...Livingstone, Vice President of the American Middle East Region of Hygeia International. II. Time Context 1980 III. Statement of the Problem To determine whether to venture into poultry production, retain current business position, or to use poultry production as a sales promotion tool to increase profit. IV. Statement of the Objective To determine the number of human resources needed for the company to be ready in venturing into poultry production in Nigeria in four weeks time; to analyze risks involved in poultry production in Nigeria in four weeks time; and to determine historical data of sales growth within the past five years to project return of investment in the next five years. V. Areas of Consideration (SWOT Analysis) STRENGHTS OPPORTUNITIES Nigeria is growing dramatically and by far the leading black African country economically and has a favorable foreign exchange position. Hygeia International may start their operation on having the parent colonies in Nigeria. Hygeia International is already well established in Nigeria. Hygeia International may become a large –scale producer of eggs and chicken to be sold for meat. Nigeria’s estimated return is well over the 30% hurdle-rate used for domestic investment. If eggs become a stable part of urban dwellers’ diets, the increased demand for veterinary and feed products will continue. Government support is available. WEAKNESSES THREATS Hygeia International is not presently the large-scale producer of...
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...HYGEIA INTERNATIONAL Expansion in Nigeria is the issue. Henry Livingstone, vice president of the Africa/Middle East Region of Hygeia International, has just received a proposal from his Nigerian managing director for a major move into poultry production. This would extend Hygeia’s profitable agricultural activities even more in that West African country. CORPORATE BASE HYGEIA International is pseudonym for one of the 10 leading pharmaceutical companies of the world. Based in the United States, Hygeia also has laboratories and plants in many countries. Over a third of its net income is earned outside the U.S., and because of growing federal regulation, Hygeia looks abroad for a rising percentage of its future income. Like other large pharmaceutical films, Hygeia has converted drugs designed for humans to use in farm animals. This opens up a large market with relatively low R & D expense. In addition to veterinary products for the control and treatment of disease, Hygeia produces a variety of feed supplements. Currently, about 15 percent of Hygeia’s total sales of over a billion dollars come from agricultural activities! Hygeia’s agricultural business includes active participation in mass production of poultry. Today, frying chickens are raised in 100,000-chick batches. Thanks to genetic selection. Scientific feeding, and a strictly controlled environment, fries can be ready for market in 10 weeks. Egg production is similarly engineered. Significantly, these...
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...PAMANTASAN NG LUNGSOD NG MAYNILA (University of the City of Manila) Intramuros, Manila GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT CASE ANALYSIS: HYGEIA INTERNATIONAL In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in BUSINESS POLICY Submitted to: Prof. Valmores Submitted by: JAMES RODNEY R. ROMANA Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (University of the City of Manila) Graduate School of Management A. TITLE OF THE CASE: HYGEIA INTERNATIONAL B. POINT OR VIEW: Henry Livingston, Vice President of the Africa Middle East Region of Hygeia International C. TIME CONTEXT : 1980 D. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM What can Hygeia International do to create new revenue streams to take advantage of opportunities in Nigeria? To determine whether to venture into poultry production, retain current business position, or to use poultry production as a sales promotion tool to increase profit E. STATEMENT OF THE OBJECTIVES * Nigeria Expansion * Mass production of poultry using technology * Two to three years recovery of capital F. AREAS OF CONSIDERATION SWOT Analysis STRENGTHS | WEAKNESSES | * One of the ten leading pharmaceutical companies in the world * 15% of Hygeia’s total sales come from agricultural activities * Capability to mass produce poultry * | * Hygeia’s core competency is not in the agricultural business | OPPORTUNITIES | THREATS | ...
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...I. Title of the Case: WEGMANS FOOD MARKETS II. Point of View: Head of Operations III. Time Context: Present IV. Statement of the Problem: How can Wegmans Food Markets further improve its results of operations? V. Objectives: 1. To increase working capital by at least 10% every year 2. To reduce workforce by at least 1% every year 3. To increase customer satisfaction made through surveys by at least 10% a year VI. Areas of consideration: Strengths 1. It is one of the premier grocery chains in the United States, operates with 70 stores and employs 37,000 people 2. Leading since 1979, Wegmans dominates the US grocery market offering basic commodities and food products at a very low price. 3. Has been ranked as the best grocery store and is among the 100 best companies to work for, creating huge brand value. 4. Wegmans Food Market is located in many states which are situated in highly urbanized and economically stable places. 5. Strong reputation of high product quality and excellent service 6. Quality and customer satisfaction are utmost in the minds of Wegmans management and employees. 7. Recognizes value of employees and motivates employees through compensation, profit-sharing and benefits which results to a low turnover rate, which is about 6% compared to the industry rate of 20% 8. Employees are extremely knowledgeable about store operations and are always there for customer assistance...
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...HYGEIA INTERNATIONAL Point of View: Henry Livingston, Vice President of the Africa Middle East Region of Hygeia International Time Context: 1980 Statement of the Problem: To determine whether to venture into poultry production, retain current business position, or to use poultry production as a sales promotion tool to increase profit Statement of the Objectives: * To determine the number of human resources needed for the company to be ready in venturing into poultry production in Nigeria in four weeks time * To analyze risks involved in poultry production in Nigeria in four weeks time * To determine historical data of sales growth within the past five years to project return of investment in the next five years Areas of Consideration: INTERNAL 1. Marketing Hygeia International is already well established in Nigeria. However, marketing channels are poorly developed. Tv and radio still have to be improved so the marketing department of the company should implement marketing activities to easily reach the target market. 2. Finance The financial projection prepared by R. Akobo, the company’s agricultural manager , and checked by M. Suleman, the company’s financial manager was given to the president. The treasurer of the company also noted that estimated return is well over 30 percent hurdle-rate used for domestic investment. 3. Production Though Hygeia is not producing chickens or eggs commercially, the company has experts familiar with the technology...
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...HYGEIA INTERNATIONAL Expansion in Nigeria is the issue. Henry Livingstone, vice president of the Africa/Middle East Region of Hygeia International, has just received a proposal from his Nigerian managing director for a major move into poultry production. This would extend Hygeia’s profitable agricultural activities even more in that West African country. CORPORATE BASE HYGEIA International is pseudonym for one of the 10 leading pharmaceutical companies of the world. Based in the United States, Hygeia also has laboratories and plants in many countries. Over a third of its net income is earned outside the U.S., and because of growing federal regulation, Hygeia looks abroad for a rising percentage of its future income. Like other large pharmaceutical films, Hygeia has converted drugs designed for humans to use in farm animals. This opens up a large market with relatively low R & D expense. In addition to veterinary products for the control and treatment of disease, Hygeia produces a variety of feed supplements. Currently, about 15 percent of Hygeia’s total sales of over a billion dollars come from agricultural activities! Hygeia’s agricultural business includes active participation in mass production of poultry. Today, frying chickens are raised in 100,000-chick batches. Thanks to genetic selection. Scientific feeding, and a strictly controlled environment, fries can be ready for market in 10 weeks. Egg production is similarly engineered. Significantly, these...
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...HYGEIA HEALTH CARE Easy Access, More Choice, Quality Care Introducing selective care Hygeia Health Care solution is a Managed Care Organization established in 2011 in Connecticut Ohio. Hygeia is a HMO based organization dedicated to helping people achieve health and financial security. The HMO plan type is Open-Access HMO, which usually refers to a benefits plan most closely resembles a hybrid of both POS plan and an EPO. We make sure that health care is affordable and of good quality for all. MISSION STATEMENT: * Hygeia Health Care is dedicated to help people to achieve health and financial security by providing easy access to safe, cost-effective, high-quality health care. * We believe in integrity to do right thing in right way, excellence in providing high quality care, caring by acting with insight and compassion and inspiring each idea to make the world better place to live. STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES: * To reduce the escalating costs of health care delivery system. * To provide healthcare access to all and be responsive to the needs of patients, physicians and employers, and offer clients the product that best suits their needs. President and CEO Evan Frazer ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE Medical Director Emily Williams IT Director Kenny Brown ...
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...HYGEIA INTERNATIONAL Expansion in Nigeria is the issue. Henry Livingstone, vice president of the Africa/Middle East Region of Hygeia International, has just received a proposal from his Nigerian managing director for a major move into poultry production. This would extend hygeia’s profitable agricultural activities even more in that West African country. CORPORATE BASE HYGEIA International is pseudonym for one of the 10 leading pharmaceutical companies of the world. Based in the United States, hygeia also has laboratories and plants in many countries. Over a third of its net income is earned outside the U.S., and because of growing federal regulation, Hygeia looks abroad for a rising percentage of its future income. Like other large pharmaceutical films, Hygeia has converted drugs designed for humans to use in farm animals. This opens up a large market with relatively low R & D expense. In addition to veterinary products for the control and treatment of disease, hygeia produces a variety of feed supplements. Currently, about 15 percent of Hygeia’s total sales of over a billion dollars come from agricultural activities! Hygeia’s agricultural business includes active participation in mass production of poultry. Today, frying chickens are raised in 100,000-chick batches. Thanks to genetic selection. Scientific feeding, and a strictly controlled environment, fries can be ready for market in 10 weeks. Egg production is similarly engineered. Significantly, these mass...
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...Proposal Essay Western Governors University Breastfeeding: A Declining Choice. A Realistic Solution Breastfeeding is endorsed by many different agencies worldwide. Some of those agencies include: The American Academy of Pediatrics, American Family of Pediatrics, and the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. All of these agencies agree that breastfeeding should be done for the first twelve months of life. Mothers and babies build unspeakable bonds during breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is one of the most natural things a mother can do, yet it is becoming a declining choice among mothers when it comes to feeding their newborn. When a mother chooses to use formula over breast milk, both she and the baby loose out in many ways, two of the most important being critical nutrition and bonding time. Parents spend what could be considered small fortunes on formula when they could be feeding the babies for free by choosing the breast. A way to address the problem of the decline in mother’s breastfeeding is to provide more education, and to provide more support while beginning to change the public’s opinion on mom’s breastfeeding in public. Typical education on breastfeeding usually comes from two sources. One of those sources is prenatal classes that parents take while they are still pregnant. Breastfeeding is talked about but not in an in-depth or continual way. An example of a typical prenatal class is a four week course. The breastfeeding portion is...
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...Employee in Nigeria. Saheed O. Olayiwola, Crescent University, Abeokuta. E-Mali: saheedolayiwola@yahoo.com ABSTRACT Health care insurance was formally launched in Nigeria in 2005 as a mechanism of catering of funding health care. The scheme which was designed along three streams of programmes vis: Formal Sector Programme (FSP), Informal Sector Programme (ISP) and Vulnerable Groups Programme (VSP) was currently catered for only formal sector employee. This paper analyze whether or not micro-health insurance scheme can be used to increase access to health care and utilization of health care services by the informal sector employee using the example of Lagos State Mutual health plan and Hygeia Community Health Plan. A binary probit model is employ to estimate the determinants of participation in micro-health insurance and logit/log-linear model is used to measure the impact of micro-health insurance on access to health care services and utilization of health care services in Nigeria. The results shows that participation in micro-health insurance is dependent on household characteristics, coverage of illness, perception about future health care expenditure, age, number of children in the family, knowledge about health insurance, confidence in government policy and that household income and price of health care services have a negligible effect on participation in micro-health insurance scheme. Regarding access to health care services...
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...Mythology: “The body of myths (sacred stories) of a particular culture; the study and interpretation of such myths.” A long time ago mythology was something treated with respect. People respected and believed in it. The two major mythologies known are Greek and Roman. What are the similarities and differences between these two famous mythologies? The Roman mythology has two types of creation. Certain people believe it was created around the 12th century BC, after the war between Greece and Asia. The legend says that after the war, Aeneas, a very strong and popular soldier of the Greek royal army, won the battle against Asia but then decided to leave for Carthage. There, the Queen Dido fell in love with him but Aeneas left her to travel to Italy, where he found Rome. From there, Aeneas knowing the gods from his culture decided to create a new mythology with new gods. The other type of creation of the Roman mythology consists of two men from Greece, Romulus and Remus, who were the sons of the God Mars and a mortal woman named Rhea Silvia. These two brothers lived with their uncle. When their parents died the uncle decided to kill the two brothers so he could receive the power of their father, the God Mars. In the conflict, Remus died but Romulus escaped to a new city named Rome, where he became its first king. “The date that Romulus founded Rome was 753 BC” (Varro). There were several more gods in the Roman Mythology. There were 21 considered very important for the people...
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...Shamanism as a Healing Process Pre-20th Century: The history of Shamanism and its role in both religion and medicine Briana K. Strickland Texas A&M University October 7, 2014 Shamanism Healing involves the physical and psychological process of restoring health and has been a part of human existence since prehistoric times. Religion has also been a part of the human experience for centuries, giving people something to believe and trust in. Shamanism is one of the oldest forms of both a healing process and a religion, tracing back to ancient Siberia as early as 800 CE. This magico-religion believes in preserving a strong connection with nature and in the power of shamans who act as mediators between our world and the world of spirits. Despite negative scientific attitudes toward Shamanism today, this primeval restorative technique is an effective practice that is still used today. An Ancient Practice According to Edson, Tibet converted to Buddhism in 800 CE, following suit with the rest of central Asia. While it was not referred to as Shamanism, Tibet Buddhism involved putting spells on lamas under which they would predict the future, corresponding with the magico-religious practice. When Mongols converted to Tibetan Buddhism as well, that faith spread into Siberia, which was inhabited at the time by various groups of nomads (Edson, 2009, p 5). These wanderers at the time presumably introduced the religion to other civilizations, and it was soon practiced...
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...MARY E. WALKER By: Rebecca Leadership March 2, 2013 I chose Mary Edwards Walker as my leader for this final project. I have always enjoyed reading a little bit of military history and I always look for stories about people who have gone above and beyond the call of duty or went against the grain. In my opinion, she really set the bar high for other women to follow, and I find her to be an exemplary leader and role model for other women in the business world. Mary Walker was born on November 26, 1832 in Oswego, New York (Unknown, Women in History ). She can accredit her leadership style and personality to her father, Alvah. Her father was a farmer, abolitionist, and a self-taught doctor. During this time, most women did not attend school or work outside the home, but because Mary’s father believed that women should be well educated, he built the first schoolhouse in Oswego on their land known as the Bunker Hill Farm (Unknown, Women in History ). In addition, this farm served as a “station” in the Underground Railroad system that assisted southern slaves to freedom—mainly from western New York into Canada (D. L. Walker 29-30) . Alvah also believed that women’s clothing was too tight and because his daughters had to help on the farm, he prohibited them from wearing the traditional clothing and corsets (Unknown, Women in History ). When Mary turned 18, she spent two years at the Falley Seminary where she was taught Mathematics, Philosophy, Grammar, and...
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...1. Title: EARTH SCIENCES 2. Course Name: Origin and Geology of the Solar System 3. Course number: 1086G 4. Student Name: 5. Student number: 6. Authors name: 7. Course: 8. Tutor: 9. Date: Introduction Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) can be defined as heavenly bodies or solar system objects that have been pulled gently by the gravitational force of the Earth bringing them close to into orbits and the Earth’s neighborhood. These NEOs include Near-Earth comets, Near- Earth asteroids, meteoroids and a few solar-orbiting spacecraft huge enough to be trailed in space before hitting the Earth. The collision of the NEOs in the past has had a significant part in shaping the biological and geological history of the Earth. Near-Earth asteroids (NEA) have orbits that rest between 0.983 to 1.3 astronomical units from the sun (Shapiro, 1999). Due to this the Earth’s orbit cross with some NEA orbits posing a collision danger. By 2012 August there were 848 Near-Earth asteroids that were larger than 1km and 154 of those had were potential hazardous asteroids (PHAs).Comets are mostly composed of ice water with engrafted dust particles. They are formed on the outer system of the planet. The asteroids are mainly rocky and are formed in the warmer inner solar system between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars (Bally, Reipurth 2005). Scientific interest in asteroids and comets is due to their status because they have unchanged debris from the solar system formation dated back to up to 4.6 billion years...
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...is commonly used today. As the myth goes, Asclepius is the son of Apollo and the god of healing. Asclepius was the result of an affair that Apollo had with Coronis, a mortal. When Apollo kills Coronis, he discovered baby Asclepius inside of her and takes him to Chiron. Chiron’s daughter then predicted that Asclepius would become a “healer of all sorts and will have the ability to restore the dead”. So, because of his daughter’s insight into the future, Chiron began to teach Asclepius about his medicinal abilities. But after Asclepius raised too many dead people and threw the world out of balance, Zeus killed him. But after Apollo reasoned with Zeus, Zeus resurrected Asclepius and put him in a constellation. Asclepius had two daughters, Hygeia, which means “health” or “hygiene” and Panacea which means “cure-all”. Quite possibly, Asclepius may have been an actual person but because of his success as a doctor, he might have seemed god-like. But because of his medical prowess, many Ancient Greeks prayed to him during times of sickness, hoping that he would administer a drug or surgery to them through their dreams as well as visiting his temple to bathe themselves in the “curing” mineral waters in the baths in his temples around cities. His temple was called an asclepion or an asclepia and it was more like a health resort rather than a temple. When people would reach the asclepia they would put gifts to Asclepius on his altar. Many people would report seeing the priests and other...
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