Richard Paguirigan National University/Law 402 Professor Hamlin January 22‚ 2012 1. Identify the strengths and weaknesses of Fontaine’s and Gaudin’s negotiating strategy in their deliberations with Reliant Chemical Company. Fontaine and Gaudin started off with a competitive strategy‚ wherein the outcome of the negotiation was more important than the relationship. This is evidenced by the fact that the market for VCM would be oversupplied in a few years due to the building of new chemical
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Changing the Organizational Culture: Reenergizing the Athletic Department Jason Abstract Efforts to change the organizational culture of companies large and small have been attempted by many professionals‚ with varying rates of success. The reason success has varied with the process is due to resistance to the change in comfort zone from those involved in the process of culture change. In this paper the process of culture change will be discussed‚ as a plan will be outlined to change the
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Executive Summary Royal Caribbean is the second largest cruise line company in the world and it is in position to take advantage of a recovering industry that is once again attracting high numbers of people looking to spend money. Royal Caribbean has strong brand awareness in North America where a majority of cruises originate‚ but it also has a strong international reputation through the other brands it operates as well as its own increasing presence in the European and Asian market. Royal Caribbean
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Management 307 Shell-Nigeria case The Business Ethics of Shell in Nigeria The Shell-Nigeria case has produced great debates about business practices and what is deemed ethical behavior. When applying the views of some of the great moral philosophers‚ economists‚ and philosophical concepts in history to the Shell-Nigeria case‚ one is left with a variety of diverse viewpoints about whether or not Shell’s business practices were ethical. Philosopher and economist‚ Adam Smith‚ would likely have
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for Bidco Oil Company in Kenya Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Customer Solution Case Study Oil Manufacturer Enhances Productivity Through Portal Integration and Collaboration Overview Country or Region: Kenya Industry: Manufacturing Customer Profile Bidco Oil Refineries Ltd headquartered in Thika Kenya is the largest manufacturer and distributor of high-quality edible oils fats margarine soaps and detergents in the East and southern African regions. Business Situation Bidco Oil had an intranet
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Stearic acid Cost: Price - $1‚600/1000 kgs. FOB USA Sea Freight Cost - $1‚800 per container van (1‚000 bags @ 25kg. per bag) Fixed Ordering Cost – Php 3‚000 per shipment Custom Duty – 10% based on C&F cost Land transport cost from port to company – Php 5‚000 per container van Exchange rate – Php 26/ 1$ Order Size : 3‚000 bags Ave. Shipping time: 30 days Release from Customs: 30 days Substitute: Hydrogenated Castor Wax 15% by weight required to produce the same quantity of grease Hydrogenated
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ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE There exist successful corporations with very different corporate culture. Their employees enjoy their jobs and generally like the way how things are done at their company. Every organization has a set of values that characterize how people behave and how the organization carries out everyday business. Positive cultural norms strengthen the company while negative cultural norms have the power to take the company down. A related concept concerning the influence of norms
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Case Title: Organizational Culture and Incentives at Lincoln Electric Table Of Content Introduction: An overview of the case study S.W.O.T Analysis Case Discussion Questions Recommendation 1. Introduction: An overview of the case study Lincoln Electric is a leading manufacturer of welding products‚ welding equipment‚ and electric motors‚ with more than US$1 billion in sales and 6‚000 workers worldwide. Although now
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Management and organizational behavior The Dell Company has made choices using the systems and contingency approaches to management of the company. Firstly‚ the company’s strategy of having the customer of the product design it himself is a systematic in that the company builds a machine that is precise to the consumer’s needs thus reducing the overall time and cost of the process. The specified designs also means very little resources in primary research as the consumers can choose exactly what
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WorldCom: Organizational Culture and Unethical Safeguards Organizational culture is one of four influences whether an ethical or unethical behavior will be made. WorldCom’s demise‚ deliberately overstating their income by $7 billion between 1999 and 2002; and their once valued stock of $180 million becoming nearly worthless‚ can attribute a significant amount of their failure on their “dis”organizational culture. Corporations worldwide who do not think this type of fraud can happen at the hands
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