...ase Study: Spanning the Globe Problem Identification: Tex-Mark, a company that was started in the late 1970’s, is a manufacturer of printer and optical scanner in the United States and across the globe. Tex Mark has expanded their operations to be split between their HQ office in San Antonio, TX and moved product development, sales and distribution to other parts of the globe. It has operations in countries such as Australia, Brazil France, India Israel and Hong Kong. The company takes employees: expatriates, and places them within those countries to run their engineering operations abroad. Tex Mark has developed a training program for these expatriates before their decent into international territory to ensure that they are comfortable managing human resources and implementing various programs, cross culturally, this program has failed (Allen D Engle Sr, 2004). As a spin off from Dell Computer Company, Tex Mark wasn’t the only one having an issue that day; Eric Christopher was not having the best morning either. Sitting in traffic contemplating the day’s tasks along with trying to resolve the issue of. In the beginning of the case study, Eric is stuck in traffic and because of this his whole day is thrown off track. Rescheduling meetings and pushing back conference calls was the first feat in Eric’s day. Along with the present day of stress, to accompany his outstanding career thus far, Eric has taken on the burden of school as well. Trying to further his education...
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...team will be responsible for supporting the combined company’s expanded brands, generics, OTC and biologics businesses with world class quality, industry-leading customer service levels and a cost-competitive operating structure. With nearly 12,000 employees operating in approximately 40 facilities spanning 20 countries, the global operations team will be one of the largest functional teams within the combined company. The operations network will have the capability to manufacture nearly every dosage form, immediate & modified release solid dosage (including hormones) semi-solids, transdermals, gels, liquids ophthalmics, biologics, injectables and medical devices. The combined network will also have state-of-the-art distribution capability. I am pleased to announce the proposed leadership structure for our combined Global Operations and Global Procurement teams, which would become effective upon the close of the transaction. Global Operations The proposed global operations leadership team builds on the exceptional foundation of Actavis’ operations management team and adds unique specialty manufacturing expertise and leadership from Allergan. Led by Wayne Swanton, SVP Global Operations, the proposed leadership team will be responsible for supporting the combined company’s expanded brands, generics, OTC and biologics businesses with world class quality, industry-leading...
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...Australia is renowned as among the most beautiful countries in the world, with the contrast of bustling coral reefs teeming with wildlife and endless expanses of desert making it seem a world away from the shores of home. If you are keen to discover this outstanding beauty for yourself, here are some sights you won't want to miss through your camera lens. The Pinnacles Renowned as one of the very best limestone formations found anywhere in the world, the Pinnacles are located inside the Hamburg National Park and while they remained largely unknown to most Australians until the 1960s, today they receive over 250,000 visitors every year. A strange yet captivating location, there are thousands of pointy rocks and some measure more than a few...
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...World War One saw the beginning of a new era in warfare. It put an end to static war and created mobile warfare. It also was the beginning of the concept of total war as battles began to be fought in civilian areas and an entire nation’s economy had to be dedicated to winning the war. World War one turned into a bloody stalemate because of trench warfare and the large amounts of soldiers needed to break the defence ratio but in an attempt to break the stalemate the many nations fighting invented various technologies such as the tank, flamethrower, and poisonous gasses to bring about a faster end to the Great War. Trench warfare was used during this time period to be able to protect soldiers from enemy artillery and machinegun fire. This resorted in static defences spanning the entire French-German border. Because of the trenches spanning such great distances there was no room for flanking maneuvers to be made against the opposing army. This left only the possibility of a frontal point attack to try to break the trench line. Soldiers had to run from their trench to the opposing trench across an open field known as no-man’s land while also being fired upon by machine guns, artillery, and gas weapons. Due to there being little to no cover in no-man’s land many soldiers would be gunned down by the thousands in a feeble attempt to break the enemy defence. With casualties mounting the British navy began to develop a new concept as to how to protect soldiers as they cross no-man’s...
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...its commitment of delivering innovative business solutions and a superior brand experience to all its large & small enterprises, government and carrier customers across the globe. airtel business aims at unleashing the human potential of any business by providing enhanced empowerment to the employees through its wide array of products and solutions – creating more smiles per cubicle. Announcing this, Sanjay Kapoor – CEO, India & South Asia, Bharti Airtel said, “airtel business has always been a key element in the overall growth strategy of Bharti Airtel. We own a state of the art national and international long distance network infrastructure enabling us to provide connectivity services both within India and connecting India to the world. We have moved from offering just Core carriage to Managed & Cloud services in order to create value for our customers. The new identity for B2B encapsulates this ethos and gives us an opportunity to present a single, powerful & unified face to our customers, across the globe." airtel business offers a wide portfolio of services that cater to the needs of businesses across vertical including M&D, IT, ITES, Government, FMCG, BFSI and Media . airtel business offers network infrastructure,...
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...Megaregions: The Importance of Place (HBR : March 2008) by Richard Florida Nations have long been considered the fundamental economic units of the world, but that distinction no longer holds true. Today, the natural units – and engines – of the global economy are megaregions, cities and suburbs in powerful conurbations, at times spanning national borders, forming vast swaths of trade, transport, innovation, and talent. The world economy is organized around a few dozen megaregions – areas like the Boston-New York-Washington corridor, or the Shanghai-Nanjing-Hangzhou triangle, or the span stretching from London through Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool, and into Birmingham – which account for the bulk of the globe’s economic activity and innovation. There is no single, comprehensive source for gauging the economic production of the world’s megaregions, but a rough proxy is available. Tim Gulden, a researcher at the University of Maryland’s Center for International and Security Studies, used satellite images of the world at night to identify contiguous lighted regions. (Nighttime illumination indicates energy consumption, which corresponds to economic activity.) He then calibrated the light data against existing estimates of national and regional economic output and was able to derive dollar estimates of annual economic productivity (the total value of goods and services produced) for every mega-region. I call this measure the light-based regional product, or LRP. Gulden argues that a...
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...Topic: Minimum Spanning Trees of Graph theory and its real life application into the tourism Industry. Abstract: My research question for this extended essay is: Minimum Spanning Trees of Graph theory and its real life application into the tourism Industry. The purpose of this research report is to show how some simple mathematical concepts can also be used as a tool for big scale applications. My extended essay opens up with an introduction on why this topic was chosen and my personal approach. Following the introduction, the next section gives background information about Graph Theory and narrowing down to the concepts of Trees. The research was then narrowed into the theory of Minimum Spanning Trees. 2 crucial algorithms for finding the Minimum Spanning Tree of a network, namely Kruskal’s Algorithm and Prim’s Algorithm were used. These algorithms are used to solve for the shortest path that visits each point at least once or a path of minimum cost, in a given set of vertices and edges. The application of these algorithms into the tourism industry of Singapore involved two different sets of networks, with vertices representing the different attractions. Each network contains 5 different attractions. Following which, raw data such as the distances between each and every attraction were collected before plotting the network. Both algorithms were then compared and contrasted in terms of their effectiveness and identify which is more preferable to be used, in terms of providing...
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...Britain's foreign policy within Europe during the late 19th century, a policy characterised by a reluctance to enter into permanent alliances with other great powers, but rather to concentrate on their colonies. The Franco-Prussian War, 1870 - spanning from July 1870 until May 1871, the Franco-Prussian War was fought between the French and the Germans, resulting in a comprehensive German victory. The primary cause of the war was Otto von Bismarck, Prussian Chancellor, and his desire to create a unified Germany. Unification of Germany - officially occurring on the 18th January 1871, this unification was a direct result of the Franco-Prussian War, although many believed this organisation of German-speaking populations into one nation was inevitable. Nevertheless, this rose tensions for political, religious and cultural reasons, meaning true unification wasn't complete for years. Austria-Hungary - in the Balkans, the growth of Slavic nationalist groups threatened the stability of the already-fragile Austro-Hungarian empire. These groups sought to gain independence from the political domination of this empire. Unification of Italy - this involved the consolidation of states of the Italian peninsula into one state, spanning a large proportion of the 19th century. Many see the completion of this process as 1871, when Rome was made the capital city of this unified state. This was due to a growing national identity and the sight of nearby countries also unifying. The...
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...NETWORKING Networking Paul F. Scheelk NTC/360 Network and Telecommunications Concepts Instructor: Anthony Bruno University of Phoenix 1. What is the range of usable IP addresses for the following IP subnet? What is the broadcast address for the subnet? 10.150.100.96/27 The range of usable IP addresses is 10.150.100.97 – 10.150.100.126. The first and last addresses are not usable and cannot be assigned to hosts as one is used as the broadcast address, 10.150.100.127 and 10.150.100.96 is the address for the sub network. When initially determining the usable addresses the /27 provides the information that the first 27 bits are network and the remaining 5 are host addresses. The subnet address would be 255.255.255.224. 2. Describe and explain the difference between circuit bandwidth and network throughput. Focus on networking. Communication networks using Ethernet or other protocols distinguish throughput as the average rate of successful packet delivery over a communication channel. The information is passed over a physical or logical link such as Cat5, 5A or 6 or media such as coax and fiber. It is also measured over a wireless network. It is usually measured in bits per second (bit/s or bps), and/or data packets per second or time slot. Throughput is the actual speed that the data is being transmitted. Bandwidth on the other hand is the maximum speed in which packets can be sent or received. Bandwidth is almost always a higher rate than throughput. 3. Research...
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...was the key event that got the gears of war turning in Europe. The combination of Austria’s ultimatum, Russia’s mobilization, and Germany’s “blank check” pulled many powerful alliances against each other resulting in the Great war spanning from 1914 to 1918. Austria’s ultimatum did little to settle tensions with Serbia after the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Three days after the ultimatum deadline was up on July 28, 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia which marked the beginning of WW1....
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...BUSM 4192 Introduction to Management Semester 1, 2014 Assessment Task 2 : Group Report Organisational Culture Prepared for: Prepared by: Han Qiyong Jimmy Jin Jin Afiq Kerox Alex 28/2/14 Table of contents: Executive Summary Current Approach to Corporate Culture * Managers * Class Ceiling * Asdasd * Asdad * Asdasd Key Topic Concepts of Corporate Culture in ANZ Bank * Ethical Culture * Asdasd * Asdasd * Asdasdad Conclusion Scholarly Articles Appendix References Executive Summary The aim of this report is to discover, analyse and offer suggestions on the current Corporate Culture of ANZ and the bank industry. Through the report we will uncover how Corporate Culture is formed and how it affects the managers and employees of the organisation. Key elements that might affect corporate culture will be discussed and analysed in detail. Introduction to Organisational Culture Organisational Culture is a set of guidelines designed by the management to educate new employees and keep old employees aligned with the organisation’s goals. Corporate Culture is usually determined by the top management and briefed to the employees by the managers. The managers in turn need to become role models by practicing in theory and action the organizational values. The commitment in senior management to the culture is of utmost importance with rewards given out to employees who reinforce the organization’s values. However, Organizational...
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...UPS Case Study Considerations of Macro Environment Market Demographics: The target market is everyone in the world who needs to ship an item. Christmas time is a particularly busy time for shipping items across the world, whereas people need a company like UPS to do the delivering for them. Economic: Gasoline prices, along with rising energy prices are the major concern. Jet fuel prices are at $2.80/gallon! However, many people would rather have items shipped rather than spend money on gas to go and buy the item. Legal: International express services can be delayed by government policies and restrictions that can include anticompetitive practices of government-owned or authorized monopolies, licensing requirements, customs procedures, restrictions on access to aviation markets, restrictions on access to ground transportation systems, and restrictions on foreign investment. Socio-Culture: The economy is really bad right now, so many people don’t have extra money to make a lot of online purchases and businesses are not selling as much, therefore not needing to ship as much. Global: Worldwide packaging shipping volume is increasing as a result of global exchange, e-commerce, and changes in supply-chain management. Technological: The internet has expanded the reach of direct marketing. Industry Analysis: Dominate Characteristics: With globalization, shipping is now a major priority for businesses and many individuals, especially those that...
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...Zero Draft 2 Hidden Intellectualism In the article “Hidden Intellectualism” by Gerald Graff, the author explores the concept of intellectualism and argues that it is not confined to traditional academic subjects. Graff insists that intellectual potential often lies in areas of "street smarts" and popular culture, frequently overlooked by educators who prioritize more conventional academic disciplines. He challenges the traditional view by suggesting that schools should integrate these non-academic interests into their curriculum to engage students and draw out their intellectual abilities. Graff highlights that many students are opposed to academic work because they perceive it as irrelevant while deeply engaged in areas like sports, fashion,...
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...Blue Ocean Strategy Paper In today’s global economy, many companies are competing each and every day for the same customers. On the other hand, the elite companies are sailing in uncontested waters by being innovative and creative in obtaining profit and growth. Research spanning over 100 years in thirty industries was conducted, and the result was astonishing. The conclusion of the research was that companies need to stop competing head-on in existing industry space because they should make competition irrelevant. How do you make competition irrelevant? What product or service can fall in this innovative strategy? What is the alternative to this strategy and what are the pros and cons? First of all, how to make competition irrelevant? Blue Ocean created by W. Chan. Kim and Renee Mauborgn is Strategy based on 100 years long study of more than 150 strategic moves, spanning more than 30 industries. It pursues differential and low cost. Blue ocean strategy is based on the simultaneous pursuit of differentiation and low cost. It creates uncontested market space because it doesn’t aim at competing nor does it aim at outperforming the competition; rather it aims at making the competition irrelevant by reconstructing the industry standards and boundaries. Blue ocean strategy uses tools and framework to break away from the competition. By doing so, it creates new market space. Blue ocean strategy starts by assessing the current state of play in an industry to exploring the new market...
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...a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and the Jura, spanning an area of 41,285 km2 , The Swiss population of approximately 8 million people is concentrated mostly on the Plateau The Swiss Confederation has a long history of armed neutrality—it has not been in a state of war internationally since 1815—and did not join the United Nations until 2002. Switzerland comprises three main linguistic and cultural regions: German, French, and Italian. The strong sense of belonging to the country is founded on the common historical background, shared values (federalism and direct democracy) and Alpine symbolism II/ Switzerland Economy Switzerland is one of the richest countries in the world by per capita gross domestic product, and has the highest wealth per adult (financial and non-financial assets) of any country in the world. Zurich and Geneva have respectively been ranked as the cities with the second and eighth highest quality of life in the world It has the world's nineteenth largest economy by nominal GDP and the thirty-sixth largest by purchasing power parity. It is the twentieth largest exporter and eighteenth largest importer of goods. It is the twentieth largest exporter, despite its size. Switzerland has the highest European rating in the Index of Economic Freedom 2010, while also providing large coverage through public services The World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report currently ranks Switzerland's economy as the...
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