International Business Management Carnival Cruise Lines: Organization and Organizational Culture This paper presents my former employer‚ an American company Carnival Cruise Lines (CCL) which is part of the Carnival Corporation. Describing the organization of the whole corporation in general‚ the paper places a special emphasis on the strategy‚ organizational structure and culture of the CCL. Carnival Cruise Lines is the flagship brand of Carnival Corporation & plc‚ the largest cruise company
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The definition of nursing excellence can be defined in many ways. What is common amongst all of the definitions of nursing excellence is that providing the patient with high quality compassionate care seems to be the common thread. Florence Nightingale (considered by many to be the first nursing theorist) initiated the elevation of the nursing profession by educating those in charge of caring for patients and teaching them to use the environment to assist in patient recovery. From that point on
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The pursuit of excellence 1) Socrates did not write "Apology". Socrates did not actually write anything‚ It was his friend Plato that wrote and documented Socrates’s speeches and dialogs. The "Apology" supposes to be an accurate account by Plato of Socrates’s trial before the Athenian jury in 399BCE. The trial began with the prosecutors presenting their case against Socrates before the Athenian jury. In this trial Meletus‚ the prosecutor‚ argued that Socrates was guilty of corrupting the youth
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Maintaining Individual Excellence Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary and Thesaurus defines excellence as the quality of superiority. The work excellence is synonymous with distinction‚ greatness‚ flawlessness‚ impeccability‚ and perfection (Merriam-Webster‚ 2006). The pursuit of excellence is the search for perfection. The consensus of today’s society is that nothing is perfect and perfection is unobtainable. Although that may be true‚ I believe that by reaching for excellence‚ or perfection‚ a person
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A CURRICULUM FOR EXCELLENCE: A QUESTION OF VALUES DONALD GILLIES ABSTRACT A Curriculum for Excellence outlines a curriculum for young people in Scotland from age 3 to 18. In the report‚ endorsed wholly by Scottish ministers‚ much is made of the underpinning values of the proposed curriculum. However‚ the absence of any consultation period has meant that such values and the report itself have not been subject to systematic debate by parliament‚ public‚ or the educational community values
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In Search of Excellence | A review of the elements and the book. | | | | | 8/30/2010 | | Thomas Friedman in his book “The World is Flat” outlines how the entire world is shrinking and become a close net ball replete with information highways transferring data‚ ideas and meaningful business information at a pace that was never imagined before. In the same way the concept of “speed” is conceptually driven in the mind of business leaders by Bill Gates in his famous book. Scores
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At InBev‚ a Gung-Ho Culture Rules American Icon Anheuser‚ A Potential Target‚ Faces Prospect of Big Changes By MATT MOFFETT May 28‚ 2008; Page B1 Diadema‚ Brazil Brazilian-managed beverage giant InBev NV isn’t a household name in the U.S. now‚ but if it proceeds with its unsolicited bid for Anheuser-Busch Cos.‚ its high-octane corporate culture could easily overwhelm the iconic U.S. brewer. |[pic] | |Bloomberg News/Landov
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Pursuit of Excellence | Abstract: Whether you are an athlete‚ a teacher‚ or a promising high achiever in another walk of life‚ you can achieve excellence. At a time when numbers speak‚ performance is equal to profit and getting through the basic minimum at work is the standard practice‚ does the urge to set benchmarks of quality and excellence become redundant? How many of us go through life simply trying to fulfill the basics and how many set out to achieve true excellence? Steve Jobs
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Connected Real Estate Essays from innovators in real estate‚ design‚ and construction Edited by Kevin O’Donnell and Wolfgang Wagener Essays from innovators in real estate‚ design‚ and construction Edited by Kevin O’Donnell and Wolfgang Wagener Terry Hill Chris Luebkeman ARUP Mark Nicholls BANK OF AMERICA Zhu Yan BEIJING MUNICIPAL OFFICE OF INFORMATIZATION James J. Whalen BOSTON PROPERTIES Volker Hartkopf Vivian Loftness CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY A pivotal feature of
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gov.sg CONTENTS 1 Foreword 2 The Business Excellence Journey in Singapore 7 Management of the Business Excellence Awards 9 About the Business Excellence Framework 21 Criteria for Business Excellence 39 Scoring System 43 Criteria Response Guidelines 45 Glossary of Key Terms 49 Business Excellence Milestones 51 SQA Governing Council 52 SQA Management Committee FOREWORD THE BUSINESS EXCELLENCE JOURNEY IN SINGAPORE Whether an organisation is from the public or private sector‚ manufacturing
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