...Problem Recognition Key account lost had been lost, delays, employee complaints and employee safety concerns. Situational Analysis Strength: Columbia Industries, Inc. is the largest manufacturer of code-approved products to Construction industry. CI utilizes a large network of specialized distributors, supply houses, and mass merchandisers to sell its products. Weakness: CI relies a lot on a few lift trucks that are old and often broken down. Work efficiency and business growth is being affected by its current fleet of truck lifts that under perform. Stakeholders have different criteria’s to be met which may greatly affect decision making. Opportunity: The market demand for Columbia Industries’ products is increasing. CI has the opportunity to capitalize on several great offerings from companies offering lift trucks. Threat: The demand and sales for Columbia Industries’ products may decrease if economic and market condition changes such as economic downturn and new entry of potential competitors. The lift trucks from their respective companies all have cons that required great consideration, as the truck may never satisfy all necessary requirements, as well as costs are considerably high. Problem Definition How can Columbia Industries make the right decision in regards to acquiring better lift trucks? The malfunction and unstable reliability of CI’s lift trucks is causing delay of product delivery which has cost CI some important customers. In addition, the unpleasant...
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...Columbia University Columbia University was founded in 1754 as King's College by royal charter of King George II of England. It is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York and the fifth oldest in the United States. Columbia University, is an American private Ivy League research university. The name of the current president of the university is Lee C. Bollinger. The academic stuffs of the university are currently 3,763. 29,250 students are enrolled at present, off them 8,365 are undergraduates and 18,568are post graduates. It has a campus of total 299 acres in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Upper Manhattan in New York City. In April 2007, the university purchased more than two-thirds of a 17 acres (6.9 ha) site for a new campus in Manhattanville, an industrial neighborhood to the north of the Morningside Heights campus. Stretching from 125th Street to 133rd Street, the new campus will house buildings for Columbia's Business School, School of International and Public Affairs, and the Jerome L. Greene Center for Mind, Brain, and Behavior, where research will occur on neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. In 2006, the university established the Office of Environmental Stewardship to initiate, coordinate and implement programs to reduce the university's environmental footprint. The U.S. Green Building Council selected the university's Manhattanville plan for the Leadership in Energy and...
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.... 1 II. Columbia’s Past and Current Strategies..................................................................................... 2 Past Strategies.......................................................................................................................... 2 Current Mission and Vision Statement.................................................................................... 2 New Mission and Vision Statement ........................................................................................ 3 III. SWOT and Environmental Analysis......................................................................................... 3 Columbia SWOT Analysis ...................................................................................................... 3 Columbia SWOT Matrix ......................................................................................................... 4 Cabela's SWOT Matrix............................................................................................................ 4 Patagonia SWOT Matrix ......................................................................................................... 5 Lululemon SWOT Matrix ....................................................................................................... 5 Under Armour SWOT Matrix ................................................................................................. 5 Marmot SWOT Matrix ....
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...English 101: College Composition 14 May 2015 The Columbia STS-107 Disaster: Why Did It Happen and Why Wasn’t It Prevented? At 9 a.m. on February 1st 2003 NASA’s (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Space Shuttle, Columbia STS-107 disintegrated over the southern United States upon re-entry. There was some controversy surrounded this disaster, mainly how the Mission Management Team (MMT) (leader, Linda Ham handled the entire situation. Could this disaster been prevented? NASA could have prevented the issue with all the new age technology that they posses. How are teams like Debris Assessment Team (DAT) and MMT prepared now to take action against problems that arise in the future? This disaster should not have occurred but it did, why did it? Who is responsible? Will it happen again? If more time was spend of trying to rectify the issue before it got out of hand, maybe the crew of the Columbia would have landed safely as it was supposed to. The space shuttle Columbia STS-107 launched on January 16, 2003 from Kennedy Space Center. During the launch a briefcase-size chunk of foam insulation fell away from a bi-pod ramp on the ships external tank 81.7 seconds after liftoff (Harwood). The foam chunk with velocity smashed a hole in one of the protective shields panels that make up the left wing leading edge. Photos and video shows this happening very clearly. What you cannot see is where the foam actually hit. The only thing that is visible is when the foam explodes...
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...Tragedy of the Columbia River Salmon A brief summary of what the “Tragedy of the Commons” is about when individuals act according to their own personal interests cause damage to a common resource (that is unregulated) because they over use it. In the end the resource is depleted for all. The Columbia River salmon population is a real life example that hits close to home. Thanks to the salmons unique life cycle it is a very important component in the Columbia River Basin. The salmon start out being born in the many tributaries of the Columbia River, sometimes hundreds of miles inland as far as Canada and Idaho. After the salmon mature they go downstream to the ocean where they spend most of their live enjoying the oceans bountiful nutrients not found in the rivers and streams, sometimes becoming as large as 70 pounds. Towards the end of their lives they venture back up the rivers to the place they were born to spawn the next generation. Before the late 1800s the “runs” of the fish traveling upstream were enormous providing food for all manner of native wildlife. When the fish reach their home and spawn they die. Their decomposing bodies become nutrients for the local stream ecosystem. This is the only way the oceans many nutrients have made it upstream, in effect the salmon help feed everyone from bears to trees and give them nutrients they otherwise would never get. In the latter half of the 1800s American entrepreneurs started developing canneries along the river and due...
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...Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster happened on February 1st, 2003, which broke on the way back to the Earth. All the astronauts, including two women died in this disaster. The reason why this disaster happened was a piece of foam insulation broke off from the Space Shuttle external tank which damaged the left wing of the shuttle. Even though some engineers of NASA had doubted that the left wing of shuttle had been damaged, the administration staffs restricted to do advanced research. The engineers of NASA found that the foam shedding and debris strikes could not be avoided and solved, even though the previous design of space shuttle required that the external tank was not to shed foam or other debris. However, this situation was not account for security threat and regarded as the acceptable risk. Thus, the launch was given the go-head. Due to the broken left wing which caused the damage of Space Shuttle thermal protection system, hot gases penetrated and destroyed the internal wing structure which led to the disintegrate of the shuttle immediately over the area of south Dallas. Ignore the Feedback Control Even though the similar situation happened in the prior mission (in the 13th and 16th mission of Columbia, the foam went undetected as well), the administration department of NASA were getting used to those situation which did not cause the serious damage to the shuttle that led to the disaster of the 28th mission of Columbia. Just like Diane...
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...You may have heard of the Challenger explosion but have you heard of the Columbia disaster. This disaster happened due to human error and cost the lives of 7 people. This disaster changed the course of spaceflight for the future because of how bad it was. The first main key moment is on January 16 ,2003 space shuttle Columbia took off from Kennedy Space Center. 81 seconds into the flight a piece of insulating foam from the bipod attaching Columbia to the external tank broke off and hit Columbia’s left wing at around 540 mph and went unnoticed by NASA. NASA then informed the Columbia crew once they found out and said it was nothing to worry about. The second key moment of this event is while they were in space for sixteen days...
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...Introduction Sometimes disasters happen without any of the control of others. These are what is labeled as natural disasters. Others happen under the control of the leadership of those involved. These are what is known as accidents. I will be analyzing the leadership and control of that of the devastating Columbia space shuttle disaster, as it pertains to the lack of leadership and communication of those involved. Relevancy of Leadership Leadership is necessary in all situations. It is especially essential in the case of accidents. The question I have to ask is why did this incident become an accident? What could have been done to prevent this disaster from happening? Was NASA aware of the possibilities of this space shuttles’ vulnerability?...
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...Underlying Cause(s) Superficially, the Columbia space shuttle explosion was caused by critical damage to the Orbiter sustained during launch. Upon ascent, a piece of insulating foam separated from the external fuel tank’s bipod ramp and struck the Orbiter’s left wing, causing a buildup of atmospheric gas in the wing. Which upon reentry compromised the Orbiter’s structural integrity. In-depth analysis of pre-launch decision-making revealed that NASA’s strict flight schedule placed unrealistic time pressures on the management team and engineers. The team was tasked with five launches in one year. As a result, they were constantly looking ahead to the next flight instead of focusing their full attention on the current flight, its mission, and its safe return. The pressure created a mindset that disregarded all concerns. A more realistic time schedule would have remedied this. After all, defying gravity takes time....
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...TOOL KIT Is Yours a Learning Organization? Using this assessment tool, companies can pinpoint areas where they need to foster knowledge sharing, idea development, learning from mistakes, and holistic thinking. by David A. Garvin, Amy C. Edmondson, and Francesca Gino Daniel Chang L EADERS MAY THINK that getting their organizations to learn is only a matter of articulating a clear vision, giving employees the right incentives, and providing lots of training. This assumption is not merely flawed – it’s risky in the face of intensifying competition, advances in technology, and shifts in customer preferences. Organizations need to learn more than ever as they confront these mounting forces. Each company must become a learning organization. The concept is not a new one. It flourished in the 1990s, stimulated by Peter M. Senge’s The Fifth Discipline and countless other publications, workshops, and websites. The result was a compelling vision of an organization made up of employees skilled at creating, acquiring, and transferring knowledge. These people could help their firms cultivate tolerance, foster open discussion, and think holistically and systemically. Such learning organizations would be able to adapt to the unpredictable more quickly than their competitors could. hbr.org 1010 Garvin.indd 109 | March 2008 | Harvard Business Review 109 1/30/08 12:13:45 PM TOOL KIT | Is Yours a Learning Organization? Unpredictability...
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...Columbia Space Shuttle Simulation (LINDA HAM) 1. How would you characterize the culture of NASA? What are its strengths and weaknesses? NASA was created in 1958 to give the United States of America a position in the “space race” after the Soviet Union launched the satellite “Sputnik” into orbit. The goal of NASA was to put a man into orbit before any other country and shortly after that was completed, the new goal was to put a man on the moon. NASA gained recognition from all over the world for it’s success in space exploration but soon, the pressure from the government caused changes would lead to major problems. Culture can be defined as, “a way of thinking, behaving, or working that exists in a place or organization.” During the time of the Columbia Mission I believe NASA’s culture was very static meaning it hadn’t changed in a long time. NASA’s culture focused on major values such as, safety, schedule efficiency, integrity, and communication. But out of these values, schedule efficiency took precedence over the others, which led to disaster. There are many strengths and weaknesses of NASA’s culture but the weaknesses caused the organization to become counterproductive in the long run. The strengths of NASA’s culture are that the organization has a very “can-do” attitude when it comes to task achievement, they have a legacy of excellence and technological advancement, the organization is bureaucratic, and there is a strong sense of pride and teamwork at NASA. There...
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...The problems, which have plagued the Republic of Columbia in recent years, started in the early 1960’s with the formation of Marxist-left winged guerrilla factions and right winged paramilitary groups. The drug trade, kidnappings, political corruption, and arms dealing have primarily funded these groups. However, in spite of these multi-billion dollar illegal organizations President Juan Manuel Santos has made significant progress in anti-drug legislation and de-militarizing paramilitary factions before opening peace talks between the Columbian government, FARC and the ELN. The concept of the strength of a sovereign state can be defined by several factors. In the case of Columbia, there are significant trends that show it is transitioning from a weak state into a strong state. These trends in state power can be broken down into 3 categories: hard power, soft power and smart power. Hard power is just that. Government controlled military, police and other law enforcement agencies. Since 2002, Columbia’s military and police forces have grown by 50%. President Santos served as Defense Minister for 3 years prior to his Presidency. In that time he implemented many changes, which resulted in destabilizing prominent cartels and guerrilla insurgents. In 2012 it is estimated that threats of terrorist actions and control by organized crime was reduced to less than 6% of the nation. This is a direct result of the demobilization of several illegal arms groups. Soft Power is...
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...Caroline Lumb The name Columbia for "America" (in the sense of "European colonies in the New World") first appeared in 1738[1][2] in the weekly publication of the debates of the British Parliament in Edward Cave's The Gentleman's Magazine. Publication of Parliamentary debates was technically illegal, so the debates were issued under the thin disguise of Reports of the Debates of the Senate of Lilliput, and fictitious names were used for most individuals and placenames found in the record. Most of these were transparent anagrams or similar distortions of the real names; some few were taken directly from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels; and a few others were classical or neoclassical in style. Such were Ierne for Ireland, Iberia for Spain, Noveborac for New York (from Eboracum, the Roman name for York), and Columbia for America—at the time used in the sense of "European colonies in the New World".[3] The name appears to have been coined by Samuel Johnson, thought have been the author of an introductory essay (in which "Columbia" already appears) which explained the conceit of substituting "Lilliputian" for English names; Johnson also wrote down the Debates from 1740 to 1743. The name continued to appear in The Gentleman's Magazine until December 1746. Columbia is an obvious calque on America, substituting the base of the surname of the discoverer Christopher Columbus for the base of the given name of the somewhat less well-known Americus Vespucius. As the debates of Parliament...
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...I/Team Name__________________________ agrees to participate in schedules games Saturday, July 21st 2012. Location of the games will be held at 4820 Tuckaseegee Rec Center, Charlotte, NC 28208. The tournament is form 11am-3pm. Games will begin promptly at 11am. Teams are to arrive at the gym no later than 10:15am for registration. Each team must have at least 8 players and no more than 12 players. Each player will pay a fee of $10.00 with a total fee for all players due June 30th, 2012. Individuals or teams can make payments through PayPal. Use email address info@itsbtwnus.com. Please bring your email confirmation print off to registration. Waiver and Release (Please read carefully) By signing up and participating in the SCBP Basketball tournament, you are expressly assuming the risk and legal liability and waiving and releasing all claims for injuries, damages or losses that you might sustain as a result of participating in any and all activities. I acknowledge that there is certain risk of physical injury to participate and I voluntarily agree to assume the full risk of any and all injuries, damages or loss, regardless of severity, that I may sustain as a result of participation. I further agree to waive and relinquish all claims against South Carolina Black Pride, its officials, agents, volunteers, sponsors and other associated with SCBP that may have as a result of participants in the basketball games. I understand that photography of my participation in the activities/games...
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...hailed as the "Eighth Wonder of the World" in 1941 when it was finished being built. It blocks the Columbia River with 12 million cubic yards of concrete, and spreads over a mile wide with the height of a 46-story building all holding back a 150-mile long reservoir called Lake Roosevelt. The dam produces more kilowatts than any other dam in the United States. The Grand Coulee was only part of the Columbia Basin Project that included four additional dams, three reservoir lakes, and approximately 2,300 miles of irrigation canals all making their way through a half a million acres of desert. It has been deemed as the largest public works project that has had the greatest impact on the economic development of the Pacific Northwest. But, the social and environmental costs were severe that the Grand Coulee Dam more than likely could not be built today. The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) hired folksinger Woody Guthrie in May 1941, to promote the federal dams on the Columbia River. The issue was who should build the dams: private power companies or the federal government. The power companies had a stable of influential lobbyists. The government had Guthrie, whose generation felt the undammed river was a resource going to waste. Guthrie earned $266.66 and spent the month traveling around the Columbia Basin writing 26 songs in 30 days. The most famous of these is "Roll on Columbia, Roll On," sung to the tune of "Goodnight Irene" which was later adopted as the state song for Washington...
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