Diversity Management in Light of Quinn's Deep Change
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This 6 page paper looks at Robert E. Quinn's book called Deep Change and applies it to the concept of diversity management. Practical applications of Quinn's theories is the focus of this paper. No additional sources cited.
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Do Successful Companies Cause Their Own Failure
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A 14 page paper. The catalyst for this paper is an article entitled The Architecture Of Simplicity written by Professor Danny Miller in 1993. Miller offers a theory that is contrary to what most other writers in terms of what causes a company to fail. Miller argued that successful companies cause their own failure because they focus on one narrow simple theme, activity, product or issue to the exclusion of other activities or products. In other words, the company moves into a mode of simplicity and this will eventually cause the company to fail. The writer overviews the article and presents comments from other writers both on Miller's theories and on other issues, such as the product life cycle. The writer responds to this question: Over time, does a successful dominant firm's narrow focus fail to recognize the end of a product life cycle or is the firm a victim of simplicity? and makes a final conclusion based on all the literature presented, which is that there is a causative relationship between simplicity and the product life cycle. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Donald Phillips' Lincoln on Leadership
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This 3 page paper provides an overview of Donald Phillips' work Lincoln on Leadership (1992). This paper outlines the central premises of Phillips' book and then considers the application for the development of management strategies. No additional sources cited.
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Dow Corning Corp. SWOT
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A 3 page paper that presents a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis of Dow Corning Corporation. The emphasis is on the company's strengths and weaknesses. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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DRUCKER, SCHWARZKOPF AND PAGONIS: LEADERSHIP QUALITIES
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This 3-page paper compares leadership aspects between two books, Norman Schwarzkopf's autobiography and Peter Drucker's Management Challenges for the 21st Century.
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Drug Sample Distribution
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An Overview of Pharmacia; This 5 page paper gives an overview of how drug samples are distributed to doctors. The paper considers the supply chain and the involvement of the representatives as well as technology. The systems considered are mostly generic, and are then applied to this one company. The bibliography cites 19 sources.
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E-Business: The Effect of the Dot-Com Fallout on Supply Chain Management
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An 18 page paper discussing the changing state of e-business. Investors and venture capitalists alike are hyperventilating over the recent fallout of the dot-coms, those darlings of business that promised to change everthing and make billions for those involved in them. Those no longer with us can be seen as failing to fully or accurately acknowledge the customer, however. It is true that business has changed, but the old principle of effectively filling customers' needs has not. The arrogance of those determined to "do it their way" has led to their demise, allowing more efficient and more customer-responsive models to emerge. The evolution of supply chain management - an aspect of business increasingly critical to efficient business operation - stands as an illustration of the principle. Bibliography lists 17 sources.
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Earned Value Management
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This 17 page paper examines the tool of Earned Value Management (EVM). The paper considers what it is, how it works, the data requirements, how the systems are created, the way earned value is generated and presented, how the data can be used and where and when EVM should be used. The bibliography cites 10 sources.
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