| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
|---|
| 4453.1 | | IROCZ::MORRISON | Bob M. LKG1-3/A11 226-7570 | Thu Feb 29 1996 15:34 | 2 |
| Admired by who? Customers, stockholders, employees, or a combination thereof?
Obviously admiration by the press is a factor.
|
| 4453.2 | Admired for what? | SMURF::HAYDEN | | Thu Feb 29 1996 15:46 | 7 |
|
Admired for what? Great products? Great place to retire? Great
management? Great connection with customers? Great financials?
Tom
|
| 4453.3 | Here are the bullets | MPOS01::BJAMES | I feel the need, the need for SPEED | Thu Feb 29 1996 16:02 | 15 |
| The survey for Most Admired Corporations is drawn from a universe of
the Fortune 500 combined industrial and service directory. To
determine the rankings, Fortune asked more than 11,000 executives,
outside directors, and financial analysts to rate the ten largest
companies by revenues in thier industry by eight criteria. Companies
were assigned to an industry group according to the business that
contributed to the bulk of their revenues.
The eight criteria were: Quality of Management, Quality of Products and
Services, Ability to attract, develop and keep talented people, value
as a long term investment, use of corporate assets, financial
soundness, innovativeness and community and environmental
responsibility.
Mav
|
| 4453.4 | Further stat.s | MPOS01::BJAMES | I feel the need, the need for SPEED | Thu Feb 29 1996 16:13 | 4 |
| By the way, our score was 5.61 which placed us 337 out of 417 (4th
quartile). #336 was Nynex at 5.62 and #338 was Gillett Holdings at
5.59. Coca-Cola #1 had a rating of 8.70 while TWA #417 had a rating of
3.05
|
| 4453.5 | Statistics | NETCAD::GENOVA | | Thu Feb 29 1996 16:15 | 5 |
|
A famous person once said about Statistics.
"Statistics, what they reveal is subjective, what they conceal is
vital!".
|
| 4453.6 | It's all in the Financials | NCMAIL::YANUSC | | Thu Feb 29 1996 16:19 | 13 |
| Too often these "Most Admired Surveys" are nothing more than a
tabulation of whose financials are looking the best. It has held true
in the past, and you need to look no further than Digital to see it
holds true in the present. Digital turns a much improved profit
picture - bingo, we score a big gain.
The bottom line to financial people is the financials. What you do for
charity, for your employees, and so forth are generally mentioned, but
if you don't meet the gate on the financial side, you don't get a
hearing. Go back to see where Digital placed a few years ago - what
has changed outside the financial picture?
Chuck
|
| 4453.7 | More on statistics | SAPEC3::TRINH | | Fri Mar 01 1996 07:04 | 3 |
| re. .4
Or: "I only believe in statistics manipulated by myself".
|
| 4453.8 | Whe Apple Computer? | KYOSS1::CHEN | | Fri Mar 01 1996 10:51 | 8 |
|
re. .0
I do not consider Apple is a good place (better than Digital) to be in,
now.
/john
|
| 4453.9 | | DECWIN::MCCARTNEY | | Fri Mar 01 1996 12:19 | 4 |
| re: .4 and .7
or my favorite,
"There are lies, there are d*mn lies, and there are statistics"
|
| 4453.10 | 38.56% of all statistics are meaningless | SSDEVO::DESKO | Rick in Storage - DTN 522-3905 | Fri Mar 01 1996 13:49 | 1 |
|
|
| 4453.11 | my favorite... | SWAM1::STERN_TO | Tom Stern -- Have TK, will travel! | Mon Mar 04 1996 14:43 | 2 |
| "Some people use statistics the way a drunkard uses a lamppost:
for support rather than illumination"
|