Scholes and Whittington (2008)‚ core competencies refers to “the skills and abilities by which resources are deployed through an organisation’s activities and processes such as to achieve competitive advantage in ways that others cannot imitate or obtain”. Developed by Hamel and Prahalad in 1990‚ simply stated‚ (a) it provides customers with major benefits‚ (b) it is difficult to imitate and (c) it can be leveraged in many products and markets. Differentiated from regular competencies and capabilities
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Around the end of 2008‚ my friend introduced me to Left 4 Dead. It was the best zombie video game I have ever played in my entire life. There were four solemn characters who I could pick between‚ beautiful maps to play on‚ sweet guns‚ and best of all‚ an abundance of zombies. A year later‚ Left 4 Dead 2 was released‚ and I picked it up on the first day. I started off with campaign‚ learning the new maps and characters and even seeing some new super zombies who were scary as hell. Then I moved on
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Diploma of Management BSB51107 Assessment: Manage Projects BSBPMG510A Task A: Manage a Project “Project Name: Walker Technical Website Redesign” Attached Project Charter for Task B: Prepare a brief report outlining the monitoring of the performance of the project. “Monitoring of Project – Walker Technical Website Redesign Attached Report for Monitoring Tools There are many monitoring tools for projects but one of the most common is a Gantt chart as displayed within
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admit that it helps when you have some”. Indeed‚ when we think about money‚ we either start daydreaming about the projects we will realize once we have it in our hands or we end up having nightmares about what we will be losing once it has vanished. So for sure‚ the common answer would be that money is definitively necessary to be happy. However‚ recent studies‚ as author Richard O’Connor (2008) claims‚ show that Americans with higher wages still show no sign of being happier or even worse become
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Case study: Thinking about culture in organizations – can you manage it? Some organizations try to espouse values that people in the organization will discuss‚ promote and try to live by. For example at Hewlett Packard (HP) all employees are required to become familiar with the “HP Way”. The HP Way means that the HP founders base their corporate culture on the integration and reinforcement of critical opposites. HP claims to have achieved what appears to be the greatest dichotomy: creating an
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granted by the individual mandate‚ there are also many benefits that occurred for the labor market and the macroeconomy. These benefits include having healthier workers‚ more productive workers‚ a reduction in job lock‚ and a better macroeconomic performance.4 These are all considered positive externalities. Positive externalities are associated with under consumption in a market economy‚ and benefit the whole community. No one is excluded from reaping the benefits of these positive externalities
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Operations Management Individual Assignment 2 LaShaunda Person his paper was prepared for AMBA 640‚ Section 1142‚ taught by Professor Mittal Executive Summary The purpose of this paper is to analyze various techniques and applying knowledge gained to improve Acme Mexico City’s operations. The three operations management techniques to be analyzed are: Data-driven decision making‚ linear programming‚ and sustainable supply chain management. This report finds that data-driven
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Assessment Tool 2 (AT2): Written/Oral Questions 1. List some of the details outlined in an operational plan. An operational plan‚ also known as an action plan‚ is derived from an organisation’s strategic plan. It is a more concrete‚ detailed document that outlines how the strategic plans of an organisation will be achieved in practice. It includes projects to be undertaken‚ actions‚ resource policies‚ responsibilities and timeframes. It outlines the actions teams/individuals within an organisation
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Can you gaze into the future? In the show That’s So Raven‚ three high schoolers by the names of Raven Baxter‚ Eddie Thomas‚ and Chelsea Daniels try to survive high school with a secret no one knows. Raven Baxter discovered her psychic abilities with the support of her friends and family. The show was viewed on Disney Channel which aired from January 17‚ 2003 until November 10‚ 2007. The show took place in the city of San Francisco. That’s So Raven discusses the importance of friendship‚ life lessons
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Outcome Four Reflection All four outcomes work together to improve and set standards for writing an essay. Outcome Four aims for us to practice composing as a recursive‚ collaborative process and to develop flexible strategies for revising throughout the composition process. To achieve this we must use revisioning techniques‚ re-edit with the feedback received and refine all composition choices to make sure they fit with the essay. This is by far the easiest outcome to meet because of the amount
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