Competitive Strategy UGBA 115 Spring 2015 Class Session Four Frank Schultz‚ Ph.D. Agenda • • • • Questions/comments from Last Time? Attendance – Note Cards Next Class Strategic Groups – “Groups within Industries” • The General Environment – The Five Most Disruptive Innovations At CES 2015 – JWT The Future 100: Trends and Change to Watch in 2015 Strategy Tools: Strategic Groups and Six Segments 2 © Copyright 2015 Frank C. Schultz‚ Ph.D. All Rights Reserved Attendance – Note Cards Next Class
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in implementing strategy is to: A) establish the mission B) allocate responsibility C) hold people responsible D) establish a timetable E) allocate resources 2. An organization attempts to succeed by distinguishing its products from those of the competition. What type of strategy is this? A) Focused differentiation strategy B) Low-cost strategy C) Related diversification strategy D) Unrelated diversification strategy E) Concentration on a single business strategy 3. When an organization
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The Eden Alternative The Eden Alternative is a fascinating and relatively new philosophy that has had an enormous impact on nursing homes and long term care facilities across the country. Founded by Dr. William Thomas in 1991‚ the Eden Alternative has seen tremendous growth and expansion. Researching this topic I spent a lot of time on the Eden Alternative website reading about their philosophies‚ values‚ and principles. The Eden Alternative is a nonprofit organization that with the help of grants
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COMPLIMENTARY and ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE Ellen Hughes M.D. This article has brought to our attention the importance and popularity of alternative medicine in our lives today. The author gives us an idea of the number of people utilizing alternative medicine and the risks of doing so‚ as well as the cost. The author starts with a definition of alternative medicine and its gaining popularity today. This type of medicine is becoming more popular today because of the theory of treatment of the
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Biomes Comparison Essay Ecologists group earth’s diverse environments into biomes. A biome is a complex of terrestrial communities that develops a large area and is characterized by certain soil climate conditions and particular assemblages of plants and animals. Not all species live in every biome they vary in their adaptations to different conditions. An adaptation is an inherited characteristic that increases an organism’s ability to survive and reproduce. These sorts of variations in plants
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Integration of Whirlpool and Inland During the late 1980s and into the 1990s‚ Whirlpool Corporation aimed at reducing their number of suppliers to achieve a better competitive advantage from others in the same market. One of the main components purchased and used for products was steel. They decided the best choice was to create an alliance with one of their current suppliers. After carefully considering and answering several different questions within the company‚ Whirlpool’s attention was brought
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Biofuels Coal and crude oil are non-renewable resources. They take so long to form that they cannot be replaced once they have all been used up. This means that these fossil fuels are likely to become more expensive as they begin to run out. Petrol‚ diesel and other fuels produced from crude oil make a range of harmful substances when they are burned‚ including: carbon dioxide carbon monoxide water vapour particulates (solid particles) sulfur dioxide oxides of nitrogen or NOx. Biodiesel Biodiesel
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of time for their offenses. Their levels of security and prison design are more intense than the minimum security prisons. The effectiveness of prisons has decreased due to progressive overcrowding‚ and the lack of conclusive alternatives. The need for alternatives has grown immensely over the last decade. Nonetheless‚ the State and Federal governments are desperate for competent‚ less expensive solutions. Costs of keeping a prisoner imprisoned vary among states and facilities. Each prisoner
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Alternatives to Incarceration….Drug Courts There is no doubt that the United States suffers from an increase in crime and more people than ever being incarcerated. The numbers are currently overwhelming. “A nonpartisan organization called The Pew Center on the States‚ released a study February 2008 that found the U.S. imprisoned both more people and a larger percentage of its adult population than any other country. According to the study‚ by The Pew Center 2.32 million people were currently
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Personal Theory Paper: Future Counseling Theory Paper Bethany F. Miracle Liberty University Abstract In this paper‚ I discussed my personal theory regarding the integration of Christianity and psychology‚ as it relates to my beliefs‚ and how the summation of these two components will be reflected in my future counseling practice. I considered several factors that were critical to my personal counseling theory. First‚ I considered the human personality‚ such as‚ individual differences‚ motivations
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