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2019

Business Administration, Management, and Operations

Core competencies

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The Organization Of The Future And The Marketing Function: Marketers' Competencies In The Era Of Information Technology, Mario V. González Fuentes May 2019

The Organization Of The Future And The Marketing Function: Marketers' Competencies In The Era Of Information Technology, Mario V. González Fuentes

Mario Gonzalez Fuentes

The past two decades—and the technology advancements experienced throughout them—have left marketers with a new context that has provided new business opportunities. This new context has prompted a change in the focus of the marketing function and demanded a shift in marketing imperatives and competencies. This chapter provides a comprehensive review of the technological changes experienced by the marketing function in a company, as documented by both scholars and practitioners. It also provides a thorough discussion of the ongoing academic debate regarding the new set of technical skills that have defined employability in the marketing circles for the past couple …


Core Competencies, Core Values And Core Compromises, Jeffrey Keisler, Edward Romar Dec 2018

Core Competencies, Core Values And Core Compromises, Jeffrey Keisler, Edward Romar

Jeffrey Keisler

To achieve success businesses enunciate values and mission, secure resources, develop capabilities, and execute strategies.  For firms to succeed, managers must make decision about what should remain, be abandoned and acquired or developed?  In the decision-making process, management often overlooks, compromises, neglects, and dismisses the firm’s history, unique industry position, and fundamental strengths in a single-minded focus on the future.  In this paper we discuss one aspect of strategy that is neglected in the literature.  Most of the literature focuses on strategy and competencies, with little focus on or awareness of its opposite, the compromises management makes as they look …