Small Change: Why the revolution will not be tweeted In his article‚ “Small Change: Why the revolution will not be tweeted”‚ Malcolm Gladwell offers harsh critiques of the superficial relationship between social media and social change. Gladwell writes‚ “social media cannot provide what social change requires” (Gladwell‚ 315). Gladwell argues that social change requires “strong ties” and “a level of hierarchy organization” in which social media‚ comprised of networks built of “weak ties”‚
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Philips Electronics “Stakeholders (or interest groups) are tangible‚ visible and approachable groups or institutions which have a direct influence on the functioning of an organisation.” INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS Employees Philips employees work in different divisions: Healthcare‚ Lighting‚ Consumer Lifestyle and Innovation & Emerging Businesses. Within these divisions‚ you can have a general leadership position‚ occupy a functional leadership position‚ you can be specialist‚ etc. Philips says it’s
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also identified a large upside in it. Unwinding its position when NECE performs poorly means that Perry would suffer great loss without gaining any profit. Confront NEC Advantages: On paper‚ NECE had a number of obligations to its minority shareholders which it often failed to executed. Confrontational strategy by way of the courts could be effective in enforcing the obligations NECE had to its minority
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Evaluate the influence different stakeholders exert in one organisation I am going to evaluate the influence that stakeholders exert on Tesco. I will be evaluating the following stakeholders: customers‚ employees‚ shareholders and suppliers. The first stakeholder I am going to evaluate is customers which are external stakeholders. Customers contribute to profit levels and turnover through buying products and services. People are stakeholders in a company for financial reasons‚ customers do
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private placement of shares as compared with a public issue. (1 mark) 3. The shareholders of Quinninup Ltd hold 25 000 A class ordinary shares‚ fully paid at $4.50 each. On 17 April 2012‚ the company directors voted to make a 1 for 5 rights offer to these shareholders. The additional shares were offered at $1.75 each‚ payable in full one month after acceptance. The offer closed on 31 May 2012 with 90% of the shareholders accepting. Shares were duly allotted on that date and all monies were received
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Carl Icahn Pushes Dell To Offer $9 Special Dividend March 7‚ 2013 By Michelle Jones Activist investor Carl Icahn is not only stepping into the debate over Dell Inc. (DELL)’s leveraged buyout. He’s also pushing for a $9 per share special dividend and offering loans to help the company with a leveraged recapitalization. He also wants Dell to add a vote to its annual shareholder meeting‚ allowing them to choose between his proposal and the go-private deal being offered by founder Michael Dell. If
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Firstly‚ preference shareholders will have their dividends paid first‚ from the profits made by the company‚ before the ordinary shareholders. Secondly‚ preference shareholders enjoy fixed dividends‚ their return on investments‚ from the company where their shares are bought. That is to say‚ whether the company performed well or bad in the year‚ the preference shareholder will get their dividends at a fixed rate (e.g. 10% preference share)‚ except for those participating shareholders (this will be explain
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Squeeze out of minority shareholders squeeze-out-of-minority-shareholders-1503-1.html Author : thass Published: June 17‚ 2013‚ 1:59 pm Squeeze out of minority shareholders The law relating to reduction of share capital can be found in Section 100 to 105 of the Companies Act‚ 1956. The recent judgments in Elpro and Sanvik Asia have laid down that minority shareholders can be squeezed out without their consent‚ thereby creating an arena of jurisprudence in the favor of majority acquiring full rights
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: MR MAKUYANA QUESTION “By becoming a shareholder in a company‚ a person undertakes by his contract to be bound by the decisions of the prescribed majority of shareholders‚ if those decisions on the affairs of the company are arrived at in accordance with the law‚ even when they adversely affect his own rights as a shareholder.” Per Trolip JA and Ors v President Brand Gold Mining Co. 1969 (3) SA 629(A). Give an assessment of the above
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3. How favorable is the market climate for the TRX IPO? 4. How does the strategic repositioning of the company and the use of the IPO as an exit for minority shareholders affect the attractiveness of the IPO? The strategic repositioning of TRX in respect to transitioning away from customer care would most likely affect the attractiveness of the IPO in a negative way. TRX was concerned with the price and sustainability of the company in the IPO territory to begin with and already proposing prospect
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