...1. Introduction page 3 2. Stakeholder concept page 3 3. Stakeholder vs Shareholder evaluation page 6 4. Where does my organisation fit in page 7 5. Organisational purpose page 8 6. Evaluation page 9 7. Reference page page 9 Introduction . I am Andrew Bennett, I work as a Team Manager for a Global corporation called Avery Dennison. The corporation has an 80 year history and is positioned at number 367 on the fortune 500 annual ranking of Americas largest corporations. CNN. (2012). Fortune 500 The purpose of this report is to: • Research and write a detailed literature review if my chosen area of career development • To consider my particular life stage and the transition to the next life stage • To provide links between the literature and my profession and industrial sector. • It will discuss what is relevant to my particular career development Where have I come from How did I get here? Was it on purpose? I like to think it was but have to admit an element of good luck has accompanied me thorough my career, When I discuss my career I am discussing my life, I was born and I am here. I am on a journey I really do believe this and buy in to Donald Supers...
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...Camden a Market Leader John Smith Strayer University Compensation Management BUS 409 [ July 15, 2013 ] Professor Marilyn Fitzpatrick Camden a Market Leader Camden Property Trust has stayed competitive in the job market by having one of the best compensation packages in its field. Camden has been consistently ranked since 2006 in Fortune Magazine’s Top 100 companies to work for. In 2006 they were ranked at number 50 and slowly worked their way up to number 41 in 2009. Then in 2010 they jumped to number 10. Camden is one of the largest multifamily real estate investment trusts (REIT) and was hit during the recession, but was able to stay successful by investing in its employees. Camden was able to continue to offer a very completive compensation package to lure talent and help develop talent that they already had. To stay a step ahead of everyone else Camden not only needs to offer traditional benefits like medical, but expand on them and think outside the box. Employees spend a lot of time at work, more than they do with their own families, so by offering benefits that help the family out as well is one good way to attract and keep loyal employees. A company’s employees are their number one investment; they can make or break a business. Camden’s dedication to their employees has not only made them a great place to work but a successful business as well. How Camden Stands Above the Rest Although there are five companies listed under the category of construction/real...
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...Group Assignment-Step2 You should complete this assignment AFTER you have negotiated your group contract and signed into your group. Here is the process for selecting the company you will study for the Group Project and beginning the process. 1. Find your group number in the group page posting on Blackboard announcement page. 2. The groups will be numbered 1, 2,3,4,5 etc. 3. See this link http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2009/full_list/ 4. Each group will use the group of Fortune 1,000 companies that compares to its group number a. Group One may select any company in the Fortune 1-100 list b. Group Two may select any company in the Fortune 101-200 list c. Group Three may select any company in the Fortune 201-300 list etc. 5. Under NO conditions may or should two groups be studying/presenting the same company 6. Consider the topics you must cover in your report and do some initial research on the company and determine if you have access to the research information needed to complete your assignment. 7. Download, negotiate, complete and POST your Group Contract in your Group File Exchange link 8. Each member then go to the Group Discussion Board and post the following notice, “I have read and agree to the terms of the Group ___ contract.” 9. This assignment should be posted and complete BY MONDAY off Week 3 July 28. 10. Your “Instructor Draft” of this project is due at the end of week seven, Sunday...
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...gross margin, credit ratios, total revenue, tangible book value and receivables. Yet, they are above their competitors in the industry in gross profits, capital expenditures, levered free cash flow, cash from operations, and total debt to equity ratio. The estimated revenue for Ross Stores for 2013 is stated to be around $9.7 billion which is $1.1 billion higher than the revenue for 2012 (BussinessWeek Earnings, 2012). The total return to investors in 2009 was 45.7%. Ross Stores is ranked fifteen in regard to revenues in millions among some of the other specialty retail competitors such as Costco Wholesale, Gap, BJ’s Wholesale Club, Bed Bath & Beyond, Home Depot, Staples, Best Buy and so on. They are currently ranked 299 in the Fortune 500 category in 2012 (CNN, 2012). Works Cited BusinessWeek Financials. (2012, 08 25). Retrieved from BusinessWeek: http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/financials/financials.asp?ticker=ROST BussinessWeek Earnings. (2012, 08 25). Retrieved from Business Week: http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/earnings/earnings.asp?ticker=ROST CNN. (2012). Retrieved from CNN Money:...
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...with city executives that threaten to undo all his exertions. The school located in Paterson, New Jersey, has below average basic skills test scores. Consequently, it is faced with the likelihood of being taken over by the municipal. Therefore, the mayor asks the institute administrator for help, and he proposes that they employ the scandalous Joe Clark as the school head. Clark reluctantly agrees to become its next head. And when Clark arrives, he shakes things up by recasting instructors as well as calling all of them ineffectual. And it is not long before a lot of individuals demand for his removal. However, but at the same time, Clark gains the admiration of some of the instructors and the learners when he gradually turns round the fortunes of the school. Information is exchanged for a variety of reasons and it flows both ways. Communication plays a crucial role in modeling and upholding acceptable superior-subordinate relations. There are numerous concepts at play in superior-subordinate communication. Key among them include feedback, upward influence, and trust. First, upward communication or influence refers to the process where information is transmitted from the lower (subordinates) levels of an organization to the upper (superiors) levels of an organization. Such kinds of communication include estimations, proposals, complaints, grievances, petitions, reports among others. This is very important because it plays the role of the feedback to a successful downward communication...
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...Merck's donation of these drugs morally acceptable? Morally required? Explain. Do Merck's stockholders have any cause to complain when Merck spends their money on these ventures which are not aimed at profit? If this action is morally acceptable (or required) for Merck, then would similar charitable actions be acceptable (or required) for other companies that produce products which would benefit impoverished people? (Ex. food companies, clothing companies, water filtration tech companies, etc) Explain. Answer As a pharmaceutical company, Merck saw an opportunity when the River blindness epidemic first arose and focused their attention on countries most affected by the parasite. At the time of the breakout, Merck had become part of the Fortune 500, giving them credibility and an obligation to reach out to people most affected by River Blindness. As many companies focus on profit, Merck saw an opportunity to earn some prestige instead, by treating patients over seas. To morally justify the companies decision, managers looked back on what the founders of the company believed in. Former president of the company, George Merck, said "medicine is for the people. It is not for the profits. The profits follow, and if we have remembered that, they have never failed to appear...". Through looking at George's values during his time as president, the managers could by definition morally justify their beliefs on if the decision of giving instead of earning would help the company in the long...
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...Advertisements Gone Haywire Advertisements are a negative influence on today’s society in many ways. They entice buyers to purchase things they don’t need, by doing so many people go into debt and spend money they don’t have. Also advertisements do not only seem bad, but statistically their cons outweigh their pros. Advertisements might look fun, but in the end the consumer might be a victim of false advertisement. One last argument is that advertisements are a constant invasion in people’s lives with the message that they need all those different products to be complete, taking advantage of the consumer’s gullibility or fear. This is why advertisements are a negative influence and is something today’s world would be better without. An example of the negative impact of advertisements is the Roni Deutch advertisements for A Professional Tax Corporation. This was a service that was advertised, and many people trusted, even after extensive research of the Corporation. Instead of “getting the maximum refund you deserve” like the advertisements say, clients money was stolen from them. Something else Roni Deutch addresses in her ad is, “Can you live on half your paycheck? That’s how much the IRS can take when they garnish your wages.” This particular message addressed in the ad plays on the consumer’s fear of not being able to pay their taxes. This is what presses a lot of consumers to purchase products because the advertisement targets their fears and causes them to...
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...Queen of QVC” due to her out-of-the-ballpark success in launching new products on QVC”. Lori became an entrepreneur by accident; her degree was in Journalism and Communications. She would often come up with ideas for children’s books that she would put on hold. Lori’s husband Dan inspired her to pursue her dreams of writing a children’s book after seeing a bestseller book similar to her original idea. From this moment she realized that she would not miss an opportunity such as this again. Lori’s next entrepreneurial feat was an earring organizer. After a $300,000 loan, she managed to first get her earring organizer on the Home Shopping Network (HSN), and then on the shelves at J.C. Penney. Her earring organizer brought her great fortune after a short eighteen months. Brenna Fisher, writer for Success Magazine, explains that “During her first television appearance on HSN, her product (all 2,000 units) sold out within minutes.” In an interview with Brenna Fisher, Lori stated that “I remember I went out on the air and I slid the earring stand to the right and the left a few times. I don’t even think I said much and then I heard the hosts say, ‘Oh, we sold out,’ ” Greiner says. It was that moment that she knew her product would be successful. The largest portion of Lori’s sales today occur through QVC, selling more than one hundred different retail products each year. Brenna Fisher from Success Magazine states “Now a 13-year veteran on the network, she has her own monthly...
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...Home Depot Business Environment The Home Depot is the world’s largest do-it-yourself home improvement retailer that was founded over thirty years ago in Atlanta Georgia by Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank (The Home Depot, 2011). Through the lifespan, The Home Depot expanded from a two store operation into the fourth largest grossing retail store as reported by the Fortune 500 listings (CNN Money, 2012). Strategies like price matching, environmentally friendly supplies, introducing Home Depot brands and services, and offering clinics to patrons assisted in Home Depot dominating the do-it-yourself home improvement market. Throughout the lifecycle of Home Depot there have been numerous changes; markets, consumers, direction, and leadership to name a few. Home Depot made adjustments along the way and endured the constant waves of change and in the process developed the orange blooded culture enjoyed by employee and customer. Things change and the Home Depot understand this simple value, but constant is the orange apron and everything it stands for. To date the Home Depot remains a sound corporation even through the recession and unfavorable markets and is in a prime position to generate stronger ROA, ROIC, and ROE measures relative to their closest competitor Lowe’s (Sozzi, 11/2). The pages that follow will analyze The Home Depot and examine what differences it has from the closest competitors. Taking a brief look into the culture behind the store, how Home Depot...
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...Questions Fingersmith – Part 2 1. What has happened to Sue, Maud and Gentleman? Sue went into the madhouse, instead of Maud. Gentleman and Maud had thought of this plan before Sue came to Briar. Maud and Gentleman went to London. They didn’t go to the big house Gentleman had promised, but they went to Lant Street. Maud finds out she was tricked too: “’Damn your attitudes now!’ I say. ‘Tell me what this means. Whose house is this? Is it yours?’ (…) ‘Not mine,’ he answers at last. ‘Not ours?’ He shakes his head. ‘Whose, then? Where, then?’ He rubs at his eye. He is tired. ‘It is theirs,’ he says nodding to the woman, the man. ‘Their house, in the Borough.’ The Borough… I have heard him say that name, once or twice before. I stand for a moment in silence, thinking back across his words; then my heart drops. ‘Sue’s house,’ I say. ‘Sue’s house, of thieves.’ 2. How did they trick Sue? They tricked Sue by letting her look like Maud Lilly. Way before the doctors came to diagnose Maud Lilly, actually Sue, Maud let her wear her own gowns and made her look like a real lady. First the doctors talked to Sue. The doctors were told that Sue was the mad Maud Lilly, who thought she was a maid while she actually was a lady: “He takes them first to talk with Sue. Of course, they suppose her his wife, turned mad, thinking herself a servant, speaking in the manner of a maid, keeping to a maid’s room.” Maud claimed she was the real maid, and Sue only acted like a maid. Because...
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...The Fortune 100 is an annual list of the 100 largest public and privately companies in the United States. The ranking is compiled using gross revenue figures, and is published by Fortune Magazine. I believe it is an honor to be on this list because it is a great way for your company to attract and retain talented associates who truly care about the people they work with and the clients that are being served. One company many people would not expect to be on The Fortune 100 list is Build-A-Bear Workshop. For the fifth consecutive year, Build-A-Bear Workshop has been named one of Fortune Magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” and is the only toy retailer on this year’s list. Build-A-Bear scored 62 out of 100 on the list. A woman named Maxine Clark founded Build-A-Bear Workshop in 1997. She is considered one of the true innovators in the retail industry. In an interview for CNN, Clark stated: “In 1997, I withdrew $750,000 from my retirement account to get Build-a-Bear Workshop off the ground. That covered startup costs and the building of the first prototype store. I also secured a bank line of credit for inventory and working capital, with my house as collateral. I knew I wanted to build a multimillion-dollar business with hundreds of units, and I realized I didn't have the ready cash to fund that growth. I knew I'd have to partner with outside investors.” While building the first Build-A-Bear store, there was a story posted in the St. Louis Business Journal about the concept...
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...FESTIVAL Festival is known as the day of religions for celebration, there is having different festivals of religions. For Iban there is a lot of festival such as Gawai Batu (Whetstone festival) which is related to the farming festivals. Gawai Batu (Whetstone festival) is not held in every year but is held once in approximately 4 years. Tuai Rumah and Tuai Brrong will call a meeting to discuss the celebration of the Gawai Batu, and this festival is held in May or early in June. It’s because the objective of this festival is a ceremony of initial clearing of land for farming so that it’s not a yearly festival because when the growth of padi is deficient and harvests are abnormally declining. For Gawai Batu, a group of lemambang (bards) is invited to their pengap songs in which the deity Raja Simpulang Gana is called upon to bless the whetstones belonging to the farmers of the longhouse. In addition, an old man who is a successful farmer is invited to clean and oil the whetstones early on the festival eve. The bards will arrive at the longhouse in the festival of afternoon. On their arrive, Tuai Burong will receive them in the space of in front of longhouse. The bards will sing their songs along the path and up into the longhouse, where they encircle the communal gallery before they take their seats along the section of the gallery belonging to the feast chief (Tuai Gawai). Heare a shrine has been erected onto which are placed the whetstones and charms to be bless during...
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...examining the internal attributes of the firm that may attribute to its classification as a multinational. In part thanks to Levitt (1983), the term ‘global’ became mainstream in the 1980s, as firms were encouraged to ‘go global’ by both media and academics. However, in 1985, Hamel and Prahalad noted that the perspective on global competition and globalization of markets was incomplete and misleading. Hamel and Prahalad (1985) found that neither executives nor analysts fully understood what global competition entailed, and they subsequently developed a global competitive framework.4 Recent debate centers on an interesting and somewhat surprising finding first presented by Rugman and Verbeke (2004). They found that even among the largest Fortune Global 500 MNEs, few are truly ‘global’. In their study, Rugman and Verbeke found only nine MNEs to be ‘global’ and only 25 to be ‘bi-regional’.5 The majority of the...
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...iconic smartphone, the carrier reported Thursday. The fourth quarter marked the last full quarter of AT&T's iPhone exclusivity agreement with Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500). Verizon will begin taking pre-orders for the phone on Feb. 3 and selling it in stores on Feb. 10. • 40 • • • Email • Print [pic]That made AT&T's recent iPhone sales all the more significant, because they effectively lock customers into two-year contracts with pricey termination fees. If a current iPhone 4 customer wishes to defect to Verizon next month, it will cost $325, less only $10 for each month that has passed since the contract began. Plus, customers will need to splurge on an all-new iPhone for Verizon's service, which uses a network technology that is incompatible with AT&T's iPhone. Verizon hinted Tuesday that it expects to sell in the ballpark of 11 million iPhones in 2011. To entice AT&T customers to join its ranks, Verizon said it would offer an unlimited data plan on the iPhone for a limited time. But just 2.5 million iPhone customers are expected to cancel their AT&T service and switch to Verizon, according to a Yankee Group study. AT&T has gone on the offensive in the past year in anticipation of its loss of iPhone exclusivity. To boost its lineup, AT&T made deals with Research in Motion (RIMM) and Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500) to be the exclusive U.S. vendor of the BlackBerry Torch and Windows Phone 7 devices. The company also offered early upgrades to its customers to entice...
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...Tina L. Smith BUSN 5000 Little Rock Metro Campus Webster University Fall 1 2015 August 25, 2015 Chapter Topic Article Review Find an article from one of the following business publications that relates to a topic located in one of the chapters of our text currently being discussed. Please check the course syllabus to determine the due date of each report. The publications are: Inc. Magazine, Harvard Business Review, Fortune Magazine, Entrepreneur, The Economist, Forbes Magazine, Business Week, Investors Business Daily, Financial Times, Barrons, and The Wall Street Journal. Chapter: 2 Topic: Assistance for Small Businesses Business Publication: Forbes Magazine Article Title and Date: The Top 5 Sources for Small Business Loans November 26, 2014 What is the Article about? Small Business Loans This article in Forbes Magazine is letting small businesses know that there is assistance out there for them. Though it may seem to be difficult there is funding out there available for small businesses in the way of small business loans. There are ways of obtaining credit for businesses such as small business loans, credit card loans and personal sources, just to name a few. It may not seem like it, but there is assistance out there for small businesses. How does the Article relate to the Chapter topic? This article is speaking of the assistance that is available to small business. This chapter goes on to speak about the private...
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