Summary of ‘Creating shared value’ by M. Porter and M. Kramer The problem nowadays is that most businesses don’t have the right purpose ‘in mind’. They have a narrow-minded view in making profit and thus optimizing short-time financial performance. This old capitalistic view leads to a vicious circle. More specifically‚ the corporation doesn’t keep its environment and the broader community in mind while making profit and so they are perceived as (partly) responsible for society’ failures. This
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Campbell’s Chapter Summaries & Reflections of: Leaders and the Leadership Process By Jon L. Pierce and John W. Newstrom Submitted for Clemson University’s I LEAD! Program 12-15-09 Prologue “Perspectives on Leadership From Homer’s Odyssey” By Fred A. Kramer (University of Massachusetts) Summary This article discusses the leadership roles demonstrated by two characters in Homer’s Odyssey. Mentor and Odysseus exhibited good leadership by demonstrating Warren Bennis’ four “competencies” that leaders
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How could benchmarking be effectively used to achieve competitive advantage? Please provide an example. Starbucks Even Starbucks has to Benchmark Considering it’s benches are always full of hipsters sipping their half-caf low-fat moccachinos‚ you might think that Starbucks would have no need for benchmarking‚ as many of its benches already have permanent rear-shaped impressions from long-time customers. But that’s not the case at all. In this great case study in DC Velocity‚ we find out
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References: Institute of Management Accountants‚ “ Value Chain Analysis For Assessing Competitive Advantage”1996. Michael E. Porter and Mark R. Kramer‚ “Creating Shared Value” Charles Green‚ “What Are the Six Requirements for Successful Value Chain Management?”
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Career Plan Nursing theory is the bases of professional nursing practice. Chinn and Jacobs explain that nursing theory “aims to describe‚ explain‚ and predict the phenomenon of nursing” (Colley‚ 2003‚ p. 33). Nursing theory is important because it provides the foundation that defines how nurses should act toward their patients‚ their colleagues‚ and toward their profession. For instance‚ understanding the “Needs Theories” provides the rationale for nurses to enhance their skills in assessing patient
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Although Ellis argues that "television consists of series and established formats" and has "become routinized‚" Caldwell challenges that argument with the emergence of "televisuality." Ellis states that the reason for television being routinized is because "watching television has become such a central part of everyday life" (276). More and more people are watching television because as Ellis states in his article‚ it becomes society’s security blanket for the audience and the entertainment industry
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In 1939‚ the British Foreign Office published a White Paper detailing reports of torturing and killing Jews and political prisoners. It was considered a “propaganda stunt” by the several members of the press . The British began to learn about the Final Solution in June of 1942 when the Daily Telegraph reported that Jews were being taken to concentration camps as part of a plan created by the Nazis. The connection between the Final Solution and crimes against Jews was not made until the liberation
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behavioural choices among groups. Similarly‚ the realistic group conflict theory suggests that the patterns of cooperation and competition in groups can be explained through an understanding of the patterns of resource interdependence among groups (John‚ Kramer & Tyler‚ 1999‚
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(n.d.). Nestle chairman attacks codes of conduct. Retrieved from: http://www.babymilkaction.org/boycott/boyct26.html Jennings‚ M.M. (2012). Business ethics‚ case studies and selected readings. (7th ed.). Mason‚ OH: South-Western Cengage Learning. Kramer‚ A.E. (2009‚ June 23). IKEA plans to halt investment in Russia. Retrieved from: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/business/global/24ruble.html Mitchell‚ C. & Creary‚ S.J. (2009). Diversity and inclusion: Global challenges and opportunities. The
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References: Hinojosa‚ Jim‚ Kramer‚ Paula‚ & Royeen‚ Charlotte B. (2003). Perspectives in Human Occupation. Baltimore: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins‚ 42-43.
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