To: Cost4Life Inc. From: Mr. Pat Brown Subject: Strategic Recommendations for the cost saving and revenue generation during upcoming industry downturn. Date: 21st January 2014 Table of Contents Introduction 3 Identification of Issues 3 Major Strategic Issue 3 Identification and Prioritization of Issues and Alternatives 4 Alternative 1: Divesting the Fraser dry dock 4 Alternative 2: Targeting more profitable market segment 4 Alternative 3: Register
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2008 → John Dragasevich (president)‚ small water filtration company based out of Toronto‚ Ontario‚ considering expansion‚ increasingly strict regulations on wastewater management implemented by government‚ invest in new technology (membrane biological reactors)? Industry: → increased demand for water and water treatment‚ trend expected to continue → market projections reaching $348 billion → demand growing for safe drinking water in developing countries → sustainability challenges and advancements
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Company Introduction NetApp‚ in the past called Network Appliance‚ Inc.‚ is a company founded 24 years ago in 1992 by David Hitz‚ James Lau and Michael Malcolm headquartered in Sunnyvale‚ California‚ USA‚ which has over 12.000 employees worldwide and 150 offices around the world. NetApp is one of the companies that work on providing computer storage and data management solutions to make things easier for their customers. (NetApp‚ 2016) NetApp storage systems are hardware and software based data storage
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Resources Management September 5‚ 2011 Case Analysis Question: What is Strategic Human Resources Management and how does it link the people with the strategic needs of the business? Introduction Human resource management is a combination of strategically coordinated efforts to manage people. Managing people involves‚ employing them‚ teaching and developing their skills‚ and utilizing‚ maintaining and compensating their services (Mello‚ 2010). In most cases the strategic method of human resource
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The case about misappropriation of a trade secret that I researched is Best Buy Co. v. TechForward Inc. What happened was that Los Angeles-based TechForward sued Best Buy for misappropriating an original TechForward trade secret for the Best Buy “Guaranteed Buyback Program” (Star Tribune). The issue with the lawsuit involves what TechForward’s business does for its consumers. What they do (a much smaller business than Best Buy Co.) is calculate the buyback value of various consumer products such
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Airedale Springs Airedale Springs is a spring manufacturing company have taken many steps to stay competitive in the market. The bonus system‚ which has been introduced earlier has been abolished‚ instead employee assessment is introduced for employees and their team leader based on their merits for skills‚ attitude‚ performance and attendance. The occurrence of merit assessment reviews are made in every six months. In addition to that‚ flexible working hours has been introduced based on the employees’
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Mr. Marchionne did a great job in changing the culture of Chrysler through his involvement‚ focusing on the customer and vehicle satisfaction‚ as well as reinforcing innovation. These aspects contribute to a successful company. There are a few recommendations that I have for Mr. Marchionne that would aid in his success in cultural change. My first recommendation to Mr. Marchionne would be to create a clear mission and vision statement that does not fall under more than one category. The mission
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Background information: Sally Sue is an African American female in her mid-thirties. Pt has been homeless the past couple of months. She was admitted to the facility after an individual called the police because she was standing outside naked. Pt reported she has an ongoing struggle with hallucinations and delusions for many years. Pt admitted voluntarily to the facility for hallucinations‚ delusions‚ and suicidal ideation. Pt reported she has received therapeutic treatments. Pt source of income
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The recommendation for the Cap Gemini report is using the product expansion strategy which concentrates on expanding its service in cloud computing. This strategy is preferred than the two mentioned above because the company can expand its service in cloud computing which has growth in increase collaboration‚ document control and which serve as cost-efficient method and environment friendly rather than market penetration and market development strategy earlier. By using this recommendation‚ the company
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CASE STUDY 1 SEC ENFORCEMENT RELEASE- BRISTOL-MYERS 1. Access the SEC website‚ www.sec.gov‚ and do the following: -go to “Information for Accountants” -go to “The Division of Enforcement Chief Accountants Office” -go to “Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Releases” - then go to the enforcement release related to Bristol-Myers dated August 4‚ 2004. 2. What were the broad areas which the SEC addressed? 3. Of these issues‚ which one was by far the most significant in terms of dollars involved
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