...Case Study: Midwest Lighting, Inc. NIDA Y-MBA Group 6 Case Study Midwest Lighting, Inc. สาหรับวิชา BA 719 – Business Opportunity Management เสนอ ดร. วรพล โสคติยานุร ักษ์ โดย Y-MBA รุนที่ 28 กลุมที่ 6 ่ ่ 25 เมษายน 2554 1 Case Study: Midwest Lighting, Inc. NIDA Y-MBA Group 6 ื่ ิ รายชอสมาชกกลุม ่ ลาด ับ ึ รห ัสน ักศกษา ื่ ชอ – สกุล 1 5210221002 ์ นาย วรุณ อนุวงศนุเคราะห์ 2 5210221014 ิ ี ั นางสาว วิลาสนคณาพรชย 3 5210221025 นางสาว สุภาเพ็ญ เพ็งสุข 4 5210221028 นาย จิรภัทร เปาอินทร์ 5 5210221031 นางสาว สมิตา เต็มเพิมพูน ่ 6 5210221041 นาย จักรวาล วัชรภาสกร 7 5210221047 ั ์ นาย ทนงศกดิล ้อเจริญ 8 5210221054 ั นาย ฉั ตรชย ฉัตรตระกูลรัตน์ 9 5210221060 ั ์ ิ นายเด่นชย วงศกฬาเจริญ 10 5210221065 นางสาว นุชรา ลุนาวงศ ์ 2 Case Study: Midwest Lighting, Inc. NIDA Y-MBA Group 6 Table of Contents 1. Background ......................................................................... 4 ประวัตความเป็ นมาของบริษัท (Company Background) .............................................4 ิ ลักษณะการดาเนินธุรกิจ (Business Structure).........................................................5 กลยุทธ์ทางการตลาด (Marketing Strategy) ...........................................................6 การแข่งขัน........................................................................................................7 ความขัดแย ้งทีเกิดขึน ...........
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...is added to differentiate how diverse the leadership and success in these countries compared to US corporations. The leadership excludes the political leadership as such and ability to win votes even though the shared vision, hope (President Obama’s Hope) and mass communication is as much an application of EI as any corporate leaders. Some of the practical aspect of the EI is added in this article to make it more direct and meaningful to practical organisational life. The applications of Intentional Change Theory, shared visions are discussed as useful tool. At an individual level the Positive Emotional Attractor and Negative Emotional Attractor are established. Scientific basis of EI measurement and the research from neurological study is presented to complete the analysis. How the meditation, mindfulness and Yoga fit into overall scheme is discussed. . 1. Introduction The main intent of the theoretical treatise is four fold. The theoretical back ground and body of knowledge on the subject of emotional intelligence is introduced followed by how it affects the leadership and success. Then the ways to measure the emotional intelligence is touched at a rudimentary level to an extent to state that the...
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...Chapter: 01(Managing and the Manager’s Job) Page#26 Jumpin’ Jack Flash Jack Armstrong doesn’t have the cutest little baby face, but he has other qualifications for getting ahead despite the fact that he’s still relatively young. He’s smart and creative, and he combines a high‑energy approach to getting things done with aggressive marketing instincts. He’s just 36 now, but Jack can already boast a wealth of management experience, largely because he’s been quite adept at moving around in order to move up. He started out in sales for a technology company, outsold his colleagues by wide margins for two years, and was promoted to regional sales director. After a year, he began angling for a position as marketing manager, but when the job went to a senior sales director, Jack left for a job as a marketing manager with a company specializing in travel products. Though a little impatient with the tedious process of sifting through market‑research data, he devoted his considerable energy and creativity to planning new products. His very first pet project— a super‑lightweight compact folding chair—outstripped all sales projections and provided just the impetus he needed to ask for a promotion to vice president of marketing. When the company took too much time to make a decision, Jack moved on again, having found a suitable vice presidency at a consumer‑products firm. Here, his ability to spot promising items in the company’s new‑product pipeline— notably a...
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...ENGINEERING ETHICS The Kansas City Hyatt Regency Walkways Collapse Department of Philosophy and Department of Mechanical Engineering Texas A&M University NSF Grant Number DIR-9012252 Negligence And The Professional "Debate" Over Responsibility For Design Instructor's Guide - Introduction To The Case On July 17, 1981, the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, held a videotaped tea-dance party in their atrium lobby. With many party-goers standing and dancing on the suspended walkways, connections supporting the ceiling rods that held up the second and fourth-floor walkways across the atrium failed, and both walkways collapsed onto the crowded first-floor atrium below. The fourth-floor walkway collapsed onto the second-floor walkway, while the offset third-floor walkway remained intact. As the United States' most devastating structural failure, in terms of loss of life and injuries, the Kansas City Hyatt Regency walkways collapse left 114 dead and in excess of 200 injured. In addition, millions of dollars in costs resulted from the collapse, and thousands of lives were adversely affected. The hotel had only been in operation for approximately one year at the time of the walkways collapse, and the ensuing investigation of the accident revealed some unsettling facts: During January and February, 1979, the design of the hanger rod connections was changed in a series of events and disputed communications between the fabricator (Havens Steel Company) and the engineering design...
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...killers be classified as psychopaths and therefore “excused” for the crimes they commit? Many researchers agree that serial killers tend to lack empathy, compassion, and crave power. Serial killers have been an interesting topic throughout history. There are the infamous serial killers like Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, Jack the Ripper, etc. (Encyclopedia) According to Richard Whittington’s journal “The Serial Killer Phenomenon,” “A large number of serial killers have such characteristics in common, as being essentially a loner, experiencing difficulty with relationships, and showing, psychopathically, neither empathy, conscience, nor remorse, only arrogance.” Whittington believes that most serial killers are outsiders or “rejects”, but many serial killers display normal characteristics which is why it may come as a surprise to friends and family that their loved one is indeed a killer. If serial killers come in all shapes and sizes, than what are the common characteristics that they all seem to share? Whittington states, “the power to dominate… is the driving force behind the practice of torture common to so many serial killers.” (Whittington 328) In many cases, serial killers tend to revisit crime scenes; try to sexually dominate a victim, and usually kill a certain type of victim. Whittington states that “it is not an uncommon behavioral feature”, for serial killers to revisit the scene of the crime. Often, to remind themselves...
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...Unification of the Navy, Army and Air Force On 1 February 1968, Bill C-243, The Canadian Forces Reorganization Act became law and the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) were combined into one service - the Canadian Forces. This process was accomplished by "integration" of the three services, and then Unification into a homogenous organization. I believe that Paul Hellyer helped shape the Canadian Forces into what it is today and also I do think that the integration and unification was a bad thing at the time as if it didn’t happen back in the 1968 it surely would have happen at a later date with General Rick Hillier. I will look into the process that Paul Hellyer took in bringing these three different services together under unification and explore some other opinions that I have found amongst way vast research upon the web. In 1964 the Minister of National Defense Paul Hellyer published the White Paper on Defense. In it he proposed the unification of the three services, the creation of a single command structure reporting to the Chief of Defense Staff and the restructuring of the current geographically based commands into six function-based commands. The process began with the introduction of Bill C-90 creating the CDS’ office and a single chain of command and culminated with Bill 243 the Canadian Forces Reorganization Act in February 1968, which unified the three services and created the Canadian Forces, as we know...
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...Behavioural Finance Martin Sewell University of Cambridge February 2007 (revised April 2010) Abstract An introduction to behavioural finance, including a review of the major works and a summary of important heuristics. 1 Introduction Behavioural finance is the study of the influence of psychology on the behaviour of financial practitioners and the subsequent effect on markets. Behavioural finance is of interest because it helps explain why and how markets might be inefficient. For more information on behavioural finance, see Sewell (2001). 2 History Back in 1896, Gustave le Bon wrote The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind, one of the greatest and most influential books of social psychology ever written (le Bon 1896). Selden (1912) wrote Psychology of the Stock Market. He based the book ‘upon the belief that the movements of prices on the exchanges are dependent to a very considerable degree on the mental attitude of the investing and trading public’. In 1956 the US psychologist Leon Festinger introduced a new concept in social psychology: the theory of cognitive dissonance (Festinger, Riecken and Schachter 1956). When two simultaneously held cognitions are inconsistent, this will produce a state of cognitive dissonance. Because the experience of dissonance is unpleasant, the person will strive to reduce it by changing their beliefs. Pratt (1964) considers utility functions, risk aversion and also risks considered as a proportion of total assets...
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...Behavioural Finance Martin Sewell University of Cambridge February 2007 (revised April 2010) Abstract An introduction to behavioural finance, including a review of the major works and a summary of important heuristics. 1 Introduction Behavioural finance is the study of the influence of psychology on the behaviour of financial practitioners and the subsequent effect on markets. Behavioural finance is of interest because it helps explain why and how markets might be inefficient. For more information on behavioural finance, see Sewell (2001). 2 History Back in 1896, Gustave le Bon wrote The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind, one of the greatest and most influential books of social psychology ever written (le Bon 1896). Selden (1912) wrote Psychology of the Stock Market. He based the book ‘upon the belief that the movements of prices on the exchanges are dependent to a very considerable degree on the mental attitude of the investing and trading public’. In 1956 the US psychologist Leon Festinger introduced a new concept in social psychology: the theory of cognitive dissonance (Festinger, Riecken and Schachter 1956). When two simultaneously held cognitions are inconsistent, this will produce a state of cognitive dissonance. Because the experience of dissonance is unpleasant, the person will strive to reduce it by changing their beliefs. Pratt (1964) considers utility functions, risk aversion and also risks considered as a proportion of total assets. Tversky and Kahneman...
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...Daniel Calderon SCI 110 Intro to Physical Science Strayer University Dr. Jack Crawford 03/09/2015 Scientific Method The scientific method is a way to ask and answer scientific questions by making observations and doing experiments. The steps of the scientific method are to: 1. Ask a question 2. Do background research 3.Construct a hypothesis. 4.Test your hypothesis by doing an experiment 5. Analyze your data and draw a conclusion. It is important for your experiment to be a fair test. A "fair test" occurs when you change only one factor (variable) and keep all other conditions the same. While scientists study how nature works, engineers create new things, such as products, websites, environments, and experiences. Hypothesis For my job as a police officer we do follow a similar course of action with the scientific method. I will break it down following the similar steps we use. In my example I will process a simple shoplifting to make it easier to understand. The first step would be to ask the question did the suspect shoplift. The second step do background research would consist of reviewing the video of the crime and determine if the suspect meet the requirements for the shoplifting. Did the suspect take an item, conceal it and then not render payment for the item? If the suspect did all three on video then you can use that as evidence. You can get eyewitness testimony from the loss prevention personnel and or others that witnessed the suspect select...
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...Case Study 1 Midsouth Chamber of Commerce (A): The Role of the Operating Manager in Information Systems Student Name: Carlos Daley Date: September 06, 2015 MGMT408 Instructor: Rene Trevino Introduction Midsouth Chamber of Commerce (MSCC) was established in order to assist businesses in the Midsouth region. The MSCC grew tremendously in the latter part of the 1980s and was considered the premiere advocacy organization for businesses in the region and was headed by Jack Wallingford (President). Because of the immense growth, MSCC started using technology to cultivate the enormous information and potential of the organization. This particular case study gave a rundown of the dilemma which MSCC experienced during the implementation of the new system (UNITRAK) that they acquired to manage their operations. Background Based on the case study, MSCC computerized systems weren’t integrated, poorly maintained and without any technical support. In fact, the computerized systems were outdated and not compatible with current technology. Leon Lassiter (Vice President) played a vital role in making MSCC profitable again; however, he is not satisfied and wanted to take the organization to even higher level. The tool that Mr. Lassiter believed would take the organization into the future is an integrated computerized system that could enhance the organization core functions. However, before Mr. Lassiter pushed for the new systems; he utilized the old systems for a while, and even...
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...with FOSS-based systems are likely to be central to future research activities (e.g., advanced health informatics, secure cyberspace, enhanced virtual reality, and advanced personalized learning systems). However, FOSS remains a computing technology at its core, while FOSS development remains a web of complex socio-technical processes. But these processes are not well understood nor readily predictable, as informal practices are widespread and continually adapting. As such, FOSS is amenable to technological advances, socio-technical innovations, and systematic empirical studies that can emerge from research in the Computer Science community and beyond. We seek to articulate both multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary perspectives on how and why FOSS has become such a source of technology-centered global transformation, and what the future may hold. We need to identify key research problems and experimental studies going forward, along with the requisite research infrastructure and shared data repositories needed to support this research. We also need to identify future roles that Computer Science can play in fostering, sustaining, and expanding the ongoing development of FOSS as a realm of technology development and use, as an engine of innovation in other scientific and cultural disciplines, and as a socio-technical movement that has Computer Science at its core. Our objective is to bring together a diverse audience of computer scientists and social...
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...Investigatory project: Milk as an alternative material for making glue Submitted by: Angelico John Rago Kyle Navaja Jack Daniel L. Dumo John Vincent Maaghop Submitted to: Ms. Sheila Bactol Material for making Milk as Glue 1. Milk 2. White vinegar 3. Baking soda 4. Pan 5. Water 6. Strainer Procedure • Heat 1 and a half cups of milk in a pan, once warm add 3 teaspoons of white vinegar. • Keep heating and stirring the mixture and you should see the curds ( solid part ) and whey ( liquid part ) separate. • Strain the mixture using a sieve. You should be left with solid lumps which you can mould together to make a ball. • Place the solid mixture back in the pan and add a little water and a tablespoon of baking soda. • Heat the mixture until it starts to bubble. • Give it a good stir and let it cool. You can now use it as glue. You might need to add a little more water or baking soda until you get the right consistency. It should look like a thick paste. Introduction Glue is a sticky material (usually a liquid) that can stick two or more things together. Glue can be made from plant or animal parts, or it can be made from oil-based chemicals. The first glues may have been natural liquids that come out of trees when they are cut. Later people learned to make glue by boiling animal feet, cartilage or bones. Some very strong glue was first made from fish bones, rubber. This glue will stick pieces of paper together. Many kinds of art...
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...United Church of Christ: The Church affirms individual freedom and responsibility. It has not asserted that hastened dying is the Christian position, but the right to choose is a legitimate Christian decision. Mainline and Liberal Christian denominations: Pro-choice statements have been made by the United Church of Christ, and the Methodist Church on the US West coast. The 'Episcopalian (Anglican) Unitarian, Methodist, Presbyterian and Quaker movements are amongst the most liberal, allowing at least individual decision making in cases of active euthanasia The BBC wrote in an Aug. 3, 2009 online article titled "Religion & Ethics - Christianity: Euthanasia - the Christian View" on www.bbc.co.uk: "Christians are mostly against euthanasia. The arguments are usually based on the beliefs that life is given by God, and that human beings are made in God's image. Some churches also emphasise the importance of not interfering with the natural process of death... Christians believe that the intrinsic dignity and value of human lives means that the value of each human life is identical. They don't think that human dignity and value are measured by mobility, intelligence, or any achievements in life. Valuing human beings as equal just because they are human beings has clear implications for thinking about euthanasia: • patients in a persistent vegetative state, although seriously damaged, remain living human beings, and so their intrinsic value remains the same as anyone...
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...extremely brilliant, has no sense of humor, very head strong, emotionally detached, and yet somehow finds love. Another scientist that I found interesting is Adrian Helmsley from the movie “2012,” played by Chiwetel Ejiofor. He too is a brilliant man, full of compassion, and wanting to help others. The likeness they both have is how they want to find the answers to help people. He wants the right answers to try to save humanity and she wants the right answers to help find people’s identities and put away murderers. When I think about a scientist I think of someone who is intelligent; they would have to be, to think and figure out their research and explain how they see their work. They would have to be open-minded; they would neet to be in case they needed to alter their hypothesis or theory. Lastly, they would need to be extremely patient. It could take years for their work to be complete and they must never give up. Over the years my views on how I imagined what a scientist looks like and how they work has changed. I use to think that a scientist was an old, crazy man in a laboratory filled with all kinds of experiments....
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...“Charismatic CEOs and Succession Planning: Not so Charismatic” This article takes a look at CEO succession planning. It essentially focuses on charismatic CEOs and how they chose their successor. This article argues that the approach most charismatic CEOs take is flawed, hence, their successors tend to struggle. Most charismatic CEOs often do not make succession planning a priority until it is too late. In cases where a company puts a process in place, charismatic CEOs tend to be domineering in their choice of a successor. In other cases, charismatic CEOs die on the job, thereby making the transition shaky. Although this article delves into the open literature for insights, it also uses a case study to drive home the point that charismatic CEOs’ approach to succession planning is flawed. The challenges of succession planning are truer today than ever. Indeed, the abrupt departures of two important charismatic CEOs – Charles Prince of Citygroup and Stanley O’Neal of Merrill Lynch – in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, which fetched these firms colossal losses have made scholars to beam their searchlight on this neglected aspect of corporate governance. The nonchalance with the way some CEOs handle the process of succession planning not only puts their companies in jeopardy, but also signposts a major criterion on which outgoing CEOs and their executive board members will be evaluated. Before we proceed, we will issue a caveat: the practice of succession planning...
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