Strategic Management
Strategic management is the process of developing and executing a series of competitive moves to enhance the success of the organization both in the present and in the future. The...
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Focused Factory
The term focused factory, was introduced in a 1974 Harvard Business Review article authored by Wickham Skinner. Responding to what the popular press called a "productivity crisi...
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Guide to Functional-Area Readings
Eighteen functional-area reading curricula are outlined below. Items listed beneath each heading represent titles of specific essays in the EoM.
1. Corporate Planning...
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Location Strategy
Being in the right location is a key ingredient in a business's success. If a company selects the wrong location, it may have adequate access to customers, workers, transporta...
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Strategy Implementation
A key role of a CEO's is to communicate a vision and to guide strategic planning. Those who have successfully implemented strategic plans have often reported that involv...
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Strategic Management
Focused Factory