Soft skills Soft skills is a sociological term relating to a person’s "EQ" (Emotional Intelligence Quotient)‚ the cluster of personality traits‚ social graces‚ communication‚ language‚ personal habits‚ friendliness‚ and optimism that characterize relationships with other people. Soft skills complement hard skills (part of a person’s IQ)‚ which are the occupational requirements of a job and many other activities. A person’s soft skill is an important part of their individual contribution to the
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Organizations need to change and adopt dynamic survival strategies to stay alive in uncertain political‚ social and economic environment (Hiatt and Creasy‚ 2003). All environmental factors present in the nature experience change on continuous basis. Human nature resists change‚ so managing that resistance requires well planned change management strategies. A structured approach to transfer organization‚ its people and processes from current state to a desired future state is called change management
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Price Wars in Aviation Industry – Boon or Bane? Introduction Aviation Industry in India is a significant one among those industry segments that have experienced a phenomenal growth across the globe over the past years. The open sky policy of the Indian government is one of the key factors that have allured international players into the aviation industry in India. Since long‚ the aviation industry in India has been growing in terms of number of air travel firms and number of aircrafts. Today‚ private
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The aim of this essay is to analyse the relation between the increased demand for ‘soft’ skills on recruitment and selection policies. It will firstly evaluate specific methods and then it will discuss the result of these policies on retention and organisation culture. The essay will also investigate the possible implications and the significance of ‘soft’ skills in recruitment and selection in the service sector. It will argue that control plays an important role in the relationship that develops
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different CEOs who have led Coca-Cola using the three leadership styles of managerial leaders‚ visionary leaders and strategic leaders? Use examples from the case to support your arguments. 2. What is your assessment of executive succession strategies at Coca-Cola? To what extend do you think executive succession planning is important for the success of a company like Coca-Cola? 1. How would you describe the leadership styles of the different CEOs who have led Coca-Cola using the three leadership styles
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The Coca Cola Company Agenda 1.1 Background 1.2 Strengths 1.3 Weakness 1.4 Opportunity 1.5 Threat 1.6 Conclusion 1.7 Hire 1.1 Background Coke is a famous drink that originated in a drug store back in the 1880’s in the city of Atlanta‚ Georgia‚ United States. John Pemberton was the inventor who developed this refreshing potion which sold well. The drink was sold even better after one day‚ when Pemberton‚ out of haste‚ unintentionally included
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profit margin was decreased due to the high cost of good sales compare to previous year which was increased 19.7%. In financial report 2009‚ the gross profit was declined from 105.105 m to 104.969m and declined of gross profit margin from 50.5% to 48.87$. In 2010‚ there was increased in gross profit margin though the sales was decreased from the previous year. In terms of performance against its competitors in similar industry‚ the performance of Thortons is relatively higher during period
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Guide to Profitable Investment in Pig Farming By Obinna Chima Before Miss Oyinlade Adetutu graduated from the University of Ibadan in 2005‚ she had already made up her mind not to go into the already saturated labour market. As a student of Agricultural Science‚ she had vowed to stick to her profession by investing in the sector in order to tap from the benefits that abound in it. Though she specialised in fisheries‚ she got to know about pig farming and became attracted to it because of the
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of skills- the hard skills and the soft skills. Hard skills are important and you should never undermine them. They are your bread and butter skills. For example‚ a tourist guide has to know the technical aspects of his job like showing his tourists the right places in a proper sequence with authentic commentary on them‚ the legalities of his job‚ the safety aspect of his tourists etc‚ yet‚ he will be more in demand and earn more if he also has the necessary soft skills for the job like manners and
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Examines the industry structure and competitive strategy of Coca-Cola and Pepsi over 100 years of rivalry. The most intense battles of the cola wars were fought over the $74 billion CSD industry in the United States‚ where the average American consumes 46 gallons of CSD per year. In a "carefully waged competitive struggle‚" from 1975 to the mid-1990s‚ both Coke and Pepsi had achieved average annual growth of around 10%‚ as both U.S. and worldwide CSD consumption consistently rose. However‚ starting
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