Description: Lower transportation costs, competitive wages, technology and employee productivity have made North America a manufacturing destination. In a sign of this manufacturing renaissance, GE, one of the world’s largest appliance manufacturers, gearing up its almost-dormant Louisville facilities for new product development and production. Source: SmartPlanet.com Date: Dec 05, 2012 Link: http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/6-reasons-manufacturing-is-returning-to-north-america/7422?tag=nl.e660&s_cid=e660 Questions for Discussions:… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Ethics & Social Responsibility
No Sleep Till Christmas: Etsy Sellers’ Haggard Holidays
Description: To keep up with orders on the world’s largest marketplace of handmade stuff, Kelly Engel starts sewing shortly after her four-month-old son wakes up at 4 a.m., and works until her husband, a school counselor, leaves at 7:30 a.m. She squeezes in a couple of hours while her two boys (her oldest is two… Read more »
For advertising, a user experience revolution
Description: Lynn Teo is impressed. “It’s funny,” she says, “how just one gesture can make such an impact.”We’ve met at the cafe of the Crosby Street Hotel in lower Manhattan. It’s a few days before Thanksgiving, and the dining room already bustles with extra guests. Noting the noise and my tabletop recorder, Teo asked the… Read more »
The Game of Business
Description: Ever watch gamers thumbing away at Fruit Ninja, World of Warcraft, or Angry Birds? They’re totally absorbed in the moment. What are they playing for? The personal satisfaction of reaching a new expert level or using a magical sword to slay imaginary monsters? Don’t scoff: The video game business is a $70 billion industry…. Read more »
Why Can’t Walmart Be More Like Costco?
Description: Because they’re really very different Source: The DailyBeast.com Date: Nov 26, 2012 Link: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/11/26/why-can-t-walmart-be-more-like-costco.html Questions for Discussions: Summarize the comparison between the operations of Walmart and Costco. Are Costco employees more productive? Should Walmart try to become more like Costco? What would change, if anything at either of these retailers?
Improving Medtronic’s execution
Description: CEO Omar Ishrak discusses his efforts to improve Medtronic’s execution shortly after taking the helm of the medical technology company. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Nov 02, 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/magazines/fortune/2012/11/02/ldrshp-medtronic-3.fortune/ Questions for Discussions: Summarize the reorganizing efforts undertaken by incoming CEO Omar Ishrak. Why are “goals” always at the center of this effort?… Read more »
Get paid to play video games
Description: A video game designer at Riot Games in Los Angeles explains what his job entails and how he landed his dream gig. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Nov 01, 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/pf/2012/11/01/pf-video-game-designer-best-jobs.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: How would you write the job description for a game designer? What criteria would you think an HR… Read more »
For Some After the Storm, No Work Means No Pay
Description: Chantal Sainvilus, a home health aide in Brooklyn who makes $10 an hour, does not get paid if she does not show up. So it is no wonder that she joined the thousands of people taking extreme measures to get to work this week, even, in her case, hiking over the Williamsburg Bridge. Source: … Read more »
As New York City Marathon Sponsor, ING Comes Under Fire
Description: ING’s (ING) sponsorship of the New York City Marathon turned into a branding disaster this week as a divided city debated whether the city should hold the ING New York City Marathon on Sunday. Source: Businessweek.com Date: Nov 02, 2012 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-11-02/as-sponsor-of-new-york-city-marathon-ing-comes-under-fire#r=hpt-lst Questions for Discussions: What are the public relations lessons to be learned… Read more »
Chinese workers: America’s loss is our gain
Description: A Bain Capital subsidiary is shifting jobs from its plant in Indiana to China, and workers there are happy to have them. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Oct 25, 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2012/10/25/n-china-taking-american-jobs.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: What does this report say about changes to operations and global development of business? How should US managers… Read more »
