line vulnerability

Examples of line vulnerability in the following topics:

• Product Line

  • Line depth refers to the number of subcategories a category has.
  • Line consistency refers to how closely related the products that make up the line are.
  • Line vulnerability refers to the percentage of sales or profits that are derived from only a few products in the line.
  • The first is a full-line strategy while the second is called a limited line strategy.
  • Line-filling strategies occur when a void in the existing product line has not been filled or a new void has developed due to the activities of competitors or the request of consumers.

• Alternative Philosophies

  • A high degree of specialization and its complementary division of labor can make whole classes of workers economically vulnerable in times of recession or as the industries they work in evolve, requiring different skills as the modes of production change.
  • A high degree of specialization and it's complimentary division of labour can make whole classes of workers economically vulnerable in times of recession or as the industries they work in evolve, requiring different skills as the modes of production.
  • A typical approach might be to replace assembly lines with modular work; instead of an employee repeating the same step on each product, they perform several tasks on a single item.
  • Replacing assembly lines with modular work is one example of job enlargement.

• The paradox of the public pledge

  • There is a tension between a profession's public responsibility and its commitment (also made publicly) to the private, vulnerable client.
  • For many professionals the matter stops with the pledge: "I swear the patient's interests comes first, end of discussion. " Yet this commitment to the vulnerable client is only half the issue, as the business and professional crises of our times illustrate.
  • Instead, that they have agreed to assume a unique ethical burden, to work at the transaction point where issues of significant human value are on the line.

• Practicing through Anxiety

  • Ways to reduce this imagined power is to increase the sense of one's own power, to perceive the vulnerability of others, and to accept oneself.
  • According to Lybi Ma with Psychology Today, "Being prepared is your first line of attack.

• Information and Risk Trade-Off

  • The measure of IT risk can be determined as a product of threat, vulnerability, and asset values (Risk = Threat x Vulnerability x Asset Value).

• Line and Staff Structure

  • The line and staff structure combines the line organization with support from staff departments .
  • The distinguishing characteristic between simple line organizations and line and staff organizations is the multiple layers of management within the latter.
  • While the staff departments may not directly contribute to the production of the firm like the line positions do, their services indirectly support the line positions.
  • Organizations begin as line-only, with line managers having direct control over all activities, including administrative ones.
  • Explain the dynamics between the line managers and staff positions of a typical line and staff structure

• Combining internal and external equity

  • The next step will be to combine these two sets of data, to create a pay policy line.
  • The pay policy line can be drawn freehand, by graphing actual salaries and connecting the dots.
  • Regression generates a straight line that best fits the data by minimizing the variance around the line.
  • In other words, the straight line generated by the regression analysis will be the line that best combines the internal value of a job (from job evaluation points) and the external value of a job (from the market survey).
  • You can also enact a policy of "leading" the market by raising the line, and the policy of "lagging" the market by lowering the line.

• Savings and Loan Associations (S&Ls)

  • By law, thrifts must have at least 65% of their lending in mortgages and other consumer loans, making them particularly vulnerable to housing downturns, such as the deep one the United States has experienced since 2007.

• Credit Unions

  • Credit unions are more vulnerable to risk, and thus may not be as willing as larger banks to lend money without confidence in repayment

• The origins of lean thinking

  • The subsequent strategy the company developed of borrowing huge amounts of money to become number one in production resulted in Toyota making itself extremely vulnerable to steep declines in demand, which is not akin to being ‘lean'.