WEYMOUTH STEEL CORPORATION Case Overview: Weymouth Steel Corporation in September‚ 1990 is having a critical time in finding out the ways to communicate the bad and good news to its salaried employees. An erroneous selection of time and communication channel selection may demoralize the workforce completely resulting in a disaster for the company. The good news is that the company management has decided to increase the salary and benefits of almost all the salaried employees regardless of their
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Case Analysis: The Body Shop Since its inception in the 1970s‚ The Body Shop has experienced phenomenal growth. Specifically‚ revenue was growing at a rate of more than 20% per year. In the 1990s‚ the previously experienced revenue growth began to decline rapidly. There were numerous reasons for the steady decline in revenue growth. The two most important of these were a loss of brand image and severe competition from other skin and hair-care companies. The Body Shop expanded too quickly to
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ASIAN CASE RESEARCH JOURNAL‚ VOL. 9‚ ISSUE 2‚ 283–297 (2005) ACRJ Autobiography of a Manager This case was prepared by Doctoral scholar C. Vijayalakshmi‚ Prof. Satish K. Kalra and Prof. Rajen K. Gupta as a basis for classroom discussion rather than to illustrate effective or ineffective handling of an administration or business situation. Please address all correspondence to: Dr Vijayalakshmi C.‚ Doctoral scholar (OB)‚ Management Development Institute‚ Mehrauli Road‚ Sukhrali‚ Gurgaon – 122001
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The last piece of the puzzle is steel. This kinda happened at the same time as the germs but eventually Spain had enough time on thier hands that they could have specialists‚ people who specialized in a certain thing whether it be farming‚ cooking‚ or metalworking. Steel was a very important factor on Spain’s reign of power because it was a stronger‚ sharper‚ and more flexible metal that most people didn’t didn’t have‚ because they didn’t have the right conditions. These conditions where: iron‚ carbon
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Ms Sanghamitra‚ R&D Refractory Department from TATA STEEL‚ Jamshedpur‚ gave a talk on “STEEL MAKING REFRACTORY”‚ on 12th September 2012 at 11:00 AM at Ceramic Engineering department. Process chart of TSL‚ INDIA was first addressed. So‚ it all starts with iron ores and fluxes (limestone) to be mixed and then pelletized in a sinter plant. At the same time‚ raw coal is processed to form coke in a coke plant and then sintered pellets along with coke are fed to a blast furnace. Hot metal is obtained
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M. Frans DJIKSTRA Business Manager at OLVEA Fish and Oil. M. Frans DJIKSTRA works as Business Manager at OLVEA Fish and Oil. OLVEA Fish and Oil is a family company belonging to the SIRH Group that has been founded many years ago by Marc Daudruy. The headquarter and the factory are both located in Saint-Léonard close to Fécamp(76). The company manufactures many different kind of oils‚ gather in two mains categories: Fish oils and Vegetable oils. Fish oils are used for animal feed‚ oil concentration
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Lehigh Steel: The Case for Activity Based Costing and The Theory of Constraints Introduction: Lehigh Steel is a steel and alloy production company with a huge range of products. It was able to reach a record profit in 1988‚ but went down to a record loss by 1991. Lehigh is owned by a parent company‚ The Palmer Company who’s a global manufacturer of alloy and steel and were interested in Lehigh’s specialised equipment to allow them to gain a competitive advantage. Palmer had acquired Lehigh
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The recent strategic decision by the ABC to close their retail stores follows the ongoing trend moving to online avenues. The national broadcaster has announced the closure of all 50 ABC stores as they are no longer covering their costs. ABC Retail opened their stores 35 years ago as part of the ABC’s Commercial Division and sell DVDs‚ books‚ magazines‚ music collections‚ audio books‚ novelties‚ and console games. This case analysis will utilise internal and external strategy frameworks to critically
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Mrs. Julia Steel is a patient I have had the pleasure of meeting with recently. As discussed during the appointment‚ Mrs. Steel is a 72 year old retired‚ married woman. Collectively‚ Mrs. Steel’s family history includes the following information: one son at the age of 40 who is being treated for high blood pressure‚ father’s record showed background of heart disease and deceased at the age of 90 due to a brain aneurysm‚ mother’s record provided extensive history with heart disease and deceased
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We chose our topic‚ the Cast-Steel Plow by John Deere because we all live or have lived on a farm in some period of time and found it would be interesting topic to learn more about the cast-steel plow. We thought that since we have used some type of plow we wanted to know more about it and how it was invented. We found most of our research in books like John Deere’s Company: A History of John Deere And Company and its times‚ also John Deere Tractors and Equipment. We have contacted John Deere’s
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