...RR Feeds Inc. Case Study RR Feeds, Inc., a family owned feed processing plant, has been in operation for one hundred years. Until recently, the company has always been known for its warm and family friendly environment; in light of the current economic downturn and changing societal demands, its impact has faced management with new challenges and obstacles to overcome in order to keep the company’s history alive and active. Increased negative changes in production and performance have become detrimental to the organization; sparking concern from the management team and identifying a substantial need for reevaluation and reorganization of the company. In this case, issues of job design, workplace inequity, organizational culture and employee evaluation and motivation within RR Feeds Inc. are analyzed and recommendations are provided to the management team for implementation. Job Design In the past two years RR Feeds has reduced staff employment and restricted their spending by cutting bonuses. Their employees are expected to work harder for less compensation; in essence, the job description has been altered. In result, employee morale has decreased and negative changes in employees’ attitudes and behavior have reduced the company’s productivity and efficiency. Management should consider a job redesign that identifies the needs and wants of the employees and the organization as well as remove workplace frustrations that hinder production. Job Redesign. In order to align...
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...Within both of the case studies it is clear to see that the communication cycles have been put into practice on a number of occasions and have generally worked well. I am going to discuss how the communication cycle has been put into practice within the Jason Young and Stephen Polanski case studies. From the Jason Young case study we can clearly see that the Tuckmans cycle has been working very effectively. The Tuckmans cycle is all about effective communication in groups. Many groups may experience some sort of struggle before people unite and communicate effectively. Within the Jason Young case study we can see that while Jason was in hospital there were many multi-disciplinary meetings to discuss Jason’s progress with a goal to getting Jason as independent as possible. This is an example of the health care professionals working effectively together to ensure Jason is receiving the best possible care while he is in hospital. These multi-disciplinary meetings would not happen if health care professionals did not communicate together and bring their ideas forward to each other. The nurses in the hospital are trying their best to ensure Jason has a pleasant experience. The staff that works with Jason have to feed him, take him to the toilet and clean his teeth etc. As Jason needs a lot of attention it is important that the health care workers work together to ensure all his needs are accommodated for and as a result of this the workers could also try to develop his communication...
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...中山大学数计学院 2013级软件工程专业(2015学年秋季学期) 《SE- +电子商务》期末考试方案 (考试形式：Final Assignment) 《中山大学授予学士学位工作细则》第六条 考试作弊不授予学士学位 方向： 姓名： ______ 学号： 出卷： 审核： Final Individual Assignment-2015 No. True/False Indicate whether the statement is true or false.（20 points, 1 point each） ____ 1. Transferring funds, placing orders, sending invoices, and shipping goods to customers are all types of activities or transactions. ____ 2. A value added network (VAN) is an independent firm that offers connection and transaction-forwarding services to buyers and sellers engaged in EDI. ____ 3. An HTML document is similar to a word-processing document in that it specifies how a particular text element will appear. ____ 4. Although an extranet is a VPN, not every VPN is an extranet. ____ 5. The three main elements of a Web server are the hardware, operating system software, and client software. ____ 6. Academic publishing has always been a relatively easy business in which to make a profit. ____ 7. Companies that have existing sales outlets and distribution networks often worry that their Web sites will take away sales from those outlets and networks. ____ 8. The benefits of acquiring new visitors are the same for Web businesses with different revenue models. ____ 9. A banner ad is a small rectangular object on a Web page that displays a stationary or moving graphic without a hyperlink to the advertiser...
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...Skip to content HOME BLOG A2 GEOGRAPHY Discuss the roles and relative importance of NICs and TNCs in a changing global economy. Discuss the roles and relative importance of NICs and TNCs in a changing global economy. An economy is the activities related to the production of goods and services within a specified geographic region. This can exist on a national scale, the trade and services within a country, but equally, if countries trade goods and services with each other, their economies interact, it can happen on a global scale, this is known as globalisation. This interaction of economies on a worldwide scale is else known as the global economy, and NICs and TNCs play a fundamental role in changing how it operates. An ‘NIC’, else known as a ‘newly industrialising country’ is a country where industrial production has grown sufficiently for it to become a major source of their income as a nation. A ‘TNC’ is a company that operates in at least two countries. They often have management headquarters in their home country and operate in host countries alongside; examples would include GlaxoSmithKline, BP, Wal-Mart and Coca-Cola. NICs are having a prominent impact on sculpting the global economy. They are characterised by the fact that they are gaining an increasing share of the world manufacturing output, a significant growth in their manufactured export production and a significant annual growth in their manufacturing sector. The first generation of NICs were,...
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...Some of Cisco social media ROI stats: Today, Cisco’s social management team manage the companies more than 70 Facebook pages and 100 Twitter accounts. From 2010 they have had 79 Facebook groups with 100,000 fans, 108 Cisco Twitter feeds with 2 million followers, 300+ Youtube channels with 2,000+ videos and 4 million views, 300+ Flickr photos, 400,000 views, and lastly 22 external blogs with 475,000 views/quarter. Cisco social ROI success: Cisco's social ROI success can be draw from the 9,000 people who attend their social media product launches, three times more press articles, 1,000 + blog posts, award for best marketing, and the fact they are a sixth of the cost of their original launch. They use of Cisco using Social media also helped them advertise and market their products, helping them save $100,000 + off their product launches. A tangible benefit: • Sharability increase Some of the Intangible benefits...
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...Case analysis on British Columbia Box Limited (Revised) (A B2B Analysis) This case study involves a purchase decision to be made by the plant manager of Columbia Box Limited Vancouver regarding machine, flexo folder gluer. The BCB is part of an international company which specialized in packages of all types and the main product of the Vancouver plant was folded carton for consumer goods. The flexo folder gluer would combine printing with folding and gluing operations. The need arose because the existing machine was more than 18 years old and needed frequent repairs. The plant manager was contemplating a new purchase or up gradation of the old machine. Purchasing the new machine would cost half a million dollar but the sales volume did not justify this expenditure. Hence the plant manager had to make a choice between up gradation and purchase. Each decision had its own positives and negatives. The purchase would require an investment of half a million dollar but would increase the productivity, whereas the up gradation would not be capital The plant manager and the sales manager were developing a five year plan which included a significant plant expansion. The sales manager had assured Flynn of generating an additional million dollar sale if a flexo gluer of a larger size was available. Hence Flynn decided that this would justify the capital investment and went ahead with the purchase decision. There were other advantages of purchase over up gradation such as decreased set...
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...Assignment 1, 2013 – Case Studies Tutorial-based group assessments Due: See ‘Due Dates for Case Study Submission’ section Marks: 30% of the total marks for the unit Background – Learning with Cases Harvard University, probably the most famous source of teaching cases, describes these resources as follows: “Teaching cases – also known as case studies – are narratives designed to serve as the basis for classroom discussion. Cases don’t offer their own analysis. Instead, they are meant to test the ability of students to apply the theory they’ve learned to a ‘real world’ situation … where good accounts of specific events can help exemplify and illuminate theory” (Harvard, 2000). The use of cases based on or around real organisations and/or current issues provides an entirely different approach to learning from that of lectures or more conventional tutorial exercises, where students solve specific problems in isolation from the world of business. Case preparation is a significant part of both undergraduate and postgraduate business study – particularly in the English-speaking world – and it is important to learn to do it effectively and efficiently. I have provided two introductory readings to help you with this process: “Learning Information Systems with Cases” (a pdf file available from your KXO223 MyLO resources) and “Notes on Writing a Case Study Report” (included in this document as Appendix A). Please begin by reading these carefully. Cases are usually based around...
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...the technology infrastructure of UPS ranging from the data centers to the PCs currently in operation. The study also more closely analyzes the software and database structure of UPS along with an analysis of the company’s E-commerce activities. It includes an interview with Tom Creech, the North Florida District E-commerce manager at UPS. Finally, research was conducted to evaluate the emerging technologies that UPS is implementing and employing to support the business strategy and maintain its competitive edge. INTRODUCTION A case study is a "published report about a person, group, or situation that has been studied over time." If the case study is about a group, it describes the behavior of the group as a whole, not behavior of each individual in the group. Case studies can be produced by following a formal research method. In doing case study research, the "case" being studied may be an individual, organization, event, or action, existing in a specific time and place. Case studies are analyses of persons, events, decisions, periods, projects, policies, institutions, or other systems that are studied holistically by one or more method. The case that is the subject of the inquiry will be an instance of a class of phenomena that provides an analytical frame — an object — within which the study is conducted and which the case illuminates and explicates. So, this case study analysis focuses on the Information Technology that is used by the United Parcel Service (UPS). Information...
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...Pradesh Manufacturing Unit 8: Uttar Pradesh Manufacturing Unit 9: Delhi Manufacturing Unit 10: Delhi Manufacturing Unit 11: Uttar Pradesh Manufacturing Unit 12: Delhi Manufacturing Unit 13: West Bengal Manufacturing Unit 14: West Bengal Manufacturing Unit 15: Karnataka Summary of Industry Requirements Study Team 1 2-10 11-13 14-16 17-18 19-20 21-24 24-27 28-30 31-32 33-34 35-38 39 40-41 42-43 44-45 46-48 49 Case Study Report Productivity and Competitiveness of Indian Toy Manufacturing Sector Diagnostic Case Studies Introduction This report contains diagnostic case studies of fifteen toy manufacturing units selected from seven different toy product categories. The study focuses on unit specific problems related to production, raw material availability, marketing, finance, productivity, export performance etc. These case studies also throw light on other aspects of the working of these units such as product range, market scenario, taxation structure etc. Though the manufacturing units produce a wide range of toy products, for the study purposes the units have been broadly grouped under seven major product categories. Number of manufacturing units taken up for detailed case study based on the seven major product categories are given below. Product categories and the manufacturing units studied: S. No Product category Manufacturing units 1. Manufacturing Unit 2. Manufacturing Unit 3. Manufacturing Unit 4. Manufacturing Unit 5. Manufacturing Unit 6. Manufacturing Unit 7. Manufacturing...
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...2013 Charlotte Bussmann Pablo Medina Oisin Halpin Leyre Santana León Universidad Carlos III Madrid 8.11.2013 2013 Charlotte Bussmann Pablo Medina Oisin Halpin Leyre Santana León Universidad Carlos III Madrid 8.11.2013 Spanish Consumers‘ Perception of Functional Foods – A case study of Puleva Omega-3 Spanish Consumers‘ Perception of Functional Foods – A case study of Puleva Omega-3 Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2 1.1. Presentation of the Problem 2 1.1.1. Focus of our Study 2 1.2. Purpose of the Thesis 3 1.2.1. Research Question 3 1.3. Clarification of the Main Concepts 3 1.4. Structure of the Thesis 4 2. Methodology and Theory 5 2.1. Methodology 5 2.1.1. Research Design 5 2.2. Method 8 2.3. Research Techniques 8 2.3.1. Laddering 8 2.3.2. Questionnaire 10 3. Potential Conclusions 14 3.1. Recommendations to the Ebro Puleva Company 16 Appendices 17 Appendix 1 – Types of functional food. 17 Appendix 2 – SWOT Analysis of PO-3. 17 Appendix 3 – Purposes of Mixed Methods Research. 18 Appendix 4 – Hypothetical Laddering Interview + MEC 19 Appendix 5 – The Questionnaire Design. 20 Bibliography 32 1. ------------------------------------------------- Introduction ...
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...THE ON OT C OP YO CASE STUDY HANDBOOK RP OS T ON OP YO RP OT C OS T THE ON OT C Write Persuasively About Cases OP CASE STUDY HANDBOOK How to Read, Discuss, and William Ellet Harvard Business School Press Boston, Massachusetts YO RP OS T Copyright 2007 William Ellet All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 11 10 09 08 07 5 4 3 2 1 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior permission of the publisher. Requests for permission should be directed to permissions@hbsp.harvard.edu, or mailed to Permissions, Harvard Business School Publishing, 60 Harvard Way, Boston, Massachusetts 02163. The copyright on each case in this book unless otherwise noted is held by the President and Fellows of Harvard College and they are published herein by express permission. Permission requests to use individual Harvard copyrighted cases should be directed to permissions@hbsp.harvard.edu, or mailed to the Permissions Editor, Harvard Business School Publishing, 60 Harvard Way, Boston, MA 02163. ON OT C Case material of the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration is made possible by the cooperation of business firms and other organizations which may wish to remain anonymous by having names, quantities, and other...
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...Ernst & Young “Business Leaders of Tomorrow” Case Contest Bigg Glowbell (BG) Case Study Table of Contents Table of Contents ................................................................................................................................................ 1 Assignment Background .................................................................................................................................. 2 Bigg-Glowbell Overview ...................................................................................................................................... 3 The Company History ...................................................................................................................................... 3 Revenue and Profits ........................................................................................................................................ 5 Bigg-Glowbell Global Locations ....................................................................................................................... 6 Bigg-Glowbell Organization, Products and Services ........................................................................................ 7 Ownership ..................................................................................................................................................... 14 Strategic Issues ..............................................................................................................................
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...1108/09653560010335112 Downloaded on: 09 December 2015, At: 11:19 (PT) References: this document contains references to 15 other documents. To copy this document: permissions@emeraldinsight.com The fulltext of this document has been downloaded 1307 times since 2006* Downloaded by Arab Open University Kuwait At 11:19 09 December 2015 (PT) Users who downloaded this article also downloaded: Henry C. Wilson, (2000),"Emergency response preparedness: small group training. Part I – training and learning styles", Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Vol. 9 Iss 2 pp. 105-116 Piyali Ghosh, Rachita Satyawadi, Jagdamba Prasad Joshi, Rashmi Ranjan, Priya Singh, (2012),"Towards more effective training programmes: a study of trainer attributes", Industrial and Commercial Training, Vol. 44 Iss 4 pp. 194-202 http:// dx.doi.org/10.1108/00197851211231469 Charles W. Read, Brian H. Kleiner, (1996),"Which training methods are effective?", Management Development Review, Vol. 9 Iss 2 pp. 24-29 http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09622519610111781 Access to this document was granted through an Emerald subscription provided by emerald-srm:563365 [] For Authors If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for...
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...1/22/07 3:37 PM Page i RP OS T ElletFM.qxp THE DO N OT C OP YO CASE STUDY HANDBOOK 1/22/07 3:37 PM Page ii DO N OT C OP YO RP OS T ElletFM.qxp 1/22/07 3:37 PM Page iii RP OS T ElletFM.qxp YO THE OP CASE STUDY HANDBOOK How to Read, Discuss, and OT C Write Persuasively About Cases DO N William Ellet Harvard Business School Press Boston, Massachusetts 1/22/07 3:37 PM Page iv RP OS T ElletFM.qxp Copyright 2007 William Ellet YO All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 11 10 09 08 07 5 4 3 2 1 OP No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior permission of the publisher. Requests for permission should be directed to permissions@hbsp.harvard.edu, or mailed to Permissions, Harvard Business School Publishing, 60 Harvard Way, Boston, Massachusetts 02163. The copyright on each case in this book unless otherwise noted is held by the President and Fellows of Harvard College and they are published herein by express permission. Permission requests to use individual Harvard copyrighted cases should be directed to permissions@hbsp.harvard.edu, or mailed to the Permissions Editor, Harvard Business School Publishing, 60 Harvard Way, Boston, MA 02163. OT C Case material of the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration is made possible by the...
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...SYSTEMS PART TWO: CASE EVIDENCE 3.3 SYSTEM TYPES - CASE STUDY FINDINGS 3.4 SUMMARY 4. ASSESSING HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM EFFECTIVENESS PART ONE: LITERATURE AND FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSMENT 4.1 INTRODUCTION 4.2 LITERATURE ON EFFECTIVENESS OF HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS PART TWO: CASE EVIDENCE 4.3 THE TWENTY CASES: CONTENT AND LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 4.4 THE TWENTY CASES: OUTCOME DATA 4.5 SUMMARY 5. FACTORS SHAPING PERFORMANCE AND THE ROLE OF SYSTEM TYPE 5.1 INTRODUCTION 5.2 BASICS AND EXTRAS 5.3 SYSTEM-RELATED CHARACTERISTICS 5.4 THE ROLES OF THE KEY WORKPLACE PLAYERS 5.5 THE LINKAGES BETWEEN HEALTH AND SAFETY PERFORMANCE AND SYSTEM TYPE 5.6 SUMMARY 6. CONCLUSIONS REFERENCES APPENDIX ONE: CASE STUDY PROTOCOL APPENDIX TWO: ASSESSMENT CRITERIA APPENDIX THREE: CASE SUMMARIES AND SYSTEM TYPES Executive Summary This report examines planned approaches to health and safety management in the workplace. It is the result of a two-year study of enterprise-level health and safety management systems, funded by Worksafe Australia, and conducted from late 1994 to late 1996. The need for research on health and safety management systems arises from the intensive promotion of and apparent increasing interest at enterprise level in health and safety management systems. The need is underlined by limited research on the efficacy of health and safety management systems and alternative systems. In this study, a health and safety...
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