Discussion Questions Chapter 2 1. Why is it important to understand the different perspectives and approaches to management theory that have evolved throughout the history of organizations? Management is constantly changing. It changes over time to meet new needs. if we know what happened in the past (WHAT WORK/ WHAT DIDN’T) WE WILL be able to understand the present and plan for the future. Some ideas from the past (stock ownership‚ open book management) are still relevant to management today
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ensure that all needs are addressed‚ if this is not performed properly. The system will result as a failure. Therefore it is required to define adequately the use of a system. List five items a typical design document contains. 1. Functional design 2. Technical design 3. Design overview 4. Interface designs 5. System
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The history timeline was very interesting to review. I never really realized what it takes to make a computer run. After careful consideration I was able to think of the two hardware innovations and two software innovations that I believe to be the most important. The first hardware innovation that I believe to be one of the most important innovations is the processor. The reason that I believe this is because of the speed that is provides for the computer. The speed that the processor provides
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In the book The Limit the main character’s name is Matt. Matt is a thirteen year old boy that has an interesting perspective on his world and the government. In this book the government controls everything‚ including the amount of transactions made in stores. In the book he was sent off to a workhouse because his family made too many transactions one day at the grocery store. The workhouse is a place where kids go when the family goes over their limit‚ so they go there to pay their family’s debt
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1. Describe the personality characteristics that Renee Albertelli and Richard Rodriguez have that should help them navigate the difficulties of starting a business. a. Both persons have a level of maturity garnered from work‚ life and education that allow them to make reasoned decisions. b. Both see a socially responsible cause they feel passionately about‚ and correctly identified a market that would feel as passionate as they do. c. From the text‚ commitment and determination are applicable‚ as
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How can one tell a winning strategy from a strategy that is mediocre or a loser? Give examples and details and always cite your sources of information. A company strategy is its action plan for outperforming its competitors and achieving superior profitability. The objective of a well-crafted strategy is not merely temporary competitive success and profits in the short run‚ but rather the sort of lasting success that can support growth and secure the company’s future over the long term. (Thompson
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Case Study Review After being in a market for X amount of years and being successful‚ other people will try to get in to get a piece of the pie. We have seen this over the years with numerous different products / services. One that I can think of off the top of my head was the evolution of online media. I remember as a kid when AIM “AOL Instant Messenger” was the coolest way to communicate with your friends and family. A couple years after that MySpace was introduced to the public and that went
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Discussion 2 The day to day life in United States for me in the 70’s were somewhat poor and if you wanted to succeed in life you had to work a little bit harder than other folks did at that time because low paying jobs were looking out for themselves . And the government and our president were not only telling our American people what they wanted to hear but draining the country dry by going further and further in debt then we should. During these years the pled of AIDS and HIV didn’t take
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the values and mission statement help to shape planning. Also give some internal and external factors that may influence the business in the future and explain how they will influence the business. Respond substantively to two other learners. 1. Dunkin’ Donuts Dunkin Donuts core and distinctive competence is the ability to market and sell baked goods and coffee. The Dunkin Donuts mission statement is“Dunkin’ Donuts will strive to be the dominant retailer of high quality donuts‚ bakery
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past few years‚ Zappos has become a company to fear for competitors not only for it’s customer satisfaction but also employee gratification. Unlike any other company‚ Zappos prides itself on their unordinary training process. Anytime during that 5 week training course an employee can decide that the company is not a good fit and is offered $2‚000 for their decision. This reward of $2000 is already enough motivation‚ at least for me if not everyone‚ to apply in the first place. Motivate is the drive
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