Bauhinia © Martinsons & Associates 2009 Licensed exclusively for use at the City University of Hong Kong. Unauthorized use or reproduction of this case is strictly prohibited. This is a composite case that integrates the experiences of several companies. In the early 1970s, the Chan family pooled together $30,000 and set up a small dairy processing plant in Hong Kong. Bauhinia Dairy initially produced only fresh milk and sold it through limited distribution channels. It has subsequently modestly extended its business scope and now employs nearly 400 people. It remains a family-owned enterprise that values its traditions and relies mostly on verbal communications. Face-to-face meetings are still more common than memos, e-mails or other …show more content…
Such process innovation together with China’s development and the globalization trend are increasing competition between food providers from adjacent markets, and even different parts of the world. Victor wonders if Bauhinia can continue to thrive with only gradual organizational change. However, he is sceptical about adopting more formal systems and worries that major changes could put his whole company at risk. Victor is very eager to maintain Bauhinia’s reputation for quality. He has repeatedly said that Bauhinia must be “the best at whatever it does, even if that means that it is not the biggest or the first". He feels that Bauhinia has been successful financially because it offers a good work environment. This has helped it to attract well-qualified managers and employees. Rewards for both performance and loyalty have kept down Bauhinia’s turnover rate, but it now faces the problem of an aging workforce. Victor claims that he encourages his managers to be proactive and innovative. However, his intimidating manner seems to have discouraged such behaviour. Bauhinia’s managers often appear to wait for and follow Victor’s orders, not wanting to aggravate or argue with him. Some feel that Victor deliberately tries to catch them off guard. For example, the assistant marketing manager stated that "I’m not really sure if Victor is helping me to monitor the outside world or simply checking up on my work." Melamine in milk scandal In
This memo is intend to present appropriate treatment of the ARO estimation problem experienced by the Lack of Information (LOI) based on the findings from interviews with all 50 of the warehouse managers and on-site visits at each of the 50 locations of its warehouses countrywide. The onsite observations search for any evidence of damages in both the on-site property like the roof, walls, floors and general conditions. The interview with the managers obtains information about the characteristics of the warehouses that are not readily observable. The information obtained is very important in the preparation of the fiscal
From this story, Victor mostly starts to break out of his shell and talks to the girl he loves but also lies to be near her. In the beginning of the story Victor is very determined to get Teresa as his girlfriend. He even promised himself as he left his class that she will be his girl. This evidence that leads to him being determined is on Page 1 and in the 2nd paragraph.
The thing about Victor is that he is extremely stubborn. For example, when his head started bleeding, he was still determined to win the game even though Kinnow beat them before. Before he left, the best thing he could do was
#1. The sin of Hester was her commitment of adultery. This is the reason of the scarlet letter on her clothing. She takes all the punishment that is given to her for her crime and does not falter with what is right from wrong. Although all of the townspeople know of her crime, she refuses to tell with whom she committed the crime with and who she has hurt in the process. She does not talk about Chillingworth, her actual husband, or Dimmesdale, her true love. This affects not only her, but also her daughter, Pearl. Pearl does not understand the concept of the scarlet letter and she is very straightforward with her mother. Hester's sin affect how she lives her life for much of her life. She had to live being scrutinized by society. She didn’t
Currently, the company is operating in more than 17 countries and has at least 70 facilities. They have provided approximately 20,000 individuals with employment.
He says, "When I found so astonishing a power placed within my hands, I hesitated a long time concerning the manner in which I should employ it." This acknowledgment of the danger is significant as it displays Victor's conscious and his willingness to disregard it, or his inability to obey it.
The original purpose of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was to address the rising amount of healthcare cost in the United States, and substantially increase the amount of Americans insured with access to affordable healthcare. The ACA allows for the expansion of Medicaid; the government health insurance program, which is designed to increase enrollees for low income families in Medicaid. With this new legislation people who are under the age of 65 who are at or below 133 percent of the poverty line will have access to Medicaid. Anyone who earns below 400 percent of the poverty line will qualify for subsidies for health insurance. (Cockburn, 7) Americans who earn above this level must either buy insurance, or use their employer’s coverage. This is a huge implication because the estimated of new enrollees in 2014 estimated by the Congressional Budget Office is between 16 and 17 million. The federal government has agreed to finance this expansion of Medicaid for the first three years of implementation, for states that agree to the program. After these three years the states will have to start to pay a small portion of Medicaid. Many people with substance abuse problems, and mental disorders without insurance, are low income earning childless adults. (Bainbridge, 5)Under the ACA these Americans now have access to behavioral health treatment, in the 26
When Victor is informed of this treachery, he goes into tremors and exhibits manic behavior. At the sight of his body "I gasped for breath; and, throwing myself onto the body... The human frame could no longer support the agonies that I endured, and I was carried out of the room in strong convulsions"
This shows that Victor even knows that he will not be happy while he is isolated, but he plans to return to the things that make him happy when he is finished with his work.
This statement goes to show that Victor’s addiction to the human composure is what lead to his fate of isolation.
At this point Victor is responsible for two deaths and must keep this all to himself. By suffering through the guilt and the illness it is clear that his decisions that were made in order to deepen his knowledge of the scientific world are becoming dangerous to himself and the people close to him.
good intentions. However, Victor's ego in his search for god-like capabilities overpowers his humanity. The creature
book Victor has the chance to prevent harm being done to others, but each time he is only concerned with himself. It
Victor’s entire life is a search for perfection; much like all the perfect objects that were gifted to him as a child. Victor’s inability
Victor’s thirst for knowledge leads to a skewed perspective of reality. He willingly ignores his health in order to