WEEK 1-5 NOTES (READINGS + SLIDES) WEEK 1 - INTRO The organization has set of features shared by modern large scale organizations called bureaucracy (Max Weber – note‚ very strategic design-y) o Features include: o 1. Clearly delineated positions and jobs – with required qualifications o 2. Formal hierarchy of positions – line of authority setting out power/limitations (“chain of command”) o 3. Formal rules and standard operating procedures o 4. Training‚ career
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From 1970 to 1990‚ Eastern European nations realized they needed a change in their governments as well as economies. Politically‚ reformers and dissidents wanted to end party-state dictatorships and move towards a pluralist democracy. Economically‚ centrally planned economies were unsuccessful due to increased bureaucracy‚ excessive centralization‚ and debt obligation. Velvet revolutions in Eastern Europe changed countries towards market-oriented economies and pluralist democracies. Countries
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the 1960’s through the 1990’s. Many different types of dance were being introduced during these times because of all of the quick fads people were going through. In the end dance has shaped the personality of American culture forever. Starting with the 1960’s America was going through the adolescent kids from the baby boomers. These kids tended to be very outgoing and were not afraid of new things going on around them. They were up for the new upcoming fads. This was a good thing because through
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Method Design: A corelational analysis was used. Two co-variables that were being measured were the attractiveness level of males and females and the fact of weather they were in a couple or not. The ethics that could come across is deception‚ as the experimenter couldn’t tell the participants what the experiment was about otherwise they would give the answer that the experimenter was looking for‚ or they may give the answer that the experimenter wasn’t looking for and therefore not be
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Race Issues in America (1929-1990) Slavery was abolished in 1863‚ but black people were still treated in substandard and inhuman ways by Southerners who agreed on freeing the blacks from slavery‚ giving them equal rights and allowing them to vote after losing against the North States in the American Civil War. And that obviously caused tension in the southern states because the relied mostly on black people (recent slaves) to work on and maintain their cotton and tobacco plantations. However
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creature‚ which is actually a submarine‚ the Nautilus. They are taken on board and placed in a cell. The men meet Captain Nemo‚ the commander of the vessel. Captain Nemo was very friendly to his guests. Not only were all three of the men guests but prisoners. Nemo did not allow them to leave. The reason Nemo created this vessel was to escape from the real world. He says that he wants to live his life alone away from all the mischief and die peacefully. The submarine is powered by electricity and can
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1945 -2000 progressive mindset started at state level‚ and went to nat level with TR election ideology-->political party framework TR’s Square Deal Wilson’s New Freedom Trueman Fair Deal JFK-New Frontier LBJ-Great Society public policy-->legislation legislative response is necessary for dealing with problems Conservative Rxn Nixon Reagan Gingrich 1994-Content with America Contemporary Republicanism Progressives trying to correct society to create a better quality of life health
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Competing on resources: Strategy in the 1990’s‚ Collis & Montgomery (1995) Harvard Business Review Managers complain that strategic planning is too slow to keep up with changes in global competition and technology. Resource Based View (RBV) combines the internal analysis and external analysis of the industry and the competitive environment. Therefore‚ RBV builds on‚ but does not replace‚ the two approaches to strategy. RBV sees companies as very different collections of physical and intangible
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Week 4 - Hand-in Assignment- Final Project Proposal 1. Background Woodworking Company‚ plans on expanding its current factory floor for additional 25% of existent floor area to meet new required capacity. 2. Objectives The main goal of the expansion project is to install a new semi-automatic production train including‚ air conditioning and dust free paint and finishing shop with additional compressor capacity. 3. Statement of Work In order to successfully
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Multinational Corporation of GUCCI. The House of Gucci is one of the most established premium fashion brands in the world. Its success has depended largely on its effective marketing strategies. The specific company was chosen because in the middle of an international financial crisis‚ it is a challenge to attempt to introduce a high end product‚ even if it is addressed to an elite clientele that most probably has not been substantially affected by the crisis. The Gucci Group belongs to the PPR‚ a
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