Kingsford Charcoal Brand managers Marcilie Smith Boyle (HBS MBA Class of 1996) and Allison Warren were getting together for their weekly Kingsford Charcoal ("Kingsford") debriefing meeting in February 2001 at Clorox’s corporate offices in Oakland‚ CA. As the job-sharing brand managers for the $350 million charcoal business‚ Smith Boyle and Warren had a lot to discuss during their Wednesday "overlap" day. Both women were assigned to the brand in July 2000‚ just as it became apparent that the summer
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MARKET ANALYSIS Barbeque is a very important part of US households and is associated with family‚ community‚ outdoor activities and informality (see Exhibit 5). Kingsford were the product leader in a market of small number of providers such as Royal Oak and Private Label brands. The company previously had 1-3% of growth in revenues each year. Charcoal sales were trending down and the grilling market is very seasonal with 60% of purchases made between May 1 and Sept 1. Success was heavily driven by
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soon become research director at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Weinberg was given the freedom to experiment with designing multiple types of nuclear reactors including the prominent LWR’s that are in commercial use today. Subsequently Weinberg had noted the potential danger of a LWR and moved on to designing a safer
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Thousand Oaks‚ CA. Killion‚J.‚ & Harrison‚ C.‚ (2006) Taking the Lead‚ New Roles for Teachers and School-based Coaches. National Staff Development Council‚ Oxford‚ OH. Knight‚ J.‚ (2007) Partnership Communication in Mentoring‚ Coaching and Collaboration. Thousand Oaks‚ CA. Knight‚ J. (2009). Instructional Coaching in Mentoring‚ Coaching and Collaboration. Thousand Oaks‚ CA. Knight‚ J. (2011) Unmistakable Impact. A Partnership Approach for Dramatically Improving Instruction. Thousand Oaks‚ CA.
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part‚ literature did not focus on this way of life. Not only does Hardy talk about this way of life‚ but he also tries to tackle the class problem in his novels. In his novel‚ Far From the Madding Crowd‚ Bathsheba rejects Gabriel Oak marriage proposal‚ since‚ “You [Oak] are better off than I. I have hardy a penny in the world” (Hardy 40). Class position plays a role‚ in the novel and effect how characters interact with one another. The relationship of Gabriel and Bathsheba changes as the social
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Abortion A. Jonathan Glover‚ in his article Matters of Life and Death casts dispersions on both pro-abortion and anti-abortion debates citing them as too knee-jerk emotional reactions diminishing the inherent complexity of the other side (1. Glover‚ CC2006‚ p. 0110). Glover comprehensively addresses the key points of both sides of the abortion debate and evaluates their inherent virtues‚ especially for those who hold these opinions‚ then methodically points out its flaws. Ultimately‚ Glover comes
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Qualitative‚ quantitative‚ and mixed method approaches. Thousand Oaks‚ CA: Sage. Frankfort-Nachmias‚ C.‚ & Nachmias‚ D. (2008). Research methods in the social sciences (7thed.). New York‚ NY: Worth. Johnson‚ B.‚ & Christensen‚ L. (2008). Educational research: Quantitative‚ qualitative‚ and mixed approaches (p. 34). Thousand Oaks‚ CA: Sage Publications. Lichtman‚ M. (2006). Qualitative research in education: A user’s guide (pp. 7-8). Thousand Oaks‚ CA: Sage Publications. http://www.orau.gov/cdcynergy/so
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definitive in ageless polish‚ adaptability and sturdiness. Its hard wearing qualities and scope of styles make it ideal for any room in the house. Most suppliers give hardwood flooring in Ash‚ Beech‚ Cherry‚ Hevea‚ Jatoba‚ Kempas‚ Maple‚ Merbau‚ Oak‚ Red Oak and Walnut‚ permitting you to make the feel and temperament to suit the configuration characteristics of your
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Conclusions of the sub questions: Sub question 1 What could have inspired Briggs to abandon the perfectly sound vessel‚ passing his wife‚ child and crew into a small boat in heavy seas? There are a couple of things that were very unlikely to happen. Sea monsters are easy to dismiss‚ because why were the lifeboat‚ navigational tabled and the sextant gone? Secondly‚ piracy. If it were to be pirates‚ they would take some stuff with them‚ wouldn’t they? Any valuables that the ship might have held were
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The Anglo-Saxon poem‚ “The Wife’s Lament” is written in a first person narrative‚ which gives it more depth than if it had been simply written in the third. The poem is the lament of a titular wife because she is “tortured by the anguish of exile” (5). She feels forsaken by her lord‚ who she also refers to as her husband‚ who has left her alone to sail the ocean blue. Even though the author is unknown‚ it is my impression that the poem was written by a woman because of the intuitive way in which
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