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Introduction Modern industries are built on the corporations’ success as the large-scale businesses generate jobs, develop infrastructures and push the technologies forward. Companies, their culture, and values integrate into societies, and it is crucial for the executives to establish values that would help people thrive. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is...
Introduction The servant leadership style is one of the most controversial management practices. This method includes many psychological and practical elements in the context of interacting with people at a professional working level. Like all other management models, servant of leadership has its merits and demerits. They can include the...
It is inevitable for a company to experience the need for organizational change. Strategic choices taken by leaders of a firm are often based on the need to gain or keep a competitive advantage (Oreg & Berson, 2019). This transition can be a result of restructuring, merging, new technology, optimization,...
Introduction Airlines around the world were the first to face the difficulties caused by the coronavirus pandemic confronting closing borders, banning flights, and a total drop in passenger traffic. This can be explained by the volatility in the transport industry, which is 1.5–2 times higher than in other services and...
Introduction PowerBeats pro wireless earbuds are aesthetic products that are highly comprehensive. Their usage is reserved in silence, although they do not come cheaply. Moreover, they are enclosed in cases associated with gigantism as they appear in an indulgently chucky box. PowerBeats are designed for new generations and are subtly...
Annotated bibliography Griffin, G. (2019). How artificial intelligence will impact accounting. ICAEW. Web. This reporting article from the respected publisher ICAEW extensively examines the issue of accounting automation and the consequences it will lead to. At the heart of the report is the recognition that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is spreading...
PESTLE analysis revolves around six major factors, which are political, economic, sociological, technological, environmental, and legal elements (Perera, 2017). In the case of the former, Sony is experiencing significant political benefits and support from the Japanese government in the form of improved data security (ITA, n.d.). Sociological factors are manifested...
Supply Chain Configuration The Tehindo supply chain begins right at the tea plantations, from where the tea leaves are picked and transported to the factory for manufacturing into jasmine tea and fruity flavor. The final products are transported to wholesalers, who then sell them to retailers. The retailers then sell...
Introduction The international level of a multinational enterprise provides for a complex organizational structure that includes many divisions and branches located on the territory of different states. With colossal capital, multinational companies are the leading trade and economic relations participants in the international market. Most multinational companies are powerful associations...
Introduction A variety of similar patterns can be observed across the large-scale companies in the modern business environment, particularly in the area of budgeting and organizational financing. Provided the companies are operating within the same economy and industry, they are subjected to an identical set of laws and regulations, as...
Introduction Digitalization and other technological advances have made people’s lives easier and more comfortable. The business world also benefits from the use of technology as diverse operations can be carried out in a shorter period of time and more effectively. Electronic payment is one of the instruments people are utilizing...
Introduction Nonprofit organizations require strategies to necessitate achievements and goals to establish the growth and development of the organization. On profit organizations are facing multiple challenges in the changing rates of demands and other operational services. To fulfill this the nonprofit leaders must find attempts to establish organizations that can...
Introduction Chain store creation has debilitated markets, eroded public character, and disadvantaged communities and traditional life. Furthermore, consolidation has minimized competition and could hurt customers in the long run. In contrast to the conservative wisdom, the decline of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) is not inevitable, nor is it simply...
Many people had once faced situations at work when a misunderstanding interfered with work and entailed harmful consequences. Problems are associated with internal communication in the workplace and seriously affect the effectiveness of all processes. It is necessary to solve it promptly by forming a team spirit, and the manager...
Sheila Stephens, a production manager for Thompson Manufacturing, agreed to interview the candidate selected by the human resource manager on a busy working day. Despite ongoing calls and issues to solve, Sheila invited the candidate to her office and started the interview. However, the conversation was not a success as...
To move toward her goal, Cheryl Hailstrom, a newly appointed CEO of Lakeland Wonders, can implement a two-part plan. The first objective involves changing her style of leading others to gain favor with managers. The second part of the plan focuses on negotiation and persuasion. The first step related to...
The world’s production gets severely impacted by a number of macro and microeconomic factors daily. They are essential to consider and plan the potential response to any arising issue. However, in the regions most susceptible to natural disasters, such as seismological activity in Japan, these plannings become more challenging due...
Micro problems Poor communication among stakeholders; Workers’ failure to adhere to processes and rules (NASA, 2004); Neglect of personal responsibility, accountability and competence; Employees’ inability to raise concerns to the management; Excellence is not valued among team members; Workers are hesitant to adhere to safety culture (NASA, 2004); Loyalty and...
The Coca-Cola Company is one of the most renowned brands in the world. The Coca-Cola brand is valued at $84 billion; the company controls 35% of the North American soft drink market and operates over 900 bottling plants worldwide (Gaille, 2021). Coca-Cola finished the 2020 fiscal year with $33 billion...
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...
The recent rise in the pace of climate change has defined the further focus on environmentalism and the integration of sustainable strategies into the present-day business setting. Burberry, as one of the leading companies in the apparel industry, has shown a particularly strong need for the introduction of sustainable marketing...
The current situation of Microsoft on the market is defined by the presence of various competitors, which increase the risks for the business. The strongest of them are Google and Amazon, and their involvement in the development of software systems and cloud computing poses a threat to the company by...
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...
Twitter’s Privacy Policy is a collection of the guidelines that govern the collection, storage, and use of users’ personal information. When a person agrees to the terms of use while joining the service, they give the company their consent to collect and use that information. This also includes its transfer...
Introduction Process refers to the procedures undertaken to ensure a product or service meets the end user needs. It is mainly concerned with planning, developing, implementing, documenting, and reviewing the system procedure. This is meant to make sure that the product is availed at the right place and time, as...
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...
Restaurant Plans The business I would like to start is a restaurant that targets people from the Caribbean. To reach this target audience, it should focus on offering cuisine and atmosphere that are popular among this demographic. It should also focus on preferentially hiring staff who are themselves from the...
Introduction This paper is a personal leadership experience analysis of my encounter with a community-based organization where I worked as an intern in 2018. The organization faced serious management challenges triggered by the decision to focus on gender dynamics in the community. The organization’s primary objective is to alleviate poverty...
Customer service can be defined as the advice or assistance an organization gives to individuals who sell or buy its products. This entails reliability, attitude, accountability, knowledge, skills, communication, and efficiency (Melander, 2018). These services help customers to have an enjoyable and comfortable experience with the company; therefore, build trust...
The ultimate goal of studying the concepts of management and organizational behavior is to improve the effectiveness of organizations and the efficiency of their activities. The management and organizational behavior can be considered as controlled factors by which the organization can be transformed from a less active state to a...
Executive Summary The report evaluates the business environment in the UK. This is attained through evaluation of the business external environment. The analysis is conducted through the incorporation of the PESTLE model. Some of the environments considered include the legal, environmental, social, and economic environment. These environments are evaluated through...
The Main Areas of Improvement Previous case assignments have shown that there is a substantial communicative deficiency in coworker relationships. Not only do the team members interpret differently the same instructions, but they also argue about the correct course of action. The resulting disagreements lead to infighting, mistrust, and low...
The use of cell phone innovation can be viewed as one of the creative approaches to assist organizations in improving their business execution in the global market. The business exercises of an organization for all intents and purposes utilizing data innovation are known as e-commerce (Veronica, 2018). B2C internet business...
The key mission of Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and Management is to use the education that is global in orientation, ethical in focus, and entrepreneurial in spirit to advance responsible business practice. This is a rather significant goal that is oriented to taking business education to a new...
What does “agency problem” mean? Agency problems are behavior issues that arise out of the formal separation of management and ownership of a professionally managed company such that they form the key determinant of the capital structure and the distribution of policy decision. In this case, shareholders are twisted by...
The IBM Hofstede study is useful in understanding national cultures, but its usefulness in understanding how this relates to workplace values is rather limited. Hofstede’s culture theory does not acknowledge diversities in national practices and hence their institutions. Territorial differences exist within any given nation, such that individuals in one...
Introduction Computer-based information systems are designed and maintained using these information systems (Jeffrey et al, 2005). The systems comprise application software’s which is used to support business and organization processes. The most used types of information systems are information technologies because they are responsible for assisting human beings to perform...
The facts of the case The case is about an application filed by BGP Properties Limited against Lake Macquarie City Council. It is seeking to compel the latter to allow BGP Properties Limited to continue with its development plan on a site that is under the jurisdiction of the Council....
Introduction In April 2017, the now-infamous Fyre Festival was supposed to provide a luxury music festival experience. However, arriving at the private island in the Bahamas, the guests discovered that none of their expectations would be fulfilled. In fact, the festival was canceled the same day it was scheduled to...
Introduction The year 2009 was marked by the resonant case of the investment advisor Bernie Madoff who admitted to committing eleven federal crimes and received a 150-year prison sentence. The convict ran the biggest fraudulent scheme in the history of the United States known under the name of the Ponzi...
Introduction Business organizations should have proper mechanisms for preventing accidents and injuries. However, corporations might experience different occurrences even if such preventative measures are already in place. The involved parties should conduct proper accident investigations to prevent it from recurring. This essay explains why it is important for the relevant...
Nike is one of the most competitive and fast-growing workplaces on the market of sporting goods. The work for the company seems to be a good option for further promotion, especially in the position of a department manager. However, every business has its advantages and limitations for the growth of...
Brief statement of facts In this question, there are three parties, Perry, Athena and Dion. Athena has a house in Templestowe that she has agreed to sell to Perry for $800,000, an offer which is open until 30th January. However, Dion, who had previously bought property from Athena, offers $600,000...
Potavin (2006) describes a true leader as one who maintains an uncompromising adherence to an internalized, but otherwise generally accepted code of moral values; who adheres to utter sincerity, honesty, and candor in all communication; and who avoids deception, expediency, artificiality, or shallowness of any kind in all situations. In...
Introduction There are number types of planned changes which occur in organizations. In analyzing these types of planned changes, two cardinal issues are put into consideration; specific areas in the organization that can be changed, and how managers can initiate and implement ideas to each category of change. The most...
Visual symbols associated with the company form a significant part of its market image. As a rule, they reflect a firm’s marketing strategy and convey a particular message to potential consumers. Research indicates that a company’s logo and visual style can influence customers’ behavior, even if they are not aware...
Trinity Industries is an industrial corporation that provides products and services for transportation, construction, and energy sectors. According to the official website of the corporation (Trinity Industries, n.d.), since November 1, 2018, Trinity Industries split up into two independent companies. Trinity focuses on the supply of railcar products and services,...
Introduction Samsung is a large business conglomerate that operates in different sectors, such as finance, advanced technology, and plant construction. This paper will focus on Samsung Electronics (SE), which is a flagship company of the chaebol. The South Korean multinational enterprise is well-known for its rivalry with Apple in the...
Introduction All modern organizations depend on other links of their supply chains. Maintaining stable and sufficient supplies has become a matter of survival for modern companies, and the resources dependency theory (RDT) examines this particular issue. It focuses on such aspects as limited amounts of materials and the manner of...
Businesses are interested in the most effective outcomes of their operations and desire to receive recognition and popularity on the market. For this reason, they learn to apply the concept of marketing and hire educated professionals who help them on this matter. Marketing is one of the most essential topics...
Introduction E-Commerce (Electronic commerce) is one of the recent and emerging internet services. E-Commerce is simply, the doing of commerce using Electronic Technology such as internet, or other computer networks. The E-Commerce comprises the activities such as selling and buying of the products through internet. Security in the E-Commerce is...
Key Stakeholders R.E. Freeman in his book “A Stakeholder Approach”, defines a stakeholder as” a group engaged varied interests and participants, each of them may contribute and attain rewards as a result of activities of a company or business.” It is to be noted there is an interrelationship that is...
Background Information Hilton Hotels & Resorts is a global brand of luxury and full-service hotels operating in multiple countries around the globe. The company accounts for more than 215 thousand rooms in 85 countries and areas across six continents, including Australia. In Sydney, the Hilton Hotel is located on 488...
Executive Summary The case “Berkshire Industries PLC” gives a detailed examination of the situations that led to the introduction of a new incentive plan capable of meeting the demands of both workers and shareholders. The company had grappled with various challenges before, such as the ineffectiveness of the original reward...
The systematic approach to organizational processes, usually defined by five fundamental components: input, resources, constraints, activities, and output, seems to be the norm until one encounters a unique scenario requiring a special approach. The five components of a process are vital factors of success, much as they may not apply...
Google and Microsoft are major multinational technology companies, together with Amazon and Apple they constitute four ‘Tech Giants’ – corporations which dominate the information technology sphere. While Microsoft and Google have similar business models, it might be relevant to research the differences in their functioning. Microsoft was the first company...
Introduction: Current Situation Electronic Document Management System (EDOCS) is one of the software instruments allowing organizations to monitor and control the operations of all of their departments and be a modernized institution. The current state of the US health care system, as stressed by scholars and even President Obama, leaves...
Cinemark USA, Inc., also known as Cinemark Theaters, is a US-based cinema theater chain founded in 1984 in Plano, Texas. In 2016, its revenue amounted to $4.6 billion, making Cinemark Theaters the most successful cinema theater in the US. The three main revenue streams are ticket sales, food, drink, and...
Introduction The current report is aimed at investigating the effect of advertising on consumer behavior. Commercials and advertising messages have gained a significant level of influence on potential customers, thus defining the marketing success and the following revenue-generating of businesses. If the consumer is relevantly exposed to an advertised stimulus,...
The 20th century has witnessed technological progress, which influenced almost all aspects of life. The shopping process and the relationship between customers and retailers are no exception. This paper aims to discuss the influence of online shopping on the crucial steps of the consumer decision-making process and review the pros...
Introduction The case scenario “A. P. Moller-Maersk Group: Evaluating Strategic Talent Management Initiatives” is expounded retrospectively, throughout the company’s ideological changes since the pre-2003 era till recent times. After reading the article, it becomes clear why human resources function is crucially important and should be aligned with the strategic plan...
How the Concept of product life cycle applies to Regal Marine products Product life cycle is an extremely essential strategy in the marine vessels production. The results of having a life cycle plan enables Regal Marine to organize and lay down measures that incorporate the well being of the company...
The role of HR managers in an organization is difficult to underestimate since they manage the company’s most valuable resource – the workforce. Effectively managed employees are committed to their organization and do their best to help it achieve its strategic goals. To succeed in human resource management, HR professionals...
Analysis Main Conclusions Stefan Kornelius analyzes the leadership style of Angela Merkel – the Chancellor of Germany. The country’s citizens go to election in a few days and in spite of her successful eight-year leadership, the Chancellor might lose the elections according to Stefan Kornelius (2013). The editor of Germany’s...
Introduction Among the problems that companies have to face presently, the increasing levels of consumer apathy represent the most challenging concern. According to Ross et al., the extent of apathy among buyers in regard to the promotion campaigns offered by companies has increased, which a reason for serious concerns (511)....
Amazon.com Amazon.com is an international company which has been in operation for about fifteen years specializing in retail internet marketing. The company has grown by leaps and bounds, from a small corporation to an international master offering a myriad of services in retail sector. Its corporate culture has been focusing...
Introduction According to Anderson (2010, p. 28), “internationalization is one of the most important and pervasive forces that reshape the competitiveness of business environments”. It has largely shifted the basis of competitiveness in companies and makes it necessary to understand global regions as one vast market (Forsgren, 1999). Internalization has...
Leadership is that aspect of the personality of individuals which enables them to lead and manage teams and groups of people. Leadership traits are visible even in childhood when children play and interact with their friends and display the ability to lead and enable their teams to perform and win....
Intermodal transportation refers to different modes of transport providing the same transport services. Intermodal transportation also refers to the use of coordinated transportation of freight on a single trip. Inland water, air, railroads, pipeline, trucking companies, and ocean carriers work together to move homogeneous units to offer improved services and...
Introduction The theory of Business Model Innovation (BMI) discusses the creation and reinvention of a business model in the decade of globalization and in more recent times, that of recession. The business model innovation theory offers ways in which a time-consuming company can increase to competitiveness by the importance scheme...
The paper discusses the compensation and benefits issues associated with: Part-time workers For many years, there have been numerous benefit and compensation grievances that have been presented by part-time workers. Despite this group of workers being used by most of the employers, it has been identified that benefits given to...
Abstract Companies and organizations have turned to online marketing and advertising using web 2.0 technologies in order to capture the greater market that has now turned online. Web 2.0 can be summarized as a technology that uses new connections to expand its presence online. From the research which has been...
Mercury International Ltd is an important company in the world, which is the frontrunner in the shoe manufacturing market. This has become the topmost player in the market by their specific brand names. This worldwide giant in the industry achieved a major share in the global footwear market. It is...
Managing can be defined as looking over and ensuring that people are stay with what they are supposed to be doing. Managers ensure order, greater productivity and a continuous improvement in organizations (Youker, 1977, p. 564). In a more broad perspective, managers design and maintain environments in which other people...
Introduction Process improvement plan is generally required for any process, which takes too much time, overfilled with numerous insufficient details. As for the process of e-mail checking, receiving and responding, it should be emphasized that the entire process should be reconsidered and recalculated from the perspectives of time investments. Thus,...
Case study (BP’s workers) This case study is about BP’s Texas City refinery which is the third-largest oil refinery in the U.S. It is regarding the safety of the workers. There was an explosion in the Texas City refinery in 2005, March. The government investigated the causes of a blast...
Introduction In essence, the ISO 14001: 2004 is based upon the methodology known as Plan-Do-Check-Act or PDCA. It can be further described in the following manner: Step one: Plan – establish the objective and processes necessary to deliver the desired results Step Two Do- Implement the process described in the...
Executive summary The marketing plan entails a marketing strategy for Red Bull energy drink. An overview of the external environment in the energy drink industry is given. The competitive challenges in the market are identified and hence the importance of developing an effective marketing strategy. The firm’s mission statement in...
Teamwork is recognized more as a collaborative effort by the members for the mutual benefits of the corporation and the organization’s employee relations resulted as cooperation among the team members. This signifies the role of an effective team and its performance inside the organizational premises. Teamwork defines the harmony and...
Introduction Palm, Inc. is a pioneer in the provision of mobile and wireless Internet solutions and a leading provider of handheld computers, according to IDC (December 2000), It develops and markets smart phones. Some of the products offered by Palm, Inc. are the Pre and Pixi wireless devices. Both of...
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...
Introduction Sainsbury’s began in 1869 as a small diary shop by John James and his wife Mary Ann Sainsbury. Today, after Tesco and ASDA, Sainsbury’s is the third-largest name amongst the supermarket chains in the United Kingdom with its headquarter at Holborn (Wright, McCrea, and Sainsbury’s, 2007). This S.W.O.T. analysis...
Background – Branding has been a significant tool for promoting products, but it is recently becoming a point of attack. Identification of problem – Several companies have come under intense criticism over their brands being negatively so powerful that they mislead the consumers, and this has sparked debate over their...
Introduction Allstate Insurance Company began its operations in 1931 as an Illinois Corporation which is currently licensed in over forty states to write property and casualty business. It became a public company in the year 1993 after enlisting in the New York Stock Exchange. It is the largest publicly held...
Introduction To begin with, it should be stated that the approaches towards global staffing are generally identified by the allover HR management strategy, accepted by the company. HRM, in its turn, is based on the business aims and goals, which are defined by the external marketing circumstances. In the light...
Introduction The merger of two companies with different organizational cultures inevitably creates difficulties for the manager who has to adjust his or her leadership style to the needs of the corporation and regulate workplace relations among employees. In this case, we are speaking about the fusion of two departments which...
Introduction For a long time, the Microsoft Company has had huge profit margins through employing the monopoly power it has to hold constant the prices of the company’s software at all times regardless of the business situation. However, in these times of horrible downturn and ever-increasing competition, the CEO of...
Introduction Personal or professional, decision-making is always tough and requires step by step approach. Before making a decision, different alternatives are considered and they depend on the importance of the decision to take. After finding different alternative solutions, they are analyzed to choose the best alternative (Mellers, Schwartz, & Cooke,...
Introduction Human resource is a key element in an organisation. For an organisation to be successful, it is important that the management implement a comprehensive employee resourcing strategy. According to Kevin (n.d, p.2), employee resourcing refers to matching an organisation’s future requirements and supplying it with committed, qualified and experienced...
Abstract The organizational structure affects how people and groups behave in an organization. It endows with a framework that shapes the attitudes, behaviors, and performance of the employees. Organizations need to develop a structure that allows them to manage individuals and inter group relations effectively. Differentiation and integration are the...
Abstract This paper will discuss the analysis of porters five forces in the Zicklin school of Business which is regarded as one of the three biggest accredited schools situated in the USA, the school is reported to be delivering a high valued quality of education to its students. Porters five...
In the modern world globalization is exerting immense influence on the development of business situation. The market is expanding at an unprecedented rate, thus requiring proficiency at making business contacts and establishing international bonds. Consequently, a profound knowledge of mentality and cultural peculiarities is of vital importance for a successful...
Modern business houses have been involved in an enormous pact of debates regarding the collaboration of supply chain management. On the other hand, the dialogue about primary considerations for supply chain collaboration usually doesn’t get to the specific way out of how the collaboration in the supply chain works, how...
Leadership is one of the key factors that contribute favorably to the success of any organization. In organizations where leadership is lacking, there is always confusion since there are no well-structured organizational goals. Leadership can be described as the ability of an individual to use emotional and personality skills to...
Introduction The recent global economic conditions have caused a lot of controversy in the business world and affected the global industry leaders in different ways. General Motors Corporation is one of the examples of the negative influence of both improper government policies and global economic recession upon a business company...
This paper discusses the Hawthorne experiments; a brief description of the background of these studies is also given. It describes the social and environmental effects of the time that were observed on these theories. The relevance of these theories to the present time is also discussed. The various drawbacks and...
Introduction School programs are normally designed to accommodate and content students as well as the teaching infrastructure. In the modern society teachers and school managers are under pressure to meet the requirement and expectations of the public that mainly include parents, students and the government. However the increasing cases of...
Introduction Kotter (1973) defines the psychological contract as “an implicit contract between an individual and his organization which specifies what each expects to give and receive from each other in their relationship”. Schein (1980) described it as “a set of unwritten reciprocal expectations between an individual employee and the organization”....
Introduction It is the devising and analysing business processes, making budgets, doing forecasting, introducing internal controls and monitoring the same and evaluating, synthesising and compiling information mainly to derive economic value. It is an accounting technique employed for the development, management and implementation of decision-making process of a business entity....
Introduction This report on financial ratio analysis is aimed at measuring the general performance of the restaurant. The ratios would help users to get an in- depth understanding of the restaurant’s profitability, financial stability and efficiency with which it is utilizing its assets to generate sales revenue. For the management,...
Abstract This is a report that deals with all kinds of information related to the application of home automation system. The paper has been structured to see the possibilities and the process for the installation of home automation system. The matters related to its advantages and disadvantages are well discussed...
Introduction An opportunity is differentiated from an idea in terms of its marketing possibilities. All opportunities are exploitable for business growth and customer acceptance. Opportunity is profitable for business. But all business ideas are not marketable or profitable for the business firm. Among a hundred ideas only two or three...
Finances are required for starting a business and for expansion and development of the business. Appropriate access to sources of finance for a business largely depends upon the type of requirements of the business. Businesses require finance for long term as well as for short term purposes. Sources of finance...
Introduction Service sector is different from manufacturing sector. Service sector involves a wide variety of services including restaurant services. This study focuses on the factors to be considered while opening a new restaurant. Service is main aspect of business transaction to meet the satisfaction of customers. Service industry should evaluate...
Introduction When Dakota Office Supplies was confronted with the problem of reduced profits despite having improved sales the company identified the reason for such a scenario as the weaknesses in the costing system. Therefore the company proposed to introduce ‘Activity Based Costing System’ (ABC) in their organization to improve the...
Introduction The main competitors of Nine West are Etienne Aigner, Inc. Brown Shoe Company, Inc.; Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc.; Candies, Inc.; Maxwell Shoe Company Inc. Thus, the paper will be centered only on three of them which have an impact on the company’s sales and market position. Brown Shoe Company...
Introduction Background of study Any company worth its salt ought to know that its workforce is its most useful resource. This implies that the company should continuously focus on ways to improve employee relations and to motivate these very employees. This is the reason why Tesco Ireland has dedicated a...
Introduction The manufacturing industry is considered very important in the global economy at large. It faces stiff competition and has therefore undergone tremendous changes in preparation for the competition. New technologies have been developed giving rise to new products and designs. New processes and systems of manufacturing have also contributed...
Introduction Sky Clear Airline is a company specialising in commercial aviation. The organisation operates in local and international markets. This essay will present the analysis of Sky Clear Airline using the Balanced Scorecard tool, McKinsey 7, SWOT analysis and PESTLE analysis. In addition, the paper will address the issues of...
Introduction Career counseling, as a broad sphere of theoretical and practical frameworks aimed at helping clients make the right professional choices at different stages of their life span, deals with a variety of specific cases. In order to develop an effective intervention plan and solve the client’s problem, a counselor...
Introduction Goodwill Industries International Inc. often referred to as Goodwill, is a US-based nonprofit 501 organization. Goodwill helps individuals who struggle with obtaining a job and handling employment by providing job training and employment placement services. Goodwill frequently launches community-based programs and initiatives and hire veterans and job seekers with...
F. Mayer Imports Pty. Ltd. is an Australian firm that specialized in importing European food products to distribute them in Australia. As the company dealt with high-quality products, it was not a surprise that annual product procurement amounted to approximately €70 million (Wallace 1). By 2014, the company distributed over...
Every company should pay specific attention to supply chain management because it contributes to a smooth and successful overall performance. Supply chains consist of many aspects, which makes it challenging to assess whether they are useful. That is why various metrics can be used to evaluate the efficiency of these...
In this scenario, the author has been assigned as a district manager for five new Dunkin’ Donuts locations that will open within the next two years. The position comes with the authority and responsibility to staff, structure, and operate these facilities after they have been completed. The goal is to...
Introduction In 1985, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Merck established a new committee aimed at analyzing and reviewing personnel practices and policies. The case reveals that the biggest challenge affecting this pharmaceutical company was the best way to reward and identify exceptional and talented workers. The absence of an...
Executive Summary The individual leadership development report focused on conducting a self-assessment to help outline and explain my personal strengths and weaknesses. I was interested in understanding factors that may negatively affect my capacity of becoming a successful senior manager in my current organization. I collected relevant information from various...
In Chapter 12 “The Drive for Exports,” Hazlitt talks about the exceeding need of countries for countries to export their goods to facilitate equal distribution of expenditures and earnings. This means the higher are exports, the greater the should be imports to achieve balance (Hazlitt 69). The principle is not...
Introduction The history of American military operations includes dozens of armed interventions that had different objectives and were aimed both at liberation goals and suppressing the aggression of opponents. In the history of the 21st century, the largest number of US force interventions has been recorded in the Middle East,...
Executive Summary The report examines the markets of the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany to determine the value proposition and sales opportunities for high-end refrigerators in each country. The results of the analysis show that the value propositions, and accordingly, the characteristics of the production and advertising of...
Introduction Heracleous and Papachroni explore strategic leadership and innovation at Apple, Inc., performed by Steve Jobs, a founder of the organization. The authors point out that the company started to prosper after Jobs returned to work in 1997. For the period before 1997, however, the organization experienced financial difficulties and...
Executive Summary The present paper provides a situational analysis of Pepsico, Inc., the second-largest food and beverage company in the world. As of late, Pepsico has been going through some difficulties due to political, economic, and social volatility and its apparent unpreparedness for changes. This essay investigates the situation using...
Introduction Project financing is an essential aspect of project success. A detailed and well-incorporated process should be applied in the planning, controlling, and managing records of a project. It is not easy to attain the goals and objectives of a project since the process is constrained by challenges in finance...
Abstract The presented paper is devoted to the discussion of operations management and production system. The given field of knowledge delves into the peculiarities of organizations’ functioning with the primary goal to outline problematic areas and offer positive changes to align the sufficient work. At the same time, as a...
Introduction Stella McCartney’s Falabella bags have become an iconic product despite the industry’s scepticism regarding the reduction of the use of animal-sourced materials. Its success is attributed to the fact that the accessory was issued as an opposition to the traditional view of luxurious handbags and also introducing new materials...
Introduction Marks and Spencer (M&S) is a large British retailing brand that specializes in clothing, food products, and home supplies. The company has almost 1000 stores across Europe and employs over 80,000 employees in various positions (M&S 2018). The company has not been doing well in the past decade and...
Promotion of a certain product and its sales to consumers is one of the main activities of modern companies as they are interested in the constant increase in the revenue and generation of stable income. For this reason, the 4P’s of marketing become an effective paradigm that is utilized by...
Introduction Organizational culture is a multifaceted phenomenon that is also difficult to define. Generally, it consists of the elements that can characterize an organization’s beliefs and values, as well as its key practices and principles (Warrick, 2017). The Walt Disney Company (2019) vocally upholds the significance of creativity, but its...
Summary Kashani addresses some of the problems that he believes to be characteristic of the global marketing environment. Five propositions, including the issue of expansion into a wider market, the transfer of promotion activities from local to global levels, the need to adopt a different branding technique, the use of...
Customizing Products: Pros and Cons When entering the realm of a global market, companies often have to consider the idea of adjusting their products and services to the context of a new economic environment. The specified decision may seem reasonable at first given the change in customers and the necessity...
Publix or Publix Super Markets is an American supermarket chain with headquarters in Florida. It was founded in 1930 by George W. Jenkins and it is owned by an employee that currently working in the company or has worked before. It is considered as one of the largest companies in...
Sunrun, Inc., headquartered in San Francisco, California, is an energy-based service provider founded by Edward Fenster, Robert Kreamer, and Lynn Jurich in 2007. Through its vision, mission, and goals, Sunrun focuses on powering the world with clean and sustainable solar energy attainable through innovation and expert service delivery. Sunrun’s vision...
Introduction Negotiations are an effective way of making a good bargain or at least reaching a compromise among stakeholders. They take place not only in global politics and economics but also in everyday life when, for example, a person negotiates future wages at a job interview or resolves a conflict...
Introduction Leadership is an integral component of nearly every sphere of contemporary life. It is equally applicable to business, education, or healthcare. On the whole, it is an ability to provide an impact on other people using one’s personal qualities and values. Management is another important sphere of any company...
Ice-Fili was a top ice cream manufacturer in Russia in 2002. By that time, the company had managed to overcome the consequences of both the Soviet Union dissolution and the financial crisis of 1998. However, the company and its managers also faced a few key issues that deserved specific attention....
Introduction Predictive analysis is a powerful tool for businesses and individuals; it has started to be used extensively over the past several years. Its elements are portrayed in some movies, in which characters use predictive analytics for decision making. Moneyball (2011) can be considered one of the examples of movies...
The contemporary global business environment dictates which capabilities, talents, and competencies company leaders should have. It is true that expertise and experience are vital to managing organizations well, but they may not be enough. Personal character traits, innovativeness, and inquisitiveness are important for being successful as well. This essay will...
Executive Summary The current business plan is prepared to determine the viability and possible success of a new business that will operate under the name Golden Child Daycare. The report begins with the situation analysis which indicates that this business has significant growth opportunities. The company will be located in...
CRM – Provide an example using the CSR (Corporate social responsibility ) Model Customer relationship management is a concept that, when applied properly, creates value for all stakeholders, including both suppliers and customers. However, it also harbors certain ethical issues that may complicate the outcome. The easiest way to illustrate...
Introduction Walmart’s current approach toward its value chain management can be regarded as directed at international expansion. Specifically, the inbound and outbound logistics of the company have reached the global level, the company having thousands of suppliers all over the world (Nguyen, 2017). In order to enhance its performance rates,...
Heidi Roizen is a full-fletched venture capitalist, currently working for Apple. Initially, she worked as an operator in the Silicon Valley and used her connections to become a rather successful venture investor. The personal characteristics that lead her on the way to success are associated with communication and networking. In...
Introduction This chapter contains the background of motivation and its impacts on the organizational performance. It also provides the summary definitions and base theory, the background of the host organization, the rationale for the research area, the research objectives and investigations hypothesis. It concludes with the outlined methodology and the...
Introduction Organisational leadership is such a vital element, especially in shaping employees’ perceptions of work, responses to organisational change, and acceptance to organisational innovations to achieve high performance (Aarons 2006, p. 1162). Whereas transformational leadership aims at motivating and inspiring followers by paying close attention to their emergent needs, transactional...
Industry and Company Overview Based in Britain and with its headquarters located in London-Luton airport, Easy Jet Airline was inaugurated in 1995. The company had a workforce exceeding 8000 people by September 2012. The main mode of expansion of the company is through acquisitions (Sumberg 2011, Para.5). Its main secret...
Summary of the Chapter Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a relevant initiative towards promoting new social actions. The chapter explains why corporate culture supports the business goals of many organizations. This corporate culture should be “aligned with the organization’s strategic intent” (Steiner & Steiner, 2012, p. 170). Every business should...
Introduction Douglas McGregor, a social scientist, came up with two different views of human nature regarding employees’ motivation. The first one is theory X, which holds negative assumptions about human nature. It explains that man is inherently lazy and needs to be compelled. He is also self-centered and lacks ambition....
One of the effective leaders I know is one of my school teachers. Moreover, he is a role model for many. Bodell (2014) claims that the use of a creative approach is the central characteristic feature of an efficient leader in the modern world. Mr. Good, I will use this...
Main Messages, Ideas, and Implications Nowadays, there is a need to transform marketing based on the opportunity for direct interaction and customer cultivation. The formation of long-term relationships is the key message revealed in the article Rethinking Marketing by Rust et al. (96). At this point, a customer-manager-driven organization should...
Abstract The introduction of a product in a new market requires comprehensive research on its suitability, sustainability, and competitive advantage. Reflectively, the process is intrinsic of market demand, uniqueness of the production, and its value addition above rival competitors. This paper researches the suitability of Ayran yogurt products in the...
Abstract This topic of study is concerned with deducing the role of performance and rewards in influencing the organisational performance and overall job fulfilment among employees in Saudi Research and Publishing Company. Using a quantitative approach, the study delves into understanding the various aspects of motivation in relation to overall...
Introduction Background Information The Abu Dhabi government established the Masdar Institute as an independent and non-profit research-driven graduate university in 2007. The entity is dedicated to the provision of higher education and research in advanced energy and sustainable technologies. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), through partnership initiatives, plays an...
