Abstract This paper presents a psychological caseanalysis of a 24 year-old male who is dissatisfied with the quality of his therapeutic care. The paper describes client and the practice setting. The paper then details the nature of the client's dissatisfaction with the social worker.
Abstract In this caseanalysis, the current business situation of the TV Guide Corporation is investigated. This analysis is done from a marketing perspective, and assesses and applies marketing concepts to a real-life situation at TV Guide magazine. In this case study, a situational analysis, which reviews TV Guide corporation, and its main product, TV Guide, along with additional offerings is shown. A brief history of TV Guide is given; the corporation's current business situation is assessed. A comprehensive SWOT analysis is given. This analysis lists the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) that are faced by TV Guide. A comprehensive recommendation for the marketing strategy is given for TV Guide. Finally, a conclusion summarizes the important information given in the other sections.
From the Paper "Interestingly, TV Guide corporation is much more than its most well known product, the TV Guide. Since the publication of McDonald's article TV Guide has become much more diversified, and global. It operates four main business units. These are: TV Guide Television Group, TV Guide Interactive Group, TV Guide Magazine Group, and United Video Group. TV Guide markets and distributes products to over 100 million cable and satellite homes each and every week.
Perhaps the biggest news in the TV Guide area is the formation of Gemstar-TV Guide international on July 12, 2000. This company formed when Gemstar International Group merged with the TV Guide Company. Gemstar-TV Guide International now has television listing products licensed to over 180 companies, in industries like cable, satellite, Internet, personal computers and consumer electronics."
Abstract This paper is an analysis of the moral choices made in the case about searching the property of students in a high school, pointing out the ethical issues generated by the behavior of the students, the teacher who searched a girl's purse, and the courts that made the decision as to the legality of what occurred. The paper argues that the actions of the teacher were unethical even though that the outcome was as he believed it would be.
From the Paper "The case of the school search of the purse of student T.L.O. clearly raised a number of legal issues, but it also raises moral issues, as do the actions of the courts in the way they analyzed the issues and made a decision. A strict moral analysis would find that the two girls had broken the rules of the school and that they had also lied. At the same time, the analysis would have to find that the teacher had not acted morally but had taken action based on the outcome he believed would occur. The fact that the outcome was as he believed still does not mean that his actions were correct when he took those actions without taking the proper steps to do so. Moral character is defined by actions, the actions of choosing to follow the virtues and to live a moral and thus a good life."
Abstract This analysis traces the evolution of Soectron from contract manufacturer to global supply chain integrator. The paper analyzes the company's development across four distinct time periods.
From the Paper "The objective of this case analysis is to identify and describe the distinct time phases of the evolution of Solectron from contract manufacturer to global supply chain integrator. In relation to each time period phase, key success factors ,those factors that allowed Solectron to create value for its customers, are identified. The analysis also considers the impacts on the supply chain of these factors and Solectron's changing role in relation to the company's customers through its..."
Abstract This paper is a caseanalysis on Black and Decker's Marketing Action Plan for their Tools Division. The paper discusses marketing, communications, brand equity value, brand recognition and image.
From the Paper "This marketing Action Plan for the Black Decker Tools Divisions assumes that the company will accept strategy. Option. Drop the Black Decker Names from the Professional-Tradesman Segment."
Tags: Marketing action plan, Marketing/Communications plan
Abstract An in-depth analysis of a Fortune 500 company - Allstate Insurance. A management caseanalysis which includes: historical background, swot analysis( strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) , financial performance, management strategies, proposed solutions, implementation of solutions, costs, evaluation and control.
Table of Contents
History of the company
Mission statement and analysis Objectives and analysis Business Structure
Financial Analysis Threats and Opportunities
Strengths and Weaknesses
Salient Problem
Strategic Alternative #1
Strategic Alternative #2
Strategic Alternative #3
Recommendation
Plan of Implementation
Evaluation and Control
From the Paper "Today's largest carrier of personal lines insurance originated over a friendly game of Bridge played in 1930 on a Chicago area commuter train. Sears president Robert Wood and a friend, insurance broker Carl Odell, joined forces after the insurance man suggested Sears sell auto insurance through the mail. Wood liked the idea, financed the company, and in 1931, put Odell in charge of the operation. The company, named Allstate, was named after one of the Sears? tire brands. Allstate got its beginning just as Sears was starting its push into retailing. As Sears grew, Allstate grew with it, selling insurance out of all of the new stores."
Abstract This paper presents a caseanalysis of Hewlett-Packard strategy based on a 2001 Business Week article. The paper examines the company's paradigm strategy shift, reorganization and reorientation of the company and provides a SWOT analysis of the company. It includes tables.
An examination of the ways an organizational case study helps people in training, types of studies with advantages and disadvantages and taxonomy of education
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 13 sources, 2000, $ 63.95
Abstract This research develops a theory for the interpretation of an organizational case study focusing on corporate strategy to lead to inferences about organizational strategic direction and recommendations for future strategy. The theory is developed within the contexts of (1) defining the caseanalysis approach to learning, (2) forms of case studies, (3) learning through caseanalysis, (4) advantages and disadvantages associated with learning through caseanalysis, and (5) preparing case studies.
From the Paper "A Theory For the Interpretation of an Organizational Case Study Focusing on Corporate Strategy
Introduction
This research develops a theory for the interpretation of an organizational case study focusing on corporate strategy to lead to inferences about organizational strategic direction and recommendations for future strategy. The theory is developed within the contexts of (1) defining the case analysis approach to learning, (2) forms of case studies, (3) learning through case analysis, (4) advantages and disadvantages associated with learning through case analysis, and (5) preparing case studies.
Defining the Case Analysis Approach to Learning
The case analysis approach to learning confronts people in training with concrete situations that are characterized by..."
This paper is a classical caseanalysis presenting alternative proposals to achieve cost reductions in savings bonds processing at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.
Abstract This paper presents a managerial accounting case study. In 1977 all Federal Reserve Banks were being pressured by the Board of Governors to reduce costs by targeting the banks' savings bonds processing activities since cost ratios for the activity at the FRBR were inferior to Federal Reserve System averages. The author uses three methods of analysis, each with three alternatives: Payback Period Analysis, Net Present Value Analysis and Internal Rate of Return Analysis.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Case Background
Methodological Concerns
Results of the Analyses
Payback Period Analysis Alternatives
Net Present Value Analysis Alternatives
Internal Rate of Return Analysis Alternatives Comments and Recommendation
From the Paper "The typical approach to payback period analysis requires that the initial investment be divided by the mean positive annual cash flow or benefit (such as a cost reduction in this present case analysis). In the case of alternative initiative number one, however, the initial investment all occurs in a six-month period. Thus, the annual cost savings attributable to the initiative were converted to semi-annual periods for the payback period analysis of this alternative. Thus, instead of using the formula payback period = initial investment/annual cost savings, the formula payback period = (initial investment/semi-annual cost savings)/2 was applied. The derivations of the costs and benefits used in this analysis are detailed in the NPV analyses. "
Abstract This paper is an analysis of a 2002 case of Revlon, Inc. focusing on marketing and financial performance of the company. It looks at the company's strategic focus as a major problem, resulting in a net sales slide. The paper performs an internal analysis, a SWOT analysis, and recommends a new strategy.
From the Paper "The major problem facing Revlon was its strategic focus. The company's strategies appear to be focused on selling the wrong products to the wrong target market. The strategy focus appears to doom Revlon to a..."
A caseanalysis of the merger between Reebok International and Adidas-Saloman AG and a proposal to capitalize on the company's international marketing strategy.
Abstract This paper examines the Reebok International and Adidas-Saloman AG merger of 2006, to form a new company now effectively renamed the Adidas Group. The paper points out that Adidas acquired Reebok for $59 per outstanding share in a total value deal of $3.1b. It asserts that each company had an entrenched access to a major market that the other company desperately needed in order to maintain consistent growth rates. In Reebok's case, Adidas dominated the European market and the merger allowed it to piggy-back all of Adidas' established apparel, footwear and equipment sales and distribution channels. In return, Reebok gave Adidas instant access to the North American market allowing it to more effectively market its brand there without trying to grow it further organically and at much greater expense over the long-term. The paper posits that the relative success of the merger and the strengths that the combined company has across the global markets, particularly in China, ensure that Adidas' restructuring strategy will enable it to compete on a more even competitive footing with its main riva,l Nike. The paper concludes that, in order to fully capitalize on this strategy, Adidas should pursue the China market even more fervently and continue to lock up sponsorships across that market until the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2010 World Expo.
Outline:
Executive Summary
Environment/Industry Analysis Competitive Profile Matrix
Strategic Action Plan
Company Situation Analysis Value Chain Analysis Financial Analysis BCG Matrix
From the Paper "Since athletic wear and certainly athletic footwear are considered a luxury buy for most consumers, any economic downturn can have a deep and disastrous effect on athletic footwear or athletic apparel competitors' revenues. While the effect on sales of the recent natural disasters in the United States is not yet fully recognized, the continued high price of gasoline could have a long-term effect on sales growth in all of Reebok's product categories. Certainly inflationary pressures may negatively impact any retailer's revenues since inflation reduces disposable consumer income."
Abstract This paper is a case study of a dysfunctional production department under considerable pressure to meet specific quotas. It describes the internal problems, involving an old guard of supervisors in conflict with a new group of supervisors.
From the Paper "Serious tensions exist in the refill unit of Consummate Corporation between and among the supervisors. The refill division operates three shifts making communication between supervisors and the unit manager, David Gold, difficult. There is ..."
Tags:Caseanalysis, introduction, analysis, problem statement, alteratives, evaluation of alternatives, recommendation
Abstract This paper presents a Genesis Health Venture caseanalysis. It looks at the operations of the company including providing health care services to residents of nursing homes and assisted living facilities. The paper also looks at the company's financial data and what it indicates.
From the Paper This paper presents an analysis of the Genesis health Ventures case. The findings of the analysis are presented in the following interest areas a background ..."
Abstract This paper analyzes Hewlett-Packard's decision in 2005 to layoff 14,500 workers in an effort to achieve greater operating efficiency and cost reductions. The paper uses an organizational development theory to discuss the case.
