...Virginia Peralta August 30, 2011 Introduction: The case study of Carl Robbins reveals how a company and one of its employees who was unprepared to welcome new employees properly into the companies environment in spite of having been on the job for only less than six months. Background: This case study shows the obstacles that will pose a threat with the new campus recruiter Carl Robins. Most of which Carl Robins can only blame himself for. He failed to pay attention to important details and follow up on things in a timely manner which placed him in a bind. Although he was in a difficult situation, he should have taken his time and not rush which made things worse for him. He should have allowed himself enough time to examine the problems first. He never took interest in the important information and the views of the other employees. Carl Robins recruited fifteen new trainees for Monica Carroll. Monica served as one of the Operation Supervisor for ABC, Inc. This case study focused on Carl's main issues, his poor planning, and his inexperience on how to hire new recruits. Carl was not aware of the length of time it was going to take in order for him to complete his task. Carl’s main goal was to schedule another orientation set for June 15, in order for the new employees to start working in the month of July. Sadly, the process of the new trainees had to suddenly stop because of some incomplete files...
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...Analysis: The Corporation University/Institution Name: Student’s Name: Professor’s Name: Course Name: Date Submitted: Film Analysis: The Corporation Introduction The Corporation, an infotainment by moviemakers Jennifer Abbott and Mark Achbar and authored by Joel Bakan, explores the legal standard, basically inquiring: if corporations were people, what manner of people would they be? Making use of psychiatrical main beliefs and FBI forensic technics, and through several case studies, the motion picture ascertains that this “being”, the corporation, which has an ever-increasing power over the daily existence of almost all living creatures on earth, would be a sociopath. The case studies consist of a story concerning how two reporters were sacked from Fox News for declining to downplay a story about the risks of a product of Monsanto given to dairy cattle, and another regarding Bolivian employees who confederated to guard their rights on their own water provision. The commonness of corporate control over our lives is looked into by analyzing efforts to manipulate behavior, together with that of children. The key argument of the infotainment is that, as the corporate legal “body” under current law is regarded to be a person, founded on its characteristics and personality, is a sociopath. Bakan establishes this standpoint on several things but letting the Psychologist tackle the question while the expert deals with psychosis. The major problems of a corporation discussed in...
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...2. Select one of the case studies in our textbook (chapters 1-2) and discuss how and why you would make a decision you would consider to be ethical. (refer to the case study analysis steps we discussed in class) Why is your chosen case study important for the study of ehics in the workplace? Slavery in the Chocolate Industry: The Ivory Coast in Africa produces much of the world’s cocoa beans, but in order to do so cheaply, thousands of cocoa farms use child slavery. Many large American chocolate companies knowingly purchase these tainted cocoa beans, also in order to keep costs low. The stakeholders in this case study are child slaves, the farmers, the distributors, and the chocolate manufacturing corporations and the consumers. The slaves keep the costs low for the farmers and the corporations. The distributors gather the cocoa beans from the small farms. The chocolate manufactures produce the goods and the consumers buy the products. The large American chocolate factories unwillingness to get involved in the issue of child slavery would imply that their mission is to continue to make cheaper products. Because the companies involved are all large corporations, it would seem that they are more concerned with pleasing their investors and shareholders, rather than focusing on their ethical/social responsibilities. The managers of these large companies should be looking for the truth and asking themselves if they are doing enough to improve the situation. They should...
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...Problem Solution: M-Core M-Core is an organization that expands and multiplies processor chips for computers. M-Core delights itself on its innovative technology and is trying to merge more than four processors on one chip. “If successful the processors will provide 10 times the processing power of current high-speed processors that are available on the market, while at the same time eating up less energy.” (University of Phoenix, n.d.) With the purpose of assist M-Core in the fabrication of the innovative processor chips Silatel has bought a research building in New Oxford a small town in New England, to use as a fabricating plant. New Oxford population is mostly hardworking, calm people who are very proud of their residences and area. A lot of of the people of New Oxford receive the new fabricating plant, as a new way to raise income for the town and generate employment. M-Core is trying to construct the new plant by buying the homes of the people who presently reside in the terrain for a cost higher than what the homes are valuable. The majority of the people have been content to get the corporation up on its offer but three residents have been indisposed to move and put up for sale their houses. M-Core has requested the mayor to assist convince the people to put up for sale their terrain. This paper will study the difficulty facing M-Core and several of the potential solutions to the dilemma. In the end I will suggest a solution for M-Core to employ to resolve the conflict...
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...SEARCH HOME LOGIN SUBMIT FAQ SITE STATS New Solution Join Now Get instant access to over 67,000 case studies and MBA term papers. Most Recent Requests » general management » HBS no. 9 Responding to W » deutsche braueri » Nordstrom Case » Case studies on marketing » hrm case studies as well » mongolian grill case more.... Register FREE and post your request for FREE Saved Papers Save Paper to find them more easily. Newest Entries » Skype swot Analysis » IKEA invades America » Business management » Being Global: Good or Bad » IGGY’S BREAD OF THE WORLD Recent Topics • loctite • LG • Dominos • Human resource managem • Project Management Harnischfeger Corporation Questions 1. Identify all the accounting policy changes and the accounting estimates that Harnischfeger made during 1984. Estimate, as accurately as possible, the effect of these on the company´s 1984 reported profits. 2. What do you think are the motives of Harnischfeger´s management in making the changes in its financial reporting policies? Do you think investors will see through these changes? Answers 1. Identify all the accounting policy changes and the accounting estimates that Harnischfeger made during 1984. Estimate, as accurately as possible, the effect of these on the company´s 1984 reported profits. a. Changes that affect the Harnischfeger Revenues: • The company start to account Kobe Steel sales in US, previously it...
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...Business Management Extended Case Studies (Set 1) [INTERMEDIATE 2] [pic] The Scottish Qualifications Authority regularly reviews the arrangements for National Qualifications. Users of all NQ support materials, whether published by LT Scotland or others, are reminded that it is their responsibility to check that the support materials correspond to the requirements of the current arrangements. Acknowledgement Learning and Teaching Scotland gratefully acknowledge this contribution to the National Qualifications support programme for Business Management. © Learning and Teaching Scotland 2006 This resource may be reproduced in whole or in part for educational purposes by educational establishments in Scotland provided that no profit accrues at any stage. Contents Introduction 4 Case Study 1: Alton Towers 7 Case Study 2: The Royal Mail Processing Centre, Edinburgh 11 Case Study 3: Soled Out? 16 Case Study 4: Border Tweed to Border Tea’d 21 Introduction This resource is to support the learning and teaching process for Business Management at Intermediate 2 level. It consists of four case studies, each of which is accompanied by a number of questions. Each question has been allocated marks and, in each case, the total number of marks is 25. There are also suggestions on the type of answers that could be considered as a suitable response to the question. The case studies The case studies have a number of features:...
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...Bryan Jaeger Business and Ethics UI400-01 April 20, 2015 International Business and Bribery Have you ever bribed someone to let you do something that you weren’t allowed to do? As much as I hate to admit to it, I have done it my fair share of times. Bribery can be a good or bad thing depending on the situation and how the bribe is used. No matter what I believe that bribery can usually lead to bad consequences. Though it can happen for just small things such as slipping someone a 20 dollar bill to get you into a club, it can also happen in big corporations that are involved in international business. If they are discovered by the government these big companies will pretty much lose everything. For example, “In February of 1975, Eli M. Black, the CEO of United Brands Company, jumped from the 44th floor of his New York City office Building. Black’s jump followed a $1.25 million bribe to Honduran Chief of State General Oswaldo Lopez Arellano to obtain reduced shipment taxes on the exportation of bananas”( Smith 1). This example cost the life of one person as well as high level job positions for 2 people and it hurt the company in a very negative way. This is just one example of a company that has been hurt really badly because of bribery. I will state a couple of more later on in the paper. One way most people don’t know is that bribery happens in the government most often with lobbyists. The whole system is corrupt and its one of those things that is very hard to fix overnight...
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...The Transition from 2D Drafting to 3D Modeling Benchmark Report Improving Engineering Efficiency September 2006 — Underwritten, in Part, by — The Transition from 2D Drafting to 3D Modeling Benchmark Report Executive Summary D o more with less. The mandate hasn’t changed for manufacturers. They must develop more products with increasing complexity to address customer and competitive pressures. Yet, there’s no “give” in project timelines to adopt new technologies like 3D modeling to help them win. However, some manufacturers are not only adopting 3D modeling technology, but excelling at hitting their product development targets at the same time. How is it possible? Interestingly enough, it’s actually quite simple. Key Business Value Findings • Best in class manufacturers their hit revenue, cost, launch date, and quality targets for 84% or more of their products. • Best in class performers typically produce 1.4 fewer prototypes than average performers. • Best in class performers average 6.1 fewer change orders than laggard performers. • In total, best in class manufacturers of the most complex products get to market 99 days earlier with $50, 637 lower product development costs. Implications & Analysis How do they do it? • Best in class performers are 40% more likely to have engineers use CAD directly to ensure they stay close to the design. • Best in class performers are 24% more likely to take advantage of extended 3D modeling design capabilities. They are 55%...
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...Case Study Week 2 COMM/215 August 16, 2010 ABC Inc. hires Carl Robins as the new campus recruiter. Within six months, he completed his first hiring process on the job. In preparation for the orientation, he notices numerous mistakes and shortfalls during his final review of the new hires application files. This type of errors is normally seen in a new hire or a first time worker. Extremely concerned and the possibility of losing his job, he needs to fix them to continue working for this company. In every corporation whether small or large, the new hires process is a key element to success. The components of the new hire process for the position of new campus recruiter should include; training, familiarization with the different departments/responsibilities, his duties, and his responsibilities. In this case study, a brief background of Carl Robins will show a clear understanding why the new hire process is importance, and the problems it can have in any corporation. In addition, .this case study will identify alternatives and proposed solutions to these problems Carl Robins can use, and provide a plan so that this type of mistakes does not occur again. Background This case study of Carl Robins will show people the importance of the new hire process and allow them to understand the problems that can occur. Alternatives and solutions will also be explained regarding these issues that will help Carl Robins to make adjustments so he can prove the company made the...
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...IBM Global Center for Smarter Analytics Fundamentals of Business Analytics Case Study IBM Global Center for Smarter Analytics ________________________________________________________________________________ Licensed Materials - Property of IBM © Copyright IBM Corporation 2013 Published May 2013 IBM, the IBM logo and ibm.com are trademarks of International Business Machines Corp., registered in many jurisdictions worldwide. Other product and service names might be trademarks of IBM or other companies. This case study set contains proprietary information which is protected by copyright. No part of this document may be modified without a legal license agreement from IBM Corporation. Any references in this information to non-IBM Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites. The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk. 2 IBM Global Center for Smarter Analytics Case Analysis 1: Cincinnati Zoo Business Objectives • • • IBM Global Center for Smarter Analytics Company Company Background The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is one of the most popular attractions and a Top Zoo for Children according to Parent’s Magazine. Each year, more than 1.3 million people visit its 71-acre site, which is home to more than 500 animal and 3,000 plant species. Although the Zoo is a non-profit organization...
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...a way of being more connected, collaborative and structured in how your people communicate in their day to day work. But it can only be that if you take the people in your organization on that journey with you. When you do, the value of effective Microsoft Corporation August 2013 Applies to: Office 365 | SharePoint 2013 | SharePoint Online Summary: Adoption of new technologies at work, like SharePoint, won’t happen all at once. In this book, learn how to craft an effective plan, aligned with business goals, that will demonstrate how SharePoint will benefit business people personally, how it will make their job easier, and how it will address the pain points they experience at work. By taking a planned, phased approach, you can ensure successful adoption by using the best practices obtained by the SharePoint User Adoption Research from Microsoft, and from customers and partners who are successful at driving SharePoint adoption. ©2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. This document is provided “as-is.” Information and views expressed in this document, including URL and other Internet Web site references, may change without notice. You bear the risk of using it. This document does not provide you with any legal rights to any intellectual property in any Microsoft product. You may copy and use this document for your internal, reference purposes. communication to the bottom line becomes very clear. The Yammer Customer Success team has been...
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...Accompany PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Achieving Competitive Advantage By Jeffrey K. Pinto CHAPTER FIVE PROJECT PROFILE — Airbus A380: Plane of the Future or Enormous White Elephant? Introduction 5.1 CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT The Statement of Work 5.2 THE SCOPE STATEMENT The Work Breakdown Structure Purpose of the Work Breakdown Structure The Organization Breakdown Structure The Responsibility Assignment Matrix 5.3 WORK AUTHORIZATION 5.4 SCOPE REPORTING Project Management Research in Brief: IT Project Failure – Burying Our Heads in the Sand 5.5 CONTROL SYSTEMS Configuration Management 5.6 PROJECT CLOSEOUT Summary Key Terms Discussion Questions Problems Case Study 5.1: Calcutta’s Metro Case Study 5.2: Project Management at Dotcom.com Cas Study 5.3: Runaway Scope – The Bradley Fighting Vehicle Internet Exercises MSProject Exercises Integrated Project – Developing the Work Breakdown Structure Bibliography TRANSPARENCIES 5.1 ELEMENTS IN PROJECT SCOPE MANAGEMENT 1. Conceptual Development - Problem statement - Information gathering - Constraints - Alternative analysis - Project objectives - Statement of Work (SOW) 2. Scope Statement - Goal criteria - Management plan - Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) - Scope baseline - Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM) 3. Work Authorization - Contractual requirements - Valid consideration - Contracted terms 5.1 ELEMENTS IN PROJECT SCOPE MANAGEMENT...
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...Paper-Case study: Michael Novak: Capitalism and the Corporation Course ID: MGT7019-8-4 BY Allen L. Ray North Central University Dr. George Kalidonis Assignment #4 | | | | | | | | | | Introduction Modern businesses are facing major challenges if they plan on meeting that sensitive balance between business demands and customer satisfaction. The problem that exists is how to use the current guidelines in place that will provide a better business market without totally corrupting the fabric of moral integrity. While the concerning objective for most businesses is to make money, it is a delicate balance to do so without causing too much of an uproar within the economic structure. The problem to be investigated is where the beginning of industrialism starts and where capitalism ends and what factors should be addressed to ensure that the business industries do not yield totally under the invisible existing economic pressures. This paper will examine Michael Novak’s outlook concerning capitalism and the corporation and take an even closer look on what, if any, pressures will take place in shaping the modern business corporation. More so, this paper will attempt to answer the questions provided in the reading to help interpret basic concepts between capitalism and corporations. How long has the corporation existed? Business corporations have existed for many centuries and over an even longer period of time. By definition, a corporation is an...
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...others and recognize how we would be affected if someone were to act toward us as we are acting toward others" (Elder & Paul, 2003). There are many types of ethics and many ways to incorporate practices to enforce ethics as well as punish violators of ethics requirements. Two categories of ethics that are similar yet different are ethics in Corporate America and ethics in the United States Air Force (U.S.A.F.). First, we need to understand what ethics are. Ethics contributes to the learning what is right or wrong. "Doing the right thing is not as straight forward as conveyed in a great deal of business ethics literature"(McNamara, C. 2003, 6). The definition between corporations and the military provides us with a general description of ethics. Are military and corporate ethics different? Business Ethics in Corporate America The Business ethics concept means many things to many different people. It is coming to know what is "right or wrong in the workplace and doing what is right -- this is in regard to effects of products/services and in relationships with stakeholders" (McNamara, C. 2003, 8 ). "According to Carter McNamara, business ethics is summarized into "Two Broad Areas of Business Ethics" defined as managerial mischief and moral mazes." (McNamara, C. 2003, 10). The first discussion will be managerial mischief. "Madsen and...
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...and Dr. Robert Hare who both have performed extensive research in psychopathy. These authors have displayed how psychopaths slither not only their way into people’s personal lives but also the workforce with devious methods and strategies. The main tool of a psychopath is disarming charisma with the lack of empathy, remorse, and shame. Their mind is constantly searching for angles to start the games of deceit. They also represent confidence, strength, calmness, and always seem right for the job offered. Assessment, manipulation, abandonment, and ascension are the phases of psychopathic behavior which are concisely explained in very simple terms for easy understanding. The phases enable the reader to clearly understand each phase that is relevant in a psychopath’s process towards their main goals of accomplishment. The authors have clearly demonstrated how the strategies of manipulation and deceit start in the very beginning stages with the hiring process. Dr. Babiak and Dr. Hare have explicitly shown countless examples of case studies with information which ascertain the true differences of criminally insane individuals and psychopaths. These psychopaths climb up the corporate ladder utilizing disingenuous skills while...
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