Nike was founded in 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports by University of Oregon track athlete Philip Knight and his coach Bill Bowerman‚ and officially became Nike‚ Inc. in 1978. The company takes its name from Nike‚ the Greek goddess of victory‚ and adopted the well-known logo‚ called the “Swoosh”‚ first used by Nike in 1971. Nike produces a wide range of sports equipments. Their first products were track running shoes‚ for a wide range of sports including track & field‚ tennis‚ baseball‚ Association
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Corporate Social Responsibility is fast becoming an integral part of the corporate world. Broadly defined‚ Corporate Social Responsibility attempts to achieve commercial success in ways that honour ethical values and respect people‚ communities‚ and the natural environment (Bhattacharya & Sen‚ 2004). From what was once seen as peripheral to a company’s main businesses‚ has now become a standard practice‚ with an increasing number of businesses engaging in
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DISCIPLINE and discipline managing techniques 1. What is Discipline? Discipline has always been an essential and difficult aspect of education for without discipline there can be no effective teaching (Dreikurs et.al.1998:80). The meaning of discipline and the techniques of dealing with misbehaviour have been modified throughout the preceding decades. Especially the consolidation of democracy has transformed the sense of discipline and methods that were regular and acceptable ten or twenty years
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The Fifth Discipline Peter M Senge Publisher: Currency Doubleday – 1990 Introduction The organizations that will truly excel in the future will be those that discover how to tap people’s commitment and develop the capacity to learn at all levels in an organization. Deep down‚ people are learners. No one has to teach an infant to learn. In fact‚ no one has to teach infants anything. They are intrinsically inquisitive‚ masterful learners. Learning organizations are possible because at heart we
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EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE‚ COMPLAINTS AND GRIEVANCES MICHAEL L. PROTACIO Employee discipline: Employee discipline According to Richard D. Calhoon‚ “Discipline is the force that prompts individuals or groups to observe rules‚ regulations‚ standards and procedures deemed necessary for an organization.” Therefore discipline means securing consistent behaviour in accordance with the accepted norms of behaviour. I am sure you will agree that discipline is essential in every aspect of life. It is equally
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Achieving Industry-Wide Product Leadership TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract ................................................................................................................ 4 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 5 Brief History of Google ...........................................................................................7 Google: Taking the Three Value Disciplines in Perspective.......
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Contents Page Executive Summary 2 Nike Inc. 2 Footwear Industry 3 Analyzing a Footwear Company.................................................................3 Trends in the Footwear Industry…………………………………………4 Nike’s Strategic Enablers in Gaining Competitive Advantage 4 Marketing & Promotion…………………………………………………...4 Production & Distribution………………………………………………...5 R&D………………………………………………………………………...5 Acquisition Strategy………………………………………………………..5
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primarily on the disciplines of sociology and psychology” (Warner‚ 1994)‚ that present it as a science that has strong ties to other disciplines. The history of Organizational Behavior (OB) can be traced back to the Scientific Management approaches from the Industrial Revolution as early as the late 1800’s with the work of Frederic Winslow Taylor (1856-1915) (Wertheim). It is in this case‚ behavioral disciplines that have shaped Organizational Behavior into a distinguishable discipline. Of the options
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Lack of self-discipline Geronimo Moreno CSS101‚ Psychology of Motivation Mr. Allred 11/12/2012 Lack of self-discipline A lack of self-discipline can be problematic to one’s education and career. However‚ most people don’t understand the true meaning of self-discipline. Therefore I will write this essay to paint a clear picture of what self-discipline is‚ and what measures one can take in having a lot more self-discipline. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines self-discipline as; correction
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loyalty and an insurmountable barrier to competition. In an example taken to the extreme in the 2002 movie Minority Report‚ Tom Cruise’s character runs through a shopping mall past talking billboards that recognize him by name and urge him to buy products he had earlier expressed an interest in such as jeans and Ray-Bans‚ the ultimate in personalized advertising. But Simonson has this to say: The fact that consumer preferences are often fuzzy‚ unstable‚ and manipulatable is unlikely to change. So
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