...I. Background Information JHONSON AND JHONSON: TYLENOL The image and reputation of a company is so important in order to gain the trust of the consumers. Crisis need not strike a company purely as a result of its own negligence or misadventure. Often, a situation is created which cannot be blamed on the company - but the company finds out pretty quickly that it takes a huge amount of blame if it fumbles the ball in its response. On September 30, 1892, Jhonson and Jhonson announced that three persons had died as a result of taking Tylenol capsules that had been laced with cyanide. Within the next two days, four additional deaths from the same cause were reported. All seven deaths occurred in the Chicago Area, but J & J recalled thirty-one million bottles of Tylenol from store shelves throughout the nation. The publicity surrounding this was unprecedented in American business history; in the print media alone, more than 125,000 stories appeared. Many business analysts said that no product could survive this, and they pronounced Tylenol dead as a product line. From the outset of crisis, J & J recognized the immediate and long-term stakes involved. Its strategy was based on maintaining high visibility and avoiding any appearance that the corporation was trying to duck responsibility. The incident involved four specific “publics” – the management at Johnson & Johnson, its employees, the consumers and the stores which were selling Tylenol. By communicating with...
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...CASE – 1: SMART SYSTEMS AND SMART WAYS OF WORKING HELP TOYOTA BECOME NUMBER ONE Q1: Which of the strategic objectives are met with Toyota’s IS implementations? The Strategic Objectives that are met with Toyota’s IS implementations are: * To emerge into a brand known for quality and reliability. * To become skillful at combining quality with efficiency. * To deliver value to the customer at a competitive price. * To only build cars based on what and when the customers want, without additional delays or quality problems. Q2: What is the major system implemented by Toyota? The major system implemented by Toyota is A Vehicle Orders Management System based on Oracle E-Business Suite software. Its various advantages and uses are as follows: * It reduces the time between placing a customer order and delivery of the vehicle to the customer. * The dealer uses the system to configure a car with all of the selected options in front of the customer and then locates the best available car and options in the Toyota supply chain, including vehicles scheduled for production in the future. * The dealer then uses the system to place the order through national distributors, who consolidate the order with those of their other retailers and place an order through Toyota Motors Europe. * National distributors can use the system to monitor their orders and those of different dealers and even “swap” cars with various retailers. Q3: Identify the ‘management’...
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...Santiago de Cali, Septiembre 3 de 2013. Presentación de caso: Amarga Competencia. The Holland Company vs. NutraSweet Cuál es el contexto situacional de cada una de las competidoras? Nutrasweet: Es el operador monopólico, con el 100% del mercado por lo tanto controla el precio y los márgenes de operación. Ha logrado posicionar la marca como top mind del producto genérico, logrando ser parte integral del mercadeo y la relación con disminución de calorías y baja de peso. Además, “capturó” al sector de las bebidas refrescantes colas, que representa el 80% de sus ingresos, mediante contratos a largo plazo. Tiene alta capacidad de producción. Al expirar la protección de patente queda expuesta al ingreso de nuevos competidores, que le harán modificar su estrategia de negocio. Holland Sweetener Company: nace como un estrategia de oportunidad entre la compañía DMS, empresa holandesa dedicada a la industria de salud, materiales y comida, con presencia especialmente en Holanda y mercado europeo (88% de las ventas), en asocio con TOSOH CORPORATION, de la industria química, con la oportunidad de salir como competidor en un mercado creciente y rentable al terminar la vigencia de la patente en Europa en 1987. Recibió préstamo (US$17 millones de banco europeo). Tienen a su favor, el conocimiento del mercado europeo y un proceso químico de mejoramiento de la producción. Además se comenta que el proyecto fue con el beneplácito de Coca Cola. Coca cola y Pepsi: Líderes del mercado de bebidas...
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...“We're taught at such a young age that you can always be better and that you're never perfect and that you're never good enough.” This a quotation from SHAWN JHONSON. In younger years we experience indefinable feelings like walking in the clouds and curiousness. There is always a question in our mind about a certain things, place and many more. Being a teenager is like experimenting something. We go out in our comfort zone. We are trying many things and also doing it. Curiousness is the reason why we are trying those things. In fact in this period teen agers learned how to smoke, how to drink alcoholic drinks. Most people called this period the beginning of bad habits. Our body is slowly changing in this period. Not only physical changes but also emotional changes. Teenagers trying to act like adult but sometimes they act like childish person. Most of the time we do things and make a decision without understanding and analyzing what will happen next. Teenagers want things as easy as possible. They don’t to have a responsibility and others don’t want to follow their parents. Some are respectful and some are honest. In this period teenagers feel sometimes that they are alone in this world. It’s hard to understand teenagers sometimes. Infatuation is a common feeling teenagers feels. It is define as the state of being completely carried away by unreasoned passion or love according to WIKIPEDIA, online free encyclopedia...
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...Week 2 Homework – GM520. By Sam Jhonson 1. The Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Reserve Board was seeking amendments to the Risk-Based Pricing Rule that would require creditors, as of July 21, 2011. I am starting my own business so this interests me as to how the credit scores are reported to the consumers. 2. The proposal makes the creditors to disclose the credit score information to the consumers when a credit score is used in setting or adjusting credit terms. Also consumers who receive the notice can obtain a free credit report to check the report’s accuracy. As an alternative to providing the notice, the Rule permits creditors to provide credit applicants with a free credit score and information about their score. 3. The agencies should provide additional information related to credit scores to the risk-based pricing notices. Specifically, the risk-based pricing notice include an explanation that the consumer does not have a single credit score, and that the credit score may vary with the consumer reporting agency and a particular credit product for which the consumer applied. Most consumers need this information to help them understand why they are receiving a particular score that may not be the same as a FICO score. 4. All the comments must be received by 04/14/10 and comments on he Paperwork Reduction Act analysis set forth in Section III.A. of this Federal Register notice must be received on or before May 16, 2011. 5. a. 1. Go to the Hearing...
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...Contemporary Issues in Management Case study: Global Strategic Analysis Adidas and Reebok Merger Acquisition ABSTRACT 3 INTRODUCTION 4 LITERATURE REVIEW 5 ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS 8 VMOST 7 VISION 7 MISSION 7 OBJECTIVES 7 STRATEGIES 7 TACTICS 7 ACQUISITION 8 SWOT ANALYSIS 9 BEFORE ACQUISITION WITH REEBOK 9 STRENGTHS 9 WEAKNESSES 10 OPPURTUNITIES 10 THREATS 11 AFTER ACQUISITION WITH REEBOK 11 STRENGHTS 11 WEAKNESSES 11 OPPURTUNITIES 12 THREATS 12 CONCLUSION 13 REFERANCES 14-15 ABSTRACT The purpose of this report is to evaluate the impact of adidas pending acquisition of Reebok on the sporting goods industry in relationship to Nike position. Evaluation of background information and corporate culture combined with VMOST and SWOT analyses to helped form the arguments presented in this report and have assisted in answering the question, Will adidas forthcoming takeover of Reebok help the new company achieve sustainable competitive advantage over industry leader Nike?. This research was based on the subject that is illustrating an evaluation of the impact of Adidas from acquisition reebok. Furthermore, an investigation of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) related to companies in the sports industry was conducted. On the one hand it was found that Adidas historically grown...
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...Cognitive Linguistic and Idioms General considerations about cognitive linguistics Cognitive linguistics is a new approach to the study of language which emerged in the late seventies and early eighties and interprets linguistic knowledge as part of general cognition and thinking. This new contemporary study that argues that language is governed by general cognitive principles, rather than by a special –purpose language module, is therefore associated with semantics, but is distinct from psycholinguistics, which draws upon empirical findings from cognitive psychology in order to explain the mental processes that underlie the acquisition and storage of speech. The most influential linguists working along these lines and focusing on cognitive principles were Charles Fillmore, Wallace Chafe, George Lakoff, Dirk Geeraerts, Roland Langacker and Leonard Talmy. The most important assumption shared by all these researchers is that meaning is so central to language that it must be a primary focus of study. Linguistic structures serve the function of expressing meanings and thus, the mapping between meaning and form are a prime subject of linguistic analysis. In The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics, Dirk Geerates stated : “ Cognitive Linguistics is the study of language in its cognitive function, where cognitive refers to the crucial role of intermediate informational structures in our encounters with the world. Cognitive Linguistics is cognitive in the same way that cognitive...
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...The Effects of Study Habits to the Academic Performance of the BSRT Students of Riverside College in the S.Y 2013-2014 CHAPTER I A. INTRODUCTION Learning is a very important personal matter and there isn’t one study habit that works for every situation. One needs to take more responsibility to acquire the desired knowledge to develop positive values, critical thinking, attitudes and skills. Effective studying skills and strategies give us opportunities to approach learning tasks systematically and independently. Practicing good study habits is the key to becoming smarter and achieving success in school. Buying out a dedicated scheduled and un-interrupted time to apply one’s self to the task of learning. Without it, one does not grow and becomes self-limiting in life. Study habits tell a person that how much he will learn and how far he wants to go, and how much he wants to earn. These all could be decided with the help of one’s study habits, throughout the life. The importance of study habits in student’s life is that, it plays a major role in their academic achievement, because without studies no one can be succeeded. (Sadia, 2005) Noted that habits of study, which are formed in school, have greater significance and students must realize the need to acquire these effective study habits. Effective studying will help students to prepare schoolwork in less time and achieve greater degree of mastery of the lesson. Students who study effectively and efficiently...
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...Table of Contents CHAPTER 01: COMPANY OVERVIEW 3 1.1 Introduction 3 1.2 Basic Information and Chronology since Inception 4 1.3 Vision 5 1.4 Mission 5 1.5 Objective 5 1.6 Corporate Focus 5 1.7 Management Philosophy 5 CHAPTER 02: INDUSTRY ANALYSIS 7 2.1 Rivalry among existing firms 7 2.2 Threat of entry of new firms 9 2.3 Threat of Substitute products or Services 10 2.4 Bargaining power of suppliers 10 2.5 Bargaining power of buyers 11 CHAPTER 03: COMPANY ANALYSIS 13 3.1 SWOT ANALYSIS 13 3.1.1 STRENGTHS: 13 3.1.2 WEAKNESSES: 14 3.1.3 OPPORTUNITIES: 14 3.1.4 THREATS: 15 3.2 Competitive Strategy Analysis: 16 3.2.1 Advantage of SPL in using an Integrated Strategy: 17 3.2.2 Disadvantages of SPL in using an Integrated Strategy: 17 CHAPTER 01: COMPANY OVERVIEW 1.1 Introduction The flagship company of the Square group of industries, Square Pharmaceuticals Limited (SPL) is the largest pharmaceuticals company in Bangladesh. Founded in 1958 and headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh, SPL develops, manufactures and markets drugs for humans and the animal world. The company owns and operates modern pharmaceutical factories mainly in Bangladesh and also has a separate division to operate a modern chemical factory which produces and sells basic chemical products. It also has divisions to produce and sell agrovet and pesticide products. It exports its products to Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. SQUARE Pharmaceuticals Limited (SPL) is the largest pharmaceutical company...
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...Title: Effects of Study Habits to the Academic Performance of the students of The National Teachers College 1st year Block 4 BSEd Problem:What are the Effects of Study Habits to the Academic Performance of the students of The National Teachers College 1st year Block 4 BSEd? Hypothesis: Ha: There is Significant difference in the Effects of Study Habits to the Academic Performance of the students of The National Teachers College 1st year Block 4 BSEd. Ho: There is no Significant difference in the Effects of Study Habits to the Academic Performance of the students of The National Teachers College 1st year Block 4 BSEd. INTRODUCTION As you know education plays one of the most important roles in the life of every person because it opens huge possibilities to reach success in life. In fact when you study in college you can get acquainted with a lot of people who can become useful in the future. Studying is very important for your life, If you want to achieve something more. Study habits are the ways that you study, the habits that you have formed during school years. Study habit can be good ones or bad ones. Good study habits include being organized, keeping good notes, reading textbook, and listening in class. Bad study habits include skipping class, not doing they work, playing games instead of studying. You can do the good study habit. It means you are not distracted by anything, you have a certain place to go where it is quiet everyday...
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...28 DE ABRIL 2008 HISTORIA DE LA CONTABILIDAD DE COSTOS Área Fiscal Calcular los costos de una empresa ha sido casi que una necesidad básica a la hora de hacer una planeación y controlar el objeto social, y se ha convertido también en la herramienta más eficaz a la hora de determinar la viabilidad de un negocio cualquiera. Es por ésto que este enfoque de la contabilidad ha adquirido tanta importancia a través de todos los tiempos. Por tal razón, para tener un mayor entendimiento de lo que es en sí el Costeo ABC, consideramos necesario hacer un recuento de toda la evolución que ha tenido la contabilidad de costos, y de tal manera el lector se pueda dar cuenta del por qué se llegó a este tipo de costeo. INICIOS El surgimiento de la contabilidad de costos se ubica una época antes de la Revolución Industrial. Ésta, por la información que manejaba, tendía a ser muy sencilla, puesto que los procesos productivos de la época no eran tan complejos. Estos consistían en un empresario que adquiría la materia prima; luego ésta pasaba a un taller de artesanos, los cuales constituían la mano de obra a destajo; y después, estos mismos últimos eran los que vendían los productos en el mercado. De manera que a la contabilidad de costos sólo le concernía estar pendiente del costo de los materiales directos. Este sistema de costos fue utilizado por algunas industrias europeas entre los años 1485 y 1509. DESARROLLO...
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...| Database systems | Assignment # 1 | Areeba kamil (34421) | BSCS 4A | 10/4/2015 | 4.7. Consider the LIBRARY relational database schema shown in Figure 4.6. Choose the appropriate action (reject,cascade,set to NULL,set to default) for each referential integrity constraint, both for the deletion of a referenced tuple and for the update of a primary key attribute value in a referenced tuple.Justify your choices. CREATE DATABASE library; CREATE TABLE book( book_id int, title varchar(50), publisher_name varchar(50), primary key(book_id), CONSTRAINT "fk_book_publisher" FOREIGN KEY(publisher_name) REFRENCES publisher(name) ON DELETE SET NULL ON UPDATE CASCADE ); ON DELETE SET NULL is chosen in case the name of a publisher needs to be removed, it can be deleted and set to NULL in all the tables containing publisher’s name ON UPDATE CASCADE is chosen here so that all the tables containing that publisher’s name are updated in accordance to the new publisher’s name CREATE TABLE book_authors( book_id int, author_name varchar(50), CONSTRAINT "fk_book_authors_book" FOREIGN KEY(book_id) REFRENCES book(book_id) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE ); ON DELETE CASCADE is chosen because in case a book is to be removed from the LIBRARY database, all the rows corresponding to that deleted book_id will be deleted from all tables containing book_id. Since this could be dangerous, we could have also used ON DELETE RESTRICT ON UPDATE CASCADE is chosen...
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...Jesus: Fact from Fiction Christianity is currently the largest religion in the world with approximately 2.1 billion people identifying themselves as Christians. Jesus is the central focus of attention and worship in Christianity, and is held by most Christians to be the Messiah, foretold in the Hebrew Bible or “Old Testament”. They believe him to be the savior of mankind, and the son of God. However, in modern times, the use of critical scholarship in analysis of the Bible and to the New Testament Gospels in particular, has lead to an accelerating rate of disintegration in the traditional Christian belief system. The term "scholarship" implies the application of the scientific method of the evaluating evidence on the basis of objective standards unhindered from any personal involvement or biases. The main source of information on Jesus is from the Christian Gospels. Some scholars claim that the sources on which the Gospels are based were written within the living memory of Jesus' lifetime. There are four such Gospels the earliest being Mark (68-73 AD), followed by Matthew (70-100 AD), Luke (80-100 AD), and John (90-110 AD). Many conservative Christians accept these writings as evidence for a historical Jesus and as an account of his life and death. According to the Christian Gospels, Jesus was born in Bethlehem between 6 BC and 6 AD. The Gospel Mark, reports that Jesus was "the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon" he also states that Jesus had sisters. Nothing of Jesus...
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...INTRODUCTION With the booming globalization, the need to develop the city and make it stand with a niche has become essential. Brisbane, being the third largest city of Australia, states capital, is a fast developing city with an elevated economy. The growth of any city is directly related to its rising economy. When we talk about the rising economy, it is not only pertaining to the monetary aspects. There are a lot more factors beyond the obvious ones that contribute to the economy of a city. The Brisbane city council surely knows how to create a livable city that not only provides its people a stable economy but with the cultural diversity, social connections, infrastructure, entertainment, and endless opportunities with whatsoever interest its residents. Creative Brisbane creative economy 2013-22 aims to make Brisbane an expressive, enthusiastic and energetic hub. Its vision is to make Brisbane a leading city, which has people with different talent, great opportunities for migrants and students. With the new global economy the cities advantage with opportunities that ensures the ease of business, innovative human capital and thereby boosts the economy. Creativity and innovation are like the heart and soul for driving the economy. People with talent and motivation seek for opportunities where they can sail on their dreams. They would invest where they see these opportunities and this would boost the economy. The report in particular reflects upon some important aspects...
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...ZKÜ Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, Cilt 4, Sayı 7, 2008, ss. 179-195. KAMU YÖNETİMİNDE ETİK Murat ÖZDEMİR Ankara Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Enstitüsü Eğitim Yönetimi ve Teftişi Doktora Programı mrtozdem@gmail.com ÖZET Bu çalışmada kamu yönetiminde etik sorunsalı tarihsel bir perspektifle incelenmiş ve kamu yönetiminde etik dışı davranışların her dönem yaygın olduğu görülmüştür. Çalışmada, modern kamu yönetimi sistemlerinin inşa edilmesi sürecinde gelişme gösteren “kamu yararı” kavramının, kamu yönetimi etiği düşüncesinin gelişimine katkı sağladığı anlaşılmıştır. Yirminci yüzyılla birlikte, kimi ülke kamu yönetimi sistemlerinde etik kodların geliştirildiği ve bu yıllarda kamu çalışanlarının hiçbir sapma davranış göstermeden kamu yararı doğrultusunda eylemde bulunacakları yönünde bir düşünce kabul görmüştür. Bu kabulün merkezini, kamu çalışanlarının davranışlarının dışsal olarak belirlenebileceği oluşturmuştur. Oysa, tüm etik kodlama ve yasal yaptırımlara rağmen kamu yönetiminde etik dışı davranışların 1970’li yıllar boyunca hızlı bir artış eğilimine girdiği gözlenmiştir. Bu durum, kamu yönetimi etiği alanına yönelik akademik merakın artmasına yol açmıştır. Çalışmanın sonunda, kamu yönetiminde etik konusuna yönelik duyarlılığın ulusal sınırları aşıp, uluslararası bir nitelik kazandığı ve devletlerin, kamu yönetiminde etik dışı davranışların önlenmesi konusunda büyük çaba içerisine girdikleri görülmüştür. Anahtar Kelimeler: Kamu Yönetimi, Etik, Etik Kodlar, Etik Dışı Davranışlar ...
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