...The Star Model (1) The Star Model provides a framework to assess and design organisations which successfully implement strategy. This model helps us to see the way in which all the elements of an organisation need to be aligned to deliver strategy. It is a combination of technical issues like the actual design of structures, processes, procedures and systems; and the social factors such as culture, capabilities, attitudes and values. The Star Model was developed by Jay R Galbraith and the descriptions in this paper are adapted from his book 'Designing Organisations' Strategy Strategy is the company’s formula for ‘winning’. It specifies the short and long term goals and objectives to be achieved as well as the values and mission to be pursued. It sets out the basic direction of the company. The strategy specifically outlines: * The products or services to be provided * The markets to be served * The value to be offered to the customer * The source of competitive advantage * What activities are most necessary (core work processes) It should also allow for experimentation and opportunism. Thus strategy should be shaped as broad framework to guide choices and decisions rather than a fixed set of plans and actions. Strategy should contain within it that which is fixed in terms of the core business and ideology of the organisation and that which is to change in terms of the challenging aspirations which will stimulate progress. It should never be expressed...
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...THE STAR MODEL JAY R. GALBRAITH The Star Model framework for organization design is the foundation on which a company bases its design choices. The framework consists of a series of design policies that are controllable by management and can influence employee behavior. The policies are the tools with which management must become skilled in order to shape the decisions and behaviors of their organizations effectively. What is the Star Model? The organization design framework portrayed in Figure 1 is called the “Star Model.” In the Star Model, design policies fall into five categories. The first is strategy, which determines direction. The second is structure, which determines the location of decision-making power. The third is processes, which have to do with the flow of information; they are the means of responding to information technologies. The fourth is rewards and reward systems, which influence the motivation of people to perform and address organizational goals. The fifth category of the model is made up of policies relating to people (human resource policies), which influence and frequently define the employees’ mind-sets and skills. Figure 1—The Star Model JAY R. GALBRAITH THE STAR MODEL 2 Strategy Strategy is the company’s formula for winning. The company’s strategy specifies the goals and objectives to be achieved as well as the values and missions to be pursued; it sets out the basic direction of the company. The strategy specifically delineates...
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...THE STAR MODEL™ JAY R. GALBRAITH The Star Model™ framework for organization design is the foundation on which a company bases its design choices. The framework consists of a series of design policies that are controllable by management and can influence employee behavior. The policies are the tools with which management must become skilled in order to shape the decisions and behaviors of their organizations effectively. What is the Star Model™? The organization design framework portrayed in Figure 1 is called the “Star Model™.” In the Star Model™, design policies fall into five categories. The first is strategy, which determines direction. The second is structure, which determines the location of decision-making power. The third is processes, which have to do with the flow of information; they are the means of responding to information technologies. The fourth is rewards and reward systems, which influence the motivation of people to perform and address organizational goals. The fifth category of the model is made up of policies relating to people (human resource policies), which influence and frequently define the employees’ mind-sets and skills. Figure 1—The Star Model™ © Jay R. Galbraith. Do not post, publish or reproduce without permission. Strategy Strategy is the company’s formula for winning. The company’s strategy specifies the goals and objectives to be achieved as well as the values and missions to be pursued; it sets out the basic...
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...THE STAR MODEL AND ITS APPLICATION INTRODUCTION Anonymous is an American global human resource and related financial services consulting firm, headquartered in New York City. The firm operates internationally in more than 40 countries, with more than 18,000 employees, (www.anonymous.com/about) and is ranked as one of the most prestigious consulting firms in the world (www.vault.com). As a wholly owned subsidiary of Anonymous Companies, Inc., Anonymous provides access to the complementary services of its sibling companies. BACKGROUND I started my career at Investments, then an Anonymous company shortly after graduating from college in the early 2000s. At the time, Investments was a highly profitable investment management firm who offered defined contribution retirement plan administration services. This seemingly unlikely set of services were part of a brilliant, and wildly successful business strategy of bundling its own mutual fund investments into the retirement plans of its clients. This way, Investments was assured a constant and trapped source of investment into its own funds (much like Fidelity Investments does today). In 2005, after Investments was involved in insider-trading and market -timing scandals, the company was sold to Great West who was only interested on Investments’s investment management division. The retirement plan administration business was therefore not part of the sale and Anonymous decided to incorporate this line of business into Anonymous...
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...of these 2. Which of the following can't be considered an acceptable hypothesis?" A. Dark matter, (invisible matter which still has gravitational attraction), determines the orbits of stars in the the galaxy B. Mass increases with velocity C. Matter came into existence together with time D. The megagalaxies of the universe will become invisible to each other in time. E. all are acceptable hypotheses 3. A theory is an integrated explanation of numerous “proven”_____. A. facts B. laws C. controls D. hypotheses E. guesses 4. What is the correct sequence of steps in the scientific method? I. State a problem II. Analyze and interpret data III. Develop a hypothesis IV. Share the results with other scientists V. Design and perform experiment to test the hypothesis A. I – II - III - IV – V B. III – I - V – II – IV C. V – IV – III – II – I D. I – III – V – II – IV E. V – II – I – III - IV 5. Ptolemy's model sought to explain retrograde motion by _____. A. adding circles to epicycle orbits B. adding circles to elliptical orbits C. adding epicycles to elliptical orbits D. adding epicycles to circular orbits 6. Due to retrograde motion some planets will rise in the west and set in the east. True or False 7. Which of the following is correctly ordered from largest to smallest in size? A. Moon, neutron star, white dwarf, galaxy B....
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...The Science of Stars Rochell Clark August 13, 2012 SCI 151 Robert Austin Stars are the majority and most widely acknowledged astronomical components that symbolize the most essential development of blocks of galaxies. The age, disbursement, and framework of the night sky in a galaxy maintain a record of the heritage, characteristics, and evolvement of the galaxy. More important, stars are integral to the fabrication and allocation of heavy elements. Notably corresponding to carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen, their functionality is intimately associated with the capabilities of the planetary models, which in turn associate about them. Subsequently, the analysis of the conception, longevity, and perishing of stars is dominant to the subject of astronomy. Astronomers depend on electromagnetic emissions observed by unique variations of telescopes to calculate the position, structure, conditions, activity, and magnetism of celestial objects. The conduct of the majority of stars indicates they generate a certain measure of energy at each wavelength however additionally carry a pinnacle wavelength and range in which they discharge a significant amount of their remaining stamina. Electromagnetic radiation is transmitted by means of waves at the speed of light (299 792 km/sec) through space. Electromagnetic waves consist of marginal frequency radio waves with the aid of infrared energy and observable luminosity to ultraviolet radiation x-rays as well as high frequency gamma radiation...
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...Running Head: EVENT MANAGEMENT Major Event Management [Name of the Writer] [Name of the Institution Major Event Management Introduction The International Fashion Stylist Association is organizing a one day fashion event in London. The goal of the event is to promote creative talents, to stimulate creativity and to create new networking and employment opportunities. The name of the event has been suggested to be "Fashion Fiesta". 8th June, 2013 is the date suggested for the event. Event will feature the fashion related activity in London, a fashion show of the best local emerging designers and a networking dinner. "Fashion Fiesta" will be an invitation-only event and the target audience will consist of major fashion journalists, fashion bloggers, representatives of national fashion schools, famous fashion designers, fashion company managers, fashion entrepreneurs, local opinion leaders and local authorities. This is an event management plan which will include all the major aspects of the event "Fashion Fiesta". It will include the accommodation suggestions for all the guests coming in out of town, transfer plan and the vehicles needed and fashion related activity to be organized during the day on a sign-up basis. The venue of the event will also be looked upon in the report, as well as, the event agenda. An Event Marketing and Communication Plan in order to reach the target audience will also be included. A list of potential sponsors and suppliers...
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...Science of Sunlight and Stars SCI/151 May 16, 2011 Troy Mazely Science of Sunlight and Stars Light is used in many ways, and is a form of energy that can be created, travel through space, and be absorbed. Light can react as a particle, because it sends all its energy to one place. A particle of light is called a photon. Photons can be absorbed into objects, bounce off objects, or fly through space. Over the course of a million years, clumps of particles will grow into what is called a “protostar” and draw in more gases and grow even hotter. This is how stars are formed and is a point in a star’s life. Astronomers determine composition, temperature, speed, and rotation rate of distant objects with a tool called a spectroscopy. When a star gives off light and the light splits by prism, the spectral pattern reflects a star’s composition. All stars are 95% hydrogen, so the variations in composition expose its age, luminosity, and origin. Composition of ages can be determined by observing the light of a star. The temperature of a star can be determined from its color and its spectrum. All stars have different colors because of its light radiation. Another way to determine the temperature of a star is to examine the spectral lines in the starlight. “Because we sometimes describe light as an electromagnetic wave, the complete spectrum of light is usually called the electromagnetic spectrum” (Bennett, Donahue, Schneider, and Voit, 2009). This is used to explain all types...
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...Chapter 10 : The Sun THE SUNS ATMOSPHERE * the sun is so hot that it neither has a liquid or solid matter anywhere inside of it * moving down into the sun there is denser and hotter masses Photosphere (“sphere of light”) * The photosphere is the innermost of layer of the three layers that comprise the suns atmosphere * A gas layer of the sun that has the most visible light * It is about 400 km thick * Density of the photosphere is low by the earth standards about 0.01% as the air we breathe * Photosphere has a blackbody spectrum that corresponds to an average temp of 5800K * The photosphere appears darkest toward the edge or limb of the solar disk , a phenomenon called limb darkening, * This occurs b/c we see regions of different temp at different depths of the photosphere Granules * lightly colored convection features about 100 km in diameter seen constantly in the solar photosphere * time lapse photography shows that granules form, disappear then reform in cylces that last several minutes Chromosphere (“sphere of color”) * is a dim layer of less dense stellar gas that is above the photosphere * It is the layer we normally see * Astronomers can also study the chromosphere through filters that pass light with specific wavelengths strongly emitted by it – but not by the photosphere – or through telescope sensitive to nonvisble wavelengths that the chromosphere emits intensely Spicules - Are...
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...by the WMAP satellite to be nearly flat. However, the Big Bang predicted that as time progresses, curvature should increase, not flatten. Therefore, for our universe to be as flat as we know it to be today, an extreme fine-tuning of initial conditions must have necessarily taken place- but this is far too large a coincidence to postulate. Inflation resolves this, since the period of accelerated expansion it conjectures stretches the curvature of our universe to near flatness, as visualised by WMAP. The horizon problem The uniformity of the cosmic microwave background radiation’s temperature indicates that all regions of the universe must have been in contact with each other at some point in history. However, if following the Big Bang model, there are regions of space in the sky which are so far apart that it is impossible for them to have been in contact. The time taken for light to have travelled between these spots is higher than the universe’s age itself, which makes no...
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...is nearly a perfect smooth brightness. Unlike other flat galaxies the ellipticals are not as structured and more of look random, with the star usally away from the middle of the galaxy. The second class is lenticular galaxy. This is a type of galaxy which is intermediate with between an spiral and elliptical galaxy in the morphological classification schemes also known as The Hubble Sequence. Lenticular are a disc shape and have used up most or all of their interstellar matter which leaves to have very little onggoing formation in their stars. They can also contain a lot of dust in their their disks because of this they mainly consist of aging stars. Because of their spiral arms they are hard to tell apart from the elliptical when they are inclined face on. Despite morphological differences the lenticualr and elliptical galaxies share common properties like scaling relations and spectral features. Both of these galaxies can be considered early type galaxies which are pssively evolving. well in our local universe as we can tell. Finally the third class which is the spiral galaxy, this is a certain kind of galaxy originally described by Edwin Hubble. A spiral galaxy consists of a flat and rotating disc containing stars, dust and gas. It has a central concentration of stars known as the bulge these are surrounded by a much fainter halo of stars many of thse reside in the globular clusters. These Spiral galaxies are named because of there spiral structures that extend from the middle...
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...Table of Contents 1.INTRODUCTION 4 2.PROBLEM STATEMENT 5 3.MOTIVATION 5 4.DELIMITATION 6 5.METHODOLOGY 6 6.EXECUTIVE SUMARY 9 6.1 What type of service does our project offer? 9 6.2 Vision,Mission and Goal of the project 9 7.MARKET ANALYSIS 10 7.1 Demand in Copenhagen Hotel Market 11 7.2 Supply in Copenhagen Hotel Market 13 7.3 Trends and Outlook 14 8. MARKETING STRATEGY 16 8.1 Growth strategy 16 8.2 SWOT for “The Edge” project 16 8.3 Competitive position 18 8.4 Competitive advantage 19 9. MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION 19 10.SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS FOR HOTEL TIVOLI INN 21 11. CONCLUSION 25 12. LIST OF SOURCES/LITTERATURE 26 1.INTRODUCTION Tivoli is an amusement park and one of the most popular attractions in Denmark. It is the world`s second oldest amusement park and fifth most visited in Europe. Tivoli is situated in the centre of Copenhagen and exists since 1843. Starting from the rides and adventurous attractions and passing through the “scenographical towns”, music events, theaters, beautiful and sophisticated gardens, Tvoli brings joy and entertainment for both local and international visitors. Tivoli is developing and improving with every single year. Besides the regular attractions for an amusement park, Tivoli gives the environment for music, theatre and business events to happen. “The Concert Hall”, “Tivoli Congress Center”, “Tivoli Hotel” and “Tivoli Festival” are one of the most emblematic places in Tivoli. Besides entertainment , Tivoli...
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...THE UNIVERSE When we look up in the night sky we can see the stars and the moon. And because it is natural to be curious, we ask questions and we want answers. When our view was limited by what our eyes could see, the sky was our Universe. Then the telescopes deepened our view, photography enhanced it, and spectroscopy broadened it. The universe grew from a sky of stars to a realm of galaxies, to an expanding universe of galaxies. Many people believe that nature, the sun and moon, the star, even human beings never had a beginning. There is an endless, external cycle of birth, life and death that constantly repeats itself and it never began and will never end. In the Book of Genesis in the Bible, it was written that at first the world did not exist and that God is the only one who existed. So He created the world. The universe is the totality of everything that has ever existed. It is so large that it contains billions of stars, and all of the planets, galaxies and all of space. The study of the universe is called Cosmology. Traditional Views about the Universe 1. Geocentric Universe Greeks believed that the earth was a sphere that stayed motionless at the center of the universe or the geocentric (Earth-centered) view. Orbiting the earth were seven wanderers (planetai in Greek) including the sun, the moon and the known planets, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. Greece was centered as the “Golden Age” of early astronomy. Claudius Ptolemy created the book Almagest...
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...an elaborate explanation of the birth of a star stretched out into an array of words. The "Red Giant"a dying star in it's last stages of evolution, Is the star that will soon be replaced towards the end of the poem concluding a new star. The title Super Nova meaning a star is born contributes to the readers understanding because it is the "symbol" Object or action that means more than it's literally meaning, of the poem and the whole meaning of it really. The author Udiah I don't think is speaking directly, I think the poem is in third person and he makes it seem as if the planets are telling the story themselves or some foreign force. The situation in the poem is the amount of force in outer space that it takes for an old star to die and new one to come about. Although the poem is very vast and interesting there are some references that need explaining such as how the birth of a star happens exactly, I don't think an average reader would understand necessarily the science behind it. Some of the words I looked up helped me find better meaning in the poem, Nuclear Fission a nuclear reaction of a radioactive decay process in which the nucleus of a particle splits into smaller parts. This particular word is used at the beginning of the poem, means to me that the red giant has exhausted it's supply of hydrogen and can no longer hold it all in anymore, there forth letting go. The poem develops on an Idea, an idea of a new born star. I think that Udiah must have some interest...
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...“Star Light, Star Bright, Where are you now?” As I was reading the article, I was surprised to know that there was such thing as “light pollution”. It was rare for me to hear this kind of pollution. The cause of this kind of pollution is too much light directed toward the sky. I even wonder at times when I look up unto the skies and see no stars at all. I didn’t realize that this was because of light pollution. It was because of this article that I’ve learned a lot about light pollution. The presence of light pollution makes it impossible for us to see the stars, because there are way too many artificial lights that brighten up the night. Few of the causes of light pollution are: bright lights from homes and buildings, light from vehicles, street light that have a shape of a cylinder, and billboards lit form the bottom. Starless nights may not be a big problem for us, ordinary people, but for astronomers who study the heavenly bodies, this is already a huge problem. Even with the use of telescopes, the glare of the light may still affect their observations which results into inaccurate results. Astronomers are not the only ones affected by this pollution. Even the nocturnal animals are affected too. Light pollution could ruin their natural habitat and overall behavior. There are ways to reduce the effect of light pollution, and this is through the use of: Light with timers, Motion-sensor lighting, and Full...
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