...------------------------------------------------- Top of Form March 02, 2013 Tim McGraw Sees 'Two Lanes of Freedom' by Mary Morningstar Country star Tim McGraw spent the past few years battling in court to end his career-long relationship with Curb Records. McGraw is finally on a new record label with a new CD. “Two Lanes of Freedom” is McGraw’s debut album for the Nashville independent label Big Machine Records. He shares the Big Machine roster with such superstars as Taylor Swift, Rascal Flatts and Trisha Yearwood. McGraw was under contract with Curb Records for 20 years. Following the release of his final album for Curb, “Emotional Traffic,” he signed with Big Machine and soon found himself being sued by his old label for breach of contract. A Nashville judge ruled in McGraw’s favor in 2012. Curb sent the case to the Tennessee Supreme Court. Two weeks after the release of “Two Lanes of Freedom,” the court signed an order denying Curb’s appeal. McGraw took a new approach in the recording studio that allowed him to make what he describes as “a pivotal album” in his career. “What I wanted to do with the record is I wanted to go in, because I’d worked with every musician on this record individually and some together as a group, but as a whole these guys had never all worked together at one time," he said. "I thought that was interesting to start with. But, I also wanted to go in and do about two weeks straight and do 10 to 14 hours a day, start in the morning and...
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...The Blind side is a true story, which is also a sad story. It is about Michael Oher, who had a hard life growing up. He met up with a wealthy family who took him in and tried to give him a better life that he was given while growing up. Growing up in the projects in Memphis where this all took place was a hard thing for people to accept. The family made him like a son and protested one another which I don’t feel a lot of families do now a days. Certain people carry guns to protect themselves, and their family members and are part of the NRA. They showed how people in gangs would threaten other people and you need to know how to protect yourself in these types of situations. There were scenes where there were football games, and we were shown how he got to be on the football team. He had to get help with schoolwork so he could pass school. In one excellent scene, the breaking point of human nature is revealed. How far can one be pushed? We see how Michael reacts when taunted and teased mercilessly by a member of an opposing team. When Mike finally reaches his boiling point, he becomes a human bulldozer and physically bull dozes his tormentor off the field. I have experienced bullies in my past and can totally relate to Michael’s reaction. The result of Michael’s reaction helps him show the coaches what he is capable of doing on the field, and so it is a very positive outcome born from a negative start. This is a film about chance meetings. Michael needs to be out...
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...“Helping McGraw-Hill Construction Turn Valuable information into a Revenue Stream” “It’s not easy to take millions of documents, scan them, keep them all together, index them for keyword searches and then transmit them to different locations and different databases at the same time for repurposing into different media. Xerox showed us that they had really mastered this technology.” – Tim Ryan Senior Vice President, Business Operations McGraw-Hill Construction Background McGraw-Hill Construction—which includes Dodge Reports, Sweet’s and other web information services and publications—is the leader in providing information, intelligence, tools and resources to the $4.6 trillion construction industry. It’s constantly looking for ways to improve its operations to connect its customers to projects, products and people. A few years ago, the company’s MHC Dodge division decided to streamline the way it added new content to its vast digital database of architectural plans, specifications and other information related to active construction projects. The valuable database is subscriber based and contains more than 65,000 projects that are updated daily. At the time, the organization relied on five geographically dispersed in-house imaging facilities to convert hard-copy construction documents into digital form. The internal imaging process was not optimized, however, because it required scanning each document twice—once to produce microfilm and once...
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...Temporary foreign worker program – Tim Hortons Introduced in 2002 and modified in 2007, this program allows employers to hire employees in occupations that usually require at most a high school diploma or a maximum of 2 years of job specific training. Visas maybe issued for 24 months. Employers are required to cover recruitment and return airfare costs, to ensure that suitable accommodation is available, to provide medical coverage until the employee is covered under a provincial plan and to sign an employee/employer contract. The work permit is issued with reference to a specific employer. Employees generally work in sectors such as cleaning, hospitality, manufacturing, oil and gas and construction. (Elgersma, 2007) Tim Hortons "is a company that a lot of Canadians identify with and it is very proudly a Canadian brand," says Howard Ramos, an associate professor of sociology at Dalhousie University in Halifax. "But it's also a company that is a pioneer in hiring temporary foreign workers and so for this reason I think it's important to highlight Tim Hortons as an exemplar of how the temporary foreign worker program has changed and expanded. (Davison, 2012) The temporary foreign worker program has man is a resort companies use to hiring as they will have exhausted all other avenues for finding employees locally. It is a great program mainly for foreign workers who come and work in Canada and if they like it here they can apply for permanent residency. Unlike immigrants...
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...length of five football fields, just shy of half a mile, only to come out clean on the other side”. I have adapted that quote into my life and how one should deal with adversity. But, I digress. What I am going to address has nothing to do with my life or how to overcome obstacles, but how that movie demonstrated a few of the concepts of classicism, particularly for the time period, and length of time, the movie was based upon. The themes and characters in the movie “Shawshank Redemption” represent the socio-economic climate of the time. The classicism displayed in the movie did not occur until our main character was several months, up to a year, into his term. As Red, played by Morgan Freeman, starts a friendly bond with Andy, played by Tim Robbins, you can see the symmetry between them. At first, the two seem to feel each other out, although Red is more the extravert to Andy’s introversive tactics. As time progresses, what starts off as business turns into life long friendship. Red is a simple, common sense driven individual whereas Andy has the upscale businessman persona with a higher than average scale of intelligence than many of his counterparts. When the two interact you can see the symmetry between them as street knowledge gives way to book smarts and vice versa. There is also a level of humanism that is outspoken in the scene when Andy locks the door to the warden’s office and plays “The Marriage of Figaro” by Mozart. At that moment,...
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...Strategic Business Analysis - Tim Hortons 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 2 TIM HORTONS MISSION AND VISION STATEMENTS 3 2.1 Mission Statement 3 2.2 Vision 3 3 HISTORY 3 3.1 Tim Hortons Brand 4 4 PAST STRATEGY 4 4.1 Merger with Wendy’s International lnc. 4 5 CURRENT STRATEGY 5 5.1 Brand Recognition 5 5.2 Unique Business Model 5 5.3 Market Expansion into the U.S. 6 5.4 Co-Branding – Cold Stone Creamery 7 5.5 Community Involvement (Children’s Foundation) 7 5.6 Coffee Partnership - Working within the Industry Value Chain 8 5.7 Measures Of Performance 9 6 FUTURE STRATEGY 9 6.1 Five Key Points for 2010-2013 Strategic Plans 9 6.2 U.S. Market expansion 10 6.3 Market Leader in Canada 10 6.4 International Strategy 11 7 CONCLUSION 11 8 APPENDIX 12 9 REFERENCES 12 1 Executive Summary A strategic business analysis of Tim Hortons’ restaurant chain was conducted and action plan is recommended. We are the Vice President of Marketing and Chief Financial Officer and presenting this report to the shareholders of Tim Hortons. This report includes a review of Tim Hortons’ past strategies by focusing on its origins from the beginning to the establishment of their valuable “Brand” reputation in Canada. We will perform an analysis of the past, present, and future strategies of the business. 2 Tim Hortons Mission and Vision Statements 2.1 Mission Statement: Our guiding mission is to deliver superior quality products...
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...McGraw-Hill Create™ Review Copy for Instructor Espinoza. Not for distribution. Course BBE 4505 Omar Espinoza University Of Minnesota NATURAL RESOURCES McGraw-Hill Create™ Review Copy for Instructor Espinoza. Not for distribution. http://create.mcgraw-hill.com Copyright 2012 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without prior written permission of the publisher. This McGraw-Hill Create text may include materials submitted to McGraw-Hill for publication by the instructor of this course. The instructor is solely responsible for the editorial content of such materials. Instructors retain copyright of these additional materials. ISBN-10: 1121789048 ISBN-13: 9781121789043 McGraw-Hill Create™ Review Copy for Instructor Espinoza. Not for distribution. Contents 1. Preface 1 2. Methods, Standards, and Work Design: Introduction 7 Problem-Solving Tools 27 3. Tex 29 4. Operation Analysis 79 5. Manual Work Design 133 6. Workplace, Equipment, and Tool Design 185 7. Work Environment Design 239 8. Design of Cognitive Work 281 9. Workplace and Systems Safety 327 10. Proposed Method Implementation 379 11. Time Study 413 12. Performance Rating and Allowances 447 13. Standard Data and Formulas 485 14. Predetermined Time Systems 507...
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...Effectiveness Susan Doan MGT/330 July 16, 2012 Cedrina Charbonnet M.A. Effectiveness Wal-Mart uses controls to effectively meet the needs of its customers, employees and supplies. They enable Wal-Mart to keep its edge in the business world as well as creating confidence among suppliers, employees and their customers. Effective management audits enable Wal-Mart to reduce prices and keep an edge over their competition. The effectiveness of this mechanism results in a decrease in audit risks. Internal and external audits are used to maintain audit compliance. Internal audits evaluate performance in the organization by using all functions of management. External audits involve external vendors performing an evaluation. (Bateman & Snell 2007) The creation of an internal auditing system using quality assurance methods helps to lessen the risk for each store. Market control involves pricing mechanisms that regulate activities in an organization: similar to economic transactions. (Bateman & Snell 2007). Market control involves pricing mechanisms that regulate activities in an organization. The use of this mechanism helps organizations establish market controls on a corporate and business level. Wal-Mart uses markets controls in its organization in order for their managers to set prices. Wal-Mart also uses market control as a way to show they can effectively show positive and negative effects in the marketplace... Performance standards are the first steps in creating...
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...Video Case Paper Management/521 February 11, 2012 Video Case Paper Entrepreneurship is rampant around the world; it takes an idea to start with the thought of a dream. That can flood the market and make a profit within a year’s time of hope. In the case of the “College Entrepreneurs do Good and Make Money” there is a true understanding of the global market and what people need to make their business work well. In this paper the team will examine what lessons can be learn, who the stakeholders in small business are, and why these average college students impressed the world with their idea. Individuals starting out in business can learn a valuable lesson from the College Entrepreneurs (Aaron Houghton and Ryan Allis) by looking at the way they centered in on what small business owners need most. Aaron and Ryan looked at that all businesses must have contact with their customers to have customers. Ryan used his strength in marketing the product and Aaron provided his skills in development (Nickels, McHugh, McHugh, 2010). Individuals can to learn that people can work together in harming to bring about positive result with profitable effects. Ryan and Aaron’s iContact stakeholders consist of the customer, environmentalist and employees. “Stakeholders are all the people who stand to gain or lose by the policies and activities of a business and whose concerns the business needs to address” (Nickels McHugh & McHugh, 2010)...
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...Cheesecake Factory Code of Conduct Professor Mandiveyi December 15, 2013 Introduction to Business Bus 100 Abstract This paper discusses key areas of interest within the Cheesecake Factory’s code of conduct, which will also identify the significant importance of the code of conduct and why it is important to the success of the Cheesecake Factory. This paper will also explain how the code of conduct can be implemented by the company, checks and balances to measure adherence to the code, and lastly, three ways the restaurant can engage in socially responsive activities in the community in which it operates. The Cheesecake Factory has a rather large code of conduct. There are a few specific ideas within the code of conduct that is of significant importance to the Cheesecake Factory’s business. It is imperative that this code of conduct is established because staff members must understand the Cheesecake Factory’s ethics and belief system in comparison to other organizations because it may differ with regards to cultural content, values, and ordering of beliefs (McShane & Von, 2005). The first significant idea in the code of conduct is conflict of interest. The company specifically states that an employee must avoid situations in which a conflict of interest would exist or have the appearance of a conflict of interest. This is extremely important to the business because it will prevent employees from having the appearance of giving preferential treatment to relatives...
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...Mystery of Comets by Fred L. Whipple. Copyright © 1985 by Smithsonian Institution. Reprinted by permission. Excerpt from Freedom’s Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own Stories, by Ellen Levine. Copyright © 1993 by G.P. Putnam’s Sons. Reprinted by permission of Penguin Putnam. Excerpt from New Essays on the Psychology of Art by Rudolf Arnheim. Copyright © 1986, University of California Press. Reprinted by permission. Excerpt from The Natural History of Cats by Claire Necker. Copyright © 1970, A.S. Barnes and Co., Inc. Reprinted by permission. Copyright © by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without prior permission of the publisher. Send all inquiries to: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill 8787 Orion Place Columbus, OH 43240-4027 ISBN-13: 978-0-07-876567-4 ISBN-10: 0-07-876567-6 Printed in the United States of America. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 021 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 ACT/SAT Test Preparation and Practice Contents What You Need to Know About the SAT Reasoning Test.................................................. SAT Critical Reading Practice 1 .......................................................................................... SAT Critical Reading Practice 2 .......................................................................................... SAT Critical...
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...“Facing Poverty with a Rich Girl’s Habits” Ariel Terrell Professor Kimberly,Sinott ENG 115 January 25, 2013 “Facing Poverty with a Rich Girl’s Habits” By: Suki Kim Reading this essay Suki Kim examined about how you should never get adequate with your style of living because it can change spontaneously. She had to get a mindset that she was no longer going to live in a lifestyle like she did in Korea. She had it utterly made living in Korea. She was treated rich in Korea, but suddenly this flickered. She went from being rich to poor and now she was facing paucity. She had to learn and accept that this is the change and lifestyle she must grow into. One thing I realize is even though she moved to an American State, she will would still abide the same race and she couldn’t change what was within her anima. She also had to comprehend that just because she to move to New York, did not mean she had to change the way she have faith in or her civilization. As she went to high school, she quoted, “Yet it did not take me long to realize that the other students and I had little in common.”( Roen, D., Glau, G., & Maid, B. (2011).). Suki Kim was facing the same thing kids from her school were facing. I trust Suki Kim main purpose in writing this essay is she wanted to explain that she cultivated tough situations conforming to what it was like living in America than living in Korea. She had to realize that how she was living in Korea is not going to be same living in America...
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...I. II. III. IV. Course Number Title Units Course Description : MBACOG4 : HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN THE ORGANIZATION : Three (3) : The course gives an insight into the intricacies of organizational processes. It is designed to help develop the students’ awareness of their behavior and performance in the workplace as affected by their personalities, skills, potentials, job satisfaction, motivation, leadership abilities, among others. It also promotes an understanding of people and organizational dynamics which would enable the students to adapt and adjust better in the workplace. Additional topics like ethics, performance and commitment, and becoming a better employee would impress on students the ways by which they could become valuable assets to the organization. Different activities which include case studies and reaction papers bring to life the theories and concepts, while honing the students’ analytical, critical and decision-making skills. V. Objectives of the Course: At the end of the course, the business student should be able to: A. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Cognitive discuss the key concepts of the course. describe the different theories learned. explain the structure and design of organizations. expound on organizational processes and dynamics. describe the role of culture, groups and leaders in promoting and sustaining the quality of employee performance. 6. Discuss the implications of personality, individual differences, values, attitudes, teamwork, ethics, trust and commitment...
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...Nokia’s New Home in Romania 1 The rapid move in the telecommunications technology world has pushed many of top cellular leaders to examine the ever-increasing challenge of efficiency, effectiveness and the cost conscience choices of product supply and demand. Business managers must consider the best markets for creating new products to meet customer’s needs, while remaining competitive and fostering valued employee and community connections. Nokia, one of the world’s largest cellular providers with an estimated 49,560 permanent employees (as of 4/1/07), national research centers and distribution sites globally; opted to begin yet another production and distribution site in Transylvania, Romania (Corporate Responsibility, 2007). The 88 million dollar investment was set before John Guerry a 36-year old Texan in charge of the plant. His challenge was to select, train and retain adequate employees with a skill based work environment to ensure that a multinational competitor would not impede on the best workers (Ewing, 2009). The reasons why Romanians are motivated to obtain a job at Nokia’s new factory begin with the well regarded technical university where engineering students can begin their career with a globally secure company. A repressive communist dictatorship has left a blaring mark of impoverished conditions for the city of 400,000 people. Many of the locals overwhelmingly seek the opportunity to gain skills and advancement to improve their current living circumstances...
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...Human Capital Concept Worksheet Gillian Kotun University of Phoenix Human Capital Concepts Worksheet |Concept |Application of Concept in the Scenario |Reference to Concept in Reading | | |Interclean is in the process of trying to develop a training strategy for the|“Firms must take care to select | | |sales staff that will provide them with the skill set for the new direction |people with the ability and | |Training and Skill |of the company. The employees will need to increase sales by 40% while |willingness to learn and develop, and| |Development |performing solutions-based selling. There is a concern regarding the budget |they must establish reward practices | | |that is available to provide the necessary training. Prior to this |that encourage employees to | | |initiative employees have focused more on training that is unrelated to their|participate in training activities.” | | |jobs. |(Dreher&Dougherty, 2001, p. 7 ) | | | | | | |Interclean needs to find ways to motivate their employees. This...
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