Organizational culture and national culture: The case of multinational companies: ZARA (outline) Defining concepts: What is organizational culture? A system of shared meaning held by members that distinguishes the organization from other organizations. (Organizational Behavior‚ p.546) Do organizations have uniform cultures? (Ibid‚ p.548) Dominant culture and subculture How the culture of a country influences the culture of a business? Geert Hofstede identifies four cultural dimensions
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those changes to the other department‚ there can be confusion‚ frustration and anger. Without effective interdepartmental communication‚ a company can end up in chaos‚ with a lack of motivation among employees and an absence of trust and respect between departments. Types Oral communication is often carried out between departmental leaders via the phone‚ video conferencing and one-on-one meetings. Written communications are commonly seen interdepartmentally in the form of emails and memos
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Constructive alignment and the Deep and Surface approaches to Learning Dr Rika Van Schoor Due Date : 16th March 2012 TITLE: Life Long Learning through Constructive Alignment In responding to the assignment question‚ I have considered and reflected on my approaches to teaching‚ facilitating and learning in the context of constructivism and constructive alignment. Therefore the assignment is structured broadly as follows: I provide a definition of constructivism and contructive alignment based
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product that is in the maturity phase of the PLC. The maturity phase is characterized by increase competition‚ established brand recognition and slowing sales growth. In this phase product differentiation and market dominance become more critical (Anderson & Zeithaml‚ 1984). Brand equity is a set of brand assets and liabilities linked to a brand‚ its name‚ and symbol that add or subtract from the value provided by a product (Cravens‚ 1997). When a product reaches its maturity phase‚ a company is still
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Information Systems – Business Alignment The business sector is a highly dynamic sector; new technology‚ mergers‚ acquisitions and regulatory changes are just few activities that make the business sector a constantly changing environment. The key factor to a functioning company is the deployment of an efficient information technology system‚ supporting; business strategies‚ goals‚ and needs of the organisation. Society for information management ranked IS – business alignment as number one concern on
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In addition‚ it requires increased investment in acquiring sophisticated equipment and technology and in recruiting and training staff to meet the new performance needs. According to Robinson & Brumbly (2005)‚ in order to achieve improvement in efficiency‚ effectiveness and equity‚ it is vital to create the right mix of quality staff‚ provide them with the necessary tools‚ equipment and technology as well as improve their general welfare by improving working environment and remuneration. Moreover
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Articulation and Alignment: Statistics in West Virginia Middle and High Schools Amanda M. Crorken University of Phoenix Articulation and Alignment: Statistics in West Virginia Middle and High Schools The implementation of the 2002 No Child Left Behind Act establishes a necessity of every state to ensure that there is proper vertical alignment of curriculum in every subject (Clarke‚ Stow‚ Ruebling & Kayona‚ 2006; DuFour‚ DuFour‚ & Eaker‚ 2008). With a national push to align standards
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3 Organizational Culture and Performance The concept of organizational culture has drawn attention to the long-neglected‚ subjective or ‘soft’ side of organizational life. However‚ many aspects of organizational culture have not received much attention. Instead‚ emphasis has been placed primarily on the cultural and symbolic aspects that are relevant in an instrumental/pragmatic context. The technical cognitive interest prevails. Culture then is treated as an object of management action. In this
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SIMULATION OPTIMIZATION: APPLICATIONS IN RISK MANAGEMENT[1] MARCO BETTER AND FRED GLOVER OptTek Systems‚ Inc.‚ 2241 17th Street‚ Boulder‚ Colorado 80302‚ USA {better‚ glover}@opttek.com GARY KOCHENBERGER University of Colorado Denver 1250 14th Street‚ Suite 215 Denver‚ Colorado 80202‚ USA Gary.kochenberger@cudenver.edu HAIBO WANG Texas A&M International University Laredo‚ TX 78041‚ USA hwang@tamiu.edu Simulation Optimization is providing solutions to
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Problem: Kikkoman Corporation has been growing for seventeen generations. The key market for corporation is Japan and it is very saturated and mature. The future challenge for company is to lower dependence from domestic market and diversify worldwide. Symptoms: - Market in Japan is mature and declining - Company’s US factories is the most effective outside the Japan - US market grows approx 10% annually - Asian foods are becoming more and more popular in the US food market Alternatives:
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