The Impact of Transformational Leadership on Employee Motivation and Organizational Success

Introduction There are various forms of business and collective management on which the success of a group of people or a specific individual depends. One of the popular leadership styles is transformational leadership, which has attracted increasing public attention in recent years. This method helps to inspire employees to achieve...

Starbucks Family Farmer Program: Ethical and Environmental Challenges

Introduction Starbucks is a global coffee company that has become an iconic brand in the coffee industry. The Starbucks Family Farmer program was established to support small-scale farmers who are critical to the company’s success. However, there have been criticisms of this program, as well as other aspects of the...

Strategic Analysis for a New Travel Agency in a Growing Industry

Introduction Several changes have emerged due to certain improvements in society throughout time. One of these changes is the increase in purchasing power of modern citizens, which has enabled them to access numerous services and products, especially tourism, quickly. Nothing makes a tourist happier than briefly enjoying festive, playful, and...

Evaluating Kids’ Market Potential for Hair Salons Using Effective Segmentation Criteria

Introduction This paper presents an evaluation of the kids’ segment as a potential target market for our chain of hair salons. As a marketing manager, I have taken into consideration the four criteria for Effective Market Segmentation, which are: Measurable, Substantial, Accessible, and Differentiable, in order to determine the viability...

Arthur Lawrence’s Ethical Dilemma in Shipyard Case

Introduction The case study under review concerns Arthur Lawrence, a successful text broker who bought a shipyard to save his favorite town. He revived the yard after the 2021 post-war depression by having the company manufacture cargo vessels. Since 1939, the company has been in trouble due to the effects...

Human Resources as a Profit Center

Human Resources is a department responsible for managing day-to-day operations and ensuring the organization’s overall success. HR is associated with the cost center label, as its primary purpose is to manage personnel costs, such as payroll, benefits, and recruitment. However, HR can also be a profit center, as it can...

The Walmart Firm’s Fraud and Ethical Violations

Business is highly complex, and the success of a company in any industry depends on a variety of factors. One such factor is the ability of the venture to establish good relationships with the customers and society as a whole. Thus, the field of business ethics works toward building trust...

SWOT (Strategic) Analysis for the Los Angeles Housing Authority

A public organization called the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) offers low-income Los Angeles citizens affordable housing options and services. HACLA, founded in 1938, oversees more than 80 affordable housing complexes in Los Angeles, providing homes for more than 60,000 people (HACLA, n.d.). The goal of...

Business: Applicare’s SWOT Analysis

Executive Summary Although Applicare is in the early stages of developing software as a medical device (SaMD), this product is projected to provide laboratories, insurance payers, and pharmaceutical companies with evidence-based solutions to manage or prevent diabetes. Based on the SWOT analysis, the company’s strengths emanate from leveraging artificial intelligence...

FTX by Bankman-Fried: Leadership Challenges

Introduction Proper leadership implies a multifaceted approach that promotes the interests of stakeholders. The study examines the case of FTX by Bankman-Fried, in which the CEO did not meet the requirements of proper leadership. Bankman-Fried used the resources provided by his company’s investors to gamble in the stock markets, acting...

Corporate Social Responsibility in the Performance of Multinational Enterprises

Introduction Business invariably responds to the needs and demands of the community within which it operates. In the last several decades, such issues as climate change, pollution, and the impact of business operations on the environment and the public have come to the forefront of the discussion (Ghardallou & Alessa,...

Bharti Airtel: The Cross-Border Acquisition

The greatest cross-border acquisition in the developing world occurred in Bharti Airtel. It was in June 2010 when Bharti Airtel, the largest mobile communications provider in India, spent $10.7 billion on the African assets of Bahrain-based Zain Telecom (Palepu & Bijlani, 2012). Bharti senior management aimed to provide the same...

Tim Cook as a Leader of a Public Company

Introduction The culture and policies of an organization are heavily influenced by the ideals and principles of its leadership. A leader’s ability to inspire and motivate their team members to work together toward common goals is crucial to the success of their organization as a whole. Tim Cook’s responsibilities as...

Mediation as a Way to Solve Workplace Issues

In many spheres of life, mediation is being utilized more and more to settle conflicts. Organizations and policymakers are becoming more aware of the unique resonance that mediation has in the workplace in the UK. Positive disagreement between people or groups of individuals may seriously impede an organization’s quest for...

TOMS Shoes: The Ethical Work Standards

Introduction There is continuous debate about whether businesses must consider the interests of their stakeholders, which include employees, consumers, retailers, and suppliers, or if they should just be concerned with producing profits. When a corporation evaluates the impact of its decisions/operations on the environment, workers, local community, and society, it...

Bulgarian Madjarov Firm’s Entry Strategy in Morocco

Introduction The wave of globalization is allowing companies to develop and market a wide range of consumer goods to foreign customers using different strategies, such as direct exports and partnerships. Before pursuing such a business approach, investors need to conduct detailed analyses of some of these identified destinations for their...

Walmart Inc. Creating Better Work Environment

Introduction Working in the retail industry involves significant tension and psychological pressure as trade formulate high competition. In addition, trading implies close contact with the customers, and it is necessary to find an approach to clients and be able to win over. Retail trade also articulates high pressure on the...

Enhancing Marketing Strategies: A Comprehensive Approach

Problem Definition The present-day market is characterized by rather strong competition and a rather hostile environment for organizations that cannot adjust their marketing strategies to their updated or newly developed brands. Therefore, it is vital for this company to examine the effects that promotional tools associated with the use of...

Employee Management: Work Stress Prevention

Introduction Stress has been linked to multiple physical and mental challenges for individuals experiencing its adverse effects. However, it is important to consider organizational stress as a barrier to productivity and a healthy work environment. Researchers define organizational stress as circumstances in which the organizational requests succeed the individual’s abilities...

Aspects of Almarai Financial Analysis

Introduction Almarai is a Saudi Arabia-based company that deals with food sales. The company has been experiencing financial fluctuations over time due to competition and changes in market trends. The following report will do a financial analysis to determine the company’s performance (Shaik, 2021). Figure 1 presents a summary of...

China’s Reverse Logistics Operations

In recent years, reverse logistics has become a critical area of focus for many organizations as they aim to reduce waste, increase efficiency, and mitigate environmental impact. China, as one of the largest economies in the world, has made significant strides in this field, contributing to the global environment in...

AI Prediction of Telecom Churners and Using AI Recommender System

Introduction Today telecom industry is having ferocious competition where telecom service providers are trying to satisfy the customers. Despite various methods to attract and retain customers, customer churn remains a major challenge. In a more simplistic term, churn rate is the percentage of total customers who no longer use the...

Decision-Making Skills for Business Performance

Introduction Experience is vital in improving decision-making skills that allow leaders to find optimal solutions and opportunities in corporate work. The business problem discussed in this report is the importance of elaborating on the abilities in decision-making that are critical components in business performance. The current paper covers the evolution...

The Amazon Firm’s Penetration Marketing Strategy

Amazon is actively using the penetration marketing strategy to maintain its leadership position in retail sales. The purpose of this strategy is to convince as many customers as possible to purchase the company’s products. Different approaches can be used, such as lowering prices or increasing customer awareness of the products....

Accessibility in the Workplace and Its Impact on an Organization

Introduction Inclusion and diversity laws require organizations to ensure physical accessibility of the workplace by all employees, no matter their disability. It also encompasses technological accessibility, such as in computers and files necessary for one to perform in their career. Addressing accessibility issues in the workplace is important because some...

The Importance of the Decision-Making Process

Introduction Decision-making, for the purpose of this reflective analysis, is a process of arriving at a viable solution to a specific problem. This is a step-by-step process that requires one to gather information, weigh the advantages and disadvantages, and review alternative options. According to Garvin and Roberto (2003), decision-making “is...

Leadership and Management in the Banking Sector

Introduction The theme of the seminar was leadership and management in the banking sector. The guest expert is David Boyd, Assistant Vice President of the Retal Community Bank, and he has 25 years of experience in the banking leadership role (Central Piedmont Community College, 2023). He spoke about the role...

Unbundling Business Model: Strategy for Planet Fitness

Introduction Planet Fitness is an organization that offers customers facilities to train and exercise. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Newington, New Hampshire (McMillen, n.d.). The firm has employed at least 1700 employees in its different locations (McMillen, n.d.). The main business strategy for Planet Fitness...

Whistleblowing and Critical Thinking

Introduction The term “whistleblowing” first surfaced in the late years of the twentieth century. The concept is simple: when an employee sees their company or fellow colleagues partaking in deliberate wrongdoing that concerns public interest, they “blow the whistle” by reporting the misdeed to an authorized person or organization (Bazzichelli...

Innovation and Organizational Culture in Education

Introduction Most managers know that organizational culture affects the effectiveness of innovation. This knowledge does not make it easier to implement interventions and change. Employees may ignore the tasks just because these tasks conflict with the existing organizational culture. Organizational culture is the norms and values most of the organization’s...

The NorLand Limited Firm’s Challenges and Actions

Executive Summary This report identifies challenges faced by NorLand Limited, such as siloed business units, lack of collaboration, misaligned incentives, and the need for succession planning. The report recommends increasing transparency and communication, investing in technology, and developing a succession plan to address these issues. An action plan outlines immediate,...

Why Leaders Lose Their Way and How to Address This

Abstract Leadership is a crucial aspect of any organization or society. However, sometimes, leaders lose their way, becoming corrupt, unethical, or ineffective. This essay analyzes the personal and systemic factors that can cause leaders to lose their way and the consequences of such failure. Personal factors, such as narcissism or...

Internationalizing the Bershka Brand to Canada

Summary Bershka was established in 1998 in Spain and focuses on fashion and designs of clothing manufacturing. The company started its operations in 2000 when it recorded an increased demand for its fashion products from Spanish citizens (About us, 2022). Up to now, the firm has opened thousands of its...

The Royal Philips Company: Conventional Energy Consumption

Royal Philips is a leading technology company dedicated to improving people’s health and providing better outcomes across the health continuum from healthy living and prevention to diagnosis, treatment, and home care. Philips uses advanced technology and deep clinical and consumer insights to create integrated solutions (Dhayne et al., 2019). The...

The Lululemon Athletica Firm’s Business Strategy

TOWS Matrix The strength and opportunity of Lululemon Athletica is product innovation, which blends functionality and style to meet the needs of the consumers. To utilize this, the company seeks product features superior to others and looks for ways to reduce environmental impacts (Zhu, 2022). Lululemon Athletica’s tactics include partnership...

Business Research Conduction and Impact

Business Research Process The promotion of business services and products requires preparation in the form of research. Business research is the identification of truth regarding a particular phenomenon in business (Hair Jr. et al., 2019). It involves collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data to generate and report conclusions on which business...

Conflict Management: A Conflict Between the Vice Presidents

In managing this conflict, the first thing to do is spot the Vice Presidents who are up to the idea of acquisition and those who do not support it. I agree with Caputo et al. (2018) that some methods of conflict resolving these conflicts include reorganizing groups to reduce opportunities...

CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) at Unilever

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is an essential modern concept that has become popular among businesses. CSR supposes that a corporation should play a decent role in society and take into account the social and environmental consequences of business actions. An example of a business that employs CSR in its model...

Southwest Airlines: Customer Service

Customer experience determines whether a business succeeds or fails. This essay examines a customer service case study with Southwest Airlines. It connects this occurrence to a 2019 article by Sara Staffaroni, which clarifies many facets of customer experience, as well as the Hotel Taj case study about client retention and...

Training & Development in Human Resource Management

Training and development involves educational activities created by an organization to provide data and instructions to employees on how to execute their specific tasks in a better way. The main goal of these activities is to improve employees’ knowledge and skills in particular fields. Since employees form part of an...

Marketing: Consumer and Industrial Products

Introduction Consumer goods are defined as movable commodities that are created and sold to fulfill the requirements of a buyer. This is why these commodities are sometimes known as finished goods or end items in some circles. They are items that customers can frequently discover placed on the shelves of...

Impacts on Women’s Role After World War I

Line of Argument World War I brought significant cultural and political changes in all spheres of life. The demographic, economic, social, and political impacts on women included voting rights, access to education, and better jobs, and changing of women’s positions in society. Introduction World War I and its aftermath were...

Risk Assessment in Information Technology Field

Introduction Organizations have recently shifted their attention towards investing more in information technology. While this is the case, only a few of them seem to take security matters seriously. Cyber attack remains to be a critical issue as far as information technology is concerned. According to Trim and Lee (2021),...

The Impact of Workplace Diversity on Organizations

The article selected in the discussion is “The impact of workplace diversity on organizations,” written by Priscilla Dike. It is centred on workplace diversity by exploring how companies manage diversity and examining the consequences of diversity on organizations. Additionally, the article explores the challenges associated with companies that employ diverse...

A Crisis at Ontario’s Air Ambulance Service

Introduction One of the strategies that Ornge needs to take to regain public trust is practicing transparency. Transparency is a requirement in public organizations because citizens have a right to information (Johnson, 2020). Therefore, Ornge needs to show the citizens how it spends its taxes by providing annual reports and...

Recruiting Expatriate Staff Over Local

Introduction When compared to training locally available people, hiring expatriates to cover a significant number of operational jobs is simply too costly (Zheng & Smith, 2018). Although hiring locals could seem like a temporary, less expensive solution, the underlying reserve money might be compromised by unfavorable long-term results. Discussion This...

The Booking Firm’s Customer Relationship Management

Introduction Booking.com is the world’s most famous hotel search and service. Due to this system, people from all over the world have been able to book a hotel room. Booking.com was the result of a merger between European online booking firm Active Hotels and Booking Holdings, an online hotel search...

EarthWear Clothiers’ Corporate Structure

Corporate Structure and Annual Report Evaluation EarthWear Clothiers’ (EWC) structure and the 2015 report are adequate and meet the auditing firm’s basic requirements. EWC’s corporate structure is that of a public limited company, and it manufactures and distributes high-quality clothing for sports activities (McGraw-Hill Higher Education [MHHE], n.d.a). In the...

Operations Management and Related Ethical Issues

Ethics dictates how to conduct operations in a morally right or just way, as well as acknowledging the dignity of employees in a business. Best practices involve using efficient and effective processes that yield optimum results with minimum risks or harm. They are critical requirements in any business environment; they...

Monitoring the Quality of the Products

Introduction When processing or manufacturing a new product, the manufacturer needs to ensure the quality of the products meets the customer’s expectations. Quality control (QC) is a process through which the quality of a product is assessed, maintained, or improved (Eissa, 2018). Quality control is essential to create an enabling...

Strategic Project Environment: Lusail Real Estate Development Company

Introduction In the context of sustainability, Qatar is one country that is developing sustainable projects. Lusail city is among the projects financed and controlled by the government to develop a green city. It is a revolutionary project that will become a one-of-a-kind state-of-the-art city in the region and beyond the...

Outsourcing Human Resource Functions

Organizations prefer to outsource HR functions to gain a competitive edge and improve efficiency in an era of globalization and heightened competition. Essentially, this is the process where a third party is involved in a business operation as part of the practice. The act has grown in popularity and is...

Strategic Resourcing at Safaricom PLC

Executive Summary Strategic resourcing, which involves matching human resources to the organization’s strategic and organizational needs and guaranteeing those resources are fully utilized, is a crucial part of strategic human resource management. Strategic resourcing assures that the company effectively recruits, retains, and hires the staff it needs. Strategic resourcing strategies...

Philosophical Foundations of a Qualitative Study

Abstract This paper aims to provide necessary insights and information focused on SSCM concept, avenues of application and its impact on consumer’s purchasing behavior. It is advocated to investigate / survey consumers’ perceptions of a company’s green initiatives towards sustainability and the implications on their purchasing behavior. In it, the...

Aggressive, Defensive and Moderate Risk Portfolios

Notably, one of the most fundamental ideas in investing and finance is the portfolio. It is a concept with several meanings depending on the circumstances. O’Connell (2022) states that a portfolio, in its most basic form, is an accumulation of assets, such as bonds, stocks, real estate, or even cryptocurrencies,...

FTE Networks Inc.’s Financial Statement Fraud

Introduction Proper governance mechanisms aid an accountant in determining whether financial statements present a firm’s financial performance and position. Therefore, financial statement fraud emerges when income reports are used to conceal a company’s true financial state or to disguise specific fraudulent acts. Financial statement fraud can take many forms but...

Coca-Cola: Working Capital and Supply Chain Management

Coca-Cola is a major multinational corporation with a well-developed supply chain management. The company’s working capital is appraised as the biggest, which ensures stable positions in the beverage industry. Its financial aspect is available online to demonstrate its transparency to the public. This paper aims to dwell on the working...

BeeDoughs Cookies: Financial Aspects

Introduction This essay will look at the financial aspects of running a speciality cookie business. We will look at how product costing methodologies and supply variations affect business decisions. In addition, we will conduct a cost analysis and evaluate the data to identify the effectiveness and performance of manufacturing. Establishing...

Ramsay Health Care: Financial Management

Introduction Ramsay Health Care is one of the leading Australian healthcare organizations with a global network. The organization was founded in 1964 by an Australian entrepreneur and anthropologist named Paul Ramsay. Within the past five decades, this business venture had expanded to have branches in different regions, including Asia, the...

Walmart’s Leadership and Business During COVID-19

Introduction The coronavirus pandemic is a global phenomenon that literally shut down businesses and forced people to stay locked indoors for fear of contracting the virus. Subsequently, the pandemic was a rude awakening for institutions without any disaster management strategies as most of them were forced to close their doors...

Qualified Candidates and Poor Credit Checks: The Ethical Theory of Utilitarianism

Different state laws in states across the United States limit employers from checking the financial situations of their employees. This paper overviews how a manager can employ an ethical theory of utilitarianism to handle a situation and conflict of a qualified candidate with poor credit checks. The applicable theory is...

The Wal-Mart Company’s Customer Profiling

Walmart’s success and triumph over the other competitors in the retail business are attributable to its business model. The company’s pillar, “Everyday Low Price (EDLP),” appears to have played the largest role in ensuring that the stores attract and retain customers, given that most buyers are price-sensitive. While other companies...

Hotel Recruitment Practices Case Study

Introduction The presence of high-quality service in the travel and tourism industry is an essential element for success. Striving for enhanced customer experience, companies in the hospitality industry place great significance on their recruitment practices. The technological changes and advancements of recent years opened many opportunities for expanding recruitment channels,...

Revenue Recognition in Company Performance

Introduction Revenue recognition is a common accounting standard that defines and accounts for the exact criteria under which income is recorded and confirmed. Revenue is often documented when a significant incident happens, and the money quantity is clearly measurable to the organization. Revenue is key to any firm profitability, and...

Unilever Plc’s Financial Analysis

Introduction Unilever Plc is a multinational conglomerate founded in 1883 in the United Kingdom (UK). The company has its headquarters in London; it has grown its product portfolio from the founding sunlight soap brand and now boasts over 400 different product brands. Its operations span 190 countries globally, providing a...

Employee Relationships From a Biblical Perspective

Introduction It is no secret that good, strong, and stable working relationships between colleagues, subordinates, and leaders of organizations provide a solid foundation for implementing productive work, effective results, and high achievements. It should be noted that the biblical motives, commandments, and dogmas, in this case, act as a “catalyst”...

McDonald’s and Its Decline & Crisis Due to the Healthy Food Trend

The trend for healthy eating was born not so long ago, but continues to cover more and more segments of the population around the world. The demand for products of proper and healthy nutrition is constantly growing, and healthy lifestyle products and superfoods are gaining popularity. There is a trend...

Western and Eastern Philosophy: Differences and Their Religious Causes

Philosophies are reflective of nations’ lifestyles and perspectives on ethical decision-making. Western and Eastern philosophies have borrowed a lot from religious movements. There are two differences between these philosophies, including the individualism-collectivism dimension of ethics and the conflict of predetermined rules and searching for truth. Firstly, Western and Eastern philosophies...

Harvard Business School’s Partnership Opportunities

Introduction The modern era learning institutions are taking school partnerships a notch higher by leveraging technology on global connectivity where partnership activities occur over digital platforms. School partnerships denote the strong alliances and affiliations between two or more learning institutions to improve service quality delivery to the learners. Historically, alliances...

Walmart Inc.’s Code of Conduct

Walmart Inc., one of the world’s biggest retail corporations, pays significant attention to public reputation. In this regard, Walmart’s Code of Conduct reflects the company’s approach to professional ethics. According to Walmart (n.d.), ethical conduct is vital for building trust in three essential aspects: associate relationships, customer relationships, and overall...

The Nakilat Company’s Organizational Change

Introduction Established in 2004, NAKILAT is one of the renowned shipping and maritime companies operating in the state of Qatar. The company has about 794 employees who help achieve its purpose (Nakilat, 2022). It offers an important transportation link in Qatar’s supply chain. It provides shipping agency services through Nakilat...

Industry 4.0 and Its Supply Chain Management

Summary The industrial landscape of the 21st century is changing under the influence of various contemporary factors. Historically, humanity’s approach to most of its activities across different sectors has aligned with the development of societal, economic, and technological aspects. Today, the third component has taken a leading position, as progress...

Professional Development Plan: Analysis

Introduction The global economy has become more advanced and dynamic due to the forces of globalization, technological breakthroughs, and changing human interactions. Leaders operating in the 21st century need to develop their competencies continuously while transforming their abilities in such a way that they can succeed in diverse environments. The...

Strategic Planning Case Study: Process Management

In the organizational discipline of business process management (BPM), A company takes a step back and evaluates each of these procedures as a whole and separately. It evaluates the current situation and identifies potential areas for improvement to create a more effective and efficient organization. Therefore, during the planning phase,...

List Integration Essay: Pilots’ Attempt to Claim Employer Collusion

The four commonly used integration methods in airline mergers are date of hire, rank ratio, relative seniority, and career expectation. The methods have therefore been used in the cases “Addington vs the U.S.,” “Nicolau reward,” and “Allegheny Mohawk Merger Case” to show the conditions for getting into a merger and...

HRM Incident: Case Study Analysis

Minimum Education Requirement The analyzed case reveals that South Illinois Electric Company (SIE) has been growing rapidly through acquisition. This achievement has played a positive role in attracting more clients. Such a change calls for additional workers to complete most of the required tasks (Nor, 2018). Judy Anderson has been...

A Good Leader: The Main Qualities

A good leader should be motivated to know how to inspire others. For example, he or she is a role model for his or her workers by showing his career success. Attentiveness forces an employer to differentiate the motives of their employees. To illustrate, when a leader knows that one...

Salesperson: The Crucial Skills

Modern times are characterized by the appearance of an increasing number of trading companies, as well as a significant increase in sales specialists. Although there are more and more sellers, there are not so many specialists among them. Professionals need to have several skills that will help them achieve significant...

Non-Profit Organization: Financial Sustainability

The financial sustainability of a non-profit organization refers to the ability to maintain financial capacity within the organization over a long time. The financial capacity consists of the financial resources within the organization that aid in the achievement of objectives (Francois & Francois, 2014, p. 118). Therefore, the organization’s financial...

Employees Management: The Part of Successful Business

Firing People for Legitimate Reasons Managing the employees of the company is always one of the most difficult parts of running a successful business. Working together on a shared vision of success, workers, managers, and leaders all fulfill their own unique roles. In their level of influence, employees are placed...

Addressing Business Competition

Introduction Business competition constitutes a major operational problem that organizations face. Every typical firm works to fulfill client needs to accomplish its objectives and goals. Consequently, corporate executives use both long-term and short-term plans to carry out the business’s ambitions. Addressing competition is among the organization’s improvement initiatives since it...

BGC Company Limited Company Financial Performance

Introduction BGC Company Limited is the leading manufacturer and seller of quality glass, packaging materials, and related products. These products help consumers find better packages for their products, such as beer, nonalcoholic beverages, medicine and pesticides, and glass containers for putting exports. The main target for the company includes drink...

Tesla’s Carbon Footprint Issue

Introduction In the modern world, societies expect a business organization that operates within the regions to be accountable for the impacts associated with their practices in the given environment. The act of being responsible is no longer considered a business activity but rather a demand driven by customers. Tesla is...

Change Management: Vodafone Qatar

Executive Summary This report describes a case study of change management that occurred in Vodafone Qatar in 2018. The change occurred as a result of the poor financial performance of the company since its establishment. After years of failure and the start of Qatar’s blockade, Vodafone sold off its shares...

Organizational Change: Qatargas Case Study

Executive Summary This report conducted an analysis of change conducted by Qatargas during the COVID-19 pandemic. The change aimed at adapting the operations to promote the health and safety of the employees and the community. Shortly after the COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, Qatargas created a taskforce that took command...

Accor Hotel Group: Evaluation

Introduction Accor Hotel Group (AHG) is a world-leading hospitality enterprise with several unique strategies. It has 5,300 hotels, 10,000 food, and beverage venues, over 40 brands, and employs over 260,000 people across 110 countries (Accor, 2022). AHG is one of the industry’s most diverse and integrative hospitality ecosystems and a...

Poor Leadership Decision: A Case Study

Introduction Leadership is a complex position associated with the necessity to make difficult decisions that will directly affect the performance of the unity. This objective requires a certain level of expertise that would allow the manager to make an informed decision in light of all the factors involved. Yet, even...

The Galanz Company’s Operations Strategy

Galanz is a Chinese company producing microwave ovens and competing with such giants as LG, Panasonic, and Toshiba. The company’s success is attributed to the low-cost strategy, achieved by efficient use of capacity and process improvements, and the combination of OBM, OEM, and ODM, allowing for economies of scale. Currently,...

Corporate Governance and Family Companies in Hong Kong

Introduction This analysis of the relevant literature review begins with an introduction of corporate governance and family companies, and within the Hong Kong context. The board in the head of a firm, its purpose and efficacy, and agency theories are next covered in the literature study. It narrows down to...

Exploring the Effects of the Leadership Style on the Performance of an Organization

Abstract The effectiveness of an organization’s leadership is among the most crucial variables determining its success or failure. Organizational goals are achieved by the leadership style of the person in charge. This report explores the influence and impact of leadership styles on a company’s success. Transformational, transactional, authoritarian, charismatic, bureaucratic,...

Impact of Accounting Conservatism on Innovation

Introduction Background Accounting conservatism refers to a collection of record of financial principles of maintaining a record that requires a high level of scrutiny before a corporation can legally claim some gain (Guo et al., 2020). The basic idea is to consider the worst scenario for a company’s financial status....

Marriott International’s Financial Analysis

Abstract This job involves finding and analyzing the numbers in Marriott International’s reports. It includes the collection of information and a detailed study of the data obtained during the study. At the end will be formed a detailed report on the work done, as well as the conclusions. Based on...

Henkel: A Digital Transformation Journey

Introduction In the present day, rapid technological development has made it necessary for large business companies to change the ways their factories work. Technologies such as automation, 5G, and Blockchain have made it clear to corporate leaders that they need to adopt some of them if they want to optimize...

Stakeholders in Business: Roles and Responsibilities

This week’s materials focused on the topic of stakeholder relationships in business. The stakeholder term in business includes many external and internal individuals and groups; therefore, learning more about their role is essential for understanding how businesses operate in the modern world. While the role of external stakeholders in business...

Aspects of Domino’s Pizza Crisis

Introduction The use of techniques aimed to assist an organization in dealing with a sudden and severe unfavorable occurrence is known as crisis management. A crisis might happen as a result of an unforeseen incident or as an unanticipated repercussion of an event that was previously deemed a possible concern....

Macy’s: The Marketing Issues’ Challenges

This post raises many excellent points regarding the marketing issues’ challenges. First, I would like to address the advertising of luxury products. Kotler and Keller (2016) highlight the importance of targeted branding and a selective approach to the luxury products’ industry image. However, labeling Macy’s as a high-end, luxurious brand...

The Home Depot Company’s Innovation Strategy

Home Depot is a multinational home renovation company that deals with all products used in house installations and furnishing. The company’s value creation strategy is set to satisfy the demands of loyal and potential customers through quality improvement. Home Depot’s recent multichannel management innovation has enabled the company to decode...

E-Commerce and Integrated Logistics to Customers

Introduction: The E-Commerce Logistics Industry Since the 1990s, there has been a rapid development in information and communication that has greatly changed and revolutionized the global business world. In particular, the rapid technological development has influenced and modified how organizations apply logistics and their supply chain operations as a business...

Ooredoo Qatar Mobile Application Development

Executive Summary This report’s aim is determining strategic project environment of Ooredoo’s Mobile Application Development project. Ooredoo is the leading enabler of digital business innovation in the Qatar region. The project’s environment is evaluated using the PEST analysis, hence analysing the project’s influence on its environment. To expand and improve...

The General Motors Company’s Change Strategy

Background Not all companies have succeeded at restructuring their operations due to globalization, and General Motors (GM) is one of them. There are significant internal failures that mark its downfall, including safety standards issues, manufacturing flaws in its cars’ parts, and the inappropriate initial response to the accusations on these...

The Pauls Brand’s Marketing Intelligence

Introduction Pauls is one of the leading milk brands in the Australian market. Presently, it remains an acceptable product because it delivers numerous benefits to the consumer. In terms of background, the brand name emerged in 1923 when a firm by the same name introduced it into the market. Other...

The Ford Fiesta Movement’s Marketing Techniques

Introduction The marketing plan that Ford implemented for the Fiesta is a forward-thinking approach to the business of marketing. The automotive business in the United States is a highly competitive market in which a large number of well-established brands currently operate successfully and have a substantial number of loyal customers....

Analysis of Amazon Financial Reports for 3 Years

2019 Amazon did not experience any shocks in 2019, demonstrating normal development. With $280,522 in annualized recorded revenue in 2019, Amazon showed no big jump compared with 2018 (Amazon, 2020). Massive movements can be seen in the area of ​​sustainable development and research. One of the principal investment areas was...

Recruitment Tactics and Interview Questions

Recruitment Tactics The first tactic can be described as a method of recruitment in which a candidate is suggested by a company worker. One of the advantages of this method is that there is no need to place ads in the media and on the Internet and wait for a...

The Importance of Effective Warehousing in Mining

Business organizations currently must have an effective warehousing and inventory management system for manufacturing equipment within the mining industry. Choosing the best methods for storing, supplying, and purchasing is crucial for quality and reliability in inventory management. Individual item criticality, which explains how important a component is, should be taken...

Swatch Group Company Aspects Analysis

Background To begin with, the Swatch Group manufactures and distributes watches. They are the largest manufacturer in the world and have 156 production facilities around the globe (Deshpande et al., 2012). They did not limit themselves to producing and assembling watches for brand retailer companies. The company also provides different...

The De Beers Company’s Financial Success

Introduction The diamond market is a relatively difficult field to operate in, which means that gaining a competitive advantage is challenging. Thus, it is certain that a corporation’s success in this domain is economically proficient in both micro and macroenvironment. De Beers is, indeed, the world’s largest diamond company specializing...

The Accenture Firm’s Promotional Mix Analysis

Introduction Integrated marketing communications (IMC) is the strategy that takes your marketing department from disparate functions to one interconnected approach. IMC takes various marketing collateral and channels — from digital to social media, to PR, to direct mail — and merges them with one dependable message. Accenture is a global...

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Used in Marketing

The position that seems to be the most rational and acceptable in marketing is a reflection of the needs, wants, and desires of consumers. As a rule, lack generates an individual need, which, supported by income, is expressed in demand, and it, in turn, is satisfied by exchanging money for...

Productivity in Operations Management

Operations management is a practice that implies the control of the production of goods or services. Namely, researchers define the concept as the field correlating with organizational planning, quality control, inventory management, scheduling, and managing purchases (Wolniak, 2020). A potential critique can be exemplified as the complexity of the field,...

Walmart Company Mission Statement and Ad Analysis

Introduction Walmart is a supermarket chain in the United States and one of the world’s largest retailers. The company operates under several banners, including Walmart, Sam’s Club, and Asda. Walmart sells a variety of products, from groceries to home items. At Walmart, the philosophy is simple: to save people’s money...

Tesla Company Management Analysis

Tesla is one of the most popular companies in the world. Its CEO, Elon Musk, is a highly influential, innovative, and intelligent person. The organization produces high-quality electric cars which do not damage the environment and help people stay safe on the roads. The company’s main values are protecting the...

Amazon and Uber Firms’ Target Markets and Competitive Advantage

Introduction For any company, it is essential to establish its target markets and implement effective practices to develop and maintain a competitive advantage. According to Schroeder and Goldstein (2020), businesses need to ensure that their products or services offer value to customers. This objective cannot be achieved only by ensuring...

Asos Company Financial Analysis

Introduction ASOS plc is an online British retail company that deals with fashion and cosmetic items. This company was established in London in 2000 and primarily targeted the young adult audience. However, during its growth phases, ASOS endorsed a kids’ wear fashion line, which did not thrive as expected due...

Alibaba Holding Group Limited Company History

Alibaba Holding Group Limited, better known as Alibaba.com, is a Chinese multinational technology business founded by Jack Ma. Since its inception in 1999, the firm has specialized in e-commerce, retail, the internet, and technology (Zhao, 2022). The company’s headquarters are in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, and it offers business-to-consumer (B2C), consumer-to-consumer (C2C),...

Strategic and Program Evaluation in Healthcare

The constant increase in healthcare costs associated with the emergence of new medical technologies and medicines, as well as changes in the structure of morbidity and demographic problems, is a global trend nowadays. Holden et at. (2021) emphasize that “this evolution is accompanied by new challenges to deliver safe, high-quality,...

Time Management: Mobile Application

Introduction It is important to note that a key part of one’s entrepreneurial competence involves an ability to properly spot and identify a critical problem or need, which requires addressing in a business-related fashion. The given problem identification and business venture proposition assessment will primarily focus on time management improvement...

Value Chain Analysis for Walmart

Introduction Today, Walmart is a well-known American retail corporation promoting services in its hypermarkets and other stores locally and worldwide. This organization successfully proved its stability in three major areas: opportunity (employment and investment), sustainability (emission reduction), and community (specific social needs) (Harrison, 2019). Value chain analysis is a unique...

Hispanic Marketing in Online and Mobile Formats

Introduction The Hispanic community in the United States comprises an increasing population. Their steady increase in the population influences their consumer purchase by a significant percentage. Companies looking to advertise their products in the United States cannot ignore this potential market. However, these companies must develop marketing strategies that understand...

McDonald’s Procurement Risk and Contract Management

A competitive advantage in the context of procurement by an organization such as McDonald’s refers to its ability to offer customers quality goods or products with more value relative to competitors. Overall, a competitive advantage is built over time and involves complex contributions from different departments in an organization. An...

The Amazon Company Information

Amazon is an American organization, one of the largest in the world among companies engaged in selling all kinds of goods and services via the Internet. It is also a leader in the field of sales of mass-demand goods through the system of Internet services. One of the characteristic features...

The National Incident Management System and the Incident Command System

The National Incident Management System (NIMS) was created as a system for emergency management, response, and retrieval. The Incident Command System (ICS) is a typical approach to the administration, coordination, and organization of rescue operations that offers a standard structure under which personnel from many agencies can be productive. NIMS...

The Impact of Organizational Culture on Innovation Management

Introduction Theoretical Framework The theoretical framework introduces and describes the theory that explains why the research problem under study exists. The relevance of improving corporate culture is determined by the increasing influence of the human factor: the “aging” workforce, which leads to a decrease in the level of the economically...

Improving Financial Performance in Business

The organization is currently experiencing financial difficulties, which have been made known by non-capable evolutionary performance. The department is no longer showing decent results, and it is recommended to switch to a new mode of operation. This memo outlines recommendations for achieving 10% savings, our primary goal. Cost levels are...

A Job Analysis for a Project Manager

Introduction Organizations use job descriptions to highlight skills and competencies required to perform specific tasks and duties associated with a certain position. It is essential to set clear expectations for candidates to determine the demands and recruit the right individual whose skillset and experience can meet them (Alvarenga et al.,...

Microsoft and Apple, Inc.: Leadership Styles

Microsoft and Apple operate in the same market and have the highest shares in it, competing for decades. While there is a strong imprint on their strategies left by Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, the companies continue to change and adapt to the modern reality. Understanding how this process occurs...

The Walt Disney Company’s Analysis

Company’s Corporate Strategy Corporate strategy is concerned with how an organization packages its business to establish the best value. In 2020, the Walt Disney Company decided to diversify the enterprise into different product segments across entertainment and luxury. The company expanded its overseas market through the UTV acquisition (Gamble, 2020)....

COVID-19 Impact on Military Supply Chain Management

Introduction The discussed topic is connected with the challenges military supply chain management faced during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and after it. Business activity decreased significantly during this period because the production line stopped and transportation between countries was challenged. As a result, managers should elaborate alternative plans...

Anand Vaidya on Ethical Theory in Business

Introduction In this essay, I will argue that Anand Vaidya’s statement that ethical theory in business should not be considered indeterminate and unintelligible, only based on misalignment with ethical theories, is fundamentally flawed. First, I will present the idea and the arguments provided by the author in the article titled...

The iPad Pro Features and Marketing Strategies

The Positioning Statement (TA) The iPad Pro is capable of any work thanks to its versatility. The device is a fascinating and effective tool for getting things done, whether someone is focusing on a project, engaging in creative activity, or playing a compelling game. Additionally, the iPad Pro runs complex...

Enron Ethics and Organizational Culture

Introduction Electricity and natural gas were both sold wholesale by Enron Company Limited. It was profitable and operating well for the outside world, but the reality within was different. The lack of accounting openness gave the corporation’s financial situation a sound appearance. The truth about Enron was uncovered when outside...

Leadership and Change Portfolio: Ooredoo

Ooredoo, a Qatari multinational telecommunication company, was founded in 1987 as a telephone exchange company and is today one of the largest communication operators in the region, with operations spanning 16 countries. It offers its over 115 million customers mobile, digital, fiber, and broadband services. The company is publicly listed...

Wawa Inc.’s Reinvention Through Blue Ocean Strategy

Brief History Like nearly all merchants, Wawa felt the pain of limited consumer spending as the financial crisis of 2008 progressed. Companies were actively copying Wawa’s products in reaction to the recession. Faster pumps with shorter lines and did not charge credit card fees became increasingly prevalent. Stoeckel summoned top...

7-S Framework Organizations Assessment Tools

Abstract Organizations apply a range of tools to analyzing their performance, measuring its current quality, and identifying the necessary improvements. Among those are the 7-S framework, the balanced scorecard (BSC), the SWOT paradigm, and its PESTLE equivalent. Using each of these separately enables resolving particular issues but leaves gaps, for...

Tesla: Socio-Economic and Legal Assessment Report

Introduction The automobile industry is one of the most profitable and influential economic branches in the world. As the overall global GDP is growing despite the recent lockdown, which has weakened people’s potency to buy products, more consumers are willing to invest in comfortable, safe, innovative, and reliable cars. However,...

McDonald’s Barriers to Marketing Planning

Marketing planning is a tool that helps a company monitor and controls the internal and external factors that affect profit. Thanks to marketing planning, each company division understands the enterprise’s competitive position and what should be achieved in the future (Fahy and Jobber, 2019). Malcolm McDonald highlighted several critical barriers...

Essential Skills for Effective Leadership and Management

Introduction In the digital era, leadership and business management have taken a new direction, necessitating advanced skills for handling the complex business industry. Leadership and management are two different concepts in which individuals need to consider the context of their applications for successful operations. Leaders and managers have relied on...

Nokia: Company Analysis, Organizational Design

Over the course of its performance, Nokia has proven itself to be a reliable and innovative organization. Currently, Nokia is in a rather harsh environment, mostly due to the need to compete against highly proficient companies that have already established themselves and captured the target market. Therefore, the current organizational...

Human Resource Practice, Leadership and Management

Introduction Contemporary Approaches to Human Resource Management and Development Human resource management is a factor within the organization that prominently influences the asset value and competency in the marketplace. The department deals in the optimal coordination of employees towards enhancing appraisal exchange. The intensification in digital entrepreneurial practices globally fostered...

The Role of Business Ethics in Insurance Companies

The concepts of morality, ethics, and culture of behavior are usually attributed to the field of non-economic relations between people. To some extent, they are associated with official relations, usually tied to service in government organizations. Meanwhile, it is exactly the entrepreneur who needs the image of an honest, deeply...

Kodak and the Digital Revolution

Introduction The main idea of traditional photography is to create images from the film and use information obtained from the camera’s aperture. This field is characterized by regular innovations and technology to attract the customer’s attention and increase demand. At the end of the 1800s, George Eastman founded Kodak that...

Robots vs. Human Service in the Hotel Industry

Abstract Although robots are more effective, human service is still preferred in hotel service. They can work under dangerous conditions, provide standardized services and work more than human beings. The inability of robots to interact, show and understand emotions effectively makes consumers prefer human service. Humans’ ability to provide personalized...

The Canadian Moose Hat Company’s Marketing Plan

Products The Canadian Moose Hat Company has manufactured winter hats for almost a hundred years, especially for skiers and people who go camping or hiking during the cold winter. Most hats are designed and sold to men and women aged eighteen years and above, and men represent the highest sales....

Career Decision-Making in Business Administration

Introduction It is important to note that identifying key issues in one’s field of interest is critical in order to be able to effectively manage and resolve them. In business administration, one of the main challenges is knowing where to apply the acquired knowledge and skills. The two major problems...

Saputo Inc. Cage Analysis: Humanities and Social Sciences

Saputo Inc. is a Canadian company that produces milk products and sells them in over 40 different countries under a variety of brands. It is among the largest dairy producers in the world, with massive production and sales volumes. Saputo’s facilities operate in Canada, the United States, Argentina, Australia, and...

The Matrix Structure Benefits for Sponsors

In order to convince the sponsor to adopt a matrix management structure, it is essential to explain its advantages. The matrix framework combines the features of the linear and process structures (Bowers et al., 2017). According to the principle of linear management, the matrix structure is aligned vertically; that is,...

Disaster Preparedness and Recovery

Introduction A disaster is an unforeseen incident that befalls a society or an individual causing damages or loss of lives, and goes behold the capacity to intervene using community resources. In this case, a disaster can be in different forms, including droughts, hurricanes, earthquakes, wildfires, and volcanic eruptions. Therefore, a...

Team Development and Team Dynamics

Introduction A team is two or more people who work together to achieve a common objective. Moreover, a team might be formed for long-term cooperation or only meet for a few hours and complete a small task. From this perspective, group dynamics refer to how individual team members’ duties and...

Global Recruiting: Advantages and Disadvantages

There are several advantages and disadvantages to global vs local recruiting. On the one hand, a negative aspect is considered the need for applying different approaches to hiring personnel. Thus, a technique is not necessarily globally effective if it is successful in one region (Gale, 2013). However, the talent pool...