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Becoming a Strategic Partner: The Role of Human Resources in Gaining Competitive Advantage Abstract Although managers cite human resources as a firm’s most important asset‚ many organizational decisions do not reflect this belief. This paper uses the VRIO (value‚ rareness‚ imitability‚ and organization) framework to examine the role that the Human Resource (HR) function plays in developing a sustainable competitive advantage. We discuss why some popularly cited sources of sustainable competitive advantage
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produce microwave radiation (Gallawa‚ 2009). The invention of the microwave oven was therefore classified as a by-product of another technology since this was the method in which it was created. Dr. Percy LeBaron Spencer‚ a famous engineer with the Raytheon Corporation‚ was the first creator of the microwave oven in 1946 (Gallawa‚ 2009). While
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Mistakes are key to making discoveries. Some of the mistakes may not be worth what was discovered but no matter how you look at it‚ you can’t make a mistake and not make a discovery. You can’t make a discovery without making a mistake. The “Goofs and Great Inventions” passage set proves this in each of the passages. In Lost Cities‚ Lost Treasure‚ Heinrich Schliemann was a trickster and a greedy man‚ but he still loved adventures and discovery. Frank Calvert did not have enough money to dig and discover
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While inventing a machine Perry Spencer would ahve accidently invented the microwave. Perry Spencer always had an interest in tinkering and discovering how things worked. During Spencer’s early 20’s he was an employee at a company called Raytheon‚ where he invented a machine called The Magnetron. One day while Spencer was standing near the powered Magnetron‚ he noticed that a bar of chocolate in his pocket melted‚ he took popcorn kernels and put them near the heat and it turned to popcorn
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Reduced cost Marketing Opened new stores to meet strategy of becoming closer to company’s consumers Expanded number of stores‚ marketing and sales promotion measures Sustainability of competitive strategy: Analysis of their strategic capability Use VRIO for competitive strategy‚ not corporate strategy 2x2 used to define distinctive capabilities Assignment 3 ECCO’s strategic direction: Ansoff’s growth matrix
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Apple Inc Introduction Apple Inc is an American multinational organization located in 1 infinite loop‚ Cupertino‚ California 95014‚ in the middle of the Silicon Valley. It is focused on designing and developing the personal computers‚ other related software products‚ and the electronic products such as MP3 players and iPods. Apple Inc’s main products are iMac‚ iPod‚ iPhone‚ and its latest advanced product is iPad‚ which is on the verge of creating another revolution after iPhone. Apple Inc was
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Bryan Boggs MN 3331 Program Acquisition Report – Navy Multiband Terminal The Navy Multiband Terminal (NMT) Program is the next generation maritime military satellite communications terminal. The NMT Program is the required Navy component to the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Program for enhancing protected and survivable satellite communications to Naval forces. NMT multiband communication capabilities will communicate via two way Ka-Band on Wideband Global Satellite Communication (SATCOM)
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Quality Expectation The target market‚ the mothers of the students in the University of Santo Tomas‚ has a very profound quality expectation for a tutorial service. This is due to the reason that a tutorial service is a factor that could uplift the academic performance of a student‚ thus generating higher grades or grades that will suffice as expected. Based from the focus group discussion with the target market‚ in terms of performance‚ the mothers wanted the tutorial service to be effective.
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Installing magnetrons in Britain ’s radar system‚ the microwaves were able to spot Nazi warplanes on their way to bomb the British Isles. A few years later‚ around 1945‚ during a radar-related research project; Dr. Percy Spencer‚ an engineer with the Raytheon Corporation‚ noticed something very unusual. Dr. Spencer was conducting some tests on the magnetron‚ when he discovered that the candy bar in his pocket had melted. This intrigued Dr. Spencer‚ so he tried another experiment. This time he placed some
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