Which of the different types of leadership profiles presented in the literature best describes Steve Jobs? Leadership is the process that a manager follows in order to inspire‚ motivate and direct subordinates towards the achievement of the company ’s goals (Jones‚ George‚ Hill‚ 2000). Transformational leaders have a strong vision to reshape the future by creating new realities. They have four main characteristics; they are charismatic‚ they use inspirational motivation (they come with a vision
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(A)Explain the ways in which the contract of agency may be constituted. To talk about the contract of agency‚ firstly the definitions of contract and agency are requited. According to Gloag (W.Green‚ 1929)‚ ’contract is an agreement which creates or is intended to create a legal obligation between the parties to it. ’ And it ’s a really important part in the business‚ commonly known as legal lynchpin of business activities such as provision goods and services (Gordon‚ G. 2011). Meanwhile‚ same
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This paper seeks to draw round the significance of employers’ need for flexibility and employee’s need for work-life balance and whether they can reconcile. It also looks to explicate how Work-life balance and flexibility are regularly‚ though not constantly contrasting within HRM. Lately‚ upward market demands and organizations’ need for global competitiveness have as highlighted by Edward and Wajcman (2005:46) resulted in an increased need for organizations to reorganize and draw from their employees’
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Purpose. Examples of practitioner‚ business and academic literature on the topic of organisational ‘Purpose’ show why the topic seems confusing to many business executives. If the ‘Purpose’ is to define the organisation’s reason for being‚ then which stakeholder group are we referring to? Stock exchange investors identify a different ‘Purpose’ than will customers‚ and different again to employees. Let us consider the full range of possibilities of the coffee-mug example used elsewhere
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Describe and analyse a subculture with which you are familiar. The definition of a subculture is a culture within a culture where a group develops distinctive norms and values that are different from those of the mainstream culture. The subculture that I will be writing about is called the Fan Base which is also know as the Fandom. A fan base or fandom is a group of regular supporters and enthusiasts that spend a rather large amount of time and energy focussing on a team‚ musician or musical
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ON FLEXIBILITY IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Submitted by Ashish ROLL NO. 142 SEC-A MBA (IB) - 2009-11 Flexibility in supply chain management Objective of this paper: To show the flexibility in Supply chain management. Flexibility is considered to be an important differentiator in the current market place as well as in the supply chain management. The need for flexibility in SCM and also the little attention is paid to how operational activities incorporate flexibility in their
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Johnson‚ Scholes and Whittington (2008)‚ core competencies refers to “the skills and abilities by which resources are deployed through an organisation’s activities and processes such as to achieve competitive advantage in ways that others cannot imitate or obtain”. Developed by Hamel and Prahalad in 1990‚ simply stated‚ (a) it provides customers with major benefits‚ (b) it is difficult to imitate and (c) it can be leveraged in many products and markets. Differentiated from regular competencies and capabilities
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3.1 Explain how products are developed to sustain competitive advantage 3.1.1 The product life cycle (PLC). The product life cycle is used for determining the lifespan of products and there are 4 sub stages of product: introduction‚ growth‚ maturity and decline. From 2007 until now‚ Honda Air Blade has become the most successful line of Honda’s motorbike as well as on market. Since it was born‚ Honda Air Blade has achieved sales of more than 2 million products. This year‚ from April to the end
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The first norm I decided to us is “WHEN PEOPLE ASK YOU HOW YOU ARE DOING‚ TELL THEM ABOUT YOUR WHOLE DAY”. I was sitting in library doing my assignment. I then seen a young girl who I haven’t talk to in a while and approached her and said hey. She said hey back as she continue to walk. You could tell she had somewhere to go. I then stopped her and said “How you been?” “I been good how are you doing” She responded. I went on to tell her about and argument me and my mother had that morning that caused
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P1 Describe the type of business‚ purpose and ownership of two contrasting businesses. In this task I will be stating the purposes of two of the contrasting businesses which are a LTD and a PLC. (New Forest Ice Cream and Thorpe Park) First of all I will look at the businesses individually and taking into account which type of business it is and its objectives. There are two main types of a limited company; A public limited company‚ (PLC) is normally a big‚ well-known business. This could be a business
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