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- Four Radically Different Cultural Models: Best Buy, Google, GE, Semco
- Four Radically Different Cultural Models: Best Buy, Google, GE, SemcoRE: Four Radically Different Cultural Models: Best Buy, Google, GE, SemcoIt's really amazing to see how big the contrast is between these companies and the company that I work for. What puzzles me most is how these companies listed above have...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
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- Model train show opens at Pierre, S.D., cultural center.
- By Model Trains Coming To Pierre, American News, Aberdeen, S.D. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 3--Marlin Fenner of Milbank is bringing his model trains to the South Dakota Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre this weekend. The center will be open extended...
- Research articles 2004-12-03
- Product Orientation in Contemporary Art Organisations: A Model of Parallel Convergence From French and British Experiences
- The debate around cultural policies has always tended to polarize towards two extremes: democratisation of culture versus cultural democracy. This study focused on different marketing orientations in contemporary art public funded institutions and tried to set these choices into a cultural policy framework. The investigation has originated from a case-study...
- White papers 2005-05-09
- Cultural and Social changes from PDM Introduction
- "The need of the organization for effective management of data and increasing their productivity has led them to implement PDM in a big way. The introduction of PDM brings with it many changes in the organization, from the way they store and retrieve data to the way they interact among...
- White papers 2003-05-09
- Cultural Theory and Organizations: Analytical Method and Cases
- Yehuda Baruch [*] Abstract Within the context of the ongoing debate on the understanding of organizational culture, this paper presents a cultural theory of organizations (grid/group analysis) originating in anthropology. It is a generic model which proposes a conceptual framework for comparing organizations, organizing and change. The model...
- Research articles 1998-12-22
- Managing Cultural Differences In Alliances
- The article shows an example of Corning, Inc., which is the model of alliance mastery. In 1973, the glass technology company created a cross-Pacific partnership with Samsung, the electronics manufacturer. For the most part, the alliance developed and operated smoothly, both companies marching toward common objectives. Then, to everyone's surprise,...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- A Cross-Cultural, Multi-Dimensional, Nonlinear Examination of Managerial Skills and Effectiveness
- Prior studies in United States organizations have suggested that appropriate development of managerial skills can improve managerial effectiveness, thus saving time and other resources. Little prior cross-cultural research has been done, however, on managerial skills and effectiveness. In addition, models depicting linear combinations of skills have dominated the available research...
- White papers
- A Naturalistic Approach To The Theory Of The Firm: The Role Of Cooperation And Cultural Evolution
- One reason why firms exist, this paper argues, is because they are suitable organizations within which cooperative production systems based on human social predispositions can evolve. In addition, paper shows how an entrepreneur - given these predispositions - can shape human behavior within a firm. To illustrate these processes, paper...
- White papers 2007-05-01
- Improving The Cross-Cultural Competency Of Offshore Teams
- Training in "Soft skills" is no longer as undervalued in India as it used to be. Growing numbers of Indian companies are coming to realize that the ability of their employees to communicate and interact more effectively is an important competitive factor. American companies in India are also showing more...
- White papers 2006-09-21
- Preservice Teachers Integrate Understandings of Diversity Into Literacy Instruction: An Adaptation of the ABC's Model.
- Teacher educators across the nation face the increasingly challenging task to better prepare preservice teachers to work with students of diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Most preservice teachers are from White and middle-class backgrounds and have had limited experiences with cultures other than theirs (Ladson-Billings, ...
- Research articles 2000-03-01
- Enterprise Risk Management: An Emerging Model for Building Shareholder Value
- Across industries and organizations, many are recognizing that risks are no longer merely hazards to be avoided but, in many cases, opportunities to be embraced. Enterprise risk management ERM has emerged as an important new business trend. ERM is a structured and disciplined approach aligning strategy, processes, people, technology, and...
- White papers 2001-04-18
- Five Forces Model
- The external environment of an organization comprises of the moves and the strategies adopted by its competitors. It also takes into account the changes in the general economy and other socio-cultural factors. It is imperative for the organization to precisely study the opportunities and threats prevalent in its external environment...
- White papers 2000-12-30
- The Bottom Line: AMR Research's Four-Stage Model Gives Companies the Framework to Identify and Benchmark Their Current EPM Maturity, Plan Where They Want to Be, and Avoid a Potential Black Hole for It Spending Along the Way
- Managing performance is top of mind for senior executives, and successful performance management requires a top-down approach that balances a company's philosophical and cultural attributes with the appropriate use of technology. Business and Information Technology IT groups are now undertaking a variety of initiatives to manage performance. It is no...
- White papers 2004-04-15
- A partnership model in the development and implementation of a collaborative, cardiovascular education program for Aboriginal Health Workers
- Abstract A partnership model was established among key education providers, policy makers, non-government organisations, the local area health service and Aboriginal community controlled organisations aimed at increasing collaboration, skill development, cultural competence and increasing access to mentorship and expertise for Aboriginal Health Workers AHWs. A group of 21 AHWs,...
- Research articles 2008-02-01
- Moral Rights and Human Rights: A New International Model
- The "Information Age" has brought a new importance to copyright law. Underlying copyright's new-found pre-eminence are two factors. First, copyright serves to regulate the transformation of information and culture through information technology. Secondly, copyright protects investment into the development of new technologies themselves, in the case of computer programs. The...
- White papers 2003-05-28
- Differences in Critical Success Factors in ERP Systems Implementation in Australia and China: A Cultural Analysis
- Enterprise Resource Planning ERP systems are integrated, enterprise-wide systems that provide automated support for standard business processes within organisations. They have been adopted by organisations throughout the world with varying degrees of success. Implementing ERP systems is a complex, lengthy and expensive process. This paper synthesise an ERP systems implementation...
- White papers 2004-11-29
- Globalizing Twitter: A Model For Everyone
- So many trends, so little time. Here in the U.S., every consumer or business trend seems to get examined by multiple analysts in microscopic detail. Yet, relatively few international trends get the same attention. Take Twitter, for example. Every day, there are new items about the mobile...
- Blog posts 2008-09-11
- Windy City baptizes Millennium Park, model of urban development
- CHICAGO AFP ? The city of Chicago officially took the wraps off a 475-million-dollar open air cultural center in what is being hailed as one of the most grandiose US public parks projects in recent history. Four years late, and three times over budget, Millennium Park is billed by...
- Research articles 2004-07-16
- Brethren Society: The Cultural Transformation of a "Peculiar People." - book reviews
- By Carl F. Bowman. Johns Hopkins University Press, 491 pp., $65.00; paperback, $19.95.* This model study of a small denomination's history, sociology and anthropology will inspire scholars who study larger, less definable religious groups. Johns Hopkins University Press has lavished care on the work and allowed Bowman enough pages to...
- Research articles 1995-11-22
- Best Practices For Improving The Cross-Cultural Competency Of Offshore Teams
- Training in "Soft skills" is no longer as undervalued in India as it used to be. Growing numbers of Indian companies are coming to realize that the ability of their employees to communicate and interact more effectively is an important competitive factor. American companies in India are also showing more...
- White papers 2009-01-01
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