(2009). Successful project management (4th ed.). Mason: Thomson/South-Western. Project Management Institute (2008). A guide to the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK@ Guide) (3rd ed.). Newton Square‚ PA: Author. Coman‚ A. & Ronen‚ B. (2010). Icarus’ predicament: Managing the pathologies of overspecification and overdesign. International Journal of Project Management 28 pp. 237–244. Fabac‚ J. (2006). Project management for systematic training. Advances in Developing Human Resources 2006; (8)
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Komatsu Case Study Contents Executive Summary 2 Evolution and Strategic Drivers of Komatsu (EME) 3 Organizational Culture 4 Five-Force Analysis: The EME Industry: 5 SWOT Analysis 8 Resource Based Competitive Advantage 8 Financials & Future Course 9 Company on The Right Path 11 References 12 Executive Summary Komatsu‚ the Japan based earth moving equipment taking on Caterpillar manufacturer has been studied by management students around the globe for years now. This story
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Introduction Twenty-five percent of the world’s prison population‚ 2.5 million people‚ are held in American penal institutions. (ACLU‚ 2008). Sixty percent of those incarcerated are racial and ethnic minorities. These figures mean that 2.3% of all African Americans are incarcerated. The percentage of whites admitted to prison is 0.4% of whites and Hispanics‚ 0.7%. (Associated Press‚ 2007; Bonczar‚ 2003; Mauer & King‚ 2007; ACLU‚ 2008; Bridges & Sheen‚ 1998;). One of the primary contributors
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Lovingly dedicated to: my son Daniel‚ my mother Pauline and my father Bill. Earths Forbidden History Part One Searching for the Past By Maxwell Igan Authors Note The main goal of this book is to provide information to people‚ much of it that is sometimes quite well hidden. It is my sincere hope that everyone who reads this work will be inspired to question things; and to search out these‚ and other new truths and discoveries for themselves. When I first started this
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STEVE JOBS BY WALTER ISAACSON Dear all dignitaries and peers present here‚ Welcome to this hall‚ where we are all presented with the rarest opportunity on hearing about various respected and popular members of this world. On given an opportunity‚ I wondered what should be the theme of my speech. Should I go for the Nobel laureates or the most popular figurines or people who changed this world? Nobel laureates are historic‚ and popular people as noted are already quite popular. So‚ let’s hear about
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CHAPTER 4 Leadership Gill Christy LEARNING OUTCOMES After reading this chapter‚ you should be able to: l l understand the similarities and differences between management and leadership explain the characteristics of the various theoretical frameworks that have been developed for the study of leadership l relate those frameworks to examples within organisations l assess the importance of leadership and management to organisational performance. i n t r o d uction This
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the strategies that the company pursues; however‚ is critical to realize that the strategies a company adopts can build brand new resources. There are three main reasons for failure over time‚ which are inertia‚ prior strategic commitments‚ and the Icarus paradox: The first one is related to the problematic situation changing their strategies for new and fresh ones‚ even more‚ to adapt the whole company or vision of the company‚ to the new competitive and environmental conditions; the second one is
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Global Environmental Change 22 (2012) 391–398 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Global Environmental Change journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/gloenvcha Vulnerability conditions and risk representations in Latin-America: Framing the territorializing urban risk Julien Rebotier * ˆtiment IRSAM – SET‚ 64000 Pau‚ France CNRS – UMR 5603‚ Domaine Universitaire‚ Ba A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Article history: Received 24 December 2010 Received in
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Eye Gaze Communication Boards [pic] Introduction In many cases individuals are unable to communicate with others directly by using oral language‚ hands‚ or other body parts. Because of technology and innovation‚ this population now has the option of utilizing an eye gaze communication system in which a person ’s direct stare can provide a particular selection. With the help of an eye gaze board‚ people whose communication abilities are impaired can still express what they are feeling or
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Introduction Tōkōkyohi (登校拒否) has become an increasingly prominent issue in Japan since the 1980s. Official figures showed that there were 84‚026‚ or 1.9% of Japanese middle school students suffering from tōkōkyohi in 1997 . However‚ tōkōkyohi‚ which is classified as form of “school non-attendance”‚ does not appear to be a problem that is unique to Japan. A similar form of “school non-attendance” affects less than 1% of the student population in Britain‚ which has the situation under control
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