in Action Case Study 1. Executive Summary General Electric Co is setting out to apply considerable financial and technological innovation to the field of wind energy. James Lyons in charge of sourcing talent from around the world has the task of forming a team that is culturally diverse and innovative enough to design and research new techniques for developing alternative methods of harnessing wind energy. In question within this case study is the application
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| |6. Total learning hours: | |200 (53 Contact hours + 147 Hours of Directed Study) | |7. Pre-requisites: | |None
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Case Study: Accenture's Work-Life Balance Programs Case Study Questions 1. Diversity competency involves the knowledge, abilities, and skills to value organizational, group, and individual characteristics while embracing such attributes as prospective sources of productivity and distinctiveness. In the case of Accenture’s work-life balance initiatives, an environment of inclusion is fostered with people who hold characteristics diverse from themselves. This is achieved through the Lifeworks
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knowledge-sharing are viewed as very significant for competitiveness of an organization in modern knowledge economy. Contemporary literature usually treats these two processes as either independent or positively related. However, analyzing various organizational conditions for efficient course of these processes, we proposed that in some cases they may contradict each other. Thus on micro-level of analysis we hypothesized that there were two distinct non-overlapping groups of individuals – those more
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that the huge sums invested in information technologies (IT) have not really served organizations’ business strategies as effectively as expected. Therefore, there is a need to justify IS expenditure by examining its contribution to achieving organizational goals. For a website to be effective it has to be of the highest quality possible. A website that is not well designed or well executed will only reflect poorly on the small or medium sized business or professional individual it represents.
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1 The CDBG Case Management 585 Professor Stephanie Pane Shavon Adams September 29, 2015 2 Introduction The CDBG Case profiles the CRA department of BOK Financial Corporation, a struggling community development department that undergoes new leadership in an effort to improve overall performance. BOK’s newly appointed Senior EVP, Steve Bradshaw saw the need to make serious changes within the department due to barely satisfactory performance reviews, inefficient procedures and
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charismatic leadership have been proposed by several theorists, including Conger (1989), Conger and Kanungo (1987, 1998), House (1977), and Shamir, House, and Arthur (1993). Unlike the “traditional” leadership theories, which emphasized rational processes, theories of transformational and charismatic leadership emphasize emotions and values. The newer theories also acknowledge the importance of symbolic behav* Direct all correspondence to: Gary Yukl, Management Department, SUNY, Albany, NY 12222;
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Journal of Management http://jom.sagepub.com/ New Venture Teams: A Review of the Literature and Roadmap for Future Research Anthony C. Klotz, Keith M. Hmieleski, Bret H. Bradley and Lowell W. Busenitz Journal of Management published online 26 June 2013 DOI: 10.1177/0149206313493325 The online version of this article can be found at: http://jom.sagepub.com/content/early/2013/06/26/0149206313493325 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: Southern Management Association
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Journal ofEngineering and Technology Management, 10 (1993) 229-264 229 Elsevier Impacts of programmable manufacturing technology: A review of recent studies and contingency formulation Jeffrey K. Liker”, Ann Majchrzakb and Thomas Choi” “Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA bZnstitute for Safety and Systems Management and Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA Abstract
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What are key factors for successful IT projects? Hint: Refer to the summary of CHAO study IT Projects are showing higher success rates. Better project management tools & processes, smaller projects, improved communication among stakeholders, more skillful IT project managers What are four different approaches to improving the likelihood of success of IT projects? Hint: Understand the major characteristics of each approach. 1. Value-Driven Approach; Plain & Simple: IT Projects must
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