Essays Tagged: "Sunbeam"

The Ax Falls on Sunbeam's Chainsaw Al

Why were Dunlap's goals unrealistic for Sunbeam?Dunlap's goal were definitely too extreme for Sunbeam. Chainsaw Al was only focused on short ... es of skilled and experienced talent throughout the corporation.In order to meet Dunlap's goals for Sunbeam; 1) Doubling revenues to $2 billion within the next 12 months Sunbeam would have had to incr ... of consumers, 3. Since household appliances had a 2.5 percent profit margin it was impossible that Sunbeam could increase profit margins by 20%. (Mescon, et al, 2002).Was Dunlap's slice-and-dice plan ...

(3 pages) 93 0 4.3 Jun/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Computer and Electronics Companies

The Big Fallacy: Al Dunlap's ineffective effectiveness approach at Sunbeam.

Abstract.This paper analyses the organizational effectiveness of Sunbeam during the 2-years management period of CEO Al Dunlap. It looks different strategic constitu ... their satisfaction with the downsizing measures introduced by Al Dunlap. The paper will show, that Sunbeam's top management failed to satisfy internal and external demands and to follow a consistent ... tions. This paper will show that the stakeholders' assumption was a big fallacy.IntroductionIn 1996 Sunbeam, an US manufacturer of household appliances hired the famous manager Al Dunlap as its CEO (B ...

(8 pages) 128 0 4.5 Dec/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Sunbeam Corporation

Audit AssignmentTITLE:S.E.C Accuses Former Sunbeam Official of FraudGROUP MEMBER:1. Ling Deng Kei 930701-13-62952. Christoper Lau 930806-13-609 ... FraudGROUP MEMBER:1. Ling Deng Kei 930701-13-62952. Christoper Lau 930806-13-60991. IntroductionThe Sunbeam Corporation began as a small branch of the American group which the name of the company at t ... name of the company was later changed to Cooper Engineering Company and in 1946 it changed again to Sunbeam Corporation. In 1989, the company was renamed again to the Sunbeam-Oster Company, Inc until ...

(7 pages) 2 0 0.0 Sep/2014

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies