about being true to yourself‚ your ideas‚ and focusing on the essentials to achieve your ultimate goal. Branson had a high internal locus of control means higher job satisfaction‚ and a preference for participative management. He began building his entrepreneurial empire in his teenage years. At age 17‚ being frustrated with the rules and regulations of schools and brimming with activism‚ Branson and a friend‚ Jonny Gems‚ started a magazine called Student. The magazine tied many schools together and
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Case Study: Sir Richard Branson: Global Leader in 2010 International success for an organization requires the expansion of the company into the global market for exposure and the goal of increasing profit margins. Strong leadership skills are an essential key in the success for a global company. Judgment‚ positive attitude and entrepreneurial thinking‚ and motivational incentives are additional keys that contribute to the success of an organization. The strategic leadership ways and personality
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Subject: Differences between Richard Branson and Vijay Mallya Analytical Summary This report analyses the differences between the leadership of Virgin Group’s Founder Richard Branson and UB Group’s Chairman Vijay Mallya. The two leaders operate in a wide range of industries‚ and live very public lifestyles‚ promoting both themselves and their companies through their activities. This is done with a view to determine which leadership style is better suited to the environment they are operating in
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Background of VIRGIN In 1968 a guy named Richard Branson started the Student magazine and that was the starting of his revolutionary business career and from that time Branson did not have to look back ever. Now today Branson has the huge size of his business which is VIRGIN BUSINESS GROUP. This group owns more than 200 companies. “Branson” and “VIRGIN” is now a symbol of a famous brand all over the world. VIRGIN group holds a pretty number of companies. Most popular VIRGIN companies are VIRGIN Money
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1. Describe the culture of Virgin group by seven dimensions of organization culture? Every company and organization whatever government or non-government are having their unique organization culture. So what is organization culture? ‘Organization culture has been described as the shared values‚ principles‚ traditions‚ and ways of doing things that influence the way organizational members act‚ and there are seven dimensions – attention to detail‚ outcome orientation‚ people orientation‚ team
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Yet‚ Branson finds the interactivity with the work itself the most important thing about his success. “My definition of success? The more you’re actively and practically engaged‚ the more successful you will feel.” -- Richard Branson Sara Blakely‚ the world’s youngest self-made billionaire‚ believes that failure is a part of success‚ that one must
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1 Virgin Group’s mission and values The Virgin group comprises is composed by over 200 companies with more than 25‚000 employees worldwide. It has revenues of about 7 billion‚ and has become one of the world’s top 50 brands. Although there is no official mission‚ we can infer that by the company statements throughout the years: Be the shopper victor‚ by delivering brand values‚ which are: value for currency‚ superior quality‚ dazzling customer
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DIVERSIFICATION The Virgin Group covers a wide range of industries But keeping the brand name in all of them is not a good strategy. This is because the brand Virgin originally stood for a particular set of products/services with its own brand image. But when it affixed it to every possible product/service that wasn’t necessarily related to the original product/service‚ it lost its value. The brand lost its brand image that it cannot deliver one particular message to its consumers as the products/services
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Virgin Mobile has strategically shaped its marketing mix to appropriately target the younger demographic. First‚ lets look at it’s the product element. The younger demographic is more open to new things like text messaging‚ downloading information from their phones‚ ring tones‚ faceplates‚ graphics‚ having access to popular entertainment on their phone‚ etc. For younger people‚ phones are less of a tool and more of a fashion accessory or personal statement. To appeal to these needs‚ Virgin Mobile
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SUPERBRANDS ANNUAL 2011 SuperbrandsDigital.com virgin.com VIRGIN Virgin Holidays achieved unprecedented success in 2010 with a record 13 trophies at the British Travel Awards including the Gold Award for Large Holiday Company of the Year. It was also voted Long Haul Operator of the Year at the Travel Trade Gazette Awards and topped the tourism category in the 2010 UK Customer Services Index. Virgin is known for applying its brand values across many sectors‚ making it arguably one of
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