...Shurtleff was launched in 1838, focusing on the design and fabrication of surgical supplies. Years later, Johnson & Johnson acquired it in 1964. Today, Codman & Shurtleff, Inc. is still one of many subsidiaries of Johnson & Johnson. It continues to supply the medical profession with surgical tools, equipment, implants, disposable materials and many other medical supplies. This case discusses the planning and control system of Codman & Shurtleff, Inc. It focuses on the reporting relationships, five and ten-year plans, financial planning, and budget revisions and reviews. One major issue is that the company is dealing with an unfavorable profit objective. They are currently two million dollars short of their projection for the year. The weakening of the dollar, a poor mix variance and unexpected high start-up costs have all contributed to the underperformance of the company. In order to understand the position of Codman & Shurtleff, this paper will analyze the culture and the organizational structure of Johnson & Johnson, as well as Codman & Shurtleff. It will also analyze how well the company coordinates their financial planning and what problems they may encounter as the company implements changes in order to adhere to the corporate mission statement. Analysis The Culture of Codman & Shurtleff, Inc. / Johnson & Johnson Per the case, when Johnson & Johnson acquired Codman, they had to achieve a compromise on a new mission statement. Codman & Shurtleff’s...
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...Robert W. Johnson Jr. Robert W. Johnson Jr. was an American businessman who turned a struggling family business into one of the largest healthcare corporations. He joined the company while still in his teens. By the age of 25 he had become a vice-president of J&J. He took Johnson & Johnson to another level by deciding to expand the business overseas, in which was an accomplishment for both Robert Jr and the business. His father was Robert W. Johnson I and was the co-founder of Johnson & Johnson. Robert W Johnson Jr was sixteen when his father died. He left behind an estate of $2,000,000 for his son. He attended Rutgers Preparatory School before he decided to drop out and worked full time at J&J. On January 30, 1968 Robert Johnson Jr died at the age of 74. His net worth was $1 billion...
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...employers’ receive five job applications for every 2.8 received by other employers; the average staff turnover is around 15 percent compared to 20 percent; share prices tend to be higher than for other companies in the same sector; average revenue growth between 1998 and 2000 was 48 percent versus 25 percent for others, and profit growth was 62 percent versus 18 percent. All of this requires a long-term investment of five to seven years of constant effort on behalf of the employer. According to Andrew Bell from Hewitt Associates, there are four main elements that make up a ‘Best Employer’: "Best employers excel in people leadership, they create a compelling employment offer for employees, they accelerate development of their people, and culture and values are viewed as critically important." Being named one...
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...Johnson & Johnson Quality Analysis BSOP588 Quality Management Aug 2013 Introduction Johnson & Johnson manufactures health care products and pharmaceuticals along with providing related health services for consumers. The company sells products such as hair, skin care and acetaminophen products, surgical and diagnostic equipment worldwide. Johnson & Johnson's brands include numerous household names of medications and first aid supplies. Some of the company’s better known consumer products are Tylenol medications, Johnson's baby products, the Band-Aid line, Neutrogena beauty products and Acuvue contact lenses. Three brothers, Robert, James and Edward Johnson, found Johnson & Johnson in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1886 (jnj.com). The brother’s company published "Modern Methods of Antiseptic Wound Treatment," in 1886; the book became one of the standard teaching texts for antiseptic surgery (jnj.com). Two years later Johnson & Johnson pioneered the first commercial first aid kits, the kits were designed to help railroad workers, but soon branched out to treating all forms of standard injuries (jnj.com). Johnson & Johnson later launches maternity kits to make childbirth safer for mothers and babies. The attention to new mothers and their babies lead Johnson & Johnson to the Company's successful baby care business. Johnson & Johnson is headquartered at New Brunswick, New Jersey and has more than 275 operating companies...
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...organisational culture Mona Thorvaldsen, Kate Mulvana, Joan Kawalewale, Tom A. Trosterud, Jodie Evans MA Public Relation Management & MA Business Studies Semester Two Module Leader: Lawrence Bellamy Contents Page No Chapter 1 – Introduction | 3 | | | | | Chapter 2 – Background | 3 | | | | | Chapter 3 - Appraisal | 4 | | | | | Chapter 4 – Analysis | 9 | | | | | Chapter 5 – Conclusion | 14 | | | | | Bibliography | 15 | Executive summary This report examines the corporate culture of the global furniture leader IKEA and discusses the link between Ikea’s culture and its performance. The cultural web is used as a device for breaking up the complexity of organisational culture and for demonstrating that Ikea enjoys a strong and consistent culture. The report identifies synergy between Ikea’s culture and strategy, arguing that culture has given the organisation competitive advantage. Furthermore it points to the complex set of factors influencing performance, and how Ikea’s culture is one of several components in its success-formula. 1.0 Introduction Organisational culture is built on the assumptions and beliefs that construct purpose, guidelines and collectivism. In effect strategy reflects the organisational culture in the sense that it represents the outcome of the ‘taken-for granted’ assumptions, behaviours and routines of the organisation (Johnson et. al., 2005)...
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...LIBERAL ARTS BREADTH AND MY EDUCATION 3 Liberal Arts Breadth and My Education There are many benefits to getting a Liberal Arts degree in today’s economic market. It is a message to your employer that you are willing to take on new information, and learn more then what is necessary to succeed. It shows initiative and the ability to expand your horizons beyond yourself. In a Liberal Arts education there is more purpose then just learning the career field of choice. It is a program that teaches critical thinking and self-thought. It teaches the student how to learn and teach themselves, to achieve more than just memorization of facts. In the Ottawa University Liberal Arts degree they have four breadth areas that are required for completion of their program. The breadth areas are as follows: Art/Expression, Social/Civic, Science/Description and Value/Meaning. Art/Expression According, to the official curriculum laid out by the school this category is that is highly concentrated in being capable of expressing self through art or speech. It spans from painting, to music, dance, language and communication. The manual’s description is, “how we express ourselves in spoken and written communication and the arts, looking at strengths, experiences, and new opportunities for challenge and growth.” Like, most people art has always been a part of my life. It followed me through my elementary school years to high school. I took ceramics, painting and woodworking 1, 2, 3, and 4 though...
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...Running Head: POLITICS Politics: Howards Government [Victoria University] Table of Contents Thesis Statement 1 Introduction 1 Discussion 1 Political Culture 3 Economic Rationalism 4 Social Conservatism 7 Conclusion 8 References 9 Annotated Bibliography 11 Politics: Howards Government Thesis Statement The changes brought by he Howard’s government in social, political, and economical landscape are substantially different from previous regimes and tend to move away from welfare state to free market system. Introduction This paper discusses the changes that have been brought by the 11 year era of 25th Prime minister of Australia, Mr John Winston Howard. This era saw economic expansion that is characterized as longest in the history of Australia. Howard’s policies, practices, philosophies, and decisions have been widely debated specially over the issue of abolishing welfare system, treatment of asylum seeker after the 9-11, and such. This paper discusses the changes in the era of Howard and its consequences. Discussion The 25th Prime minister of Australia, Mr John Winston Howard, was born on July 26th; 1939.he is the longest serving prime minister of Australia after Sir Robert Menzies. His era of Prime Ministership started March 11th, 1996 and ended in December the 3rd 2007. After 1980, it was the first Federal victory of coalition of the National Parties and liberals. The first terms was 1996 to 1998, the...
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...was the first of its kind and as the Apple Company grew its culture was like a family. “Employees wore Apple logos on their clothes, had Apple bumper stickers on their cars, and spoke warmly of the Apple Family.”(Jossey-Bass p. 56) Apple, like many companies needed to capture the market. Apple went through a reinvention, a brand makeover to broaden its appeal. “Apple may get credit for bringing the personal computer to the masses, but for many years, its high prices and hodgepodge of software and operating systems meant the brand was accessible to few outside the design world. A hip clientele, to be sure, but a limited one. Easy-to-use and affordable PCs, meanwhile, were accessible to the masses.” (Johnson, 2008) Apple had attracted a niche of designers because from a hardware and software perspective Apples are well thought out products and have attention to detail. Other PC manufacturers had an advantage because while Apple was limited, PC’s were very accessible to anyone and they were more affordable. Apple had a great product but failed to make them available to a wider customer base. Apple needed a brand makeover “Apple's brand makeover resulted in broadening its potential market share, Adamson says.”Apple got back to its core DNA, which wasn't about a piece of technology or a piece of software. It was about ease and elegance of use. Ease of use became the lens through which they put everything.” (Johnson, 2008) With the introduction of the iMac and following with...
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...Theoretical Foundations of Practice Historical Development of Nursing Timeline The purpose of this paper is to explain the historical development of nursing science by presenting different theorists and their theories with explicit events and years in the history of nursing, and inform on the affinity between the profession and nursing science. This paper also includes the importance of nursing science of other disciplines such as psychology, anthropology, education, philosophy, religion and the social science. The history of professional nursing starts with Florence Nightingale, who is considered the mother of nursing science. Nightingale placed emphasis on good nutrition and hygiene, efficiency of this practice had a positive impact when this method reduced the spread of infections and made a huge difference in the survival rate of soldiers in the Crimean war in the mid -1850s. In 1859, she published her famous nursing notes “What is and what is not” Although Nightingale wrote this book with the intention to give clues to those taking care of the health of others; ("Florence Nightingale and the Crimean War," 2008) it turned out to be a great educational and role model method which is clinically used to present. And it is a great example of evidence- based practice. In 1860 in London the school of Nightingale was opened, and the American Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton in 1881 ("Nursing Theory Definition”) Abraham Maslow proposed the theory...
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...Eastern Michigan University DigitalCommons@EMU Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations Master's Theses, and Doctoral Dissertations, and Graduate Capstone Projects 5-13-2003 Human Resources Practices in Corporate Culture Communication: A Case Study of Johnson & Johnson Flavia Xavier Follow this and additional works at: http://commons.emich.edu/theses Recommended Citation Xavier, Flavia, "Human Resources Practices in Corporate Culture Communication: A Case Study of Johnson & Johnson" (2003). Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations. Paper 4. This Open Access Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Master's Theses, and Doctoral Dissertations, and Graduate Capstone Projects at DigitalCommons@EMU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@EMU. For more information, please contact lib-ir@emich.edu. HUMAN RESOURCES PRACTICES IN CORPORATE CULTURE COMMUNICATION: A CASE STUDY OF JOHNSON & JOHNSON by Flavia Xavier Thesis Submitted to the Department of Management Eastern Michigan University In partial fulfillment of the requirements For the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE In Human Resources Management & Organizational Development Thesis Committee: Stephanie Newell, PhD, Chair Mary E.Vielhaber, PhD Diana Wong, PhD May 13, 2003 Ypsilanti, Michigan iii DEDICATION To God who has been a blessing my life with my beloved husband, Luis Felipe. iv ...
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...Most people go about their daily lives without giving much thought to their actions or the language they use. Instead, people go about their lives in a sort of automatic manner. Since most people usually don?t think about the language that they use, it is easy to understand why most of us are unaware of the pervasiveness of conceptual metaphors. As Lakoff and Johnson (1980) explain, ?or conceptual system is not something that we are normally aware of? and ?most of our ordinary conceptual system is metaphorical in nature? (p. 454). Conceptual metaphors are powerful because they impact the way that we think about things, how we experience life, and how we conduct our daily lives. According to Lakoff and Johnson (1980), (m)etaphor is pervasive...
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...Associate Level Material Lashay Dustin Appendix C Fill in the table below by classifying each philosophy as either teacher-centered or student-centered authority. Next, identify the main characteristics of that philosophy. (The first one is completed for you as an example.) Once you have completed the table, answer the questions below. Educational Philosophies Table |Philosophy |Teacher- or Student-Centered |Characteristics | | |Authority | | | | | | |Perennialism |Teacher-centered |Knowledge is enduring, seeks everlasting truths, views | | | |principles of existence as constant or unchanging, values the | | | |ability to reason, associated with idealism | |Progressivism |Student-Centered |An educational theory that emphasizes that ideas should be | | | |tested by experimentation | | ...
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...Accounting 461-Project No.1 Part I JOHNSON & JOHNSON Corporation HISTORY Johnson & Johnson is an American multinational medical device, pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods manufacturer founded in 1886. Its common stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the company is listed among the Fortune 500. Johnson & Johnson consistently ranks at the top of Harris Interactive National Corporate Reputation Survey,[2] ranking as the world's most respected company by Barron’s Magazine,[3] and was the first corporation awarded the Benjamin Franklin Award for Public Diplomacy by the U.S. State Department for its funding of international education programs.[4] The corporation's headquarters is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States with the consumer division being located in Skillman, New Jersey. “The corporation includes some 250 subsidiary companies with operations in over 57 countries and products sold in over 175 countries.” Johnson & Johnson had worldwide pharmaceutical sales of $65 billion for the calendar year of 2011.[7] Johnson & Johnson's brands include numerous household names of medications and first aid supplies. Among its well-known consumer products are the Band-Aid Brand lines of bandages, Tylenol medications, Johnson's baby products, Neutrogena skin and beauty products, Clean & Clear facial wash and Acuvue contact lenses. In 2012, Johnson & Johnson announced that they will start to fund the therapeutic...
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...across countries and boundaries. With globalization, there are business process differences to overcome, diversity with respect to organizational culture to consider, and the intuitive element is approached from gender perspective as well as its relevancy in shaping managers’ cognitive style. Global change is altering the supply chain management structure and efficiency for U. S. multinational corporations. Johnson (2006) points to five areas of importance regarding supply chain management structures: Globalization and outsourcing, including the impact of China and India on supply chain structure and coordination; new information technologies, such as radio frequency identification (RFID) and tools that enable enterprise integration and collaboration; economic forces within and between supply chains, from the consumer pricing to supplier contract negotiation; risk management, including risks from supply chain complexity and from security threats; product lifecycle management, including post-sale service and product recovery (p.191-192). Even though these areas are important, Johnson (2006) underemphasized the importance and affects of cultural values and managerial philosophies on supply chain management organizations (Robbins & Judge, 2007). Anwar and Chaker (2003) demonstrated that cultural values and managerial philosophies are indigenous factors that are rooted within a given country. For example, Arabian managers are pugnacious, gregarious, and prefer to haggle a...
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...aligned to each other, and secondly, externally consistent in the sense that the organisations procedures produce the behaviors and competencies required for it to compete successfully given its chosen market place and way of differentiating itself from the market place. Going by this definition we need to consider if there is evidence of internal consistency of the HR policies pursued by Lincoln Electric. In order to achieve this objective to first identify what the key human resource management policies were are Lincoln Electric and their alignment to each other. The incentive system and the climate and the culture of open transparent performance management and gain sharing that was fostered by management are a primary example of internal alignment. The incentive system carried out at Lincoln electric could only have been successfully implemented within this open culture. The methods of measuring performance, the method of setting performance benchmarks (through work studies) and the subsequent involvement of all process owners in determining an employee’s rating is another example of internal alignment through process. This process guaranteed that the internal ratings were consistent with the results the company was achieving. Often, companies will have a high number of highly rated employees which does not reflect the overall performance of the company. The Guaranteed employment and the rigorous performance management system is another example of internal consistency. High...
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