...Case Analysis: The Rose Co. Due Date: July 27, 2014 Executive Summary The Rose Company is building a new plant to reduce cost, improve the quality of products, and maintain competitive leadership by gaining a slight production advantage. The main obstacles to be overcome are the commissioning of a new plant, new methods and process, and administrative reporting issues. As the newly hired General Plant Manager, I plan to resolve these issues by insisting that all plant communications flow through me, instituting training for plant personnel and setting operational expectations. Situation Analysis - The Jackson Plant an older, established unit in the Rose Co. has not operated satisfactorily for several years. The Board of Directors has recently approved the construction of a new plant with the expectation of achieving lower costs of processing and a reduction in man-power. The strategic goals of the Organization is to reduce cost, improved product quality, and maintain competitive leadership by gaining a slight production advantage by using new technologies, processes and new methods of production. The Organization has also decided to implement a new decentralized leadership structure. I have recently been appointed as general manager of the Jackson Plant. I will be responsible for the management and administration of all functions and personnel, except sales, at the new plant. I expect the strategy employed at the Jackson Plant will have significant...
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...1: What is the basis of Ecuador’s comparative advantage in the production of roses? Answers 1: Most of Ecuador's rose farms are located in Cayambe and Cotopaxi regions and are within an hours drive from Quito, the capital of Ecuador. The altitude is around 10,000 and the rose farms are at the foot of volcanoes that rise more than 20,000 feet. The rose fields benefit from fertile soil, high altitude, and the intense sunlight that lasts up to 12 hours each day. The location close to the equator makes an ideal growing condition and the roses thrive. They have vibrant color and large heads. They are prime roses and fetch a premium price. Because of the location and conditions, the roses flower year round. Because of these advantages, Columbia and Ecuador roses account for 90% of the roses sold in the United States last year. The revenues gained by taxes paid by rose growers have allowed the country to improve its infrastructure. Huge plastic covered structures have been built to protect the roses. Roads have been paved, schools built, and huge sophisticated irrigation systems have been developed and constructed. Airports and transportation has been developed so that a rose that is picked today in Ecuador can be in the United States tomorrow ready for delivery. The advantages that allow Ecuador to produce great and abundant roses are mainly made up of the agricultural/climate condition, along with location and workforce. Since the town of Cayambe is located 10...
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...Section: HBR CASE STUDY Rose Partyware's largest retail customer has decided to create a private-label line of party goods-and wants Rose to manufacture it. Should Rose put its efforts behind its own brand instead? TOM ROSE hated to go to a meeting with ice cream on his pants. But Rose Partyware's after-school party-a monthly gesture of goodwill to the local community and, not incidentally, a field trial for products the company was developing- had confirmed his suspicions that one of the new ice-cream bowls was just too shallow. The five-year-old who had demonstrated that fact had been sitting right next to him. So here he was getting ready to listen to a major presentation, with paper towels in his hands. "Go ahead, Cassie," Tom said to his marketing director. "It'll dry or harden--or something. Thankfully, it's my last meeting of the day!" He could tell that Cassie Martin was excited about the presentation she was going to make to the top management team. Tom had personally recruited her about a year ago to spearhead the biggest strategic initiative in Rose's history: the launch of a branded line of party ware. In fact, it was the first time a company in the party goods industry had contemplated a branding effort, at least in the 30 years Rose had been in business. Party Lines Rose manufactured a wide variety of paper goods- plates, bowls, cups, napkins, tablecloths, favors, crepe-paper streamers, and so forth- for birthday and holiday parties and other social...
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...CASE 4: The Ecuadorean Rose Industry 1. What is the basis of Ecuador’s comparative advantage in the production of roses? Ecuador’s comparative advantage in the production of roses is based firstly on its environmental conditions which provide ideal growing conditions for roses nearly all through the year (intense sunlight, fertile volcanic soil, equatorial location with high altitude). Secondly Ecuador profits from a relatively low wage level which allows companies to yield a higher return on the export of roses. Ecuador’s development over the last 20 years can be well explained with Ricardo’s theory of comparative advantages. Following Ricardo’s theory countries should specialize on the production of the goods they can produce most efficiently. Since the start of the rose industry 20 years ago it has been expanding quickly to be Ecuador fifth largest export and even the fourth largest producer of the world. This success is hence also dependent on low trade barriers as much as low to no import tariffs. 2. Most Ecuadorean roses are sold in the United States or Europe. Who in these countries benefits from the importation of Ecuadorean roses, and how do they benefit? Who loses? Do you think the benefits outweigh the costs? There are multiple agents who are effected of the importation of Ecuadorean roses. Firstly rich consumers of roses in Europe and the US profit from Ecuador importing roses. Ecuador’s roses appear to be especially nice offering a wide range of unusually...
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...They have high visibility and should be the model company in working to prevent human rights violations. The costs will be higher because there needs to be compliance officers stationed in each factory to oversee the working conditions and manage any problems. Question 2 The suppliers don’t want to lose Wal-Mart’s business so I can see where they would cut corners not to lose it, such as longer work hours, less pay, shorter breaks, no days off, etc. A majority of these factories are located in poor countries where the work ethic is not held to a high standard as it is in other more modernized countries. Question 3 In reading the article it seems that Wal-Mart is moving in the right direction as far as performing audits, but as you can see there are ways the companies can get around that. Having 40.3 percent of factories at “high-risk” is to me, unacceptable. Giving them 120 days to correct the violations is a good practice, but more unannounced audits should be performed and should be more frequent to make sure they are in constant and continuous compliance. Question 4 I feel that Wal-Mart should not be doing business in those countries. Those companies cannot be trusted to adhere to rules and regulations established by Wal-Mart. I feel in the long run it will end up costing Wal-Mart more money because of unethical behavior. They would need to spend enormous amounts of money to set up a system where these companies can be monitored and policed. That would mean...
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...Ethics Game Dilemma Mysterious Roses and Cold Feet March 12, 2013 Abstract Sexual Harassment and Falsifying data are an unethical practice that could happen in an organization. Leaders are required to take action. In the case of the Mysterious Roses and the case of the Cold Feet G BioSport find themselves resolving serious dilemmas. This discuss will address decision-making steps, ethical lenses used to make decisions, and ethical lenses that influence decisions. Ethical issues presented in the simulation The Mysterious Roses and the Case of the Cold feet were two simulation that present different issues with different solution. The Mysterious Roses dealt with a sexual harassment incident with Gayle Dornier a worker with G-BioSport. Gayle was receiving roses mysteriously, and she was clearly perplexed by the mysterious gesture. The suspect in question is Bill Witherspoon. The issue is that Gayle wants to speak about a confidential matter. Initially advising Gayle that the conversation will be confidential; however, if it consists of work related issue it may have to be reported. It was advised for her to prepare better, Gayle will need to read the handbook before the meeting. This leaves her with control of the situation and management’s role in clear view. The issue surrounding the Case of the Cold Feet is that someone in the company falsely reported study data in another division’s work. After a little internal investigation the reports Phillip Waters...
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...with managing the dilemmas of sexual harassment. The case called “The Mysterious Roses.” Rob Arnold, the Director of Sales, I must have the ability to make decision that can will affect the company’s image that I am employed by, also the individuals of the company. In the simulation they are several ethical decisions that are made through several repeatable models that can provide a desirable outcome of the dilemmas. The ethical lens uses different perspectives from each different dilemma. I am able to arrive at this by a range of perspectives with favored outcome providing an appropriate ethical position for the appropriate situation. In the first dilemma I have learned that one of the employee’s Bill Witherspoons actions is perceived as sexual harassment toward another employee of the company, Gail Domier, roses are left at the employees desk with no notes stating who they are from. Mr. Witherspoon has approached you informally explaining to you what has been going on (The Mysterious Roses and Cold Feet, 2002-2007). Now Ms. Domier has requested a confidential meeting with Mr. Arnold the dilemma that the supervisor needs to concentrate on is he can maintain a level of confidentiality of Ms. Domier meeting and how to resolve it without exposing any of the participants’ involved. I also advised Gayle that I would be able to keep the meeting confidential between us but advised to review the company handbook before the meeting. The major issues that need avoiding are a possible...
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...CRITICAL DISCUSSION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 课后练习参考答案 1. Describe the shifts in the world economy over the last 30 years. What are the implications of these shifts for international businesses based in Great Britain? North America? Hong Kong? Answer: The world economy has shifted dramatically over the past 30 years. As late as the 1960s, four stylized facts described the demographics of the global economy. The first was U.S. dominance in the world economy and world trade. The second was U.S. dominance in the world foreign direct investment picture. Related to this, the third fact was the dominance of large, multinational U.S. firms in the international business scene. The fourth was that roughly half of the globe - the centrally planned economies of the Communist world - was off-limits to Western international businesses. All of these demographic facts have changed. Although the U.S. remains the world's dominant economic power, its share of world output and world exports have declined significantly since the 1960s. This trend does not reflect trouble in the U.S. economy, but rather reflects the growing industrialization of developing countries such as China, India, Indonesia, and South Korea. This trend is also reflected in the world foreign direct investment picture. As depicted in Figure 1.2 in the textbook, the share of world output (or the stock of foreign direct investment) generated by developing countries has been on a steady increase since the 1960s, while...
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... April 4, 2014 The case between passenger Rose Alder v. Ontario Cruises Inc. and employee Wallis Boatswain can be explained by more then three ways. Passenger Rose Alder suffered head trauma and recovering from serious injuries because an employee of the provincial government was distracted from his duty. Rose alder then decided to sue the company Ontario Cruises Inc. and the employee involved, which was Wallis Boatswain. Ontario Cruises Inc. can be held liable, the government of Ontario can be held liable and Wallis Boatswain can also be held liable for the accident. There are certain steps and things missing that make this case complicated because of certain mistakes and steps that were taken to lead a lawsuit. Ontario Cruises Inc. offers cruises around Lake Ontario at 50 dollars a ticket, which entitles the customer to 3 hours of an enjoyable cruise. At the time of ticket purchase, the customer must sign a “Waiver of Liability”. The waiver states, “The passenger accepts all physical and legal risks of loss or injury. Neither Ontario Cruises Inc. nor its employees shall be held responsible or liable for any loss or injury suffered by any passenger that is caused by the negligence of Ontario Cruises Inc. or its employees.” Since the accident happened on the pier and not actually on the cruise ship the companies “Waiver of Liability” is not relevant. Therefor the company of Ontario Cruises Inc. cannot be sued and would be protected if anything...
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...A Primer on Sarbanes-Oxley The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was declared a law in 2002 (Orin, 2008). The primary purpose of this new law was to convey meaning to restoring faith in corporate America’s financial endeavors (Orin, 2008). The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was meant to aid and protect investors, who suffered extreme losses because of corporations having poor financial performances, which was the case before the law was enacted (Orin, 2008). Distinctively, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was meant to concentrate on accounting fraudulence by holding corporations accountable for disclosing accurate and reliable financial records. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was also meant to ensure corporate executive leadership acted ethically throughout daily business (Orin, 2008). Assess the Effectiveness of SOX Legislations Key Ethical Components of the SOX To efficiently and effectively implement the Sarbanes-Oxley Act corporations need to broaden their views and focus on the greater purpose of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Beasley and Hermanson (2009) believe to accomplish this corporate leadership need to focus on the following: • Value the purpose of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. • Comprehend the effect of fraudulence behavior. • Concentrate on ethical attitudes pertaining to rationalizing fraudulence behavior. • Making the Sarbanes Oxley Act the foundation to compliance to improve governance and control. • Investigate and implement enterprise risk management (para 5). Value...
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...Termination right to perform Step 1: Identify the legal issue Step 2: Identify the principle of law The right to terminate performance on grounds of breach of contract is a remedy that originated in the common law courts. It consists of rejecting a defaulting party’s flawed performance and/or putting a stop to further performance of the contract. Termination right to perform consists of: -Termination of performance is only available as a remedy for relatively serious breaches of contract or another word is breach of condition. Associated Newspaper Ltd Bancks (1951). It also available for a breach of nominated (intermediate) term, if the breach substantially deprives the plaintiff of an intended benefit of the contract. Koompahtoo Local Aboriginal Land Concil v Sanpine [2007]. - Non-performance or Partial performance of one or more conditions in the contract, or if partial performance give rise to a sufficiently serious breach of innominate term, the non-defaulting party may reject that performance and put a stop to any further performance. Varley v Whipp [1900]. -Hidden defect in goods or services supplied to amount or serious breach of an innomiate term, the non-defaulting party will be entitled to reject what was supplied and put a stop to further performance. Finch Motors Ltd v Quin (No 2) [1980]. -An anticipatory breach of an entire contract, or of a condition in a contract or a repudiation of an innominate term, which would...
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...Maturingan * Rose Ann B. Lee * Jonathan B. Salvacion * Judy Lee B. Valderas * Johne Nicoe B. de Jesus Prepared on: PAYROLL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Project Proposal To:Pierre Curran Marketing Incorporated From: Kristine Dianne K. Maturingan, Rose Ann B. Lee, Jonathan B. Salvacion, Judy Lee B. Valderas, and Johne Nicoe B. De Jesus RLKJJ Premium Software Providers Prepared on: PROJECT PROPOSAL INTRODUCTION Today, computer technology is at a very fast phase. Many business sectors are becoming more and more competitive by trying to make them exposed to such by upgrading their own computer systems. The use of software has become a very important aspect for a company. It changed, though not totally, the manual ways of managing their company data. It made a huge impact, especially in a company’s accounting department. The use of software has made accurate computations on the monthly payroll. It offered an easy way of putting input in the database by having all the data needed like the employees’ names, working hours, and wages. It is easy to use, effective, and efficient in organizing and computing the company’s payroll. The proposed Payroll Management System aims to be of a great help to a company’s management. PROBLEM The factors that the researchers considered before the application of the payroll system were the availability of the material, the ability and skill of the developers, and the company where the system will...
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...10 Ambitious had earnings per share (EPS) of $ 2.50. In year 11 the EPS drastically dropped to $ 0.72. This was because the net profit that year was only $ 7,202. Since 10.000 shares were emitted, the price per share was $ 0.72. It appeared that supply was higher than demand. This was reflected in our price against that of our competitors. Ambitious was left with unsold stock and that was not good for the net profit. In year 12, the share subsequently rose to $ 3.94. Compared with the previous year, the net profit rose from $ 7,202 to $ 39,400. This was partly because Ambitious had limited stocks over year 11 and consequently sold more shoes. In year 13, for the first time, the company started selling in the private label market and shares increased to $ 4.65. Also on the Wholesale and Internet market everything sold and Ambition even sold a part of their old stock. The EPS could have been higher, but the company invested a small part in additional capacity. In year 14 the growth of earnings per share rose to $ 5.40. In this year Ambitious has celebrity appeal for the first time and has invested in a new plant in Latin-America. The expectation was that the earnings per share would decrease in year 15. This has happened. The share has dropped to $ 4.87 because Ambitious made use of the extra capacity and wanted to sell as much as possible and did not cut back on marketing expenses. Prices are lower this year because Ambitious wanted to sell all its stock...
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...international business illustrates the unique challenges of international business. A review of macro-economic and political changes that have taken place in the last 30 years highlights the issues that a typical manager must address in a global market. Information technology and technological changes have put global markets within the reach of small firms in remote locations. In spite of all its benefits, globalization is not a panacea. Critics of globalization point out that it has adverse effects on some firms and individuals. The opening case chronicles the meteoric rise of Wal-Mart from its humble Arkansas beginnings in 1962 to a global retailing giant with $218 billion in sales in 2002. The closing case, Ecuadorian Valentine Roses, follows a rose from Ecuador to New York while describing the hazardous working conditions in Ecuador and the growing backlash among European consumer groups. ________________________________________ WebeSource http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Southwest/01/08/levi.s.closing.ap/...
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...http://www.studymode.com/essays/Perfume-Out-Of-Rose-Petals-1856978.html The smell of a rose is timeless and romantic, and is a very popular scent used in perfumes. Without breaking the bank, you can make a very simple and personal rose petal perfume right in your own kitchen. An excellent way to use the blooms from your own garden, homemade rose petal perfume is an easy project that would make a delightful gift--if you can bear parting with it once it's done! Other People Are Reading * How to Make Attar Perfume From Flowers * How to Make Perfume Without Alcohol Things You'll Need * 6 cups of rose petals, stamens removed * Large pot * Distilled water * Cheesecloth * Funnel * Bowl * Vodka * Rose essential oil * Glycerin * Eyedropper * Perfume bottle Instructions 1. * 1 Bring a large pot of water to boil on the stove. Add the 6 cups of rose petals to the water and reduce the heat to simmer. Simmer the rose petals for 2 hours. * 2 Remove the rose petals from the heat and strain the liquid. Pour the mixture through a funnel slowly onto a cheesecloth placed over a large bowl. Twist the cheesecloth and wring out all of the liquid from the cooked rose petal pulp. Allow the rose water to cool to room temperature. * Sponsored Links * The Aromatherapy Company Essential Oils, Aromatherapy Course Organic Spa and retail products thearomatherapycompany.co.uk * 3 Measure out 2 cups of the cooled...
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