Planning and Budgeting in Developing Countries – “Shrinking the P” Posted by Richard Allen[1] In most advanced western countries‚ the use of a national development plan as the primary tool of policy-making died out two generations ago‚ as it largely did in countries of the former Soviet Union in the early 1990s. However‚ national development planning continues to be a dominant policy instrument in many low-income and emerging market economies. Similarly‚ public investment plans (PIPs)‚ which
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3M and Norton Evolutionary vs. Classical Strategic Management A Case Study from Jim Collins & Jerry Porras‚ Built to Last‚ 1997 Questions for Discussion (1) 3M’s strategy contradicts nearly everything that an MBA program is supposed to teach you about planning and control. Explain: a. How would marketing studies and product planning benefit 3M in producing more successful products? b. How 3M can expect to survive in the long run if it is unable to compute the return on investment and cash
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The Evolution of Al-Qaeda leading up to ISIS: The New Face of Terror Abstract In this paper‚ I will focus on the evolution and current status of the al-Qaeda terrorist organization leading up to one of its more recent franchises which is known most frequently by any of three names– the Islamic States in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or the Islamic States of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) or the Islamic States (IS) – and is more brutal than the previous versions of al-Qaeda that the world has known. After three
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STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT (SIM336) “A business enterprise guided by a clear sense of purpose rationally arrived at and emotionally ratified by commitment is more likely to have a successful outcome‚ in terms of profit and social good‚ than a company whose future is left to guesswork and chance.” Andrews K.‚ (1987) The concept of corporate strategy; cited in De Wit & Meyer‚(2010) Strategy Process‚ Content‚ Context‚ an international perspective 4th Edition MODULE GUIDE 2012/2013
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Greatest General (London: The Orion Publishing Group Ltd.‚ 2004) Bennett‚ Geoffrey‚ The Battle of Trafalgar (Great Britain: Pen & Sword Military Classics‚ 2004) Buckley‚ Mary‚ and Fawn‚ Rick‚ Global Responses to Terrorism (London: Routledge‚ 2003) Clausewitz‚ Carl von‚ On War (Great Britain: Wordsworth Editions Limited‚ 1997) Conboy‚ Kenneth‚ Shadow War: The CIA’s Secret War in Laos (USA: Paladin Press‚ 1995) Connor‚ Ken‚ Ghost Force: The Secret History of the SAS (London: Cassell‚ 1998) Corbin‚ Jane
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POLITICAL SCIENCE T.Y.B.A. 1. COURSE STRUCTURE & NOMENCLATURE BA Semester V : (GENERAL DEGREE) - 3 UNITS PS 5 : Public Administration PS 6 : International Relations PS 7 : Western Political Thinkers (Plato to John Locke) Skill Based Course (SBC) 1: Introduction to Political Reporting BA Semester VI : (GENERAL DEGREE) – 3 UNITS
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Blue Ocean Strategy: FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE W. Chan Kim Renée Mauborgne F or twenty-five years‚ competition has been at the heart of corporate strategy. Today‚ one can hardly speak of strategy without involving the language of competition: competitive strategy‚ competitive benchmarking‚ building competitive advantages‚ and beating the competition. Such focus on the competition traces back to corporate strategy’s roots in military strategy. The very language of corporate strategy is
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Business and Management 2010-2011 Military and corporate strategy Corporate and Business Strategies [pic] Alexandre de Rodellec Bettina Voisin Fleur Bazin Alicia Dutheil Aimeric Raynaud Introduction: Stake of the topic Definition of key words Establishment of paradoxes Issue as a question form Announcement of the plan I. The historical origin of strategy A. The birth of military strategy:
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and less and less on understanding and meeting customers ’ niK^ds. Defeating the competitor became more important than winning the customer. Like the evolution from vSun Tzu‚ whose objective was to win the war without fighting the hattlo‚ to von Clausewitz‚ who focused on elaborating winning hattle strategies. Von (Uausewitz was th\ arkieie ’=.: t)!i!>l i s h e d P r o i ( ; s s o } - M jntzbsM\!.r - ~" ’l1u ’ M a : v ! ! . i e r " s J o h : l - ’ u l k l o r c a n d (• ’aci in I h e Nprinu w
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Desillusions du Progres. Essai sur la Dialectique de la Modernite. Paris: Calmann-Levy. Aron‚ Raymond. (1971) De La Condition Historique du Sociologue. Lecon Inaugurale au College de France. Paris: Gallimard. Aron‚ Raymond. (1976) Penser la Guerre‚ Clausewitz. Tome II: L’Age Planetaire. Paris: Gallimard. Aron‚ Raymond. (1990) Le Spectateur Engage. Entretiens avec Jean-Louis Missika et Dominique Wolton. Paris: Press Pocket. Aron‚ Raymond. (1993) Memoires. 50 Ans de Reflexion Politique. Paris: Julliard
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