Posts Categorized: Part 3 Management: Empowering People to Achieve Business Objectives

Adidas Ends Partnership With Kanye West at a Considerable Cost

Posted by & filed under Part 1 Business in a Global Environment, Part 3 Management: Empowering People to Achieve Business Objectives, Part 4: Marketing Management, Part 6 Managing Financial Resources.

Description: The German sportswear giant is the latest company to cut ties with Mr. West, now known as Ye, after his antisemitic remarks. Ending the partnership is expected to hurt company profits. Source: NYTimes.com Date: Oct 26, 2022 Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/25/business/adidas-kanye-west.html Questions for discussion: What are the ethical and social issues related to this issue? What… Read more »

United Airlines Made a Simple Change That Saves Passengers Over 13 Million Minutes of Delays

Posted by & filed under Part 1 Business in a Global Environment, Part 3 Management: Empowering People to Achieve Business Objectives, Part 5 Managing Technology and Information.

Description: Sometimes the most obvious changes can make a huge difference. Source: INC.com Date: Oct 27, 2022 Link: https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/united-airlines-made-a-simple-change-that-saves-passengers-over-13-million-minutes-of-delays.html?utm_source=newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=IncThisMorning-Oct%2027,%202022&leadId=261346&mkt_tok=NjEwLUxFRS04NzIAAAGHvVd8sJ4wkwoUE9uNVNxEcJ36wCJxwkB1dePpq-BSZYrEiBh2Em2X4eivrNfcI7Ui6zabYjN5P9h25sS16JhpOTJuZyd5kGLAdRm1HA Questions for discussion: What does this article say to management about productivity and efficiency? Why do you suppose it took so long for United to install this system of record-keeping and compliance? What drives the installation… Read more »

Meta shares plunge 23% to the lowest price since 2016

Posted by & filed under Part 1 Business in a Global Environment, Part 3 Management: Empowering People to Achieve Business Objectives, Part 4: Marketing Management, Part 5 Managing Technology and Information, Part 6 Managing Financial Resources.

Description: Shares of Meta plunged 23% Thursday morning as investors and analysts digested the company’s third-quarter earnings miss and a weak fourth-quarter outlook. Shares were trading under $100 at market open, the lowest price since 2016. Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Oct 27, 2022 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/27/meta-stock-falls-23percent-on-earnings-miss-analyst-downgrades.html Questions for discussion: Why has the stock value dropped so drastically? Do… Read more »

Indoor growing could feed Canadians — and others — year-round

Posted by & filed under Part 1 Business in a Global Environment, Part 2 Starting and Growing Your Business, Part 3 Management: Empowering People to Achieve Business Objectives, Part 4: Marketing Management, Part 5 Managing Technology and Information.

Description: Whether it was pandemic-driven supply chain delays, a war in Europe causing grain prices to spike or flooding in British Columbia disrupting rail lines and highways, the past two and a half years have shone a light on how vulnerable Canada’s food system is to climate change and other global factors. ?Source: Yahoo.Finance.com Date:… Read more »

SPOS #850 – Douglas Rushkoff On The Harmful Effects Of Technology On Our Future

Posted by & filed under Part 1 Business in a Global Environment, Part 2 Starting and Growing Your Business, Part 3 Management: Empowering People to Achieve Business Objectives, Part 4: Marketing Management, Part 5 Managing Technology and Information.

Description: Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation – The ThinkersOne Podcast – Episode #850. I’ve said it before… I will say it again: Douglas Rushkoff is – without a doubt – one of the smartest humans beings on this earth that I get to call a friend. Douglas is back with another compelling book about technology and how… Read more »

Netflix adds more than 2.4 million subscribers, reveals details about password-sharing crackdown

Posted by & filed under Part 1 Business in a Global Environment, Part 2 Starting and Growing Your Business, Part 3 Management: Empowering People to Achieve Business Objectives, Part 4: Marketing Management, Part 6 Managing Financial Resources.

Description: Netflix shares skyrocketed more than 14% after the bell Tuesday as the company posted better-than-expected results on the top and bottom lines. The streamer also reported the addition of 2.41 million net global subscribers, more than doubling the adds the company had projected a quarter ago. Source: Yahoo.Finance.com – video report Date: Oct 18 2022… Read more »

How Do You Make a Decision When Every Option Looks Bad?

Posted by & filed under Part 1 Business in a Global Environment, Part 3 Management: Empowering People to Achieve Business Objectives.

Description: In the face of a crisis, Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard worked with his team to create a new solution. Here’s how other leaders can do the same, writes Wharton Dean Erika James. Source: knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu Date: Oct 14, 2022 Link: https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/how-do-you-make-a-decision-when-every-option-looks-bad/?utm_campaign=KatW2022&utm_medium=email&utm_source=kw_campaign_monitor&utm_term=10-19-2022&utm_content=How_Do_You_Make_a_Decision_When_Every_Option_Looks_Bad Questions for discussion: What is the advice suggested when every option looks bad? What… Read more »

Megan Reitz On Navigating Power And Politics At Work – This Week’s Six Pixels of Separation Podcast

Posted by & filed under Part 1 Business in a Global Environment, Part 3 Management: Empowering People to Achieve Business Objectives.

Description: Enabling people to speak up at work is now an imperative to reduce the risk of wrong-doing as well as access vital knowledge and ideas from employees. Simply asking people to ‘speak up’ and encouraging leaders to ‘engage in conversation’ without thoroughly appreciating the impact that power differences – and prevailing social and cultural… Read more »

CRTC decision paves way for cheaper cellphone bills, but Canadians may still have to wait

Posted by & filed under Part 1 Business in a Global Environment, Part 3 Management: Empowering People to Achieve Business Objectives, Part 4: Marketing Management, Part 5 Managing Technology and Information.

Description: In a much-awaited decision, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has laid out terms and conditions for a policy aimed at increasing competition and lowering prices in mobile wireless services. ?Source: FinancialPost.com Date: Oct 20, 2022 Link: https://financialpost.com/telecom/crtc-mobile-wireless-phone-bills Questions for discussion: Why do you suppose the CRTC continues to support the dominance of the… Read more »

Anti-Defamation League urges Adidas to sever ties with Ye’s Yeezy

Posted by & filed under Part 1 Business in a Global Environment, Part 3 Management: Empowering People to Achieve Business Objectives, Part 4: Marketing Management, Part 6 Managing Financial Resources.

Description: The Anti-Defamation League is urging Adidas to sever ties with Ye, calling out his recent hateful comments in a letter to Adidas CEO Kasper Rorsted and Chairman Thomas Rabe. The rapper and designer, formerly known as Kanye West, has in recent weeks made several degrading remarks about Jewish people and targeted his business partners with… Read more »