1a) Dynamic capabilities are abilities which enable the organisation to renew and recreate its strategic capabilities to meet the needs of the changing environment. It is the capacity of an organisation to change which enables them to adapt more readily. Sustainable competitive advantage relies on resources‚ competencies and capabilities evolving with the dynamics of the industry. Sustainable competitive advantage is achieved when an organisation’s capabilities are of value to customers‚ unique
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construction industry are now very promising‚ many local construction firms still face serious difficulties‚ such as poor performance and low competitiveness. There are two main reasons behind this problem: the environment that they face is not favourable; the other is the lack of strategic direction to improve competitiveness and performance. Furthermore‚ although strategic management has now become more widely used by many large construction firms in developed countries‚ practical examples and empirical studies
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Introduction A company’s capability means the ability to innovate‚ or to respond to changing customer needs. Organizational capabilities are key intangible assets that make a significant difference when it comes to market value. Organizational capabilities are stable over time and more difficult to copy than other competitive advantages like product strategy or technology. A capabilities audit can show a company how measure up and how to build on intangible strengths to implement cultural interchange
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resources and sustained competitive advantage. Journal of Management‚ 17: 99-120 Barney‚ J.B Jean‚ S. (2014) Dallas News. Ranking: AT&T is the most valuable bank in Texas. Available from http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2014/03/ranking-att-is-the-most-valuable-brand-in-texas.html/ [Accessed 25 June 2014] Grant‚ R Grant‚ R. (2005) Analyzing Resources and Capabilities. Contemporary Strategic Analysis. Volume 5 p.130-185 Kanter‚ R Lieberman M.B. Montgomery D.B (1988)‚ “First-Mover Advantages”‚ Strategic
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Process capability studies determine whether a process is unstable‚ investigate any sources of instability‚ determine their causes‚ and take action to resolve such sources of instability. After all sources of instability have been resolved in a process‚ the natural behavior of the process is called its process capability. Process capability compares the output of a process (called “Voice of the Process”) with the customer’s specification limits for the outputs (called “Voice of the Customer”). A
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Strategic Capabilities 2011 Introduction Strategy is all about planning the next moves‚ making decisions - how and where to move forward from the current position. In the past‚ strategy was associated mainly with the military sector‚ the top chiefs of command were making tactical choices in order to defeat their rivals and achieve victory. In the business sector the purpose of strategy is in principle the same‚ planning and building a road or path that will lead us to where ever it is
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Negative Capability ’The concept of Negative Capability is the ability to contemplate the world without the desire to try and reconcile contradictory aspects or fit it into closed and rational systems.’ Keats was a romantic poet‚ full of intense passion and desire‚ yet shy and reserved. He was a young man with all the determination and melancholy of a teenager on a romantic quest to be among the English poets when he died. He is an inspiration to all of us‚ full of colourful language and imagination
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Process Capability A process is the value-added transformation of inputs to outputs. The inputs and outputs of a process can involve machines‚ materials‚ methods‚ measurement‚ people‚ and the environment. Each of the inputs is a source of variability. Variability in the output can result in poor service and poor product quality‚ both of which often decrease customer satisfaction. It is necessary to analyze the amount of common cause variation present in an in control process. Process capability is the
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In the articles “A Valuable Lesson” and “A Different Kind of Pride” each main character faced a challenge different from each other. What the characters did as a result had some differences too. In the article “A Valuable Lesson” the challenge the main character faced was that she had to perform on an event that she wasn’t as good in. The sentence that helped me identify the challenge the main character faced and proves that she had to perform on an event that is not her strongest event is in paragraph
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