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Adopting Change Initiatives During Economic Downturns, Anthony J. Jackson Prof Sep 2015

Adopting Change Initiatives During Economic Downturns, Anthony J. Jackson Prof

Anthony J Jackson Prof

Change initiatives is a popular approach to eliminate waste and increase profits with a more efficient approach to productivity. Developed by Motorola it now has spread world wide with the more popular Toyota Production System (TPS) to Trumpf with its Synchro Production System, Healthcare, and Small Business Enterprises (SME’s). Many companies have claimed benefits from change initiative implementation with some failures. This paper reviews the critical success factors and change projects and what the companies did to be successful..


Can Strategic Management Techniques Be Applied To Small And Medium Enterprises, Anthony J. Jackson Prof Sep 2015

Can Strategic Management Techniques Be Applied To Small And Medium Enterprises, Anthony J. Jackson Prof

Anthony J Jackson Prof

This research focused on strategic management techniques and how these techniques are applicable to small and medium enterprises. The use of generic or specific strategic management tools and techniques among small and medium size businesses has had insignificant value because strategic application are thought in terms of for only larger companies. This paper examined the benefits of using strategic tools and techniques to companies seeking profits and growth. This research also supports how strategy can improve performance of small and medium businesses. Qualitative research was used for this study to determine if there was a correlation between strategic management, market …


Military Management: New Trend For Small Business, Anthony J. Jackson Prof Sep 2015

Military Management: New Trend For Small Business, Anthony J. Jackson Prof

Anthony J Jackson Prof

With so many veterans returning from war and to jobs they left, be it management, senior management positions, or business owners the military touts the veteran’s ability to lead a organization


Wisdom From Warren Buffett, Todd A. Finkle Dec 2011

Wisdom From Warren Buffett, Todd A. Finkle

Todd A Finkle

This article documents a trip that was made to visit Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway world at his Global Headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska. A select number of universities are invited to visit Buffett every year. Gonzaga University was fortunate to be invited by Buffett based on an innovative assignment assigned by Dr. Todd A. Finkle in an entrepreneurship course. This article discusses the strategy that was used to get Buffett to invite Gonzaga to visit Buffett. The trip to Omaha entailed visiting two of Berkshire Hathaway’s subsidiaries Furniture Mart and Borsheim’s Jewelers; a 2.5 hour question and …


Impact Of Human Capital On The Organization Performance, Philadelphia University Feb 2011

Impact Of Human Capital On The Organization Performance, Philadelphia University

Philadelphia University, Jordan

No abstract provided.


Business And Non-Profit Organizations Facing Increased Competition And Growing Customers' Demands (Vol. 10), Anna Ujwary-Gil Jan 2011

Business And Non-Profit Organizations Facing Increased Competition And Growing Customers' Demands (Vol. 10), Anna Ujwary-Gil

Anna Ujwary-Gil

The major issues analyzed in the papers referred to: • business and non-profit organizations as an object of scientific research, • business and non-profit organizations in market economy, • modern tools for business and non-profit organizations management • business and non-profit organizations – global and regional aspects, • financial aspects of managing business and non-profit organizations.


Apple Inc.: Product Portfolio Analysis, Michael Mallin, Todd A. Finkle Dec 2010

Apple Inc.: Product Portfolio Analysis, Michael Mallin, Todd A. Finkle

Todd A Finkle

This case assesses a company’s product line mix relative to two marketing environmental factors and explores four product line growth strategies using a product portfolio analysis approach. The case provides a history of the Apple Computer Company and its key product lines. An approach to analyzing a company’s product portfolio is reviewed and applied to Apple’s product lines. The case shows how each Apple product line fits within the portfolio analysis tool and will be asked questions relative to possible strategies for Apple’s product portfolio. The case illustrates one approach to making decisions about a company’s line of products. The …


Negotiating The French Labour Landscape, Dylan Kissane Nov 2010

Negotiating The French Labour Landscape, Dylan Kissane

Dylan Kissane

No abstract provided.


Globalization And Management, Mike Lewis Mar 2010

Globalization And Management, Mike Lewis

Mike Lewis D.Mgt.

The reach of markets and business expanded across the globe more than half a millennium ago when Europeans conquered the seas. Since that time, communication and information technologies have reduced to span of the globe to the speed of electrons so that buyers and sellers can exchange in one second or less. Technology combined with favorable politics and exploding world populations ushered in the era of globalization. With production and commodity drivers, the globe transformed into a shopping cart for profits, power, and people (resources). Uncontrolled and unbalanced outcomes benefited some while harming others, leading to eventual backlashes and failed …


Book Review 20 - The Tazie Effect By Heather Whittaker, William C. Mcpeck Mar 2009

Book Review 20 - The Tazie Effect By Heather Whittaker, William C. Mcpeck

William C. McPeck

This is my personal review of the book, The Tazie Effect by Healther Whittaker, published in March 2009, by Penn-Tech Professionals.


Book Review 16 Wellness Leadership: Creating Supportive Environments For Healthier And More Productive Employees By Judd Allen, Ph.D., William C. Mcpeck Aug 2008

Book Review 16 Wellness Leadership: Creating Supportive Environments For Healthier And More Productive Employees By Judd Allen, Ph.D., William C. Mcpeck

William C. McPeck

This is my personal review of Wellness Leadership: Creating supportive environments for healthier and more productive employees by Judd Allen, Ph.D. which was published in 2008 by Healthycultures.com.


Book Review 15 The Future Of Management By Bill Breen And Gary Hamel, William C. Mcpeck Jun 2008

Book Review 15 The Future Of Management By Bill Breen And Gary Hamel, William C. Mcpeck

William C. McPeck

This is my personal review of The Future of Management by Bill Breen and Gary Hamel, published by Harvard Business School Press in 2007.


Book Review 9 Talent On Demand: Managing Talent In An Age Of Uncertainty By Pater Cappelli, William C. Mcpeck May 2008

Book Review 9 Talent On Demand: Managing Talent In An Age Of Uncertainty By Pater Cappelli, William C. Mcpeck

William C. McPeck

This is my personal review of Talent on Demand: Managing Talent in an Age of Uncertainty by Pater Cappelli and published by Harvard Business School Press in 2008.