Journal of Information Technology Teaching Cases (2012) 2, 79–86 & 2012 JITTC Palgrave Macmillan All rights reserved 2043-8869/12 palgrave-journals.com/jittc/ Teaching case Understanding the process of backsourcing: two cases of process and product backsourcing in Europe Julia Kotlarsky1, Lars Bognar2 1 2 Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham, UK; Google Ireland Ltd., Dublin, Ireland Correspondence: J Kotlarsky, Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham,
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‘Everyone down, lock the doors’. We all hid under the table. I’m lying on the floor looking at Dave and Pat—I’m thinking, Holy Smokes, this is unreal. It was just incredible—a real bonding experience! —Garry Berryman, Vice President, Materials Management David Cotteleer, Information Systems (IS) Manager of the Supplier Information Link (SiL’K) project, smiled as he recalled the terror and subsequent camaraderie that had grown out of that unusual beginning. It had set the tone for the partnership
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projects available to others interested in human resource management in preliminary form to encourage discussion and suggestions. Page 1 Human Resources and Organization Success WP 96-03 Fortune magazine's November 1994 cover story tells us the six reasons "Why Companies Fail”1: (1) Identity Crisis: Top managers don't have a "mental model" of the organizations key competencies, so they succumb to management fads, creating "change fatigue", and the work
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Management Revised Edition Peter F. Drucker with Joseph A. Maciariello Contents Introduction to the Revised Edition of Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices Preface 1 2 3 Part I 4 5 6 7 Part II 8 9 10 11 Part III 12 Introduction: Management and Managers Defined Management as a Social Function and Liberal Art The Dimensions of Management Management’s New Realities Knowledge Is All New Demographics The Future of the Corporation and the Way Ahead Management’s New Paradigm Business
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BRAND MANAGEMENT Student: Drobnjak Anja, K-5050 Professor: Prof. dr David Jones Warsaw, 22.01.2014. Contents Introduction 4 Branding 5 The Laws of Branding 6 Branding and its components 8 Brand implementation 9 Brand awareness 9 Brand recognition 10 Brand equity 10 Brand elements 11 Brand Bubble Trouble 12 Strategic brand management 13 Adidas - a brand that identifies with its performance 15 Coca-Cola as Number One 17 Disney world 18 Conclusion
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Literature Review on Leadership Commissioned by the Performance and Innovation Unit of the Cabinet Office Dr Keith Grint Templeton College University of Oxford Introduction 1. Over 25 years ago Stogdill’s Handbook of Leadership [1] exposed a problem for understanding leadership that has, if anything, grown worse over the years: there are almost as many definitions of leadership as there are people attempting to define it. Over ten years ago Yukl’s [2] wide ranging review of the
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organizational culture, power trips – goes on and on. Continuous Improvement is the on-going effort to improve products, services and processes by making small, incremental improvements within a business. It is based on the belief that these incremental changes will add up to major improvements over time and it is as much about tactics (i.e. specific improvements) as it is about changing the culture of the organization to focus on opportunities for improvement rather than problems. At the other extreme
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TABLE OF CONTENTS A. Four Functions of Management 1 1. Planning 2 Planning Terminology 3 Vision 3 Mission 3 Objective 3 Goals 3 Strategic Planning 4 2. Organizing 4 Organizational Structure 5 Division of Labor 5 Delegation of Authority 6 Departmentation 7
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www.pwc.com/us/pharma Aspiring giants How small pharmas can drive to $1 billion — and beyond PwC’s PRTM Management Consulting Aspiring giants Executive summary Amid the volatile blend of opportunity and challenge that characterizes the global pharmaceutical industry, only a few small companies have managed to catapult their revenue over the $1 billion mark over the past two decades. Whether they chose to expand their therapeutic area focus and product portfolios, enter new geographies
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