...farther, though, let’s talk about our definition of leadership. It’s comprised of five essential traits. These traits, by the way, do not include integrity, which is a requirement in any leadership position, or intelligence, which is likewise a ticket to the game in today’s complex global marketplace. Nor do they include emotional maturity, another necessity. These three characteristics are baseline — they’re givens. So let’s go beyond them. From our experience, the first essential trait of leadership is positive energy — the capacity to go-go-go with healthy vigor and an upbeat attitude through good times and bad. The second is the ability to energize others, releasing their positive energy, to take any hill. The third trait is edge — the ability to make tough calls, to say yes or no, not maybe. The fourth trait is the talent to execute — very simply, get things done. Fifth and finally, leaders have passion. They care deeply. They sweat; they believe. As you may have figured, positive energy and the ability to...
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...mother bequeathed to her a life-long love of nature and the living world that Rachel expressed first as a writer and later as a student of marine biology. Carson graduated from Pennsylvania College for Women (now Chatham University) in 1929, studied at the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory, and received her MA in zoology from Johns Hopkins University in 1932. She was hired by the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries to write radio scripts during the Depression and supplemented her income writing feature articles on natural history for the Baltimore Sun. She began a fifteen-year career in the federal service as a scientist and...
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...It is special. That is why (almost) every year a famous, Grammy Award Winning artist is asked to grace us with their presence and share their precious, unique voice, on that historic stage. In closing, I want to clarify what I mean when I say “traditional." I have seen this word tossed around so often in the last couple of weeks, that I had to address it. I don’t want people to think I don’t like tradition. I LOVE traditions. But for all those people who complain about artists butchering the song, this had to be discussed. I am going to leave a sound clip of the National Anthem without riffs, or vibrato. Anything outside of what you hear from the recording takes it out of tradition. (This includes the smallest riff and other embellishments anyone will add to it). What does that mean? Most games, local, Patriotic...
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...Mimi Garner Case Analysis 3 – Personal Navigation Devices (PNDs) NETW583 November 30, 2014 Case Analysis 3 – Personal Navigation Devices (PNDs) Personal navigation devices (PNDs) provide turn-by-turn directions, maps, geolocation, weather updates, and real-time traffic. They are one of the biggest consumer markets for global positioning devices (GPS) (WordPress, 2014). This case analysis will discuss why PNDs have become popular, the technologies required to facilitate their success, the leaders of PNDs, that factors that contribute to winning in the market place, their future, and how they apply to Technical Course Objectives (TCOs). Why Have Personal Navigation Devices Become Popular? What Technologies Are Required to Facilitate the Success of PNDs? One of the main reasons personal navigation devices became popular is because it has helped people out of unfamiliar places while driving. Drivers often get lost by making one wrong turn or thinking they have an idea of how to get to a destination. PNDs became popular because of it eliminated the use of using a road map while traveling. A PND can either be installed in the car or can be used portably. The advantages PNDs have through car installation are they are easy to use. Drivers are able to customize their preferences and download directions and specific maps. Another feature is that PNDs have big screens that a driver can glance at without taking their eyes off the road. Portable PNDs have been more popular...
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...The sporting industry is a massive business, billions of dollars are made through ticket sales, merchandizing, sponsorships and other various money making routes. However, the industry’s profits have a huge dependence on spectators. If nobody watched the events or bought the memorabilia, the industry would collapse. How do these teams keep up their entertainment value, and in turn their number of spectators? By winning of course. There are many die hard fans for each team no matter what sport, but as the winning streaks stop, so do the “bandwagon jumpers” that only stick around to cheer for a winning team. This puts a lot of pressure on players to perform at their very best and for team managers to only sign the very best, the players that...
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...The Unpaved Road to Success Strayer University Leadership in the 21st Century JMMI 510 Dr. Mario Barrett November 14, 2015 Abstract We will be reviewing the business operations of the Chattanooga Ice Cream Company specifically relating to the management styles of its President and General Manager Mr. Charles Moore and how Mr. Moore engages with his management team. As well, we will be exploring leadership styles and team dysfunctions as it relates to the entire management team and how Mr. Moore’s style has a direct impact on those dysfunctions. In addition, we will be exploring the foundations of building trust, facilitating buy in and changes that are needed to the existing culture. Finally we will be analyzing the development of a mission statement, values and the development of a turnaround plan. Introduction The Chattanooga Ice Cream Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Chattanooga Food Corporation (CFC), a family-controlled enterprise founded by Charlie Moore in 1936. Charlie Moore, grandson of the founder was promoted to the office of President and General Manager of the Chattanooga Ice Cream Company in 1993. Chattanooga Ice Cream Company is one of three divisions of CFC with revenues of $150 million per year. CFC has, as a whole performed well in recent years but the Ice Cream division has experienced flat sales and declining profitability over the past four years. Per capita consumption of ice cream has slowed while premium and...
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...It Makes Cents Introduction This case is about the 99 Cent Only Store’s supply chain business model and how competitive advantage is executed within the context of its information systems (IS) strategies. Founder David Gold’s model is to create a straight path between a low-priced item and a paying customer. Under the tutelage of Robert Adams, vice president of IS, notes “bleeding edge technology (Oz, 2009 p. 73) is unnecessary, rather integration of information technology (IT) with a high rate of return on investment (ROI), which achieves the goal of efficiency is implemented. The specific action of avoiding progressive technology provides a supply chain advantage system. Instead of relying on new and specifically made software, Adams utilizes ready made products, which can be tailored to 99 Cent’s needs, such as HighJump’s Warehouse Advantage. Adam who is a software developer by trade, supervises an IT team who ensures the ISs are accommodating and inexpensive for the organizations needs, the most prevalent is optimum efficiency. According to authors Effy Oz and J. Rae-Supree, 38 new 99 Cent stores opened in 2003, revenues amounted to over 1.1 billion (Oz, 2009 p. 72), but only $5 million dollars was spent in IT. Research from the companies 10-K form shows, that from 2009 through 2012, significant investment in various “infrastructure, data management, and process improvement projects…enabling the achievement of level one compliance with Payment Card Industry (PCI) standards”...
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...Running head: DECISION MAKING Decision Making Bonnie K. Hinsdale Grand Canyon University BUS 660 November 24, 2010 Decision Making The purpose of this paper is to explore how a company can become an analytic competitor. Questions as to what are the sources of Decision Making to an analytic competitor will also be discussed. A discussion on how influential quantitative modeling is and its utility in business decision making will be summarized. Finally, a Christian view that presents an ethical perspective on quantitative modeling and decision making will be presented. In an ever increasing global environment, maintaining a competitive advantage can be sustained through quantitative modeling, which can make a company a viable analytic competitor. How Can a Company Become and Be an Analytics Competitor Competitors make it increasingly more difficult to maintain a strategic competitive advantage when exclusive technologies, products and services can be duplicated (Davenport, Cohen & Jacobson, 2005). Organizations are now framing their strategies to accomplish optimization of “key business processes”: serving optimal customers, optimize supply chains, and understand and create optimal financial performance (Davenport, et al., 2005, p. 1). Optimization strategies demand that organizations now gather extensive data and perform extensive analysis that will guide executives in the decision-making process. The data and the analysis...
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...Case Executive Summary Learning Team A Johnny Reed - Problem Statement & Analysis Sophia Myron - Hypothesis & Hyperlinks Ron Hunter - Limitations/Assumptions & Advantages of Statistical Analysis Justin Hartman - Graph & Workplace Examples Austin Rentsch - Conclusion & Recommendation Research and Evaluation II (RES/342) University of Phoenix August 10, 2009 . Problem Statement In business, the ultimate goal for most companies is to make a profit. In order to achieve profits, companies need people. With the world being full of varying and competitive candidates to fill positions, companies need to approach their desired staffing core with a cost benefit mindset. Although some consider baseball just a sport, baseball is also a business. Considering baseball as a business and considering that major league baseball has 30 teams, formulating a cohesive team that can produce the most wins and conduct a successful season is a goal that can mean profits for the team owners. Based on the data set provided, 53% of the teams spent less than the league’s salary means and had equal to or more than the league’s wins and losses mean. At the .05 level of significance, is it conclusive that 53% of the baseball teams that spent less than the salary means did in fact, have more wins...
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...smartphone called the Thunderbolt. It is one of the first 4G phones that were released. It is an older phone but it was a hot product when it initially released. My wife really wanted this phone for her birthday. I was skeptical of making this purchase because I have had my share of problems with the Android operating systems in the past. I decided to give it another chance, considering the improvements that they have made to the operating system. After purchasing this phone for my wife, I played with it for a few days to see if it measured up to all the hype. I was quite surprised to find out that the phone actually performed a lot better than my previous Android operating smartphone. If you are seeking a phone that has several cutting- edge technological features, an extremely fast processor and a large display screen, then the Thunderbolt should definitely be considered for purchase. The first thing I realized about the phone after powering it was the special customizations that can be made to the screens. It has five different home screens that allow you to assign anything to it to give you easy access to your applications. The screens have places for you to assign your favorite people to call or text and even for your most used social networks. Another catchy thing that the screen gives you access to is the Google search bar without having to get on the mobile web to do so. There is even a screen that allows you to enable the GPS, Bluetooth, WiFi and even adjust the screen’s...
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...They are placed into a celebrity status that is almost god-like depending on their accomplishments regardless of what choices they have made to maintain their athletic edge, like taking performance enhancing drugs. When people's icons partake in such enhancers it's as if these people then have a tarnished view of them as though the athlete let them down personally. Yet these same people who are disappointed and point their fingers as they stand behind their all too familiar pulpit fail to realize that they just may have done a performance enhancing drug and justified it. Of course there are legal differences all around, but not always. To those who cannot operate well enough to start their day without a cup of coffee, using caffeine as their crutch, it could be said that even caffeine can be seen as a performance enhancing drug. The buck does not stop there, however, as there are caffeine pills! To certain individuals...
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...The research will evaluate articles that have particularly focused on the 2012 presidential election, the campaign strategy of President Obama and Mitt Romney, and the use of social media. The findings from the analysis made by these articles will provide an understanding of President Obama's use of social media and its effectiveness. This situates interpretations on the use of social media in the presidential election. The method also directs the research to focus on the differences in social media strategies between President Obama and Mitt Romney, and the impact of the use of social media on the results of the presidential election. Analysis and Discussion The review of literature shows that political campaigns have taken the campaign battle online as part of a broader effort to target specific voter populations at critical moments in a campaign. Political advertising has...
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...Home About Login . Search form Search Marketing/PR Creating a Competitive Analysis Unless you are first to market with a highly unique product, you have competition. The first step to winning in any market is analyzing and understanding your competition Brenda Keener By Brenda Keener on Aug 18, 2006 Login to post a comment Ads by Google Business Intelligence Evaluate & Implement Open Source BI Download Cost / Benefits Report. www.Jaspersoft.com SWOT Analysis Tool Use mindmapping to create SWOT Analysis reports. Free 30 day trial www.Mindjet.com Fight to Win! - Brenda Keener Why Create Competitive Analyses? Today's business environment is fast paced, with both business owners and marketers spending much of their time taking care of tactical issues with no time for strategic ones. A mistake I have seen made by many overworked small and large company marketers is to overlook the importance of a competitive analysis. "I deal with the competition every day, why do I have to write it down?" is the comment I hear. Or, " We did that when we first launched our product - two years ago." Once you take the time to create an organized competitive analysis that includes ALL current data, you will find that insights as to your product and positioning jump out at you - insights you may not have otherwise had through just day to day interactions. A well written competitive analysis will pay many dividends...
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...Maximizing the intellectual capital of the organization Table of contents 1. Introduction……………………………………………………….3 2. Definition of the concept………………………………………….4 3. Ways of maximization and important aspects IC………………....4 4. Conclusions………………………………………………………..5 5. Bibliography……………………………………………………….9 1. Introduction With their practical and organizational experiences, working habits, interpersonal relations and motivation, people influence a company’s business performance and activities. It is very difficult though to measure the influence of knowledge, i. e. to quantify...
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...that the early years were the most fun. I can remember his words clearly, "Without a doubt," he said, "those were the most trying times -- but they were best times as well." Having had a similar experience some years earlier in a company I built from a business plan, I knew exactly how Jack felt. We too had grown rapidly and were very profitable, but my unease was caused by something else. We had built our business through an intentional focus on continuous innovation. We were involved in a rapidly growing industry and we were constantly out in front of our customers in meeting their needs. Innovation propelled us to the dominant position in our market. But as we approached $50 million in revenue, I sensed that we had lost the innovative edge...
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