“White Collar: The American Middle Classes” by C. Wright Mills

The topic for this week is dedicated to economics, workers’ alienation, and conformity. The first article I wish to summarize is “White Collar: The American Middle Classes,” written by Mills (1951). This article concerns the research that Mills (1951) conducted about the role of the middle class in American society...

The Internal-External (IE) Matrix

Today, there exist two common tools for portfolio management: the IE matrix and the BCG matrix. The Internal-External (IE) matrix is a valuable tool that is used in strategic management and that belongs to the group of portfolio management tools (David, 2013). It is applied when a business needs to...

Strategic Management Techniques and Tools in Healthcare

Introduction Strategic quality management plays a fundamental role in the development and implementation of organizational plans. Healthcare leaders have an essential duty to determine crucial tools and techniques that facilitate the progressive execution of projected ideas. In this sense, promoting patient safety is the primary objective of healthcare practice, especially...

Personal Statement: Becoming a Firefighter

Watching my acquaintances, friends, and family members, I noticed that finding a business that you want to do is challenging, and unloved work overshadows your whole life. For this reason, I believe that I am incredibly lucky – although I am only 19, I know what I want to do....

Research of the Marketing Mix

Today, the highly competitive market dictates businesses to distinguish themselves to grab customers’ attention and influence their positioning. Differentiation requires brands to invest into developing their marketing mixes. A marketing mix is defined as a totality of factors that a brand can control to influence consumers’ perception and desire to...

Super Greens Organic Food Restaurant’s Business Plan

Abstract ‘Super Greens’ restaurant is a new medium-sized restaurant to be located in a busy locality of Westminster in the neighbourhood of some aristocratic areas like Upper Brook St.Our restaurant is supposed to provide organic food to consumers. Being dedicated to sustainable development, the restaurant purely focuses on organic foods....

HoMie Company Marketing Strategy

Introduction Modern marketing requires a strategic marketing model known as Segmentation, Targeting, and Positioning (STP) for the practice to be complete. The model is focused on consumer marketing rather than the product. STP study enables a marketer to understand the customer, which will be essential in delivering a product as...

Product Development: Process and Recommendations

Companies are always trying to attain new markets for more revenues and the most productive way of doing this is through the launch of new products. Due to the ever changing markets and advance in technology businesses have to keep up with the speed by being more efficient, produce high...

Ethical Issues Involved in Software Project Management

Introduction Ethics may be defined as a set of beliefs in relation to what is considered to be right or wrong. Behavior that is regarded as being ethical usually follows rules and guidelines that are acceptable in society (Reynolds, 2007). More often than not, those who act ethically are perceived...

Business Valuation for WH Smith Plc

A Brief Company Background WHSmith is a British retailing company operating a chain of shops in the UK. However, the company also has operations in India, the Middle East, Australia, and South-East Asia (MarketLine 2014). WHSmith operations are divided into two business segments. The two are travel and high street....

Statute of Frauds: Rebecca’s Case

The fraud statute founded in 1677 through an act of parliament and developed through legislative processes over time is now adopted in the judicial systems of many nations in the world. This statute gives provisions governing a contract between two parties. In most of the statutes, the memorandum demands that...

Walmart Ethics and Compliance Challenges

Introduction Walmart Stores, Inc., better known as Walmart to the public, is one of the nation’s biggest and most profitable retail corporations. The success of the store is attributed largely to the commitment of Walmart and its employees to provide services at the lowest prices. Since 1969, the slogan of...

Starbucks Corporation’s Cost Allocation Problem

Introduction Starbucks is the world’s largest coffee shop retail chain operator. It faces keen competition from Mc Donald’s Corporation and Dunkin’ Donuts Inc. in the coffee market of United States. Luxury end products are supplied by them. The spending habit among the target customer group towards loyal products provides competitive...

Ford Motor Company Current Project and Long Term Project

Current project Presently, Ford Motor Company plans to install a photovoltaic system that is powered by solar energy at their Michigan plant. The project required a total of three million American dollars to be complete. Raising this amount of money appeared to be an insurmountable task, due to the after-effects...

Lidl Expansion to Norway and Mexico

Abstract Lidl, a Germany-based international discount retailer that primarily focuses on food, is considering entering another country’s market. It has narrowed its choices down to either Norway, where it had tried and failed to expand previously, and Mexico. However, the chain struggles to make the final decision and develop a...

Organization Development and Its Future

OD (Organization Development) is mainly the practice and theory of planned, methodical change in the values, beliefs, and attitudes of the employees through creating and reinforcing long-term training programs. It is paramount to note that OD is action-oriented and it begins with a thorough organization-wide investigation of the current situation...

Separation of Ownership and Control in Business

Introduction In most modern businesses, ownership and control are two distinct entities. This is because under certain circumstances, shareholders may be widely dispersed to an extent that it becomes hard for them to exert control over the management (Anechioco & Jacobs 1996). In order to ensure that the business is...

Exploring How Motivation Impacts Performance

Employee motivation has been detrimental to organizational success because of its impact on the level of commitment, drive, and energy that the workers of a company bring to their roles on a regular basis (Robbins & Judge, 2019). Therefore, without motivation, companies experience reduced productivity, lower output levels, as well...

Understanding the Basics of Financial Statements Analysis

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

Sainsbury’s Market: Its History and Evolution

Sainsbury’s was founded in 1869 by John James Sainsbury as a small shop in Drury Lane, London. However, in 1922, the company became the largest retailer of groceries, and now it is the second-largest chain of supermarkets in the UK and the third by market share. It possesses a sixteen...

Organizational Development Activities

Introduction Organizational development (OD) is a significant, science-based, and practice-oriented process that helps an organization build its capacity to change and attain heightened effectiveness levels. It can be made through the development, improvement, and reinforcement of organizational strategies, structures, and processes. Orpen (1997), Clifford, and Thorpe (2007) stated that organizations...

Risk Management and Its Process

Introduction Technical projects are exposed to risks that can be potentially damaging due to the cost of investments incurred in such projects (Kerzner, 2006). The exponential rise in project costs not projected before the start of a project are risks with the potential to damage project progress. McNeil, Frey, and...

Aspects Related to Business Ethics

Introduction Ethics can be defined as a philosophical treatment of a moral order or the values that relate to human conduct with respect to the rightness and wrongness of a specific action. There are various codes of ethics established to govern different practices for example nursing, teaching and business codes...

The Economist: Report on Outsourcing and Offshoring

The current trends, outsourcing and offshoring, affect the business activity of the present-day companies. The former means an organization’s initiative to send the work to be done outside of firm. The latter is sending work overseas to other companies or their own branches in other countries (Collins, 2020). According to...

Supply Chain Logistics Assessment

Introduction This paper is an attempt to discuss the notions of trade-offs between working areas of logistics, the relationship between the selection of location networks and competitive advantage, and logistics value proposition within the broader framework of supply chain management. It starts by giving an idea of what supply chain...

Influence and Persuasion

Influence is a powerful currency in the business environment that gives a lot of leverage to those who master this skill. It is not surprising that there is an extensive body of literature on the art of persuasion and its application in real life. Such is the book by Bob...

The Concept of the Green Logistics

Introduction The need to rethink the approaches to logistics functioning under the pressure of the imperative to protect the environment and increase the social responsibility of business structures determines the relevance of studying the “green” vector of logistics transformation. Green logistics implies the concern for the environment; it links environmental...

A Case Study of Mission Command

Leadership is a significant concept in many spheres of life, and the military sector is not an exception. Leadership denotes actions that are taken to provide people with purpose, direction, and motivation to make them perform a specific task. Current security threats demonstrate that it is necessary to draw particular...

Chevron Corporation: Case Study

The following evaluation is for Chevron Corporation. Chevron is one of the world’s leading integrated energy companies, which explores for, produces and transports crude oil and natural gas, refines, markets and distributes transportation fuels and lubricants. Additionally, the company manufactures and sells petrochemicals and additives, and develops and deploys technologies...

Braintrust Toys: Evaluations, Compensation, and Firm Objectives

Introduction Braintrust Toys is a medium-sized company specializing in toy-making that decided to shift from product development to an innovative strategy. Its new objectives include enhancing attributes and convenience of existing products, launching new products, developing new markets, hiring personnel that thinks innovatively, and hiring customer service-oriented employees to support...

Bayer AG Corporate Governance

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

Impact of Individual Behavior on Business Outcomes

Introduction Assessing individual behavior in the context of influencing business outcomes is an opportunity to identify workers’ motivators. Based on the proposed scenario, the attitudes and job satisfaction of each of the four employees will be evaluated, and corresponding impacts on individual aspects of organizational performance will be given. Implementing...

Walmart Tactics and Action Plan

Introduction Walmart is known across the globe for its revolutionization of retail strategy. It has maximized the cost-efficiency of all processes, including logistics, manufacturer relations, distribution, as well as human resources (Reich, 2018). Throughout its history, the company was one of the first to introduce numerous changes that helped streamline...

Case Study of Columbia: HCA Hospital Business Ethics

Key Stakeholders R.E. Freeman in his book “A Stakeholder Approach”, defines a stakeholder as” a group engaged varied interests and participants, each of them may contribute and attain rewards as a result of activities of a company or business.” It is to be noted there is an interrelationship that is...

Alibaba Group’s Corporate Governance

Alibaba Group Holding Limited is justly regarded as the global leader among technology companies that specialize in electronic commerce. As a multinational corporation owning more than ten prominent businesses, Alibaba Group uses a holding company organizational structure (“Corporate Governance Guidelines”). This type of internal organization gives more freedom and autonomy...

Business Process Management

Introduction In the present day, Nike may be regarded as one of the most well-recognized international companies all over the world. Originally called Blue Ribbon Sports, it was found by a track athlete Phil Knight and his coach Bill Bowerman in 1964 (Ahmed, et al., 2016). Over the past decades,...

Change Management at Nokia Corporation

Nokia Company was established in Finland and was renowned for being the first company to generate a cellular network making it a global leader in mobile phones. Nokia established itself as a market leader in the production of mobile phones. Nokia has its presence in over 130 nations. Initially, the...

“New Revenue Recognition Guidance and the Potential for Fraud and Abuse”: Article Analysis

The article “New Revenue Recognition Guidance and the Potential for Fraud and Abuse: Are Companies and Auditors Ready?” by Douglas R. Carmichael (2019) raises an essential topic of whether the guidance and a standard introduced by the Financial Accounting Standards Board meet the objectives stated by the organization. The author’s...

The Project Risk Management: Contemporary Approaches

This report examines contemporary approaches to Project Risk Management, their advantages and disadvantages. The paper further makes recommendations as to appropriate risk management process that should be implemented within the context of my organization. A risk is an issue that might come up. If it happens, it may affect the...

Woolworths Foreign Market Entry Strategy

Introduction Woolworths company has been in operation since 1924 and is arguably one of the largest chain supermarkets in Australia. Like any other business, Woolworths is looking to expand its business operations internationally to acquire new clients and grow profits. The company is renowned for its high-quality meat and grocery...

Management of Information Systems in Digital Firm

Executive Summary The information management in any media integrated organization is of great significance as it ensures coordination of activities well in such organizations. In this regard, therefore, media integrated houses should ensure that; their information systems are well managed as this will determine their efficiency and effectiveness in terms...

Ethical Use of Social Media: Users’ Anonymity and the Inviolability of Their Personal Data

Gathering information about social media users, their preferences, demographic characteristics, and other features for advertising or maintaining competition is a natural phenomenon in today’s marketing environment. The more successful a website integrates targeted promotional materials, the more profits owners can generate. Regarding the ethics of this practice, the key issues...

The Gambling Industry in Canada

The gambling industry has become a major source of income for many local governments in Canada. Some people think that it is unfavorable for governments to operate casinos and lotteries. They suggest that private organizations should conduct business while governments should only work on collecting taxes. Churches consider gambling to...

Safety Management System at Work

Putting safety performance in priority means adopting a strict set of regulations. Its first strength is a systematic approach to accident prevention, which helps directly identify their causes and consequences. Second, it is designed by managers, thus minimizing the possibility of being altered by workers. Third, it is streamlined, meaning...

Trait and Behavioral Theories of Leadership

It is hard to disagree that leadership is a challenging and severe process that requires people to be strong, communicative, successful, creative, and influential. However, thanks to several methods and theories, being an effective leader may become more manageable. The purpose of this paper is to define leadership and non-sanctioned...

Royal Dutch Shell’s Entry Mode

The oil industry works with one of the most expensive commodities in the world, and it includes a few large companies. Royal Dutch Shell is among them, being the top producer of this resource globally. The company has a long development history that implies a few modes of entry in...

The Visionary Leadership

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

Strategic Leadership in Examples from Personal Experience

Introduction Leadership is interchangeably connected with a vision and the capability of an individual to create and share among the employees a unified perspective regarding why certain things should be done to help the organisation achieve its objectives. This is the central and crucial factor differentiation between managers and leaders....

Alienation and McDonaldization of Labor

The excerpt offered for analysis discusses the working conditions at Amazon warehouses and the corporation’s general attitude toward blue-collar labor. The situation at hand can be investigated from two perspectives – the Marxist alienation of labor and Ritzer’s McDonaldization. According to Marx, alienation of labor stems from the detachment of...

Contingency Theory in Management Accounting

Contingency theory in management accounting: “The contingency theory of management accounting is not really a theory at all. It is neither a logical set of propositions nor is it well-founded. Indeed, after many of management accounting contingency research, all we have developed is a theory that says, “It all depends...

The Harvard University Strategic Analysis

Introduction and Factors and Forces that Affect Harvard’s Choice of Strategy Harvard University was founded in 1636 in the United States, making it the oldest higher education institution in the state. It is located in the cities of Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts. Each year this institution has an admission of...

The Impact of Organizational Politics on Employees

Introduction Once in a while, employees working in an organization engage in workplace politics. In most cases, these occurrences arise when some employees tarnish their colleague’s reputations, hoping to receive favors from their seniors. Workplace politics refers to the act or process which encompasses human interactions with power and authority...

The Use of Data Collection: Personal Experiences

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

“Ambush Marketing” by Jerry C. Welsh

Ambush marketing was introduced by Jerry C Welsh during his work for American Express. It is necessary to mention that the current definition of ambush marketing is slightly different from the original one. This paper will discuss the actual meaning of ambush marketing and its role in the sphere of...

The Negative and Costly Effects of Micromanagement in the Workplace

As a matter of fact, micromanagement may be defined as a specific style of organizational leadership that presupposes continuous supervision and direct control over employees or subordinates by managers or management teams. It may be additionally characterized by the excessive attention of management to minor details. It goes without saying...

A Leader’s Framework for Decision Making by Snowden & Boone

Introduction Situational framework peculiar to different organizations impacts decision making regardless of its complexity. However, in complicated, complex, and chaotic contexts, the selection of the correct solution can be challenging because of the many unknown factors and high turbulence (Snowden & Boone, 2007). Under these conditions, the application of the...

The Current Breadth of Apple’s Product Line

The current breadth of Apple’s product line seems to be quite modest for the company of its size. However, it is important to keep in mind that Apple has to take extensive care of product quality, which explains the small range of product diversity. Nevertheless, there are ways for the...

Transformational Leadership Style as the Most Effective One

Introduction In the sphere of leadership research, the styles of leadership occupy a key place. Style is defined as a set of attitudes and behaviors of a leader. Such a set influences the whole run of a company and, to a large extent, predetermines its success or failure. The number...

Fast Food Chain Locations, Non-Chain Restaurants and Bars

Industry Analysis As discussed in prior sections of the report, the competition for Moma Monaz can be distinguished into three categories: fast food chain locations, non-chain restaurants, and bars. The first category presence in the area is substantial, with McDonald’s, Wendy’s, KFC, and Subway all present. The other locations are...

Just-in-Time Idea for General Motors

Introduction Business organizations need to implement superior measures to improve their operations and maximize profitability. The selected company that can benefit from a new strategy is General Motors (GM). In 2014, this organization had a scandal that exposed the major challenges that were affecting its business operations. This project presents...

Degree of Integration of Goals

The term “degree of integration of goals” refers to the extent to which individual employees’ goals coincide with the team’s purposes and the organization as a whole. In that case, it can be said that production is in a state of efficiency since different subjects pursue the same or related...

Economies of Scale: Basic Concepts and Empirical Evidence

Introduction Economies of scale widely imply the cost-related benefits a firm realizes from an increased level of output. The benefits usually occur from the inverse relationship between unit fixed cost and total output. The rationale is that as more units are produced, the fixed value attributable to each segment diminishes...

Strategic Planning in Nonprofit Organizations

Introduction According to Bryson (1995), strategic planning is the process of making choices. This process usually takes place when leaders need to be supported when making their goals international. This is a managerial tool that is used for the purpose of assisting the organization to perform better. In other words,...

Can High-Brand Companies Sell Substandard Goods and Get Away With It?

Introduction The market competition of the modern era consists of various factors influencing the consumer. The success of a product’s market sales is defined not only by its quality, functionality, or uniqueness; a high-quality promotion campaign or brand’s positive reputation often overweight the characteristics of a given product. Such an...

Means of Creating a Healthy Work Environment

Introduction Today, as society is changing in an attempt to make daily routines comfortable for everyone, the question of a healthy work environment draws a lot of public attention. Now, in the context of a global pandemic, it has become apparent that, in some cases, various facilities, especially medical, need...

Followership and Servant Leadership

Introduction As a relatively new concept, servant leadership poses numerous challenges for modern leaders seeking the best management approach. This style is often critiqued for being too similar to followership. While it has some identical core characteristics, understanding what is different is essential in shaping one’s approach to an organization....

Managing Demand at the Wild Dog Coffee Company

Wild Dog Coffee is a small coffee house offering espresso visitors a limited choice for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. So far, the company has only one branch office, but it is in the interest of management to open a new point. Expanding a business always involves risks, as it requires...

Financial Statements and Their Preparation

Financial statements are records of all financial activities reflect the position of a person, business, or any other entity. Generally, they report an organization’s assets, liabilities, and owner’s capital at any given point. There are four types of statements: the owner’s equity statement, income statement, statement of cash flows, and...

Understanding the Counselor Identity

Abstract Two articles and one podcast were selected for this assignment. The first article by Spurgeon (2012) states that the lack of a unified professional identity has led to confusion within the profession. This is attributed to the fact that different counselors have used numerous definitions to come up with...

Davis Service Group Plc: Strategy in Action

Introduction The Davis Service Group Plc has been successfully expanding its operations in most parts of Europe through acquisition and organic growth. Consequently, it has turned out to take leadership in the textile services industry throughout the continent. The company has identified an opportunity in the Australian market for its...

General Motors Operations Analysis

Introduction General Motors (GM) is a symbol of the American automotive industry and culture. It is known for an exceptional quality of manufactured automobiles as well as a high level of competitiveness and significant impact on both national and global vehicle markets. GM was founded in 1908. Since then, it...

Personal SWOT Analysis to Determine the Career Development Strategy

The use of SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis in the personal context is a good option for improving one’s abilities and eliminating problems, especially when it comes to career planning and promotion. It also allows creating a strategic plan for achieving a specific goal (Simoneaux & Stroud, 2011)....

“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...

Testing a Contingency Plan in Business

Introduction Doing business and maintaining a good and productive one is quite a wide venture that requires the input of many factors. The success of a business venture is not all about the supply of goods and the demands of the customers. It also requires that the business is ready...

Sigmund’s Gourmet Pasta Restaurant Marketing Plan

Introduction Sigmund’s Gourmet Pasta is developing a popular consumer brand and expanding its customer base. The restaurant has created a signature line characterized by innovative pasta dishes, such as fresh mussels and clams in a marinara sauce and pesto with smoked salmon. It also serves distinctive salads, desserts, drinks. Sigmund’s...

Amazon Supply Chain Integration Analysis

Amazon is one of the most successful companies in the modern world, and its history is an exciting one. Initially, it was a single book store opened by Jeff Bezos. However, the business soon turned into a reputable corporation that provided its services to customers from all over the world....

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...

Brand Personality and Self-Image and Consumer Behavior

Abstract A product personality frequently signifies that the product/brand has a gender or gender-being. To distinguish the apparent gender of manufactured goods or brands, salespersons choose to display images and copy-text for diverse marketing communication (Berry 2000, p.149). Problem statement The problem statement of this proposal is on consumers’ traits...

The British Petroleum Company Plc: Corporate Governance

Introduction Corporate governance and business ethics are key aspects of the success of an organization. Corporate governance deals with policies, customs, processes, laws, and institutions that affect the way an organization is run. It affects the way that an organization is controlled, directed, and administered (Agalgatti and Krishna 2007, p.121)....

Sexual Harassment Problem Analysis

Nowadays, sexual harassment is a burning issue, and it is largely discussed in society. As far as I understand it, sexual harassment is a type of inappropriate behavior in society, when a person gives someone hints with a sexual overtone or expresses their sexual desires explicitly. Gutek (2015) defines sexual...

Leadership and Management: Differences and Similarities

Introduction Management and leadership are two closely related disciplines. These disciplines complete each other since there are instances when a manager has to show leadership qualities. Similarly, managerial skills are required of a leader. Despite the close correlation between the two disciplines, there are key disparities between the two disciplines...

Diversification Initiatives of Alibaba Group

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

SWOT Analysis Company Nurture Inc

Information about the Company Name of the company: Nurture Inc. Slogan: Healthy and tasty. The name of the company refers to nature and nutrition; moreover, “nurture” is about care, development, growth, and potential. Mission Statement: About 60% of a human’s body is liquid, about 70% of the Earth is covered...

Sexual Harassment and Discrimination in the Workplace

Introduction Nowadays, companies and individuals are becoming more concerned about occupational safety and employees’ rights in the workplace. Unfortunately, there are still many cases when workers are subject to sexual harassment, discrimination, or any other form of violence. It is hard to deny that such hazards may negatively influence the...

ZZZZ Best Co. Case Study: Key Events and Key Auditing Topics

Key events surrounding the case Barry Minkow learned the carpet-cleaning business from his mother and proceeded to establish his own company, ZZZZ Best Co., at the tender age of 16. However, the capital was a major issue and he soon started undertaking credit card forgeries alongside other frauds that provided...

The Nature of Leadership

Leadership is an interesting subject that excites so many people. When the term is mentioned, images of powerful individuals who head top Corporations in the world and army officials who have commanded victories in various big wars and politicians who shape nations come into our mind. We also think of...

Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations

Leadership is essentially crucial in the growth of any organization whether it may be a big profit corporation or a non-profit organization. The development of leaders in the ranks of a company is important because leaders help achieve the goals of the company by exercising their powers and spears of...

Trait Approach and Skills Approach to Leadership

Leadership is an influential process that enhances performance and allows an individual to execute fundamental processes within organizations. Leadership provides groups with incentives and guidelines that empower groups to attain set goals. Trait and skills approaches are crucial in the quest for improved leadership. Comparison Trait and skills approach proffer...

The Example of the Office Memo

Facts of the case The case here deals with the Rocky mountain mutual funds, which consists of around 250 employees, situated in suburban area of Utah. The place is well known for the professional landscape and the offices, which was not much expensive and was affordable by the firm. A...

Franchising: Advantages and Disadvantages

It may not be appropriate to underestimate the challenges associated with initiating and running small business entities. As a matter of fact, there are several small-scale businesses that often fail even when the economic climate is favorable (Dant, 2008). In a nutshell, there are a number of substantial hurdles and...

Marketing Yourself and Social Media

Introduction: Social Media For many businesses, marketing strategies are aimed at obtaining the attention of consumers to their products and services. The 21st century has seen marketing strategies move from physical company-consumer interaction, television and radio modes of marketing to social media marketing due to technological advancements especially in the...

Decisions of BP in 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Introduction Good management is vital in any organization if it is to realize its set objectives. An ideal management system is characterized by good planning, organization, directing, staffing and controlling. If there is a failure in any of these components, an organization is bound to fail. This paper seeks to...

Social Work: Career of Social Worker and Job Opportunities

Introduction Description and History of Social Work The history of society goes back to ancient human society. Social work entails charity giving to the poor and at times voluntary service to the needy in society says (Rosen 66). There has never been a time when all were self-sufficient in the...

Four Employees Stages in Career Development

Employees develop their knowledge, courage, and experiences through working within a profession. Essentially, the development of employees within their professions undergoes various forms of manipulations depending on the level of experiences. Researchers present four stages which employees undergo during their transformation in an organization (Noe, 2010). The four career stages...

Human Resource Management: Turnover and Retention

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

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

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

Product, Branding, and Packaging Decisions

Summary The paper is focused on the concept of ultimate branding opportunity. In the first part, the complexity and types of products are discussed. Then, readers may learn information about the strategies that firms utilize to adjust their product lines with the purpose of responding to the changing market conditions....

Mobile Commerce Adoption in Saudi Arabia

In the recent years, several developments have been experienced in the field of information and communication technology. One of the major developments has been in internet and web development field. Accordingly, the increasing mobile phones usage has opened up avenues for mobile commerce services across the globe in the recent...

Website Critique: Four Seasons

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts Four seasons have chosen and owned a short and a suitable domain name. As a result, its domain name has been easily memorized by its clients. Website Health Check Form Design/Conversion Features Do the website show hotel and destination images? Yes Does the website show...

Marketing Strategies After Deregulation

The deregulation influenced the air transportation market in a variety of ways. In this essay, we are giving a brief overview of how deregulation determined the emergence of new marketing strategies. Before we pass directly on the post-deregulation marketing, it is necessary to describe the situation that preceded it. Before...

Intercultural Communication in the Workplace

Introduction Culture covers vast societal issues that are shared such as values, customs, behaviors, and artifacts. This is handed down one generation after another through learning. Generally, it is the way of life of a particular people. In the current economic environment of globalized businesses, cultural difference is a major...

Human Resources Management and How It Is Affected by Globalization and Technology?

Human Resources Management or the employee workforce is considered to be the most valuable asset or the resource of any organization. The people working in any organization are the basis of its existence and they are the ones who are responsible for building its image in the society and market....

Organizational Behavior Motivation of Employees

Problem statement To what extent do motivational factors lead to high performance for temporary employees of the organization? Currently, management in many organizations is tasked with finding new ways to motivate their employees. According to Miner J, (2007) factors that contribute to this include: According to Noorderhaven (2003), management should...

Bank Management and Business Report Analysis

Introduction Each report addresses certain needs of an entity. This report is particularly prepared in the interest of a bank that is planning to increase and improve their sales performance. The main aim of this report is to provide an opinion on how sales should be improved to a certain...

The Relationship Between C-Commerce and Corporate Portal

C-commerce or collaborative commerce is a new development in e-commerce which means the application and use of electronic technology in almost all aspects of the business. C-commerce can be defined as “The methods, in which enterprises interact electronically to plan, design, build, buy, sell, distribute, and support goods and services.”...

Preliminary Investigation on a Workplace Problem

Introduction Employers are constantly faced with the challenge of investigating employees. An increasing number of employers are appreciating the central role of employee investigation in discovering workplace problems and thus initiating measures and control in preventing their occurrences. Each type of workplace problem demands a specific approach of investigation. “The...

Marketing Mix: Distribution Channels (Place)

Distribution The place is the vital aspect in the marketing mix, it is the final launch of the product in the market, and the customers are the end results in the marketing process. The distribution channels are the interconnections or the series of the network which bind the manufacturer with...

Comprehensive Strategic Plan for GM Company

Introduction The purpose of this paper is to prepare a comprehensive strategic plan for ‘new’ GM Company. However, this report will discuss the vision, mission, objectives of GM, Porter’s 5 Forces, the position of GM in the BCG matrix, the grand strategy matrix, generic strategies, and so on. Background of...

Corporate Social Responsibility and Response

Definition Corporate social responsibility is defined as a form of corporate self-regulation integrated into a business model; it is aimed at motivating business entities to voluntarily involve themselves in corporate initiatives, as an alternative to additional or existing mandatory initiatives. It is a form of corporate social regulation integrated into...

Samsung Electronics: Operations Management Performance Objectives

Introduction The aspect of operations management can be seen as an important aspect of the overall strategy of companies. Operations management can be defined as the fields concerned with “the design, planning, control and improvement of an organisation’s resources and processes to produce goods or services for customers” (Johnston, 2003)....

Recruitment and Selection Process: Team Leader

Introduction Selection and recruitment processes in many organizations take different forms. This includes interviews, activities and tasks, internal selection and direct appointments without any vetting. During the selection of a team leader responsible for overseeing the rest of the team, different methods may be employed. Interviews and task assignment in...

Work Breakdown Structure Definition

Introduction The success of any business enterprise whether it is a small scale, medium or large enterprise depends on how well its management department works. According to Lonergan (2010), project management is the process by which the management department of an organization plans, organizes, and manages resources of the organization...

Sephora: Liberating Beauty Products

Summary Sephora is international cosmetic products retail store that has its roots in France that was started as a perfume store in 1993. Sephora has experienced rapid growth in the past decade in terms of the number of retail outlets it has on the back of innovative marketing practices that...

Wal-mart Food, INC: Management Accounting Concepts

Introduction This would involve a short picture of Wal-mart food, Inc… It is the earth’s largest vendor it functions, in the course of an enormous foundation of Wal-Mart supplies, supercenters of Wal-Mart, etc. The main purpose of the Final Project is to apply the concepts and techniques of the module...

Ethical Treatment of Employees at BP’s Texas City Refinery

Case study (BP’s workers) This case study is about BP’s Texas City refinery which is the third-largest oil refinery in the U.S. It is regarding the safety of the workers. There was an explosion in the Texas City refinery in 2005, March. The government investigated the causes of a blast...

International & Comparative Human Resource Management

Introduction to IHRM International Human Resource Management (IHRM) is a subject whose definition is not simple, neither is the work of a HR manager. The operation of multinational corporation (MNC) differs from organization to organization and depends on several factors. Loosely defined, IHRM is the procedure of procuring, assigning, and...

Total Quality Management: Learning Curve Theory

Introduction By the learning curve theory, it should b emphasized that the waiting time for the customers of pizzeria fully depends on the experience of the personnel to perform the direct obligations and cope with the available equipment. The paper aims to analyze the process of running a pizzeria from...

British Petroleum Company’s Strengths and Weaknesses

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

The Role of a Selection in Business

Selection in human resource management refers to the act of deciding in the right employees for the company. The main goal of this activity is to find the best available employees for the job on offer. It involves assessing the list of employees in order to find out the individuals...

Motivation at Workplace: Achieving Organizational Goals

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...

The Social and Economic Importance of E-Commerce

Introduction Electronic commerce, the use of the internet for purposes of buying and selling services and goods (Bidgoli 18), has been gaining importance, in recent years. Many organizations have now embraced e-commerce to enhance the rate at which their products and services access the market. This is in addition to...

Strategies for Managing the Virtual Organizations

Introduction A virtual organization can be defined as an organization with a collection of a number of organizations. These several organizations are bound by an agreement to become members of the virtual organization. These set of organizations are generally legally distinct entities and when under the umbrella of the virtual...

Are Brand Extensions Good or Bad?

The brand extension (also called brand stretching) refers to a marketing strategy used by firms with strong existing brands to extend to other products, leveraging on the strong brand name to capture the market. When customers feel satisfied with the quality of a certain brand and have sufficient loyalty towards...

My Career in Marketing Management

Introduction Marketing is a practice done by individuals, institutions, and managerial entrepreneurs to manufacture and correspond to buyers who might be customers or dealers. The whole process ensures organizations offer and takes commodities and services to and from their partners, clients, customers, or the whole society nationally and internationally. Marketing...

Effective Leadership: Leadership Qualities

Outline This integration paper is a brief analysis of the topics discussed in the entire week activities. In the entire week, three related topics on leadership are discussed. It includes leadership traits, leadership and management and leadership requirements. The importance or value of these topics in my personal and professional...

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...

Competition in the Australian Food Industry: Case Analysis

Industry Background The food industry in Australia is divided into several sectors among which the sphere of healthy food is the dominant one. The leaders of this market area are the international companies Weight Watchers and Paradise Food Industries (Weight Watchers Company, 2009; Paradise Food Industries, 2009). The products of...

Marketing a Whitewater Center

Today, everyone is busy with their day-to-day life. People always lookout for a change from their mechanical life. The importance of leisure and recreation comes here. People treat recreation as a part of their busy life. Depending on the income level, people decide the types of recreation they should go...

Coca-Cola’s Marketing Strategy and Product Success

The Coca Cola Company has been in place since the 1800s. It has been one of the most dynamic and growing companies of the modern business world with a brand name that is highly valued and recognized in most parts of the globe. The Coca Cola Company sported a product...

Ethics and Diversity in the Workplace and Management

Introduction The United Nations General Assembly has declared the new millennia and this century to be the century where diversity should be celebrated. As in many other fields of life, even in business diversity has become part of its routine. Globalization along with the triumph of free trade and capitalistic...

The Organization of Petroleum Producing Countries Cartel

Outline This essay aims to explain the workings of the OPEC cartel and its activities in the past year. The essay first provides a basic definition of what a cartel is and then gives a short description of the constituent members of the OPEC cartel. The essay then explains the...

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...

McDonald Corporation: Company Marketing Strategy

Terms of reference McDonald’s has started its journey in 1940 and they formed the McDonald Corporation in 1955 in California, USA with tremendous customers and worldwide goodwill (McDonald Corporation, 3). This paper has focused on Strategic Marketing Plan for McDonald Corporation’s brand the Burger King Corporation. Amongst scores of product...

Luxury Products and Normal Goods

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

Internationalization of a Bicycle Company: India & the US

Factors Affecting Internationalization of Bicycle Company The need for internationalization of companies began when firms saw the necessity to increase their export efforts due to the declining domestic consumptions (Andersen, 1993, p.209; Athukorala, 1995, p.2). However, their continued experience on the international markets exposed several challenges that impacted on their...

Case of McDonald’s on Campus

Introduction The world of business is a versatile dimension in present days where every convenient means for making it effective is one more chance to exceed domains of a company’s influence. In this respect the ability of a company to provide new projects in making business successful and closer to...

Socioeconomic, Political, and Other Factors of Doing Business in India

Introduction Conducting business in a foreign country comes with numerous challenges. The main reason is the fact that countries possess divergent orientations on various aspects that directly or indirectly affect the way businesses are conducted. Not taking close consideration to some of the unique attributes in every country can potentially...

Supply Chain Management and Partnership

Introduction Product comes through long way from its final stage of production to the customer, and this way is usually called supply chain. Managing this supply chain, people not just take product and put it into the markets, but a complicated decisions and considerations should take place before the product...

Strategic Human Resource Management Issues at Volvo

Outline Modern human resource management has evolved over time, with the development of new technology and competition among the companies in the increasingly congested market. Volvo Corporation has developed a management strategy to cope with their complex networks of business models all over the world. The first approach is remote...

Improving the Housekeeping Department at DWTC

Executive Summary Dubai’s meteoric rise in the Gulf region is well known all over the world. The construction of state-of-the art hotels and skyscrapers fill headlines and business magazines from every corner of the globe. A company called Dubai World Trade Centre was able to capitalize on the early success...

Lufthansa Group: International Growth Strategy

Introduction Background to the study Lufthansa is one of the largest firms in the European airline industry. The firm operates from two main hubs which include Munich and Frankfurt. In its operation, the firm serves approximately 242 destinations which are located in 87 different countries (Lufthansa, 2008, ¶ 3). Apart...

Motorola Company: Global Logistic Management

Motorola has endeared itself to the cause of making and marketing electronic and electrical communication equipment and mobile technology for the last eight decades. With a plethora of awards and accolades from all quarters, this global company clocked US$ 30.1 Billion during fiscal 2008. It is one of the big...

Organizational Design Key Concepts

Key Concepts of Organizational Design Organizational design has a profound effect on the way work flows in an organization, it can hamper or improve decision making, communication and hence motivation. The paper shall look at various elements of organizational design and how these reflect upon a company. Importance of Organizational...

Change and Restructure on Motivation the Workplace

Executive Summary In the last decades, businesses and organizations have been faced with the need for restructuring to make them more competitive globally and better positioned to meet their present needs. This development has led to the implementation of changes that have left the workplace a battleground between employer and...

Systems Thinking In Organiztions

Introduction An organization system is a compilation of elements or units that are well incorporated to achieve a general aim. The system consists of entities that undertake a course of action to generate definite outcomes that collectively, result in the desired yield for the arrangement. Therefore, a system comprises numerous...

“Plan, Do, Study, Act Model to Improve an Orientation Program” Article Synthesis

This paper is a synthesis of the article, “Plan, Do, Study, Act Model to Improve an Orientation Program” that concerns the processes of employee orientation at work. Employee orientation is a process wherein the new employees at a workplace are taken “on board” and introduced to the various elements of...

The Roles of Organization Design in Proper Business Management

Organization design is a process of creating roles and designing reporting relationships in an organization. It is a guided process that integrates people and technology within the organization management and is aimed at improving the collective responsibility in the handling of duties thus ensuring success in achieving set objectives (Roberts,...

Zicklin School of Business’s Porter’s Five Forces Analysis

Abstract This paper will discuss the analysis of porters five forces in the Zicklin school of Business which is regarded as one of the three biggest accredited schools situated in the USA, the school is reported to be delivering a high valued quality of education to its students. Porters five...

Oil Industry: ConocoPhillips Company’s Analysis

Introduction The ConocoPhillips Company is an international energy corporation having headquarters in USA Texas. It is the second largest refiner in the US oil industry and world wide its position is fourth among the largest nongovernmental refiners. They own a high quality portfolio of assets and have wide range of...