May-funel989 STRATEGIC INTENT by Gary Hamel and C.K. Prahalad "oday managers in many industries are working hard to match the competitive advantages of their new global rivals. They are moving manufacturing offshore in search of lower labor costs‚ rationalizing product lines to capture global scale economies‚ instituting quality circles and justin-time production‚ and adopting Japanese human resource practices. When competitiveness still seems out of reach‚ they form strategic alliances-often
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your shoes had worn out on the long march to the valley. Then having to build 16 by 14 huts with a door at the end‚ a stick and clay fireplace at the other‚ and no windows‚ now living in the cold‚ damp‚ and crowded log cabins allowed disease and sickness to spread quickly throughout the camp. In December a week before christmas‚ George Washington and his troops arrived in Valley Forge in the year of 1777‚ there are about 18 miles northwest of Valley Forge to Philadelphia. The main idea of the quote
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No battle was fought at Valley Forge‚ yet it was the turning point in the Revolutionary War because it gave the army a backbone‚ made the soldiers stronger for upcoming battles‚ and helped them win alliance with the French. It was here that the Continental Army was hopelessly drenched. After the battles they had fought‚ Valley Forge gave them another reason to give up. They arrived bloody‚ beaten‚ and war-torn. What would you expect from an army who went through these difficulties and yet‚ life
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simplicity and catchy acronym perpetuates its usage in business and beyond as the tool is used to assess alternatives and complex decision situations. In the business arena the grouping of internal and external issues is a frequent starting point for strategic planning. It can be constructed quickly and can benefit from multiple viewpoints as a brainstorming exercise. Typically‚ managers first consider internal strengths and weaknesses (at the top row of the 2 × 2 grid) which can include image‚ structure
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Valley Forge: Would you Quit? It’s like Thomas Paine said‚ “These are the times that try men’s souls.” (Paine 153) This is Valley Forge. It’s the middle of the Revolutionary War. Me‚ along with 12‚000 other soldiers are at Valley Forge. So far‚ there are a lot of bad of living conditions. The weather is too cold to bare and most of us don’t have shoes and are lacking in clothing. Twelve men share a room in a hut and there is bad ventilation. I don’t know if I should re-enlist or quit. For me
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formulate and implement strategic plans to achieve long-term sustainable competitive advantage‚ meet the needs of consumers and satisfy stakeholder’s expectations (Johnson‚ Scholes and Whittington 2004). Before formulating a strategy‚ an organization has to gauge its current position in the market using strategic analysis. This involves the use of internal and external analysis tools to gain both an inside view of an organization and the macro environment. Internal analysis tools are used to identify
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“Uncanny valley” refers to the range where human beings are comfortable with human-like objects. If an object is too similar to us without exactly replicating our behavior‚ the object falls into called uncanny valley and rather than expressing empathy‚ we are repulsed when looking at the object. This theory was first applied to the robotics industry‚ but has since been applied to many other fields. Various studies have proven that when objects‚ such as robots‚ fall into uncanny valley‚ we are disgusted
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Currently‚ the water in California is being distributed by a series of tunnels running from the north to the south. These tunnels include the Central Valley Project (CVP)‚ a Federal Government managed project‚ and California’s own State Water Project (SWP). The two make up “vast interconnected hydraulic machines that push melted snow from dams in the Sierras‚ through the Delta‚ to massive pumps that fill the aqueducts traversing the state‚” to become what is essentially the southern region of the
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The Uncanny Valley is an idea that Masahiro Mori‚ it describes how someone would react both emotionally and psychologically to robots depending how the resemblance of the robot is to that of a human. This idea states that before an android reaches a level that is indistinguishable from a human‚ it will give us a feeling of uncertainty‚ thus this android that is in this part of the spectrum will make us feel uncomfortable. In addition‚ in the article “Almost Human” published in the Smithsonian Angela
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Strategic Planning Process – Case Analysis The Strategic Planning Process: The Strategic Planning Process involves numerous steps in evaluating the effectiveness of a firm’s performance relative to its competitors. To assess each of the components of a business‚ selected evaluative tools must be used. The tools are meant to serve as guidelines and not specific decision points. Management must decide upon the most appropriate pathway for the firm to follow given the input from both the
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