Case Problem Set 3: Problem 1: Young Professional magazine was developed for a target audience of recent college graduates who are in their first 10 years in a business/professional career. In its two years of publication the magazine has been fairly successful. Now the publisher is interested in expanding the magazine’s advertising base. Potential advertisers continually ask about the demographics and interests of subscribers to Young Professional. To collect this information the magazine has
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Brooke Longo and Emily Kirslis Human Resources Management – MGMT 140 - 005 April 24 2013 Case 9 – Employee Selection and Training at Meadowbrook Golf and Golf Ventures West Summary Meadowbrook Golf is headquartered in Championsgate‚ Florida and is a leader in golf course management‚ maintenance‚ and supplies in the United States. The company is made up of four companies: Meadowbrook Golf provides the management‚ International Golf Maintenance provides the maintenance‚ and Golf Ventures East
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This case study is an excellent example of how different types of parties can be brought together in a large scale transaction and how the original energy of those early meetings can be lost over time. I imagine that when Anthony Athanas was purchasing those old piers back in the 1960s many‚ if not all‚ of his colleagues‚ friends‚ and family members told him that he was off his rocker. I’m sure Athanas was looking at this land as his family’s ticket to financial prosperity and somewhat of a legacy
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But in trying to solve this problem‚ men are at a distinct disadvantage in the workplace. Why? Corporations expect and tolerate women who publicly push for balance in their lives and work‚ says Charles Rodgers‚ chairman of WFD‚ a Boston-based consulting firm specializing in work/life issues. “Men who do it‚ however‚ are looked upon as not being very committed or serious about their jobs.”Whether you call it guilt or a self-imposed sense of responsibility‚ men usually suffer more when home cuts
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b. Andersen. They allowed Enron to use these fraudulent statements for 15 years. Corporate executives and their accountants are ultimately responsible for the integrity of their company’s financial statements. 2. List three types of consulting services that audit firms have provided to their audit clients in recent years. For each item‚ indicate the specific threats‚ if any‚ that the provision of the given service can pose for an audit firm’s independence. a. Providing IT services
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Altran ID Altran is a European consulting firm created in France in 1982‚ by Alexis Kniazeff and Hubert Martigny. Leader in high technologies consultancy‚ it operates primarily in technology & innovation consultancy (about 50% turnover)‚ administrative & information consultancy (33%) and strategy & management consulting (17%). The Group’s mission is to assist companies in their efforts to create and develop new products and services. Altran is a key player in different sectors as
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How to choose a case for teaching What is a case How to analyze a case How to discuss a case 3 To draw up case studies‚ it is first important to understand its various aspects. For an effective case study‚ one must first understand the principles of a case. It is important to understand what a case is‚ the types of cases there are and their purposes. Following this understanding‚ the methods of analyzing and discussing cases must be explored. After mastering these skills‚ The
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Cases Summary CJUS 350 Angela McIntosh The three cases that are mentioned and studied are Brady v. Maryland‚ Giglio v. United States‚ and United States v. Agurs. These cases are important to the history of how cases are presented and with what evidence is made available to the jury. With Brady v. Maryland‚ it was the first time that the Supreme Court recognized that the Fourteenth Amendment due process clause is to ensure and guarantee that the criminal defendants are given
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focus on a specific niche that provides either a large volume of business or small volume with lucrative profit margins. The whole idea behind the niche strategy is that it targets those people who are interested in the type of product offered. In our case‚ by placing the CMI metal cushion pads as a niche‚ Cumberland Metal Industries has the potential of becoming a dominant player on the market. The next step is promoting and advertising the product as such (niche/innovative etc.). What Cumberland
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LMVTX Legg Mason Capital Management Value Trust Table of Contents Executive Summary Over a period of 15 consecutive years from 1991 to 2006‚ Miller’s Legg Mason Value Trust (LMVTX) was able to outperform the S&P 500. In the recent 22 years‚ there were two non-ideal periods of LMTVX. The first one was during the bear markets of early 2000s (from 2000 to 2002) caused by the crisis of tech companies and the 911. The 2nd one started from 2006 to 2009 during the world economic recession
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