responsibility serves to increase profits and good will of shareholders in the long run. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) should be focused on four primary categories: • Environmental Impact • Ethical Leadership and Business Practices • Organizational Viability • Legal and Regulatory Compliance Environmental Impact For nearly 25 years, SunCoast Industries has been the industry leader in implementing eco-friendly business practices and initiatives that support and sustain not only the
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Qn 1 1. The Natural Environment One of the more common ways marketers demonstrate social responsibility is through programs designed to protect and preserve the natural environment. a) Many companies are making contributions to environmental protection organizations, sponsoring and participating in clean-up events, promoting recycling, retooling manufacturing processes to minimize waste and pollution, and generally reevaluating the effects of their products on the natural environment. b) Green
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strategic resource of the business. .^ ., OR the past two decades, some subtle changes in the concept and practice of marketing have been fundamentally reshaping the field. Many of these changes have been initiated by industry, in the form of new organizational types, without explicit concern for their underlying theoretical explanation or justification. On the academic side, prophetic voices have been speaking (Amdt 1979, 1981, 1983; Thorelli 1986; Van de Ven 1976; Williamson 1975) but seldom heard
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DOWNSIZING 3 RESTRUCTURING 4 PRIMARY ISSUES 5 How to Downsize Effectively 5 COMPANY BACKGROUND 8 PRIMARY ISSUES - II 9 GENERAL MOTORS: RESTRUCTURING 10 RECOMMENDATIONS 14 CONCLUSION 15 REFERENCES 16 INTRODUCTION Over the past eight years, our country has experienced a whirlwind of economic slowdown that has led to the restructuring of the way companies do business today. Gone are the days when corporate mergers, acquisition, downsizing
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INTRODUCTION Ford Motor Company started out with Henry Ford’s passion of engineering and mechanics. Ford’s first leap into the world of automotive mechanics was in 1899 when he founded the Detroit Automobile Company, in Dearborn Michigan. It was not long after the Detroit Automobile Company failed that Ford founded the Ford Motor Company on June 16, 1903. What made Ford’s vision different from the other 87 car companies in the United States at the time was Fords understanding of the cultural
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Adaptation | | | | Overview of Organization/Introduction: The organization that I chose to discuss for my final project paper is Goldman Sachs, the renowned American bulge bracket investment bank. In addition to bringing many companies public, Goldman is also a publicly traded financial institution headquartered in New-York city. The company’s main line of business is in helping corporations and government institutions raise capital, providing underwriting services and mergers
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popular Business press constantly documents organizational restructuring, reengineering, downsizing, and other assorted changes. Even during the robust economy of the late 1990s, many large Companies were shedding jobs at an incredible pace. Terms such as downsizing and rightsizing may suggest a one-time fix, but many experts view this as an ongoing process for organizations of the future (Richman, LS, 1993). So what is organizational change? Organizational changes are departures from the status quo
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CORPORATION Frederick E. Webster, Jr. For the past two decades, some subtle changes in the concept and practice of marketing have been fundamentally reshaping the field. Many of these changes have been initiated by industry, in the form of new organizational types, without explicit concern for their underlying theoretical explanation or justification. On the academic side, prophetic voices have been speaking (Arndt 1979, 1981, 1983; Thorelli 1986; Van de Ven 1976; Williamson 1975) but seldom heard
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Organisational Behavior Study Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. A Brief About the Organisation Maruti Udyog Limited (MUL) was established in Feb 1981 through an Act of Parliament, to meet the growing demand of a personal mode of transport caused by the lack of an efficient public transport system. Suzuki Motor Company was chosen from seven prospective partners worldwide. This was due not only to their undisputed leadership in small cars but also to their commitment to actively bring to MUL contemporary
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Master in Management Organizational Behavior & Leadership Case #2: The Personality of Leaders The Personality of Carlos Ghosn: The $10 Billion Man Read the following dossier of article extracts and answer the final questions. 1.- “The $10 billion man” Feb 24th 2005, The Economist Having turned round Nissan, Carlos Ghosn is about to run Renault as well It is said that he could add $10 billion to the market value of Ford or General Motors with a stroke of his pen. But Carlos Ghosn is not
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