Alin NIRAMORN Case Study Methods Lori Ostlund 09/019/2012 Case Write-Up Summary of Case Situation In the case‚ Raleigh & Rosse‚ Simons and Mahoney (2011) report that in the beginning of year 2010‚ R&R is being sued by its sales associates. The Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) states that R&R has continued breaking the state law by encouraging employee to work “off the clock”. R&R is a U.S. luxury good retailer run by family member. The company mission is to serve their costumers
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Passive vs. Active Voice Voice is the form of a verb that shows whether the subject is performing the action. In English‚ there are two voices: active and passive. Only action verbs indicate the active voice; linking verbs cannot. If the subject of a verb performs the action‚ the voice is active. The captain telephoned the crew. Telegraph messages gathered on the desk. If the subject receives the action‚ the voice is passive. The crew was telephoned by the captain. The telegraph
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EDPS has shaped me into being a compassionate‚ thoughtful‚ and honest active listener to my friends‚ family‚ and coworkers. I thought that I knew what it meant to be an active listener but until I learned to skills and practiced it‚ I learned how much room I had for improvement. The book that taught me the most about active listening throughout this course is‚ “The Lost Art of Listening‚” by Michael Nichols. What I took away‚ and use most from the
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HISTROY The evolution of active magnetic bearings may be traced through the patent issued in this field. Earlier patents for magnetic suspensions can be found but are excluded here because they consist of assemblies of permanent magnets of problematic stability per Earns haw’s Theorem. Early active magnetic bearing patents were assigned to Jesse beams at the university of Virginia during World War II and are concerned with ultracentrifuges for purification of the isotopes of various elements for
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Case Study - Spyder Active Sports 1. How‚ if at all‚ does the value of Spyder depend upon its ownership structure? What are the (other) primary determinants of value? Current ownership structure CHB 37‚9 % Jacob 25‚4 % Shimokubo 25‚4 % Employees 11‚3 % SUM 100‚00 % New investors would influence the company policy and operation. If the change would have positive or negative effect is not known now. Other values of determination are: Advertisement‚ brand marketing‚ competition
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Case Summary: UPS 1. What are the inputs‚ processing and outputs of UPS’s package tracking system? The inputs are all of the raw data collected by UPS from its day to day operations from the basic information of the package and address to the points of data collected during the delivery process‚ i.e. travel time or fuel spent. The processing is UPS converting this data into easily accessible information and discovering relevant business trends. The outputs stage is transferring the information
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How has Amazon changed the market for books? Amazon has changed the market for books by making it easily accessible with a vast selection for customers to chose from where a book that the local store doesn’t offer is just a click away. Amazon makes it cost effective for both the writers and customers as costs are reduced when books are online instead of paper. Amazon also acts as a storage system for readers that don’t have the space in the house for actual paper books. Amazon makes it possible
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Case 2: Zara 1. What are the essential elements of Zara’s business model? The business idea of Zara is to link customer demand to manufacturing‚ and to link manufacturing to distribution. And based on this general idea‚ Zara has several essential elements for its business model. First‚ speed and decision making‚ which means that in the external level‚ Zara need to respond very quickly to demands of target customers‚ and always keep in style. While for the inside‚ Zara treasure intelligence
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medications. She completed her monthly check-ups with her attending physician. Patient had no exposure to any illness‚ radiation‚ or teratogens. In the second trimester‚ at the 23rd week of pregnancy‚ patient noted watery discharge‚ fluid in consistency amounting to 1 teaspoon staining her underwear. There was no blood or mucoid noted at the time and patient did not experience any uterine contraction. There was good fetal tone. Patient then sought consult and was worked up. It was found out that patient had
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Active Listening When interacting‚ it is very common for people to wait to speak rather than listen attentively to what someone is saying. As a result of this‚ people tend to get distracted and lose focus of what the message sender is communicating. Active listening is essentially a structured way of listening and responding to others‚ where understanding is achieved through many different techniques. Active listening is an integral part of communication throughout various different aspects
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