...• In the year 2005, the owner of the Anaheim Angels changed the team’s name to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. o Anaheim Angels was founded in 1961 originally as the “Los Angeles Angels” The original owners were Gene Autry and his wife Jackie They moved to the new Anaheim Stadium in 1965 and changed their name to “California Angels” Due to a stipulation in the lease of the Anaheim Stadium, the team must include “Anaheim” in the name • Team name changed to “Anaheim Angels” in 1997 o The Lawsuit Continued for four years • 2005 – judge rejected the city’s request • 2006 – jury found in favor of the team • 2007 – the city of Anaheim south to recoup court costs • 2008 – the state appellate court denied the city’s request • 2009 – the city of Anaheim voted to conclude the legal battle City of Anaheim claims that the name change violates the lease • The lease states that the team must include the name “Anaheim” therein, which it does • The jury ruled that the team is not in breach of their contract • Issues in negotiation o Anaheim has been the home of the Angels for several years Change is not happily accepted • The owner tried to find a middle ground by incorporating the city name into the team name (which was a clause in the lease anyway) Some Orange County fans do not want to be associated with Los Angeles and want their own team (The Orange County Angels) o Publicity The team owner wants to tap into more media coverage as well as a larger...
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...relevant market stakeholders are employees, Disney and customers of Disney. The relevant nonmarket stakeholders are communities, the general public, & business support group “Save Our Anaheim Resort District”. 3.What are the various stakeholders’ interests? Please indicate if each stakeholder is in favor, or opposed to, SunCal’s proposed development. Employees of Disney are underpaid and need affordable housing near Disneyland. They are in favor of SunCal’s proposal. The Disney Company is not in favor because it will prevent future expansions, which can generate revenues and profits. Disney customers would favor SunCal’s proposition because of how Disney treats its employees. The community of Anaheim would favor SunCal because of residence building. The public would favor SunCal because it ultimately helps the underpaid labor force who can’t afford to live near their jobs. Business Support Groups would not favor SunCals’ proposition because they want to still thrive from the idea of it being a tourism driven area and it helps the business. 4.What sources of power do relevant stakeholders have? Disney Employees sources of power are that they have publicity and can possibly strike. The Disney Company is a major tax payer for the city and can influence politicians. City of Anaheim has political power to allow or deny SunCals’ development idea. Local...
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...Control Mechanism: Walt Disney Company Whitney Leung Tony Saludas Wendy Sanchez Jim Stickell MGT 330 Jack Land “The management function of monitoring performance and making needed changes” is control (Bateman). Control is the fourth and final function that completes the management process and will help guarantee success in an organization. This process will help management ensure that an organization’s will use all necessary resources to achieve their goals effectively and efficiently. The Walt Disney Company and their associated offices have continuously over the years committed to produce creative entertainment experiences made for every family across the world. Today, this major corporation is split into four different business segments in the following categories: media networks, parks and resorts, studio entertainment, and consumer products. (The Walt Disney Company) Since founded in 1923, The Walt Disney Company use control mechanism to maintain regulated guidelines and procedures to achieve their goals effectively and efficiently. This paper will examine, and compare and contrast four types of control mechanisms the Walt Disney Company used: (1) budgetary controls, (2) marketing control, (3) bureaucratic control cycle, and (4) management audits to determine the effectiveness of each by examining the positive and negative reactions to these controls in order to explain how these control mechanisms affect the four function of management. Budgetary...
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...between SunCal a real estate developer and Walt Disney Company a best-known media and entertainment companies in the world. The dispute was about the purchase and development of 26-acre site in the resort district in Anaheim, California. SunCal the real estate developer’s plan was to build around 1,500 condominiums on the site, with 15 percent of the units set aside for below-market-rate rental apartments. Because the site was in a designated resort district, the developer required special permission from the city council to proceed. The developer faced challenges in obtaining the permit, because its plans were opposed by the Walt Disney Company, which hoped to expand its theme park across the street from SunCal’s site. 2. Who are the relevant market and nonmarket stakeholder in this situation? Disney employees The Walt Disney Company City of Anaheim City Council 3. What are the various stakeholders’ interest? Please indicate if each stakeholder is in favor of, or opposed to SunCal’s proposed development. Favor Disney employees – affordable housing near place of employment (Walt Disney Company). Opposed The Walt Disney Company – Argues that the 26 acre of land should only be used for tourism. Split on the issue Anaheim City Council - The city of Anaheim and Orange County have to address the affordable housing issue of Disney employees and also to protect the resort area interest. 4. What sources of power do the relevant stakeholder have? Disney employees – Political...
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...The focal organization in this case is SunCal, due to the fact the key issue present is whether or not the company can develop the land. SunCal owned and wanted to develop a 26-acre parcel of land in Anaheim, California. The developer had planned to build a 1,500 condominiums on the land, also setting aside 15% of the units for below-market-rate rental apartments. However, the site was in a designated resort area, the developer required special permission from the city council to go ahead with the plan. SunCal faced a few challenges in gaining the permit, due to the fact that they were opposed by the Walt Disney Company, they had hoped to expand the theme park across the street from SunCal’s site. The first market stake holder is SunCal. This is due to the fact that market stakeholder are the ones that deal in the economic transactions with the company. There are however several nonmarket stakeholders, the one who even though they do not participate in the direct economic exchange with the firm are going to be affected by the actions of the firm. In this case the nonmarket stake holders are The Walt Disney Company, Disney employees and the unions representing them, the City of Anaheim, local government officials, the Chamber of Commerce, local businesses, and finally the affordable housing advocates. The ones who are against the SunCal proposal are The Walt Disney Company, Chamber of Commerce and local businesses. Disney has argued the SunCal land should be used for tourism...
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...responsibilities of a business and how its actions affect its employees, customers, and business partners can be tricky at time and not fair to all. In the case of Brawl in Mickeys Backyard (Lawrence & Weber 2011), two corporations, Walt Disney and SunCal, are battling for prime real estate in downtown Anaheim. Both companies want this land for different projects, but at the same time, have the same interest to make money for their company. The main focal company in this debate is SunCal, while Disney is considered a company, they are looked at as a stakeholder because stakeholder refers to a person or group that is affected by an organization’s decision or operations (Lawrence & Weber 2011), while at the current time (with no housing being built yet) Disney is merely a nonmarket stakeholders. This of course could change if housing is built and Disney and Suncal, now operating inside of the resort area, are conducting business with each other. Do to the fact that no houses were built all parties involved are considered nonmarket stakeholders to SunCal. These nonmarket stakeholders are Disney employees who stand to gain from the subsidized lower income housing. The city of Anaheim, who’s choice to change the zoning of the resort area to allow for personal family dwellings or can choose to deny the request. As well as other companies in the resort area who would lose building space as a result of the housing development. All of these current nonmarket stakeholders could...
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...On July 17th, 1955, Walt Disney opened a theme park in Anaheim, California with the intention of creating an experience like no other. He would later be quoted saying “Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.” And with that mindset he would grow his brand into one of the most successful in the world (Dill, K., 2016). The 244 acre park would be the largest business and tax payer in the city, employing 20,000 workers and generating half of the city’s tax income. The city of Anaheim, which strongly supported Disney’s operations, would later designate two square miles of land adjacent to the Disneyland as a resort district to help increase Disney’s operation size (Lawrence & Weber, 2014). In 2005 a local developer named SunCal proposed a 26 acre housing development in the resort district in order to build 1,300 condominiums and 225 rental units as affordable housing (Bernstein, F. A., 2007). Given the median income of the Disney employee’s, $60,000, the lack of affordable housing in the immediate area surrounding Disneyland made it difficult for many employees to be city residents (Lawrence & Weber, 2014). Disney would take issue with the development citing that “If one developer is allowed to build residential in the resort area, others will follow.” (Bernstein, F. A., 2007). Disney would ultimately exercise its political power and capital to defeat SunCal’s efforts to obtain a permit in the resort district. ...
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...settle a dispute over land that was available near Disney’s park in Anaheim, California. SunCal wanted to build affordable housing for the local populace. The Disney Corporation also wanted the same land so that it may utilize it in case of future expansion; Disney also claimed that the housing would be an eyesore that would diminish the magic of the Disney experience. This dispute was fought in the public but eventually would be decided by The Chamber of Commerce of Anaheim, California. The market and non-market shareholders in this dispute are both equally important. For Disney the expansion would add jobs and much needed revenue to the local economy as well as stop what it thought would be an eyesore. On the other Disney, a company that makes billions of dollars every year bringing the innocence and magic of the Disney experience, has to take into account that if the dispute is deemed mean spirited or immoral it could have a devastating effect on the finances of the company. For SunCal it was fighting for affordable housing for area residents many of whom were Disney employees. Many of the employees have to travel long distance because there was no affordable housing closer to the park. It would seem that collaboration would have benefitted both parties in this disagreement. Disney says any new residences in the neighborhood would threaten the commercial potential of the booming entertainment zone Anaheim created in 1994, critics of Disney say the corporation appears...
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...primary stakeholders because the outcome on whether or not directly affects their businesses. If the development is allowed to go through, then the vision of Disneyland where they “don’t want the public to see the world they live in while they’re in Disneyland” is compromised, and if the development is halted then the SunCal business is affected because of a lost opportunity. Additional primary stakeholders in this case are the workers at Disneyland/Their Union who would potentially benefit the most because of the affordable housing that will be constructed in the area. Secondary stakeholders are groups that are not directly involved with the business operations of a group. In the SunCal development dispute, the non-market stakeholders are Anaheim city council,...
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...having the support of many citizens, the developer (SunCal) also suffered a great opposition, especially from Disney, since the 26-acre that the company arranged to buy was seen as a possible site for expansion of the resort/park. An illustration of this objection is when one of Disney’s representatives argues that “Anaheim and Orange County have to address the affordable housing issue, but Anaheim has to protect the resort area. It’s not an either/or.” 2. Who are the relevant market and nonmarket stakeholders in this situation? * Market Stakeholders * Disney * SunCal * Disney’s Employees * Nonmarket Stakeholders * Anaheim Council * Anaheim Community (citizens, protestors) * Disney’s Employees P.s. Disney’s Employees are part of both kind of stakeholder since according to the book “ Market Stakeholders are those that engage in economic transaction with the company…Employees contribute their skills and knowledge in exchange for wages, benefits and opportunity for personal satisfaction and professional development” (8). However, they are also one of the most affected “community” groups of Anaheim city because “Housing in Anaheim was expensive, and many of Disney’s 20.000 workers could not afford to live there…Only 18 percent of resort employees lived in...
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...The stakeholders of SunCal mentioned in the case are(M refers to market; NM to nonmarket) Disney employees and unions that represent them (NM) (M stakeholders to Disney) The Walt Disney Company (NM)City of Anaheim and local government offcials, e.g., members of the City Council (NM) Chamber of Commerce and local businesses (NM) The Affordable housing advocates and other community activist (NM) SunCal is the focal organization, as it’s the focus of the case as to whether or not SunCal will be permitted to develop its property. Disney is actually a stakeholder here rather than the focal organization as it will be affected by whether or not SunCal can proceed. It isn’t uncommon for indviduals to hold multiple stakeholder roles at the same time. Example would be Disney employees are also potential customers of SunCal only if they would like to purchase or rent housing in SunCal’s development. Also not all stakeholders are relevant to the particular situation. Possible solutions to this dispute. Any stakeholders who might oppose the SunCal development have the power to block the developer’s plans through a lawsuit or political pressure to block the granting of a permit. So it is SunCal’s advantage to attempt to work with them collaboratively to address their concerns that they have. This might actually allow them to move forward, and would have the side benefit of enhancing the company’s reputation as a good corporate citizen. Disadvantage to this approach is that it might require...
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...Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics at the University of Chicago in 1970, a Masters of Arts in Mathematics at Princeton in 1972, and a Ph. D in physics at Princeton in 1974. Frank Wilczek along with two others received the Nobel Prize in 2004 for their work in the field of physics. Currently he holds the Herman Feshback Professorship in physics at MIT. We believe the quote to mean that if you are not challenging yourself you limit the opportunity to learn, to make breakthroughs and to overcome your own weaknesses. For example, Walt Disney the founder of Disney was fired from his job at a newspaper for lack of imagination and having no good ideas. He went bankrupt in 1921. The initial proposal for Disneyland was rejected by the city of Anaheim. However, at the time of his death, Disney’s net worth was roughly $5 billion. The company is now worth $179.5 billion last reported by Forbes. The quote relates to the projects we do in the manner of having to leave our comfort zone to socialize and work with strangers. To stand up and speak in front of group. Also, to take an in depth look at problems, think outside the box to solve those problems, and then take a step back and gain a further understanding at the bigger scheme of things. Our group chose this quote in particular because it encourages people to challenge oneself in order to expand mentally and emotionally and also to convey that innovation does not come without mistakes and is no easy...
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...Disney Executive Summary, newest strategies being formulated and implemented Mike Fine MGMT 590-Dr.Beck Due to changing consumer preferences that are heavily influenced by technology, Disney identified the opportunity to meet the changing of consumer preferences by realigning two of its divisions, Disney Consumer Products and Disney Interactive. The company formulated that technology and digital entertainment were continuing to evolve and a new segment would create a unique product experience that would exceed consumers’ expectations. By combining the divisions they could share technological expertise and maximize opportunities and efficiencies. In addition, the change will more effectively leverage Disney’s extensive licensing structure and retail relationships across both segments. Both divisions are seeing great success in the marketplace with technology driven initiatives alongside the more traditional lines of business. Walt Disney Company has pledged $1 million commitment to the United Negro College Fund. Disney formulated that a portion of their resources would assist high achieving African American students in underserved communities across the country. This will allow UNCF to create a diverse pipeline of college educated professionals poised to assume fulfilling careers in the entertainment industry. This investment will allow for better futures now and will pay dividends in the future when they become our next generation of leaders. To implement this...
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...advocates 3. Unions representing Disney employees 4. Other Individuals and groups concerned with reducing air pollution 5. Chamber of Commerce 6. City council 7. Various businesses in resort area 8. Some Local government officialsAnswer to number 3. Disney employees and unions representing them FOR: they need affordable housing near work The Walt Disney company Against Disney's opinion was that the land should only be used for commercial development.Walt Disney Believed that the public should not see the world that they live in while visiting Disneyland. He wanted them to feel as if the were in another world.The company was also worried that SunCals development on the land would set a precedent for others. City of Anaheim (NM) and local government officials (NM), e.g., members of the City Council (NM) MIXED: The City Council was split on the issue. The city had an interest in affordable housing for its citizens and employees. It also had an interest in meeting the needs of its largest taxpayer (Disney) and in promoting economic development. Chamber of...
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...possible. The dreams in this chapter, of course, deal with people owning their own fast food restaurant, and how their hard work payed off. Schlosser explains how the automobile industry, specifically in Anaheim, caused a demand for quality food made fast. The booming economy also played a role in helping people who visioned of opening up their own fast food restaurant, a possibility. One man in particular, Carl Karcher, was a man who dreamed of owning a hot dog cart and transformed that cart into one of America's biggest fast food chains. Schlosser states, ““When Carl heard that a hot dog cart was for sale…… he decided to buy it”” (15). After borrowing $ 311 from the bank Carl opened his first hot dog stand selling ““hot dogs, chilli dogs, and tamales for a dime each”” (Schlosser 15). Carl had strong opposition from his wife Margaret, but he still insisted on buying the cart and even kept his job at a local bakery to keep money coming in. Already you see an example of a young man who has a dream and is working his way up to make it a reality. Carl's constant commitment to his hot dog cart business and determination would pay off because by 1944, ““Carl Karcher owned four hot dog carts in Los Angeles”” (Schlosser 18). Carl, the man who dropped out of school and moved to Anaheim, took out a loan for $311 dollars for one hot dog stand, and still worked a second job while raising his family now owned 4 hot dog stands. Carl who said he was ““in business for my self now”” and ““on my...
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