CSAC05 1/13/07 9:21 Page 123 5 Analyzing Resources and Capabilities Analysts have tended to define assets too narrowly‚ identifying only those that can be measured‚ such as plant and equipment. Yet the intangible assets‚ such as a particular technology‚ accumulated consumer information‚ brand name‚ reputation‚ and corporate culture‚ are invaluable to the firm’s competitive power. In fact‚ these invisible assets are often the only real source of competitive edge that can be sustained over time
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European Journal of Social Sciences – Volume 7‚ Number 1 (2008) Impact Assessment of Business Process Reengineering on Organisational Performance Mrs. Adeyemi‚ Sidikat Department of Business Administration‚ Faculty of Business and Social Sciences University of Ilorin‚ P. M. B. 1515 Ilorin‚ Kwara State‚ Nigeria E-mail: sidiadeyemi@yahoo.com Tel: +234 8054451111 Mr. Aremu‚ Mukaila Ayanda Department of Business Administration‚ Faculty of Business and Social Sciences University of Ilorin‚ P. M. B
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Strategic Restructuring and Organizational Developments Introduction This discussion is directed toward company restructuring and repositioning‚ specifically my personal experiences in a project dependant industry‚ and the evolution of a business structure and organizational culture of flexibility and adaptability. Many companies operating in a project specific and contract dependant industry are required to align employees with processes and strategies to ensure smooth transition in an often
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Environmental Dynamism‚ Capital Structure and Performance: A Theoretical Integration and an Empirical Test Author(s): Roy L. Simerly and Mingfang Li Source: Strategic Management Journal‚ Vol. 21‚ No. 1 (Jan.‚ 2000)‚ pp. 31-49 Published by: John Wiley & Sons Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3094118 Accessed: 07/12/2009 10:37 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp.
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Organizational Structure and Design Prepared By: Anuj Arora – 12FN019 Himika Chaudhary Nitin Mudgal Prateek Kumar – 12DM101 Sachin Gupta – 12FN107 Index 1.1 Introduction Samsung India Electronics Ltd is a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Corporation headquartered in Seoul‚ Korea. The company was incorporated in the year 1995. The company is having their head office at Delhi and branch office at 16 locations all over the India. Their manufacturing facilities are located at Noida in Uttar
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Capabilities Capabilities are valuable‚ rare‚ costly to imitate and non substitutable are core competencies. Core competencies are sources of competitive advantage for the firm over its rivals. A sustained competitive advantage is achieved only when the competitors cannot duplicate the benefits of a firm’s strategy or when they lack the resources to attempt imitation. Sustainable competitive advantage results only when all four criteria are satisfied. For a capability to be a core competence
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Dealing with Team Structures and Leadership | Project management | | INTRODUCTION When dealing with the management of an organisation’s resources‚ it is essential to establish a strategy for supporting the project structures with appropriate team structures and leadership style. A necessary consideration is to identify how human resources may affect the progress of the project and whether a specific plan must be in place. There are three very important aspects of project management
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Elements of a High Performance Organization Lilia Grenada Organizational Administration December 7‚ 2009 • This document seeks to examine and analyze the different elements of a High Performance Organization and a Learning Organization. This will be accomplished by exploring how Information Technology plays a central role within a hospital‚ private security firm‚ and police department to turn them into a High Performance Organization and a Learning Organization
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flexibility and social responsibility. High Performance Working is often complex to define; the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has defined it as “achieving high levels of performance‚ profitability and customer satisfaction. This is done by enhancing the skills of the employees and engaging with them to increase their motivation.” High Performance Work Organisations (HPWO) are described as being flatter‚ less hierarchical structure where people work in teams and with greater autonomy‚ based
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60 Chapter 14: Organizational Structure Chapter Summary Questions and Exercises prepared by Alan Saks. I. What Is Organizational Structure? Organizational structure is the manner in which an organization divides its labour into specific tasks and achieves coordination among these tasks. It broadly refers to how the organization’s individuals and groups are put together or organized to accomplish work. Organizational structure intervenes between goals and organizational accomplishments and
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