“The Role of Lean Management Methodologies in Developing Sustainable Organizational Excellence” The role of lean management methodologies in developing sustainable organizational excellence is quickly becoming one of the hottest topics in sustainable business. Lean builds long-term customer loyalty‚ lean methods eliminate all forms of waste in business processes‚ and organizational performance is dramatically improved in the long run. Building long-term customer loyalty is the primary focus of
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The Impact of Personal Commitment to Service Excellence on Leader Effectiveness Lauren DiStefano Taylor University of Texas at Arlington The Impact of Personal Commitment to Service Excellence on Leader Effectiveness In today’s highly competitive marketplace many firms broadcast their service excellence as a way to separate themselves from the competition. In service oriented industries‚ service excellence can be noted as being the number one most important factor to achieve success.
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The International Review of Mathematical Sciences 2010 (IRMS 2010) stated that "UK researchers represent excellence in continuous‚ stochastic and combinatorial optimisation... in particular‚ UK work on hyper-heuristic methods is world-leading and has had a significant impact." The mathematical aspects of operational research have received significant support from EPSRC in recent years. The LANCS Initiative‚ a Science and Innovation award‚ has led to increased capacity at the four universities
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million members. It offers “health plans for families‚ children‚ the aged and disabled‚ and provides prescription drug plans” (WellCare‚ 2014). Wellcare employs over 5‚000 employees (SWOT Analysis‚ 2014). This paper will outline strategic and operational plans for WellCare‚ describe how these plans will achieve the goals‚ and pinpoint the effect of planning decisions on the internal and external stakeholders identified. “Strategic plans are important because they provide principals‚ managers
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Effectiveness of the Leadership Operational Team Ajibola Omisore Strayer University Dr‚ Browder Coates BUS 520 December 1‚ 2012 Describe Branson’s leadership style in terms of the leadership models addressed chapter ten and eleven. Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is an English business entrepreneur. The man is best recognized for his Virgin Group. Branson has more than four hundred companies; at age sixteen he started his first business adventure. It was a magazine called “Student." Since
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The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0955-534X.htm EBR 19‚3 E-marketing and SMEs: operational lessons for the future 234 School of Marketing‚ Entrepreneurship and Strategy‚ University of Ulster‚ Jordanstown‚ UK Audrey Gilmore Damian Gallagher The School of Management and Business‚ The University of Wales‚ Aberystwyth‚ UK‚ and Scott Henry School of Marketing‚ Entrepreneurship and Strategy‚ University of Ulster‚ Jordanstown
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SCENARIO ANALYSIS FOR BASEL II OPERATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT 1 Introduction: Scenario Analysis for Potential Catastrophic Losses 1 2 Addressing Operational Risk 3 3 Scenario Analysis in a Risk Measurement Framework 5 4 Scenario Analysis in a Risk Management Framework 6 5 Achieving Risk Measurement and Management 6 6 Conclusion: Benefiting from Scenario Analysis 7 1 Introduction: Scenario Analysis for Potential Catastrophic Losses “Are you saying that you want us to figure out how to lose R50 million
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Nokia outlines new strategy‚ introduces new leadership‚ operational structure London‚ UK – Nokia today outlined its new strategic direction‚ including changes in leadership and operational structure to accelerate the company’s speed of execution in a dynamic competitive environment. Major elements of the new strategy include: - Plans for a broad strategic partnership with Microsoft to build a new global mobile ecosystem; Windows Phone would serve as Nokia’s primary smartphone platform. - A
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market‚ almost all of companies need to face the currency risk. In order to manage the currency risk‚ companies will use different hedging techniques‚ such as financial and operational hedging techniques. For example‚ money market‚ futures contracts‚ options and forwards contracts are commonly used by firms‚ as well as operational hedging techniques. All of 4 types of financial hedging techniques are short-term hedge. Money market is a part of financial markets for assets involved in short-term borrowing
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Information Resources Management Journal‚ 19(2)‚ 18-36‚ April-June 2006 This paper appears in the publication‚ Information Resources Management Journal‚ Volume 19‚ Issue 2 edited by Mehdi Khosrow-Pour © 2006‚ Idea Group Inc. ITJ3122 Improvement in Operational Efficiency Due to ERP Systems Implementation: Truth or Myth? Vijay K. Vemuri‚ Long Island University‚ USA Shailendra C. Palvia‚ Long Island University‚ USA ABSTRACT ERP systems are expected to provide many benefits‚ including improved business
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