The internal research department of Libra Inc. has found that the packaging of health supplements produced by the company is faulty, and is resulting in poor quality. Despite this knowledge, the company has not improved the packaging and instead has advertised to its customers that their packaging is foolproof.
Gamma Corp. has recently bought stocks in an under performing company that has failed to maximize stockholder wealth. Gamma Corp. has made changes to the top management structure of the company and has persuaded the management to pursue strategies that maximize the wealth of stockholders.
cyclizine (Marezine) dimenhydrinate (Dramamine) meclizine (Antivert) scopolamine ( Transderm-Scop) Drugs used to treat obesity. act in 2 ways: keep dietary fat from being absorbed from intestines into blood or suppress the appetite to decrease the total amount of food being eaten. lipase inhibitor drugs.
psyllium (Fiberall, Metamucil, Perdiem) Laxative drugs: stool softener drugs. emulsifiers that allow fat in stool to mix with water to soften the stool. docusate (Colace, Dulcolax, Surfak) polyethylene glycol (PEG) (MiraLax) MiraLax- first prescription laxative drug available as OTC drug.
certain antiemetic drugs are used specifically to treat nausea and vomiting caused by chemo drugs. antiemetic drugs for motion sickness or vertigo. occurs when repetitive but varying motions of car, boat, or airplane overstimulate inner ear and activate vomiting center in the brain.
metoclopramide (Reglan) Drugs used to treat peptic ulcers: ulcer located anywhere in esophagus, stomach, or duodenum. in stomach are known as gastric ulcers. all begin with irritation of mucous membranes caused by hydrochloric acid that strips away the protective mucus from surface of mucous membrane.
drugs act either by blocking inner ear stimuli from reaching the vomiting center in brain or by reducing sensitivity of inner ear to motion.
methylprednisolone (Medrol) prednisolone (Orapred, Pediapred) Drugs used to treat diseases of the intestines: drugs for crohn's disease. chronic disease of the ileum and colon with areas of inflammation followed by normal mucosa (skip areas). also is treated with antispasmotic and corticosteroid drugs.
Aspirin, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), alcohol, and caffeine also irritate mucous membranes and can contribute to ulcer formation. Gastric and duo denal ulcers can also be caused by bacterial infection due to bacterium Helicobacter pylori.
Implementing and executing a company's strategy: is a task for every manager and the whole management team, but ultimate responsibility for success or failure falls upon the top senior executives, especially the chief executive officer of the company.
The principal managerial components of the strategy execution process include: instituting policies and procedures that facilitate strategy execution and tying rewards and incentives to the achievement of strategic and financial targets.
Sometimes a company can short-circuit the task of building an organizational capability in-house by: either acquiring a company that has already developed the capability or else acquiring the desired capability through collaborative efforts with outsiders having the requisite skills, know-how, and expertise.
The three components of building a capable organization are: staffing the organization, acquiring, developing, and strengthening key resources and competitive capabilities, and structuring the organization and work effort.
bundles of skills and know-how that most often grow out of the collaborative efforts of cross-functional work groups and departments performing complementary activities at different locations in a firm's value chain.
A multidivisional structure consists of a: decentralized structure with of a set of operating divisions organized along business, product, customer groups or geographic lines, and a central corporate headquarters that allocates resources, provides support functions, and monitors divisional activities.
8. Proprietorships are the most widely used form although they are generally the smallest organizations in. terms of assets. True. 9. A weakness for a proprietorship is that owner's liability for debts of the firm is unlimited.
Agency costs are the tangible and intangible expenses borne by shareholders because of the actual or. potential self-serving actions of managers; and agency costs can include explicit, out-of-pocket expenses. True. 46.