Syllabus MGT 496 Strategic Management and Policy, Spring 2016 Instructor: | Dr. Jim Sundali | Office: | 401D Business Administration | Class: | MW 1:00 & 4:00 in AB 102 | Office Hours: | MW 11:00-12:45 | Phone: | 775-682-9176 | E-mail: | jsundali@unr.edu (best way) | Web Site: | http://www.business.unr.edu/sundali/ | WebCampus: | http://wcl.unr.edu | Catalog Description Emphasis on the application of knowledge from all functional areas of business to organizational
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tradeoffs. Using data on 14 major airlines between 1985 and 1992, I test the hypothesis that firms in worse financial condition are more likely to start price wars. Empirical results suggest that this is true, particularly for highly leveraged firms. The article also explores which firms join existing price wars and finds that a firm is more likely to enter a price war the greater the share of its traffic on routes served by the price-war leader. 1. Introduction Economists’ explanations for price wars differ
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17 • Compliance with a Medical Regime for Asthma (Becker 1978) 18 • Internal versus External Locus of Control (Rotter 1966) 21 • Analysis of Self-Efficacy Theory of Behavioural Change (Bandura and Adams 1977) 23 • Summary of the health belief theories 26 • Comprehension questions for theories of health belief 27 • Part A exam question 28 • Part B exam question 29 • Evaluation sheet of health belief theories/studies
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Professor R. Kabaliswaran Office: KMC 7-56 E-mail: rkabalis@stern.nyu.edu Office Hours: 11:30 AM– 1:00 PM on class days and by appointment Class Hrs: Wed 1:30-4:20 PM on Jan 27; Feb 3, 10, 17, 24; Mar 3, 10, 24, 31; Apr 7, 14, 21, 28. Due Dates Team Case Write-up: 2/24. Final Team Project : 4/28. Indiv Take Home Final: 5/2. ____________________________________________________________ _________________ Course Overview Welcome aboard! What do leaders do? What happens inside organizations? And how
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perceptions of genetic testing among Hispanics with a family history of breast cancer Design: This cross-sectional pilot study used interpersonal structured interviews for data collection. Participants: We interviewed 48 Hispanics without breast cancer but who had a family member with breast cancer; participants lived in San Antonio and the surrounding area. Main Outcome: The outcomes were interest in breast cancer genetic testing, awareness about genetic testing, perceived risk of carrying a breast
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Educational Research P O Box 3237 Wellington New Zelaand CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS v EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Enhancing pedagogy Contributing to child outcomes Building linkages between early childhood settings and other settings Eight characteristics of effective professional development Structural features of effective professional development Professional development programmes Participants Professional
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WITHOUT CONFLICT 4-5 3. EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION BUILD COMMITMENT 6-7 4. THE ART OF COMMUNICATING 8-9 5. PRESENTING TO A GROUP 10-12 6. CONVERSATION 13-14 7. MEETINGS ALWAYS TAKE TIME 15-17 8. MAKING YOUR CASE 18-20 9. LISTEN WHILE YOU WORK 21-22 10. CHANGE MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEE COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES 23-25 1 CLEAR COMMUNICATION By Keith Rosen If you can eliminate communication
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advantage, there is little understanding of how organisations actually create and manage knowledge dynamically. Nonaka, Toyama and Konno start from the view of an organisation as an entity that creates knowledge continuously, and their goal in this article is to understand the dynamic process in which an organisation creates, maintains and exploits knowledge. They propose a model of knowledge creation consisting of three elements: (i) the SECI process, knowledge creation through the conversion of tacit
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photocopying, recording, or otherwise), or for any purpose, without the express written permission of Microsoft Corporation. As the software licensee, you may make reasonable customizations to the software online help documentation for your internal use only. You are solely responsible for and bear any and all liability relating to any customizations you make. This includes any adverse effect that your customizations have on any functionality of the licensed software, the software documentation itself
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STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT TEXAS EXECUTIVE MBA PROGRAM FALL 2011 Professor David B. Jemison CBA 3.232 Telephone 471-8757 David.Jemison@mccombs.utexas.edu Texts: Porter, Michael E. Competitive Strategy. (New York: Free Press, l998). Course Description Perspective and Themes This course is about the creation and maintenance of a long-term vision for the organization. This means that it is concerned with both the determination of strategic direction and the management of the strategic
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