...Analyze and describe the issues faced by Malescowski and the company and the reasons for these issues. Analyzing the case of Southern Discomfort, some of the issues facing Malescowski and Lamprey, Inc. are the high cost of labor, the ability to compete against companies in the same industry as far as price and the product quality of their goods produced at that particular facility. One of the major issues is that if the company decided to look at the option of opening a new plant in Mexico and cease operations in the town of Oconomo (Daft, 2010). This small town in Wisconsin would suffer greatly from the loss of lamprey, Inc. The town has a population of just over 9,000 people and the plant employs about 520 local workers. Some of the workers are a third generation employees of Lamprey making Jim feel guilty about the project (Daft, 2010). One difficult situation the company faces is the unionized labor. The company does not have a choice of less price labor. The company also faces the problem of having the current employees perform more duties to reduce cost due to union labor agreements. The reasons Lamprey is thinking of moving its operations elsewhere, could also be because of that the new location provides better opportunity to reduce cost, as opposed to expansion of an existing plant; Lamprey can take advantage of the market conditions in Mexico and the other movements that will be taking place with the move to be more competitive. There comes a point when in some situations...
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...Southern Discomfort Case Analysis Jim Malesckowski remembers the call of two weeks ago as if he just put down the telephone receiver: “I just read your analysis and I want you to get down to Mexico right away,” Jack Ripon, his boss and chief executive officer, had blurted in his ear. “You know we can’t make the plant in Oconomo work anymore, the costs are just too high. So go down there, check out what our operational costs would be if we move, and report back to me in a week.” At that moment, Jim felt as if a shiv had been stuck in his side, just below the rib cage. As president of the Wisconsin Specialty Products Division of Lamprey Inc., he knew quite well the challenge of dealing with high-cost labour in a third-generation, unionized U.S. manufacturing plant. And although he had done the analysis that led to his boss’s knee-jerk response, the call still stunned him. There were 520 people who made a living at Lamprey’s Oconomo facility, and if it closed, most of them wouldn’t have a journeyman’s prayer of finding another job in the town of 9,900 people. Instead of the $16-per-hour average wage paid at the Oconomo plant, the wages paid to the Mexican workers-who lived in a town without sanitation and with an unbelievable toxic runoff from industrial pollution-would amount to about $1.60 an hour on average. That’s a savings of nearly $15 million a year for Lamprey, to be offset in part by increased costs for training, transportation, and other matters. After two days of talking...
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...within the southern settlements of the New World. Though after further review, the book itself is not just about the inclusion of Evangelicalism, but the comparison of the religious viewpoints of that and other religious perspectives being adhered to during the 1700’s in colonial America. Quakers, Protestants, Catholics, and even the Moravian all sought acceptance in the New World territories, but the main argument behind acceptance of other religions would hinder the Evangelistic point of view throughout the southern region. The ability to dodge speculation and constant suspicion of a religious takeover within the southern territories makes A Cautious Enthusiasm an important piece in how the religious boundaries of the today’s southern states stemmed from that of our first colonial settlers within the region. Throughout the book, comparisons of Evangelicalism and Catholicism spoke volumes. As each page turned, it was apparent that the struggle to keep Catholicism from tainting the people of the Carolina’s and Georgia became more of a witch hunt of suspicious respondents than a successful vanquish of the faith. It seemed more often than not priests, visitors, or anyone with whom the colonist could not pinpoint a true motive for their existence within their great land was said to have arrived in hopes of poisoning their settlement with the Catholic faith. Smith states, “Catholicism would infringe on their hopes as freemen” (2013, 38). Numerous visitors to the southern colonial...
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...Name: University: Course: Tutor: Date: International Whaling Commission Introduction Just recently on May 31st 2010, Australia opened a court case against Japan in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) with regards to a dispute relating to Japan’s JARPA II program on ‘Scientific Whaling’. The case was dubbed the ‘JARPA II Case’ and was primarily based on a dispute between Australia and Japan over interpretation of the 1946 International Convention of Whaling (ICRW). JARPA refers to Japan’s Research Program under Special Permit in the Antarctic to carry out research in the marines. The first was introduced in 1987 in the Southern Ocean Whaling Season of 1987-1988. JARPA II was to commence some 18years later from and it started in 2005. During that period of 1987 through 2005, Japan had apparently ignored the Moratorium sanctioned by IWC against Whaling and it is consequently some six thousand eight hundred minke whales were taken under JARPA. That led to a longtime dispute between whaling states and anti-whaling states over limited whaling v no whaling at all. Among the cases is the one between Australia and Japan of 2010. This article will look into the case between Japan and Australia in a bid to answering the following questions; one, how is the International Whaling Commission policy determined and influenced, secondly, what is the role of scientific advice in policy making, thirdly, what are the arguments for both Japan and Australia in the International Court...
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...destination you need to work around their schedules. For the bus drivers they stop at every stop and that would take about 2-3hrs at the latest. At the main transit centers before you get on the bus they would take their break and you don’t know when they would allow you to aboard and don’t know when you would depart as well. The timing of the bus arrival shows in a schedule book, but they would not come on that exact time. Also you need to make sure you don’t miss the last bus to get back home. If you have a night shift or taking night course and goes up to 10pm that is when you worry, because you would have to get some form of transportation. The reason why is the bus doesn’t run that late. Also if long distance a cab would be expensive; most southern California people are dependent on cars and for you to leave when you want and come when you want, would require a...
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...years later there appears to be military stalemate between the liberation movements in Angola, Guinea (Bissau) and Mozambique and the 150,000 or more troops maintaining Portuguese rule in those territories. South Africa remains relatively unscathed by such insurgent activity, although she has recently become concerned at the increasing military effectiveness of the insurgents in Namibia (South West Africa), an area she continues to administer in defiance of United Nations' rulings. For the last decade Rhodesia has been faced with recurrent periods of insurgency which have varied in their seriousness. Rhodesia's political and geographical position gives her a particular strategic importance in the confrontation between white and black in southern Africa. Together with Botswana, Rhodesia provides the most direct physical access into the Republic of South Africa regarded by her enemies as the powerhouse of the whole system of white supremacy. From a political viewpoint it seems improbable that white Rhodesia, unlike South Africa, has either the human or material resources to sustain for any considerable time the luxury of racial privilege dependent upon a system of social and political discrimination; and unlike the situation in Angola and Mozambique, there is no metropolitan power which might agree to come to terms with local realities -even if this took the form of a Portuguese-trained black administration, rather than the leadersAs Che Guevara wrote: 'People must see clearly the...
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...Brown-Forman Wandan Su Oct.28th 2012 Managerial Accounting * Company Overview * Company History In the year of 1870, a great company was founded in Louisville, Kentucky. It was formed by George Garvin Brown, a young pharmaceuticals salesman. He saw the demand for a consistently high quality whisky that conform medicinal standards. Brown and his half-brother used an innovative approach to sold whisky with sealed glass bottles to guarantee their quality while whisky was sold in the barrel in common at that time. The brand called Old Forester Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky, was the first bottle bourbon in America, which remains one of Brown-Forman's best selling brands during the current days. The name of the company changed so many times as the business grew and the original partnership dissolved. Later partnership become between George Garvin Brown and his friend also his accountant, so the company was formed was call Brown-Forman. Old Forester sold very well --but In 1902 Forman sold his interest in the Brown-Forman Distillery because he believed that Brown-Forman's success would diminish as soon as the novelty of packaging began to fade. The Brown family bought all of Forman's interest in the company. In1917，George Garvin Brown died and his oldest son，Owsley, took over the Brown-Forman. It was a difficult time because of the depression and prohibitions during the two World Wars. In 1924, the company moved to the 18th & Howard Street, where the company...
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...Term Paper Shawn Stuart Jason Aldean’s “My Kinda Party” Album Review The album that I have selected for this term paper is Jason Aldean’s “My Kinda Party.” This is his newest album and it was released on November 2nd, 2010. This album is a my favorite country singer and the four songs that I have chosen to write about are “Dirt Road Anthem”, “Tattoos On This Town”, “Church Pew Or Bar Stool” and “My Kinda Party.” I will elaborate on four elements of popular music in each song that meets the terms in our textbook. For the conclusion portion of this album review I will also explain how this “My Kinda Party” represents an example of popular music according to our text “Popular Music in America” written by Michael Campbell. My favorite song from Jason Aldean’s “My Kinda Party” is titled “Dirt Road Anthem”. This song is somewhat unusual for Jason Aldean’s normal performance style. The chorus is sang with his normal sounding “twangy” voice. However the verses are heavily influence by rap and expressed in a fast paced rhythm and a low-pitched voice during his rhymes. The Instrumentation of this song includes the electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass, percussion and piano. The chorus contains elements of rock music and uses the electric guitar. The chorus also has an 8-beat rhythm. During each rap verse the beat changes to a 16 beat rhythm. Another song I really enjoyed...
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...written to conduct “frightening, feral scenarios in which mysterious secrets, extreme isolation, grotesque images, and characters’ duress combine to create a dark and horrid image for its bold readers” (Renaldo 2). Generally presenting the same themes and tropes, Gothic literature discusses madness, isolation, disease, nightmares, and death. Although in some stories, it also explores unmentionable topics such as murder, suicide, and incest. William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” is a story of a spinster woman who has killed her lover and lain for years beside his decaying body. The story deals with a murder caused by possessive love, and it elucidates the face of death which results in repulsion and compassion. “A Rose for Emily” represents Southern Gothic literature through descriptions of Emily, her house, necrophilia, and the theme of death. To begin with, the narrator portrays Emily Grierson as a once prominent member of the community. However, after the death of her father, she is pitied and often irritating, demanding to live life on her own terms. In the beginning of the story, the author describes her as looking “bloated, like a body long submerged in motionless water, and of that pallid hue. Her eyes, lost in the fatty ridges of her face, [look] like two small pieces of coal pressed into a lump of dough” (Faulkner 53). Being isolated from the outside world since her father died and Homer Barron, her lover, went missing, Emily becomes a muted and mysterious figure. She begins...
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...decades of conflict, the GoSS faces a massive task in leading recovery and development efforts, and the challenges of policy-making and implementation in Southern Sudan cannot be overstated. This chapter examines the key policy frameworks guiding government efforts to support long-term recovery and development, focusing on the over-arching vision of ‘taking towns to the people’, expenditure priorities and strategies for economic growth and governance. These policy areas are relevant to urbanisation in Juba for a number of reasons. First, policies on governance envisage a decentralised Southern Sudan in which Juba is treated equally with all state capitals in policy terms. However, implementation of the Local Government Act is already clashing with a parallel move towards the centralisation of key powers within the GoSS. Juba’s dual status as capital of South Sudan and of Central Equatoria State also raises particular challenges in relation to urban management. Second, the GoSS strategy for economic growth identifies agriculture as a key area for investment. So far, however, the growth in private sector activity has taken place in Juba and surrounding areas within Central Equatoria State, driven by the influx of government ministries, civil servants and aid agencies. Finally, the upcoming referendum on the future of Southern Sudan, due in January 2011, will have an important impact on policy processes. 3.1 ‘Takng towns to the people’ In 2004, a policy of ‘taking towns to the...
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...Melissa Kinder Comm. 300 4/25/13 Links: http://articles.latimes.com/2009/nov/10/local/la-me-john-scolinos10-2009nov10 http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091110&content_id=7650020&vkey=perspectives&c_id=mlb&fext=.jsp http://polycentric.csupomona.edu/news_stories/2009/11/in-memoriam-john-scolinos.html http://polycentric.csupomona.edu/news_stories/2009/11/scolinos-was-more-than-just-a-coach.html http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_13734322 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqKpJn0oQWg http://articles.latimes.com/1987-05-12/sports/sp-7530_1_john-scolinos http://articles.latimes.com/1991-07-27/sports/sp-141_1_cal-poly-pomona http://www.wccsports.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/050105aaa.html http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/afterword/2009/11/john-scolinos-and-the-dodgers.html John Scolinos, a Los Angeles native died at age 91 due to age-related causes. A man known for his many awards and achievements, but also for creating and leaving a legacy as one of the most successful and iconic coaches in the history of collegial baseball. Scolinos life is nothing short of impressive. Graduted from Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles in 1937, he played semipro baseball and was even signed by the St. Louis Browns. He briefly played in the minor leagues too, before joining the U.S. Army Air Force where he served from 1942-1945. According to a 1976 interview Scalinos did with the Los Angeles Times, "The war didn't keep me out of the big leagues," he said. "I wasn't consistent...
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...CURRICULUM VITAE (C.V) CONTACT INFORMATION: NAME: Emmanuel Bondo Filberto Mobile phone: In South Sudan +211 (0) 955055554, In Uganda +256 (0) 711055554 Email: bondo.emmanuel0@gmail.com or mborina.bondo@yahoo.co.uk PERSONAL INFORMATION: DATE OF BIRTH: 14th Dec. 1984 AGE: 29 Years old. NATIONALITY: South Sudanese. SEX: Male. CAREER OBJECTIVE My personal vision is to be self motivated, self driven person with professional values and positive virtue towards work in full respect for diversity, full co-operation, good understanding of team work and environment, transparency, patience, hard work and with the ability to work with minimum supervision, meet work challenges with expectations. ACADEMIC BACKGROUNG Date | Institution | Location | Award | Sept. 2012 to 2015 | Uganda Christian University | Mukono, Uganda | Candidate Pursuing Bachelors Degree in Project Planning and Entrepreneurship. | Feb – April | UNOPS | Juba South Sudan. | Certificate in Project In Controlled Environment Foundation course. (PRINCE 2 Foundation) | Feb. 1999 to 2003 | Comboni Parents Secondary School | Yambio | O-level Certificate | Sept. 1997 to June 1998 | St. Joseph’s Minor Seminary | Mboki, Central Africa Republic. | Intermediate School Certificate | March 1991 to 1996 | Comboni Parents Primary School | Yambio | Certification of Primary Leaving Education | OTHER COURSES AND WORKSHOPS ATTENDED ...
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...http://www.subr.edu/admissions jil_massucco@subr.edu “Higher Standards for Higher Goals” “Higher Standards for Higher Goals” June 25, 2012 Congratulations on being provisionally admitted (pending additional documents) to the SUBR-SUSLA College Connection Partnership Program at Southern University Baton Rouge (SUBR) for Fall Semester 2012! As a new student entering SUBR, our goal is to help facilitate a successful transition to college life for you. In doing so, the SUBR-SUSLA Partnership Office has designed a MANDATORY Freshman Orientation and Advising Session to introduce you to the SUBR campus, register for fall classes, and receive additional information about services and resources provided for students. The information you receive will prove to be invaluable throughout your education here, at SUBR. This MANDATORY Freshman Orientation and Advising Session will be held on Sunday, August 12, 2012 promptly at 1:00 p.m. in the Southern University at Baton Rouge Nursing School Auditorium. To guarantee and reserve a seat for the session, you must pay a non-refundable Orientation Fee of $75.00 via money order or cashier’s check ONLY. Fees should be made payable to: Southern University and A & M College-Baton Rouge Campus. Your fee MUST be received in the Partnership Office on or before Wednesday, August 8, 2012 by 4:30 p.m. Payments are to be mailed or hand-delivered to: The SUBR-SUSLA College Connection Partnership Office ATTN: Jil Massucco...
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...‘Explore how Harper Lee describes the character of Miss Maudie’ The first time Harper Lee introduces Miss Maudie to the reader, Scout says that she spent the rest of her remaining twilights with her. This at once shows us that Miss Maudie isn’t like most adults in the book, who treat Scout like a child, because she is one whom Scout likes to be with and talk to. ‘I spent most of the remaining twilights that summer sitting with Miss Maudie.’ This shows us that Scout, who is quite an adventures child, is very comfortable with Miss Maudie, and Miss Maudie instead of treating Scout like a child treats her more like a friend. She is given off as an auntie figure to the children and it is shown within the book that she is very fond of them as they are of her. Harper Lee shows through a metaphor that Miss Maudie is very adaptable to her surroundings. ‘A chameleon lady who worked in her flower beds in an old straw hat and men’s coveralls, but after her five o’clock bath she would appear on the porch and reign over the street in her magisterial beauty.’ The word ‘magisterial’ Harper Lee uses to describe Miss Maudie once changed from her worker appearance to her more feminine appearance makes me think of how royal she would have looked and how the sudden change would appear to everyone else within the town who saw her. Miss Maudie takes pride in the appearance of her garden as well and it seems to me that because she has no children she treats her plants like children by devoting...
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...TABLE OF CONTENTS AFRICA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY i SOUTH SUDAN CONFLICT AND PEACE BUILDING STRATEGIES 4 Introduction 4 Causes of the conflict 5 Challenges to peace 5 Who should be held accountable for peace? 6 Measures to restore peace 7 Conclusion 10 REFERENCE 11 SOUTH SUDAN CONFLICT AND PEACE BUILDING STRATEGIES Introduction Daniel (2013) in his research on the state fallen apart, he states that, the first civil war, from 1955 to 1972, was between the Sudanese government and southern rebels who demanded greater autonomy for southern Sudan. The war ended with the 1972 Addis Ababa Agreement, which granted significant regional autonomy to southern Sudan on internal issues. After decades of brutal civil war that left two and a half million dead, the devastated and vastly underdeveloped southern part of Sudan secured independence in 2011. Since independence, South Sudan has been handicapped by the competing interests of powerful political actors and the factions and interests they represent. Annah (2013) states that in early July 2013, along with three other friends of South Sudan, Enough’s Founding Director wrote to South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir, warning that stated that, after almost nine years of self-rule, the government is still failing to meet the basic needs of its people. Despite claims that vast sums have been expended on investment in infrastructure, there is very little to show in the way of roads, medical services, and education for millions of South Sudanese...
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