the highway and they’re not very accommodating at all while the other women are willing to compromise what they believe is best. With people on the team that won’t budge from their opinion‚ the team is not going to be very effective at all. 2. In monitoring this team‚ what are the most serious issues and problems? Are these problems internal and task related‚ internal and group maintenance related or externally related? Why do you say this? I think that the most serious
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CASE 1-2 : McDonald’s expands globally while adjusting its local recipe Discussion Questions : 1-18. The key elements in McDonald’s global marketing strategy are based on the concept of this quick-service restaurant which is delivering three things to customers: inexpensive foo‚ quick-service and clean and familiar environment. Memorable advertising and intensive promotion efforts are two important tools that made McDonald’s one of the world’s most valuable brands. For instance “I’m loving it”
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Current Year Job (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Exit (1) Store associate 0.53 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.41 (2) Shift leader 0.00 0.50 0.16 0.00 0.00 0.34 (3) Department manager 0.00 0.00 0.58 0.12 0.00 0.30 (4) Assistant store manager 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.46 0.08 0.40 (5) Store manager 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.66 0.34 Forecast of availabilities Job Category Current (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Exit
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Globalization of Wal-Mart Ye Myint Tun California Mirama University Case Study 1: Globalization of Wal-Mart Please refer to the Mini-Case 9.1‚ “The Globalization of Wal-Mart” on page 251 and answer the following questions: 1. Why has Wal-Mart viewed international expansion as a critical part of its strategy? International expansion is different from the domestic expansion because geography areas‚ culture‚ tradition‚ behaviors and characteristics of the consumers are not similar‚ thus
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permitted to work next to each other. Both employees and the Union representing them filed charges of discrimination. The EEOC determined that there was reasonable cause of discrimination; violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The case ended up in the federal district court. The court granted motion for summary judgment. ISSUE: Does this rule violate Title VII? DECISION: No. The court reversed and remanded their decision. REASONING: The court did not find that there
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Tanglewood Case 2 The environmental scan for Tanglewood is very complex. According to the scan‚ there is a consistent supply of qualified individuals to fill managerial positions; however‚ it has been determined that Tanglewood may experience difficulties completing this task for several reasons. First‚ retail is often viewed as an undesirable market for recent college graduates. Secondly‚ many associate retail with working long hours‚ low pay‚ and frequent conflict with lower-level employees
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FLOW FROM FINANCING Decrease in long-term debt (12.9) Net cash flow from financing ($12.9) Net increase (decrease) in cash ($10.0) Beginning cash 37.2 Ending cash (calculated) $27.2 Actual ending cash (Check figure) $27.2 2. Use the Du Pont equation to obtain a rough feel for Commonwealth’s financial condition as compared to national averages. What are your conclusions? Du Pont Analyses: 2012 2013 Ind. Avg. Total margin 3.67% 5.73% 2.90%
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year | | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | Exit | Previous year | (1) Store associate | 0.53 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.41 | | (2) Shift leader | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.34 | | (3) Department manager | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.58 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.30 | | (4) Assistant store manager | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.46 | 0.08 | 0.40 | | (5) Store manager | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.66 | 0.34 | | | Forecast of availabilities | Next year (projected) | | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
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Case 2-1 Cynthia Cooper and WorldCom Cynthia Cooper details her trials and tribulations about her experiences at WorldCom in the book Extraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower. The following excerpts from the book describe the actions she took to uncover the fraud at WorldCom and reactions of key players in the accounting department‚ top management‚ the audit committee and the external auditors. Cooper was first alerted to the fact that there may have been a problem
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communication is most powerful tool it should be used effectively or it can cause self-inflicted harm. Here the term effective communication isn’t about pushing information to audience. Strategy is a process of ordered thinking: of thinking in the right order. 2. What subliminal messages did Bill Gates’ send to audience at DEC World? Bill Gates regaled his audience with tales of his house. He was utterly likable and his talk featured no discussion of business or computer technology especially of DEC. According
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