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Communities of Practice Sharing and creating knowledge Improving individual & corporate performance Advancing PM practice: •HS Knowledge Networks •Reflective Practitioners •PM Profession & global PM standards UTS / ARC PM Competence & Soft Systems Research PM Competence of Organisations PM Competence of People Different levels of PM Maturity. . . Projectization 5.0 Matrix 4.5 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 Leadership PM Capability 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 Business…

Sammendrag 1. Introduction The purpose of this assignment is to present a study of the brand positioning and market communication strategy in “NATURA” (segment of cosmetic anti-aging for women). 2. Background ”Natura” is a brand of Brazilian origin which is established in seven countries of Latin America and in France. In Brazil, they are the industry leader in the cosmetics, fragrances and toiletries, as well as in the direct selling industry. Since 2004

Moving the World to Islamic Banking A STUDY OF ISLAMIC BANKING AS A FINANCIAL SYSTEM AND AN ANALYSIS OF HOW IT COULD BE TRANSFERRED TO THE SWEDISH MARKET Authors Linnéa Hallberg 871026-4907 Yasmine Åkermark Nettelbladt 870410-1446 Supervisor Harald Dolles Bachelor Thesis International Business/Marketing Spring 2011 Acknowledgements This bachelor thesis is intended to explain Islamic banking as a financial system and investigate whether this financial system can be…

specializes in the organizational issues that surround the use of advanced information technologies. Among these are the impacts of computer-based technology, res/stance to systems, requirements onalysis for office automation, structuring and managing the information systems resource in organizations, and strategic planning for information technology. She also has experience in organizational development, primarily in manufacturing and health core organizations. M. Lynne Markas is the…

In this paper, we introduce the premises for a trading system application-programming interface (API) based on a message-oriented middleware (MOM), and present the results of our research regarding the design and the implementation of a simulation-trading system employing a service-oriented architecture (SOA) and messaging. Our research has been conducted with the aim of creating a simulation-trading platform, within the academic environment, that will provide both the foundation for…

exists when it comes to discussing the problems and risks related to implementing and managing product families and their underlying platforms. Using a multiple-case approach, we compare three technology-driven companies in their definition of platform-based product families, investigate their reasons for changing to platform-driven development, and analyze how they implemented platform thinking in their development process and which risks they encountered in the process of creating and…

forthcoming in issue 69 WinTer 2012 THE GLOBAL INNOVATION 1000 Making Ideas Work The early stages of innovation can be challenging. But Booz & Company’s annual study of R&D spending reveals that successful innovators bring clarity to a process often described as fuzzy and vague. by barry jaruzelski, john loehr, and richard holman preprint strategy+business issue 69 feature innovation 1 THE GLOBAL INNOVATION 1000: MAKING IDEAS WORK The early stages of…

2012 How to Plan Your Trip and Save Money Thinking about the trip of your dreams? Do you want to travel, relax, and see different places? For a dream vacation to work out and for you to avoid stress, my tip is to plan. If you start to plan the trip early, you can save more money. Many people think it difficult and boring to plan a trip, but whether you will travel alone, with friends, or with whole family, you still need to do a lot of research about destinations, hotels, restaurants,…

dissertation presents proposals for the improvement of the adjustment and application of the corporate strategic planning methodology to small enterprises using concepts and elements of the situational strategic planning (SSP). It presents a bibliographical revision on the corporate strategic planning methodologies, specific characteristics of small companies and the SSP method, which defined the variables of the research. The fieldwork was divided into two parts. In the first part, four…

Startup Business The business plan consists of a narrative and several financial worksheets. The narrative template is the body of the business plan. It contains more than 150 questions divided into several sections. Work through the sections in any order that you want, except for the Executive Summary, which should be done last. Skip any questions that do not apply to your type of business. When you are finished writing your first draft, you’ll have a collection of small essays on the…