Organizations develop strategies to gain a competitive advantage. One way an organization establishes competitive advantage is through the use and development of core competencies. Core competencies are the value created activities that allows a company to achieve efficiency‚ quality‚ innovation‚ or customer responsiveness (Jones‚ 2010). Two specific core competencies that give an organization a competitive advantage are functional and organizational resources. Functional resources are simply the skills
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Sexual Orientation and Identity Sexual orientation and identity are predominant constituents of human personality. In fact‚ it is impossible to think about personality as independent of sexual characteristics. This is because the personality of an individual is largely determined by gender and sexual orientation‚ as well as what that individual regards as appropriate behavior in terms of gender. There are certain sexual aspects that determine an individual’s sexuality. These are: Sexual
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expectations in new firms‚ they can be a good employee for the successful performance of the firms. Many new employees have trouble in the beginning step of their work. Orientation programs help that new employees successfully fit into new positions. Therefore‚ when new employees clearly understand their jobs in good orientation programs‚ firms expect the success of their business to increase higher productivity and profits. Firms spend much time‚ money‚ and efforts to hire the best matched employees
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At the present pace of advancement‚ we are over 100 years from sexual orientation balance in the C-suite. On the off chance that NASA dispatched a man into space today‚ she could take off past Mars‚ make a trip the distance to Pluto and come back to Earth 10 times before women possess half of C-suite workplaces. It is unfortunate to discover that we are that far away from men today in corporate America when it comes to advancement. As of today‚ men are discharging women in the workplace‚ which lead
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Market-Orientation During the past decade‚ market orientation has received considerable attention from both academics and practitioners. This trend reflects both a long standing neglect of construct‚ (Webster‚1988‚ Kohli and Jaworski 1990) and a widespread acceptance of its importance (Houston‚ 1986‚ Webster‚1988‚ Kohli and Jaworski 1990). Building on the initial research by inter alia Kohli and Jaworski (1990)‚ Narver and Slater (1990) Deshpande et al (1993) significant progress has been made in
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Importance of Core Values The core values of a person are characteristics that define that person. Everyone should know clearly what are their core values and why they have it. The values of a person are formed throughout his life and suffer external influences from family‚ friends‚ teachers and the society in which that individual grew. The core values of people show who they really are and guide their choices throughout their lives. As Gandhi once said: “Your beliefs become your
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study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the West Visayas State University Freshmen Orientation Program as perceived by the freshmen students enrolled in all the baccalaureate programs at West Visayas State University- Main Campus for the first semester of school year 2011-2012. Specifically‚ this study aimed to answer the following questions: 1. What is the level of effectiveness of Freshmen Orientation Program as perceived by incoming first year students for S.Y. 2011-2012 as an entire group
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The LGBT population in the workplace is growing and the percentage shows from research in the journal article Sexual Orientation Discrimination in the Workplace: A Systematic Review of Literature “the ratio of GLBT employees to the entire workforce is between 3% and 12% in the US. Between 5% and 7% of the total UK population is GLB (Colgan‚ Creegan‚ McKearney‚ & Wright‚ 2007‚ p.591). With the LGBT population on the rise they face higher challenges
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Orientation Project Description: In this project‚ you will format WordArt‚ add and format shapes‚ and work with graphics‚ such as clip art and photographs. Instructions: For the purpose of grading of the project you are required to perform the following tasks: Step | Instructions | Points Possible | 1 | Start PowerPoint. Download and open the file named GO_p02_Grader_EOC.pptx. | 0 | 2 | On Slide 1‚ apply the WordArt style Fill - White‚ Outline - Accent 1 to the title‚ WELCOME
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497 Individual Assignment - FASB System Orientation Week 1 Individual Assignment FASB Codification System Orientation Paper Name ACC 497 Date Instructor ------------------------------------------------- Feedback from Instructor (Published: Mon 11/12/2012 07:00 AM MST) ------------------------------------------------- Earned Points: 5/5 ------------------------------------------------- Comments: GREAT JOB FASB Codification System Orientation Paper The purpose of this paper is
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