Organisational Cultures: Networks, Clusters, Alliances

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Inhaltsangabe:Abstract:Problem Definition:There are big problems coming towards single companies nowadays. The progress of information technology and the distribution of the Internet as well as the changing demand of customers, especially for no standardised products force them to react immediately. Their problems are:How can they reach the state of flexibility to meet the changing demand?How can they compete within a market with increasing innovations of products and decreasing product life-cycles?How can they acquire the necessary capital, technology and know-how to compete?How is it possible to optimise their corporate structures and achieve synergetic effects?Objectives:The objectives of this assignment are to help the single companies out of their miserable situations and to present them interesting answers to the questions raised above. Of course these answers are already in use and approved by reality.Methodology:-Reference book research.-Internet research.Inhaltsverzeichnis:Table of Contents:Executive SummaryIList of AbbreviationsVIIIList of FiguresIXList of TablesX1Problem Definition112Objectives123Methodology134Networks144.1.What is an Organisation Network?144.2.Reasons for Organisation Networks164.2.1.External Reasons164.2.2.Internal Reasons184.3.Types of Organisation Networks204.3.1.Intra-Organisation Networks204.3.2.Inter-Organisation Networks265Clusters315.1.What is a Cluster?315.1.1.Cluster ? The Term315.1.2.Dissociation from the Term Network325.2.Strategic Business Clusters335.2.1.Formation and Types of Business Clusters335.2.2.More than an Accumulation of Alike Companies345.2.3.Cluster Membership as Strategic Advantage365.2.4.International Business Clusters?375.3.Examples for Business Clusters385.3.1.Cluster EnergieForschung.NRW385.3.2.ACstyria Autocluster GmbH396Alliances406.1.What is an Alliance?406.2.Difference between Alliances416.2.1.Primary Differentiation416.2.2.Pyramid of Alliances416.3.Integration of Alliances in Companies Strategies436.4.Preparation of a Business Alliance446.5.Examples for Strategic Alliances476.5.1.Automobile Industry476.5.2.Airlines486.6.Future of Alliances507Results528Conclusion539Integral Total Management (ITM) Checklist549.1.General Economics549.2.Strategic Management549.3.Financial Management549.4.Human Resources Management549.5.Business Law559.6.Research Methods / Management []

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