Description: The British police on Friday arrested a former editor of The News of the World who is also a former senior aide to Prime Minister David Cameron, and rearrested the newspaper’s former royal editor. The arrests deepened the crisis swirling around Rupert Murdoch’s media empire in Britain over allegations of phone hacking and corruption…. Read more »
Posts Tagged: Human Resource Management : From Recruitment to Labor Relations (p252)
Meet the world’s last pinball maker
Description: Stern pinball – the last pinball manufacturer in the world – has found its key to success is to make machines featuring popular brands and names. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: 07/01/2011 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2011/06/30/t-tt-stern-pinball.cnnmoney/ Questions for discussion: Why is there only one remaining producer of this device? What does this say about the… Read more »
BlackBerry maker’s struggles
Description: Shares of BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion are down 50% from the start of the year, largely due to disappointing smartphone and tablet sales. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: 07/01/2011 Questions for discussion: Summarize the reasons for the demise of company’s share value. Given that the product sells well outside of North America, what… Read more »
An Accordion Epicenter Shrinks and Thrives
Description: Jet-lagged but determined, Salomon Salcedo thought nothing of trekking to this small hilltop town in the Marches region on a muggy June afternoon to satisfy a lifelong desire: buy a made-in-Castelfidardo accordion. Source: NYTimes.com Date: 07/01/2011 Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/02/business/global/02accordions.html?ref=business Questions for discussion: How has this company managed to succeed? Are there lessons to be shared… Read more »
RIM Averts Shareholder Showdown in Agreement to Study Chairman Role Change
Description: Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM), facing a shareholder vote on whether to split its chief executive and chairman roles, agreed to study the overhaul of its management structure to avoid a public showdown at its investors’ meeting this month. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: 07/01/2011 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-30/rim-said-investor-s-proposal-to-split-roles-withdrawn-as-committee-formed.html Questions for discussion: What does this report have to… Read more »
Six Innovation Secrets Your Boss Never Told You
Description: Innovation is hard enough without tripping over your feet. Consider these guiding truths. Intelligence is learning from your own mistakes. Wisdom is learning from the mistakes of others. Here, we offer some hard-earned innovation wisdom. Source: Businessweek.com Date: 06/28/2011 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/management/six-innovation-secrets-your-boss-never-told-you-06282011.html Questions for discussion: Summarize the key points made in the report. Do you… Read more »
France’s secret weapon: Video games
Description: Ubisoft, the maker of ‘Just Dance,’ ‘Assassin’s Creed,’ and other hit games, is taking advantage of being the only large publisher in France, which allows it to recruit top talent. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: 06/24/2011 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2011/06/24/t_ubisoft_video_games.cnnmoney/ Questions for discussion: How does globalization help a business like Ubisoft? How are employees managed… Read more »
Secrets of a used car factory
Description: Paragon Honda of Queens, N.Y. shows us how it builds its used car inventory by buying customers’ cars when they get them serviced. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: 06/24/2011 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/smallbusiness/2011/06/24/sbiz_used_car_honda.cnnmoney/ Questions for discussion: Explain the business model used by this firm. Why is it so successful? Why is this business doing well… Read more »
Writing a Check to Make a Bribery Charge Go Away
Description: In late June 2004, a plant manager for one of Tyson Foods’ poultry processing plants in Mexico sent a memo to company headquarters in Springdale, Ark.: two women who “most definitely do not work for Tyson Foods in Mexico†each were paid 30,700 pesos, or about $2,700, a month and had been for years…. Read more »
Soaring Silver Price Slows Transition to Solar Energy
Description: Soaring silver prices are hampering the solar industry’s ability to compete with fossil fuels. Panel makers consume about 11 percent of the world’s supply of silver, the material in solar cells that conducts electricity. The metal has appreciated 74 percent to $35.30 a troy ounce on average so far this year from $20.24 last… Read more »
