2010 Ninth International Conference on Mobile Business / 2010 Ninth Global Mobility Roundtable What factors contributed to the success of Apple’s iPhone? John Laugesen McMaster University‚ DeGroote School of Business Hamilton‚ Ontario CANADA laugesjd@mcmaster.ca Abstract — Unknown to most North American consumers‚ a mobile data and Internet service in Japan called i-mode has been highly successful in that country for the past decade. Unfortunately‚ mobile data services in North America have
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Creating a MethodologyProfessor George Dollar Project Management January 19‚ 2014 When creating a project methodology‚ a company has to know that the key matters in its establishment are you need to make sure that your personal‚ clear objectives‚ tools‚ and organizational structure is in place before moving forward. This company seems to lack all of these elements. In examining the corporate culture of this company it was clear that the executive staffs was either incompetent or blatantly choose
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A) Introduction: Group dynamics in academic environment cannot often simulate actual team works in real world. For example‚ teams in academic environment do not often have any outside influence over decision making. So‚ group members cannot experience how to live or handle with such influence to make critical decisions. But still these group works are a great source of learning because we are forced to delegate responsibilities‚ set and meet time requirement‚ manage individual differences‚ collaborate
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believe in what they think is right from what they think is wrong. One must be self aware‚ having confidence in who they are and standing by every decision they make. It is important for managers to be introspective and self aware because once you know who you are and what you stand for‚ you will let no one deter you away from your beliefs. As a manager‚ critical thinking is a key factor‚ L. Dyer wrote “Critical thinkers are self aware‚ curious and independent. They introspect their own thinking process”
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Managing change is important in seeking the final component of successfully managing strategy‚ process‚ people and culture in most modern organizations. More and more‚ staying competitive in the face of demographic trends‚ technological innovations‚ and globalization requires organizations to change at much higher rates than ever before. Few people will argue with this statement‚ but fewer still will say their organization does a good job at managing those changes. Managing change well is a continuous
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changing value orientation through group dynamics. Here‚ findings are as follows: 1. Group dynamics seminar changes the value orientation of the participant on the following: a) From being individualistic to lineal or collateral b) From being past oriented to becoming more present or future oriented c) From being subjected to nature‚ to mastery over and with nature d) From being to task orientation were significantly change by the group dynamics 2. Relational and time task orientation
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A RESEARCH PAPER ON QUALITY IN TEACHING THROUGH MANAGING CAUSES CREATING STRESS AMONG THE TEACHERS TO BE PRESENTED BY DR.GIRISHKUMAR P.RAVAL (Associate Professor‚B.D.Shah College of Education‚ Modasa‚ Dist: Sabarkantha ‚Gujarat‚ India) AT NATIONAL SEMINAR ON EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ON QUALITY CONCERNS SPONSORED BY INDIAN COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH‚ MUMBAI AND ORGANISED BY SHRI C.H.SHAH MAITRIVIDYAPEETH MAHILA COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
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(wileyonlinelibrary.com) DOI: 10.1002/csr.251 Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility: A ‘Dynamic Capabilities’ Perspective Venugopal Ramachandran* Insitute for Financial Management and Research‚ Chennai‚ India ABSTRACT In this paper‚ strategic corporate social responsibility (CSR) is defined on the basis of Porter’s theory of competitive advantage. Two kinds of dynamic capabilities are proposed as the precursors to strategic CSR success and operationalized in terms of two sets of associated processes. The effectiveness
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Employment Dynamics Sayyed Muhammad Ahmed Dabir BU7025 - Employment Dynamics University Of Chester Employment Dynamics Internal control mechanisms have a more important role to play within the modern workplace than external control mechanisms. In fact‚ internal controls play a very important role in any organization’s business and financial policies and processes. Internal controls comprises all the steps considered by the management of organization in order to (Pfister‚ 2009);
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Case Studies Kao Corporation1 Background The Kao Corporation is Japan’s largest soap and cosmetic company. They have developed from being a minor player to being number two in the Japanese market in less than ten years and are the sixth largest soap and cosmetic company in the world. Innovation Claim to Fame Kao was founded in 1890 as the Kao Soap Company with the motto‚ ‘Cleanliness is the foundation of a prosperous society’. In the 1940s Kao launched the first Japanese laundry detergent
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