...employees’ bargaining representative; (2) a union seeks to negotiate a collective bargaining agreement with an employer; or (3) a union and employer disagree on the interpretation and application of an existing contract between the two. Within these three situations, specific rules have been created to deal with rights of employees and employers.” (Labor Law, 2005) The third situation is often seen more times than not; thus creating an everlasting rift between the two parties. In the case study 1-1 of our text, Reinstatement and Back Pay Remedy for Illegal Discharge, it seemed like a common sense; open and shut scenario. My initial thoughts without any research had me thinking there was no way an employer would need to reinstate an unlawfully terminated employee, since the person in question is an illegal alien. Recent events in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit showed that my thoughts were way off base and wrong. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals decided on a case, Palma v NLRB, on July 10, 2013 that an employer could be required to reinstate illegal aliens previously terminated in violation of the NRLA; or...
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...systems theory, quantitative management, organizational behavior, and systems theory. The sociotechnical systems theory was first proven to the U.S. to be effective by the Japanese in the late 1980s, and it expresses that management should focus on making sure that they have well trained employees with the right tools and knowledge for the job. In this sense, the employees can put their heads together and produce innovative products in a productive manner, creating business success. However, quantitative management takes tides a different direction. It suggests that to be a successful business, you must use statistics and a form of visual modeling to influence management decision. This was proven to be effective when introduced to large corporations by military planners in solving the complex issues. Both ideas are arguable, yet there are still two more. Organizational behavior states that the way you treat your employees influence your company’s productivity, therefore its success. If you treat them poorly they’ll work poorly, and if you treat them like they’re motivated they’ll act motivated. Which will increase productivity. Yet, there is there is the systems theory that says bluntly that a business is nothing but an open system that turns inputs into outputs. Businesses are affected by and affect their environment therefore they are open systems, and management needs to be made on the contingencies that arise to create success. So to be concise, the key to success in a business...
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...Assignment 1 Case Analysis: Circuit Board Corporation Sam Zenith MKT 4510 May 18th, 2015 Maggie Adams, chairman of the board and Circuit Board Corporation’s largest shareholder faces a tough decision in 2002 in regards to the company’s future, as she was largely left in charge of running CBC and deciding its future as her husband, who has created the company in 1961, has recently passed away. Maggie’s decision was to take place in regards to the dire situation of the company given the implosion of the high-tech industry, as most companies have reported 50 to 75 percent declines in quarterly revenue compared to the prior year. By this time, the company was focused on the mid-complexity mid-volume (mid-range segment) printed circuit boards due to the collapse in demand of the low-range segment in 1995, which resulted from electronic manufacturers moving their business to Asian fabricators, and possibly the downfall of the Atari cartridges market as the time. The issue –that Maggie Adams must address- at hand began in 2001 as the total US electronic equipment orders entered a very turbulent time, which in turn plunged the sales for printed circuit boards given that the demand for these boards is positively correlated to the orders of electronic equipment ordered. Furthermore, in the midst of the technology recession in 2001, many of the larger companies must have shifted their manufacturing to China, as they chased lower-cost products that will help sustain their businesses...
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...Donner Company manufactured printed circuit boards to the specifications of a variety of electronics manufacturers. Each board consisted of a thin sheet of insulating material with narrow metal strips (conductors) bonded to its surface. The insulating sheet acted as a structural member and supported electronic components connected by the conducting strips. In the customer's plant, assemblers (human and/or automated machinery) positioned electronic components in the predrilled holes in the board, soldered them into place, and then installed the board in the final electronic product. insulation - insulating material: a material that reduces or prevents the transmission of heat or sound or electricity At the end of 1987, there were 750 printed circuit board manufacturers in the United States. These manufacturers could be classified either as captive or contract manufacturers. Large electronics firms, such as IBM, AT&T and Digital Equipment, produced much of their own requirements in captive board shops. When large quantities of simple technology boards, or small quantities of fast turnaround prototype boards were required, these customers would usually subcontract production to contract manufacturers. Smaller firms also purchased from contract manufacturers, particularly when small lots of special boards were needed. The more technologically complex a board, the more likely it was that customers would eventually produce it in-house. Printed circuit boards, with their electronic components...
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...oid corp ■ Polaroid Corporation Companies venturing into nonindustrialized nations often face a natural contradiction between their own goals and those of the host country. The foreign company wants an adequate return on investment and to create returns for the shareholder. The host country usually wants long-term capital investments that bring in foreign technology, create jobs based on significant value-added production and exports, and train management and workers. Polaroid's fundamental strategy in China is the same as it has been for the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and India: to tie the company's goals into the needs of these countries. Polaroid has reconciled the natural differences by focusing on points of mutual advantage, namely manufacturing for export, provided there is a demand for export goods. Like other firms, Polaroid has developed its commitment to China in stages as benchmark goals were met. It began by selling, moved to subcontracting component assembly, and when comfortable with its partner, started discussions on a joint venture. This case study focuses on the evolution of the venture and describes an important component of dealing with the domestic market-sales and marketing. This description originally appeared in Business China (July 29 and August 12, 199 1) and is adapted here with permission of the publisher, Business International Asia/Pacific Ltd. Polaroid has been selling directly into the China market since the early...
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...Donner Company manufactured printed circuit boards to the specifications of a variety of electronics manufacturers. Each board consisted of a thin sheet of insulating material with narrow metal strips (conductors) bonded to its surface. The insulating sheet acted as a structural member and supported electronic components connected by the conducting strips. In the customer's plant, assemblers (human and/or automated machinery) positioned electronic components in the predrilled holes in the board, soldered them into place, and then installed the board in the final electronic product. insulation - insulating material: a material that reduces or prevents the transmission of heat or sound or electricity At the end of 1987, there were 750 printed circuit board manufacturers in the United States. These manufacturers could be classified either as captive or contract manufacturers. Large electronics firms, such as IBM, AT&T and Digital Equipment, produced much of their own requirements in captive board shops. When large quantities of simple technology boards, or small quantities of fast turnaround prototype boards were required, these customers would usually subcontract production to contract manufacturers. Smaller firms also purchased from contract manufacturers, particularly when small lots of special boards were needed. The more technologically complex a board, the more likely it was that customers would eventually produce it in-house. Printed circuit boards, with their electronic components...
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...involve in accident. The accident was happen on Friday 9 April 2010. Hawker Beechcraft 1900D, ZK-EAQ was departed from Auckland International Airport. As the aeroplane became airborne the rear cargo door opened. The crew returned and landed the aeroplane safely. There were no injuries and minor damage only to the aeroplane. So, to prevent this accident happen again in the future, a warning system will be created where it will have a special cover that will detect whether the cargo door is closed or not. Introduction On Friday 9 April 2010, Eagle 854 was a scheduled flight from Auckland International Airport to Whangarei using ZK-EAQ, a Hawker Beechcraft Corporation 1900D (Beech 1900D) aeroplane. The aeroplane was operated by Eagle Airways Limited (the operator), one of the Air New Zealand group of companies. On board the aeroplane were 10 passengers and a crew of 2 pilots.The aeroplane had earlier that morning been flown from Kerikeri to Auckland by another crew, landing at Auckland at about 0735. The crew of Eagle 854 reported for duty at 0720 and met the arriving crew as part of their flight preparation. The crew of Eagle 854 reviewed the aircraft documentation and noted an entry in the aircraft technical log that stated that the cargo door annunciator light3 remained illuminated after the door was closed. There was no associated master warning indication, so an engineer had cleared the aircraft for flight in accordance with the operator’s Dispatch Deviation Procedures...
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...The Rise and Fall of the Enron Corporation Malay Blama Leg 500 Summer Quarter Prof. D. F. Page Strayer University August 9, 2009 Abstract Enron was an American energy trading and communication company based in Houston, Texas. It was formed in 1985 by Kenneth Lay after merging with Houston Natural Gas and InterNorth companies. Kenneth Lay was originally the CEO of the Houston Natural Gas company prior to the merger. By the middle of 2000 Enron stock price hit all time high of $90.00 per share causing share holders to lose nearly $11 billion when it plummeted to less than $1 per share by the end of November 2001. Few years later following its formation when Jeffery Skilling was hired, he developed a staff of executives that through the use of accounting loopholes, special purpose entitles and poor financial reporting, were able to hide billions in debt from failed deals and projects. They were able to mislead Enron’s’ board of directors and audit committee of high-risk accounting issues as well as pressure what was supposed to be and independent Certified Public Accounting Firm, the Author Anderson, to ignore the issues. The corporation went bankrupt as a result of committing institutionalized, systematic and well-planned accounting fraud. Since its fall, Enron has become a symbol of corporate fraud and corruptions. Corporate governance structures have traditionally been a private matter between...
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...1. Product Choice 2. Introuction Nokia Corporation is a Finnishmultinational communications and information technology corporation headquartered inKeilaniemi, Espoo, Finland.[4] Its principal products are mobile telephones and portable IT devices. It also offers Internet services including applications, games, music, media andmessaging through its Ovi platform, and free-of-charge digital map information andnavigation services through its wholly owned subsidiary Navteq.[5] Nokia has a joint venture with Siemens, Nokia Siemens Networks, which provides telecommunications networkequipment and services.[6] Nokia has around 105,000 employees across 120 countries, sales in more than 150 countries and annual revenues of around €38 billion.[1] As of 2012 it is the world's second-largest mobile phone maker by unit sales (after Samsung), with a global market share of 22.5% in the first quarter.[7] Nokia is a public limited-liability company listed on theHelsinki Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange.[8] It is the world's 143rd-largest company measured by 2011 revenues according to the Fortune Global 500.[9] Nokia was the world's largest vendor of mobile phones from 1998 to 2012.[7] However, over the past five years it has suffered declining market share as a result of the growing use of smartphones from other vendors, principally the Apple iPhone and devices running onGoogle's Android operating system. As a result, its share price has fallen from a high of US$40...
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...directors who deferred the case to Phillip Wrigley (defendant/appellee) stating mismanagement and negligence because of the refusal of the directors in installing lights at Wrigley Field, home field for the Chicago Cubs. Procedural History: Plaintiff original case was lost at trial and plaintiff appealed. Issue: The issue is whether the court should step in and overrule when plaintiff cannot prove that directors are committing any fraud, illegality or conflict of interest. Rule: A court will not interfere with an honest business judgment absent of a showing of fraud, illegality or conflict of interest. Holding: The appeals court affirms that ruling of the trial court. Reasoning: Plaintiff argues that because the defendants refuse to install lights in the park because they deemed that baseball is a daytime sport and that having lights installed and night games would have a deteriorating effect upon the surrounding neighborhood. The plaintiff also argues that the team is losing money and he believes that the team is loosing because poor attendance to the games and that if lights were not installed they would continue loosing. In this case the court could not side with the plaintiff because none of his arguments prove that the defendants are mismanaging the team just because they prefer to have day games. The court used Wheeler v. The Pullman Iron & Steel Co. to show that “it is fundamental in the law of corporations that the majority stockholders...
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...Printed circuit board From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Circuit board) Jump to: navigation, search Part of a 1983 Sinclair ZX Spectrum computer board; a populated PCB, showing the conductive traces, vias (the through-hole paths to the other surface), and some mounted electrical components PCB Layout ProgramA printed circuit board, or PCB, is used to mechanically support and electrically connect electronic components using conductive pathways, or traces, etched from copper sheets laminated onto a non-conductive substrate. Alternative names are printed wiring board (PWB),and etched wiring board. A PCB populated with electronic components is a printed circuit assembly (PCA), also known as a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA). PCBs are rugged, inexpensive, and can be highly reliable. They require much more layout effort and higher initial cost than either wire-wrapped or point-to-point constructed circuits, but are much cheaper and faster for high-volume production. Much of the electronics industry's PCB design, assembly, and quality control needs are set by standards that are published by the IPC organization. Contents [hide] 1 Manufacturing 1.1 Patterning (etching) 1.2 Lamination 1.3 Drilling 1.4 Exposed conductor plating and coating 1.5 Solder resist 1.6 Screen printing 1.7 Test 1.8 Populating 1.9 Printed Circuit Assembly 1.10 Protection and packaging 2 Safety Certification (US) 3 "Cordwood" construction 4 Multiwire...
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...Stryker Corporation Case Study Stryker Corporation Case Study Andrew Wyatt Brett Nymeyer Brett Sundberg Josh Ihnen Executive Summary It is 2003 and Stryker Corporation is proposing to build a new facility that would be able to produce a key component (printed circuit boards) in-house instead of outsourcing that activity to suppliers. Currently, Stryker purchases PCBs from a small number of contract manufacturers but recently the suppliers have been underperforming in quality and delivery. The proposed plan would create a high degree of control over this product, ensure quality, and create an economy of scale in the long run. However, this plan also required the most capital outlay in both money and resources. The project would have an initial investment of a new building, capital equipment, and IT infrastructure totaling $6,287,258. However, there would also be cost savings in the long run from decreased purchases from suppliers even after the increased expense of Stryker’s manufacturing costs. To find out if this project offered an adequate return on investment we performed a Net Present Value Analysis and also calculated Internal Rate of Return and Payback Period for years 2003 through 2009. Analysis 1. Does this project make sense? We like the insourcing proposal and think that it makes business sense for several reasons. However, these reasons are based off of the information taken from the case before we analyzed NPV, IRR, or Payback...
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...Communication in organizations encompasses all the means, both formal and informal, by which information is passed up, down, and across the network of managers and employees in a business. These various modes of communication may be used to disseminate official information between employees and management, to exchange hearsay and rumors, or anything in between. The challenge for businesses is to channel these myriad communications so they serve to improve customer relations, bolster employee satisfaction, build knowledge-sharing throughout the organization, and most importantly, enhance the firm's competitiveness. EFFECTIVE VS. INEFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS Perhaps the importance of good communication is best understood by considering what things would be like in its absence. For instance, if a company has no mechanism for recording and transmitting special order requests from its customers, and the employees in the sales and fulfillment areas only interact minimally, there's a good chance that when it receives a special request the company will have difficulty delivering what the customer wants. It may even lose the sale as employees grapple with an unusual request the management hasn't prepared them for. Now consider a company going through a merger. Top executives at the merged entity proclaim that there will be thousands of layoffs to boost efficiency, but management is slow to say who will be affected, what the criteria are for deciding who is laid off, and what the...
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...Project Design Problem Statement * The purpose of this project is to make a resistor from a pencil. I would like or want to figure out how electricity is trapped or contained to form the energy in a circuit to make electrical appliances work. In my experiment: I will create my own resistor out of pencils, along with my own circuit board to see the effects a circuit has on energy. *What a resistor does is slows down the flow of electricity through devices, which now days many devices use: dimmer switches, fan regulators, lights, and what I’m typing on a computer, and many more things in everyday living. Relevance of your testable question * Graphite will be the main material used on this project: which is the pencil lead. It is an electrical conductor, which allows many electrical possibilities. It is one of the allotropes of carbon, which in the next paragraph I will give a brief description from Wikipedia. Graphite is considered a semimetal, so there are many electrical possibilities that can be done with it. Along with many other uses for it. Allotropes (Graphite) “unlike a diamond, graphite is an electrical conductor. Thus, it can be used in, for instance, electrical arc lamp electrodes. Like wise, under standard conditions, graphite is the most stable form of carbon. Therefore, it is used in thermochemistry as the standard state for defining the heat formation of carbon compounds.” (Definition retrieved from Wikipedia) Literature review The...
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...foreign insurance companies filed claims for refunds of taxes paid, contending that the statute, as applied to them, violated the Equal Protection Clause. The State Commissioner of Insurance rejected the claims. On consolidated appeals to a county Circuit Court, in which many domestic companies got involved, the statute was sustained on summary judgment. The court ruled that the statute did not violate the Equal Protection Clause because, along with increasing revenue, it served the lawful state purposes of uplifting the formation of new insurance companies in Alabama and monies investment by foreign insurance companies in Alabama assets and securities, and that the difference between foreign and domestic companies was rationally related to those purposes. The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals declare the finding as to legitimate state purposes, but remanded for an evidentiary hearing on the issue of rational relationship. On certiorari to the Alabama Supreme Court, appellants waived their rights to such an evidentiary hearing, and the court entered judgment for the State and the intervenors on appellants' equal protection challenge to the statute. (https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/470/869) Under the details of this case, promotion of domestic business by discriminating against nonresidents is not a legitimate...
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