I had a long talk with a student last week. We talked about a number of things including my role in the Auckland MBA programme, and how grading is done. I’ve done a lot of thinking about grading over the years, and so I thought I might start putting them down in the hope that …
Where customer strategic value will be increased by combining products and/or services from a building supplier, the supplier that organises so as to recognise and adjust to the customer strategic needs by offering an optimal package, will be able to bid a higher price, competitors not combining their offerings in such a way, and yet …
A firm that is organised around disciplinary lines, will realise less profit from jobs thatn one organised around markets. i.e. A disciplinary firm will tend towards commodity work, and treat most of its work as such. A market firm will treat its markets as a change to add value and thus can command a higher …
I’m working on a few projects at the moment. Firstly, I’m setting up a couple of Wikis. One I’ll use to create a resource for students doing the MBA Research Project. The other will provide an overall guide The Auckland MBA™ programme. Secondly, I’m playing around with podcasts. I think it might be a useful …
I had an interesting and thought provoking email from a student regarding the choice of Argentina as the destination for the trip that takes place as part of the _International Business_ (IB) course. He said: bq.. Sorry if I sounded dismissive of your enthusiasm for South America. I am sure that you have a good …