COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY‚ MANAGEMENT‚ AND LOGISTIC INTRODUCTION OF MANAGEMENT (BPMN1013) RESEARCH OF CASE STUDY PREPARED BY: GROUP 11 TABLE OF CONTENT 1.0. Acknowledgement…………………………………………………3 2.0. Case study 2.1- Case 1- McDonald’s : Grilling Up an Empire……………….4 2.2- Case 9- Sony Corporation : An Evolution of Technology…14 2.3- Case 10- Nike :Spreading Out to Stay Together…………….23 3.0. References…………………………………………………….….42 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Special thanks
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In January 1964‚ two American visionaires‚ Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight‚ opened their first sport shoes shop. As former university track runners and coach‚ they were seeking to innovate in running shoes to give athletes a competitive advantage. In 1971‚ their first employee Jeff Johnson designed several shoes and started advertising the new brand that he called “Nike”. Co-founder Bill Bowerman’s philosophy is today’s vision of the company: “To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete*
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1. When Nike CEO Phil Knight stepped down and handed his job to Bill Perez‚ he stayed on as chairman of the board. In what ways could Knight’s continued presence on the board have created an informal structure that prevented Perez from achieving full and complete leadershipof Nike? Answer: Informal structures are the shadow organization that represents the actualworking and communication relationships that may not resemble the formal organizationalchart. When knight remained on the board
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In the Middle Ages‚ a knight was distinguished as an individual (stereotypically being a man) who obeyed the Code of Chivalry and also acquired exceptional abilities in battle. It was theoretically conceivable for any male to become a knight in the Middle Ages but the expenditures for becoming one were fairly overpriced and expensive. These expenses comprised preparation/training to become a knight‚ having a warhorse to ride on during battle and suitable weapons/ armour so it would be very rare for
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Samurai and knights‚ millions of miles away and still almost identical. Knights were warriors in Medieval Europe and samurai lived in Japan. Samurai lived by the Bushido Code‚ which focused on loyalty and devoting himself to his duty. Knights lived by the Code of Chivalry‚ which focused on loyalty and courtesy. They were also sworn to loyalty to their lord or daimyo. A daimyo is a type of lord that gives land to samurais in exchange for military service. Lords did the same. Samurai and knights were more
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Samurai’s and Knights‚Were the Similarities Greater Than the Differences? "You must show no mercy...Nor have any belief whatsoever in how others judge you...For your greatness will silence them all."What if warriors from other lands threaten to invade and destroy your way of life. How can men‚ women‚and children in your region protect themselves? That’s why there were warriors. The warriors of Europe were called knights. The warriors of Japan were called samurai’s.Historians would argue that the
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The samurai and the knights had a lot of similarities but they did have a lot of differences to. Like how they were both classified warriors who fought mostly for their kingdom and their families. The samurai followed a code called bushido‚but the knights didn’t follow the same code they followed a code called chivalry. The samurai and knights were both highly trained warriors who protected their kingdom as well as their people. More than a thousand years ago‚ a class of professional warriors
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or american or indian. In this short story it has seem to have struck the white knight. The life of the white knight consists of his adventures in search of the evil black knight in which he grows from a innocent young gentlemen to a wise old man. The white knight was the ideal prince as some say;he was the champion of virtue and honor and justice and was in search of evil. Evil as he saw it was the black knight. He began his journey with a snow white horse‚ to match him. His journey lead him
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things being constructed and invented were weapons. Both the samurais and knights have revolutionized the topic of combat. The similarities between samurai and knights were greater than the differences. This is shown by looking at their armor‚weapons‚ and choice of transportation. The first important similarity was combat. For example‚ the samurais would fight with swords and so would the knights. Also‚ the the samurais and knight would use shock combat only during battles. These similarities are significant
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The Samurai’s bushido and the European Knights chivalry were both codes of honor which consisted of fighting for their earthly lord‚ but when it came down to committing ritual suicide for their god only Samurais were up for the challenge; setting them aside from the Knights. These two different types of people clash swords when it comes to how they view women and what they wear going into battle. The Japanese Samurai lived by bushido‚ which was a code of honor that demanded bravery and faithfulness
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