Introduction The company was established in 1980 by Eugene Mercan and the first product was a desalinator. In 1996‚ the product line included desalinators‚ particle filters‚ ozonators‚ ion exchange resins‚ and purifiers. In 1996‚ sales revenues was almost $400 million (annual growth average 12% for past five years)‚ with an expected profit close to $50 million. In 1999‚ water purifier was added to product line by using brand name “Delight”. The company has identified a market for its water purifier
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such as television‚ books‚ movies‚ etc. Becoming literate is essential to functioning in society. Looking back at one of the most influential figures of the 1960’s‚ it is hard to imagine that at age 21 Malcolm X tried to start a letter with “Look‚ daddy‚ let me pull your coat about a cat…” (X 256). He spent 7 years in prison for robbery‚ and during that time he underwent a self-metamorphosis. His way of putting it is “books opened up a whole new world to me” (260). History‚ philosophy‚ genetics and
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MARK 60013 Case Study #1: Cima Mountaineering‚ Inc. Markus Decker Kevin Dulac Erik Frank Chad Mays 09/24/2002 Introduction In this case study‚ our team examines the decisions facing a small western mountain boot manufacturing company‚ Cima Mountaineering‚ Inc. This paper will provide a brief overview of the case‚ including a quick background perspective of the company. We will present the two options given in the case‚ and examine the four possible alternatives‚ which exist
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Malcolm X‚ a great leader in the Civil Right era‚ had a very tough life at a young age because of his father dying and his mother having a mental break was sent to foster house. Malcolm X got his ideas by going to jail because of drugs from Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam. Malcolm X believed in segregation and also violence if necessary. MLK was a middle class family‚ kid and faced racism at a young age. MLK was more towards integration and didn’t believe in violence. MLK and Malcolm X both
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Theory X and Theory Y After World War II there were several studies performed that ultimately revealed how assumptions about workers’ attitudes and behaviors affect managers’ behavior. In the 1960s one of the most influential approaches was created and developed by Douglas McGregor at the MIT Sloan School Of Management. He proposed two sets of assumptions about how work attitudes and behaviors not only dominate the way mangers think but also affect how they behave in organizations. He named these
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When people hear the name Malcolm X‚ the first thing that comes to their mind is “extremist.” But in fact‚ he was a teacher. Malcolm X taught Blacks to think for themselves and not allow others to think for them. He did not want Blacks believing everything that the “blonde hair‚ blue eyed devil” said. He educated them that everything that the newspaper said‚ was not real‚ as they should not be convinced that it was. He strongly emphasized his point in saying‚ “And as soon as they put the word American
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Company X Problem Analysis Through extensive analysis from the customer satisfaction surveys‚ and research from the satisfaction task force‚ Company X found three major problems areas. The company’s programs reflect poor quality‚ the development times are taking longer than the projected due dates and a small portion of employees are discrediting the company name and values. Each of these problems has contributed to the main problem; the increasing rate at which Company X is losing customers
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Sampa Video‚ Inc. 1. What is the appropriate discount rate and the value of the project assuming the firm is going to fund it with all equity? “The discount rate of a project should be the expected return on a financial asset of comparable risk” To estimate Sampa Video’s cost of equity capital we used the CAPM model‚ in which rf refers to the risk free rate‚ to the market risk premium‚ and β to the company Beta (Table 1). Since the Beta of the company wasn’t known‚ we decided to use an
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Each of these views‚ which McGregor called Theory X and Theory Y‚ has implications for management. Theory X (’authoritarian management’ style) -People do not really like to work and will avoid it if at all possible so they must be coerced‚ controlled‚ directed‚ threatened with punishment to get them to work. -The average worker avoids responsibility‚ is unambitious and wants security more than anything else. -Management based on Theory X is paternalistic at best and‚ at very least‚ authoritarian
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about Malcolm X also Martin Luther King has a holiday and Malcom X does not have a holiday. MLK was a stounged Christian who preached integration and loving your oppressor. White leaders paid and subsidized MLK to educate African Americans to be defenseless against one of the cruelest groups of people the world has ever known. He was the perfect "leader" for white people because he would not have fight back against the white man’s violent‚ oppressive attacks on black people. Malcolm X was a Muslim
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