Case Assignment 3 Affinity Plus (A) Table of contents Introduction 2 The benefits of “employee latitude” 2 The disadvantages of “employee latitude” 3 Balancing the tradeoffs between different degrees of latitude 3 Reasons for the high employee turnover at Affinity Plus 4 Management control system changes 5 The alignment of indirect lending and the MOE 6 Conclusion 6 Bibliography 8 Introduction In this case assignment the credit union Affinity Plus‚ which is based in Minnesota‚ will
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focus the groups on important aspects of the Yeats Valves case. Note the actual case name is Yeats Valves and Controls‚ Inc. The case number is UV0094. There is also a spreadsheet - that number is UV0184. As mentioned - the corresponding case is TSE International Corp. - case # UV0114. 1. What is the situation that this company faces? Yeats Valves and Controls‚ Inc. is currently considering a merger with TSE International Corporation. The founder‚ who is Chair and CEO‚ W.B. “Bill” Yeats‚ is
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Standardization of preparation methods with exact product specification using customized equipment * Consistently high quality and uniformity across all outlets. * A unique operating system * A special set of relationship between the McDonald’s corporation‚ its suppliers and its franchisees often described as a three-legged stool. The stool is only as strong as the three legs and thus each supported the weight of McDonald’s equally. * Restaurant’s service is measured in terms of three categories
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Case 1 Atlantic Corporation Maastricht University School of Business and Economics Corporate Governance and Restructuring 1. Is the acquisition of Royal’s linerboard mill and box plants a sound strategic move? Consider the short- as well as long-term outlook for linerboard prices and the profitability of the linerboard industry. Furthermore‚ what basis‚ if any‚ is there for expecting AtlanticRoyal’s combined linerboard and box mill operations to do better/worse than the industry overall?
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personal lives” [ (Galinsky‚ Wigton‚ & Backon‚ 2009) ]. There are new trends that employers have integrated to deal with the recession in constructive ways‚ such as allowing employees to work at home one or two days a week to save on commuting costs‚ allowing employees greater scheduling flexibility if their spouses have lost a job or seen their hours reduced and the family needs to make changes‚ and reassigning responsibilities when no hiring is possible [ (Galinsky‚ Wigton‚ & Backon‚ 2009)
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Case Analysis Saku Problem Synopsis of the Situation Saku offers products in six different product categories. Some of their products are doing well while sales of some products are declining. Certain segments are experiencing market growth while some others are close to stagnation. The company wants to determine a product portfolio for the next few years that will take advantage of opportunities for expansion without negatively impacting the current sales of its products. Key Issues
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INTRODUCTION McCusker is the project team leader and had authorized the organization of a cross-functional and cross-regional project team in Flextronics. McCusker should reach a decision with regards to which shop-floor system to implement in the facilities as soon as possible. Main stakeholders in this decision are Mexico team‚ Hungary team and Microsoft. From long term perspective‚ Flextronics needs to integrate the different shop-floor systems present in each facility into one system. The growing
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For the exclusive use of M. HUSSAIN Harvard Business School 9-582-103 Rev. September 24‚ 1985 Sealed Air Corporation The president and chief executive officer of Sealed Air Corporation‚ T. J. Dermot Dunphy‚ explained the firm’s 25% average annual growth in net sales and net earnings from 1971 to 1980: The company’s history has been characterized by technical accomplishment and market leadership. During the last 10 years we built on our development of the first closed-cell‚ lightweight cushioning
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Case Questions: 1. Option #3 suggests Stryker Corporation to build its own facility to manufacture its own PBCs. Under the current situation that some contract manufacturers have weak performance in quality and delivery‚ the benefits of this option are obvious as following: First of all‚ option #3 promised the highest degree of control over quality and delivery‚ which can solve the major problem that Stryker has faced with recently. On the other hand‚ self-manufacturing offers an opportunity
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Stryker Corporation Deciding whether to keep outsourcing or in-source PCBs Stryker Corporation has 3 different options regarding the supply of needed PCBs. Option 1: contemplates the fact of keeping the same suppliers but with significant changes in order to assure continuous supply of PCBs and quality. No investment is needed. Option 2: establishing a partner with a single supplier. This way there would be a sole supplier for Stryker established in a new facility near them‚ this would give
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