fact that these concepts played a historical role in the Philips organisation. Originality/value – The paper adds the historical style approach to leadership research and pays attention to the important role of the organization’s history during processes of organizational change. Keywords Change management, Business history, Leadership styles, Organizational change Paper type Case study Introduction On October 25th 1990 the president of Philips Jan Timmer announced a reorganisation operation, called
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difficult to translate to public sector institutions; there are also evidential problems with its adoption. In light of this the conclusion here is that the moral (deontological) case is the only one that has any long term value for proponents of diversity. Originality/value - The value of this paper is that it examines the confusion that surrounds different cases for advancing diversity as a policy aim and presents a clear delineation of them. It also draws out some of the - perhaps deliberate - blurring
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dishwashers, and washing machines and dryers—and room air conditioners. Later, it diversified into mobile telephones, television receivers, personal computers, and even financial services and pharmaceuticals. Overall it produced 96 different product lines comprising 15,100 different product specifications. It employed over 35,000 people worldwide. Haier was one of the world’s seven biggest home appliance makers—along with LG (Goldstar) Group and Matsushita headquartered in Asia; Whirlpool and GE in
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More Than a Numbers Game A Brief Histor y of Accounting Thomas A. King John Wiley & Sons, Inc. More Than a Numbers Game More Than a Numbers Game A Brief Histor y of Accounting Thomas A. King John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Copyright © 2006 by Thomas A. King. All rights reserved. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey. Published simultaneously in Canada. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or
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Joint Command and Staff Programme 38 Distance Learning Rank & Name: Major Lynne Chaloux Syndicate No: 1 Directing Staff: BGen (ret’d) Gagnon Course: JCSP 38 DL Assignment Code: D1/DS 542/ENV/RP-01 Assignment Name: Command Research Paper Unshakeable Faith: The Flawed Command of Bomber Harris ASSESSMENT Assessor: Richard Martin Mark: Comments: UNSHAKEABLE FAITH: THE FLAWED COMMAND OF BOMBER HARRIS
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marketers and consumer brand authors challenge accepted branding truths and paradigms: where short-term brands can trump longterm icons; where marketing looks more like public relations; where brand building gives way to brand protection; and brand value is driven by risk, not returns. # 2011 Kelley School of Business, Indiana University. All rights reserved. 1. The party crashers: Marketers and the Social Web Brands today claim hundreds of thousands of Facebook friends, Twitter followers, online
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giant Interbrew.1 SUN Brewing was part of SUN Group (SUN), an international commercial and investment group owned by the Khemka family. SUN’s shareholders were firm believers in the long-term growth potential of the Russian beer market and in the value creation potential of SIL. The family was extremely pleased with the recent success of the management team led by Joe Strella and felt they shared a common vision with the shareholders and management of Interbrew. However, the last few months had led
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“The Predictive Valuation of Value of Oil Imports in the Philippines” A Research Study Presented to: Dr. Marcelo M. Angelia, Ph.D In Partial Fulfilment Of the Requirements for the Subject DGM 234 Empirical Analysis I By Marl Tutor Ale April 08, 2012 Table of Contents Chapter Page
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well as to provide a critical assessment of the imminent future reconciliation of business strategy in the fishing sector. Research member: Dr. Daniel Lane dlane@uottawa.ca (Supervisor) Arthur So aso@uottawa.ca Date: 1st March 2002 Table of Contents Abstract 3 Introduction 4 Historic background 5 Highlights and milestones of FPI 5 Reference 7 Highlights and milestones of Clearwater 8 Reference 9 Business Drivers 11 FPI 11 Clearwater Fine Foods Inc. 11
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citation which have been duly acknowledged. I also declare that it has not been previously or concurrently submitted for any other courses/degrees at HELP University College or other institutions. The word count is 8946 words. HOANG THUY HANG October 2011 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT As to complete this graduation project, I was granted a lot of support, guidance and assistance from mentors and lecturers. Therefore, I want to thank to all who support, direct and motivate me during the process of
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