Consensus Case Studies Samples For Students

b1. Information contained in non-GAAP earnings numbers that GAAP earnings numbers do not give.
According to Harvard (2013), the non-GAAP earnings numbers normally include values that may have either been included or excluded from the GAAP earnings numbers that are comparable directly in terms of the income statement, balance sheet and the statement of cash flows. These numbers include the expected future financial position and performance of an entity.
b2. Merits and demerits of using non-GAAP earnings
The main advantage of non-GAAP measures is that it enables the reporting entity to give more information relating to metrics that are ...

Business Commerce Law

Distinguish between libel, slander, defamation, trade slander, and deceit, indicating in what situations each would apply and the significance of the distinction.
Libel, slander, defamation, trade slander and deceit are legal terms that are often interchanged by lay persons. While these words may seem related and almost similar, there are several ways in which they are different. Here is a discussion of what these different terms mean and situations to illustrate their meaning:
Defamation is a broad term used to refer to any published statement that is a false accusation and is detrimental to a particular person’s reputation. The plaintiff ...

Introduction

Conflict is a discord between two or more parties. The causes of the conflict differ depending on the situation or environment. Conflict is bound to occur when people are working or living in the same environment. The key is to approach and solve the disagreement in a sound manner that leaves both parties satisfied with the resolutions made. The process of resolving conflicts is known as reconciliation. Reconciliation is the methods of facilitating peaceful ending of conflict and retribution. The conflict resolution process is facilitated by a mediator (Barsky & Allan., 2014).
In the world that we are living in ...

Group development

Stages of group development
There are five stages of group development. In order of their sequence, these stages are; forming, storming, norming, performing and adjourning (Tuckman, & Jensen, 1977). The team formed by the Wood Foundation, the school district and the National Coalition for Parental Involvement in Education (NCPIE) is in the forming stage. At this stage, the individual members to make up the team come together. This is supported by the mention that, “the development team will consist of three individuals”. This stage characterized by safe and patterned behavior from the members. They have a desire for acceptance and ...

Describing the Current Situation, Major Issues in the Case

Information technology has been integrated in health centers in improving patients’ safety and condition. In the recent times, nursing and pharmacy fraternity has employed advanced technological strategies in ensuring operations in health institutions are running smoothly. According to Langley Mason Health (LMH), nursing and pharmacy employees are considering an information technology that could be implemented to help patients’ safety and treatment in the health institution. Marilyn Moore, the chief information officer, acknowledges the importance of such improvement from the aging pumps into smart IV pumps. On the contrary, there are various views within the institution that have resulted into ...

Distinguish between slander, libel, defamation, deceit, and trade slander, indicating the instances each would apply and the significance of the dissimilarity.
For a statement to be actionable and considered to be defamation, it has to be published, false, and derogatory and must refer to a specific person. If it refers to a group of people, it is not defamation. A defaming statement cannot be complimentary even if not true. It must also have the effect of disadvantaging the individual, in that it has to be told to a third party possibly the media causing other people to avoid the plaintiff.
Slander ...

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The case ‘Managing Dynamic’s New Melbourne Team’ is all about understanding team development, team roles, task interdependence, groups dynamics, team effectiveness, and potential issues among team members that may arise with the passage of time. The case exhibits an example of a London-based global media agency named Dynamic, which is operating across all the major geographical locations including Europe, United States, and Asia Pacific. While perpetually expanding to Asia Pacific regions such as Singapore, India, Japan, and Taiwan; it has now chosen Shanghai as its new corporate destiny. With the aim of Chinese expansion, the ...

The report provides an assessment of how well Andreas Hernandez demonstrates the behaviors that are associated with high performance in his current role. The report seeks to provide an overview of areas that are satisfactory and those that are still lagging behind to guide corrective actions. The evaluation employs 360-degree feedback model. Consequently, feedback was sought from various parties that interact with Mr. Hernandez including; his manager, customers, stakeholders, peers and direct report from Mr. Hernandez. A questionnaire was provided to each of the parties to fill. The questionnaire contained closed-ended questions with a six-point ranking and a few ...

Elements of a binding contract

The key elements of a binding contract are; offer, acceptance, consideration, intentions to create legal relations, privity of contract, capacity to contract and the fact that it must not be illegal or contrary to public morals(Cross & Miller 2008, 195).
An offer is an unequivocal statement expressing intention to be bound on precise terms with the party to whom it is made once it is accepted by the said party(Beckett 2015, 139). An offer has been distinguished from invitations to treat. For instance, in Fisher v Bell, display of goods in a shop in an invitation to treat ...

Introduction

HCL technologies is a leading information technology company in India .In 2005, the company launched a massive new strategy. This strategy termed as ‘Employee first, customer second’ revolutionalised the way the company conducted its business. The major objectives of this strategy was to create an employee’s organization with unique aspects, create accountability and transparency in the organization, create an organization that was drive inverted and finally foster a value based culture. This particular case study aims to describe the different aspects involved in this program, the program’s impact and effects on the engagement patterns of the employee, innovation, customer ...

Problem Outline

Cox’s Container Company (CCC) is a medium size manufacturing company that produces both large and small containers. In the last few years, the company’s profitability has gone down due to increased competition from similar companies that have reduced CCC profit margins.
CCC needs to change its culture and structure if it is to remain profitable and therein lays the problem. The employees are not willing to implement the new changes and thus they are not cooperating. The new management team has not introduced the changes well since it has not consulted any of the employees. There has ...

Introduction

As the industry is changing, many of the companies dealing with waste management are faced with the challenge of sustenance in the future. Cities and households are largely reducing the amount of waste they generate and thereby reducing the amount of waste for which they pay companies to dispose of effectively. It presents a direct threat to Waste Management’s landfill business and relates to what steps the company must take to grow its revenue. Another problem relates to the customers’ behavior as they not only are reducing wastes they send to the landfills, but it is also important to ...

Implement lean elements on project management

Operation management is a comprehensive process of coordinating all activities in a project in order to achieve the set goal within the stipulated framework. Every operation manager designs a network schedule of the sequence of all activities, their succeeding process, slack time and the maximum time which the whole project should consume from the initial to the final stage. The goal of managing a project is to ensure that the process is time-framed, cost-effective and maximum utilization of resources. A lean operation is a production strategy that strives to improve the project schedule, carriage costs and improve the value addition of the customers. The ...

India on the Move

India is a diverse land which is although enriches with resources but still faces the issues of slow economic growth and unemployment. The country got freedom in the year 1947 and since then financial controllers of this developing country have been making every possible effort to increase the pace of growth and prosperity. In the meantime, India has suffered a financial collapse, abandoned import substitution, and also moved very slowly to adopt the Washington Consensus. The turning point came in the year 2003 and after that it seems that there is now not any stoppage to the fiscal pace. But the ...

Management Information System

- What role does IT play and what are the key IT objectives for Intel Corp? Identify also the key stakeholders for Intel Corp and their preferences.
Intel Corporation, a major computer infrastructure developer and software applications product manufacturer, is a global organization dedicated to the transfer of information and furtherance of business intelligence throughout the world. The company’s executive management is in daily contact with investor shareholders, the traditional stakeholders of the corporation, as well as company employees and an extended value chain of vendors and other partners involved in the research and development, manufacture and supply of ...

Before a claim is filed in court, there are considerations a party has to bear in mind. These are regarded as pre-action considerations. They assist in determining factors such as the type and validity of the claim, the right parties, and the costs vis-à-vis the award. Essentially, they assist a party in determining whether litigation is the best option and if so, how it will be conducted.
Candy Tang wants to sue Sid Ho for injuries sustained because of an accident that occurred due to Sid’s negligence. The injuries have prevented her from carrying on her work as a professional ...

1. Does Tom have a contract of sale with the shop?
A contract of sale denotes a contract where be a seller agrees to transfer or transfers the title in the goods to another party for a money consideration, which is referred to as the price. When goods are on display at a shop window, this is an invitation to treat. This means a willingness on the part of the buyer to negotiate a contract of sale with the buyer. Therefore, there is no contract yet as the parties are not at consensus ad idem. In an old case of Harris v Nickerson (1873), the ...

Question 6: Tylenol case: Identify two lessons derived from the way in which Johnson and Johnson handled public relation aspects of these tragedies?
The first lesson learnt from this aspect of public relations is that any business organization ought to offer thorough explanations whenever an unexpected operational activity occurs. In this case, Johnson and Johnson sought out to communicate to the public about the poisoning incidents noted with their products. An addition lesson learnt from this case is that apology serves as the best tool in realizing the confidence of the public whenever a mistake has been realized. Johnson ...

Kohlberg’s six Stages of Moral Development

Lawrence Kohlberg identified six stages in moral development divided into three levels or phases:
Preconventional Level
Stage 1 — The Punishment and Obedience Orientation
Stage 2 — The Instrumental Relativist Orientation
Conventional Level
Stage 3 — The “Good Boy - Nice Girl” Orientation
Stage 4 — The Law and Order Orientation
Postconventional Level
Stage 5 — The Social-Contract Legalistic Orientation
Stage 6 — The Universal Ethical Principle Orientation
Preconventional Level
As the name of the phase connotes, people do not have yet the discipline or habit to conform or adapt to conventions. They are ...

I recall an incident 6 years ago when I was in high school, which to this day continues to baffle me. The incident was a negotiation involving my father and a potential employee at one of his shops. My father had been in the process of setting up a new business and had opted to carry out the interviews for his potential employees at home. Not only did he feel that this would provide a less intimidating atmosphere for his potential employees, but also that it would allow him to comfortably express his culture and expectations without too much effort. My father is ...

1. Which of Gottman’s couple types best describes the relationship between Helene and Aaron and Jill? Explain.

2. How does the first interaction between Helene and Aaron and Jill differ from their second interaction?

3. What are the first indications of trouble between Helene and Aaron and Jill? Cite specific examples from their interactions.

4. How do Helene and Aaron and Jill exhibit contempt for one another? Cite specific examples from their interactions and reference common signs of contempt within their interactions.

5. How do Helene and Aaron and Jill exhibit defensiveness? Cite specific examples from their interactions ...

Vision of a Model Research Center

Rachel’s style of leadership in ICCR is definitely a transformational one given that the research center was her idea and all other employees seem to be following her vision. One of the assumptions of this kind of leadership is that it believes that people tend to follow those who inspire them. This is evidenced in Rachel’s leadership as she even has women in her organization looking up to her as a role model. Rachel is also a transformational leader as can be seen by the fact that she believes in injecting energy and enthusiasm into ICCR; this is why she ...