In 1849‚ Charles Pfizer and Co. started with two cousins Charles Pfizer and Charles Erhart‚ who were young entrepreneurs from Germany. They opened the chemical firm in Brooklyn‚ New York‚ and began there operations in the Williamsburg community of Brooklyn. Pfizer Incorporated is a major pharmaceutical company‚ which ranks number two in sales. During the Civil War Pfizer supplied the Union Army with painkillers‚ preservatives‚ and disinfectants. Pfizer expanded westward in 1882‚ opening an office
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Pfizer - Development and Training Pfizer is the world’s largest research-based biomedical and pharmaceutical company (Pfizer 2009‚ p.2). To ensure continuous improvement in all areas of the organization‚ leadership believes in the effectiveness of proper training. Having training based programs allows employees to gain new knowledge‚ exchange ideas‚ and search for answers to his or her concerns or issues. According to McGlynn (1998)‚ Pfizer is a knowledge business. It is not enough to just discover
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Contingency Theory Contingency Theory is a class of behavioral theory that claims that there is no best way to organize a corporation‚ to lead a company‚ or to make decisions. An organizational / leadership / decision making style that is effective in some situations‚ may be not successful in other situations. In other words: The optimal organization / leadership / decision-making style depends upon various internal and external constraints (factors). Contingency Theory factors Some examples
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Objective The objective of this portfolio is to analyze whether Pfizer Inc. is a market leader of producing ethical products in the pharmaceutical industry in Hong Kong. To achieve this objective‚ Pfizer needs to enlarge and rectify their marketing communications‚ (such as‚ adjust their promotional tools‚ differentiate their products...etc). Introduction Pfizer Inc. is established since 1849 by Charles Pfizer and Charles Earhart and up till now‚ it has 150 countries using their pharmaceutical
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The Contingency Approach: Y. Y^ -a . . ’ ^ 1 i^-^ .g ^ ‚ The Contingency Its l^oundations and Relevance A poc p r ah to Theory Building and Research in Marketing by Valarie A. Zeithaml Duke University‚ Durham‚ North Carolina‚ P. "Rajan" Varadarajan Texas A&M University‚ and Carl P. Zeithaml University of North Carolina‚ Chapel Hill Introduction During the 1960s‚ management theory and research began to adopt a new orientation‚ one that embodied a remarkably simple concept
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Pfizer SWOT Analysis Jennifer Yacovazzi MGT/521 July 15‚ 2013 Robert Balcerzak Pfizer SWOT Analysis “Pfizer is the world’s largest biopharmaceutical company. It portfolio includes human biological‚ small molecular medicine‚ vaccines and consumer products” (Market Line‚ 2013‚ p. 3). “Pfizer conducts business through five different areas: primary care‚ established products within the emerging markets‚ specialty care with oncology‚ animal health‚ and consumer health care” (Market Line‚ 2013
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Contingency: 2012: Using the concept of strategic choice‚evaluate the contribution made by structural contingency researchers to our understanding of management and organisation design. 2011: Using the concept of strategic choice‚evaluate the contribution made by structural contingency researchers to our understanding of management and organisation design. 2010: Drawing on empirical studies‚ critically examine how contingency theory explains the ways in which an organisation’s technical- economic
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of decision to be made between autocratic‚ consultative‚ democratic and other styles. See alsocontingency school of management. Contingency theory is a behavioral theory that claims that there is no single best way to design organizational structures. The best way of organizing e.g. a company‚ is‚ however‚ contingent upon the internal and external situation of the company. The contingency approach to organizational design tailors the design of the company to the sources of environmental uncertainties faced
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Contingency theory is a class of behavioral theory that claims that there is no best way to organize a corporation‚ to lead a company‚ or to make decisions. Instead‚ the optimal course of action is contingent (dependent) upon the internal and external situation. A contingent leader effectively applies their own style of leadership to the right situation. In contingency theory of leadership‚ the success of the leader is a function of various contingencies in the form of subordinate‚ task‚ and/or
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Contingency theory suggests that it is possible to organize too much to meet the needs of the environment. This would be a case of strategic misfit. Think of an example of misfit caused by an inappropriate organization design. Explain how a firm’s structure could systematically increase its costs and place it at a strategic disadvantage. Contingency theory is the idea that there is no uniformly “best” structure for all firms in all circumstances. Contingency theory has focused on three factors
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