A whistle-blower’s lawsuit alerts Galvatrens to deep flaws in its system for uncovering misconduct. How should management and the board respond? HBR CASE STUDY Why Didn’t We Know? by Ralph Hasson COPYRIGHT © 2007 HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING CORPORATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. It was 9:30 in the evening of what had been a very long Friday when the phone rang in Chip Brownlee’s home study. On the line was Arch Carter, the lead director of Galvatrens, the Houston-based consumer products company
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faces tough secular change. Globalisation has put a premium on size – but sheer mass risks diluting the exclusivity that is luxury groups’ key feature. The grim economic backdrop has also come just as some companies, notably in leather goods and fashion, face anxieties about ethics and environmentalism. Advocates of sustainability have targeted groups using rare species and skins; parfumiers have to cater to growing interest in all things organic. Ever fickle, luxury goods have turned near impossible
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inefficiencies of - Chaebol system of management, possible clash of its cargo business with its own shipping company, limited focus on the domestic market and growing competition from LCCs. How would Korean Air manage growth as a family-owned conglomerate? The case offers enriching scope for analysing a family business’s turnaround strategies, with all the legacy costs involved. Pedagogical Objectives • To discuss the (operational) dynamics of Korean Chaebols - their influence/ effects on the country’s industrial
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Retailing in the 21st Century Manfred Krafft ´ Murali K. Mantrala (Editors) Retailing in the 21st Century Current and Future Trends With 79 Figures and 32 Tables 12 Professor Dr. Manfred Krafft University of Muenster Institute of Marketing Am Stadtgraben 13±15 48143 Muenster Germany mkrafft@uni-muenster.de Professor Murali K. Mantrala, PhD University of Missouri ± Columbia College of Business 438 Cornell Hall Columbia, MO 65211 USA mantralam@missouri.edu ISBN-10 3-540-28399-4
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Assessment 1 (A1) Case Study: Individual Assessment (30%) The case facilitates the discussion of marketing problems in real situations. Each student is to individually conduct a case study analysis during the semester. You should read these cases carefully and come to class prepared to provide constructive input as the class works together to address the issues of the case. 1. Practice Cases (Not assessable but required for class discussion) There will be two practice case studies to be prepared
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Business Case project TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Excuetive summray……..………………………………………………………….3 2. INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………..…..4 3. Business need and Current SituATIOn………………………………………4 3.1: Introduce your management team………...………………………………………………4 3.2: Market strategy…………………………………………………………………………....6 4. Marketing mix …………...…………………………………………………………...7 5. Business Targets……………………………………………………………………..8 6. Forecast sales…………...……………………………………………………………9 7
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Media Group currently publishing Daily Din from Karachi-Lahore and Rawalpindi/Islamabad is preparing to launch a 24 hour news channel, English Daily The Sun, Urdu Late Morning 'World Press1, Evening Paper 'Maghrib', Fortnightly Tabeer' & Twelve Magazines on different topics from Karachi, Sukhar, Multan, Lahore, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi/Islamabad, Peshawar. The channel will be viewed in Asia, Europe, Canada and United States of America. Fortnightly Tabeer will be distributed at 1 million commercial
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1 2 The CVF model looks at an organization based on two cultural dimensions; Horizontal and Vertical. Horizontal: Inward / Outward Focus The horizontal dimension is used to plot the degree to which the organization focuses inwards or outwards. If an organization’s position on the horizontal axis tends toward the left, it is focused primarily inward. If it tends toward to the right, the organizational focus tends to be outward, towards customers, suppliers and the external environment
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technique to improve performance: 6 Development: 7 Employee Assistance: 7 Performance feedbacks: 7 Proper Communications: 7 Security: 7 Compensation 7 Performance Bonus: 7 4.0 Develop interpersonal and transferable skills: 8 4.1 Solution to work based problem: 8 4.2 Level and style of communication: 9 Oral communication of HR manager with Operation and middle level employees: 10 Written communication of HR manager with middle and executive level of employees: 10 4.3 Time
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Case Study No. 17 Title: Establishing a Telephony Service Desk System to Enhance Telecommunications Support Author: TEKSYSTEMS GLOBAL SERVICE Date: 2014 Category: Development Process, Engineering Keywords: Telecommunications support, Telephony Service Desk System Source:http://www.teksystems.com/~/media/Files/case-studies/global-services/Delivering%20Superior%20IT%20Support%20Services%20for%20a%20Video%20Game%20Maker.ashx Content: With the guidance of TEKsystems’ Support Services
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