1. Recap the Facts I learned from Uli’s slideshow LEGO made action figures in yellow to allow children to allow their imaginations to think of the figures as any color. The diversity of the toys moves into the hiring process to equalize the diversity in the company. I have noticed in most of our slideshows there is a certain percentage of women in executive teams. LEGO has one woman in the executive team. This was surprising because I stereotype women as caregivers for children and would know more
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examples of successes and/or challenges. Q4. What is needed to improve cross-cultural management within MEC? CASE TWO LEGO What are LEGO’s values and corporate identity? How did these develop over time (prior to LEGO Media Int’l)? How did Lego’s organizational structures & policies permit int’l alignment AND explicitly reflect the company’s belief in equifinality? How did LEGO actively reduce barriers to communication? Give examples of some of their internal communication practices & indicate
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1. What has led the LEGO group to the edge of bankruptcy? External threats (macro PEST‚ micro Porter’s 5 forces) giant conglomerates dominating industry (risk of being taken over) p.2 competing rising costs while competitors outsource p.2 pressure from big retail customers with power? e.g. Walmart‚ Target p.2 negative industry trends in toy industry p.1 1) fad toys are rising and product life cycles declining. threat of shortening/declining life cycle despite rise of fad toys
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Talent management in Indian upstream oil & gas sector July 2010 www.deloitte.com/in 2 Contents Talent management in Indian upstream oil & gas sector Abstract The Indian Upstream Industry Key challenges in Indian upstream industry The Solution The Develop – Deploy – Connect Model Developing periodic table of talent Workplaces of tomorrow State of the art retention strategies People-to-people knowledge transfer Examples of how used during lifecycle People-to-content
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How Not Giving Up Gets People Things They Want A broken relationship rebuilt‚ that is what the speaker wants in this poem. The central purpose of Ed Sheeran’s “Lego House” is about him not giving up for what he wants‚ which in this case is a broken relationship rebuilt‚ and about how he wants forgiveness from the one he loves and is hopeful that he will get it. The speaker is talking to a woman about how he loves her and wants to be in a relationship with her‚ how everything that happened in
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The Leading Distributor of Market Research Reports‚ marketoptimizer.org publishes report on “Morocco Upstream Fiscal and Regulatory Report”. “Morocco Upstream Fiscal and Regulatory Report”‚ This latest release‚ presents the essential information relating to the terms which govern investment into Morocco’s upstream oil and gas sector. The report sets out in detail the contractual framework under which firms must operate in the industry‚ clearly defining factors affecting profitability and quantifying
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STRICTLY PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL Nigerian Upstream Oil & Gas Transaction Multiples A range of factors influence valuation metrics on a boe basis‚ including maturity‚ scale‚ off-take and local issues Precedent transactions in Nigeria average US$5.8 per 2P boe Offshore transactions have commanded a premium over onshore On-going Shell divestment process will provide a number of further benchmarks (US$ per 2P boe) $9.0 Announced Date Asset/Target Value (US$ MM) Acquired Stake (%) Acquirer Description
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Lego: one more brick in the wall?1 Lego in 2004 was in severe difficulty‚ since 1998 it had been losing money and in 2003 and 2004 Lego suffered the biggest losses in its history. Despite being a much loved toy and brand Lego was facing financial collapse. This case study details the steps taken by new CEO Jorgen Vig Knudstorp to save Lego and I will also perform a SWOT analysis detailing the internal and external environment facing Lego at that time. Lego SWOT Analysis Internal Environment
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Buying Centre Aimee O’ Brien‚ 11415928 Slide 1) Introduction The buying centre is a Decision making unit. It is a unit of employees making decisions when involved in purchasing. In contrast to consumer buying‚ buying decisions in a business setting are mostly made by a group of individuals‚ who share some common goals and the risks arising from the decisions. It consists of those people in the organizational who are involved directly or indirectly in the
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Hashimzade‚ & Myles‚ 2009‚ p. 206-7). Vertical integration is usually carried out in one of two ways. Upstream‚ which can be referred to as backwards‚ and downstream‚ or forward‚ and the definition is linked to the ownership or controlling party. Upstream is to your suppliers and downstream is to your buyers (Enz‚ 2009‚ p. 214). Although vertical integration is usually upstream or downstream it can also be balanced which is where ownership or control is shared between the firms in the supply chain
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