...The Wallace Group Permasalahan yang ditemukan oleh Frances Rampar berdasarkan hasil wawancara dengan top executives dari The Wallace Group adalah sebagai berikut : Hal Wallace mengendalikan perusahaan berdasarkan keinginannya yang berdampak pada ketidakefektifan kinerja perusahaan. Board of Director tidak menjalankan tugasnya dengan efektif, yaitu tidak menentukan strategi, tujuan perusahaan, visi, dan misi dengan jelas, sehingga bisnis unit bekerja untuk kepentingan bisnis unitnya masing-masing. Design struktur organisasi yang tidak jelas, yaitu tidak ada pemisahan tugas yang jelas dengan masing-masing manajemen juga belum menerapkan employee empowerment. Kekurangan karyawan yang berpotensi, terutama di bagian engineering, yang diakibatkan penetapan gaji yang terlalu rendah, job specs yang terlalu tinggi, ataupun sistem perekrutan yang buruk. Tidak memiliki fungsi pemasaran dalam tiap-tiap bisnis unit, sehingga bisnis unit tidak memiliki kesamaan tujuan pemasaran dengan perusahaan secara keseluruhan dan tidak memiliki network untuk melakukan penjualan. Kurangnya pengalaman karyawan bagian manajemen yang diakibatkan kurangnya training atas karyawan tersebut. Tidak adanya evaluasi atas kinerja karyawan, termasuk kinerja dari CEO dan top management. Tidak adanya koordinasi antar unit bisnis dan kurang tanggap atas kebutuhan karyawan maupun pelanggan. Sistem informasi tidak efektif karena tidak sesuai dengan kebutuhan pengguna. Penerapan transfer pricing yang tidak...
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...STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT (Case Study-The Wallace Group, Inc.) ronald s. leabres JANICE FAYE S. ANG Professor Masters in Business Administration College of Business Administration and Accountancy Central Luzon State University Science City of Muñoz February 23, 2011 CASE ABSTRACT The Wallace Group is devised of three operational groups which include Electronics, Plastics and Chemicals. Harold Wallace was the original owner of the electronics company, but now has 45% of the group after acquiring the plastics company and then the chemical company. He also serves as the Chairman and President of the Wallace Group, but each group is run by a Vice President. Recently, Hal Wallace hired Rampar Associates to put together an effective sales presentation. Included in the presentation would be set of priorities to focus on over the next year, a clear plan and the expense. Frank Campbell, the Vice President of Industrial Relations, sums up the Wallace Group problem in a simple statement. He said, "Morale is really poor here. Hal runs this place like a one man operation, when it's grown too big for that." Frank also mentions that it took a the entire company revolting against him to finally make the President take action. Therefore, the most important problem facing the Wallace Group, is Harold Wallace himself. However, the problems do not stop there. In his interview, Hal mentions two key factors also contributing to his bad business etiquette. First, Hal admits he...
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...Once Wallace and his men moved through Northumberland, they came up to Newcastle where it’s people had bunkered up behind the castle’s walls. Instead of besieging the castle, they moved on to Carlisle and committed acts of arson, pillage, and murder there. Wallace still wasn’t done, so he and his men returned to Northumberland where they came from and continued their attacks on the people living in the county. During this expedition, his brutal tactics antagonized the English. For example, Wallace was even known to scalp an enemy soldier and kept it as a trophy (bio). Upon returning to Scotland on the feast of St Cecilia, Virgin, and Martyr (Young and Stead) , Wallace was knighted and declared guardian of Scotland by King John Balliol, the same king who was...
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...people, Jamal Wallace; a brilliant young African-American high school student and basketball player, and William Forrester; an author who became reclusive after the death of his alcoholic brother and also his parents. Forrester is an award winning author who wrote only one book four decades ago before the incident that made him start living a reclusive life. On the other hand, Wallace is a high school student whom after getting high scores on his test and also his brilliance on the court gets noticed by an elite Manhattan prep school; Mailor-Callow who offers him a scholarship to study at their school and also play basketball. Wallace has a bad first encounter with Forrester after a challenge by his friends go wrong and he leaves Forrester’s apartment in a hurry out of fear and ends up forgetting his backpack in the apartment. His backpack is later returned to him and he sees that Forrester had put comments and reviewed his write-ups. Wallace decides to go to Forrester’s apartment to apologize and also to ask Forrester to review his works. Initially, Forrester is reluctant to help out the young writer but changes his mind after he tells Wallace to write an essay of five thousand words on “Why he should stay out of his house” and the latter actually writes it. The two quickly develop a bond which is easy because they both share a love for writing and Wallace associates the role of mentor, role model and friend to Forrester. Back in school, Wallace befriends...
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...Variances in beak size will influence beak size. MATERIALS The materials needed for this experiment consist of a computer and access to the Evolution Lab on the University of Phoenix student website. In the Evolution Lab there are two islands, Darwin Island and Wallace Island. There are seven variables that can be changed to run many different experiments on both islands. The variables are beak size, variance of beak size, heritability, clutch size, island size, population, and precipitation. METHODS In all of the experiments Darwin Island was used as the control group and Wallace Island was the experimental group. So, in each test, the variables for Wallace Island were altered and the variables for Darwin Island were left alone. The first experiment was to determine whether or not the size of the island affected the population. To do this, the only variable that needed to be changed was island size. Darwin Island was left at 0.5 km and Wallace Island was changed to 1.0 km. The experiment was run over 300 years then the data was collected. The second step was to test beak size in relation to the amount of precipitation each island received. The only variable that was changed was precipitation for Wallace Island. The amount of precipitation was changed...
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...WALLACE GROUP Harold Wallace, founder, serves as Chairman and President of the Wallace Group. He owns 45% of the outstanding stock. The company consists of three operating groups -- Electronics, Plastics, and Chemicals -- which generate sales of $70 million. Mr. Wallace continues direct operational control over the Electronics Group. Several years ago, Wallace and the Board embarked on a strategy of diversification into plastics and chemicals in order to decrease the company’s dependence on defense-related business. Presently, the morale within The Wallace Group has deteriorated to the point where some of the employee stockholders made an attempt to force Wallace’s resignation. As a result of this crisis, Wallace has hired Frances Rampar, a management consultant, to conduct a management survey into the problems facing The Wallace Group. Her task is to develop a series of priorities for Wallace’s consideration. Issues and Problems Chair- President Conflict On product diversification, there is an increase size, and relationship of size to managerial compensation. Also, the company does have problems with regard to the managerial employment risk. With regard to the use of free cash flow, the managers prefer to invest these funds in additional product diversification. Shareholder prefers the funds as dividend so they can control how the funds are invested. Managerial opportunism prevents the, maximization of shareholders wealth. With regard to organization Structure...
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...of "Darwin Island" and "Wallace Island." Test of one population mean and create new parameters and model evolutionary. To do this formulating both a numerical and verbal hypothesis regarding the five-step hypothesis test on data pertaining to the selection. Finally, the results of the test and explain how the findings from this hypothesis testing may be used to answer the results of "Darwin Island" and "Wallace Island”. The variety and scope of influence of Precipitation on Beak size and population number accessible information compelled to focus on a subject that is discussed almost daily. “Scientific theory requires that theories be tested rigorously and under various conditions. A theory that survives tests that could have led to its rejection is a strong theory. Sometimes scientific progress consists of identifying the conditions under which a theory holds or fails like beak size will affect population numbers. The effects of beak size will affect the diversity of living organism population numbers. Then looking at the plots of population numbers over time speculated the two islands what happened to beak size on Darwin Island compared to Wallace Island over time. The population of the finches on Darwin Island was considerably larger for the first two hundred years. In an effort to narrow the beak size I had chosen to focus on the Darwin Island even though the beak sizes were dramatically different. The verbal hypothesis is equal to Wallace Island. The numerical hypothesis...
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...Chris Bangham November 17th, 2008 Anthony Donaldson Alabama History The George Wallace Paradox George Wallace lost his first gubernatorial election for his lack of a strong stance against desegregation. He would not make that mistake in his next election. His sense of appealing to the majority and his beliefs in the status quo of segregation drove his beliefs until the status quo changed. Desegregation came and people accepted it and his sense of appealing to the majority caused his own view to change. His changes would present questions of his motives of the past and present and also would present two contradictory images of a George Wallace. George Wallace was the absolute image of segregation to a decrepit man who seemed unapologetic, apologetic, and in denial about his own past. In 1958, George Wallace was a Judge with a strong opposition to civil rights and against federal involvement with state matters regarding such. His popularity drove him to seek the governorship of Alabama. He ran against a man named John Patterson in the Democratic Primary. Patterson, with the support of the Ku Klux Klan, defeated him. Wallace blamed the loss on his lack of being a strong segregationist. 1 Four years later, in 1962 he ran again and swept the Democratic primary and won the election with the lack of support for Republicans in Alabama at the time. During his inaugural address, in January 1963 he made the famous speech that would follow him for the rest of his life;...
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...on Wallace Island and Darwin Island, testing one of the population mean, creating original parameters, and reproduction evolution. The formulating process uses both verbal and numerical hypothesis using the five-step hypothesis test on information pertaining to the selection per island. Finally, the outcome of the test will explain the how each result from this hypothesis testing is answer for Darwin Island and Wallace Island. The diversity and capacity of influence on the beak size and inhabitants number available data obligated to center on a matter discuss daily. A scientific theory necessitates that each theory be analysis under various conditions and meticulously. Any theory that continues to exist testing and may have led to a rejection is a well-built theory. Sometimes scientific evolution consists of classifying the circumstances under which a theory fails or holds like the size of beaks will influence inhabitant’s statistics. The beak size affects the diversity of the living organisms in a population with multiple numbers. After looking at the statistics over time the two islands speculates what may happen to beak sizes on Wallace Island and Darwin Island. The inhabitants of the finches on Darwin Island were significantly superior for the first two hundred years. In an attempt to narrow down the beak sizes, the report will focus more on Darwin Island even though the beak sizes were significantly diverse. The oral or verbal theory is equal to Wallace Island...
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...and naturalist. Alfred Wallace born 8 January 1823 was a British explorer, naturalist, geographer, biologist and anthropologist. Darwin and Wallace are highly regarded for their significant contributions to the theories of evolution. It is very important to compare the individual lifestyles, contributions, and beliefs of Darwin and Wallace in order to develop a clear and comprehensive understanding of their concepts of natural selection in evolution. According to Janet Browne (2010) in her biography of Darwin, she describes the similarities in the life experiences of Darwin and Wallace that led them to independently arrive at the theory of natural selection. Both Wallace and Darwin were inspired by the readings such as Charles Lyell and Thomas Malthus. Browne notes that, “Even so, the parallels between Darwin’s and Wallace’s ideas are no less remarkable for their cultural symmetry. Their similarities are further demonstrated by them sharing similar geographical exploration and travel experiences and their mutual appreciations of their marvels of nature and overwhelming desire to comprehend them…” (Browne 2010: 357). The two theorists examined the concepts of natural selection independently until its publication. By the 1958, Darwin had already developed his idea on natural selection but had not published it as he was still collecting more evidence. After his previous research had been destroyed in his journey back to England from Brazilian Amazon, Wallace resumed his research...
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...we push our teenagers and young adults to strive well with their academics in high school. With that being said, there are so many unknown factors that come with it. With trying to strive with academics in high school, teenagers and young adults deal with those un-surfaced factors. They may have to deal with fitting in at school, per pressure, not being confident and cultural differences. These factors are all equally important but a factor that makes it almost unbarring to learn is Bullying. Although bullying affects all victims, one group in particular that is bullied the most is self-identifying gay teens in high schools (Wallace 2011).In my research I am going to note the facts on what it is to bully a gay class mate, the reaction from schools, how often it happens, why it happens, the consequences, and how bullying can be stopped in high schools. Research by Wallace (2011) suggests that bullying is a form of horrible harassment. Wallace (2011) said that conduct that is sufficiently severe, persistent, or pervasive to limit a student’s ability to participate in or benefit from a public school education program or activity is considered bullying. Research by Fleming ,Meadows, Bob (2010) say that bullying creates a hostile or abusive educational environment at a public school including acts of verbal, nonverbal, and physical aggression. Webley (2011) did research on boy named Dylan living in Saukville, Wisconsin who started getting bullied when he was ten years old. They...
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...stores * No proper sales strategy * No depth knowledge about the market or the competitors * No proper market segmentation – wide age of customers 18 -45 years male and female * Constant increase in the food, labor and contribution cost * Deteriorating the food quality by expanding the food menu * Change in customers taste with time * Less spending * No employee satisfaction * No. of units sold is the same but the revenue generated is lesser 2. Analyze the dynamics between McMichael and Wallace. Are they looking in the same direction? Why, why not? Anita McMichael and Trevor Wallace both recognize that The Coop needs to grow directionally by investing money in research to address the lack of quality and customer satisfaction issues. But both have a different approach to market research. McMichael believed that the underlying problem was to do with the operations, either customer service or food quality. Whereas, Wallace believed that the problem involved the company’s brand image and marketing activities. Hence, both are thinking and focusing from their narrow functional area. One also needs to note that Anita McMichael, Vice president quality, is deeply rooted in the company’s culture and seems to be a little old school of thought - was hired in 1982 – was unwilling to compromise food quality – instituted policies to control food preparation and delivery process – followed the motto “We are chicken” – her believe: if the...
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...to the personality traits exhibited by Wallace. Every individual has a personality different from the next individual. I think the most important trait is leadership. Listening to other collaborators' issues is not adequate. A decent chief needs to comprehend them and demonstrate his dedication to the group objectives. It's likewise his obligation to characterize objectives together with his group and allocate the obligation to colleagues in an unmistakable way. He has an unmistakable vision in what course he needs the group to develop. He ought to "taint" others with this vision and make them take after the same heading. Compared to Wallace, his leadership skills are much less affective, because he is too harsh on the employees. 2. How is Wallace’s personality affecting the attitudes of the workers? What does he need to do to build a better working relationship with his employees? What are his chances of changing in three months? Wallace’s terrible personality is causing the employees to care less about their positions, because he cares less. He is in a position of power and what he does leads by example, and his employees will follow suit. Employees referred to him as an army drill sergeant, and uncaring of customers feelings. His chances of changing in three months are slim to none; he has a proud personality that cannot be changed easily. 3. Using what you know about El competencies, describe how you would advise Wallace about being more effective. We bring intelligence...
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...justice system has made changes accordingly to protect the victim and ensure safety from the abuser. Elder abuse occurs to those who are older, vulnerable, frail, and cannot help themselves. Elder abusers can be men, women, family, or caretakers with no extent of harm they cause on the elder. Abuse is a problem that is present in today’s society among all race, genders, and ethnic groups. Special populations experience different types of victimization in society as well. The problem of abuse effects all individuals and many factors play a role in the abusers intent to harm. Intimate partner abuse is defined as any intentional act or series of acts that cause injury to the partner. The acts may consist of physical, emotional, or sexual (Wallace & Robinson, 2011). Intimate partner abuse occurs among all socioeconomic, religious, and cultural groups. Intimate partner violence is just as the term “family” it is ever-changing and dynamics differ. The issues associated with intimate partner abuse is first and foremost; one of the most commonly misunderstood issues with the study of family violence (Wallace & Robinson, 2011) . There is no set characteristics or personality traits for those who abuse partners. There are theories that suggest reasoning’s but still more research is needed for the problem of partner violence abuse. The term “partner” is broad in terms of abuser...
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...annual Maine Lobster Festival. The event is held every July in an area of Maine known as the mid-coast, which Wallace describes as, “…from Owl’s Head and Thomaston in the south, to Belfast in the north” (Wallace.2004). Throughout the narrative, Wallace deftly uses concrete language to bring the reader into the tents at the festival, Styrofoam plate in hand along with him. When describing the fare on offer for instance, Wallace talks about the soft drinks being “iceless and flat” and describes the coffee as “convenience store coffee”. Apart from being fairly humorous, these descriptions help the reader immerse themselves in the narrative. We’ve all had awful and overpriced meals at county fairs and so when we read Wallace’s description, we know exactly what he is talking about. Wallace’s overall take on the festival is that it is a slice of a vanishing Americana, but perhaps it is one that should be relegated to the past. Festivals like the one Wallace attended used to be much more commonplace as a way for areas of the country to celebrate regional interests which may seem unworthy of celebration in other areas. Although enjoyed and heartily endorsed by most locals Wallace says, several national groups, including PETA have been campaigning against the festival on the grounds of animal cruelty sine the 1990’s. The local opinion is characterized most succinctly by Dick, who Wallace introduces as “our florid and extremely gregarious rental car guy”, who says when asked if boiling lobsters...
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