------------------------------------------------- Newcastle Business School ------------------------------------------------- Assignment: Strategic Management and Leadership Table of contents Question 1 1.1 Introduction 3 1.2. External analysis of Pixar Animation Studios 3 1.2.1. Macro environment 3 1.2.2. PESTEL-Analysis 3 1.2.2.1. Political factors 3 1.2.2.2. Economic factors 4 1.2.2.3. Social factors 4 1.2.2.4. Technological factors 4 1.2.2.5. Environmental
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Case Study 1: Manchester United - a whole new ball game Q1: Using Exhibit 4.8 identify the main conflicts of expectation for the organisation today As today Manchester United is not only a football club anymore but a listed company‚ there are a main conflicts of expectation as in other comparable enterprise as well. The biggest conflict is in my point of view to deal with the big gap between the supporters which loves the club and the game and those‚ who are interested in the brand Manchester
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Exploring Strategy: 9th edition‚ 2010: Johnson‚ Scholes and Whittington: Prentice Hall Publishing LEGO Group: Working with Strategy – pages 542 – 546 1. Explain how the development of strategy at the LEGO Group reflects the key characteristics of strategic management. As a reminder‚ strategic management has three key characteristics: strategic position‚ strategic choices and strategy into action (Johnson‚ Scholes and Whittington‚ 2010. Exploring Strategy‚ 9th edition. Virginia Woolf and The
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(Accessed: 1 August 2012). Hamel‚ G. (2000)‚ Leading the Revolution‚ Boston: Harvard Business School Press. Johnson‚ G. (1992) ‘Managing strategic change – strategy‚ culture and action’‚ Long Range Planning‚ 25(1)‚ pp: 28–36. Johnson‚ G.‚ Scholes‚ K.‚ Whittington‚ R Kaplan‚ R.S. and Norton‚ D.P. (2006) Alignment: Using the Balanced Scorecard to Create Corporate Synergies. Boston: Harvard Business School Press. Kotter‚ J.P. (1999) What Leaders Really Do. Boston: Harvard Business School Press. Kotter‚ J. (2012)
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COAL IS JUST NOT BLACK GOLD PREFACE Drawing upon the organisation in which author is familiar – Coal India Limited‚ largest coal producing company in the world‚ In this paper he critically analyses few existing policies implemented by Government of India and Coal India Limited in mining industry from past few decades‚ works through the complex problems around Coal mining in India and identifies few human resource management related problems and how they have contributed for the company’s stagnation
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References: Bamford‚ C. (2010). Strategic Management: Value Creation‚ Sustainability‚ and Performance. New York: Cengage Learning. Boom‚ L.‚ & Kurtz‚ D. L. (2012). Contemporary Business. Hoboken‚ NJ: John Wiley & Sons. Johnson‚ G.‚ Scholes‚ K.‚ & Whittington‚ R. (2006). Exploring Corporate Strategy (Text and Cases) (8 ed.). Prentice Hall.
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My Taxonomy of Leadership Theories Abstract My Taxonomy on Leaderships contrasts and compares four leadership theories. The leadership principles discussed in the Taxonomy include the trait-based‚ servant leadership‚ transactional leadership and transformational leadership theories. Trait-based theories are the earliest attempts to study leaders and leadership effectiveness by concentrating on distinctive skills and traits of the individual. Servant Leadership is a servant to others‚ one by
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What do they account for or fail to explain? Potential issues/sub-topics/questions to address or focus on: 1) N-step models (Lewin‚ Kotter‚ etc): how do they depict change? What are their underpinning assumptions? 2) Alternative views – Processual/Contextual perspective of change: how do they compare to N-step models? 3) Organizational crises: what is unique about organizational change after crises? Conclusion: briefly reiterate your argument; outline key take-away points from the
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1. Introduction Formula 1 racing‚ frequently called Grand Prix‚ is the top class of single-seater car racing motor sports around the globe. It was sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) in 1950 and most often it ’s shortened as F1 racing. The title Formula One lable indicates the rules‚ or "formula" that cars and participants in Formula 1 have to fulfil. These strict guidelines probably make the Formula 1 the most competitive and prestigious of all motorsports. Formula
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Introduction In this report an explanation about the strategic management process will be given‚ utilizing the model illustrated below. Firstly‚ the different elements will be explained followed by a clarification of the different relationships‚ in terms of impact‚ between them. First of all‚ an explanation about strategic management is given. According to Fred R. David‚ strategic management can be defined as the art and science of formulating‚ implementing‚ and evaluating cross-functional decisions
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