Description: The world’s largest retailer is shutting many of its stores this week, leaving many to wonder what life after Walmart will be like. Source: NBCNew.com – video report Date: Feb 10, 2016 Link: http://www.nbcnews.com/video/walmart-store-closures-sending-shockwaves-across-small-town-america-610208323721 Questions for Discussions: How did Walmart’s decision to open these stores in smaller markets affect local competitors? Can it be… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Part 3 Management: Empowering People to Achieve Business Objectives
Server farms
Description: Huge buildings full of data servers are sucking power 24/7 at a growing rate. There are solutions on the horizon, but our data demands are outpacing innovation. Source: CBC.ca – video report Date: Feb 11, 2016 Link: http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2683590555/ Questions for discussion: How is technology allowing individuals and companies to improve their use of server… Read more »
Twitter woes deepen with lack of user growth
Description: Twitter added no new users in the fourth quarter, confirming the fears of advertisers and investors alike: the social-media site is in real trouble. Source: SaltLakeTribune – Sltrib.com; Bloomberg.com Date: Feb 12, 2016 Link: http://www.sltrib.com/home/3528866-155/twitter-woes-deepen-with-lack-of Questions for Discussions: What is the problem facing Twitter? How would you go about solving this problem? Would an… Read more »
How Millennials Changed Business Travel
Description: Millennials are being credited with influencing new travel trends that will begin to take hold in 2016. NBC’s Chris Clackum reports. Source: NBCNew.com – video report Date: Feb 04, 2016 Link: http://www.nbcnews.com/video/how-millennials-changed-business-travel-603570755618 Questions for Discussions: Summarize the changes taking place in the travel industry. What else do you think the industry could do to… Read more »
After His Lululemon Trouble, Chip Wilson Tries Again
Description: Chip Wilson, the billionaire from Vancouver, British Columbia, who famously fell out with Lululemon Athletica, the company he founded, made a stop in New York last month. Source: NYTimes.com Date: Feb 02, 2016 Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/05/fashion/lululemon-chip-wilson-kit-and-ace.html?emc=eta1&_r=0 Questions for discussion: Which characteristics of a typical entrepreneur do you think Chip Wilson reveals in this report? Do… Read more »
20 ways bosses fire you without actually saying ‘you’re fired’
Description: What ‘I’m leaving to spend time with my family’ can really mean Source: MarketWatch.com Date: Feb 05, 2016 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/20-sneaky-ways-bosses-say-youre-fired-2016-01-25?dist=lcountdown Questions for discussion: How does this article address the issue of publicity surrounding executives leaving their position? What do you think are the pros and cons of truthful announcements for the reasons a top manager… Read more »
Why Don’t Consumers Buy More via Mobile?
Description: For some consumers, the mobile screen is too small for frequently purchasing. Indeed, many mobile device users worldwide would prefer to use a PC instead. Source: eMarketer.com Date: Feb 05, 2016 Link: http://www.emarketer.com/Article/Why-Dont-Consumers-Buy-More-via-Mobile/1013557#sthash.Mx8scao9.dpuf Questions for Discussions: What does the research say to managers of ecommerce sites and those developing mobile technologies? How would you… Read more »
The End of Twitter
Description: It wasn’t that long ago that I—and many other people I know—would have argued that Twitter was more than just another social network. I would have told you that Twitter was more like a utility, a service so fundamental that I could imagine a scenario in which it was literally underwritten. Twitter needed to… Read more »
The crazy sequence of events that’s making almonds cheap again
Description: Almonds, the beloved snack that recently overtook peanuts as the most consumed nut in America, might have gotten a little too popular for their own good. Source: WashingtonPost.com Date: Jan 29, 2016 Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/01/29/too-many-almonds/ Questions for Discussions: How have the forces of supply and demand acted on the price of almonds in recent years? How have farmers… Read more »
Young, Black, and Left Out Of Corporate America
Description: Big business has a diversity problem. Source: Fortune.com – video report Date: Jan 22, 2016 Link: http://for.tn/1Wz1gWV Questions for Discussions: Summarize the diversity issues facing individuals and firms presented in this report. How should big business management deal with the information presented?
