Industry Concerns

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Industry Concerns Career Paths

• Career Options In Industry I
• Industrial Assessment Centers Student Meeting
• Robert D. Bessette
• February 17, 2005

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MAJOR 1999 BUSINESS CONCERNS

• SHAREHOLDER VALUE
• GLOBALIZATION
• TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
• Interconnectivity
• GROWTH/PRODUCTIVITY
• Mergers, etc.
• COMPETITION

From remarks by J. Jasinowski, President,
National Association of Manufacturers, at the
Associations Council Winter Annual Associations
CEO Meeting, December 3, 1999
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MAJOR 1999 BUSINESS CONCERNS

• RETURNING TO TOTAL QUALITY MGT (TQM)
• HUMAN RESOURCES UTILIZATION
• Health Care, etc.
• LABOR SHORTAGES
• Recruiting
• ENVIRONMENTAL/REGULATORY MATTERS
• LITIGIOUS SOCIETY

From remarks by J. Jasinowski, President,
National Association of Manufacturers, at the
Associations Council Winter Annual Associations
CEO Meeting, December 3, 1999
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MAJOR 2001 BUSINESS CONCERNS

• Pre 9-11
• ENERGY
• 9-11 Thereafter
• NATIONAL SECURITY
• CORPORATE SURVIVAL
• Plus all of the above

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MAJOR 2002 BUSINESS CONCERNS

• CORP. SECURITY SUSTAINABILITY
• CUSTOMERS
• VALUABLE EMPLOYEES
• ENERGY
• RISK UNCERTAINTY
• CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY
• Plus all of the rest

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MAJOR 2004 BUSINESS CONCERNS

• SUBTRACT ENERGY 9-11 CONCERNS
• INTERNATIONALIZATION U.S. COMPANIES
• GLOBAL COMPETITION FOR U.S. OPERATIONS
• CHINA
• WORLD WIDE RESOURCES
• BACK TO 1999