HBR Article Review: Davenport‚ T. H. (2009). Make Better Decisions. Harvard Business Review‚ 87 (11)‚ 117-123 Karin Peterson Benedictine University Abstract That the current era of economic uncertainty may have been ushered in through a series of poor government and corporate decisions is implied through the rear view mirror. Could some of the events that shaped todays crises have been avoided through better decision making processes? Thomas Davenport (2009‚ p. 117) presents examples
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for Corporate Social Responsibility: A Review of Concepts‚ Research and Practice. International Journal of Management Reviews‚ Blackwell Publishing Ltd and British Academy of Management‚ pp. 88-105 In “The Pyramid of Corporate Social Responsibility: toward the Moral Management of Organizational Stakeholders”‚ Archie B. Carroll focuses on studying the nature of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and explains its component parts. He structures his article by first creating “a pyramid of the corporate
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Article Review Carl Bubeck XMGT 216 University Of Phoenix I have been an employee‚ manager and owner for nearly twenty years. In that time I have seen changes in the economy‚ in how companies treat their employees and the working standard of the employees themselves. When we look back at the history of our country as whole the working conditions and its ethical guidelines have evolved‚ for some better and some worse In may fathers generation there were no child labor laws so it was acceptable
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Article Review of “CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER: PLANNING AND NEW VENTURE SURVIVAL AMID POLITICAL AND CIVIL VIOLENCE” Purpose This working paper was written with an objective of theorizing and testing how contexts characterized by weak political institutions and ensuing high levels of violence create uncertain and unpredictable environments that alter entrepreneurial behavior and disrupt resource flows and organizational routines‚ thereby increasing new venture failure rates. Summary Strategy
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Article review on “Product family design and platform-based product development: a state-of-the-art review Jianxin (Roger) Jiao · Timothy W. Simpson · Zahed Siddique” Submitted by – ANUPAM SARMA (1220111) This article throws light on product family design and tells us its importance. The review is based on the product families which includes fundamental issues and definitions‚ product portfolio and product family positioning‚ platform-based product family design‚ Manufacturing and production
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In this paper I will review four articles‚ one movie‚ and one experiment conducted in class. The issue’s all this information covers is sex differences and the degree to which they exists in men and women and why they are present. There will be varying points of view for all these issues with each article having its own studies or theory ’s to support its beliefs. The method for presenting this information will first be summaries of the media gathered then a general discussion where I will draw my
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Unit II Article Review Duon Ladner Columbia Southern University Unit II Article Review In today’s world we are faced with many types of disasters. Disasters can be broken down into two types or causes; Natural and Technical/Man-made. Natural disasters are considered events such as a flood‚ earthquake‚ or hurricane that causes a great deal of destruction and fatalities. Technical/Man-made disasters are the ones caused by humans. This type of disaster comes from our negligence
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“The Five Forces That Shape Strategy” Article Review by Caroline Doan Porter‚ Michael E. "The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy." Special Issue on HBS Centennial. Harvard Business Review 86‚ no. 1 (January 2008). Introduction Michael E. Porter’s article‚ “The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy”‚ is an extension of his first work‚ “Porter’s Five Forces”. This article addresses forces beyond the existing competition and creates a framework that helps strategists understand
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“THIRTY DAYS AS A CUBAN” Article Review Based on Patrick Symmes’ article “Thirty Days as a Cuban”‚ it seems as though the degree of ECONOMIC INEQUALITY (the extent of the economic difference between the rich and the poor) in Cuba is relatively low. While many people still make more than others‚ the vast majority of Cubans are significantly poor and suffer from starvation from day to day. Symmes’ account of the average life of a Cuban was interesting because I don’t believe many people are aware
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At the time of this article‚ Dr. Brenda B. Benda‚ author of this article‚ was a Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Current bibliography information could not be located. Objective of Article: This article examined gender differences in predictors of readmission to inpatient drug treatment among homeless veterans because Veteran Affairs (V.A.) medical centers currently do not have services that are designed specifically for women and that there
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