Toyota’s European Operating Exposure • It was January 2002‚ and Toyota Motor Europe Manufacturing (TMEM) had a problem – Mr. Toyoda Shuhei‚ the new President of TMEM was on his way to Toyota Motor Company’s (Japan) corporate offices outside Tokyo to explain the continuing losses of European manufacturing and sales operations – The CEO of Toyota Motor Company‚ Mr. Hiroshi Okuda‚ was expecting a proposal from Mr. Shuhei to reduce and eventually eliminate the European losses. The situation was intense
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Unit Two – Test Questions Review Questions 1. What are three economic stances that a government may have? Describe each of these stances. 1. Static: Sticking to the status quo in the government. 2. Progressive: Increasing the citizen’s equality and improving life for every citizen. 3. Fiscal Policy: The use of taxes and spending. 2. What are the four different types of economic resources? Describe each type. Labor: Labor is the work done by humans to sell consumer goods. Labor is very important
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SOUTHWEST AIRLINE IN 2010: CULTURE‚ VALUES AND OPERATING PRACTICES CASE QUESTIONS: 1. Is there anything that you find particularly impressive about Southwest Airlines? Transported more passengers from U.S airports to U.S destinations than any other airline Consistently profitable- had reported a profit every year since 1972 Became a major competitive force in domestic segment 2. What grade would you give Southwest management for the job it has done in crafting the company’s strategy
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Case 07-2: Western Aluminum Introduction Western Aluminum‚ INC expanded its operations through the acquisition of Smelter. By the end of 2007‚ Smelter is projected to produce 30% of Western Aluminum’s inventory. Western Aluminum evaluated its current practices in comparison to Smelters current FIFO Inventory management system and issued a proposal to change their inventory valuation method from LIFO to FIFO. Factors to Consider Western Aluminum addressed multiple topics to validate their
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permitted to work next to each other. Both employees and the Union representing them filed charges of discrimination. The EEOC determined that there was reasonable cause of discrimination; violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The case ended up in the federal district court. The court granted motion for summary judgment. ISSUE: Does this rule violate Title VII? DECISION: No. The court reversed and remanded their decision. REASONING: The court did not find that there
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Review questions – Lecture 2 1. _______________ transform product specifications and new process technology into a new or revised production system. A. New process design and development projects B. New product design and development projects C. Concurrent engineering projects D. Operations management projects A 2. High-quality innovators typically gain which advantages? A. They can fund more new design and development projects than other firms. B. They satisfy customers more effectively
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CASE STUDY 2 Managing “Daddy Stress” at Baxter Healthcare For many years women have been torn between family and career. Now it’s time for the men to be torn. In today’s environment‚ some men are starting to rethink their priorities. Sometimes it’s because they want to be closer to their kids than their dads were to them. Or sometimes they change unwillingly‚ pushed by their wives to spend more time on family matters. Whatever the reasons‚ combine them with a tight labor market‚ technology that allows
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Chase Rushing Darryl Pulliam 9/19/2012 Case Study #2 Human Resources 1. Brenda was called an exceptional employee before the company underwent changes. The changes required more telecommuting and positional autonomy in Brenda’s position. The new responsibilities were added to her job description without any discussion of the expectations by her superiors. Brenda’s manager did not evaluate her fairly due to the fact the he did not previously determine her requirements‚ so that she could
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Staffing Report One Table of Contents 1. Forecast of Labor 2. Markov Analysis Information 3. Demographic Categories 4. Promotion Practices 5. Organizational Memo Forecast of Labor: MGT Consulting gathered information from the previous year (2010) and used a Markov analysis to generate a plan of action for the employment needs for Tanglewood in 2011. The Washington market is very stable for Tanglewood and we decided that the current workforce will be sufficient for the 2011 forecast
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segment. In 1984 Barco introduced two more projectors BV2 (scan rate of 16 to 18 kHz & priced at $9‚875) and BD2 (scan rate of 16 to 25 kHz and priced at $14‚750) in video and data segment respectively. 1985 saw the entrance of Sony in the industrial projection market with its 1020 video model. 1020 was slower compared to Barco’s video projectors available at that time but it had a sharper focus indicating a better quality tube. In 1985 Barco launched BD3 (scan rate of 16 32 kHz & priced at $17‚000)
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