Adidas Heads to the Cloud to Control IT Spending Adidas Latin America decided to implement cloud-based procurement software to improve internal compliance and consolidate spending management. The company is a regional subsidiary of the Adidas Group sporting goods empire‚ which includes brands such as Adidas‚ Reebok and Rockport. Procurement at $1.4 billion Adidas Latin America was complex--involving different currencies and languages--and disjointed. Some countries had developed homegrown
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MSc in Health Care Management 2011 Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland‚ Dublin. Module 1 Student ID: 11110201 Date: 14.11.2011 Word Count: 2990 Managing People and Organisations Assignment: Case Study: Leading Organisational Change: Improving Hospital Performance • Critically discuss the sources of resistance encountered by Tracey Burns and her team? Support your discussion with evidence-based literature. • Explore the approaches they used to manage the resistance
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“Critically examine the arguments for and against deliberately trying to change organizations” Introduction Before we begin to explore whether it is a worthwhile exercise to seek to change an organisation through a planned approach we must first begin with a definition of our terms. What might we mean by “deliberate”‚ “change” and an “organisation” To do so will help us explore under what circumstances planned change may be worthwhile or even possible. Huczynski & Buchanan (1991) define organizations
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Planned Change at the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority In 2001 (SDCRAA) was created to be implemented in 2003 by the senior director of the aviation division in the port of San Diego‚ Thella Bowens. She was held responsible for the transition of operations from the airport authority to SDCRAA. Because Bowens had a good experience in the organization‚ this made her important in providing support to the operation in develops the transition plan as well as dealing with legal and regulatory
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adidas Strategic Analysis 2011 ‐ 2016 David Bajak MET AD 711 Leadership and Strategy December 18‚ 2010 What business are we in? • Currently – Athletic Performance Enhancing Footwear‚ Apparel & Equipment (80%) – Athletic Fashion Styled Footwear‚ Apparel & Equipment (20%) • Recommend – Design – Marketing – Retail Distribution Competitive Forces Affecting adidas • Five‐Forces Model of Competition – High Rivalry among Competitors • Intense rivalry between adidas (21%) & Nike (36%) for market
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Use of Microsoft SharePoint for Configuration Management in IT Organizations In the contemporary business marketplace‚ the requirement for a technology-based system to provide the tools for global organizations to archive and manage information has become an increasingly present issue. The use of a corporate-wide portal‚ supported by a collaborative‚ content management platform‚ provides an Information Management System (IMS) that culminates organizational information and intellectual capital
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BACKGROUND Adidas AG FWB: ADS‚ ADR:Pink Sheets: ADDYY) is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group‚ which consists of the Reebok sportswear company‚ golf company (including Ashworth)‚ and Rockport. Adidas was founded in 1948 by Adolf "Adi" Dassler‚ following the split of Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik between him and his older brother‚ Rudolf. Rudolf later established Puma‚ which was the early rival of Adidas. Registered in 1949‚ Adidas is currently based in
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Adidas adidas India Ltd Background The company is the Indian subsidiary of adidas Group. Although Reebok is also owned by adidas Group‚ adidas India Marketing only markets and distributes adidas products in India. The company’s core business is mainly footwear. Nonetheless‚ the company also has presence in clothing products such as men’s and women’s tops‚ hosiery and non-apparel products‚ such as sports equipment. In India‚ the adidas and Reebok brands are handled by two different
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control-systems. Organizational requirements are determined by size‚ goals and other variables. Control-systems are mechanisms “for adjusting course if performance falls outside acceptable boundaries” (Davidson & Griffin‚ 06)‚ allowing adaptation to change. They include procedures for “monitoring‚ directing‚ evaluating and compensating employees”‚ and influencing behaviors with the objective of having the best impact on both firms and employees’ (Anderson & Oliver‚ 87). Control-systems are divided
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The Influence of Corporate Culture on Organisational Change of First National Bank of Namibia Evelyn Chiloane-Tsoka University of South Africa‚ South Africa Keywords Culture‚ change‚ corporate culture‚ organisational culture‚ organisational change‚ organisational members‚ resistancee to change‚ change management‚ staff members‚ FNB Namibia‚ bank. Abstract Change is invariable and continuous‚ and has become inevitable in almost every sphere of business. The FNB Namibia operates in a highly
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