Heiens / Market Orientation Market Orientation: Toward an Integrated Framework Richard A. Heiens University of South Carolina Aiken Dr. Richard Heiens is Assistant Professor of Marketing at the University of South Carolina Aiken‚ School of Business Administration‚ 471 University Parkway‚ Aiken‚ SC 29801. (803) 641-3238. RichardH@Aiken.SC.edu EXECUTIVE SUMMARY "Market orientation‚" may actually encompass several different approaches to the strategic alignment of the organization with the external
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ETHNOCENTRIC MANAGEMENT ORIENTATION Management holding an ethnocentric orientation believes that its home country is superior to any other country in the world regardless of any evidence to the contrary. An ethnocentrically oriented manager may think: “since a product or a service performed well at home‚ it should also perform well abroad. Since this is so obvious‚ no further research is necessary on foreign markets and no adaptations need to be made to the products or services to tailor them to
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Member Name (First and Last): Tessa Bayless ORIENTATION QUESTIONS 1. What is the mission of the Society? Discuss the symbols of the shield and their meaning. The mission of the Society is “We build leaders who make a better world” The shield has three symbols‚ Σ = Success Α = Action Π = Purpose Two Stars - Accomplishing more together than we would alone. Six Bars Six steps of leadership: 1. Clarify Your Purpose 2. Create a Shared Vision 3. Challenge the Status Quo 4. Inspire Positive
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Values Orientation “Cultures‚ as well as countries‚ are formed by the emergence of value systems (social stages) in response to life conditions. Such complex adaptive intelligences form the glue that bonds a group together‚ defines who they are as a people‚ and reflects the place on the planet they inhabit.” – Don Beck‚ international expert on the psychology of values. Benefits of Values Orientation * Understand organisational and individual behaviour and successful adaptation to the environment
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Global Orientation Global marketing has the potential to bring a company to its proverbial next level. In order to understand how to thrive in global marketing one must first understand the conditions leading to the development and sustainment of global market. The need and environment for a global market stemmed from a number of factors. One factor is the rapid technological advances in equipment‚ communications‚ and transportation‚ which are all major drivers of both the ability and the desire
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Market orientation perspectives include the decision-making perspective (Shapiro‚ 1988)‚ market intelligence perspective (Kohli and Jaworski‚ 1990)‚ culturally based behavioural perspective (Narver and Slater‚ 1990)‚ strategic perspective (Ruekert‚ 1992) [1] and customer orientation perspective (Deshpande et al.‚ 1993).[2] The two most prominent conceptulizations of market orientation are those given by Kohli and Jaworski (1990) and Narver and Slater (1990). While Kohli and Jaworski (1990) considers
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Overview: Florence Kluckhohn Value Orientations R.S. Zaharna‚ Ed.D. American University In her seminal paper "Dominant and Variant Value Orientations‚" Florence Kluckhohn outlined five basic human problems that were common to all peoples at all times and all places (1953‚ p. 346). The value orientations Kluckhohn identified speak to the assumptions that we make about ourselves and our relationship to the world‚ which in turn‚ guide our actions. Table 1 (found at the END of this piece) provides
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age‚ being of a sexual orientation other than heterosexual is somewhat common. Though it is definitely not considered a norm‚ it is more accepted in most parts of the world. A few years ago‚ people who were not heterosexual had to hide who they really were in order to be accepted by society. Because of this norm‚ one automatically assumes they are straight whether it comes to themselves or others. So how do homosexual/asexual people become conscious of their sexual orientation? In the same way that
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Sexual Orientation Discrimination Our declaration of independence states that all men are created equal. However there is still discrimination based on people’s sexual orientation. People discriminate towards people’s sexual orientation because of the supposed threat to the institute of marriage‚ as well; there is still the debate to whether or not sexual orientation is biological. It is still bad because discrimination kills. According to the article Sexual Orientation Discrimination‚ there are
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Employee Orientation and Training Programs Orientation is a meeting or the formal activity that specifically prepares employees for working in particular organization and working environment. An orientation meeting can be formal‚ with several new hires in a conference room‚ or it can be informal‚ with the supervisor or another employee on a one-on-one basis. An orientation for new employees can be a advantage to both the employee and the employers. Some of those advantages include the following;
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