1) The Tata Group has been transformed from a risk averse‚ slow moving giant into a more dynamic and aggressive conglomerate. How much of such a transformation can be attributed to one individual? Discuss the role of the leader in initiating and managing change. 2) The Tata Group had a presence in a wide range of businesses since it’s early days. Later‚ Ratan Tata managed to streamline the Tata Group . What advantages and disadvantages did the group gain through streamlining of business? Do you
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Values Ok.....this is value debate. So many people want to understand the significance of it and get a good idea of some of the good ones they can use in their cases. Fear not! I think I have an answer for you! In this page I have encompassed MANY great values and criterion that can be used in ANY case. Be sure to note that the reference most of these values come from. If you need to look back at how you need to incorporate values in your case regard the page on Basic Structure for the Novice.
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Choose a mass-produced product and examine how it has been transformed over time. why did the product take its contemporary 21st century form? The product that I have chosen is the surfboard‚ I choose the surfboard as it is an area of design I am hugely interested in and believe it is a great example of how industrialisation has impacted the production and form of a product. I will discuss how the surfboard came about and how it has evolved from the hardwood solid surfboard that could weigh up
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Racial Issues in the 17th Century During the 17th century‚ colonialism led to the development of both the social‚ racial and political institutions. An example is the act of slavery‚ especially in the second society‚ after the emergence of the first society from Asia. The first society settled in the present day Alaska. Up to date‚ it is not yet known how most of the black Americans that were taken from Africa to the United States of America as slaves settled. In his book‚ “The Society Must be
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In this 21st century‚ can European nations (both individually and collectively) speak meaningfully about moral duties to other nations and their populations? Consider the changes that have taken place in Europe during and following the Second World War when you respond to this question. How has the role of Europe evolved over the latter half of the 20th century and the early 21st century? What role should European nations play in the new remainder of the 21st century? In the 21st Century‚ I believe
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has a place in the 21st Century Britain? In the following essay I will be discussing my opinion on whether or not religion has a place in 21st Century Britain. As Britain starts to modernise throughout the 21st Century‚ in some areas of society religion has become out dated for example‚ the ways of marriage and relationships or the way in which certain situations can be justified‚ I will be expanding on these and other situations on which religion effects society in 21st century Britain. In some
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role of a principal has changed dramatically over the past couple of decades (Levine‚ 2005). It wasn’t too long ago that a principal’s primary tasks were limited to making sure that the buses ran on time‚ ordering supplies‚ and addressing personnel issues (Usdan‚ McCloud and Podmostko 2000). Now an affective principal’s main responsibility is student learning (The Wallace Foundation 2012‚ Usdan‚ McCloud and Podmostko 2000). The typical principal now puts in over 10 hours a day in order to get everything
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Issues & Challenges faced by Entertainment Electronics Industry Change is relentless within the Entertainment Electronics Industry (EEI). Successful leaders over the short AND long term must doggedly address change. They must never tire - never get mired in the romance of their history. As EEI is the harbinger for most other industries‚ issues hit here first and must be sorted out amid tremendous pressure. Winning EEI industry leaders tend to be either visionary business strategists or the consummate
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Executive Summary The aim of this paper is confronted with the question of how the fit concept in strategic management is an appropriate idea or not for companies in the 21st century. After a short introduction about strategy which is defined by Michael E. Porter (1980)‚ we will describe some basic concepts. Cited by Porter (1985‚ 1996) and Thomson/Strickland (1998)‚ we find out that operational effectiveness is a helpful tool‚ but not enough for gaining competitive advantage. Strategies must
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op y 9-702-442 REV: JANUARY 27‚ 2004 DAVID B. YOFFIE tC Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in the Twenty-First Century For over a century‚ Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola vied for “throat share” of the world’s beverage market. The most intense battles of the cola wars were fought over the $60-billion industry in the United States‚ where the average American consumed 53 gallons of carbonated soft drinks (CSD) per year. In a “carefully waged competitive struggle‚” from 1975 to 1995 both
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