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BUS488: Strategy Assignment 2 – Individual Assignment 1 July 2011 Presentation PREPARED BY Question 1 Analyzing Jollibee’s internal environment requires evaluating the firm’s portfolio of resources and capabilities. And these key factors lead to the development of Jollibee’s core competencies or its competitive advantage. To analyze its internal environment, I’ll be applying the RCCI (Resources,…

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE AND COMPETITIVE PRIORITIES Many factors shape and form the operations strategy of a corporation, for example, the ever increasing need for globalizing products and operations and thus reducing the unit cost, creating a technology leadership position, introducing new inventions, taking advantage of mass customization, using supplier partnering, and looking for strategic sourcing solutions….

THE WAY FORWARD Recommendations for Leveraging Sustainability and Optimizing Existing Green Lines Instructor: Kim Bates Course: Integrative Weekend – W2012 Date: March 4, 2012 Consultants: Deborah Sue Chee Eva von Biehler Mehdi Tahuri Serhiy Rudak S. Mehmood Ul-Hasan Vern Puchoon Executive Summary In the face of consumer changes and current economic conditions, Clorox must make…

There are many definitions of sustainable development present, but the most widely used is “Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. ” – World Commission on Environment and Development (Oxford University Press), 1987 The history of sustainable development started with the World…

Introduction On August 03, 2005, Adidas-Salomon AG (Adidas), Germany’s largest sporting goods maker announced acquisition of the US-based Reebok International Limited (Reebok) for $3.8 billion. The share prices of both the companies recorded an increase on the day of the announcement of the deal. The share price of Adidas increased by 7.4% from €147.52 on…

Ecosystems can be complex and hard to manage. In fact, they can encompass diverse species and habitats. As such, specific planning and procrastination is needed in order to protect them from the different threats that might undermine their existence, but also preserve and enhance the life of species through a variety of measures and activities….

HR as strategic Partner is gaining momentum as being one of the best way yet in making human resources as the most important asset in an organization. “Being a strategic partner” is understood as a long-term relationship to achieve defined objectives common to all partners. In the context of strategic human resource management, the HR function and…

1.      Some researchers find that their sole sources are secondary data. Why might this be? Name some management questions for which secondary data sources are probably the only ones feasible. Secondary research makes up the largest part of research in many organizational circumstances and also in many educational settings. Essentially secondary data is data that…

INTRODUCTION TO PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES Office of Learning Technologies Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) 2003 Project Management With the excitement and sense of urgency and momentum of a new project, the natural tendency is to dive right in. Your enthusiasm and imagination will be essential to meeting project objectives, but they are not enough alone….

Introduction Change occurs in all organizations but not all organizations progress. Progress is a planed process of moving from one defined state to the other to ensure that business processes are efficient, prompt and effective. To remain competitive, an organization should put in place good plans for progress and ensure that the plans are implemented…