1. The top management of Teletech Corporation was applying 9.30% as a hurdle rate to all capital projects and as a performance evaluation‚ regardless of the business units. 2. Corporate Telecommunications Services Products and Systems MV asset weights 100% 75% 25% Bond rating A- / BBB+ A BB Pretax cost of debt 5.88% 5.74% 7.47% Tax rate 40% 40% 40% After-tax cost of debt 3.53% 3.44% 4.48% Equity beta 1.15 1.04 1.39 Rf 4.62% 4.62% 4.62% Rm
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1. What are your thoughts on Fridman’s overall argument? Do you agree or disagree with him? Why? I feel that Fridman makes a respectable argument and uses rhetorical strategies and comparisons much to his advantage. Yet‚ his argument‚ though well stated has become less relevant‚ as 2012 comes to an end. Fridman wrote this article in 1990‚ a completely different era—an era of post-modernism. Post-modernist thought is deeply rooted in stark binary comparisons like Fridman makes (jock/nerd‚ cool/uncool)
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Services are generally described by a six-level classification. Those levels indicate‚ but do not strictly define‚ the type of organization‚ the level of medical treatment involved‚ or the severity of‚ or prognosis for‚ the medical situation. The levels are: • Preventive – Health education and prevention programs provided by business and other organizations‚ such as schools and family planning clinics. • Primary – Early detection and routine treatment of health problems‚ such as are often
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INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Introduction: The urge for peace and self-preservation has inspired man to devise institutions for greater international co-operation and avoidance of confrontation. Though this process of evolving international organizations has existed for long‚ it received a special impetus as a result of the scientific and technological development during the past few centuries. However‚ in the present century this international co-operation assumed new dimensions with the emergence
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Features of an organization Aggregation of Human beings: Organization is an identifiable aggregation of human beings. The identification is possible because human group is not merely a number of persons collected at London‚ but it is a group of persons who are interrelated. The identifiable group of human beings determines the boundary of the organization. Such boundary separates the elements belonging to the organization from other elements in its environment. Deliberate and conscious Creation:
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LEARNING ORGANIZATION According to Peter Senge (1990: 3) Learning organization are: “…organizations where people continually expand their capacity to create the results they truly desire‚ where new and expansive patterns of thinking are nurtured‚ where collective aspiration is set free‚ and where people are continually learning to see the whole together”. Senge argues that organizations should have the sort of culture which allows them to shape there own future to a far greater degree as been
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of Learning Organization * A learning organization is an organization‚ which facilitates the learning of all its members and continuously transforms itself. ( Pedler‚ Boydell and Burgoyne‚ 1992) * A learning organization has managers who create an environment where the behaviors and practices involved in continuous development are actively encouraged. (Honey‚ 1996) * An organization in which learning is valued‚ and consciously managed and supported. A learning organization develops and
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Case Analysis General Motors - 2005 Course Instructor: Prof Dr Ali Askari Date: October 29th‚ 2010 Group # 5 Niveen Qadri (29) Muzna Ahmed (28) Maryam Khan (21) Sidra-Tun-Nisa (37) General Motors I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY • Mission: General Motors is committed to be a leader in providing transportation products and services of such quality that its customers will receive superior value‚ its employees and business partners will share their success and their shareholders
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Principles of Organization These four broad principles have many variations and considered as exclusive principles of organization which are as under: Chronological Order (order of Time) In chronological order or time order‚ items‚ events‚ or even ideas are arranged in the order in which they occur. This pattern is marked by such transitions as next‚ then‚ the following morning‚ a few hours later‚ still later‚ that Wednesday‚ by noon‚ when she was seventeen‚ before the sun rose‚ that April
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introductory topic on Management Information System Organizations are formal social units devoted to the attainment of specific goals. The success of any organizations is premise on the efficient use and management of resources which traditionally comprises human‚ financial‚ and material resources. Information is now recognized as a crucial resource of an organization. Examples of organizations are business firms‚ banks‚ government agencies‚ hospitals‚ educational institutions
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