ASTRAL CASE STUDY FEEDBACK MNGT 5650 MANAGEMENT & STRATEGY‚ SPRING 2‚ 2013 Introduction ‣ This case gives a good flavor of the challenges of a general manager‚ in particular when one is new to the job. The case explores the “parachuting in” of Sarah Conner‚ a venture-capitalist (BLL‚ 60% owner of Astral) employee‚ to take over the running of Astral (North America) following the sudden death of its long-time president (Maxwell). Astral is mostly a manufacturer of CD records for other labels‚ though
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CASE STUDY ASSESSMENT Case Study Assessment: Each of the listed categories will be rated on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 indicating that the required material is not presented and five that each of requirements were met as specified below: * Abstract: 250 words summarizes the basic issues and recommendations of the paper * Introductory Material: Provide a well-developed summary for the case study. A clearly defined problem statement is presented; the issues are placed within
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This case study describes what happens when a health district merges four laboratories into one unit due to external driving forces for change‚ primarily the government funding cuts. Although the intention was to develop one centralized‚ efficient‚ and high volume centre‚ the inattention to the ‘people issues’ and the cultural differences of the work units results in chaos. The recently hired laboratory manager‚ Claude‚ has implemented several stopgap measures intended to address the work load issues
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Case Study Analysis - IKEA IKEA possesses numerous strengths that will help the company gain high value proposition around the globe in general and in the United States in particular. IKEA has been well known for its distinctive self-service store‚ unassembled furniture with flat packages‚ and featured amenities as playrooms for children and Swedish cafes. Its success in the United States has visibly shown through the double revenues from 1997 to 2001 ($600 million to $1.27 billion) (IKEA Invades
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Introduction Loyalty Scheme Case Study - McDonald’s Posted by on Wednesday‚ May 30‚ 2012 Under: Case Studies McDonald’s uses a combination of marketing strategies to build loyalty and promote their products. They offer coffee loyalty cards and student discounts. The student offers are divided into two; those that use NUS Extra Card and those that present valid student ID. Many companies also use the NUS Extra card to offer discounts to fulltime‚ part-time and distance learning students. Coffee
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Faculty of Business and Economics Management control of supplier relationships in manufacturing: A case study in the automotive industry Eli Pernot and Filip Roodhooft DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTANCY‚ FINANCE AND INSURANCE (AFI) AFI_0717 Management control of supplier relationships in manufacturing: A case study in the automotive industry Eli Pernot* Aspirant of the Funds for Scientific Research Flanders Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Naamsestraat 69 3000 Leuven - Belgium E-mail:
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Case study method: This technique was developed by Harvard Business School‚ U.S.A. It is used as a supplement to lecture method. A case is a written record of a real business situation/problem faced by a company. The case is provided to the trainees for discussion and analysis. Identification and diagnose of the problem is the aim in case study method. Alternate courses of action are suggested from participants. Multiple management: This technique of training was first introduced by McCormick‚
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In the 10 days after May 7‚ AOL stock lost more than 23% of its value. What makes the announcement so remarkable is that the week before the announcement‚ Steve Case told Robert Seidman: "We’ve done a lot of price testing -- of lower and higher monthly fees‚ with varying amounts of free time -- and there’s a reason why we’re still at $9.95 for 5 hours. If we thought we could attract more customers with
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HBR Case Study Why Are We Losing All Our Good People? This is all about a very common trend prevailing in most of the companies‚ Attrition of employees. Very often employees leave a company when they find a better job or some other career option. This is the case of a company named Sambian Partners‚ where Mary‚ the head of HR and Helen‚ the CEO face a lot of problem when Tom‚ one of their trusted employees quits their company and joins J&N which is supposed to be their competitor. Then the
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3I - Case Study Methodology Essex Summer School Exam 2011 1. Assessing research design Lily Tsai‚ “Solidarity Groups‚ Informal Accountability‚ and Local Public Goods Provision in Rural China” (American Science Review‚ May 2007). a) To what extent is the empirical research guided by theory? A good case study promotes an active dialogue between theory and data. In her case study of rural China‚ Lily Tsai manages to keep this dialogue alive. Tsai’s aim is clearly stated: to investigate
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