Dell SWOT analysis 2013 | Strengths | Weaknesses | 1. Brand name valued at $7.5 billion 2. Product customization 3. Environmental record 4. Competency in mergers and acquisitions 5. Direct selling business model | 1. Commodity (computer hardware) products 2. Poor customer services 3. Low investments in R&D 4. Weak patents portfolio 5. Too few retail locations 6. Low differentiation | | Opportunities | Threats | 1. Expand services and enterprise solutions
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United Parcel Service - Question Page 69 1. UPS achieve competitive business strategy via internal promotions and assignment of broad job duties. Their employees are more than employees and as a result of internal promotions‚ loyalty of the employees’ (Loyal Soldier Strategy) increases. Assignment of broad job duties affects teamwork positively. 2. Employer/employee relationship is critical for UPS‚ connection is the key word for them. Connection inside the company builds the teamwork. 3. Successfully
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1. What distinguishes personnel economics from labour economics? Personnel economics is the narrow sub-discipline of economics studying the internal personnel workings of the organization where labour economics is a sub-discipline of economics studying the interaction of various actors (employees‚ non-workers‚ organisations and governments) in the labour market and of broad labour market processes and outcomes. 2. What insights may economic models bring to bear
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Part 1 - Motivation: Definition: One of the simplest definition of motivation can be stated as the “the reasons underlying behavior” (Guay et al.‚ 2010‚ p. 712). However‚ suggesting Broussrd and Garrison’s (2004‚ p 106) definition‚ motivation is referred as “the attribute that moves us to do or not to do something”. As explained briefly by Ryan and Deci (2000)‚ to be motivated means to be inclined and moved to do something. An individual that feels motivated is described as someone who is energized
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David A. Price‚ Love and Hate in Jamestown: John Smith‚ Pocahontas‚ and the Heart of a New Nation (New York: Alfred A. Knopf) As a young child many of us are raised to be familiar with the Pocahontas and John Smith story. Whether it was in a Disney movie or at a school play that one first learned of Jamestown‚ students want to believe that this romantic relationship really did occur. As one ages‚ one becomes aware of the dichotomy between fact and fiction. This is brilliantly explained in David
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Hate Crimes in America How serious should the threat of a hate crime be taken? According to Ellis Cose‚ the African American author of Ignore the Noose Makers‚ to pay too much attention to the idiocy of those who hang nooses simply to intimidate their black target‚ “is to grant them an importance they do not deserve.” Nooses have a horrific history associated with them. They are known to be used in lynching (punishing people for crimes by private citizens without trial‚ whether they are guilty or
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bullying and in developing appropriate procedures. What is bullying? In the absence of a universally agreed definition‚ the first difficulty to address is definitional. Bullying is a process most of us are quick to recognise when we are the targets and slow to acknowledge when we are the perpetrators. It might be easier to consider what bullying is not. It might be suggested that the following acts are lawful‚ legitimate‚ proper and normally appropriate means of inducing another to comply with what can
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TEACHING NOTE AIR DECCAN: REVOLUTIONISING THE INDIAN SKIES DVR Seshadri and Jane Henry∗ CASE FACTS Civil Aviation in India‚ since its inception‚ has been a mode of transport mainly for the elite‚ and it implies that it is within the means of affordability of less than 1% of the population only. The launch of Air Deccan in the last two years has changed this paradigm forever. The singular driving force behind this audacious venture is Captain Gopinath. Over the years‚ there have been many low-cost
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Legacy of Hate: The Conquest of Mexico’s NorthWest 1. The chapter started off with the author explaining how the USA invaded and Mexico and not the other way around; many Euro-Americans are offended and ignorant at this fact. Even the author’s history professor told him he was lying about the USA invading Mexico. The author’s purpose is to show the people of the history behind Mexico and USA. As Mexico separated from the Spaniards and were finally at their own‚ it was hard for them build a nation
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Employee Relations Emerald Article: Recruitment in small firms: Processes‚ methods and problems Marilyn Carroll‚ Mick Marchington‚ Jill Earnshaw‚ Stephen Taylor Article information: To cite this document: Marilyn Carroll‚ Mick Marchington‚ Jill Earnshaw‚ Stephen Taylor‚ (1999)‚"Recruitment in small firms: Processes‚ methods and problems"‚ Employee Relations‚ Vol. 21 Iss: 3 pp. 236 - 250 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01425459910273080 Downloaded on: 28-11-2012
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