HERNISCHFEGER CORPORATION CASE ANALYSIS 1. Describe clearly the accounting changes Harnischfeger made in 1984 as stated in Note 2 of its financial statements In 1984 they changed the depreciation method from accelerated methods to the straight-line for financial reporting purposes. This change included a adjustment of the residual values on certain machinery and equipment. They also included the products purchased from Kobe Steel‚ LTD and sold by them in their net sales. Moreover‚ they
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consistent with the organization’s values increases acceptance of those values and the organization’s culture. If leaders do not allocate rewards in a way that reinforces espoused values‚ employees may become confused and frustrated. E. How Leaders Hire and Fire Individuals Leaders often reinforce a desired organizational culture through the selection of new employees whose value systems are similar to the organization’s value system. Promoting from within the organization also serves to reinforce
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Sony Corporation Time Context: End of the fiscal year in March 2000 Viewpoint: Marketing Analyst Facts: March‚ 2000 - Sony Corporation began to redesign itself as a forward-looking company in the network era of the 21st century. Consolidated net sales in the given fiscal year: 6‚687 billion yen Operating income: 241 billion yen Sony’s market capitalization: 9.1 trillion yen 4th among the Japanese companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange as of May 18 2001 (Top 3 companies- NTT Docomo‚
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Innovation at 3M Corporation Case Summary 3M was and still is a worldwide leader in innovation. After a rough start in 1902‚ over decades‚ 3M enjoyed national and global growth as well as a reputation for remaining a hothouse of innovation. In the 1990’s‚ 3M was trying to move away from the incrementalism and it sought to change the mix of new products to truly create something new to the world‚ instead of line extensions‚ which typically had provided two out of three new-product sales dollars
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Case Study-Transamerica Oil Corporation v. Lynes Incorporated I. Procedural History Transamerica Oil Corporation‚ who conducts oil and gas drilling‚ solicited Lynes Incorporated about their advertisement regarding an injection packer and decided to purchase several of them only to determine that they did not function as advertised. Plaintiff decided to file suit‚ under the Kansas Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)‚ the plaintiff’s claim that there was a breach of an express warranty by the defendant
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working environments in organisations. Provide relevant recommendations to help such individuals in the socialisation process. Answer: “Human is a social animal” said Aristotle. A quote long said by a Greek philosopher but far more precise in describing a human behavior. Over the centuries means of socializing has changed but it still remains and would continue to be the basic need of every single individual to ever walk on this planet. The modern high tech world‚ like everything else has also
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This book was Kathy Stinson’s first book for young adults. The novel "Fish House Secrets" was told from switching narrative views of the main characters Chad and Jill. This shows how these characters were dealing with each situation from their personal perspective. I especially enjoyed reading this type of novel because it allows the reader to know how both characters are seeing the situation. This offers the reader to be able to predict what is going to happen in the future because of the behaviour
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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 grades while on the other
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Chapter One: Overview of Electronic Commerce ONLINE FILE W1.1 Application Case DELL—USING E-COMMERCE FOR SUCCESS The Problem/Opportunity Founded in 1985 by Michael Dell‚ Dell Computer Corp. (now known as Dell) was the first company to offer personal computers (PCs) via mail order. Dell designed its own PC system (with an Intel 8088 processor running at 8 MHz) and allowed customers to configure their own customized systems using the build-to-order concept. This concept was‚ and is
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Technical Problem The Metric Machine Parts and Supplies Corporation (MMPS) is a large growing global business with a few network problems. MMPS have many difficulties with their current network service that has been monitored by a third party telecommunication network who does not think anything is wrong with their service. Some of the technical difficulties that MMPS faces are frequent telecommunication network crashes that lead to bad customer services satisfaction to their customers. Due to the
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