...Malaysia’s 40 Richest T AKING A BREAK FROM AN investor presentation at the Ritz-Carlton in Singapore, AirAsia’s Tony Fernandes, sporting his trademark red baseball cap, flips through his company’s 140-page annual report. He pauses on 2 of the 16 ads, one from AIG and one from General Electric. “We’re the only company in the world putting ads in our annual report,” Proletariat Capitalist TONY FERNANDES revolutionized Asia’s airline industry by introducing the region’s first low-cost carrier. Now he’s plotting more insurgencies in airlines, hotels and financial services. By Justin Doebele 30 F O R B E S A S I A JUNE 4, 2007 Malaysia’s 40 Richest Sleepover in Kuala Lumpur: Tune Hotels, with rooms costing as little as $3 a night, are Fernandes’ attempt to provide cheap, clean lodging. he boasts. “For others it’s a cost, but we made a $50,000 profit.” Fernandes, 43, relishes turning costs into cash. After all, he built a small fortune by being budget-conscious. Less than six years ago he and a partner paid a debt-ridden Malaysian company 27 cents for a troubled carrier and assumed its $11 million in debt. He relaunched AirAsia Berhad as Asia’s first low-fare airline and the region’s first carrier to allow customers to buy tickets online and through mobile phones. The no-frills outfit got rid of complimentary food and drinks, frequent-flier programs, airport lounges, even cleaning crews; flight attendants now clean the cabins after flights. Ads are sold on the...
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...• Stevie talks about how cartoons have become violent and addictive to children and also how they have hidden adult subliminal messages to allow for parents to enjoy the cartoons along with their children. • Three major effects that have been proven by psychological research caused by children seeing violence on television are: the child may become less sensitive to the pain and suffering of others, children who watch violence do not fear violence nor are they bothered by violence in general, and the children are more likely to become aggressive or use harmful actions towards others. • "The April 2004 issue of the medical journal Pediatrics published a study done by Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center of Seattle, Washington. The study revealed that children who watched three to four hours of television daily had a 30 to 40 percent greater risk of developing attention deficit disorder than children who did not watch television." • cartoons set a false reality for children by cartoon characters being invincible. It talks about instances such as the how Wile E. Coyote in episodes of 'Loony Toons' can fall off a cliff and walk away without even a scratch. Incidents like this make children think that they too can do these things without being hurt, when in reality they can not. Having this false sense of reality increases the risk of child safety. “For every hour of TV viewed per day, the risk of injury rose by about 34% in the children studied.” • Wilcox talks about...
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... | |This supply chain indicates the sourcing |Packaging, manufacturing and assembly take |This chain involves distribution – | |that is made from an external supplier. |place at the same time in the same |externally. | |The main supplier used by Warner Brothers |environment. | | |is Hewlett Packard. | |Using broadband communications links, High | | |Types of formats used are DVD, Blu-ray and |Def. Televisions and DVD’s. | |Hewlett Packard provides them with a |HD DVD, I-Tunes and mobile devices for |Creating over 6000 motion pictures already | |complete package of hardware, software and |video on demand. |that is stored in their library. | |services for their media platform. HP also | |WB also has their own online presence, | |provides a high performance storage unit |Warner brothers are completely a digital |providing the...
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...Reprinted for Kristina Bellino, McKesson Kristina.Bellino@mckesson.com Reprinted with permission as a subscription benefit of Skillport, http://skillport.books24x7.com/ All rights reserved. Reproduction and/or distribution in whole or in part in electronic,paper or other forms without written permission is prohibited. The Management Training Tool Kit: 35 Exercises to Prepare Managers for the Challenges They Face Every Day Handouts www.amacombooks.org/go/ManagementTraining Case Report Worksheet Case Analysis Guidelines Worksheet Case Descriptions Case 1: How Come They Make More Than I Do? Case 2: “She’s a Smart Enough Broad” Case 3: Improving Performance in Business Services Case 4: “Looney Tunes on Parade,” Part 1 Case 5: “Looney Tunes on Parade,” Part 2 Case 6: “Looney Tunes on Parade,” Part 3 Case 7: Mary Corey Case 8: Shipping and Receiving Case 9: They Came from Docu-Max Case 10: He’s Just Not the Same Case 11: Special Checking Is Handed a Loss Case 12: Beverly Comes Full Circle Case 13: It Was Really So Simple Case 14: Pain in Claims Case 15: Don’t Let Her Get Behind You Case 16: Kathy’s Temper Case 17: Forgetting Claims Case 17: Adjustment Determination Form 1293 Case 18: Answering the Phone Case 19: Good News, Bad News, Part 1 Case 20: Good News, Bad News, Part 2 Case 21: Good News, Bad New, Part 3 Case 22: Conflict in Customer Service Case 23: Don’t Let an Old Flame Die Case 24: The Contradiction of Business Case 25: Problems Behind the Counter Case 26: Wanted:...
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...films, which also includes all of the royality rights. This is refered to by Warner Bros. as its E-Master which are stored on servers at Warner Bros. Warner Bros. in 2006 produced more than 25,00 different DVEs and delivered more than 180 hours of video programming weekly through its global digital exchange. They also produced and distributed more than 50 television series and digitized more than 6,00 feature films in its storage vaults for DVD releases. The creation of the E-masters enables Warner to utilize any channel to reach the consumer including their website and most retailers. The company also has an online Web initiative that will enable fans of various cartoon shows such as Looney Tunes to download new, interactive content, related games, and flash animations of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and other popular characters. Choose one of these components and make a recommendation for an improvement to that area of the supply chain. Explain your reasoning for the change. I think that the downstream component the the area that I would suggest to improve. I think that the more visible and contactable you are the more customer satisfaction you will have. The Warner Bros .website is large and hard to navigate....
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...debts the company/organization will have if they refer to banks for loans to seek capital for expansion thus reducing interest and increasing profit margin of the company/organization. 2. Describe the business nature of Tune Ins Holdings Berhad. (4 marks) Tune Ins Holdings Berhad have two core businesses which is an online business by selling insurance products to customers as part of their online booking process with the online partners, and a general insurance business in Malaysia. The online insurance business with the group of its reinsurance business, currently underwrites in 14 markets in 12 countries, the main markets are Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore and China. The general insurance business directly underwrites general insurance products only in Malaysia. TIMB has approximately 1,000 agents and 16 branches throughout Malaysia. Tune Insurance Malaysia Berhad (TIMB) also gone through 55.85% owned subsidiary. Tune Money Life Re Ltd Business Focus TMLR go do life reinsurance business namely is the life insurance products with accident and health medical through direct marketing channel to AirAsia and Tune Hotel customers under the marketing name of AA Lifestyle Protection Plan and Tune Hotels Lifestyle Protection Plan respectively. Tune Money Gen Re Ltd Business Focus TMGR does non-life reinsurance business namely...
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...debts the company/organization will have if they refer to banks for loans to seek capital for expansion thus reducing interest and increasing profit margin of the company/organization. 2. Describe the business nature of Tune Ins Holdings Berhad. (4 marks) Tune Ins Holdings Berhad have two core businesses which is an online business by selling insurance products to customers as part of their online booking process with the online partners, and a general insurance business in Malaysia. The online insurance business with the group of its reinsurance business, currently underwrites in 14 markets in 12 countries, the main markets are Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore and China. The general insurance business directly underwrites general insurance products only in Malaysia. TIMB has approximately 1,000 agents and 16 branches throughout Malaysia. Tune Insurance Malaysia Berhad (TIMB) also gone through 55.85% owned subsidiary. Tune Money Life Re Ltd Business Focus TMLR go do life reinsurance business namely is the life insurance products with accident and health medical through direct marketing channel to AirAsia and Tune Hotel customers under the marketing name of AA Lifestyle Protection Plan and Tune Hotels Lifestyle Protection Plan respectively. Tune Money Gen Re Ltd Business Focus TMGR does non-life reinsurance business namely accident and health risk and it is from travel insurance policies underwritten...
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...During the 1940s, growing up in the United States of American became more complex. Technology provided new interest and amusements. The Great Depression and two world wars touch young people's lives. Still some things did not change. Going to school and having fun were the only thing that children had to worry about. As the economy grew, many Americans were able to buy goods that were consider luxuries. Base ball continued to be a favorite sport of the Americans and with the National league out is was a hit in the 40s. During Warner Brother's first decade, its typical motion pictureoften a relatively low budget, extremely fast pacing, and a working class setting characterized a musical, a gangster film, or a film biography. Chuck Jones was an American motion-picture animator, writer, director, and producer, known for his work on many classic animated films. He was the creator of Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, and Daffy Duck. In the early 1940s DC continued to innovate and to introduce new superheroes. These included the Flash, who had superhuman speed; Green Lantern, whose magic ring of green meteorite gave him the power to shape energy; and Wonder Woman, an Amazon possessing superhuman strength and speed as well as the ability to deflect projectiles. Now with all these luxuries appliances on sale for a cheap price they were found every where in the states. Now there were refrigerators, electric toasters were only some of the appliances. The product that probally was the greatest effect...
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...Modern Day Tricksters Presentation Notes: Bugs Bunny The modern day trickster verses The Coyote in the mythical day trickster Since as far back as time was recorded there have been tales of people and mythological creatures playing "tricks" on others. Today many of these tricksters are seen as characters in cartoons and movies. Some of the most famous are Bugs Bunny, The Mask, Ace Ventura, Wile E. Coyote, and Captain Jack Sparrow. Bugs Bunny is the most famous of all tricksters still in popularity today. Almost all of his stories he is being chased by the notorious Elmer Fudd. Instead of Bugs always running from his pursuer, he likes to play tricks on him to keep himself from getting caught. Bugs Bunny is very resourceful when it comes to trying to escape. He made the quote "Ehh, what's up doc?" famous. His trickery has made himself possibly the most popular cartoon of all time. Why is Bugs so popular in society? It is because he always wins. Each and every show he outsmarts his competition and tricks them into failure. . In order to understand Bugs Bunny as a trickster, it is important to review the characteristics of a trickster, Bugs Bunny’s attributes, and compare him with an older folktale. The trickster character has defining personal traits. In an analysis of the trickster, Leonard and McClure explain the trickster is known as the ousted person and his activities are looked upon as an outlaw, outrageous, out of bounds, or out of order. The trickster...
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...Jazz music concert Jazz music is a genre or of music that originated from southern united states in the late 90s. It takes most of its roots from the south-eastern genre of American music folk song and some forms of African musical elements. Moreover, jazz has inculcated some elements of America popular secular song. Jazz music often consists of dance and ballads tunes with occasional simpler forms of harmonies orchestrated and accompanied with some string instruments and saxophone (Frith, 12) Catalina’s Jazz Club in Hollywood is the best place to be every weekend to enjoy some of the best jazz music in US. The type of music played here is one of the best rated jazz music globally. Some of the best performers here include; Gary Taylor, Charnett Moffett and Jack Jones jazz band among others. As usual, the weekend of 27th June was no exceptional, Jack Jones band was competing with a new band in town called Ron Carter trio band. Both bands are led by Jack and Carter respectively. Jones performed some of his newly composed music jazz genre, and he tried convince the whole crowd why he wanted his band to be recognised the best band in jazz music. His music was well orchestrated and organised with most of the instrument tuned to their right tune, played in the right keys and rhythm. Indeed Jones band members tried to remain on the right keynotes always throughout the music play. However, there rose a problem when the saxophone player went off key, perhaps it was because of a change...
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...Everyone listens to music, whether it be rock, pop, classical, or any other type of genre. Some people do not stop to actually hear the individual instruments, they only here the chords and rhythm. However, if one has ever stopped to focus on the sound of the instruments, they will notice that, if it is professional music, that the instruments are all in tune. The guitar does not have a raspy screeching sound, the singer does not have a cracking voice, and the drums have a clear and crisp reverberation. In order to get that harmonic sound on the drums, one needs to know how to change the heads and tune the drum properly. First off, in order to change the drum head one may need to know what it is and how often to change it. A drumhead is the plastic, sometimes Kevlar, stretched over either both or one of the openings of the drum. A drumhead is hit by a drumstick or mallet of some sort. In...
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...How colonial music relates to our day music while helping us form a united country and patriotism. It has been found that music of the Colonial age wasn’t written in America; but, inclusively transported to help define the colleagues and for founders of this country. The music that early Americans have chosen to sing and play helps to clarify the understanding of the colonist themselves. 1 “Their music included ballads, dance tunes, folk songs and parodies, comic opera arias, drum signals, psalms, minuets and sonatas. Such music came mostly from England, Scotland, Ireland, Germany, Italy, France, and Africa, and it was played on whatever instruments were handy.” Many different styles and forms of music emerged in early America to express the full effect of colonial life. Colonial music included both oral and written processes; in which, people most commonly could recognize by ear but frequently came up with new words to the older tunes. The instruments we have today were brought to us by the Revolution age with some in their original form and prevalent. Men from all different classes, from slaves and indentured servants to Thomas Jefferson, played fiddles or violins. While prices varied from high to low violins were usually imported in great numbers. In addition to popular instruments such as the violin, the flute happens to be another prominent instrument that was driven by man. 1 Woman had limited musical options due to high levels of “maintaining reputation” for men. Wealthy...
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...Patric Rooney Intro to Fine Arts Gary Towne The fine arts are comprised of multiple forms of arts, two of them being visual art and music. I decided to analyze one piece of visual art and one piece of music, based on several different elements of the respective categories. I chose to begin with the visual art piece, The Arnolfini Wedding, because of its many small and intricate details hidden in the artwork. Jan van Eyck (Flemish, before 1390-1441), The Arnolfini Wedding, 1434, oil on oak panel of 3 vertical boards, 82.2 cm × 60 cm, National Gallery of Art, London, is an intricate piece of art with many minuscule details that contain an abundance of symbolism and meaning. One of the first things to catch your eye will be the man and woman standing in the forefront of the image. At first, one may believe that the woman in the velvet green robe is pregnant, but it has been found that this was actually excess fabric from her robe creating the bump on her stomach. Both the man and woman have their hands in positions that imply that they are taking some type of oath, more specifically an oath of marriage. The clothing worn by the wedding couple is common clothing of their time, for people of the upper class. If you were to zoom in on the picture, you begin to realize the realistic qualities of all of the textures in the painting. One use of this skill that jumps out at me is the lifelike beads that sit beside the circular mirror. If you look closely at the gear...
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...Monk Music is a vehicle to communicate our ideas into sound. John Coltrane is in colossal jazz giant who was a gifted composer, band leader, improviser, and whom mastered the saxophone unlike any before him. He could play sheets of sounds with incomparable speed and dexterity, that rivals Charlie parker and the lyrical lines of Coleman Hawkins. Coltrane was one of the pioneers in bebop, cool jazz, modal jazz and Avant-Garde music. The collaboration between John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk was undeniably unforgettable and left a lasting impact on music. In 1957 after becoming sober from narcotics and alcohol. Trane had the opportunity to join Thelonious Monk’s band when his career and psyche needed it most. During this time John Coltrane was looking for something different. He had just released his solo album “Blue Train” full of lush blues harmonies, unpopular song forms, and original tunes expect for the standard I’m Old Fashioned”. This album was a very big step forward in Trane’s unique sound, but nowhere near his music’s end result. After being fired from Miles Davis’s band, like many before him was forced to find new work. Finding a new...
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...Music as communication versus entertainment Everybody in our culture encounters music on a daily basis. We listen to music while we drive in our car, children in the neighborhood sing songs while playing outside, and most cell phones play some kind of melody when there is an incoming call. Furthermore, music embellishes movies and selling recorded songs developed into an extremely profitable business. Listening to music in our culture is inevitable. However, with all this exposure to music on a regular basis, our society forgets that music is so much more than only entertainment. Garfias states that “the manner in which music and, in fact, all the arts, are treated in modern society gives little indication of the more important role which it...
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