Why are strategic decisions different from other kinds of decisions? How? Why? Strategic decisions differ from other kinds of decisions because they are broad in scale‚ resource intensive‚ long term in nature‚ and surrounded by uncertainties. Strategic decisions are rare and usually have no precedent to follow‚ they are significant‚ resource intensive and require a lot of commitment at all levels. In addition‚ strategic decisions set the standard upon which lesser decisions and future actions
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Abstract Managerial effectiveness is defined as the management ’s uses of organizational resources and the meetings of the organizational goals. Leadership‚ mentoring‚ effective communication‚ proper planning‚ organization‚ control‚ possession of skills‚ and teamwork are all fundamentals of becoming an effective manager. In the process of striving for the most valuable ways to become effective‚ a manager must obtain both‚ effectiveness along with efficiency. With all of these qualities under
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THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 1 DELTA PUBLISHING COMPANY P.O. Box 5332‚ Los Alamitos‚ CA 90721-5332 All rights reserved. No part of this course may be reproduced in any form or by any means‚ without permission in writing from the publisher. 2 THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PROGRAM CONTENTS ACCOUNTING SCANDALS BRING ABOUT NEW GUIDELINES AND LEGISLATION POINTS OF CONTROVERSY RECENT FINANCIAL RESTATEMENTS STOCK OPTIONS
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The Emerald Research Register for this journal is available at http://www.emeraldinsight.com/researchregister JMD 22‚8 The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at http://www.emeraldinsight.com/0262-1711.htm Managerial work roles in Asia An empirical study of Mintzberg’s role formulation in four Asian countries 694 Received July 2002 Revised December 2002 Accepted December 2002 Cecil A.L. Pearson Murdoch University‚ Murdoch‚ Perth‚ Australia‚ and
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Introduction Occupational health and safety (OHS) in the workplace requires an effective systematic approach with strategies to control and monitor OHS risks and which is consistent with relevant OHS legislative requirements. The six point systematic approach to OHS To implement effective occupational health and safety management‚ managers‚ supervising personnel and employees require a range of systematic OHS strategies based on clearly defined practices‚ procedures and systems. The use
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Managerial Economics and Economics Managerial Economics has been described as economics applied to decision making. It may be viewed as a special branch of economics bridging the gulf between pure economic theory and managerial practice. Economics has two main divisions :- (i) Microeconomics and (ii) Macroeconomics. Microeconomics has been defined as that branch of economics where the unit of study is an individual or a firm. Macroeconomics‚ on the other hand‚ is aggregate in character and has
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MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION Managerial communication cannot exist without management. It is a major‚ fundamental component of the latter. Each evolution stage of management determined specific forms of managerial communication. Due to the fact that the manager’s attributions are varied and Managerial communication cannot complex (as administrator‚ he organizes process at an organizatorical level‚ as leader‚ makes decisions‚ as entrepreneur takes action at the right moment for
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Walgreens: The Corporate Financial Decision Making Analysis Walgreens’ principal activity is to operate a chain of retail drugstores that sells prescription and nonprescription drugs. The company also carries additional product lines like general merchandise including cosmetics‚ food‚ beverages and photofinishing. Walgreens is one of the fastest growing retailers in the United States and led the chain drugstore industry in retail sales and profits last year. The capital structure of this
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system is implemented by modern hardware ICs and simple sensor circuit with software executable on both PC and Android platform. The biosignal is first extracted via photoplethysmography (PPG) principle into electric signal. Then a microprocessor is used to covert biosignal from analog to digital format‚ suitably for feeding into an RF module (nRF24L01 for RF transmission). On the receiver end‚ the computer and/or smart phone can analyze the data using a robust algorithm that can detect peaks of
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designed by the Swede‚ John Ericsson‚ who presented the prototype to Gideon Welles. On its deck‚ it had a round‚ rotating turret that housed two Dahlgren Guns. The ship was first launched‚ with a joyous crowd‚ on January 30‚ 1862 (The Story of the USS Monitor). To start off the war‚ the Confederacy barely even had a navy. At first‚ all that the South’s navy had to do‚ was to break through the iron grip of the Union blockade. However‚ attempting to run the blockade was risky‚ and required very fast ships
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