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Should you go to an HBCU?
HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) have the prestigious honor of always being committed to the mission of educating everyone regardless of race, but Evelyn and Hallease both attended a PWI (Predominately White...
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Organizational Responses to Environmental Pressures
Organizations often use standard responses to changes in the external environment
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Organizational Learning
What is Organizational Learning? Organizational learning is the process of creating, retaining, and transferring knowledge within an organization. An organization improves over time as it gains experience.
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Ombudsman
An ombudsman, ombud, ombuds, bud, ombudswoman, ombudsperson or public advocate is an official who is usually appointed by the government or by parliament to investigate complaints and attempt to resolve them, usually through...
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Mintzberg's Schools of Strategic Development
Prof. Henry Mintzberg proposed that the practice of strategic management observes three main perspectives (or ―streams). Within these streams there are a total of ten different schools of thought concerning how strategist perceive the...
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Resource Dependency Theory
Resource dependence theory is the study of how the external resources of an organization affect the behavior of the organization. The procurement of external resources is an important tenet of both the strategic and tactical management...
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Program Management Maturity Model
What is the Program Management Maturity Model? A project management maturity model (commonly shortened to PMMM) is a matrix that illustrates how a company's project management process evolves over time. Just as a company changes as it...
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Synergy
the interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects.
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Social Capital
What is Social Capital? Social capital is "the networks of relationships among people who live and work in a particular society, enabling that society to function effectively".
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Transfer Pricing and Policies
Transfer pricing is applicable to the transfer of goods and services between mutually-controlled entities. This video explains transfer pricing and provides guidance with regard to policies that comply with treasury regulations.
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Theory of Constraints
What is the Theory of Constraints? The theory of constraints is a management paradigm that views any manageable system as being limited in achieving more of its goals by a very small number of constraints.
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Chaos Theory
What is Chaos Theory? Chaos theory is an interdisciplinary area of scientific study and branch of mathematics focused on underlying patterns and deterministic laws of dynamical systems that are highly sensitive to initial conditions, and...
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Business Permits and Occupational Licenses
What are Business Permits and when do you need one? What are Occupational Licenses, and when are theyr required to operate a business? A business license is a legal document that allows you to start a business, maintain your business, or...
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Business Consulting Firms - Importance and Lists
This Video Explains Business Consulting Firms - Importance and Lists
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Bottom Up and Top Down Management
What is Bottom Up Management? What is Top Down Management? The top-down approach to management is when company-wide decisions are made solely by leadership at the top, while the bottom-up approach gives all teams a voice in these types...
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Environmental School of Strategy
The environmental school of strategy views the environment as the main factor influencing the strategy process. It sets the direction for an otherwise passive organization. Strategic choice is limited by the environment.
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Cultural School of Strategy
The Cultural School of Strategic Formulation assumes that culture has important influence on strategy and that strategies are most likely to succeed when aligned with organizational culture. The school introduces ideas of collective...
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DUNS Number - Explained
What is a DUNS Number? The Data Universal Numbering System, abbreviated as DUNS or D-U-N-S, is a proprietary system developed and managed by Dun & Bradstreet that assigns a unique numeric identifier, referred to as a "DUNS number" to a...
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Holland's Personality Job Fit
What is Holland's Personality Job Fit? Holland found that people needing help with career decisions can be supported by understanding their resemblance to the following six ideal vocational personality types: Realistic (R) Investigative...
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Understanding Internal Controls and the COSO Framework
This video provides an explanation of what internal controls are and their importance in ensuring the reliability of financial information, maintaining operational effectiveness and efficiency, and ensuring compliance with laws and...
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Ambiguity Theory
What is the Ambiguity Theory? Ambiguity theory assumes that turbulence and unpredictability are dominant features of organizations. That is, the organization is marked by uncertainty and unpredictability.