46 The McKinsey Quarterly 2005 Number 1 David Williams E xtreme competition Extreme competition The forces of globalization‚ technology‚ and economic liberalization are combining to make life harder than ever for established companies. William I. Huyett and S. Patrick Viguerie Jack Welch once said that the 1980s would be a “white-knuckle” decade of intensifying industrial competition—and that the 1990s would be tougher still. Despite history’s greatest bull market‚ rising
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Client goal Our client is RefreshNow! Soda. RefreshNow! is a top 3 beverage producer in the U.S. and has approached McKinsey for help in designing a product launch strategy. Description of RefreshNow! Soda As an integrated beverage company‚ RefreshNow! leads its own brand design‚ marketing and sales efforts. In addition‚ the company owns the entire beverage supply chain‚ including production of concentrates‚ bottling and packaging‚ and distribution to retail outlets. RefreshNow! has a considerable
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AWL (GE/McKinsey approach) | 1. Describe the business portfolio and the options available to AWL. The business portfolio of AWL’s 1998 fiscal year consists of three SBUs‚ namely three new marketing textbooks‚ including Advertising and Sales Promotion Strategy‚ Analysis for Strategic Marketing and Marketing Engineering. We can also see these three textbooks in the GE Portfolio Matrix as shown in Graph 1 and Graph 2. AWL should have clear understanding of these three new textbooks in order
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McKinsey & Company McKinsey Problem Solving Test Practice Test © 2010 APTMetrics‚ Inc. Practice Test McKinsey Problem Solving Test – Practice Test Practice Test Overview and Instructions This practice test has been developed to provide a sample of the actual McKinsey Problem Solving Test used for selection purposes. This test assesses your ability to solve business problems using deductive‚ inductive‚ and quantitative reasoning. This practice test contains a total of 26 questions
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Managing Knowledge and Learning at NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Summary National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was established by Congress on October 1‚ 1958‚ in order for the United States to keep up with the technological advancements achieved from former Soviet Union’s successful launch of the Sputnik (1957). The Apollo Era-Mission had risen from the support of John F. Kennedy’s goal‚ which was “landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth.” Prioritization
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Managing Assets and Liabilities: Strategies for Insurance Companies October 2008 Financial Services Commission of Jamaica Insurance Seminar - October 30‚ 2008 Michael Hafeman‚ FSA‚ FCIA‚ MAAA Context for Asset-Liability Management Risks and Risk Tolerance Risk Measurement ALM Techniques Organizational Issues Supervisory Objectives Managing Assets and Liabilities: Strategies for Insurance Companies 2 What is it and why is it used? Managing Assets and Liabilities: Strategies
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Case # 9-603-062 Managing Knowledge and Learning at NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory This case focuses on knowledge management (KM) at NASA after a mandate to move from “expensive‚ infrequent‚ heavily engineered” projects to “Faster‚ Better‚ Cheaper” projects has been in place for almost ten years. Read the case‚ discuss it with your team members‚ and then answer the following questions. Summary Jeanne Holm‚ Chief Knowledge Architect for NASA faces
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Feature article Knowledge management‚ librarians and information managers: fad or future? Brendan Loughridge Introduction This article considers some of the principles and practices commonly associated with ``knowledge management ’ ’ (KM) in so far as they seem to be of potential importance or relevance to library and information professionals. Competing claims and counterclaims about KM as expressed in a selection of recent professional and academic publications are reviewed‚ though a truly
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SUPPORTING TEMPLATES AND SLIDES AT WWW.PAULFRIGA.COM Dr. Paul N. Friga - 2009 Confidential material from the book: The McKinsey Engagement: A Powerful Toolkit for More Efficient and Effective Team Problem Solving The TEAM FOCUS Framework 2 Interpersonal T E A M Talk Evaluate Assist Motivate Analytical F O C U S Frame Organize Collect Understand Synthesize Source: The McKinsey Engagement by Paul N. Friga The TEAM FOCUS “Rules of Engagement” Talk Evaluate Assist • Communicate constantly
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BACKGROUND 3 KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT 3 KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY 5 INFOSYS AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT 6 THE K SHOP 7 PROCESS DATABASE ASSISTANCE 8 PEOPLE KNOWLEDGE MAP 8 CATCH THEM YOUNG INITIATIVE 9 INFOSYS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 9 KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND E BUSINESS 10 CONCLUSION 11 REFERENCES 12 INTRODUCTION This assignment is aiming to critically appraise the knowledge and knowledge management process and evaluate the importance of knowledge management in
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