If Dalman and Lei were to decide to create a new position in Sandwich Blitz, this position being between the location managers and the CEO, this position would allow the company to grow larger than it already has, because it would allow Dalman to focus on expanding the company to create more revenue. Currently there is no position in place between the location managers and the CEO which has forced Dalman to visit the various locations instead of someone else, and focusing on addressing any issues the management staff may or may not have addressed since the last time he visited that location. This would also force Dalman to address any of the emergency issues that any of the locations have at any given time, on top of the issues that location may have. This takes away time from being able to expand the company. Ultimately creating a district manager position would allow Dalman to focus on expanding the business on a faster scale, and not focus on these issues.
Assignment 1: Chipping away at Intel Student: Vivian Samuel Professor: Dr Vanessa Graham Class: HRM 560 Date: January 28, 2013 Case Study @ Intel Discuss the changes at Intel over the first three years of CEO Craig Barrett’s tenure. The case study presented for this assignment describes the management decisions of Craig Barrett as being “bold moves that took Intel beyond chip making for PC’s [and] into the production of information and communication appliances as well as services related to the Internet” (Palmer & Dunford 2009 pg 72). Barrett had spent lots of money by investing in new business projects and markets that soon had to be withdrawn due to possible lack of knowledge. The first change conducted by Barrett was to “withdraw [the business] from the production of network servers and routers after copping backlash from its biggest customers Deli and Cisco” Second, he closed down Intel’s partner for e-commerce services iCat, which was an e-commerce service partner for small businesses providing Web broadcasting of share-holder meetings. Barrett seemed to believe that his so-called ‘hands on leadership disciplines were the best strategies for keeping Intel out in front of its growing list of competitors.
CVS Caremark is designing a global expansion strategy to target areas that are profitable and promising demographically. CVS Caremark will select United Kingdom as a country to enter and establish a solid relationship. Background of company and of country CVS Pharmacy was established over 40 years ago in 1963 in Lowell, Massachusetts by Sid Goldstein, Stanley Goldstein and Ralph Hoagland and originally sold health and beauty products. The corporation headquarters is currently in Woonsocket, Rhode Island and employs over 200,000 as of December 2012. In the last 40 years CVS has experienced tremendous growth.
Kudler is such a high profile business and has many exclusive selections; the company has much to consider when it comes to selecting an IPO as an option. As far as strength, the company has grown and expanded very quickly since the start-up. They broke even within the first year, which is phenomenal and expanded to having three locations within the first five years. This speaks wonders for a company because they were able to establish a customer base and multiply in other locations. The weaknesses that Kudler may face would be the financial burden of going public.
This project will bring a major boom to the steel industry and the suppliers of steel are already seeing the benefits. TransCanada has already entered into contracts with over 50 steel suppliers and has invested in more than $2 billion to purchase material and related services for items ranging from the steel pipe and thousands of valves and fitting to transformers and large electronic motors for pumping station (Triplett, 2014). All and all, TransCanada’s Keystone XL Pipeline Project seems as though it is a very well thought out project that will reap many benefits on the economy and the people of the United States. Citation Jobs & Economic Benefits | Keystone XL Pipeline. (n.d.).
Creative Minds and Critical Thinking Christopher H. Williams PHL/458 Dr.Shirley Richmond January 31, 2013 Thinkers’ Great thinkers’ have made substantial contributions to society over the years. Moral, social and economic contributions have all been at the hands of great thinkers’. Outlined in this paper, Martin Luther King Jr. and Bill Gates substantial contributions will be highlighted. Bill Gates Contributions “Entrepreneur Bill Gates, born on October 28, 1955, in Seattle, Washington, began to show an interest in computer programming at the age of 13”(“Bill Gates Biography”,1996). “Through technological innovation, keen business strategy, and aggressive competitive tactics, he and his partner Paul Allen built the world’s
Week 7: How will professional organizations play a role in your professional life? Alvin Mataac DeVry University Introduction Personal development is essential to the successful performance of any organization. In the 21st century, with growth of science and technology the expectations of people with professional knowledge and skills have also increased. The organization of professional training has become one of the main functions of personnel management. Organizations such as IBM, Motorola and General Motors annually spend billions of dollars on professional development and training of their employees and even created their own standing universities and institutes.
Consequently, mentoring future leaders finds difficulty for those from diverse backgrounds yet adopting to this change can allow senior leaders to also expand cultural competencies (Olson, & Jackson, 2009). The ethical leader embraces diversity in mentorship that empowers organizational members as they demonstrate fairness and equality (Van Wart, 2008). Applied Leadership Theories This author has taken multiple leadership test, questionnaires, and surveys to determine skills, aptitude, style, and traits. While many leadership theories have been discussed during this course of instruction, many rely on traditional or transformational styles. It is recognized that some leaders naturally react without thought while others work
Running Head: Leadership and Change Management Research Change Management Benchmarking University of Phoenix Leadership and Change Management Research In 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader, John C. Maxwell states that “everything rises and falls on leadership.” The University of Phoenix MBA 520 simulation, on which this research paper is based, introduces the reader to a telecommunication company with a $200 million annual revenue, CrysTel. Lead by Morgan Trevannon, CEO, and his management staff, CrysTel is fighting to stay competitive in the ever changing and developing telecommunications market. As many of its rival companies have done, CrysTel has decided to diversify the products and services it currently offers. In doing so, Trevannon and his team understand the importance of leadership as mentioned by Maxwell, and hence realized the importance of identifying and improving the company’s organizational and leadership weaknesses (University of Phoenix, 2008). After commissioning several employee surveys, CrysTel determined that it’s Marketing and Sales & Delivery departments exhibited weak leadership principles, not conducive to change or a motivated workforce.
Information technology (IT) is widely understood to be the enabling technology of the 21st century. IT has transformed, and continues to transform, all aspects of our lives: commerce and finance, education, employment, energy, health care, manufacturing, government, national security, transportation, communications, entertainment, science, and engineering. IT and its impact on the U.S. economy-both directly (the IT sector itself) and indirectly (other sectors that are powered by advances in IT)--continue to grow in size and importance. National Research Council's Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (CSTB) produced the report Evolving the High Performance Computing and Communications Initiative to Support the Nation's Information Infrastructure. A graphic in that report, often called the "tire tracks" diagram because of its appearance, produced an extraordinary response by clearly linking government investments in academic and industry research to the ultimate creation of new information technology industries with more than $1 billion in annual revenue.