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The Development of Products in the Global Internet Marketplace

Service implementation and management requires a keen understanding of the organization and the process of development. Executives that understand these steps are likely to realize higher levels of success when designing new services and creating new revenue streams. Ignoring any aspect of the process could result in poor design, poor implementation, ineffective customer interface or poor cultural fit that loses capital and investments. Ideas for service innovation can come from a variety of sources ranging from individual employees to customer feedback. When such ideas are brought forward they are often screened to ensure feasibility and fit with the organization’s strategic plan. As a basic process the organization develops the concepts, analyzes its utility, designs the product and then launches it into the market (Johnson, et. al., 2000). The process is cyclical in that feedback from customers and improvements in design encourages produce relevancy.  No matter how ef

The Cost of Embedded Group Networks within the Workplace

Workplace groups create their own values over time through social and economic associations that can damage the efficiency and financial viability of any organization. When organizations develop their own group standards, that lay in productive and accurate perceptions, their premises can encourage higher levels of organizational performance. Inappropriately socialized members often develop their own groups which influence the organizational culture and costs of transactions throughout their networks.   Left untouched the groups’ decisions become less logical and more damaging to the financial success of the total organization. It is important for executives to understand how they groups form and the potential wide reaching problems they can create. It is first beneficial to define what a group is. Groups perceive themselves as belonging to the same social unit (Lawler, Thye, and Yoon 2008). Their place in society is defined by their shared experiences and understandings. To ch