Read the case study of Transact Insurance Ltd. Use one of the models in the chapter on culture or the prescribed articles to describe the culture of the organisation. Also identify the major influences on the evolution of that culture. Consider the changes in the South African environment (competition‚ globalisation‚ employment equity‚ downsizing‚ need for innovation‚ etc)‚ and indicate the suitability of the organisational culture for the future objectives of the organisation. Case study: Transact
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Case Study 15.1: TRANSACT INSURANCE CORPORATION Steven L. McShane‚ University of Western Australia‚ and Terrance Bogyo‚ WorkSafeBC TransAct Insurance Corporation (TIC) provides automobile insurance throughout the southeastern United States. Last year‚ a new president was hired by TIC’s board of directors to improve the company’s competitiveness and customer service. After spending several months assessing the situation‚ the new president introduced a strategic plan to strengthen TIC’s competitive
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Effective Communication and Employee Morale: TransAct Insurance Case Study Communication is a vital component to every organization ranging from small town business all the way to high echelon divisions within the Military. If not properly executed during planning‚ implementation‚ or after action reviews‚ poor results and employee disconnect from task and purpose are sure to follow. Perhaps what’s even worse‚ employee morale and confidence in management will decrease resulting in degraded levels
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Summary: For more than 20 years the Nucor Corporation has been one of the leading manufacturers of steel and steel related products in the world. With their technology advancement‚ low debt ratio‚ decentralized type of organization and many more‚ this company still thrives to achieve better goals in their company. Aside from the positive views of the company‚ it also faced problems like bankruptcy. (te pakidagdagan n lng) History: Nucor traced its origins to auto manufacturer Ransom
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1.) Currently Teletech Corporation uses 9.30% as their hurdle rate and satisfied with the intellectual relevance of a hurdle rate as an expression of the opportunity cost of money by the managers. As a result the firm’s share prices are inactive. Their price-to-earnings ratio is also below investor’s expectation in comparison to the company’s risk. The relationship between risk and return is important to take into consideration. The constant hurdle rate results in a flat line and doesn’t correlate
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Easy Corp was awarded a five year contract to provide program office support to a government agency. In the first year of the contract‚ the enterprise has raised concern with the contracting officer’s representative (COR). Easy Corp has habitually submitted erroneous and often late invoices‚ as well as late and incomplete management reports. Moreover‚ both the COR and Easy Corp employees rarely see the program manager for the contract. The purpose of this paper is to identify the ramifications
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Advanced Corporate Finance‚ March 2004 1. Weighted average cost of capital for Marriott Corp. The WACC is calculated using the formula: This uses the underlying assumption that the debt-equity ratio for the firm remains constant. In Marriott’s case the corporation’s target leverage ratio based on interest coverage target is set at 60% as taken from Table A. The WACC for the whole firm represents the average cost of capital of the firm’s underlying operating structure. To use this WACC
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Corp Finance Notes Chapter 1: * The purpose of business? * Creative act * Process to create products that benefit people… a good good? * Improving the living situations * The purpose of Corp finance skills? * Key concepts and skills * Understand the purpose of business form a Christian point of view: * Purpose of business: a disciplined set of processes- supported by facilities‚ equipment and supplies‚ for harnessing‚ unleashing and organizing our
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HIH Insurance Liquidation and Breach of Duty by Directors Background There are few surprises when it comes to insurance‚ but when they do come; they nearly always bring bad news. Such was the demise of HIH Insurance Limited (HIH): both a surprise (to many) and very bad news for many policyholders. On Thursday‚ 15 March 2001‚ HIH received approval from the NSW Supreme Court to place HIH into provisional liquidation. Tony McGrath of KPMG was appointed as provisional liquidator to HIH and 17
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OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT GROUP ASSIGNMENT MANZANA INSURANCE CASE ANALYSIS OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT CASE ANALYSIS Case Background About the firm Manzana Insurance was founded in Sebastapol‚ California in 1902. It originally specialized in orchard and farm insurance. In 1906‚ after the San Francisco Fire‚ it saw an opportunity and expanded into a number of areas. The main lines of business initially were Commercial property insurance only. Then Manzana dabbled into commercial liability segment
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