A Modern Look at Porter's Five Forces Model
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This 5 page paper consider the well established model that is used to examine the competitive environment. The writer argues that the model is accurate, and assesses its' limitations, arguing that the model could be improved upon. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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A PEST Analysis
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This 16 page paper demonstrates an in-depth PEST analysis to consider the political, economic, social and technological influences on industry; The case used is the mobile communications industry in Thailand, but the paper serves as a good framework for any PEST analysis that needs to be undertaken as it includes general descriptions and discussions of the issues included. The bibliography cites 10 sources.
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A Position on Bluestone’s Essay “The Inequality Express”
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This is a 6 page position paper in regards to Barry Bluestone’s essay “The Inequality Express”. In his paper “The Inequality Express”, Barry Bluestone (1996) discusses aspects of the trends predicted by British sociologist Michael Young in his 1958 book “The Rise of Meritocracy, 1870-2033” in which an individual’s socioeconomic status would no longer be based on lineage or family connections but instead on the differences of education, intelligence, experience and effort by the year 2034. While Bluestone writes that he has not seen such a revolution yet within society he and other social economists believe that there are three clearly defined trends which are consistent: that the distribution of earnings (in the U.S. and the U.K.) reflect the distribution of formal education in the workforce; “the gap in earning between the well educated and the not-so-well educated is steadily increasing”; and, the standard of living for those who are less educated is declining. Despite these trends, Bluestone and his colleagues present possible solutions to the end of inequality; most of which seem unlikely in today’s global free market society. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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A Proposal ; Does the Application of TQM and Six Sigma in a Multinational Corporation Yield Overall Positive Net Results
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This 15 page paper is a proposal for a case study project that examines a company using TQM and Six Sigma. The paper proposes an investigation to asses if the Six Sigma model as a whole adds value to the company or if companies may be better just adopting parts of the Six Sigma model to reduce costs and make net gains. Te proposal includes an outline of the context, rationale, questions, methodology and a comprehensive literature review. The bibliography cites 20 sources.
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A Review of Burawoy's Manufacturing Consent
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This 12 page paper provides a review of Burawoy's book that takes a sociological view of the worker and work environment. The book draws on Marxist ideology but expands on it through the use of a case study. Burawoy creates his own theory with a look at a company over a span of several decades. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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