NIKE _______________ IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT _______________ BY: Castronuevo‚ Jan Clark Meer‚ Regginald Young‚ Johnedel Quintero‚ Arvin Dioneda‚ Jefrick September 18‚ 2009 Section 1 - Executive Summary Back before the Swoosh logo and long before the days we were called Nike‚ there was Blue Ribbon Sports (BRS). It was the company Phil Knight‚ our founder‚ and legendary track coach Bill Bowerman created in 1964 to provide athletes with
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Task 1.1 - Comparing and contrasting the two types of structures and cultures‚ there are some main points that need defining in order to help understand this situation. Organizational structure is “the typically hierarchical arrangement of lines of authority‚ communications‚ rights and duties of an organization. Organizational structure determines how the roles‚ power and responsibilities are assigned‚ controlled and coordinated‚ and how information flows between the different levels of management
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VESTEL ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE ANALYSIS TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………………...4 1.1. PURPOSE…………………………………………………………………………..4 1.2. METHODOLOGY…………………………………………………………………..…4 2. LITERATURE REVIEW ON THE TOPIC…………………………………………….5 3. BRIEF INFORMATION ABOUT THE INDUSTRY AND THE ORGANIZATION…………………………………………………………………………...6 3.1. EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT OF VESTEL COMPUTER………………...6 3.2. STAKEHOLDERS OF VESTEL COMPUTER………………………………9 3.3. ENVIRONMENTAL UNCERTAINTY……………………………………….9
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SALES ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE Introduction Once the sales plan has been formulated‚ the next logical step is to organize a sales force to achieve the enterprise objectives. Decisions must be made as to the type of sales tasks required to be performed and as to how the sales people should be grouped together to ensure effectiveness and efficiency. The scope of their sales responsibility‚ line authority and accountability must be defined so that the sales activities can be well coordinated. The
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organisational structures and strategic planning of both Priesthorpe and Hollywood Bowl Organisational structure is a diagram that shows which position ranks highest in terms of responsibility with the top regarded as the most responsible. There are three forms of organisational structure; hierarchal‚ flat and matrix‚ knowing which one to use will depend on the size of the business and the type of business for example a local restaurant with about five or more people will use a flat structure and a large
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Antecedents of Affective‚ Continuance‚ and Normative Commitment to the Organization‚” Journal of Occupational Psychology‚ 63‚ 1 – 18. Arnold‚ H.J.‚ and Feldman‚ D.C. (1981)‚ “Social Desirability Response Bias in Self-report Choice Situations‚” Academy of Management Journal‚ 24‚ 2‚ 377 – 385. Banai‚ M.‚ Reisel‚ W.D.‚ and Probst‚ T.M. (2004)‚ “A Managerial and Personal Control Model: Predictions of Work Alienation and Organizational Commitment in Hungary‚” Journal of International Management‚ 10
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CEO PERSONALITY‚ STRATEGIC FLEXIBILITY‚ AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: THE CASE OF THE INDIAN BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING INDUSTRY SUCHETA NADKARNI Drexel University POL HERRMANN Iowa State University We examine the relationships between CEO personality‚ strategic flexibility (ability to adapt quickly to environmental changes)‚ and firm performance‚ using a sample of 195 small and medium-sized firms from the Indian business process outsourcing industry. We hypothesize that strategic flexibility mediates
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Communication Structure for an Organization Paul Cody COM425: Communication in Organizations Prof. Demetra Blacknell September 10‚ 2012 ? Human communication is the lifeblood of any organization. The interactive social process of communication is what enables organizational participants to elicit cooperation from others (Kreps‚ 2011). There are several different concepts that are important to an organizations communication structure. The concepts to be discussed in this paper are active
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Introduction Structures designs are important for smooth operation in any organizations. In the history of organizational design‚ there are three traditional and three contemporary designs most well-known to the world. This essay will discuss all these six designs and its evolution pattern with extra attention to the use of team in each design. Theories Three traditional organizational designs include function structure‚ divisional structural and matrix structure. Functional structure puts groups
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Organization as structure vs organization as process Child J. (2005) has argued “Organization has structural‚ processual and boundary-defining facets.” (p.6) Organization as structure and organization as process are organizational choices‚ which are very distinct from each other. Organization as structure refers to ‘basic structure’ in which tasks and responsibilities are distributed among the work hierarchy. The organizational authority is at the same time centralized‚ delegated and standardized
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