Collective Bargaining Exercise BUS 305 – Industrial Relations A critical part of industrial relations is the collective bargaining process. As a class‚ and individually‚ we have studied the different stages of collective bargaining‚ their importance and contribution to maintaining amicable relations between the unions representing employees and ther employers. On March 15‚ 2013‚ our class had the opportunity of participating in an exercise
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Brand chosen: Microsoft "Our vision is to create innovative technology that is accessible to everyone and that adapts to each person’s needs. Accessible technology eliminates barriers for people with disabilities and it enables individuals to take full advantage of their capabilities." Bill Gates‚ Chairman INTERNAL FACTORS: Clarity: 9 I would give high marks to Microsoft on clarity because it’s very clear about what brand stands
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Introduction to Microsoft Windows The oldest of all Microsoft’s operating systems is MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System). MS-DOS is a text-based operating system. Users have to type commands rather than use the more friendly graphical user interfaces (GUI’s) available today. Despite its very basic appearance‚ MS-DOS is a very powerful operating system. There are many advanced applications and games available for MS-DOS. A version of MS-DOS underpins Windows. Many advanced administration tasks
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POWER: A capacity that A has to influence the behaviour of B so that B acts in accordance with A’s wishes. DEPENDENCY: B’s relationship to A when A possesses something that B requires. BASES OF POWER: Formal Power: Is established by an individual’s position in an organisation; conveys the ability to coerce or reward‚ from formal authority‚ or from control of information 1. Coercive Power • A power base dependent on fear 2. Reward Power • Compliance achieved based on the ability to distribute
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The Importance of Plea Bargaining in Criminal Trials Screeech! That is the sound of our court system coming to a grinding halt‚ if plea bargaining were no longer utilized. Not only does plea bargaining save taxpayers an enormous amount of money‚ it often provides the evidence for a conviction and allows public defenders and other court officials to concentrate their limited resources on more important or difficult cases. Some people may believe that plea bargaining with criminals is wrong.
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Plea bargaining is where you choose a deal to help you with your sentence. Do I think plea bargaining should be completely abolished‚ no I don’t think it should be. Even for serious offenders; I feel like serious offenders have the same right as everyone else. Abolishing plea bargaining would affect the way you sentence‚ also with the judges decision on convictions. There are many pros and cons of abolishing plea bargaining. Some pros on plea bargaining are that it’s used to help defendants from
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Microsoft and Others: Developing software for How Companies Do Business Since Microsoft was established‚ their primary focus was on operating system and software for inside the computer‚ but in recent years Microsoft started to shift its strategy in order to gain ground and dominate the desktop software market. The new strategy is to write software for several industries‚ and expending the number of industries as it succeeds‚ Microsoft first step was hire business technology professionals who
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Contemporary Issue on Microsoft & Netflix Companies often buy back their own shares. There are several reasons to take such step that is to increase earnings per share‚ return on equity‚ to avoid takeover attempts‚ or to reduce the number of shareholders and so on. Some publicly held corporations purchase all their outstanding shares with the procedure of leverage buyout (LBO) and choose to go private. Recently‚ this LBO procedure is adopted by dell with the help of Microsoft contribution of 2 billion
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Overview Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft) is one of the leading providers of software and storage products and services. The company is engaged in developing‚ manufacturing‚ licensing‚ and supporting software products worldwide. Coupled with these activities Microsoft also offers Project Management consultancy services. As one of the largest technology firms in the world Microsoft is at the cutting edge of new technology development and innovation‚ and as such both existing and potential shareholders
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Microsoft’s Financial Reporting Strategy Q1. What are the factors that likely explain the equity and its reported book value of equity? Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 1999 Market Capitalisation: USD 460 Billion Book Value: USD 28 Billion MVE more than 16 times of BVE! Factor 1 Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 Intangible Assets • BVE does not reflect certain intangible assets’ value such as brand‚ customer loyalty‚ and human capital – Likely to provide tremendous earnings growth
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