Essays on Volkswagen

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Summary Report 1

What factors contributed to the problem? Volcanic activity is a major contributing factor to the issue of climate change. The eruption of volcanoes leads to the release of large quantities of water vapor, ash, dust, carbon dioxide, and sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere. In the atmosphere, these sulfur dioxide molecules will react with water vapor leading to the formation of sulfuric acid, which is then spread all over the world through winds. The sulfuric acid formed in the atmosphere can significantly affect the amount of solar radiation entering the Earth’s surface and thereby the ...

Introduction

If any organisation were to succeed in achieving its objectives and targets, it is at the mercy of the strategies that it develops for itself. A lack of strategy will tell on the manner the organisation works. Hence, the team employed to this effect should be efficient and have the required knowledge for the same. Plans should match what the company envisions for itself in the light of its finances and operations. Such plans work in the long run. The more changes occur in them, the more difficult it is for them to move ahead. Realistic yardsticks can be ...

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Volkswagen Ethics

Hotten. R. (2015). Volkswagen: The Scandal Explained. BBCNews.com. Retrieved from: http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34324772

Volkswagen Ethics

The Automobile industry like many others prides itself in its quality manufacturing processes, adherence to compliance norms, innovation and customer satisfaction. However, over the last few decades the industry is plagued with myriad cases of ethical misdemeanors. Some of the unethical behavior probably arises from pressures of business, profits, shareholder value and competition (Bazerman and Tenbrunsel, 2011). In some cases, leaders turn a blind eye to unethical practices. In one of the older cases from the 1970s, ...

VOLKSWAGEN CASE STUDY

Executive summary: Volkswagen is the leading manufacturer of car products. This company holds Volkswagen group and produced a variety of models. Recently, Volkswagen has been involved in the emission scandals of their equipped vehicles. The company vehicles are equipped with software that was cheating on emission tests. Hence, Volkswagen is the top selling brand of Volkswagen group. Since 1975 the company has been treated as world largest automaker in the world. Volkswagen has the most cars of the automobile manufacturer which has multiple revisions of model names. In this, the crisis management of the Volkswagen emission scandal has been ...

Is Public Relations an ethical profession?

Introduction Public Relations has been defined in many ways over time and across industries. The Institute of Public Relations in USA defines it as the deliberate, planned and sustained effort that goes into maintaining a mutual understanding between an organization and its public consumer. Edward L. Bernays defined it as the method of information persuasion and a method employed to develop public support for a cause, an activity, a movement or even an organization . Herbert M. Baus proposed yet another definition that Public Relations was a combination of many subjects including philosophy, sociology, economics, psychology, journalism, language and communication, ...

Question 1

Management information system [MIS] is an integrated system that helps the management with relevant information to plan and make decisions in order to run the business more effectively and efficiently (Becerra-Fernandez and Leidner, 2014 p.42). The core aim is to make raw data into useful information that helps in managerial decision-making. That being said, the functions of MIS are data capturing, data storage, data processing, data and information distribution, prediction or forecasting, planning, and control (Leon, 2008 p.328). Data processing is the process of gathering data from various sources; this may include customer touchpoints like stores and e-commerce sites, ...

Factors that Influence Purchasing Relationship in Automobile Industry of China

Introduction The USA, Western Europe, and Japan markets for the automobiles are almost stagnating causing an increased attention and concern to the world automotive industry. They have turned their interest in China market for cars. This is associated with the fast growing economy in China unlike that of European nations and the USA. The Chinese market for cars is indeed the turning point for all auto companies. The environment is conducive to start production in China to supply the potential markets and then export from there to other world markets. This literature will focus on the purchasing relationship in ...

History and 4Ps

Founded in 1931 by Ferdinand Porsche as a design and engineering services provides for the automobile industry, Porsche Automobile Holdings SE (Porsche) is one of the largest and most successful global automobile manufacturer, famed for its innovative and stylish designs as well as leading automotive technology/engineering. The company launched Porsche 356, a branded sport car in 1948, after the success of VW Beetle, which it had designed in 1934. With access to Volkswagenwerk’s distribution and organizational infrastructure, Porsche quickly established itself in both Germany and Austria, before finally moving its production activities to its own facilities in Stuttgart. ...

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RE: A Recommendation for the Car Model of the Delivery Fleet

Introduction I wrote this report to provide a recommendation in choosing a car model for the fleet of 35 that we plan to purchase. We need a car that would support our business model of online ordering meals from hundreds of restaurants in Toronto. The choice of the car would be based on criteria that would reflect economy, reliability and other factors. The discussion would present the criteria for choosing the car models and their makers. The three options would then be described and explained on how each would meet the criteria; a recommendation would then ...

Analysis of Porsche AG

Analysis of Porsche AG The first car with Porsche as its brand name was rolled out in Austria in 1948. Since then, Porsche AG has become renowned worldwide for its beautiful and innovative automobile designs (“Porsche AG History,” (n. d.)). For example, Porsche 911, which was first launched in 1964, has been among the most recognizable and famous automobiles in the world. The firm has used car racing circuits to improve its products, which have been noted for their outstanding handling and high performance. In 1997, Porsche “introduced the Boxster, a newly designed, lower priced sports car” and, later, ...

Leadership is the most radical and central aspect of any organization. While good management promotes quantitative and qualitative results, poor management compromises achievements and successful outcomes. That is why the end results of an organization are a projection of the leadership style in the said institution. As such, this paper analyses the threat in Volkswagen’s management in line with the various leadership theories.

Volkswagen`s Fraudulent

The leadership in Volkswagen illuminates an ill culture with the potential of undermining this auto giant reputation. Following the recent scandal of emission test, it is clear that the management in the organization is ailing. ...

Abstract

This paper explores a published article that reports about machination of the Volkswagen Company. The Volkswagen admitted late last year that it fitted as many as 11 million diesel vehicles worldwide with software that could cheat emissions tests. The organization of the US Environmental Protection determined that these cars in 15-35 times are violating emission standards. The company under the leadership of Winterkorn falsified pollution tests by installing software to make vehicles appear cleaner than they were. The bottom line is that Volkswagen's former CEO Martin Winterkorn has retired and he is attracted to criminal liability over the diesel ...

Introduction:

The internal environment of a company is dependent to a large extent on the ethical attitudes among the employees. Often, it is not easy for employees to take moral and ethical decisions that go against the monetary interests of the company. Employees making an ethical decision adverse to the interests of the employer usually forms a part of whistle blowing and is often met with retributions and recriminations from the employer. While employees have some obligations to their company and to their employer, they also have wider obligations to the society and to the country at large. ‘Whistle blowing’ ...

Toyota is an automobile company which is recognized for its market appeal, innovation and quality. The company has been in the motor industry for a long time and has continued to perfect its production process over the years. Despite the stiff competition in the automobile industry, Toyota has managed to stay ahead of the competition by delivering quality to the consumer, but there are still numerous opportunities in the industry that the company can exploit to increase its market share further.

Brand History and Background

Toyota motor company became established in 1937 .Toyota first started out as a division of the Toyota Loom ...

Question 1

Few person agreed that Gap exemplifies an ethical organization because of the role it has played in ensuring that it fulfills its social responsibilities. It has been able to not just understand its roles in helping the less privilege but have had such fully performed.

Others disagree and refused to see it as an ethical organization due to the following:

Its records weren’t accurate and transparent enough to have everyone convinced. It was an effort that was perceived as a form of marketing strategy to add more value to the brands and good will of partners involved. The campaign was perceived by most experts as a racial move that was meant to mock ...

Once the framework of the crisis communication plan and been drafted, vetted, and chosen; the next step is to decide on an appropriate theory or crisis management that will be put into effect by the communications plan. As an automaker, in a highly competitive market yet with a strong brand known across the globe, it should be clear that Volkswagen is particularly tied to their public image. In other words, Volkswagen is concerned with the “perceptions of” itself “as a communicative entity that are shared by an audience” (Benoit & Hanczor, 1994). That audience being not only the car-buying public ...

1. Anderson, L.V. (2016, May 19). Ethics compliance training is a waste of time. Slate Magazine. This article, despite the cynical title, provides good research concerning the process by which companies implement ethics compliance training programs, including what incentive they have and how the external legal environment influences them to do this. The article begins by stating that the predominant form of ethics compliance training that all onboarded employees typically take in corporate organizations in the United States are in the form of eLearning courses. The article describes the typical mandatory basic ethics, harassment and discrimination training that are ...

Part 1

IT projects have recorded high failure rates over the years. The main reason behind these failures is attributed to people. Studies have shown that people are the main cause for the failure of IT projects (Faeth, 2012). A good example of an IT project failure that occurred within the last three years is the Volkswagen Vehicle Emission System. The project was scandalous and is ranked among the most expensive failures in the corporate history. It was revealed that Volkswagen cheated so as to pass the emission testing as required by the government (IPLA, 2015). The failure of the project ...

Introduction

PhamaCARE is a top tier pharmaceutical manufacturing company with programs that aim at solving medical problems for poor people through discounts and partnerships. Based in New Jersey, PhamaCARE has operations across the world, and presence in an African country, Colberia. Most people in Colberia live below poverty line, and they are ready to do anything for a living, no matter how lowly it pays.

Scenario and Stakeholders

PhamaCARE has struck a deal with traditional healers in Colberia that will get them exchanging knowledge about their medical herbs with the company. The arrangement has opened opportunities for thousands of people, who rummage in ...

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International Finance INTRODUCTION

British Airways is one of the leading airlines in the United Kingdom primarily dealing with vacations and flights internationally. They have several subsidiaries and have increased their fleet to 262 planes. British Airways now has flights to 169 destinations.

Company B: Volkswagen

Volkswagen, Europe’s leading carmaker and one of the most successful global companies, reported a 95 drop in 2003 fourth quarter profits which collapsed from €1.05 billion to a plain €50 million. For all of 2003, Volkswagen’s operating profit fell by 50 percent from the record levels attained in 2002. Although the profit crash had more ...

Volkswagen vs Ford

Introduction Volkswagen and Ford are both family businesses working in the global automotive industry. In 2015 worldwide 73.9 million of passenger cars were sold in the global automobile markets along with the 86.56 cars produced. The biggest automotive markets can be found in China and in the United States. The biggest automotive suppliers in the industry are from Asia and Europe and include Bosch with steering systems, Continental in the area of tire manufacturing, Denso and Magna. The size of automotive supplier market worldwide is estimated at €620bn (The Statistics Portal, 2016). Those suppliers are currently faced with the ...

International Automobile Manufacturing Industry

Introduction The International Automobile industry is one of the biggest industries across the world. It has a wide range and top of automobile companies in terms of production including Toyota, Volkswagen, General Motors, Nissan, and Ford. It is expected that by 2020, around 90 million cars and commercial vehicles will be produced (Barnard). Top car manufacturing countries around the world including Japan, Germany, and the USA. (Statista a) Cars, as well as commercial vehicles, are being produced across the world. The following graph shows the proportion of car and commercial vehicles producing worldwide from the year 2000 to 2015: ( ...

Sometime in 2015, the German automobile manufacturer Volkswagen was caught up in an ethical scandal concerning a violation of the American Clean Air Act. The issue had been flagged by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), who detected that the Volkswagen car brand had the defective software. The details had revealed that the software installed to govern the engine could sense whenever the vehicles were being tested and subsequently activate emission reduction from the equipment. The same could later turn down when driven regularly and result in emissions that were way above the allowed limit as per the environmental standards ...

The case study used in this study relates to the February 13, 2014 incident in which the General Motors (GM), an automobile manufacturer and assembler, announced that it was recalling a n umber of its ignition switch vehicles. This followed reports of a series of accidents involving the company’s vehicles and resulting in at least 13 people dead. This study is based on the contents of the Volukas report in which Mary Barra, the company’s CEO, takes us through some of the efforts made by the company to avert any future occurrence. However, according Kuppler, the author ...

An analysis of how the criminalist in Ted’s case handled the evidence and whether it was positively or negatively involved in the outcome of the case Voelker & RDH (2012) proclaims that the investigators obliged that Bundy to offer a dental impression to aid in the investigation but Bundy refused. After sometimes, the criminalists were granted a search warrant to get the impression in any possible tactic. A disclosure trip was orchestrated to hinder Bundy from grinding his teeth to hide his bite. The initial scar was photographed and a clear overlay created. Voelker & RDH (2012) addresses that the ...

Theft of trade secrets has emerged as one of the easier crimes for disgruntled, unethical, or unscrupulous and opportunistic employees to commit. These employees may which to harm their employer or wish to achieve some personal gain by selling or trading the trade secrets that they can obtain through the course of their trusted access to company systems. These thefts are most often committed by individuals who are looking for alternative employment for those who are looking to start their companies, all on the backs of the good work of their current and soon-to-be-former employer. These thefts can be ...

Introduction

In this paper, the author analyzes the case on the troubled alliance between Volkswagen and Suzuki, two of the biggest and most popular auto-makers in the respective regions that they cater. Suzuki is famous for their small, petite, and fuel efficient cars in Asia. Volkswagen, on the other hand, is famous for their powerful, elegant, and fuel efficient cars in Europe and the Americas. Because of the theory that was posed earlier suggesting that in the current industry environment, most automobile manufacturers are on a constant lookout for more ways to expand—the fastest way possible. From the start, ...

Stimuli-response method

This model is based on the theory of stimuli and response; where the stimuli elicit the desired response in the consumer. In this case, the marketer must figure out which items the consumer needs and do their best to figure out how to provide the product and make it attractive enough for the consumer to desire and buy it. This model starts with the marketer rather than the consumer; it assumes that the consumer does not know what he or she needs and has to be stimulated using a product or an appropriate marketing strategy (Kotler and Armstrong, 207). ...

Executive Summary

Corporate social responsibility is an issue that needs to be upheld by all firms in the market. This ranges from the large to small firms. The essay will therefore look into the corporate responsibility in connection to Volkswagen. The company has been facing issues due to the diesel emission of their vehicles that later translated to a scandal. The company depicted inability to provide the right information regarding its emissions. The essay will also give some of the recommendations that the company undertook and the implications on the various stakeholders and the mission as well as the corporate responsibility ...

Volkswagen Scandal

Dear XYZ, In response to the work assigned for preparing a report on Volkswagen emission controversy, please find enclosed the detailed internal report containing my findings and recommendations pertaining to the issue. As I found, the company is going through the tough time when it is facing actions from the regulators and other agencies for violating the emission norms of the different countries. Also, there is a big blow to credibility in the eyes of customers. Concerted efforts of all the stakeholders are required to tide over the crisis. Based on the sources I referred to, the report goes ...

Motivation for the Study

Many automobile manufacturers in car producing countries are taking an interest in the renewable fuels as an alternative energy source for vehicles. This is due to the challenges caused by the difference in demand and supply of conventional energy sources like fossil fuels and the environmental degradation associated with them (Liu, 2015). Renewable fuels are more efficient than the current fuels used to power vehicles and their use will significantly reduce the fuel costs incurred by consumers. Renewable energy sources cause minimal environmental pollution, and its utilization will reduce the world’s pollution levels. The use of renewable fuels ...

Introduction

Definition of ethical issues Back ground information on “Volkswagen emission scandal” Issue of violation notice Accusations against the company Discussion How the problems were addressed by the company leaders Company denial of manipulation of tests Company official’s admission of tests manipulation Recall of vehicles Announcement of new diesel strategy Halt of company sales on the affected vehicles Compensation of VW and Audi owners in the US Implications of the company decisions Loss of trust and confidence Sales reduction Inconvenience and mistrust How I would have addressed the issue as an employee of the company Report the matter My ...

The 1964 Volkswagen television advertisement “Snow Plow” uses rhetorical persuasion including ethos, pathos, and logos, to convince the audience that their Beetle is a reliable and resourceful automobile that drives well in snow. The one minute black and white commercial begins when a man enters a garage on a dark and snowy morning, gets into a VW Beetle and begins driving down treacherous and snowy roads. When he gets to his destination, the narrator asks the audience “have you ever wondered how the man who drives a snowplow, drives to the snowplow? This man drives a Volkswagen, so you ...

VOLKSWAGEN ADVERTISEMENT AND COUNTERCULTURE

Introduction The entry of Volkswagen (VW) as a brand on American soil was no easy feat. The boldness and enthusiasm of Heinz Nordhoff in the immediate aftermath of WWII at a time when anti-Nazism was rife, to talk German business on American soil came not short of paranoia. Even though he envisioned tapping the growing American motor vehicle industry, the “German” profile was an immediate red flag, not to mention some odd-styled vehicles that casted forth an aura of centrism and leanness; characteristics that antagonized the enlarging American appetite for size and comfort. However, America of the 1960s was ...

Doing global business always presupposes different kind of challenges. Entering a foreign market could make a significant impact on the whole marketing strategy of a company. Development of a successful market strategy means that all the peculiarities of another culture should be taken into consideration. The level of the cultural differences awareness can lead to success or failure in the global business. One and the same product can be advertised in different ways according to the country it is going to be presented in. A good example is an advertising campaign of the popular European car Volkswagen Polo. In ...

Introduction

Volkswagen is a car manufacturing industry in Germany. The industry currently has three of their cars in the top ten best cars globally. Their three cars in the top ten are Volkswagen Golf, Volkswagen Passat and Volkswagen Beetle. Volkswagen is a German word which means peoples cars. Volkswagen was founded in 1937 by Ferdinand Porsche. Headquarter is in Wolfsburg. The current chairman of the company is Martin Winterport. The company is among the best automobile company in the world. The company has achieved this through their strategies over the years. They have done so much to stay on the ...

The unbridled ambition of the Volkswagen Company fueled the ultimate corporate scandal in the automobile industry. Mr. Winterkorn, the C.E.O of the company, admitted that they had installed software that was designed to cheat on emission tests. More than 11 million diesel cars had the malicious software that allowed the release of harmful substances in the environment without the pollution regulation body noticing (Hakim et.al). The C.E.O might have played a major role in disabling the emissions controls to give an advantage to Volkswagen and increase their sales. Volkswagen entered into the crisis because Winterkorn failed to raise an ...

BUSINESS: Current Crisis at Volkswagen

Introduction In the automotive industry, the Volkswagen group can be considered one of the leading multiband groups. The business activities of the group comprise of financial service divisions and Automotive (Cave et al., 1982, p5). Volkswagen commercial vehicles brands and the passenger car vehicle brands of Volkswagen are the only companies under Volkswagen that are considered separate and independent. Volkswagen group majors on selling and producing vehicles that are passenger cars, developing, busses and trucks, light commercial vehicles as part of the business actions conducted by the various companies under the Volkswagen group. This paper is going to discuss ...

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Volkswagen

Overview

Volkswagen is a car manufacturing company established in Germany in the year 1946. With time, the company progressed to the Volkswagen group in 1975, where it began buying other brands of cars such as Audi, Lamborghini, Porsche, Bentley, Ducati, and the world’s renowned Bugatti (Faizul, 2015). These efforts spearheaded the company in becoming the second largest car manufacturing company; Toyota being the first. Another fact about Volkswagen is that its name means the people’s car in Germany (Faizul, 2015). It is a trait they seek to uphold over the years by building amazing cars such as ...

The Impact of Global Trends on the Automobile Industry

Some of the global trends in the sector include the push towards semi-autonomous vehicles as well as calls for increased fuel efficiency to reduce the carbon footprint. Toyota is well placed to produce semi-autonomous vehicles that can outdo the company's competition. It has hinted its semi-autonomous vehicles will be commercially available as soon as 2020. Toyota's vehicles have consistently outperformed its competitors in the production of fuel-efficient cars, especially with its trademark Prius model. In 2010 Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) published by the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Toyota ranked 4th in the domestic market category while it ...

Ratio Analysis

Introduction The ratio analysis helps in understanding the financial position and performance of the company in context of its industry and competitors. Over the last few years, the competition in the vehicle or automotive industry has been increasing that have resulted in fluctuations in their financial performances. BMW is one of the oldest company in the automotive industry have successfully developed itself over the period of time and completed 100th years with the beginning of 2016 (BMW, 2014). On the other hand, Volkswagen is another one of the leading automotive company in the global industry. Both of these companies ...

The Volkswagen Company, in a bid to remain competitive in the market, it has worked at improving its already tarnished brand name based on the problems that the company faced. The company lost quit a percentage of its share capital after investors pulled out due to the troubles facing the company currently. However, the company has been working on improving these issues to gain back the glory about its brand back to where it was years. Volkswagen thus has a duty to improve their public image so as to reduce cases of lower investments. The company, in general, has ...

American Public University

I am planning to purchase a Volkswagen SUV car which is imported from a German company. The car I am willing to buy is a full car with many other features better than the other imported cars and the domestically produced vehicles. Due to the technological advantages in the car, I believe my family will be safer and more comfortable compared to the other car brands. However, as an imported product, the price of the car is closely related to the changes in the inflation rates, the interest rates, and the exchange rate between the Euro and the USD. ...

Introduction

Volkswagen Company is facing a great challenge in its operations and so is the entire car manufacturing industry. According to the article, the company is subject to a scandal in the U.S. market for its ethical misconduct of cheating about nitrogen oxide emission by its diesel vehicles. The ethical misconduct has landed the company in serious problems. Despite the cost, the company will face in fixing the affected cars; the company is also fined for the misconduct. Various world governments have tightened the environmental regulations concerning the issue of pollution. The same issue has extended to the other car ...

The Volkswagen Group in India is one of the many different players in the Indian automotive industry. Currently, the group is represented by a total of five major brands which are Lamborghini, SKODA, Volkswagen, Porsche and Audi. The company entered the market earlier in 2001 through its popular brand, SCODA. Other brands were slowly integrated into the Indian market in 2007 and 2012 (World of Volkswagen - VW India. ). The Volkswagen Group in India is a combination of the spirit shown by the Indian market and the excellence that is portrayed by German manufacturers. The Indian subset of Volkswagen ...

Successful projects ensure maximization of wealth to investors minimizes negative environmental impacts to the society and enables positive contribution to the community. The first step to achieving these goals requires the consideration of due diligence in business operations. Due diligence involves the identification and assessment of risk to ensure the viability of financial project. Therefore, risk management is an important function in business management that enables the achievement of due diligence (Sadgrove, 2008). Business are required to incorporate due diligence in their risk management processes because it present several benefits (Sprinkle, & Maines, 2010). Even so, most business chose not ...

Environment as a Source of Opportunities and Threats

There is no doubt that “understanding the environment that surrounds an organization is important to the executives in charge of the organizations” (Edwards, Try, Ketchen, & Short, 2014, p. 63). One of the fundamental concepts discussed in chapter 3 is the effect of the general environment on the organization and its performance. The first concept is that the general environment is a source of potential opportunities and alternatives as well as a source of risks and threats for a company. According to business report published by Bloomberg, “Volkswagen AG’s namesake brand reported a decline in U.S. sales for the ...

About 5% of the pension fund’s investments have been made in Volkswagen Group which has recently fallen prey to a major scandal. These investments face high risk, now that the company’s share price has fallen considerably. On 18th September 2015, few Volkswagen cars were found to be emitting lethal amounts of nitrogen dioxide into the atmosphere despite having passed various pollution control tests. This irregularity in the diesel engines was caused due to engine management software which was deliberately fitted in each car belonging to a particular model. More than 11 million vehicles have thus, been estimated ...

ACME Car Rental

Facts ACME Car Rental purchased a total of 1,000 Volkswagen model cars at a total purchase price of $17,000,000 from the Volkswagen Company. It then sold some of the cars to individual consumers and other smaller rental fleet companies. However, unknown to the purchaser, Volkswagen Company, the vendor, had fitted the cars with an ‘emissions defeat device’ which is software that was meant to cheat on the rate of emissions of the cars. This was in a bid to conform to the relevant laws and regulations in place. Though these vehicles were able to pass the ...

About the paper

The paper is commissioned to discuss the dividend policy of German car manufacturer, Volkswagen and analyze whether the past three year dividend payments is in accordance to the dividend policy of the company. As part of this paper, we will also calculate the weighted average cost of capital(WACC) of the company.

About the company

Founded in the year 1946, Volkswagen AG is a german car manufacturer and at present is the second largest automobile manufacturer in the world. The company, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells automobiles in Europe, Americas and Asia-Pacific. In addition to automobile manufacturing, the company has ...

The 2015 KIA Optima Hybrid

The 2015 Kia Optima is a hybrid mid-sized sedan that has some stylish appearances, a vast array of features and an excellent trim on the cabin. The main advantages of the sedan are its wide range of features and easy to use controls. The crash test scores are also top, and the warranty is lengthy boosting consumer confidence. The car is equipped with four-wheel antilock disc brakes, traction and stability control, side and curtain airbags. The rear side has a camera, parking sensors, cross-traffic alerts and blind spot monitoring system for safety. Roadside assistance and automatic collision notification system ...

Volkswagen AG

Primary activity of the company Volkswagen AG is the second largest automobile producers in the world, headquartered in Wolfsburg, Germany. The Volkswagen group includes twelve brands: Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Volkswagen Passenger Cars, Ducati, SEAT, Audi, Bentley, SKODA, Porsche, Lamborghini, Bugatti, Man and Scania. The Group is the largest car manufacturer in Europe: 25, 1 % of all new cars, made in Western Europe, produced by Volkswagen. The company is operating 119 plants in 20 European countries and 11 countries in Asia, Africa and Americas, occupying approximately 13 % share in the global market of passenger cars. The production of the Group ...

Industry Issues

The automobile industry is experiencing rapid internationalization due to the expansion of the automobile companies. As a result, all of the companies are facing challenges of the changes in the global automobile market . Generally, it can be stated that cultures and legal environments of the different countries pose significant challenges and hindrances to international companies like the Volkswagen. Automobile companies are increasingly pressurized to produce a vehicle with reduced carbon emissions , In addition, to this, the threat of oil depletion also presents a significant challenge to the companies. The automobile industry faces the challenge of producing an efficient, fast ...

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS EXPANSION

International Business Expansion The emergence of China as the world’s manufacturing hub happened in a much shorter span of time compared to the time it took for U.S or U.K to industrialize. China took just over a decade to double its GDP per capita and improve the living standards of its people ever since 2001, when it entered the World Trade Organization and opened up its borders welcoming investors from all over the world. There have been a host of favorable factors that made China the global manufacturing hub. Some of them include the abundant availability of cheap ...

Industry Overview

In the present market, the automotive industry globally encompasses the prime manufacturers, Toyota, Volkswagen, GM, Honda, Ford, etc., all operating in the global competitive marketplace. Since the second half of the 1990s, it is understood that automobile industry’s globalization accelerated with the construction of highly significant overseas facilities and the establishment of acquisitions and mergers between the global automobile MNCs (Hiroaka, 2001 p.1). In the year 2015, sales of passenger cars globally reached 73.9 million vehicles and the total sales reached above 90 million. On the basis of current growth rate, the automobile industry is expected to grow ...

Problems that Volkswagen Organization had before implementing Activity-Based Costing

Before starting the implementation of ABC, Volkswagen had the same problems that automotive and manufacturing industries faced in the 1990s. These problems included massive technological changes, increased competition, difficulties in decision-making, inability to provide accurate cost information to the management, and pressure from the ever-growing expectations from the higher management in the corporate head office (NAGEL, 1991).Automotive industry is dynamic in nature and technological changes are likely to be a huge factor in deciding who controls the market. Automotive manufacturers with better technology are likely to win the ever-present competition in the auto motive industry. Massive technological changes brought ...

Business

Business The purpose of the Volkswagen Company is to distribute the Company’s automobiles, accessories and the commercial vehicles in the market to provide service to the represented branded products, ensuring quality service to attain customer satisfaction and establish a lasting company loyalty of the customers and partners in the service and sales organizational network. The Volkswagen Company has a distinct Code of Ethics that represents the rules and values of conduct anticipated of the Company (Carbo, 2007). The Company undertakes measures to promote the understanding of the concepts of the Code of Ethics and enhance the compliance to these ...

What are the underlying problems facing Fiat’s car division?

Fiat is an Italian company with its business once solely concentrated in Italy. After the post war period, Fiat with the help from Italian government became the number one automobile manufacturer in Italy. Fiat enjoyed that position for almost 50 years without any threat from other European players. However, decades of doing business with ease and with the help of Italian government had created operational, strategic and managerial inefficiencies within the company. For almost 5 decades even with its huge success in the Western European market, Fiat never thought of expanding beyond the region. Finally, by the time it ...

Question 1

The Order Coleoptera (commonly known as beetles) may be subdivided into a numerous number of families. Four of these families include Anthicidae, Dytiscidae (also known as Predaceous Diving Beetles), Haliplidae and Hydraenidae.

Question 2

The Haliplidae are a family of crawling beetles which consists of approximately 200 species making up 6 genera. They are normally 2-4.5 mm in length and have a width of 1.45-2.5 mm. The beetles are oval ion shape and are yellowish in color. They have a slight head inclination with eyes that are not very protuberant. They have short antennae which have 11 divisions each. Their mandibular prosthecae are very well ...

It was almost 4 o’clock! I thought I was holding my keys but I wasted more than enough time fishing them out of my bag. Quickly I locked my front door, swung the bag over my shoulder and power-walked with my car keys tight in my fist. Upon approaching my car a pain expanded in chest and my stride was interrupted as I reacted silently to the state of my brand new car! It was wrecked! My perfect car was rear-ended by some idiot who drove right into my fender! Are you kidding me! Seriously? It was parked! My ...