...Buckman Laboratories Analyze the strategy that Buckman used and compare it to the recommendations in IT Savvy, Managing and Using Information Systems, and other references. What about this is important or remarkable? What did they do that was in keeping with IT and Business Savvy firms? Buckman Laboratories is a private global specialty chemical supplier, which was founded in Memphis, Tennessee in 1945. The company’s core business includes paper, water, leather technologies and performance chemicals. Buckman had been a leading manufacturer of specialty chemicals for over 50 years. In 1978, after the loss of Dr. Stanley Buckman, Robert Buckman the son of Stanley became the new chairman and CEO. At this point the company had $29 million in sales. Robert Buckman from the very beginning wanted to change the way the company operated, especially the management style of the organization, going from centralization to decentralization. The company was structured as a hierarchical organization, where one man made all the decisions to a flat organizational structure where relationships are fluid and everyone does whatever needs to be done in order to complete business. Flat organizations respond quickly to dynamic and change and are more ‘entrepreneurial’. (Pearlson and Saunders, 2013) The company had a new goal and that was to be “customer-driven”. One main aspect to the new approach was to expand the sales force. He wanted 30% of total employment to be sales people. Robert...
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...CASO BUCKMAN Antecedentes nuevo negocio: * Uno de los clientes principales de Buckman pone en servicio una nueva maquina para papel delgado alcalino. * A pesar de que Buckman era una de las primeras empresas mundiales en limpieza de maquinas, no tenia experiencia en papel delgado alcalino. * Su representante en Australia era bastante joven y carecía de experiencia. * No era líder en métodos de mantenimiento, especialmente de fabricación de papel alcalino. * El cliente quería elegir a un solo proveedor para ambas actividades: limpieza y mantenimiento. Antecedentes: * Buckman Laboratories ha sido una de las empresas fabricantes de productos químicos especializados para sistemas industriales hidráulicos. * Identificaron que el método de intercambio de información para recoger las mejores prácticas era muy caro si enviaban doctores por todo el mundo, por lo cual optaron por usar mensajeros para la búsqueda de información. Sin embargo, este método tardaba demasiado y la información no era oportuna. * Bob Buckman, nuevo presidente de Buckman en 1978, consideraba que la empresa estaba “orientada al producto” y que debía estar “orientada al cliente” * Se identificó la necesidad de contar con un sistema de transmisión de conocimientos que soporte el flujo continuo de información sobre los productos, los mercados y los clientes. Lo que se hizo bien * La empresa amplió el personal de ventas, trasladando personal de área de fabricación al...
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...avoid them in your work. Excerpt from Global Trade: Past Mistakes, Future Choices by Greg Buckman: Britain lost much of its share of manufactured goods trade before the First World War; after the war the rest of Europe also lost out to other producers around the world. The United States emerged from the First World War as a major new player in the trade of manufactured goods, increasing its share of global manufactures trade from 13 per cent in 1913 to 20 per cent in 1937. (Buckman, 2005: 21) Using Exact Text from an Outside Source without Quoting or Referencing Plagiarised: The United States emerged from the First World War as a major new player in the trade of manufactured goods. Acceptable: Buckman (2005: 21) has said that “[t]he United States emerged from the First World War as a major new player in the trade of manufactured goods.” Using Exact Text from an Outside Source without Quoting Plagiarised: Buckman (2005: 21) has said that the United States emerged from the First World War as a major new player in the trade of manufactured goods. Acceptable: Buckman (2005: 21) has said that “[t]he United States emerged from the First World War as a major new player in the trade of manufactured goods.” Quoting without a Reference Plagiarised: Buckman has said that “[t]he United States emerged from the First World War as a major new player in the trade of manufactured goods.” Acceptable: Buckman (2005: 21) has said that...
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...and guarantees for property rights and investment security. Our analysis will evaluate the probability that Brazil and Argentina, as the possible site selections for K-FIT, will have this kind of business friendly environment and will enact market oriented reforms. We’ll evaluate the aspects in both countries that make them adequate or not to invest in them. We’ll also provide a recommendation of which country and region within them we see as the best option to set up operations. Argentina Argentina is a democratic republic organized as a Federation of 23 provinces and the Capital City of Buenos Aires. It has a total population of 42.19 million and has an area of approximately 1.07 million sq. miles in the southernmost part of America (Buckman, “The World Today Series 2012 Latin America” p. 35). To understand the current business environment in Argentina and the prospects of market friendly reforms going forward, we have to understand its cultural legacy and the way its society is structured. Since its beginnings as a nation, and even before it got its independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina’s society has been polarized between the “people from the Interior” that lived in the inland provinces and the “Porteños” or people from the city of Buenos Aires located in the eastern coastal area. The “interior people” are predominately Indian and Spanish descents that subsist from agricultural and cattle raising activities. Most of them are poor peasants that work in huge land extensions...
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...Companies need to create and capture corporate knowledge, quickly disseminate it, and integrate it with new products and services. Knowledge management can provide opportunities for achieving substantial savings, significant improvements in human performance, and other competitive advantages. KM program have benefited in a number of ways including: enhanced collaboration, improved communication, improved employee skills, better decision making, and increased innovation. Buckman Labs is an example of a success story that significantly increased sales of products that are less than five years old from 14% in 1987 to 34.5% in 1996 through its global KM effort. For today’s enterprises, few challenges are as daunting as preparing tomorrow’s leaders. Mentoring is one of the most powerful tools at their disposal. But not all mentoring programs are equally effective, and not all companies have learned how to sustain mentoring. IBM has done it — and offers specific guidance and best practices you can use to achieve equally powerful results. IBM use mentoring to strengthen organizational intelligence...build sustainable communities of mentors and mentees... promote collaboration across differences... and above all, link mentoring to strategy and use it to sustain competitive advantage. Business organizations are coming to view knowledge as their most valuable and strategic resource, and bringing that knowledge to bear on problems and opportunities as their most important capability. They...
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...Drugs and College Students Victoria Lyles-Savage Professor Stone SOW 301-01 Drugs and College Student In today’s society there are a number of college students and teens, who misuse prescription drugs for nonmedical reasons along with street drugs such as marijuana, ecstasy, heroin and steroids. Drugs and alcohol use on college campuses is universal. This has been an epidemic that has grown across the United States. According to Yusko,Buckman, White, and Pandina; alcohol and drug use in college is one of the more serious problems faced by colleges today .Another study stated that 90 percent of teens said they have used alcohol, over 50 percent have used marijuana, 17 percent used cocaine and 13 percent have used some form of hallucinogenic drug. Athletes are at risk to drug use because of the increased physical demand of athletics and heightens stress and time constraints placed upon them by fulfilling the dual role of being an athlete and student (Yusko, Buckman, White, Pandina, 2008). Peer pressure in itself is an epidemic and strongly impacts nonathletic individuals as well. The use of prescriptions drugs for nonmedical use is higher than are use of cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, ecstasy, and inhalants all combined. Prescription Opioids result in more drug abuse deaths than both cocaine and heroin combined (Katelyn Rozenbroek& Rothstein, 2011).There are a lot of factors that drive teens and college students to turn to drugs and alcohol. The highest rates of...
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...Movie Analysis Journal Entry Parenthood the movie is filled with interpersonal communication in many different ways, from relationships, to labels, internal obstacles, and even direct definition. The movie showed many ways of interpersonal communication because of all the different people with in the family. Because of how many people where in the family, they’re where many different situations between different characters that related to the book. Gill and Patty’s son Kevin seemed a little sad and shy in the movie. Kevin’s teachers started to get concerned with his behavior and started questioning his intelligence. Teachers saw Kevin as a child who needs special attention and to attend a special school. This is an example of Monitor Labels, which means giving names to our perception we clarify them to ourselves. Kevin’s teacher labeling him made the issue present in his home for Gill and Patty to take future actions. Because Kevin was a little soft and sad his teacher labeled him making his issue aware. Once we label our perception, we may respond to our own labels rather then to actual Phenomenon. It wasn’t until Kevin’s teacher called for the parent teacher conference till Gill and Patty realized their son might have a problem. Once Kevin was labeled he started to see a psychiatrist to help work out his problems. Gill try’s to help Kevin by positively encouraging him on the baseball field, and during father son time at the movies to minimize that label. Nathan...
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...play an important role in their children’s developmental stages such as; cognitive emotional health, social ability, personality and a healthy adult life. All four areas of a Childs development needs are influenced by their environment but most important their parents, or any power adult figure in their lives. If a child is born with a disorder, mental disability or illness of any type that is for a fact out of the parent’s control. In contrast, if a child slowly develops negative behavior in any four aspects, I believe the parents play a part in this. A parent influences what their child is exposed too, different people to new places. We were shown “Parenthood” a comedy that holds facts about family dynamics. For example Gil and Karen Buckman have a family of three kids, the oldest; Kevin needs to be in a special education environment. Due to Kevin’s behavior in school his teachers are able to detect an area in which he needs a more intimate learning experience. If any parent or myself were to have Kevin or a child similar to him, I would want him to accept his problem as well learn to live a healthy lifestyle. In order to make a child in Kevin’s shoes comfortable I would ensure he interacted with other kids his age who were both special ED and the regular student whenever he could, this way he would learn social skills. I believe that parents should tell their children why they love them, and have open relationships in order to build a strong bond from an early age. There is...
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...play an important role in their children’s developmental stages such as; cognitive emotional health, social ability, personality and a healthy adult life. All four areas of a Childs development needs are influenced by their environment but most important their parents, or any power adult figure in their lives. If a child is born with a disorder, mental disability or illness of any type that is for a fact out of the parent’s control. In contrast, if a child slowly develops negative behavior in any four aspects, I believe the parents play a part in this. A parent influences what their child is exposed too, different people to new places. We were shown “Parenthood” a comedy that holds facts about family dynamics. For example Gil and Karen Buckman have a family of three kids, the oldest; Kevin needs to be in a special education environment. Due to Kevin’s behavior in school his teachers are able to detect an area in which he needs a more intimate learning experience. If any parent or myself were to have Kevin or a child similar to him, I would want him to accept his problem as well learn to live a healthy lifestyle. In order to make a child in Kevin’s shoes comfortable I would ensure he interacted with other kids his age who were both special ED and the regular student whenever he could, this way he would learn social skills. I believe that parents should tell their children why they love them, and have open relationships in order to build a strong bond from an early age. There is...
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...Knowledge Management – A Review Knowledge has long been considered an intangible asset that can only be passed on from a teacher to his pupils through years of teaching and knowledge transfer. However, present day technological advancements and the increasingly dynamic nature of knowledge have led to the dissolution of the “sacred” teacher-pupil affiliation. Knowledge, now, is more of an entity that can be codified, stored, mined and retrieved as and when required, by any one and anywhere around the world. Albert Einstein’s quote, “The only source of knowledge is experience”, is now more of an anecdote than reality, as more and more organizations are realizing that knowledge learned from one’s experience can be codified, i.e. transformed into knowledge “packets” that can be stored and transferred to others. Business organizations have been the primary users of such codified knowledge, as huge amounts of information runs through the various divisions of an organization, which can be integrated and used for making more profitable, strategic and constructive business decisions. Thus, the need for knowledge management arose, wherein, chunks of codified knowledge has to be appropriately managed for ease of retrieval and use. The influential paper, “Managing Codified Knowledge” by Zack (1999) is reviewed here. The definition of knowledge and knowledge management, the benefits of knowledge management, the author’s rhetoric on the architecture of knowledge management and its importance...
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...Running head: BIOCHEMISTRY TASK 2 Biochemistry Task 2 Terry Buckman Western Governor's University Biochemistry Task 2 I want to talk about 4 of the bonds or interaction that stabilize a protein’s structure at the tertiary level. The first bond is the ionic bonding which is most sensitive to pH changes and can occur between oppositely charged R groups. The next one is disulfide bonds which are covalent bonds that can take place between two cysteine R groups. Another one is hydrophobic interactions which is nonpolar. These R groups will cluster together on the interior of the protein and this will minimize their contact with water. The last one is van der Waals interactions takes place between the tightly packed nonpolar R groups on the interior of the protein. I would like to talk about BSE or bovine spongiform encephalopathy, in other words mad cow disease. This disease is called by misfolding prions at the molecular level. There are harmful and nonharmful forms of prions. The nonharmful form is PrPc and the harmful form is PrPsc. The PrPsc are hydrophobic and will cause the normal proteins to conform to their misfolding and harmful prion shape. This happens by way of a chaperonin. A polypeptide chain will enter the chaperonin and with proper environment of chaperonin, the polypeptide chain will fold correctly and exit as the normal prion, PrPc. Now in BSE, a polypeptide chain will enter into a “bad” chaperonin, the prion, and will get a misfolded prion to exit, PrPsc...
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...Managing Codified Knowledge – A Review Knowledge has long been considered an intangible asset that can only be passed on from a teacher to his pupils through years of teaching and knowledge transfer. However, present day technological advancements and the increasingly dynamic nature of knowledge have led to the dissolution of the “sacred” teacher-pupil affiliation. Knowledge, now, is more of an entity that can be codified, stored, mined and retrieved as and when required, by any one and anywhere around the world. Albert Einstein’s quote, “The only source of knowledge is experience”, is now more of an anecdote than reality, as more and more organizations are realizing that knowledge learned from one’s experience can be codified, i.e. transformed into knowledge “packets” that can be stored and transferred to others. Business organizations have been the primary users of such codified knowledge, as huge amounts of information runs through the various divisions of an organization, which can be integrated and used for making more profitable, strategic and constructive business decisions. Thus, the need for knowledge management arose, wherein, chunks of codified knowledge has to be appropriately managed for ease of retrieval and use. The influential paper, “Managing Codified Knowledge” by Zack (1999) is reviewed here. The definition of knowledge and knowledge management, the benefits of knowledge management, the author’s rhetoric on the architecture of knowledge management and its...
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...REFLECTION PAPER: “Horrible Bosses” One of the worst scenarios that an employee may dream of is having a difficult boss to work under. Bosses that are too strict, give too much work, insensitive or impatient are some of the characteristics that employees don’t like. Let’s face it, I don’t think anyone would like bosses or superiors like that. The film “Horrible Bosses” shows three friends – Nick Hendricks, Dale Arbus and Kurt Buckman struggle working under their own “horrible” bosses. Nick works under David Harken who reprimands Nick and saying that Nick isn’t fit yet for a promotion so he awards it on himself. On the other hand, Dale works as an assistant for Dr. Julia Harris who continues to sexually harass Dale despite of him being engaged. Julia even threatens to show Stacy (Dale’s fiancé) some intimate pictures of her and Dale if he wouldn’t have sex with her. Lastly, since Kurt’s original boss died, he now works for his boss’ son whose name is Bobby that is a drug addict and doesn’t really care about the company at all. With these circumstances, they’ve decided to kill their respective bosses. Over the course of studying Human Resource Management (HRM), I have realized that Human Resource, in its simplest form, is about improving an employee’s work environment in order for the organization to maximize its employee’s skills and potential. The film “Horrible Bosses” illustrated how an employee’s work environment – in this case, their respective employers - can affect...
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...Thomas Curtis Business Law 8/3/2014 Week 4 Professor McGovern There are certain grounds under which a compromise and settlement agreement can be invalidated. If a settlement agreement fails to establish certain elements like offer, acceptance and consideration, it can be invalidated. Similarly, a settlement agreement can be invalidated due to: * Fraud; * Nondisclosure as fraud; * Duress; * Illegality; * Mistake; * Undue influence. A compromise induced by fraud can be invalidated. In approving a proposed settlement agreement, a court must determine that the agreement is not the outcome of fraud[i]. Fraud exists if all of the following elements are present: * An untrue representation of fact knowingly by a party; * Making such representation recklessly; * Making untrue representation to deceive the other party and to induce him/her to act upon the same. Similarly, an unintentional nondisclosure without an intention to deceive will not constitute fraud. However, a compromise can be invalidated for fraud if one party deliberately conceals facts with the intent to induce the action of other party. The duty of disclosure is more comprehensive when there is a fiduciary relationship between the parties to the compromise. At the same time, it cannot be presumed that the elements of fraud exist only because of the existence of a fiduciary relationship. Likewise, a person who makes a compromise as a result of duress invalidates...
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...MIS (Spring 2007) Information Systems Theory and Practice Professor: Professor Jason C.H. Chen, Ph.d. Class time: Tuesday (February 27 – June 16) E-mail: chen@jepson.gonzaga.edu URL: http://barney.gonzaga.edu/~chen Office: to be announced Office hour: to be announced and by appointment Required text: 1. Pearlson, K.E. and Saunders, C.S, Managing and Using Information Systems, Wiley, 2006 (3nd edition) 2. A package of Harvard Business School Case Studies Additional Readings and Cases: Class handouts as needed. Course Description and Goals This course is designed to provide the current and future managers with understanding and appreciation of the issues that are related to the organization’s information technology assets. The course is not to educate technical specialists, rather, it is to give students a managerial perspective on the use of, design of, and evaluations of information systems that exist in organizations today. The objective of this course is to prepare students to manage information services in both today’s and tomorrow’s environment with its managerial, social, political, ethical and global issues. Conduct of the Course All students are expected to read the assigned materials (text, end-of-chapter discussion board questions (DBQ) and Harvard Business School case studies- HBC) before coming to the class. Some days we will discuss the materials in the text book. You are expected to be prepared...
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