Case Study: Collective Bargaining at West University 1. Employees decide to form a union to gain job security and higher wages or when they feel management is not doing their job correctly or fairly. The labor laws are in place that provides rights to unionize. I am not convinced they encourage‚ but they provide a protection to workers who feel they need the support of the union. The National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (Wagner Act) basically provides employees the right to unionize. When under
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Case 4-3: Portland Bus Company Situation: Richard Kaplan is a buyer of Materials Department at Portland Bus Company. Reports to David‚ director of Material Department Be responsible for sourcing fabricated metal components PBC was owned by Dawe Motors First use of reverse auctions assisted by Laura Henning‚ business consultant for Bothe US operations Approximately 290 components Involving 7 suppliers Current situation Total annual purchases were approximately $250‚ and about $60 million to
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Case 1-2 Ackoff’s Management Misinformation Systems This case is adapted from a classic article entitled “Management Misinformation Systems.” It was written by Russell L. Ackoff and appeared in Management Sciences. In the article‚ Ackoff identified five common assumptions about information systems and then explained why he disagreed with them. REQUIRED: Read the five assumptions‚ contentions‚ and Ackoff’s explanation. For each of the five‚ decide if you agree or disagree with Ackoff’s
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AGRI-TECH PRODUCTS COMPANY (CASE ANALYSIS) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Agri-Tech Products Company is a firm that specializes in the production and marketing of agricultural-based products. It normally enters into royalty agreements with inventors or scientists for new products developed by them. This company was approached by Dr. Renato Melgar to produce and market the Rapidgrow --- a soil treatment in pellet form which increases the growth rates of two- three species commonly used
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Eastern International University Became Business School SCLM 429 Transportation and Logistics Management CASE STUDY 1 Date: December 26‚ 2014 Student Name: Nguyen Hoang Dung Student Number: 1132300178 HDT TRUCK COMPANY Capacity Using one shift‚ 2 trucks assembled / day Maximum: 3trucks/ day for large order of identical trucks At least 4months backlog of orders Issue Received an order of 50 heavy trucks from Saudi Arabia Deliver on or before July 1‚ 2003at Port of Doha Received $172‚000/truck in
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Wells Fargo & Company is a neighborhood based financial services company headquartered in San Francisco‚ California‚ with many awards such as “Most Admired” amongst the world’s leading banks by Fortune magazine and "Best U.S. Bank” by The Banker magazine. These awards were given before the whole scandal blew up and tarnished the Wells Fargo name. Due to many allegations‚ as of today they are not so highly acclaimed‚ losing many of their customers. The Wells Fargo & Company fired nearly 5‚ 300 employees
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Management Control Systems Case 4-1 Vershire Company The case 4-1 deals with the control system‚ budgeting process and performance measurement of Vershire Company‚ a large business in the metal can industry. Vershire experienced a strong pressure as they have to meet the customers` expectations about quality‚ customer service and prices because otherwise they will take another supplier. This situation leads to a very high demand for efficiency and effectiveness and therefore a good planning and
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Takes Two to Tango As society progresses so must its people. In today’s globalized economy‚ companies are continuously looking for new and innovative ways to sustain revenue in this competitive environment. Companies may raise or lower the price of their goods to stay competitive and most importantly‚ in business. However‚ if a company were to outsource its work it would have to do neither of the two. Outsourcing calls for the process of obtaining goods from a foreigner outside source. Almost every organization
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* R&D Outsourcing Case study: Blackberry 10 development Outsourcing of R&D functions of company is not a new concept. Its history can be traced way back to 1970’s and 1980’s when companies in United States were contracted by the government to carry out R&D activities on behalf of them. During the early 1990’s‚ concept of outsourcing R&D expanded rapidly. Today many global players in the market outsource at least a small portion of their R&D activities to other countries like
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Leadership Profile Assignment number u10a1‚ DB8010-01‚ Summer 2013 Nancy Zervakos Capella University 493 Country Club Drive‚ Unit 229 Simi Valley‚ California 93065 nzervakos@capellauniversity.edu Instructor: Dr. Crystal NeumannIntroduction Almost immediately after starting this course‚ I discovered that one of my main leadership challenges was going to be confronting constructive conflict‚ which occurs every day in business and in one’s personal life as well. Tied to this fact was my defensiveness
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