provides a comparison and contrast of individualism and collectivism. Additionally the paper provides a description of variables supporting the significance in understanding cultural differences as the differences relate to individualism and collectivism. The understanding of individualism and collectivism bridges the gap of understanding the similarities and differences between the two topics, provides a clear picture of various cultures, and facilitates sensitivity, and tolerance (Shaughnessy
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Introduction The core business of my company is ship management, the parent company owns a fleet of seventy ships and charters an equal number, majorly comprising of oil tankers and bulk carriers. The fleet management of the owned tonnages are carried out from offices based in Rome&Singapore. The chartering and pre- post fixture operations of the owned & chartered tonnages are carried out from shipping business hubs across various time zones like Singapore , Dubai, Monte Carlo , London
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survive any economic environment while reducing its labor related costs as well as many other expenses indirectly associated with its employees. It is further stressed that talent and its acquisition are to be treated as investments not costs of doing business. It is argued that a single most important factor in order to ensure an organization’s strategic goals are met, is its ability to hire the right people at the right time in order to enhance the firm’s return on its investment. The authors then further
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, Nygaard, A., & Silkoset, R. (2010). The influence of retail management’s use of social power on corporate ethical values, employee commitment, and performance. Journal of Business Ethics, 97, 341-363.Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.liberty.edu:2048/docview/821301766 The authors of this business journal explore the recent activities of today’s retail giants and how their ethical behavior affects their brand, objectives, performance and stakeholders. The authors investigate
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assessment 7. Your Faculty Team 8. Reading sources . Module Aims * An understanding of the current state of knowledge around entrepreneurship and start-up models and research as a platform for the market research of a potential business opportunity. * Recognition of progress from idea to an opportunity through a creative but also measured feasibility study * Learning through a practical market research process sourcing relevant current data with judgement and confidence towards justifying
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consciousness of its employees. The concept of organizational culture as a form of process management emerged in the late 70's and 80's of the XX century in the period of institutionalization of the organization, when from a producer of goods and services it has become a social unit. Until that time, the functions of management were reduced to coordinating and controlling the activities of groups, ensuring the interaction of units to achieve the goals, etc. However, the concept of organizational culture was
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Marketing knowledge and the value of segmentation Sally Dibb Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK Philip Stern Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK Robin Wensley Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK Keywords Market segmentation, Marketing theory, Customer profiling, Organizational performance Introduction Market segmentation is according to many textbooks, one of the fundamental principles of marketing (Kotler, 1997)
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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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Leading Change by John P. Kotter and Organizational Behavior and Management by Ivancevich are centered around the themes and concepts of an eight stage process that incorporates the ideas of establishing a sense of urgency, creating the guiding coalition, developing a vision and strategy, communicating the change vision, empowering employees for broad-based action, generating short-term wins, consolidating gains and producing more change, and anchoring new approaches of each author. Leading Change and
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