Group Report Maureen Frye at Quaker Steel and Alloy Corporation What were the mistakes made by Maureen Frye? Frye made several mistakes with respect to her initial attempt to implement change‚ however there are wider company issues beyond Frye’s immediate control that also contributed to the failure of her initiative. Having seen her original memo attract criticism for its arbitrary nature‚ Frye failed to fully comprehend the reasons for the initial rejection of her proposal‚ when
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Frye seems to have developed an important idea for how to enhance the company’s performance; at least her boss is quite impressed with her work to date. Although the company’s performance is strong‚ the competition is heating up. However‚ Frye has neglected to build a network of relationships with those on whom she is dependent. Frye has a very complex network of people on whom she is dependent (especially corporate marketing‚ sales-corporate and field operations‚ and technical support service)
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DIAGNOSIS Maureen Frye failed to implement the proposed plan to change the call patterns of salespeople responsible for selling extruded titanium products at Quaker Steel and Alloy Corporation. The failure was due to a lack of understanding of the following components: Organization Communication Culture Structure Directives Interpersonal The principle error Maureen made was underestimating how significant company culture could impact decision-making at every responsibility
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ALLOY STEELS I. A. ALLOYING ELEMENTS Any metallic element added during the making of steel for the purpose of increasing corrosion resistance‚ hardness‚ or strength. The metals used most commonly as alloying elements in stainless steel include chromium‚ nickel‚ and molybdenum. Characteristic of alloying elements Very important elements for alloy steels are manganese‚ nickel‚ chromium‚ molybdenum‚ vanadium‚ tungsten‚ silicon‚ copper‚ cobalt and boron. All commercial steels contain 0‚3-0
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------------------------------------------------- Alloy Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron‚ with carbon content between 0.02% and 2.14% by mass. An alloy is a metallic solid solution composed of two or more elements. Complete solid solution alloys give single solid phase microstructure‚ while partial solutions give two or more phases that may or may not be homogeneous in distribution‚ depending on thermal (heat treatment) history. Alloys usually have different properties from those of the component elements. Alloy constituents
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100% BIOGAS FOR URBAN TRANSPORT IN LINKÖPING‚ SWEDEN BIOGAS IN BUSES‚ CARS AND TRAINS BIOGAS IN THE SOCIETY Information from IEA BIOENERGY TASK 37 Energy from biogas and landfill gas SUMMARY The Linköping Biogas plant in Sweden was started in 1997 in order to treat organic waste from the agricultural sector in southeastern Sweden. Another main purpose was to produce biogas for the urban city buses in order to reduce the local‚ regional and global emissions from the urban transport system
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WEYMOUTH STEEL CORPORATION Case Overview: Weymouth Steel Corporation in September‚ 1990 is having a critical time in finding out the ways to communicate the bad and good news to its salaried employees. An erroneous selection of time and communication channel selection may demoralize the workforce completely resulting in a disaster for the company. The good news is that the company management has decided to increase the salary and benefits of almost all the salaried employees regardless of their
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WEYMOUTH STEEL CORPORATION Weymouth Steel Corporation is currently in the sort of dilemma which may turn into a disaster for the company. However‚ given the situation if the top management is able to inspire its employees (who survive this downsizing) with a vision and hope for the rejuvenation of the company; this dilemma can easily become a pivotal time for its success. Once the bad news is broken and the downsizing process starts‚ stress is inevitable; for both the employees who will be terminated
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Johannsen Steel Company (JSC) initially focused on high-quality‚ high-carbon‚ and high-margin steel wire and ever made big success. In 1946 it was sold to West Virginia Steel (WVS) and then experienced the shocking change of steel industry during 1960s and 70s. Facing the pressure of competitors‚ JSC began to intend to expand sales and cut cost to maintain its profit level. As a result‚ the sales revenues kept increase‚ but the net profit was very low (no more than 2%). JSC now has to make some
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general can help increase site visits‚ registrations‚ online orders and customer database o More than a third of visitors to the Alloy site used AOL as their internet service provider o More people are going online and using the internet‚ especially Generation Y o Will help Alloy increase sales as more and more competitors continue to enter the marketplace • Will help Alloy continue to build the 3Cs: Community‚ Content‚ and Commerce Cons • Would have to spend $2million o Money could be invested
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