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Theodore Levitt/ "The Marketing Imagination"
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An 8 page analysis of Theodore Levitt's book. This book is predicated on the assumption that the way to cope with the question "what's new?"—as well as "what's old and enduring"—is by being well-read and by thinking straight (xxii). No additional sources cited.
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Theoretical Perspectives of Creative Problem Solving
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This 8 page report discusses the fact that problem solving is rarely a simple or straightforward process and highlights the importance of developing new and creative approaches to problems is what serves as the lifeblood of innovation and forward movement. The ability to solve any problem creatively is an important skill to develop and allows an individual to develop the attitude that problems are not necessarily a setback but a chance to introduce innovations that are congruent with an organizations goal of continuous improvement. Theoretical perspectives are discussed with emphasis on Pareto charts, nominal group technique, and using the energy created by resistance to change. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Theories Explaining Executive Compensation
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A 5 page paper discussing from a sociological view the possible reasons for the wide discrepancies between worker salaries and CEO salaries of within the same large corporation. The average CEO salary in a large corporation can be as much as 180 times that of the same company's production workers. Though the most liberal labor representatives decry the breadth of the discrepancy and while others claim that the CEO should be able to collect as much as he can command, many fail to understand that their are other forces at work. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: Execomp.wps

Theories in Organizational Learning and Managerial Control
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A 32 page paper discussing how these organizational characteristics can be matched with theory in devising a qualitative case study. Organizational culture, politics and power all combine to contribute to defining the organization. Each of these qualities is integral to every functioning organization, but extant literature indicates that they are only rarely considered as separate entities. Each can have direct effect on how well the organization is able to respond to changes in its markets, however. The paper discusses the characteristics and provides examples within the theories of Chris Argyris, Deming and others. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
Filename: KSorgLearning.rtf

THEORIES OF DEMOCRACY, CAPITALISM AND BIG BUSINESS
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This 18 page paper discusses the ideas of democracy and its effects on corporate structures. In particular this paper analyzes the works of such authors as: Russell Ackoff, Lepore and Cohen, and Linda Moran on such issues as team building, whole system management, Theory of Constraints and Systems of Profound Knowledge. A brief review of each book is given as well quotes from text. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MBbizdem.rtf

Theories of Leadership: Kouzes, Peters, Posner and Yukl
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This 5 page paper discusses the leadership theories of Barry Posner, Tom Peters, James Kouzes and Gary Yukl. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: HV4leads.rtf

THEORIES OF MOTIVATION AND THE WORKPLACE
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This 3-page paper discusses how theories of motivation can be applied to the workplace. Some theories of motivation discussed include Maslov's heirarchy, Vroom's expetectancy theory and Herzberg's two stage theory of motivation. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: MTmotwor.rtf

Theories of Organizational Change
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This 4 page paper looks at some theories of change which may be useful for a hospital considering the introduction of new, organization wide change to support the introduction of new technology. Theories considered include those of Lewin and the approaches of Theory E and Theory O. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEthchange.rtf

Theories Underlying Strategic Planning
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A 10 page paper. Despite the fact that there are thousands of articles published on strategic planning and strategic management, there is no consensus on the theories underlying the practice of strategic planning. There are theories regarding many of the formal techniques used in the process of strategic planning. We use schools of thought and models for approaching strategic planning to describe the theories underlying this very common practice in business. Ten schools of thought are presented, the assumptions underlying Drucker's theory of business and Porter's work are also mentioned. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: PGstrpl.rtf

Theory and Practice: The Widening Gap
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A 5 page paper discussing ways that the concepts of leadership and management are changing. New theories of leadership have not added significantly to our understanding of effective leadership in organizations, and largely because even new theories are based on old models, yet organizations of the world even now are evolving into entities that previously have not existed. We will continue to remain in flux until realization has been full, a situation that likely will not occur until some pioneering organizations find that new manner of thinking to which Einstein alluded. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: KSnewLdrship.doc