matched to the job‚ then tbe organization in whicb they work will be‚ too. Often that is not the case. One could put two sets of identically capable people to work in different organizations‚ and wbat tbey accomplisbed would be significantly different. Tbat’s because organizations tbemselves-independent of tbe people and otber resources in t b e m bave capabilities. To succeed consistently‚ good managers need to be skilled not just in assessing people but also in assessing tbe abilities and disabilities
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Sport MarHeting Quarterly‚ 2006‚ 15‚ 114-123‚ © 2006 West Virginia University Coca-Cola vs. PepsiCo — A "Super’’ Battleground for the Cola Wars? Steve M. McKelvey Overview of the Soft Drink Industry Coca-Cola: The Defending Champion Since its inception in the late 1800s‚ Coca-Cola has experienced meteoric growth‚ progressing from nine glasses per day to nearly 4.5 billion cases on an annual basis ("Top 10‚" 2004). Today‚ Coca-Cola offers nearly 400 brands in over 200 countries and controls
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up the hourlong presentation‚ he still seemed as energized as be bad in tbe first five minutes. "Your biggest competitor‚ HealtbCare One‚ has already begun using a computerized reception system in 14 of its 22 facilities‚" he said‚ pointing to the overhead projection illuminating the darkened conference room. The image was a regional map with red stars on every HealthCare One facility and yellow circles around tbe ones using tbe new system. "Wben their members come in the door‚ they go right to a computer
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BEST OF HBR 1998 It was Daniel Goleman who first brought the term "emotional intelligence"to a wide audience with his 1995 book ofthat name‚ and it was Coleman who first applied the concept to business with his 1998 HBR article‚ reprinted here. In his research at nearly 200 large‚ global companies‚ Coleman found that while the qualities traditionally associated with leadership-such as Intelligence‚ toughness‚ determination‚ and vision-are required for success‚ they are insufficient. Truly effective
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R L D V I E W when is different just different‚ and when is different wrong} ple in Denmark or Singapore who refuse to offer or accept bribes. Likewise‚ if Belgians fail to find insider trading morally repugnant‚ who cares? Not enforcing insider-trading laws is no more or less ethical than enforcing such laws. The cultural relativist’s creedWhen in Rome‚ do as the Romans do - is tempting‚ especially when failing to do as the locals do means forfeiting business opportunities. The inadequacy
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witnessing the emergence of a new marketing paradigm - not a "do more" marketing that simply turns up the volume on the sales spiels of the past but a knowledge- and experience-based marketing that represents tbe once-and-for-all death of the salesman. Marketing ’s transformation is driven by tbe enormous power and ubiquitous spread of tecbnology. So pervasive is technology today tbat it is virtually meaningless to make distinctions between technology and nontecbnology businesses and industries: tbere
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situation of discovering the many tributary streams to a larger body of water but heing uncertain about tbe very nature of the 1arger body of water. There are a numher of theoretica! and researchareas which influence current understandings of diverse identities in organizations. The vastness of what might he assumed under tbe rubric of diversity reflects ODe of its .m~jor theoretica! dilemmas - tbe 1ack of SpecifiCltyof the concept. Diversity is underdeve10pedas a scientific construct and bas 1arge1ydrawn
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Arcade Baal Tbe Ca.ucøsian Cbalk Circle Collected Stories Tbe Good Person of Szecbuan Tbe Good Person of Szecbutan‚ Motber Coura.ge and Her Cbildren‚ and Fear ønd Mísery of tbe Tl¡ird Reicl¡ LrÍe of Ga.lileo The Measures Taken and Other Lehrstücke The Measures Taken Translated frorn tbe German by Cad Lrfe oÍ Galileo‚ Tbe Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui‚ andTbe Caucasian Cbalk Circle Man Equals Man andTl¡e Elepbønt Calf R. Mueiler The Exception and the Rule Tbe Measures Thken
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How can you tell if your company is really more than the sum of its partsl CREATING CORPORATE ADVANTAGE BY DAVID J. COLLIS AND CYNTHIA A. MONTGOMERY M OST MULTIBUSINESS COMPANIES ARE the sum of their parts and nothing more. ^ Although executives have become more sophisticated in their understanding of what it takes to achieve competitive advantage at the level of individual businesses‚ when it comes to creating corporate advantage across multiple businesses‚ the news is far less encouraging
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What is gel electrophoresis? Gel electrophoresis is a technique that separates pieces of DNA (or other biological molecules) by size. Pieces of DNA in a test tube all look the same. DNA Gel Electrophoresis Gel electrophoresis separates pieces of DNA by size so that researchers can further analyze them BURST Training Session November 29‚ 2005 Once the DNA samples are loaded onto the gel‚ an electric current is applied to the gel. DNA is negatively charged due to all the phosphate groups in the
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