AOL and Strategy Choices
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This 8 page paper (plus 1 appendix), looks at the positi0oon of AOL using a TWOS matrix analysis. The way in which the internal analysis tools and external analysis tools compliment each other is considered and the development of the different types of strategy which will results from different analytical methods are also considered including retrenchment, acquisition and restructuring. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEaolstr.wps

Apple; A BCG Matrix Analysis
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This 6 page paper uses the Boston Consulting Group matrix to examine the well known computer company and developer of the iPod; Apple. The matrix identifies different product types by categories with the labels of stars, cash cows, question marks and dogs. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
Filename: TEappleBCG.rtf

Apple; Loosing and Regaining Competitive Advantages
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This 14 page paper examines Apple; founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, looking at h they lost their competitive advantage and the way in which they struggled to regain it, only appearing to have a sustainable success based on differentiation when Steve Jobs returns to the company after many years of absence and the iMac and iPod, supported by iTunes, are launched. The paper is based on a case study supplied by the student. The bibliography cites 10 sources.
Filename: TEappleCA.rtf

Application of ITM in Manufacturing Companies
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5 pages. Information Technology Management (ITM) in manufacturing addresses technology aspects such as client/server distributed architecture and object oriented programming. Bandwidth ITM solutions address broad areas within any business; things such as manufacturing, distribution, finance and project management, as well as service and maintenance, transportation etc. A seamless integration is essential to provide visibility and consistency across the manufacturing aspect as well. This proposal will give a clear cut explanation of the usefulness of ITM in manufacturing companies, with special attention to the needs of the less developed countries. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: JGAitm3w.rtf

Application Of Strategic Planning Theory – Nike SWOT Analysis
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A 14 page paper that begins with an introduction to the Design School Theory for strategic planning. The SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) is then explained and discussed. The next part of the paper is a SWOT analysis of Nike Corporation. The paper concludes with comments and other ideas regarding the analysis phase of strategic planning. Bibliography lists 18 sources.
Filename: PGswotnk.rtf

Applied Covey
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A 4 page paper discussing Stephen Covey’s “Principle-Centered Leadership,” which should have been required reading in all of America’s boardrooms. Certainly Enron, Rite-Aid, Worldcom and others – and their stakeholders – could have benefited well from such a requirement. The purpose here is to align Covey’s “moral compassing” and “principle-centered power” with current management practices. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSmgmtCovey.rtf

Applied Motivational Theory
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An 11 page paper discussing the theory behind motivating employees. Following a decade of downsizing, cost cutting and merging, more and more businesses look for ways to give their employees what they want. Too many companies believe that employee motivation rests in monetary rewards, without either realizing or acknowledging individuals' needs for recognition. Formal studies and informal surveys alike reveal that while managers often will list money as the top factor in motivating employees, the employees themselves are much more likely to list first their desire for recognition, for someone to let them know they truly have done a good job, a fact well known by some of the country's most successful companies. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: Appmoti.wps

Applying Concepts for Future Benefit
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This 5 page paper considers how different business concepts can help with the planning of a business. The paper uses the analogy of a business for a student planning their future career and examines the way the concepts of supply and demand, abnormal returns, cost benefit analysis and the development of competitive advantages will help with planning for the future. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
Filename: TEappconc.rtf

Applying Hofstede's Model to Diversity Management
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This 4 page paper examines Hofstede's model in depth. It is suggested that the model may be used as a practical application in terms of diversity management. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: SA544Hof.rtf

Applying Leadership Analysis to the 2004 Film, “Miracle”
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A 5 page paper which examines how the film presents such elements as leadership values, leadership vision, leadership communication, enacting the vision, and building a commitment to the vision. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: TGmiracle.rtf

Applying Marketing Research
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This 14 page report discusses the importance of marketing research in terms of planning for the future and providing for an overall and integrated marketing effort. This report uses the examples of “super-stores” and warehouse clubs and the ways in which consumers take advantage of their products and services. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: BWapmark.rtf

Applying Tuckman's Stages to Target Stores
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A 9 page paper discussing operations at Target Corp according to Tuckman's Stages theory of group development. Tuckman observed small groups in a variety of environments to arrive at the forming, storming, norming and performing sequence of group evolution. Tuckman's original four stages aptly describe group formation and operation at Target on the store level. "Adjourning" is not addressed here, because the groups formed at Target are ongoing and cessation is not a goal. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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APPRECIATE INQUIRY INTERVENTION – AND ITS USE IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS
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This 5-page paper focuses on a fictitious school district and how one organizational development process -- appreciative inquiry -- can be used to help manage change within this severely problematic group. Also discussed are Kotters eight steps to change. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: MTappinq.rtf

ARAMARK - Time And Attendance Project
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This 15 page paper focuses on decision making within an action research project from the consultant's perspective. The company used is ARAMARK and the outcome of the project is to implement a more effective time and attendance system that will, among other things, eliminate overstaffing and understaffing, automatically calculate payroll, allow employees to access their own information and to reduce labor costs by at least $1 million per year. Sections in this essay include: action plan, executive summary, problem statement, which includes a brief overview of the company, identification of the problem, including alternative solutions, first client meeting, discovery and dialog, second client meeting, including the savings associated with the recommended solution, and final reflection. 1 Table is included. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: PGaramrk.rtf

Architecture Firm - Organizational Culture
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A 3 page paper that describes specific aspects of the organizational culture of a hypothetical architecture company. The aspects discussed include communication, management and the use of technology. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: PGardor.rtf

Are Women More “People-Oriented” Leaders?
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This 6 page report discusses the time-honored assumption, at least in modern times, that women are more people-oriented leaders than men. Are women more people-oriented and greater believers in “participative” management? There is only one definitive answer and it is not particularly satisfying. That answer is -- “it depends.” Many social scientists commonly maintain that there is no empirical basis for assuming that gender has a direct influence on leadership style. Others researchers are convinced that female leaders are more concerned about interpersonal relationships and use a more democratic and participative leadership style than do men. Research on the issue is examined. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Arguing against Klein's No Logo
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A 7 page research paper that discusses Naomi Klein's text No Logo, which argues that big corporations, through the medium of brand names, are responsible for exploiting workers in Third World countries, manipulating consumers and, in general, acerbating the decline of Western culture. This exploration of Klein's book first summarizes and describes her basic arguments, but then offers a point-by-point rebuttal. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khnologo.rtf