...Running head: XEROX Case Assignment Two- Xerox Charmella L. Tyler Dr. Valencia Westray-Miller Strategic Human Resource Management – HRM 530 October 29, 2011 Discuss how human resource professional can ensure that top organizational leaders encourage managers and employees to follow laws and guidelines. It is the human resource professional’s responsibility to ensure the fair treatment of all employees. Human capital is one the most significant assets held by organizations. Weatherly (2003) identifies an organization’s human capital as “the collective sum of the attributes, life experience, knowledge, inventiveness, energy and enthusiasm that its people choose to invest in their work.” Organizational leaders are responsible for locating and hiring human resource professionals that are knowledgeable about federal and state laws and guidelines that support will manage and influence organizational culture, promote employee safety and fairness, and adjust and facilitate change quickly and efficiently within the company. Organizational leaders hire human resource professionals to provide adequate up-to-date information about federal and state laws and guidelines to employees. Human resource professional are faced with the tasks of developing and enforcing clear policies against employee discrimination, and keeping employees familiar with their rights and laws. Human resource professionals must abide by specific guidelines and laws to conserve employers’ money and...
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...Assignment 2 Benny He 09/12/2013 Xerox was founded in 1906. The company was the world’s leading photocopier producer until the 90’s. The Xerox 914 (9X14) was the first one-piece plain paper photocopier. Xerox has ruled the office equipment market for more than 70 years in the last century. But with the invented of scanners and use of the portable document format (PDF) become the main force in office, the market of the traditional copiers is dropping quickly. Xerox has multiple business pressures, but the company also has response strategies to survive in the market place. The business pressures on Xerox are not only from the traditional competitors such as Canon and HP, but also from the new entrant of information technology such as portable document format (PDF). The developing in IT is the major negative impact of the whole copier industry. In today’s business world, most of the companies seeking a low-cost strategy in order to increase companies’ profit. The digital document requires less paper that can lower the cost in paper. Also the PDF document is easier to store compare to the traditional way that using folder to store paper document. PDF can send by email, and people can view PDF documents on the screen. The traditional copier no longer a necessary office equipment in today’s business world. According to the Porter’s competitive model. Xerox’s network rivals: Canon and HP are facing the new challenger (new entrant) PDF. PDF also the substitute product and service...
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...TITLE OF THE ASSIGNMENT: ________________________________________ NAME :____________________________________________________________ __ INSTRUCTOR NAME:_________________________________________________ COURSE TITLE:________________________________________________________ DATE:____________________________________________________________ _____ Discuss how human resource professionals can ensure that top organizational leaders encourage managers and employees to follow laws and guidelines. The thing that the HR professional talks about the leaders is abiding by the federal laws, and how does it affect the bottom line. Human resource professionals will conduct training on how organizational profits can be protected, and this will encourage top leaders to follow laws and to encourage others to do it as well. General Electric has documented it and said it this way, “Identify appropriate managers with sufficient authority to assure that effective equal employment opportunity and affirmative action plans, programs and practices are developed and implemented, and measured at least annually”. The federal government oversees the hiring of workers and the protection of those workers in organizations that do business with the government. If these laws are somehow manipulated by the organizations planning and implementation by their procedures, possible sanctions or contacts canceled will hurt the profits of that organization. An understanding of that by the leaders will...
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...accounting fraud and auditor legal liability c a S eS inc lu de d in t hiS Se ction 4 89 99 4.1 Enron Corporation and Andersen, LLP Analyzing the Fall of Two Giants . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2 Comptronix Corporation 4.3 Cendant Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Identifying Inherent Risk and Control Risk Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 119 127 137 Assessing the Control Environment and Evaluating Risk of Financial Statement Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4 Waste Management, Inc. 4.5 Xerox Corporation 4.6 Phar-Mor, Inc. Manipulating Accounting Estimates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evaluating Risk of Financial Statement Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accounting Fraud, Litigation, and Auditor Liability instructor resource Manual — do not coPy or redistribute instructor resource Manual — do not coPy or redistribute enron corporation and andersen, llP analyzing the fall of two giants inS tr uc t ional o b je c t ive S [1] c a s e 4.1 Mark S. Beasley · Frank A. Buckless · Steven M. Glover · Douglas F. Prawitt [2] [3] To help students understand what happened at Enron Corporation and how Andersen’s involvement with Enron led to the accounting firm’s downfall. To enhance students’ appreciation of the importance of understanding an audit client’s core business strategies. To develop students’...
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...Cheng Global Technology After reading the assignment Jeff realizes he has no experience of how any organization defines the four functions of business, or is affected by globalization, technology, innovation, diversity, or ethics, but he will try to explain his understanding of the four functions of management and what he thinks the affects would be to an organization by using his experience as an employee in metal fabrication years ago at Suncoast Non-Ferrous Castings. Although the company is inactive at this time, Jeff will explain what he thinks he would have done to promote the company’s future to keep up with competition (Florida Companies USA, 2014). Jeff spent a couple years working for the aluminum foundry where he made molds for aluminum parts for numerous companies throughout the country. One of the major contracts was with Harley Davidson making numerous crank case decorations and other cover plates. To begin with, Jeff would use the four functions of management by planning, organizing, leading, and controlling the business in the foundry. He would install an Internet system to promote globalization, one of the most important goals of the company, by designing and advertising a website to receive feedback from customers while using technology to develop a platform where a business has the advancement potential to expand worldwide (Bateman, 2011). He would also program the company with a database system like Xerox or a Cloud system to manage and interpret data...
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...Cheng Global Technology After reading the assignment Jeff realizes he has no experience of how any organization defines the four functions of business, or is affected by globalization, technology, innovation, diversity, or ethics, but he will try to explain his understanding of the four functions of management and what he thinks the affects would be to an organization by using his experience as an employee in metal fabrication years ago at Suncoast Non-Ferrous Castings. Although the company is inactive at this time, Jeff will explain what he thinks he would have done to promote the company’s future to keep up with competition (Florida Companies USA, 2014). Jeff spent a couple years working for the aluminum foundry where he made molds for aluminum parts for numerous companies throughout the country. One of the major contracts was with Harley Davidson making numerous crank case decorations and other cover plates. To begin with, Jeff would use the four functions of management by planning, organizing, leading, and controlling the business in the foundry. He would install an Internet system to promote globalization, one of the most important goals of the company, by designing and advertising a website to receive feedback from customers while using technology to develop a platform where a business has the advancement potential to expand worldwide (Bateman, 2011). He would also program the company with a database system like Xerox or a Cloud system to manage and interpret data...
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...AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY 2.2 STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT Identifying Project Stakeholders Managing Stakeholders 2.3 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE 2.4 FORMS OF ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE Functional Organizations Project Organizations Matrix Organizations Moving to Heavyweight Project Organizations PROJECT MANAGEMENT RESEARCH IN BRIEF: The Impact of Organization Structure on Project Performance 2.5 PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICES 2.6 ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE How Do Cultures Form? Organizational Culture and Project Management PROJECT PROFILE: Creating a Culture for Project Management: The Renault Racing Team Summary Key Terms Discussion Questions Case Study 2.1 – Rolls-Royce Corporation Case Study 2.2 – Paradise Lost: The Xerox Alto Case Study 2.3 – Project Task Estimation and the Culture of “Gotcha” Case Study 2.4 – Widgets ‘R Us Internet Exercises PMP Certification Sample Questions Integrated Project – Building Your Project Plan Bibliography TRANSPARENCIES 2.1 PROJECTS AND CORPORATE STRATEGY [pic] 2.2 PROJECT STAKEHOLDER RELATIONSHIPS [pic] 2.3 PROJECT STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT CYCLE [pic] 2.4 EXAMPLE OF A FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE 5. EXAMPLE OF A PROJECT ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE...
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...honorable course teacher, Mohammad Salahuddin Chowdhury, Lecturer, Department of Finance, University of Dhaka, who has assigned us a fictional case about a corporate scandal. We choose to work with Xerox scandal that took place in 2002. We use our knowledge of audit while working in this report. Also we learn about the ways of accounting manipulations that took place in the real world. Letter of transmittal 12th Nov, 2011 Mohammad Salahuddin Chowdhury Lecturer Department of Finance University of Dhaka Dear Sir Here is a report on the “Corporate scandal of Xerox Corporation”. In this report we have presented the whole history of the scandal, identified the cause of the mishap and showed the result of the scandal. At University of Dhaka, we appreciate having this assignment. If you need any assistance in interpreting this report or if you have any query, please contact with us on the given mail address starz@yahoo.com Sincerely yours, Shahriar Azad Shashi On behalf of the group 2nd Year 2nd Semester B.B.A 16th Batch Department of Finance. Executive Summary On April 11, 2002, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a complaint against Xerox. The complaint alleged Xerox deceived the public between 1997 and 2000 by employing several "accounting maneuvers," the most significant of which was a change in which Xerox recorded revenue from copy machine leases – recognizing a "sale" when a lease contract was signed, instead of...
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... | |Class Times: Monday and Wednesday, 08:00-09:30 am | |Location: UTC 1.118 | Instructor: David Chandler E-mail: david.chandler@phd.mccombs.utexas.edu Office: CBA 3.332K Tel: (512) 471-2548 Office hours: Monday, 10:00-11:00 am Wednesday, 10:00-11:00 am Immediately after class and at other times by appointment. REQUIRED COURSE MATERIALS (Available at the University Co-op) 1. Course reading packet: Selection of Harvard Business School case-studies, Harvard Business Review articles, as well as other articles and book chapters. COURSE OBJECTIVES This class is the capstone class for students studying at McComb’s School of Business. It is an essential component of your business degree. The overarching goal, therefore, is to build on the classes you have taken elsewhere in the business school and help prepare you to enter the workforce. The starting...
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...compliance of the laws that are set in front of you as a manager, supervisor and/or a business owner. With a lot of people turning a blind eye to some of the smallest delegations when it comes to discrimination, that could be their biggest down fall as a business owner, as the smallest mistakes can turn out to be the most costly mistakes. You are going to learn more insight on race discrimination as this has really opened my eyes, with my past work experiences and to know what to expect in the future, also what to look for while in the job force. There is many different verification to the law of racial discrimination whether it is on an employee of employer level. It ranges from a fine, all the way to time punishable in prison. In most cases that I have researched it has been against an employee to an employer, and it has been settle in a monetary settlement. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects individuals against employment discrimination on the bases of race and color, as well as national origin, sex, and religion. Title VII applies to employers with 15 or more employees, including state and local governments. It also applies to employment agencies and to labor organizations, as well as to the federal government. Some remedies that come into play with Title VII include such provisions as, back pay, front pay, hiring, promotion, reinstatement, reasonable accommodation, and also payments for charges occurred from an attorney, expert witness fee, and court...
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...Lesson 2 Case Study Your Name MS510: Human Resources Management Professor Louis Lopez January 27, 2015 Affirmative Action Plan Goals Evidence of Discrimination Introduce material here… Start the first sentence with the purpose statement followed by your introduction. Please post case studies in Turnitin Assignment Drop Box as a MS Word document. Remember, each case study must have the heading listed below and must be answered according to instructions; each heading is worth a percentage of each case grade. This is how I want your paper turned in. The introduction is generally one paragraph. The easiest way to explain this section is to think of it like an abstract or introduction. This section, if written properly, can actually act as the abstract for this paper. It will, in a sense, set up the rest of the paper, which is the review of the case, analysis, recommendations, and the summary and conclusions sections. If there is a second paragraph, it will look like this. An interesting APA fact is that there is only one space after the period. This is difficult for many to get used to and takes practice. The paper should be written in third person narrative. I do not want to see you writing in the first person. Note: I have bolded the required headings that must be present in the paper and please keep bolded. Answer the following questions by applying the concepts learned in Chapter 1. Also, conduct literature reviews on the subject of discussion and use to support...
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...Management of Strategic Alliances: Performance Evaluation Where to Link in the Value Chain? • Alliance combining same value-chain activities are to gain efficiencies, merge talents, or share risks • In operations alliances firms combine manufacturing activities to reach economies of scale • Operations/marketing alliances provide access to markets Identification of the links in VC forms the basis for performance of the SA Negotiation & Performance • The formal agreement is not as important as the ability of managers to get along • Negotiation issues • equity contributions • management structure • “prenuptial” agreements Selected Questions for a StrategicAlliance Agreement Design & Performance • Depends on the type of alliance chosen • Informal CAs often have no formal design issues • Formal CAs may require separate organization unit housed in one company • JV—Parent companies set up separate legal entity Decision-making Control • Two areas need to be considered: • Operational decisions (focus on day to day running) • Strategic decisions (focus on long term survival) • Majority ownership does not necessarily control • In JVs, strategic decision making takes place at the level of JV’s board of directors or top management. Management Structures • Dominant parent: controls or dominates strategic and operating decision making • Often has majority ownership • Treats the JV as wholly owned subsidiary • Shared management: both parent companies contribute approximately...
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...leadership and management, offers insights about leadership traits, and ends with a discussion about various leadership styles. Lecture, discussion, case analyses and experiential exercises are instructional methods used in this highly interactive module. Objectives 1. To establish a definition of leadership through a historical review. 2. To differentiate between the concepts of management and leadership. 3. To present trait theory and discuss various leadership traits. 4. To evaluate and analyze the different styles leaders use. 5. To apply leadership concepts through case study analyses and experiential exercises. . Session 1 Introductions: Personal and Team Arrangements Powerpoint Presentation: Leadership Activity: Moon Survival (do not complete) Case Analysis: Barry Town: A time to lead, a time to manage (read) Video Vignette: Xerox and Ann Mulcahy (do not read) Session 2 Powerpoint Presentation: Leadership Traits In-class activity: Trait Exercise (do not complete) Video Case Analysis: Bill Campbell and Intuit Session 3 Powerpoint Presentation: Leadership Styles In-class activity: Leadership Grid (do not complete) Case Analysis: Josh Martin (do not read) Leadership Style Video: Styles with Employees Session 4 Oral presentation by teams based on Case Study. Course Assignment Students will...
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...company’s customers are vital for the company’s continued success and require constant monitoring of market, environmental, technological and competitive forces. Marketing is therefore integral to establishing a company’s strategic direction. This in turn makes marketing skills and perspective essential to the success of all business managers in any business. This course provides an in-depth exploration and practical application of basic marketing tools. These include product policy, pricing, promotion, distribution, sales management, and customer segmentation and retention. In most classes, we will analyze case studies that require us to identify marketing opportunities, refine value propositions, select customer segments and develop marketing programs for a variety of management situations. The course also includes a number of creative and analytic assignments, including a semester-long, group...
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...Assignments for Tuesday: 1. Read the article on Xerox and the Management Fiasco. Bring a write-up of the following: (Typed; proper grammar, sentence structure and punctuation.) * Describe the behaviors of Xerox management noted in the article. * How do you believe the behaviors of the management team contributed to the issues the company faced in 2000? 2. Find/print a news article on a topic you believe is relevant to Organizational Behavior. Provide a brief summary of the key points of the article and how you believe this content is relevant to OB. (Concept Application #1) | | | | | | | | COVER STORY | | | | | | Xerox: The Downfall The Inside Story of the Management Fiasco at Xerox One morning last May, G. Richard Thoman arrived for work to find an urgent summons from Paul A. Allaire, the man he had replaced as chief executive of Xerox Corp. (XRX) just 13 months earlier. Allaire, who had remained as chairman, was waiting next door in his office at Xerox headquarters. A man of few words even on happy occasions, Allaire delivered the bad news without preamble. He said that Thoman's colleagues had lost confidence in him and that the next afternoon the board would announce his resignation. In other words, Thoman, who had left IBM in 1997 to join Xerox as heir apparent to Allaire, would be out of a job in about 30 hours. Thoman was livid, but obligingly fell on the sword Allaire handed him. Late the next day, after the board had announced Allaire's...
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