...Marie Jackson: Renfield Farms Revitalization By: Anthony J. Mayo & Heather Beckham Group D Latoya Reed & Alma Shaw MADM 701: Organizational Behavior Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Case Summary 3 Major Issues 3 Analysis of Issues 4 Action Alternatives 7 Analysis of Alternatives 8 Recommendations 11 Implementation of Issues 12 References 13 Executive Summary Case Summary Donald Franklin, a profound farmer and businessman, founded the organic and dairy Renfield Farms in Maine in 1964. Franklin was a passionate businessman, who developed a strong business culture that cultivated continuous innovation, healthy living, and producing nutritional and wholesome food products. Due to these stimulating values, Renfield Farms grew from a local to a nationwide dairy supplier, known for its strong brands and ideals. However, after Franklin retired in 2002, the company began facing many difficulties. Renfield Farms’ successors were not as inspiring as Franklin and could not measure up to his leadership skills. Renfield Farms was obviously in bad shape due to declining sales and consumers losing trust in the company’s product brands. Something had to be done. Marie Jackson was an external hire, who was appointed as the company’s new CEO in 2013 in order to revitalize Renfield Farms’ unsatisfactory performance. Though a strong leadership with a great vision for the company, Jackson faced many oppositions, predominately overcoming employees’ resistance to change...
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...Candidate Position Paper and Competitive Analysis I. Candidate biography Personal information Education Trump’s full name is Donald John Trump. He was born on June 14, 1946, which puts him at 69 years old. He was born in Queens, New York. Trump has been married three times, and has five children. In total, his parents had five children; he was the fourth of them. When Trump was thirteen he was sent to the New York Military Academy, where he was successful both socially and academically. Graduating in 1964 he was both a star athlete and a student leader there. He then entered Fordham University and two years later transferred to the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated in 1968 with a degree in economics. Business Experience While Trump was in college, he began working with his dad during the summer. Shortly after graduating he joined his dad’s company, “Elizabeth Trump & Son”. Following this in 1971, Trump was given control of the company. He later renamed it, “Trump Organization”. Here are some of the places he was able to open up in the following years: The Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue, developed a casino property on the boardwalk for Holiday Inn/Harrah’s, had a partnership with Holiday Inn Corporation before buying it from them, purchased a Hilton Hotels casino-hotel in Atlantic City, and also acquired the largest hotel-casino in the world, the Taj Mahal at Atlantic City. He also bought the Eastern Air Lines...
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...DSMHT 201: Applied Differential Equation (credit 02) 1. Ordinary differential equations and their solutions: Initial value problems, Boundary value problems, Basic existence and uniqueness theorems (statement and illustration only). 2. Solution of first order equations: separable equations and equations reducible to this form, Linear equations, exact equations, Special integrating factors, Substitutions and transformations. 3. Solution of higher order linear differential equations: Solution space of homogeneous linear equations. Fundamental solutions of homogeneous systems. Reduction of order. Homogeneous linear equations with constant coefficients. Non homogeneous equations. 4. Method of undermined coefficients. Variations of parameters. Cauchy-Euler differential equations. 5. Systems of differential equations, linear system, Fundamental matrix, Solutions of linear systems with constant coefficients. References: 1. D.G. Zill, A First Course in Differentil Equations with Applications. 2. F. Braur and J.A. Nohel, Differential Equations. 3. S.L. Ross, Differential Equation. DSMHT 202: Geological and Hydro-meteorological Hazards (credit 02) 1. Introduction to Geological and Hydro-meteorological Hazards. 2. Geological Hazards Earthquakes (causes, types and effects of Earthquakes), Tsunami & Seiches. (naming, Tsunami Generation, Velocity and height, coastal effects and vulnerability), Volcanoes (origin & types of volcanic hazards...
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...MS-13, short for Mara Salvatrucha, is a criminal organization that operates in at least forty-two states and has about 6,000-10,000 members nationwide (The MS-13 Threat: A National Assessment ). This infamous gang – primarily made up of Salvadorans, Hondurans, Guatemalans, and other Central/South American immigrants – has ignited terror and havoc in communities throughout the United States by committing heinous crimes, such as drug distribution, murder, rape, home invasions, immigration offenses and many more. The notoriety of MS-13 and the level of violence that has ensured has captured the nation’s attention, as well as the president himself to which he has branded these gang members as “animals.” CNN and The New York Times have commented on the situation: CNN explaining Trump’s attempts to rid the nation of MS-13 members, while The New York Times described how Trump has exaggerated false claims regarding MS-13 deportation numbers. This current spectacle relates to Leo Chavez’s Latino Threat Narrative in the sense that the gang and criminal activity demonstrated by MS-13 is being associated with any person who crosses the border, and the immigration and deportation measures being taken is negatively affecting those entering the United States with good intentions....
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...Moneca Donald Professor Ms. Laura La Flair RH 102: Rhetoric, Logic, Grammar, and Writing II April 14, 2014 Literary Analysis An Analysis of “Hills Like White Elephants” In Heminway’s short story Hills Like White Elephants the women is put in a difficult situation. The story talks about a women having abortion. She does not want to have the abortion but her boyfriend tries to persuade her that is it’s the right thing to do for both of their happiness in the relationship. This analysis of this paper will explain what is the couple’s relationship like in the beginning of the story, how has the relationship changed lately, and who dominates the relationship. The relationship of the couple in the beginning of the story is distant. They are making small talk with other to avoid the real issue they are dealing with. The women’s mind is somewhere else. For example, “The girl was looking off at the line of hills. They were white in the sun and the country was brown and dry. She says, “The look like white elephants”.pg. 79. This phrase gives the impression that her mind is not on him. During the first part of the story the couple talk about little of nothing. They make small talk about nothing. As the conversation goes on with couple, it becomes evident that the women is implying how she feels in the little words that she give off. For example, the conversation goes “Four reals.” We want two Anis del Tor.” “With water?” “Do you want it with water?” “It don’t know”...
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...Notice of 2013 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting and Proxy Statement b McDonald’s Corporation 2013 Contents 3 7 8 8 8 14 14 14 42 Proxy Summary Notice of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting Election of Directors Proposal No. 1. Election of Directors Director qualifications and biographical information Executive compensation Compensation Committee Report Compensation discussion and analysis Proposal No. 2. Advisory vote to approve executive compensation Other management proposal Proposal No. 3. Advisory vote to approve the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditor for 2013 59 Stock ownership 59 Stock ownership guidelines 59 Security ownership of certain beneficial owners 60 Security ownership of management 61 Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act Transactions with related persons, promoters and certain control persons Policies and procedures for related person transactions 61 61 62 Related person transactions 62 Communications 62 Communications with the Board of Directors and non-management Directors 62 Consideration of Director nominations for the 2014 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 63 Shareholder proposals for inclusion in next year’s Proxy Statement 63 Other shareholder proposals for presentation at the 2014 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 64 Solicitation of proxies and voting 64 Notice and access 64 Record date 64 Voting prior to the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 64 Voting at the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 64 Quorum 64 Voting tabulation 65...
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...AN ANALYSIS OF LANGUAGE FEATURES IN ENGLISH ADVERTISEMENTS Abstract This paper presents an analytical study of the language features of English advertisements at lexical, syntactic and discourse levels. In order to conduct a data-driven study, the author builds a corpus of 60 English advertisements. It is hoped that through the detailed survey of three types of advertisements: namely, daily consumer goods ads, technical equipment ads, service ads, similarities and differences in advertising language features can be summarized and possible reasons will be given in the light of the meaning, and function of language. This paper will be presented in five parts. The first part is the introduction and the last conclusion. The focus of the paper is laid on the three middle parts which respectively analyze language features at lexical, syntactic and discourse levels. The conclusion of this paper is drawn from the data analysis. In the analysis, examples from the corpus will be given; figures, tables and graphs will also be offered to make the paper understandable and persuasive. It is hoped that the study can shed light on the language features of advertisements and also provide help to copy writers and advertising English learners. KEYWORDS: English Advertisements, Lexical, Syntactic, Discourse,Similarities, Differences Acknowledgement Sincere thanks go to Dr. Wei Naixing for his insightful guidance and earnest help all through the searching, analysis and...
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...ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We would like to extend our deepest gratitude to the following special people in our life for without them this work will never be a successful one. To God almighty for giving us blessing of intelligence and courage in life. To our family for their unending support financially, emotionally and who also serves as our inspiration. To all the members who cooperate and help to complete and finish this feasibility. To our teacher Ms. Camille Erica Franco who shared her precious time for teaching us and giving us wonderful and bright ideas and also for rendering her helping hands. Table of contents A. Introduction ………………………………………………………………. 1 Mission and Vision ……………………………………………... 2 Goals ………………………………………………………………. 3 Objectives .....….……………………………………………….. 4 B. Marketing Aspect Strength …………………………………………………….... 5 Weakness Opportunity ……………………………………………………… 6 Threats C. Technical Aspect Vicinity Map/Location Map .……………………………………. 7 Perspective as a Whole …………………………………………….. 8 Floor plan ……………………………………………………… 9 D. Management Aspects Organizational chart ……………………………………………… 10 Offered facilities and Amenities …………………………………… 11 E. Marketing Strategy ……………………………………………………… 12 Price List ……………………………………………………... 13 Banner ……………………………………………………………… 15 Logo ……………………………………………………………… 16 INTRODUCTION Pizza World is a fast food restaurant located in Monumento. We come up to build this...
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...PERFORMANCE AT LIMPOPO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY CHAVANI FRITZ-DONALD KHOSA MBA 2015 IMPACT OF HIGH STAFF TURNOVER ON DIVISIONAL PERFORMANCE AT LIMPOPO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY BY CHAVANI FRITZ-DONALD KHOSA DISSERTATION SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTERS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION IN THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS STUDIES MANAGEMENT COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (MANCOSA) SUPERVISOR: PAUL SINGH OCTOBER 2015 DECLARATION I, Chavani Fritz-donald Khosa declare that this dissertation is the result of my investigation and research and that this has not been submitted in part or full for the degree or for any other degree to any other University. ____________________________ __________________________ C.F. Khosa Date ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank The Almighty God for the wisdom and strength to embark on this academic research. Sincere thanks goes to my wife Elizabeth Khosa and children (Jamela, Vutomi, Tshulani and Andzani) for their patience, support, courage and inspiration throughout the studies. I am indebted to my parents, Dr J.H.M Khosa and Mrs RM Khosa for moral and financial support during my undergraduates and postgraduate studies and their encouragement to pursue this study. I dedicate this research study to my late brother Mr TH Khosa (Masters in Social Work) and late sister Ms TE Khosa (Masters in Sociology), who challenged me during their...
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...#477 from Innovative Leader Volume 9, Number 7 July 2000Mistakes to Avoid in Decision Making by Donald L. Caruth, Ph.D., SPHR and Gail D. Handlogten, SPHRDr. Caruth and Ms. Handlogten are principals, Human Resources Management Systems, in Rockwall, Texas (email: caruth@flash.net). They have published Staffing the Contemporary Organization (Quorum Books, Westport, CT, 1997).According to management expert Peter Drucker, managers do not generally spend a great deal oftime making decisions. Decision making is, however, the task that has the most far-reaching consequences. It’s imperative that managers recognize decision-making mistakes. Eight of the most common errors follow.Mistake #1: Failure to Recognize a ProblemManagers usually operate on a frantic day-to-day basis without recognizing a problem that’s before their noses. They seem resigned that things are the way they are because of the “system,” and someone else must take action. When schedules present obstacles, or operations aren’t running according to plan, a manager should suspect that a problem exists. They should act to solve the problem. Frequently, managers don’t recognize the problem as their responsibility due to lack of experience, or that they recognize the problem carries with it the obligation to do something. Therefore, no recognition equates to no responsibility.Mistake #2: Incorrect Problem IdentificationIdentifying the problem is the next step in effective decision making. This step is also...
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...[Type your address] [Type your phone number] [Type your e-mail address] FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS Marketing Management II Course Professor: Dr. Kartik Dave Contact: 9873099223 Opposite Conference Room, First Floor Contact no.: 0120-2323001-10 Ext 360 Email: kartik.dave@bimtech.ac.in Course Objectives: In Marketing Management II, students would be introduced to the tactical areas of marketing – the various marketing mix (the four Ps) strategies: Product Strategy Pricing Strategy Place (Distribution) Strategy Promotion (Communication) Strategy This will enable the students to combine their earlier knowledge in the strategic areas of marketing (covered in Marketing Management I) with that in the tactical marketing strategies to improve their problem solving and decision-making abilities in the real life business situations. Pedagogical Methods: The course employs a balanced mix of lectures/class discussions and cases /assignments/projects. Class lectures and discussions provide an exposition of key concepts, and are supported by current marketing practices. The cases/assignments/projects provide an opportunity to apply the theories, concepts, and analytical devices developed in the lectures. Lecture / Class Discussion: This time will be devoted to the presentation of theories, concepts, and analytical techniques useful for marketing management. The course outline indicates topic wise chapters of the relevant textbooks and also includes few other important...
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...Reference Material on Ethics Books and Book Chapters Baase, S. (1997) A Gift of Fire: Social, Legal and Ethical Issues in Computing, Prentice Hall. Berleur, J. and Bruunstein, K. (Eds.) (1996) Ethics of Computing: Codes, Spaces for Discussion and Law, Chapman & Hall: London. Berleur, J. and Whitehouse, D. (Eds.) (1997) An Ethical Global Information Society: Cuture and Democracy Revisited (Proceedings of the IFIP WG 9.2/9.5 Corfu International Conference) Chapman & Hall: London. Berleur, J., Duquenoy, P. and Whitehouse, D. (Eds) (1999) Ethics and the Governance of the Internet, IFIP-SIG 9.2.2 (IFIP Framework for the Ethics of Computing), IFIP Press: Laxenburg, Austria Bowman, J.S. and Menzel, D.C. (1998) Teaching Ethics and Values in Public Administration Programs: Innovations, Strategies and Issues, SUNY Press: Albany. Cappel, J.J. and Kappelman, L. (1997) The Year 2000 Problem: An Ethical Perspective, in: Kappelman, L., (Ed.), Year 2000 Problem: Strategies and Solutions from the Fortune 100, International Thomson Computer Press, Boston, 158-163. Floridi, L. (1999) Philosophy and Computing, London: Routledge. Johnson, D.G. and Nissenbaum, H. (1995) Computers, Ethics and Social Values, Prentice Hall. Kallman, E.A. and Grillo, J.P. (1996) Ethical Decision Making and Information Technology: An Introduction with Cases, McGraw Hill. Kaplan, B., Farzanfar, R. and Friedman R.H. (1999) Research and Ethical Issues Arising from Ethnographic Interviews of Patients’...
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...THE DEBATE OVER GUN CONTROL By: Brad Hales ITT-TECH Bessemer, Al. EN 1320 J. Henderson March 9, 2013 Gun Control, a term that refers to the management of firearms in an effort to reduce the criminal use of these weapons. (MICROSOFT (R) ENCARTA 1995) In the year 2004 there were more than 210 million privately owned guns in the United States, which makes it plain to see why there are arguments for and against even the smallest amount of gun control. The Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States guarantees “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.” In the 1930s a law passed by the federal government that required people wishing to own or possess a fully automatic or sawed-off barrel firearm to pay a $200 registration fee. This law was amended in 1986 to ban the manufacture of fully automatic firearms. (MICROSOFT (R) ENCARTA 1995) Some of the U.S. cities, such as Washington D.C., Chicago, and New York City, place restrictions on handgun ownership. A few cities across the U.S. Have handguns banned entirely. A federal law restricts handgun ammunition capable of piercing body armor, and also requires that guns with plastic parts to contain enough metal in the gun to be detectable amount of metal. Law enforcement groups are among the most influential supports for a stricter gun control laws. Efforts to pass national gun control laws have met fierce opposition from gun lobbyist. However in 1993, after a seven...
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...The Debate Over Gun Control Gun Control, a term that refers to the management of firearms in an effort to reduce the criminal use of these weapons. (MICROSOFT (R) ENCARTA 1995) In the year 2004 there were more than 210 million privately owned guns in the United States, which makes it plain to see why there are arguments for and against even the smallest amount of gun control. The Second Admendment to the Constitution of the United States, guarantees “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.” In the 1930s a law passed by the federal government that required people wishing to own or possess a fully automatic or sawed-off barrel firearm to pay a $200 registration fee. This law was amended in 1986 to ban the manufacture of fully automatic firearms. (MICROSOFT (R) ENCARTA 1995) Some of the U.S. cities, such as Washington D.C., Chicago, and New York City, place restrictions on handgun ownership. A few cities across the U.S. have banned handguns entirely. A federal law restricts handgun amuntion capable of piercing body armor, and also requires that guns with plastic parts to contain enough enough metal in the gun to be detectable amount of metal. Law enforcement groups are among the most influential supports for a stricter gun control laws. Efforts to pass national gun control laws have met fierce opposition from gun lobbiest. However in 1993, after a seven year battle, the congress of the United States passed the Brady bill, which...
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...Date: April 3, 2011 Attn: Mr. Donald Penchiala, Staffing Services Director Ms. Marilyn Anchley, Vice President of Human Resources Tanglewood Store Management Subject: Labor Projects and Planning In the following report, you find forecast of labor requirements and analysis with strategic suggestions to improve overall recruiting practices at Tanglewood. It has been brought to my attention that past recruiting and promotion practices may have not been up to par or need to be reviewed. After reviewing the information in this report and statistical graphs, I will offer my suggestions how Tanglewood can improve in all these areas to be successful not only in planning, recruiting but also promotions and business practices. Labor Forecast Table 1.1 Markov Analysis Information Transition probability matrix | Current year | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | Exit | Previous year | (1) Store associate | 0.43 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.51 | (2) Shift leader | 0.00 | 0.54 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.30 | (3) Department manager | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.64 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.30 | (4) Assistant store manager | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.52 | 0.08 | 0.34 | (5) Store manager | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.66 | 0.34 | Forecast of availabilities | Next year (projected) | (1) | (2) ...
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