. Performance Metrics: purpose What are the ways you can measure how successful your Six Sigma project has been in improving quality or decreasing the number of defects? Before we go into the metrics and definitions‚ let’s say what “defects” and “defective” mean. Something has a defect if the result or outcome of a process is not what is expected. Something went wrong. The product may still be usable: a car with chipped paint can still be driven. So some engineers use “defective” to mean a product
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Symantec 2011 Annual Report DEAR FELLOW STOCKHOLDERS‚ Symantec ended fiscal 2011 on a strong note‚ as demonstrated by our solid performance against our key financial metrics. I am proud of our team’s execution and our accomplishments over the past few quarters. We have a unique and differentiated portfolio that spans from the endpoint to the data center‚ supporting both virtual and physical environments. We work with individual consumers all the way to the largest organizations in the world
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A business metric is also known as a financial ratio or performance indicator. Financial ratios lift the veil on a firm’s operating prowess‚ telling investors how the company navigates the doldrums of a bad company. There are four common types of performance indicators in modern-day financial analysis: Liquidity‚ Efficiency‚ Profitability‚ and Safety. Liquidity Ratios Working Capital Formula: Total Current Assets – Total Current Liabilities The working capital metric is a measure of both a
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Due to the complexity of corporate financial statements‚ the prospect of deciphering meaningful insight can be a daunting task (thevalueatrisk.blogspot.com‚ 2009). A relatively effective process exists known as Vertical Analysis. The premise of Vertical Analysis is to create common-size financial statements‚ where all balance sheet and income statement items are converted into percentage terms for purposes of comparison. Using vertical analysis‚ comparisons can be made between firms regardless of
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Ethical Behavior‚ a Myth of the Past or a Necessity for Future Development With the ever increasing pressures of life‚ philosophers‚ psychologists and intellectuals are striving to answer the question‚ Are ethics basically becoming a myth of the past? The question calls for stepping beyond the yes or no answers‚ to analyze and investigate the factors influencing ethical behaviors today. Whether personal‚ organizational‚ contextual or environmental‚ they all play a significant role in shaping
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There is a strong correlation between overall ethical performance of the company and corporate culture. Corporate culture directly influences on employees behavior‚ which are responsible for decisions and processes in the companies operation. Corporate culture is usually determined by corporate’s strategy. However aggressive market strategy‚ for example‚ doesn’t make necessary to avoid ethics. Since recently there was a serious issue of ethics transgression‚ my primary challenge will be to understand
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Hypothesis: Practicing Ethical behavior improves business operations Abstract This paper discusses about how observing ethical behavior in the workplace develops or improves business operations. It delves into the workplace culture and introduces the positive and negative ethical practices that affect its processes. It also points out the research gathered about the codes of conduct and behavioral standards that contribute and further advance the company’s undertaking. Ethical behaviour goes beyond
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The Effects of Employee Satisfaction on Company Financial Performance “People are our most valuable asset.” “Our employees come first.” “We’re only as strong as our people.” These declarative statements have been a staple of the American workplace for decades. Yet judging by their routine growth strategies‚ countless senior management teams seem to be in denial of just how accurate those statements are. While most organizations typically emphasize generating new business and cutting costs‚ a rapidly
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Republic of the Philippines NUEVA VIZCAYA STATE UNIVERSITY Bambang‚ Nueva Vizcaya ETHICAL BEHAVIOR Submitted to: Dr. Teresita G. Rancho Submitted by: John Albert Benasa Ma. Eloisa Blanza September 14‚ 2012 ETHICS IN ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR ETHICS: A General Perception Ethics means a set of principles of right conduct. The right conduct is about making choices that may not always feel good or seem like they benefit you but are the “right” choices to make. Ethics in the
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This essay will discuss if freewill is compatible with determinism. The concepts surrounding free will and determinism will be examined. The concepts are: incompatibalism‚ compatibalism‚ moral responsibility and libertarianism. Each concept has sub categories falling under the titles of hard or soft depending on the views. I will argue that freewill is compatible with determinism as there are certain things that are determined by physical process’s stemming from the formation of the universe resulting
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