The Use and Embodiment of Technology as a Competitive Advantage at Amazon.com
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This 5 page paper considers the way in which Amazon.com, the online book store and leading e commerce company have used information technology as a strategic tool in the development of the company, from the search engines and the links to the payment systems. The bibliography sites 8 sources.
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The Use and Ennoblement of Technology as a Competitive Advantage at Amazon.com
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This 5 page paper considers the way in which Amazon.com, the online book store and leading e commerce company have used information technology as a strategic tool in the development of the company, from the search engines and the links to the payment systems. The bibliography sites 8 sources.
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The Use of a PEST Analysis to Supplement Porters Five Forces Model
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This 5 page paper considers the argument that a PEST analysis; political economic, social and technological analysis should be undertaken prior to the use of Michael Porters Five Forces model. The paper considers the advantages and disadvantages to this argument considering if it is a valuable addition, or a waste of resources due to duplication of effort. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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The Use of Alternative Business Models
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This 7 page paper considers the use of less common business models demonstrating their use by applying them to K-Mart. Models considered are Weisbord's Six-Box Model, Nadler-Tushman Congruence Model, Hornstein and Tichy's Emergent Pragmatic Model, Lawrence and Lorsch's Contingency Theory and Likerts Profiles. The biblography cites 5 sources.
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The Use of Total Quality Management in Increasing Operational Productivity
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This 10 page paper looks at the use of Total Quality Management (TQM) as a tool for increasing the operational productivity of organisations. The roots of TQM are examined and case studies are used to demonstrate the results of adopting this management technique. The bibliography cites 9 sources.
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The Work Team Concept As A Alternative Management Style
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This 8 page paper considers the benefits that can be derived from implementing work team approaches as an alternative management style and relates this in a number of areas of development for Federal Express, a company that focuses on the team approach in their human resources management. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Theodore Levitt/ "The Marketing Imagination"
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An 8 page analysis of Theodore Levitt's book. This book is predicated on the assumption that the way to cope with the question "what's new?"—as well as "what's old and enduring"—is by being well-read and by thinking straight (xxii). No additional sources cited.
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Theoretical Perspectives of Creative Problem Solving
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This 8 page report discusses the fact that problem solving is rarely a simple or straightforward process and highlights the importance of developing new and creative approaches to problems is what serves as the lifeblood of innovation and forward movement. The ability to solve any problem creatively is an important skill to develop and allows an individual to develop the attitude that problems are not necessarily a setback but a chance to introduce innovations that are congruent with an organizations goal of continuous improvement. Theoretical perspectives are discussed with emphasis on Pareto charts, nominal group technique, and using the energy created by resistance to change. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Theories Explaining Executive Compensation
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A 5 page paper discussing from a sociological view the possible reasons for the wide discrepancies between worker salaries and CEO salaries of within the same large corporation. The average CEO salary in a large corporation can be as much as 180 times that of the same company's production workers. Though the most liberal labor representatives decry the breadth of the discrepancy and while others claim that the CEO should be able to collect as much as he can command, many fail to understand that their are other forces at work. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Thinking About Leadership/Character
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A 6 page comparison between Henry Fayol's 14 principles of labor and Stephen Covey's 7 habits of highly effective people. The writer argues that the two authors are basically in agreement, but that Covey's list expands on the goals in Fayol's, giving practical concrete advice on how personal goals can be reached. No additional sources cited.
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