AFIN832 Case study 1: Star River Electronics Ltd 1. Assess the current financial health and recent financial performance of the company. What strengths and/or weaknesses would you highlight to Adeline Koh? From the ratio of profitability‚ the company had about 18% on operating margin‚ 16% on ROE‚ 8% on ROS and 5% on ROA in both 1998 and 1999. However‚ there was a downturn trend in profitability ratio in 2000. This could be the result of price competition because of the introduction of DVD manufacturing
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Assignment 1 Question 1 i. Name and describe in your own words two such HRM challenges as discussed in class. (4 marks) Two of the challenges are technology and motivation. Technology challenge is a new change that HRM has to face when working in a corporate. Advanced technology changes HR practices such as recruitment‚ training and collecting information and so on. To specific‚ HR uses technology to work more efficiently than before. Therefore‚ in the information age‚ HR has to know how to
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help to ensure that as an employee‚ they are always doing what is right‚ both ethically and morally. As an HRM professional‚ being knowledgeable of what the EEO (Equal Employment Opportunity) is and how it is beneficial to an organization is important. An HRM will also need to know what rights an employee has as this will be an important factor for the HRM. Therefore‚ it is wise for an HRM to learn what acts and issues there have been in the past that have created certain policies‚ as well as laws
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Application of Microeconomics concepts 1. Apple: ‘We can’t keep up with demand’ Global passion for Apple unabated as consumer demand outstrips supply across iPhone‚iPad and iMac ranges‚ Apple says. As Apple announced record profits‚ chief executive Tim Cook confirmed that even supplies of older‚ cheaper models of the iPhone were not enough to satisfy demand‚ and that sales of iMacs fell primarily because the company could not make the new design fast enough. He added that iPad Mini demand‚ too
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Students Brand Preferences Between Apple and Samsung Smartphone INTRODUCTION Smartphone has revolutionized the way we do thing‚ the role Smartphone play in today’s society is phenomenal. Today’s Smartphone is taking the role of computer‚ making it possible to do a lot with this small hand held device. It has a broad use such as sharing information‚ paying for products‚ browsing‚ and shopping. Virtually every activity today has a Smartphone application for it. Smartphone can be
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Samsung marketing strategy in china Nowadays‚ China’s communication industry is developing rapidly‚ and China has become the biggest mobile phone market all over the world. There are many international renowned mobile phone manufactures and local producers in this market and these companies are competing fiercely in China’s mobile phone industry. It is known that‚ in 1999‚ when the domestic mobile phone brands entered the mobile phone market‚ few people had expected that the domestic mobile
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HRM Paper Week 8 • Assignment # 2 – Comprehensive Case: “Muffler Magic” Read the “Muffler Magic” case and write a four-to-five (4-5) page report that answers the following: 1. Specify three (3) recommendations about the functions of recruiting‚ selection‚ and training that you think Ron Brown should be addressing with his HR manager now. Currently you’re allowing your HR to hire employees without "carefully screening each and every candidate‚ checking their references and work ethic"
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Class Discussion of Samsung and Theme Park Industry Case Reading: Case: Samsung Case. Key activities of the class: 1. Group presentations of the industry analysis (3 minutes per group; use the worksheet) 2. Class discussion of the Case: Key issue: As the chairperson of the Samsung Group‚ would you approve the master plan proposed? (Please refer to Case Summary on Web). 3. Video: Samsung Everland Fall 2000 MGTO321 (L1 & L2) -- Dr. JT Li 1 Outline of Class Discussion: Samsung Case 1. Global Context:
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HRM in Indigenous and MNCs in the current recession. Ireland has one of the most globalised economies in the world. One of its main attributes is the prioritising the attraction and retention of FDI through a combination of incentives‚ particularly low corporation tax and liberalised trade policies. The success of this policy is manifest in the large numbers of MNCs located there and its status as one of the world’s most FDI-intensive economies (Barry‚ 2007; Rios-Morales and Brennan‚ 2009). Ireland
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Grand Plan of Samsung Apps Samsung bada Developer Day at MWC2011 Feb 15‚ 2011 bada Developer Day 2011 Copyright© 2011 Samsung Electronics‚ Co.‚ Ltd. All rights reserved China! Zhōngguó 중국 中國 Samsung Apps Contents 1.Introduction of Samsung Apps History of Samsung Apps Samsung Apps Overview Global Service Coverage Service Channels of Samsung Apps Become a Samsung Apps Seller 2.Blueprint of Samsung Apps Expansion Plan of Samsung Apps New Key Features : 1) Try’n Play & Rent’n Play
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