Katie Reuter May 5‚ 2013 GB520-01N: Strategic Human Resource Management Unit 1 What is Strategic Management‚ and why is it critical to the success of an organization in meeting its goals and mission? Strategic management is setting priorities and goals within a business. It’s used with upper management to strengthen a company and prepare for future outcomes. Making a product that is highly profitable and easy for customers to use and benefit from is the main focus of Apple‚ Inc. The organization
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Apple manufacturing plant worker‚ Shi Zhaokun‚ died of pneumonia after working long hours in questionable conditions. The article “Worker Deaths Raise Question at an Apple Contractor in China‚” by David Barboza explains the incident(s). What was odd about his death was that a spokeswoman made it known that several other young workers had died of similar causes in the last few months. Workers who were interviews by China Labor Watch complained of long working hours and harsh conditions. According
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Alibaba Corporate Governance Analysis Samet Karadag Contents Alibaba Leadership..............................................................................................................................3 Board of Directors ...........................................................................................................................3 BIOGRAPHIES ......................................................................................................................
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the business. As a result‚ the managers make all strategic decisions that affect the shareholders’ well-being. A conflict of interest may arise due to this separation of ownership and control (Pandey‚ 2010). Therefore‚ Agency Theory of Corporate Governance tries to illustrate how managers can maximize their own wealth at the expense of the shareholders. Finally it develops rules and incentives based on the contracts given to the management‚ so as to minimize or eliminate the conflicts of interests
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Apple and Foxconn Stimulus Material Apple is one of the world’s leading producers of mobile devices with a strong reputation for product innovation and high customer loyalty. In 2009 it was widely reported that Apple’s Chinese-based suppliers were using child labour in several of their large-scale factories. At the largest factory – Foxconn – a growing problem of employee suicide was also reported which was blamed on unethical management approaches. Apple was heavily criticised for its standards
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it may result in graft and corruption practices and anomalies in the government. Poor become poorer and most of politicians are becoming busy increasing their assets. Now‚ there is really a good governance in the phillipines? Those sceneraio are the perfect examples that may greatly affect good governance‚ its because
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MURERIWA ON A CALL FOR GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN ZIMBABWE. ADV ISIAH MURERIWA LLB (UP) LLM (UP) (Advocate of the High Court of South Africa) The legal realty is that in Zimbabwe‚ as in many other economies‚ those who own companies (shareholders) are different from those who are involved in the day-to-day operations of the companies (managers and directors). This position thus put the managers and directors in a fiduciary relationship vis-a vis the actual owners of companies and
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What is Corporate Governance and why is it necessary? Up to now no specific world-wide common understanding or single definition for “corporate governance” has been established. More generally‚ corporate governance can thus be understood as the totality of all national and international regulations (e.g. Sarbanes-Oxley Act)‚ rules‚ values and principles (e.g. UK’s “Code of best practices”) that apply to businesses and determine how they are steered and monitored. Corporate governance can be complex
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ESSAY Can Corporate Governance Mechanism Prevent Corporate Fraud? Executive Summary This paper will reviews the extent to which corporate governance acts as efficient tool to protect investors against corporate fraud‚ thus contributing to summarize the literatures on role of corporate governance on preventing occurrence of corporate fraud. In a more recent study‚ corporate fraud is part of earnings manipulation done outside the law and standards. Whereas‚ the activities
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Title: Corporate Governance and the 2012 Failure of the Hastie Group (ASX) Assignment Topic: An outline of‚ and brief discussion of the importance of‚ the bases or criteria for the review of the organisation’s governance (eg‚ refer to which standards or guiding principles are relevant for the review) and why you need to use them. A brief critical review of the relevance of concepts‚ principles‚ standards or other tools and techniques learnt during this subject‚ in conducting your review A list
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