Operational Effectiveness Is Not Strategy For almost two decades‚ managers have been learning to play by a new set of rules. Companies must be flexible to respond rapidly to competitive and market changes. They must benchmark continuously to achieve best practices. They must outsource aggressively to gain efficiencies. And they must nurture a few core competencies in the race to stay ahead of rivals. Positioning-once the heart of strategy-is rejected as too static for today’s dynamic
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What You Pawn I Will Redeem I found Sherman Alexie’s “What You Pawn I Will Redeem” particularly interesting in terms of style and voice. The narrator seems very nonchalant about all of the events that occur in the story. The main premise is that the narrator‚ Jackson‚ a homeless Native American‚ finds his grandmother’s regalia in a pawnshop and aims to buy it back from the owner. He can buy the regalia back for a thousand dollars‚ so he sets off to try and make the money. The interesting thing
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small talk between the couples about her. One thing that made her uncomfortable is the question “What are you‚ anyway?” where at first‚ she cannot hardly understand the meaning but what she only knew was its connotation is something unpleasant. However‚ the couple continued asking her about her race and the saddest part is when they asked her about the color of her dad and mom and compare it to the color would she put in the coloring book referring to that of her dad and mom’s color. They started to baffle
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Bullying: What Can You Do? Bullying in America used to be a rite of passage for kids of all ages‚ something that everyone went through‚ and survived‚ coming out none the worse in the end. I remember going through it. It wasn’t easy‚ and I had to endure quite a bit of it because of what I looked like‚ even as a seemingly regular kid. But I survived‚ nonetheless‚ and came out better for it‚ more empathetic‚ and more sensitive to the needs of those around me who may not have been able to find
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Readiness Page 2 of 10 Physical Readiness When you drive‚ you get information from all of your senses. You see‚ hear‚ smell and feel the motion of the vehicle - all of this input helps you to be aware of your driving environment‚ to predict what might happen‚ and to assess how to react. This information is processed by your brain and keeps you aware of changing situations. Sensory input helps your brain understand and decide when to accelerate‚ steer or brake. You also need to be in general good health with
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were shop stalls which used to sell bread ‚ sausages and wine(howstuffworks.com). Radley Balko states in his article “What you eat is your business?”‚ “We’re becoming less responsible for our own health‚ and more responsible for everyone else’s. Your heart attack drives up the cost of my premiums and office visits. And if the government is paying for my anti-cholesterol medication‚ what incentive is there for me to put down the cheeseburger?”(Cato.org). It says that fastfood is a problem and will continue
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IKEA has cut the prices of nearly 300 products since September 2012. The price of a hot product‚ Skubb boxes‚ was cut to 29.9 yuan from 49 yuan. The president of Ikea China ( retail business ) Jillian said : " The advantage we have is that we can control all the links in the supply chain‚ and reduce the cost of each link effectively so that it runs in the entire process from product design to ( shape‚ material and so on )‚ select the OEM manufacturer management‚ logistics design and mall management
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What You Can Do to Control Ebola Ebola is now talked about across the globe. The fever and severe internal bleeding that are due to the disease are not only fatal‚ but there is also no complete or known cure at this time. Also‚ the disease is highly contagious as Ebola has not become contained‚ so this continues to alarm people around the world. Yet at a more personal level‚ the urgency of learning what to do about the control of Ebola and how to not become infected are all key to staying safe
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What does hospitality mean to you? As once noted by Henri J.M. Nouwen‚ “Hospitality means primarily the creation of free space where the stranger can enter and become a friend instead of an enemy. Hospitality is not to change people‚ but to offer them space where change can take place.” In my opinion‚ hospitality represents kindness in welcoming guests or strangers. It isn’t about judging who is good or who is bad‚ it is about accepting people for who they are and being caring as well as respectful
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What do you think is unethical? The countrywide approved everyone to get their loans‚ no matter they have jobs or not‚ no matter they have income or not‚ no matter they have assets or not. The criteria they use may be unethical. They don’t care whether the documents are valid‚ whether they can verify the income‚ whether the appraisal is any good. They just care about getting the loan closed‚ in order to do another loan. The underwriters/ contractors looked through the loan as quick as they can.
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