McCombs School of Business MAN 374 (04458) University of Texas at Austin Fall 2007 GENERAL MANAGEMENT AND STRATEGY COURSE OVERVIEW Joe Giordano jagintx@austin.rr.com Office: CBA 3.246 Text: Porter‚ Michael E. Competitive Strategy. (New York: Free Press‚ 1998). Office Hours: Tuesday or Thursday by Appointment. Contact in class or through e-mail to arrange time. Course Description Perspective and Themes This course is about the creation and maintenance of a long-term
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Nokia Smartphone Strategy Nokia is a world renowned telecommunications corporation that connects over 1.3 billion people. Nokia’s mission is simple: Connecting People. Their goal is to build great mobile products that enable billions of people worldwide to enjoy more of what life has to offer. The company started out producing wood pulp and paper‚ the most influential communication technology in history‚ in Finland in 1865. By the 1960’s Nokia is a booming business with large production of rubber
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industries. The 2005 financial results gave Haier reason to pause and reassess its mission and strategic intent. The primary issue was whether to continue its expansion strategy or slow down operations and engage in a stabilization strategy. After careful analysis and debate the team recommends the latter based on underutilized facilities‚ operational inefficiencies‚ and the risk involved with increasing debt. The stabilization strategy would include continued pursuit of exports and non-equity alliances;
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• 2.1 PEST-analysis In the following‚ the analysis of the political‚ economic‚ social and technological factors leads to a description of the macro environment of the computer industry. a) Political Political factors include government regulations and legal issues determining the conditions under which companies have to operate. In this field‚ the computer industry has to face certain restraints. Problems can arise in countries where political stability is not guaranteed‚ no matter whether
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Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company: A Recapitalization Strategy Development Team: Sam Posnick Emily Booth Alex Fabisiak Sam Zarat 1 2 Scenarios To create a successful recapitalization plan‚ the group analyzed multiple scenarios and determined the appropriate level of debt to issue for the William Wrigley Jr. Company (referred to as Wrigley). The chosen capital structure is based on efforts to minimize the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) while also reducing increases in the cost of equity
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What is Role Playing? In role playing‚ students act out characters in a predefined "situation". What Is Its Purpose? Role playing allows students to take risk-free positions by acting out characters in hypothetical situations. It can help them understand the range of concerns‚ values‚ and positions held by other people. Role playing is an enlightening and interesting way to help students see a problem from another perspective. What is Brainstorming? Brainstorming is a large or small group activity
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Customer Relationship Management of Dell - 2 Weeks Ago -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dell Inc: (NASDAQ: Dell‚ HKEX: 4331) is a American multinational information technology corporation based in Round Rock‚ Texas‚ United States‚ that develops‚ sells and supports computers and related products and services. Bearing the name of its founder‚ Michael Dell‚ the company is one of the largest technological corporations in the world‚ employing more
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2014 Faulkner’s Characterization of Dewey Dell in As I Lay Dying William Faulkner’s diction‚ point of view‚ and syntax in his polyphonic novel‚ As I Lay Dying‚ strategically employs the miserably pessimistic yet juvenile voice of Dewey Dell to characterize her as the novel’s naïve victim. The only surviving female in the Bundren family‚ Faulkner presents the hardships that Dewey Dell must endure. In addition‚ as an uneducated girl with no guidance‚ Dewey Dell experiences an uncertainty in many issues
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Planning Joanna Zacari American InterContinental University Health Care Strategies/HCM640-1302B-01/Unit One IP Need of a Strategic Plan I was asked by the Board of Directors to implement a strategic plan for Countryside Nursing Facility. At present‚ the organization has never implemented nor had a strategic plan set forth for their facility. It will be my intention to show management and all employees the strategy that can be set forth for their organization with smooth implementations to
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Crafting strategy Henry Mintzberg Back to basics‚ we ’ve (^omo full circle. When I first learned about strategy many years ago‚ it was all relatively simple: Find out what customers ’ needs are and then figure out a way to satisfy these needs hetter than your competitors. (gradually‚ with the help of "strategy specialists‚" things got more; complicated‚ like the evolution in art from classic to baroque. (Companies" ability to gather and analyze ever-increasing amounts of quantitative data led
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