...Executive Summary: The report of the plant manager for RIO BRAVO IV, a subsidiary of Packed Electrical a division of General Motors identifies mistakes made by top management. These mistakes clearly indicate top management failure to use project management principles in starting up a new manufacturing branch. It also points out the learning outcomes when good efforts are placed at the right places and with the right human talent employed. In the new economy organizations have to focus on the customer, environment and its resources and change their approach in doing business (paradigm shift). Senior management has to give clear goals and utilize the Total Quality Management (TQM) philosophy. Failure by top managed clearly state the objective of the project meant that it had no master plan and schedule. When the project was initiated the objective was to gain worldwide respect not to satisfy a customer and let the respect follow as an outcome. Top management failure is more evident through lack of proper feasibility study on the location and the customer getting customer Users Requirements Specifications (URS). There was no plan in place as such the project team did not exist at all. The machines were hastily installed; lay out set as per other factories not designed to cater for this customer. The location was never considered as what effect it might cause to the customer. Top management did not address the diversity issue an as a result communication was hampered by language...
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...filmes elbeszélés | Rio Bravo | dramaturgiai és narrációs elemzése | | 2011.05.26. | A félév végi szemináriumi dolgozat témájához én Howard Hawks: Rio Bravo című filmjét választottam. Nem csak azért mert a műfaji filmek közül nekem a western az egyik kedvencem, hanem azért is, mert úgy gondolom, hogy az elbeszélést és a dramaturgiát nagyon jól be lehet mutatni e filmek ’egyszerűségén’. Azt, mondhatjuk, hogy a dramaturgián a „konfliktus felépülésének és megoldásának rendjét érjük” (Kovács András Bálint, 1997, 64). Minden film általában, de legfőképp az amerikai (hollywoodi) sikerfilmek arra épülnek, hogy feszültséget állítanak, a nézőben majd azt feloldják. Ezek a filmek konfliktusokra épülnek, amelyek egyrészt tovább viszik a cselekményt, másrészt pedig érdekessé, izgalmassá teszik (jobb esetben) a filmet a néző számára. Minden filmnek megvan a maga dinamikája, ezáltal meghatározódik a sebessége is. Minél több konfliktus és annak feloldása van egy filmben, annál inkább tekinthetjük gyorsnak a művet, mint például egy akciófilmet, azonban minél kevesebb van, annál lassabbnak hat, ehhez a drámákat vagy romantikus filmeket tudnám hasonlítani. Minden filmnek megvan a saját narratív szerkezete, de ezek nagyon sok filmben átfedik egymást. Olyan univerzális filmszerkezetekről beszélek itt, amely ahhoz segíti a film készítőit...
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...The 10th anniversary of “30 Rock” has fans celebrating one of the most interesting sitcoms on TV. Even Liz Lemon should be thrilled that she survived the television world and hit a major milestone. Known as the quirkiest sitcom on NBC (or any other channel for that matter) it gained loyal viewers and super fans over the years. Even though the series is no longer producing new shows, Liz, Jack and Tracy are still sometimes quoted in everyday life and fans are still wishing they could still get a dose of Liz every week. For some NBC viewers the anniversary of “30 Rock” could be a national holiday. Yes, October 11, 2006 was a special moment to remember. It was the day “30 Rock” debuted as Tina Fey and Robert Carlock’s comedy took a sitcom into...
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...1) The three texts are all about reality television, and how far the boundaries can be pushed for the highest viewer ratings. Text 2: “When Reality TV Gets Too Real” is written by Jeremy W peters. The text is focusing on whether it’s the television station and the team behind the cameras that have the responsible for actions the participants may do to themselves or others such as a crime, while participating on the show. The show Intervention running on A&E is a great example of how the boundaries have been pushed. The show is about the life of those who suffer from addiction and their family. People on the edge make good television and therefore will the people behind the show push the boundaries as far as possible. Situations in these kinds of shows can get out of hand and the participants can become a danger to themselves or others, here is the question asked when is the crew obligated to step out from behind the camera and intervene. The crew is looked at as witnesses and by the law in the United States, witnesses are not obligated to step in and save people or stop a crime. Intervention’s creator Sam Mettler says “This is their life with me or whiteout me”. To make a case, the accusing party must have proof that the subjects were put in danger by a situation created from the programs side. Mr. Mettler has stepped up and stopped participants from harming themselves or others. The A&E senior vice president assures that if a person is in immediate danger, then that’s...
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...PowerPoint Purpose The partnership hopes to engage viewers long after they turn off the television, close their laptops and stop watching Bravo’s TV shows. How they do it Bravo would start creating on-air TV promotions telling viewers how to play the Bravo-enhanced features of Foursquare. Bravo will begin offering Foursquare players “badges” and special prizes when viewers visit more than 500 Bravo locations. The locations will be picked by Bravo to correspond with select Bravo shows including “The Real Housewives,” “The Millionaire Matchmaker,” “Top Chef,” “Kell on Earth,” “Top Chef Masters” and “Shear Genius.” Zagat deal is interesting in that it goes beyond simply offering food and restaurant recommendations. The service plans to have a weekly web video series entitled “Meet The Mayor” in which they interview the Foursquare “mayor” of a restaurant in their guide. Example: The Foursquare page for the movie Valentine’s Day, those promoting the movie have added 50 “Romantic Tips” around the cities that the movie takes place in. The new HBO show, How To Make It In America, meanwhile, has four special badges that you can unlock: Culture, Living, Cocktails, and Nightlife. Each of these is obtained by visiting venues from the show. Another deal that Foursquare recently signed was with Harvard. And Foursquare is also partnering with Conde Nast’s Lucky Magazine to encourage users to check into select stores during New York’s Fashion Week. Second slide Crowley: We’re...
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...BURBERRY 1. Bravo’s team has managed to elevate the overall status of the Burberry brand. How has it managed to accomplish this? Bravo’s goal was to transform Burberry from a tired outerwear into a luxury lifestyle brand that was aspirational, stylish and innovative. And she began by recruiting a top management team, who could succeed in a retail environment and also understand customers, price points and gaps. Together, they changed the brand’s name from Burberry’s to Burberry and introduced a contemporary logo and packaging. By repositioning the brand into “accessible luxury”, they could attract younger customers and, at the same time, retain its core base. The next step was to update the product line by slashing the number of SKUs and hiring a new design team, which was in charge of only three primary collections: womenswear, menswear and accessories. Bravo’s team also decided to raise prices and expand the brand portfolio with the label Prorsum, which was the best way to reinforce Burberry’s new positioning in the luxury market. To promote the new image, they hired Mario Testino, Fabien Baron and David Lipman, who were able to associate the brand with a more trend-conscious, modern look and also with its heritage. 2. Decisions include managing different brands, different collections, channels and licenses: what is the role of these different elements in the overall business model? The role of each decision was to have a consistent brand image: a perfect mix...
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...Burberry’s competitive position sustainable over long term? Why or why not? a. When repositioning the brand, Bravo and her team noticed available niches between Polo Ralph Lauren/Giorgio Armani in apparel and Coach/Gucci in accessories (Moon, 2004). Relative to its competitors, Burberry is presented as ‘accessible luxury’ (Moon, 2004). Burberry’s new competitive positioning is seen as sustainable over long term. What separates Burberry from other luxury brands is the functional aspect—a trench coat that has a purpose (Moon, 2004). Burberry’s point of difference was to be aspirational, but also functional (Moon, 2004). Bravo described the brand’s current position as wedged between Ralph Lauren’s lifestyle and Gucci’s fashion (Moon, 2004). Not only are lifestyle and fashion brands competitors of Burberry, but companies like Target are competitors as well (Moon, 2004). This is due to people shopping everywhere; high-income people shopping at discount warehouses and middle-income people shopping at luxury retailers (Moon, 2004). Since Burberry is continuing to bring out innovative designs and products partnered with proper advertisements, its competitive positioning is sustainable over the long term. 2. The case notes that Bravo’s team has managed to elevate the overall status of Burberry’s brand. How has it managed to accomplish this? b. First and foremost, Bravo and her team knew that the next five years were going to be crucial (Moon, 2004). Bravo’s team set the goal...
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...in Student Version Copyright 2010 8/24/09 by FACHE RIO GRANDE MEDICAL CENTER Cost Allocation Concepts This case focuses on cost allocation concepts, specifically the fairness and incentives created by a new allocation system applied to a department that is moving to a new, stand-alone facility. The primary thrust of the case is qualitative rather than quantitative, but this model can be used to compare results under alternative allocation schemes. The model consists of a complete base case analysis--no changes need to be made to the existing MODEL-GENERATED DATA section. However, in the student version all values in the INPUT DATA section have been replaced with zeros. Thus, students must enter the appropriate values into the red cells that currently contain a zero or hyphen. When this is done, any error cells will be corrected and the base case solution will appear. Note that the model does not contain any uncertainty analyses, so students will have to create their own if required by the case. Furthermore, students must create their own graphics output (charts) as needed to present their results. INPUT DATA: KEY OUTPUT: Dialysis Center Data: Dialysis...
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...Indice Introducción La Administración Estratégica Modelo de la Administración Estratégica Entrevista Conclusion Bibliografía Introducción Las empresas que implementan estrategias eficaces logran un mejor desempeño a largo plazo comparado con aquellas que no lo hacen, ya que permiten observar de cerca diferentes factores y predecir el cambio del mercado para así adaptarse a ella. La Administración estratégica permite a una empresa ser adaptable, permitiendo así influir sobre el mercado o incluso tomar la delantera sobre los competidores. Permite aprovechar las ventajas que el entorno ofrece, minimizar el impacto de las amenazas externas, eliminar las debilidades, aumentar o crear nuevas fortalezas. La Administración Estratégica La administración estratégica se define como el arte y la ciencia de formular,implementar y evaluar decisiones multifuncionales que le permitan a una empresa lograr sus objetivos.Por ende, esta se enfoca en integrar la administración,el marketing,las finanzas y la contabilidad,la producción y las operaciones, las actividades de investigación y desarrollo, para así lograr el éxito de una empresa. La finalidad de la administración estratégica es aprovechar todas las oportunidades que surjan y crear otras nuevas y diferentes para el futuro. Modelo...
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...Jamaica Highlighting the Study Area……………………… II. Map of the Study area……………………………………………… Methodology……………………………………………………………….. 4 Presentation of data………………………………………………………… 5-8 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………. 9 Bibliography………………………………………………………………... 10 TITLE PAGE GENERAL TOPIC Rivers AIM OF STUDY To conduct a research along the course of the coyaba river in St. Ann, to compare the characteristics and measurements at different points in the river. METHODOLOGY Where data was collected The data for the study was collected at the Coyaba River Gardens in Ocho Rios St.Ann. When was Data Collected The data was collected on the 17 of October 2013, during the period of 12:30pm until 1:00pm. How data was collected Three different sites were targeted for the study and the observations and measurement were conduct at these points. In which two other person was in the water holding the cord which was used to measure the dept, the length of the fall and a bottle was used to conduct the speed of the fall. While two other person was recording the data and timing the stopwatch. PRESENTATION OF DATA A Table Showing The LENGTH, DEPTH AND TIME Of The Coyaba River Garden Course. LENGHT | DEPTH | TIME | 2 m | 1 m | 17 s | 3 m | 0.5 | 8 s | 3 m | 0.5 | 10 s | 4 m | 0.8 | 35...
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...economic potential (e.g. fur trade) the west had. Unfortunately many Americans, mostly from the south also sought new lands but for the wrong reasons, reasons such as acquiring more lands for the expansion of cotton cultivation, thus also spreading more slavery. One of the main events that lead to the war was the dispute of boundaries between Mexico and the United States and the union of Texas with the U.S. Mexico did not like the fact the Texas joined the union, in the years prior, Mexico had been at war with Texas trying to get them to surrender to their rule but could not succeed. Another reason that possibly lead to the war was that the U.S. wanted to establish their border at the Rio Grande, but Mexico believed their border was at the Nueces River which was about 120 miles north of the Rio Grande....
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...written so that children are able to enjoy it. 5) This book was a very well written book which I think parents should encourage their children to read. It deals with illegal immigrants from Mexico. It teaches children about being tolerant, accepting, generous, and standing up for what is right. I think it teaches a good lesson for all children and parents. 6) I enjoyed reading about helping another person who was worse off than they were. The illustrations were colorful, interesting and well done and for that I really liked them. Summary * This is a story about Prietita a young Mexican American girl who meets a Mexican boy by the name of Joaquin. * Joaquin is a Mexican immigrant boy who along with his mother crossed the Rio Grande to Texas in search for a better life. * Prietia defends Joaquin when he is being bullied by all the other neighborhood kids, including her own friends. * Prietia and Joaquin become friends and she helps heal his wounds and saves her lunch so that he can eat. * When the border patrol comes to town,...
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...Those were the actions Polk took leading to the war with Mexico. America won every battle with Mexico (Lecture “The Mexican War”).The results of the war would be, the military officers obtained strategic lessons that they used thirteen years later. More than half of Mexico’s territory and one of their most admired states was stolen from them. Once the United States gained the new territory they affronted an issue that has been inactive since the Missouri Compromise. How would slavery be ranked in the territories? The charge that Polk provoked a “war of aggression” was a fair one. It was a fair charge because, On January 13, 1846, a frustrated Polk tried to force a showdown by ordering four thousand men, under General Taylor, to march to the Rio Grande near Mexican forces, but nothing happened. Polk then turned to his Cabinet to ask Congress to declare war on the basis of unpaid claims and Slidell’s rejection (pg.263). Even though these pretexts were thin, on the evening of May 9, 1846 the news of bloodshed arrived. Based on the word aggression, by definition, the United States did provoke Mexican forces to fire and fight in order to gain territorial rights. So for that reason the United States owes the Mexican Government an apology. But what can one expect from a country that was founded on taking and claiming land and territory that...
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...A Mother’s Hand The Rain of Gold written by Victor Villasenor, is a strong tale of two Hispanic families who escape the Mexican Revolution, only to have their life’s intertwined. Contrary to the customs of the times, both families are run by two strong and independent women. The mothers are left by both of their husbands during the revolution— left to take care of their families. Focusing on one mother, Dona Margarita is the best example of a powerful and influential matriarch. She is left to take care of her family during their trip out of Mexico, and throughout their time in America. Dona Margarita has the strongest impact on her children’s lives. Juan Villasenor is born from a proud family, led by an even prouder mother. Dona Margarita’s main strength to keep on going is the fact that she is a descendant of the great Don Pio. This great sense of pride is passed to her kids, as shown by Juan’s recklessness when he was competing with the other boys. “Juan was full of the devil; he just knew this was one event he was sure to win. After all, he was a Villasenor with Castro blood…”(117). Even though Juan misses the train his sheer determination to go and run after it is truly amazing. Juan’s mother left such an impression on him that when he sees the jaguar, he can hear his mother’s words “Attack, mi hijito! Dont run! Attack! Or he’ll kill you” (125)! Throughout the book, Dona Margarita seems to have this sixth sense about her kids, in which she can tell if her kids are in...
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...Manifest Destiny, which is the idea that the United States had the God given rights to expand westward from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean and from the Canadian to the Rio Grande boundaries, became popular during the 1840’s due to it being coined by John L. O'Sullivan. This ideal grew exponentially over time, so the United States increased in popular support towards the expansion of the West. Although the United States thought they had the God given right to achieve Manifest Destiny, other nationalistic countries, such as Mexico, though the opposite and expelled US citizens of their lands to not lose control of their territory against the American military. This vision of Manifest Destiny is what eventually helped the United States win the public’s support during the Mexican-American...
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