...MGT/521 Management Johnson Controls Business Analysis Johnson Controls is a global organization that has survived numerous historical events over their 125 years in business. Not many organizations can say this, but Johnson Controls has three separate business units that through strategic planning and excellent customer communications continue to prosper despite present-day challenges. This paper will review the history of Johnson Controls including the founder’s values and call for innovative ideas, as a mutual fund manager review a SWOT analysis, and review Johnson Controls internal and external stakeholders and what is at stake for each identified group. History of Johnson Controls Johnson Controls today consists of three separate business units: automotive experience, building efficiency, and power solutions. Based out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Johnson Controls employs 162,000 worldwide with 2,500 employees at the corporate site, and 1,300 locations around the globe. The company’s founder, Warren Johnson successfully invented and patented in 1883 the first electric thermostat. His reason for such an inventory was to respond to the growing desire or need to regulate the environment of the individual room and reduce the cost of fuel in a more efficient way to save money to homeowners and businesses alike. In 1885 Johnson Electric Service Company officially went into business. With the success of the thermostat, Warren Johnson continued to develop his ideas...
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...up the paper, a look at how these issues are relevant to organizational and personal decisions along with the relationship between legal and ethical issues as shown in film (UOP, 2013). Film: Greyston Bakery The Greyston Bakery located in Yonkers New York is known for their gourmet sweets that populate restaurants to the White House but this organization started a social experiment over two decades ago (CBS News, 2010). Julius Walls Jr., President and CEO of Greyston Bakery, states “there is more substance to the organization besides the famous brownie recipe” (Liberty Mutual, 2010). The organization conducts business with the use of a balance between a double bottom-line model. The use of this model allows Greyston Bakery profits to support Greyston Foundation, an organization with ethical principles that supports a mission of social enterprise while making a profit (Liberty Mutual, 2010). The bakery implemented a social mission to give back and provide support to the community. Important Issues of Film The Greyston Bakery has obtained notoriety through intentional efforts to communicate good ethics. Transmitting moral information is vital for an organization to have a strong,...
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...Mutual Fund Industries Introduction A mutual fund is financial intermediary that allows investors to pool their money in accordance with predetermined investment objective. The fund manager is responsible for investing the gathered money into bonds, stocks, short-term money market instruments and/or other securities. Thus Mutual fund issues units to the investors and they become a shareholder or unit holder of the fund. The main advantage to mutual funds is that Investment in securities are diversified which minimizing risk & maximizing returns. In mutual funds profits or losses are shared by the investors in proportion to their investments. | | | | Regulatory Aspects Regulations for mutual funds were passed in 1993 by Securities and exchange Board of India (SEBI) Act. Any person proposing to set up mutual fund industry is required to be registered with SEBI. The role of SEBI is to regulate the securities market and to protect the interest of investors. SEBI has defined rules related to their credit evaluation policy, formation and administration of mutual funds and also guidelines for calculation of Net Asset Value, disclosure requirements, accounting norms for greater transparency. Current market scenario * First time in past four quarters Mutual Fund industry in India has recorded growth of 4% in quarterly average assets under management. * The rate of saving is 23 % in India. * Foreign based asset management companies are entering in...
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...Mutual Fund Industries Introduction A mutual fund is financial intermediary that allows investors to pool their money in accordance with predetermined investment objective. The fund manager is responsible for investing the gathered money into bonds, stocks, short-term money market instruments and/or other securities. Thus Mutual fund issues units to the investors and they become a shareholder or unit holder of the fund. The main advantage to mutual funds is that Investment in securities are diversified which minimizing risk & maximizing returns. In mutual funds profits or losses are shared by the investors in proportion to their investments. Regulatory Aspects Regulations for mutual funds were passed in 1993 by Securities and exchange Board of India (SEBI) Act. Any person proposing to set up mutual fund industry is required to be registered with SEBI. The role of SEBI is to regulate the securities market and to protect the interest of investors. SEBI has defined rules related to their credit evaluation policy, formation and administration of mutual funds and also guidelines for calculation of Net Asset Value, disclosure requirements, accounting norms for greater transparency. Current market scenario • First time in past four quarters Mutual Fund industry in India has recorded growth of 4% in quarterly average assets under management. • The rate of saving is 23 % in India. • Foreign based asset management companies are entering in the Indian markets...
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...drain of developing countries towards developed countries, human trafficking, the global communication traffic has progressively extended. In that situation, living in an unfamiliar social environment demands other considerable matters, adaptable behaviour and attitude, heavily depending on cultural intelligence. Development of Cultural Intelligence is relying on the following resources, accompanied with practising and training. (1) For head/ cognitive communication, immediate recognition of dos’ and don’ts of different cultures, including one’s own culture, as well as belief, traditional behaviour, taboo established on them. (2) For body / physical communication, appreciation and acknowledgement on working colleagues and guests with different religious backgrounds and races, as well as foreign countries where one’s businesses are based and operated. Understanding others’ cultures and accepting them willingly after removing and cutting improper ethical limits, promoting communications through significant definition of physical behaviours reflecting the readiness to enter into their social environment. (3) For heart/emotional/motivational communication, mutual understanding and sympathy should be exercised on operational, social and ethical barriers located in new cultural environment to overcome them, reflecting own efficacy to locals and achieving acknowledgement of the people with different cultural backgrounds. Every human being belongs to unique behaviour that...
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...| Marketing the Vanguard Group | Marketing 532 | | Karen Garcia | 11/29/2011 | | Executive Summary Vanguard group is a Mutual Funds sales company who specializes in offering low cost and long-term investments. Sixty percent of their assets are held by retail consumers, and the remaining forty percent is held by institutions through corporate retirement plans. In 2003, although Vanguard had one of the lowest operating costs in the industry as a percent of average net assets, the firm also experienced a significant amount of churn, or customer loss. To address strategic issues such as maintaining a low cost structure, customer churn, and profitability across target markets. The firm implemented a reorganization plan which measured quantitative as well as qualitative aspects in their operations. Metric system tools were put in place to measure how the firm operated in the different business segments they serviced. A special emphasis was placed in how marketing efforts should be concentrated to increase growth, how value propositions could be improved, and how costs could be minimized without sacrificing service and product qualities. Service Description Vanguard group provided low-cost long-term mutual fund investments to consumers. Although the two major business categories were retail clients and institutional private retirement funds. Within the two major categories Vanguard had three consumer groups: Core clients who held up to $250,000 in assets, Voyager...
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...The Role of Financial Institutions in Financial Markets Paper In the contemporary business environment, there is cut-throat competition between companies for achieving excellence and long-term profitability. Most of these companies are dependent on various financial institutions for fund management. The given paper is a descriptive analysis of the role of financial institutions in financial markets. In addition to this, the paper also talks about how these institutions interact with each other. Financial market is a system that provides a common platform to people for the purpose of buying and selling financial securities, commodities, and other fungible items. In addition to that, the financial market also helps in risk mitigation and international trade. An efficient financial market facilitates these transactions at low cost and effective hypothesis (Amadeo, 2010). Financial markets can be grouped as: * Capital market, Stock and Bond markets. * Commodity markets. * Money markets, for short and long term financing. * Derivative markets, provides tool for managing financial risks. * Insurance markets; and * Foreign exchange markets. On the other side of things, financial institutions in simple words can be defined as an institution that provides various financial services to its customers. These institutions act as financial intermediaries between individual customers, organizations, and government (InvestorWords.com, 2010). Financial intuitions...
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...United Continental Holdings, Inc. Business Analysis Melissa Alamilla MGT 521 May 16, 2012 J. Merryman United Continental Holdings, Inc. Business Analysis The airline industry has had a few disappointments at the market with the economy fluctuations. Since September the 11th, the airlines are struggling to recover from all the destruction that the terrorist did to the airline industry. Customer’s confidence, high fuel prices, environmental problems, and customer service issues are just a few things that have affected the airlines popularity in the public’s eye. With all that said, how would a mutual fund investor feel about investing in an airline? The mutual funds manager is looking at United Continental Holdings, Inc. as a future investment. The mutual funds investor will being with a complete business analysis of the airline. He will investigate how well the airline is doing. He will look at their annual business reports (balance sheet, statement of cash flow, and income statement); complete a SWOT analysis showing the strengths, weakness, opportunities, and threats, global strategies and their technological advantages. After completion of those items, he will check how well the airlines operational processes and procedures are, the airline practices, and how the airlines product and services compare to their competitors. The mutual funds manager will need some background information on United Continental Holdings, Inc. In 2010, an historic merger...
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...Philippines II. Vision, Mission and Objectives Vision To be the No.1 AUTOMOTIVE COMPANY where GREAT PEOPLE work as a TEAM to provide the BEST products and service to our CUSTOMERS. Mission Driven by the will to serve, we hereby commit ourselves: To dominate our markets through dynamic selling and timely delivery of attractive products, with excellent customer service and continuous product improvement. To produce vehicles and components of outstanding quality, using advanced technology, continuously improving methods and environment-friendly processes while maintaining safe working conditions. To sustain Company profitability, stability, productivity and growth by efficiently engaging in effective financial and resource management for the collective gain of the Toyota Family and the society we serve. To sustain Team Members’ morale and productivity by developing their full potential and total well-being, and by establishing mutual trust, mutual responsibility, and harmony through open communication. Objectives Our commitment to provide you the best after-sales experience extends long after vehicle purchase, At Toyota, we guarantee high quality service at all times. Our team of highly- skilled technicians have undergone hours of training and have met Toyota’s global skills standards. Backed with the latest equipment in vehicle diagnosing, maintenance and repair, your Toyota will run as new years to come. III. Place of the Company Toyota Special Economic Zone, Santa...
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...Chapter 23 1. Mutual funds are attractive to small investors because they are able to diversify their portfolio for a minimum investment of $250 to $2,500 (p. 609). The investors must rely on the fund’s portfolio manager to make the investment decisions though. Mutual funds generate returns in three ways: through dividend payments to shareholders, distribute capital gains resulting from the sale of securities within the fund, and through mutual fund share price appreciation (p. 611). 2. Open-end mutual funds differ in the fact that they are open to investors which means they will sell shares to investors at any time (p. 609). They also allow investors to sell the shares back to the fund at any time which closed-end cannot (p. 609). 3. Load funds are promoted by registered representatives of brokerage firm, who earn a sales charge upon the investments in the fund between 3 and 8.5 percent (p. 615). No-load funds are promoted strictly by the mutual fund of concern, thereby avoiding an intermediary (p.615). 6. The ideal mutual fund for investors who wish to generate tax-free income and a low degree of risk would be a short-term municipal bond fund (p.620). 9. If the mutual fund distributes at least 90 percent of its income to its shareholders, the fund itself is exempt from federal taxation (p.625). 11. Money market funds differ from other types of mutual funds based on the composition, maturity, and risk of their assets (p. 625). The most common money market funds are commercial...
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... Information Management Chapter 03 Part 01 5– 5- 2015 Information Systems and Business Strategy ©2006 Prentice Hall Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) By the end of this chapter, the students will be able to: • Explain the relationship between organizations, management, information systems, and business strategy. • Know the features of organizations that should be understood before designing and operating information systems. • Determine the role of management in organizations and see where information systems have an impact. • Finally, examining the problems that firms face from competition and the ways in which information systems can provide competitive advantage. ©2006 Prentice Hall Organizations and Information Systems • The interaction between information systems and organizations is mutual. Designing IS in any organization is influenced by many mediating factors such as the organization’s structure, business process, Policies, culture, environment, and management decisions. • Definitely, You will not be able to design new Information systems successfully without understanding your own business organization. The relationship between organizations and Information Systems What is an Organization? • An organization is a stable legal entity with internal rules and procedures that takes resources (Inputs) from the environment and processes them to produce outputs. • This definition focuses on three elements...
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...ASSY 4311: ASSESSMENT III - Business Policy and Strategy FALL - 2013 Section Instructor(s): Dr. Blaine T. Garfolo Final Exam Review 1. What are cooperative strategies? Cooperative strategies are used to gain competitive advantage by joining with one or two competitors against other competitors of the industry. The two general types of cooperative strategies are collusion and strategic alliance business. They include: Collusion- the active cooperation of firms within an industry to reduce output and raise prices to avoid economic law of supply and demand Strategic Alliances- a long-term cooperative arrangement between two or more independent firms or business units that engage in business activities for mutual economic gain Used to: - Obtain or learn new capabilities - Obtain access to specific markets - Reduce financial risk - Reduce political risk 2. What are the types of alliances that business can engage in? * Joint Venture Strategic alliance in which two or more firms create a legally independent company to share some of their resources and capabilities to develop a competitive advantage. ...
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...securities. Investors in Kaplan are yet to start making withdrawals from the fund but are due to begin in June 2012. This report looks at current issues in the investment environment in the UK, Europe, and the rest of the world which have an impact on Kaplan’s operations. It also examines strategic asset allocation and investment strategies that Kaplan should employ to achieve its goals. In addition, the report recommends areas in which the fund’s management should actively manage investments and those areas in which passive management would be the better option. Overview of the Investment Environment In recent years, the global fund sector has continued to register robust growth in many countries with developed financial markets. Collective investment schemes are becoming the most preferred investment vehicles for investors because of their obvious advantages including diversification, professional management of investments, liquidity and investment advice for investors and superior returns (Roll, 2008). Indeed, as by the end of 2011, the global investment fund industry was worth US $11.7 trillion which translates to 17 percent of primary securities holdings around the world. However, recent events in international financial markets and the prevailing global economic conditions have made the investment environment increasingly uncertain and more difficult to predict for fund investors. Since most investors are risk averse, this situation has impacted negatively on the flow of...
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...Q5) International Monetary Fund (IMF) role is to stabilize the international exchange rates and promote liberal economic policies. IMF will also provide short-term loan to assist members to overcome short-term imbalance of payment problems. On the other hand, World Bank offers loans to members to finance productive investments as well as assisting developing countries in its economy so as to reduce poverty within the country. Singapore joins both IMF and World Bank under the Bretton Woods Agreements Acts in 1966, 3 August. Before we join to become IMF as a member, during the Singapore-Malaya separation, we had sought for their technical assistance and to act as a broker in the negotiation with Malaysia for a common currency and banking system. In order to so, IMF first conducted a preliminary study to identify the concerns of Singapore and Malaysia regarding the common currency issue. IMF then acts as a broker in the final round of negotiations between 10 June 1966 and 5 July 1966. Before joining World Bank as a member, Singapore had sought for 2 loans where the first loan of US$15 million was used for the construction of the first phase of the Pasir Panjang ‘B’ Power Station and the second loan of US$6.8 million was used to construct Johor River Water Project. As a pre-requisite for the loan, the World Bank then requested our government to set up statutory authority (Public Utilities Board [PUB]) to manage the utilization and repayment of the loan. The advantages...
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...Portfolio Composition Portfolio Composition These days there are all kinds of investments. There are equities, options, bonds, and many others that can go into a selection for any kind of investment vehicle be it an index like the Dow 30, or a mutual fund like MYHAX from Mainstay. What makes things more complicated is when people need to contend with not only the selection process, but also issues with regulation and what the parent company would like to see. Classifications coupled with the current investment environment can make for a very complicated investment selection process. This paper will go into detail about some of how that process can affect organizational decisions concerning portfolio composition. It will choose a Dow 30 organization and the mutual fund, MYHAX from Mainstay as examples. The kinds of assets a mutual fund will buy are first brought about by a prospectus. This is a document that states all of the things the mutual fund managers can do when they get investors funds. They are bound by this document to invest the way it says they will. For the most part, the assets they are going to buy are somewhat laid out in this document. For a mutual fund like MYHAX, they are buying discounted bonds, or what some might refer to as junk bonds. The manager is MacKay Shields LLC, in fact, they are so good at what they do that same management was hired by First Trust portfolios to manage FSD, an ETF. They pick asset classes as it says on the prospectus. They...
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