Oxford Plastics Company Essay

Production line workers are the employees who are usually doing their work by hand or in this day and age, running the machine or equipment to make the products. In this particular case, Canada Chemicals Corporation utilizes their production employees by producing industrial chemicals. These production worker’s jobs are a lot more complete then other production level workers employees as they usually have plenty of skill, knowledge and experience, and have high educational background. In order to reverse recent challenges with production and sales, I have composed a compensation package for these employees that will motivate them intrinsically, and focus on rewards that are extrinsic.

In 1999 the U.S. paint industry sales were projected to be more than $13 billion. The industry has slow sales growth and is constantly changing due to government regulations. In 1999, Jones∙Blair had sales volume of $12 million with an annual growth rate of 4%. Jones∙Blair produces and sells architectural coatings, OEM coatings and paint sundries. However, the President, Alexander Barrett and the senior management executives know that there are some areas that they need to improve on.

While the farmers can talk about how their individual farms might be harmed in the process, Arnold told township trustees and county commissioners Ann Obrecht, Scott Wiggam and Sue Smail as elected officials they could not advocate on behalf of individual property owners. They could, however, advocate for the community as a whole. They can talk about how they would like to see any tax money used. They could talk about what type of training would be required in order for first responders to be properly trained to handle any type of pipeline accident. They also should consider whether the project requires public safety departments to purchase any type of specialized equipment. Who will pay for any needed

Did Hooker sell the land or was it taken forcibly from them? Hooker Chemicals did warn the school board that the site has chemical waste and drilling should be avoided. However the worst nightmare was they built an elementary school. During construction they did bore several holes into the ground and also jeopardized a copper barrier which helped to protect the chemical waste within the contained area. The school board was also responsible for the untoward consequences since they knew about the chemical wastes being dumped in the area and did not heed to the warnings of the company (Anderson,

Question 2: Although land ownership is an individual right, what takes place on that land is still a concern for governing agencies. In this case, the impact to ecosystems covers an area greater than just the area owned by one individual or firm. Controlling the impacts of the landowners operation mitigates the impact to other landowners in the area. Owning land still requires a reasonable person to behave in a manner consistent with the law of the land. In this analysis, a gentlemen named Hurwitz backed Maxxam Inc. to purchase Pacific Lumber. Hungry for profits, he altered Pacific Lumber’s focus to the short term profitability of the firm, instead of long term sustainment of the business. Poor business practices put Maxxam Inc. in a position requiring a fixed amount of income to pay loan interest and fees. Hurwitz never assessed whether or not he could sustain payment with current operations and was forced to increase operations to make profitability still viable. (The Terrestrial Environment, 1998)

Q1. For this case, involving some exploratory research, Exhibit 12a and 12b show the segmentation and descriptor variables used to collect data for the segmentation analysis. Comment on the appropriateness and comprehensiveness of these attributes. What would your team change in this questionnaire and what other segmentation and descriptor questions would you recommend to ask to respondents for a better segmentation and targeting strategy?

The main issue of the P&G Korea case is centered around the question of market share. P&G and Unilever are the two major market shareholders in the Korean detergent industry holding 80-85% of the total market share. The remaining 15-20% of the market is held by low-priced local Korean brands. There are no new markets either company can tap for further market share since most Korean households already use laundry detergent, making the market saturated. Other than peripheral chemical changes claimed to be “improvements”, there are no major innovations to be explored for product development or diversification. Per Ansoff’s strategic opportunities matrix, P&G and Unilever are both focused on Market Penetration,

the bidding price on Petroquímica Bahia Blanca S.A. (PBB), which was being privatized by the

Polyethylene is the world’s most widely used plastic. Polyethylene plastic’s principal application was in packaging, from trash bags to milk jugs. It was widely used in the manufacture of everything from trash bags, picnic cutlery and garbage pails, to plastic toys. Polyethylene also replaced glass, wood, and metal in certain applications.

Although the extremist may not be the voice of the masses, they are definitely the loudest voices. These voices usually point their hate speech and angry protests at something called “forced pooling”. They take stabs at the idea, saying it's the private version of “Public Domain”; that it's destroying our environment by destroying the local ecosystem, but have very little evidence to back their outlandish claims and the evidence they do show is very circumstantial or a result of scares, random accidents. These groups are willfully ignorant to the benefits of forced pooling and how it actually protects the land/mineral rights of citizens instead of taking it. To explain forced pooling and its benefits we must first understand the concept of mineral rights versus surface rights, as well as what a mineral lease consists

Supply change management (SCM) is active in many organizations today. The purpose of SCM is to maximize the company value in order maintain a competitive advantage in the market place. As an Operational Managers (OM) it is essential to oversee the supply chain within an organization. The OM responsibility is to manage the supply chain flow, and to ensure the supply chain has a quality design in order to reduce cost and drive efficiency. (Reid & Sanders, 2010) An organization supply chain includes activities such as product development, sourcing, productions, logistics, material, and other information systems needed to coordinate the movement of goods from suppliers to manufactures, and to final customers.

On the opposite hand, alone, Polysar had a product of superior quality and there was a chance of non-allied market penetration which would subsequently drive Bayer out of the market completely. Although the traditional Polysar approach of complete independence and direct competition with the two other contenders in this segment would mean increased potential rewards and profits, it should not be forgotten that the risks would be much greater and the investments much higher.

The final responsibility for the integrity of an SEC registrant’s internal controls lies on the management team. U.S. companies need to refer to a comprehensive framework of internal control when assessing the quality of financial reporting to determine that financial statements are being presented under General Accepted Accounting Principles, GAAP. The widely used framework is referred as COSO, Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission, sponsored by the following organizations American Accounting Association, the American Institute of CPA’s, Financial Executives International, the Institute of Internal Auditors, and the Institute of Management Accountants. COSO’s defines internal control as:

It is the biggest scandal Leicester has seen and it is happening right now. Land is being sold, neglected land, that was never given a chance. The council sells it cheap, to anyone who can afford it, making it anyone else’s problem but their own, turning away from their own responsibilities, conveniently making money in the process. The global giants come swarming in like vultures snapping up easy business expanses, whilst local economy suffers and green spaces vanish. I say, how about provide more parks, more cycle paths and walkways?

Continuing with our topic of plastic over consumption and the market, we move on from policy valuation methods to conducting a benefit cost analysis on available strategies. Regulatory impact assessments, or benefit-cost analyses, are sophisticated analytical tools for measuring the benefits and costs associated with a proposed regulation, policy initiative or project, while also evaluating other tradeoffs, such as potential job losses, and other societal impacts. We will narrow down all the possible strategies for reducing plastic consumption, using this as an opportunity to discuss the extreme of government regulation. A market ban on plastic.