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  • Strategic Capability

    Strategic Capability

    “An internal capacity for leveraging resources and competences is a prerequisite for creating competitive advantage. Discuss, with references to theory and real world organization of your choice”. Strategic management is a multi faced and vast area of study with many theorists presenting differing views as to what is crucial to the successful formulation of strategy. This essay will present an explanation of the internal capacity of leveraging resources and competences and show how they are

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    Essay Length: 3,289 Words / 14 Pages
    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • How Should Leaders Review Strategic Priorities?

    How Should Leaders Review Strategic Priorities?

    Introduction Leadership style and behaviour are key determinants of effective organisational management. The leaders are “The people who co-ordinate and balance the interests of all who have a stake in the organisation, including- the executive team, all other managers and those in team leadership positions or with a subject leadership role” Witcher (2007) argues that POSIES gives us an impression of a sequence of tasks, top-down strategic planning idea. Leadership style depends on how strategic

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    Essay Length: 962 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Jon
  • The Strategic Marketing Plan

    The Strategic Marketing Plan

    Ambi-Pur was launched in 2002. The brand comes from the International stable of Sara lee and is the largest brand in the Household and Beauty care division of the company. Ambi Pur is the No.1 brand in Europe. In India, Ambipur was launched as a air freshener for cars. It was a pleasant surprise for car owners to see a new product ( at that time) with somewhat a funny name. The brand gained popularity

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    Essay Length: 367 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Strategic Business Plan

    Strategic Business Plan

    ANDY PULLEN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 100 EXAMINATION NUMBER TWO Lars this is how you create a business plan. First you have to set the vision, goals, and objectives of your business. The most important driver for almost any business plan is return on investment (ROI). Commonly, when someone starts to write a business plan for the first time you need to determine what is your objective? The essential planning elements are identifying your objectives. What you

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    Essay Length: 1,928 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: regina
  • Strategic Resume

    Strategic Resume

    I am a non-traditional student who has had training in resume writing, but this training was 20 years ago. Doing this workbook on Strategic Resumes has brought me to the here and now. I went to school directly after graduating from high school and received a degree in business/secretarial studies. I worked for several years in this field. I got married, had two children, and then I got a divorce. It took five years after

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    Essay Length: 396 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: regina
  • Strategic Management

    Strategic Management

    STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT Every firm competing in an industry has a competitive strategy which may be clear and precise or embedded and understood by default. These strategies are either developed through a planning process or they are developed depending on the changing external and internal factors. Strategy is the direction and scope of an organization over the long-term: which achieves advantage for the organization through its structure of resources within a challenging environment, to meet

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    Essay Length: 2,420 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: July
  • Walmarts Company Structure and Strategic Management

    Walmarts Company Structure and Strategic Management

    Wal Marts company structure and strategic management Wal-Mart is known today as the largest retailing discount store in the world. Wal-Mart was merely a vision to Sam Walton forty-five years ago as being a discount store that could sell products at the lowest price possible. Wal-Mart has grown tremendously over the past few decades by making several wise acquisitions as well as having an unbeatable pricing strategy. In this paper, we will discuss Wal-Mart’s history,

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    Essay Length: 2,828 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Amtrak - Strategic Use of It

    Amtrak - Strategic Use of It

    Overview of the Organization Amtrak (a combination of “American” and “track”) is the brand name of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, created in 1970 by an act of Congress. The National Railroad Passenger Corporation is a private, for-profit corporation established by government with all of its preferred stock, owned by the federal government and its budget subsidized by federal money totaling more than $1 billion per year. Some common stock is held by the private

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    Essay Length: 2,863 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Mike
  • Six Priorities That Make a Great Strategic Plan

    Six Priorities That Make a Great Strategic Plan

    I. Summary: Article 9. Lippitt, Mary Burner. "Six Priorities That Make a Great Strategic Plan." Journal of Business Strategy (Jan.-Feb. 2003): 21-24. Rpt. in Annual Editions. Ed. Fred H. Maidment. 13th ed. Management 05/06. Dubuque: McGraw, 2005. 54-57. When a company is not successful in prioritizing, it is more likely to fail or fall behind in competition. Lippitt’s “Six Priorities That Make a Great Strategic Plan” explains the best way a business can prioritize its

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    Essay Length: 769 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Artur
  • Strategic Marketing for Sri Lanka Airlines

    Strategic Marketing for Sri Lanka Airlines

    This strategic marketing plan focuses on marketing strategies of the SriLankan Airline Strategic Business Unit (SBU), in Sri Lanka. The strategies are concerned with the market, product, pricing, distribution and communication/ promotion strategies for the Srilankan Air Taxi. The time period for the strategic marketing plan for SriLankan airline will take place over 3 years from July 1st 2008 to July 1st 2010. Market strategies for the SriLankan Air Taxi are to employ a multi-market

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    Essay Length: 377 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Vika
  • Psych Critical Thinking

    Psych Critical Thinking

    When I took the quiz over module 1, I made a 100. Which surprised me greatly. I did not expect to make a good grade, because I know I didn’t read as well as I should have. I knew most of the first questions, but had to make an educated guess on the last few. When I read the chapter, I didn’t take good notes or pay close attention like I should have. I get

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    Essay Length: 374 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Mike
  • Thinking and Feeling

    Thinking and Feeling

    Howdy "(I'm so borderline between thinking and feeling it's not even funny)" Being balanced and well integrated is generally not funny it's true, but it does tend to make laughter come easier ;o] "I'm an aquarius with sagittarius rising, a pisces moon and an extended chart packed full of capricorn and scorpio. " Whatever. "Holding doors for and smiling at people (strange how many odd looks this gets me -- it's a sad comment on

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    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Strategic Restructuring and Organizational Developments

    Strategic Restructuring and Organizational Developments

    Strategic Restructuring and Organizational Developments Introduction This discussion is directed toward company restructuring and repositioning, specifically my personal experiences in a project dependant industry, and the evolution of a business structure and organizational culture of flexibility and adaptability. Many companies operating in a project specific and contract dependant industry are required to align employees with processes and strategies to ensure smooth transition in an often dynamic and changeable environment. Companies competing in dynamic market environments

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    Essay Length: 3,513 Words / 15 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Top
  • Strategic Planning Tools

    Strategic Planning Tools

    STRATEGIC PLANNING TOOLS Strategic planning may be characterized as a systematic effort to produce fundamental decisions and actions that shape and guide what a business organization is, what it does, and why it does it. The objective of strategic planning is to develop a map by which to manage an organization's positioning. Although some would suggest that strategic planning has lost some of its effectiveness, most managers continue to recognize the need for effective strategic

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    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Strategic Procurements Objective

    Strategic Procurements Objective

    How can Johnson Automotive improve and optimize their return parts channel? This will be the objective of Strategic Procurements objective. Johnson Automotive should understand reverse logistics and its process. If Johnson Automotive does not understand the hidden value of the reverse logistics, then it can never capitalize on this important facet of its business. Application of a supply chain is important, but just as important is the identification of any issues that would arise from

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    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Lean Thinking

    Lean Thinking

    Lean Thinking “Lean thinking is the dynamic, knowledge-driven and customer-focused process by which all people in a defined enterprise continuously eliminate waste with the goal of creating value” (Murman, et al., 2002). This citation includes the three keys issues of the lean philosophy: the involvement of staff in the operation, the elimination of waste and the drive for continuous improvement and is also the basis for the Just-in-Time techniques. To reach these goals lean thinking

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    Essay Length: 369 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Mike
  • Critical Thinking and Language Essay

    Critical Thinking and Language Essay

    Critical Thinking and Language Essay The importance of language is immense, as it is believed that the more languages that one knows, the more he or she is capable of. Language is used to communicate by speaking, listening, reading and writing although none of these come close to the most important aspect of language. Language allows us as human beings to think. With language out of the picture one would not be able to think

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    Essay Length: 906 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Top
  • A Journey Through Indian Thinking and the Road to Salvation

    A Journey Through Indian Thinking and the Road to Salvation

    When thinking about major centers of philosophical thought, most people automatically think about the great Western thinkers thinking about men from Pythagoras, Socrates, and Plato to Descartes, Locke, and Kant usually forgetting about another substantial source of philosophy, the Indian subcontinent. The word philosophy is derived from Greek to mean “the love of wisdom” and the Indian people have shown that they truly possess this love from ancient times to today’s modern society. Indian philosophy

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    Essay Length: 3,161 Words / 13 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Max
  • Strategic Audit of Coppers Creek

    Strategic Audit of Coppers Creek

    CONTENTS 1. Executive Summary 2. Introduction 3. External Environmental Scanning 3.1. Life Cycle 3.2. PESTEL analysis 4. Inter-Industry Environment Scanning 4.1. Potter's 5-force analysis 4.2. Stakeholders Analysis 5. Intra-Industry Analysis 5.1. Competitor Analysis 5.2. Key Success Factors 6. Internal Environment Scanning 6.1. Structure and Culture 6.2. Capabilities & Competencies 7. Situational Summary 7.1. SWOT Analysis 7.2. Directional Policy Matrix 8. International Strategy 8.1. International Value Chain Analysis 9. Strategy Formulation and Selection 9.1. Porter's Generic

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    Essay Length: 3,822 Words / 16 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Jon
  • Words Are More Treacherous Than We Think (sartre)

    Words Are More Treacherous Than We Think (sartre)

    As a bilingual individual, I have the privilege to not only enjoy either Chinese or English literature, but also grasp Chinese and American culture through direct interaction with their people. However I admit, I continue to overestimate the boundaries of language—it dominates our thoughts, and confines us within our own culture. I’ve also seen that no matter how much I wish otherwise, language has undeniably been an impediment to respecting those who are different. I

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    Essay Length: 715 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Mike
  • Role of Customers in Strategic Planning Process

    Role of Customers in Strategic Planning Process

    Strategic planning is a continuous and systematic process where the guiding members of an organization make decisions about its future, develop the necessary procedures and operations to achieve that future, and determine how success is to be measured. For many successful organizations, the voice of the customer drives their operations and charts the course for their future. Companies have begun focusing on customers as one of the key drivers in planning for the future in

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    Essay Length: 331 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Bred
  • Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step

    Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step

    LATERAL THINKING: CREATIVITY STEP BY STEP Edward De Bono Harper Collins, 1990 Why the total majority of great things happens in our minds when we are doing something completely different than work? In this book, Dr. De Bono is trying to explore this “heureka paradox” and other still relatively unknown thought processes via his lateral thinking theory. The LATERAL THINKING was introduced by the author in 1967. It was aimed to destroy the old established

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    Essay Length: 1,194 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Critical Thinking: Week one

    Critical Thinking: Week one

    1. After reading the materials for this week, how would you define critical thinking? In your definition, identify at least three components of critical thinking. What are the consequences of not thinking critically? What are some reactions or results you have observed when you (or others) make efforts to think critically? What did Anais Nin mean when she said, "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are"? Since critical thinking

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Artur
  • Strategic Human Resource Management in World Airline Industry

    Strategic Human Resource Management in World Airline Industry

    For over 15 years, there has been an ongoing research on HR strategies and competencies differentiating the business performance. Besides this, HR practitioners have focussed their attention on other important questions as well. Bratton and Gold (2007), for example, tries to question what policies and practices make up HR strategies. Is it possible to identify cluster of bundle of HR practices with different strategic competitive models? What is relationship between different clusters of HR practices

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Artur
  • Operation Iraqi Freedom: A Strategic Assessment

    Operation Iraqi Freedom: A Strategic Assessment

    Operation Iraqi Freedom: A Strategic Assessment This I’ll admit was a very interesting book that looked at what could have really caused the Iraq war and whether we really had to go to war. The book talks about the flaws with the reasons that Bush proposed for going to war with Iraq and why we haven’t had a fuller victory yet. The book basically goes into details about the four observations that arise from examining

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    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: regina

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