Introduction “The Blue Nile was incorporated Delaware on March 18‚ 1999 as RockShop.com Inc. On May 21‚ 1999 the company purchased certain assets of Williams & Sons‚ Inc a Seattle Jeweller including a website established by that business. In June 1999‚ they changed their name to Internet Diamonds‚ Inc. In November 1999 the Blue Nile brand was launched and changed to Blue Nile‚ Inc with corporate head office located in Seattle‚ Washington USA. Blue Nile.com (2008) The Blue Nile “business has grown
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PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL METHODS The Critical Incidents File The critical incidents file is a performance appraisal method in which the manager writes down positive and negative performance behavior of employees throughout the performance period. The critical incidents file is a form of documentation that is needed in this litigious environment. The Rating Scale The rating scale is a performance appraisal form on which the manager simply checks off the employee’s level of performance. Some of the possible
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Performance Appraisal Tools and Techniques inShare 4 Following are the tools used by the organizations for Performance Appraisals of their employees. Ranking Paired Comparison Forced Distribution Confidential Report Essay Evaluation Critical Incident Checklists Graphic Rating Scale BARS Forced Choice Method MBO Field Review Technique Performance Test We will be discussing the important performance appraisal tools and techniques in detail. Ranking
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Case 7 Blue Nile inc. Discussion questions 1. The diamond and fine jewelry industry was very competitive. Market share was divided between locally owned brick and mortar stores‚ retail chains‚ big box stores like Costco and online retailers. Which made The rivalry between competing sellers the strongest of the competitive forces in the industry. Buyer bargaining power: very strong Strengths -Buyers incur a low cost of switching (they can purchase jewelery anywhere with no cost. -Buyers are
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Introduction Nowadays‚ every company has their human resources department that plays a large part of an organizations and a key to affect business succeeds or not. There are two core threads of human resources department are individual and organizational learning‚ individual and organizational performance. Human resource management should possess a good management systems and framework; ensure human ability is all used to achieve organization goals. Include strategic human resources management‚
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uk/employability Session objectives At the end of the session participants will be able to: Define what is meant by negotiation and apply that to a number of different contexts Identify a number of factors that can determine the outcome of a negotiation Identify a number of strategies for successful negotiation Understand the principle of ‘win-win’ negotiationswww.exeter.ac.uk/employability What is negotiation? Negotiation takes place when two or more people‚ with differing views‚ come
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Executive Summary This paper is based on Blue Nile‚ a leading online jewelry retailer’s performance in inventory management‚ supply chain corporation‚ customer service and support. By analyzing the main competitive forces‚ weakness was pointed out. There is a detailed problem statement discussing the weakness and reasons are listed. The analysis of Blue Nile’s competitive forces is also a strong evidence of their negligence in a field of market. The term of generic strategy is used in the analysis
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SCM44 Case Study Cheng Gong 1. What are some key success factors in diamond retailing? How do Blue Nile‚ Zales‚ and Tiffany compare on those dimensions? Blue Nile has an obvious advantage in product variety and product availability since customers can “build their own ring” by choosing from an inventory of about 75‚000 stones online. The Tiffany brand is very strong and well established. It is associated with glamour‚ luxurious‚ trust‚ and customer service. So Tiffany can get higher margins than
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the subject management is of immense interest to every financial analyzer. It needs special attention because of complexities involves to managing cash to present day industrial function. A main aspect is the estimation of how mush of finance need for a business organization requires and too what repose. “Business finance is that business activity which is concerned with the acquisition and conversation of capital funds in meeting financial needs and overall objectives of a business enterprise”
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who are passionate about what they do and constantly strives to perform at their best. Many managers take the integrated approach known as Performance Management‚ to manage the performance‚ consisting of setting goals‚ training employees and then appraising and rewarding them (hrm). It can be explained as a process that consolidates goal setting‚ performance appraisal and development into single‚ common system‚ the aim of which is to ensure that the employee’s performance is supporting the strategic
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