Essays Tagged: "Huffman"
"Strategy without action is only a daydream, but action without strategy is a nightmare" Discuss the benefits of formal corporate planning in directing organisational action
nning in the 21st century.It is hard to get a proper definition of what strategy means today. Brian Huffman in his article "what makes strategy brilliant?" says many books offer theories of strategy a ... and "that a popular book on strategic management does not define the word strategy until page 127". Huffman continues that the reason; generally definitions are overly complex. Simply, he says, at its ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
Huffman Trucking: Database Implementation.
IntroductionHuffman Trucking, a Cleveland, Ohio logistics firm that recently acquired five regional carriers (Hu ... y study for building a relational database. In this study we will address the scope of the project, Huffman's business goals and assumptions. We will then present our findings concerning the projects ... s and list the system requirements we propose.Statement of Scope.In exploring possibilities to help Huffman Trucking expand and develop Entity-Relationship Diagrams for Fleet Truck Maintenance and a N ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science
Virtual Organization Employment Law: Huffman Trucking.
Huffman Trucking was founded in 1936 by K. Huffman, a native of Cleveland, Ohio. Huffman started the ... native of Cleveland, Ohio. Huffman started the company with a single tractor-trailer. The growth of Huffman Trucking was the direct result of World War II and the increased demand for carrier services ... and 36 trailers by 1945. The business relationship forged with the U.S. Government continues today. Huffman Trucking continued to grow from internal sales and the acquisition of five Eastern regional ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
Constitutional Rights Paper.
ortant for employers to protect themselves and their employees from injury and violation of rights. Huffman Trucking is currently preparing to enter into contract negotiations for the next five years. ... itute a policy of random alcohol and drug screening for their employees. Another of the issues that Huffman Trucking would like to include in the contract negotiations is the ability to discharge empl ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
New Product Public Relations Campaign: Huffman Trucking
costs, and easily applicable to current equipment. Moreover, we have also chosen a parent company (Huffman Trucking) that is financially solid, reputable and perfectly situated to promote a product o ... romote a product of this sort. We are planning to introduce this new product in Costa Rica. Where Huffman Trucking has recently expanded their business overseas.New Product DescriptionThe VBFP ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
A Review of Huffman Trucking Telephone and Data Networks
et the Service Request (SR-ht-010) presented, and to allow for system improvements in the projected Huffman Trucking's budget, several telephone and data network recommendations will be discussed thro ... .Through an initial study performed by the Information Technology (IT) Department, several areas of Huffman's current telephone and data network systems are in need of improvement. These modifications ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Technology
Enterprise DBMS Implementation
The implementation of a database management system (DBMS) solution for Huffman Trucking will provide the company with better management and control of the company's invent ... s solution is an online management and control system, which will include a website that will allow Huffman Trucking to complete transactions. The system implementation process has many inherent risks ... ets.AssumptionsTeam B has made a number of assumptions for the purposes of this paper. They are: 1) Huffman Trucking Inc. has implemented the Microsoft Access Fleet Truck Maintenance Database listed o ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
Constitutional Rights in the Work Place
Huffman Trucking is a privately owned trucking company that was founded in 1936 and has grown to inc ... ny that was founded in 1936 and has grown to include four locations as well as over 1350 employees. Huffman's primary customers include the US Government, auto part suppliers, and raw material manufac ... vide drug-free workplaces as a precondition of receiving a contract or grant from a Federal agency. Huffman Trucking counts the US Government as one of its primary customers so under this Act employee ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights
Business Types
on, sole proprietorship and limited partnership.Riordan Manufacturing, Smith Systems Consulting and Huffman Trucking are categorized under business type called a corporation. They have double taxation ... holders. Corporation is a legal entity which is composed of person but exists separately from them. Huffman Trucking is privately held company which was found by K. Huffman and continuous growth enabl ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Constitutional Rights- Huffman Trucking Company
their policies affect the company as well as the individual employee. For example, what right does Huffman Trucking have to issue pre-employment as well as random drug tests to their employees and do ... heir employees and does this violate the citizen's constitutional right to privacy? What right does Huffman Trucking have to search the cabins of their vehicles at random and does this violate the cit ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Cases
Disaster Recovery Plan
ersonnel, or loss of access to information and facilities." (Michigan State University)Team A chose Huffman Trucking Company to analyze the data and design a system for backing up the data for all loc ... up the data for all location and the way to communicate in case of disaster as follow:Organization: Huffman TruckingLocations: All Hub LocationsRequester: Chairman of the BoardDescription of Request: ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Management Planning & Decision Making
Huffman GPS
Historical BackgroundHuffman Trucking has a long-standing record of providing exemplary service for a reasonable price. K ... as a long-standing record of providing exemplary service for a reasonable price. K. Huffman founded Huffman Trucking in 1936 in Cleveland, Ohio using a single-tractor trailer to haul goods from the op ... the Midwest to ports along the East coast. By 1945, relationships with government services allowed Huffman Trucking to grow to 16 tractors, and 36 trailers. Huffman Trucking continued to grow with th ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
Intellectual Property Midterm
n Patent Law All information in this paper comes from William J. Marsden, Jr. and J. Andrew Huffman, Feature: E-Boom or E-Bust? "Business Method" Patent and The Future of Dotcommerce, 18 ... In E-Boom or E- Bust? "Business Method' Patents and the Future of Dotcommerce, Marsden and Huffman argue that State Street Bank v. Signature Financial Group, 149 F.3d 1360 (Fed. Cir. 1998), c ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Constitutional Rights
sumers. This paper will discuss two specific constitutional rights that may impact the employees of Huffman Trucking. Huffman Trucking will be doing an analysis of the search and seizure, privacy, and ... anization and determine if the constitutional rights of his or her employees are being violated. If Huffman Trucking is in violation of the constitutional rights of their employees, the company can an ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
Huffman Trucking - Fleet Truck Maintenance Proposal
The central maintenance facility for Huffman Trucking is presently sited in Cleveland, Ohio and at the moment has facility locations in C ... e, Missouri, and New Jersey. To successfully supervise their production, it is highly critical that Huffman Trucking will be capable of allocating information rather quickly regarding the vehicles mai ... relation with each of its hubs, this should also include a parts inventory and vendor data sheets. Huffman Trucking executive management staff requests a fair resolution with the purpose that would p ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
Virtual Organization Employment Law Paper
Organization Employment Law PaperBUS/415May 28, 2007Virtual Organization Employment Law PaperHuffman Trucking was founded in 1936 by K. Huffman, a native of Cleveland, Ohio. Huffman started the ... native of Cleveland, Ohio. Huffman started the company with a single tractor-trailer. The growth of Huffman Trucking was the direct result of World War II and the increased demand for carrier services ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Huffman Trucking VIOP
�PAGE � �PAGE �17� Huffman Huffman Network and Telephone RecommendationsTeam B has been tasked by Huffman Trucking to e ... uate the company's current telephone and data network and provide recommendations for improvements. Huffman Trucking has provided Team B with a Service Request (SR-ht-010) which provides the criteria ... y, increased capabilities, additional features, and estimated cost for project completion.BackgroundHuffman Trucking has been on the forefront for innovative transportation needs. With hubs located in ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking
E-Business and Intellectual Property
at "data structures encoded in computer memory constitute patentable subject matter" (Marsden & Huffman, 2000, p. 18). This had to cause a rush on the PTO. A whole new area of commerce had become ... rnet business methods.The third argument concerns the value of the patent. According to Marsden and Huffman,As long as the patent applicant does not overreach by seeking claims so broad that they ulti ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Organizational Employment
K. Huffman, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, founded Huffman Trucking in 1936. Huffman started the company ... Huffman Trucking in 1936. Huffman started the company with a single tractor-trailer. The growth of Huffman Trucking was the direct result of World War II and the increased demand for carrier services ... and 36 trailers by 1945. The business relationship forged with the U.S. Government continues today. Huffman Trucking continued to grow from internal sales and the acquisition of five Eastern regional ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
Virtual Organization Staffing Strategies Case Study - Huffman Trucking
nsider internal transfers, and creation of a talent strategy succession plan.The first strategy for Huffman Trucking is review and implementation of internal candidates for newly created positions. Th ... appropriate competences and skill sets.The organization has already implemented an online HRIS for Huffman employees, managers, and HRM. The addition of an employee internal resume would be an excell ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Human Resource Management