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Building an Innovation Factory, 2008.
This paper discusses the concept of the innovation factory as described by authors A. Hargadon and R. I. Sutton in their paper 'Building an Innovation Factory'.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, APA, AU$ 49.95
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This paper explains that A. Hargadon and R. I. Sutton in 'Building an Innovation Factory' from "Harvard Business Review on Innovation" state that one of the most effective strategies for developing innovative products is a think-tank community in which multiple persons gather and test new ideas. The author points out that while management may recognize the value of the innovation factory it is often hard-pressed to put into effect the strategies that promote both the factory itself and the ideas that it generates. The paper relates that, in active innovative think tanks, there is a strong need for the knowledge broker, a person or an organization that functions as a broker between the innovator and a point of sale. The author describes three stages of the innovation-development process or cycles: capturing the good ideas, keeping the ideas alive and imagining new uses for old ideas. The paper concludes that the innovation factory not only helps create new ideas but also ensures their movement and continued development throughout different organizations.
Table of Contents:
Hargadon and Sutton: "Building an Innovation Factory"
The Knowledge Broker
The Innovation-Development Process
Transfer of Technology
From the Paper
"Innovation factories affect the transfer of technology not only through moving information through brokers but also through informal channels such as dialogue and communication. The use of the knowledge broker is more secure, especially as these third parties have effectively created a new economic position for themselves based upon the value of the services that they provide. However, it is also useful for the innovators of different companies to participate in group sessions and dialogues; while the confidentiality of the company's information and products must be maintained, dialogue can not only help foster new sources of ideas but can help improve the ones that already exist."
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Implementing Diversity Training, 2008.
A discussion of effective ways to implement diversity training in the workplace.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 4 sources, APA, AU$ 58.95
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This paper proposes possible ways of implementing diversity training. Firstly, it maintains that non-confrontational techniques are considered the best way to approach training. The paper suggests that it is better for a facilitator to lead the group and promote constructive action and talking, and then follow the group's ideas, rather than to have an expert drive a course where no interaction is allowed. The paper also suggests that practical, real-world examples be used in training, as theory-based or academic teaching can be staid and uninvolving. In role playing activities, the paper suggests using positive examples rather than negatives ones as a guide for future behavior. The paper further asserts that the group should be unified as one rather than polarized, which is best achieved by a participant-centered approach to learning rather than an expert-centered approach to learning. In its conclusion, the paper stresses the importance of regular evaluative reports on the overall success of the diversity training program - including opportunities for employee input - on a monthly basis or less often if the program is going well.
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"A good way of keeping employees engaged during the training is by making homework mandatory. This may seem a little like forcing an unwilling child to do homework, but training sessions should be inclusive and interesting enough to make this form of homework informative. The employees should remember that their homework is to contribute to the happiness of their work environment. It is also a forum through which the employees can offer their opinion - a right which is often a problem in diversity-challenged workplaces to begin with. Employees should be encouraged to give their input throughout the diversity training, but they should also be encouraged to be positive and refrain from blaming or shaming individuals (ibid). Whilst diversity training is implemented to correct past problems, its goal should be to look to the future. The goal is for employees to be unified, not divided."
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Workplace Evolution, 2008.
This paper discusses how and why the workplace has evolved regarding gender equality.
2,449 words (approx. 9.8 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 92.95
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In this article, the writer looks at changes that have been brought about in the workplace due to the emergence of gender equality. The writer then looks at the first inclusion of women to the workforce and discusses the issue of equal pay and gender inequality. The writer maintains that the gendered stereotypes have fallen one by one as women and men have interacted in the workplace. The writer points out that both women and men have reacted to their situation as their skills and abilities have required, rather than through the prism of some supposed stereotypical response that is driven by gender. The writer concludes, however, that certain stereotypes, based as they are on some form of fact, may prove more difficult to accommodate in the culture until new technologies and alternate arrangements that negate the effects of these differences are implemented.
Outline:
Background Information
Change
Operational Definition: Corporate America
Operational Definition:Traditional Organizational Cultures
Theories
Glass Ceiling
Gendered Stereotypes
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"In Roe v Wade the woman's right to make decisions about her own body through abortion was considered. The justices of the Supreme Court concluded that women were given individual rights as citizens of the United States through the Bill of Rights and the United States Constitution. According to the justices, those individual rights included the ability of women to determine what would or would not happen to their own bodies through pregnancy or any other occurrence. Women across the country took this decision as a landmark decision that supported the control women had over their own lives and their quest to implement that control in all areas of existence."
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The Bhopal Gas Tragedy, 2008.
A critical discussion of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 66.95
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This paper examines the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, its aftermath, and how the four "I's" - issues, interests, institutions, and information - manifest themselves in any discussion of this calamity. The paper maintains that the chemical industry is more intent upon fixing its image than fixing the problem. It adds that this marked unwillingness to put safety ahead of profit is a major reason why the Bhopal plant became so susceptible to the melt-down.The paper concludes that the tragedy could have been avoided, and turns responsibility over to NGOs, concerned government officials, and to the international community to see to it the chemical industry does not get away with such a crime again.
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"The ramifications of the tragedy do not begin and end simply with the human toll or with the lethargic pace of the clean-up - though both of those things are hugely important. Rather, one must also bear in mind the astonishing inability of Indian (and international) authorities to hold accountable those responsible for the disaster. For one thing, Union Carbide's Chief Executive Office at the time, Warren Anderson, was charged by local government officials with manslaughter in 1991. Instead of facing his accusers, Mr. Anderson successfully fled an international arrest warrant and a summons to appear before a US court. Even when he was finally unearthed in August of 2002 by Greenpeace - apparently living a life of quiet luxury in the Hamptons - neither the US government nor the Indian government expressed much interest in seeing him extradited to India to face trial. Drawing upon information provided by the official website of the Bhopal Medical Appeal & Sambhavna Trust foundation, it appears as though Mr. Anderson to this very day remains a free man (para.15)."
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The Regulation of Canadian Securities, 2008.
A review of self-regulating organizations (SROs) and their role in the regulation of the securities industry in Canada.
2,180 words (approx. 8.7 pages), 11 sources, MLA, AU$ 84.95
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This paper looks at the regulation of the securities industry in Canada. It briefly reviews the Canadian capital market and looks at the various self-regulating organizations (SROs) in place and their key features. From there, the paper discusses the nature of the Constitution Act, 1867, and how it can be construed as supporting local or provincial control of the securities sector.
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"As a last point before bringing this paper to a close, it should be added that self-regulation by the SROs discussed above (and at the provincial level in the form of securities commissions) are better simply because it allows supervisory bodies to concentrate their efforts upon a smaller group of individuals. To put the matter simply, individuals looking to break the law - or at least to engage in questionable practices - may feel that they can "slip through the cracks" of a national regulatory regime. However, by having provincial commissions in place (acting in conjunction with broad organizations like the MFDA and IDA, of course) the likelihood of evading detection becomes increasingly remote. Effective plans or programs that heighten the effectiveness of provincial self-regulation would surely seem to be ones that call for close cooperation between SROs and provincial commissions - with joint offices set up that pool resources and allow for immediate investigation of complaints or concerns."
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General Electric and Amersham, 2008.
A discussion of General Electric's acquisition of Amersham.
1,130 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 5 sources, APA, AU$ 49.95
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This paper takes a look at the acquisition of Amersham by General Electric Corporation. It points out that Amersham is a major competitor in the healthcare industry and the acquisition was completed in 2004. The review is taken from the perspective of Amersham, the target enterprise. The paper also discusses an article that reviews Sarbanes-Oxley legislation and its effect on technology enterprise business culture.
Outline:
Target Overview
Amersham's Perspective
Acquisition Outcome
Conference Activity
Sarbanes-Oxley & Its Implications
Effect on E-Commerce
Sarbanes-Oxley Measures
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"In the year prior to the completion of the acquisition of Amersham by GE, the company began to reassert itself within its market segments. To do this Amersham increased its research and development (R&D) expenditures by 18% and prepared to launch numerous new products in the two years following the acquisition (Amersham, 2004). This investment in future technologies and products is further evidence that Amersham not only viewed the combination of Amersham with GE as an overall positive but intended to capitalize on GE's wider market reach and accessibility to a greater variety of sub-markets. These moves indicate the company's executives were forward planning their corporate and business level strategies based on integration into GE Healthcare which is where Amersham would be situated. Additionally, because of efficiencies gained by being integrated into its new parent corporation, Amersham expected to be able to reduce its operating costs by as much as $100m without incurring substantial personnel layoffs and reductions (GE, 2004). These outcomes all affirm the astuteness of this acquisition and that Amersham itself recognized the strategic importance of combining with GE rather than competing directly against it which would have been unsustainable in the long-term."
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Secondary Marketing Research on Coffee, 2008.
An analysis of coffee consumption patterns and future outlook for the coffee industry in Canada and the United States.
1,491 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 61.95
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This paper discusses the issues that a new coffee producer must look at within the changing market dynamics in order to to penetrate the diverse consumption patterns of coffee. The paper focuses on coffee consumption in the United States and Canada. It also analyzes the future outlook for the industry within both Canada and the United States.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Future Outlook
Consumption Patterns
Statistics about Coffee Consumption in Canada
The Market Analysis
Potential Market(s) in the US
Conclusion
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"Coffee sales proved the most lucrative for the global hot drinks market in 2005, generating total revenues of $21.2 billion, equivalent to 40.3% of the market's overall value. The market's performance is forecasted to accelerate, with an anticipated CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of 2.4% for the five-year period 2005-2010 driving the market to an expected value of $59.2 billion by the end of 2010. (Hot Drinks Industry Guide Gives Coffee a Good Future Outlook)"
"Research from the National Coffee Association of the USA says that Coffee drinkers are becoming educated about different varieties of coffee and are increasingly demanding quality in their choices. Even though the coffee market has wrestled with increasing fuel prices as well as green coffee prices, it has been able to pass these costs on to the consumer. Prepared coffee sales continue to outpace packaged coffee sales, becoming more widely available than ever before and many manufacturers of packaged coffee have struggled to grow their market share."
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Pfizer Marketing Strategy, 2008.
A research proposal to discuss the marketing strategy of Pfizer, a major pharmaceutical industry competitor.
2,660 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 10 sources, APA, AU$ 99.95
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The research examines the competitive environment of the pharmaceutical industry within the context of Porter's five forces model, utilizing Merck as an illustrative competitor. The paper discusses the problem statement that questions whether Pfizer's marketing strategy is adequate for the present global environment and what possible strategic adjustments it could take to better position itself in the market. The paper reveals the methodology to be used and concludes with the inclusion of the academic base for the final research project. The paper explains in an appendix why Pfizer is an excellent target enterprise for this research proposal.
Outline:
Executive Summary
Chapter 1: Background & Overview
Chapter 2: Research Objectives
Chapter 3: Methodology
Chapter 4: Presentation of Findings
Chapter 5: Conclusions & Recommendations
Proposed Time Schedule
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"The pharmaceutical industry, as a sub-set of the medical and healthcare industry is highly competitive in nature. Additionally, it is a capital intensive industry relying heavily on research and development (R&D) without which its major competitors would not, and could not, bring new products to market. Yet, the marketing and distribution of these products is just as critical, if not more critical, than their development because programs must be developed to first create demand in the consumer market and then have the distribution network to deliver the products or products (Honeycutt, Ford & Simintiras, 2003, p.39)."
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The Fast Food Industry, 2008.
An analysis of the fast food industry, in the US and abroad, in terms of operations and business management.
1,815 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 73.95
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This paper examines the fast food industry, a rather controversial industry within the United States and on an international basis. The paper maintains that it is useful to understand some major tenets of its operations and to use these as comparative measures to see if the strategic objectives of the industry are different or similar to that of other industries. It adds that it is also useful to understand the business management aspects of the fast food industry model. The paper chooses three criteria - automation, uniformity, and low prices - and provides a critical review of these criteria in the fast food industry. These are then compared to other industries for a crucial review of the overall fast food industry model. The paper includes graphs and charts.
Outline:
Introduction
Automation: Fast Food Industry Technological Advancements
Insurance and Fast Food: Comparison of Automation Criteria
Uniformity in the Fast Food Industry
Exploring the Uniform Criteria: Comparing the Fast Food and Coffee Shop Chains
Low Prices in the Fast Food Industry: Is that Necessarily a Negative Criterion?
Low Pricing Model: Comparison of Wal-Mart and Fast Food Companies
Conclusion
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"Automation within the industry has been noted to optimize efficiency, enhance physical and financial assets, and to minimize waste, all of which increases the profit margin for many companies within the industry. Automation in the fast food industry is primarily driven by consumers increased demand. For example, McDonald's has utilized a mobile point of sale software at some locations to increase sales by serving more drive-thru customers faster, increasing accuracy for orders, and decreasing the standard wait time in the store."
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Social Class and Cultural Products, 2008.
An analysis of the significance of social class and race to advertising and marketing of consumer products.
2,174 words (approx. 8.7 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 84.95
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This paper argues that cultural products we produce and consume today have connections to a particular social class. The paper discusses the concept of class in relation to culture and concludes that race is significant whenever one discusses advertising in global societies because race is still another tool to be used by (Western) advertisers to market a line of products through the individual endorsing those products.
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"Finally, race is significant whenever one discusses advertising in global societies because race is still another tool to be used by (western) advertisers to market a line of products through the individual endorsing those products. Suffice it to say, Tiger Woods - by virtue of the fact that he is not "white" but an aggregation of different ethnicities and races - is a man whose racial identity does not so much make him unique but, lamentably, makes him just another item that can be utilized to appeal to consumers throughout the world in a global economy. In a real sense, race in this instance is meaningful because Tiger Woods is used (has arguably always been used) as a pawn in the homogenizing march of western-based globalization and consumerism over the entire world (Yu, 203-207). In the final analysis, the cultural products we consume each day are often rife with socio-economic and racial associations - and race can be used to turn a "white" cultural product (Nike shoes, for example) into something that others from different ethnic and racial backgrounds will endorse."
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Database Management Systems and Security, 2008.
This paper discusses databases as they relate to corporate use and security strategies.
2,540 words (approx. 10.2 pages), 7 sources, APA, AU$ 95.95
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This paper states that current technology now removes the risk of the data and information within a database from being used for illegal or fraudulent activities. The author points out that these new advances are related to new database management software, which can customize user accounts and access to the data as well as encrypt all of the data in a given database. The paper explains that data mining is one of the primary activities that is used to illustrate how important data security and management has become across most industries. The author suggest that failure related to security and encryption features is usually associated more with the planning, selection and deployment of the data management solution rather than intrinsic faults within the solution itself.
Table of Contents:
Executive Summary
Research Hypothesis
Introduction
Explanation of the Technology
Historical Background
Technology
How it functions
Suppliers
Consumers
Application of the Technology
Organizational use
Applications
Strengths and Costs
Weaknesses
Success
Failure
Future Trends
The future
Forces of change
Conclusions
Key Findings
From the Paper
"Previously, most healthcare organizations were content to rely on internal IT platforms to automate some aspects of their internal functions without engaging the full spectrum of IT solutions such as data mining and data warehousing in a non-secure environment. Most often, these pre-existing IT solutions for healthcare management are independent software applications or separate modules of a healthcare enterprise resource planning (ERP) system that rely on existing databases of some type. While the application and use of these independent applications and ERP modules can certainly introduce cost-savings into the equation, they require an upfront investment in either IT applications, IT infrastructure or both, as well as on-going management of these new systems."
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Systems Thinking and Change Management, 2008.
This paper is a case study that analyzes the systems thinking and change management in managerial functions at Riordan Manufacturing, a multi-national plastics producing company.
1,885 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 8 sources, APA, AU$ 75.95
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This paper discusses that Riordan Manufacturing is planning a move to shift some of its manufacturing to the Canadian market so that it can gain greater cost efficiencies and yet still maintain its relative proximity to its corporate headquarters. The author points out that systems theory management is an appropriate management approach because of the inter-related set of activities, which Riordan must manage within the context of business operations as it integrates the new foreign managerial structures. The paper relates that Riordan has several stakeholder perspectives that it must take into account differently: existing employees, Canadian employees, executive management and the board of directors. The author underscores that utilizing the corporate virtual private network (VPN), which is tunneled through the broader Internet, allows Riordan corporate headquarters to communicate in a real-time,seamless fashion with all its foreign subsidiaries. The paper includes several quotations.
Table of Contents:
Abstract
Overview
Systems Management
Stakeholder Views
Technology and Change
Ethics and Responsibility
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"Managers, in respect to their various roles and activities related to the four managerial functions of planning, leading, controlling and coordinating, must be able to place their duties and responsibilities within each specific category. In this sense, where scientific managers call management a science, operations oriented managers call management and leadership an art where the four functions of planning, coordinating, leading and controlling are all equally balanced: "The art of leadership, however, is more difficult to learn and comes about from keen perception, excellent listening skills and plain old experience.""
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Wal-Mart's Human Resources, 2008.
An argument that the workers at Wal-Mart are exploited by an inhumane business model.
1,794 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 71.95
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The paper provides a comprehensive SWOT analysis of the human resource management (HRM) within the Wal-Mart company to provide evidence that HRM within Wal-Mart is inefficient and exploitative. The paper argues that it is this exploitation, as opposed to sound business management, that has led to the company's high profit margins.
Outline:
Introduction
SWOT Analysis
Wal-Mart's Organizational Structure
The Nature of Human Resource Management at Wal-Mart
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"Wal-Mart is the biggest retailer in the world. Net sales in the fiscal year 2006 were valued at over $312 billion dollars. Net income is over $11 billion, which is five (5) times larger than the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) than 80% of the world's countries, including Israel, Ireland, and Sweden. Wal-Mart is the richest company in the world and by 2007 will likely control 35% of all food and drug sales in the United States (Dicker 34). However, we have to wonder at what cost all of this is possible, I argue that the cost is the workers at Wal-Mart who are exploited by a business model that is inhumane and not economically just."
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Southwest Airlines, 2008.
This paper looks at the weaknesses of the airline company 'Southwest Airlines'.
1,117 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 48.95
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In this article the writer notes that Southwest Airlines is the premiere low cost airline. The writer points out that Southwest operates only in the US market and this restraint that kept it from making unregulated expansion a primary forward strategy is also the strategy that kept it from facing the severe financial difficulties all of the major airlines suffered following 9/11. The writer maintains that in spite of its low cost operating strategy and business model, Southwest has been also negatively impacted by cyclical forces in the airline industry. The writer notes that although Southwest's more recent problems include satisfying employee contract demands and in integrating new executive leadership while trying to manage growth from 500 employees to 35,000, it becomes clear the corporate culture was one more of a cult of personality than any documented and canonized set of operational policies. The writer concludes that operationally, a corporate culture based on the personality of a single charismatic leader, while laudable in many respects, is also difficult if not impossible to reproduce and often leads to human resource concerns as far as impropriety, discrimination and harassment issues.
Outline:
Industry Environment
Financing Sources
Sarbanes Oxley Compliance
Competitive Advantages as Weaknesses
Partnering Exposure
Conclusion
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"Most major corporations, Southwest included, have at their disposal various financing strategies to fund ongoing operations and extraordinary expenses. In Southwest's case, its various financing strategies are mentioned periodically throughout its Form 10-K most notably in the Management Discussion & Analysis section. These financing options include: cash on hand, short term investments that total more than $2b, a $600m bank revolving line of credit, public debt securities, and various derivative strategies. This degree of leverage, in spite of the cash on hand is still significant and, if Southwest suffers any significant strategic missteps, this leverage can quickly become a negative."
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Southwest Airlines, 2008.
This paper evaluates the strengths of Southwest Airlines.
943 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 41.95
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The paper discusses Southwest Airline's corporate culture that was more of a cult of personality than any documented set of operational policies. The paper looks at the company's tangible and intangible resources, their business level strategy, their strategy of controlling growth and how they recruit with retention in mind. The paper concludes that if Southwest's corporate culture is responsibly shifted to a culture based on a strong understanding of the mission statement, the company can further its growth projections and meet all of the demands of its workforce.
Outline:
Cultural Overview
Strengths
Conclusion
From the Paper
"Southwest Airline's corporate culture has traditionally been somewhat freewheeling and capricious and this has long been a strong component of its ability to adjust to the airline industry's rapid market shifts. Much of this culture can be traced to one of the airline's founders and its longtime CEO, until 2001, Mr. Kelleher. When a company CEO is described as, "Mr. Kelleher...drank Wild Turkey at company parties, smoked everywhere -- even behind the podium at shareholder meetings -- and loved to joke with employees and dole out hugs and kisses as greetings..."(Trottman par.8), one becomes aware that a unique and original corporate culture is at play. Yet, in view of Southwest's more recent problems satisfying employee contract demands and in integrating new executive leadership while trying to manage growth from 500 employees to 35,000, it becomes clear this corporate culture was one more of a cult of personality than any documented and canonized set of operational policies."
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The Institutionalization of Inequality, 2008.
This paper looks at migratory labor and citizenship in industrialized democracies.
2,352 words (approx. 9.4 pages), 11 sources, MLA, AU$ 90.95
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This essay argues the thesis that citizenship in western industrialized democracies such as Canada is based upon the institutionalization of inequality whereby migrant labour is sought to meet the labor reproduction needs of industry and business and citizenship rights are restricted to limit any demands these groups may make on state revenues and businesses. From this perspective, the writer maintains that inequality in terms of migration - whether on the grounds of race, gender or ethnicity - must be understood in how it serves the larger corporate interests of Canadian business and society.
Outline:
Introduction
Immigration as an Engine of the Economy
Structural Inequalities of Race, Ethnicity and Gender
Conclusion
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"Thus, the labour force of Canada was not biologically reproducing itself on a generational basis by the later decades of the twentieth century. In order to meet this shortfall, the Government of Canada resorted to immigration to supply a labour force to meet the demands of the Canadian economy. These demands are complex, for the Labour Force Reproduction model indicates that the economy needs a labour supply not only in terms of production but also to consume the goods produced. As a result, in the years in which the Canadian fertility rates were declining, after 1956 the Canadian immigration levels were increasing. From 1954 to 1992 Canada accepted 5.7 million immigrants. These immigrants fulfilled a wide number of economic roles in Canadian society, from contributing as business class immigrants and supplying entrepreneurial investment funds, to those who work in the commercial and corporate sectors. In addition, we must not forget the significant numbers of immigrants who worked as unpaid labour - often women - and so subsidized the paid labour force in Canada."
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