In 1993 the American iconic company IBM hired a new turnaround CEO named Lou Gerstner. In this Harvard Business Review article entitled Diversity as Strategy, Harvard Professor David A. Thomas writes about an aspect of Gerstner’s strategy is really a story about people, starting with the diversity of people within IBM, and the positive replication into their global markets. These markets include customers, employees, and the search for new talent to recruit. Gerstner realized that an organization
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human subjects. * Describe the types of IRB review. * Describe the process of working with the IRB. * Identify other regulations and regulatory groups that require compliance based on the type of research being conducted. IRB Role, Authority, and Composition The Role of the IRB An Institutional Review Board (IRB) is a review committee established to help protect the rights and welfare of human research subjects. Regulations require IRB review and approval for research involving human subjects
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Marketing Myopia, Journal Article 1 Sylvia DeSormeau Marketing Management, MKT 308 Rob Koonce, Instructor May 1, 2009 "Marketing Myopia" is an article published in the Harvard Business Review originally in 1960. The very fact that it is still being used as a teaching tool in a marketing class in 2009 speaks volumes for the article's central message, that top executives must define their industries correctly. It seems simple enough, and yet Levitt supplies the reader with many examples of industries
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AFTER ACTION REVIEW SECTION I. ADMINISTRATIVE DATA Task(s) Task Number Task Title Taught or After Action Review Supported Task(s) Task Number Task Title Supported N/A NA Academic The academic hours to teach this class are as follows: Hours PEACETIME HOURS/METHODS 100 mins/CO/PE/ 20 minutes video Total Hours 2 hrs Test Lesson Type of Test: Brigade Certification Test Number Total Hours: 3 hours Prerequisite Lesson Number Lesson Title Lesson(s) None
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Internal Review Board For The Protection Of Human Subjects In Research North Carolina Central University INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS IN RESEARCH Request for Review of Research Involving Human Subjects COVER SHEET | | (For Staff Use Only) | | |1. School/Department/Unit:NCCU/Psychology
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HW ASSIGMENT #2 The topic is selected for my weekly assignment is ‘Managing Oneself’. It’s also the title of an article Peter Drucker wrote on Harvard Business Review in 1999. I found it very useful either for the topics we discussed in class during these past two weeks and for my career, both as a student and as a business person. In the article, Drucker focuses the attention on 5 specific, but at the same time broad, questions: ‘What are my strengths?’, ‘How do I work?’, ‘What are my values
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| 2012 | | OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY David R Hurtado | NIKE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA | | Nike in Southeast Asia Is it ethical for a company to move its manufacturing jobs from country to country looking for the best price to pay for its product? Can Nike afford to ignore the five forces outlined by Harvard University professor Michael Porter? No they can’t! If they do, they will end up like all those before them that have, closed! Before we take a look at why Nike is such a “Bad
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former, then management’s role is limited: Hire the right people, and get out of their way. If it’s largely the latter, management must play a more vigorous role: Establish the right roles and processes, set clear goals and relevant measures, and review progress at every step. Peter Drucker, with the masterly subtlety that is his trademark, comes down somewhere in the middle. Yes, he writes in this article, innovation is real work, and it can and should be managed like any other corporate function
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The Big Idea: Creating Shared Value Rethinking Capitalism by Michael E. Porter and Mark R. Kramer January–February 2011 ‐ http://hbr.org/2011/01/the‐big‐idea‐creating‐shared‐value/ar/pr What Is “Creating Shared Value”? - Policies and operating practices that enhance the competitiveness of a company while simultaneously advancing the economic and social conditions in the communities in which it operates. The concept of shared value—which focuses on the connections between societal and economic progress—
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DISC 1312 11/09/2012 Logic and Consistency I would like to begin with a reminder of the purpose and importance of the job with which the people of this land have entrusted us. As justices of the Commonwealth, we are responsible for interpreting and applying the written law as accurately and fairly as possible. The citizens that have entrusted us with these positions expect us to have a comprehensive understanding of the complexities of law and how consistency and continuity of verdicts will be
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