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- 2781: Institutions That Facilitate Economic Segregation
- ... barrier that confines them to the lower class. Newman also argues that the occupational structure has an impact on communities as well as individuals.(383) As corporations move out of inner cities with high crime rates and into suburbs, manufacturing jobs once ideal for the poor are now distant and impractical. This change now isolates the urban poor from the rest of society "economically, socially, and geographically." (Newman 383) The structure ...
- 2782: The History of General Motors
- ... of celebrations, sales records, anniversaries, and styling and engineering innovations. Decades of engineering and style improvements crescendoed in flashy gas guzzlers. Flamboyant fins and high-compression V-8 engines were the order of the day. Interest in road racing went into high gear. People got serious about collecting and restoring automobiles. Cars acquired an entirely new look through advances in glass manufacturing, which made possible features like wraparound windows. The car ...
- 2783: Immigration and Its Effect on the Economy of the U.S
- ... The unemployment rate for foreign-born workers with less than a ninth grade education in 1994 was 13 percent; for those with some high school but no diploma, it was 15.2 percent. The comparable rates for native-born workers were 13.5 percent and 29.9 percent." Consequently, the greatest labor market impact of immigration is in the sector of the labor market that is already having the greatest difficulty ...
- 2784: Motivation to Work Well Depends More Than High Wages and on Working Conditions
- ... only motivator, it can act as an incentive to work more productively; "Pay buys the goods and services that people want to satisfy other needs. The more boring the job, and the less its intrinsic interest the greater the importance of money as a motivator and incentive to effort". Hammond (1988). An organisation offers both intrinsic and extrinsic rewards to its employees. It must be realised that pay is only an ...
- 2785: Deregulation of the Airline Industry
- ... these air carriers, we can better understand the economic impacts of price versus service in the airline industry as a whole, as well as, the impacts on passenger and investor confidence. Until 1978, air transport rates were approved by the government, which meant that price was not a primary competitive factor. Instead, airlines would compete on service and image. The airline industry was dominated by giants (American, United, TWA) which offered ...
- 2786: The Business Life of Ancient Athens
- ... In most cases the merchant went on the ship to get the goods to sell. Then on returning, the merchant would sell the goods, and then pay off the lender, with a 22.5 percent interest rate. In many cases, problems occurred, sometimes a merchant returned late, could not pay all of the money back, or something or other. Therefore the idea of a collateral was invented. Also, courts were established ...
- 2787: Heavy Weather at American Airlines
- ... in the long run. From the employees point of view, it would look like American is kind of a greedy bunch. The pay raise that was offered does not even keep up with current inflation rates, yet they can justify spending six-billion on new equipment, when the truly do not need to replace it that quickly. A small scale replacement of equipment would probably make everyone much happier. It could ...
- 2788: What The United States Can Learn From Japan
- ... failing low-tech industries should provide loans, subsidies and R&D money for firms that are producing high technology products. Unfortunately, there are several impediments to copying Japan's model: first, tremendous political pressure from interest groups forces politicians to give corporate welfare to failing established firms and not emerging firms. Second, it is difficult for a government to select which sectors of the economy it will target. But despite these ...
- 2789: TQM In An Accounting Environment
- ... different levels of staffing. Good communication is a key. 3) Areas to be measured to reflect a variety of measures, such as time savings, cost savings, profits gained, etc. 4) All areas should reflect the interest of both the internal and external customers interests. This will incorporate both the control measures from the internal customer and the feedback and improvement measure from the customers. What are the customers requirements and what ...
- 2790: Total Quality Management
- ... This could be achieved through constant quality improvement and innovations. Why Do Companies Lose Customers: Death of Customer 1% Customer Moving Residence 3% Lower Price Elsewhere 5% Unsatisfactory Handling of Complaints 14% Suppliers' Lack of Interest 68% As shown in the above graph above TQM's success includes the incorporation on quality of the after sales service and follow up. The quality needed in maintaining a customer will be less as ...
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