5‚ 9 September 2010 ------------------------------------------------- Topic: Should organizations “rank-and-yank”? No. I do not believe that organizations should “rank-and-yank” and see that as a solution to evaluate and improve the performance of their employees‚ simply because it motivates risk-taking at both ends of the performance spectrum. Organisations‚ using a “rank-and-yank” system‚ are effectively encouraging their employees to take on a high-risk behaviour. Employees who are doing
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ENRON AND THE FREE MARKET SYSTEM 1. ABSTRACT The Enron scandal was a financial scandal that was revealed in late 2001. After a series of revelations involving irregular accounting procedures bordering on fraud‚ perpetrated throughout the 1990s‚ involving Enron and its accounting firm Arthur Andersen‚ it stood at the verge of undergoing the largest bankruptcy in history by mid-November 2001. Enron filed for Bankruptcy on December 2‚ 2001. 2. FREE MARKET SYSTEM A free market describes a theoretical
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Enron Case Study A company’s leadership and culture influences its business ethics. A company’s culture is known as the organizational culture. It is the actions and beliefs of individuals that work at the company. All the shared values and enforced policies contribute to organizational culture. “The leadership culture appears as an integral part of the organizational culture and it can have a positive or negative influence upon the latter.” (Popa‚ 2013‚ p. 179). The organizational culture
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The atmosphere at Enron was highly competitive. Enron rewarded cleverness and pushing the envelope. Enron’s former president and CEO Jeffery Skilling encouraged employees to be "independent‚ innovative‚ and aggressive.") The aggressiveness of the culture at Enron was increased by a rigorous and threatening evaluation process for all employees that became known as "rank and yank." "Enron’s employees annually ranked their fellow employees on a 1 (best) to 5 (worst) scale. Each of the company’s divisions
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ENRON: The Idiocy and the Irony Introduction Red flags were blinding as Enron learned about possible corruption with Enron Oil Trading in Valhalla‚ New York. After the merger between HNG and InterNorth‚ the Valhalla office‚ originally established by InterNorth seemed all but forgotten until quarterly and annual reports were due. Supervisors Tom Harding and Steve Sulentic were rarely on-site‚ preferring the comfort of offices in Houston. Louis Borget who established and operated the trading
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The Importance of Rank Structure in the Marine Corps Rank structure is important to the Marine Corps because it form one of the fundamental backbones of military service. Many believe that with rank structure the Marine Corps or any other military organization could not function. This is has been proven fact over the centuries by the countless of mob armies that has arisen in history of the fall apart because they had no clear leadership. One of the ways that rank structure is important is
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7-16. IN-RANKS INSPECTION To conduct in-ranks inspections‚ use the following procedures: a. With the platoon in line formation‚ the platoon sergeant commands Count‚ OFF. On the command of execution OFF‚ all personnel with the exception of the right flank personnel turn their head and eyes to the right and the right flank personnel count off with “ONE.” After the right flank soldiers have counted their number‚ the soldiers to their left count off with the next higher number and simultaneously
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could have prevented the fall of Enron. First of all‚ if the board of directors made the right strategies for Enron rather than created hundreds of SPEs to remove assets and debts off balance sheet‚ the picture of Enron could have made a difference. Secondly‚ if the audit committee of Enron could point out all those aggressive and risky accounting treatment and propose solutions‚ then the afterward damages could be eliminate or at least minimized. c. The BOD of Enron should have known about the risks
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The Illusion That Took the World by Surprise Enron: The Smartest Guys In the Room is a movie about Enron and how it fooled the world into believing it was one of the most stable and profitable companies in the U.S. This is very sad because many people believed in the figures Enron was producing and entrusted their life saving in Enron stock. The scandal didn’t just affect a small group of people but 10’s of thousands of people lost everything‚ due to an illusion. Kenneth Lay earning a Ph
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The Enron Controversy: Techno-Economic Analysis and Policy Implications Girish Sant and Shantanu Dixit PRAYAS Subodh Wagle CEEP‚ University of Delaware‚ USA The Enron Controversy‚ Prayas‚ Sept. 1995 4 Ÿ The Enron Controversy Contents Summary 1. Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) Between Dabhol Power Company and Maharashtra State Electricity Board: Structure and Implications 2. The Enron Deal: Why the First Stage Should Be Cancelled 3. The Enron Controversy: Alternative Options For
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