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  • Case Study: Let It Pour

    Case Study: Let It Pour

    Case Study: Let It Pour Many times companies fail due to the inability to solve problems within their organizations. By employing critical thinking skills, managers have the tools necessary to identify and solve problems. A case study of a health care provider will reveal the need for critical thinking skills on the part of managers. First, the problem will be identified. A problem cannot be solved if it is unknown. Secondly, appropriate solutions shall be

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    Essay Length: 1,971 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: April 18, 2010 By: Mike
  • Geographic Information Systems

    Geographic Information Systems

    Geographic Information Systems Geographic information systems (GIS) technology can be used for scientific investigations, resource management, and development planning. For example, a GIS might allow emergency planners to easily calculate emergency response times and effected areas of the ocean during an oil spill based on the spills location. You may ask, what is GIS? In the strictest sense, a GIS is a computer system capable of assembling, storing, manipulating, and displaying geographically referenced information, i.e.

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    Essay Length: 1,652 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: April 19, 2010 By: Vika
  • Kodak Case Study

    Kodak Case Study

    Increased violence in western Iraq has prevented Iraq from resuming oil exports to Jordan. The minister in Iraq had claimed that they had agreed to resume exports to Jordan however; both countries have found it impossible to carry out the deal due to increased violence. Drivers who were assigned to ship crude oil through tankers could not make the trip and were stalled because of the violence in that area. Under Saddam Hussein a fleet

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    Essay Length: 408 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 19, 2010 By: David
  • Pizza Hut Case Study

    Pizza Hut Case Study

    Executive Summary Pizza Hut started out as a pizza parlor opened up by two brothers in Topeka, Kansas. Today, the company has restaurants all over the world and its annual sales are in the billions. The growth of the company was due to a good product being delivered at a good price and offering perceived value. The company has adjusted to new entrants into the market and has managed to stay ahead of the competition.

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    Essay Length: 2,570 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: April 19, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Apple Computers Case Study

    Apple Computers Case Study

    Executive Summary Apple Computer’s 30-year history is full of highs and lows, which is what we would expect in a highly innovative company. They evolved throughout the years into an organization that is very much a representation of its leader, Steven Jobs. Apple made several hugely successful product introductions over the years. They have also completely fallen on their face on several occasions. They struggled mightily while Jobs was not a part of the organization.

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    Essay Length: 788 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: April 20, 2010 By: Yan
  • Bestbuy Case Study

    Bestbuy Case Study

    Best Buy Website www.bestbuy.com Best Buy is a Fortune 100 company and is recognized as the largest retailer of consumer electronics in the USA. Best Buy offers a wide variety of products to the consumer including television & video equipment, audio equipment, car stereo options, cameras & camcorders, computer equipment, phones & office supplies, music & movies, video games & accessories, and home appliances. Each category is filled with multiple options for the consumer. Best

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    Essay Length: 413 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 21, 2010 By: Jessica
  • A Case Study of Action Learning In

    A Case Study of Action Learning In

    A growing concern expressed by employers is the failure of universities to provide students with the skill sets needed by modern industry and businesses (Hibbert, 2000). Significantly, it has been suggested that the learning afforded an individual by an MBA is of limited relevance to their current employer, being better suited for career progression outside an existing workplace (David, 2000). The suggestion is that some part-time MBAs, whilst useful for gaining new jobs, have very

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    Essay Length: 686 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: April 21, 2010 By: July
  • Target Corporation Case Study

    Target Corporation Case Study

    TARGET INTRODUCTION The purpose of this industry analysis paper is to analyze the Target Corporation in the retail industry. The Target Corporation operates under several industry identification codes including SIC 5331 (variety stores), 5311 (department store), 5651 (family clothing store), 5411 (grocery store), 5399 (miscellaneous general merchandise stores) (Company Profile. Target Corp), and several others, However, the researcher will focus only on the industry codes listed. Department stores originally began as stores that offered an

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    Essay Length: 1,517 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: April 21, 2010 By: Vika
  • Diversity & Case Studies

    Diversity & Case Studies

    Introduction There is no doubt that todayЎ¦s business world is changing rapidly and many factors are also simultaneously interacting. Perhaps these factors are created by diversity. According to the dictionary, diversity is a point or respect in which things differ. In fact, diversity in the population, the work force and the market place give many benefits for organizations. Managers are to gain more knowledge on internal diversity in order to maximize the efficiency of workforce

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    Essay Length: 1,441 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: April 22, 2010 By: Artur
  • General Electric Case Study

    General Electric Case Study

    GENERAL ELECTRIC General Electric is a company who strives to put their best foot forward. For more then 120 years, General Electric has been number one in the products they sell. From airplane engines to light bulbs, their attitude has been admired not only in America, but worldwide. GE serves customers in more than 100 countries and employs more than 300,000 people worldwide. After all GE has accomplished, including revenues of 152.4 billion dollars in

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    Essay Length: 2,189 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: April 22, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Southwest Airlines Case Study

    Southwest Airlines Case Study

    SouthWest Airlines Case Study Executive Summary Thousands of people travel by air; Southwest Airlines provides low-fare air transportation service among 58 cities in the United States. Although the industry suffered a major blow from the terrorist attack of September 11th, the company is still holding strong; while other airline companies are in debt. The information was majority gathered and analyzed from the internet; sources such as "News Week," and "Wall Street Journal." According to the

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    Essay Length: 1,976 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: April 23, 2010 By: Victor
  • Disney Theme Park Case Study

    Disney Theme Park Case Study

    Disney Theme Park Case Study Questions 1. The things that motivated Disney to set up theme parks abroad were more business opportunities. The management realized how successful they were in the US and that their resorts attracted a lot of foreign travelers. Realizing this allowed them to consider tapping into the global market, which would mean more profits and a more global company. The pros from the standpoint of the Walt Disney Company would

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    Essay Length: 3,212 Words / 13 Pages
    Submitted: April 23, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Enron Corporation Case Study

    Enron Corporation Case Study

    Introduction There are a lot of things that people should know and needs to investigate to make better decisions. Enron’s case is one of those. Through this work and through the investigation we discovered how a company with great projection and performance was being manipulated from their financial statements to create a false representation of the reality. There it is involved financial people as politicians that work in favor of Enron. I do invite you

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    Essay Length: 2,615 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: April 23, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Kuiper Leda Case Study

    Kuiper Leda Case Study

    Running head: PROBLEM SOLUTION: KUIPER LEDA Problem Solution: Kuiper Leda (Week 6) Angela C. Greene University of Phoenix Problem Solution: Kuiper Leda In today’s business environment, a company, such as Kuiper Leda needs to have a clear understanding for the need to have an efficient supply chain management system. This is needed in order to gain a competitive advantage within any desired industry. By creating an understanding of the many various interactions that occur between

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    Essay Length: 1,461 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: April 24, 2010 By: David
  • Collabrative Case Study

    Collabrative Case Study

    Collabrative Case Study University of Phoenix Nur 402 Theoretical Foundations of Professional Nursing Kimberly Frommel, MSN, RN Collaborative Case Study This is a case study of the collaborative care that happens in order for the hospital to meet its STEMI (ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction) guidelines. The STEMI guidelines are for STEMI patients to go from hospital door to dilation in less then 90 minutes. The dilation is the part of the cardiac catherization done in the

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    Submitted: April 25, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Ups and Fedex Case Study

    Ups and Fedex Case Study

    U03a1- UPS and Fedex Case Study Erica Hall 12/03/06 1. Analyze UPS and FedEx using the competitive forces and value chain models. UPS and FedEx compete on a global scale as they try to carry their businesses to greater heights. The changes in technology have both companies walking a fine line between keeping competition behind them and growing side by side. UPS contributes their success to being strong in its time-definite ground delivery of packages

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    Essay Length: 652 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: April 25, 2010 By: Monika
  • Elmdale College Case Study

    Elmdale College Case Study

    Elmdale College Case Study This case study discusses problems that arise with the employees of an Elmdale College Residence Hall. Each residence hall on campus has the organizational structure of: two Residence Managers who are full-time staff or faculty employees, two Head Residence Assistants who are senior undergraduate students, and 16 Residence Assistants who are also usually seniors. The main organizational behavior topics that are illustrated in this case through the dynamic interactions of the

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    Essay Length: 1,233 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: April 25, 2010 By: Jack
  • Interclean Case Study

    Interclean Case Study

    This paper analyzes a scenario developed on InterClean, an $8 billion industrial cleaning and sanitation company, to assist students in the understanding of course concepts for MBA 530, Human Capitol Development. Team B members benchmarked the following companies that address the associated course concepts, and then analyzed the information through contrasting and comparing the companies to the InterClean scenario. The companies selected are NiSources, Inc., and Frontier Airlines relating to recruiting and selection alternatives; Best

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    Essay Length: 3,772 Words / 16 Pages
    Submitted: April 29, 2010 By: Jon
  • Information System

    Information System

    Executive Summary This report covers and is based on the Evaluation of the UWS library system at Parramatta campus in evaluating this system we aimed at classifying the library system as an Information system (IS) and determining its strengths and weaknesses. . The report also provides the reason for why meeting the users’ needs is an important criterion that all information systems must meet and how information that is being collected from users is important

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    Essay Length: 949 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: April 30, 2010 By: Mike
  • Case Study Analysis

    Case Study Analysis

    Carl Robins was hired six months ago as the company's new campus recruiter for ABC, Inc. Carl was very successful with his first recruitment of 15 new trainees in April. After being with the company for six months, Carl was becoming progressively more aggravated due to another training scheduled for July, which was not working out well. Carl's procrastination has lead to a lack of organization which resulted in unanticipated delays for the training. The

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    Submitted: April 30, 2010 By: Tasha
  • A Case Study in Managing a Mangrove Forest: The University of Batangas' Participation in Mangrove Rehabilitation

    A Case Study in Managing a Mangrove Forest: The University of Batangas' Participation in Mangrove Rehabilitation

    A CASE STUDY IN MANAGING A MANGROVE FOREST: THE UNIVERSITY OF BATANGAS’ PARTICIPATION IN MANGROVE REHABILITATION A Masters Project Presented to: Dr. Teresita Perez In partial fulfillment of the course requirements of EM 298 Masters Project Submitted by: Raymond Lorenzo P. Arguelles March 2006 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT 1 I. INTRODUCTION 2 A. Background of the Study 2 B. Statement of the Problem 4 C. Objectives of the Study 5 D. Significance of the

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    Essay Length: 2,581 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: April 30, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Rendell Company Case Study

    Rendell Company Case Study

    Executive Summary This report will give us a clear perspective as to what the optimal organizational structure that suits Rendell Company plus some additional control system in attaining the company’s main objectives. We will be also tackling the roles, functions and responsibilities of a controller in an organization. This case takes us into Rendell Company which is currently having problems between the corporate controller and the divisional controller. We assessed the advantages and disadvantages of

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    Essay Length: 615 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: April 30, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Vertex Case Study

    Vertex Case Study

    Vertex succeeded in competition with large pharma by eliminating bureaucracy and investing in the best minds and technology to make decisions. However, an environment of rising costs, generics and negative attention has been created, leading large Pharma to survive through mergers and partnerships. In order to stay nimble, independent and in-control, Vertex must avoid the big Pharma solutions. Vertex has been able to shield itself from mergers through its policy of “rational drug design” which

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    Essay Length: 453 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: May 1, 2010 By: Artur
  • Strategic Information Systems

    Strategic Information Systems

    &citemExplain the use of Transaction Processing Systems (TPS) and Executive Support Systems (ESS) in an organisation of your choice. Also explain the role of IS led change in successful adoption of such systems. Please provide examples and illustration where required. The science of today is the Technology of tomorrow. (Edward Teller, American Physicist and Author) The 21st century has witnessed an age for Organisations to follow the flow of the technological pragmatic shift from manual

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    Essay Length: 1,871 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: May 1, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Case Study - Cooper Industries

    Case Study - Cooper Industries

    Dividend Policy at FPL Group, Inc. (A) & (B) 1. A) Why do firms pay dividends? Firms pay dividends depending on their financing and investment decisions. If they plan on financing through borrowing, then that releases cash for dividends in order to eliminate having large cash balances on hand. In addition, dividends are an immediate cash payment to the stockholder that they can spend or reinvest. B) What, in general, are the advantages of paying

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    Essay Length: 591 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: May 2, 2010 By: Kevin