Suggestion Case Studies Samples For Students

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1. Employees should be rewarded on percentage basis instead of giving them a flat amount. It would be preferable to reward them a percentage in the range of 2% to 5% out of the total profit earned in the first 3 years, if profits are earned due to their suggestion.
2. It would be preferable to prefix a limit on the reward given to employees on implementation of their suggestion. The total reward paid in the first three years should not exceed the maximum limit of preferably $10, ...

Norge Portugal is an international Norwegian company set up in Lisbon, Portugal in 2001 (McGuire 123). The company deals in selling, maintenance and repair of refined equipment for textile industries. The company is well renowned for ‘total service’ to its customers, where they focus on satisfying the customer in an aim of achieving customer loyalty. Despite starting operations almost a decade ago, the firm retains a remarkably small customer base and is smaller compared to other company bases in different countries. However, the company remains profitable mainly because of favourable reputation amongst customers.
Norge Portugal, has four key areas that ...

Question 1

Price is the amount that a producer charges his or her consumers for a product or a service. There are various ways of determining price which may result in different prices for the same product. The pricing suggestion of the sales officer, the finance officer and the marketing officer will result in the following prices;

Pricing suggestion of the sales officer

According to the sales officer, the selling price of Amaizer should be 2,900 per tonne to make it make competitive as shown by the calculations below.

The sales officer recommended that the snack, Amaizer, should be sold at 100 below the price of potato crisps.

Price of potato crisps per tonne is 3,000
Therefore, the price of Amaizer will be; 3,000- 100 = ...

In the case of the request for a second meeting between Shirley and Jeannie, with Kelly supervising, I believe it is quite necessary to do this, especially after the events of the first meeting. Despite the fact that it would be quite tense to go through for all parties involved, it would foster a much better work relationship between everybody if another meeting was attempted, this time with a greater attempt at fostering amity with Shirley and Jeannie. Obviously, there are some incredible discrepancies between how Shirley should be doing her job and how Jeannie feels she should be doing her job, ...

Q1a. From the information contained in the case study above, conduct an analysis of Tesco’s external environment using the STEEPLE model. Your analysis should cover and identify each of the factors as they relate to the case study. (16 marks)

The external environment of a business can be evaluated using a STEEPLE model, which incorporates seven external factors; sociological, technological, economic, environmental, political, legal and ethical (Block 1, Reading 5, p. 34). Here is a brief analysis of Tesco according to the STEEPLE model;

Sociological factors

The variety of business in the UK and across the world is going through ...

Chinese is one of the world's unique cultures. Being Chinese does not necessarily mean that one was born in China, but rather, they practice the Chinese Culture. In China, the national identity and psychology are determined by the cultural values that the people hold. In the country, public opinion is always given the priority before state leaders can go ahead to make any decision regarding the welfare of the nation (LuWang & Lin, 2010). In China, according to Chen (2005), the major cultural values that influence the nation’s people include filial piety, harmony, loyalty, benevolence, honesty, righteousness, wisdom, and ...

Information resource management at Hydro-Quebec

One of the internal factors that are affecting change management at Hydro-Quebec is the lack of involvement of the IT staff while making the changes. From the outside, it is like the changes that are suggested are done by senior management staff alone. Most of the managers do not have IT knowledge and make suggestions that lack IT strategy. Initially, there has been lack of investment in the sector of information systems at the company. This is because of the lack of alignment done for the IT and the entire company. There is a need to have IT taken to ...

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 ...

Langley Mason Health is an example of a hospital struggling to achieve it growth agenda amid financial constraints, need to provide quality services, and implementation challenges. The hospital is undertaking expansion projects that are estimated to cost $1 billion. Already, the hospital has sourced a half of this capital and is expected to raise the remaining amount through operations and other sources. LMH is left with $10 million per year to finance other expenditure that include maintenance and technology. The nursing staff and the pharmacy need $4.9 to buy smart pumps aimed at reducing medication errors. The computerized provider order entry ( ...

Introduction

Leadership is the act of influencing other people’s minds to the extent that they blend their own perceptions with one’s perceptions and eventually incline their loyalty towards your principles. However, it’s only the positive qualities that define an effective leader. In strategic management, leaders often experience situational dilemma when implementing the mechanisms of corporate governance as stipulated by the executive members of the organization (Hunger & Wheelen, 2003). Leaders often devise the procedures to follow, possible solutions as well as unforeseen challenges that my cripple the success of an organization. In any circumstance of resolving a contention, a temporary ...

Abstract

This paper is based on an article from The Economist published on June 1st, 2013. In this paper, I will analyze the economic policy against the credit markets fluctuations in the US and try to follow the traces of the failures in this policies due to the reactions of the martkets to this policies. The Fed and the Government implement some macro policies to stable the markets to ensure the growth rate in the US while keeping other macroeconomic variables such as unemployment, inflation, stock exchange markets, foreign exchange rates. However, people’s reaction to these macro policies sometimes ...

The upgrade of the school server needed to be done to improve on security and the server space. The project was to last for a period of one month. Presentation to the members had to be made on the importance of carrying out an upgrade. The proposal was either to be done using power point or prezi presentation software. The presentation was to include video of how the server looks and at the same time figures on cost of acquiring the server. The video presentation was to be shared among all members of the panel so that they would make ...

- My overall impression of the site is that the site (Starbucks, 2010) effectively encourages discussion among Starbucks’ customers, as well as between Starbucks’ staff and the customers. Since the sole purpose of the site is to seek feedback from customers, there’s nothing on the site that will distract the customers from that purpose. I also think that Starbucks is sincere in its approach to identifying new products and services as they do make an effort to grant the customers’ requests or to address their concerns. Staff members of Starbucks provide updates on initiatives that are based on ...

UPS and Twitter

Question 1: UPS
One way that UPS uses technology to gain a competitive edge is by providing its clients with solutions that would enable them to easily and quickly manage their shipping needs, especially if they regularly ship in bulk. These tools automate the supply chain management process such that the gathering, tracking, and maintenance of the different logistics necessary for delivering the output no longer need to be performed manually. This results in the faster and more efficient delivery of products and services, which in turn results in increased customer satisfaction (UPS, 2012).

Examples of these solutions are ...