Nextera Energy Culture and Reward Structure

“You get what you pay for” is a very apt truism for organizational culture, employee well-being, and business performance. Organizational culture is what the employees think, how they act, and why they work for the company in the first place. To create and uphold a desirable culture, executives and managers...

Taking Responsibility and Being Accountable

Each person, being in society, can occupy one of two positions. An individual can either obey or hold a dominant position. A leading place is the goal of many, but achieving this status requires the acquisition of appropriate skills, first of all, responsibility and accountability. The significance of these two...

Lidl: Leading Grocery Discounters in the European and Global Markets

Lidl is one of the leading grocery discounters in the European and global markets. The retailer’s worldwide volume in sales was €62.7 billion in 2014, which made it the ninth top grocery retailer in the world or number one in Europe (Schmid et al., 2018). The company was established in...

“The Fred Factor” by Mark Sanborn

Introduction The Fred Factor is the best-selling book and is written by Mark Sanborn, who is well known internationally as an author and speaker on team building and leadership. The book, in narrating the real story of Fred Shea, a postman, underlines the significance of being fervent about one’s life...

Exelon Corporation: Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning Process Strategic planning process focuses on purpose of existence of the firm and its objective according to company’s vision and evaluates both the internal and external environment of the organization and make strategies and amendments as necessary. It provides competitive edge and predicts profitable openings about future. Strategic...

Supply Chain Management of the Sandwich Manufacturing Company

Push and Pull management philosophies The origin of the term push and pull can be traced back to supply chain and logistics management (Hugos 214). However, according to Nigel, the term is also used in marketing (76). The term describes the flow of information or products from one subject to...

“Leadership and the New Science” by M. Wheatley

Introduction Today, research on the phenomenon of leadership is becoming more and more critical. This topic is particularly relevant for the development of effective methods of administration. Modern approaches to leadership are diverse and reflect advancements in the development of new concepts. This paper will discuss leadership theories presented by...

Apple Inc. Work-Life Balance

Introduction The biggest challenge to human resource managers today is realizing the best approach of economically recruiting, training, and retaining workers. This has resulted in most organizations developing a culture that upholds work-life balance programs to ensure that workers maintain equilibrium both in their professional and non-occupational lives. All organizations...

Lipitor: Business Model and Planning

Introduction Lipitor is a drug that reduces cholesterol levels and is produced by the Warner-Lambert company. This company has evolved significantly since its inception in the early 1850s and has become one of the top pharmaceutical companies in the globe. The three components that stand out the most from the...

Situational Leadership Theory by Hersey and Blanchard

Weaknesses and Justification of Situational Leadership Hersey and Blanchard developed a theory that reflects how a leader should behave towards workers in relations to their different levels of maturity to the work. They argued that a high-maturity subordinate possesses both the confidence and ability to perform a task. Conversely, a...

Motivational Theories and Factors

Introduction Motivation deals with the reasons why people behave the way they do or do things the way they do. For example, at the place of work, there is a reason why some people come late while others come early. It may be that those who come late to work...

Information Literacy and Scholar-Practitioner-Leader Model

Introduction In the past, scientific information was concealed, but the Internet filled this gap. However, did this unlimited access to information complicate the research process? These changes in access to information highlighted the rising significance of leadership and the integration in information literacy. In the context of scholarly research in...

Leadership in Different Spheres of Life

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....

Competition Within Intermodal Transportation

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...

Ma’s Family Restaurant: Analysis of Strengths and Weaknesses

Forty years ago, Ma started her restaurant on the route 7 in Millville, by the name of Ma’s Family Restaurant. Presently, the restaurant is run by her daughter, the general manager of the restaurant, Jane Stanley. The two sources of revenue for the restaurant are the dining room and the...

Trader Joe’s Employees’ Emotions, Attitudes and Job Satisfaction

Introduction A business where there is a constant interaction between the customers and employees, the performance of the employees greatly influences a company’s general performance (Hoffman, & Bateson, 2010). Employee’s attitude towards their work influences how they perform. For example, the management should put more effort into ensuring that the...

Shinetsu Chemical Company: Organizational Culture

Introduction Organizational culture defines an institution, whether based on profit, the kind of products and /or services offered, their arrangement, goals, and employee behavior which sum up to create a feeling of culture in the organization. Most organizations in the world have different cultures, and this mostly depends on their...

Hard Rock Café: Operations Management and Productivity

Operation management is a business area whereby a business is concerned with the production of goods and services. It makes sure that business processes are very efficient i.e. using fewer resources as required and effective in regards to meeting customers’ requirements. The ten decisions of operation management are very crucial...

Advantages and Disadvantages of Strategic Alliances

Introduction Globalization has resulted in high competition hence; businesses are finding it necessary to put together their resources to ensure the achievement of the companies’ goals and objectives. The following paper indulges in the advantages and disadvantages of mergers and the central issues surrounding strategic alliances. Organizations form strategic alliances...

Coca-Cola Company Analysis and Success Story

Introduction Coco-cola in the current age has been synonymous with soft drinks, and they provide much enjoyment and freshness for people during leisure hours. The various enchanted experiences by the individuals had made the drink a universal brand among the soft drink industry. The coca-cola belongs to an iconic category,...

Team Dynamics and Their Analysis

Introduction Team work is one of the most difficult types of work as absolutely different people with various preferences should collaborate and work together placing the interests of the group above personal ones. The main purpose of the paper is to identify the group dynamics that occur when working collaboratively...

Pepsi Co’s Diversification Strategy in 2008

Introduction Strategic management is considered to be one of the basic elements that allow a business company to achieve success in its operations in both domestic and international markets (Thompson, 2001, p. 24; Thompson, Strickland, Gamble, 2009, p. 37). However, even such giants of the global business as Pepsi Co....

What Makes Business Communication a Success?

Introduction Business communication is vital for success in all businesses. Success in this context means, being able to accomplish a particular task or to achieve a specific objective. Good business communications in relationships either with fellow staff or customers is needed to prosper. Business success can be measured in terms...

The Corporate Culture of the Trader Joe’s

Introduction Corporate culture entails the behavior, ethical, and social standards of any business or organization. The standards are founded on the organization’s precedence, ideas, and most importantly the attitude of the members (Singh, 2004). For a business like Trader Joe’s, it would be difficult to change the existing culture since...

Emirates Telecommunications Corporation’s Design

Introduction Company Background Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat) is one of the largest companies in UAE which started offering its services in 1976. The UAE federal government controls a 60% share in the company that is now offering its services in the UAE market and beyond, through its subsidiaries and partners...

History of Project Management

According to Marion (2002), project management is an activity that is concerned with organization and its processes. It is more commonly associated with applications in computer engineering and information technology. The process of project management entails the management of resources and teams that are involved in the project this assists...

Freight Forwarder’s Total Quality Management Model

Introduction This topic focuses on total quality management. Most high performing organizations have secrets behind their performance; this could include employee involvement, total quality management, successful teams, customer focus and care, excellent leadership and many others. In this scenario, we take a critical look at certain factors that if Freight...

Organizational Culture in Google Corporation

Introduction Organizational culture can be interpreted through the lens of cultural change and cultural transformations. People use their organizations for unconscious reasons such as defending themselves against certain anxieties, renewing a sense of lost omnipotence, enhancing their self-esteem, and resolving incomplete developmental issues; as targets of aggression; and as a...

Stages of the Product Life Cycle

Introduction Background to the study Marketing involves all activities carried out in the creation and satisfaction of customer needs profitably (Kotler & Keller, 2008, p. 43). The marketer is the liaison function between activities that constitute marketing and the clientele. Marketing activities involve the integration of the four Ps referred...

Managerial Decision Making Process

Would firms increase their revenue if they were to lower hearing aid prices? Evaluate the situation by doing a critical analysis? When the price of a product increases tremendously the demand for that particular product tremendously decreases. The given situation is that the firm wants to maximize its profit by...

Swatch Group’s Brand Audit and New Positioning

Brand Mantra, Core Brand Values & Brand Identity Swatch Group is repositioning and rebranding its products due to the vast competition that it is facing from other dealers worldwide, by doing so Swatch group is trying to recover its customers and retain the market share. Swatch Group should start more...

Strategic Analysis of Google

An Introduction to Google Google was founded in 1998 by couple of students from Stanford University. Like many other businesses, a need of an efficient search engine was felt and there was a gap in the market which lead to the foundation of Google. Initially the company started as a...

E-Commerce in the Airline Industry

Introduction The airline industry exemplifies the effectiveness of e-commerce and the way technology can re-create the industrial structure. Today a traveler from New York can book a return flight from New York to London, a car on reaching, and the hotel room. The traveler on reaching the airport can get...

Paying Attention Pays Off for Andra Rush

Outline This case study deals with how a businessman can make his business a successful one through paying attention to the customers. The leadership skills and characteristics are described through the answers to the case study problems. The first question examines the application of leadership competency model in Andra Rush’s...

Analysis of the Industry State of the Automotive Industry in Italy

Introduction The world automobile industry always showed a growing tendency. The invention of the car by Henry Ford in the year 1896 was a turning point in world transportation history. (Automotive Industry Analysis- GM, DaimlerChrysler, Toyota, Ford, Honda). Though the automobile industry is growing at a higher speed, there are...

Changes as an Inevitable Part of Our Personal and Corporate Lives

Introduction Change is a way of life and forms an inevitable part of our personal and corporate lives. It is indeed almost impossible to live, or work, without some kind of change, either in ourselves, others, or the environment in which we work and live. However, it is seen that...

The Strategy That Wouldn’t Travel

The Issue The critical issue facing Jimenez in trying to transport the solution which worked at the Wichita site to the Lubbock site is that the Lubbock plant is missing the charismatic leadership of a veteran like David Keller. Keller is an exceptional leader who is quick to seize an...

Importance of the Effective Leadership

Leadership needs to be widely diversified to be truly successful. A leader must exhibit traits of accepting and solving a wide variety of business problems and issues, of different hues, and have varying levels of impact on the business environment. It could be in terms of trade union issues, or...

Motivation at Norsk Petroleum

Introduction Norsk Petroleum, a leading gas, and petroleum company pay special attention to motivation and organizational culture, job satisfaction high productivity. The case suggests that some employees feel a lack of motivation and about work trying to find another occupation to develop their skills and improve their life. These problems...

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...

Use of Six Requirements of Value Chain Management

Monopoly paved the way for competition in the global market. Competition has made companies restructure their management systems so that they can come out with a more improved and competitive product. Marketing strategies have evolved for companies to stay ahead of the competition and this is where replicas have emerged....

Coca-Cola Slash Prices and Financial Outcome

Introduction Coca-Cola Inc. is one of the most respected firms who have celebrated more than a century of sustained business excellence, the company was incorporated in September of 1919. The 53 billion beverages consumed worldwide that bear the company’s trademark in which Coke owns or licenses accounts for approximately 1.5...

XYZ: Business Management and Leadership

In any organization – modern or contemporary – there are managers. These managers are the elements that keep the organization’s engine running. Therefore, these managers have functions that can be broadly described through the POLC model, which is planning, organizing, leading, and control. Every manager has to perform all these...

Compensation and Security in Organizational Management

Compensation system is an important part of organizational management and effective resource allocation. Managing compensation is based on plans and involves three distinct goals: attracting and retaining qualified staff, motivating employees, and controlling costs. Although the HR manager would like to achieve each goal, it is also true that it...

Toyota Corporation: Organizational Assessment

Toyota Historical Sales Analysis Toyota Corporation, which is considered to be one of the largest automakers in the world, started to function as Toyota Motor Corporation in 1935. The achievements of the company have always been followed by customers’ needs satisfaction. The analysis of the Corporation historical sales since 1937...

Airline Industry’s Economic Profile

Introduction The currently witnessed globalization may be attributed, to a great extent on the expansion and advancement of air travel. In the last few years, demand for air travel has been growing at a high rate due to the increased mobility of people on tourism, diplomatic or business mission. The...

Social Marketing: An Approach to Planned Social Change

The role of social marketing image in the spheres of business and social life functioning is presented through the promotion of strategic marketing planning process and other concepts leading to considerable environmental changes in the society. It is necessary to investigate the planning of change agencies and social marketing peculiarities....

Organizational Change Models by Kurt Lewin, John Kotter, and William Bridges

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...

Pfizer Pharmaceutical Company and Its Market Relations

Introduction International Marketing is a very complicated net of relations, and the processes, which occur there, are not so easy to understand. Local markets have a less complicated systems. It is easier to enter local markets and to remain there. In spite of the lots of differences, international and local...

Henry Fayol’s Views On Effective Business Management

Introduction The managerial approach to business stresses the problem-solving and decision-making responsibility of business managers. This method emphasizes their ability to make decisions and solve business problems in a way that enhances the objectives of the whole corporation. The business manager is a specialist in managing markets and business resources;...

Using E-Commerce: A Technology-Based Business

Introduction According to Wigand (1997), electronic Commerce is an integrative concept, designed to draw together a wide range of business support services. This includes inter-organizational e-mail, directories, trading support systems for commodities, products, customized products, and custom-built goods and services, ordering and logistic support systems, settlement support systems, and management...

Case Study “Tough Guy”: Problems in the Organization

Introduction The problems that this case study presents revolves around the insulting and derogatory behavior of Chip Mazey, the vice president of Hudson Smith Gordon, an investment bank, along with his poor people skills. Case analysis The insulting and derogatory behavior Mazey portrays has led him, a vice president of...

Assessment and Management of Risks

Risk can be defined as the unexpected happening in uncertain events. Risk can also be described as a combination of the likelihood of a hazard occurring and the severity of the hazard. One is never certain that risk is going to happen and so the risk is un-foretold and uncertain....

Compensation/Management: Job Analysis, Employee Reaction

Job Analysis support in pay decisions Job analysis involves collecting information that describes the characteristics and requirements of a certain kind of job. This information may include the required skills, experience, personal behavior and specific duties to be performed among others. It is through the data collected during job analysis...

Professionalism in Planning and Code of Conduct

Introduction According to the November 2002 issue of Academy for emerging medicine on professionalism and code of conduct for physicians, professionalism is viewed as “the conduct, aims, or qualities that characterize or mark a profession or a professional person.” (p. 1). This definition enlightens us on the existence of a...

British Airways: Business Functions

Structure and Culture at British Airways British Airways is governed by six members in the leadership team. These leadership posts include the posts of Commercial Director, Chief Information Officer, Director of Engineering, Director of Investments and Alliances, Director People and Organisational Effectiveness and General Counsel (British Airways). These leaders basically...

Business Communication in Egypt

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...

IKEA Strategic Decisions: Inventory Management

    Abstract The road towards the newer millennium has been devised by IKEA based in Singapore. IKEA is working to improve the lives of people residing all around the world. The target that has been set by IKEA for the year of 2010 is to be the world renowned...

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...

Supervalu Retail Chain of Stores’ Market Analysis

Introduction SuperValue retail chain of groceries has been in operation for 135 years offering a wide range of products that include grocery, Pharmacy and supply chain operations across the country. It operates approximately 2500 stores and about 2500 affiliated retail shops through the company’s supply chain operations. Currently the chain...

Bias Elimination in the Workplace

Introduction Managers and leaders should recognize not only the individual diversity but also cultural diversity in the work place. In an organization different sections and groups may have different cultures with different values and priorities. Today, the societies we live in have become multicultural due to the increasing cross- boarder...

Personal Introspective Journal on Leadership

In this era of globalization and tight competition the role of a good leader is inevitable for the development of any nation. This is a journal project which integrates the ideas of the journal projects of all the weeks. That is the journal project from week 1 to week 7....

Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation

Abstract The paper is a concise review of the module on new venture creation. Almost every aspect that is required of an entrepreneur is covered in this module and also mentioned in the paper. Diverse subject areas like new venture start-up risk, funding and financing of new ventures, business plans...

Accounting and Finance in Business

Introduction: Need for accounting All types of business concerns require to record financial data relating to various transactions to provide necessary information to the interested groups of persons in the firm. For taking adequate decisions relating to the business firms requires an overview of their past business transactions. For this,...

Enterprise Resource Planning in a Shipyard and Shipbuilding

Introduction Modern global sphere of shipbuilding experiences reduction of margins together with the total increase of customer expectations. To reach success and meet the requirements demanded by customers mean to provide them with the detail information beginning from building planning and up to the description of supply analysis. ERP (Enterprise...

Balanced Scorecard and Analysis

Introduction The balanced scorecard translates an organization’s mission and strategy into a comprehensive set of performance measures that provides the framework for implementing its strategy. (Kaplan and Norton, 1966) The balanced scorecard does not focus solely on achieving the financial objectives of the firm. It also highlights the non-financial objectives...

Entrepreneurship. Running a Small Business

Running a business with enough sense and purpose can guarantee a person lifetime success. You don’t have to be lucky, clever, or have star qualities; instead, if you can get a few things right, then you can be sure to succeed in business. It is important to point out that,...

Entrepreneur’s Harvest Goals and Their Achievement

Introduction If an entrepreneur was asked why he set up his business in the first place, the inevitable reply would be to build up the company to great heights and manage it so that he may ultimately leave it to his children. The purpose of course would be to gain...

Leadership Challenges and How to Overcome Them

Introduction Leadership is a very important skill which is not possessed by all; hardly very few people are blessed with this skill. Being a leader is not easy; it poses many challenges and the person who overcomes these challenges make a successful leader. A leader instills confidence and provides motivation...

Hobbes on the Account of the State of Nature

The focal point of the paper is to present an argument that would analyze and evaluate whether Hobbes’s account of the state of nature and the social contract provides a convincing justification for political authority. Thomas Hobbes is regarded as the philosopher of modern times who instrumented the theory of...

The Accounting Profession and Ethics: Analysis

Ethics in an organization is observed when the rules and regulations that govern the operations of the organization are effectively followed. The accounting profession should adhere to ethics because people rely on that information to make decisions on whether to invest in the company or not and therefore reports should...

Business Scope in Global Logistics

Global logistics refers to the handling and management of the physical transportation of goods from one place globally. The process involves careful planning, costly infrastructure, and implementation of efficient technology; and involves more than one form of transport for the physical transfer of goods from the ‘point of origin’ to...

Lawsuit Defense Strategy Analysis

A decision tree or tree diagram is a decision support tool that uses a graph or model of the decisions and their possible consequences, including the chance of event outcomes, resource costs and utility. The decision tree is used to identify the strategy most likely to reach a specific goal....

Application of Technological Success in Toyota Motor Corporation

Introduction This case study that is being currently examined relates to the success story of Toyota Motors in handling people, and more contextually, use of technology with greater degree of effectiveness and success in the global competitive automobile market. The main aspects that need to be considered that Japan has...

The Role of Leader and Leadership in the Organization

Today, there isn’t any organization looking to develop leadership skills or to grow tomorrow’s leaders. In an organization, success and failure are dependent on the manager, and the manager’s success and failure are based on his leadership qualities. Leadership is the process of influencing and supporting others to work to...

The Field of Employee Relations

Introduction The employee relations have been changed last 30 years for many reasons for developing for information dissemination, employee feedback and employee assistance program. These are a most important factor which provides significant change. By virtue of the European Communities Act 1972, UK incorporated all EU law in domestic law....

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...

Studying Organisations: The Hawthorne Experiments

Introduction The Hawthorn experiments marked a new direction in research of motivation and productivity. More than half a century has passed, and productivity remains a concern of management. Labor conflict continues wherever bosses are not fair or considerate of worker’s needs. Design of work tasks continues to be studied, systems...

Lakeland Wonders: Case Study

Executive summary The case of the Lakeland Wonders is the classical example of the conservative outlook of the business world. Cheryl Hailstorm, CEO of Lakeland Wonders, proposes progressive modifications of the company’s development strategies, while the senior management resists them stressing the possibility of failure in international markets resulting in...

Management Concept: Organization Culture

Introduction Organizational culture is the one that determines the behavior of the organization as a whole since the kind of values and mentality that the people running the system have in mind are dependent on the organizational culture. New employees that have different mindsets from that f the culture are...

Human Resource Management and Performance of the Organization

Introduction A strategic approach for organizing the most valued assets of management is referred to as Human Resource Management. Valued assets are said to be the people who are working for the company and contribute to the success and progress of the company. The success of the company relies on...

The Details of a Venue Suitable for a Corporate Meeting

Executive Summary Details A meeting with about 50 delegates is being considered. The venue should be able to accommodate a one day meeting for 50 delegates with “break –out” facilities for the delegates to 2 smaller seminar rooms each seating 25 delegates. An 8-hour delegate rate will be calculated. In...

Poka-Yoke Proofing in Non-Manufacturing’ Systems

Introduction Quality as a means of creating and sustaining a competitive advantage has been widely adopted by both manufacturing and non-manufacturing organizations. This strategic stance has been fuelled by the growing attention to strategic quality arising from the international successes of Japanese and other South Eastern Asian countries. Poka Yoke...

Outsourcing in India: Cheap and Reliable.

Introduction Outsourcing entails constricting through erstwhile establishments to carry out business dealings that are deemed “non-core” as well as “non-revenue” producing in the direction of the business dealing. Establishments utilise “outsourcing” facilities on behalf of tasks, for instance “payroll”, invoicing and so on. While these practices may perhaps be achieved...

Wounded Warrior Project’s Performance Problem

Organization’s Mission and Vision To promote and provide increased public awareness through transparency, education, and knowledge. The community sensitization and engagement will create advocacy and solicit the society’s aid for the needs of wounded soldiers. The vision of the organization is yielding faithful contributions and support for our most impacted...

Employee Motivation in Secondary and Tertiary Sectors

Introduction Employee motivation in business and industries is vital for best performance and achieving objectives. However, it is an aspect often overlooked or reliant upon outdated and traditional methods of motivation which have little consideration for social psychology, or the type of work performed. Different industries and sectors require different...

Nine West Company Competitors Overview

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...

Cadbury Schweppes Company’s Cost Evaluation

Introduction This is a management essay based on Cadbury Schweppes where we shall evaluate operational cost control, product costing, pricing policy, planning, and decision making, monitoring business performance, building and maintaining competitive advantage, and capital budgeting decisions. Cadbury Schweppes was incorporated in 1969 and is listed in London and New...

Absenteeism and Lateness in the Healthcare Field

Introduction Absenteeism and lateness are wide-spread and yet significant issues in any professional sphere. However, such problems acquire more importance when they occur in the healthcare field, where the value of time is determined by the urgency of patients’ needs. In general, poor discipline in a medical department might be...

Creating a Budget in a Community Hospital

Introduction As an Emergency Department manager of a small community hospital, it is critical to understand that the budgeting process had to be conducted carefully and thoroughly. The main reason is the fact that small towns usually get a limited amount of funding or revenue, which is why the Emergency...

The Café Bar’s Employee Relations: Illegal Substance and Alcohol Use

Purpose The Café Bar is committed to offering and preserving a secure and prolific work atmosphere, liberated from the unfavorable consequences of drugs and alcohol. As such employees who report to work having used or whilst weakened by drugs or alcohol can be a security risk to themselves and others,...

EarthWear Clothiers: Client Engagement & Audit Report

Global or multinational companies appoint external auditing teams to review their financial disclosures and statements. The external auditing team requires to have sufficient knowledge of the client’s industry to understand its opportunities and threats in the market. Another main requirement is that the staff of the external auditing team should...

Five Model of Entrepreneurship: Hurdless and Recommendations

Introduction Launching a new company is a challenging task and requires careful consideration of the product features, positioning strategy, and development opportunities. John and Quincy want to establish a sustainable business that offers customers an environmentally friendly option of powering their homes. The five models of entrepreneurship outline a multidisciplinary...

Voyages Soleil Tour Operator’s Hedging Decision

Case Introduction Voyages Soleil (VS) is one of the leading tour operators in Quebec. The organization has managed to establish strong relationships both with its customers and suppliers. The company’s owner Jacques Dupuis needs to decide how to manage VS’s foreign exchange obligations. Vendors accept payment only in US dollars,...

Coca-Cola in Mexico: A State and a Multinational

Globalisation made the world shrink as the distance (both geographic and cultural) between people is decreasing due to the development of technology. Multinationals serve as one of the instruments of globalisation as they often shape the economic, social, and political landscape of countries to a certain or significant extent (Cohen...

Dubailand: History and Strategy Analysis

Abstract Dubailand is one of the mega that Dubai Holding has ever taken over the past decade. Initiated in 2003, it faced financial constraints that forced the company to halt operations in 2008. The company has sourced the needed funding and the project is currently underway. The study focused on...

Performance Management in Enterprise Rent-A-Car

Introduction Stimulating employees to work effectively with the necessary level of dedication is one of the most significant areas of activity for managers whose business is based on using the workforce. Implementing the necessary strategies to increase motivation, creating sustainable systems of control over diligence, and similar organizational tasks form...

F. Mayer Imports Pty. Ltd. Hedging Foreign Currency Rates

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...

Under Armour Company’s Strategic Audit

Current Performance and Mission Under Armour is one of the leading brands in the sports clothing industry, which specializes in the invention and distribution of athletic apparel, footwear, and various sports accessories. Under Armour was created in 1996 by Kevin Plank as a result of an attempt to solve a...

AAR Corporation’s Organizational Environment & Behavior

Introduction: Company Background The AAR Company has been long known as one of the pioneers in global aviation. Having captured its momentum in the target market, the company has firmly established itself as a powerful leader in the aviation economy (AAR Corp, 2019). This paper will study the AAR Company’s...

Minimization the Negative Implications of the B737 MAX Crashes

Executive Summary The paper focuses on the analysis of Boeing as the aircraft industry player. An overview of the industry and its players, as well as the company’s profile, are suggested. Porter’s Forces analysis allows identifying potential threats to the organization’s activity. The final recommendation is to suspend the use...

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...

Apple Inc.’s Strategic Leadership and Innovation

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...

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...

Coca-Cola: Grand Strategy

Introduction Following modern trends and management models allows both large corporations and small companies to develop their business and promote products to the market. Based on the activities of such a world-famous organization as Coca-Cola it is possible to pay attention to some specific approaches and strategies. The purpose is...

Stella McCartney’s Falabella Bags: Creating and Capturing Value Through Bags

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...

Business Strategy and Plan for Beckman Coulter

Company Information Beckman Coulter is a leading brand in the Vitro diagnostics industry. It manufactures and supplies a broad portfolio of laboratory equipment and systems for clinical research and testing in six continents and over 130 countries, including the Sultanate of Oman. It seeks to improve the efficiency of clinical...

The Coca-Cola Company’s Communication Plan

Communication Strategy So far, the Coca-Cola Company has been pretty efficient with its verbal and written communication. The communication analysis has shown its strong suits that should be capitalized upon and make part of subsequent strategies. Firstly, the Coca-Cola Company might want to develop the ideas of diversity further, demonstrating...

Nike: Company Analysis

Nike Company Analysis: Introduction This paper is a critical analysis of Nike, an American based fashion and apparel company. Key sections of this document provide an evaluation of the company’s external environment, its market share, internal operational dynamics and critical factors that influence its performance. The last section of the...

Comfy Heels Company’s Marketing Plan

Executive Summary Comfy Heels is a new footwear company. Its goal is to create camel leather high heel shoes for women who want both comfort and fashion in their footwear. Camel leather products are extremely durable but can expand around the foot of the wearer which prevents pain and discomfort....

The Walt Disney Company’s Organizational Culture

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...

Job Satisfaction Factors in the United Arab Emirates

Introduction Job satisfaction refers to the extent to which workers feel satisfied, motivated, and content with their work It happens when workers feel that they have career development, job stability, and a good work-life balance. Having satisfied employees is vital for an organization because such employees are dedicated to delivering...

The Impact of Globalization on Markets: Levitt’s Standardization

Summary The process of globalization has affected modern economic relationships on a range of levels, including changes in the market system. In his article, Theodore Levitt reviews the effects that globalization has had on markets. Providing an interesting retrospect into the market relationships in the early 90ies, the article indicates...

H&M, Zara, Benetton Firms Supplying Fast Fashion

Introduction Fashion has become incredibly fast-paced. The ability to mass-produce numerous articles of clothing and make them available and affordable to the general populace has increased consumerist tendencies across the globe. Changing clothes every season has become the norm for upper and middle-class customers. As such, the most successful fashion...

Coca-Cola Company: Management Overview

Introduction The purpose of this report is to assess management’s effectiveness and efficiency in the Coca-Cola Company. According to the official information available at website, the Coca-Cola Company is an American corporation, a total beverage company, offering over 500 brands in more than 200 countries and territories. The company owns...

Sunrun Inc.’s Company Analysis

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...

Organizational Behavior in the Workplace

Connection Between OB and Selected Job Skills Organizational behavior (OB) is an extremely important aspect that impacts the functioning of all organizations. It describes how to manage people at work and what qualities and competencies might be demanded to improve cooperation among employees (Kinicki & Fugate, 2015). The matrix provided...

Purchasing Strategies: Centralized vs. Decentralized

Introduction The key strategies in the context of today’s companies’ management are the ones concerning supply and purchasing control. Regarding the company type and size, purchasing strategies are then usually divided into three major categories: centralized, decentralized, and hybrid approach, which serves as a symbiosis of the previous two types....

Walmart’s Strategic Aspiration: Mission, Vision, and Philosophy

Introduction As a large retail company, Walmart established its presence in the American market quite a while ago. The organization has been widely popular ever since, becoming global within a relatively short period (“Our history,” 2018). If exploring the history and philosophy of the organization, one has to admit that...

The Problem of Lookism at Workplaces

Nowadays the world sees a range of social issues that affect different groups of people. Lookism, which is a tendency among employers to hire such candidates whose appearance corresponds with the so-called standards of beauty, belongs to the most concerning problems. Specialists note that this trend influences mostly women leading...

Costco’s Business Strategy and Model

The current essay analyses an article by Stone about the Costco company (55). The article analyses the business development and its growing into one of the most successful corporations in the United States. It is mostly concentrated on CEO Craik Jelinek because his management is probably the reason for Costco’s...

Integrated Marketing Campaign Stories: Subaru’s Short Video Commercials

Big corporations with well-designed brands, company mission, vision, and values integrate their priorities in captivating messages that they address to their target audience through marketing tools. An integrated marketing campaign (IMC) is a combined set of promotional messages distributed through various channels of communications so that brands can reach their...

Effective Negotiations in Business

Introduction Negotiations are one of the ways to resolve existing disputes that arise across different subject areas of business. For the most part, the concept of negotiation is closely linked to the notions of collaboration, settlement, and bargaining. Not only negotiations are a common element of business actions, but also...

The Advantages of Business Combinations

Reasons to Consider Different Types of Business Combinations Company mergers are a rather common occurrence in the contemporary realm of the global economy. The concept of a merger implies that two organizations join to create a single entity (Hill, n.d.). The specified phenomenon has several explanations, the opportunities for increasing...

The Role of Time Management in Leadership

Introduction Modern leaders pay much attention to time management as it is one of the constant and irreversible things in the work of any organization. Once it is wasted, it can never be returned or used again. Therefore, the task of any leader is to make sure that time is...

“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,...

Chick-fil-A Fast-Food Network Brand Analysis

Introduction The analysis of this or that brand depends largely on consumer interest in specific products and clients’ satisfaction with the services provided. Based on customer demographic data, it is possible to analyze the Chick-fil-A fast-food network and compare some data to compile a relatively accurate picture of people’s preferences....

United Airlines’ Employment Ethical Dilemma

Introduction Sexual harassment in the workplace is one of the most heinous and underreported crimes in the world. The rising effectiveness of awareness campaigns, the popularity of the #MeToo movement, and the increasing attention from the media and the press have managed to turn the tide and bring about the...

Addressing Pay Discrepancies in Medical Assistants’ Salaries

Introduction In the present situation, I am to perform as an HR Consultant working for a small local hospital, with the task of expanding the workforce of certified medical assistants. The major problem is that three exemplary certified medical assistants who occupy the same positions in the organization are paid...

Employee Mental Health and Workplace Wellbeing

Mental health issues are currently contributing to a high number of ailments such as stress and fatigue, all of which result in employees’ absenteeism and, consequently, poor organizational performance. Managers are bestowed with the power to create an environment that is conducive to all employees. As revealed in this paper,...

Balanced Scorecard and Triple Bottom Line for Business Success

Executive Summary To make sure that the performance levels should be high in the target environment, one should consider using the Balanced Scorecard approach. As a result, the needs of customers, employees, suppliers, and other stakeholders will be met. Furthermore, the reconsideration of the company’s approach toward the use of...

Marketing Strategy of David’s Tea

Case Study David’s Tea was founded in 2008 by tea enthusiast, David Segal, and his cousin, Herschel Segal. Headquartered in Montreal, the duo opened their first retail space on Queen Street in Toronto and quickly expanded to over 75 stores in North America. David’s Tea built its business on selling...

Transformational & Transactional Leadership Theories

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...

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...

Work Contracts: Case Study and Negotiation Tips

There is no use denying the fact that the sphere of relations between an employer and employee is a very complicated issue. There are many various peculiarities that introduce some limits or describe terms of the relations between these two agents. Under these conditions, the working contract between an employer...

Leadership Development in Government Sector

Introduction Leadership is critical for ensuring good governance either in private or in the government sector. In the present circumstances, the government organizations are over managed; nevertheless, they are poorly led. In today’s ever-changing world, leadership issues are getting more and more prominence in managing government departments and organizations. Enhancing...

Food Innovation: Ayran Yogurt in the Scandinavian Market

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...

Validity of the Marketing Mix Model

Abstract The research report is based on judging whether or not the Marketing Mix is a valid option used in companies for marketing purposes or not. The detailed study takes reference from multiple sources which include credible authors’ research papers and one to one interview. The marketing mix model has...

General Electric: SWOT Analysis and Future Plan

SWOT stands for Strength, weakness, opportunity and threat of a company while some of such variables of General Electric are – Strengths Some stronger criteria of GE are – General Electric Co. (GE) has long experience as it established in 1892; GE has a strong brand image in the global...

Emirates Airline’s Contact Centre: Work Experience

Executive Summary This report documents my experience at EK Contact Centre in order to document the various things that I learned. It begins by noting that Emirate Airlines has six major contact centers. My experience was from the Dubai center which is a major center supporting thousands of customers per...

Effective Strategies for Organizational Retrenchment and Employee Satisfaction

Abstract This mixed-methods study conducted a survey and a follow-up focus group with employees of the Uganda Public Service to ascertain the impact of asset retrenchment on job satisfaction. The Uganda Public Service has made several organizational moves, especially in recent years, to make non-productive and/or corrupt employees redundant and...

Pestle Company’s Corporate-Level Strategy and Management

Pestle Management The PESTLE analytical tool is important for managers because it helps them to examine the external factors that face the organization and in the process, the managers can be able to think about the potential impacts of these individual factors on the business (Renewal Associates 2003). A PESTLE...

Experience of the Worst Job

Working in a local ginnery has been one of the worst moments in my career. I have been working in this organization for six months only but I have had bad experience. Apparently, will not continue working in the same position. In particular, our general manager, the human resource manager...

Probability Theory and Assessing Risk

Probability theory The basic probability theory is a tool that is used in decision making and risk management to solve difficult analytical problems by use of difficult integrals (Durrett, 2010). The results depend on random occurrence of infinite or finite events based on events that occur in a given probability...

Marketing Strategy in the Business

Evaluate this statement: “Internet marketing objectives that are associated with any type of communication strategy in the business resemble those marketplaces.” Internet marketing is gaining popularity day by day because of the fast pace and high-efficiency level that is demonstrated through the use of Internet marketing strategies. Internet is an...

Women in International Business: Breaking Barriers

Introduction According to Ricks, male dominance is still the chief characteristic of the modern-day international business (78). Additionally, while the women population makes up a huge section of the workforce in individual countries, they only represent 6% of the business expatriate (Ricks 83). However, the situation is rapidly changing. Organizations...

Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer and Communication Theory

Introduction The Internet constitutes one of the most important innovations in communication technology. Unlike traditional media such as print, audio, and audio-visual platforms, the Internet fosters two-way communication. Search engines permit people to acquire information at a swift pace by eliminating the necessity of perusing through pages, as in the...

Effective Business Strategy & Management Insights

What Is Strategy? Strategy according to this article is a way of planning on how a business venture will realize its projected growth in terms of profits. This according to the article includes maximizing service delivery to the customers at the minimum costs possible, reducing both production and operational costs...

Self-Assessment of Organisational Behaviour

Self-evaluation or self-assessment as it applies to organisational behaviour and practice is a very complex issue that varies from one company to another. Often, understanding the variable to use in evaluating a leader in an organisation is critical to various business entities. Based on the assumption that one applies to...

Moral and Ethical Leadership in an Organization

What is moral leadership and ethics? Moral leadership moves beyond a leader’s basic call of ensuring the performance of tasks. It seeks to define the ‘how’ of the process. Moral and ethical leadership is the expectation of a leader to offer direction to all followers regarding the acceptable conduct within...