Case 2: Nucor Corporation: Competing Against Low-cost Steel Imports The Company‚ Nucor Corporation‚ started its operation in nuclear instrument and electronics business in early 1950s to early 1960s. Facing bankruptcy‚ the board of directors opted for a new leadership and appointed Kenneth Iverson as president and CEO. He concluded that to be able to avert bankruptcy is to exit the nuclear instrument and electronics business and rebuild the company around its subsidiary‚ Vulcraft‚ which is engaged
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Leadership Theories Analysis using the movie Apollo 13 Vision and Value Apollo 13 demonstrates the richness of leadership principles and values‚ especially focusing on team solidity. The movie illustrates how the leaders can develop a vision and values‚ and how the teams can collaborate under high stress situation. In the beginning of the movie the vision of the Apollo 13 project was to land the astronaut’s on the surface of moon. But the unexpected explosion in the service module created a
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distinctive competencies‚ first discussed by (1957) and (1965)‚ was further reiterated by and (1990). In their analysis‚ key resources‚ skills and technologies are called core competencies. The following takes the Integrated Electronics (Intel) case and analyses the giant digital company’s core competencies by way of the three epochs that it has gone through since 1968. EPOCH I This first era that Intel has gone through‚ specifically between the years 1968 and 1985‚ has displayed
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ALZA and Bio-Electro Systems 1. ALZA‚ a pharmaceutical company that has led the industry for over a decade‚ has been largely successful due to their unique technical innovation. Rather than specializing in discovering new drugs and treatments for medical conditions‚ ALZA instead focuses their pharmaceutical talents on developing new methods to deliver drugs to patients. From skin patches to time released capsules‚ ALZA captures their market by providing their technologies to all major pharmaceutical
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Apollo 13 Case Study Apollo 13 has experience a major malfunction which changes the mission from landing on the moon to a spacecraft that is now is in a desperate struggle to return to earth with the crew alive. The team work needed to achieve this is substantial and many of the staff at mission control center will in some degree be a leader. Aside from Gene Kranz‚ one of the first people to emerge as a leader and take control of the situation is Sy Liebergot. His review
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Case Study: Merit Enterprise Corp March 19‚ 2013 After careful review Merit Enterprise Corp case study the pros of option 1: (assuming that JP Morgan Chase will continue to extend season credit lines and medium term loans.) First‚ it would keep Merit Enterprise as a private company. Secondly‚ Merit’s would have the right of non-disclosure. Private companies are not required to disclose details about their operations. Third‚ Merit Enterprise does not have to answer to shareholders if the stock
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Assignment 1.3: Case Study: Merit Enterprise Corp Sara Lehn‚ chief financial officer of Merit Enterprise Corp.‚ was reviewing her presentation one last time before her upcoming meeting with the board of directors. Merit’s business had been brisk for the last two years‚ and the company’s CEO was pushing for a dramatic expansion of Merit’s production capacity. Executing the CEO’s plans would require $4 billion in capital in addition to $2 billion in excess cash that the firm had built up. Sara’s
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2013 SOFTWARE QUALITY ENGINEERING (SQE) - CE00231-7 Individual Assignment “Hi Tech Corp” Case Study NAME : TEW SHEAU WEI STUDENT ID : TP024267 INTAKE CODE : UCMF1210SE HAND-OUT DATE : 6th November 2012 HAND-IN DATE : 15th March 2013 LECTURER : MR. KESAVA PILLAI A/L RAJADORAI RAJOO ASIA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION Table of Contents 1. Introduction 4 2. Company Background 4 3. Assumptions 5 4. Company Problem Statements 6 5. Objectives
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Travis Peartree Six Sigma 3M Case QM 10/9/12 3M Six-Sigma Case Write-Up 1. To successfully implement Six Sigma‚ 3M must think about its effects now and its effects in the future. The leadership team must also take into account the expenses of any Six Sigma processes and how to fund them. A lot of research and development will lead to greater success of Six Sigma‚ but will also be at a very high cost. The leadership team must set up a vision for implementation of Six Sigma. The team must
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evaluation and career planning processes. She is also the sole person responsible for all disciplinary actions‚ which include gathering the initial complaint from the supervisor‚ conducting the investigation and administering the appropriate discipline. 2. What is Harrison Brothers’ business strategy? The Harrison Brothers is a multi line traditional department store that is over 100 years old. Their existing business plan has been successful since 1898 and has allowed Harrison Brothers to become
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