Eastman Kodak Co. 1. Why did Kathy Hudson make such a major change in IS recourses management at Kodak? What factors contribute to her decision to outsource data center, telecommunications, and PC services to IBM, DEC, and BusinessLand? Kathy Hudson was appointed to the newly created CIS unit in 1988 by CEO Colby Chandler with a directive to “overhaul the existing IT organization to promote the use of IT to improve the competive position of Kodak businesses while lowering cost.” At the
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any changes or improvements that might need to be made. This will help the program to be more effective for the tellers to operate, when the new system is ready to go live. A second tactic that is also useful to reduce resistance to change is negotiation. By negotiating, employees can discuss and agree on who will do what after change occurs. A good example of negotiating would be the banks new teller system which we previously talked about in the last example. Each branch could pick a specific
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Conflict Resolution at General Hospital Discuss the conflict that is occurring at General Hospital. Due to competition from a nearby hospital’s upgrading medical equipment and remodeling, General Hospital is down to a 65% occupancy while having a 35% increase in Medicare patients, both of which reduce revenue and lead the CEO Mike Hammer to attempt to devise a plan to cut costs and increase revenue in order for the hospital to stay open. He felt that he would be able to increase revenue
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corporate negotiations for Lockheed-Martin. You are in potential merger discussions with arch-rival General Dynamics. Pending FTC approval of this merger, discuss TWO key negotiation fundamentals that you will employ and explain why these fundamentals are essential for this pending merger discussion (from the section 1 reading). Be specific as to your justification. A negotiation is a dialogue between two or more party’s geared towards reaching a mutual agreement. During negotiations each party
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destruction. The reason behind this potential deal is because Downtown is in a great cash shortage. There are two parties current interested in this site, including Absentia, the client I as a senior partner in Jones & Jones represent for. The resulting negotiation between the representative of Downtown and me covers a couple of issues, such as primarily the price of the Bullard Houses and the use of it, etc. Yan Ma, the representative of Downtown, started off by raising Downtown’s concerns about the future
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持股行权 摘要：本文从我国资本市场建设历史出发，因层级结构建设缺失导致股票市场的不健全发展，又根据现有市场情况出发，介绍了六种市场拉抬主要方式即中小股东参与股票炒作方式，一这六种情况为基础分析持股行权这一方法所能应用的空间和其面对问题，最后介绍了韩国和美国保护中小投资者的具体方法。 Ａ股市场最初的建立是为了解决国有企业改制问题，以处理国有企业沉重的债务包袱为出发点，借鉴西方资本成熟的市场经验而设立。 西方的资本市场发展与投资者素质的培养是相适应的，即由相对稳定收益的债券市场建设开始，在过渡到股票市场，进而根据需要发展期货市场。在这个过程中，将不同风险偏好的投资者分流到不同的市场中。而我国的资本市场一方面直接借鉴了西方较先进的制度建设，以股票市场为主导，先从形式建设开始，对国有企业进行股份制改革，直接将其推向股市融资以此来解决历史遗留问题。所以我国股票市场设置的初衷就和国外资本市场有很大的不同，虽然组织结构和管理方式可能有相似的地方，但其在国民经济中的地位和起到的实际作用有很大差别。如果想发展出类似于欧美等国家的成熟资本层级市场，单从制度模仿
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million in materials and services from suppliers in China, Japan, and South Korea. It was recommended that my company use an approach to business negotiations that provides a win-win for both parties. Management was also told they needed to know the background of the Asian negotiator and that they should use a “middleman” to help them with the negotiation. Because of your work in China, the vendor would like your advice in this business dealing. The intermediary stressed the importance of etiquette
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* Negotiations * “The perfect negotiation” * Phase 1-Preparation * Decide what you want and prioritize your wants -High importance: those you must get if you are to agree at all. -Medium: those that you would prefer to attain, but are not critical -Low: those that you would like to attain, but would not let them jeopardize the deal Assign ranges of possible values to each want Ex: 100-150 euros or “will deliver by Friday” * Phase 1- Preparation Issues Wants Importance
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Who are the parties in the Frasier negotiation, what are their interests? How can thevarious parties influence the negotiation process and its outcome?Answer:The parties in the Frasier negotiation are the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) andParamount, the owner of the show. While the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) wants topay under $5 million in order to make a profit on the show, Paramount seemed to bedemanding $ 6 million per episode. Paramount came down to $5.5 million later.Q.2. What
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Personalities in Negotiations For a very long time, negotiations have been widely used for a variety of situations. The situations can be personal, or professional, in nature. In order to better comprehend the concept of negotiation, the roles of communication and personality must be properly analyzed. In addition, another part of the analysis must also include how these roles contribute, or detract, from the negotiation. In this discussion, the purpose will be to take a recent negotiation that has
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