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Locate a current news article that addresses the strategic role of procurement in an organizational setting.
Use a different company as an example for each of the four management functions. Use at least one example of a company conducting business internationally.
Can someone please provide me with a list of companies that are using the following methodolgies to improve their business performance?
How does the style and management of Nike compare and contract to an organization that has adopted Total Quality Management.
Explain how internal and external factors impact the four functions of management. Be sure to address the following in your paper:
Decision Tree Use for Production Capacity Determination at Toyota Motor Manufacturing of Canada (TMMC)
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Define innovation. Define entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship. Compare and contrast entrepreneurship with intrapreneurship.
The World Economic Forum studies global competition and publishes the global competitive index, which is quite intriguing.
Compare and contrast accounting principles in lean production to those of typical production.
Identify two main threats and two major opportunities facing the automobile industry. Do the executives at Toyota and the independent analyst agree?
Below are three companies that have target markets with distinct psychographic characteristics.
Synthesize cross-cultural factors of Japan and Brazil relevant to the global endeavor
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How well does Toyota capitalize on its strengths to meet threats and take advantage of opportunities, and will their weaknesses impede these efforts?
How does JIT and Lean processing affect managerial decision-making in that Dell?
Can you categorize these choices as following any of Porter's four generic strategies?
How well has Toyota done in seizing upon external opportunities, and how well have they handled outside threats by leveraging its strengths.
Describe at least 5 types of wastes in a service-based organization of your choice, critically discuss use of value chain analysis as defined by Micheal Porter
A description of the theories that apply to the international management of the organization and the handling of the specific issues.
What is ratio analysis. What ratios do you think are most valuable to managers in your company or an organization you know about?