Correcting the fault lines apparent in Volkswagen needs fundamental change of corporate restructuring.
Ethics is subtler than the subtle that aligning Fiscal Responsibility to Ethical Responsibility is a challenge only a few companies are structured to undertake. Spreadsheet structure is an anomaly.
Let us watch how Volkswagen takes it?
Volkswagen, toshiba and industrivärden a way to goJAYARAMAN IYER
In continuation of my offering a measuring device for Corporate Management Operating System I am pleased to post this fourth paper in Slideshare in the series what gets measured gets managed.
This post offers the measuring device, under the banner Volkswagen, Toshiba, Industrivärden - A way to go!
Return on intangible for rating corporate and governmentJAYARAMAN IYER
Return on Intangible: Outrageous behaviour is what we all have to deal with. What is important is to bring profit motive in line with ethical motive. The central long-run question facing India is where will good jobs come from? Productive jobs are vital for growth. And a good job is the best form of inclusion. [Economic Survey – 2013]. Manufacturing companies are the most affected at the hands of amoral financial sector.
Let Return on Intangible show the way towards profitability, sure and positive energy input - output.
Can Matthias Müller's top priorities steer Volkswagen back on track?JAYARAMAN IYER
Matthias Müller, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, has announced the five key steps to realign the Group. “We have to look beyond the current situation and create the conditions for Volkswagen’s successful further development”, said Müller in Wolfsburg on Wednesday. He presented a five point plan that he intends to use so that Volkswagen remains one of the world’s leading automobile manufacturers in the future. Müller is confident that “Volkswagen will emerge from the current situation stronger than before”. He announced that the cornerstones of the Group’s Strategy 2025 will be presented next year.
Can Matthias Müller's top priorities steer Volkswagen back on track?
Read on.
Who failed Volkswagen, is it Corporate Governance or Management Quality?JAYARAMAN IYER
This paper is in line with the dictum 'what gets measured gets managed', second in the series on Volkswagen. Corporate Governance is one of those loose jargon floating for quite some time in Corporate world. On Volkswagen fiasco that rocked the corporate world immediate reaction was to buttonhole on this jargon as the culprit. Is it so? Have a look at this paper and please do react.
Experts at Deloitte India identified seven key learnings relevant to the acceleration of Future of Work in India. As conclusive remarks, they also have presented what a COVID adjusted strategy could look like for any organisation looking to embrace the Future of Work. See More : https://www2.deloitte.com/in/en.html
Europe Ventures Forth Corporate VenturingMark Melford
European companies lag behind U.S. corporations in starting new businesses through corporate venturing. While a few large European companies like Siemens and Nokia engage in corporate venturing, it remains largely unexplored in Europe. Corporate venturing has become essential for accessing new technologies, developing new business models, and stimulating demand for core products. However, European barriers like a lack of entrepreneurship and resistance to varied compensation have prevented widespread corporate venturing.
The article discusses FedEx introducing its new global e-commerce solutions under the brand FedEx CrossBorder. FedEx CrossBorder was previously known as Bongo International and is a subsidiary of FedEx Trade Networks. It aims to offer e-commerce technology solutions to help e-tailers navigate challenges of cross-border selling such as regulatory compliance, payments, pricing in multiple currencies, and fraud protection, as well as access to global e-commerce shoppers. FedEx CrossBorder's solutions can be integrated into existing e-commerce platforms to allow international orders to be shipped locally and grown globally.
Volkswagen, toshiba and industrivärden a way to goJAYARAMAN IYER
In continuation of my offering a measuring device for Corporate Management Operating System I am pleased to post this fourth paper in Slideshare in the series what gets measured gets managed.
This post offers the measuring device, under the banner Volkswagen, Toshiba, Industrivärden - A way to go!
Return on intangible for rating corporate and governmentJAYARAMAN IYER
Return on Intangible: Outrageous behaviour is what we all have to deal with. What is important is to bring profit motive in line with ethical motive. The central long-run question facing India is where will good jobs come from? Productive jobs are vital for growth. And a good job is the best form of inclusion. [Economic Survey – 2013]. Manufacturing companies are the most affected at the hands of amoral financial sector.
Let Return on Intangible show the way towards profitability, sure and positive energy input - output.
Can Matthias Müller's top priorities steer Volkswagen back on track?JAYARAMAN IYER
Matthias Müller, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, has announced the five key steps to realign the Group. “We have to look beyond the current situation and create the conditions for Volkswagen’s successful further development”, said Müller in Wolfsburg on Wednesday. He presented a five point plan that he intends to use so that Volkswagen remains one of the world’s leading automobile manufacturers in the future. Müller is confident that “Volkswagen will emerge from the current situation stronger than before”. He announced that the cornerstones of the Group’s Strategy 2025 will be presented next year.
Can Matthias Müller's top priorities steer Volkswagen back on track?
Read on.
Who failed Volkswagen, is it Corporate Governance or Management Quality?JAYARAMAN IYER
This paper is in line with the dictum 'what gets measured gets managed', second in the series on Volkswagen. Corporate Governance is one of those loose jargon floating for quite some time in Corporate world. On Volkswagen fiasco that rocked the corporate world immediate reaction was to buttonhole on this jargon as the culprit. Is it so? Have a look at this paper and please do react.
Experts at Deloitte India identified seven key learnings relevant to the acceleration of Future of Work in India. As conclusive remarks, they also have presented what a COVID adjusted strategy could look like for any organisation looking to embrace the Future of Work. See More : https://www2.deloitte.com/in/en.html
Europe Ventures Forth Corporate VenturingMark Melford
European companies lag behind U.S. corporations in starting new businesses through corporate venturing. While a few large European companies like Siemens and Nokia engage in corporate venturing, it remains largely unexplored in Europe. Corporate venturing has become essential for accessing new technologies, developing new business models, and stimulating demand for core products. However, European barriers like a lack of entrepreneurship and resistance to varied compensation have prevented widespread corporate venturing.
The article discusses FedEx introducing its new global e-commerce solutions under the brand FedEx CrossBorder. FedEx CrossBorder was previously known as Bongo International and is a subsidiary of FedEx Trade Networks. It aims to offer e-commerce technology solutions to help e-tailers navigate challenges of cross-border selling such as regulatory compliance, payments, pricing in multiple currencies, and fraud protection, as well as access to global e-commerce shoppers. FedEx CrossBorder's solutions can be integrated into existing e-commerce platforms to allow international orders to be shipped locally and grown globally.
La Unión Europea ha acordado un paquete de sanciones contra Rusia por su invasión de Ucrania. Las sanciones incluyen restricciones a las transacciones con bancos rusos clave y la prohibición de la venta de aviones y equipos a Rusia. Los líderes de la UE esperan que las sanciones aumenten la presión económica sobre Rusia y la disuadan de continuar su agresión contra Ucrania.
Este documento describe un proyecto realizado en el IES Marqués de Villena en 2013-2014 que tuvo como objetivo mejorar el conocimiento de los estudiantes de 1o de ESO sobre la Prehistoria a través de varias actividades como el uso de técnicas de estudio, la visualización de documentales, actividades en línea, la elaboración de líneas de tiempo y presentaciones orales. El proyecto involucró a 15 estudiantes heterogéneos y buscó desarrollar varias competencias.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
Mismuseos.net: Art After Technology (putting cultural data to work)GNOSS
The document describes the Mismuseos.net project, which aims to link and semantically enrich museum data using Linked Data technologies. The project creates a unified graph of cultural data from multiple sources to power innovative search and browsing experiences for users. Key features of the project include faceted searching, dynamically generated related content, and representation of entities from different ontologies through a semantic content management system. The goals are to improve user experiences with public cultural data and serve as a model for exploiting Linked Data in the museum community.
The document discusses the results of a study on the effects of exercise on memory and thinking abilities in older adults. The study found that regular exercise can help reduce the decline in thinking abilities that often occurs with age. Specifically, aerobic exercise was shown to improve executive function and memory in adults aged 60-79 who exercised for 30-45 minutes three times per week over the course of a 6-month study period.
Low Latency “OLAP” with HBase - HBaseCon 2012Cosmin Lehene
The document discusses building an OLAP system with low latency ingestion and querying capabilities using HBase. It describes using dimensions, metrics and aggregations to model OLAP data and support OLAP queries like rollups, slicing, dicing, sorting. It also discusses tuning ingestion throughput vs latency and using preprocessing to reduce data sizes through aggregation before querying.
La Unión Europea ha anunciado nuevas sanciones contra Rusia por su invasión de Ucrania. Las sanciones incluyen prohibiciones de viaje y congelamiento de activos para más funcionarios rusos, así como restricciones a las importaciones de productos rusos de acero y tecnología. Los líderes de la UE esperan que estas medidas adicionales aumenten la presión sobre Rusia para poner fin a su guerra contra Ucrania.
This document discusses stateless hypervisors that are booted from a live image rather than persisting to local storage. Some key points:
- Rackspace uses stateless hypervisors booted from a network image to improve consistency and allow easy updating of all servers.
- The hypervisors are built using Ansible from a base operating system chroot. Common configurations are applied and different "personalities" like KVM or Xen are configured.
- Servers boot the image over the network using iPXE or locally using GRUB. The image runs in memory and mounts persistent storage.
- This approach allows rapid, consistent provisioning of thousands of hypervisors across different hardware with reproducible builds.
1) A Dallas car dealership aired TV commercials featuring an actor impersonating presidential candidate Barack Obama to promote Kia vehicles.
2) The commercials gained national attention after airing on Comedy Central's The Daily Show.
3) While meant in jest, experts note the commercials capitalize on Obama's popularity and status as a "pop culture icon", even though he has not officially secured the nomination.
This document provides an overview of 21st century learning approaches including differentiated instruction and changing assessment practices. It discusses differentiated instruction in terms of content, process, product, and learning environment. Assessment for learning and increasing student choice and ownership are emphasized. Specific strategies are proposed like universal design for learning, backwards design, open-ended teaching, workshop models, inquiry learning, and using feedback to build agency. The importance of individualized feedback and designing lesson sequences with formative assessments is highlighted. Examples are given of strategies like hot seating, critical literacy analysis, and setting learning goals and intentions.
Distributed Systems can be thought of as a collection of computations evolving a distributed state in response to stimuli. These stimuli can be events triggered by certain states or by external entities, such as physical entities like sensors, operators, etc.
The Data Distribution Service (DDS) provides first-class support for representing distributed states as well as asynchronous event distribution. Recently, OpenSplice DDS has added a new feature that simplifies synchronous interactions by means of a Remote Method Invocation (RMI) infrastructure implemented directly over DDS.
In this presentation we will first explain the difference between state, events and commands and how these concepts can be used to structure distributed systems. Then we will show the key idioms for implementing distributed state, events and commands with OpenSplice DDS.
Innovation based economic development for industry in haverhillJohn Michitson
This document discusses economic development opportunities for Haverhill, Massachusetts. It begins by noting Haverhill's current ranking of #85 out of 134 Massachusetts municipalities for concentration of manufacturing jobs. It then outlines several recent and potential economic development initiatives for Haverhill, including startup challenges, conferences, and business incubators. Key recommendations include developing an innovation-based economic development strategy, creating a business mentoring program, and pursuing state funding opportunities. The goal is to create 1,000 new jobs and $3 million in new revenue for Haverhill's industrial base by 2020, focusing on food manufacturing, industrial, technology, and medical device industries.
Dokumen tersebut merangkum materi pertemuan pertama mata kuliah Bahasa Pemrograman. Materi yang disampaikan meliputi konvensi perkuliahan, penilaian, visi dan misi jurusan teknik informatika, arsitektur von Neumann, sejarah bahasa pemrograman, kompilasi dan interpretasi, komputabilitas, serta tugas yang diberikan.
The document summarizes British culture, cuisine, and other aspects. Some key dishes of British cuisine mentioned are roast beef, fish and chips, meat pies, and sausages. The Anglican Church is the most popular religion in Britain. English is the dominant language, originating from Germanic languages. Popular British musicians mentioned include The Beatles and The Police.
Scandal has been a part of the contemporary business environment as companies use all means to maximize their profits.
The Volkswagen company was recently caught up in one of the largest scandals of the decade, the Dieselgate scandal.
The company manipulated vehicle software to cheat exhaust emission tests conducted to register lower levels of pollution than they produced.
This document provides a marketing analysis for Audi, including a SWOT analysis and discussion of the 4Ps of marketing - price, product, place, and promotion. It finds Audi has strengths in brand image and reliability but weaknesses in higher prices. Opportunities exist in emerging markets while threats include competition and changing consumer preferences. Recommendations focus on maintaining brand image while exploring new markets and technologies.
La Unión Europea ha acordado un paquete de sanciones contra Rusia por su invasión de Ucrania. Las sanciones incluyen restricciones a las transacciones con bancos rusos clave y la prohibición de la venta de aviones y equipos a Rusia. Los líderes de la UE esperan que las sanciones aumenten la presión económica sobre Rusia y la disuadan de continuar su agresión contra Ucrania.
Este documento describe un proyecto realizado en el IES Marqués de Villena en 2013-2014 que tuvo como objetivo mejorar el conocimiento de los estudiantes de 1o de ESO sobre la Prehistoria a través de varias actividades como el uso de técnicas de estudio, la visualización de documentales, actividades en línea, la elaboración de líneas de tiempo y presentaciones orales. El proyecto involucró a 15 estudiantes heterogéneos y buscó desarrollar varias competencias.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
Mismuseos.net: Art After Technology (putting cultural data to work)GNOSS
The document describes the Mismuseos.net project, which aims to link and semantically enrich museum data using Linked Data technologies. The project creates a unified graph of cultural data from multiple sources to power innovative search and browsing experiences for users. Key features of the project include faceted searching, dynamically generated related content, and representation of entities from different ontologies through a semantic content management system. The goals are to improve user experiences with public cultural data and serve as a model for exploiting Linked Data in the museum community.
The document discusses the results of a study on the effects of exercise on memory and thinking abilities in older adults. The study found that regular exercise can help reduce the decline in thinking abilities that often occurs with age. Specifically, aerobic exercise was shown to improve executive function and memory in adults aged 60-79 who exercised for 30-45 minutes three times per week over the course of a 6-month study period.
Low Latency “OLAP” with HBase - HBaseCon 2012Cosmin Lehene
The document discusses building an OLAP system with low latency ingestion and querying capabilities using HBase. It describes using dimensions, metrics and aggregations to model OLAP data and support OLAP queries like rollups, slicing, dicing, sorting. It also discusses tuning ingestion throughput vs latency and using preprocessing to reduce data sizes through aggregation before querying.
La Unión Europea ha anunciado nuevas sanciones contra Rusia por su invasión de Ucrania. Las sanciones incluyen prohibiciones de viaje y congelamiento de activos para más funcionarios rusos, así como restricciones a las importaciones de productos rusos de acero y tecnología. Los líderes de la UE esperan que estas medidas adicionales aumenten la presión sobre Rusia para poner fin a su guerra contra Ucrania.
This document discusses stateless hypervisors that are booted from a live image rather than persisting to local storage. Some key points:
- Rackspace uses stateless hypervisors booted from a network image to improve consistency and allow easy updating of all servers.
- The hypervisors are built using Ansible from a base operating system chroot. Common configurations are applied and different "personalities" like KVM or Xen are configured.
- Servers boot the image over the network using iPXE or locally using GRUB. The image runs in memory and mounts persistent storage.
- This approach allows rapid, consistent provisioning of thousands of hypervisors across different hardware with reproducible builds.
1) A Dallas car dealership aired TV commercials featuring an actor impersonating presidential candidate Barack Obama to promote Kia vehicles.
2) The commercials gained national attention after airing on Comedy Central's The Daily Show.
3) While meant in jest, experts note the commercials capitalize on Obama's popularity and status as a "pop culture icon", even though he has not officially secured the nomination.
This document provides an overview of 21st century learning approaches including differentiated instruction and changing assessment practices. It discusses differentiated instruction in terms of content, process, product, and learning environment. Assessment for learning and increasing student choice and ownership are emphasized. Specific strategies are proposed like universal design for learning, backwards design, open-ended teaching, workshop models, inquiry learning, and using feedback to build agency. The importance of individualized feedback and designing lesson sequences with formative assessments is highlighted. Examples are given of strategies like hot seating, critical literacy analysis, and setting learning goals and intentions.
Distributed Systems can be thought of as a collection of computations evolving a distributed state in response to stimuli. These stimuli can be events triggered by certain states or by external entities, such as physical entities like sensors, operators, etc.
The Data Distribution Service (DDS) provides first-class support for representing distributed states as well as asynchronous event distribution. Recently, OpenSplice DDS has added a new feature that simplifies synchronous interactions by means of a Remote Method Invocation (RMI) infrastructure implemented directly over DDS.
In this presentation we will first explain the difference between state, events and commands and how these concepts can be used to structure distributed systems. Then we will show the key idioms for implementing distributed state, events and commands with OpenSplice DDS.
Innovation based economic development for industry in haverhillJohn Michitson
This document discusses economic development opportunities for Haverhill, Massachusetts. It begins by noting Haverhill's current ranking of #85 out of 134 Massachusetts municipalities for concentration of manufacturing jobs. It then outlines several recent and potential economic development initiatives for Haverhill, including startup challenges, conferences, and business incubators. Key recommendations include developing an innovation-based economic development strategy, creating a business mentoring program, and pursuing state funding opportunities. The goal is to create 1,000 new jobs and $3 million in new revenue for Haverhill's industrial base by 2020, focusing on food manufacturing, industrial, technology, and medical device industries.
Dokumen tersebut merangkum materi pertemuan pertama mata kuliah Bahasa Pemrograman. Materi yang disampaikan meliputi konvensi perkuliahan, penilaian, visi dan misi jurusan teknik informatika, arsitektur von Neumann, sejarah bahasa pemrograman, kompilasi dan interpretasi, komputabilitas, serta tugas yang diberikan.
The document summarizes British culture, cuisine, and other aspects. Some key dishes of British cuisine mentioned are roast beef, fish and chips, meat pies, and sausages. The Anglican Church is the most popular religion in Britain. English is the dominant language, originating from Germanic languages. Popular British musicians mentioned include The Beatles and The Police.
Similar to Ask not why VW failed to measure upto, Ask why am I grappled with How To Measure? Resolve with one & the Only Corporate Management Operating System
Scandal has been a part of the contemporary business environment as companies use all means to maximize their profits.
The Volkswagen company was recently caught up in one of the largest scandals of the decade, the Dieselgate scandal.
The company manipulated vehicle software to cheat exhaust emission tests conducted to register lower levels of pollution than they produced.
This document provides a marketing analysis for Audi, including a SWOT analysis and discussion of the 4Ps of marketing - price, product, place, and promotion. It finds Audi has strengths in brand image and reliability but weaknesses in higher prices. Opportunities exist in emerging markets while threats include competition and changing consumer preferences. Recommendations focus on maintaining brand image while exploring new markets and technologies.
A STUDY ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ISSUES AND DEVELOPMENTS.pdfRhonda Cetnar
This document discusses the history and development of corporate governance in India. It begins by discussing how corporate governance has become a prominent issue globally in recent decades due to several corporate scandals. It then provides historical context on the development of corporate governance practices and laws in India, noting that accountability has often been lacking. The document outlines several committees and reforms that have aimed to improve governance standards in India since the 1990s, including the addition of Clause 49 to listing agreements. It also discusses differences between governance in government corporations versus private companies in India.
The document discusses business ethics and corruption in developing countries. It argues that current approaches to regulating business often fail and can increase corruption by creating more rules without enforcement. It proposes that development agencies should find new ways to encourage business growth while preventing malfeasance, such as increasing support for NGOs and partnerships with ethical businesses. Agencies also need to find ways to assist citizens in corrupt regimes by bypassing their governments. The alternative is more unenforceable laws that waste aid and discourage investment without reducing corruption.
Volkswagen was found to have cheated emissions tests by installing software on 11 million diesel vehicles worldwide that could detect when they were being tested and reduce emissions output, violating environmental standards. The scandal could cost the company $18 billion in fines in the US alone and led to a 30% drop in its stock price. In response, VW's CEO resigned and the company set aside $7.3 billion to fix affected vehicles and launched initiatives to compensate customers and retain brand loyalty. To prevent future crises, experts say VW should move to a more open structure with transparent governance.
- Black & Decker pursued an international expansion strategy during the 1950s-1960s by setting up wholly owned subsidiaries in other countries that were given autonomy to operate. This decentralized structure made sense given Black & Decker's monopoly in the power tools market at the time.
- In the 1980s-1990s, increased competition from large retailers put pressure on Black & Decker's prices. The company responded by further centralizing control over subsidiaries and engaging in cost-cutting measures to lower prices.
- By the 1990s, it was clear that Black & Decker needed to make larger strategic changes beyond just cost-cutting to address the competitive environment.
PRI_Engaging on anti-bribery and corruptionOlivia Mooney
This document discusses the business case for companies and investors to engage on anti-bribery and corruption issues. It outlines that corruption costs an estimated $2.6 trillion annually, or over 5% of global GDP. Corruption scandals can result in huge financial losses and reputational damage for companies. Regulatory enforcement is also increasing across jurisdictions, with the US and UK aggressively prosecuting companies. Deferred prosecution and non-prosecution agreements now require companies to pay large fines, admit wrongdoing, and implement compliance measures. As such, engagement helps companies strengthen anti-corruption controls to mitigate risks and supports investors' fiduciary duty to protect shareholder value.
Corporate America faces a crisis of public trust. Research shows that trust in businesses is at a 10-year low, yet corporations continue to increase spending on social responsibility and philanthropy. This disconnect between actions and reputation shows that restoring trust will require more than just increased donations - companies must focus on effectively managing their reputations through transparency and accountability. A strong reputation can constitute up to 90% of a company's market value, so repairing trust is critical for corporate America.
Pivotal Research Group LLC: Madison and wall 3 30-12Brian Crotty
Madison & Wall
A Recurring Review of Topics Affecting Advertising-Supported Media
March 30, 2012
Welcome to Pivotal Research’s “Madison & Wall”. The title refers to our work which
sits at the intersection between the advertising industry and the financial world. We
hope you’ll find these brief notes useful for their contrast to the hyperbole that
pervades much of the chatter at that location.
The document discusses stock prices and percentage changes for four companies - Apple, Exxon Mobil, Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, and Daimler Ag. It provides the closing price, purchase price, and percentage change in stock price for Apple (-5.30%), Exxon Mobil (-3.12%), and Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste (3.05%). It does not provide the full details for Daimler Ag.
Today's supply chains are going global, business' still work in silo's that disconnect the sourcing from the selling process, this creates compliance risk and potential liability. An Integrated Trade Compliance Strategy address' those concerns from Boardroom to Operational Execution.
Learning from MistakesAnalyzing the external environment is a cr.docxsmile790243
Learning from Mistakes
Analyzing the external environment is a critical step in recognizing and understanding the opportunities and threats that organizations face. And here is where some companies fail to do a good job.
Consider the example of Salemi Industries and the launch of its product, Cell Zone, in 2005. Although it tried to carefully analyze its potential market, it misread the market’s demand for the product and paid a steep price for its mistake.1 Mobile phone usage was sharply increasing, and its founder observed that patrons in places such as restaurants would be annoyed by the chatter of a nearby guest having a private (but loud!) conversation. Salemi Industries interpreted this observation as an opportunity to create the Cell Zone: a “commercial sound resistant cell phone booth that provides a convenient and disturbance-free environment to place and receive phone calls … with a design feature to promote product or service on its curvilinear outer shell,” according to the firm’s website.
Salemi Industries’ key error was that it failed to take into consideration an emerging technology—the increasing popularity of text messaging and other
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nonvoice communication technology applications and how that would affect the sales of their product. For example, the Pew Internet & American Life Project estimated that the number of text messages that were sent each day would soar from 500,000 in 2001 to 4 billion in 2009. In addition to this technology shift, the target locations (restaurants) were not interested in or willing to give up productive square footage for patrons to hold private conversations. Not surprisingly, the firm has sold only 300 units (100 of them in college libraries), and Salemi Industries has lost over $650,000 to date.
Discussion Questions
1. What is the biggest stumbling block for Cell Zone?
2. Are there other market segments where Cell Zone might work?
Successful managers must recognize opportunities and threats in their firm’s external environment. They must be aware of what’s going on outside their company. If they focus exclusively on the efficiency of internal operations, the firm may degenerate into the world’s most efficient producer of buggy whips, typewriters, or carbon paper. But if they miscalculate the market, opportunities will be lost—hardly an enviable position for their firm. As we saw from the Cell Zone example, misreading the market can lead to negative consequences.
In Competing for the Future, Gary Hamel and C. K. Prahalad suggest that “every manager carries around in his or her head a set of biases, assumptions, and presuppositions about the structure of the relevant ‘industry,’ about how one makes money in the industry, about who the competition is and isn’t, about who the customers are and aren’t, and so on.”2 Environmental analysis requires you to continually question such assumptions. Peter
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Drucker labeled these interrelated sets of assumptions the “theory of the business.”3 The sudd ...
The document provides an overview of the automotive industry and Volkswagen's emissions scandal. It discusses how Volkswagen installed "cheat devices" in their diesel vehicles to pass emissions tests, even though the vehicles emitted nitrogen oxide at up to 40 times the legal limit during normal driving. Senior management and supplier partners were actively involved in the scandal. More than 11 million vehicles were affected worldwide, costing Volkswagen $7.3 billion to rectify the emissions issues and damaging their reputation through lawsuits. The scandal showed how the pressure from top management to meet goals, together with the opportunity and rationalization, can lead companies to make unethical decisions.
This document analyzes the decline in IPO activity in the U.S. since 2000. It presents a new hypothesis that the advantages of selling out to a larger organization, which can realize economies of scope and speed products to market, have increased over time relative to operating as an independent firm. The document finds evidence supporting this hypothesis but little support for alternative explanations like regulatory overreach. Key findings include a decline in small firm profitability predating regulatory changes, and an increase in M&A activity and delistings by recent IPOs being acquired by other public firms rather than going private.
EVALUATING A CORPORATE-SOCIETAL RELATIONSHIP 1Evaluating aBetseyCalderon89
EVALUATING A CORPORATE-SOCIETAL RELATIONSHIP 1
Evaluating a Corporate-Societal Relationship
Joanne Beavers
BUS 475
Professor Aristotle Mante
01.29.2021
Evaluating a Corporate-Societal Relationship
EVALUATING A CORPORATE-SOCIETAL RELATIONSHIP 2
The world economy's environment is interconnected in many ways, owing to increasing
globalization and technological progress. Therefore, commercial ventures and primary
stakeholders' relationships should be sincere for growth and wealth (Putra & Muzakir, 2020).
That is mainly why successful worldwide corporations, like Wal-Mart Inc., aim to display ethical
and liable conduct against dominant stakeholders, for instance, the community, suppliers, and
consumers as a group, for a mutually beneficial result. Frankly, today's high-profile companies,
including Wal-Mart Inc., owe their excellence to the connections they maintain with their critical
stakeholders.
Wal-Mart Inc. is a public limited company active in the retail industry, where it operates
worldwide through its subsidiaries headquartered in a small country town Bentonville, Arkansas
(Resche, 2020). Walmart offers a wide range of products and services to meet market
requirements. Another way to put it merely, Walmart is a respected retail chain company with a
global presence and a relatively broad product portfolio for its broad customer base. In addition to
cosmetics, jewelry, alcohol, and automotive, the essential products and services offered and sold to
customers include household items such as dishes, food, and health. Walmart sells fresh-cut meat,
dairy products, deli & bakery products, confectionery, and a great deal to the general public.
The renowned retail chain also offers various customer-centric retail services through the
internet. It provides vital online retail services, including streaming digital content on demand
(Resche, 2020). Also, the organization offers its clients essential services like private party labels.
The diversity of products and services, tailored to customers' needs, enables the giant company to
grow again and again and expand into new market areas while achieving success.
Walmart has various products or services, particularly for the spending customers. While
customers increase purchase items, whether in-store or online, Walmart has a higher sales volume,
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significantly increased revenue, and growth. Walmart would not be as successful without
customers continually purchasing products. The company would probably not be one of America's
top leading retails with the top spot of twenty-twenty the Fortune five hundred. Walmart Inc.'s
sturdy growth and recent performance demonstrate the critical influence of customers.
In addition to customers, suppliers are the leading players that heavily influence Wal-Mart
Inc. "s financial business. It usually purchases various prod ...
This document provides a case matrix that summarizes key details about various case studies covered in Rothaermel's textbook. The matrix lists the chapter, case name, primary and secondary industries, companies featured, and strategic issues covered for each case. It aims to synthesize essential information from the cases in a concise table format for easy reference.
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The document summarizes a management development program on corporate governance launched on LinkedIn. It discusses measuring corporate performance using principles of corporate atomic structure and return on intangible assets. This enables creation of corporate governance reports on a common scale. It also discusses the importance of board responsibility and ethical leadership in ensuring corporate sustainability, as seen in cases like Tata-Cyrus Mistry and Infosys-Vishal Sikka. The program emphasizes that in the current industrial revolution, boards must empower the entire workforce and apply principles like changing metrics to daily changes in growth rates.
The new global brand name corporate citizen2JAYARAMAN IYER
This is the same but I have removed the music background from the files I posted a couple of days back with the same name.
I present here the salient points of my book via youtube. There are two parts to it 1. Intellectual Value Capital and 2. Action Value Capital. The first part expresses succinctly how the book is created that you can use it for you and your company where you work. The second part is your action, based on how the book could assist you.
1. The interesting aspect would be the difficulty you have put yourself in establishing 'Goal Congruence'. In reality, you guys are fighting among yourselves instead of energizing each other. It's is going to be an important aspect of management you must deeply think and CHANGE.
2. There's an SAP Case study. It does mention other companies too. Take note of it for all companies to correct themselves and get moving for the phenomenal growth of yourselves and the company you work for.
3. Regarding Country rating? Talking of $5 trillion economies? Suggestions to Rating companies and the switching on your triggering device. The New Global Brand Name - is YOU - THE CORPORATE CITIZEN.
Based on my IPR: Inactivity Based Cost Management—Copyright, Govt. of India, Copyrights Office.
Book Launch via LinkedIn
I am pleased to launch my book: Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability: Measuring Intangible, Fiscal, and Ethical Assets. [The-Book] URL: https:// bit.ly/32nBVep via LinkedIn.
Economic revival measures stimulus-cost of inactionJAYARAMAN IYER
My letter to PM: Economic Revival Measures - Stimulus Package - Cost of Inaction
If India has to succeed in implementing the stimulus package it will be based on measuring the ethical assets we create. In my book I describe Knowledge is the goal of ethics. I explain the same as below:
For example, from the US, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Modernization Act of 1997, before being enacted, solicited comments from all the stakeholders, including the public, globally. FDA rules are rules, where a rule expresses the truth and when it is being certified to have been followed as prescribed, then it justifies conduct. That truth is ethics and that conduct is knowledge. Therefore, knowledge is the goal of ethics.
I also mention that The knowledge base is empty now. That is, the knowledge of conduct. It is universal. Steering the economy without ethical assets, the result of good conduct, being created would be very difficult. By adopting the suggestions given I am confident the stimulus package announced would be of immense benefit to our country.
How to hasten india's economic recovery nclt and covid19?JAYARAMAN IYER
How to hasten India’s economic recovery - Caught between NCLT and COVID-19 ?
Firstly, I present the four-issue areas selected from my Book, Return on Intangible, Measuring Fiscal and Ethical Assets, due for release in June 2020 from the US:
1. DIY kit for Corporate and government,
2. What does Society Teach?
3. A spontaneous urge to action rather than inaction, and
4. the attrition of ethical values.
Then my proposal for India Corporate, under the headings:
1. EPP - efforts per person,
2. Creative Process and Action Process,
3. Strategy Plan 2024,
4. Ratings facilitates consolidation,
5. Prepare a consolidated CREAM Report 2024, and
6. Fix it, fix it comprehensively the WuhanLab Syndrome.
Creamchain the dawn of the data management dynamicsJAYARAMAN IYER
CREAMCHAIN - The dawn of the Data Management Dynamics
I thank LinkedIn to have taken the trouble of releasing the names of the visitors to my last three posts. Surely it gave me insight into who the visitors are? But I have been resisting the call for making my Linkedin to a Premium Account that have lot of advantages. However, I am happy posting my posts to the public and I am equally happy many companies whom I am not connected to, visit my pages. The last one was to my satisfaction, in that respect.
Here I have posted a different post - CREAMCHAIN - The dawn of the Data Management Dynamics. It’s a combination of my CREAM Report and Blockchain. Please do have a look at. The last one is a challenge to companies like Google, IBM, Microsoft or SAP. And also to very many techies. If you are ready, I am.
CSR Research and Corporate Sustainability
In our obscurity - in all this vastness - there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. It is up to us. - Carl Sagan
Last week FM Nirmala Sitharaman announced many an incentive to India Corporate, sharp cuts in corporate taxes among many more. It was followed by a CSR incentive to allow corporate India to use their mandatory CSR spending on publicly-funded incubators for R&D.
PM Modi tells investors to ‘come to India’ to aid $5 trillion GDP Goal, offering a 4-D Advantage Model of growth - Democracy, demography, decisiveness, demand.
In this paper I present data of past, strategy plan 2024 and how present be tackled. Corporate India has work in their hands, to compete with China. It is imperative that India gets its share of FDI in course of chasing the dream of $5 trillion economy. It’s hard. CSR way is the right way. Accumulating Ethical Assets is going to be crucial in attracting foreign investment.
One of the big 6 audit firms - bdo - rocks - way to goJAYARAMAN IYER
One of the Big - 6 Audit Firms - BDO - Rocks - Way to go
In the context of finding a solution when Audit Profession is at a low ebb, I see an oasis in a desert. I found Global Review 2017 Your BDO, an interesting document in resolving the issues raised on account of substandard Audits.
BDO seems to be on a good pedestal. The Technology Direction BDO has undertaken goes hand in hand with A&A - Audit and Assurance as well as Technology Advisory. It augurs well for both.
My analysis of BDO is a step ahead to include advancement and mastery over Sustainable Value System. This definitely calls for a different set of approach in structural change in client companies. It is imperative.
Measuring Ethical Assets will be of considerable importance in placing Corporate in the path of growth. Bring Ethical Assets Premium Account in Balance Sheet is the answer for committed Auditors and Corporate alike. Measuring by Corporate Governance is the solution.
Bring ethical assets premium account in balance sheet and eradicate corpora...JAYARAMAN IYER
This document proposes bringing Ethical Assets into corporate balance sheets through an Ethical Assets Premium Account. It details a case study of an alliance between 30 farmer producer organizations (FPOs) representing 40,000 farmers and 30 industrial units. Policies like UNCAC adopted by the FPOs and industries would be valued and credited to their respective Ethical Assets Premium Accounts based on their implementation as measured by a CREAM rating system. This could value the collective Ethical Assets of the FPOs at Rs. 90 crore and the industries at Rs. 120 crore, totaling Rs. 210 crore in the Ethical Assets Premium Account. Auditors would certify the calculations. The proposal
Nirmala seetharaman stimulus package who will spur the growth - corporate g...JAYARAMAN IYER
Nirmala Seetharaman Stimulus Package - who will spur the growth - Corporate Governance or Management Quality?
Check your premises, Nirmala Seetharaman?
The same institutions, the same corporate juggernauts are the ones we would be hoping to take India to a $5 Trillion Economy? Wishful thinking or shot in the dark? I am questioning the Government as to their wishful thinking because of the untrustworthy buccaneers? Modi 1.0 had ushered in a Qualitative Elements in Governance and hoping Modi 2.0 would ensure revenue, profits and growth. The fault lines are with the corporate and banking not with the government. Modi 2.0 priority ought to make sure questionable practices are out and so is ‘phone banking’? But how?
One page report rfp - project fiscal - digitalisingJAYARAMAN IYER
RFP Software - CREAM REPORT - Database - Project FISCAL
1. FPOs/Farmers - Database would be: [2] In the Value Chain
* 40k Farmers, land holding, sector composition - oilseeds, rice, wheat, pulses, yield etc.
* Strategy Plan 2025 - CAGR - Convert CAGR to CDGR [Daily] and Track progress.
* Implement Growth and Earnings by CREAM.
* Responsibility be with the FPCs [GujPro]
* CREAM Report by Individual Farmer.
* CAGR gives the Targets and CDGR the Daily Progress.
* M in CREAM is Management Quality, a repository of Standards. Identify relevant Certification for each Farmer and apply practicing such standards - Crop Production Systems.
ONE PAGE REPORT - Project FISCAL
Rating: FARMER- INDUSTRY - SOCIETY & CONSOLIDATE - AGRI - LEADERSHIP: Return On Intangible
Project FISCAL connects Farmer - Industry - Society the three CCP - Critical Control Points in the Value Chain, Consolidating Agri Leadership in Indian Economy. It’s a single powerful sector giving the platform to stabilise multi-functional aspects of India’s GDP.
CREAM Report to start with, of 45k Farmers connected to Industry and Public would enhance a win-win situation within this Value Chain to Funding Agencies and to the GoI. Pro-active policy changes and commitment forward is to each individual, produce, area and time, in Project FISCAL.
ONE PAGE REPORT [OPR] ~ Farmer - FPO-FPC-RI-VNKC-Kiosks-eCommerce
Consequent to an assignment from VNKC Group of companies a good opportunity has arisen to bring in the concept of Return on Intangible to a Farmer. The OPR explains the modus operandi.
Kunal Kotecha of VNKC is the initiator bringing into fusion farmers and the end users of the produce. Is a great initiative coming from a Fairtrade and HACCP enabled pvlc. IBCM is happy to join him ushering in Corporate and Quality Governance to his unit as well as the Agriculture sector. CREAM enabled Farmers and Corporate would ensure MEASURING the National Policy set by GoI on “FOR THE PROMOTION OF FARMER PRODUCER ORGANISATIONS”. [FPOs]. Met GujPro who manage 30 FPOs/45,000 farmers directly.
IBCM is the catalyst bringing standards implementation among farmers who will be tracked by a common denominator - Intangible - by reference to their Adhaar Card #. A win-win formula as stated in OPR.
It’s my pleasure to begin a great journey with Kunal. Confident we shall connect the dots.
Self-Inquiry
The GRACE of Accounting Firms - 1977 vs 1995
The Book takes you back to 1977 when nothing was hunky-dory. "No profession has suffered a more painful drop in public esteem than accounting; in recent years, accountants have been regularly criticized for failing to expose corporate shenanigans, and have been sued for allegedly certifying misleading company earnings reports. Four SEC complaints were filed against Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co., onetime auditor of such tarnished firms as Penn Central and National Student Marketing and a giant of the profession. Walter E. Hanson, 48, a former railroad accountant and senior partner (chief executive) of Peat, Marwick since 1965, moved to restore confidence by volunteering to have his company’s procedures audited by colleagues from competing firms.”
1. Inactivity Based Cost Management - IBCM
1. Activity has a Cost Incidence, Inactivity has a Cost Consequence - Measure Cost Consequence, Now, Now, Now. This is the Main Principle of IBCM.
2. Inactivity arises when there’s no EFFORT being put in. Is a Human failure.
3. DO NOT POSTPONE THINGS FOR TOMORROW.
4. When Strategy Report 2025 mentions areas of targets and Growth Rate is ascertained, then get the CREAM Report done on targets achieved or not achieved, on a Daily basis
5. Strategy Report 2025 should have these elements clearly set, what each person is meant to do Today, tomorrow and every day to the future. Then only it’s called a Substance of Quality.
6. It enables to reach the targets set and to keep moving forward.
7. There’s no Annual or Quarterly Budget created. Strategy Plan 2025 will have all elements within, measured by a CREAM Report on a Daily Basis.
8. There’s no ‘post facto’ Variance Analysis. Inactivity of each person is created on a Daily Basis with an Index of Inactivity.
9. Cost Consequence of one single task, one single person of non-performance is measured instantly.
10. Corporate shall surely enjoy the Corporate ODI Cricket game where the demands of the Society are met by performance of targets set and tasks undertaken.
3 day workshop transformation towards self-governanceJAYARAMAN IYER
There is an urgent need to arrest the deterioration in Corporate Management. IL&FS is the latest - IL&FS Scandal: SFIO uncovers grave irregularities on corporate governance and financial parameters, says report - Moneylife.
Similarly after the Volkswagen fiasco one has to look at when Hermes EOS, the stewardship division of Hermes Investment Management, calling for an overhaul of the management and corporate governance culture at Volkswagen. Subsequently I wrote another article in Slideshare: Who failed Volkswagen, is it Corporate Governance or Management Quality?
https://www.slideshare.net/jayaraman.18/who-failed-volkswagen-is-it-corporate-governance-or-management-quality
My book Return on Intangible - Measuring Corporate Fiscal and Ethical Assets: CREAM Analytics of Policies, Practices and People, precisely expounds the theory of Return on Intangible that shall MEASURE Corporate Governance differentiating with Management Quality. This 3 Day Workshop for those interested companies may contact me, as given in the last page of the 3 Day Workshop Details.
Herein I place below the Buyout Process as mentioned in Investopedia and what my book CREAM Analytics suggests to implement: this would be useful for Buyout Management.
Addressing the big lie of strategic planning - or is it the big flawJAYARAMAN IYER
I enjoyed listening to Roger Martin. They are fundamental to our understanding of Strategy. Although I keep quoting Deming “It isn’t necessary to change, survival is not mandatory’”, considering the NPAs and the corporate falling like 9-pins I urge Corporate to action rather than inaction, “Change, change, change Corporate, change the denominator.”.
Who failed infosys, Corporate Governance or Management Quality?JAYARAMAN IYER
Infosys recently has to go through what Volkswagen and Tata Sons had to in the near past, change at the top. This article brings out the difference in understanding Corporate Governance and Management Quality vis-a-vis insight into Infosys. What steps Infosys take becomes crucial as to how they bring the abstractions into reality, how they acknowledge value where value is due, and how they deconstruct what is valueless. The article offers a solution as to how to measure Intangible. Recommends Return on Intangible as the main management tool instead of Return on Investment.
A presentation on mastering key management concepts across projects, products, programs, and portfolios. Whether you're an aspiring manager or looking to enhance your skills, this session will provide you with the knowledge and tools to succeed in various management roles. Learn about the distinct lifecycles, methodologies, and essential skillsets needed to thrive in today's dynamic business environment.
Comparing Stability and Sustainability in Agile SystemsRob Healy
Copy of the presentation given at XP2024 based on a research paper.
In this paper we explain wat overwork is and the physical and mental health risks associated with it.
We then explore how overwork relates to system stability and inventory.
Finally there is a call to action for Team Leads / Scrum Masters / Managers to measure and monitor excess work for individual teams.
Sethurathnam Ravi: A Legacy in Finance and LeadershipAnjana Josie
Sethurathnam Ravi, also known as S Ravi, is a distinguished Chartered Accountant and former Chairman of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). As the Founder and Managing Partner of Ravi Rajan & Co. LLP, he has made significant contributions to the fields of finance, banking, and corporate governance. His extensive career includes directorships in over 45 major organizations, including LIC, BHEL, and ONGC. With a passion for financial consulting and social issues, S Ravi continues to influence the industry and inspire future leaders.
Org Design is a core skill to be mastered by management for any successful org change.
Org Topologies™ in its essence is a two-dimensional space with 16 distinctive boxes - atomic organizational archetypes. That space helps you to plot your current operating model by positioning individuals, departments, and teams on the map. This will give a profound understanding of the performance of your value-creating organizational ecosystem.
A team is a group of individuals, all working together for a common purpose. This Ppt derives a detail information on team building process and ats type with effective example by Tuckmans Model. it also describes about team issues and effective team work. Unclear Roles and Responsibilities of teams as well as individuals.
Ganpati Kumar Choudhary Indian Ethos PPT.pptx, The Dilemma of Green Energy Corporation
Green Energy Corporation, a leading renewable energy company, faces a dilemma: balancing profitability and sustainability. Pressure to scale rapidly has led to ethical concerns, as the company's commitment to sustainable practices is tested by the need to satisfy shareholders and maintain a competitive edge.
Impact of Effective Performance Appraisal Systems on Employee Motivation and ...Dr. Nazrul Islam
Healthy economic development requires properly managing the banking industry of any
country. Along with state-owned banks, private banks play a critical role in the country's economy.
Managers in all types of banks now confront the same challenge: how to get the utmost output from
their employees. Therefore, Performance appraisal appears to be inevitable since it set the
standard for comparing actual performance to established objectives and recommending practical
solutions that help the organization achieve sustainable growth. Therefore, the purpose of this
research is to determine the effect of performance appraisal on employee motivation and retention.
Colby Hobson: Residential Construction Leader Building a Solid Reputation Thr...dsnow9802
Colby Hobson stands out as a dynamic leader in the residential construction industry. With a solid reputation built on his exceptional communication and presentation skills, Colby has proven himself to be an excellent team player, fostering a collaborative and efficient work environment.
Designing and Sustaining Large-Scale Value-Centered Agile Ecosystems (powered...Alexey Krivitsky
Is Agile dead? It depends on what you mean by 'Agile'. If you mean that the organizations are not getting the promised benefits because they were focusing too much on the team-level agile "ways of working" instead of systemic global improvements -- then we are in agreement. It is a misunderstanding of Agility that led us down a dead-end. At Org Topologies, we see bright sparks -- the signs of the 'second wave of Agile' as we call it. The emphasis is shifting towards both in-team and inter-team collaboration. Away from false dichotomies. Both: team autonomy and shared broad product ownership are required to sustain true result-oriented organizational agility. Org Topologies is a package offering a visual language plus thinking tools required to communicate org development direction and can be used to help design and then sustain org change aiming at higher organizational archetypes.
Enriching engagement with ethical review processesstrikingabalance
New ethics review processes at the University of Bath. Presented at the 8th World Conference on Research Integrity by Filipa Vance, Head of Research Governance and Compliance at the University of Bath. June 2024, Athens
Originally presented at XP2024 Bolzano
While agile has entered the post-mainstream age, possibly losing its mojo along the way, the rise of remote working is dealing a more severe blow than its industrialization.
In this talk we'll have a look to the cumulative effect of the constraints of a remote working environment and of the common countermeasures.
12 steps to transform your organization into the agile org you deservePierre E. NEIS
During an organizational transformation, the shift is from the previous state to an improved one. In the realm of agility, I emphasize the significance of identifying polarities. This approach helps establish a clear understanding of your objectives. I have outlined 12 incremental actions to delineate your organizational strategy.
12 steps to transform your organization into the agile org you deserve
Ask not why VW failed to measure upto, Ask why am I grappled with How To Measure? Resolve with one & the Only Corporate Management Operating System
1. Ask not why VW failed to measure upto, Ask why am I grappled with How To
Measure? Resolve with one & the Only Corporate Management Operating System
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ii Mr. Joseph E. Murphy (Corporate Compliance and Ethics Professional): Review of the OECD antibribery
instruments: compilation of responses to consultation paper: 31 March, 2008.
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iv http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/volkswagen-emissions-regulatory-scandals-by-harold-james-2015-
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v A global survey of 378 senior executives, encompassing a range of industries, and evenly split among North
America (US and Canada), Asia Pacific and Europe, with a smaller representation from the Middle East, Africa, and
Latin America. Organizations of all sizes were represented:
vi EIU report_v2_A4_Apr14. dated 15th April 2011, KPMG International in cooperation with EIU on Corporate
Sustainability - A Progress Report - (page29)