...Seminar 4 Case Study The Exley Chemical Company Page 314 Problems Macro When looking at the macro level of problems within the company there are several that stick out right away. First, I would assume The Exley Chemical Company is struggling with the decrease in sales dollars and profit margins caused by the changes made in the last year. The company started out doing well but, “in the last year or so, both sales and profits have been disappointing (Brown, 2011, p. 314). When you compare the growth dollars over the years they grew at higher rates however the increase has recently declined greatly over the last year. The majority of this decline may come from the lack of coordination between the company’s departments in the operations. Secondly, the conflicts between the different departments appear to put unnecessary stress and workloads on members of each department. When these different departments came together we found, “problems began to develop in the period following the creation of the product development division” (Brown, 2011, p. 314). The structure of this company is inadequate and is putting responsibility on departments that are not designed to handle this type of work. Micro The micro levels of The Exley Chemical Company appear to suffer from a huge separation between the marketing and the product development departments within the company. Splitting up sections of the marketing between departments is never a good idea. For example, “the product...
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...coordination of all units in the company With the intention to meet the need of increasing production , the company 's executives formed the new product development division . The function of this new division overlaps with that of the research division and marketing department because the extent of functions they perform was not closely discussed and limited by the top-level management Implementation of separate division to handle product development has disrupted the previous cohesive interaction between prior existing divisions. New product development division has taken on a life of its own, opting to market its new developments instead of passing the new products to the other divisions to handle their usual responsibilities. I. The development division has taken over other division’s responsibilities without continuing to gather input and build a relationship with these divisions that already have the knowledge and specialized skills The separation and newly divided responsibilities for divisions created the disruption which previously was not occurring between prior existing divisions In spite of its independence of other teams with regard to product development and marketing, the new division still needs those other divisions for reports they generate. Customer service is being handled in a different manner than the established customers are accustomed to. This inconsistency and redundancy (having two sales people from the same company visiting the same customers)...
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...easily. It can be a great excuse to act in a denial. The Closed Area: this involves behaviors, thoughts and feelings known only to oneself and not to others. Can be a protective or evasive action to do not let the others know what the person can consider personal or destructive to the ego or self-image. To identify these behaviors, thoughts or feelings the person would need to release voluntarily. The Unknown Area: this are the behaviors and feeling that are inaccessible both to oneself and the others (unconscious staff). These behaviors or feelings can be revealing by the person in particular circumstances and moments. The interpersonal effectiveness is directly related to the amount of common shared communication between the company members and the congruence on this process. The Suandale Case (page 274) On this case we can observe the wrong communication process as well the poor leadership skills by the managers. Other significant aspect is the low commitment by the mangers to keep a good organizational climate. Also the interpersonal relationships between the members of this particular area wore affected by Johnson Public behavior and the passive response by the chain of management generated a stressful work environment and the desired to go away of this organization. Chapter 10 Q. # 1....
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...Assignment 1: Kodak and Fujifilm Denise A. Garrett-Cahill Dr. Valery Shumate BUS302 Management Concepts February 1, 2013 Abstract Kodak and Fujifilm shared the market of photographic films, digital cameras, supplying various products for the photography sector, and medical imaging equipment. Over time both companies had to come up with new and improved products that would keep the consumers wants and needs satisfied. Both companies had their very own style of management, which allowed them to advance with the innovation of new and improved technology. Kodak, until recently was the leader in the photographic and film market, with Fujifilm trailing by just a small margin. When it comes to ethics and social responsibility the companies are for the most part on the same level, but have some differences. Adapting to the changing market conditions affected each company’s management differently in many ways, and affected the growth and innovation process for both companies. After researching both companies the determination that all companies should be diversified in some way, in order to keep up in the changing market and economy, is crucial for growth and success. Since 1879 the world of photographic business has been growing and expanding across the world. Some of the most commonly heard photographic industry names include Kodak and Fujifilm. The founder of Kodak, George Eastman, went to England to try to get a patent on his plate-coating machine in order to make the...
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...M A G A Z I N E FA L L 2 0 0 2 Volume 20 Number 2 SPANNING THE GLOBE Duke Leads the Way in International Law Teaching and Scholarship inside plus Duke admits smaller, exceptionally well-qualified class Duke’s Global Capital Markets Center to launch new Directors’ Education Institute from the dean Dear Alumni and Friends, It is not possible, these days, for a top law school to be anything other than an international one. At Duke Law, we no longer think of “international” as a separate category. Virtually everything we do has some international dimension, whether it concerns international treaties and protocols, commercial transactions across national borders, international child custody disputes, criminal behavior that violates international human rights law, international sports competitions, global environmental regulation, international terrorism, or any number of other topics. And, of course, there is little that we do at Duke that does not involve scholars and students from other countries, who are entirely integrated with U.S. scholars and students. Students enrolled in our joint JD/LLM program in international and comparative law receive an in-depth education in both the public and private aspects of international and comparative law, enriched by the ubiquitous presence of foreign students; likewise, the foreign lawyers who enroll in our one-year LLM program in American law enroll in the same courses, attend the same conferences...
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...M A G A Z I N E FA L L 2 0 0 2 Volume 20 Number 2 SPANNING THE GLOBE Duke Leads the Way in International Law Teaching and Scholarship inside plus Duke admits smaller, exceptionally well-qualified class Duke’s Global Capital Markets Center to launch new Directors’ Education Institute from the dean Dear Alumni and Friends, It is not possible, these days, for a top law school to be anything other than an international one. At Duke Law, we no longer think of “international” as a separate category. Virtually everything we do has some international dimension, whether it concerns international treaties and protocols, commercial transactions across national borders, international child custody disputes, criminal behavior that violates international human rights law, international sports competitions, global environmental regulation, international terrorism, or any number of other topics. And, of course, there is little that we do at Duke that does not involve scholars and students from other countries, who are entirely integrated with U.S. scholars and students. Students enrolled in our joint JD/LLM program in international and comparative law receive an in-depth education in both the public and private aspects of international and comparative law, enriched by the ubiquitous presence of foreign students; likewise, the foreign lawyers who enroll in our one-year LLM program in American law enroll in the same courses, attend the same conferences...
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