Acquiring core capabilities through organizational learning: Illustrations from the U.S. military organizations∗ Pierre Barbaroux♣ ♣ Cécile Godé-Sanchez♣ Research Center of the French Air Force Defense and Knowledge Management Department CReA 10.401 – BA 701 – F-13661 Salon Air {pbarbaroux ; cgs}@cr-ea.net Abstract. This paper focuses on the development of core capabilities through organizational learning. It insists on the variety of learning types which must be articulated in order
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TITLE OF THE CASE: Halina Mountain Resort (A) TIME CONTEXT: 1977 SUMMARY: Victor Herrera‚ chairman of the board of Blue Heights Realty & Development Corporation‚ desired to launch his company’s first big project‚ a mineral hot spring resort at Bucal‚ Calamba‚ Laguna named Halina Mountain Resort (A). He wanted to make it as “something he could leave for his family”. Blue Heights Realty & Development Corporation was organized in October 1976 attached in owning‚ improving and managing real estate;
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but they get back up. Three stories that repear this plot are Homer’s Oddyssey‚ Rocky‚ and Starwars. In Odyssey‚ Oddyseus is a leader of a tough war against the Trojans‚ where he comes out victorious. On his travels home he encounters countless obstacles that he uses wit and faith in his gods to overcome. He ends up happily reunited with his family and lives happily ever after. In Rocky‚ the main character is Rocky Balboa‚ who is a struggling boxer who is quickly growing too old for the sport.
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Competency Definition Core competencies are those capabilities that are critical to a business achieving competitive advantage. The main ideas about core competencies where developed by Prahalad and Hamel (1990) in which they advised that over time companies may develop key areas of expertise which are distinctive to that company and critical to the company’s long term goals. These areas of expertise may be in any area but are most likely to develop in the critical‚ central areas of the company
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You see it everywhere in magazine articles and advertisements‚ but what exactly is a core competence? At its simplest‚ a core competence is a unique capability that affords some type of competitive advantage. It corresponds to a business process‚ and involves underlying skills‚ functions‚ systems and knowledge. To determine if something is of core competence‚ one must ask‚ "Does this ’thing’ give the company a unique advantage over its competitors and help make the company profitable"? Capabilities
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Jasmine Garcia Tim Garnica Theatre 150 Summer Professor Breit Aug 11‚ 2010 The Rocky Horror Picture Show Musical/Cult Classic 1975 R A story of creation‚ love‚ hate‚ adventure‚ and‚ most of all‚ sex; the story begins in Denton‚ Ohio as Brad Majors and Janet Weiss ( Dammit Janet)‚ after getting engaged‚ travel to see "the man who began it‚" Dr. Scott‚ but wind up at the castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter‚ a transvestite alien from the planet of Transsexual in the galaxy of Transylvania
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Mountains Beyond Mountains is a book written by Terry Kidder‚ and is about Paul Farmer. The book starts with Kidder‚ a news reporter who is staying with ten army men in Haiti‚ who are given the task of reinstating elected officials in the Haitian government. Kidder‚ even though he is the author of the book‚ is also one of its main characters. While Kidder is with the army men‚ Paul Farmer approached them to convince the army men to release someone who has done horrible things in the past. Kidder
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PDHPE STAGE 6 HSC COURSE HSC CORE ONE: HEALTH PRIORITIES IN AUSTRALIA HOW ARE PRIORITY ISSUES FOR AUSTRALIAS HEALTH IDENTIFIED? Health priority issues are those health issues that are greatest concern to governments and support organizations due to the effect they have on the overall health of Australians and the burden of health on the economy. * Measuring health status Health status is the pattern of health of the population in general over a period of time. We measure our health
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It’s been over forty years since Rocky Horror Picture Show was released in 1975‚ and its cultural impact has been significant. Despite poor reviews in the box office‚ it quickly gained a cult following‚ and thanks to consistent midnight showings at indie movie theaters‚ it is now the longest running theatrical release. A combination of parody of and tribute to the B movies of the early age of cinema‚ Rocky Horror is a rock musical draped in glitter‚ eye shadow‚ and fishnets. It tells the story of
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it be through direct or indirect access to resources. Structural violence can take various forms‚ such as people can be subject to exploitation‚ marginalization‚ helplessness and cultural imperialism‚ which denies citizens assistance. In “Mountains Beyond Mountains‚” by Tracy Kidder‚ structural violence was evident in Haiti where only the elite had enough money to obtain healthcare. The rest of the population had to suffer because the government was not doing anything to aid them. The citizens of Haiti
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