...determine which employees will have the aptitude to learn the specifics of a job. A knowledge test can measure the level of skills the employee has for a particular position in a company. Skill testing is used to determine a candidate's mechanical or assembly abilities (eHow 1999). Jennifer scored high on all tests. Because Jennifer scored high on all test, it was believed, Jennifer was a great candidate for the job. The Company has a guideline that states “appropriate measures for correcting performance problems are coaching, outlining specific steps for improvement and probations. Termination for performance issues occurs only after the employee has been given opportunity and the support necessary for improvement”. After a few weeks on the job, Jennifer had problems being able to perform her job efficiently and effectively. Jennifer was offered computer training classes to help her improve her skills. Jennifer had weekly coaching sessions with her supervisor concerning her performance issues. The coaching sessions were documented in Jennifer’s file to show where she had been coached on her performance. Jennifer refused to take the feedback and use it as a tool to correct her errors. Instead, she insisted she was “a good worker and a genius” and that the boss “does not appreciate her”. Jennifer’s supervisor continued to give her feedback and training to help her perform her job. After about 2 months on the job, it was determined Jennifer had not shown any improvement on her work...
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...Zach Arsenault January 12, 2016 BA 327 Case 10 Summary: David Hannigan began as a line manager at a subsidiary of Emperor Corp., a manufacturer of automobile parts. David quickly moved into management after displaying his skills of maintaining efficiency, leadership, and his friendships with the factory workers. David was caring and empathetic towards his employees and everyone respected him. He made them feel like their contributions mattered and pushed them to work hard. Shooting up through the ranks David was promoted to Director of Personnel after the previous employee retired. No one in the history of they company moved up so quickly. He received recognition from the CEO. David had goals of getting a high level job at corporate in Chicago in a few years. David was out to lunch with the vice principal, Stan, and other key personnel. Stan praised everyone for their success, but explained that in order to gain more profit and give bigger bonuses they need to move towards more automation. Jane, from accounting explained how this would not be profitable in this facility. David expressed his concern: they are the largest source of employment in their town and hundreds of people would lose their jobs. Stan thinks that being able to show proof in records and numbers that the town would be okay with the switch. Jane spoke up again saying that the analyses run on this plant, show it would benefit more staying as is. Stan requested Jane to fix her estimated numbers and...
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...Course No: C-501 Course Name: Managerial Communication A Report on Business Communication Method of Warren Buffett Prepared For: Mr. Zahid Hassan Khan Associate professor, Institute of Business Administration University of Dhaka Prepared By: Md.Tazul Islam Roll:133 Batch:46D Date of Submission: 11-12-2011 Executive Summary: Warren Buffett is considered as one of the most successful investors of the market. A man who started his journey as an investor at the age of 13, continued to cross hurdles of his business carrier. It's annual report season, which includes announcements from the CEO and/or chairman of every public U.S. company. Given that Warren Buffett, the chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, is the most successful investor of all time, you might expect that a 23-page communication from him would be jargon-packed and over most people’s heads. In actuality, Buffett's annual letter to shareholders is famously down-to-earth, conversational, and witty. Never mind for now the specific points he makes: how he communicates his message is a lesson for all of us. Warren Buffett writes his letter to shareholders as a letter to his sisters - then crosses out "Dear Doris and Bertie" and replaces it with "To the Shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway". It’s not enough that Warren Buffett has become one of the richest men in the world. He’s also a world-class communicator – and nowhere does this gift go on public display more than in his annual letter to shareholders...
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...Korb Versus Raytheon: The Constitution and Wrongful Termination Darryl Mitchell Strayer University PAD525- Constitutional and Administrative Law August 13, 2012 Dr. Danette O’Neal Abstract This report reviews and analyzes individual rights afforded by the constitution and their applicability to the suit for wrongful termination in the case of Korb versus Raytheon. The specific constitutional rights under review are the freedom of speech, freedom of information and challenges associated with employment law. Lawrence Korb, a former Assistant Secretary of Defense and current employee of Raytheon, a large equipment manufacturing company for the U.S. military was terminated after making public statements criticizing defense spending and calling for a reduction of Navy’s fleet. Raytheon, a manufacturer of Navy ships terminated Korb because they viewed his comments as contrary to the success of their business operations. This report will explore the challenges presented by the freedom of speech, freedom of information and employment law and their impact on the outcome of the case. Korb v. Raytheon Case Analysis In Korb V. Raytheon, the defendant (Raytheon) was a large equipment manufacturing company for the U.S. military. The Plaintiff, Lawrence Korb was employed by Raytheon as a Vice-President at corporate headquarters based in Washington, D.C. According to Masscases.com, in December 1985, Korb joined a non-profit organization called...
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...INTERNATIONAL MARKETING Case Study Report How Starbucks Corp. should improve its business Syndicate Group Number 1 24/08/2007 The following group assignment report was prepared for a business unit at Macquarie University, Sydney. The information given does not need to be correct. The suggestions given and conclusions drawn remain (as the whole report in itself does, too) the intellectual property of the authors. Do not use this report for plagiarism. Do not copy this report. Do not print this report. Do not hand this report in as your own! Authors and Copyright: Tanya Shahi Jorge Omar Martin Aufschläger Timo Schmerling Stefan Gassner tanyashahi@gmail.com canogeorge@hotmail.com martinaufschlaeger@gmail.com timo_schmerling@web.de mail@stefan-gassner.de 2 Case Study Report: Starbucks Corp. Table of Contents Table of Contents ....................................................................................................... 2 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................. 3 1.1 Company Profile ................................................................................................ 3 1.2 Case Summary.................................................................................................. 3 1.3 Current Situation .................................................................................................
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...facilities—Google is one of the most sought out after gigs receiving millions of job applications during their hiring seasons. (Cracking into Google, 2015) Now the newest Board of Directors at Google is Alan Mulally, ex-CEO of Ford Motor Company. The keyword there is “ex”. So how does an ex-CEO become a Director at one of the most coveted companies? Well, the reason why Mr. Mulally was able to move from one top organization to another is because of his exceptional work habits. Mulally was very instrumental at Ford Motor Company. Teamwork Makes The Dream Work When former Boeing Exec, Mulally, began his short career at Ford, they were on the verge of bankruptcy. (Why Ford, 2015) Mulally started his renonvation by assessing his team and its operations. He quickly realized that one of the issues at hand was the lack of cohesiveness on his team. Many of his team members were not used to reporting their performance or even working together and, in turn, were very resistant to the changes to be made—some even deeming Mulally’s changes to come as a “waste of time”. (Ex-Ford, 2015) Mulally started hosting mandatory, 7am weekly meetings where managers had to report performance in color codes. Red was for plans that were behind schedule or had no schedule, yellow was for issues and concerns and green was for plans that were on or ahead of schedule. At Mulally’s first team meeting everyone had all green reports. (Ex-Ford, 2015) Mulally continually encouraged his team to talk about the...
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...CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPOCIBILTY: HOW ACCEPTABLE IS IT? INTRODUCTION In its regular functioning, organisations can have immense negative impact on its environment. The most obvious example being oil spills and deforestation for industrialisation, but industries as different as chemical manufacturing, mining, agriculture and fishing can do permanent damage to local ecosystems. Globalisation and its irreversible effects can also be blamed to a large extent to these organisations. While end consumers of these industries who demand the products these organisations manufacture are at fault too, it is undeniable that many corporations have ignored their social responsibility and simply focused on their profitability at the stake of harming their immediate environment. In the context of this unacceptable policy, some fractions of the corporate world have started to accept a philosophy that focuses on both profit as well as functioning ethically. This principle, called Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) refers to initiatives taken by an organisation to measure and reduce the negative impacts it has on its environment. It generally refers to the extra efforts taken by the organisation to focus on the social wellbeing of all its stockholders and to the world at large. ABOUT CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Companies at times invest in local communities in order to compensate for the negative impacts their operations might have. The most obvious way might be to donate money to charity...
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...Internal Controls, and Ethics: What Went Wrong? Melanie O. Anderson Slippery Rock University INTRODUCTION THE ACCOUNTING FUNCTION Koss Corporation is a Milwaukee company whose principal business is the design, manufacture, and sale of stereo headphones and related accessories. Michael Koss is the CEO; his father, John Koss, founded the company in 1958. The company has trademarks and patents for its products to differentiate itself from the competition. Koss Corp. has a six-man Board of Directors, including Michael and his father. John is 81 years old and serves as chairman of the Board. Michael is 57 years old and serves as vice chairman, president, CEO, COO, and CFO.1 The other Board members have served 25 years. Neither Michael nor the other Board members have financial backgrounds. Michael graduated college with an anthropology degree. Although Koss Corp. is a multimillion dollar company, it only employs 73 people, which auditors consider a “small business.” Michael has worked for Koss Corp. since 1976, and earns a base salary of $295,000; his total compensation, including options, is over $800,000.2 Selected financial data is presented in Table 1.3 The accounting work was handled by Sujata “Sue” Sachdeva, vice president of finance, secretary, and principal accounting officer—in a small business, employees typically have more than one responsibility. Sue, whose family was from India, had been employed at the company for 17 years.4 She was a trusted...
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...LAW 531 - QUIZ 4 EMPLOYMENT LAW & GOVERNMENT REGULATION Save this quiz on your computer and work on it during the remainder of the week. Make sure to save your results each time you make a change as well as save the quiz with your final answers. There are 25 multiple-choice questions. Identify the letter of the choice that best answers the question. When you are sure you have answered all the questions to the best of your ability, mark your answers on the Answer Sheet provided. Submit your answer sheet to the Week 2 Quiz link under Assignments. Do not change the font and do not put in any punctuation or other marks in the answer sheet; put only the letter choice of your answer. Also, do not put any spaces before or after the letter you enter as your answer. Be sure to turn off the automatic completion function of cell entries. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Edit tab. Clear the Enable AutoComplete for cell values check box. Please put only your last name on the Answer Sheet in the by writing it in the yellow space. _________________________________________________________________________ 1. Calvin works at a local grocery store to pay his way through college. His work schedule can vary from week to week. One week he works for sixty hours, and the next week he works for twenty. He asked his boss whether he is entitled to overtime at the end of the two-week period...
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...President Kennedy had just been assassinated; a country was mourning its president, a president who had brought hope to end segregation, a president who was handsome and charismatic. A completely different personality took the office and was prepared to win the American citizens’ trust and confidence. Lyndon B. Johnson was this man. The media perceived him as a vulgar Texan and rough around the edges, he was determined to make dramatic changes in the country’s reform laws. President Lyndon Johnson was a unique president who had had the unique experience of being a minority and coming from an impoverished background. According to Whitehouse, “Johnson was born on August 27, 1908, in central Texas, not far from Johnson City, which his family had helped settle. He felt the pinch of rural poverty as he grew up, working his way through Southwest Texas State Teachers College (now known as Texas State University-San Marcos); he learned compassion for the poverty of others when he taught students of Mexican descent.” Because President Johnson understood the needs of impoverished people in the United States, he wasted no time before implementing laws that provided financial and educational support for communities that needed it the most. Some of the most accessed and important programs, which set the United States apart from other countries, were established as reforms in Lyndon Johnson’s presidential term. President Lyndon Johnson was an enforcer of the humanities, he fought for...
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...Table of contents LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL…………………………………………………………ii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY……………………………………………………………..vi INTRODUCTION 1 Success 1 Mission Statement 1 Definition of Business 1 MARKET ANALYSIS 1 Demographics 1 Population 2 Income 2 Market Demand 2 COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS 2 Direct Competitors 2 Indirect Competitors 2 Strengths of Competitors 3 Weakness of Competitors 3 How IHOP’S Products Are Different 3 Why IHOP is Better Than the Competition 3 MARKETING STRATEGY 3 Overall Strategy 3 Target Markets 4 Primary Targets 4 Secondary Targets 4 Marketing Mix 4 Price 4 Promotion 4 Distribution 4 Product 5 MANAGEMENT PLAN 5 Operations Standards 5 Personnel Standards 5 S.W.O.T. Analysis 6 Strengths 6 Weaknesses 6 Opportunities 6 Threats 6 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS 7 Financial Future 7 Budget 7 Cash Collections 7 Cash Paid for Expenses 7 Net Cash Flow From Operations 7 Net Cash for Period 8 THE DEAL 8 40 / 60 8 Conclusion 9 Deal of a Lifetime 9 References 10 APPENDIX A 12 APPENDIX A 13 Market Analysis 13 APPENDIX B 31 APPENDIX B 32 Competition Analysis 32 UNION STREET CAFE 33 DEE’S DINER INTERVIEW 34 BOB EVANS INTERVIEW 35 APPENDIX C 36 APPENDIX C 37 Locations 37 LOCATIONS 38 APPENDIX D 40 APPENDIX D 41 Financial Spreadsheets 41 APPENDIX E APPENDIX...
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...Effecting Change with Respect and Humility: It Starts with Success in Your Classroom Chapter Nine I. II. III. Effecting Change as a New Member of a Community Getting Started: Tangible Steps Toward Effecting Positive Change Conclusion: Do Choose Your Battles—Wisely As mentioned at the start of this text, your commitment to propel your students to achieve ambitious academic goals is an effort to make change. As new members of our school and community, we must approach any attempts to make change with great respect and humility. This is even more critical if you seek to change policies or practices at your school that you believe to be inhibiting your students’ academic achievement. Your quest to close the achievement gap for your students in your classroom may lead you to encounter other, related problems that you are eager to take on and overcome. Perhaps there are special education placement policies that you believe could be adjusted to better serve the needs of your students. Perhaps a mandatory dress-code check is leading to excessive tardiness to first period. Perhaps you have opinions about how money should be spent. As a member of your school community, you may be able to influence some of those policies and decisions. If and when such issues truly hinder your students’ learning, you may feel the need to engage in those issues to maximize the likelihood that your students can meet their academic goals. Of course, how you choose to approach the issues can be just as...
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...nheuser-Busch InBev Company Profile Anheuser-Busch InBev is a publicly traded company (Euronext: ABI) based in Leuven, Belgium, with American Depositary Receipts on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BUD). It is the leading global brewer and one of the world's top five consumer products companies. Beer, the original social network, has been bringing people together for thousands of years and our portfolio of well over 200 beer brands continues to forge strong connections with consumers. We invest the majority of our brand-building resources on our Focus Brands - those with the greatest growth potential such as global brands Budweiser®, Stella Artois® and Beck’s®, alongside Leffe®, Hoegaarden®, Bud Light®, Skol®, Brahma®, Antarctica®, Quilmes®, Michelob Ultra®, Harbin®, Sedrin®, Klinskoye®, Sibirskaya Korona®, Chernigivske®, Hasseröder® and Jupiler®. In addition, the company owns a 50 percent equity interest in the operating subsidiary of Grupo Modelo, Mexico's leading brewer and owner of the global Corona® brand. AB InBev’s dedication to heritage and quality originates from the Den Hoorn brewery in Leuven, Belgium dating back to 1366 and the pioneering spirit of the Anheuser & Co brewery, with origins in St. Louis, USA since 1852. Geographically diversified with a balanced exposure to developed and developing markets, AB InBev leverages the collective strengths of its approximately 116,000 employees based in 23 countries worldwide. In 2011, AB InBev realized 39.0 billion...
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...constitutional rights, and discuss some other case that support the analysis of this case. Facts, Issues, & Rule: Korb v. Raytheon Raytheon was a large corporation that built equipment for the U.S. military, and Korb was an employee that was hired by the company for a brief period of time as a vice-president in their Washington, DC office. The Massachusetts Supreme Court summarized the facts of this case: In December, 1985, with Raytheon's permission, Korb joined the executive board of the Committee for National Security (CNS), a nonprofit association keen to informing the public about issues of national security and the deterrence of nuclear war. On February 25, 1986, CNS held a press conference in a Senate office building during Korb's normal lunch hour in association with the release of its annual option defense budget. Korb spoke at the press conference. An...
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...Employment-At-Will Doctrine Nichelle Suggs Dr. Kenneth Pino Law, Ethics, &Corp. Governance July 16, 2012 1. The employee seems to be unable to learn the computer applications that are basic to her job responsibilities, but, consistently “tells” her boss that she is “a good worker and a genius” and that he does not “appreciate her”. Even after a few months of training and support, she is unable to use the computer tools to be productive and efficient in completing the required tasks. “Employment at will means that an employee can be terminated at any time without any reason. It also means that an employee can quit without reason. Employers are not required to provide notice when terminating an at-will employee. Employees do have rights when their job is terminated, including contract rights, firmpolicy, and statutory rights provided by federal and state law. There is information available on employee rights that will help employees understand what they are entitled to and to get assistance if they believe they have been discriminated against” (Doyle 2006). Jennifer does not meet the requirements and skills she requires to perform the tasks for her job. This would presume that she lied on her application and interviewing process. The firm hired her based on those qualifications and now that she is unable to perform her task, she is no longer an asset to the company. For this reason, she should be laid off from the firm with no chance of being re-hired...
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