Manufacturing Strategy – MBA 622 Instructor Prof. R.R.K. Sharma rrks@iitk.ac.in Office : FB326‚ Residence H.No. 643‚ IIT‚ Campus Kanpur – 208 016 COURSE OBJECTIVES Most of our students (B Tech and MBA) are engineers in various disciplines. It is natural that they develop their career in the “Manufacturing Function” of organizations they join. This course prepares them to take up the responsibilities as the “Manufacturing Chief” or the “Manufacturing Vice President” of the company. Briefly
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DOES NEWELL HAVE A SUCCESSFUL CORPORATE-LEVEL STRATEGY? DOES THE COMPANY ADD VALUE TO THE BUSINESSES WITHIN ITS PORTFOLIO? Newell’s has a good corporate- level strategy as they had over 40 businesses in the late 1990’s. They main objective is to acquire companies failing and have financial problems. They bring up these companies by developing them to become cost efficient through operational strategies and creating profits. This will take Newell up to 18 months to transform these companies.
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“What’s that Awful Smell”? - Bromine There are 118 known elements to man‚ and each of them differ in its own way. They vary from weight‚ structure‚ color‚ and much more‚ but many of them are similar to others and can be grouped accordingly. One element that varies drastically from others is one whose stench is so horrible‚ that the original name of the element was changed from muride to bromos‚ which means “stench” in Greek. Thus‚ bromine was named. Like many other known elements‚ bromine was discovered
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New Venture Planning & Entrepreneurship Contact Hours : 42 hrs Credit : 1.5 Credit Prerequisite : None Instructor : Dr Veeresh Sharma “Innovation is the specific tool of entrepreneurs‚ the means by which they exploit change as an opportunity for a different business or a different service. It is capable of being presented as a discipline‚ capable of being learned‚ capable of being practiced” Peter F. Drucker In present scenarios‚ consumer needs must be satisfied in superior manner
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Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid‚ Strategy + Business (26)‚ 2000‚ pp. 55-67.Stuart Hart‚ “Beyond Greening: Strategies for a Sustainable World‚” www.hbsTUp.UTharvard.edu/hbr/index.htmlH C.K. Prahalad and Kenneth Lieberthal‚ “The End of Corporate Imperialism‚” Harvard Business Review‚ July–August 1998; www.hbsTUp.UTharvard.edu/hbr/index.html
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strategic vision on those forces that require special attention in the development of their international strategy. I have read the most recent update of Porter’s initial 1979 Harvard Business Review (HBR) on the Five-Force Model titled “The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy: Porter HBR January 2008”. This recent article aspires to help a company to “stake out a position that is more profitable and less vulnerable to attack”. Porter thoroughly re-addresses the Rivals and the four additional
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Childhood is a time when proper nutrition is absolutely necessary for crucial growth. Nutrition is the act of nourishing or being nourished. Good nutrition is an essential part for your child’s healthy lifestyle! One leading cause of obesity in children is poor nutrition. Proper nutrition includes a variety of foods such as fresh fruits & vegetables‚ non-fat and low-fat dairy products and whole grain cereals and bread. Guidelines for food safety are important in order to store‚ prepare and serve
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Throughout the story‚ Trisha’s mental state alters drastically. She goes from a upbeat nine-year-old to a girl fighting for her life. Trisha‚ at first‚ is eager to go walking in the woods‚ ““I’ve got mine‚ Mom!” she chirruped in her oh-boy-waterless-cookware
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HBR CASE STUDV Fat Chance by Bronwyn Fryer and Julia Kirby Sid has put his hat inthe ring for a client-serving position. He’s got the skills andtheknowledgethe problem is‚ he’s also obese. Can his weight be a factor in the decision? B ILL HouciAN was three pages deep into his spreadsheet when he felt the thud‚ thud‚ thud through the roughhewn floor of the hallway connecting sales and marketing with the desktop publishing group. "Here comes Sid‚" he thought. The Seattle offices of NMO Financial
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How Pixar Fosters Collective Creativity http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/hbsp/hbr/articles/article.js... ADVERTISEMENT Ed Catmull is a cofounder of Pixar and the president of Pixar and Disney Animation Studios. FEATURE How Pixar Fosters Collective Creativity Behind Pixar’s string of hit movies‚ says the studio’s president‚ is a peer-driven process for solving problems. by Ed Catmull ♦ Listen to Ed Catmull discuss managing creativity. A few years ago‚ I had lunch with the
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