...Have you ever wanted to build something as a kid? Has a kite ever flew by your mind? Building a kite from scratch is not only easy but awesome to learn! Although, building a kite isn't always easy you can always learn from building from scratch. Kites are easy to learn how to build and also easy to learn how to fly as well. It’s good to know how to build a kite because it’s easy to experiment with. You can build kites many different ways, many different ways can be how you want to build it and how you want them to look like. Second, kite building is not only for kids, it’s for everyone. Kites are meant for stunting, flying, fighting, and used for other activities. You can build a kite however you want. If you want your kite for regular flying you can build it for that specific activity. If you want your kite for stunting you can build it for that too. You can build a kite for anything you need it for. Kite history, in the history of flight, the first lighter-than-air balloon and the first powered aircraft are very recent when compared with the age of kites. The exact date and origin of the kite is not known but it is believed that they were flown in China more than two thousand years ago. One legend suggests that when a Chinese farmer tied a string to his hat to keep it from blowing away in a strong wind, the first kite was born. The earliest written account of kite flying was about 200 B.C. when the Chinese General Han Hsin of the Han Dynasty flew a kite over the...
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...little more market research. You might consider posting a short survey on Facebook and offering a 50 percent discount to the first 50 customers who complete it for you. How to Use Social Media Surveys Social media channels assessments. Do your clients and customers use the Internet and social networks? If so, which ones? Are they on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Foursquare, Google Plus—or all of the above? How often do they participate in these communities, and for what purposes? What devices do they use to connect, and how likely are they to engage as a consumer? A mobile user will engage with your products very differently than someone who primarily accesses the Internet from Mac or Windows desktop. Use this information to build your digital marketing strategy, including which types of content to deliver (video, blogposts, images, infographics, how to, or other), how long to run promotions, and which key influencers to target Influencer strategies. Identify the key influencers in your business or social networks, and design strategies to engage them to amplify your messages. Invite them to write a guest product review, or ask them to participate in a podcast panel...
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...characteristics of Toyota approach to knowledge management 3 Learn local: 3 Act global, Learn local: 3 Learn local, act global: 4 British Petroleum (BP’s) approach to KM: 4 Business objectives of British Petroleum to KMS: 4 Developing better ideas: 4 Organization wide best practice: 4 Greater collaboration among entities: 5 Generating new ways: 5 Reduces cost: 5 Challenges of KMS implementation in BP: 5 Transferring best practice: 5 Train modest performing teams: 6 Management tools to avoid failure of KMS in BP: 6 Build a Case for Change Management: 6 Visionary Leadership: 6 Communication: 6 Time: 7 Deploy agents: 7 Proper performance measures: 7 Culture changes: 7 Social media in reconsidering the previous KM approach: 7 Socialization: from tacit to tacit: 7 Externalization: from tacit to explicit 8 Combination: from explicit to explicit 8 Internalization: from explicit to tacit 8 Conclusion: 8 References: 8 Executive Summary: Knowledge management is a multi-disciplined process of creation, developing, improving and disseminating the knowledge in the organization (Unc.edu, 2014). Toyota is one of the largest car manufacturing companies around the world. It produces car not only in its originated country but also different countries around the world. To be competent, Toyota puts much more emphasize on the knowledge managements of the organization. They develop the “learn local”, “act global, learn local” and “learn local, act global” approaches to develop a competitive...
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...teaching probability by formulating questions. “How many children in this class prefer to eat apples?” Children are familiar with line plots, which they learned earlier, review and build on that knowledge. Next step in teaching probability is to teach to collect data: observations, survey and questionnaires, experiments, interviews, simulations, poles, examining records, and searching info sources. It is important to teach kids to use appropriate methods of collecting data. Next step is to analyze data, represent it graphically. Representing data is done in a concrete way first (laying objects on the graph), and moving towards pictorial representation (drawing a chart with pictures of items being compared), and then symbolic (line plot, pie chart). Help students understand graphic representations by asking questions about the chart. Different ways to represent graphically: line plots, stem and leaf plots, box plots, picture graphs, bar graphs and histograms (for continuous data), pie graphs, and line graphs. Descriptive statistics are another way to analyze data. An example of descriptive statistics: “Most children in the fifth grade are 10 years old”. Statistical measures of central tendency, or averages supports the development of data sense. Finding average is a very easy concept to understand and build...
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...Host Europe: Advancing CSR and Sustainability in a medium-size IT company – What issues is Host Europe facing? – Which measures have been introduced? 1) What would an even more complete CSR engagement look like? With the advancement of technology, organizations are looking for more ways to reduce costs and increase revenues. Pressure from employees, consumers, shareholders and the community to be more efficiently, publicly, and ecologically aware have contributed to more organizations going “green”. This not only involves paper or pollution waste, but Information Communications Technology (ICT) as well. No exceptions to the rule, ICT managers are faced with sustainable issues on how to collect, communicate, control, or salvage information electronically. According to Wright (2010), The Information and Communications Technology Industry has the “potential to impact society and the environment in a more positive than negative way, because of its impact on other industries, e.g. through smart buildings, smart grid, intelligent transportation and reduced transport as a result of electronic communications” (p. 39). Legislation at both the national and European levels is pushing for alterations to reduce risk by promoting improvements in recruiting, loyalty, brand differentiation and innovation. A more even complete CSR engagement would encompass a connection between social and environmental execution and financial execution. Vogel (2005) noted in his book that corporate...
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...workshop and train up them to be the departmental trainer by classes and courses. But the result and the feedback from the trainer is not too positive and effectively, because the training for them is so new and they can’t always apply in work to build up the team in the department. In 2009, according to last year comments and feedback, we decided to add more activity which the trainers get more involved rather just sit in the class room only listen. We start the outing activities, e.g. hiking, one day campus outing, bowling competition, those activities are included game, seminar and team work to achieves the goals, they can learn the team building skills, decision making skills and leading skills by joining the game, seminar and activities. The result and feedback for this year is much more positive than 2008, because the staff the get more involved and can know more and remember the skills and information be the activities. Some of the trainer start can apply what they learn to the department, but not all. In 2010-2011, base on the comments and feedback in 2009, we still keep on the outing activities two to three times in a year, and selected more fun and interesting place and campus for the trainer which can learn and build up stronger team building skills, also is aim to refresh their team building skills every three to four months. Also, we have a follow up workshop with the trainer and see what their difficulties to apply the skills in the departments and find the...
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...Scorecard Financial Scorecard Objectives | Measures | Targets | Initiatives | Competitive Position | Prices are calculated to be competitive with other Blueprint services in the CSRA | The company should be in a position to offer competitive rates and remain profitable. | This goal can be achieved by lowering all of our overhead cost. | Profitability | Return on equity | Our company is looking for long-term profitability for a life time rather than profitability on a single transaction | This goal can be achieved by measuring our profit margins to ensure our organization is profitable. | Revenues & Cost | | | | Internal Operations Objectives | Measures | Targets | Initiatives | Implement customer loyalty program | Customer habits and loyalty must be determined before conducting marketing operations. | Track customer behavior | Use data to develop marketing plan | Set short-term sales goals | Sales should be in line with competitors. | Company sales should improve | Data should be determined from competitors. | Customer Value Objectives | Measures | Targets | Initiatives | Customer Satisfaction | Customer satisfaction should remain high and disputes should be resolved quickly | Churches that uses our services | Conduct market research about target audience. | Customer Value (Innovation) | Utilizing the newest technology | Offer technology that is new in domestic and international markets. | Build relationships with equipment manufacturers. ...
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...firm's competitive competencies. Types of competitive collaboration 1. Joint Ventures 2. Outsourcing agreements 3. Product Licensing 4. Cooperative research The study of 15 mergers of three major types: four intra-European alliances, two EuropeanJapanese alliances, and seven U.S.-Japanese alliances found that collaboration is something often used by successful businesses. Alliances between Asian companies and Western rivals seem to work against the Western partner. Collaboration is competition in a different form. Companies have to enter collaborations knowing that competition still exists. They must have clear strategic objectives, and understand how their partners’ objectives will affect their success. Harmony is not the most important measure of success. Most successful alliances do not always have win-win scenarios. As competitive competencies develop, conflict will arise between the partners over who has the right to the rewards of the partnership. Cooperation has...
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...Recommendation Report Viktor J. Molina HRM/552 December 23, 2013 Carol Jackett Recommendation Report The purpose of this report is to alert the management of the call center for determination of what can be done about the high turnover rate and customer satisfaction about products and information. This will include an analysis of the call center and a new job design to prevent high employee turnover, develop a new training program to educate employees, and understanding the differences between mentoring and executive coaching. Using an effective approach to organizational development based on situations. Finding different approaches to career developments for employees like promotions and benefits. Job Analysis and Design After a review of the calling center, the company is receiving too many complaints from customers about the information services from the call representatives. An analysis of job classification systems should be performed to discover what needs attention along with private interviews to develop a method of design and improve the representative’s performance (Hr-Guide.com, 1998). The HR will design, or rather develop, a new strategy to train its’ employees in a manner that addresses the problem concerning phone etiquette. New training will require executive coaching and mentoring of the proper understanding of what the company expects from its calling center representatives, what duties are to be performed, what leaderships is required, and how...
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...people what they want if we can perceive what it is. * Success – Higher emotional intelligence helps us to be stronger internal motivators, which can reduce procrastination, increase self-confidence, and improve our ability to focus on a goal. It also allows us to create better networks of support, overcome setbacks, and persevere with a more resilient outlook. Our ability to delay gratification and see the long-term directly affects our ability to succeed. * Leadership – The ability to understand what motivates others, relate in a positive manner, and to build stronger bonds with others in the workplace inevitably makes those with higher emotional intelligence better leaders. An effective leader can recognize what the needs of his people are, so that those needs can be met in a way that encourages higher performance and workplace satisfaction. An emotionally savvy and intelligent leader is also able to build stronger teams by strategically utilizing the emotional diversity of their team members to benefit the team as a whole. * Emotional intelligence is still not completely understood, but what we do know is that emotions play a very critical role in the overall quality of our personal and professional lives,...
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...UX background, to create a new practical book to help product managers in the digital space manage projects effectively — the right way, with the right strategy, in the right time, with the right team. Making It Right is a book about just that: what product management is, what it isn’t, why it’s important, and how to approach it strategically and meaningfully to get things done well. Available today. What The Book Is All About In the startup world, success is defined by the quality and reach of the product. The main purpose of this book is to help product managers who work specifically with digital projects build better — less complex, more focused, less long-winded and more intelligent — products. By featuring lessons learned and warning signs from real-life projects, the book provides a structured framework for strategic product management to help product managers build the right products, at the right time, for the right people with just the right amount of process involved. The book isn’t concerned with abstract models and theoretical concepts. Based on ideas discovered in actual projects, it explains the roles and...
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...leadership development plan in the objective I have to continuously learn, grow and meet new challenges. Therefore, my approach is to first start from the skills audit outcome provided by the powerful multi source assessments and tools the EMBA program offered me the chance to fill up, giving me feedback on where I am today. Then, it consists of defining the gap with where I want to be tomorrow, and identifying which new skills are the best insurance I can get for an uncertain future, thus pushing my boundaries. Finally, it will deal with what “on-the-job” action plan I need to implement to face my leadership challenges and how I will make it happen. I – Where am I today? What are my current leadership skills and style? My personal life story provides the context for my professional and life experiences which have obviously shape my personality characteristics and style, even if they are not all definitive. Some of them are conscious, others are sub-conscious. The journey to leadership development begins with understanding myself well enough to be self-aware of the main gifts, strengths and specificities I can capitalize on and on which weaknesses I have to improve. For this purpose, and in the context of the Executive MBA program I have decided to undertake, I have filled in several key assessments such as Leadership Versatile Index (LVI), Emotional Quotient, FIRO-B and MBTI. - What do I learn from my data? The outcome is very rich and dense insights on the way...
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...operation. The Master of Science in Engineering Technology Management develops leaders to support the needs of the modern world-wide industry. The curriculum enhances both career and personal objectives. Graduates of the program are equipped to manage organization resources, lead technological change, and strategically integrate higher- level knowledge within their companies. The Master of Science in Engineering Technology Management (MSETM) provides a broad-based core of management competency in business functions, along with a solid understanding of engineering technologies and capabilities. Courses build upon existing technical competency while allowing the student to customize their depth of study in specific management technologies that enhance long-term professional career goals. MBA programs traditionally emphasize management by the numbers, i.e., using financial measures to gage performance, marketing analysis to forecast profitability, etc., along with organizational behavior....
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...| CW2 - Brand Book Review: Brand Asset Management | DRIVING PROFITABLE GROWTH THROUGH YOUR BRANDS by SCOTT M. DAVIS | Linda Tran 8.3.2013 | Introduction: According to the author, Davis said about his book, "In a nutshell, this book is about helping companies better understand how to manage their brands as assets. But it's not about searching for the silver bullet -- the best name or logo, the coolest service or product, or anything on the Internet. This book is about a mindset shift. Obviously, a long-term commitment is required for this mindset shift to take hold and for the approach I describe in this book to work. This book provides a roadmap to start to achieve Brand Asset Management excellence. It provides some new approaches and leverages successful approaches already established in many companies. And it demands that the brand be looked at holistically, encompassing every functional area within the organization." Davis Create phase and steps as follow: Phase One: Developing a Brand Vision Elements of a brand vision In phase one author is describing what good Brand Vision needs to incorporate the company's strategic and the financial growth goals. The key to the success is to create strong Brand Vision and every single word in it. First What the Brand vision is? How is it used? What kind of key inputs are needed and the last is Four-Part Vision Approach What makes A Brand Vision Statement? * A statement of the overall goal for the...
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...What is goal congruence? It simply means making sure your goals are in harmony with and aligned to what you really want in life. An Important Illustration: Let's say you hate your job so you set a new goal find another job. You're so desperate and emotional to leave your current work situation you focus your goal on what you are feeling in the moment. Your goal: Find a better job, that pays money, with less stress. Maybe you follow the SMART goals formula and add specifics that you can measure, such as you want to find this job within four months and your minimum salary requirement is 10% more than your current job. Let's say four months later you achieve your goals - you have a better paying job and less stress. However, you're still dissatisfied, because the new job is not challenging. Your workday seems extremely long and you're unhappy. When you ensure your goals are aligned with what really want in life then you will be happier in the long run. If you would have taken the time to focus on what you really wanted your job search may have taken you in a new direction. In the end, you'd be doing work you love, with more energy, and interest. You'd feel a sense of accomplishment and be happier. Never underestimate the power of effectively aligning your goal. It's the foundation for really smart goals. Objective: Setting Personal Goals that Will Spark Your Enthusiasm and Lead to Lasting Success You Want to Be With the 3% That Succeed! 97% of people do not know how...
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