...observed that there a number of emerging trends that have been significant in the context of strategic leadership. The following is an account of one emerging trend in strategic leadership that has been selected for this research. Emerging Trend in Strategic Leadership The most significant emerging trend that has been selected is the “deployment of leaders in all areas of the organization”, which is observd to be quite beneficial for organizations. A reflection on the fact too obvious related to the emergence of this trend of strategic leadership arises from a traditional model of leadership operating from the top of a hierarchical structure, it is no longer relevant nor sufficient to manage complexity, volatility and uncertainty of the business environment so focused knowledge and transformation, like the present (Morrill, 2010). It can not be admitted that a handful of privileged people at the top of the organizational structure of the company, are sufficiently insightful, skilled and competent enough to successfully assume the definition and monitoring of the strategic guidelines of a company. In today’s competitive business environment, cross-fertilization of ideas is required. This would in turn it appeal to the intellectual diversity of people with unique talents, and need of competition at different functional perspectives. All this will be relevant in a newly minted company, whose leaders in their diligent effort to challenge the business activity shall contrast many...
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...Ibrahim Masmoum Business Development in Emerging Economies 11 April 2014 A) In your opinion – What is the future of Emerging Economies? It seems almost impossible to deny that the emerging economies have a big future. In the last two decades, many developing countries have experienced economic growth and have come over many challenges such as social, political and technological. The economic growth is changing the outlook of those emerging markets. The future of developing countries is very promising and likely to bring large-scale developments and improvements for those emerging economies. Emerging economies are growing at a high rate, which is giving them an economic importance as their share of the world total GDP is still growing (IMF, 2014). However, many factors are challenging the rapid growth of emerging markets. In fact, in some countries such as Turkey and Brazil, it’s proving difficult to achieve a sustainable growth due to political risks. In terms of opportunities, emerging markets are the most promising because they are very rich in human resources (China and India) and natural resources (oil in Middle east and energy in Russia). The financial crisis in 2008-2009 has given the emerging markets more confidence to take the lead on the international level. In my opinion, the opportunities for emerging economies are big because they are experiencing a lot of social and political developments and on the long-term nations like China, India, Russia and Brazil...
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...What Is Social Business Design? Technology, society, and work are all changing at breakneck speeds, but businesses are not keeping pace. When these emerging trends work together, they call for a new kind of business – one that is distributed, collaborative, agile, and better positioned to succeed. Dachis Group has a keen awareness of the enormous opportunity presented by these emerging trends, and a deep understanding of the challenges they represent. Through Social Business Design, Dachis Group helps businesses re-envision their inherent architecture – preparing them to meet the challenges and take advantage of the opportunities that these trends present. Request the Social Business Design Whitepaper. Why Is Social Business Design Important? • Emerging Opportunities • New Challenges • Our Approach • Results Emerging Opportunities As the idea of work is changing for employees and other stakeholders in a business, a crucial opportunity has emerged for businesses to become more flexible and open – increasing efficiency and reducing inertia. Technology [pic] It goes without saying that technological evolution has fueled every major business revolution, from agrarian to industrial. But every major business shift was spurred on by innovations that were seemingly unpredictable, yet visible to those with keen foresight. Currently, the ever-increasing overlap between consumer and enterprise technology is opening up a number of opportunities for businesses to evolve...
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...Gartner's 2012 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies Identifies "Tipping Point" Technologies That Will Unlock Long-Awaited Technology Scenarios 2012 Hype Cycle Special Report Evaluates the Maturity of More Than 1,900 Technologies Big data, 3D printing, activity streams, Internet TV, Near Field Communication (NFC) payment, cloud computing and media tablets are some of the fastest-moving technologies identified in Gartner Inc.'s 2012 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies. Gartner analysts said that these technologies have moved noticeably along the Hype Cycle since 2011, while consumerization is now expected to reach the Plateau of Productivity in two to five years, down from five to 10 years in 2011. Bring your own device (BYOD), 3D printing and social analytics are some of the technologies identified at the Peak of Inflated Expectations in this year's Emerging Technologies Hype Cycle (see Figure 1). Gartner's 2012 Hype Cycle Special Report provides strategists and planners with an assessment of the maturity, business benefit and future direction of more than 1,900 technologies, grouped into 92 areas. New Hype Cycles this year include big data, the Internet of Things, in-memory computing and strategic business capabilities. The Hype Cycle graphic has been used by Gartner since 1995 to highlight the common pattern of overenthusiasm, disillusionment and eventual realism that accompanies each new technology and innovation. The Hype Cycle Special Report is updated annually to track technologies...
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...UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION TERM PAPER TOPIC: ISSUES IN GLOBAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT DSM 602: By DR. YABS NGETICH MONICAH D61/69197/2013 INTRODUCTION The scope of strategic business issues faced by companies and organizations striving to operate and be successful internationally has widened due to an increasingly broad geographic scope and the increasing complexity of technology. Strategic issues arise not only through the formal, periodic strategic planning processes in companies but also can, and quite often do arise unpredictably due to new insights, unexpected advances in technology or competitive activities in the market place. All companies have their way of identifying and dealing with these being their most critical strategic questions. However, theprocess of managing emerging strategic issues is typically non-structured, not necessarily optimally suited to enable the effective identification of the most critical questions and the appropriate allocation of top management attention and corporate intelligence support to answer the identified strategic questions. Despite the past research during 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s into the domain of strategic issues (SI), strategic issue management (SIM), and strategic issue management systems (SIMS) there is a scarcity applicable approaches for firms to use in improving their attention focus and distribution in strategic issue management processes. The underpinnings of strategic management...
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...of the essence and there is an unspoken urgency that affects how we store, process, display and manipulate information. Through emerging trends in technology we cope with these changes by facilitating an environment that that enables us to better interact and communicate with one another. This places emphasis on the need of technology being more agile, mobile and ultimately adaptable – especially with the growing rates of software integration that we see in financial industry with internet banking and so on. commercial growth (i.e. iPad) and the improvement of the social environment in accessing information (cloud computing). Today, there will be three main points in which I will discuss: 1. Firstly emerging technology in software 2. Secondly the emerging technology in hardware 3. The impact and summation of these two causes on society Before I begin, I would like to point out there is inevitable dichotomy between the two as software and hardware acts as cohesion between the two exacerbate the notion of technological growth. Hopefully this will become clearer in my presentation First of, we will look at software: Being the most maluable entity of the two, emerging software trends arises as a result of personal and business decisions. As we see a shift on rapid information processing and greater emphasis on mobility, there is a trend of: 1. iCloud and improvement to networking – grid computing 2. Collaborative CRM – a response of the shifting target audience...
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...and strategist Dr. Vladimir Kvint, an emerging market is “a country whose society in transition from a dictatorial form of government to a free market economy, increasing economic freedom, gradual integration into the world market, an expanding middle class, improving living standards, social stability and deepening cooperation with multi-institutions ". Furthermore, In 2008 Emerging Economy Report, the Center for Knowledge Societies defines Emerging Economies as those "regions of the world that are experiencing rapid informationalization under conditions of limited or partial industrialization." The notion of the author/ in simple terms with regards to emerging markets is that it is a particular economy which stands ahead of developing economies with more attractive economic and political conditions and institutional framework leading to potential business opportunities. According to Brandes (2014), “Emerging markets are no longer the uncharted markets they were in the past—they are advancing economies with growth opportunities and continually improving economic and political conditions”. The trend of emerging markets up surged from late 1990’s when 73% of developing countries outpaced America. The most impressive growth was reported in four biggest emerging economies; namely, Brazil, Russia, India and China which were abbreviated to BRICs in 2001. http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21582257-most-dramatic-and-disruptive-period-emerging-market-growth-world-has-ever-seen ...
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...Organizational Trends Learning Team A MGT 307 November 5, 2012 Keith Wade Organizational Trends A CEO of a large corporation provides himself with yearly bonuses and takes credit for the staffs hard work and dedication. After reading that statement does it provide you with motivation to want to work for an organization who employee CEO’s such as that? Many individuals are beginning to turn down successful job opportunities to work with smaller net worth organizations because the smaller organizations have present a set of values as well as live by the values they present. These values are not just personal but also professional. High-Performance Workplaces Self-managed work teams, quality programs, and job rotation typically characterize high-performance workplaces and organizations. High-performance organizational structures exhibit a wider variety of flexibility. The structure can be flat, network, matrix or virtual (Locke, 2009). Managers and directors select structures that work best for them and the environment in which their business operates. In contrast to the traditional workplace and business, the high-performance organization work groups freely communicate with peers and associates throughout the company. Many high-performance workplaces encourage employees to express ideas, suggestions, or concerns with upper management, modern organizations tend to control costs, by using flatter, a horizontal organizational structure (Thornbory, 1987)...
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...Emerging Trends in Business Strategy A Success Story of Mother Dairy Research Paper prepared by: • Rajeev Ranjan Post Graduate Diploma in Management, Jaipuria institute of Management, Noida Mobile: 09350864084 Email: rajeevranjan99@gmail.com • Rahul Bangabash Post Graduate diploma in Management, Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida Mobile: 09953550067 Email: rahulbangabash@yahoo.co.in Emerging Trends in Business Strategy 2 A Success Story of Mother Dairy ABSTRACT Emerging Trends in Business Strategy A Success Story of Mother Dairy By Rajeev Ranjan Rahul Bangabash From chronic shortages of milk, India has emerged today as the largest producer of milk in the world nearing 100 million tonnes. It offers opportunities galore to entrepreneurs worldwide, who wish to capitalize on one of the world's largest and fastest growing markets for milk and milk products. The effective milk market is largely confined to urban areas, inhabited by over 25 per cent of the country's population. An estimated 50 per cent of the total milk produced is consumed here. By the end of 2007, the urban population is expected to increase by more than 100 million to touch 864 million in 2007 a growth of about 40 per cent. The expected rise in urban population would be a boon to Indian dairying.Presently, the organized sector both cooperative and private and the traditional sector cater to this market. In this booming period Mother Dairy is looking to take advantage of the opportunities which...
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...IBM Reduces Energy Costs and Environmental Damages International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is the world’s largest information technology (IT) corporation. Also known as “Big Blue”, IBM was formed as the result of a merger between the Tabulating Machine Company, International Time Recording Company and the Computing Company of America. The merger took place in 1911 and shortly after Thomas J. Watson Sr. came aboard (IBM, 2008). He is accredited with transforming IBM into a leader of innovation and technology. Currently IBM provides business, technology and consulting services to its customers. In particular they offer consulting, delivery and implementation services, enterprise software, systems, microelectronics and financing. Direct competitors of IBM include: Accenture, Hewlett-Packard, and Microsoft. Whalen (2010) states IBM’s operations expand globally to over 170 countries. IBM headquarters are located in Armonk, New York. General Environment Social Cultural - IBM’s reputation was previously based on control. “Big Blue” controlled the mainframe market (hardware, software and applications). Presently, IBM has the reputation as an enormous, innovative information technology company (Blankenhorn, 2005). Their reputation is no longer based on control but the quality is experienced by customers. Their expansion has reached not only mainframe customers, but customers and businesses across the entire IT market. It is the opinion of the customers...
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...Organizational Trends Nathaniel Benson, Felton Wells, Kevin Harring, William Kindred MGT/307 February 17, 2011 Charles Parnell Organizational Trends Team B entered discussion concerning organizational trends. Within the discussion the team came to a consensus about its thoughts toward organizational trends. In this paper we will describe the characteristics of high performance workplaces and organizations, discuss how high performance workplaces and organizations differ from traditional organizations in terms of operational effectiveness, workplace stress, and organizational dynamics. We will then compile strategies for managing workplace stress, and evaluate emerging trends in organizational behavior related to high performance workplaces and stress management techniques. Although each organization has its own way of doing things, trends in high performance workplaces and organizations differ from traditional organizations in terms of operational effectiveness, workplace stress, and organizational dynamics. High Performance Workplace and Organization Characteristics Organizations consist of many characteristics of high performance. A few of these characteristics consist of work clarity, and a capability assessment. Work clarity consists of making sure every employee understands why the organization exists and what is important. The process makes it clear to all employees in the organization, what business the larger or parent organizations are in and...
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...2013-15(IIIrd trim) Submitted By: Ankur Chauhan Roll No: 09 PGDM IB 2013-15(IIIrd trim) GUIDE: Dr. POONAM CHAUHAN GUIDE: Dr. POONAM CHAUHAN International Marketing Strategy in Automobile Sector in Emerging market International Marketing Strategy in Automobile Sector in Emerging market Research Paper Research Paper Abstract Globalization has not only opened up new avenues for MNEs, but has also benefitted the emerging nations who have adapted to it. It has formed the basis of growth and development for most emerging nations of course other factors too are relevant). This research paper seeks to examine the international marketing strategies of MNEs in the automobile industry, specifically for the emerging nations, because as our subsequent findings will prove, that these markets are currently the most promising and will remain so at least for a few years to come. When we consider the emerging nations, the most promising ones are obviously the BRICs (reasons covered in the following sections). Hence, for readability and convenience purposes, we have limited our research to these nations. Keywords: Marketing strategy, BRIC, TRIAD, MNE, emerging markets, JV Objectives of Study: 1) International Marketing strategies followed by automotive companies in Emerging markets. 2) The study also aims at understanding whether the marketing strategy of these global automotive companies are justified by analysing its impact on the key statistically significant...
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...[pic] A2 Business Studies Pre-Release Research Task ‘Development in Emerging Markets: China’ Learner Name: _____________________________ Preparing for A2 Business The Unit 3 examination Strategies for success • 25% of A level • 1 hour 45 minutes exam • 80 marks • The exam is case study based and comprises one 10 mark calculation question, two 18 mark evaluation questions and one 34 mark report. The Unit 4 examination The Business Environment and Managing Change • 25% of A level • 1 hour 45 minutes exam • 80 marks • Section A: Pre-release research tasks leading to a 40 mark essay • Section B: Choice of 3 essays, one must be chosen for 40 marks • This unit is synoptic – this means that it pulls together all the material from the entire AS and A2 specification. There are two key additional elements of preparation for this paper: Complete the research task The research task is designed to enable you to investigate in detail a small part of the Unit 4 specification. The research brief will give you precise guidance on the tasks to complete. Do not make too much of this task and extend your research beyond what is asked. Do, however, relate your research to a variety of large businesses producing goods and services and operating in different markets. Read widely about business You should read newspapers, magazines, and books, watch television and surf the internet for news...
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...Recent trends in information system Introduction The advancement of technologies in business is changing the world of work. Businesses find they must incorporate many of the new technological procedures, processes, policies, hardware, and software into their environment to remain competitive. The impact from these technological advances on how work is performed affects the workforce far differently now than what has been seen over the past 25 years. One of the greatest impacts has been on the workers themselves, and the challenge of training and preparing to remain abreast in today’s workforce is tremendous. This challenge, which is facing today’s workers, is something educators cannot afford to ignore. Technology has created a revolution in today’s educational environment, and this change in education makes teaching more rewarding and far more challenging (Bryant, 2001). Recent Information Technology Trends Future Information Technology Trends : There's no denying that we are in a worldwide downturn. Governments are in debt; jobs are being cut; houses are being repossessed and people pain because it. However, there is a way to plan for the declining eminent and that is through IT guidance. If you are like most people, the last thing on your opinion is paying for tuition, especially in a specialty as baffling as information technology. However, IT education may be your label out of the slump and into a fulfilling and stable career. Here's why : Universality...
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...+ Models ORGDYN-404; No. of Pages 9 Organizational Dynamics (2011) xxx, xxx—xxx a v a i l a b l e a t w w w. s c i e n c e d i r e c t . c o m journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/orgdyn Emerging HR management trends in India and the way forward Pawan S. Budhwar, Arup Varma INTRODUCTION Over the last decade or so, India has emerged as a major player on the global economic front. To a great extent, India’s enhanced global economic importance is due to the economic reforms that were initiated in 1991. The reforms have been instrumental in creating tremendous opportunities for businesses, in particular for foreign operators. Bodies like the World Bank predict that if India can sustain its economic growth over the next decade, then it is likely to become one of the leading economies of the world. Needless to say, there are many issues that still need urgent attention — among these, development of infrastructure, control over corruption and bureaucratic red tape, opening-up of key sectors for foreign investments, political and legal reforms, enhancing employable skills in new graduates, control over increasing poverty, internal and external security, and divestments in the public sector, etc. In addition, issues related to the management of human resources have become crucial for India’s sustained economic growth. The liberalization of economic policies calls for a switch from labor intensive to more capital-intensive methods of production, and thus requires organizations...
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