Corporate Reputation Review Volume 8 Number 3 Top of Mind How Corporate Communication Influences Strategy Implementation‚ Reputation and the Corporate Brand: An Exploratory Qualitative Study Janis Forman Anderson School at UCLA‚ Los Angeles‚ CA Paul A. Argenti Tuck School at Dartmouth‚ Amos Tuck School of Business‚ Dartmouth College‚ Hanover‚ NH ABSTRACT This paper reports the findings of a qualitative field study of five firms from diverse industries on best practices in corporate communication
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(Chase‚ Aquilano‚ Jacobs‚ 2001). Philosophically‚ therefore‚ OM is managerially and activity oriented while OR is mainly technique and mathematically oriented involving modeling a situation or a problem and finding an optimal solution for it (Anderson‚ Sweeney‚ Williams‚ 2002). Decision support models of OR and OM are frequently utilized on an ad hoc basis. This may be true more so for OR than OM models‚ since OM models tend to be integrated into functional areas of the organization such as in statistical
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suggest any recommendations for learning about and/or improving job satisfaction? Discuss 4. What additional descriptive statistics and insights can you use to learn about and possibly improve job satisfaction? (This case problem is due to Anderson‚ Sweeney‚
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than one mode. The percentiles and quartiles represent the position(s) that a set of numbers are grouped throughout the sample. Percentiles are defined by a particular percentages‚ while quartiles split the group into even quarters of 25% (Anderson‚ Sweeney‚ & Williams‚ 2012). The measure of variability is expressed through an element of dispersion across a population sample. Variability is measured through the calculation of range‚ interquartile range‚ variance‚ standard deviation‚ and coefficient
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referred to as the error term" (Anderson‚ Sweeney & Williams‚ 2000‚ pg. 450). To state the simple linear equation succinctly; yi = β0 + β1x + єi. The yi equals the predicted value of Y for observation. Generally‚ the values for the parameters are unknown and therefore will require us to estimate them with
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Picture Industry Introduction Motion picture industries are a very competitive business (Anderson‚ Sweeney & Williams‚ 2012). More than 50 studios produce a total of 300 to 400 new motion pictures each year‚ and the financial success of each motion picture varies considerably (Anderson‚ Sweeney & Williams‚ 2012). Data was collected for a sample of 100 motion pictures produced in 2005 (Anderson‚ Sweeney & Williams‚ 2012). From this information given numerical methods of descriptive statistics
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Assignment (Prof. Kripa Shanker) Books on decision making or operation research The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eliyahu M. Goldratt‚ Jeff Cox and David Whitford (Jun 2012) Operations Management (Operations and Decision Sciences) by William Stevenson Project Management wMSProject2007 CD and Student CD by Erik Larson and Clifford Gray Statistical Techniques in Business and Economics (Mcgraw-Hill/Irwin Series Operations and Decision Sciences) by Douglas Lind‚ William Marchal
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____ This task will relate to analytical skills in solving optimisation problem (linear programming) using Excel with Solver add-in. Scottsville Textile Mill1 1 Case from Anderson‚ D.‚ Sweeney D.‚ Williams T.‚ Martin‚ K. (2010)‚ An Introduction to Management Science Quantitative Approaches to Decision Making‚ 13 edition‚ South Western‚ Cengage. 1 Assessment Criteria Student should Clearly define all variables.
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2000s involving Enron‚ WorldCom‚ Adelphia‚ Qwest and Global Crossing‚” (Sweeney‚ 2012‚ para. 13). These scandals mainly involved the reporting of inflated and/or inaccurate financial records‚ misusing or misdirecting funds‚ or hiding debt to make companies appear more profitable. Enron was by far the largest‚ and still best known‚ of the early accounting scandals. This probably has a lot to do with the fact that Arthur Anderson‚ at the time one of the top five global accounting firms‚ was initially
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INVESTMENT STRATEGY REPORT Submitted to J. D. Williams‚ Inc. By Mizar Gonzalez Industrial Engineering Department Southern Polytechnic State university 404-519-2792 February 20‚ 2008 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report is our recommendation for an optimal investment strategy that would allow J. D. Williams‚ Inc. to maximize the annual yield of an investment of $800‚000 in a diversified portfolio of funds. To find the investment that would result in the greatest annual yield
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