Lauren Vicker, Ron Hein - "The Fast Forward MBA in Business Communication" Page i The Fast Forward MBA in Business Communication Page ii THE FAST FORWARD MBA SERIES The Fast Forward MBA Series provides time-pressed business professionals and students with concise, onestop information to help them solve business problems and make smart, informed business decisions. All of the volumes, written by industry leaders, contain "tough ideas made easy." The published books in this series are:
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December 1996 Last Updated 11-04-10 MANAGER RESPONSIBILITIES This memo will highlight responsibilities for the Hooters Manager position. Many duties are for the position of General Manager. However, any "assistant" manager performing these duties well will progress and perform much better than one just merely going through the motions. This set of philosophies and operating policies was derived from the CMC-HOOTERS GENERAL MANAGER MANIFESTO. OVERVIEW There are many responsibilities that
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approve a transaction that would have inflated earnings. Andersen told the executive there was “not enough money in the City of Chicago” to make him do it.”1 In 1954, consulting services began with the installation of the first mainframe computer at General Electric to automate its payroll systems. By 1978, AA became the largest professional services firm in the world with revenues of $546 million, and by 1984 consulting brought in more profit than auditing. In 1989, the consulting operation, wanting
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Economy MEMO To: Doug Liddle, President From: Sheri Brinker Date: March 11th, 2011 ------------------------------------------------- Re: Revenue Recognition As we approach the close of the fiscal year, the following issues should be addressed in regards to our current revenue recognition policy: the use of gross versus net revenue, the recognition of setup fees, and potentially the recognition of revenue from the sale of technology to PlayBall.com. The following memo offers
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“mislaid” and would he be entitled to the money as the finder of the wallet? Brief Answer Robert Langdon will not be successful in having the wallet declared as a lost property and he will have no claim to the money in the wallet. According to the general rule if the property is not found in plain sight and is concealed by some external barrier or there was a substantial effort required to find it, then the property is considered to be mislaid as opposed to lost. This is on the grounds that the owner
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ETHICAL ISSUES INVOLVING WAL-MART STAKEHOLDERS Employee Stakeholders DISCRIMINATION The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed fifteen lawsuits against Wal-Mart since 1994. Of these, ten are still pending, and five have been resolved. FEMALE EMPLOYEES Although women account for more than 67 percent of all Wal-Mart employees, women make up less than 10 percent of top-store managers. Wal-Mart insists that it adequately trains and promotes women, but in 2001 a Wal-Mart
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accurate information to unique sections of an audience is extremely important and can make the difference between how an organization is viewed by its stockholders, employees, business partners, customers, media, non-governmental organizations or the general public. Maintaining and bolstering an organization’s reputation is paramount in the world today more so than any other time in recent history, due to the economy and how competitive the market is for businesses. Reputation is the sum of how all
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Food Marketing Policy Issue Paper Food Marketing Policy Issue Papers address particular policy or marketing issues in a non-technical manner. They summarize research results and provide insights for users outside the research community. Single copies are available at no charge. The last page lists all Food Policy Issue Papers to date, and describes other publication series available from the Food Marketing Policy Center. Tel (860) 486-1927 Fax (860) 486-2461 email: fmpc@canr1.cag.uconn.edu http://vm
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CHAPTER 9 Production Cycle LEARNING OBJECTIVES | | | | | |Review |Exercises, Problems, and | | |Checkpoints |Simulations | |
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C H A P T E R T W O Communicating Strategically In the first chapter, we examined the changing environment for business over the last half century. In this chapter, we explore how these changes have affected corporate communication and why it has become imperative for modern companies to communicate strategically. Strategic communication can be defined as “communication aligned with the company’s overall strategy, [intended] to enhance its strategic positioning.”1 An effective strategy
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