complex organizations (Williams and Duff‚ 2002). Operational excellence is the quest to reliably meet and exceed customer expectations with cost effective and efficient operations. It is the pursuit of conducting business to continuously improve the quality of goods and services‚ reduce costs‚ increase speed‚ and enhance flexibility to achieve competitive superiority (Laudon and Laudon‚ 2006). Enterprise systems enable businesses to achieve operational excellence through increased profitability and
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efficient when working in teams. Also‚ a number of theories of team development will be examined and applied to analyse a practical case study to provide a better understanding in how teams can be established effectively. Literature review Team effectiveness It has been noticed that although positive impacts of teams are addressed in many laboratory studies‚ most of them suggest either null or negative ones (e.g.‚ Mitchell 1982; Mudrack 1989; Steiner 1972; Widmeyer‚ Brawley and Carron 1992; Worchel
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reserved. Article history: Received 8 July 2011 Accepted 1 April 2012 Available online 6 April 2012 JEL classification: G12 G14 G17 Keywords: Return predictability Generalized spectrum Autocorrelation Causality Nonlinearity Bond pricing Market efficiency 1. Introduction One of the most enduring issues in finance and economics is the question of
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An organization’s effectiveness is dependent on its communicative competence and ethics. The term “Organizational Effectiveness” can be used interchangeably with the concept of “Organizational Development”‚ especially when used as the name of a department or part of an organization’s Human Resources. Organizational development is an ongoing‚ systematic process to implement effective change in an organization and is known as a field of applied behavioral science focused on understanding and managing
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A STUDY ON EFFECTS OF MOVIE REVIEWS ON CONSUMER-DECISION MAKING Vaughn Kieffer S. Morales‚ Minerva L. Sy‚ & Kimberly Mae S. Talan San Beda College – College of Arts and Sciences This research studies on how the consumer is satisfied with regard to the effects of movie reviews. Using individual viewer-level data‚ this research highlights how viewers’ own observation and reviews and movie publics’ shared sentiments illuminate consumer-decision making using survey method. The authors found that
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Engineers‚ Inc. (www.ashrae.org). Reprinted by permission from ASHRAE Journal‚ (Vol. 47‚ No. 9‚ September 2005). This article may not be copied nor distributed in either paper or digital form without ASHRAE’s permission. Overcoming Barriers to Efficiency By Thomas M. Lawrence‚ Member ASHRAE‚ Jeffrey D. Mullen‚ Douglas S. Noonan‚ and Jay Enck‚ Member ASHRAE C ommercial and residential buildings consumed approximately 39% of the total energy used in the United States in 20021 with the remaining
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Business Communications Merit 2 I will analyse the legal‚ ethical and operation issues in relation to the use of business information‚ and by including appropriate examples. Legal‚ ethical and operational issues all contribute to the overall success or failure of Tesco. The legislations set in place by the government is the law and must be followed otherwise Tesco could fall under many legal problems resulting in the closure of the organisation. The many various acts are there to not only
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Chapter I BACKGROUND OF THE PROBLEM A. Description of the Current Situation Accomplished programs and projects of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) each year is declining as a result of poor performance and leadership. In the early period of the term of office‚ number of accomplished projects and programs were then satisfactory. However in the subsequent years until the latter part of their administration‚ accomplishments were declining. Moreover‚ mismatch between SK projects
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Effectiveness Effectiveness is the level of results from the actions of employees and managers. Employees and managers who demonstrate effectiveness in the workplace help produce high-quality results. Take‚ for instance‚ an employee who works the sales floor. If he’s effective‚ he’ll make sales consistently. If he’s ineffective‚ he’ll struggle to persuade customers to make a purchase. Companies measure effectiveness often by conducting performance reviews. The effectiveness of a workforce has an
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EFFECTIVENESS OF ADVERTISING IN LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT (LRT) 2 AS PERCEIVED BY CENTRO ESCOLAR UNIVERSITYMARKETING MANAGEMENT STUDENTS CHAPTER 1 The Problem and Its Settings INTRODUCTION According to a study by Bylon Abeeku Bamfo in Advertising Likeability and its Effectiveness (2011): some 55% of the respondents in the research said they processed advertising messages consciously the remaining 45% admitted that they did not have time to pay attention to advertisements With this study‚ the researchers
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