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Samsung Electronics' strategy for portable device innovation and market leadership

How well is the present strategy working? The present strategy is working better than the management of Samsung had anticipated. This is because they are finding ways, to innovate in a number of different areas of consumer electronics.

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L'Oreal's global expansion strategy and market leadership in cosmetics

In 2001 Business Wire explained that L'Oreal, the world's leading Cosmetics Company, was founded in Paris in 1907. Over the past ten years, L'Oreal has significantly strengthened its presence in the major international markets, and has some 48,000 employees in 150 countries.

~11 min read

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Argyris and Schön's theory of action for improving organizational leadership

Over the last ten years, the amounts of leadership in business have been increasingly brought to the forefront. Part of the reason for this, is because many managers and administrators have been lacking the ability to effectively lead their organization.

~7 min read

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Warren Bennis' theory of self-knowledge and effective leadership

Warren Bennis' (2003) work on Becoming a Leader deals with many of the same issues that other leadership books address. However, Bennis' (2003) approach is not necessarily the same.

~8 min read

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Smucker's strategic shift from differentiation to cost leadership

Smuckers pursues -- somewhat -- a differentiated strategy. The company is being pushed by the market towards a cost leadership strategy, however.

~7 min read

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Algonquin Indian society, leadership, and relationship with the land

This reading underlines the complex nature of the society of the Algonquin tribe, despite the fact that much of our knowledge of the tribe has been lost.

~4 min read

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Integrity as the foundation of respect in professional leadership

Respect is one of the phrases most-often referred to in connection with personal attributes and leadership qualities and capabilities. There are various misconceptions about exactly what it means to "command the respect" of others.

~4 min read

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National Oilwell Varco's next generation recruitment strategy for oil industry leadership

The Houston-based equipment and services firm of National Oilwell Varco (NOV) has a rapidly aging workforce and is facing highly competitive economic conditions. The firm employs 20,000 employees working in manufacturing, selling, and services.

~5 min read

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Ducati's turnaround strategy under Frederico Minoli's leadership

Ducati Company has been dealing in manufacturing of motorcycles; the company had been in several problems before.

~13 min read

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Emotional intelligence as prevention against organizational corruption and unethical leadership

Power Corruption Cycle: You have been asked to teach ethics to a group of managers. In one part of this course you will be discussing "corruption and ways to prevent its occurrence." Describe the way mishandling power can lead to corruption and how it occurs in organizations today.

~3 min read

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