ABSTRACT: Petrochina‚ one of the largest companies in the world‚ has established a joint venture with Ineos refining in 2011‚ with strategic motives to attain competitive advantage and core competence. From the context of corporate strategy and joint ventures‚ a joint venture is the best way to share and utilize the complementary assets from another company with low risk compared to any other process such as acquisitions. Using the resource based theories such as PESTEL and VRIN ‚ the paper
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An Examination of how Training and Development Initiatives in an Organization can Impact on Employees’ Performance and Work Morale. Training and Development Training and development refers to the process to obtain or transfer knowledge‚ skills and abilities (KSA) needed to carry out a specific activity or task. It includes not just factual and explicit KSAs but also incorporates KSAs that are often difficult to articulate. Training and development will assist employees in the use of new technologies
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The Relationship between Knowledge Management Initiatives and Human Resource Capability: Towards a Competitive Firm Performance Norhaiza Binti Ishak Faculty of Business and Law‚ Melaka Campus‚ Multimedia University‚ Ayer Keroh Lama‚ 75450 Melaka Email: norhaiza.ishak@mmu.edu.my Uchenna C. Eze Faculty of Business and Law‚ Melaka Campus‚ Multimedia University‚ Ayer Keroh Lama‚ 75450 Melaka Email: uchenna.eze@mmu.edu.my Abstract Knowledge is increasingly becoming a catalyst for change
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E6- Describe the initiatives which influence the provision of challenging environments for children (5 marks) There are different types of international‚ national and local initiatives which influence the provision of challenging environments for children. An example of an initiative is the Forest Schools. ‘A Forest School is an innovative educational approach to outdoor play and learning’ http://www.forestschools.com/what-happens-at-a-forest-school/ Forest schools can influence the provision
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Those training initiatives which can be considered as having a high-leverage strategy to their business needs of Basil Read are:- MULTI-FUNCTION TRAINING CENTRE: The state-of-the-art multi-function training centre that offer real-time training to the sites to drive training down to site level(both virtually and e-learning). Basil Read created career paths which provide opportunities outside of the general management route yet it allowed her employees to climb the ranks in the organisation‚ The
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A Learning Organization leverages the initiative and innovation of their most valuable asset‚ the Employees - It embraces empowerment‚ creative thinking‚ calculated risk taking and even the “Maverick” principle. The Learning Organization effectively encourages the concept of asking for forgiveness instead of asking for permission. Employees continue to strive to increase their personal output and positive results on the job. The objective is to create an environment that will allow its employees
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Why has anti-social behaviour been a key concern of post-1997 governments and evaluate the initiatives that have been put forward to tackle the problem? Since 1997‚ the Labour party have increasingly emphasized the need to tackle the widespread problem of anti-social behaviour (ASB) with many legislations and a variety of initiatives to succeed this. This assignment will define the term anti-social behaviour and explore the rationale for making this a key concern‚ with the influence of Broken Windows
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textbook case: Case 22: "Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in 2008: Management’s Initiatives to Transform the Company and Curtail Wal-Mart Bashing‚" by Arthur A. Thompson‚ C367–C400. The Wal-Mart case lays out Wal-Mart’s corporate history and phenomenal growth record‚ its strategy to become the largest discount retailer in the world via a low-cost leadership strategy‚ the company’s approaches to strategy execution‚ and the transformative initiatives that CEO Lee Scott launched to curtail media bashing of Wal-Mart
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conditions when deciding when to buy or sell businesses. They write off businesses that have disappointed investors‚ instead of looking for ways to turn these situations to their own advantage. They worry too much about shareholder reactions to new initiatives instead of doing what is needed to build value. They fail to combine their thoughtful business strategy with a willingness to go against the crowd‚ buying low and selling high. You could say that‚ despite all their good intentions and great planning
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SNAPPLE: REVITALIZING A BRAND INTRODUCTION In the 1990s‚ Snapple Corporation was one of the leading “New Age” beverage brands when the category was just beginning to take off. With the combination of a unique product‚ package design‚ and quirky advertising‚ the company grew form a regional underground favorite toa nationally recognized brand. Snapple’s rise in the beverage industry was crowned in 1994‚ when the Quaker Oats Company purchased Snapple for $1.7 billion. Quaker expected to make
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