1. Introduction ‘Knowledge is power’, an old saying from Francis Bacon, which is considered as a true statement that has been recognised for a long time (Greco, 1993; Nielsen and Rasmussen, 2011). Especially, in recent 20 years, the interest and importance of knowledge in organisations has been increased remarkably in both theoretically and practically (Cheema, 2010; Knight and Howes, 2003; Rasmussen and Nielsen, 2011). The reason is revealed by Migdadi (2009) and Politis (2005), in the new economy
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APJEM Arth Prabandh: A Journal of Economics and Management Vol.1 Issue 2, May 2012, ISSN 2278‐0629 THE LINK BETWEEN INTERNAL MARKETING AND HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SEYED MEHDI MOUSAVI DAVOUDI*; RAVNEET KAUR** *Student of Executive MBA, Faculty of Management and Economics, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran. **Faculty of management, JIMT, Radaur, India. ABSTRACT Pinnacle Research Journals 59 http://www.pinnaclejournals.com
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CHAPTER 6 Corporate-Level Strategies Learning Objectives CONTENTS After reading this chapter, you should be able to: Introduction 1. Understand corporate strategy and identify its components. Corporate Strategy 2. Evaluate and identify different approaches to corporate strategy development. The Portfolio Approach 3. Understand how organisations can create and sustain the multibusiness advantage. Corporate Strategy and Adding Value 4. Appreciate how different corporate
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of Bucharest, Economic and Administrative Series, Nr. 2 (2008) 31-45 BALANCED SCORECARD APPLICATION IN UNIVERSITIES AND HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTES: IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE IN AN IRANIAN CONTEXT DARYUSH FARID, َ EHRAN NEJATI, HEYDAR MIRFAKHREDINI∗ M Close compete of universities and higher education institutes in recent year in order to offer high quality services and achieve higher national and International rank, has led to an increase in their demand for a customized approach for assessing
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Is Best Practice Dead? Abstract In the light of globalization, HRM becoming from being a mere support function to one of strategic importance and researchers have argued that HRM policies and practices are more significant because they can act as mechanisms for co-ordination and control of international operations. Meanwhile, “best practice” on HRM has been acknowledged to constitute a major constraint when MNCs try to implement global strategies, mainly because of the different cultural and
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Professional Practice S E R I E S THE James W. Smither Manuel London EDITORS Performance Management Putting Research into Action A Publication of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Performance Management The Professional Practice Series The Professional Practice Series is sponsored by The Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Inc. (SIOP). The series was launched in 1988 to provide industrial and organizational psychologists, organizational
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Strategic Leadership Critically evaluate the concept of strategic leadership | Introduction Every business, especially within our current and very intricate global settings, is subject of an extremely challenging venture in terms of features which may influence the function of an organisation (Hakansson and Snehota, 1995; Yli-Renko and Autio, 1998). The achievement or an eventual fiasco of a business is ascribed to these features (Gulati et al., 2000; Möller and Rajala, 2007). Therefore
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theoretical point of view as well as business and management context. This will be achieved by exploring the key theoretical foundations for services marketing, including the models and frameworks associated with the marketing of services and examining how these are employed by managers in service based companies. The course is divided into four themes: a) The DNA of Services, 2) An Experiential View on Services, 3) Relational Perspective of Services and 4) Strategic Issues in Services. This design should facilitate
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Criticize the use of strategic planning as a means to achieve organisational objectives. Strategic planning is the process by which managers of the firm analyze the internal and external environments for the purpose of formulating strategies and allocating resources to develop a competitive advantage in an industry that allows for the successful achievement of organizational goals Rothaermal (2012). Strategic planning cannot provide a precise and detailed picture of the future. Method of describing
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The High Benefits Internet Marketing Framework through Customer Experienc Nai-Wen Kuo1 1 An-Yi Liu1 Graduate Institute of Information Management, Chinese Culture University (Eric and Ferry,2001 Riyad and Myfanwy, 2002 Roger, James and Ghada,2003 Kuo and Liu,2005 ) 1 Global reach The Internet helps business reach the whole world. 2 Real-time access The Web makes it possible for customers to interact immediately. 3 Information density The technology reduces information costs and raises quality
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