Institute Of Personnel Management Sri Lanka NAME OF THE PROGRAMME : - PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATON IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT TOPIC OF THE CASE STUDY : - PERERA CONFECTIONARIES MODULE NUMBER : - MODULE 01 NAME OF THE LECTURE : - MRS. RAJEE RAVICHANDRAN For Office Use Only: 1. Final Marks : ……………………….. 2. Remarks : ……………………….. (To be filled by the Examiner) LATE SUBMISSION NO OF DAYS Content Acknowledgement…………………………………………………………………………
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Question 5 Was this truly a disaster? What lessons can be learned from this case and similar disasters‚ particularly regarding the importance of such “human factors” as courage‚ truthfulness‚ and open communication? The Vasa was built as a symbol of Sweden’s naval supremacy. Unequalled in size‚ ornamentation and firepower‚ the Vasa was intended to project might and to intimidate the nation’s enemies. Of course‚ the reality of Sweden’s many conquests in the Baltic region was not lost on its
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here are numerous examples of Brand Extension Failures. They are: 1. Coke’s launch of Black Cherry Vanilla Coke and Diet Black Cherry Vanilla Coke failure miserable 2. Pepsi’s Cafechino looks like a disaster in India as very people have actually gone for it 3. Virgin: The company was able to stretch its considerable brand equities from the entertainment to the travel industry. Virgin Airlines is a success. But does anyone remember Virgin cola? Virgin vodka? Virgin jeans? 4. Ready-to-eat
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dividing a potential market into distinct subsets of consumers with a common need or characteristic and selecting one or more segments to target with a specially designed marketing mix. Besides aiding in the development of new products‚ segmentation studies assist in the redesign and repositioning of existing products‚ in the creation of promotional appeals‚ and the selection of advertising media. In order to be a viable target market‚ a segment must be identifiable (by some criteria such as demographics
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unusual one in Napa Valley‚ where there are more than 600 grape growers and over 500 wine producers and blenders‚ many of which are small family-owned operations. In the Napa Valley region‚ over 9 million cases of wine are typically produced and sold annually. With its operation of about 4‚000 cases produced each year‚ AVS is considered to be a small winery. AVS is managed by Kay Aproveche‚ the founder’s daughter. AVS buys two types of wine grapes from the family’s grapegrowing operations – a Chardonnay
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HBR CASE STUDY ON “THE BEST OF INTENTIONS” - John Humphreys Submitted To Prof. Neeta Jain FORE School of Management Analysis Submitted By – Aayushi Singh (221002) Anjali Gera (221001) Ankit Arora (221022) Deeptiman Dasgupta (221039) Gaurav Maheshwari (221049) Gagandeep Chawla (221046) Analysis 1 – Issues in the case The major issues in the case are: i. Discrimination between employees – a) On grounds of gender : Some territories of business at AgFunds were conservative and the customers
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WorldCom Case Study: Lack of Leadership‚ Lack of Ethics Emily Fearnow ORG 500- Foundations of Effective Management Colorado State University – Global Campus Dr. Cheryl Lentz May 15‚ 2011 WorldCom Case Study: Lack of Leadership‚ Lack of Ethics A multitude of choices made by executives at WorldCom led to the ultimate demise of the company as it was previously known‚ the employees and their livelihoods’‚ and the trust of the American people. In a time when corporations
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CASE STUDY Summary In this case‚ it describes what happened to a graduate of a prestigious business school during his time of work in the auditing division of Greenspan & Company. The graduates name is‚ “Bill Church”‚ the situation is that he was relocated along with his family from the Mid-west to the East Coast. There he bought a home‚ a second car and did not worry about overextending financially because the company had huge plans for him. After months into the job Bill realized that he was
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Bloomington Hospital’s Open-Heart Unit Case Notes Prepared by Charles M. Byles‚ Virginia Commonwealth University Introduction The case centers on the decision by the Bloomington Hospital (BH) board to add a cardiovascular (CV) surgery unit to its range of services. The CV decision came as a result of a strategic planning exercise by the board. Other additions to the services of the hospital were recommended in the decision‚ but none generated the level of criticism aroused by the CV decision
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Committee under the Quality Management Division was established by the American Society for Quality (ASQ) in 1961. However it was Philip B. Crosby who popularized the use of COQ because of his book Quality is Fre in 1979. Several current quality system standards‚ ISO 9000‚ QS-9000‚ AS-9000‚ reference the use of COQ for quality improvement. The concept of Cost of Quality is confusing. It does not refer to costs such as using a higher grade leather to make a wallet or using 14K gold instead of gold plating
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