Nucor Corporation Nucor Corporation is one of the largest steel producers in the United States‚ and the largest of the "mini-mill" operators (those using electric arc furnaces to melt scrap steel‚ as opposed to companies operating integrated steel works with blast furnaces). Nucor claims to be North America’s largest recycler of any material‚ recycling one ton of steel every two seconds. Enterprise mission: decentralization management concept‚ pay for performance for the benefit of employees
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Nucor Case Study on Approach to Employee Motivation Starting back as early as the 1950’s and early 1960’s Nuclear Corporation of America was involved in the nuclear instrument and electronic business. After consecutive years of struggling financial performance‚ Nucor evaluated their management structure and decided it was time for a change in leadership. As a result F. Kenneth Iverson was appointed as president and CEO of the company. Part of Iverson innovation for the company was drastically changing
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How would you describe the culture of Nucor? Nucor seems to possess a secret in the business world‚ a lost art regarding to how to treat employees. To think that engineers and supervisors alike would sacrifice their weekends to help out a sister plant with a failing grid and not one person was asked by their direct manager to assist is an amazing healthy team culture. A performance driven company with a team building component that rewards the whole versus the minority only when they have been
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theory is a good way to understand the concept of job satisfaction and dissatisfaction in an organization. Frederick Herzberg’s Motivator-Hygiene Theory tries to determine specific factors responsible for job satisfaction and dissatisfaction. His study found separate and distinct cluster of factors associated with job satisfaction and dissatisfaction. Achievement‚ recognition‚ characteristics of the work and advancement are considered to be the motivators which mean job characteristics associated
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Nucor has many strength’s that lie within the company lines. They are the industry leader in innovation and minimization of pollution and production cost. They make sure to take each and every step necessary in order to reduce the exposure of pollutants to the atmosphere. This gives the company a lot of credibility in that it is not only worried about itself‚ but also its surroundings. Nucor is a calculated risk taking culture so they are not quick to jump the gun on any specific task. They assure
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Case Study: The Corporation 1. In the mid 1800s the corporation emerged as a "legal person" by way of maneuvering in the legal system. For the next 100 years we saw the rise to dominance of the corporation. The corporation created unprecedented wealth but at what cost? The externalities of corporate operations are responsible for countless cases of illness‚ death‚ poverty‚ pollution‚ exploitation and lies. Voice your opinion on this. Who Is Responsible for regulating these Corporations?‚ The Government
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Nucor at Crossroads Q1. What is bothering Mr. Iverson? Whether to go for CSP plant developed by SMS or sustain with Hazelett thin-slab caster?? Potential benefits of CSP Cost reduction Increase in efficiency Consent of the project team Nucor will gain maximum share of low end flat sheet business SMS is highly confident on CSP that it will improve on company’s own developmental effort. Discount of $10-$20 million on immediate purchase. Q1. What is bothering Mr. Iverson
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on the case study “Nucor in 2009”‚ Nucor’s business strategy can be categorized as cost leadership. There are clear evidence in the case that shows Nucor using an integrated set of actions to produce at the lowest cost‚ while still maintaining an acceptable level of quality compared to their competitors. In this critique‚ the Value-chain model will be used to illustrate how Nucor aligns their activities to this business strategy. I/ Primary structure Regarding Inbound Logistics‚ Nucor has a highly
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Performance Measurement‚ Nucor’s case study 1.Nucor performed very well because of choice of a successful strategy. The most significant part of it from the corporation’s point of view is that every plant worked as a single company. They had to show reports to the headquarters but all everyday events had to be solved inside the plant. It allowed the company to react fast for local changes. Another important point in the strategy is the level of wages. Basic payment of managers was quite low. They
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Nucor Corporation Introduction Nucor Corporation‚ the largest U.S. mini-mill‚ continues to gain market share in flat roll and strip steel. Recent successful acquisitions‚ application of new technologies‚ prospects for global growth‚ a strong balance sheet‚ as well as improved economic outlook for the steel industry‚ make Nucor an attractive buy with a near term stock price target of $65 to $70. Background Nucor Corporation (NUE) was founded by auto manufacturer Ranson E. Olds. Through a
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