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"Business Policy and Strategy: An Action Guide" by Robert Murdick, Carl Moor and Richard Eckhouse, 1992.
A chapter-by-chapter summary including business failure and success, environmental factors, management, marketing, accounting, human resources and computers.
6,975 words (approx. 27.9 pages), 1 source, $ 135.95
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"Business Policy and Strategy: An Action Guide, by Robert Murdick, R. Carl Moor and Richard H. Eckhouse, attempts to tie together the broad policies and interrelationships that exist among the many functional areas which undergraduate students typically study. The authors intend the text to supplement the typical case book and/or computer simulations used in teaching business strategy" (p. ix). Situational analysis is presented, as is a structure for developing strategy. Practicality and real-world experience is combined with educational theory to provide as complete a picture as possible of strategy in business.
The authors have divided the text into 15 chapters with no further subdivisions. It is possible, however, to group the chapters into specific areas of study. For example, the first..."
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"Strategy as Action", 2008.
A review of business strategy and strategic rationale for competitive advantage, as discussed in "Strategy as Action: Competitive Dynamics and Competitive Advantage," by C. Grimm, K. Smith and H. Lee.
1,321 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 44.95
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This paper discusses the book entitled "Strategy as Action: Competitive Dynamics and Competitive Advantage," written by C. Grimm, K. Smith and H. Lee. The paper first discusses the book in relation to general managerial economics as applied for competitive advantage. The paper then discusses the relationship between establishing a sound economic justification for business strategy and strategic rationale. It also provides various examples from the literature used to support these observations.
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Economic Integration
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"Such a mentality at the managerial and executive level within a given organization allows the company, no matter how large or hierarchical in nature, to respond more quickly and more effectively to both threats and opportunities in the marketplace. In such an environment, while there still exists many real and unforeseeable market threats, the market itself is reduced as close to the concept of perfect competition as it likely can be (Besanko, Dranove, Shanley & Schaefer, 2006, p.208). In this ideal type of market companies compete in a relatively level playing field of opportunity where there are sufficient consumers, a market price completely arrived at by market forces, and a market not controlled by any single competitor or supplier. By framing the global market in such a context, the authors of Strategy as Action: Competitive Dynamics and Competitive Advantage becomes a field manual for contemporary organizations in the global economy."
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General Electric Business Policy and Strategy, 2002.
An examination of General Electric's (GE) business policy based on the ex-CEO Jack Welch?s autobiography ?Jack Straight from the Gut.?
1,985 words (approx. 7.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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A look at the business policies and strategies of GE that have made it into such a successful company, according to Welch. It examines their marketing policies, thier unique treatment of employees and its policies for employee diversity. The history of the company is briefly discussed and the manner in which the company managed its stocks to ensure its success in recent years.
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"The historical success of General Electric is accounted in a very personal and real representation in Jack Welch?s autobiography ?Jack Straight from the Gut.? The substantial nature of the exponential growth of General Electric from the time that Jack Welsh assumed the role of CEO until his retiring in 2001 is astounding. As an example, in 1980, GE Credit had 10 businesses and 11 billion in assets and was based only in North America. By 1990 GE Credit had 21 businesses 70 billion in assets and was based in three countries and by the year 2001 GE Capital as it is now known has 24 businesses 370 billion in assets and does business in 48 countries. Jack Welch gives credit to the diversity of business and a philosophy of controlled risk that provided consistent growth. (Welch 250)"
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Business Policies and Strategies, 2005.
A look at some different business management problems.
690 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 23.95
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This paper examines a variety of business management problems from Internet access benefits to strategic planning. It also discusses components of a mature business and a variety of solutions are offered.
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" When a business begins to mature its competitive position is enhanced. That is because it has successfully navigated the dangerous waters that plague most businesses at the start such as lack of sales technical and .."
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AFN Strategy and Policy, 2002.
Outline of the strategy and policies that would best fulfill the interests of the aboriginal people of Canada.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 35.95
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The Assembly of First Nations represents aboriginal people across Canada. This report outlines their role and the best manner for them to fulfill it. It is based on Paul Pross' model of lobbyist and interest group behaviour in "Group Politics and Public Policy". It concludes that the AFN must foster its support in native communities and use this power to influence political and bureaucratic policy decisions.
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"TV Guide's" Marketing Strategy, 2005.
An assessment of "TV Guide"'s marketing strategy.
1,610 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 55.95
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This paper provides a case analysis of "TV Guide"'s marketing strategy, which emphasizes age targeting. The paper examines the Guide's success in targeting both the baby boomer generation and the 34-and-under segment.
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"The greatest strategic marketing issue for TV Guide is targeting its market by age groups. According to 'TV Guide''s demographics, its readers are divided almost evenly between men and women and its readership increases with ..."
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Affirmative Action Policy, 2002.
An argument in favor of affirmative action and the need for the policy to continue.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 31.95
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Argues in favor of affirmative action and the need for the policy to continue. Its effectiveness in decreasing institutional discrimination and role in shaping the values of Ameican society. Concept of special privileges & equal opportunity. Reverse discrmination issue. Overall segregation of American workforce. Gap between rich & poor. Undoing injustices.
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"Launched in 1965 by President Lyndon Johnson to redress institutional discrimination against people of color, affirmative action has been effective in helping people of color and other minority groups gain access to jobs and educational opportunities that were previously unavailable to them. Although many critics of affirmative action believe that this policy should no longer be implemented, the U.S. still does not offer sufficient equal opportunities to individuals who are disadvantaged by their race, gender or socioeconomic status. Therefore, affirmative action still needs to be implemented in order to redress the social and economic inequality that continues to plague the American society..
This paper offers arguments in favor of affirmative action and the need for its implementation. Apart from its..."
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U.S. Policy Actions for Iraq, 2008.
A look at the different foreign policy options the US has to achieve its objective of maintaining political and military stability in Iraq.
1,317 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper discusses the different foreign policy options available to the US that will help it bring political and military stability in Iraq. The paper relates that the US options at this time fall under two main categories, but each with numerous ramifications and implications of their own. The US can either leave the country or remain, at the same time maintaining or increasing the number of troops present in Iraq. The paper then discusses the advantages and disadvantages of both options as well as why they are so complicated. The paper concludes that all of the options discussed have significant disadvantages, notably more disadvantages than advantages, and that, at this time, there is no clear optimal solution that can be implemented in Iraq.
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"On the other hand, leaving Iraq would send a dangerous message for future pacifying interventions like the one in Iraq was initially thought out to be: battle the invading forces, as hard as you can, and they will eventually accept defeat and leave. It would give out a message to the world, including to the US partners, that the Iraqi invasion was wrong in the first place and that the last four years have virtually meant nothing and have brought nothing along except a long list of casualties. Leaving Iraq poses a significant question of creditability on the part of the US in front of the entire world. "
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Affirmative Action and Public Policy, 2002.
This paper examines how various interpretations of equality are mirrored in the contentious debate on affirmative action.
2,254 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 69.95
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The first part of the paper, examines how the liberal camp?s belief in the ?disparate impact theory of discrimination? conflicts with the more conservative view of equality based on access to the same opportunities. When affirmative action was first enacted, the liberals were successful in enshrining the disparate impact approach.
The second part of this paper looks at the impact this disparate impact approach has on both the political and judicial landscape. The most evident problem of affirmative action as it is currently practiced is seen in the backlash effect. In the last section, the paper evaluates the possibility of a unified definition of equality being enshrined in affirmative action principles.
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"In the book Equality Transformed, Herman Belz (1991) presents two clashing views on the nature of equality. One theory, which Belz associates with conservatives such as Mississippi senator John Stennis, saw equality as a question of individual rights. The focus was on nondiscrimination, in providing equality of opportunities in areas such as employment. By removing the obstacles to discrimination, many conservative theorists believed that every person ? black or white ? would thus have equal opportunities for advancement."
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Affirmative Action Policy, 2002.
Examines the concept of preferential treatment and advantages and disadvantages on racial and ethnic minorities.
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 7 sources, $ 87.95
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Concept of preferential treatment and advantages and disadvantages on racial and ethnic minorities. Creation of more opportunities. Issues of equality and discrimination in the workplace and in colleges. The Bakke Case challenge to affirmative action programs. Negative and positive effects. Meaning of equality applied to affirmative action.
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"The civil rights revolution enshrined into law the principle that all people are treated equally, regardless of skin color, gender, or national origin. The vast majority of Americans accept that principle. The civil rights revolution, however, failed to answer the question of what redress, if any, is owed to individuals from historically disadvantaged groups. That tension between two conflicting goals informs the current debate about affirmative action. This paper will examine the philosophical and legal underpinnings of that debate from the perspective of legal theorists and two seminal cases on the issue.
Affirmative action seeks to create more opportunities for women and minorities by conferring special consideration upon them in decisions involving hiring, firing, promotion, college admissions, and government contracts. In all of these areas, women ..."
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United Nations Policy Formulation and Policy Implementation, 2004.
Provides an overview of United Nations policy formulation and policy implementation in the context of international public administration organizations.
1,478 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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This paper examines, through a literature review, instances of policies that were developed and not effectively carried out, as well as recent requirements for the formulation of policies put into place at the UN. It looks at how a sustained public information campaign is extremely important for the success of the UN?s attempt to reinvent its system of policy formulation and policy implementation due to all the ?bad news?, including terrorism and war and AIDS, etc., dominating the TV and print news agencies.
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"There are myriad examples of the UN?s good work ? in many and diverse areas where there are desperate human needs throughout the world ? and also, on the other hand, there is no shortage of evidence that some policies, although they were drawn up with the best of intentions, failed in their mission, or were thwarted either through no direct fault of the UN, or because the UN?s policy implementation could not match the promises in the policy formulation. One example of the apparent failure of a policy which was to be implemented was recently reported by the British Medical Journal (Tayal, 2003). The journal claimed that a UN policy designed to tackle the health and human rights needs of ?indigenous people? ? a policy which was formulated in 1995 ? has not been very effective in its implementation."
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Chinese Monetary Policy as Foreign Policy, 2008.
An analysis of how China's monetary policy has been used as part of its foreign policy to influence international relations.
3,815 words (approx. 15.3 pages), 16 sources, MLA, $ 104.95
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This paper discusses China's economic policies. It focuses on its monetary policies and the use of its artificial control over its exchange rate as an unofficial brief of its foreign policy. It shows how China uses its monetary policy internationally to improve its positions on trade, foreign relations, and bilateral agreements with various countries.
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Foreign Investment as Policy
Foreign Trade
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"For many years the Chinese Yuan was pegged to the U.S. dollar and, until recently, this was not a foreign policy issue. However, as the U.S. as well as other markets, have seen their import markets grow far beyond their export markets and consequently maintain extreme trade deficits, the artificial manipulation of the Yuan has now become a matter of foreign policy. Many foreign markets view China's exchange regime, managed float or not, to be an economic weapon and one in which it has not been reticent to utilize."
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Affirmative Action Policies, 2002.
Examines both the positive and negative sides of current affirmative action policies.
2,551 words (approx. 10.2 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 77.95
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This paper evaluates both the positive and negative effects of affirmative action policies today, with a particular focus on racial minorities, such as African-Americans and Latinos, in higher education. The paper defines affirmative action, traces the policies? history, examines their goals, and looks at the various legal challenges that have been mounted against these policies. Finally, the paper includes a critical examination of the arguments both for and against the continued use of affirmative action policies and concludes by taking the position that affirmative action policies are ineffective and actually harm the parties they are intended to benefit.
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"Jackson further argues that many affluent white students have access to SAT preparation scores and have the time and resources to participate in extracurricular activities and honor courses. This places many minority students from lower-income families who need to work after school and do not have resources for SAT preparation tests at a distinct disadvantage (Jackson 290). For proponents like Jackson, affirmative action is a way to address these discrepancies and ensure that disadvantaged youth receive an equal opportunity towards higher education."
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Racial Affirmative Action Policies, 2000.
A discussion about the pros and cons of affirmative action policies.
1,675 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 8 sources, $ 54.95
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This paper deals with the issue of affirmative action policies, looking at how these policies were installed within the social system and discussing their pros and cons.
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"Affirmative Action policies are used in the United States to increase opportunities for minorities by favoring them in hiring, promotion, contracting and school admissions. Minorities are defined by race, ethnicity, or gender. Affirmative action has been accepted by governments, businesses, and educational institutions to remedy the effects of past discrimination against a group. It has been widely criticized for creating reverse discrimination in the workplace and at schools."
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Modern Affirmative Action Policies, 2003.
An analysis of modern affirmative action policies, with a focus on university admissions.
1,453 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 48.95
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This paper provides an overview of affirmative action policies used today at several universities. The paper also examines several solutions to the issue of affirmative action in university admissions procedures. The paper debates the benefits of giving preference to minority groups as opposed to providing these groups with the education that will enable them to be admitted to university on the basis of their knowledge.
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"How many times in the last six months have you heard about affirmative action in the news? Probably many times due to the recent Supreme Court case involving the University of Michigan. But what is affirmative action? Affirmative action is giving preference to minorities in the college admissions process. Some schools must meet a set quota. Others create a point system where students get extra points because of their race. The objective is to create a diversified student body. But this method is not fair. Everyone should be given the same chance no matter their race. Setting quotas to admit a certain percentage of minority students is not the most effective way to create a diverse student population. There are other methods that put everyone on a more level playing field instead of forcing colleges to lower their standards."
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