...Introduction The rapid changes and increased complexity of today’s world present new challenges and put new demands on our education system. There has been generally a growing awareness of the necessity to change and improve the preparation of students for productive functioning in the continually changing and highly demanding environment. In confronting this challenge it is necessary to consider the complexity of the education system itself and the multitude of problems that must be addressed. Clearly, no simple, single uniform approach can be applied with the expectation that significant improvements of the system will occur. Indeed, any strategy for change must contend with the diverse factors affecting the education system, the interactions of its parts, and the intricate interdependencies within it and with its environment. Following are the few consideration to improve learning. • Integrating the commonly polarized goals of education; i.e. the goal that focuses on transmitting knowledge with the goal that emphasizes the development of the individual student. • Adapting teaching to different student characteristics by using diverse methods of teaching. Adaptation to the ability levels, patterns of different abilities, learning styles, personality characteristics, and cultural backgrounds. • Integrating the curriculum by developing inter-disciplinary curriculum units that enable students to acquire knowledge from different disciplines through a unifying theme while having...
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...He published a series of documents and accounts including plays, letters, and pamphlets concerning liberty and other enlightenment. The author writes that, “The writings of Voltaire and Diderot electrified a widening public and spurred enlightenment and controversy in Paris, throughout Europe, and across the Atlantic.” [Page 100]. Along with Denis Diderot, who published seventeen volumes of an encyclopedia that documented information on numerous subjects, Voltaire was able to spread enlightenment and inform the French public. This enlightened community was now awakened to the corruption of the government, and the necessity to reform. Additionally, as the author writes, enlightenment “offered a justification of resistance to that regime. It offered, too, the direction for change, both end-goals and means for achieving them, as well as its characteristic optimism, its faith in the ability of men and women to transform their situations.” [Page 102]. Unlike Rousseau, who was not able to give a clear path for the French to produce change, the writings of Voltaire largely contributed to the enlightenment that motivated and allowed the French public to rebel: “more than any single doctrine, it was the spirit of enlightenment that mobilized the French, opened new insights into their society, and excited them with new vistas.” [Page...
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...ANSWER Training is a learning process that involves the acquisition of knowledge, sharpening of skills, concepts, capabilities, rules, or changing of attitudes and behaviors to enhance the performance of employees and to aid in the achievement of organizational goals. Training is activity leading to skilled behavior. Strategic Imperative is an initiative, key project, or major objective that is high leverage and systemic (strategic) and a must-do (imperative) over the next 6 – 12 months to significantly move a team or organization toward its vision, values, purpose and desired culture. A key component of providing focuses to an organization calls for a leader is to identify "strategic imperatives" or "must-do." These are the team or organization's critical leverage points. Once the teams are set and their mandate or charter agreed to by the larger executive or steering team overseeing this work, each Strategic Imperative Team then develops and manages development of a detailed implementation plan and execution Most company executives decide to spend money on training especially when economic times are good. There is a view that it is good, and it is also something that responsible leaders are supposed to do to prepare for the future. Unfortunately, training becomes the first activity to be cut when times get tough. There is also no objective measure that calculates the business case of return on investment for training. Actually, training, education and coaching should be...
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...From one perspective, Apple's world could not be rosier and its future shinier. Rising from the rubble of a disintegrating company in 1997, Apple has reached the pinnacle of success in 15 short years. With a market capitalization of over $500 billion, Apple is amongst the most valuable and highly profitable companies in the world. Its remarkable success lies in the company's ability to create truly innovative products with vast customer appeal. Apple flouts the conventional wisdom of the consumer electronics industry, which emphasizes low cost, "me-too" products, and a continuously shortened product life. Instead, Apple has opted for constant and discrete product innovation, resulting in fanatic consumer loyalty and a high level of profitability. The Bad Apple So why does Apple treat its customers and workers by two different standards? When it comes to customers, Apple is a bold innovator that leads the industry into new directions and forces others to follow. However, when it comes to the management of its supply chain and treatment of workers in the Chinese factories that make its products, it hides behind the constraints of prevailing industry practices. What is even more disconcerting is the fact that these practices are in violation of not only local and national laws, but also of Apple's own voluntary self-imposed code of conduct. It is important to note that this voluntary code of conduct breaks no new ground. It is at best a modest attempt to ensure that workers...
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...The Good Apple From one perspective, Apple's world could not be rosier and its future shinier. Rising from the rubble of a disintegrating company in 1997, Apple has reached the pinnacle of success in 15 short years. With a market capitalization of over $500 billion, Apple is amongst the most valuable and highly profitable companies in the world. Its remarkable success lies in the company's ability to create truly innovative products with vast customer appeal. Apple flouts the conventional wisdom of the consumer electronics industry, which emphasizes low cost, "me-too" products, and a continuously shortened product life. Instead, Apple has opted for constant and discrete product innovation, resulting in fanatic consumer loyalty and a high level of profitability. The Bad Apple So why does Apple treat its customers and workers by two different standards? When it comes to customers, Apple is a bold innovator that leads the industry into new directions and forces others to follow. However, when it comes to the management of its supply chain and treatment of workers in the Chinese factories that make its products, it hides behind the constraints of prevailing industry practices. What is even more disconcerting is the fact that these practices are in violation of not only local and national laws, but also of Apple's own voluntary self-imposed code of conduct. It is important to note that this voluntary code of conduct breaks no new ground. It is at best a modest attempt to ensure...
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...APPENDICES11 Appendix 1: Porters 5 Forces11 Appendix 3: Luxury Goods Group & Brands Top Ten Competitors13 Appendix 4: Industry Map*.14 Appendix 5: Financial Performance14 Appendix 6: PESTLE Analysis15 Appendix 7: SWOT Analysis16 Appendix 8: Evaluating industry Attractiveness and Competitive strength19 Appendix 9: A Nine Cell Industry Attractiveness-Competitive Matrix20 Appendix 10: Cross Business Strategic Fits20 Appendix 11: Evaluating the Strategy of a Diversified Company21 Appendix 12: LVMH's Timeline of Mergers and Acquisitions24 9.0 REFERENCES25 1.0 Executive Summary The aim of this paper is to discuss the key strategic issues that LVMH face and establish some future recommendations that can be implemented in order for LVMH to remain successful in the luxury industry. In order to determine the key strategic issues a number of analysis tools were applied to the case study; they include Porter's 5 forces model, SWOT analysis and PESTEL. It was found that the key strategic issues that LVMH face centred on diversification and vertical integration. A number of strategies have been proposed to offer some recommendations to LVMH, they namely in restructuring their retail sector, considering the concept of moderate diversification and focusing on the human resources side of acquisitions and mergers. 2.0 Introduction This report is based on the analysis of a case study 27 titled: LVMH's Diversification Strategy into Luxury Goods. The scope of this report is limited to the data...
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...MARKETING RESEARCH PROJECT [UAMM0091] By: UAMMOO91 (Samuel Poku-Bonsu) Course title: MARKETING Institution: University of Applied Management Lecturer: MR. SHANI BASHIRU Date of submission: 10TH JANUARY 2012 1|Page Table of Contents SECTION A ........................................................................................................................ 4 COMPANY INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................... 4 VODAFONE GHANA LTD .......................................................................................... 4 MICRO-ENVIRONMENT AUDIT ................................................................................... 5 MARKETING MIX ........................................................................................................ 5 PRODUCT .................................................................................................................. 5 PRICE ......................................................................................................................... 6 PLACE ........................................................................................................................ 9 PROMOTION ............................................................................................................. 9 PROCESS ................................................................................................................. 10 PEOPLE ..............................
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...INTRODUCTION Rensis Likerthas called motivation as the core of management. Motivation is an effective instrument in the hands of the management in inspiring the work force .It is the major task of every manager to motivate his subordinate or to create the will to work among the subordinates. It should also be remembered that the worker may be immensely capable of doing some work, nothing can be achieved if he is not willing to work .creation of a will to work is motivation in simple but true sense of term. Motivation is an important function which very manager performs for actuating the people to work for accomplishment of objectives of the organization .Issuance of well conceived instructions and orders does not mean that they will be followed .A manager has to make appropriate use of motivation to enthuse the employees to follow them. Effective motivation succeeds not only in having an order accepted but also in gaining a determination to see that it is executed efficiently and effectively. In order to motivate workers to work for the organizational goals, the managers must determine the motives or needs of the workers and provide an environment in which appropriate incentives are available for their satisfaction .If the management is successful in doing so; it will also be successful in increasing the willingness of the workers to work. This will increase efficiency and effectiveness of the organization .There will be better utilization of resources and workers abilities...
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...Organizational Change management for competitiveness edge in Safaricom Kenya limited Introduction: In today’s uncertain economic climate, many organizations are forced to make changes in order to survive. They are needed to react quickly to the global revolution while at a local and national level have to keep up with new technology and competition if they want to stay ahead of the game. In an ever-changing global economy, Johnson and Scholes (2003) notes that organizations must find ways for operating by developing new competences as the old advantage and competences gained is quickly eroded owing to environmental changes. Because of the fact that changes are a necessity in private as well as public sector, every organization must change with the environment otherwise, it would become irrelevant. Kotter (2007,p 101) observes that changes in the service institutions arise out of the need for efficiency, economy, effectiveness, performance evaluation ethics and market concerns. Rising demand for services and expectations of quality of those services have placed extreme pressure on managers and their organizations, depicting change as a continuous episode in the life of corporations. This implies that an organization that fails to introduce their planned change successfully pays a high price. Failure leads to loss of market position and credibility with stakeholders as well as decreased morale among management and staff resulting in a de-motivated workforce...
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...THE EARLY SOCIOLOGY OF MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONS THE EARLY SOCIOLOGY OF MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONS VOLUME I Scientific Management Frederick Winslow Taylor Comprising: Shop Management The Principles of Scientific Management Testimony Before the Special House Committee VOLUME II The Philosophy of Management Oliver Sheldon VOLUME III Dynamic Administration: The Collected Papers of Mary Parker Follett Edited by Henry C.Metcalf and L.Urwick VOLUME IV Papers on the Science of Administration Edited by Luther Gulick and L.Urwick VOLUME V Management and the Worker F.J.Roethlisberger and William J.Dickson VOLUME VI The Human Problems of an Industrial Civilization Elton Mayo VOLUME VII Organization and Management: Selected Papers Chester I.Barnard VOLUME VIII On the Shop Floor: Two Studies of Workshop Organization and Output T.Lupton THE EARLY SOCIOLOGY OF MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONS Edited by Kenneth Thompson VOLUME II The Philosophy of Management Oliver Sheldon LONDON AND NEW YORK First published 1924 by Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd, London This edition published 2003 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore...
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...agreement on funding. 2.0 OVERVIEW OF FINACIAL PERFORMANCE 2.1 A summary of the Group’s financial performance over the 10 year period from 2000 – 2009 is provided below. 3.0 SUMMARY OF PROJECTED PERFORMANCE 3.1 In 2010 we will build on the successful business strategy from 2009 that introduced a new company structure, a new leadership team and a new culture that is now being embedded across the organization. 3.2 The restructured business focuses on the three areas of Growth, Efficiency and Capability and our budget focus will be primarily on driving sales upwards by 3%, reducing costs to awrads achieveung the $100m cost reduction target and improving our capabilities to drive greater efficiencies across the organistaion. Budget Assumptions 3.3 Our 2010 budget assumptions are based on five key issues- 1. The recovery from the global financial crisis shall improve sales. 2. he exchange rate gap between AUD and USD narrows has a favorable impact on the business by reducing global operational costs. 3. Performance in the Pacific was impacted by recessionary economic conditions and ongoing political uncertainty. This has a greater impact on their sales volume as GDP is a key driver to the business earnings. 4. There are no changes to Tax Legislation and Accounting Standards 4.0 RETURN ON ASSETS 4.1 The projected ROA of 14% is based on two key measures: i) The Group’s earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) is projected to...
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...names. The company divided into three global units which are household care, beauty and grooming, and health and well-being. P&G also makes pet food, water filters and produces a soap opera. P&G's many famous brand are under P&G Multinational Corporation which included Febreze, Fusion, Always, Braun, Bounty, Charmin, Crest, Downy or Lenor, Gillette, Iams, Olay, Pampers, Pantene, Pringles, Tide, SK-II, and so on. Their market capitalization is greater than the GDP of many nations. They penetrate more than 180 nations of the world. Their purpose is to come out with the branded products and services of superior quality and value that improve the lives of the world’s consumer. In return, the consumer will reward the P&G with leadership sales, profit and value creation (P&G, 2011). SK-II is a one of the Procter & Gamble Beauty brand. This product has been launched in Japan market since 1980. SK-II can be considered as the one of the most expensive beauty brands in the world until today. SK-II history started at 30 years ago, when a scientist in Japan noticed that old women who working in a Japanese Sake brewery have very soft and youthful hands accidentally. The scientist was curious with that incident. So, they started conducting a research to find out the answer (Wikipedia, 2011). During that research, the scientist used 5...
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... together having a common effective action. o The uniting force is highest in this relation. a spirit that is shared by another great social philosopher – Emile Durkheim. o The state decides conflicts of the group. o The group that achieves social solidarity becomes an invincible force that cannot be subjugated. o While studying the tribes, he said that the force of solidarity is what’s keeping tribes strong, as it is what brings power and authority to the tribes. o The more luxury they gain, the more weakened this force may become. Without the force of unity, they...
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...position. 9 Task 3: Analyzing policies of Barts Health NHS and applying them in improving position. 10 P3.1 Knowing and analyzing recruitment and selection policies of Barts Health NHS. 10 P3.2 Analyzing how the policies help in improving the position of Barts Health NHS. 12 Recommendation 13 Conclusion 13 References 14 Introduction Health care is a basic human need. This necessity for health care has caused improvement of this industry. Every problem and related research has improved the aspects of this industry. However, the quality is important in health care industry. The quality depends on using of modern technologies, improving employed personnel and improvement of environment. The improvement in environment of health care service has reduced complexities and helped patients to get cured quickly. Improved environment is neither necessary nor luxury for health care. This indicates that environment influences heath care up to a limit. Barts Health NHS is a trust in health care industry in UK. Barts has become cautious about using its resources to improve its position. It has several hospitals, skilled human resources and financial support to provide standard services in a nice environment. In the next portion of this report, we will see how Barts...
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...than to illustrate either the effective or ineffective handing of a business / administrative situation. You are free: to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work to make derivative works Under the following conditions: Attribution. You must give the original author credit. Non-Commercial. You may not use this work for commercial purposes. Share Alike. If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under a license identical to this one. For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the license terms of this work. Any of these conditions can be waived if you get permission from the author(s). NOIR/ILLUMINATI II Introduction Peter looked out of his window. His window! He liked the sound of that. It had taken him 15 years of discipline and hard work to reach this point. Of course, he had enjoyed more prominent and remarkable views and offices in the past, but for the first time it was his name on the lease contract, his office and his company. And 2007 was going to be the year of Noir/Illuminati II. So far, after nine months, it looked very promising. Peter Ingwersen founded the companies in February 2005. The two entities were like Siamese twins; Noir designed and produced luxury clothing for women, while Illuminati II was set up to produce high quality cotton fabrics both for Noir and other leading fashion brands. Together, they provided the basis for a totally new concept in fashion. Over the...
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