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1. Discuss the management style of the Nike Corporation and its adopted lean initiatives.

2. What are the characteristics of Nike's lean enterprise style in how it affects organizational behaviour?

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This solution discusses the management style of the Nike Corporation (i.e. lean management) and the lean initiates it has implemented, including an analysis of how the characteristics of this management style impact organizational behaviour.

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1. Discuss the management style of the Nike Corporation and its adopted lean initiatives.

Consider the strategy used by Nike Corporation of honing in on internal source for new approaches towards manufacturing the end product through using tools and outsourcing at times during the production phase. Risk management is key within the Nike Corporation, as it is in other successful brand companies seeking to applying lean initiatives throughout the product cycle framework. One can identify the variety of focuses by the company (Nike Corporation) that entail an ...

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