Summary: Despite the low-wage, low-prestige reputation of the typical "McJob," a McDonald's franchise owner often manages budgets and income in the millions of dollars. This CNBC program looks at the history and working philosophy behind the world's largest food-service corporation, featuring a number of interviews and concise case studies. An operations manager runs six Connecticut restaurants and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Kaufman, Josh
Summary: "Provides a comprehensive overview of every major business topic: entrepreneurship, product development, marketing, sales, negotiation, accounting, finance, productivity, communication, psychology, leadership, management, systems design, analysis, and operations ... in clear, straightforward, and simple terms."--Back cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 650 KAUSummary: Which part of a company has the most impact on product design? On employee training? On forming relationships with customers? This business case study addresses those questions by examining the needs, strategies, and goals of a major corporation's departments. Going behind the scenes at Holden, a thriving General Motors subsidiary, the program features interviews with managers and directors in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: In this Peabody Award-winning program, CNBC's David Faber scrutinizes Wal-Mart as he seeks to understand how the company has ascended to the heights of power it has come to occupy-and whether this juggernaut can continue to succeed in the face of increased opposition. Given unprecedented access, Faber takes viewers from an annual managers' meeting that resembles an evangelical revival to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: A detailed and revealing case study, this CNBC program guides viewers through the corporate dimensions of the world's largest passenger jet fleet. Students will witness high-level management maneuvers undertaken behind the closed doors of executive suites. Several rarely discussed aspects of the airline industry are addressed-chief among them, how a labor-management conflict is sorted out and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: CNBC's Becky Quick travels with iconic billionaire Warren Buffett during a business trip to China and South Korea. Warren Buffett: The Billionaire Next Door-Going Global provides an inside look at the whirlwind tour, showcases Buffett's views on investing and wealth management, and offers a succinct case study of his first international acquisition, Iscar Metalworking. In an extended interview...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: With hundreds of thousands of employees worldwide, a net worth in the billions, and a dozen brands, General Motors is at the center of the political debate over globalization, the environment, and the future of the U.S. economy. In this program, GM President and CEO Rick Wagoner talks with BBC Chief Washington Correspondent Matt Frei. Topics under discussion include America's unending love...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Global conglomerate ArcelorMittal not only dominates the world steel market-it also serves as an eye-opening case study for those interested in corporate mergers and acquisitions. This program explores the history of the company and the career of its most prominent owner, Indian-born entrepreneur Lakshmi Mittal. Although Mittal himself avoids media attention, several company insiders and key...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: This program spotlights two very different small-business owners-a physical therapist and a performance artist-who have something very important in common: a business plan. Over the course of the video, Peter Dolan and Neda Rahmani talk about the key components of a business plan: the executive summary and overview, the operations plan, the marketing plan, and the financial plan. Expert...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Large organizations can only survive in a highly competitive environment if they have the resilience to effectively deal with change, whether coming from within the company or from the outside. The impact of nonsmoking legislation on places of business is used as an example of such change as this program explains how Club Med on Lindeman Island, Australia, effectively retooled itself to comply...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: How can American employees compete against super-low-wage, no-benefits workers abroad? How can corporations call themselves American while outsourcing large pieces of their business overseas? And how can American companies deal with labor practices in other countries that would be proscribed in the U.S.? In this Fred Friendly Seminar moderated by Harvard Law School's Charles Ogletree, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: In a lifetime that spans nearly a century, Peter Drucker is one of America's foremost experts on the subject of change. Widely known as the father of modern management, he has advised governments and corporations throughout the world, written dozens of books that have been translated into numerous languages, and even penned a column for The Wall Street Journal. In this program with Bill Moyers,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: How did Jason Osborn and Jason Wright turn Feed Granola into a hot brand and a household name in less than two years? This CNBC program depicts the entire process, with commentary from Inc.com senior editor Rod Kurtz, Whole Foods Market regional coordinator Kara Rubin, and the two models-turned-business-partners themselves. Also headlining the program is Sara Blakely of Spanx, a company that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Comparisons between General Motors and the Titanic are unfortunate, but inevitable. Confusing luxury with reliability, favoring a bloated status quo over true innovation, and ignoring a host of danger signals, GM finally fell victim to its own errors. This ABC News program studies the economic icebergs that sent the company into bankruptcy-as well as the technological life rafts that could, if...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: From the boardroom, to the executive suite, to offices and shop floors, the world of big business is making more demands, requiring greater risks, and offering fewer certainties than ever before. In this Fred Friendly Seminar moderated by Harvard Law School's Charles Nesson, fourteen panelists-movers and shakers from the spheres of industry, finance, law, consulting, publishing, and the federal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Dozens of Fortune 100 companies agree that The Music Paradigm, the ingenious brainchild of conductor Roger Nierenberg, promotes keen insights into the dynamics of corporate leadership and communication. In this program, Nierenberg leads the BBC concert orchestra and executives from several major corporations through a series of interactive exercises relating to the complex interplay between...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Once the reigning symbol of American industrial might, General Motors now ranks among the most visible casualties of the global economic crisis. What specific forces cut the industrial giant down to size, and what strategies will enable it to rebuild? This CNBC Original documentary goes inside GM as it scrambles to stay alive and-if it can learn from the past-regain its former glory. Topics...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Napster and Goosehead.com exemplify how technology and the Internet have given rise to a wave of businesses with extremely young leaders. This program looks at the emergence of a new breed of entrepreneurs and their impact on the American work environment. It addresses such questions as whether these young people are prepared for the responsibilities of running a company and if their ideals...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Blake Mycoskie had four companies under his belt when he got his best idea yet: create a shoe company that gives away one pair for every pair sold. This CNBC program shows how Mycoskie used his business sense and budding celebrity status to grow TOMS Shoes into a global brand, while donating over 115,000 pairs of shoes to children in need. Also featured is Frontera Foods, brainchild of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This episode of CEO Exchange introduces viewers to two resourceful CEOs who are revolutionizing the way we think about food and energy around the globe. After decades in the oil industry, Patricia Woertz has brought renewed energy to Archer Daniels Midland, now the leading producer of biofuels. At Deere & Company, Bob Lane is combining the traditional quality of the legendary equipment...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Essentially, a manager's style is the way he or she makes decisions, relates to subordinates, and lays out a vision for an organization. This program examines five widely recognized management styles, commonly identified as autocratic, persuasive, consultative, participative, and laissez faire. Viewers learn about each style's characteristics, advantages, drawbacks, and practical applications....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: It has produced captains of industry for more than a century, but what specific training does the Harvard Business School offer? What can an HBS graduate expect in today's economic environment? This CNBC Original documentary ventures into the school's hallowed halls, examining the culture in which top executives and corporate leaders are groomed. Interviews with first-year students highlight...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Union membership continues to lag and even the term "collective bargaining" carries a decidedly un-American connotation. Why have labor unions lost much of the influence they once exerted on the U.S. economy? In this program, a variety of labor leaders and social and political activists examines the dynamic shift in labor-management relations over the past four decades that has changed the face...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Numbering Nike, Apple, and Procter & Gamble among its many big-name clients, it looks as if IDEO, one of the most influential product development firms in the world, is on to something. In this program, ABC News anchor Ted Koppel and correspondent Jack Smith visit IDEO to see the company demonstrate its highly effective form of brainstorming called the "deep dive. An enemy of planning done by a...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006