A Case study on strategy implementation of Virgin Group by V S Rama Rao on January 18‚ 2009 Grabbing and successful: Richard Branson‚ entrepreneurial owner and founder of Britain’s untraditional Virgin Group‚ has fused two dissimilar lines of work – show business and commerce – into a single‚ extremely profitable enterprise. Virgin Group comprises more than 100 companies in 15 countries. It includes Virgin Atlantic‚ a 12 plane long distance carrier‚ the Virgin Retail Group outlets that sell CDs
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THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR WHERE PERFORMANCE IS LINKED TO PAY: A LITERATURE REVIEW DRAWN FROM THE UK MIRAL METAWIE PhD student in Industrial Relations KBS Annex University of Kent at Canterbury Tel: 01227 82-3375 E-mail: mm248@kent.ac.uk DR. MARK GILMAN Senior Lecturer in Industrial Relations/HRM KBS University of Kent at Canterbury CT2 7PE Tel: 01227 823797 Fax: 01227 761187 E-mail: m.w.gilman@kent.ac.uk 3rd Conference on Performance Measurements
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The key factors for successful deterrence‚ is what we will be discussing. Rourke and Boyer describe deterrence‚ as persuading an opponent not to attack by having enough forces to disable the attack and or launch a punishing counterattack (Rourke and Boyer‚ 2010‚ pg. 260). To keep it simple if one is being a deterrence it is meaning that you are trying to convince your enemy that attacking you will not be worth it in the long run. Deterrence has been around for many many years. It has caused many
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Factors affecting Pricing Strategies Introduction Pricing can be defined as the assignment of value or the cumulative amount of value that a customer must exchange in order to receive a particular product or service (Gerth‚ n.d.). For marketers‚ pricing can be viewed as a single strategic tool that can translate a potential business entity into reality (Abratt & Pitt‚ 1985). On the same notion‚ Avlonitis & Indounas (2005) noted that pricing is the only element of the marketing mix that
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Evaluating Learning & Development Activities Welcome‚ L&D team‚ to today’s Lunch & Learn. I hope you’ve enjoyed your lunch‚ now for the learning. We’ll be discussing the benefits of evaluating L&D activities and this handout covers 5 points: 1. Glossary of terms 2. Defining the purpose of evaluation (stakeholders’ perspective) 3. Return on Investment and how it can be measured (example included) 4. Approaches to evaluation 5. Evaluation tools 1. Glossary
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THE ROLE OF JUST-IN-TIME IMPLEMENTATION IN RELATION TO PERFORMANCE: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY By Che Ruhana Isa (PhD)* Tay Yew Keong Faculty of Business & Accountancy University of Malaya ABSTRACT This study investigates the relationship between the level of just-in-time (JIT) implementation and performance. The study employed self-administered questionnaire survey to collect data from Malaysian manufacturing companies. The statistical tests provide empirical evidence to support the predictions
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Journal Preferences of Study Time and Academic Performance among Third Year Nursing Students DEMLYN ZANDRA DOTILLOS ALTHEA PAZ ORONG ALEXANDRO PAYANGGA MHALCOMB PROEL XENIAH MAE SIMYUNN CYRUS DAN TORREGOSA College of Nursing Liceo de Cagayan University Abstract - The study aimed to identify the study time preference of the Nursing students in Liceo de Cagayan University. With this study‚ the researchers determined the academic performance among the respondents and the relationship between
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* LOGIC Logic has two meanings: first‚ it describes the use of valid reasoning where it is used in most intellectual activities‚ including philosophy and science‚ or‚ second‚ it describes the study of modes of reasoning (those that are valid‚ and those that are fallacious). It is primarily studied in the disciplines of philosophy‚ mathematics‚ semantics‚ and computer science. It examines general forms that arguments may take. In mathematics‚ it is the study of valid inferences within some formal
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Drama 88 Day 1 The Implementation of Actos in our Performance-as-Research Project The Actos technique can be defined in many different ways. The actos represent the reality of the current issues that is preformed in a satirical way but also conveys the underlining meaning of the issue. The actos strive to open eyes and create awareness of the certain issue by employing satirical and comical aspects in its skits and performances. A clear example was seen in class by the production of Los Chicanos
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Management Information System Implementation Challenges‚ Success Key Issues‚ Effects and Consequences : A Case Study of Fenix System Master’s Thesis within Military Logistics Author: Artit Kornkaew Tutor: Leif-Magnus Jensen Jönköping May 2 01 2 INTENTIONALLY BLANK ii Acknowledgements First of all‚ I w ould like to thank my parents for moral support in everything. In addition‚ I w ant to take this opportunity to express Royal Thai Air Force for scholarship in
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