...STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF ECONOMIC WAR ON ORGANIZATIONS FROM A LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR PERSPECTIVE. Individual Term Paper Table of Contents I. A. 1. 2. B. 1. 2. II. A. 1. 2. B. 1. 2. C. 1. 2. III. A. B. Background of the topic ............................................................................................................... 3 What is Economic War and what are its practices? .............................................................. 3 Pre-technological Era ........................................................................................................... 3 Technological Era ................................................................................................................. 3 How Competitive Intelligence translates into companies’ life? ............................................ 6 As a tool of Corporate Strategy ........................................................................................... 6 As a part of the Corporate Culture ..................................................................................... 6 Economic War and Corporate Culture .................................................................................. 7 Organizational Leadership....................................................................................................... 7 Where Economic War becomes a problem: advocating ethical behaviour ..................... 7 Where Economic War benefits: crisis leadership ................
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...researchandmarkets.com/reports/657511/ UK Automotive Industry: Sector Report Description: This industry profile is an essential tool to help your company gain an in-depth knowledge and competitive advantage in the industry. The profile is an assimilation of insider knowledge, market characteristics and economic indicators. It analyzes the critical success factors in the industry – how the industry has evolved and how competitive dynamics have impacted market behavior. Sectional Highlights -- Structure of the industry, market size, and growth rates have been analyzed -- Value chain analysis categorizes the value-adding activities to develop low-cost differentiation strategies -- Trend analysis detects historical patterns that could help in forecasting future demand periods -- Critical issues are reviewed that may become a threat to the industry -- PEST analysis uses a framework of external factors for macro-environmental scanning of the industry to help in taking advantage of opportunities and making contingency plans for threats -- Competitive positioning of the industry leaders has been evaluated in terms of sales, profitability, stock trend and other performance indicators Key Benefits -- Provides input for strategic business planning -- Targets business opportunities & risks -- Exploits competitive intelligence Target Audience -- Investment Managers -- Venture Capitalists -- Management Consultants -- Research Companies -- Other Industry Professionals Contents: 1. Industry...
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.........................................................................................6 Key Employee Biographies..................................................................................7 Major Products and Services..............................................................................9 Top Competitors.................................................................................................10 Locations and Subsidiaries...............................................................................11 Rowan Technology Group Page 2 © MarketLine Rowan Technology Group TABLE OF CONTENTS COMPANY OVERVIEW Rowan Technology Group (Rowan) is a consulting firm. It provides market analysis, strategic marketing and competitive technical intelligence for the advanced technology, advanced materials and coatings industry. The company primarily operates in the US, where it is headquartered in Libertyville, Illinois. As a privately held company, Rowan Technology Group is not obligated to release its financial results. KEY FACTS Head Office Rowan Technology Group 1590 South Milwaukee Avenue...
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...Analyzing Your Competition Overview Almost everyone in business understands the principle of trying to offer something better than what their competitors are offering. Gaining an advantage is the key to success and even survival. But many of the so-called advantages that businesses rely on are not sustainable. They can be easily copied, stolen or negated. Real competitive advantages — things like brand name recognition, patented manufacturing processes or exclusive rights to a scarce resource — cannot be easily copied. Every company has a unique set of strengths, and it's critical that you determine yours, as well as your competitors'. Hold a brainstorming session with your staff and advisors to perform a formal SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) analysis. This analysis helps you to see how your strengths stack up against your competitors' weaknesses and suggests ways to take advantage of marketplace opportunities. After you have performed the analysis, there are four basic competitive strategies to consider. 1. Become the low-cost supplier. By under-pricing the competition, you can achieve greater volume, which can drive your costs down even further by realizing economies of scale. Of course, it's important to still maintain a healthy profit margin so the key here is to lower costs, not just prices. 2. Achieve product or service quality differentiation. Think about the hundreds of companies that have achieved such differentiation for themselves...
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...NAME: _______________________________________ CASE 8: Research In Motion: Managing Explosive Growth 1. BACKGROUND INFORMATION |Timeframe |Country(s) Involved |Key Individuals & Titles |Company Type & Size | | | | | | 2. BRIEF SUMMARY OF CASE SITUATION |Business or Industry Description |Particular Company Situation | 3. INDUSTRY AND COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS |Dominant Economic Characteristics |Strategic Group MAP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ...
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...CRISIS MANAGEMENT Competitive intelligence: It’s the process of ethically, collecting, analyzing, and disseminating accurate, relevant, specific, timely, foresighted and actionable intelligence regarding the implications of business environment, competitors and the organization itself. SCIP – Strategic and Competitive Intelligence Professionals 3 main axes: 1. An ability to procure accurate and validates information to decision makers, project managers and even project team members 2. A capacity to produce specific studies and assessment describing a situation, the effect/cause of an event, the action/strategy of an actor 3. A mission consisting in delivering alerts and warnings to decision makers CI and crisis “ Lack of transparency can mean the management doesn’t see or doesn’t want to see important, vital competitive information. At time, this can lead to crisis.” Leonard M. FULD The secret language of competitive intelligence DEFINITION * BRUTAL,SUDDEN AND TRAUMATIC EVENT * Effect of surprise * Low probability (which make prevention difficult) * Considerable stakes (even the survival of the organization) * COMPLEX SITUATIONS WITH UNCERTAIN OUTCOMES * AN EXCEPTIONAL SITUATION REQUIRING “EXTRA-ORDINARY” MEASURES * Major impact * Fast reaction is imperative GOALS * You have to preserve your company’s activity, employees and assets, but not by any means * Laws...
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...TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Abstract II. Problem Statement III. Evaluation IV. Hypothesis V. Procedure/Design VI. Introduction VII. Definition and Examples a. Case I b. Case II c. Case III VIII. Origin of Competitive Intelligence IX. Why Collect Intelligence? X. What is Ethical? XI. Methods of Intelligence Collection XII. What Resources Are Used to Collect Information XIII. How Companies Utilized Collected Information XIV. Keeping Companies Secrets Secret a. Buildings b. Communication Systems c. Administrative XV. Conclusion I. ABSTRACT Intelligence gathering is considered commonplace in corporate America. Companies struggle to maintain the high ground within a competitive marketplace. One source for maintaining an elevated position is through information gathering on competitors, better known as Competitive Intelligence (CI). Collection of this information can be accomplished through numerous means. History has shown that the collection of CI is not a new practice, only that the methods used to collect the information have evolved over the past century. Intense pressure for turning profits, winning contracts, and avoiding expensive research and development costs drive the methods used in CI collection. With an increase in CI collection, companies are required to protect themselves from inside and outside intruders. II. PROBLEM STATEMENT Corporate America has become oblivious to the information being divulged concerning company trade secrets. ...
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...Opinions, good instincts, and creative thinking are not enough when it comes to brand analysis. Brand analysis involves sizing up a business situation and deciding on a strategy. Two major concerns of brand analysis are the industry and the existing competitive conditions. These assessments are necessary essentials of brand analysis. They ensure the availability of long-term direction, establishing appropriate objectives, and essentially crating an effective strategy. Brand analysis includes knowing what a specific industry’s dominant economic features are. Also, brand analysis examines what existing industry competition is like and how strong each of the industry’s competitive forces is. Effective brand analysis is achieved through an analytical sequence of strategic appraisals of a business’ external and internal environment, to establish issues, evaluate alternatives, and create a strategy. If these crucial assessments are not executed, a business may find that the brand it developed does not fit well with the environment of its intended industry and will not be capable of establishing and maintaining a competitive advantage for the business. Brand analysis requires a strategic evaluation of a business’ ecosystem. Any decisions should be based on sound analysis of a business’ external and internal structure. In order to successfully establish a business’ brand, an evaluation of dominant economic features in an industry must be carried out. Industry, in this...
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...(BSBWOR501) MANAGE PERSONAL WORK PRIORITIES AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT DOCUMENT (Please print your name) ____________________________________ (BSB50215) DIPLOMA OF BUSINES ------------------------------------------------- ASSESSMENT COVER SHEET CANDIDATES - Please submit this entire document (do not separate or remove pages) – with this page completed as required – and place at the top of your assessment document CANDIDATE TO COMPLETE THE SECTION BELOW | Name | | Address | | Phone | Daytime | | Evening/Mobile | | Email address | | Company name | | Training date(s) | | Training location | | Trainer’s name | | Assessment due date | | Date submitted | | Submission Date | | Resubmit 1 | | Resubmit 2 | | Purpose of the assessment The purpose of this assessment task is to assess evidence for part of a unit/s of competency which in full will lead towards a nationally-accredited qualification I acknowledge the following (all boxes need to be ticked) ❏ The assessment process has been explained to me ❏ I am ready to commence the assessment process. I have been advised of the assessment requirements, my rights and responsibilities as an assessment candidate, and I choose to be assessed at this time ❏ I understand which unit/s to complete, evidence I need to provide, and how to complete this document ❏ I understand...
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...factors involved in planning the monitoring and assessment of work performance. 4.2. Factors involved in planning the monitoring and assessment of work performance. 4.3. Evaluate the success of the Assessment. 4.4. Explain ways to motivate staff to achieve objectives 4.1. Explain the factors involved in planning the monitoring and assessment of work performance. Business pressures are ever-increasing and organizations are now required to become even more effective and efficient, execute better on business strategy, and do more with less to remain competitive. This puts focus on the work process and improving efficiency in how it is carried out. A work process is a series of steps or activities that use different organization resources (e.g., information, raw materials, human labor, machinery, supplies) to provide a product or service. When thinking about how work gets done in an organization, we usually focus on how people do their jobs and how each team and department gets the work done. Organizations are implementing innovative solutions to ensure that work processes deliver real results and improve business performance. Managers use many assessment tools and processes to assess, improve and monitor work processes. What is Performance Assessment? Performance assessment is a process that enables managers to assess...
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...today’s competitive market. Not everyone can achieve that without hard work, massive time and other resources dedicated to ensure methods. Keeping a diverse work force is what we strive for. It allows employees from different backgrounds, different educational and occupational experience to collaborate and reach common goals. Adverse impact and validity are among the topics in this analysis; as follows. Effectively using information to make business decisions is vital to a company’s success. Analyzing data can help organizations determine if they have a high quality and talented workforce that can perform, meet objectives, and implement strategy. Successful data analysis can also help with hiring, training, and planning decisions. Yet, this same information can be used for decisions on down-sizing, and layoffs. It is important and fundamental to have measurements t assist in making decisions. The problem we face is deciding between two assessment systems, both of which are relatively expensive. As Fuzzy Hugs pursuing and maintaining a high quality low cost strategy is the business model. Furthermore, underperforming manufacturing employees cannot be afforded to be employed given the lean staffing model. The first system brought forth by Fuzzy Hugs has high validity and predicts job success well, but it results in fairly high levels of adverse impact. Avoiding legal trouble is a concern for Fuzzy Hugs so maintaining a diverse workforce is important. The assessment tools within...
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...Product Description LDR 531 Week 5, 360 Assessment A 360 Degree Reach Assessment is a web based assessment that helps individuals identify how they are perceived by those around them. It allows individuals the ability to receive critical feedback on both a professional and personal level that can help one expand within career or business (Reach Communications Consulting, Inc, 2009). The 360 degree reach assessment has been used by a number of well-known corporations over the years as part of their talent development process. Using the 360 degree reach assessment, individuals will be able to better understand his or her unique personal brand attributes and their strengths and weaknesses, allowing them to increase their confidence and self-motivation (Reach Communications Consulting, Inc, 2009). In life people wear many different hats depending on the relationship. At home, a parent or spouse, at work as an employee or employer, and as a friend or a teacher. Finding efficient ways to balance the relationships can be challenging. Using an assessment such as the 360° assessment, an individual can get a better understanding of the things that they do right and the things that they can improve on in these different types of relationships. We as people cannot fix things if we do not know they are broken. Self-evaluations can be one-sided and often biased because people tend to view themselves positively without regard to flaws. The 360° assessment allows people 2- Motivational Plan ...
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...International School of Management Instructions: DBA Professional Assessment Evaluation II EBay’s Strategy in China: Alliance or Acquisition? Outcomes Assessment Committee International School of Management DBA Program Instructions Professional Assessment Evaluation II Case Study EBay’s Strategy in China: Alliance or Acquisition? I hope you are enjoying the learning experience as you work your way through the DBA program and that you are finding the seminars both enjoyable and professionally beneficial. The institution is committed to delivering quality academic programs that add value to program candidates. If you have a moment, I would be interested in receiving feedback on your experience to date. Please drop me a quick email at: peter.horn@ism.edu. We want to make sure that we are meeting your expectations. Also included are the Professional Assessment Evaluation II instructions and the Case itself – EBay’s Strategy in China: Alliance or Acquisition . As per our Accreditation Outcomes Assessment Policies and the degree requirements of the DBA program, the assessment is required to be completed by each program candidate enrolled in the DBA program. This case was developed to introduce you to various issues in corporate strategy with regards to: 1. Market entry – entering a new / foreign market (eg: China) 2. Market Capture – obtaining and maintaining a company’s competitive advantage. It is designed to: 1. Provide you with an understanding of the advantages and disadvantages...
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...Formal and informal assessments have their advantages and disadvantages. Formal assessments are standardized tests that are designed by test specialists. There are given and scored under a standard condition. Informal assessments are tests designed by teachers for use in their classroom. Standardized tests are a type of formal assessments. Standardized tests are formal assessments because the tests are given in the same manner every time. They are fixed choice tests. It is a published achievement test. These are assessments that have been made to allow students to answer a vast amount of questions in a short time period. Since these tests are standardized they will all be the same unless there are different versions of the same test with the questions in different order. By using the same tests the answers can be machine scored. There will not be any mistakes due to grading error. They are convenient to assess student’s knowledge. These are the advantages of using standardized tests. With any given test there are some disadvantages to them, even those designed to be the best. Since standardized tests are fixed choices tests, they can exaggerate accurate information and minimal level skills at the sacrifice of advanced order problem solving and conceptual skills. They also take away from teaching time. These tests usually last a few hours, and during this time students are not learning. Standardized tests also do not assess the same curriculum. Every state has...
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...The Sport of Dancing Courtney Packwood ENG-106/Professor Zafonte March 17, 2013 Dancers should be considered athletes as well as artists. Dancers must use their bodies to express emotions, tell a story, commit to years of physical training, develop stamina, work as a team, take care of their bodies, stretch to prevent injuries, and enter into competitions against other dancers. They deserve to be helped at the athletic office. The dance education majors are not even allowed to ask for an ice pack from the athletic trainers. Members of the Grand Canyon University Dance Team are considered athletes, while the Dance Education majors are not. Both programs involve dance training but yet the school team is the only one of the two that reaps the benefits of being an athlete. The label of dancing being an art or sport has been questioned for decades now but no one has given it a definitive answer. When looking up the definition for athlete, several interpretations are given; overall, the main idea of an athlete being, “a person who is trained or skilled in exercises, sports, or games requiring physical strength, agility, or stamina” according to the Webster dictionary. When comparing this definition to dancers, it is clear that they meet each of those standards. So, why are dancers being denied help from the athletic training office when they demonstrate comparable abilities in physical training, competition, teamwork, and dedication; just as much as any of the athletic teams on...
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