...1. How successful do you think Helen Bowers’s new plan will be? Helen Bowers focuses mainly on maximizing company output which involves severe work, rules and behavior. Unfortunately, employees are not agree with Helen’s new conditions and the production of the company is being negatively impacted. Indeed, the elimination of the profit sharing plan and the reduction in pay, for example, decrease employees’ mood. You can’t change a company’s organization as radically as she did because it creates a lot of employee dissatisfactions. Actually, the positive results of a company are essentials to be successful but, to my mind, Helen is using the wrong way to reach the bottom line. To be successful, a manager must know how to maximize profit without interfering with the employees. To answer the question, Helen Bowers’s new plan won’t be successful and I would advise her to reinstate some of the policies that her father used. 2. What challenges does Helen confront? • Taking over the company (in general) - after Helen’s father’s death she is in new situation, she becomes owner of the company and she has to learn how to manage with employees and to set new goals for the company. • Making changes in company (from “family” environment to “job” environment) - changing the whole atmosphere, attitude and relations on line boss (Helen) - employees is a long-term process. Helen is changing them for less friendly and more formal and it is a challenge to do that without making employees...
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...INDIVIDUAL CASE • In the novel, Aphasia, My World Alone (1979), Helen Wulf gives her personal experience of having Aphasia and how this sudden and unexpected loss of communication has affected her life. Helen Wulf is a wife, mother, former business owner, as well as an accomplished author. Her personal account of having Aphasia sheds some light on the nature of this disorder and the difficulties accompanied by it. COMMUNICATION-RELATED FEATURES OF THE DISORDER • Talking is not easy for Helen Wulf. It’s exhausting and it can’t be done fast. Rather than an unconscious flow of words, she deliberately has to think of the words she has to say and her speaking sounds inebriated and stilted. This makes her narratives hard to follow...
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...Erikson, Tomlin, and Swain Michelle Gilliland Northern Kentucky University Nursing Theory NRP 434 Cindy Foster February 07, 2013 Erickson, Tomlin, and Swain The Modeling and Role Modeling Theory of nursing was created by Helen C. Erickson, along with Evelyn M. Tomlin and Mary Ann P. Swain. It was first published in their book, Modeling and Role Modeling: A Theory and Paradigm for Nursing, which was published in 1983. (Nursing Theory, 2011). Helen Lorraine (Cook) Erickson was born in 1936. On her marriage to Lance Erickson in 1957, the psychiatrist Milton Erickson became her father-in-law; he was a major influence on her nursing career and pivotal to the development of her ideas, especially the concept of MRM. In addition to her father-in-law’s instrumentality, Erickson drew on the ideas and works of a number of esteemed psychologists, namely: Piaget, Maslow, Selye and Lazarus (Valle, 2011). Educational Background * 1957 - Graduated Saginaw General Hospital * 1974 - BSN; University of Michigan * 1976 - MSN Psychiatric Nursing; University of Michigan * 1984 - Doctorate in Educational Psychology; University of Michigan Clinical Background * ER and Medical - Surgical Nursing * Director of Health Services; San German, Puerto Rico * Independent Psychiatric Nurse Consultant In the intervening years she has published numerous articles and research papers but is best known for the influential book, Modeling and Role Modeling: A Theory and...
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...Question #1. Estimate the individual WACCs for each of Teletech’s Segments. As you do so, carefully indicate any assumption in your calculations. By treating the two segments as a separate business this is what we discovered: CAPM - Telecommunications Services Rf = 4.235 Beta = 1.02 Rm-Rf = (9.5%-4.23%) = 3.77% Cost of equity = 4.23% +1.02(9.5-4.23%) = 9.6% WACC = (25% )(3.44%) + (75% )(9.6%) WACC = .0086 + .072 = 8.1% CAPM – Products and Systems Rf = 4.39% Beta = 1.4 Rm- Rf = (12%-4.39%) = 7.61% Cost of equity = 4.39% + 1.4(12%-4.39%) = 15.1% WACC = (75% )(4.48%) + (25% )(15.1%) WACC = .0336 + .0378 = 7.14% CAPM – Teletech Corporation WACC = 9.30% Conclusion: The decrease in the individual WACC’s prove that there is overall lower risk and should result in an increase in valuation of the firm. This is something that Victor Yossarian must have discovered and knows the company stock is undervalued. The cost of capital percentages used in our calculations where based on Exhibit 4 Debt-Capital-Market Conditions, October 2005. (Bruner Pg 231)The company’s current method of value-creation used hurdle rates and was used to calculate the WACC of Teletech. Management decision to accept the investments bankers’ calculation of the WACC of 9.3% is “split rated” and therefore strictly speculative. We are sure it was in the investments bankers’ best interest and not that of Teletech. This speculative WACC left room for error and Victor discovered...
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...In Helen Mitchell first chapter, it was basically talking about how we explore the territory and the methods of philosophy. Starting how the pre-Socratic cosmologists launched a Western tradition of philosophy, that was mark off the traditional division of the philosophical thought. The Metaphysics is the ones to consider what is real through cosmologists. And then you have Epistemology, and what they do is explore the source of knowledge, and they focus on how we know what we think that we know. However, the Axiology focus on the values, mostly on ethics and emphasis on morals and rules for conduct. Philosophy in the western part, it all started with the Thales. It says that the Thales and his fellow Milesians were the first people in the...
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...Sullivan University September 6, 2014 By: Tanmoy Gangolli Executive Summary For a company to succeed, its key focus should be on its employees. Employees are the most important part of any company, and keeping them happy and motivated must be a priority for the senior management. I am reminded of a quote by John Maxwell, “Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.” For Sambian Partners (SP), an established architecture and engineering firm started its journey around the late 1970s. The company was successful, but over the years they started to lose its top talent to its competition. The goal of this proposal is to provide insight into the primary cause behind the high turnover rate at SP and to offer recommendations based on available research. Increasing Employee Retention via Employee Motivation Introduction: ------------------------------------------------- Started in 1975, by Mr. Gasbarian, now run by his daughter Helen. ------------------------------------------------- Sambian Partners (SP) was a top notch architecture and engineering firm. In 1975, Peter Gasbarian founded Sambian, an architecture and engineering firm. To compete with its top competitor J&N, Mr. Gasbarian hired young talent by luring them in with a more alluring offer. After Mr. Gasbarian’s death, his daughter Helen Gasbarian, also an award winning architecture took over the firm. Under her leadership the firm flourished, became one...
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...What the book does not dwell on is how professionals get to be where they are, what makes a good landscape design. It does not even begin to answer questions about the differences between a gardener, a landscaper, landscape artists and a landscape architect (if there are any)? What's to like about Ideas4Landscaping? There are hundreds of databases that one can find online with landscape design ideas. These often don't come with "how to" tips and guidelines, Ideas4Landscaping, on the other hand, has more than just pictures but comprehensive information how a certain look was achieved and how anyone can recreate that same look. Each photograph depicts a unique landscape and unique designs. This is refreshing as many such databases will take pictures of the same place from different angles and /or focus on a particular space and not offer any insight on how ideas can be modified to suit different needs and...
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...MBA Helen Deresky International Management CHAPTERS 6,7,8,9,10& 11 Ali Sulaiman 71859876 aassbk@gmail.com AUL_KASLIK – MBA Helen Deresky International Management Formulating Strategy ng Outline Opening Profile: Global Companies Take Advantage Global Integrative Strategies Using E-Business for global Expansion E-Global or E-Local Entry Strategy Alternatives Reactive Responses Exporting; Licensing; Franchising; Contract Manufacturing; Of/shoring; Service Sector Outsourcing; Turnkey Operations; Management Contracts; International Joint Ventures; Fully-Owned Subsidiaries; e-Business Proactive Reasons Management Focus: Mexico's Cemex Reverses Course to Comparative Management in Focus: Strategic Planning for the EU Market Strategic Choice of Opportunities in South Africa Reasons for Going International Respond to Global Downturn Strategic Formulation Process Steps in Developing International and Global Strategies Mission and Objectives Environmental Assessment Institutional Effects on International Competition Sources of Environmental Information Internal Analysis Competitive Analysis Strategic Decision-Making Models Global and International Strategic Alternatives Approaches to World Markets Global Strategy Regionalization/localization Ali Sulaiman 71859876 aassbk@gmail.com Timing Entry and Scheduling Expansions The Influence of Culture on Strategic Choices Conclusion Summary of Key Points Discussion Questions Application ...
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...18th century (1832-48). Furthermore detailing how the change challenged traditions and ideologies of the then rather prominent English common law, and the normative principle’s that surrounded motherhood. The Critical sources that bear the utmost relevance to the challenging social content that the tenant demonstrated are Monica Hope Lee’s essay a mother outlaw vindicated: social critique in Ann Bronte’s the tenant of wildfell hall. Nineteenth century gender studies. (4.3), 1-12. And chapter 2 from, Macdonald, T (2015) the new man, masculinity and marriage in the Victorian novel. London: Routledge. Both critics, attempt to dichotomise the tenant of wildfell hall in order to get representative discourse that outlines the social changes in question, moreover they seek to disclose how Bronte summarises her own personal perception of gender ideals in the regency culture, and how she displays openness and vision, as opposed to becoming a shrinking wall flower hidden in the shadows of sporadic sunlight, with a masked existence, and blind endemic to the upper-class hierarchies of society. Furthermore they offer an insight in to how the shift in social position and hierarchical relations altered the female identity, focusing on the two most significant events to ensue in a woman’s life, marriage and motherhood. In the period that the tenant was inscribed, two separate spheres had...
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... Mrs. Lilibeth Vargas (Subject teacher) Trojan War . In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans (Greeks) after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus king of Sparta. The war is one of the most important events in Greek mythology and has been narrated through many works of Greek literature, most notably through Homer's Iliad. The Iliad relates a part of the last year of the siege of Troy; the Odyssey describes the journey home of Odysseus, one of the war's heroes. Other parts of the war are described in a cycle of epic poems, which have survived through fragments. Episodes from the war provided material for Greek tragedy and other works of Greek literature, and for Roman poets including Virgil and Ovid. The war originated from a quarrel between the goddesses Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite, after Eris, the goddess of strife and discord, gave them a golden apple, sometimes known as the Apple of Discord, marked "for the fairest". Zeus sent the goddesses to Paris, who judged that Aphrodite, as the "fairest", should receive the apple. In exchange, Aphrodite made Helen, the most beautiful of all women and wife of Menelaus, fall in love with Paris, who took her to Troy. Agamemnon, king of Mycenae and the brother of Helen's husband Menelaus, led an expedition of Achaean troops to Troy and besieged the city for ten years because of Paris'...
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...TESCO plc RELATIONSHIP MARKETING LECTURE: STUDENT: Shiilgee 2011 Question 1. How might the four types of relationship be applied by Tesco Plc and critically examine what benefits might occur from their pursuit of those relationship marketing strategies. Customer Relationship Tesco is in meeting customer needs, customizing service, ensure low prices, better choices, constant flow of in store promotions enables brands like Tesco to control and retain their customer base. Trust is a key variable in the establishment of a relationship and is the main antecedent to commitment. Trust is defined as “confidence in an exchange partner’s reliability and integrity” (Morgan and Hunt 1994) Tesco is high trust are highly valued by exchange participants. Thus, exchange participants are more willing to commit to a relationship. High trust in the sales consultant increases commitment to the sales consultant. Relationship commitment is defined in the literature as “an enduring desire to maintain a valued relationship” (Morgan and Hunt 1994, 23). The concept of commitment is new to business-to-business research, however, it has long been part of the social exchange literature (Morgan and Hunt 1994) Tesco’s commitment captures the to maintain a relationship with a particular vendor and reflects...
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...Table of Content 1. Introduction 2. Background information 2.1 Social Service Reform 3. Establishment of Teabox 3.1 Team of Teabox 4. Why Teabox Failed 5. Recommendations 6. Risk Introduction The aim of this report of the “Teabox – running tuck shops in Hong Kong Schools” case study (Kevin Au/Mingles Tsoi 2009) is to summarise the key elements that caused the deficit of Teabox and give possible solutions on how to improve the performance of Teabox in future. Although “Teabox” is an actual company, the authors may have disguised certain names and other identifying information to protect confidentiality. This report looks at difficulties that Teabox had while implementing their “Life Education” proposal into action, which was caused by Steward Ltd. participating in “Enhancing Employment of People with Disabilities through Small Enterprise Project”. As well as, how the idea of the project is being worked out and what impact it had on business strategy. The main idea of “Life Education” was to advocate a healthful diet, as well as provide work and training opportunities for disabled, former mental patients, and women. In order to support this, organization needed seed money from the program set by the Social Welfare Department. However, when working in a non-profit organization, good intentions are not the only thing necessary, lack of financial and management experience will have its toll on organization, as it did with Teabox. This report is based only...
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...achieving a stronger performance review in the future. (Mathis, Robert, et al. pg. 357) I will be sure to discuss with him the dangers of rating patterns and contrast errors. It is important that the reviewers understand that they should steer clear of rating employees against each other and stick to rating employees to the performance standards. (pg. 358) When evaluating employees they will need to be careful they are not rating an employee by a pattern or “average.” (pg. 357) If an employee is new, there may be areas they are strong in and other areas where a coaching opportunity may be present, so it is important to give them accurate feedback. It is also important to note the benefits of giving appropriate positive review content and not to focus too much on the negative. Too often managers are guilty of sticking to the negative aspects, which discourages employees. This will only deflate them and result in loss of commitment. (Thompson) Item #2 Thank you for bringing this concern to our attention. I have discussed this situation with our executive management team and we have decided that it would be in the best interest of our employees and organization to restructure our evaluation forms. I would like to invite your opinion in this matter and ask for your assistance in creating a new evaluation procedure. Would you be available on Thursday to meet with me and discuss this subject farther? Sincerely, Jane Smith HR...
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...5 7 9 11 13 15 16 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY MAKE EMPLOYER BRANDING A BUSINESS IMPERATIVE JOIN IT UP MEET THE ‘ON A SHOESTRING’ CHALLENGE ENGAGE YOUR PEOPLE COMMUNICATE THINK TO THE FUTURE CONCLUSIONS – AND CIPD VIEWPOINT FURTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In 2007, the CIPD published Employer Branding: Fad or the future of HR? Two years on, the concept of employer brand is still with us. But is it under threat in the current economic climate? Or is it more important than ever? The birth of employer branding is associated with the war for talent of the 1990s. With the UK in recession, our Labour Market Outlook surveys report an increase in recruitment freezes, and a decline in organisations taking on new staff. But while a focus on recruitment marketing may be where many organisations initially focused their efforts, commitment to a true employer branding approach goes beyond the need to attract suitable candidates in a competitive labour market. The CIPD has defined employer branding as ‘a set of attributes and qualities – often intangible – that makes an organisation distinctive, promises a particular kind of employment experience, and appeals to those people who will thrive and perform to their best in its culture’. For employer branding to be successful, it’s essential it is linked to the overall HR strategy, and in turn supports the organisation’s goals. ‘Now, more than ever, employer branding is important. The time people most judge their employers is in the...
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...The Tempest written during the 1600s by one of the most influential writers of his time, William Shakespeare, takes us deep in to the Renaissance, in which questions of religion and man’s place in the world were the cause of much conflict. There are many insinuations that the character of Prospero is a cover for Shakespeare himself and through the protagonist, Shakespeare voices some of his views about the world he was living in. Along with themes of power, men and control, colonization also seems to be a main focus of Shakespeare throughout The Tempest, as almost every character ponders upon how he would rule the island on which the play is set if he were its king. Dr Faustus was written during the reign of England’s Queen Elizabeth I by Christopher Marlowe. It focuses on the main character, Dr Faustus, selling his soul to the devil in exchange for all the luxuries the world has to offer “twenty-four years of all voluptuousness.” Both plays present men questing for power and have left their mark on the modern world of literature. Shakespeare highlights the dominant themes power and control through the characters of Prospero and Antonio. Throughout the play many of the characters are in constant battle for power and freedom sometimes resulting in them succumbing to malevolent deeds. Prospero personifies the imperialist omnipotent ruler as he enslaves Caliban son of Sycorax and rightful ruler of the island. He uses the informal pronoun and pejorative phrase “thou most lying...
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