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diversity and inclusion are good for business and make the company stronger. Diversity means business. The purpose of this paper … one part of the diversity and inclusion strategy. Bank of America Merrill Lynch illustrates its commitment to making its … led from the very top, but to be effective, it needs to run throughout all levels of the business. Findings – A culture …
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Presents a case study of how over the last six years a large, traditional corporation simultaneously created new service markets and established a dominant position in the competitive information and communication technology field in Japan. The corporation accepted a new organizational body that...
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Looks at how Waitrose deals with commodity marketing and category management by examining its category leadership … strategy, which aims to reduce costs and align its network to the needs of the consumer. Seeks to shed light on how this was … achieved and the key lessons to be learned from this procurement strategy. Concludes that the category leadership strategy …
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Examines the relationship of managerial strategy and organizational commitment among drivers working in the private bus … industry. Investigates the dimensions of managerial strategy and organizational commitment. Data were collected by survey … questionnaire. Demonstrates that managerial strategy plays a key integrative role in generating organizational commitment among bus …
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to empower each branch to serve local customers according to their needs, the Enterprise business model is highly … identified as a business priority for Enterprise, a series of initiatives were implemented to raise understanding and awareness …) this year, exceeding its targets. Of employees in management positions, 24 per cent are from minorities globally. The …
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ever have been. Yet in many companies, they receive far less executive attention than the business units because shared … standards for strategic‐planning and profit‐generating initiatives from their shared services as they do from business units. As …
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When considering the traditional conceptions of strategy and quality, the links between the two concepts appear sketchy … quality and strategic management. The pharmaceutical industry, because of the stakes implied by the activity itself, is … particularly concerned with the links between quality and strategy: the example of the large European group Merck‐Lipha appears …
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capital statements were constructed. These objects were the activities that defined knowledge management, and the intellectual … capital statements monitored these through depicting a particular narrativised strategy for managing knowledge – called a … knowledge narrative – and through a monitoring system that reflected the activities set in motion to mobilise the strategy for …
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Investigates the three‐year trainer and team development initiative at Coral, the bookmaker, intended to support the company′s launch of a ew brand and image. Concludes that training of people is fundamental to efficiency and progress, with responsibility for this being with both the line...
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improved business management skills. Indicates that this has been achieved at Searle by giving autonomy to each business unit.  … Searle UK, a medium‐sized pharmaceuticals company. Concludes that improving people‐management skills has to be accompanied by …
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