9-207-056 JANUARY 28‚ 2007 MALCOLM BAKER Multifactor Models There are two parts to this exercise. The first is to evaluate the performance of four mutual funds. And‚ the second is to estimate the cost of capital for two firms. Benchmarking Both parts of the exercise are about choosing an appropriate benchmark‚ either for evaluating past investment returns or assessing a new project. Ideally‚ a benchmark should reflect the opportunity cost‚ or the best alternative investment. If an investment manager’s
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Fred Fiedler developed the first comprehensive contingency model for leadership Fiedler’s contingency model proposes that effective group performance depends on the proper match between the leader’s style and the degree to which the situation gives control to the leader. The model consists of three steps. The first step is identifying the leadership style. To find out the leadership style Fiedler created the least preferred co-worker questionnaire. The questionnaire measures whether a person is
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NOTES ON NEOCLASSICAL (SOLOW) GROWTH MODEL Neoclassical Growth model shows why growth rate of per capita income cannot be maintained through continuous saving and investment. The reason is that as capital per labor rises‚ marginal productivity of capital runs into diminishing returns. Let the production function be : Y = output‚ K = capital stock and L = labor force (population). This function is assumed to be constant returns to scale type ie if you multiply each input by a
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understand the process of changing addictive behaviors is a model of intentional behavior change called the transtheoretical model. Transtheoretical model (also known as the stages- of- change theory) suggests that one of the major challenges in substance abuse treatment is to “creatively adapt to the complexities of change using a selection of change processes dependent upon individual’s readiness" (Diclemente‚ C. C.‚ p. 2‚ 1999). In this model‚ there are three critical elements in the change process:
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Michael porter’s five forces analysis is a frame work for industry analysis and business strategy development formed by Michael E Porter of Harvard business school in 1979.Five Forces model of Michael Porter is a very elaborate concept for evaluating company’s competitive position. Three of porters five forces refer to competition from external sources and the remainder are internal threats .porters referred to this forces are micro environment to contrast it with more general term macro
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SPJIMR ‘2013 Application of Malcolm Baldrige in the current American Industry Term Paper - MQPE Shishir Jindal PGP-12-065 Rajesh P PGP-12-208 Rajesh P PGP-12-208 ABSTRACT The Oxford dictionary describes an organization as “an organized body of people with a particular purpose”. Organizations‚ whether business‚ government or non-profit‚ play an important part in satisfying the complex and changing needs of the society. In doing so‚ organizations bring together their human‚ capital
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Theories o Role Theory o The Managerial Grid Participative Leadership o Lewin’s leadership styles o Likert’s leadership styles Situational Leadership o Hersey and Blanchard’s Situational Leadership o Vroom and Yetton’s Normative Model o House’s Path-Goal Theory of Leadership Contingency Theories o Fiedler’s Least Preferred Co-worker (LPC) Theory o Cognitive Resource Theory o Strategic Contingencies Theory Transactional Leadership o Leader-Member Exchange (LMX)
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people‚ for human resource is the most valuable resource any organization has. Top management is identifying corporate core competencies and working to establish them throughout the organization. Human Resource Development builds competency based models that drive business results. Nucsoft recognises that the future of the organization depends on their competent employees than on any other resource. It is a major factor that determines success for nucsoft. Competencies are the inner tools for motivating
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Communication models One of the key tasks of social marketers is to develop effective messages which provide individuals and organisations with the information required to achieve behavioural change. Communication represents the ‘transmission of information‚ ideas‚ attitudes‚ or emotion from one person or group to another’. There are many models and frameworks available to help with communications planning. The communication process involves: the sender‚ the message itself‚ encoding the message
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Everything You Wanted to Know About Logic Models But Were Afraid to Ask This paper addresses situations where a private foundation designs an initiative and awards grants to a number of sites to participate in the initiative in their local setting. The basic ideas are applicable to other situations. What is a Logic Model? The term "logic model" comes from the evaluation field‚ but these models don’t just belong to evaluators or the evaluation plan. As the term suggests‚ they are a basic
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