Stakeholder Case Studies Samples For Students

Executive Summary

China Development Bank is among the most essential financial institutions in China. This is because it is among the vital drivers of economic development and growth within the country. Although the institution was characterized by relatively high levels of growth between 1994 and 1997, it has the potential to exude better performance. The government of China is a major stakeholder of this financial institution, hence this paper will seek to highlight the manner in which it influences the operations of this bank. At the moment, its primary dilemma is how it will manage to carry out market oriented reforms, ...

Management

Question 1 of Case
The ethical behavior in the organization is a set of the principles that assists support and provide guidance to the organization in its policies, programs and business decisions. However, the ethical values and philosophy prevailing in the organization if not followed properly can affect the productivity, reputation and also affect the stakeholders and also it affects the bottom line badly (Murray). At Boeing, the stakeholders of the organization got affected in 2002. The company has settled the lawsuit of the shareholder for the amount $92 million in the year 2002 and the investors have to ...

Jack Welch is an American business executive. He started a reconstruction of General Electric which later proved to be financially helpful for the company. He was the the Chief Executive Officer between 1981 and 2001. In his able leadership of the corporation, he showed a glimpse of fairness for the employees. Donations and grants from this corporation have over the years been of great help to children with some medical condition like autism. Globally, General Electric (GE) in collaboration with all the organs of the company seeks to roll out some wanting projects. Having pointed out all this, we ...

Question 1

A. Yes. The dividend policy of the company is paying a constant dividend, which is occasionally increased as the company grows. For instance, in the financial years ended 1999 and 2000, the company’s dividend per share was $ 1.36 when it made net income of $ 650,100,000 and $ 861,200,000 respectively. However, in the two subsequent years when the company’s net income began to increase steady, the company has increased its dividends and paid their shareholders $ 1.48 and $ 1.70 respectively. Further, in the fiscal years 2003 and 2004, the company paid $ 1.76 as dividend to its ...

There has been a significant increase in the amount of waste produced in Malaysia over the years. This situation has led to its government implementing a law that will help control the situation. By next year September, all households will be required to separate their waste. The households will be given two bins, one for organic waste and the other for inorganic. The waste collection schedule will be implemented once the program starts running. Garbage will not be collected in households, which will not follow this law.
The government, however, cannot implement this law without partnering with all the ...

1. Describe at least three stakeholders in the Joint Commission process. (100 words)
Since the Joint Commission process aims at evaluating health and administrative indicators in different health centers for improving health quality, stakeholders like clinical professionals, hospitals, and consumers are taken into account. On one hand, clinical professionals and hospitals provide information and allow supervision, while at the same time receive feedback from the Joint Commission process in order to improve (The Joint Commission, 2011). On the other hand, consumers also contribute by providing their point of view on the matter, and will potentially receive a better service ...

Homework

Discussion Questions
1: If you were part of the conversation taking place in this case, what advice would you give the CEO concerning how to assess training needs?
In this scenario, training needs assessment is required. Training needs assessment entails a continuous process that involves data collection to help identify what training needs exist. Once these training needs are identified, an organization can go ahead and develop a training plan that will assist in achieving organization’s goals.
First, I would advise the CEO to identify the specific areas of the business that needs training. It is important for ...

Introduction

There are several parties involved in the current state of affairs of H-IT Russian subsidiary. The MD, Sergei Lebedev is central to the poor performance that the company had experienced in 2006 and was continuing to experience. To a large extent, this is as a result of his management policy; central management and what is referred to as “management by fear” since he wants to control every aspect of the organization and decisions being made in the company. The Russian culture has also played a role in the poor performance of the company, and many feel obliged to be ...

Management

The issue that is currently hurting Contact Center is their Store Operations Support. There has been a lack of focus in understanding the primary issue of servicing customers, and this has led to poor customer support. There are far too much interdependency of Support groups to handle customer complaints and complaint resolution. The problem of having three individual phone numbers for the three specific groups has only magnified the problem further. With so many departments involved in customer support; Store Repair Support, Store Operations Support, and Fleet Support, customer requests are taking far too long to resolve, as a ...

Question 1:

The term stakeholders are defined as and related with those people, organizations or groups that pose some concerns and interests in the company or organization. The organizations have the potential and tendency to affect the stakeholders and also get affected from them (Bourne, & Walker, 2005). Both the parties get influence of each other from the objectives, actions, policies and procedures they acquire and practice. For an organization, there are many stakeholders who have concerns with it. These stakeholders include internal and external stakeholders. Internal includes the directors, shareholders (which are the owners of the organization), and employees of the ...

- There are two different parts of organizations are there, profit organizations and not for profit organizations (Collier, 2009). There are certain regulations that both of these organizations should comply and meet accordingly, in order to sustain in the industry for a long span of time. In this scenario, it is found that HOHO organization is about to breach the rule of expensing 25% of their donation rule. By recording the TV cost as their program cost which will also nullify the donation of the XYZ Ltd. As a financial controller of XYZ, a bold step should be taken, ...

Nineteen seventy-one Starbucks opened in Seattle’s popular Pike Place Market. Joining the company in 1982, Howard Schultz proved the driving force behind the rapid success of the company by creating a retail coffee-bar culture. By 1985, Schultz’s confidence in his European inspired idea presented Starbuck’s first café latté in the new downtown location as well as introducing its Christmas Blend. This set the momentum resulting today in the organization operating close to 17,000 stores across 55 countries around the world and remains “the third largest chain restaurant in the Unites States” (Farrell, Fraedrich, and Ferrell ...

I strongly believe that the finance department offers the best training to future CEOs of both private and publicly-traded companies. Research studies reveal that financial management is the most common metric that stakeholders use to evaluate business performance. It is best that the Chief Financial Officer becomes the CEO because of his or her experience in financial management (Brewis, 1999). The financial department provides training to the chief financial officer on how to manage the organization’s financial resources.
Over the years, the role of the chief financial officer has changed from the mere functional leadership to corporate leadership. ...

Part I: Group Development

The case ‘building a coalition’ provides us with an interesting perspective of group dynamics, effective team performance, organizational culture and integrative bargaining. The case deals with the formation of an after school program for improving the condition of the public school system in Washington D.C. Schools at Washington D.C. face challenges pertaining to truancy, low student performance and crime. Owing to these factors, the teaching staffs at these schools are easily de-motivated, and this has resulted in high staff turnovers rates. The new after school program aims to deal with these challenges. The after school program would be developed ...

1. Summary of the Case Study
Rich Ferlauto, Director of Corporate Governance and Pension Investment, states that their main objective is identifying new ways of corporate governance that involves the imbalance of power between the board members and the shareholders, and gets that imbalance accepted by other investors. Once the company is identified, they make sure that they get an appropriate response. Rich Ferlauto sought a proposal in the spring of 2007 to give a yearly advisory vote on the compensation of executives. As a director of the monetary funds in the American State, he was responsible for keeping ...

Question One

The major criticism that has been leveled against McDonalds, the world leading distributor in fast foods has been its insensitivity on the diet they serve. It has been claimed that McDonalds is the main contributing factor to the continued increase in the number of obese children and adolescents in the developed world. This has been a major concern as more and more people continue to die over obesity related problems (Tittle). This is attributed to the unhealthy nature of the fast foods offered which are highly concentrated in fats.
These criticisms are not specific, but rather they are directed ...

Introduction

People have always adhered to compliance with rules, regulations and standards that govern everyday living. Most people are aware that there are universal codes of ethics and morals that guide in decision making, as well as in the assuming the expected conduct of behavior. Ethics, most especially, is crucial in business. As asserted by Pitts & Kamery (2003), “ethics are important to firms for a variety of reasons: including the legal responsibilities of the executives, costs of violations, and reputation” (p, 79). Likewise, organizations that design ethical codes of conduct were proven to be more successful and last longer (Wadhwa, ...

Determine the impact of this event on ARC’s benefits of business ethics. ( Employees' commitment, investor loyalty, customer satisfaction, and bottom line.)
Providing relief to disaster victims, facilitating people in preparing for disasters and responding to emergencies is the core business of the ARC. In the event of September 11 in 2001, the ARC benefits of ethics suffered negative impact. The organization operates independently and has about 35000 employees and about half a million volunteers. The organization has a set of policies and regulations that govern how everyday situations and issues are addressed. When the USA was under a ...

Introduction

This case deals with the situation of the change management and adaptation in the international organization, International Trading Limited, (ITL) that operates on two continents with complex managerial structure. The organization is facing a number of challenges in implementation of the new purchasing system. While the system is ready for launch and it was communicated to the employees, there is significant delay in this project due to structural and cultural issues. This analysis is based on the following observations:
- Management is working in silo thinking and there is no buy-in from the management in regards to the system.
...

Part I.

It goes without saying that reliable and objective financial reporting is vital for any business entity. Adequate financial reporting is important in order to be able to track, analyze and implement changes in business operations. In addition, financial reporting gives managers the opportunity to take appropriate measures if financial performance of a company does not meet the expectations. Most of the financial reporting in the world is conducted according to one of the two standards - United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Understanding both approaches is extremely important in international business ...

The primary ethical problem in this company is shareholder and management problems. Some of the shareholders of KOTEL are also in the top management team of both I-Tech hence there exist conflict of interest for these top management. I-Tech is not performing well and the president and vice president of KOTEL clearly know that but they decide to acquire it despite the fact that this company is not performing well. They want to acquire this company to save themselves the losses they will incur should I-Tech fall. The president and the vice president do not mind the impact that ...

Arguably, disasters are inevitable and take place the moments we least expect. As a matter of fact, there are various disasters that have taken place in the world, and each of it comes up with unbelievable destruction. It is worth noting that when a disaster occurs there is more to be learned from it, especially on issues related to disaster management, preparedness and emergency response. One of the disasters that occurred in the past is the Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina was one of the storms that affect the coast of U.S. in the history of United States; Hurricane Katrina ...

Shareholders, who in principle cannot participate in the day-to-day management of a company, are forced to enter into a relationship with managers who act as their agents in the management of the company. This relationship operates under the assumption that managers will act in the best interests of the shareholder (Shapiro, 1999). However, managers will likely, and naturally, act in self interest and the needs of the shareholders may not be in the forefront of their motivation. This raises the issue of the agency problem; the conflict between a company’s management and the shareholders when managers act to ...

Question 1:

According to FASB ASC Topic 810-10-25-10, protective non-controlling rights are rights that have been formulated to give the non-controlling shareholder power to obstruct corporate dealings that would be classified as protective rights by the investor holding a majority of shares in an organization. This help to ensure that the interests of the non-controlling shareholder are protected in order to ensure that decisions that may affect his or her wellbeing are implemented-

Question 2:

Substantive participating non-controlling rights are rights that allow the non-controlling shareholder to take part in some corporate actions that overcomes the presumption that states that the investor possessing ...

Corporate responsibility is an emerging issue and trend in organizational behavior. It is termed as an emerging issue because previously, many organizations did not take part in any corporate responsibility activities. However, it increasingly became clear that to remain successful and expand their businesses further, organizations needed to take part in corporate responsibility activities. They have to enhance their image among their clients and the wider public at large so as to be seen as responsible corporates. Corporates do this by undertaking activities which though not directly related to their core business, they nevertheless had a net positive impact ...

- Evaluate whether Michael Ashley and City Shareholders might have different aims for the company.
It is evidence that Mike Ashley and City Shareholders have different aimed for Sports Direct International. Firstly, Ashley has hopes that even if the company shares have fallen because of the World Cup to 80%, they will eventually rise ten times within three years. On the centrally, City Shareholders have no hope for the company since its share price reduced to a half within five months. This according to them is an indication that Sports Direct International is on a downward trend. On the ...

Shareholder Report

Introduction
Citigroup, Inc. is a global financial services holding company providing products and services to the consumer banking sector. The financial institution is responsible for a portfolio of credit cards, corporate and investment banking, securities and other asset management. The foregoing is the shareholder report describing investment in Citigroup, Inc. shares, purchased 6 June, and sold 21 June 2013. The sum of USD $100,000 was invested in the company’s stock. The shareholder report takes into account portfolio factors affecting stock price*; including increase in net income and revenue expenses, as well as increase in net worth assets ...

Memo

Dear Law enforcers,
Here at Healthcare, Inc. we are deeply grieved and concerned about the recent incident whereby our digital healthcare records were hacked by an unknown person who posted the content in their own website. The invasion of our privacy is one of the worst criminal acts committed against our company in its history. The crime has left us as shocked as anyone else who expected us to maintain the highest standard of cyber/data security. We would therefore like to respond to your questions and show our position regarding to the incident. This will enable you to understand ...

What ethical issue or dilemma was Bob Hopkins facing?

Bob received an order from Stan inquiring about the availability of 3x12 Doug fir rough sawn lumbers. When his partner asked him if he had received any orders for scaffold planks, he began to hesitate and felt that something was up. From the information that Mike was giving him, they had received three inquiries from Stan that had the same tally. The scaffold planks were usually stronger than the ordinary lumber and were used between the metal supports often in the construction of high storey buildings. Further, scaffolding grading was different from the ordinary grading since their strength was ...

DISCUSSION AND ARGUMENT

Question 1
The Thomas Cook Group plc had an opportunity to formulate strategy options that would help it to attain profitable growth and enhance its competitive advantage. The strategy options available would be based on the web innovation, simplification, integrated information technology platform and new and better products and services. This innovation will assist the company to maintain and build up brand trust in the leisure travel industry.
The company has the opportunity to apply the simplification strategy which will be focusing on providing personalized and trusted holiday experiences. This will be however, require the application of the high ...

Reconciliation Income Statement

For the year ended 31 Dec 2011 .
Profit as per GAAP $1,000,000
Add
Inventory (realizable) 190,000
Deducted impairment loss 6,000
Gain from sale and lease back 150,000
Total income 1,346,000
Deduct
Inventory (historical) (152,000)
Impairment loss (5,000)
Net Income (IFRS) 1,189,000

Reconciliation Statement of Stockholder’s Equity

For the year ended 31 Dec 2011 .

Stockholder’s equity as per GAAP $8,000,000

Add

Revaluation gain 720,000

Intangible assets fair value adjustment 1,000
Total 8,721,000
Deduct

Development cost capitalization adjustment (120,000)

Stockholder’s equity as per IFRS 8,601,000
Notes
The addition of inventory at net realizable value 190,000 is because the international financial reporting standards ...

According to the Ford Motors balance sheet, it may seem that it indeed does have too much cash reserves. However, in deciding whether or not the company has too much cash, several factors will have to be considered. Companies hold cash for various reasons, chief among them the financing of routine transactions of the company, meeting covenants with lending institutions and other debtors, for speculation purposes and as a source of flexibility in the operations of the company.
Cash reserves held by Ford are high for the reason that the company intends to conduct a value enhancement plan. Such ...

- The stockholders’ equity section of the balance sheet gives an analysis of the several classes of shares held by shareholders and the company as at the end of that financial period, December 31, 2007. It gives details of the number of the various types of stock that are held and further goes on to give an analysis of the shares that have been issued and those that are outstanding. The statement of stockholders’ equity (exhibit 4) is almost similar to the stockholders’ equity section of the balance sheet, the only difference being that it is more detailed. It gives ...

Question 1

The most important issues confronting the FPL Group is whether to review their dividend policy. FPL has employed a high dividend policy over the years. The dividends pay-out has been increasing consistently in the last 47 years. 1993 was a best year for the group which saw it record the highest revenue. Management expected the company perform better in 1994. However, events took another turn. It was expected that Florida may allow Retail Wheeling which will significantly increase competition and change the entire competitive landscape in the industry. Therefore, management of FPL Group feel that the dividend pay-out of ...

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Question 1:
What are the advantages of Kaizen over a Tayloristic approach (applied in the Ford factories) with respect to quality management?
Question 2:
Which measures can you suggest to avoid an exploitation trap when applying Kaizen in a company?
Answers:
Answer 1:
In the Kaizen concept, change is taken as a way of life whereby it takes place in a continuous manner. The approach is so obvious and natural such that it may fail to be recognized though it is taking place. The Kaizen concept simply implies improvement and has various advantages over the Tayloristic approach used in ...

BUSINESS BOOKLET QUESTIONS

- Define the term secondary sector
Secondary sector is defined as a particular section of the economy that deals with manufacture of finished goods. It includes several industries that use machinery to transform the products extracted by the primary sector to come up with finished goods and services that are more appealing and more useful to the final consumer.
- Define the term production:
Production is defined as the process of transforming raw materials and other resources through incorporation of manpower’s ideas and knowledge to goods and services that are appreciated and utilized by the final consumers.
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Question 1:
What are the advantages of Kaizen over a tayloristic approach (applied in the Ford factories) with respect to quality management?
Question 2:
Which measures can you suggest to avoid an exploitation trap when applying Kaizen in a company?
Answers:
Answer 1:
The Kaizen concept, unlike the tayloristic approach is simple and straight forward as it simply means improvement. The Kaizen approach involves different stakeholders like workers and managers. The involvement of different people in the organization ensures that everyone plays a role in the improvement process. For instance, the top management are determined to introduce the Kaizen ...

Arguably, communication is one of the important processes in every part of life. As a matter of fact, listening is a crucial component of communications that leads to an understanding of what is expected. One of the tremendous situations that needed me to listen actively in a one-to-one situation is during my first day at the workplace, whereby I was to undergo orientation on various workplace activities.
During the situation I was expected to do more of the listening as I comment and ask questions on various issues pertaining to my job. Perhaps, I was taken through the orientation ...

The business being managed in this case is a retail store which sells a variety of products to the clients. As the manager of this retail store, am aware that this business entails performance of various processes which are done continuously by different staff members. The workflow in the retail store is commenced by purchasing, handling of inventory, customer service and accounting. The purchasing duty is handled by the manager; this involves a stock taking of the current stock and then placing the desirable order to the suppliers. This shall be done regularly as at when the reorder level ...

The calculus used to justify Chiquita’s action of paying enormous amounts of money to the terrorist group FARC left the company at crossroads. At one point Chiquita was an enviable corporation through it reputable social responsibility initiatives, which included the better banana project (Buchholtz and Carroll 656). On the other hand, Chiquita placed itself in calamitous situation by agreeing to pay out the terrorist so as to protect it workers. This placed the company in a calamitous situation because they were left vulnerable to the terrorist threats, as well as the repercussions of their actions, which are against ...

According to Watson and Straub, the first era of computing focused greatly on achieving increased employee productivity. Here, information work was transported to the computer, underwent processing and returned to the worker as a printout. The second era of Information System ushered in private networks enabling interaction amongst businesses and governments. Through this, employees managed to communicate to customers with relative ease. Employees of a business also communicated with other organizations through this. The third era ushered in the Net-enabled Organizations that introduced direct electronic linkages between firms and stakeholders (Watson and Straub 12).
Before introduction of NEO, firms ...

4. Do you agree with the argument that investors with a shorter investment horizon fail to understand the value of a firm as well as investors with a longer investment horizon? Explain.
I do not agree with the above statement. The first part of the statement about shorter term investments was actually right because it cannot really define the success of an investment venture. What makes the statement wrong was the second part which suggests that longer term investors fail to understand the value of a firm. Warren Buffer indirectly stated that investors who make decisions based on short ...

Statement of the ethical dilemma

The ethical dilemma in this case is tom’s consideration of whether or not to tell on the actions of Mary and Brenda. This is because on one hand, he considers the fact that Michael takes high pride on his job and would do anything to keep it running. Similarly, in the event that anything went wrong, the bottle shop would close down and they would be rendered jobless. On the other hand, he is sympathetic of Brenda’s situation as everyone is aware of the hardships that she faces (Jennings, 2010). She is a single parent with one ...

Any organization that operates in a given society should contribute to the development of the society in one way or another. This is considering the fact that the society has provided the organization with the resources and environment necessary to facilitate its production activities. Social contributions can be in form of support of development activities in the society such as provision of schools fees to the poor children in the region. In addition, the social contributions by an organization can aim at improving the welfare of the employees. Any form of payment to insurance companies in coverage of the ...

The stakeholders affected by unethical conduct at Boeing

The illegal and unethical behavior at Boeing especially during the time of Condit and Stonecipher is rather apparent. Such behavior impacts greatly on the wellbeing of the organization through various stakeholders. In the Boeing case, the affected stakeholders are both those from outside the firm as well as those that make up the internal environment of the organization. Perhaps the most conspicuously affected stakeholders are the shareholders. Fundamentally, the shareholders are the owners of the business organization. They have the right to access all information that relates to the true and fair view of the organization. It therefore follows ...

Question One

A Statement of Work happens to be an extremely influential document that has to be constantly updated and used when it comes to the foundation a project; therefore it gets written in the project initiation stage (Taylor 7). For the reason, as the mayor of Calcutta, I have to come up with a statement of work for the Metro subway project thereby promoting efficient, as well as creative means for embarking on this project. I will have to coordinate meetings with the stakeholders so as to improve the statement of work in accordance to not only the size, but ...

Why should stakeholders be involved in IT Governance?

Different stakeholders play different roles in IT governance. Some of the stakeholders include investors, providers and controllers (Isaca, 2011). Investors include business partners, business management, and IT management. They are important since they provide funding. In addition, they want to ensure that their investment is made in line with their strategic objectives. Controllers include external and internal audit officers, human resources, finance and risk and compliance officers (Isaca, 2011). These stakeholders monitor risk and ensure that the IT governance is compliant to any regulatory and legal requirements. Providers ensure that there ...

Q.1. The main issue is that Cotton Limited., which owns the majority of Satin Co. Limited's shares is trying to buy-back the minority shares held by Silk and the rest of other investors. However, the minority shareholders are against the idea particularly Silk. Since Cotton Limited could not get Silk to agree with the buy-back option. The majority shareholders resorted into passing a resolution to change Satin's constitution, giving power to the majority shareholders to compulsorily acquire the minority shares. The problem is that Silk is not convinced to sell her shares and seeking legal action to stop the ...

Kraft and Cadbury Merger / Acquisition Analysis

Kraft Foods is the 2nd largest beverage and Food Company based in United States of America and was formed on December 10, 1923. They started with manufacturing Ice cream and later expanded into a wide range of dairy products, enjoying presence in over 155 countries. Kraft is an independent corporation and is listed on the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) with revenues of $40 billion (fiscal year 2009). Its planned strategy was to take over Cadbury which was one of its top competitors, so as to increase market share and to gain access to emerging economies. The aim was ...

Conceptualization of the word Toyota

Toyota aims to be a company that caters to the needs of the customers and provides them with better quality at affordable prices along with its commitment towards the betterment of the society. Therefore, Toyota wants to be inspiring by becoming a company that not only brings better quality and technology for its customers, but also cares about the sustainability of the society. Toyota follows the product oriented and market oriented management that enables it to meet the requirements of the customers in all regions and come up to their needs and expectations. Product development is very important at ...

Question 1

According to Trevino and Nelson (2011), stakeholders refer to individuals or parties affected by an organization’s business and actions. Additionally, stakeholders also have an interest in what the business does and how it carries out its activities (Trevino and Nelson, 2011). The stakeholders in this situation include the people suffering from onchocerciasis or river blindness, World Health Organization, shareholders of the Merck and Co, the employees of the company, their families, the media, and the government. Role-playing would be used as a means of understanding the ethical dilemma at hand (Trevino and Nelson, 2011). That is what it ...

Q.1: If you were Mr. Cizik of Cooper Industries, would you try to gain control of Nicholson
File Co in May 1972?

Answer:

Looking at the credentials of Nicholson, I would definitely have tried to gain control of the Nicholson. As Nicholson bore competitive strength in hand tools industry, also Nicholson had ‘A’ grade repute in the market, strong brand name with 50% share for files and wraps. It had extremely large and highly effective distribution across the world. Nicolson’s financial statements indicate that it had the potential of not only achieving up to 6% annual growth, also it ...

I. Capital Structure Choices

Table 16 TI’s Statement of Current and Long-term Liabilities

Accounts Payable

Accrued Expenses

Deferred Revenues

Other Current Liabilities

Total Current Liabilities

Total Long Term Debt

Table 17 TI’s Statement of Shareholder’s Equity
Shareholder's Equity

Deferred Income Tax

Minority Interest

Other Long Term Liabilities

Total Long Term Liabilities

Total Liabilities

Common Shares Outstanding

Preferred Stock

Common Stock, Net

Additional Paid-in Capital

Retained Earnings

Treasury Stock

Other Shareholder's Equity

Shareholder's Equity

Total Liabilities & Shareholder's Equity

Figure 6 TI’s Debt and Equity Structure, 2007 to 2011

A. Capital Resources
Texas Instrument’s liquidity comes from cash ...

Internet Technology

When a project manager uses tools for accountability maintenance a project has the best chance of a successful finish. A successful project is a project that delivers the project objectives on time. Fortunately a project manager has many tools available for use on a computer in order to track all aspects of the project and to stay in control. The most important thing for a Project Manager to do is to take responsibility for the outcome of a project. This means the project manager is accountable for the success or failure of the project at every step from beginning ...

Brief description of major issues needing attention:

This case gives a somewhat vivid description of a range of the factors that The Men’s Wearhouse managers and CEO as well as the author presume as critical to the success of their business. When this case was put together, the clothing industry of men was becoming fiercely competitive with most companies exiting business due to substantial financial strains. Fortunately, The Men’s Wearhouse continued operating. The case study also tries to address the issues of what contribute to the success of this company especially in a rather difficult and highly competitive environment. It also answers what ensures ...

The ER that became the emergency

Problem Overview

Community Memorial Hospital (CMH) is one of the main hospitals in Middleville, Ohio. Although the reputation of the hospital is quite good, there have been a number of concerns in the recent years regarding the financial situation of the institution. Although CMH is a not-for-profit organization, stable financial performance is crucial for maintain high level of customer service and to support clinical trials. That is why the hospital has launched a new marketing campaign, which seemed to have attracted quite a number of people. However, a more in-depth analysis of the demand patterns has revealed that most ...

Abstract

Financial risk hedging and corporate management are important tools for non-financial corporations. Following the theories of Modigliani and Miller corporate risk management is an irrelevant activity. However, the presence of market imperfections can explain the corporate use of derivatives. Hedging can contribute to the firm value, when firms face a progressive tax rate and when in the presence of the expected costs from financial distress. Moreover, hedging can lower agency costs of debt. The use of derivatives can be also explained by the managers’ behaviour towards risk. The aim of the paper is to evaluate the theoretical and empirical ...

The shareholders and executives of T-Mobile should not invest in the five year project because the net present value of the project is negative, meaning the firm will not gain any profits in the longrun.

The NPV concept a concept of calculating the profitability of a project in the longrun (future) using the available information. The NPV concept can be used to choose between two projects, one that is more profitable. ...

While the case clearly shows that Jack’s actions can be questioned from the ethical point of view, Carla is the one facing the real ethical issue. On the one hand she has to reveal Jack’s deeds, which could jeopardize company’s future; however, on the other hand her words might not convince the partners, but will harm her career. The main stakeholders in the case are Carla and Jack, who are directly involved in the issue. Moreover, the problem also concerns the shareholders of A&A, its employees and customers as well as Jack’s clients.

Ethical Philosophy

Although the ...

Dividends are payments made by a corporation to its shareholder members. Northboro Machine Tools Corporation has a good dividends growth. The dividends have become inconsistent over the years due to poor management of the firm. Both earnings and dividends have grown at a steady pace except for a certain period of time when recession and restructuring took toll. Despite this a dividends policy was recommended in order to solve the irregularity in dividends payment. The chief financial officer of Northboro Machine Tools Corporation was put to task in ensuring the dividends steadied up. The officer recommended to the board ...