20120419 Core Concepts in Cultural Competence Key Concepts (printable) |Cultural Competence | | | | |Definition: |Cultural Competence is a set of values‚ behaviors‚ attitudes and practices within a system‚ organization
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Core Competence Analysis Building Sustainable Competitive Advantage What makes you stand out from the crowd? © iStockphoto/hidesy The idea of "core competences" is one of the most important business ideas currently shaping our world. This is one of the key ideas that lies behind the current wave of outsourcing‚ as businesses concentrate their efforts on things they do well and outsource as much as they can of everything else. In this article we explain the idea and help you use it‚ on both
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operations are likely to be less of strategic issue than in larger organizations. Not much of strategic planning may also be required or involved; and‚ the company may be content with making and selling existing products and generating some profit. In many cases‚ the founder or the owner himself forms the senior/top management and his (her) wisdom gives direction to the company. In large businesses or companies—whether in the private sector‚ public sector or multinationals—the situation is entirely
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CORE COMPETENCY Group No.: 03 Members: 1. Ameet Shinde 2. Nilesh Bhusal Ref: Article Core Competence by C.K. Prahalad Core Competence is a skill/Asset/Technology that underpins the growth of the business and differentiates the business from its current and future Competitors OR Core competence is a bundle of skills and technologies that enables a company to provide a particular benefit to customers e.g. • Sony – benefit is pocketability core competence is miniaturization • Federal Express
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Campbell 1 A Review of Literature Human Resources as a Core Competence By Jaree L Campbell For Mr. Gary Park HR353 Introduction to Human Resource Management May 4‚ 2013 Campbell 2 Introduction Human Resources as a Core Competence Competencies are basic qualifications necessary to achieve human resources goals. In the human resources field‚ actual knowledge of human resources processes is the only discipline-specific competency. Businesses consider necessary HR competencies
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Social Competence – Case Study Case 1 –playing computer games The frequency of playing computer games is inversely proportional to social competence. The people‚ who are addicted to computer games‚ lack of social competence. Nowadays‚ the children love to sit in front of the computer and play computer games. It gives children little time to interact with the other people so that they learn few social skills. It affects their relationship with their friends and parents. Also‚ some
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Introduction This Essay critically examines British Airways ‚its core competences which differentiates it from others in the Industry‚ it is also going to show how these competences give British Airways competitive advantage ‚ value added will be discussed as well and lastly how internal and external factors will affect British Airways and its ability to achieve its core competence. Definition According to Ansoff‚ Mcdonnell (1990) as cited in Cole‚ G.A (1994) “Strategic management is a systematic
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When Dyson entered‚ the vacuum cleaner market was a very mature market with recognised appliance giants selling their branded vacuum cleaners comfortably without much differentiation or innovation in terms of technology. I think this played into Dyson’s hands allowing the Dual Cyclone’s disruptive‚ innovative & design and technology capture the harts & minds of the customer. These market conditions where a factor in the success of the Dual Cyclone. The market proved to have an appetite for something
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FEBRUARY 2002 Core Competence for Sustainable Competitive Advantage: A Structured Methodology for Identifying Core Competence Khalid Hafeez‚ YanBing Zhang‚ and Naila Malak Abstract—Core competencies are the crown jewels of a company and‚ therefore‚ should be carefully nurtured and developed. Companies can determine their future business directions based on the strengths of competencies. However‚ because generalized terms such as resource‚ asset‚ capability‚ and competence are not clearly explained
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Competence & Negligence Scenario 1: You work for a criminal defense attorney who is arrested outside of the courthouse on charges of inhaling nitrous oxide. He was at the courthouse for a pretrial hearing on a cocaine case. After the hearing‚ he returned to his car. He apparently passed out after inhaling as many as 14 canisters‚ stepped on the accelerator of his car and careened in reverse into a parked car. Nitrous oxide is commonly called laughing gas and induces a mild euphoria. The incident
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