Case Study: Westover Electrical‚ Inc. Westover Electrical‚ Inc.‚ is a medium-size Houston manufacturer of wire windings used in making electric motors. Joe Wilson‚ VP operations‚ has experienced an increasing problem with rejected product found during the manufacturing operation. "I’m not sure where to begin‚" admitted Joe at the weekly meeting with his boss. "Rejects in the Winding Department have been killing us the past two months. Nobody in operations has any idea why. I have just brought in
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A was experiencing a lot of anxiety and some confusion‚ which exacerbated his anxiety. Following surgery‚ Mr. A’s renal function worsened causing fluid volume overload. His confusion and myoclonic jerks were concerning for uremia. Throughout the day‚ Mr. A’s vital signs were stable: HR 70 bpm‚ BP 120/60‚ temperature 98.6 F‚ RR 21‚ O2 saturation 96% at rest on 3L of O2. Other than anxiety‚ Mr. A’s other major complaint was coccyx pain relating to a
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CASE STUDY A DAY AT SEAGRAVES Dr. David Pope arrived at his office at 8:10 in a foul mood. One of his children kept him up half the night with a flu. He is usually able to spend a couple of hours in the evening at home reading reports from his department heads‚ but the sick child had precluded last night. His secretary greeted him cheerily and handed him three phone messages that have come in already. Dr. Pope was the director for engineering for the Seagraves Corporation. Two of the messages
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Facts: The Negro plaintiffs in these cases were denied admission schools attended by the white children under the laws requiring or permitting segregation according to race. All the court adhered to the “separate but equal” doctrine and held that the plaintiffs were not admitted to the white schools (except for the plaintiff in the Delaware case). In the instant cases‚ the plaintiffs contend that segregated public schools are not “equal” and they are deprived of the equal protection of the laws.
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Pepsi Cola Products Philippines‚ Inc. (petitioner) v. Honorable Secretary of Labor (respondents) 1. Facts: a. June 1990: The Pepsi-Cola Employees Organization-UOEF (Union) filed a petition for certification election with the Med-Arbiter seeking to be the exclusive bargaining agent of supervisors of Pepsi-Cola Philippines‚ Inc. (PEPSI). i. Med-Arbiter granted this stating that PCEU-UOEF was an affiliate of Union de Obreros Estivadores de Filipinas (or the Federation) with two (2) rank and file
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Case #4 Fighting Grime (Clorox Company) This is a fun case in that it involves branded products that students will recognize yet probably do not associate with Clorox. A good way to introduce the case could be to bring in product samples or show the brand names of their many products and ask students what they have in common? The case is short and vivid and can be assigned ahead or simply read in class. It is an easy case to grasp quickly yet provides some very clear examples of strategic
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Case Name: South East Asian Economic Crisis An economic crisis‚ which erupted in Thailand in mid-1997 and which soon spread to neighbouring countries—Malaysia‚ Indonesia‚ Philippines and South Korea— came to be popularly referred to as South-East Asian economic crisis (although South Korea is in East Asia and only the other countries are in South East Asia). A currency Crisis shows up when there is a speculative attack on the exchange rate‚ resulting in a devaluation of a pegged currency or sharp
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caseF&C INT CASE 4.2 F&C INTERNATIONAL‚ INC. Synopsis Over two centuries‚ the Fries family of northern Kentucky and southern Ohio built a dynasty of sorts in the flavor industry. Alex Fries‚ a German immigrant with a background in chemistry‚ settled in Cincinnati during the early nineteenth century and a few years later established a flavor company. Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries‚ Fries and his descendants owned‚ operated‚
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BUSI 497 Corporate Strategy Case Questions: #11 Sara Lee Corp 20 points; due Thursday‚ March 7‚ 2013 Sara Lee Corporation uses primarily a related diversification strategy. Note that questions 5 and 6 will be discussion only; no written answers required. 1. (Yair) Prepare a weighted industry attractiveness assessment similar to Table 8.1 on page 169. See Table 1 below as a template. Based on your table‚ what are your conclusions regarding the industries Sara Lee has chosen? For use
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