Article Review and Critique Week One Assignment Strategic Management MIS 44285 Instructor: Dr. Alan Smith Date: February 7‚ 2013 Article Review and Critique: “Knowledge -Worker Productivity: The Biggest Challenge” By Michael E. Porter (1999) Synopsis This article first introduces there are not specific knowledge workers before. The workers are all thought as manual workers. Peter F. Drucker pointed out two different types of workers in all types of business environments: the
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UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BUS4090- Strategic Management Presented to Kamaria‚ K. N By Dalton K Choge 626794 Business article Review 4 Spice World CEO takes firm to new heights with mergers This article is all about Entrepreneur Beju Shah‚ CEO of Spice World Limited (SWL) and his growth Strategy for his company. His growth strategy is one of mergers and acquisitions with established brands instead of starting them from scratch. This is because of 2 reasons; one has a head start
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Leadership Article Review What is leadership? Is there a catchall definition to describe what leadership is? For my review‚ I have chosen an article from Forbes contributor Kevin Kruse titled “What is Leadership?” In this article Mr. Kruse initially diverges from the main topic of answering what is to answer what is not leadership. Afterwards‚ he examines leadership definitions from some notable business thinkers then gives his definition. Beginning with what he states is not leadership‚ Kruse
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Article Review 2: Cultures and Worldviews David Green Clinton notes that “trying to be culturally blind or color-blind diminishes the importance of unique differences in the client’s personality and lifestyle.” In fact‚ it is considered unethical to treat every culture and ethnicity in a uniform fashion in counseling. Research now indicates that different approaches and techniques may need to be utilized for each culture. I chose Native Americans as the population group that to answer the
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Article Review Paper The article predicts the decline of demand in the U.S. domestic airline market in 2008. Analysts said some softening in the economy and a lack of relief from fuel pricing are driving the trend. The International Air Transport Association‚ citing March 2007 traffic results‚ said international passenger traffic rose 7.8 percent year over year. Based on the data given by the Air Transport Association‚ capacity still is expected to grow among carriers in both the domestic and international
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Therapy Group for Cardiac Rehabilitation The article titled “Participants Experiences of a Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy Group for Cardiac Rehabilitation” explores the experiences of a group of patients recovering with the assistance of cardiac rehabilitation. The participants are recovering from an illness associated with the heart and it is very important that these patients learn about stress and how to cope with the circumstances. Bishop’s article (2004) outlines the operational definition
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the Assessment of Managers’ Moral Reasoning. Business Ethics Quarterly‚ Volume 1‚ Issue 3‚ pp. 293-318 Introduction In this article review I intend to summarize and evaluate the adaption of James Weber’s article “Adapting Kohlberg to Enhance the Assessment of Managers”. Weber’s article discusses six stages and four adaptations of Lawrence Kohlberg’s Moral Judgment Interview and Standard Issue Scoring method. An empirical investigation tested the modifications
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Quantitative Article Review: An Investigation of the Effect of Class Size on Student Academic Achievement by Melvin V. Borland‚ Roy M. Howsen‚ and Michelle W. Trawick The following review is two-fold in its purpose. The first part includes a summary related to the purpose of the study‚ selection of participants‚ type of research design‚ method of data collection‚ type of statistical analysis used‚ and the results. The second part includes an analysis with suggestions for further research‚ discussion
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Qualitative Article Review: Teen Pregnancy and High School Dropout Bennie Webster-Mann Liberty University Purpose The purpose of this article is to show that there is a correlation between dropout rates and teen pregnancy‚ and to discuss ways to prevent teen pregnancy. The American Promise Alliance evaluated data on school districts that struggle with both poor school completion and high numbers of teen births. They identified 25 schools with the highest dropout
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Review of: Challenges To Using A Business Case For Addressing Health Disparities Perspective: Challenges To Using A Business Case For Addressing Health Disparities‚ sheds light on a alternative approach to community healthcare. The authors reflect on two approaches in addressing disparities‚ business case and social case. They discuss some of the challenges along with the potential benefits in implementing the business case method. The article goes on to mention some key areas that healthcare organizations
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