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  • Supply Chain Integration

    Supply Chain Integration

    How will information technology help logistics integration? Using the technology we have in today's society we can look at many different things and apply them to logistics. Information is a key part of logistics the more information we have about something the better we can find a good logistical solution on how we are going to handle that information. Yet say we have a new product that is going to be released in a couple

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    Essay Length: 346 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Yan
  • Strategic Network Operation

    Strategic Network Operation

    Anyone who's run a network operations group knows the frustration that accompanies management inquiries about “our network strategy.” To be successful, a strategic network plan must define the services the network will offer the line operations of the business. Network, in computer science, techniques, physical connections, and computer programs used to link two or more computers. Network users are able to share files, printers, and other resources; send electronic messages; and run programs on other

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    Essay Length: 1,063 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 24, 2009 By: Yan
  • Integration of Middle School into a K-6 School

    Integration of Middle School into a K-6 School

    Proposal for the Integration of Junior High (7th & 8th Grades) into a K-6 Elementary School A small town school 20 minutes West of Flagstaff, AZ Table of Contents Illustrations 3 Purpose 4 Situational Overview 5 Potential issues 6 Social Diversity 6 Ethnic Diversity 7 Key Benefits 7 Personalized Attention and Performance 7 Peer-tutoring Leadership Skills 8 Less Transitions 8 Improved Extra-curricular Opportunities 9 Implementation 10 Conclusion 11 Appendix A 12 Appendix B 13 Appendix

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    Essay Length: 1,792 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: December 24, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Strategic Financial Management

    Strategic Financial Management

    Terms Of Reference This report will look into the options for financing an acquisition of a piece of land to be used for storage. Every source of finance has a cost, I have had to take these costs into account. I will first investigate the different funding options then evaluate which I feel would be the best investment decision. Procedure To complete my report I spoke to people within the company I work for, Barclays

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    Submitted: December 24, 2009 By: regina
  • Video Gamers Have the Advantage

    Video Gamers Have the Advantage

    Video Gamers have the Advantage Since the early 1970’s, the demand and popularity of video games has been growing rapidly. Nowadays, video games are an integral part of many people’s lives world-wide. In order to satisfy the public’s growing demand for these innovative games, software companies are producing large quantities of attractive and stimulating video games. With each new generation, these games become more visually dazzling and increase in realism. Because the vast majority of

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    Essay Length: 2,462 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: December 25, 2009 By: Max
  • Regional Integration

    Regional Integration

    Regional Integration Over the past few decades globalization has brought tremendous benefits to the world, and an even greater reliance on others for products and services. This calls for closer international cooperation to ensure that regional integration is ever more inclusive and works for the benefit of all. There is little doubt that globalization can be a powerful engine for sustained economic growth. Regional economic integration is motivated by a desire to exploit the gains

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    Essay Length: 1,150 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 25, 2009 By: Jack
  • Lannet Communications, Greek Telecommunications Company - a Strategic Review

    Lannet Communications, Greek Telecommunications Company - a Strategic Review

    FOUNDATION OF MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT “A Strategic Review” Case: Lannet Communications, Greek Telecommunications Company Name: Yannis Ghikas Student I.D. No: 2079778 (IACY) Date: 11/03/2005 Word Count: 4.713 1. INTRODUCTION 3 THE CASE 3 2. VMOST ANALYSIS/STAKEHOLDERS 4 2.1 VMOST ANALYSIS 4 2.2 STAKEHOLDERS ANALYSIS 4 3. EXTERNAL ANALYSIS 5 3.1 PEST ANALYSIS 6 3.2 LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS 7 3.3 THE MAJOR COMPETITORS 8 3.4 PORTER’S 5 FORCES MODEL 9 4. INTERNAL ANALYSIS 11 4.1 VALUE

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    Submitted: December 25, 2009 By: Mike
  • Strategic Plan

    Strategic Plan

    Strategic Overview Name University Class Instructors Name Date Strategy Overview Pearce and Robinson describe strategic management as the art of making complex, long-term, future-oriented decisions and taking actions that result in the formulation and implementation of plans designed to achieve a company’s objectives. The process focuses on the belief that a firm’s mission can be best be achieved through a systematic and comprehensive assessment of both its internal capabilities and its external environment (Pearce

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    Essay Length: 1,470 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 25, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Strategic Management

    Strategic Management

    1 Introduction 1.1 Problem definition At present IKEA has expanded to a large degree merely in Europe, Asia and North America. Yet they have not entered Mexico. With this paper I intend to investigate whether or not IKEA is ready to expand into the Mexican market. I will base this upon a thorough SWOT analysis which will include parts of Hofstede’s cultural dimensions and the VRIO framework. The Conclusion and Recommendations will state whether or

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    Essay Length: 1,920 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: December 25, 2009 By: Jon
  • Integrated Marketing and the Many Factors

    Integrated Marketing and the Many Factors

    Integrated marketing communication simply recognises the need to plan and build up all relevant marketing communications so that they work together in harmony to the greatest effect with greatest efficiency” (Pickton and Broderick, 2001: 47) Linton and Morley “list ten potential benefits of integrated marketing communications” (Linton and Morley 1995: 124) • Creative Integrity • Consistent Messages • Unbiased Marketing Recommendations • Better Use of Media • Greater Marketing Precision • Operational Efficiency • Cost

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    Essay Length: 600 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 26, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Strategic Management

    Strategic Management

    Challenges Facing a New CEO Joyce P. Vincelette, Ellie A. Fogarty, Thomas M. Patrick, and Thomas L. Wheelen “A teddy bear is almost a 100-year-old product that has been made in every conceivable size, style, fabric, and price combined with a saturated market. Yet the teddy bear industry stands as a model of strength and durability. Every year, bear makers create and market hundreds of original models.”1 Vermont Teddy Bear Company was founded in

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    Essay Length: 619 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 26, 2009 By: Mike
  • Strategic Plan: Bridal Extravaganza

    Strategic Plan: Bridal Extravaganza

    Running head: STRATEGIC PLAN Strategic Plan: Bridal Extravaganza MBA580 University of Phoenix Executive Summary The key challenges and opportunities for Bridal Extravaganza are to increase profits and become a leader in the competitive world of the bridal industry. The strategies and objectives chosen are in alignment with the challenges and opportunities presented to Bridal Extravaganza. The objectives and strategies presented will allow Bridal Extravaganza to increase their profits 30% and to lead them to becoming

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    Essay Length: 4,544 Words / 19 Pages
    Submitted: December 26, 2009 By: David
  • Strategic Issues

    Strategic Issues

    General Electric (Jess Willson) “A host of external factors influence a firm's choice of direction and action and, ultimately, its organizational structure and internal processes” (Pearce and Robinson, 2004). These factors are the foundation for the forces and trends research. General Electric is a leader in the technological industry providing new innovation in lighting, medical equipment, power transmissions and industrial products. Their vision statement “imagination at work” tells of how GE is constantly striving to

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    Essay Length: 1,035 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 27, 2009 By: Mikki
  • An Analysis of the Structure and Culture of Strategic Mining Solutions in the Context of the External Environment with Respect to Future Challenges and Recommended Changes

    An Analysis of the Structure and Culture of Strategic Mining Solutions in the Context of the External Environment with Respect to Future Challenges and Recommended Changes

    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Strategic Mining (SM) is capable of converting challenges into opportunities, as evaluated in the context of the company expanding its operations into Africa. The company promotes a participative management style which greatly benefits communication at all levels. The Directors of SMЎ¦s Board are technically and managerially highly skilled and are therefore in a position to manage company resources efficiently and unambiguously. A co ЎV operative culture exists in the company. This feature is

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    Submitted: December 27, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Integration of Renewable Energy into the Daily Lives of Society

    Integration of Renewable Energy into the Daily Lives of Society

    Many things these days are taken for granted and used with great liberty, but none more prevalent than the consumption of petroleum based fossil fuels worldwide. As stated in The International Energy Outlook 2006 (Energy Information Administration, 2006a), “World oil consumption rose by about 1.2 million barrels per day in 2005, after an increase of 2.6 million barrels per day in 2004”. Current projections indicate increasing demand for oil by the transportation sector, where there

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    Submitted: December 27, 2009 By: Mike
  • Automated Customer Service: Advantages Outweigh Disadvantages

    Automated Customer Service: Advantages Outweigh Disadvantages

    Automated Customer Service: Advantages Outweigh Disadvantages The marketplace in the world today is more competitive than ever before. Businesses are trying to increase profits and lower operating costs. Stockholders are insisting that companies make money, thus increasing their stock portfolios. Consumers are busier than at any point in the history of man. They work longer hours and try to squeeze more extracurricular activities into their evenings. Into this arena has come the automated customer service

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    Essay Length: 1,047 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 28, 2009 By: Anna
  • Nordstrom - Strategic Management

    Nordstrom - Strategic Management

    Nordstrom has come a long way since its humble beginnings as a shoe retailer in the early part of the 20th century. Now with the 4th generation of Nordstroms at the helm, it has positioned itself for the future with its customer-centric focus and rich history of entrepreneurial spirit. This analysis will focus on the transformation of their core operations and the potential for future strategic movement in the world of retail sales. Corporate

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    Essay Length: 1,019 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 28, 2009 By: Mike
  • Strategic Management Paper1

    Strategic Management Paper1

    Contents Question 1 Porter’s generic strategies Page 3 Question 2 Components of a vision and mission statement Page 5 Question 3 Alternative strategies Page 10 Question 4 Value chain analysis, different functions of management Page 14 Question 5 Value of resources, the resource based view Page 20 Research / Bibliography Page 23 Question 1 Michael Porter is considered the mastermind of competitive strategies application. Starting in the early 1980s, he published three books that

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    Essay Length: 1,418 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 30, 2009 By: Steve
  • Integrated Paper

    Integrated Paper

    Summary The movie that this paper will analyze sociologically is, Garden State. This movie is mainly about a guy, Andrew Largeman, who is in his late twenties, coming to terms with his mother’s death and then consequently finding himself. After returning home to the Garden State for his mother’s funeral, he continually reconnects with old friends and their current lives. He then meets a young woman, Sam, with whom he becomes involved. He then discovers

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    Essay Length: 1,231 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: Steve
  • Strategic Plan Quality Analysis Paper

    Strategic Plan Quality Analysis Paper

    Strategic Plan Quality Analysis Paper (your name here) November 13, 2006 University of Phoenix / Main Campus MGT 449 Prof. (their name here) In this paper I will be comparing another corporation that has gone through Total Quality management, while comparing them to the corporation that I am currently working for. Since I am starting a new venture and essentially in business for myself this has been an eye opener in things I can

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    Essay Length: 1,267 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: Mike
  • Strategic Plan (general Motors)

    Strategic Plan (general Motors)

    Running head: Strategic Plan Strategic Plan (General Motors) MBA580 University of Phoenix Executive Summary General Motors (GM) has been a leader in the auto industry which over the past few decades has continued to lose market share to foreign competition. The current weak U.S. economy combined with rising fuel prices and increased political pressures regarding global warming, presents several challenges to GM and the entire auto industry. These current challenges provide exciting opportunities for the

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    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: Jack
  • Personal Strategic Audit

    Personal Strategic Audit

    MGMT 450 Strategic Audit For me, the main benefit of attaining a degree from the LeBow College of Business is to use that degree to get myself a better, higher-paying job than I would be able to get without a degree. To be truthful, for me it all comes down to making more money. Unfortunately, it seems that in most cases you have to spend money to make money. Below is a chart that lists

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    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: Top
  • Strategic Planning for International Markets

    Strategic Planning for International Markets

    1. Some of the strategic reasons for HiBrow Hotels to move their regional headquarters from Sydney to Singapore Strategic Planning for International Markets After HiBrow Hotel Group has done on their periodic evaluation on the international market environments, they found out that Singapore has the most suitable resources located for their business. Their driving forces behind this relocation to Singapore were into threefold; First, the company senior management felt that operating costs could be lowered

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    Submitted: January 2, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Strategic Analysis of Sonic Corp

    Strategic Analysis of Sonic Corp

    Executive Summary Sonic is the largest drive-in chain in the United States. Under the slogan "America's Drive-In," a Sonic features fast service by roller-skating carhops and unique menu items that cannot be found at McDonald‘s, Burger King, or Wendy‘s. Sonic restaurants operate in 27 states so it is smaller than leading fast food chains however it is still a significant competitor. Founded by Troy Smith and Charlie Pappe in 1953, Sonic went from a single

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    Submitted: January 2, 2010 By: Mike
  • Strategic Analysis - Brasseries Kronenbourg

    Strategic Analysis - Brasseries Kronenbourg

    Outline the main resources and competences of “Brasseries Kronenbourg”, identifying the ways in which they contribute to its strategy. ______________________________________________________________ Rather than immediately delving into an analysis dealing with resources and competences, attention first turns to Brasseries Kronenbourg’s strategy. No reference to concepts of strategy would be complete without referring to Michael Porter who in his article �What is strategy’ comments that the Essence of strategy is in the activities – choosing to perform activities

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    Submitted: January 2, 2010 By: Anna

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