fiduciary duty. The Board of Directors has the legal and ethical duty of monitoring the company’s management on behalf of the shareholders. The members should remain independent and should always examine the company’s operations with great care. In Enron’s case‚ the Board of Directors was comprised of members who were too close to the senior management to act objectively. Many of them also served on the board for over 20 years. They were much less likely to be unbiased and to question the company’s business
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A09-05-0018 Eskandar Tooma Aliaa I. Bassiouny Valuation of an Increased Capacity Project Using Real Option Analysis: The Case of Savola Sime Egypt “Our profits almost doubled last financial year; however‚ I don’t think we can expect the same increase this year‚” said Karim Reda‚ production manager for Savola Sime Egypt‚ in September 1997. “We simply don’t have the capacity to produce more.” He was speaking to Mohamed Sallam‚ CFO of Savola. Over the past month‚ Sallam’s office had witnessed extensive
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a compelling business case to replace all systems and spend $15 million doing so. Essentially‚ managers are afraid to take the risk to lead a multi-million dollar project because if they fail‚ they can lose their jobs. But‚ if they succeed‚ there is enterprise-wide recognition and opportunities for career advancement. Give a "laundry list" of best practices (five to seven of them should be sufficient) for managing an ERP implementation‚ as demonstrated by Cisco in this case. Briefly elaborate each
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identifying and rewarding performance. * There was general agreement among employees that rewards for excellent performance were not adequate: outstanding performers got salary increases that were‚ in many cases‚ only marginally better than those given to average performers. In many cases outstanding performance was not even clearly identified. * Complaints include: managers are afraid to give experienced people lower ratings‚ it is impossible to get a 5‚ there is no point in working hard because
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Case 6.1 Psychological Testing at Dayton Hudson This case is based on psychological testing for prospective employees at a Target store located in California‚ during 1989. The test in question is a combination of two standard tests given to applicants in public safety positions such as a prison guard. Once the test is complete the consulting psychologists rate the job seeker on the following traits: emotional stability‚ interpersonal style‚ addiction potential‚ dependability‚ and rule following
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Telephone: 608-233-4417 E-mail: hheneman@bus.wisc.edu INTRODUCTION TO THE CASE CONCEPT Rationale for the Tanglewood Case Many of the most important lessons in business education involve learning how to place academic concepts in a work setting. For applied topics‚ like staffing‚ learning how concepts are applied in the world of work also allow us see how the course is relevant to our own lives. The use of these cases will serve as a bridge between the major themes in the textbook Staffing Organizations
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November 22 Case Study HP Hewlett Packard Corporation 2007 Table of contents Introduction Existing vision‚ mission‚ objectives and strategies Proposed vision and mission Stage 1: Input Stage Internal Factor Evaluation (IFE) External Factor Evaluation (EFE) Competitive Profile Matrix (CPM) Stage 2: Matching Stage Strengths-Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats Matrix (SWOT) Strategic Position and Action Evaluation (SPACE) Boston Consulting Group Matrix (BCG) Internal-
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Chapter 8 / Enterprise Business Systems ● 259 REAL WORLD CASE 2 Agilent Technologies and Russ Berrie: Challenges of Implementing ERP Systems Co. (www.russberrie.com) was taking another crack at replacing its legacy business systems. The Oakland‚ New Jersey–based distributor of toys and gifts finalized plans to roll out J. D. Edwards & Co.’s OneWorld Xe suite of enterprise resource planning (ERP)‚ customer relationship management‚ and financial applications. The multimillion-dollar project was
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• Compare the two cases in terms of methods‚ costs (if applicable)‚ and effectiveness of the outcomes (3 points). Both cases are a form of an alert identification subsystem belonging to the parent HELP System. Furthermore‚ both cases did not explicitly state vocabulary and ontology used. However‚ I can infer based on my knowledge in the field now that diseases‚ diagnoses‚ laboratory and procedures follow ICD 10‚ SNOMED‚ LOINC and CPT ontology for coding and that interoperability is achieved by
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There have been a number of cases of feral children raised in social isolation with little or no human contact. Few have captured public and scientific attention like that of young girl called Genie. The girl was given the name Genie in her case files to protect her identity and privacy. "The case name is Genie. This is not the person’s real name.She spent almost her entire childhood locked in a bedroom‚ isolated and abused for over a decade. Genie’s case was one of the first to put the critical
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