656-665. Organizational Culture: Can It Be a Source of Sustained Competitive Advantage? JAY B. BARNEY University of California‚ Los Angeles Three attributes that a iirm ’s culture must have to generate sustained competitive advantages are isolated. Previous iindings suggest that the cultures oí some iirms have these attributes; thus‚ these cultures are a source oí such advantages. The normative implications oí the analysis are discussed. Firms that do not have the required cultures cannot engage in activities
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From the show ’s introduction in December 2005‚ NBC has had tremendous success with the game show Deal or No Deal. The game show‚ which was created in the Netherlands‚ pits acontestant against the mysterious banker. The contestant is trying for the case with $1 million‚while the banker ’s stated goal is to get the contestant to go home with as little money as possible while also trying to keep the game going for as long as possible. Deal or No Deal is a unique game show in that it takes virtually
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MEASURING PERCEIVED SERVICE QUALITY A Case Study of the Croatian Hotel Industry INTRODUCTION Hotel industry highly competitive Service is important for gaining a sustainable competitive advantage in the marketplace Nature of Service • Multi-dimensional • Hard to measure BACKGROUND Perceived Service Quality • The extent to which a firm successfully serves the purpose of customers (Zeithaml‚ Parasuraman and Berry 1990). • Important attributes: • Cleanliness‚ security
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and engineers such as Vitruvius‚ a Roman writer‚ architect and engineer‚ Christopher Wren‚ Thomas Telford and Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Though it has been used before‚ organizations started to apply systematically the project management tools and techniques to complex project in the 1950s. No matter what the size of the organization is‚ there is always a need to have project management that is involved in new endeavors such as the development of a new product or service; establishment of a new production
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How Information Flows in an Organization XXXXX XXXXXX CIS/207 12/22/12 Dr. XXXXX XXXXXXXXX How Information Flows in an Organization Information flows all over the golf course industry‚ from e-mails of employee records and payroll‚ to chemical application records and weather data. Until I decided to further my education and pursue a degree in information technology I always took for granted what happens when someone hits the send button. I am employed by a golf course management company;
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How to Deal with Difficult People at Work Interpersonal relationships can influence consistently the effectiveness of work and well-being of employees as well as their psychological state. However‚ often the problem of the formation of positive interpersonal relationships arises‚ especially when there are some difficult people within an organization‚ who ignore interests and needs of other employees. In fact‚ it is possible to find such difficult people practically in any organization. Many employs
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How important is it to implement Ethics and CSR for managers of today’s organization? How does ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility affect the management of today’s organizations? Abstract This article describes the importance of ethics and corporate social responsibility for managers of today’s companies and the effect it can have. In the beginning the discussion starts with the definition of organizational culture and goes then to the part of ethics and corporate social responsibility
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essentially put most Americans under a “consumer” bracket of socio-economic status. This meant that the people could now largely share the same interests and luxuries which allowed them to create a common culture per se. Consequently‚ the nineteen twenties represented a huge shift in American culture‚ hence why this period is commonly known as the “Roaring Twenties.” This new phenomena was exemplified through the changing role of women‚ speakeasies and jazz‚ and the change of common American thought
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Introduction Enron provided the perfect example of how mismanagement and greed‚ culminating in an unethical business environment‚ can result in the collapse of a seemingly secure organisation (Wang & Murnighan‚ 2001: 279-280). This paper will illustrate how the cultivation of an organisation’s ethos is often vastly dependent on the examples set by top management. Therefore‚ in order to foster an ethical culture successfully‚ the conduct of these members is key. Through the use of Schein’s primary
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Although the case emphasizes on how the employees would resist to changes such as performing multifunction duties due to their power which was indicated in their contract in the union‚ the way the management team wouldn’t modernize their operation is also an indication on how they are not embracing change in the organization. 2. The presence of the culture of nepotism in the organization. B. Micro 1. The management team primarily the operations manager‚ Allen Yates‚ has no conviction over
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