Vodafone Group Plc Annual Report 2014 Chief Executive’s review A defining year for the Group… Our emerging markets are performing well‚ although our mature European markets continue to face challenging conditions. However‚ we have continued to make good progress in delivering our long-term strategy‚ by building firm foundations for the future with our substantial investments in Vodafone Red‚ Project Spring and unified communications. Review of the year It has been a year of substantial strategic
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The Enron Controversy: Techno-Economic Analysis and Policy Implications Girish Sant and Shantanu Dixit PRAYAS Subodh Wagle CEEP‚ University of Delaware‚ USA The Enron Controversy‚ Prayas‚ Sept. 1995 4 Ÿ The Enron Controversy Contents Summary 1. Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) Between Dabhol Power Company and Maharashtra State Electricity Board: Structure and Implications 2. The Enron Deal: Why the First Stage Should Be Cancelled 3. The Enron Controversy: Alternative Options For
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resource and the work performance directly impact an organisation’s performance. Thus‚ human resource management plays an important role to ensure the efficiency in an organisation’s daily operations via efficient recruitment‚ training and development‚ and staff retention. Besides‚ efficient human resource management may create competitive advantage to an organisation. There are various theories explained how human resource management impacts an organisation’s performance. This essay focuses
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Historically‚ the audit committee has always had the role of oversight and monitoring management and the outside auditor. Now‚ through recent listing requirements for the various stock exchanges and NASDAQ‚ the SEC has greatly strengthened the role of the audit committee. As a result of these changes‚ the audit committee is to be viewed as part of the formation of a "three-legged stool‚" consisting of the audit committee‚ management and the independent auditors‚ with the audit committee to be deemed the
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it was the "Greed Factor" which drives Enron employees to increase the profits through unethical methods‚ and ultimately causing its downfall. But could it be the opposite? I mean‚ could it be that it was Enron ’s culture and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)‚ which is to increase the profits and share price that "forced" Enron employees behave in an unethical manner? What circumstances caused them to be unethical‚ really? At first‚ the leader of Enron Finance Corp‚ Jeffrey Skilling recruited
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In the past decade‚ in Australia have had a negative impact on investor confidence in capital markets. In response‚ corporate regulators have searched for mechanisms to achieve a return to reliable‚ high quality financial reporting‚ resulting in an increasing emphasis on corporate governance. In addition‚ regulators and investors have increasingly recognised the role of audit committees and an important corporate governance mechanism in restoring confidence in the capital market. The ASX Corporate
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Committing Suicide I believe everyone must have heard suicide news. It appears in newspapers all the times. The most popular news that I think most of us have heard is Korea’s president committing suicide by jumping from a high cliff. This is one of many suicide cases. Today‚ suicide can happen everywhere and every time. What are the causes of suicide? In my opinion‚ the causes of this problem are unemployment‚ disappointed in something or someone and imitatation of behavior from movies or other
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Executive Shirt Comapny Question # 1 The table for current production‚ Mike and Ike’s plan is given below: Current Process Mikes Plan Ike’s Plan Regular Shirts Regular & Custom Shirts Regular Shirts Custom Shirts Actual Cycle Time (min/shirt) 0.5 0.5 0.67 3.9 Manufacturing Lead Time (days) 12.25 2.06 12.58 0.41 WIP inventory (shirts) 11760 1980 9060 50 Production Capacity (Shirts/day) 960 960 720 123 Current Production(Shirts/day) 800 900 800 100 Capacity utilization 83.33% 93.75% 111.11%
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2012-13 Assignment 3: Leadership and Group Behaviour How might theories of leadership and group identity help to explain the Enron collapse? ‘Leadership is the action of leading a group of people or an organization’ - (2012). Oxford Dictionary of English. -: Oxford University Press.). Leadership within a company often determines whether an organization is successful in its own right‚ any person responsible for people or a business should have certain traits and attributes which allows them to successfully
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The Sadler’s Committee Report (1832) The Sadler’s Committee Report (1832) *** “In 1832‚ Member of Parliament Michael Sadler initiated and chaired a parliamentary investigation of the conditions of work in textile factories. The evidence collected‚ which extends to many volumes‚ consists of interviews like the following. As a result of the investigation‚ laws were passed limiting the number of hours women and children could be employed in textile factories” Source: Norton Anthology Online http://www
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