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LEADERSHIP AND VALUES Leaders can use power for good or ill Leadership=> Power => Ethical questions=> Values => Choices Leadership is strongly linked to the degree of trust between the leader and his followers. The leader sets the “moral standard” throughout the company. Trust in the leader: 4 qualities : Vision / Empathy / Consistency / Integrity (Bennis and Goldsmith) Mc Gregor’s Theory X and Theory Y : Theory X: Pessimistic view : workers are inherently lazy and leaders should

" The creative person wants to be a know-it-all. He wants to know about all kinds of things: ancient history, nineteenth-century mathematics, current manufacturing techniques, flower arranging, and hog futures. Because he never knows when these ideas might come together to form a new idea. It may happen six minutes later or six months, or six years down the road. But he has faith that it will happen." Carl Ally I have chosen this quotation because it is about inspiration: the different ways you

Decisions and Profitability Analysis Chapter 12 Introduction Pricing decisions are management decisions about what to charge for the products and services that companies deliver. To maximise operating profit, companies produce and sell units as long as the revenue from an additional unit exceeds the cost of producing it. Learning Objectives Discuss the three major influences on pricing decisions Distinguish between short-run and long-run pricing decisions Describe the target-costing

Women and Leadership: Delicate Balancing Act | | | | Written by Hilary Lips    | Thursday, 02 April 2009 20:16 | There are several key ways in which people respond differently to women and men who are leaders.  I’ll outline these differences, identify the ways in which such responses affect women’s leadership, and propose some solutions to smooth the way for women leaders.The United States recently traveled quite a way down the road toward electing its first woman president.Yet, incongruously

www.britishcouncil.fr Rappel : épreuve oral (Exposé + questions). To attemp = tenter To give hints = faire allusion Intro: The authors wondered “are there at the moment new uses or innovations in teaching and learning a foreign language as we are part of the so called digital age?” Why? In order to help language instructors to get how to use the new tools available for bringing a new way of teaching English. How to provide a new learning environment. Make lessons more attractive maybe

1) Customer Relationship Management at Capital One The case illustrates how CRM can be translated into strategy, organizational design, hiring, marketing processes, and IT infrastructure of a company. Suggested Preparation questions: * How would you define CRM as implemented at Capital One * What are key CRM activities and processes at Capital One? You may prepare a table as the one below * What similar activities/ decisions/ situations can be found in other industries/ at competitors

1. On what continent is the story set? Justify your answer by quoting the text. The story is set in Africa. l.12: “here’s our own continent, Africa” l.13-14: “Here is Nigeria … this is where we are.” 2. Odenigbo and Ugwu are the two main characters. a.What does Ugwu call Odenigbo? Ugwu calls Odenigbo “Sah”. b.How else is Odenigbo referred to in the text? Odenigbo is also referred to as “Master”. 3. Establish the relationship between Odenigbo and Ugwu. Odenigbo is Ugwu’s employer

Question 1: Why Michelin sent experts rather than managers to the joint venture in the beginning? What will be the likely situation if they sent managers to work at the joint venture? What would you do before you send your managers to China to work with their Chinese counterparts? In 2001, STRC a Chinese company signed a Joint Venture with Michelin (70% stake for Michelin). This deal was an opportunity for the Chinese company to benefit from Michelin knowledge and technology and sharpen the competitive

'm going to talk about the notion “The Idea of Progress”, first, I would like to give a definition of this  notion: the progress is the action to go forwards, to increase, to be better. For a society or for a  humanity, the progress is the evolution in the sense of an improvement, its a progressive transformation  towards more knowledge and happiness.To approach the notion of progress, I have decided  to treat the  subject of sustainability. My question is: Why and how should we preserve the resources of our planet

Tool 1: Begin sentences with subject and verbs. Make meaning early, then let weaker elements branch to the right. Placing the subject and verb at the beginning of a sentence helps maintaining clarity. They are often separated in prose, when the writer wants to ad something about the subject, it has to be done carefully not to confuse the reader. If the goal is to create suspense, the writer should rather save subject and verb for the end of the sentence without separating them. Tool 3: Activate