Can you say what your strategy is? - David J. Collis and Michael G. Rukstad The authors emphasize on the importance of having a short (35 words max) company strategy‚ and communicating it to the employees. This is important to direct the companies operations in a coherent manner. The company and its employees need to know where the road is going. A strategy is not about your values of your mission‚ but simply about what your competitive game will be: what are you doing differently to your competitors
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HBR Case Review: Can You Say What Your Strategy Is? David J. Collins & Michael G. Rukstad Issue: * Executives cannot articulate the objective‚ scope and advantage of their business in a simple (35 word) statement. Supported By: * Leaders assume that strategic planning process will be communicated succinctly and ensures success. Proposed Solution: * Leaders must draft a simple‚ clear‚ succinct strategy statement that everyone can internalize and use as a guiding light
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Do you know what your purpose is? Do you know what drives you? As you think about that question‚ you may be picturing a certain aspect of your life. For example: · Home life · Spiritual life · Work life · Recreational life · School life · Etc. We have compartmentalized our lives. But with God‚ there is no distinction between the different areas of our lives. God has a purpose for our life. Sadly‚ many of us don’t have any idea what that purpose is. · Joke: Did you hear about the little girl
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HRM 320 1. What do you think are some of the factors in the modern workplace that contribute to a theft of time? How can those factors be managed? There are two factors that I have seen throughout my years of my current employment that may indeed contribute to theft of time in a workplace. One major issue that contributes to theft of time is where the constant conversation among employees/other acquaintances while on the clock. Socializing has increased within the business today and whenever
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key plumber working for Top-Notch Mechanical. He began his work on duty and on time at 7:00am and took a lunch break at 1:30pm. He was called to be on an emergency job until 7:00pm and then returned home with the company vehicle. He claimed on his timesheet that his overtime began when he left the first job and ended after arriving home after the emergency job. Top-Notch Mechanical believes overtime starts at the end of his 8 hour work day and ends when he was off duty at 7:00pm. This issue
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Do Rewards Or Punishment Work for Your Kids? A common question often asked by parents and educators is” Do rewards or punishment work? Most child experts are cutely aware that punishments are often counterproductive in helping children succeed at home and at school. According to reward and punishment expert‚ Alphie Kohn‚ on the topic: Do Rewards or Punishments Work?‚ Kohn research finds that making children suffer to alter their behavior can often elicit temporary compliance‚ but this strategy is
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Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (Hindustani: Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was the third Prime Minister of India and a central figure of the Indian National Congress party. Gandhi‚ who served from 1966 to 1977 and then again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984‚ is the second-longest-serving Prime Minister of India and the only woman to hold the office. Indira Gandhi was the only child of Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. She served as the Chief of Staff of her father’s highly
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CAREER ACTION PLAN WORKSHEET Note any weaknesses‚ areas you enter NONE‚ and areas you need to improvement http://careerplanning.about.com/od/careeractionplan/a/actionplan_wksh.htm I. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY (list your jobs from most to least recent) If you have NO work experience simply enter NONE under Employer 1 and remove the others. Begin with your most recent experience and work backward (reverse chronological order). Name/Location of Employer 1: NONE II. EDUCATION / TRAINING Beginning
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DETERMINES YOUR FUTURE DO NOT PROCASTINATE! TIME is money and TIME does not wait for anybody. If you sit and wait‚ nobody can help you and nothing happens. You will still be what you are‚ 3 or more years from now. You will be in the same situation‚ doing what you are doing now or worst‚ not doing anything at all; No career advancement; No self development; Lack of work experience; No improvement in income; No appropriate qualification; and possibly even out of job! On the contrary‚ if you grab this
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Have you ever had one of your annoying siblings put on music that you dislike? Did you tell them that their music will lessen your ability to work? Did you know that you were wrong? Music‚ whether it be liked or disliked‚ does not actually disturb your concentration unless you let it. The only music that is proven true to negatively affect your ability to work is music with lyrics. Music with lyrics is an inconvenience with short term memory potential making it quite a bit harder to memorize a phrase
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