...Instructor: Dave Power 617.694.2472 President, Power Strategy dave@powerstrategy.com Office Hours: Before class and by appointment ------------------------------------------------- About the Course Course Description and Overview Growth companies are the engines of product innovation, market expansion and value creation. But sustaining the growth of these dynamic private companies -- typically with revenues of $10 to $100 million -- requires a unique set of skills, different from those required in either startups or large public companies. Many promising growth companies stall as their business models mature and they outgrow the processes and teams responsible for their early success. Using a mix of case studies, group discussions, interactive exercises and written assignments, this course provides a general management perspective of growth companies: strategy, execution, team, and capital. You first learn different growth strategies, including market disruption, “white space” discovery, and business model innovation. You then connect strategy with execution through market selection and positioning, “lean” development of new offers, and pipeline management. Because execution depends on team effectiveness, you explore team alignment and meeting rhythms, and the role of leadership in creating a growth culture. Finally, you learn about raising growth capital, managing boards and planning for a successful exit. Readings draw from Clay...
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...to empower you to be successful through active participation in your education at Clark College. The academic skills and positive mental attitude developed in this course will equip you with the tools for a successful college experience as well as provide tools for successful living. The class will consist mainly of small and large group discussion. There will be some lecture and in class activities to reinforce concepts from the textbook. My belief is that students learn best when they are actively engaged in their own learning; particularly in an environment that is respectful and allows students to feel comfortable participating in discussions. Required Text: Ellis, Dave, (2006) Becoming a Master Student, Twelfth Edition concise The text is a major part of the course and is utilized in every class session. Please bring it to class each time we meet, and be aware that the text is a workbook and the bookstore will not buy it back. Student Learning Objectives for HDEV 117: Students will increase their knowledge and abilities through active learning experiences designed to help them become better college students. Through this process, students will: 1. Recognize the importance of accepting personal responsibility for one’s learning, time management and goal setting. With that, also recognize the direct relationship...
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...NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION: USE ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH COPYRIGHT: DAVID RISSTROM AN INTERPRETATION OF LAW IN CONTEXT Bottomley, S., Gunningham, N. and Parker, S., 1991, Law in Context, The Federation Press, Leichhardt. { } = additional material from lectures. ( ) = my comments. (See ‘x’) refers to book page number. A short (somewhat boring) message from the summary executioner before you dive in; These notes are an interpretation of the book Law in Context and the lectures given as part of the 1991 Course. They are not a satisfactory substitution for reading the text. You are only likely to get the maximum value out of this summary by reading it in conjunction with the text. The question of ‘the law in whose context’ may be worth keeping in mind as you read. This is an interpretation seen through my eyes, not yours. My comments are not unbiased, as it is as equally unlikely that yours may be. So my ‘advice’ is consider what is said here and in the book considering the need to understand the ‘mechanics’ that help make sense of the more involved themes that develop in the book as you progress through Law in Context. The observations, important in their own right, may be particularly useful for seeing how their often ubiquitous expression is taken as ‘normal’ in the areas of wider society, such as in discussions of economics and power. It is unlikely that you will find any ‘right answers’ from this summary, but I do hope it helps you in synthesising...
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...Zaid Zaihirain Justin Ericksen English 101 Great Models: Past or Present?a The door slams loudly and everybody in the house flinched. Jamie, a nine year boy was very mad because he was scolded by his parents for skipping school. It was a terrible day for him. His parents was very upset with him because before this he was an excellent boy. It all started after he met a teenage boy who was very nice to him. Jamie became attracted to this boy because he had brought him to many fun places including the arcade. Jamie was not able to realize that skipping school was a bad thing because he was still young and could easily be influenced by others. That is why Jamie had been skipping school recently. With many bad influence from people and media, incidents like these tend to occur very often. For instance, how people get bad influence from the Internet. Nowadays, with modern technologies, we can communicate with other people effortlessly even to the people who are strangers to us. This is a very powerful threat to families with young children because they are very vulnerable to these kind of things. Young children tend to blindly follow whatever they think is right to them and this will increase the number of child delinquency. That’s why people mainly young children need good role models to provide them with a good example. For instance, David Foster Wallace mentioned in his 2005 Kenyon Commencement Speech, “That is freedom. That is being educated, and understanding how to think”...
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...RMIT COMMERCIAL LAW [pic] Weekly Case-studies for Small Group Seminars Semester 1, 2012 Week 2 case study Deciding what legislation means Case-study: The toxic waste Late in the afternoon on 1 December 2009 Alex Demetriou, who owns a waste removal business, collects a truckload of contaminated soil from excavations at a building site in Melbourne. He drives the full truck back to his company’s yard in Werribee. He leaves it parked there overnight, intending to drive it to a remote dump the next day. A municipal inspector sees the truck in the yard and discovers that the soil in the truck is toxic waste. The inspector tells Alex that the law forbids storing such materials near a river or river bed without a special permit. Alex admits that the soil is contaminated and says that he cannot produce a permit. The Werribee River is three kilometres from the haulage company’s yard. The inspector makes a report to the Police, who charge Alex with a breach of s 3 of an Act called the Contamination Avoidance Act. Alex is given the option of admitting guilt and paying a fine of $1,000. Otherwise, he will have to defend the charge in court. Alex asks for your advice. He admits the soil was left in the yard, but says it was only left there overnight and that he always intended to move it the next day. He says that, in these circumstances, he does not...
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...Research Paper Template Gayle Pierce GpiercS3004 Travis Williams Date submitted: 9/20/2015 Accounting software/programs: How do you know which accounting software/program is a good fit for your business? Introduction In the world of accounting software/programs, there are more choices available than there were 10 years ago. Accounting has gone from a pen and paper system to accounting software/programs that are either in a server at the business, the information is on a server that is not in the business office, or more recently the information is stored in what is called the “cloud” The “cloud” has just come into play in the last few years In my paper, I will be discussing the history of accounting from the early beginning to the advances made today, a few of the different accounting software/programs, and some of the problems that include hidden costs, compatibility issues and the proper training of the accounting staff. History of Accounting The first accounting software/programs were written by the individuals who used them. One of the earliest programs written was by Bob Nadel, a CPA for an accounting firm located in New York.(Nadel,1959) As time went on businesses had heard about the new accounting software/programs that were known as “computerized” accounting systems. These new software/programs made accounting easier by allowing the accounting staff to be able to pull up reports so they could be analyzed immediately. These new ideas made the process easier...
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...School of Policy, Planning and Development University of Southern California PPD 515: Strategic Management of Healthcare Organizations Intensive Semester |Session I: June 5 through 8, 2008 |Time: 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM | |Session II: June 23 and 24, 2008 | | |Session III: July 14 and 15, 2008 | | Professor: Robert C. Myrtle, D.P.A. Office Phone: (213) 740-0378 FAX: (562) 439-2250 Home Phone: (562) 438-4359 E-Mail: myrtle@usc.edu Office Hours: By Appointment Only Office Location: Lewis Hall 301e Course Description Application of principles of health administration in several practice settings. Decision making, strategic management, organizational performance, communication, and provider comparisons. Introduction This course is designed to be the capstone course for the Master of Health Services Administration degree. It assumes that the student is in the final semester of graduate work and has successfully completed course work in health issues and policy, health economics, financial management, organizational behavior, quantitative analysis, and health law. The title of the course and its description has been instrumental in shaping the focus of this course and the material...
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...Organization Development: An Instructor’s Guide for Effective Teaching by Joan V. Gallos Purpose of this Instructor’s Guide The purpose of this instructor’s guide is to support and energize individuals who use Organization Development: A Reader in their teaching – instructors who teach courses on organizational change, OD, the history of the field, leading change, consulting skills, and organizational effectiveness and health in undergraduate and graduate programs in management, the professions, and the administrative sciences, as well as those involved in professional development and corporate education activities. More specifically, this guide provides opportunities for both new and seasoned educators to learn more about (1) the possibilities in teaching about organizational change and development; (2) ways to design courses or successful learning modules for diverse student audiences using Organization Development; and (3) suggested cases, activities, and other support materials that complement use of Organization Development. Overview of the Instructor’s Guide This instructor’s guide is divided into four parts. PART 1 provides an introduction to Organization Development: A Reader. It discusses the overall purpose and content of the book, the philosophy and central tenets that underpin it. PART 2 explores teaching with Organization Development. It contains chapter-by-chapter summaries and suggested ways to think about teaching various kinds and levels...
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...thought it needed reworking. With her editor, Lee spent two and a half more years revising the manuscript. By 1960 the novel was published. In a 1961 interview with Newsweek magazine, Lee commented: Writing is the hardest thing in the world, . . . but writing is the only thing that has made me completely happy. To Kill a Mockingbird was an immediate and widespread success. Within a year, the novel sold half a million copies and received the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Within two years, it was turned into a highly acclaimed film. Readers admire the novel’s sensitive and probing treatment of race relations. But, equally, they enjoy its vivid account of childhood in a small rural town. Summing up the novel’s enduring impact in a 1974 review, R. A. Dave called To Kill a Mockingbird . . . a movingly human drama of the jostling worlds—of children and adults, of innocence and experience, of kindness and cruelty, of love and hatred, of humor and pathos, and above all of appearance and reality—all taking the reader to the root of human behavior. For almost four decades, Harper Lee has declined to comment on her popular—and only—novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, preferring instead to let the novel speak for itself. Today, the novel continues to delight and inspire millions of readers. [A writer] should write about what he knows and...
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...BUSINESS LAW BLO1105 2014 Prepared by Darren Parker BLO1105 – Business Law ------------------------------------------------- Business Law Students’ Manual ------------------------------------------------- 2014 Edition This Manual contains materials essential for all students undertaking Business Law, including: * ------------------------------------------------- Course Guide for Business Law; * ------------------------------------------------- Unit of Study Syllabus for Business Law: * ------------------------------------------------- Lecture Program for the Unit of Study; * ------------------------------------------------- Tutorial Programs and Questions; * ------------------------------------------------- Past Examination Papers; and * ------------------------------------------------- Other essential data regarding the Unit of Study. Manual and Tutorial Program compiled by Darren Parker (College of Law and Justice) VICTORIA LAW SCHOOL College of Law and Justice Unit Coordinator – Robert Alvarez Robert.Alvarez@vu.edu.au TABLE OF CONTENTS ------------------------------------------------- ITEM DESCRIPTION PAGE/S NUMBER 1. Table of Contents 2 2. Introduction 3 3. Assessment 4 4. Assignment instructions 4 -17 5. Assignment Topics for 2014 18-21 6. Tutorial...
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...http://www.easy-strategy.com/strategy-gurus.html Home Sitemap Contact Us Articles Speaker Seminars Consulting Negotiation War Room Osama El-Kadi Easy Strategy Videos Stories Gurus 36 Strategies Art of War News Build a Site My Books History Management & Strategy Gurus and Masters The complete A to Z Guide ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ A point of clarification before you start your journey with the gurus and masters: a Guru is a person who is very knowledgeable and teaches a particular strategy. A Master is a practitioner of the art of strategy in life and in business. Management & Strategy Gurus Main Guru's Index ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1 of 41 9/21/2014 3:38 PM http://www.easy-strategy.com/strategy-gurus.html Military Gurus Blog Ask me! Newsletter Clients Privacy Policy Motivational [?]Subscribe To This Site A Igor Ansoff Igor Ansoff The father of Strategic management Igor Ansoff (1918-July 14, 2002) was an applied mathematician and business manager. He is known as the father of Strategic management. He was a distinguished professor at United States International University (now Alliant International University) for 17 years, where several institutes continue his work in strategic management research. Igor was recognized worldwide as the Pioneer and Father of Strategic Management. He was the first management strategy guru to recognize the need for strategic planning for firms operating in the increasingly complex and turbulent environment. ...
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...Wikis 7 RSS 9 Social Bookmarking 10 Online Photo Galleries 12 Podcasting 13 Other Tools 15 Conclusions 17 Recommendations for Future Research 18 References 20 Introduction Effectively communicating with students, the parent body, and with one another will be a huge challenge for educators in the 21st century. Technology has changed almost every part of our society, including our educational methods. Traditionally, schools tell their stakeholders what needs exist for students in their school. Authors like Fuller (1996) and Siemans (2004) have shown that educators, as a group, have a gap in their perception of computer usage. This gap suggests that teachers may not be using computers competently in their lesson plans. Early implementation of computers in classrooms was an additional activity rather than integrating them into the core curriculum. Other resistance to technology integration comes from the idea that the school day is already too busy and teachers cannot add anything new (Jenkins, Clinton, Purushotma, Robinson, & Weigel, 2006). Outside the classroom, students are on the forefront of technology usage. Today’s students are considered “digital natives” while today’s educators are considered “digital immigrants” (Prensky, 2001). Educators are finding it difficult to bridge this gap. The “new Read/Write Web threatens to make these differences between teachers and learners even more acute” (Richardson, 2006). Educators need to think about potential...
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...Chapter Four Creating my embodied knowing In being a leader Chapter Four connects my learning from experience, the creation of my embodied knowing as a leader, my integration of ideas from the literature on leadership and my support for individuals to develop their capacities as I discover and manage resources to support visions of an improved educational system. I conclude by emphasizing the importance of my knowledge-creation in my professional practice as a Superintendent of Schools and by asking and answering the question: Why is there no simple or even complex answer to “what is educational leadership?” In the rhythm of the work, my efforts are often full of risk, sometimes disastrous, at which point I fall back, renew my energy and with my recognized tenacity, try another route. I will reveal as well how I carry that spirit, that life-affirming energy (Bataille, 1962; Whitehead, 1999) embodied in my whole being with a passion and internal power to effect good. Feminist Barbara Du Bois (1983) writes of "passionate scholarship" as being "science-making, which is rooted in, animated by and expressive of our values" (p. 113) (Belenky, et. al., 1986, p. 141). One of the reasons I can accomplish as much as I do is that the work and the relationships appear to be many and complex but because they are inter-related and connected they provide a synergy that produces results in numbers of seemingly different and unrelated focus areas. I find that as I am supporting...
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...Those of us who've been invited to participate in the first reunion on the fortieth anniversary of the Freedom Rides have been asked to write down our memories of the summer of 1961, as one part of an oral history project. Mine won't be typical, but that's alright. None of them will be, for we were a remarkably diverse group, the 300 or so of us who were arrested in Jackson in May-June of that year, convicted of "disturbing the peace", detained at the Hinds County Jail, and transported upstate to the maximum security facility at Parchman State Penitentiary to serve our six month sentences. South Carolina My road to Jackson probably began in December, 1960. Benjy Rosen, my roommate at Middlebury College in Vermont, had agreed to join me on a non-stop run to Florida for the first week of Christmas break. With the savings from a job on an oil rig the previous summer and a great deal of help from my Dad, who was a corporate executive in New York, I'd bought a new Morgan+4, a British racing car. We thought it'd be cool to use it as an airplane - straight to Florida from Vermont in 30 hours, a week in the sun, and back home to New York for Christmas. We got lost, of course, and found ourselves at a small filling station, surrounded by fields, on a back road in South Carolina. It was a two person operation - an older white man in overalls was the owner and watched us from the doorway of the station, and a young black man almost our age pumped the gas. Groggy from the overnight...
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...THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR GREENHECK FAN CORPORATION by Kathleen A. Drengler A Research Paper Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Master of Science Degree in Training and Development Approved for completion of 4 Semester Credits 198-750 Field Problem in Training and Development _________________________ Research Advisor The Graduate College University of Wisconsin-Stout December 2001 2 The Graduate College University of Wisconsin-Stout Menomonie, Wisconsin 54751 ABSTRACT Drengler (Writer) (Last Name) Kathleen (First) A (Initial) The Design and Implementation of a Leadership Development Program for Greenheck Fan Corporation Training & Development (Graduate Major) Jerry Coomer (Research Advisor) December 2001 (Month/Year) (No. Pages) Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (Name of Style Manual Used in this Study) The purpose of this field problem was to design and implement a leadership development program for Greenheck Fan Corporation. Consistent growth over the prior five years and aggressive growth projections created leadership opportunities throughout the organization. A corporate culture that supports promotions from within and a projected workforce labor shortage required development of the skills of existing employees to fill emerging leadership roles. This leadership development program defines the competencies necessary...
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