hbr.org The Globe What Panasonic Learned in China PhotograPhy: Corbis When your manufacturing base becomes your growth market‚ your strategy has to adjust. by Toshiro Wakayama‚ Junjiro Shintaku‚ and Tomofumi Amano M ultinational companies tend to insulate their headquarters from operations in emerging markets. Sure‚ they welcome the opportunity to save money by manufacturing in China or managing customer service out of India‚ and they’re especially pleased when they make
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Different approaches to modelling as a form of counselling training‚ and their relative effectiveness Modelling is a valuable tool for observing the necessary skills required of a counselor. This tool may take different forms: - observation of counselors in real-life situations - role-play - demonstration - video Throughout their training‚ trainee counselors may be exposed to various influences from other counselors. Each counselor needs to adapt their skills to the counseling setting
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factor analysis. A 30-item questionnaire was designed and distributed to 1000 foodservice customers‚ yielding a response rate of 64.2%. Factorial analysis confirmed five dimensions of customer preference‚ and using multiple regression‚ their order of importance are Halal (Allowable in Islam)‚ Price‚ Quality of Service‚ Branding and Tangibles. Keywords: customer preference‚ foodservice industry‚ dimensions 1. Introduction In the ever changing market environment‚ today’s foodservice operators must place
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Importance of Structure and Culture on Organisational Effectiveness Introduction Robbins and Judge define organisational behaviour as ‘a method for understanding individual and group behaviour to facilitate organisational performance and effectiveness’ (Robbins and Judge‚ 2007). Robbins (2003) highlights the importance of managers studying organisational behaviour as this will help them to develop the people skills needed to deal with employers on a day-to-day basis‚ which is the fundamental aspect
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would be very enlightening to sit down and really listen to what these people had to say. Throughout the rest of this essay‚ I would like to recreate that experience. Over the course of this meeting I was able to walk away with two valuable lessons. First‚ I learned that a person’s problems can have serious repercussions on not only their lives‚ but all the lives around them. Alcoholism being a prime example of this. Another little lesson that I was able to take away from this experience was just
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CASE FORMULATION ON PERSONALITY Name: Anastasia "Ana" Rose Steele Gender: Female Born: September 10‚ 1989 Educational Status: Washington State University - Vancouver Ethnicity: American Occupation: Commissioning Editor‚ SIP I. Background Anastasia Steele is a 22-year old English major graduate of Washington State University in Vancouver. At the start of the novel‚ Ana is portrayed as a bookworm and is very studious. She is described as a pale‚ brown-haired young
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Psychodynamic Formulation: Its Purpose‚ Structure‚ and Clinical Application Samuel Perry‚ M.D.‚ Arnold M. Cooper‚ M.D.‚ and Robert Michels‚ M.D. The authors present a brief written psychodynamic formulation that focuses on central conflicts‚ anticipates transferences and resistances‚ and helps guide all psychiatric treatments. After placing the presenting problem in the context of the patient’s life and identifying nondynamic determinants of the psychopathology‚ the formulation explains the development
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My Implications and Learned Lessons in Business Negotiation Being a salesperson like me‚ I must admit that it is a tough marketplace out there and strong negotiating skills are fundamental to achieving and more importantly sustaining career and business success‚ particularly within a competitive sales and marketing environment. Those of us who want to achieve better results‚ both at work and in our private lives‚ need to develop effective negotiating skills. It is worth to bear in mind that if
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Introduction Virtually every business today uses at least one form of computer information technology. Business firms use computers to automate and assist in managing everything from operations‚ sales‚ finance‚ and logistics. Internal databases and intranets are used for internal controls and organizations are connected via the internet to conduct sales‚ marketing and many other communications and transactions. Electronic business‚ or e-business‚ is dominating modern markets and the business world
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REWARD STRATEGIES Q .1 Importance of a REWARD STRATEGY in an organization? ANS. A reward is a token (monetary or otherwise) given to an individual or team in recognition of some contribution or success. Reward strategy can be described as the most appropriate and effective framework enabling organizations to reward their staff according to their practical contribution to the achievement of their organization’s overall business strategy. A reward strategy should‚ then‚ be devised by employers
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