Internal Factors Impacting Changes

The general education school is the most important social institution, reflecting the state and trends of development of society, and influencing the society itself. The configurations occurring in society under the conditions of its socio-cultural transformation set the direction of the configurations of the school learning process. It is essential...

Leadership Theories, Principles, and Values

Leadership styles have been widely known and discussed in connection to politicians, artists, TV hosts and other managerial professions. However, few people think about their own potential in terms of leadership. This is partially due to the fact that not all people become leaders, organizational or spiritual, and still fewer...

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...

Total Quality Management Approaches and Techniques

Introduction In the current epoch of unprecedented rivalry emerging from the outstanding variety as well as availability of goods and services, quality is among the most important parameters that enable firms to outcompete the other. Quality management, therefore, has become one of the focuses of strategic planning; a variety of...

Costco Strategy: The Wholesale Giant

Introduction With the growing threat of the global food crisis resulting from the war in Eastern Europe, the issue of providing quality and affordable consumer goods has become even more urgent for the average American consumer and all businesses in the country. Within the framework of this topic, it is...

Implementing a New Information System in an Organization

Implementing a new information system in a large organization poses challenges that should necessarily be met before the system’s installation can be called successful. First of all, among many different options, a businessperson must find the system that would suit his or her company in terms of its working capacity,...

Morrison Company’s Production Management

Major Facts The company produced radio frequency identification (RFID) tags for trade and pharmaceutical ventures. The firm centered on innovation and trend diversification in the business sectors. As production lines expanded, the company encountered managerial challenges. Shauna Breen was assigned to evaluate the company’s production cycle and recognize the challenges...

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...

Walmart Inc.’s Strategic Management Analysis

Introduction A successful business strategy will assist individuals in determining where their resources and capabilities are better spent by assisting them in identifying their strengths and limitations. These choices are critical to the company’s long-term profitability and viability. An organization’s strategic management methodology consists of basic concepts explaining how a...

The Apple Products Popularity Analysis

Every time an Apple product is released, there is a frenzy of press coverage and long lines of eager customers waiting to get their hands on the newest model. I frequently purchase Apple things, like many other people. The top market rivals of Apple are Huawei, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and...

Dell Inc.’s Business Model and Company Analysis

Introduction Since its establishment, Dell has achieved great success as a company that specializes in the PC market. Dell struggled to maintain a competitive advantage during its privatization in 2013. Carl Icahn, an investor, broadcasted on social media how Michael Dell and Dell Inc. were trying to defraud investors. In...

Job Recruitment Process: A Case Study on J.P. Morgan

Introduction J.P. Morgan is a company that provides commercial banking, private banking services, asset management, and corporate and investment banking services. The company is headquartered in the United States but has been established in Hong Kong for over 90 years (J.P. Morgan, 2022). The company is committed to ensuring that...

Bvlgari Jewellery Company Analysis

BVLGARI is one of the masters of diversification in the jeweller business. It has continually reinvented itself since the 1920s, following Sotirio Bvlgari’s decision to start developing luxury watches alongside the previous family business of making high-end jewellery (Hotinceanu 2021). The organization was created in 1884 and has continually exhibited...

Business Strategies: Cost Leadership and Differentiation

Cost Leadership and Differentiation Cost leadership entails organizing the firm’s resources in a way that the production of goods and services is achieved at the lowest price possible. It involves being the leader in terms of cost in the firm’s market or industry. By reducing the cost of production, the...

Biographical Introduction: Steve Jobs

Background The selected leader for this project is Steve Jobs, the legendary founder and long-time CEO of Apple Inc. Steve Jobs came into prominence when he recognized the invention of his friend Steve Wozniak of creating a personal computer that could be connected to a monitor. Together they co-founded Apple...

Subway USA Environment Analysis

Introduction Subway is a fast food franchise that has quickly conquered the world in the last 56 years. The goal set by Subway in every market it comes to is to become a leader in terms of the number of establishments and the preferences of local consumers. The concept of...

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...

The Marketing Process Within the Energy Drink Industry: V Fusion + Energy

Abstract The current business climate influences any marketing strategy’s success. The marketing manager must thoroughly analyze the market while designing a marketing strategy to identify the most influential environmental factors. Regulators and the general public are becoming concerned about the potential dangers of energy drinks. The marketing manager’s job is...

Importance of Motivation for Employees

Motivation refers to an internally generated drive to achieve a goal or follow a particular course of action. Highly motivated employees focus their efforts on achieving specific goals. It’s the manager’s job, therefore, to motivate employees—to get them to try to do the best job they can. Motivated employees call...

The Brick-And-Mortar Company: E-Commerce

Introduction Within the scope of this paper, we will discuss how Brick & Mortar Company might benefit from doing business online. The customer is king at Brick-and-Mortar establishments as well as at the most successful online merchants. Customer demands are evolving at a rapid pace, and online purchasing is becoming...

Nestle Annual Report: Main Points

Company Overview Located in Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland, Nestlé S.A. is an international food and beverage processing diversified business firm. As other responsible businesses and firms around the globe, Nestle publishes publicly available annual reports, which encompass various types of corporate information, including financial statements. In general, ten essential financial accounting...

Cinematography and Animation Courses in Nigeria

The current situation with cinema in Nigeria is the most promising public sector of the entertainment industry. The film industry is the second-largest globally in terms of the number of films produced while contributing significant percentage shares to the national GDP: in 2016 alone, there were about three (Etuk, 2020)....

The Pfizer Firm’s Vertical and Horizontal Analysis

Introduction Vertical and horizontal analysis are essential components in analyzing financial statements for the company; both vertical and horizontal analysis presents a significant source of information about the company’s performance for internal users. Therefore, the forms of analysis are used by management to identify issues in the company’s accounting and...

Non-Compliance Effects in Accounting

Introduction Accounting has been a crucial part of any financial proceedings from ancient times. From the ceramic tablets with the simplest recordings in ancient Egypt to the modern-day Excel spreadsheets, humanity has always not only known the value of proper accounting but actively needed it in their day-to-day operations. However,...

Mitsubishi Corporation’s Business Strategies and Core Capabilities

Mitsubishi corporation There are various motor vehicle manufacturing companies, thus creating great competition. This calls for involved organizations to create better and innovative strategies to compete in the market. Mitsubishi Motors Corporation is one of the senior automobile manufacturers in Japan, with its headquarters in Minato, Tokyo, Japan (Bhasin, 2017)....

Nauru Island Shipping Industry: Challenges

Executive Summary Countries and islands along the Pacific coast face numerous challenges in the shipping industry due to social, technological, climatic, and economic factors. Significant factors affecting the industry include capacity constraints, the smallness of the islands, economic instability, distance from large markets, and effects of climate change. This paper...

Discussion of the Benefits of a 32-Hour Workweek

Introduction The American work culture can be viewed as a set of guidelines that describe the typical working regimes of American citizens. Typically, the concept is related to the American efforts of promoting inclusivity and diversity in the workplace, and always reaching for the top positions. As the 40-hour workweek...

Artificial Intelligence in Supply Chain Management

Introduction Background Industry 4.0, which refers to the fourth industrial revolution and also known as 4ILR, is a digital transformation in the field of manufacturing, production, and processing that emphasizes the need for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) when making decisions and undertaking specific actions. Information has become a...

Leadership Management: Employee Involvement Strategy

Executive Summary The need to increase engagement in the company’s three branches in China, India, and the USA requires the organization’s HR departments to implement appropriate improvement solutions. Differences in cultural perceptions are constraints because a unified optimization strategy is not possible due to different views of employees on certain...

CSL Limited’s Accounting and Financial Performance

Introduction In this research paper, the financial performance of CSL Limited is examined for the years 2020 and 2021. The research will look into the various ratios used in analyzing financial situations of businesses like the debt ratios, current ratios, return on equity ratios, profit margin ratios, dividends per share,...

Leadership in Hospitality Industry and Nursing

Kantanen, K., Kaunonen, M., Helminen, M., & Suominen, T. (2017). Leadership and management competencies of head nurses and directors of nursing in Finnish social and health care. Journal of Research in Nursing, 22(3), 228–244. Web. The article is devoted to head nurses’ leadership and management competencies and directors of nursing...

Apple’s Decision to Open Retail Stores

There are several reasons why Apple decided to open its own retail stores all around the world, which now accounts for slightly more than 500 physical establishments (McCarthy, 2021). First of all, the company’s choice is explained by the desire to provide a better buying and product usage experience (Macaholic,...

Living Beyond the Product: Levi’s Case Study

Any company that establishes market dominance built on a single unique product is successful for as long as the market remains the same. However, markets can change quickly with demand for goods decreasing, prices for raw materials increasing, and new companies entering it. Therefore, brands should strive to live beyond...

Acetone-Related Safety of Sigma-Aldrich Company

Introduction Acetone (CH3COCH3), commonly known as 2-propanone or dimethyl ketone, is an organic solvent with industrial and chemical applications and is the most fundamental of the aliphatic (fat-derived) ketones. Purified Acetone is a colorless, slightly fragrant, flammable, mobile liquid that boils at 56.2 °C (133 °F). Many fats and resins,...

Understanding Workplace Discrimination Through Sociological Theories

Because the workplace is based on the relationship between employees, many different problems may arise. One of them that I expect to meet in the future may be discrimination. Despite the fact that movements to achieve equality in such aspects as gender and race are of considerable importance in the...

Flexible Working Schedules and Environments

One of the challenges for the HR department in the future will be the provision of flexible work arrangements. After the beginning of the pandemic, it has become clear that a hybrid workplace is key for organizations to ensure continued operations in the midst of challenges. Employees are now aware...

The Samsung Firm’s Leadership Failure

Samsung is one of the most reliable companies designing and distributing mobile phones and other devices. Indeed, some cases with devices’ malfunctions might occur due to various reasons involving improper design. Organizations often strive to generate innovative gadgets, forgetting about safety policies. Moreover, in the case of Samsung, the battery...

Analysis of Fastenal Company

Introduction The company headquarters are in Winona, Minnesota. The company serves both the retail and wholesale markets in the United States and Canada. Fastenal’s founder, Bib Kierlin mainly specialized in purchasing construction materials and distributing them to his suppliers. The company did not manufacture its products. Due to the dynamics...

Importance of Business Technology for Organizations

In the business world, it is necessary to secure an advantage as soon as possible. Many organizations and entities are working in order to derive a profit, competing in a global market. In such an environment, it becomes vital that organizations are able to adapt to the actions of others,...

Tesla Inc.’s Design for Agility and Innovation

Many factors contribute to a company’s success, even if a well-engaged workforce is not the only one that matters. A well-defined organizational structure can help better understand and handle human resource challenges such as management authority. The organizational framework establishes the formal reporting relationships that control the organization’s workflow and...

The United States Fashion Industry’s Overview

As a commodity of the contemporary era, the fashion industry is the third largest global enterprise after automobiles and technology (Pelikánová, 2021). Fashion is dedicated to the trade of manufacturing and making sales of clothes, and it incorporates manufacturing, design, distribution, retailing, marketing, and promotion. Further, the fashion industry encompasses...

Boston Beer Company’s Strategy to Join the Light Beer Market

Boston Beer Company (BBC) is faced with a critical decision that will potentially impact its operations and sustainability. BBC’s penetration into the light beer market should be based on its past, and current market positioning, and prospects. The company has primarily operated in the craft beer sector and has proven...

Amazon’s Marketing Audit: Strengths and Weaknesses, Marketing Objective

Background Amazon is one of the world’s most successful technology companies which uses artificial intelligence for practical eCommerce. Amazon was founded in July 1995 by Jeff Bezos in Washington DC (Sheth, 2021). The primary strategy Amazon uses is customer obsession which depends on Research and Development (R&D) to tailor its...

Importance of Business Communication and Management

The modern model of personnel management is impossible without a well-established process of effective communication. There is a radical quantitative and qualitative change in the information sphere, accompanied by a radical transformation of the economic, technical, socio-cultural, and managerial components of the communication processes of post-industrial society. Companies whose economic...

“Business-to-Business Marketing Responses to COVID-19 Crisis” by Kang

Introduction Nowadays, it is virtually impossible to accurately predict human casualties and economic damage associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it is advisable to consider the individual results of marketing strategies, which will provide a more realistic vision of the possible course of economic processes and assist enterprises in their...

Richard Branson: A Transformational Leader

Globalization has turned the world into a global village – and in this village, there is an ongoing competition between organizations. It is not easy for a company to succeed as the global market changes and the growing mobility of human resources pose various challenges. According to Bruijl (2018), these...

Employees Retention Issue in Business

Introduction Workforce retention refers to an organization’s capability to handle employee turnover, or the percentage of employees who leave their jobs, deliberately or accidentally, within a set period. Employee retention has a profound influence on an industry’s profitability and performance. For most firms, staff turnover, or the degradation of firm...

Pfizer’s Strategic Analysis and Foreign Entry Strategies

Introduction An organization’s strategic analysis is vital in marketing strategy planning and optimization. Strategic planning may help a company connect and realize its marketing goals with the broader vision. The case study involves a drug company, Pfizer, which aims to improve its revenue growth aligned with the company’s vision and...

John Kotter’s Eight-Stage Model: Benefits for Management

Executive Summary This report explains the role of management in forming a strong team in terms of its evolution and current state. As the contemporary models of leadership suggest, successful teams operate in a spirit of unity and shared vision instead of imperative assignments from the management. One of the...

Analysis of the Morrison Company

Introduction Based on the observations by Breen, the primary operational issue with Morrison Company was ineffectiveness and inefficiencies in production controls that resulted in supply shortages. Inefficiencies at the organization were attributed to deficiencies with the integrated circuits (ICs). The lengthy economic recessions had hindered chip manufacturers from upgrading their...

Rent the Runway: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Future Growth

Introduction Rent the Runway is an innovative online business that rents out designer dresses for ten to fifteen percent of the retail price to young women. Co-founded in 2009 by Jenn Hyman and Jenny Fleiss, it is marketed as “Netflix for fashion” that provides women with the best night of...

Trend Analysis: Customer Co-Creation

Summary The paper aims to study the co-creation trend and explain its benefits in the marketing area in particular; the target includes marketing professionals. Research in this field is required to determine ways to support a firm’s success through customer co-creation. Essentially, the study is based on secondary data analysis....

Business Plan for Landscaping Business OneEarth

Introduction OneEarth will operate as a sole proprietorship offering landscaping services to suburban communities in Oregon. The sales strategy will entail initial personal selling to create brand awareness and elicit referrals. Later, media advertisements will be used to market the business beyond Oregon. OneEarth will achieve a strong competitive position...

Azura Power Project in Nigeria

Project cost and funding mix The World Bank Group (2018) asserts that Azura’s $876 million financing involves $190 million of equity and $686 million of debt from a consortium of local and international financiers. According to the World Bank Group (2017): The tranche of commercial banks, including Standard Chartered Bank,...

The Influence of Automation on Employability and the Accounting Profession

Abstract In the recent past, technology has advanced greatly, and every business is looking for a way to automate its activities. However, the advancement is associated with job losses since machines replace most activities performed by humans. This paper will qualitatively assess the effects of automation on the accounting profession...

Domino’s Pizza Restaurants’ Marketing Critique

In 2009, Domino’s Pizza’s famous pizzeria brand experienced a severe crisis. Preparing a marketing campaign for a pizzeria has become a difficult time for its leaders and employees. After many negative comments, sales and reputation fell, and the chain began to share the last places in the ranking with little-known...

Corporate Governance, Sustainability and Risk Management

Introduction Every corporation is run by a set of rules and regulations that determine how power and authority flows. Corporate governance impacts how a company’s goals are set and achieved, determines how risk is handled correctly, and how performance is maximized. Effective corporate governance frameworks empower organizations to produce value...

The New Product Development Process

The new product development is a compound process that consists of diverse stages directed to collecting and analyzing the data related to the market and developing a profitable offer based on the research. Each product development process includes such stages as idea generation, idea screening, feature specification, development, testing, and...

Apple and Technology Adoption Model

Apple Inc. is an American tech company producing smartphones, tablets, personal computers, and other devices with a broad range of accessories for them. As a technological company, Apple is directly affected by the technology life cycle – a theoretical concept explaining the customers’ willingness to adopt new products based on...

External Environment Analysis in Strategy-Making

The present paper conducts an external environment analysis for the Chinese telecommunications company Huawei Technologies. External environment analysis plays an important role in the strategy-making process because it helps predict possible risks and develop strategies to mitigate them. Although Huawei is a Chinese company, its products are sold in Asia...

Management of Organization and Its Challenges

A company is a business structure with separate legal entities from the owners. In a accompany, primary operations are run by the company directors while the company’s ownership is often in the hands of shareholders. In a company, the human resource manager holds major duties, including planning, coordinating, and directing...

The Under Armour Brand Management

Introduction Kevin Plank, a former University of Maryland football player, founded Under Armour in his basement. Under Armour manufactures athletic gear and accessories, recognized for its performance fabrics: equipment designed to drain moisture away from the body, regulate body temperature and improve comfort regardless of weather or activity level. Under...

Rosia Montana Gold and Silver Mining Project in Romania

Project cost and funding mix According to the S.C. Roşia Montană Gold Corporation S.A (n.d.), the principal company shareholders are the state-owned mining company Compania Naţională a Cuprului, Aurului şi Fierului “MINVEST” S.A. Deva (former Regia Autonomă a Cuprului Deva, until 1998), with 19.31%, Gabriel Resources Ltd. based in Canada,...

Kowloon Dairy’s Strategic Marketing Planning and Auditing

Introduction Before making a decision about the introduction of a certain new product to the market, it is vital to conduct preliminary analyses to assess the existing situation and likely prospects. A comprehensive approach to the market and its trends implies studying the external and internal situation for a given...

Presentation of SNHU Pet Supply Company

Introduction: Team Management The organization requires a strong team management to prosper. The four areas that requires improvement include: Leadership and management. Followership. Decision- making models. Emotional intelligence. Leadership and Management Rewarding the employees as a motivational factor. Enhancing the skills of the employees. Creating an innovative environment. Establishing a...

SWOT Analysis for the Dexcom Company

Background Management at Dexcom can undertake a situational study of their company using SWOT analysis, an essential strategic planning tool. Dexcom faces a lot of criticism in the present business climate, which can be summed up as strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. It has maintained a strong market position due...

Importance and Methods Motivating Employees

Motivation is the process through which goal-oriented activities are initiated, guided, and maintained. It has been researched for years, and business executives have utilized numerous surveys to establish their employees’ personality types to predict their behaviours and inclinations better. Furthermore, motivational books are often used to encourage staff to improve...

Decision-Making Methods in Business

Introduction Decision-making methods in business, as in any other industry, are a multi-criteria task, often requiring preliminary and subsequent assessment of all possible options. The complexity of each case is determined by many factors that must be considered in the proposed solution. An incorrectly made decision can lead to various...

Entrepreneurship: Case of Oprah Winfrey

Introduction Entrepreneurship has been a key mechanism for bringing progress to society throughout centuries of history. The great Industrial Revolution between the 1780s and 1849 in Europe showed the unprecedented potential for change brought by industrialists. Nowadays, the concept of entrepreneurship strikingly changed because of the development of technologies and...

CrossHelmet: Marketing Strategy

Introduction A data-driven integrated communication strategy for CrossHelmet’s Kickstarter campaign would increase brand awareness, generate more sales, and differentiate the company from competitor smart helmets. In this paper, a yearlong promotional drive is developed for CrossHelmet based on the analysis of the product, characteristics of the most likely customers, and...

How to Start a Catering Business

The catering business is a good way to make money for those who love to cook since catering is not always about making lunch for hundreds of guests. However, the sphere is quite competitive today because more and more people consider it profitable and reliable and are trying to create...

A Manager’s Role in Increasing Creativity

In many developed companies, managers play an essential role in increasing creativity since it is necessary to produce something radically new. To increase creativity, managers, and leaders of companies must be open to new things. One of the most important strategic purposes of leadership is to foster employee creativity (Vele,...

Demographics, Psychographics, and Geographics in Corporate Communication Strategy

In today’s globalized word, the corporate environment becomes increasingly complex. In fact, the success of contemporary business operations has become highly dependent on the organization’s ability to form strong, trusting relations with its stakeholders. The social aspect of business holds special significance in the 21st century, as important players across...

John Deere Company in View of Globalization

John Deere is one of the most successful agricultural machinery companies in the world today. In 1963, the company became the world’s largest manufacturer and supplier of agricultural and industrial equipment (Korinek and Stiglitz, 2021). Globalization has significantly affected the company both negatively and positively. One of the significant adverse...

Marine Resource Economics: Value Addition on Tuna Fish By-Products

Introduction Value addition is the most talked-about phrase across the world of the manufacturing and processing industry, particularly in the export-oriented processing industry because of the increased realization of valuable foreign exchange. In the fishing industry like any other venture, value can be added to fish and fishery by-products to...

Amazon.com as a Quality Delivery E-Commerce Company

Introduction Nowadays, the popularity of online stores is growing, increasing the need for using logistics firms. When ordering goods from e-commerce companies, consumers expect high-quality service and often do not forgive any errors or delays, demanding a refund and leaving complaints on the company’s website and various forums. Many persons...

Microaggressions at the Workplace

Introduction Our current social climate sparks an interesting conversation within the workplace, with more people wanting to discuss racial microaggressions after many corporations have come forward in support of Black Lives Matter. The experience of racial microaggressions has been found to negatively affect overall job satisfaction, and often the employees...

International Marketing Plan of Progresso Soups in Santiago, Chile

Abstract This report presents an international business proposal for the expansion of the GMI company through the marketing of Progresso soups in Santiago, Chile. The report focuses on the country analysis and the possible measures the company could take to allow the successful marketing of Progresso Soup products. Progresso Soups...

The Cultural Adaptation Process in Business

Introduction The psychological process of adapting to a new culture can be referred to as cultural adaptation. Culture adaptation may include learning the language of a new culture, dress code and how to access goods and services in that particular culture. For a business to function effectively, organizations and individuals...

Supply Chain Disruption in International Business

Cause of the Supply Chain Disruption The disruption in the supply chain may bring many undesirable consequences for the business. There are numerous causes of disruptions in the supply chains. They include lack of efficient communication between manufacturers and suppliers, supplier’s opportunism, truck drivers and port workers’ strikes, inability to...

Statesmanship Model and Organizational Leadership

Introduction Statesmanship is a grounded and excellently balanced model of leadership that has originated in politics throughout the development of the art of diplomacy. Current politicians have regarded the statesmanship approach as outdated and even dead for the needs of modern politics. Despite these cynical statements, its principles of striving...

Leadership Approaches During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic outbreak has caused a social-economic crisis. It has had a significant impact on business processes. Leaders face challenges relating to a rapidly changing environment. Therefore, the unexpected outcomes of the issue should be solved by adequate leadership approaches. The situation demands adjustments in team management and...

Walmart Company’s Financial Performance

Walmart Company Walmart is “the world’s largest retail chain,” which has around “11,700 stores in 28 countries” (Marr, 2017). The strategy of the company’s network includes “the maximum range and minimum prices, which tend to be wholesale” (Marr, 2017). Walmart International is a wholesale and retail trade outside the United...

Similarities and Differences Between “Inside-Out” and “Outside-In” Strategies

Businesses can use various strategies to achieve their goals, and it is necessary to understand their pros and cons. In the beginning, it is necessary to explain what “inside-out” and “outside-in” strategies mean. Firstly, an “inside-out” approach implies using companies’ internal resources and competencies to gain shareholder value (Lagerstedt, 2014,...

Unilever’s New Global Sustainable Strategy

Unilever is a global company that sells its products in almost every country in the world and has dozens of brands. Despite some shortcomings, the new CEO Paul Polman has achieved significant results in the company, demonstrating his understanding of the company’s strengths and weaknesses in an international environment. This...

Cash Flow Statements in Business

Cash flow is an important indicator for any business since it informs the public about how business cash is generated and allocated by the company. According to Murphy (2021), “the cash flow statement ( CFS) measures how well a company … generates cash to pay its debt obligations and fund...

The Importance of Corporate Strategy

A corporate strategy is exceptionally important for each organization to have for a number of reasons. The first one is that drafting a corporate strategy helps the management to assess the environment the organization operates or plans to operate in, as well as its strong and weak points. Thus, the...

Big Data Opportunities in Green Supply Chain Management

Introduction & Problem Motivation According to academic research in the field of supply chain management (SCM), the industry is quickly changing because of the advent of digital instruments that are utilized to speed up supply chain processes and reduce the involvement of human workers. According to Hartley and Sawaya (2019),...

The Playboy Magazine’s Marketing Issues

At the moment described in the case study, Playboy has certain pros and cons within the market. On the one side, the distribution of the adult magazine has grown wider due to publications sold in European and Asian countries. This practice has guaranteed high revenues for the firm and the...

Coca-Cola Firm’s Development of Healthier Products

Coca-Cola benefits from its strong brand value and successfully expands by developing new healthier products, following its mission to improve people’s lives worldwide. Coca-Cola is a well-known beverage company, and its product line goes far beyond coke. Indeed, the opportunity to develop new drinks became a winning strategy for expansion...

Technical vs. People Skills: What’s the Difference?

Hard (technical) competencies are characteristics that enable people to carry out job-specific tasks and duties. Seminars, vocational education, and on-the-job training and instruction are all options for acquiring hard skills. These abilities are frequently centered on particular activities and procedures, for instance, equipment, devices, or software utilization. Soft (people) competencies...

Eli Lily and Ranbaxy Laboratories Joint Venture

A joint venture involves a business partnership between two businesses that intend to benefit from the partnership but also deal with the risks of cooperating. The venture is guided by law that defines the nature of attachment. The following analysis involves a joint venture between Eli Lilly and Company from...

Deming’s 14 Principles and Baldrige’s 11 Values

Introduction Management is a complicated process that consists of various activities, including organizing, planning, directing, staffing, and supervision intended to achieve organizational goals. In this regard, diverse concepts and practices have been developed to improve the management efficacy and the overall performance of a company. This paper aims at describing...

Starbucks Corporation Using Data Analytics

It is important to note that data analytics is a highly powerful instrument, which can be useful in order to improve the key strategic decision-making process. Starbucks is a global business, which serves coffee products in a wide range of coffee shops. According to an article, it is stated that...

“Wish You Wood”: The Company Analysis

For small and medium entrepreneurships (SMEs), surviving in the environment of global competition, where organizations of a much larger caliber utilize all available strategies in order to retain their influence and power, is a massive challenge. For “Wish You Wood,” the decision to partner with Amazon seemed like a stroke...

Work Ethics: Communication and Cooperation

Introduction Following work ethics is crucial for effective collaboration with colleagues while using appropriate skills and abilities is necessary for this objective. In my case, they include attendance and teamwork, and these provisions determine my success in the workplace. Therefore, adhering to the regulations related to the time spent performing...

Amazon Inc. in the Context of International Business Economics and Markets

The Key Drivers of Globalization and International Trade on the Context of the Amazon Organization Globalization is the name used to describe the growing cross-border trade in products, services, technology and investment, and people and knowledge flows of economies, cultures, and populations in the world. Various technological developments and progressive...

Industrial Relations in Denmark

Introduction Denmark has drawn attention world-over due to its largely successful but unique industrial model. From the 1990’s unemployment levels in the country have constantly been declining to date and still show long-term sustenance of the trend. The events leading to this trend have amazed many countries in the world...

Ford Motor Company: Corporate Analysis

Introduction The current report evaluates the financial position of Ford Motor Company, USA. The report will utilize a number of financial ratios in order to understand the profitability, cash flow, earnings, and financial risks associated with Ford Motor Company. The assessment will rely on the organization’s financial statements for the...

Valero Energy and Chevron Corporations’ Financial Management

Stock Performance During the last four quarters, Valero’s stock price has fluctuated between $60.83 on 05/2020 and $72.14 on 04/2021 (Figure 1). During this period, the lowest stock price was spotted at $37.88, whereas the highest reached $84.39 one month ago. In March 2020, a powerful oil prices shock was...

AIG: Strategy Assessment and Analysis

The aim of this report is to evaluate the appropriateness of AIG’s strategic proposals, as well as the justification driving its current strategy, with recommendations and considerations based on findings. The information provided will be based on independent evidence and research into the organization. The analysis will be based on...

The Uber Employees’ Hiring and Training

An innovative company by definition has a well-developed system of in-house training that enables the personnel to update their competence on a regular basis. The process of hiring needs a proper organization as well, so that talented and dedicated individuals find the workplace attractive. Uber, the world’s best-known electronic taxi...

Analysis of Newspaper Industry

Introduction The newspaper industry has existed since the 16th century and has evolved with time. Newspapers began by being the most accessible and affordable source of news back in the days. However, the digitization of news has changed the world of the newspaper today. Observer Centric Company covers local news...

Intel Inc.’s Financial Performance Trends

Introduction The present report aims at assessing the financial health of Intel Inc. in 2013. The report analyzes trends in key indicators of financial performance, including total revenues, gross profit, net profit, total assets, and total equity. The report also provides an analysis of liquidity, leverage, and profitability using relevant...

Intercontinental Hotel Group and Its Industry Analysis

The hospitality business is a complex and multi-component economic environment. For the effective functioning of such an enterprise, it is necessary to consider many factors. To better understand how such a business can function, it is essential to review this area using a specific example. This paper aims to examine...

Direct and Indirect Distribution Channels

There are two types of distributions channels: indirect, which includes a chain of producer, wholesaler, retailer, and customer (sometimes without a wholesaler), and direct, which cuts of the intermediaries. Recently, I have purchased a portable fan via Amazon due to the high temperature in our house. My parents wanted the...

Supply Chain Management of the Nokia Corporation

Nokia Corporation also referred to as Nokia, is a Finnish multinational company that was founded in 1865 as a paper mill and is the world’s largest manufacturer of mobile phones. In order to ensure the achievement of the set objectives, organizations require performance measurement which controls checks and balances of...

Emirates Airline’s Operational Environment

Introduction Emirates Airlines also referred to as the Fly Emirates, is the largest airline company in the Middle East and the fourth largest globally. It is a subsidiary of the Emirates Group, with approximately 59,519 employees from 172 nationalities, and is owned by both the royal family in Dubai and...

Comparison of DOD and CMBOK Competency Models

Contract management is a complex process that involves the principal and agent. For a particular study, the role of the principal is given to the government, and the role of the agent is any contractor who is providing services. Usually, the government’s and the contractor’s objectives are conflicting. The objective...

Gillette’s CSR and Strategic Change Issue

Introduction Recently, there has been a sound discussion regarding Gillette’s new advertising campaign. A plethora of posts, opinions, and articles that define this campaign as an insignificant action within the scope of the company’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) appeared. Then, there is a visible issue with the firm’s strategic change....

Organizational Culture as a Competitive Advantage

Southwest Airlines is one of the United States’ significant airlines. The airline is the world’s largest low-cost carrier airline and has its headquarter located in Dallas, Texas. The carrier has 111 scheduled service destinations in the U.S. and other countries. This section of the paper seeks to evaluate the organizational...

Deming’s 14 Principles and Baldrige’s 11 Core Values

Deming’s 14 principles were formulated by William Edwards Deming, an engineer and statistician, in the second half of the 20th century. They concern fundamental management values that facilitate productivity and quality in the organization’s operations. Per Lim (2019), they are as such: the constancy of purpose for improvement, adoption of...

The German Automotive Industry

Introduction The locomotive industry entails a diverse range of corporations and organizations involved in designing, developing, producing, and marketing motor vehicles. Stakeholders in the automotive industries vend machines across the world markets, which cover both advanced and developing nations. The development of the motorized industry has been affected by various...

Organizational Development and Change: Personal Practice

Appreciative inquiry is one of the organizational development approaches and change that emphasizes focusing on strengths rather than weaknesses. It deals with a team or, basically, the organization’s workforce by a comprehensive search of the best in an individual and the relevant skills and training they have in its line...

Communication Problems in a Workplace

Many people had once faced situations at work when a misunderstanding interfered with work and entailed harmful consequences. Problems are associated with internal communication in the workplace and seriously affect the effectiveness of all processes. It is necessary to solve it promptly by forming a team spirit, and the manager...

Social Responsibility in Business

Few topics in business invite as much controversy as social responsibility. Even though businesses are important for the functioning and prosperity of the economy, they also generate a substantial negative impact on society. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is an idea that businesses are obliged to respect the ethical rules of...

Marketing Plan: Energy Drink For Women

This new energy drink aims to cater to the consumer’s demand for healthier options with less sugar and caffeine. Moreover, this beverage is manufactured in a local community, which is another selling point for conscious customers who want to support local brands. Some issues include intense competition in the market,...

Nestle Bangladesh’s Logistics Network

Logistics networks are the backbone of contemporary global commerce. They keep Nestle Bangladesh in business by facilitating the movement of raw materials to processing factories and finished goods to the market. While logistics networks facilitate the movement of goods, its transportation, inventory management, goods handling, warehousing, order processing, and packaging...

International Marketing of Coca-Cola

The growth drivers for and the competitive environment of the ICFD industry in India In 2018, the new whipped frozen fruit treat from Coca-Cola India Private Limited was to be released. A unique introduction of the frozen dessert category in India will be the first to use this product across...

MAC Cosmetics Company’s Models and Social Media

Co-creation appears to be a modern marketing strategy, which implies designing a product or a service cooperating with customers. This approach is considered to be beneficial in a great number of ways. It contributes to avoiding the lack of ideas regarding product improvement and makes the relationships between a company...

General Motors’ Evolving Competitive Advantages

The automobile industry is one of the most significant contributors to the economy of the United States. This industry provides more than seven million jobs, constituting approximately one-tenth of the country’s revenue (Chuang & Zhao, 2019). General Motors (GM) is the largest American automobile corporation with a more than a...

Saudi Aramco Company’s Innovation and Technological Performance

Company Introduction Saudi Aramco is a large international oil and gas corporation with a long history of business performance globally. The company is characterized by large volumes of production, partnership, global expansion, and investment in the continuous development of technologies that enable it to obtain a worldwide dominance and industry-specific...

Focal Business Process and Supporting Information Systems

For a charity organization, the essential function of an information system (IS) is to improve its accessibility visibility while reducing its operational costs. As for the ALSAC, the radiothon donation application (RDA) brings in a unique opportunity to achieve both higher visibility and make the optimal interaction between the organization...

Nine West: Target Market, Customer Profile

Target Market of Nine West An analysis of consumer behavior determines those customer market segments that can best be served by the firm. These segments are the target market. Target market can be defined as potential consumers to whom a product is marketed. Firms cannot meet all needs of all...

HEB Grocery Company’s Remuneration System

When HR directors define the company’s goal, they conduct an analysis according to the required parameters and make a management decision. One of the important elements of the analysis is the assessment of the applicants for a vacancy, and their professional and personal qualities, which will allow solving problems for...

Ineffective Leadership in Business

Introduction Ineffective leadership transpires when the management in a certain firm fails to execute the company’s vision by losing focus on the culture and tone that is set for a particular business. In business, leadership is necessary to organize members and plan for the metrics required for entrepreneurship. The corporate...

Nissan Motor Company: Operations Management

Operation Process of Nissan’s Production System Nissan’s production system meets the modern standards of a competitive market and is based on several significant aspects. Firstly, this Japanese automaker maintains a constant interaction with the target audience by reacting to the demand indicators immediately and, thus, adjusting the pricing policy (Reuters...

Conflict Management as an Essential Skill

Various conflicts entail serious consequences, as they damage the bonds between people. Moreover, they may also be the cause of serious stress and mental pressure. Bullying is one of the most common forms of workplace and peer conflicts. Such situations lead to immense stress and even cause the symptoms of...

How Planning Plays a Role in Whirlpool’s Manufacturing Process

Whirlpool Corporation is one of the leading companies in the manufacturing of kitchenware and laundry products. The company has focused on improving the quality of its goods to attract more customers. Whirlpool is headquartered in Benton Charter Township, Michigan, United States, and ships its products to various countries. Thus, it...

Organizational Environment, Social Environment Affects on Organizations

Charter schools are institutions developed and managed by parents, teachers, society, or education organizations. According to Renzulli (2005), the primary motivation behind the emergence of such schools is autonomy. Most members who started the charter schools aimed at providing different curriculum and services from those offered in traditional schools. However,...

Organizational Culture and Its Impact on the Development of the Company

The organization I work for is a state-funded organization that produces films and TV series for release. It is difficult to calculate the exact number of employees since there are many departments and branches in this organization. There are departments responsible for the legal aspect of the projects; there is...

Acculturation and Enculturation: Business Issues

Abstract This essay will examine the concepts of enculturation and acculturation in the context of their impact on business ethics. The current state of business ethics and issues related to the moral issues of doing business will be discussed. Researchers began to single out the two analyzed terms relatively recently;...

Leadership Styles Definition and Analysis

An organization’s leadership is primarily focused on inspiring employees to achieve organizational tasks. It is also preoccupied with formulating a broader vision for an organization and developing stakeholder buy-in to support its achievements. There are various types of leadership styles used by managers to motivate their workers. Some of the...

Leadership Theories: The Best Leadership Style

Introduction For this paper, I have been asked to assume the supervisor’s position as a clerical support assistant for an organization’s Marketing Department. To fulfill the responsibilities of this role in the best possible manner, it is essential to analyze several leadership theories and decide which leadership style is the...

Rule-Based Expert Systems

A rule-based expert system is a system that is characterized by a knowledge base with the domain knowledge fed or represented in terms of rules. A rule-based system is ideally a representation of the deep knowledge of human beings. It is very complex and is comprised of different explanation facilities,...

Followership and Servant Leadership in Army Officers

Followership and servant leadership styles are the primary forms of leading people, especially in the army. Therefore, army officers typically resort to these two types because they are increasingly influential and demand soldiers’ engagement as well. As a rule, soldiers tend to develop better by sharing experiences and opinions with...

Internal Alignment of Toyota Motor Co.

In management, internal alignment refers to relationships between interdependent social and technical elements within a company that ensure its effective functioning. The main components of the organizational alignment model are structure, task / work system, and people (Lane & Maznevski, 2019). At Toyota, all elements of this model are well...

Beleza Natural: Strategic Direction for Long-Term Success

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

Strategic Leadership Failure Scenario

Introduction Strategic leadership can be considered a type of skill set that allows managers of any level to guide their organization while acknowledging both long- and short-term goals. It is also a practice in which people in executive positions continuously develop a vision that ensures the firm’s superiority over competitors....

The Current Trading Environment of Airbus

Abstract Airbus is a manufacturer of aircraft, spacecraft, and military technologies. The company operates in the aerospace industry, in particular in the sectors of commercial aircraft, defense and aerospace systems, civil and military helicopters. This paper provides a brief company history, current situation overview, internal and external analysis, evaluates challenges,...

Innovative Strategies in the Automotive Industry

The rapid pace of technological and social change has made innovation a matter of vital importance for today’s companies. Overcoming new challenges and making the best use of opportunities necessitates developing innovative strategies which involve the modification or creation of new value propositions. The displacement of once-undisputed home video industry...

Decision Making in Qantas Airline of Australia

The Qantas Airline of Australia is the most prominent airline in the country as far as fleet size, international flights, and worldwide destinations are concerned. It is also the 3rd oldest airline company in the industry after Avianca and the KLM. It was established in 1920, and its headquarters are...

Gore’s Flat Structure Works Well

It should primarily be mentioned that it is surprising that an organization without any structure or hierarchy can achieve the described amazing results. This is primarily because, usually, in order to attain goals and improve performance, there has to be a system that operates and drives the organization in a...

The Impact of a Strategic Management Plan on the Success of a Project

Abstract The strategic management plan is an ongoing process of planning, observing, and analyzing all the essential needs of an organization using calculated processes. The business world is competitive and ever-changing to absorb cutting-edge technology. The strategic management and planning process aids an organization in taking stock of the current...

Supply Chain Management Game: Opportunities Given

Market Analysis and Estimations The supply chain game provided our team with a wonderful opportunity to analyze markets and make production and distribution decisions based on the analysis. Before the initial decisions in the game, several analyses were made. The present slide demonstrated crucial information in tables, including market summary,...

Statistical Analysis of the Nike Company

Summary Nike is one of the best fashion firms in the world. It is an American corporation that has been performing well in the market for the past two decades. The company has invested in better strategic management and innovation, which has ensured its success in the market. As such,...

Army vs. Civilian Leadership Similarities

Leadership is the act of guiding a group of people based on a certain chain of command. Though there are various management styles or approaches, the choice depends on the work setting (Jin et al., 2017). For instance, the leadership style employed in the army may be different from that...

Employee Turnover in Manufacturing

Employee turnover is an essential organizational phenomenon with significant implications for corporations, individuals, and society. Reducing unwanted turnover is the goal of every organization. High employee turnover in industrial organizations continues to be a concern for various organizations. It is because organizations spend significant resources to train and invest in...

Operating Budget and a Capital Budget: Difference

Capital and operating budgets are business plans meant to support the achievement of the necessary activities. They differ because the operating budget is focused on addressing immediate future needs while capital budgets are meant to support long-term goals. Operating plans usually run for one year, and managers can review and...

Organizational Change Management for Relocation

Introduction Nowadays, it is apparent that many established organizations struggle to keep up to stay relevant in the market. On the other hand, less experienced executives continue to lead their teams to various successes in the industry. This happens mainly because of the company’s ability to adapt by being flexible...