An organization functions in an external environment that is marked by the moves and counter moves of other competing firms. The organization also has an internal environment consisting of inherent resources, capabilities, and internal processes and systems. The strategy of the organization is the methodology to be followed in the...
The internal environment of an organization contains the internal resources and possesses internal capabilities and core competencies. The organization needs to conduct the internal analysis figure out loopholes in resources, capabilities, and core competencies. This enables the firm to devise suitable strategies for closing the gaps in the aforesaid internal...
This article focuses on Students for Fair Trade SFT, a group at Western Washington University attempting to increase resource flows to coffee farmers in Less Developed Countries LDCs. SFT’s goal is to shift university coffee purchasing towards products certified to provide minimum prices to democratically run growers’ cooperatives. SFT has...
WASHINGTON AFP — Declining physical activity and a shift towards a Western diet are driving up obesity rates in China, with more than 25 percent of adults now considered overweight or obese, a study warned Tuesday. Researchers writing in the July/August issue of the journal Health Affairs predicted...
The Parr Co. has hired Steve Johnson as its chief financial officer. Johnson was previously vice president and principal banker for Wells Fargo Bank, where he also held the roles of vice president of small business administration, business development officer and vice president senior relationship manager. He...
Western States Construction Inc., of Valleyford, Wash., is the apparent low bidder on the construction of a new rowing tank for the women's crew team at Washington State University, in Pullman. Western States submitted a bid of roughly $595,000 for the project, and WSU plans to award a contract...
PROVO -- Kelly Wark, the woman who was shot by police after wounding an officer during a bizarre traffic stop on Monday, moved to Provo in April, hoping for a new life and a fresh start. "She hadn't been to Utah before," said Wark's sister, Erin. "But...
Forever, For Always, For Love: Kyle E. Roseman took Michele P. Tapp to be his wife in District Heights, MD. The bride is a graduate of Bucknell University and American University, where she earned her Masters in Journalism, She is the founder of the greeting card company C.U.E. Cardz. The...
Continues the Expansion of Universal's Capacity and Reach in the Industrial Market GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Universal Forest Products, Inc. (Nasdaq: UFPI) today announced that one of its subsidiaries has purchased certain assets of D-Stake Mill, Inc., in McMinnville, OR and Manufacturing Country, in Independence, OR. The acquisition...
Calls by proponents of "net neutrality" for greater regulation of Internet Service Providers ISPs are unwarranted with additional regulation likely to degrade internet service, concludes a new study released today by independent research organization the Fraser Institute. "Rather than additional, heavy-handed regulation, complaints about the behavior and practices of ISPs...
* School Specialty Inc., a Greenville provider of supplemental learning products, named David Vander Ploes as executive vice president and CFO. * UW-Green Bay Chancellor Bruce Shepard hes stepped down and is the preferred candidate for the presidency of Western Washington University. * Dean Hunt has joined Martenson & Eisele...
ALPHARETTA, Ga. -- J. Allen Kibler, Jr., P.G., has been appointed President of MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc. (MACTEC E&C), the consultancy entity of MACTEC, Inc., the holding company, focusing on engineering and design, environmental, and construction services. He will be responsible for the overall operational management of 80 offices...
The Zellman Group, LLC hires Hummel as Vice President, Food Service Development PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y., May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The Zellman Group, LLC hired Phil Hummel as Vice President of Food Service Development. In this position, he is responsible for further developing the hospitality division of...
Women who want to keep their hearts in tip-top shape face the fewest challenges in Minneapolis, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco. Those three cities top the list of the 10 most heart-healthy U.S. metropolitan areas for women, a list that's dominated by western communities. mostly in the South and the...
Counseling the culturally diverse; theory and practice, 5th ed. Sue, Derald Wing and David Sue. John Wiley & Sons 2008 552 pages $90.00 Hardcover BF637 Sue Columbia University and Sue Western Washington University explore...
Indian literature and popular cinema; recasting classics. Ed. by Heidi R.M. Pauwels. Routledge 2007 259 pages $160.00 Hardcover Routledge contemporary South Asia series; 6 PN1993 "Bollywood" movies have recently appeared on Western...
The West the railroads made. Schwantes, Carlos A. and James P. Ronda. U. of Washington Press 2008 229 pages $39.95 Hardcover HE2771 Schwantes (transportation studies, University of Missouri-St. Louis) and Ronda (western American history,...
PORTLAND, Ore. -- With two runners on base and a strike against her, Sara Tucholsky of Western Oregon University uncorked her best swing and did something she had never done, in high school or college. Her first home run cleared the center-field fence. But the dream...
