report this week argues. At first companies set up overseas sales offices‚ to watch over the export of goods made at home. Then they built small foreign replicas of the mother ship‚ to cater to local demand. Today the goal is to create what Sam Palmisano‚ the boss of IBM‚ calls the “globally integrated enterprise”—a single firm in which work is sourced wherever it is most efficient. For business leaders‚ building a firm that is seamlessly integrated across time zones and cultures presents daunting
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such luminaries as Arianna Huffington there. Sundance held a screening of the movie Strange Culture simultaneously in the real world and in Second Life. The British Broadcasting Corporation broadcast a pop concert within Second Life. IBM CEO Sam Palmisano and 300 of his executives hold global virtual reality business meetings there - "I’ll have my avatar call your avatar" - and serious political candidates
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M. 1989. Organizational frame bending: Principles for managing reorientation. Academy of Management Executive‚ 3(3): 194-204. Bert Lance‚ May 1977. Nation ’s Business magazine. Leading change when business is good: An interview with IBM ’s Sam Palmisano by Paul Hemp in Harvard Business Review‚ December 2004. Bob Waterman‚ Tom Peters‚ and Julien Phillips‚ June 1980. Structure Is Not Organization article in Business Horizons. Donald Sull‚ February 2009. How to survive in turbulent markets article
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Chapter 2 1. (a) Using Medtronic as an example‚ explain how a mission statement gives a strategic direction. (b) Create a mission statement for your own career. Answer: (a) A mission statement gives strategic direction by stating the “what” and “how” of a business in a clear‚ concise‚ meaningful‚ inspirational‚ statement that will continue to be relevant in the long-term. Medtronic’s mission statement identifies its customers‚ market‚ products and technology. They stated the business
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for Students. Vol 5. Detroit: The Gale Group‚ 1999. Print. Shuman‚ R. Baird. “Tim O’Brien.” Great American Writers Twentieth Century. Vol 8. New York: Marshall Cavendish‚ 2002. Print. “The Things They Carried.” Short Story Criticism. Ed. Joseph Palmisano. Vol. 74. Gale‚ 2005. Literature Resource Center. Web. 23. Apr. 2012. Toutonghi‚ Pauls. “Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried.” The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature. Ed. Jay Parini. Vol 3. New York: Oxford University Press‚ 2004. Print
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[pic] By XYZ INTRODUCTION International Business Machines‚ abbreviated IBM and nicknamed "Big Blue"‚ is a multinational computer technology and IT consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk‚ New York‚ United States. The company is one of the few information technology companies with a continuous history dating back to the 19th century. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software (with a focus on the latter)‚ and offers infrastructure
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Millennium Tower (Abuja) From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Millennium Tower | A render of the Millennium Tower at night | General information | Status | Under construction | Type | Mixed-Use | Location | Abuja‚ Nigeria | Construction started | 2006 | Estimated completion | 2011 | Cost | ₦53 billion | Height | Antenna spire | 170 m (560 ft) | Roof | 111 m (364 ft) | Top floor | 106 m (348 ft) | Technical details | Lifts/elevators |
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CHAPTER ENTITLED: FRAMEWORK FOR GLOBAL TALENT MANAGEMENT: HR ACTIONS FOR DEALING WITH GLOBAL TALENT CHALLENGES Randall S. Schuler‚ Susan E. Jackson Rutgers University and Lorange Institute of Business Zurich and Ibraiz Tarique Pace University Source: To appear in H. Scullion and D. Collings (eds.)‚ Global Talent Management (London: Routledge‚ 2010). © Randall S. Schuler‚ Susan E. Jackson and Ibraiz Tarique. The authors wish to express thanks for preparatory comments and suggestions to Clemens
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Joanna Lewis Dr. Kelly Nicholson HRM 560 – Managing Organizational change July 15‚ 2014 This assignment is to first‚ read the “Stories of Change” section in Chapter 1 of the textbook; Managing organizational change: A multiple perspectives approach (2nd ed.) by Ian Palmer‚ Richard Dunford‚ and Gib Akin (2009). The stories describe how companies such as Hewlett Packard‚ IBM‚ Kodak‚ and McDonald’s have addressed significant changes within their organizations. What follows will be a review that
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