Four American Companies Essays and Term Papers
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Oilwell Cable Company, Inc.
1. If Norm chooses to go ahead with the microprocessor conversion on the machinery without passing it by the team he runs the risk of having a conflict with the production team. In the past a similar situation had caused significant trouble and Norm did not want to rock the boat for the sake of it. The company structure is such that each team decides on matters pertaining to their area and Norm's decision to
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The Impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on Publicly Held Companies
Introduction The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) was passed as a result of the Enron, Tyco and WorldCom scandals (Slaughter). Its main purposes were to prevent companies from engaging in accounting fraud, improve the reliability of financial reporting, and restoring investor confidence (Wagner & Dittmar, 2006). The Act dictates how all publicly held companies are required to report their financial information (Magloff). While SOX increased the accuracy and validity of the financial information available to
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Quality at Ritz Carlton Hotel Company
Quality at Ritz Carlton Hotel Company The Ritz-Carlton has used TQM and self-directed work teams to translate their mission and strategy into an "operating" methodology by setting "gold standards. (The Ritz-Carlton, 2012) The "gold standard" includes their credo, the motto, and the three steps of service, service values, the sixth diamond and the employee promise. (The Ritz-Carlton, 2012) Their credo states "The Ritz-Carlton is a place where the genuine care and comfort of our guests
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A Cultural Analysis: The Underlying Connections Between The Nacirema and Americans
A Cultural Analysis: The Underlying Connections between the Nacirema and Americans Although the Nacirema people may have peculiar rituals and foreign beliefs that most would deem as bizarre or strange, here in America we also have our own set of practices that may seem to be outside the norm by other cultures. In my opinion I believe Horace Miner's true purpose of writing this journal article was really a subliminal way to show how Americans
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Marketing Plan for Applpoly Company
Marketing Plan for ApplPoly Company Your Name: Grade Course: Lecturer's Name: Date: 8th April, 2012 Table of Contents Executive Summary..................................................................//.................3 Background................................................................................................4 Segmentation or Possible Target markets............................................................7 Target Market.............................................................................................9 Marketing Objectives ....................................................................................9 Product Analysis..........................................................................................11 Brand Analysis.............................................................................................13 Price Analysis.............................................................................................14 Promotion Analysis.......................................................................................17 Conclusion..................................................................................................18 Marketing Plan for ApplPoly Company Executive Summary ApplPoly Company offers polystyrene foam products to various industries. These days, the company is seeking to find a new market for its new, dome shaped roofs. For almost
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Rendell Company Case
Table of Contents Executive Summary 2 1. Case Context 2 2. Problem Definition 2 3. Framework for Analysis and Areas of Consideration 2 4. Analysis: Discussions of Important Steps and Considerations 3 5. Decision 5 6. Basic Justifications for Decisions 6 7. Operationalization of Decisions 8 Appendix 9 Executive Summary Our analysis and decisions on this case study, establish the appropriate organizational structure and the necessary controls that must be implemented within Rendell Company, in
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Identify and Assess the Differences Between the American and British Approaches to Competencies. Compare These Approaches to Those in Your Own Country or in a Culture with Which You Are Familiar.
Competencies: Competencies are defined as characteristics of individuals that are the foundation of behavior or performance at work (McClelland, 1998). These job performances are knowledge abilities, values, personality, work style and attitudes. Competencies can be important to staffing, succession planning, team building, career counseling, training and development. There are different approaches to competencies in order to achieve the following objectives: (Blemans et al, 2004) * Increase productivity * Improve work performance * Training that enhance
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How Do Corporate Venture Capital Back Acquisitions Create Value for Acquiring Company?
[How do corporate venture capital back acquisitions create value for acquiring company?] Abstract: Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) is equity or equity linked investments in young privately held companies where the investor is a financial intermediary of a non-financial corporation. While there are many entities, that offer finance for entrepreneurs such as banks, venture capital, IPO and others, CVC differs from them in the sense that its involvement is deeper and closer. The CVC may be
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Minimite Company Case Study
Introduction The current situation at MiniMite Company is that the company makes large numbers of high quality electrical distribution devices for commercial applications. The company must keep costs low, develop new products and reduce the costs of existing products. The company's efforts at developing new products with larger profit margins have failed. The restructuring of the production process from an assembly line process has not been rewarding. The attempt at cross training has yielded unsatisfactory
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Keeping Promises: A Company's Key to Success
"Promises are made to be broken." Do you believe in this saying? I personally believe that even though some promises are probably broken, promises are really not made to be broken. The fulfillment of a promise depends on the one who made the promise. What is a promise? According to the Merriam-Webster and Garfield Dictionary, a promise is a pledge to do or not to do something specified. It is also a ground for expectation
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The Leadership Style of Mr Johannes Kruger, Chief Executive officer of Xy Company Limited
Executive Summary This report is a review of a certain Mr Johannes Kruger who was employed by the Board as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a company, pseudo-named as The XY Company Limited. Mr Kruger came highly recommended. He possessed the BA and MA degrees of the Stellenbosch University in Economics and he was also a Fellow (1985) of the Association of the Chartered Accountants, having qualified as an Accountant in 1980. The major
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Orems Theory - Mexican American Family
Mexican American Family The concept of self care has come to the forefront of healthcare management. It continues to present itself as an important part of health preservation, prevention and disease management, especially for culturally diverse families today. Orem states that self care develops throughout the life course, and behavior reflects an individual's group connection with habits, beliefs, and practices that constitute their cultural way of life (Becker, Gates, & Newsom, 2004). The Mexican American
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A Company's Unionization Process, Part Iv: Training and Development Program
A Company's Unionization Process, Part IV: Training and Development Program American Widget is dedicated to acquiring and retaining the most talented employees in the industry. The previous essays have detailed the implementation of the union, the compensation and benefits package, as well as employee recruitment. According to Coget (2011), "Conventional wisdom has it that all companies should invest in the training and development of their employees" (p. 2011). Once we have hired new employees it
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African American's Fight to End Segregation, Discrimination and Isolation to Attain Equality and Civil Rights
During the early 1800's, African Americans have gone through a series of adversities. They've worked very hard to end slavery, segregation isolation and discrimination for good. Segregation is the practice of keeping ethnic, racial, religious, or gender groups separate, especially by enforcing the use of separate schools, transportation, housing, and other facilities, and usually discriminating against a minority group. Isolation is the process of separating somebody or something from others, or the fact of being
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Aurora Textile Company
Aurora Textile Company Introduction Background of the company; Aurora textile company is American based yarn manufacturer that was established in the early 1990's to service both domestic and internationally., by manufacturing two main products, which are cotton, and synthetic/cotton yarns. However, most of the revenues of the company are mainly come from domestic textile market, which accounted for 90% of the whole revenues. The company has a long enjoy supplying yarns to the hosiery market
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Company A's Strategy - Strategic Analysis
Company A's strategy The strategy we originally employed was to provide the market with a moderate quality shoe at a higher price. All-Star kicks! decided to differentiate our product by having a large advertising budget and paying a premium to our retailers so they will give us the best product placement over our competitors. We decided to modify our strategy a bit in year 2012-2013, compared to our competitors we were over spending significantly on
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Aurora Textile Company Case Study
The Textile-Mill Industry is a term associated with industries that are primarily concerned with the design and manufacturing of clothing as well as the distribution and use of textiles. The industry can be split up into three stages: Cotton stage, industrial revolution, and post industrial revolution. In the early parts of the Textile-Mill Industry, known as the cotton stage, products were produced at home using wool, cotton, or flax depending on the area and location.
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Injuries in American Football
Injuries in American football and how to reduce Thesis Statement Injuries in American football, can some of them be prevented? With the increase in injuries in football coaches are looking for better ways to try and prevent unnecessary injuries. Even though you cannot prevent all the injuries as a coach you want to at least prevent some. I. Explaining the content of paper preparing reader to understand the injuries and the importance of trying to
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The American Identity
The American Identity What is an identity? Is an identity one owns characteristics or is it what society thinks of an individual and therefore has created and molded in that certain identity? Identity is formed by society but when defining what American consists of there are several controversies because there is not a set type ethnicity for America. Instead America is a big melting pot. Even though Since the time of the American Revolution, a
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Brita Company
Executive Summary In 1987, Charlie Couric, marketing executive of The Clorox Company, convinced Clorox to launch a deficit spending campaign to acquire the marketing rights for the Brita pitcher-and-filter water purification system in the United States. Clorox concurred since it saw the revenues from the repeat sales as the major attraction and a profitable venture. A decade later, Brita had grown to become one of Clorox's biggest brands. Brita had created a home water purification
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Fly-By-Night International Group: Can This Company Be Saved?
Fly-By-Night International Group: Can This Company Be Saved? a. Significant increase in fixed assets (220 percent) and related debt (318 percent) in Year 13 followed by only a 50 percent increase in sales in Year 14 led to significant diseconomies of scale. If we assume that the cost of services and selling and administrative expenses are variable (some portion is likely to be fixed), then the cost structure and breakeven appear below: Break-Even Sales Analysis:
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Fly-By-Night International Group: Can This Company Be Saved?
Fly-By-Night International Group: Can This Company Be Saved? a. Significant increase in fixed assets (220 percent) and related debt (318 percent) in Year 13 followed by only a 50 percent increase in sales in Year 14 led to significant diseconomies of scale. If we assume that the cost of services and selling and administrative expenses are variable (some portion is likely to be fixed), then the cost structure and breakeven appear below: Break-Even Sales Analysis:
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Analyze the Origins and Development of Slaver in Britians North American Colonies Between 1607 to 1776
As old as history itself, slavery has always been a form of cheaper labor. A long time ago people figured out for the right price labor could be bought. "They were to be sold by the cruel method known as "the scramble", buyers pushing in and grabbing their pick."(1) From Biblical times, to the sugar cane fields in Brazil to the African slave trade, ending in the North American slave "movement". Slavery's roots far back.
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A Performance Metric Is Defined as the Measure of an Organization or Company's
Process Performance Data: A performance metric is defined as the measure of an organization or company's activities and performance. Performance metrics should support a range of stakeholders' needs from customers, shareholders to employees (Brown M.G., 1996). The following are points of process performance data for the performance metrics identified in the Pizza Store Layout simulation: 1. Cost Reduction through applying cost effective measures such as conserving energy by switching off unused ovens. 2. Managing waiting
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American History
African-Americans have worked extremely hard in order to end segregation, discrimination, and to attain equality and civil rights, which nowadays may be hard to believe, but in the late 1800's and early 1900's African-Americans were discriminated, segregated and "owned." Even worse, they would often see and hear things like "whites only" and "refusal of service" because of where they ate, drank and lived. Segregation is the separation of humans into racial groups in daily life.
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