http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Tue, 21 May 2013 22:52:32 PDT Tue, 21 May 2013 22:52:32 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=90900 This is an excellent interactive on-line case study of the Cameron Hot Air Balloon factory in Bristol, UK. It covers many aspects of the functional disciplines of business: human resource management, operations, production management, accounting, marketing, etc. It also includes hypertext links to different departments in the ACTUAL FACTORY! The site is Illustrated with real photos, bios of various managers, and data. This is a real find! http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=85696 Students will explore ethical decision making and current issues in e-commerce as they follow the developments of E-Kin -- a company started by graduate students. As E-Kin grows and delves into the world of e-commerce, the founders and executives encounter some tough decision making. The case study is presented in a multimedia format, with Flash movies which describe the company background, scenarios of busines ethics issues, and an overview of ethical decision-making. The case studies were written by graduate students of Dr. Beverly Kracher at Creighton University. Permission was given to the author to adapt the materials to a multimedia format, publish to the Web, and submit to Merlot. The case study consists of four scenarios -- each with a Flash movie scenario, company employee bios, and case questions. Additional resources include a page of e-commerce links and an e-commerce newsfeed. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=365576 An interactive exercise which encourages students to explore alternative designs for a job cost system. After studying the current cost system of a company, students will simulate alternative approaches and monitor the affects on costs and profits.The case is based around four exercises:- cost behaviour and the classification of costs- job cost systems- tracing of additional costs - alternative allocation bases Through a series of questions (with feedback), students are encouraged to explore tracing different costs and allocation bases to make comparisons on the validity of different job cost systems. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=261248 This is a brief case study regarding Innocent Drinks and McDonalds.  Innocent is using a trial of selling cartons of its children's strawberry, raspberry and blackberry smoothies as a drinks option for McDonald's Happy Meals http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=80848 In the PBS program "Tax Me if You Can" Frontline correspondent Hedrick Smith investigates the rampant abuse of tax shelters since the 1990s. The 60 minute program can be viewed online in its entirety with Real Player or in twelve minute segments as follows: 1) Epidemic of Bogus Tax Shelters, 2) A Game of Cat and Mouse, 3) Phantom Paper Loss, 4) Inside the Shelter Machine, and 5) Clearning up the Mess. Links to supporting materials including a text based introduction to the program are also available. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=79389 This site provides links to three different cases that involve ethics in computing (Therac-25, Machado, and Huges Aircraft). Each contains a brief history of the case, teaching suggestions specific to the case, socio-technical and ethical analysis, two versions of exercises, and a variety of supporting documents. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=80601 A website dedicated to the classic social psychology experiment on obedience and conformity conducted at Stanford University. Contains slide show, discussion materials and additional resources. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=365691 This case details the story of IKEA and its communication strategy, from its arrival in Spain in 1996, to the year 2004. The case also details the history of the company and examples of different campaigns from around the World.Students can see examples of different marketing campaigns, depending on the objectives and the desired outcome that the company wished to achieve in the different stages. TV commercials, outdoor print and catalogue examples provide background for the analysis. As a conclusion, students are asked to consider four alternate campaigns for the future, to encourage posterior discussion in class. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=380758 Each year the USC Marshall School of Business has a case competition. Listed here are the cases from 2005 through 2008 along with a link to the case materials. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=394163 I am absolute pleased after listening the podcast "Task Significance״. It really makes sense to connect employees to the beneficiaries of their work. I did work as manager for small companies and I know how hard is to help employees to see the importance of their work, and it is really hard to increase productivity. Aaron Grant's research is very useful; it shows that employees are not only motivated by the amount of money they can make in their jobs, but they can be motivated by personal satisfaction in producing goods or service that have significance to others. Fascinating!