CASE on PLANNING: The ADAMS CORPORATION I. Viewpoint. Price Millman‚ the new President & Chief Executive Officer of the Adams Corporation [“Adams”] II. Statement of the Problem: Despite continuously increasing sales in the past 20 years‚ Adams’ net profit has continuously dropped during the same period. The new controlling owner group wants a new corporate design that will improve effectiveness. III. Objectives: To formulate and implement a new corporate design that will improve
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(1)In his 1960 book‚ The Human Side of Enterprise‚ Douglas McGregor proposed two theories by which to view employee motivation. He avoided descriptive labels and simply called the theories Theory X and Theory Y. (1)Theory X assumes that the average person: dislikes work and attempts to avoid it‚ has no ambition‚ wants no responsibility‚ and would rather follow than lead. Is self-centered and therefore does not care about organizational goals‚ resists change‚ is gullible and not particularly intelligent
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Midway Island‚ west of Hawaii . Their plans were once again decoded by the US. 10 Japan strucj first and the US unleased planes‚ destroying 332 Japanese planes and all four aircraft carriers. US won. Turning point of war in Pacific. 11 General Douglas MacArthur‚ commander of Allied land forces‚ devised the plan of ‘island- hopping” This involved passing Japanese strong points and seizing weakly defended islands. 12 Japan was building an air base on the island of Guadalcanal. On August 7‚ 1942
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and becoming executive officer. He was assigned to attend the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth Kansas to study warfare and theories. During the war‚ he decided to return in Washington which he became the personal aide of General Douglas MacArthur. Along MacArthur’s side‚ he helped MacArthur for planning the Military defense in the Philippines. Despite of their difference‚ Eisenhower stayed with MacArthur until they took command in the Philippines. After the invasion of Pearl Harbor
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environment. People need to do their best not to pollute. Prevention is an important step‚ so set a litter-free example for your family‚ friends‚ co-workers and neighbors to help keep your community. Each year‚ each person uses almost a 100-foot tall Douglas Fir Tree in paper and wood products. There is a great importance for recycling to reduce the amount of trees cut down. It is not a hard
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lives. They therefore resigned themselves to fate‚ believing all is finished. They lost every sense of direction and most times‚ some of them go as far as committing suicide‚ just to escape the injustice life has meted out to them. Hunter “Patch” Adams isn’t one to escape this dilemma. Having been institutionalized for depression‚ he soon realizes his profound sense of purpose in helping his fellow patients after ‘connecting’ to them‚ he wanted to learn about people and help them with their troubles
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The Creation of Adam is a painting of Michelangelo’s fresco Sistine Chapel ceiling 1511 years. It is take to illustrates from the Binlical story from the Book of Genesis in which God the Father breathes life into Adam‚ the first man come to the new world. In the painting‚ the man who is the Adam is painted at the right side of the painting‚ he is naked‚ body shows more muscular‚ looks feel relax‚ laening against rock‚ and giving his to old man. Next‚ the old man in the painting who is the
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Implied Terms Douglas Wilhelm Harder When a contract is written‚ those terms that are explicitly written into the contract are said to be expressed terms; however‚ there may be terms that are implied by the nature of the contract. An implied term is a term not written into the contract but is still enforceable. For example‚ it is an implied term in any construction contract that the resulting structure will be built to code. There are two types of implied terms: those required by statute (acts
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exercising power on the basis of knowledge. This gave rise to three mechanisms of classical organizational behavior - Charismatic Authority‚ Traditional Authority‚ Rational Legal Authority. What is Theory X and Theory Y of Organizational Behavior? Douglas McGregor at the MIT Sloan School of management developed a set of theories in 1960 which have gone on to become the fundamentals of organizational behavior. Known as Theory X and Theory Y‚ they are extensively used in human resources‚ organizational
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from 1934 to 1935‚ and was one of the "Seven Wise Men" who drafted the Philippine Constitution. When World War II broke out‚ Roxas enlisted in the military service and held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the USAFFE and served aide to General Douglas MacArthur. He was later promoted to Brigadier General. He was responsible for bringing food from his native province of Capiz to feed over 20‚000 soldiers and civilians in Corregidor Island. After the war‚ Roxas ran for President against incumbent
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