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Managers are, for the most part, responsible for everything that occurs in the working environment. This incorporates the activities of their representatives and any errors they make. However, it is only possible if workers care about the business’s benefit. Sometimes, employees themselves can likewise be responsible in specific cases, especially...
Employment discrimination is unfair treatment in the workplace when hiring, promoting, and determining wages. Discrimination in employment is characterized by a certain biased attitude of the employer to the qualities of a potential employee that are not related to professional ones. In countries where it is customary to determine wages...
Introduction The proposed initiative, the Brazilian market entry of a U.S. manufacturer of disposable diapers, requires particular attention due to the differences in conditions of the two locations. The conflicting views regarding the use of an original advertising message and the responsibility for pricing decisions alongside the trends of the...
Customer experience is essential for consumers and owners of businesses. It is assumed that if people come to the place to receive service or buy a product, they will get high-quality treatment from personnel. In this case, it is not necessary whether the business is small or large; as customers,...
For the purpose of discussion, I have chosen the company Martini & Rossi since it fulfills the requirements pertaining to an industry in the mature stage. As it is effectively described by Parnell (2014a), the mature firm serves its clients with sufficient quality and quantity of a product, rarely introduces...
Taza Chocolate Chocolate is one of the mainstays for American customers and comes in different forms. The country has numerous companies that make chocolate and its derived products with a broad range of stores vending such brands. Taza is one of the American-based enterprises that concentrate on the manufacture of...
One of the main reasons for communication failures is insufficient awareness of the other’s culture and traditions, lacking background knowledge, and intentions to learn it. An accurate translation can improve the brand message and convey the desired meaning. However, some companies, such as Target Corporation, already have an established negative...
Introduction The success of any business firm depends on the level of leadership involvement and the willingness to respond to the changing economic times. Companies that fail to focus on emerging forces, formulate proper models, and address identified challenges find it hard to achieve their business aims. Organizational theorists propose...
Accounts Receivable Collections The account receivables for the company seem to be increasing year on year, which indicates that their clients are increasingly paying on credit. It also shows a rising trend that could impact available cash flow (Marshall et al., 2020). Another crucial dimension of the accounts receivable is...
Before discussing the current organization and the type of communication that is most characteristic of it, it may be crucial to gain more insight into the essential differences between tall and flat organizational communication variations. When an organization is defined as “tall,” communication is rarely established directly, as there are...
Introduction The present report aims at assessing the financial health of Intel Inc. in 2013. The report analyzes trends in key indicators of financial performance, including total revenues, gross profit, net profit, total assets, and total equity. The report also provides an analysis of liquidity, leverage, and profitability using relevant...
Why Businesses Should Embrace Remote Work Transition to remote work has been a business trend even before COVID-19, but the pandemic forced organizations to adopt this employment type more rapidly and extensively. The study conducted by Felstead and Henseke (2017) shows that the percentage of people working mainly remotely rose...
Contract management is a complex process that involves the principal and agent. For a particular study, the role of the principal is given to the government, and the role of the agent is any contractor who is providing services. Usually, the government’s and the contractor’s objectives are conflicting. The objective...
Introduction Today, the ability to solve business problems, conflicts between employees to maintain the team spirit within the team is an essential part of the functioning of the business. According to Minda, “thinking is so central to the human experience that it has been described as the essence of being”...
Introduction The locomotive industry entails a diverse range of corporations and organizations involved in designing, developing, producing, and marketing motor vehicles. Stakeholders in the automotive industries vend machines across the world markets, which cover both advanced and developing nations. The development of the motorized industry has been affected by various...
Employee selection is the process of interviewing and evaluating candidates for a job based on certain criteria. Its main purpose is to match the company’s needs and requirements with the skills and qualifications of individuals. The selection procedures vary depending on the company, position, type of business, and working environment....
Business success depends on many factors that are important to consider. The talented management of work processes enables organizations to maximize the value of their results and meet the business strategy they set. Among the factors related to the company’s work, stakeholders stand out. This concept includes individuals, groups, or...
Data Governance includes the processes and technologies required to manage and secure data as a company asset to guarantee complete and reliable corporate data. It concerns creating methods and techniques performed by the responsible team for standardizing, integrating, protecting and storing corporate data. This paper aims to define the concept...
Target Market of Nine West An analysis of consumer behavior determines those customer market segments that can best be served by the firm. These segments are the target market. Target market can be defined as potential consumers to whom a product is marketed. Firms cannot meet all needs of all...
MGM Resorts International is a holding company that owns and operates casino resorts. It offers gaming, hotels, conference rooms, restaurants, entertainment venues, shops, and other resort amenities. The company is widely represented in Las Vegas but also develops in Atlantic City, Mississippi, Maryland, Detroit, and other gambling zones in the...
Executive Summary Over the past decades, the world has changed dramatically, and the business realm has not been left behind. The scenario is exemplified in the article “Exploiting the Virtual Value Chain” by Rayport and Sviokla, published in 1995 in the Harvard Business Review. The authors argue that businesses nowadays...
Nowadays, managers often misinterpret the true meaning of strategy. They define it as an instrument of identifying and targeting appealing markets to then find the most effective methods of maintaining lucrative positions of an advantage there. Unfortunately, protecting market positions cannot ensure the profitability and growth of an enterprise. Todd...
An organization’s leadership is primarily focused on inspiring employees to achieve organizational tasks. It is also preoccupied with formulating a broader vision for an organization and developing stakeholder buy-in to support its achievements. There are various types of leadership styles used by managers to motivate their workers. Some of the...
A rule-based expert system is a system that is characterized by a knowledge base with the domain knowledge fed or represented in terms of rules. A rule-based system is ideally a representation of the deep knowledge of human beings. It is very complex and is comprised of different explanation facilities,...
The main problem in this case study is the misunderstanding between the immediate supervisor Corey and employee Stacy. The staff member claims that his supervisor is extremely unapproachable, arrogant, and unsupportive. He does not provide Stacy with enough details about the tasks that should be completed, which leads to him...
The Qantas Airline of Australia is the most prominent airline in the country as far as fleet size, international flights, and worldwide destinations are concerned. It is also the 3rd oldest airline company in the industry after Avianca and the KLM. It was established in 1920, and its headquarters are...
It should primarily be mentioned that it is surprising that an organization without any structure or hierarchy can achieve the described amazing results. This is primarily because, usually, in order to attain goals and improve performance, there has to be a system that operates and drives the organization in a...
Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has affected many social spheres and made adjustments to the way people live. One of the sectors that have felt the impact of the pandemic acutely is the food and beverage industry. Both in Canada and elsewhere, catering has become limited due to social distancing and...
COVID-19 pushes companies to quickly change approaches to work and puts the stability of various systems to a severe test. Businesses have to deal with the risks of disruption of continuity, sudden quantitative changes, real-time decision-making, productivity indicators, and security threats. Managers must act very quickly, addressing the immediate challenges...
Marketing refers to an organization’s activities to promote the selling or buying of its services or products. It includes delivering, selling, and advertising commodities to customers or other organizations (Sorger, 2011). As one creates their marketing plan, they should identify the action plans, strategies, objectives, and potential threats or hurdles...
Performance management is an essential process of communication in any organization. The constant communication between a supervisor and the employees is a way of achieving its strategic objectives. Human Resource faculty plays a major role in the performance management process by designing and implementing performance appraisals. It is upon the...
The macro environment audit examines external forces that affect the performance of the online shopping industry in general and the Amazon Company in particular. Amazon Company is the global leader in the online shopping industry. This analytical treatise presents a macro environment audit of the Amazon Company from the findings...
Introduction Like many other companies in the e-commerce business, Amazon relies on the scale of its operations for profits. Recently, the company has announced that it would hire 7,000 workers to support its operations in the U.S. (Isidore, 2013). In order to manage the quality of service as part of...
Common organizational business structures and processes are multifactorial and complex, consisting of multiple processes. This paper will seek to explore the key processes including finance, procurement, fulfillment, inventory and warehouse management, and manufacturing that involved in business functionality. The overview will examine purpose, activities, and organizational elements as well as...
Case Summary On October 6, 2013, nearly 50 passengers on an Air China flight that was bound for Beijing fell ill with symptoms such as vomiting, stomachaches and diarrhea (Coello 1). The cause of the issue was apparently due to the cabin crew serving the passengers in-flight meals that were...
Executive Summary Dyson Stores is a company that has been in the market for a long time and is doing well in its operations. James Dyson founded the company in 1991, and it deals in hand dryers, hairdryers, vacuum cleaners, and utensils (Dyson for business, n.d). The company is committed...
This essay presents a profile of DME Sports Academy. The discussion draws on the results of field research that included interviews and observations and a review of secondary sources. It incorporates digital articles addressing the larger context of education and multiple creative sources to justify main points. DME Academy is...
Identifying market characteristics for an organization is a way to establish a productive business and resolve all operational issues. As an analysis company, the bakery chain will be used. It produces bakery products and supplies them to restaurants and supermarkets. In particular, the company has several branches and produces yeast...
Introduction One of the principal conditions of the present-day companies’ sustainable development is the correspondence of their regular operations and essential decisions to international environmental regulations. The company under consideration, Barnana, is no exception to the rule since it cooperates with the United Nations and follows the organization’s goals (Dann...
Introduction Vast literatures suggest that numerous environmental problems occur due to human economic activities. These activities, as Transport Technologies and Policy Scenarios to 2050 (2007) asserts, cause deposition of masses of pollutants into the environment to the extent that they destroys the natural beauty. In addition, economic activities consume enormous...
Introduction Firefly is a fast food restaurant located in Aqaba, Jordan. The casual environment blends its comfortable atmosphere with a menu of delicious burgers. In this case, the mission of the organization is to not only offer its visitors an unforgettable taste but also make the service as efficient and...
Risk Identification Dairy Farm International Holdings identifies the risks facing the company through an audit committee. The committee is charged with assessing areas of risk and uncertainty and the effectiveness of the firm’s internal control processes. This occurs on a regular basis but the reporting of the committee’s findings to...
Socially Responsible Efforts TOMS Shoes is one of the most well-recognized businesses in terms of social responsibility in the corporate world. The reason for that is the fact that the company’s operational strategy is inseparable from its mission. TOMS was founded on the principle of giving away a pair of...
Organizational behavior refers to the behavior of individuals, teams and management that forms organizational culture. It is important to note that organizational behavior highly determines efficiency and output of an organization. On the same note, due to division of labor that has become the order of the day; many people...
Background Conflict resolution within an organization is one of the most critical leadership skills that fosters cohesion, enhances work relationships and improves the overall outlook of products and services. In the role play, it is evident that organizational leaders look at employees in a holistic way by providing the correct...
The facts of the case – i.e. what the case is about and the related issues The case is an application about the redevelopment of the site which is the original shopping center and its additional land. There was proposed a commercial development with car-parking podium and residential development including...
Managing change is one of the difficult activities that many organizations come across. The change that occur because of diversity and technology advancements poses numerous challenges as the majority of them may not have implemented sufficient strategies for dealing with it. However, the US Army has implemented several approaches for...
Overview of the organization The city of Port Phillip is a combination of the former cities of port Melbourne, St. Kilds and South Melbourne. The city was formed in 1994 as one of the European settlement areas in Melbourne. It is well known for its dynamic urban villages, richness of...
About the company Brookside Dairy Limited is based in New Zealand. The company intends to enter the China and Middle Eastern markets with its milk powder product. This paper presents the company’s financial statement and a marketing plan to penetrate the markets in China and the Middle East. Financial statement...
The efficiency of data mining in Supply Chain Management (SCM) is becoming increasingly prominent and crucial for business success. SCM involves coordinating production, distribution, and transportation processes both within and outside the company to improve its performance (Sener et al. 2019). Generally, these activities entail a considerable amount of data,...
The marketing mix is the combination of marketing elements crucial in accomplishing a marketing objective. There are four variables in the equation, which are product, price, place, and promotion. Each of these elements has its own constituents. The ultimate goal is to sell goods and services, therefore a marketer examines...
Translating a strategic plan into reality can be quite challenging. However, history knows many talented leaders who made it possible through meticulous planning and innovation. A prime example of such a leader is Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of the world’s largest furniture retailer IKEA. Kamprad had humble beginnings: he came...
Introduction The corona virus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has turned out to be an unprecedented humanitarian crisis that has affected the entire world. The current period is characterized by uncertainty, volatility, ambiguity, and complexity that call for a high-impact type of leadership. Leaders have learned how to manage the elements mentioned...
Introduction Organizational development (OD) is a significant, science-based, and practice-oriented process that helps an organization build its capacity to change and attain heightened effectiveness levels. It can be made through the development, improvement, and reinforcement of organizational strategies, structures, and processes. Orpen (1997), Clifford, and Thorpe (2007) stated that organizations...
Introduction The fault management is one of the major areas in network management. With the increase in the network capacity due to the purchase of competitors, there is need for TechCorp to develop a more reliable network management scheme to capture the needs of the entire network, in this analysis;...
In the few past years, various leadership styles and philosophies have become popular because they can assist leaders in achieving their goals, motivating employees, and fulfilling team tasks. Servant leadership has emerged as a distinctive leadership style with a unique relationship between a leader and his followers. This essay will...
Introduction Currently there is an emergence of the concept of entrepreneurship within the business environment. This requires that the potential investors have to scan the environment in order to determine the most viable business enterprise to establish. In line with this concept, my brother and I scanned the environment and...
Introduction The skill of interpreting financial statements is just as important as preparing them. Accounting is a language used to describe the economic activity of a business unit. Many questions have been asked as to whether or not the best way of describing economic performance is to use figures in...
Introduction In the present day, Nike may be regarded as one of the most well-recognized international companies all over the world. Originally called Blue Ribbon Sports, it was found by a track athlete Phil Knight and his coach Bill Bowerman in 1964 (Ahmed, et al., 2016). Over the past decades,...
One of the Army’s primary tasks is to serve the American people by protecting the perpetual national interests and complying with military responsibilities. To meet these requirements, one needs to adhere to the leadership based on values and impeccable character, and professional expertise. The Army leadership requirements model (LRM) provides...
Nowadays, it is hard to deny that companies tend to use various marketing strategies to draw customers’ attention. Greenwashing is considered to be one of these ways, which implies that a company confuses a customer by creating an image of an ecologically-oriented organization. Cause washing, in general, is a modern...
Acknowledgements Executive Summary This essay explains the role of financial management in Nokia with reference to the historical, current and forecasted financial condition of the company. The financial planning, control and budgeting processes are explained with reference to the company. The financial analysis including ratio and trend analysis and vertical...
Introduction Every company, regardless of its size and overall performance, experiences the phase of startup, growth, maturity, and either death or revival. Each stage makes an organization face unique challenges. For the owners, it is essential to be aware at which stage the organization is because this would help to...
It is hard to disagree that leadership is a challenging and severe process that requires people to be strong, communicative, successful, creative, and influential. However, thanks to several methods and theories, being an effective leader may become more manageable. The purpose of this paper is to define leadership and non-sanctioned...
Major milestones have been achieved by global perishable goods logistics, culminating in dramatic shifts in people’s lifestyles. Consumers worldwide love each bite of an apple, and each splash of roses, the comfort which is brought by the global supply chains. However, the onset of the Coronavirus has resulted in unrivaled...
Introduction Leadership style is defined as leaders’ distinctive behaviors which they use to direct, encourage, monitor, and manage groups of people. Effective administrators inspire their followers to become innovative, more productive, and creative. However, there are significant differences in the manner in which people lead, and researchers have developed various...
Introduction Apple Inc. is a worldwide technological company founded by Steve Jobs, Ronald Wayne, and Steve Wozniak; its headquarter office is in Cupertino, California. The company develops and designs new computer and phone devices using the most advanced technologies (Heracleous & Papachroni, 2016). Last year Apple introduced a series of...
Micromanagement is a highly inefficient workplace practice negatively correlated with the productivity and morale of an organization. The proposed research on the effects of micromanagement will help in growing the company by identifying the existing and potential issues with the style of organizational leadership and setting tools for prevention. Several...
Introduction Situational framework peculiar to different organizations impacts decision making regardless of its complexity. However, in complicated, complex, and chaotic contexts, the selection of the correct solution can be challenging because of the many unknown factors and high turbulence (Snowden & Boone, 2007). Under these conditions, the application of the...
When it comes to business management, the aspect of competitive advantage always appears in the discussion. According to Kotler and Keller (2015), competitive advantage (CA) is a “company’s ability to perform in one or more ways that competitors cannot or will not match” (p. 304). In other words, it is...
Introduction As a relatively new concept, servant leadership poses numerous challenges for modern leaders seeking the best management approach. This style is often critiqued for being too similar to followership. While it has some identical core characteristics, understanding what is different is essential in shaping one’s approach to an organization....
The early 21st century is the time of deep-rooted concern about the unethical behavior of business leaders and business enterprises, in general. Admittedly, the lack of trust toward business in terms of ethical conduct was always an issue. Making money is the primary goal of any business enterprise stands in...
LEGO A Case Study Problems and Issues Faced by the Firm and Leadership The Lego Company faced its first financial crisis in 1998 and addressed the largest internal economic decline by 2004. The Lego Group’s supply chain did not manage to follow the changing dynamics within the market and timely...
Introduction General Motors (GM) is a symbol of the American automotive industry and culture. It is known for an exceptional quality of manufactured automobiles as well as a high level of competitiveness and significant impact on both national and global vehicle markets. GM was founded in 1908. Since then, it...
Introduction The world is always changing, and so do the principles and approaches to management. New Science offers a range of methods that help managers to run organizations more effectively. According to Wheatley (2006), the world evolves when people interact with it. She states that it is more important to...
Introduction The prevailing literature asserts that the entrepreneurial character of a person or society is influenced by a myriad of demographic, environmental and personal factors (Hisrich, Peters and Shepherd, 2013, p. 24). The demographic factors impacting on the enterprising behaviour include gender, personal and family background, and the person’s early...
Research activities aimed at improving the quality and effectiveness of management are conducted not only by researchers but also by managers at all levels of organizational structure. In the process of management research, the researcher or manager often has to conclude the unknown based on existing knowledge. In this regard,...
Universalism and relativism describe the two mutually contradicting moral perspectives that arise in connection with cultural issues. The universalist position states that the same ethical and moral codes apply globally regardless of local cultural differences. This viewpoint is enshrined in documents like the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which insists...
Introduction As stated by Northouse (2016), leaders are determined to perform with all of their followers rather than interacting with just a small group of them. This is the primary principle that determines what leadership is for me. While answering the questions in the questionnaire, I realized that some of...
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic brings a global display of ethical controversies. The health threats posed by disease outbreaks and epidemics and the accompanying anxiety are associated with multiple economic risks. The severity of the consequences of such a scenario for the global economy will depend on how well the government’s...
The Good-Better-Best (G-B-B) approach to pricing implies the focus on features offered by companies that they would value the most, which influences their willingness to pay for them. The more excellent the perceived value of an offering, the higher should be the price (Mohammaed, 2018). The strategy encourages firms to...
Leadership is one of those few qualities that is an essential condition for any society’s normal functioning. Not everyone has a natural inclination for this feature, but some courses and approaches allow developing such property. Since no enterprise in any field of activity can exist without these skills, leadership qualities...
Business, irrespective of its sizes and forms, is always an aggressive environment, where, in most cases, only the best survives and prospers. In other words, to compete with various market players, a company has to continuously develop and integrate new relevant decisions, technologies, and strategies that are in line with...
Introduction Management and leadership are two closely related disciplines. These disciplines complete each other since there are instances when a manager has to show leadership qualities. Similarly, managerial skills are required of a leader. Despite the close correlation between the two disciplines, there are key disparities between the two disciplines...
Southwest Airlines is a company with a short history that began its operations approximately in the second half of the last century. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Southwest Airlines’ fleet grew from a couple of Boeings in Texas to a dozen planes that circulate between a thousand destinations....
The supply chain incorporates processes aimed at meeting customer requirements and demands. The activities are associated with the flow of goods and transformation from the raw materials stage to point of end-use. Additionally, it entails the flow of information and funds (Terry and Hau 43). The stages involved include the...
The third chapter of the book ‘Business, Government and Society’ is identified as ‘Business Power.’ The chapter uses a historical concept to establish the essence of business power in the society. In Particular, it narrates the basic history of one, James B. Duke. He was born on 23rd December, 1856....
Introduction Looking for a new job can be a difficult and frustrating task. One should pay attention to a lot of moments that influence the choice. Considering a new position is a time-consuming mission. Everyone must be sure that he or she has not wasted time for vain thinking. All...
Introduction The economic recession of 2007 affected the operations of many companies and the interests of the public regarding investing in the stock market. The Federal Reserve of the United States adopted immediate measures to intervene and stop insolvency. However, the bond-buying program did swell not only the central bank’s...
Background Brian is a marketer and he is in charge of marketing and popularizing indoor golf simulators. The simulators are new trends that are currently emerging in the sport and their popularity is growing gradually. One of the main issues that pose a challenge to this new trend is the...
The Measurement System used by my Employer and Suggestions for Improvement My employer uses a balanced scorecard system as a guide for each staff and team to understand the company’s strategies; in the form of objectives, metrics, initiatives and tasks. Using the performance dashboard alerts, the employer is aware of...
Theoretical Considerations The redesign of the hotel lobby will be subjected to the common rules of design, aimed at increase the customer/visitors flow. The key aspects of the hospitality business define the customer’s loyalty and impose an accent on the aspects of service. Thus, the ability to serve the customer...
Introduction Employers are constantly faced with the challenge of investigating employees. An increasing number of employers are appreciating the central role of employee investigation in discovering workplace problems and thus initiating measures and control in preventing their occurrences. Each type of workplace problem demands a specific approach of investigation. “The...
SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) analysis is a strategic planning method used to evaluate the business venture. The analysis requires businesses to specifically focus their resources towards the overall attainment of their objectives. Critical evaluation of the favorable and unfavorable internal and external environment is done to assist the...
The case shows the introduction of an entrepreneurship venture in the specialty food industry. The new venture hatched by Laura Ryan was to set up a venture to sell fry bread powder in a sack. She sold the age old recipe to the locally and then to the supermarkets to...
Introduction Values are personality or particular behaviors that are taken as sensible; they commonly represent the person’s uppermost priorities. Values include our thoughts, opinions and also beliefs. Whether the individual is aware or unaware, the person operates according to the coordination of the values. All the things that you do,...
Introduction Corporate culture entails the behavior, ethical, and social standards of any business or organization. The standards are founded on the organization’s precedence, ideas, and most importantly the attitude of the members (Singh, 2004). For a business like Trader Joe’s, it would be difficult to change the existing culture since...
In the troubled days of economic crisis and recession the only way companies have to survive economic uncertainty is by making good use of business “performance management”. Arguments The decision making process used by companies has turned to have little, if none, value for the present situation of crisis that...
Introduction The paper shall look at the ethical climate within my current organization. Ethical climate has taken center stage in the corporate arena because it can be a source of competitive advantage, it makes the workplace environment more conducive for employees and the law requires that companies abide by certain...
Leadership is a complex phenomenon that can manifest in a variety of ways and manners. Leadership styles differ in accordance with the personalities and characters of people who apply and practice them. There exist several leadership theories that describe respective leadership styles used in practice. The purpose of this paper...
Outline This journal project discusses about different qualities of a leader like creativity, credibility, and the ability to handle conflicts in an organization. For the success of any organization it needs a good leadership. A good leader should have the ability to communicate with his followers and understand their feelings...
Ford had been experiencing losses for a long time, and this made it look for a CEO outside the industry. In the 1990s, leadership training programs were developed to strengthen the build-up of human capital. These were Ford Business Associates, Capstone, Experienced Leader Challenge, and the New Business Leader. These...
