The Walt Disney Company’s Generic Strategy

The Walt Disney Company, one of the biggest entertainment companies in the world, utilized various business models. In the present time, the company uses the generic strategy to obtain a competitive advantage by the unique structure of the entertainment, mass media, and amusement park industries (Williams, 2019). Generally, generic strategy...

Managerial Decision-Making: Inferential and Descriptive Statistics

One of the major factors that affect business competence is the role of management in the decision-making process. On the one hand, it is the mandate of the administration to ensure that employees successfully attain the objectives while enhancing optimal satisfaction levels among the consumers. On the other hand, the...

Accounting Importance for Businesses

Abstract Accounting and finance are critical elements in the efficient management of a company. The information gathered from accounting analysis helps a company or an organization make day-to-day decisions. This study’s objective is to determine how effective accounting and finance are in eradicating or reducing risks from a company’s operations....

Transactional and Transformational Leadership: Advantages and Disadvantages

Introduction There are two widely discussed leadership types, which are usually applied to different organizations and industries. One of them is transactional leadership, which focuses on rewards and punishments as tools to motivate workers. The second is the transformational style, which encourages employees by demonstrating an organization’s path. Both of...

Nike on Social Media: Brand Management

Nike is undoubtedly one of the international brands that have fully embraced social media in the current digital age. One thing that makes it stand out from the rest of lifestyle and sportswear companies is its iconic swoosh logo and its simple but inspiring slogan “Just Do It.” As a...

Expansion of Saputo Inc. into Germany, China and South Africa

Introduction Saputo Inc. is a Canadian dairy company with a history of more than 60 years. Currently, Saputo not only in Canada but also in the USA, Argentina, the UK, and Australia (Saputo, 2017). The current paper examines the profitability of Saputos expansion into Germany, China, and South Africa from...

A US Diapers Firm’s Entry into the Brazilian Market

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...

Negative Customer Experience in Cosmetics Store

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,...

Agents and Agencies in Business

An agent is a person who officially represents and acts on behalf of a principal in cases where third parties are concerned. Ekanem (2020) states that “the function of the law of agency is to enable agents to bring commercial parties into contractual relations to render the parties liable on,...

“Financial Analysis – A Study” by Ravinder & Anitha

Financial analysis is a process of evaluating the financial strengths and weaknesses of the company by establishing an efficient relationship between the financial statements’ items. As Ravinder and Anitha (2013) discuss in their article, knowing the operational efficiency “will enable the management to locate weak spots of the business and...

DHL Express Company’s Analysis and Future

DHL International, GmbH (DHL) offers timely door-to-door delivery around the world. The Germany-based shipping company is a branch of the Deutsche Post DHL Group, which remains to be the largest courier firm operating in over 220 territories and countries. The shipping corporation combines both ground and air transport to ensure...

Nike Inc. Financial Analysis

Business summary The Nike Company was incorporated in 1967 to run its operations; to design, develop, and market its products of athletic footwear, equipment, and services. Nike has then developed to be among the world’s best brands. The company markets its products through its retail shops all over the world...

The German Automotive Industry

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...

A Grocery Delivery Business

I have used my skills in economic and entrepreneurship to identify viable business opportunities. From my analysis, I have discovered that there is a high demand for groceries in my neighborhood. As an economics student, I ascertained that the demand for groceries also includes the need for delivery. Most people...

Nine West: Target Market, Customer Profile

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...

Fiji Water Case Study Analysis

Identification of the Main Problem Brandon Miller aims to establish a business that is the distribution of Fiji water for Monroe and Wayne market areas. However, before making a decision, he intended to conduct a quantitative and qualitative analysis to ensure that this opportunity is an affordable and profitable one....

The Boston Consulting Group: Monitor and Control Process

Monitor and control process is an essential step in regulating the overall performance of a firm’s sales force. One should be aware the developing step involves nine critical stages. These include identifying the process, defining measures, setting a measurement system and standards, obtaining results, comparing the outcome, communicating, generating alternatives,...

Beleza Natural: Strategic Direction for Long-Term Success

In combination with opening new institutes, the best strategic long-term approach for Beleza Natural would be to offer a broader range of services such as the different types of styling on various types of hair as well as potentially offering some service offerings to men. Expanding service offerings is a...

Equity and Debt Financing in Business

Introduction Many companies gain funds both by equity and bond issuing, maintaining a low debt-to-equity ratio. The latter helps them to avoid higher interest rates and benefits them in the future when seeking additional funding (Maverick, 2021). RRE currently relies on equity financing and considers adding some debt to its...

“The Governing Board Faces Rebellion in the Ranks” Case Study

By analyzing the case described by Widmer (1995), one can conclude that the problems of Community Opportunities Inc., or COI, were not unexpected and resulted from a long period of incompetent management. This non-profit organization is a socially significant enterprise that provides assistance to people with disabilities, and the funds...

Communicating at Work: Advice for Effective Communication

Effective communication is critical to not only personal career success but also for any employee and manager in an organization for a variety of reasons. Communication skills, particularly the ability to work effectively in a team setting, are the most important factors that enable individuals to excel in their job...

Cultivating a High-Performance Culture

There are several ways to cultivate and sustain a high-performance culture amongst employees in an organization. The paper will focus on five – shaping a thriving culture, developing leaders in the employees, leaving the employees to find solutions on their own, encouraging them to embrace failures, and demanding accountability (TED,...

McDonald’s and China Noah Corporation’s Finance

China Noah Corporation The reason why companies hedge against foreign currency risks is to protect themselves against loss of business value. China Noah has a different form of foreign currency exposure due to transactions involved when dealing with international customers and suppliers. This exposure arises when China Noah has entered...

Strategic Management Accounting and Balanced Scorecard Application

Introduction A strategy is a plan of action by an organization on how it intends to achieve its goals with the aim of profit maximization. It could happen due to the events or the happenings in the market. The emergence of a strategy might be as a result of interaction...

Proposing a New Hotel: Marketing Plan

Introduction This paper aims to propose the attractiveness of a new hotel at Port Rashid, Dubai. The hotel will be 30 stories, including suites, king rooms, and double rooms. It is expected to cooperate with foreign businesses to offer customers the best food and beverage outlets, Asian and Mediterranean cuisines,...

Developing Relationships in the Workplace

The Needs and/or Expectations of Others Identification Stakeholders are individuals and groups that the organization impacts directly or indirectly. Therefore, businesses must identify and prioritize the needs and expectations through surveys, interviews, and feedback. My organization provides business IT solutions to individual and corporate clients locally and internationally. Customers expect...

Conflict Resolution at the Workplace

Introduction Conflicts may occur in any setting where different groups of people interact, such as in a workplace. However, since the workers have different backgrounds, simple issues can escalate into violence or disharmony within the job environment. Thus, it requires both expertise and organizational regulations to bring sanity among the...

ASOS Company: Business Plan, Fashion Sector

Online retailing is increasingly becoming the conduit through which companies that want to avoid the hassle of owning outlets turn to. E-tailing, as it is popularly known, has created mega-corporations such as www.amazon.com and Staples, Inc that have leveraged the shift of buyers to the virtual world Among the many...

Compliance vs. Ethics Comparison

The fact that ethics and compliance are commonly confused demonstrated that they are close in meaning, yet there is a vast difference. As for me, the distinction between these two words seems to be in the fact that compliance rests on a pragmatic basis, while ethics is social and intuitional....

SWOT Analysis of Škoda Company

The key weakness identified by Škoda was that the company is unable to fit into a fragmented and highly competitive market with its current brand perception in the general public. Market shares for Škoda are small, largely due to the fact that their reputation did not grow a sufficient amount...

Understanding the Basics of Financial Statements Analysis

The article, “understanding the basics of financial statements analysis”, by R. David Mautz, Jr. and Robert J. Angell, is effective in financial management. This article provides a logical format of the methods to use in analyzing financial statements. The article begins with an overview of financial statements analysis highlighting the...

Risk Benchmark Program Analysis

Introduction Risk management programs play a vital role in ensuring the safety of workers, patients, and any other stakeholders in a healthcare setting. Therefore, such programs should be implemented meticulously based on the provided guidelines to ensure that maximum benefits are derived in the long run. This assertion calls for...

Starbucks: Merger and Acquisition Financing

The largest four companies and their brands in the coffee industry include “Procter & Gamble” (with Folgers as a brand name), “Philip Morris” (with its Maxwell House brand name), “Sara Lee” (with its Hills Brothers brand name) and “Nestle” (with a brand name of Taster’s Choice) (Starbucks Coffee Company, n.d.)....

The AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and PCQ

The AICPA Code of Professional Conduct determines the ethical principles that guide employees’ behavior and decision, especially Certified Public Accountants (CPA), to handle various issues via specific statements. The code sets standards for auditor objectivity, integrity, independence, liabilities to colleagues and clients and defines acts disreputable to the accounting profession....

Five Types of Customer-Introduced Variability

When it comes to distributing service to customers, the most significant phenomenon refers to the fact that it is challenging to predict their behavior. Service managers should consider this fact by determining the amount of accommodation that they need. It is an essential issue because more accommodation implies more cost....

Strategic Planning in Current Hospitality Industry

Tourism is one of the most significant pillars of economic growth in numerous international economies. The industry accounts for 20.8% of the international revenue and 21.7% of the total employment before the COVID-19 pandemic (Aladag et al., 2020). However, the world bank’s recent report revealed an alarming situation caused by...

Bayer AG Corporate Governance

Introduction Headquartered in Leverkusen, Germany, Bayer AG is one of the largest life sciences companies, and it was founded in 1863 through the partnership of Friedrich Bayer and Johann Friedrich Weskott. The company has a wide range of products covering areas, such as pharmaceuticals (prescription drugs, specialty therapeutics, and radiology),...

Analysis of Information Systems in Apple, Inc

The unification of information resources within Apple inevitably leads to the formation of an information space, the basis of which are corporate or territorial information systems. An information system is a complex of computing and communication equipment, software, linguistic tools, and information resources, which ensures their collection and storage. Actualization,...

Amazon: Elements of Marketing Mix and Business Success Analysis

The approach to the marketing mix theory is changing dramatically due to the transformation of business processes and customer behavior, as well as the evolution of the digital age. Researchers state that the rapid development of the digital environment and related products “have redefined the routine lives of individuals and...

“The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” by Stephen Covey

The book called “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” by Stephen Covey is one of the best selling motivational books for businesses. The book discusses seven basic behavioral paradigms that are ought to help companies to grow. The author proposes that the right attitude towards life is the key...

Servant Leadership: Chinese Culture and Confucianism

Servant leadership gained momentum several decades ago and has become quite a common approach to managing organizations on a global scale. An increasing number of people utilize this type of leadership style irrespective of the cultural background or the contexts they operate in. However, it is also necessary to note...

The Ford Motor Company Analysis

Introduction History. The Ford Motor Company appeared in 1863 in Michigan and was founded by Henry Ford. His purpose was to produce safe cars that would be available for the buyers from the middle-class. His idea was to make transportation from one location to another comfortable and fast (Link, 2018)....

Financial Management in Nokia

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...

Harley-Davidson Company’s Strategic Management

Summary Strategic management is an essential element of an organization that aims to analyze its external and internal factors affecting performance and sustainability. To thrive in a fast-paced business environment, corporations must understand different forces that influence production, financial growth, and societal cohesiveness. This essay delves into the specific processes...

Leadership and Conflict Management

Introduction The notion of leadership within any team has become one of the central matters of interest for human resource management researchers over the past years. However, while there exists a great variety of theoretical frameworks to apply to a specific context, many managers and leaders lack an understanding of...

Behind the Counter at Mcdonald’s

The first article I wish to summarize, “Behind the Counter at McDonald’s”, concerns Robin Leidner’s research conducted about the employees’ alienation due to the routinization of work. The author did a participant observation at McDonald’s as a model of formal rationality and standardized rules. The observation has shown that the...

The Visionary Leadership

The article by Burt Nanus (1992) discusses visionary leadership and how organization leaders can re-vision for a sustainable and competitive future. The author acknowledges that every business manager needs an idea on which they can focus all their attention to implementing it and emphasizes on prudence in the process. Indeed,...

The Slime Business

Introduction From rainbow color to sparkle-filled, the demand for slime has increased in the last couple of years, which is the primary reason for choosing this business. Despite the appealing advantages of starting the slime business, there are some obstacles to overcome, requiring dedication and commitment like any other enterprise....

The Use of Data Collection: Personal Experiences

Nowadays, the collection and application of data by big companies is a well-known fact everybody has to face. This common corporate practice, however, has its pros and cons. On one hand, the usage of data can help to significantly improve the user experience and make operations more efficient, on the...

Amazon.com: Innovation Strategy

Executive Summary Amazon.com is a US-based multinational company specializing in technological fields, including online retailing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. The vast majority of Amazon.com’s projects involve inventions, research, and development, which rely on the innovation strategy inherent in the firm’s business model. The history of the company demonstrates the...

Ethical Issues in Hiring Process

In various circumstances, it is often necessary to consider issues from a moral point of view; hiring is one of the situations when stakeholders sometimes need to make ethical decisions. The task of the HR department is to evaluate which candidate can be considered for a particular position. At the...

The Impact of Interpersonal Internal Communication on Organizational Effectiveness

It is almost impossible to overstate the importance of communication in management. Nearly everything managers do to make it easier for their organizations to achieve their goals requires effective communication. If people cannot share information, it is clear that they will not work together, formulate plans and execute those (Missiroli...

Effectiveness of the Use of a Point-Of-Sale System on Business

Alliance Supermarket is gathering basic information using its point-of-sale (POS) system, and this is why the management is yet to reap the maximum advantage of this piece of technology. The chief information officer (CIO) is exploring ways of mitigating the loss of sales and facilitating customer satisfaction. The organization is...

Blizzard Entertainment: Analysis and Evaluation

Research into Organizational Successes and Challenges Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. is a US-based video game developer and publisher with headquarters in Irvine, California, and a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard. The company was founded by Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham, and Frank Pearce in February 1991 after all three graduated with their Bachelor’s...

Leadership and Management in the Patient-Centred Care

The terms of leadership and management are often used interchangeably within the nursing environment. Both leadership and management are crucial for high-quality delivery of health services (Francis, 2013). Though these notions are often seen in the same respect, they differ in behaviour, skills, or perspectives. Both qualities are demanded to...

The Benefits of Data Importing

Microsoft Excel’s ability to import data from a variety of sources and process it within a single medium without wasting time on matters such as processing is a significant advantage. It enables the researchers to minimize the time spent unproductively and devote their attention to the analysis of the available...

The Four I’s of McDonald’s

McDonald’s operates in the fast-food industry that is greatly affected by the four I’s of non-market environment. With regards to issues, the organization experiences a myriad of issues that emanate from private and public politics. Health issues have dominated the list of factors that need the proper attention of the...

Roles of NCOs in Panama Analysis

The case study at hand indicates that the successful completion of project management goals hinges on several critical factors, such as the identification of its scope and the integration of an effective infrastructure based on a meticulously built information management system. The latter is, in fact, at the top of...

Diversification Initiatives of Alibaba Group

Diversification is the expansion of the product range and reorientation of sales markets, as well as the development of new types of production implemented to improve business efficiency, develop perspective areas, or prevent bankruptcy. It should be noted that diversification by its nature, can be related and unrelated. Related diversification...

Human Resource Management: Turnover and Retention

Introduction In the sphere of human resource management (HRM), much attention is paid to distinguishing such notions as ‘turnover’, ‘turnover intention’, and ‘retention’. Even though these concepts are usually linked to each other, for this study, it is important to focus on the employees’ turnover intentions as a result of...

“Against The Gods” by Peter L. Bernstein: “Risk” Concept Analysis

Introduction Risk is daring to do something that you are not sure if you will survive, make it a success, or lose it, but it’s done with the hope of being successful. It is a choice one makes but not fate. Key concepts/thoughts/points of the author Risk as a definitive...

Information of Walt Disney Animation Studios

The film production company “The mission of The Walt Disney Company is to be one of the world’s leading producers and providers of entertainment and information. Using our portfolio of brands to differentiate our content, services and consumer products, we seek to develop the most creative, innovative and profitable entertainment...

Layout Design for Organizations

Introduction Layout design refers to the configuration of equipment, work centers, and departments, with a view of improving the flow of work in an organization. Therefore, planning of a layout involves decisions on how to arrange centers for economic activity required by facility’s processes (Domschke & Krispin, 1997). If an...

Planning Organization for the Travel Agency

Thesis statement The current paper is aimed to describe the organizational chart of a company that steadily expands its business activity. The charts will represent the structure of this company on the different stages of its development. All the essential differences and difficulties of each stage will be explained. Mission...

The Alan Louis General: Case Study

In the Alan Louis case study, the analysis of research data indicates a serious need for marketing. This is indicated by the fact that people who have received services from Alan Louis General and people who have never enjoyed their services have very different opinions of their services. The need...

Pfizer Company: Case Study

Pfizer was already a dominant global pharmaceutical company in 2002, operating revenues amounting to $30 billion in approximation. The company was already running the largest R&D budget in the industry, amounting to $4.4 billion in 2000. The company was a leader in marketing and well known for its “massive sales...

The Hard Rock Rockfest: Baseline and Crash Schedule

The Critical Path On baseline durations, this project will take 31 weeks to complete. Taking November 8, 2010, as the start date and assuming the default of four weeks each month (instead of the reality that is 13 weeks per quarter), the baseline ending date would be the week of...

Marketing and Management Strategy of Panera Bread

One of the finest ‘quick casual’ food chains in America is Panera Bread and these stores are really a one stop solution for hunger and a delicious meal at the end of the day. It has 70 shops in 10 states across US. The products available at Panera Bread are...

High and Low Context Culture in Business

Introduction Different cultures can be classified along a continuum with two conceptual extremes. These extremes are high and low-context cultures. “High context” and “Low context” are the terms that were popularized by Hall (1976) and they are employed to describe the wide cultural differences among the societies of people. In...

Ethical Dilemma in the Workplace

Introduction An ethical dilemma refers to a complex situation characterized by a conflict in principles on which an individual or a community judges a behaviour or an action as right or wrong. When two moral principles that are used for making a decision conflict, a person is faced with the...

British Petroleum Company’s Strengths and Weaknesses

Introduction One of the premier energy companies of the World is British Petroleum. “It is the fourth largest company in the whole World. In the energy sector BP is the third largest company of the World” (Bamberg, 2008). One of the most prolific companies of the world, BP has its...

Dole, Chiquita and Del Monte: Corporate Statements

Introduction The banana plant is considered to be the largest herb in the world and it belongs to a family of plants called lily plants. The plant matures in a period of nine months and after that it’s able to produce fruits all year round. The fruit was introduced on...

Marketing Project for the RedBull Energy Drink

Situational analysis Redbull is an energy drink which is produced by Red Bull GmbH which is a private limited company located in Australia. The firm was established in 1984 within the soft drink industry. The energy drink has managed to attain a significant market share of 46. 8% compared to...

The Caux Round Table Principles of Ethics

Introduction Carrying out certain business operations, every enterprise has to follow the established ethical principles, which are also known as the Caux Round Table Principles of Ethics. There are 13 of them on the whole, and their overall essence is in the fact that business companies should be driven not...

Avon: Quality Assurance, Motivation and Attitudes Change

Avon Products is a leading cosmetics company based in the USA. The company operates in a highly competitive industry and requires high standards of products and environmentally friendly policies. Quality assurance programs will help Avon Products to improve its production and satisfy customers’ needs and expectations. The two major issues,...

Total Quality Management: Impact of Globalization on Quality

Introduction TQM is the implementation of very comprehensive management techniques with very organized and structured approach to constantly improve the quality of products from continuous feedback from customers. Impact of Globalization on Quality There are several ways to ensure that information technology (IT) has been implemented into a business process...

Reflections on Managing Multicultural Teams

As a Tem Leader, what could you do to help a multi-national team work more effectively than a domestic team? What major problems might occur and how might you best handle them? Cross cultural conversations have become the basic pillars of the global business success or failures. At workplace, it’s...

Luxury Products and Normal Goods

Introduction Marketing communication, with respect to the marketing mix, is one of the pillars of product and service promotion. In its simplest terms, it refers to making decisions on the most appropriate ways to communicate with consumers in a bid to foster product awareness, knowledge with respect to distinct features,...

Problem Solution: Best Snacks INC.

Best Snacks is part of a giant industry in the modern world. The fast food industry is a rapidly changing industry. As we will see in the pages to come, Best Snacks is finding itself in a difficult position lately. It is one of the oldest operating companies in the...

Pretentious Diction and Dying Metaphors in Business Communication

Pretentious diction and dying metaphors While writing an essay, one needs to be conscious about mainly four topics: they are dying metaphors, operators or verbal false limbs, pretentious diction, and meaningless words. If anyone wants to complete an essay without making any nonsense, they must be aware of these topics....

Theoretical Models of the HR Role

Introduction In the scant ten decades since employee relations evolved from productivity-increasing ‘time and motion’ studies to ‘strategic HR’, the role of human relations practitioners has changed many times. Welfare management came and went. This was followed by administration, negotiation with newly-assertive unions, legal compliance and organisational development, all roles...

Business Communication: Message Analysis

Introduction An organization has to communicate a lot of messages to a variety of people in its day-to-day business operations. The message may be either business-related or non-business-related. For this, a proper communication process should be used to convey the message. By analyzing the feedback or checking the result, one...

Petronas Group’s Products and Performance

Company history Petroliam Nasional Berhad is a multinational oil and gas firm that is publicly owned. It is located in Malaysian with its headquarters at Kuala Lumpur. The company was established in 1974 within the major integrated oil and gas industry. The company has a total of 29,236 employees worldwide....

Oconomo Plant’s Organizational Changes

Introduction The case under consideration concerns Oconomo plant and Jim Malesckowski, the president of the Wisconsin Speciality Products Division. Jim submitted an analysis regarding the performance of the plant in question to his boss and the latter found that closing the plant would cost less then trying to save it....

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s Financial Ratio Analysis

Introduction Wal- Mart Stores Inc., the number one out of Fortune 500 companies, is selected for this financial analysis report. The trend table herein this write-up contains calculations of ratios under all possible areas of financial assessment of a company. Comparisons with Industry have been made with leaders in specific...

Bradford Bingley Company: Case Study

About Company It is a company that offers a wide range of products to its customers. The products are saving products, financial planning service, insurance products, mortgage products and loans. The company was formed in 1964 after the merger of the Bingley Equitable and Bingley that was formed in 1851....

Blood Pressure Device: The Direct Marketing Campaign

Product Description The product selected for marketing is a blood pressure device. The uniqueness of this medical product is that it can be used at home and by all family members. This product can help a person to control and monitor his condition and prevent possible problems caused by hypertension...

Shortage of Skilled Workers in Middle East Construction Industry

Introduction In recent times, the construction industry in the Middle East has been facing the risk of rising labour cost and labour shortages, which in turn is squeezing up the smaller contractors. It has primarily been driven by an elevated liquidity environment because of high petroleum revenue, the government’s idea...

eBay: Advantages and Disadvantages of Online Shopping

The rapid development of information technologies (in particular, the Internet) has revolutionized practically every sphere of our activity. Online shopping is a relatively new phenomenon but its influence on our lifestyle has already become noticeable; a vast variety of commodities are now readily available on the Web, consumers can purchase...

Management. Do Brands Have Finite Lives?

Introduction This is one of the most debated issues among marketing professionals, both scholars and practitioners across the globe. Many research studies have been done in the area and different view points have evolved. The concept brand/ brand name is a vital element in the marketing strategy of all firms....

Shoelace Manufacturing Company’s Supply Chain Management

Introduction The world of business in the twenty first century is getting more and more competitive as time goes by. The concept of globalization and free trade has only increased the issue further. This is true for any sector in the market which includes manufacturers, retailers, wholesalers, and service providers....

Hong Kong Ocean Park’s Resource-Based Management

Introduction Hong Kong Ocean Park is the biggest park of attractions and entertainment in southeastern Asia. Being marine-themed, the park‘s average attendance is approximately 4 million per year. Several factors promoted to the process of the park’s redevelopment, such as the close competition by Hong Kong’s Disney Land and Asia’s...

General Electric Company’s Supply Chain

The General Electric Company, better known worldwide as GE, is a multinational enterprise, holding a large share in the global economic market. GE is the world’s third largest company, offering a wide range of home appliances, other products, and services. The company works on a four “E” principle, which helps...

Sony Company’s International Business Strategy

Effective international business strategy prepares managers for heightened international competition. It gives them the potential to negotiate and manage firms and organizations in varying cultural settings. The strategies help the managers to be able to market their products across the continent. Managers should address international business with a discipline-based framework...

Starbucks Corporation’s Sustainable Marketing Principles

Introduction In the modern world, it is very popular to be involved in business activity. While social and mass media proclaim new business trends, business conferences, meetings, and workshops are held by various companies in different parts of the world. The words as “businessman” or “businesswoman” become more and more...

Restaurant Management: A Career Perspective

The job of a restaurant manage is one of the most varied careers in existence. It is the manager’s responsibility to offer service, food and drink to the public at a price they are willing to pay. This sounds more simple than it really is. Many people think managing a...

Exploring the EFQM Excellence Model: The ADNOC Example

The European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) Excellence Model has been designed for offering a holistic view of an organization since it is used for determining how various processes within companies fit together and complement each other. It is widely used by organizations across the globe and is being updated...

Globalization and Corporate Social Responsibility

Globalization has changed the way businesses interact with their clients, compete, and develop corporate strategies. Through globalization, companies can reach customers globally and sell their products or provide services to a more significant number of individuals. While this establishes a better opportunity for development and financial gain, it also pressures...

The Qualities of a Good Leader

Leadership is critical to many organized activities, and managerial positions always require the person to have the ability. However, the ability to lead is usually loosely defined due to the massive variety of leaders that have succeeded throughout humanity’s history. Nevertheless, scholars have been able to analyze many different leaders...

Leadership Problems: Organizational Change

Assessment and Problem Identification The 4th Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT) faces a critical leadership problem affecting the unit’s delivery of its obligations and affecting its reputation. It meets poor management, and it can be broadly classified into challenges in human resources, physical resources, and poor organizational culture. There is...

US Marketing Strategy for KFC

The utilization of proper marketing strategies is crucial for a business environment as it ensures the growth of profits, increases the market share of an organization, and strengthens brand awareness. The marketing phenomenon, which occurred when Popeye’s Chicken introduced a new spicy sandwich, can serve as an excellent example of...

Sony Corporation International Trade Strategy Analysis

Introduction One of the largest Japanese international corporations is Sony Corporation, which has its headquarters located in Tokyo. It is also important to note that fact that the company is old because it was founded on May 7, 1946. The external environment is manifested in the fact that it is...

Incivility in the Workplace: Types, Examples

Incivility in the workplace is a specific type of corporate aggression that is characterized by abusive behavior from managers, supervisors, or colleagues against employees on a permanent basis. It includes the employers or co-workers’ constant ridiculing and berating of colleagues or employees, ignoring their requests and needs, avoiding conversations, addressing...

Change Management Theories and Law Enforcement Change Management

Abstract No organization can avoid the need to change in the modern environment. Law enforcement organizations require additional attention from both scholars and managers because of the specifics such as managerial approaches interpersonal relationships. In addition, understanding of the internal culture is essential for enacting an adoption of new initiatives...

Ethical Communication and Its Principles

Concrete Experience and Reflective Observation A leader has to follow ethical principles and standards when making a decision in the workplace. The essential ethical standards that a leader has to follow when managing communication in an organizational environment include reciprocity, clarity, and speed of data transfer (Mumby & Kuhn, 2018)....

ASOS Online Retail Company’s Customer Loyalty

Introduction Customer loyalty, as a rule, actually highlights the extent to which a consumer can devote himself or herself towards the company products and services just because of the high level of satisfaction. This refers to the consumers’ tendency to like and choose any one particular brand over the available...

Enterprise Risk Management and Assessment

Introduction Enterprise risk management (ERM) is an essential practice in businesses that are enthusiastic about dealing with uncertainties and their impacts on the realization of organizational goals. It allows companies to direct their effort to the most relevant risks that may hinder the achievement of corporate objectives. The future performance...

Starbucks’ Strategy to Enter Abu Dhabi’s Market

Introduction Starbucks is a globally renowned organization with close to 50 years of operation having been incorporated as a retail shop in Seattle’s Pike Place in 1971. The company has branches in approximately 30,000 locations evenly spread in many countries around the globe (Taecharungroj, 2017). Starbucks was started by three...

Pret a Manger Company’s Foreign Entry Mode Selection

Introduction It is argued that a company should employ comprehensive and efficient expansion strategies if it strives to maintain a sustainable growth in the future. In the case under consideration, Pret A Manger, a British fast food restaurant chain, is the subject of the discussion of an appropriate foreign market...

Parmalat Company’s Fraudulent Financial Activities

The term cooking the books is used to describing a range of fraudulent acts that companies attempt to provide false financial statements. Usually, cooking the books is associated with exaggerating financial data to report non-existent earnings. At the beginning of the 2000s, many Fortune 500 companies have been caught improving...

Virgin Atlantic Airway’s Employee Treatment

Introduction Human resources are widely considered to be critical to organisational success. Companies should strive to develop a motivated and committed workforce in order to improve organisational functioning, boost performance, and successfully implement organisational changes. When planning an organisational transition, it is thus critical to acknowledge the effect it will...

Team Management at Amazon

Amazon is one of the leading e-commerce companies delivering various types of products to customers all around the world. The company is famous for its use of the most recent technological advances at its warehouses, but manual work is still central to the current operations. The company is also characterized...

Situational, Transformational, and Transactional Leadership

Effective management requires the appropriate leadership approach. The theory of situational leadership was created to adopt the leader’s behavior and approach to his or her subordinates by diverse circumstances, such as the followers’ individual needs and competency. While some workers feel more confident under the leadership of autocratic and demanding...

Spa and Salon: Business and Management

Introduction In today’s economic environment, enterprises need some effort to survive. The necessary conditions for the survival of the company are flexibility, adaptability to rapidly changing market conditions, increased labor productivity, and the ability to develop creatively. The team method of work is more effective in managing an organization in...

“Leading Change” by John P. Kotter

Leading Change: Overview The book Leading Change by John P. Kotter, Professor of Leadership at Harvard Business School, explores the concept of change management in great detail. The author begins with a thorough explanation of reasons for failure on the part of managers to realize new strategic goals, motivate employees,...

Ineffective Employee Behavior and Keys to Effectiveness

For the team to work effectively, it is important that each member has certain characteristics that ensure coherency. First, each individual should be focused on achieving the concrete result. For example, every person should set corporate goals prior to individual ones. Second, all workers should have an active position. It...

Leadership Trait Questionnaire and Reflection

My Experience with the Leadership Trait Questionnaire After completing the questionnaire, I found that my traits suggest that I would be an average leader. Despite not finding any of my traits to have a score lower than three, a lot of them returned very average results. I believe that my...

Toyota Company: Organizational Learning and Solving Problems

Introduction Leadership requires detailed information to make favorable decisions. The Toyota Company recognized this and came up with strategies to provide the organization with a blueprint for leadership. The Toyota Way is a policy initiative for developing and sustaining leadership in organizations. Genchi Genbutsu Section IV of the Toyota Way...

Training and Development in Business Management

Abstract Training and development are imperative aspects of organizational performance. This is because the environment in which most businesses function presently is constantly changing and is full of challenges. Most organizations have proved that training and development are crucial for an organization to meet the increasing customer demand, and face...

Organisational Behaviour Impact: Hong Kong Airlines Limited

Introduction Background information Organisational behaviour has become one of the most important areas of research as scholars seek to find its relevance in improving the performance of organisations. Several scholars have defined organisational behaviour in various ways. Singh (2010, p. 78) defines organisational behaviour as “The study of human behaviour...

Difference Between Team and the Group

The chapter “Team and the group” are based on how does a team works and to differentiate a team from a group of people. It is very often that people consider teams and groups as one thing whereas there are many differences through which they are called by different words....

RFID’s Role in Transforming Supply Chain Management

Case analysis Radio Frequency Identification (RFDI) has developed to become a transforming factor in supply chain management (Ma & Weng, 2013). RFID is the solution for connecting information models with elements in the physical world. RFDI utilizes radio waves or optics thus offering various advantages over the barcode system. RFID...

Paul Entrepreneur’s Four Shortcomings

Does Paul need to be an inventor? Paul does not need to be an inventor in order to be an effective entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs do not have to invent new ideas in order to be successful. A successful entrepreneur does not have to come up with original products or services for...

General Motors Operation Analysis: Project Management

GM’s portfolio of projects with project type matrix and project life cycles Project portfolio is also referred to as the company’s aggregate project plan. Its primary purpose is to define whether the organization succeeds in managing all the projects it has. It is made to see whether the company is...

L’Oreal: Building a Global Cosmetic Brand

Analyze international markets and assess the risk elements, including political, economic, and socio-cultural factors Nowadays, L’Oreal is considered one of the world’s most commercially successful cosmetic brands. The validity of this statement can be well illustrated, in regards to the fact that, as of 2002 alone, the company declared a...

Market Pricing Usage: Advantages and Disadvantages

Market pricing is a process through which pay structures are setting almost selectively by gathering, evaluating, and matching the data on job salary surveys to settle on the payable rates in the external market. In market pricing, use is made of pay survey data to recognize the comparative value of...

The AtekPC Project Management Office

What is the purpose and mission of a PMO? The PMO mission of AtekPC had been growing slowly since 2006, when it began. A year later, in spring, the purpose was still not clearly visible. This is because the documents highlighting these functions did not exist. The initial function was...

Career Opportunity in the Accounting Industry

Introduction Knowledge about business-related courses was not clear to me and I had no intention of pursuing any business-related course. That was back in my early education days, even though my father managed a fairly large business firm in the region. It was not until my college studies when I...

Mountain Dew Brand Marketing Strategies

Mountain Dew was one of PepsiCo’s brands in the carbonated soft drinks category. In 1973, BBDO New York, PepsiCo’s “agency of records for Pepsi”, became the advertising agency for the Mountain Dew brand (Harvard Business School par. 4). BBDO was a leading ad firm that attracted high-end clients because of...

SPAR Company in Oman: Marketing Strategy

Executive Summary The report describes a marketing strategy developed to help SPAR Oman grow in the local market and address current threats to its competitiveness. The environmental analysis revealed that the company has a distinctive position in the market and a positive brand image that appeal to niche customers, yet...

Horizon Consulting Project Management Analysis

How Successful Was the Post-Meeting at Horizon Consulting? The post-meeting can be deemed as rather successful as each member was assigned a specific role and a set of responsibilities that served the common goal. Moreover, the participants teamed up with the partners that they felt like working with. Thus, rather...

JD Sports and Sports Direct Companies Financial Management

Introduction This paper is divided into two sections. The first part will focus on the financial analysis of two companies, JD Sports Fashion PLC and Sports Direct International PLC. Both are based in the UK but have a presence in other parts of the world and both trade in leisure...

Human Resource Onboarding Program

An onboarding program refers to a strategy that organizations use to equip new recruits with requisite skills to enable them to discharge their duties without challenges. The primary objectives of this program are to assist new hires, especially recent graduates to familiarize with a company, minimize the time it takes...

Strategic Marketing: Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning

Successful marketing helps to attract customers and stakeholders. It is not enough to use appropriate sources, choose effective advertisements, and produce multiple services and goods. Effective business is based on properly organised strategic marketing. The role of the STP approach – that includes segmentation, targeting and positioning cannot be ignored...

Business Communication: Refusing Credit

Refusing credit to a good moral risk with bad finances or in a poor economic environment Some individuals have good records in loan repayments. These people are always credited with reasonable moral risks. They usually get their loans processed fast since they are known to be conscious of their financial...

Barclays Bank’s Talent Management

Introduction The productivity of a company is dependent on its ability to proactively organise its human resource management strategy. As a matter of fact, labour is a vital factor of production that quantifies the performance, output, and goal achievement with optimal use of available inputs. The Barclays Bank in Stanford...

RedBalloon Company’s Strategies and Goals

RedBalloon is a company based in Australia and is concerned with changing the manner in which people give gifts. The company also ensures that it enhances people’s feelings about receiving gifts. This means that they work hard to ensure that they change consumers’ perception about presents. RedBalloon works with all...

Best Practices in Business and HRM

Introduction Human resource management has gone a long way from being an obscure and novel approach to a legitimate and widely recognized concept among all modern business practices. Academic efforts dedicated to studying and expanding the field of HRM have broadened the views on the subject and significantly improved the...

Tsingtao Company: Marketing in a Global Context

Executive Summary Tsingtao Brewery Import and Export Co. Ltd is one of the biggest beer manufactures in China that is also active in the global market providing both import and exports of its products. The company has a potential for further globalization because it provides product of high quality for...

Managing Organizational Change: Cases Analysis

Beth Israel The story of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center serves as an example of an influence that a committed leader can have on an organization. The corporate turnaround was successful because the leader, Levy, set realistic, although tough, goals. Levy also focused on transparency – this approach allowed him...

McDonald’s Strategic Change Initiatives

Introduction The strategic change initiative is an important part of the strategic change as the aspect that influences the whole organization and all employees. The first step in implementing strategic change is usually called ‘strategic change initiative’ (Anderson, 2003, p. 89). As it is impossible to start without knowing what...

Hi-Fi Equipment Market in India

Introduction The market of Hi-Fi equipment comprises several sectors. They include media players, Blu-ray players, headphones, sound bars, speakers, and other products necessary for high-quality sound reproduction. The global Hi-Fi market has been experiencing an increase in recent years due to the development of wireless technologies. Taking into account geographic...

Organizational Change Theories and Practices

Organizations that implement change successfully will record positive outcomes within a short period. Any form of transformation will present new ideas, practices, and initiatives that can deliver desirable results. The issue of proper leadership is critical since it supports the entire process. This paper describes some of the key aspects...

AirAsia: The World’s Lowest Cost Airline

Introduction Due to the geographic specificity of Southeast Asia, where traveling from one destination to another by land is either very difficult or simply impossible, air transportation has seen rapid development over the last couple of decades (Jeddi et al. 2014). As a result, at present, the Asian air transportation...

British Airways: Company Information

Abstract The blistering rise of digital devices preconditioned the increased importance of IT technologies for the functioning of the majority of organizations and corporations. In this regard, the given paper is devoted to the precise investigation of the main aspects of a certain company that benefits from the exploration of...

Fitbit Company’s Mission Statement

Market-Oriented Mission Statement Fitbit’s current mission statement is customer-oriented, which is a good thing. A company based around catering to the wants and needs of the customer is more likely to find success when compared to a product-based company suffering from market myopia. Market myopia is what brought down giants...

Financial Statements and Their Significance

What is Financial Statement Analysis? Many companies and individuals rely on financial statement analysis in their work. It is the procedure of using analytical and financial tools for examination and comparison of financial statements (What is Financial Statement Analysis?). Financial statements are a requirement by law, and interpreting them gives...

The Management of Accounts Receivable

Introduction Management of accounts receivable is an intricate process that follows some distinct steps. First, a company has to determine the right customer extend credit. This can be achieved by reviewing the credit rating of a customer. Secondly, the management should come up with a payment period. Working capital requirements...

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and the Equity Theory

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs One of the most well-known motivational theories, Maslow’s Hierarchy presupposes that the actions of an individual are aimed primarily at satisfying their needs, the physiological being the basic ones, whereas the necessity for self-actualization, which refers to the realization of one’s potential, comes at the very...