CHEUNG YAN: CHINA’S PAPER QUEEN i) Summary of the case Cheung Yan, the co-founder of the Nine Dragons Paper Holdings Company has been one of the richest woman in China with a fortune of US$ 1.35 billion back in November 2006. Cheung was a truly successful business leader in Asia. She started off by setting up a paper recycling unit called America Chung Nam in the United States as the market in Hong Kong was too small for her ambition. The unit collected waste paper and shipped them to China from
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Role and Functions of Law Contemporary Business Law Roles and Functions of Law Law has had a role in society since the beginning of time. The earliest example of law governing society is Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. They were given the law that they cannot eat of the Tree of Life or they would surely die. They did not obey the law and had to suffer the consequences accordingly. An example of early written law is Moses, and the 10 commandments. They were one of the original set of laws
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define a critical thinking method by creating a 10-step strategy process that can be used to evaluate a memo from Mr. Anil Ravaswami, Vice-President of Human Resources of Cliffside Holding Company of Massapequa. The memo expressed his opinion about the junior leadership training program to Ms. Cynthia Castle, CEO of Cliffside Holding Company of Massapequa. Step 1: What are the issues and the conclusion? Finding the issue is raising questions about what is right and wrong, good or bad (Browne &
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Abstract In his memo, Mr. Anil Ravaswami, Vice-President of Human Resources, analyzes Ms. Forsythe’s, The Director of Operations, proposal to fund a new leadership development program. He expresses to the CEO of Cliffside Holding Company of Massapequa, Ms. Cynthia Castle, his dilemma which is, “Is it necessary to invest in a leadership development program?” (A. Ravaswami, personal communication, October 10, 2012). In which he states that the senior executive members never attended
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Asking the Right Questions-11 Step Analysis Introduction “I know it’s good to be a critical thinker and to be able to ask lots of good questions, but I don’t know what questions to ask or how to ask them.” (Browne & Keeley, 2011) In our text “Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking (10th Ed.) The authors explore the benefits and necessity for critical thinking as it relates to the process of asking the right questions to make an informed decision and conclusion to an argument
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conclusions are possible. Issues and Conclusions The issue that was discussed in the Memo sent by the vise president of Human Resource[s] Mr. Anil Ravaswami dated October 10, 2012 to the CEO Ms. Cynthia Castle was to decide if Cliffside Holdings Company of Massapequa should or shouldn’t develop a leadership development program for its Junior Financial Executives in order for future advancement. The leadership development program was recommended by the company’s Director of Operations
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In this internal Cliffside Holding Company memo, Mr. Anil Ravaswami, Vice President of Human Resources of writes to Ms. Cynthia Castle, CEO to discuss the proposition of a leadership development program for junior insurance executives. Ms. Forsythe of Cliffside Holdings has proposed the new program and identified the total cost to be “$100,000.00 per year plus approximately the same amount for lost time on the job.” Mr. Ravaswami discusses the reasons he believes Cliffside Holding Company should not
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questions that help to identify things such as bias opinions, false statements or fallacies, attitudes, omitted information and even help to identify rival causes for reasons given or evidence used. By using this method of critical thinking, Cliffside Holding Company of Massapequa (CHCM) will have a much more clear perspective as to whether or not a leadership development program should be created and funded for junior insurance executives. What are the issues and the conclusions? The first of
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In this paper, I am putting into practice the critical thinking technics learned from the book Asking the Right Questions by Browne, N. and Keeley, S. My intend is also to assess a memo by Mr. Anil, Vice-President of Human Resources at Cliffside Holding Company of Massapequa (CHCM.) the operations director came with the idea of creating a leadership-development program for the future leaders of CHCM. The plan of the director of operations is to prepare the staff that is working for the company
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Critical Thinking Analysis of Cliffside Holding Company Memo Lisa A. Farinelli University of Maryland University College 1209 AMBA 610 9043 10/9/2012 Professor Bonnie Peter Abstract This paper demonstrates the application of the critical thinking and systems thinking models to analyze complex organizational issues. To illustrate the benefits of using such a model, one sample memo originating from a Cliffside Holding Company of Massapequa will be referenced. The 10-steps of Critical Thinking
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