Term Case: Palm Oil Piracy ACC 4291 INTEGRATED CASE STUDY TERM CASE THE PIRATES OF THE SILVERLAND (PALM OIL PIRACY) NAME: RAJA SITI AFIQAH BINTI RAJA AZMI MATRIC NO: 0826174 LECTURER: PROF. SHAMSUL NAHAR SECTION: 2 DATE SUBMITTED: 26th NOVEMBER 2012 SUMMARY OF THE CASE Established in 2002 in Taiping‚ Perak‚ Palm Haul Sdn Bhd (PHSB) was a small and medium sized enterprise in the Crude Palm Oil (CPO) transportation business. PHSB was managed by En. Rossly‚ the Chief Executive Officer
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organization. The course offers a broad array of cases covering several industries‚ and organizations. PEDAGOGY The pedagogy emphasizes the case study method and strategic audit as means to synthesize and organize relevant information in a logical fashion. Active discussion in class is used to exchange knowledge and debate current issues in management. COURSE REQUIREMENTS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Assigned readings Case preparation Participation Term project Team case study presentations and written
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Chapter 5 Case Study 1 1. What do you think some possible drawbacks from recruiting from social network site might be? Some possible drawbacks from recruiting from social network site may be that it opens up the possibility for hackers to commit fraud and launch spam and virus attacks. It also can increases the risk of people falling prey to online scams that seem genuine‚ resulting in data or identity theft. 2. What other sources of applicants might work just as well or better than social networking
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Wal-Mart Case Study Introduction 1. Brief History of Wal-Mart Wal-Mart is “the giant chain of discount stores‚ the second largest company in the world‚ with over $400 billion in revenue and 2.1 million associates.” (Philip and Kevin‚ p94) Wal-Mart began its business in 1962 when Sam Walton‚ the owner of Wal-Mart‚ opened up his first discount store in Rogers‚ Arkansas (Philip and Kevin‚ p94). In the next two decades‚ Wal-Mart expanding its scale rapidly. Since 1990s‚ Wal-Mart started to opened
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Assess the view that the concept of childhood is socially constructed . Social construction is an idea that something is not naturally on the way but is constructed and defined by society . Sociologists always argue that human behaviour ‚ perception is constructed by the norms ‚ values ‚ belief within the society . This mean that different society may have different interpretation on something . For example ‚ men wearing skirts in England is often seen as deviant behaviour ‚ but it would not be
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potential‚ once they have satisfied their more basic needs. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory is described on page 247. Maslow also provided his own account of the healthy human personality. Psychodynamic theories tend to be based on clinical case studies and therefore lack accounts of healthy personalities. To come up with his account‚ Maslow studied exceptional historical figures‚ such as Abraham Lincoln and Eleanor Roosevelt‚ as well as some of his own contemporaries whom he thought had exceptionally
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Google Case Study Assignment How does Google’s mission statement related to its business strategy? They are related because they want to acquire all the information‚ making them useful to the real world. Information can be accessed by anyone around the world. Targeting advertising has the high amount of revenue‚ making them one of the most valuable real (virtual) estate. How does Google’s organizational strategy support its business strategy? Organizational strategy helps the business to extend
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the managerial decision-making process What is SWOT? * S strengths * W weaknesses * O opportunities * T threats 2.2 Case study on Strategic management process In this case‚ I have study internationally known home furnishing retailer‚ which is (IKEA) the larger furniture retailer in this world. The purpose of this case study is to analyze the objectives and strategies used by IKEA‚ SWOT analyzing and discuss major issue that the company faced. IKEA is a privately-held
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“Social Construction of Reality” Reality is not an objective thing that is imposed upon us‚ but is created by us. Reality does not exist externally but internally‚ as each individual or group interprets it‚ and is always changing. Due to these concepts sociologists often speak about the “social construction of reality” which is essential to understand when attempting to explain human social behavior. Since realty is the basis of people’s actions‚ W. I. Thomas states‚ “If people define situations
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The knowing construction of identity Not only is there more room for a greater variety of identities to emerge; it is also the case that the construction of identity has become a known requirement. Modern Western societies do not leave individuals in any doubt that they need to make choices of identity and lifestyle - even if their preferred options are rather obvious and conventional ones‚ or are limited due to lack of financial (or cultural) resources. As the sociologist Ulrich Beck has noted
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