I. Operational Effectiveness Is Not Strategy According to Porter‚ various management tools like total quality management‚ benchmarking‚ time-based competition‚ outsourcing‚ partnering‚ reengineering‚ that are used today‚ do enhance and dramatically improve the operational effectiveness of a company but fail to provide the company with sustainable profitability. Thus‚ the root cause of the problem seems to be failure of management to distinguish between operational effectiveness and strategy: Management
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Computer systems are vulnerable to many threats that can inflict various types of damage resulting in significant losses. This damage can range from errors harming database integrity to fires destroying entire computer centers. Losses can stem‚ for example‚ from the actions of supposedly trusted employees defrauding a system‚ from outside hackers‚ or from careless data entry clerks. Precision in estimating computer security-related losses is not possible because many losses are never discovered‚
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FDI in multi-brand retail will benefit farmers‚ says Bhupinder Singh Hooda GURGAON: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today said he was in favour of FDI in multi-brand retail from the very beginning. "FDI in retail will help farmers. They will get right prices of their produce because companies will purchase directly from them‚" Hooda told reporters here after the inauguration of Rapid Metro’s trial run. Consumers would also get quality products at comparatively cheaper rates
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Japan (日本‚ Nippon) is a country in Asia. It has many islands. Four of them are big‚ and the biggest is the 7th largest island in the world. This island is called Honshu. The islands are near the East Asian coast‚ in the western part of the Pacific Ocean. Japanese people call their country "Nihon" or "Nippon"‚ which means "the origin of the sun" in Japanese. HISTORY In 1941‚ Japan hit Pearl Harbor in Hawaii‚ a water base of the United States and destroyed or damaged many ships and airplanes.
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Diamond Building-Bangunan Suruhanjaya Tenaga‚ Putrajaya Energy-efficient buildings are designed with emphasis on environmentally friendly‚ such as energy and water efficiency‚ indoor environmental quality‚ use of renewable energy and so on. From the physical characteristics of the buildings we can see the use of glass which will allow entry of sunlight‚ thus reducing the use of lights. This shows the savings in electricity consumption. In addition‚ heat from the lights can also be reduced by it
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fat that affects one’s health. In the 1950’s‚ the history of fast food started to boom and as cities and countries started expanding‚ populations began to increase. Long ago‚ tourist cities became more popular and news was spread around to find cheap inexpensive food. In 1916‚ the first hamburger joint was opened up in Wichita‚ Kansas known as White Castle. As the fast food industry started to become more popular‚ waitresses started delivering food to cars and then the modern version started to adapt
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Cathy Danh Science 8 Mr. O’Rourke November 19‚ 2013 Hope Diamond The two articles‚ “The Hope Diamond Curse” and “Curses Debunked” are both decent articles. The first article about the Hope Diamond being cursed is telling you about the legend of the diamond and how everyone who had the diamond had misfortunes. “Curses Debunked” is saying how the legend is fake and not reasonable. I believe that “Curses Debunked” is more convincing for many reasons. The first few sentences of “Curses
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around? UCLA geology professor and Pulitzer prize winner Jared Diamond delves into this issue in his 1997 talk‚ “Why Did Human History Unfold Differently On Different Continents For The Last 13‚000 Years?” He argues: over the last 13‚000 years‚ biological and evolutionary patterns have had a dramatic effect on human population numbers‚ technology development‚ disease proliferation‚ and the determination of conquest and land domination. Diamond supports his claims by raising questions about human history
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PORTERS 5 FORCES. DEFINITION OF ’PORTER’S 5 FORCES’ Named after Michael E. Porter‚ this model identifies and analyzes 5 competitive forces that shape every industry‚ and helps determine an industry’s weaknesses and strengths. 1. Competition in the industry 2. Potential of new entrants into industry 3. Power of suppliers 4. Power of customers 5. Threat of substitute products The Porter’s Five Forces tool is a simple but powerful tool for understanding where power lies in a business situation. This
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sale of conflict diamonds in countries throughout Africa. Conflict diamonds‚ also known as blood diamonds‚ dirty diamonds‚ and war diamonds‚ are diamonds that are mined and sold to fund war activities in different countries. The lives of millions are being destroyed by the civil wars in Africa and it is an issue that I believe should be addressed. Not only are the profits being used to fund wars but also to buy weapons that are being used to kill many people. These diamonds are being mined throughout
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