From Evernote: | Midterm Cases | Chapter 1: Davis v. Baugh Indus. Contractors‚ Inc. Trial Court dismissed the suit saying it was property owner’s fault. Issue: An employee of the property owner was killed when a concrete wall collapsed. Should the risk of liability stay only on the property owner‚ or extend to a contractor? Rule: For the past forty years it has been the rule that liability belongs only to the property owner
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Case 5 Magrec‚ Inc. 1. I would let a day pass and then request another meeting with Dinah indicating a sincere desire to work through the matter and the need to come to an understanding and agreement of how to work together and with the team moving forward. At that meeting‚ I would start off and thank Dinah for bringing the Partco matter to my attention. I would communicate with Dinah that I respect her strong feelings and beliefs behind her actions regarding the Partco matter but indicate
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Module 5 - Case The revolutionary impacts of IT ITM434 - Bus. Ethics and Soc. Issues in Cmptng Google is by any standards a huge corporation‚ generating in 2009‚ annual revenue of $23‚651‚000‚000. At its core is its search engine‚ which processes over a million search requests every day. It is globally involved in the advanced development and application of multinational public cloud computing‚ Internet search and advertising technologies and its declared mission from the outset has been
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MBA 575: Case Study 5 Kayla Rodney The University of Northwestern Ohio CH 3: "Antar Automobile Company-Part 1: The Automation Project" Rob Dander‚ project manager in the Operation Research Department (ORD) was charged with managing a large computer project for Antar’s new manufacturing process. Dander was assigned three assistants to help with this project‚ all with different experience levels. The team was to function as a high-performance product development team‚ however they lacked
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Case 7: Global Apparel Industry 1) How did globalization change the ‘rule of the game’ in the apparel industry? What it means for a company like Zara? Traditionally‚ national retailers outsource apparel production‚ via global brokers‚ to thousands of small apparel makers. Globalization created options for countries and companies in the apparel industry. Improving technology‚ sourcing‚ and production systems let innovative apparel makers compress cycle time. Shortening process time increases efficiencies
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BMW: The 7 Series 1. What are the causes and consequences of BMW’s quality problems with newly launched products? What should be done to improve “launch quality”? The causes and consequences of BMW’s quality problems with newly launched products were plentiful and apparent all throughout the case study. For instance‚ BMW does not use pre-production tools during prototyping. This significantly lowers their opportunity to discover and fix quality problems earlier in the production process. Secondly
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When its original incarnation‚ the Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan‚ failed in 1998‚ it set in motion a series of paradigm shifts for the bank. First‚ the bank was sold to a US private equity group‚ Ripplewood. This was controversial as‚ per the case material‚ “corporate Japan loathed private equity groups‚ and the government was reluctant to allow a foreign group to control a major local bank.” Thus‚ right from the start‚ Shinsei Bank had an uphill climb ahead of it in terms of public acceptance
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1. What does the case suggest is the value of ethical behavior? What did Siemens gain by introducing controls to minimize the likelihood of corruption? The case suggests that while it may be tempting in the short run to engage in unethical business practices‚ in the long run it is essentially bad business. Siemens was involved in a large amount of corruption and bribery all over the world. While this did increase their profits‚ it ultimately led to a public image‚ millions of dollars in fines‚ and
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12/11/2011 Week 7: Textbook Case Study "Save Money. Live Better" – Walmart and Unions Interpret the Slogan Differently 1. I honestly feel that there is way more disadvantages than advantages with Wal-Mart working with a union. Union women and men are more likely than nonunion workers to have health and pension benefits‚ and to receive paid holidays and vacations‚ and life and disability insurance. In the Wal-Mart case‚ I find this hard to believe. I think that Wal-Mart‚ being the large company
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1. Some Various forms of power include coercive‚ compliance gaining‚ expert‚ and reward power (Interpersonal Communication: Relating to others pg. 229-230). The kind of power that Coach Johnson has on his team very to comply with coach Johnson’s goals like going to the championships. 2. The turning point was when Gilbert decided to go talk to Coach Johnson because from there and on Coach Johnson yelled at gilbert had a bad conversation. Yes I think it was the same turning point for Coach Johnson
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