Feier Shen's Blog

It seems that although there is Indian Act to regulate the interaction with first nations,conflicts always exist. The news “Tsilhqot’in set to declare site of New Prosperity mine a tribal park” illustrates one of these conflicts. According to the Indian Act, “No Indian is lawfully in possession of land in a reserve unless, with the approval of the Minister, possession of the land has been allotted to him by the council of the band.” However, natives have folded the New Prosperity site into the tribal park boundary. As a Canadian…read more

News link: http://www.bnn.ca/News/2014/10/1/Staples-closes-15-stores-in-Canada.aspx As shown in this news, Staples Canada has closed 15 of 331 stores in this country because of the shock of online business. E-commerce has been developed at a rapid speed resulting from the technology and interactive information in recent years. Retail stores have been affected by the e-commerce trend widely and deeply.  Fewer people prefer to buy something in a bricks-and-mortar store in the modern society. Online shops offer the most convenience and the fast react of the trend to attract the customer. Moreover,they alter the tradition shop…read more

As mentioned in the class, operation management is the key part of a successful corporation. Dell is a successful and innovative model of virtual integration which can take advantage of resources and make a win-win situation. Based on virtual integration, Dell can make flexible changes according to the customers and market. In the modern society, it is necessary to change in the trend. Nokia once was the leader of the cell phone market. Trace back to 2007 and before, Nokia was the  first choice of customer because of the high…read more

I strongly agree with zheqi chen’s idea that employers should pay more attention to the social responsibilities while maximizing the profit to achieve a sustainable development. In some developing areas, the law to guarantee the equal rights of the workers is not completed. Even the workers themselves are lack of the knowledge of law so that they have no idea whether they are treated equally. In my opinion, to the enterprises in the developing area,although the labour price there is low,they still need to complete the welfare and insurance  system…read more