technologies used by them to get a competitive advantage. ABSTRACT We have ConocoPhillips as our project firm of Knowledge Management. We learnt a lot about the importance of Knowledge sharing in today’s firms. The company continues to make tremendous progress toward its vision of creating a work place where employees continually deliver additional value through global collaboration and expertise sharing. At ConocoPhillips‚ support for sharing comes from the executive level and cascades downward
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accepting the early retiring package or deciding to continue to work for another 5 years and assist with the restructing plan to reduce costs. There are some questions for the early retirement package as well as some questions around organization restructuring strategy. Throughout this paper‚ the discussion focuses on a perceived discussion that needs to take place between myself and Executive Vice President of operations. Before I can accept the early retirement program there some questions regarding
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To what extent does restructuring transform corporate market and financial performance? Discuss using an extended example Restructuring is effective way to change terrible company situation. It is related to enterprises development and control‚ which have an obviously effect on companies form of business‚ scope and methods implement plan. Moreover‚ it is refers to corporate market and performance. Therefore‚ a company restricting would contribute a new organization‚ which will change a numerous
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Introduction Companies that faced a decrease in sales‚ market share‚ or profits in the 1980s and early 1990s began to realize that their human resources were expensive and underutilized. To become more competitive‚ companies made strategic decision to gradually lower their payroll numbers. (Anthony‚ Kacmar & Perrewe al‚ 2002:434) Downsizing has become a critical issue around the world. Downsizing and mass lay-offs are happening not only on US companies but also organizations in the entire industrial
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Cannella‚ A‚‚ W‚ Shen‚ (2001)‚ “So close and yet so far: Promotion versus exit for CEO heirs apparent”‚ Acad. Management J. 44‚ 252-271 15 16. Cascio‚ W. F. (2002). “Strategies for responsible restructuring”. Academy of Management Executive‚ 16(3)‚ 80_91. 17. Cascio‚ W‚ F‚ (2002)‚ “Responsible Restructuring: Creative and Profitable Alternatives to Layoffs”. Berrett-Koehler‚ San Fransisco‚ CA 18 19. Charness‚ G‚‚ D‚ I‚ Levine‚ (2000)‚ “When are layoffs acceptable? Evidence from a quasi-experiment”
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decline. Strategic Turnaround The focus is on adjusting the strategic focus of the business in terms of its Product/Market profile and halt the decline. Cost Reduction Strategies Asset Reduction Strategies Financial Restructuring Strategies Management and Cultural Change Strategies Revenue Increasing Strategies Product/Market Redefinition Strategies Turnaround • Restructure • Restructure is a course before failure to avoid failure An unsuccessful restructure may
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"Office Space” This movie was pretty funny and had some slow moments as well. This movie shows us what it’s like to work for a company that starts to have problems within. This movie shows us how people feel working for a company everyday and not enjoying your job. The main character talks about how working at Initech is the worst day of his life and that the next day is worker that the day before. It also shows us what can happen when you push an employee to the end. Initech brings in efficiency
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Name: Ravindra Saini Section: E 1. Do you think it was ethical on JOSH’s part to eliminate the entire distribution structure without passing on the benefits to Seth Dhaniram? In my opinion it was not ethical on JOSH’s part to eliminate the distributors from the chain without passing the benefits to Seth Dhaniram. The main diplomatic reason which could have been explained by JOSH to make the decision of removing the distributors may be: * Increasing the efficiency of the supply chain in
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different in the areas of Restructuring‚ Organizational mission‚ Fiscal policies‚ Competition‚ Economy‚ Customer demands‚ and Globalization. Restructuring In team B’s organizations‚ two of the companies produce products consumers use constantly and the other three organizations offer more of services to customers. All five organizations Advanced Radiology‚ AT & T‚ Estee Lauder‚ Bel Lago and Mount Vernon Mills in some ways have the same internal forces of restructuring because continually have
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Alternatives to Layoffs Layoffs‚ a short term fix‚ detrimental to the company‚ should be the last resort Layoffs are done to save money. Unfortunately‚ they are usually a short term fix‚ detrimental to the company. So why do so many companies persist in using layoffs as a first choice for cutting costs‚ and what are some of the alternatives. Sometimes things don’t work out as forecast. Clients delay purchases. Suppliers raise prices. Competitors steal market share. Quarterly‚ at least in
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