of strategic capacity planning is to provide an approach for determining the overall capacity level of labor-intensive resources.

* Capacity can be created when the organization leads others to believe that a person has certain authority.

Describe goals and objectives as they apply to business. pg 181-182; wk 6 lecture, pg 1

Systems: Systems includes all types of policies and procedures with regards to both the people and the operations of the organization.

Capacity is the maximum amount capable of producing. Another why to expand the capacity is to consider outsourcing. Outsourcing would come into play when they cannot set up the equipment and they need to produce product to satisfy an order. Some things to consider are the cost of making the product, such as labor, raw materials, and overhead.

Resources - Inputs into a firm’s production process such as capital equipment, skill of individual employees, patents, finance, and talented managers

Schroeder, Goldstein, and Rungtusanatham said “capacity can be measured in terms of output measures such as numbers of units produced, tons produced, and number of customers served over a specified period.” As organizations are built part of their discussion panel is to determine the amount of people they anticipate on serving.

Determining capacity is a very important of company day to day operations as it considers whether the amount of work that a company is putting out is capable of meeting supply and demand. Management must make correct decisions that consider product mix issues, whether or not processes and capacity can be improved without adding risky staffing or machinery investments, how to avoid bottleneck areas and whether quality is at expected consumer standards (Vonderembse & White, 2013).

Purpose: The aim of this unit is to develop learner knowledge of the range of human, physical, technological andfinancial resources required in an organisation, and how the management of these resources can impacton business performance.

Capacity is the amount of product or service that a company can get in a productive unit

Capacity relates to soundness of mind and to an intelligent understanding and perception of one 's actions. It is the power either to create or to enter into

CIPD, 2012 defines resourcing and talent planning as “Ensuring that the organisation is able to identify and attract key people with the capability to create competitive advantage and that it actively manages an appropriate balance of resource to meet changing needs, fulfilling the short and long-term ambitions of the organisation strategy.”

The capacity model by Michael Mumford contains five components. The skills that attributed to the success of Coach Knight are the individual attributes. The skills of competency, motivation and more specifically problem solving skills were the skills he possessed according to this model. He had a deficit in his social judgment skills and environmental influences that, in turn, worked well for Coach K and to his success. Coach K. often remarked on his upbringing and how this influenced the quality of his communication. Coach K. struggled with the area of motivation, especially as it relates to dominance. As stated above, Coach K. did not want to be a dictator, which simply meant domination skills where not his priority.

Capacity planning is a necessary function of an organization to ensure that the highest rate of output is reached through the current processes taking place within an organization. These strategically defined processes must have the ability to provide flexibility to meet future capacity demand, whether due to opportunity growth or adjustments to make decreases to maximize profits. “Capacity decisions related to a process need to be made in light of the role the process plays within the organization and the supply chain as a whole, because changing the capacity of a

Structure is the backbone of any and every organization. It is essentially one of the main stays of sustenance and growth for an organization. The structure of an organization not only defines the day-to-day activities but also lays emphasis on the long term strategy of the organization. The strategy and shared values of an organization play a massive role in shaping its structure.