The company currently operates in more than 100 countries and has over 300,000 employees. ... Immelt is the current Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, replacing Jack Welch. ... GE is the only company currently listed in the Dow Jones Industrial Index today that was a part of the original index in 1896. ... Jack Welch initially focused on GE products striving for market leadership and higher ROE. ... He introduced reporting standards, focusing on labor productivity, inventory, and scrap costs. ...

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY McDonald's is currently holding the leadership of $60 billion fast food industry with sales of $6 billion, which is more than four fold of its closest competitor Burger King's performance. ... Defending the current market share and leadership is the primary focus especially for the U.S. market which stands as a bright cash cow to breed international stars. ... Apart from this, current offerings should be improved with complimentary elements such as ice creams and spice options. ...

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According to Heathfield, Human Resource Management (HRM) is the function within an organization that focuses on recruitment of, management of, and providing direction for the people who work in the organization. ... The model have potential coping with uncertainty plus different competitive scenarios that may occur in the future thus, HR strategy should bring in the business current competitive goals plus the objectives. ... Strategic management is being used currently in firms and because of it's success it has currently risen with most firms opting for it. ...

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His points focused around analyzing your industry and strategic positioning within that industry. ... Haemonetices recently took a close look at the scope of their current market target and has announced plans to make significant changes. Presently we are a four business unit company primarily focused on the four different components of blood and the markets involved. An announcement to investors last week highlighted a change to two business groups, tightly focused on the donor and patient, regardless of blood component. ...

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Therefore, the focus on the people management is a critical factor that directly effect on how well a company can establish the excellence-type of business and sustained business results and performance. ... The current ideas of HR management have their ancestry in early 20th century theoretical and New Age innovation. ... The current tread, however, is all about teams and team works. ...

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One of DuPont's major strategies is to focus on businesses in which DuPont has core competencies, where DuPont can build competitive advantage. The most notable example of this focus was the 1993 transaction in which DuPont acquired ICI's nylon business and ICI acquired DuPont's acrylics business. ... Another major factor in the transformation of the company in the1990s was the focus on reducing costs and improving productivity. ... While DuPont later sold some new shares, there are 18 percent fewer shares currently outstanding than just prior to the redemption. ...

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Also in 1994, Kmart decided to focus back on its core discount store operations and sold of OfficeMax. ... To create their current culture top executives met on Saturday Mornings and discussed what they did that week. ... They are also coming up with strategies on what lines to focus on and which are most beneficial for the long run. ...

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Apple's strategy of applying patents that focus on core technologies secures relatively few ones, but its innovative strategy like strategic alliance and M&A seems to have built many invisible portfolios of patents. ... It seems that Apple will maintain its current business model which distinguishes what core is and what non-core technology is. ...

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For example, through the 1970s and 1980s the well-known financial services company USAA grew both the quality and diversity of its products and services by focusing on the single objective of identifying and meeting customer needs, and by leveraging IT to meet that goal. ... USAA: Customer-Driven: The "Seamless Customer" concept: Customer information file (CIF) and SMART system are used to support the customer and for cross-selling Tracks the customer across several different lines of business to provide a comprehensive view of the customer All mail correspondence is recorded as an ele...

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For the past 10 years, NLM has been enhancing its current service by providing more functionality to the customers. Now the time has come to expand the business - to add new services, to enter new markets; which requires considerable amount of investment. 3.2 Market Segmentation - NLM's business strategy Market segmentation strategy focuses on serving niche markets with specific needs. ... For a VC or partnership to be successful, NLM should first focus on bringing some depth to the management. 4. ...

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