Business research Business research can be described as a systematic and organized effort to investigate a specific problem encountered in the work setting that needs a solution. It comprises a series of steps designed and executed, with a goal of finding answers to the issues that are of concern to the manager in the work environment. This means that the first step in research is to know where the problem areas exist in the organization, and to identify as clearly and specifically as possible the
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Defining Power in Work Group Operations Chapter 1: Elements of a Definition Chapter 2: Defining the Forms of Power Chapter 3: Bases of Power Chapter 4: Using Power Politics in Organizational Life Part I Issues and Activities Part II: Power Use: Tactical and Strategic Models Chapter 5: A Power Use Model Chapter 6: Power Use Tactics: Application of Power on the Job Chapter 7: Using Power in the Organization Part II Issues and Activities vii xi xiii 1 3 11 23 31 41 47 49 57 65 77 vi CONTENTS
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Leadership Development Seminars and ECQ-based Readings The success or failure of any endeavor depends on leadership. Now, more than ever before, we need leaders in our organizations and in our world. Great leaders create and communicate a vision and move people into action to achieve it. They ignite our passion and inspire us to do our best. Government leaders in the 21st century are experiencing change at a more rapid pace than previous generations. Rapid advances in technology have expanded
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points within and outside of the marketing department. The whole concept can be exemplified by seeking your attention toward two fruit baskets; one full of mixed fruits and the other having compartments carrying different fruits of each type in each compartment. Each type comes into a sharper focus! So do the touch points. This course is
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REPORTS ANNOUNCING that yet another business has stumbled into a crisis—often without warning and through no direct fault of its management— seem as regular as the tide. And the spectrum of business crises is so wide that it is impossible to list each type. On a single day this year, the Washington Post reported a series of crashes suffered by American Eagle Airlines, the bankruptcy of Orange County, and Intel’s travails with its Pentium microprocessor. Other noteworthy crises have been the Challenger
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Leadership Development Seminars and ECQ-based Readings The success or failure of any endeavor depends on leadership. Now, more than ever before, we need leaders in our organizations and in our world. Great leaders create and communicate a vision and move people into action to achieve it. They ignite our passion and inspire us to do our best. Government leaders in the 21st century are experiencing change at a more rapid pace than previous generations. Rapid advances in technology have expanded
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This page intentionally left blank Business Performance Measurement Drawing together contributions from leading thinkers around the world, this book reviews recent developments in the theory and practice of performance measurement and management. Significantly updated and modified from the first edition, the book includes ten new chapters that provide a comprehensive review of performance measurement from the perspectives of accounting, marketing, operations, public services and supply chain
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MBA In A Day What You Would Learn at Top-Tier Business Schools (If You Only Had the Time!) Steven Stralser, Ph.D. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. TLFeBOOK More Praise for MBA In A Day® “Steve Stralser is a unique talent. It is unusual to meet people who are both highly professional as well as generous with their knowledge. Not only is Professor Stralser’s advice invaluable for business professionals, but those in the arts who are more focused on their creative endeavors would benefit
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Workbook for NISM-Series-V- A: Mutual Fund Distributors Certification Examination National Institute of Securities Markets www.nism.ac.in This workbook has been developed to assist candidates in preparing for the National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM) Certification Examination for Mutual Fund Distributors. Workbook Version: July 2011 Published by: National Institute of Securities Markets © National Institute of Securities Markets, 2010 Plot 82, Sector 17, Vashi Navi Mumbai – 400
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George Smith Patton, Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a United States Army general, best known for his flamboyant character and his command of the Seventh United States Army, and later the Third United States Army, in the European Theater of World War II. Born in 1885 to a privileged family with an extensive military background, Patton attended the Virginia Military Institute, and later the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He participated in the 1912 Olympic Modern Pentathlon
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