Monthly Archives: February 2010
De Beers' Multifaceted Strategy Shift
A diamond may be forever, as De Beers' famous advertising slogan contends, but is the same true of a business model? That was the question facing Gareth Penny, managing director of De Beers, in the late 19'90s, when the famed [...]
Filed under Business, Business Strategy, Featured Cases, Free Cases
Whirlpool Cleans Up Its Supply Chain
Any time two large manufacturers merge, one of the many areas that has to be looked at is the supply chain. On one hand, the merger represents an opportunity to address inefficiencies in the system. Yet when this aspect of [...]
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Filed under Free Cases, Logistics & Distribution, Operations, Supply Chain
Dale Carnegie’s Top 10 Tips for Improving Your Social Skills
Dale Breckenridge Carnegie (November 24, 1888 – November 1, 1955) was an American writer and lecturer and the developer of famous courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking and interpersonal skills. Read more....Register to mark your commentscase study about [...]
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"Marketing is dead": An article by Philip Kotler
Consumers are facing drastic changes in their behavior, markets are facing drastic changes in their functioning, companies are facing drastic changes in their environment…What about Marketing? Is marketing changing at the pace that the current situation demands? The answer is... [...]
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CSR – a religion with too many priests? Michael Porter
Michael Porter is perhaps the management 'guru' most listened to and respected by corporate boards and executives worldwide. But his keynote speech on the role of corporate philanthropy at The European Academy of Business in Society's 2nd Colloquium at Copenhagen [...]
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My Life as a Knowledge Worker: Peter Drucker
Peter Ferdinand Drucker (November 19, 1909 – November 11, 2005) was a writer, management consultant, and self-described “social ecologist.” His books and scholarly and popular articles explored how humans are organized across the business, government and the nonprofit sectors of [...]
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Five Exercises on Strategy: An article by Jack Welch
The first step of making strategy real is figuring out the big aha to gain sustainable competitive advantage--in other words, a significant, meaningful insight about how to win. To do that, you need to debate, grapple with, wallow in, [...]
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Motivation in Project Management: The Project Manager's Perspective
The financial stability of every company depends upon the successful management of resources dedicated to completing projects within a predetermined budget. For example, the success of a project hinges on the ability of a project manager to ensure timely [...]
Filed under HR, White Papers
Case Study – Hideaway Warehouse Management System (WMS)
Hideaway Beds – Wall Bed Company offers the Latest Designs wall beds. Wall Beds have been around since 1918 in American and Europe. The company ships their products to approximately 100 retailers in Australia as well as taking online [...]
Filed under Operations