MANAGING WORKFORCE DIVERSITY AT IBM: A GLOBAL HR TOPIC THAT HAS ARRIVED J. T. (Ted) Childs Jr. To be successful, global companies must continue to look toward the future, and CEOs, senior line and HR management, and diversity leaders play a key role in that process. Workforce diversity cannot be delegated; it must be a partnership. Although the HR team plays the key staff role, total delegation from the top, without active involvement, is a recipe for failure. IBM considers diversity a business
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Additional References: 2. Charles W. L. Hill (2009), International Business, 7th edition, Singapore: McGraw-Hill 3. Mohd Nazari Ismail (2007), Globalization Debate, UM Press. Teaching Materials/ Equipment Text Book, Journal Articles, Case Studies Learning Strategies Lecture, Tutorial, Discussion Student Learning Time 120 Hours Face to face: 41 Hours (lecture, tutorial) Independent learning: 75 Hours (preparation before and after lecture, preparation for final examination) Assessment :
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serious criminal activities such as contraband drugs and guns. As a result, we should avoid this type of business that causes severe damages to the development of worldwide economy. WAL-MART INTRODUCTION Wal-Mart's history is one of innovation, leadership and success. Wal-Mart was founded
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INTRODUCTION The business world is changing at bullet-train speed – technology, the global economy, increasing regulatory scrutiny, the looming talent crisis, the recognition that mental illness is dramatically affecting the workplace. All of these are having a huge impact on the HR profession. The c-level is finally starting to realize how important your role is. They want you to get out of the day-to-day administrivia - while still making sure everything is done perfectly, mind you. They
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execution. Organizing and controlling such a large entity may be cumbersome but the senior leadership of McDonald’s have put together a strategy that has allowed them to make changes and recalculate their direction as if they were a small business. Their aptly named ‘Plan-to-Win’ strategy has guided them well through seemingly hard economic times and kept the company focused on ‘being better, not just bigger’. Strategy Match McDonald’s faces many aggressive competitors in fast food industry. From Kentucky
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>cases A GEM of a Study >Abstract The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Entrepreneurial Assessment, a joint project of The Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership at Babson College and The London Business School, has undertaken a long-term, large-scale project to prove the causal links between a government’s economic policies and initiatives, the resulting entrepreneurial activity and subsequent economic growth. This case describes multiplestage research, including thousands of interviews
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increased trade and foreign direct investment have, according to some estimates, contributed to a fourfold rise in the effective global labor force over the past two decades. The second phenomenon is that the nature of globalization is changing. Technological advances, and particularly sharp reductions in communication and coordination costs, have allowed the emergence of global supply chains that are increasingly fragmented geographically. To feed these supply chains, international trade is Increasingly
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Overview of Nestle Over the previous 130 years Nestle Company has been able to acquire great amount of knowledge of almost all the varied markets of the world since 1866. This is the reason why Nestle has been able to gain a leading position in the global food operations as it has factories operation in 77 countries and it is selling its gamut of products in all the six continents. The best part so Nestle is that it occupies the leading market shares along with a broad and diversified business portfolio
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Final Paper – BRL Hardy: Globalization of Australian Wine Company Western International University LDR 645 – Innovative leadership global May 24th, 2011 1. Executive Summary BRL Hardy is a global wine company that has engaged in a strategy that geared to create multidimensional capabilities for the company but faced with decision dilemma resulted from management tensions. The author of this paper believes the source of management tension is lack of coordination between management
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leading global food service retailer, with more than 33,000 local restaurants serving more than 64 million people in 118 countries each day. More than 80% of McDonald's restaurants worldwide are owned and operated independently. McDonald’s is categorized as a fast-food restaurant that serves mainly hamburgers, fries, and beverages, with the main focus on product and service quality, speed and accuracy. McDonald’s uses Cost Leadership Strategy in combination with Operational Excellence Strategy. This
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