Chapter 1- What is strategy? Strategy- how to do better than your rivals What is the present situation? Where do we want to go? How will we get there? Strategy- doing things differently from rivals- competitive advantage Effectiveness & Efficiency Doing things differently than others either differently providing value Beauty is in the eye of the beholder Efficiently- “don’t care about value- but do it more efficiently Google focusing more on efficiency Sustainable Competitive advantage
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Heraclitus is known to have said “you can’t step in the same river twice”. In my opinion‚ this means that change is so constant‚ that no specific event or action could ever occur more than once in a person’s life. This phrase can be translated meaningfully in my life in a number of ways. One experience‚ in particular‚ comes to mind; The way I fell in love. Falling in love at first sight tends to be regarded as a cliche way of thinking‚ but I truly believe that had I not been paying attention to
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Special Final Assignment Understanding Human Brain and Intelligence 1. There are many principles of how people can improve the cognitive capability. Discuss at least five primary principles. (10M) 2. What is Emotional Intelligence? What is the main role of EI. Why it is so important? (10M) 3. Organizational Learning VS Learning Organization. What are the differences? (10M) 4. The near future of Advanced Artificial Intelligence. (10M) 1. There are five primary principles that can help people
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Chapter 1 Overview Notes: You are to read the text’s chapter and look through the Powerpoint notes on Blackboard as well. Anatomy literally means “to cut” – tomy and “apart” – ana‚ since in the early days anatomists used cadavers to cut apart and see inside. Physiology literally means the “study of nature” so we study the nature or functions of the body systems. We have to understand that the structure of any body part – muscle cell contracts the organ‚ protein fibers contract the muscle
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Describe what it really means to be a Bahamian Forward‚ upward‚ onward‚ together‚ is imperial to all other slogans in The Bahamas. It gives many Bahamians a great sense of pride and identity along with other indigenous symbols like our national flag. With these two symbols we can sum up what it really means to be a Bahamian. In addition to these profound and nationally revered symbols‚ the many great Bahamian men and women that contributed to the upward mobility of the Bahamas makes this little
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Overview: Chapter 2 Data Mining for Business Intelligence Shmueli‚ Patel & Bruce Core Ideas in Data Mining Classification Prediction Association Rules Data Reduction Data Visualization and exploration Two types of methods: Supervised and Unsupervised learning Supervised Learning Goal: Predict a single “target” or “outcome” variable Training data from which the algorithm “learns” – value of the outcome of interest is known Apply to test data where value is not known and will be predicted
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After the Civil war‚ large businesses ruled America. Prior to the industrial revolution‚ the government upheld a hands-off approach towards business. Under the laissez-faire principle‚ free‚ unregulated markets led to competition‚ yet this system suffered under the wrath of growing corporations. The impact of big business on the economy and politics was immense during 1870 to 1899. Corporations were growing significantly in number and size‚ which had a domineering affect on American economy and
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meaning of the word and all the subtle‚ nasty nuances associated with committing the act itself. What I cannot do‚ and to a lesser extent refuse to do‚ is accept how someone can graciously open their world to you like they’re opening a chest full of rare‚ precious treasures one day and the next‚ slam the lid down‚ smashing your fingers in the process‚ carelessly plucking you from it the next. That’s exactly what happened to me‚ and let me state for the record‚ I did nothing to deserve such harsh treatment
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UKAMi UKAMi MARKETING MANAGEMENT Analyzing Business Markets In this chapter‚ we will address the following questions : 1.What is the business market‚ and how does it differ from the consumer market? 2.What buying situations do organizational buyers face? 3.Who participates in the business-to-business buying process? 4.How do business buyers make their decisions? 5.How can companies build strong relationships with business customers? 6.How do institutional buyers and government
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The Business Cycle is “the recurring and fluctuating levels of economic activity that an economy experiences over a long period of time.” (Market Economy) These fluctuations are due to supply and demand‚ availability of capital‚ consumer confidence‚ and other factors. Within the Business Cycle are four stages that describe the cycle. The four stages are expansion‚ peak‚ recession and trough. The expansion stage is the phase a business initially enters when coming into the market. This stage demand
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