Characteristics of successful entrepreneurs 3. McGregor’s view was that theory X amounted to “treating people as children”. Should we deduce from this that a Theory X approach on part of teachers will produce the best results in the classroom? (10) Firstly‚ Theory X managers assume a number of things about the workers: they assume they don’t want to work‚ lack ambition and discipline is essential to make them work. For these reasons‚ the leadership style of theory X managers is autocratic- orders
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Digital Strategy & Planning: Defining The Interactive Vision Organizations can realize meaningful competitive advantage by developing formal digital strategies that support key corporate business and marketing objectives. By proactively measuring and optimizing these digital strategies and programs‚ maximum return on investment can be achieved. CATALYST EAST COAST Background Corporate investments on internet-oriented marketing and sales initiatives over the past 15 years have increased
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Role of Marketing Research 1. To provide information to decision makers in the marketing department of an organization 2. Types of decisions – 1. Strategic and 2. Tactical 3. Strategic Decisions- Related to Segmentation of the Market‚ Target Market Selection‚ and Positioning of the Product 4. Tactical decisions- Related to the 4 Ps of marketing – Product‚ Pricing‚ Promotion and Place (distribution) LEVEL 1 (Strategic) Marketing Strategy Segmentation Target Market Selection Positioning
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between a company’s resource capability (as reflected by its balance of resource strengths and weakness) and its external situation (as reflected by industry and competitive conditions‚ the company’s own market opportunities‚ and specific external threats to the company’s profitability and market standing)1. SWOT is the acronym for Strength‚ Weakness‚ Opportunity and Threat and as defined above by Johnson et al (2008)‚ it is a tool through which managers create a quick overview of the firm’s strategic
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importance of defining the relevant market in a pay survey. 4. Explain the steps involved in designing a pay survey. 5. Describe the key issues involved in interpreting the results of a pay survey. 6. Explain how the market pay line combines the internal structure with external market rates. 7. Discuss the use of pay grades and pay ranges and their relationship to internal alignment and external competitiveness. 8. Discuss the pros and cons of the market pricing approach to establishing
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MARKET RESEARCH 2 ASSESSMENT 2 1 - WHY SHOULD AN ORGANISATION CONDUCT MARKETING RESEARCH? An organization must do a marketing research is to identify and assess how changing elements of the marketing mix impacts customer behavior. Marketing research is the systematic gathering‚ recording‚ and analysis of data about issues relating to marketing products and services. 2 - LIST AND DESCRIBE THREE SOURCES OF EXTERNAL INFORMATION. An external source of information is concerned with what is happening
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Case study 1 Better Fitness‚ Inc. (BFI)‚ manufactures exercise equipment at its plant in Freeport‚ Long Island. It recently designed two universal weight machines for the home exercise market. Both machines use BFI-patented technology that provides the user with an extremely wide range of motion capability for each type of exercise performed. Until now‚ such capabilities have been available only on expensive weight machines used primarily by physical therapists. At a recent trade show‚ demonstrations
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Some of these include: rivals’ similar competitive strategies‚ low barriers of entry into the market‚ and the absence of a differentiation strategy. Rivals’ Similar Competitive Strategies. Companies in DG’s peer group are closely aligning themselves with competitive strategies similar to those of DG. For example‚ in light of DG’s profitable
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are useful in helping an organization achieve its mission. The list of items generated by this analysis provides information or items it needs to look into deeper using other tools such as statistical surveys‚ focus groups or even employing a test-market strategy for a new product or service. SWOT analysis should help management begin to think about the organization and its future‚ instead of ending any other planning efforts. Large or Heterogeneous Groups This type of analysis requires a considerable
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To the extent they were available‚ reports and white papers‚ academic articles and trade publications were consulted‚ but there are many opportunities identified herein where additional research is required to fully understand the impact of these convergent media trends on Canadian consumers and citizens. This scan serves to identify some of those opportunities for future inquiry and
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