...No Nasty Chemicals From birth to success, Ecoman gives the reader a captivating look inside Malcolm Rands’ life and the life of his company, ecostore. This is certainly a book not to judge by it’s cover. Ecoman begins with the foundation of Mamaki, the permaculture village Malcolm co founded with his friends in the Northland in New Zealand. The book then treks backwards through Rands’ youth and into his childhood. The story then turns around and starts walking towards the present, with a step backwards for every few we are led forward. “I wasn’t like the other kids, and I was painfully aware of that fact” Malcolm remarks, recalling his shyness during childhood. Although not the most popular kid, Rands’ had other talents and even as a child, he pushed the status quo. After visiting a restaurant a few times, Malcolm thought he had sussed the system out, so, he didn’t have his first course (soup). Instead after his family and he had eaten dessert, he asked the waiter; “Seeing as I didn’t have soup, I’ll have a second pudding.” He was promptly told that that was not how it worked, but, his parents rather than be embarrassed as most other parents would be, were proud of him for questioning the system. Throughout the book we hear stories similar to this one that make you seriously think about why we do things one way rather than consider the consequences and alternatives....
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...EMBA Class 2012-2013 MGMT 907 - Managing Human Resources Course Notes II Mithat KOC 020120255 mithat.koc@gmail.com Integrating the Organization 1. Culture and the Informal/Voluntary Network 2. Formal Teams 3. Integrators 4. Matrix Design 5. Cells and Networks 2d -Assess Internal Fit : Systems Which systems optimize the employee performance -To keep the employee in the loop... Recruitment Performance appraisal Rewards Additional sys (inform. Mang.) 2d -Assess Internal Fit : Culture Culture : values Climate : Practice Key Themes Dominant culture vs sub cultures Espoused versus real cultures Case Nestle , espresso is a completely different organization . ALTO CHEMICAL EUROPE (ACE): ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE CASE STUDY Stabilizer market situation Shrinking , Drop off in consumption 600.000 tons x 1.000$ prices vary to month 30% over capacity competition KEY STRATEGIC ELEMENT Profitability $40 to $80 (4% to 8%) Price Leadership (set by HQs) Non-price sensitive acc. - wire/cable (2% contribution to cost = 4% of 2% for these customer) - small / medium Raise volume Tin (we have it) Give customer expertise Sales Management Reponse - Ideas (Dramatic change in behaviour) More work , new customer aquisition , convert to tin Accept loss of price authority Service oriented selling Incentives (not based on volume any more) What should Graaf do to pursuade the Sales Management ? Change reward system Explain the why ( face to face meeting) costs of old strategy / behaviours versus...
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...1 The deal Holcim, a swiss based Cement company that grew through aggressive markets acquisitions became one of the leader worldwide in cement industry. Over time, potential for growth has shown to be on the developing markets with a CAGR of 5.5% versus 0.3% in developed countries. In a merger and acquisition dynamic where Argentina through its growth potential was favored by many foreign companies, Holcim through a progressive process acquired the majority stake in Cocemar, and merged it with Minetti, giving birth to a new Player in Argentina, and in particular in Buenos Aires aree where 50% of the country sales were concentrated in that sole zone, led by Loma Negra. 2 Which actions were taken by Carlos Bruehler 2.1 The management team The strategic directions set by Minetti top management targeted to maximize cash flow by focusing on key improvements areas such as cliens, emplyees, CSR, procurement and profitability. This could be achievered by driving a merger in an optimize way. Carlos Bruehler, appointed to lead that merger mandated a a top management team to develop and implement the strategic plan. The newly formed team was a mix of representatives from both families as well as others, with lower interaction with local practices and culture (e.g expatriate from Switzerlan). Carlos expected to move at the same speed as other mergers, where the aggressive and fast pace built the success of Holcim. Although the decision to buil the senior management team around a good...
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...Current situation 2 Current Situation: 2 1. Company purpose 2 2. Industry Sector 2 3. Size and Location 2 4. Location 2 5. Number of employees 2 6. Current exporting activities 3 7. Other relevant information 3 8. Company product / services / markets 3 9. Initial description of chosen product/service for export and country 6 Planning export offering 7 1. Customer Profile and Needs 7 3. Potential size of this Market 11 4. Partners / associates that you will need 11 Initial Country Analysis 14 1. Country risk rating 14 2. Issues/ Product modifications required for market 15 Environmental Analysis of Market 16 Macro Analysis 16 Micro Environment 17 Entry Strategy, Implementation & Operational Changes 19 Entry Strategy 19 Implementation 19 Operational Changes 20 Conclusions and Recommendations 20 Bibliography 20 Appendices 20 Current situation 1. Company purpose The way I explain the purpose is as company named “ECO STORE”. The meaning by ECO is GREEN, the reason I use the word GREEN because when people see green things which the first idea comes in mind is nature and free from contamination and nothing chemical and 100% sure harmless for human body. And the meaning by STORE is “putting every ECOed things together”. So the purpose of the company is making human’s life healthier and not let any chemical thing to harm us. 2. Industry Sector As a company who has been focusing on the career in “Green (As...
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...Operations Management and Improvement For JCR Drillsol Private Limited JCR DRILLSOL Table of Contents 1. Introduction 1.1) Problem Specification and Hypothesis…………………… 3 2. Article Summary ………………………………………………….. 5 3. Problem Analysis………………………………………………… 13 4. Conclusion…………………………………………………………. 18 References……………………………………………………………… 18 Introduction JCR Drillsol PVT.LTD JCR is a large scale manufacturing company who’s objective is to provide unique and unprecedented solutions in every arena of the Drilling, Mining and Construction Industry. JCR’s variety of specialized RIGs finds its application in every possible arena of the drilling industry, making them one of the most competitive services in the business. JCR Drillsol, products include highly efficient and heavy-duty RIGs for a wide range of drilling applications ranging from RC, DTH, Tractor mounted and Wagon Drills, Pumping and Testing Units to Drag Bits, Mud Pumps and Mini Truck Mounted Drills. Our technology also designs other drilling solutions such as DTH Hammers, RC Hammers, RC Drill Rods, Tricone and O-Dex Bits. Problems faced in the industry Various problems faced by the industry are: * Material Wastage and Cost Factor A major problem faced by JCR Drillsol is the wastage of materials and cost factor. The Product output per unit input of raw materials...
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