1. Identify the ethical, strategic, operational, and financial issues in this scenario and list them in priority order from most to least critical.
As a global healthcare organization, our goal has always been to promote quality of care and optimal health to people around the world. We have a firm commitment to serve diverse communities with products and services that reflect the latest trends in innovation and the highest quality at reasonable prices to match consumer expectations and needs. We have established a culture founded on individual accountability that expects employees at all levels us to communicate openly and transparently; any strategic, operational, or financial challenges we face are viewed through a comprehensive moral
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2. As the director of overseas operations, what options are available to you to resolve this situation? State the risks and consequences associated with each option you identify.
To stay successful throughout the planning process and management of overseas operations, we have to work with leaders throughout the organization to identify events that may affect the achievement of our objectives and to determinate contingency plans or alternative solutions. We understand that the goal of operations management is to affect the entire cycle of a new product line in a positive manner (Chase, Jacobs & Aquilano, 2004), so we strive to take into consideration the addition of new resources, the rearrangement of existing resources, and the possible removal of resources to execute the strategic, intermediate, and short-term decisions made by overseas teams. To resolve the situation in Malaysia, we should consider at least two different options that both take into account a flat development expense and uniform unit cost wherever possible.
We should first consider adding external resources, including external contractors and existing cross-functional teams. We reason that additional team members could optimize processes to help recover sales, marketing, and local supply chain functions that in turn could add potential value and competitive
1. Able entered into an oral contract with Baker for the sale of Able 's car for $5,000. Later Baker breached that contract. Able wants to sue to enforce the contract. Under the Statute of Frauds, who is the "party to be charged" in this case?
A dealer sold a new car to Raymond Smith. The sales contract contained language expressly disclaiming liability for personal injuries caused as a result of defects in the car and limiting the remedy for breach of warranty to repair or replacement of the defective part. One month after purchasing the auto, Smith was seriously injured when the car veered off the road and into a ditch as a result of a defect in the steering mechanism of the car.
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Mercedes Connolly and her husband purchased airline tickets and a tour package for a tour to South Africa from Judy Samuelson, a travel agent doing business as International Tours of Manhattan. Samuelson sold tickets for a variety of airline companies and tour operators, including African Adventurers, which was the tour operator for the Connollys’ tour. Mercedes and injured her left ankle and foot. She sued Samuelson for damages. Is Samuelson liable?
3. What major problems might you encounter with your new sales force structure as it relates to both external factors (customers) and internal factors (employee reactions)?
3. What criteria did you use to evaluate the potential solutions? How did these criteria tie into business strategy and project objectives? How does
Elizabeth Blackwell showed herself as a dedicated and diligent doctor during five years of work in Neurological Associates, and made a significant contribution to the profit margin of the partnership. The partners were delighted with hiring Blackwell in 2005 and they introduced her to medical physicians at a conference. But the referral base Blackwell went through was not the result of that investment by the partnership but instead it was the evidence of her professionalism in neurological sphere.
There are several issues that need to be addressed as it relates to the situation. These issues include those from a policy standpoint, as well as those from a legal standpoint. The following are the issues this author saw fitting to tackle:
Because leadership is a key force in determining an organization’s success or lack thereof, the Gordons should consider putting a succession plan in place as soon as possible and should start grooming the would-be successor(s).
5. Use the table below to identify issues of public concern relating to the industry and organisation, and describe how these issues are addressed / dealt with.
4. Who are the stakeholders in this situation and what, if any, obligations do they have?
Mrs. Turner has decided to start her own business running a private day nursery. It is
When we refer to the corporate world, what we are referring to is a world that has an abundance of social interaction caused by the drive to expand and maximize profit.There is a large mix of different social groups when you have CEO 's, clients, employee 's and many other people who can be part of a business directly or indirectly. All these different groups of people under the banner of the corporate world are required to present them selves in a certain manner to show professionalism which in turn allows their business to achieve its interests in a respectful manner. These people hold a legal and ethical relationship with certain parties due to the fact that they all entrust each others money (Dictionary.com). Due to the specific existence of the relationships between businesses and law people with much greater responsibility are placed in a fiduciary position to ensure the workers in positions below them perform to the best of their ability (Austin R & Ramsay I, 2012). They take it upon themselves to control the money of all the parties involved, by doing this they are not only executives but consumers who are obliged to use their extensive skills and knowledge in a legal and respectful manner, however having these skills leaves others who are not as skillful and knowledgeable susceptible to being unintentionally exploited. The
When Khalid is interested in buying Siti’s painting which she had named “Hawa”, Khalid met Siti and told her that he will pay her RM5,000 for “Hawa”. This is an offer. Offer had be defined in S2(a) Contracts Act 1950 as “when one person signifies to another his willingness to do or to abstain from doing anything, with a view to obtaining the assent of that other to the act or abstinence, he is said to make a proposal”. Under the Contract Act 1950, a proposal is something which is capable of being converted into an agreement by its acceptance. Moreover, merely giving information is not an offer. For example of Harvey v Facey (1893) case, P telegraphed D – “Will
Qn 1: Whether James can hold the Happy Holiday Hotel for the loss of his property under the common law?