Executive Summary This report has been designed to identify Amazon’s strategy between 2007-2010 and also to pinpoint the company’s strategic capabilities. Internal and External analysis reveals Amazon’s position against its competitors as well as sources of value creation and cost reduction in its value chain. Amazon.com is a leading e-retailer and is a globally recognized brand‚ but is facing increasing competition from bricks and mortar companies setting up an online presence and current e-retailers
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A PROJECT REPORT ON “COMPETENCY MAPPING” AT AMS FASHIONS PVT LTD(ITC Limited) (NOIDA) SUBMITTED TO AMS Fashions Pvt Ltd‚NOIDA BY MUKTA SHAKYA MPM “DIV B”(2009-2011) SINHGAD INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT PUNE-411041 DECLARATION I ‚ MUKTA SHAKYA the undersigned‚ hereby declare that the project report entitled “COMPETENCY MAPPING” written and submitted by me to the AMS Fashions Pvt Ltd
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Capabilities Analysis of JetBlue Airlines JFK Hub The JFK Airport hub in New York City is a tangible physical resource of JetBlue. This hub provides significant size and location capabilities. The airport is a large population center‚ with 19 million people within the 60-mile radius. The hub is also at the heart of some underserved markets‚ including upstate New York and the New England region. This resource also has political support from the state government. This support allowed JetBlue
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Amartya Sen‚ an Indian economist and political philosopher‚ first articulated the “The Capability Approach” in the late 1970s and 1980s in order to create an alternative and new framework of thinking and evaluating issues of poverty‚ development‚ well-being and equality by embracing complexity‚ plurality and individualism with the aim to not overlook anything. Through his creation of the Capability Approach‚ Sen shows that his primary concern is to create a pluralistic conception of poverty and development
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A STUDY ON COMPETENCY MAPPING AS A TOOL FOR EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT CONDUCTED AT RANE ENGINE VALVE LTD. A Project Report submitted to UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS In partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the degree of BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Submitted by J.ENOCK (NG70577)‚ P.JUSTIN VIMAL RAJ (NG70581)‚ N.MAGESH (NG73102)‚
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Core Competencies Core competencies are the essential capabilities that create a firm’s sustainable competitive advantage. Based on experience‚ knowledge‚ and know-how‚ they are built up over time and cannot be easily imitated. For this reason‚ products and technologies are seldom core competencies. The advantage they provide is short-lived‚ and other companies can readily purchase‚ emulate‚ or improve upon them. Core competencies are more likely to be processes. Processes cut across functional
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COMPETENCY MAPPING ABSTRACT: The term competency is quite generic and related to human behavior and psychology. Competency is often defined as a quality of being adequately qualified‚ intellectually able and emotionally stable. The concept of competency is basically used to define a capability of being able. Competency mapping is a psychological test that helps the human resource management department to test the competence or competency of an employee or a potential employee. It must be noted
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Strategic Management Case study “Air Asia: Flying Low-Cost with High Hope” TengAmnuay Thanat 1. How did AirAsia’s short-‐haul business build its competitive advantage? LCC Value Chain Aircraft fleet Cost Leadership Using the same Airbus A320-‐200 -‐ Lower
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The New Wave in Competency Mapping - Process-Based Knowledge Mapping The reason why most people miss the opportunity when it comes knocking is because it usually comes dressed in overalls‚ disguised as hard work. -Thomas Edison Abstract Throughout the years competency-based management approaches have proved to be a critical tool in human resource management‚ vocational training and performance management. As a result competency-based approaches are often adopted as the key
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McDonald’s Organizational Capabilities A.) One of McDonald’s organizational capabilities is the emphasis they place on their leadership practices and the extensive leadership programs they offer. According to an article by Joan Gallos regarding McDonald’s leadership practices‚ “It starts with having high standards. When we talk about people being ‘ready now’ and ‘ready future’‚ the ‘ready now’ candidate has to be someone who can be better than the incumbent over time. And‚ if every time you have
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