Mohamed Kane Project Part I Blackberry All around the world‚ the telecommunications industry has been one of fierce competition and great innovation. Many companies have expanded their line of services throughout the world and their scope of business surpasses expectations year in year out. One of the companies that have been in the mix of the telecommunications market is Blackberry‚ backed by RIM Inc. (Research in Motion Inc) Created and based in Waterloo‚ Ontario‚ Canada‚ this company has
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immediate past experience‚ and‚ therefore‚ by the establishment of a perceptual set. It is based on an experiment conducted by Bugelski and Alampay (1961). It was hypothesized that interpretation of an ambiguous stimuli that can be perceived as either a rat or a human face will be influenced by the context under which they view the figure and their past experience with other figures. That is they will be influenced by their perceptual set. The results from this study supported the hypothesis
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„What‟s in a name?‟ Everything..!! BlackBerry – an exotic looking fruit with wine like taste. How did that fruit become associated with terms like business‚ emails‚ internet on go? How did BlackBerry – which has become a sort of cult‚ have its fruity name from? One would think that probably the CEO‚ Mike Lazaridis or somebody influential from RIM was partial to the seedy fruit. Which “surprise” “surprise” isn‟t True. It‟s got a more logical origin to it. In 2001‚ RIM hired Lexicon Branding to help them
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Perceptual maps are used by companies to observe how they stand up to their competition through the eyes of the consumer. By giving a snapshot of what the consumer is thinking‚ perceptual maps help companies compare attributes such as price‚ design‚ and quality of a particular product. The quantity of attributes used in perceptual maps can be endless but usually only four attributes are used depending on the product. It is absolutely vital for companies to choose the correct attributes on the grid
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advantage in selected target markets‚ and they design marketing mixes to create these planned positions. In planning their positioning‚ marketers often prepare perceptual maps that show consumer perceptions of their brand versus competing brands on attributes that are important to the consumer‚ whether functional or symbolic. Perceptual Maps are useful for these key reasons: Assessing strengths and weaknesses relative to competing brands along certain criteria important to the customer. This is
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Idea: Hellriegel and Slocum (2011)‚ discuss the importance of perception and attribution and the impact it has on a leader‚ an employee‚ and the organization as a whole. The text elaborates on the perceptual process‚ external and internal factors that influence perception‚ person perception‚ perceptual errors‚ and attributions that people make to explain their behaviors and those of others. Perception is the process by which people interpret the input from their senses to give meaning and order
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Competency mapping How does the HR department avoid making the mistake of hiring a round peg for a square hole? By using competency mapping‚ says Sudipta Dev Competency-based HR is considered the best HR. In India however competency development and mapping still remains an unexplored process in most IT organisations despite the growing level of awareness. After all‚ Level 3 of PCMM is focused on the competency framework in an organisation. Is the underlying principle of competency mapping just about
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BlackBerry in International Markets: Balancing Business Interests and Host Nations’ Security Concerns TARGET: * To understand the various issues and challenges facing a company in international markets. * To understand the controversy regarding BlackBerry usage and also why this controversy is more prominent in Asia and the Middle East. * To analyze the remedial measures available to RIM in addressing the national security concerns and its business interests effectively. * To understand
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Using Perceptual Maps in Marketing Simulation Janice JohnsonMKT/421 June 5‚ 2013 Using Perceptual Maps in Marketing Simulation While reading this paper the reader will get a summary of the three major phases from using Perceptual Maps in Marketing Simulation. The phase will be the situation‚ a recommend solution and the reason why it was chosen‚ and the results. The relationship between differentiation and positioning will be discussed and whether or not if the repositioning of the product
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Blackberry Description of the Product Blackberry is a line of Smartphone developed and designed by Canadian company Research In Motion (RIM) since 2002. Blackberry can serve as a personal digital assistant with push e-mail‚ calendar‚ memo pad‚ and task list capabilities. Blackberry possesses an easy navigating interface and is famous for its easy-to-use QWERTY keyboard along with the intuitive trackball. In recent years‚ facing the fierce competitions from Apple and Nokia‚ RIM improves Blackberry’s
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