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Abstract Aviation has experienced multiple challenges over the past decade due to economic, political environmental, and sociocultural issues, the pandemic having been one of the major causes of its setback. However, some companies, including Southwest Airlines (SWA), have managed to overcome these challenges by integrating innovative technological solutions. Nevertheless, SWA...
Introduction Walmart Inc. is an American company based in Bentonville with many other branches operating a grocery chain, hypermarkets, and stores. Besides groceries and consumables, the company’s shops provide various health and wellness services, hardlines, fashion, technology, entertainment, and home goods at low prices. In the Arkansas town of Rogers,...
Corporate Culture Affects Staff Performance at IHS Towers An establishment’s culture is its members’ collective set of shared values, opinions, and life experiences. Culture is made up of several categories, including common values and behavioural conventions. Corporate culture has become a hot topic in business and management study in recent...
Introduction CIMERWA Cement Company was founded in July 1984 as a government parastatal in Muganza Sector, Rusizi District, in the Western Province of Rwanda. The company was initially called Ciments du Rwanda and was established under a cooperation trinity between the Government of Rwanda and the People’s China Republic. However,...
Introduction Fast fashion creates a massive demand for clothing, putting pressure on the factory workers at the bottom of the supply chain. The owners of the factories force workers to work in rather bad conditions and sacrifice their liberties and time with their families. The cost paid for such sacrifices...
Bazerman (2020) bases his judgments on a philosophical theory called utilitarianism. According to the utilitarian ethical perspective, the moral worth of behavior or act is determined by the overall satisfaction or pleasure experienced by all participants of the action. The author’s thesis is that individuals should base their decisions on...
Summary The industrial landscape of the 21st century is changing under the influence of various contemporary factors. Historically, humanity’s approach to most of its activities across different sectors has aligned with the development of societal, economic, and technological aspects. Today, the third component has taken a leading position, as progress...
Introduction Modern technological progress implies a high level of competition among the leading players in the market. Manufacturers of gadgets, smartphones, and laptops, such as Apple, Samsung, and Google, adopt each other’s technology and try to provide customers with a better product than the competitor. Each company chooses a specific...
Project Introduction For the purposes of this project, our group decided to create a yoga class. The decision was made after considering the needs of the students and staff alike, along with the unique competencies of our group. Many people knew a lot about personal fitness and health, while others...
Business communication has many unique characteristics that distinguish it from other types of human interaction. The tone of the message that is transmitted to one of the communication participants is of particular importance in this aspect. A positive tone in business communication allows to maintain optimism in a person and...
The job of a forensic pathologist needs nearly 13 years of education and serious medical preparation after school, spending about 10-12 hours on foot under challenging conditions, and a daily encounter with death and cruelty. These specialists undergo substantial training, specializing in many spheres, in order to be able to...
The impact on the development of the leader Dan Bane’s father was a founder of a successful grocery store in Dallas. When Bane was only 17, he read his father’s will and learned that he would receive the bulk of his estate when his father died if he agreed to...
The importance of working capital to the Apple Inc. organization A company’s working capital is measured by its ability to function and its short-term financial stability. There are enough short-term debt payments and expenditures to cover the company’s short-term cash flow based on the company’s networking capital. There are several...
Metrics from the field of human resource management (HRM) are frequently applied to assess the effectiveness of the HR function and the various facets of human capital associated with the workforce. The most effective metrics are those that present management with information that is both pertinent and useful to the...
The organizational and operational factors that affect investment decisions Middle Eastern airlines have been successfully used for marketing their respective countries. Their unparalleled luxury and business acumen have earned wide admiration from across the world. Their main purpose has been to connect the dots throughout the world, resulting in tremendous...
Introduction Costco Wholesale Corporation is one of the leaders in the retail store chains in many aspects. This company was established in 1983 in Seattle, Washington, expanding in 2021 to more than 800 warehouses worldwide (Costco Wholesale, 2021). The main features that define their whole business model are the membership...
Introduction The use of techniques aimed to assist an organization in dealing with a sudden and severe unfavorable occurrence is known as crisis management. A crisis might happen as a result of an unforeseen incident or as an unanticipated repercussion of an event that was previously deemed a possible concern....
Self-motivation plays an immeasurably important role for any entrepreneur as it substantially contributes to the success of his venture. At the same time, self-motivation along with the motivation of others differ from other components of this success, such as luck, self-discipline, and thorough planning with the use of professional skills,...
Introduction The marketing plan that Ford implemented for the Fiesta is a forward-thinking approach to the business of marketing. The automotive business in the United States is a highly competitive market in which a large number of well-established brands currently operate successfully and have a substantial number of loyal customers....
Business organizations currently must have an effective warehousing and inventory management system for manufacturing equipment within the mining industry. Choosing the best methods for storing, supplying, and purchasing is crucial for quality and reliability in inventory management. Individual item criticality, which explains how important a component is, should be taken...
Introduction The diamond market is a relatively difficult field to operate in, which means that gaining a competitive advantage is challenging. Thus, it is certain that a corporation’s success in this domain is economically proficient in both micro and macroenvironment. De Beers is, indeed, the world’s largest diamond company specializing...
Caterpillar Inc., like other successful companies, resorts to making short and long-term goals to assure the necessary progress in its operations. The short-term mission of the company is expressed by dividing it into individual goals in areas such as operations and product management. The long-term goal of Caterpillar Inc. is...
Introduction. Leadership in the USA Historical influence: democracy, freedom of speech, and fight for independence shaped the modern American leadership style; The top characteristics of a strong leader include performance orientation, self-sacrifices, decisiveness, autonomy, and integrity (Brodbeck et al.,2007); A constant battle between competition and collaboration, collectivist and individualistic values;...
What it signifies to dine out is changing, thanks to food trucks. A transformation in the way that food is prepared and enjoyed can be seen in the vast development in the prominence of food trucks. And the upheaval that the market sector has been going through concerning the existing...
Introduction Interoffice memos refer to short messages sent between individuals in different departments in an organization or institution. Generally, these memoranda are used to share confidential information, policy updates, project briefings, and news regarding departments. Nevertheless, they can share any information, including informal updates on non-business activities. Regardless, they observe...
Abstract Organizations apply a range of tools to analyzing their performance, measuring its current quality, and identifying the necessary improvements. Among those are the 7-S framework, the balanced scorecard (BSC), the SWOT paradigm, and its PESTLE equivalent. Using each of these separately enables resolving particular issues but leaves gaps, for...
Inventory errors can be defined as errors that occur in recording a company’s current inventory at the beginning of an accounting period and the end of it. Inventory is considered to be one of the crucial balance sheet assets because acts as the basis for the company’s planning, strategies, operations,...
Strategic planning and development in the airlines are crucial because it provides the structure and capacity to be flexible and adaptable in a dynamic environment that is constantly evolving. In the airline, the executive team is responsible for providing a strategic plan for creating guiding organizational principles, formulating the strategic...
Introduction A business report is a formal document designed to guide managers and policy-makers in organizations toward making informed decisions. As a result, business reports rely heavily on factual data and research resources to analyze concepts and provide practical recommendations to improve organizational processes. On that account, it is critical...
Introduction Thank you everyone for coming to this workshop. Today we are going to learn about the role of power in solving conflicts in a workplace. Conflicts are common in a workplace and they occur do to various factors including poor management, lack of communication, conflict of interest and conflicting...
Nature of Leadership The first two definitions concern the broad nature of leadership. The first one is that all groups have role specialization, and someone has the primary responsibility for the specialized leadership role while others are to follow (Yukl & Gardner, 2020). This notion is valuable since Yukl and...
Introduction Standard Chartered is a Public Limited Company based in the UK that provides financial services for people, corporate clients, and treasury services. The company primarily operates in the Asian region, the Middle East, and Africa, despite its headquarters being located in London. The bank has had a long story...
Introduction The invention process is a complicated and time-consuming phenomenon. J. Tidd and J. Bessant (2009) propose this theory concerning the concept of innovation. It starts with an image that might be considered a vision by others. And then, can the tiresome method of continuous checking and error occur as...
Ensuring business sustainability is a challenging task, especially for global companies that work with countries with different cultures and regulations. Some countries have incentives for companies to sort and recycle waste, while others do not have the resources to organize these processes. However, McDonald’s is committed to practicing sustainability packaging...
Introduction One of the remarkable features of the globalization era is the wide availability of information, including of a preferably closed nature. In particular, with the development of information technology, every individual can share their opinions and experiences online, which can generate a public outcry if the issue being communicated...
Introduction To begin with, it may be noted that people inherit certain character traits, thanks to which they will be able to improve their leadership skills. If people do not develop specific inclinations, this privilege will become naught over time or remain reasonably low. There is also an alternative opinion...
The selected incident is the 2008 Louisiana Chemical Spill, which occurred due to two rail cars collision. The cars were carrying hazardous chemical compounds, which were ethylene oxide and hydrochloric acid, and since the combination of these two can be highly dangerous and possibly cause an explosion, an immediate evacuation...
Explanation of the Decision-Making The Decision-Making Process The decision to open an innovation center in Singapore was made by the leadership of Ferrero Group, namely by Ferrero Chief Executive Officer Giovanni Ferrero in 2017 (“Ferrero announces opening of Singapore innovation center,” 2017). Another party involved in the decision-making was the...
Introduction Every leader has distinct characteristics evidenced by the skills portrayed by a leader in dealing with others. Leaders are the principal decision-makers in any organization, crucial for team management, process improvement, and talent management. Democratic leadership is one of the most important types of leadership for leaders to follow...
Introduction This paper explores the standards of professional ethics and how it affects the employees’ productivity at a workplace. In addition, the work ethics of different generations is investigated. As a result of the thorough literature review, it becomes evident that the older descents are more hard-working than, the younger...
Organizational citizenship behavior has been increasingly popular and focuses on a person’s action that is not openly acknowledged by the existing reward approaches despite its promotion of successful operations in an organization. It embraces factors such as courtesy, painstakingness, voice, help-giving, and sportsmanship. Among the five aspects, help-giving, which entails...
Introduction It is important to note that the performance ratios of a company play a critical role in assessing and monitoring the overall validity of the organization as a business enterprise. The given analysis will primarily focus on evaluating the financial condition of Costco Wholesale Corporation on the basis of...
Introduction Due to the current issue of climate change, many organizations tend to come up with solutions intended to remove uncertainty and recognize the need to attain stability and focus on economic and environmental benefits. Unilever’s history shows that the company was interested in sustainable well-being from its founding date,...
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...
Introduction Walmart Incorporated company is a retail corporation that runs businesses in different parts of the world with the headquarter located in the United States. It operates grocery stores, hypermarkets, discount stores, and neighborhood markets. The firm also has its outlets in different countries including, China, Mexico, Canada, and other...
Introduction Any country’s energy industry is impacted by an array of specific factors induced by the political environment, social and economic situation, as well as the geographical position, resource availability, and environmental issues. Alternatively, different economic sectors have their own particularities that predetermine their capabilities in a given market, opportunities...
Introduction Strategic planning is critical to the success of any business. Unlike classical entrepreneurial planning, strategic diversity includes vision, mission, and thinking outside the box. This process allows determining the current position of the organization, its success, strengths, and weaknesses, as well as optimal development ways. At the same time,...
Situational Analysis – SWOT Strengths According to the letter of Johnson & Johnson’s CEO to the company’s shareholders, the COVID-19 pandemic influenced the company in a positive way (Gorsky, 2021). The company was able to develop a COVID-19 vaccine in 12 months which indicates employees’ high level of morale and...
Background Communication skills are generally regarded as some of the most valuable competencies for a leader. They help the leader persuade their followers to align with their vision and follow their directions toward the achievement of organizational goals. The successful superior’s ability to inspire and motivate their workers depends on...
A new generation of entrepreneurs will have to face the issues no previous generation has faced before. The environments are becoming increasingly multicultural, and today’s venturers must know how to meet the needs of customers with different backgrounds, lifestyles, and experiences. I decided to go even further than that and...
The term marketing myopia was proposed by economist Theodore Levitt, who indicated that some companies are not far-sighted and are focused on meeting the company’s needs and not on marketing to consumers. The main idea of the theory is that the company focuses on one specific aspect of marketing and...
Engineers that work for Google have been uneasy about the managers since the foundation of the company. Despite this, the managers help the organization keep in one general direction and work as a team. However, the amount of managers is still small, which gives engineers freedom and responsibility. Google hires...
Discrimination at the workplace is a severe issue because it implies that people are deprived of some rights or inadequately treated based on their ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, and others. American legislative bodies understand that the problem exists. That is why Title VII of the Federal Civil Rights Act...
Intro to marketing Utility Marketing is promoting a product or service in the market that allows customers to know and eventually purchase it. It is a must for anyone looking to engage an audience and profit from sales (Godin 26). In addition, marketing helps create a positive company image. Thanks...
The Volvo commercials outlined in the chapter achieve the Attention, Interest, and Desire steps of the marketing tool AIDA process. According to the AIDA framework, after seeing the advertisement, the customer will first pay attention to the product, then spark interest in it, followed by a desire to buy the...
Introduction Willy wanted all of his staff to become licensed gemologists for them to be good teachers. The science of gemology was also in its early stages at the time. Gemologists research gemstones and general gemstone offers. This credential meant that the staff had adequate knowledge about their goods to...
In its simple description, indirect price discrimination, also known as second-degree price discrimination, implies charging a different price for different quantities such as giving customers quantity discounts for bulk buying. In this case, prices differ depending on the number of goods bought rather than across consumers (Hanna & Dodge, 2017)....
Selected Festival: Burning Man Issue #1 Weather: What weather challenge have you selected to plan for? Fire Is this a controlled risk or respond hazard? It is uncontrollable hazard A L A R P What could be the degree of harm that could happen as a result of this risk/hazard? The...
Why Businesses Should Embrace Remote Work Transition to remote work has been a business trend even before COVID-19, but the pandemic forced organizations to adopt this employment type more rapidly and extensively. The study conducted by Felstead and Henseke (2017) shows that the percentage of people working mainly remotely rose...
I think HBR articles are highly useful and educative pieces of valuable information, which are written engagingly and insightfully. The selected article is primarily focused on the topic of leadership and how its practical implications differ significantly in comparison with how it is taught. It is important to note that...
Introduction Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia is a large enterprise that exists across various industries, including television broadcasting, publishing, household décor, and radio broadcasting. As a result of a series of socio-economic precedents of the company, the current SWOT analysis draft may be represented as follows: Table 1. SWOT Analysis Strengths...
A business incubator connotes a group which is informally or formally organized with the aim of providing entrepreneurial ventures with the resources regarded as critical in their journey. The facilities target to inspire sharing of different ideas and knowledge among the incubated firms and offer network services (Høvig, Pettersen and...
The complex world requires people to engage in the process of decision-making continually. This procedure is often referred to as a conscious act of making a choice based on the circumstances, risks and benefits, and personal preferences. Since the situations people encounter are becoming more sophisticated, individuals need specific methods...
Marketing is among the crucial constituents of a business as it possesses the power to impact clients’ opinions regarding a product or brand even without their notice. My passion for marketing began at an early age after encountering numerous ads on Television. However, my curiosity for digital marketing developed in...
Effective Training Needs Analysis Training needs analysis refers to the identification process of employees’ development and training needs to enable them to carry out their tasks more efficiently to realize personal and organizational goals. Based on the scenario, the components of an effective training needs analysis include information regarding the...
Business success depends on many factors that are important to consider. The talented management of work processes enables organizations to maximize the value of their results and meet the business strategy they set. Among the factors related to the company’s work, stakeholders stand out. This concept includes individuals, groups, or...
Data Governance includes the processes and technologies required to manage and secure data as a company asset to guarantee complete and reliable corporate data. It concerns creating methods and techniques performed by the responsible team for standardizing, integrating, protecting and storing corporate data. This paper aims to define the concept...
Servant leadership is a philosophy of leaders within which they are to serve their followers. Within such a framework, the norm of interactions between leaders and followers is inverted: instead of the surrounding people serving the leader, the latter exists to serve them. Therefore, the servant-leader is instead a servant...
Executive Summary GoPro is an American technology firm that manufactures action cameras and develops its video-editing software and mobile apps. Nick Woodman founded GoPro in 2002, and it is geared toward assisting people in capturing live images. From the beginning of 2020, the logistics for many companies have been affected...
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...
Global businesses and working environments are complex and require an in-depth assessment of issues for proper management. One such international business is manufacturing electric vehicles (EVs) that are likely to disrupt the original market structure. The commitment to the Paris emission agreement has pushed and will continue driving the growth...
Leadership is the achievement of an objective through the direction of human assistance. It is less about a strong individual but more about a group of people working together, to achieve results. Nobody is born a leader, but an individual becomes a leader because one is trustworthy, and people would...
Global Company Overview The Coca-Cola Company specializes in producing and selling non-alcoholic beverages. The signature drink originated from Atlanta in the late 19th century, and an organization was established to sell it (The Coca-Cola Company, 1). In addition to Coca-Cola and its variations, the company distributed approximately 200 brands, including...
Considering the notion of leadership in the modern organizational culture, the meaning behind this term has undergone some drastic changes over the past decades. Previously, the idea of leadership was driven by the desire to achieve the maximum quality result in the shortest time possible. Whereas the overall productivity was...
The author selected Samsung Galaxy S21 5G and iPhone 12 and gathered related qualitative information to understand how consumers go through the different decision-making process stages before acquiring a product. Samsung Galaxy S21 5G is a new smartphone by Samsung and the most advanced in the Samsung Galaxy S series...
Introduction People made lots of researches to find out what makes one a leader. According to the trait theory, a leader is a person who has certain qualities of character that help one to differentiate from others (Bertocci, 2009). The leader uses the talents he/she has to encourage people to...
Konigsbrau A.G is a corporation based in Greek, it produces premium beers, and its worldwide sales were estimated to 2.6 million US dollars. By the time its director was Mr. Wolfgang Keller, Konigsbrau was one of the companies that enjoyed recognition in the whole continent as it was the best...
Among the many security-providing companies, G4S stands out as the key employer in the London stock exchange, having an influence in over 120 states with a workforce of more than 620,000. Although one may use this information to claim that this security agent is secure, the paper reveals the major...
Abstract A company’s mission statement essentially defines the company’s reason for existence. It ideally incorporates the company’s most important values, as well as provide direction for short term activities necessary for the attainment of the entity’s long-term purpose. Companies will not often change their mission statements precisely because they define...
Introduction One of the principal conditions of the present-day companies’ sustainable development is the correspondence of their regular operations and essential decisions to international environmental regulations. The company under consideration, Barnana, is no exception to the rule since it cooperates with the United Nations and follows the organization’s goals (Dann...
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has been anecdotally considered to provide organizational performance advantages in the contemporary market. However, the majority of the studies conducted on the impact of CSR have been rather focused on organizational performance, with little other mediating effects considered. Fewer studies still have been conducted regarding companies...
Introduction Roberts (1997) asserts that Human resource management is an organization’s function that entails all aspects that are associated with the human resource or work force in a particular organization, company or institution. It entails aspects like recruitment, coordination and control of the people working in an organization. Some of...
Developing Stress Management Programs The effectiveness of stress management programs depends on such factors as income and poverty levels in the society, among others. Researchers have undertaken studies on stress that negatively affects the destitute rural regions of South Africa. According to Crouch (2008), incapacity confronts poor people with distressingly...
Risk Identification Dairy Farm International Holdings identifies the risks facing the company through an audit committee. The committee is charged with assessing areas of risk and uncertainty and the effectiveness of the firm’s internal control processes. This occurs on a regular basis but the reporting of the committee’s findings to...
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to analyse the impact of leadership and motivation on the organisational culture of Repsol and to so, this report concentrates on some theories including autocratic and participative leadership style, transformational and action centred leadership model, motivation theories of Maslow and Herzberg, and organizational...
Executive Summary Computer-based communication technologies became widely used with Internet connection getting easily accessible. Using these technologies requires only basic computer skills this is why they are popular among people of all possible ages. Computer-based technologies led to the emerging of social media, as well as social networking, instant messaging,...
Introduction Activity based costing (ABC) is commonly used because it gives detailed information on the cost of a product unit that is produced. Under activity based costing, the use of cost drivers is quite significant. These drivers are used to allocate total costs to a unit of the commodity produced....
Background Conflict resolution within an organization is one of the most critical leadership skills that fosters cohesion, enhances work relationships and improves the overall outlook of products and services. In the role play, it is evident that organizational leaders look at employees in a holistic way by providing the correct...
Managing change is one of the difficult activities that many organizations come across. The change that occur because of diversity and technology advancements poses numerous challenges as the majority of them may not have implemented sufficient strategies for dealing with it. However, the US Army has implemented several approaches for...
Introduction Accounting is an activity of maintaining final records that require an orderly procedure to achieve desired results. Internal auditing is a function performed by a profession where he analyses and evaluates business projects or activities, determining the best in overall to help in achieving the objective of the business...
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...
Nike is one of the most competitive and fast-growing workplaces on the market of sporting goods. The work for the company seems to be a good option for further promotion, especially in the position of a department manager. However, every business has its advantages and limitations for the growth of...
Introduction Brandt Company is a group of industries primarily dealing with manufacture of engineering products. In the past the company was called Brandt electric, but to due to innovations and expansion of its manufacturing sector, it has gradually adopted the new logo “Brandt industries limited.” The company’s headquarter is in...
Introduction Organizational communication is the process through which interrelated individuals in a given workplace or a company send and receive messages information to achieve common goals. Communication in an organization can take place through written, face-to-face, or mediated channels. This topic is important to Go Travel because it needs to...
Definition of the Problem Introduction Risk management (RM) has been defined as the process of scheduling, classifying, directing, and managing organizational conduct in order to curtail the detrimental effects of fortuitous losses at reasonable costs on the organization. Risk avoidance involves eliminating all losses associated with a particular activity, loss...
Introduction Resistance to change especially at the workplace is inevitable in any organization. It is considered a natural condition because it is a basic tenet of human behavior. Organizations should devise mechanisms for dealing with change resistance on organization policies. Change resistance may take different forms ranging from obvious ones...
Introduction Healthcare workers usually report the importance of effective leadership to stimulate their performance and teamwork because, working in stressful environments, they need additional motivation and stimuli. The problem is that having intensive workloads, healthcare providers are expected to demonstrate high-performance results and efficient teamwork to address patient needs, but...
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...
Introduction The marketplace has become dynamic due to pressures of scientific advancement, demographic, economical upheavals, social evolution, and global politics. Business organizations are also experiencing changes and thus the marketing role in these organizations is also transforming. Due to these changes organizations are moving from marketing mix focus to relationship...
Trinity Industries is an industrial corporation that provides products and services for transportation, construction, and energy sectors. According to the official website of the corporation (Trinity Industries, n.d.), since November 1, 2018, Trinity Industries split up into two independent companies. Trinity focuses on the supply of railcar products and services,...
Introduction Failed start-ups are not unique to a competitive business environment. However, in case large brands suffer losses due to unreasonably designed projects, this causes significant resonance and serves as an example for other organizations. As such a failure, the case of Coca-Cola in 1985 will be considered, in particular,...
Introduction Logistics has become one of the most important factors in the business world today. The logistics managers are faced with the challenge of designing the most effective logistics network, able to reduce the costs as well as help organizations in providing the best services. It is imperative to note...
Introduction Hillside Veterinary Clinic (HVC) is a small business operating in Colorado, requiring rebranding of its positioning to acquire new customers. The facility was planning to expand, therefore needing to adjust and enhance its marketing strategy according to the client’s needs and preferences. The following paper critically analyses the marketing...
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...
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...
Acknowledgements Executive Summary This essay explains the role of financial management in Nokia with reference to the historical, current and forecasted financial condition of the company. The financial planning, control and budgeting processes are explained with reference to the company. The financial analysis including ratio and trend analysis and vertical...
Definition of a Cooperative Cooperation at the end of the 20th century is a widespread social phenomenon. It is the basis for creating enterprises and their associations as well as for the accomplishment of everyday tasks at the national and international levels, such as space exploration, environmental protection, etc. Cooperatives...
Unions are an essential agent in helping a company to ensure that the rights and needs of its employees are met. Therefore, increased safety of staff members and greater trust in relationships between employees and the company can be considered the key characteristics of a unionized setting. Rights of the...
Major milestones have been achieved by global perishable goods logistics, culminating in dramatic shifts in people’s lifestyles. Consumers worldwide love each bite of an apple, and each splash of roses, the comfort which is brought by the global supply chains. However, the onset of the Coronavirus has resulted in unrivaled...
Introduction Leadership style is defined as leaders’ distinctive behaviors which they use to direct, encourage, monitor, and manage groups of people. Effective administrators inspire their followers to become innovative, more productive, and creative. However, there are significant differences in the manner in which people lead, and researchers have developed various...
Books on leadership are sources of essential information and knowledge about the best techniques which individuals can employ to be more effective in their work or life. Usually, such books focus on practices that allow a person to exert greater influence over others, and rarely do they teach their readers...
Introduction There are various forms of market structures which exist in various marketplaces. This essay explores the market configuration which exists in the UK supermarket industry. As such, markets are influenced by several economic factors such as income level, inflation rate, forex exchange ratio, and taxation. While discussion the investment...
Omnichannel may be regarded as a completely new term in the sphere of digital marketing. At the same time, this cross-channel content strategy will play a highly significant role in the development of stores in the future. The development of online retailing and the emerging of additional digital channels that...
Satisfying Jobs Organizations need to create and design jobs that are satisfying to every individual employee. This strategy is essential since the targeted workers will remain involved and focus on the outlined mission and vision statements. They will feel empowered and apply their competencies to maximize the level of business...
Introduction The current report is aimed at investigating the effect of advertising on consumer behavior. Commercials and advertising messages have gained a significant level of influence on potential customers, thus defining the marketing success and the following revenue-generating of businesses. If the consumer is relevantly exposed to an advertised stimulus,...
Different customers express a variety of needs, wants, resources, or generally speaking buying attitudes. Therefore, each market provides an opportunity for the manufacturers to form separate segments. This idea implies dividing the entire market into smaller units, which establishes a better possibility of more efficient product or service distribution because...
Research into Organizational Successes and Challenges Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. is a US-based video game developer and publisher with headquarters in Irvine, California, and a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard. The company was founded by Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham, and Frank Pearce in February 1991 after all three graduated with their Bachelor’s...
Research activities aimed at improving the quality and effectiveness of management are conducted not only by researchers but also by managers at all levels of organizational structure. In the process of management research, the researcher or manager often has to conclude the unknown based on existing knowledge. In this regard,...
Capital budgeting is described as the planning procedure that an organization utilizes to determine the investments worth pursuing. Therefore, in the context of capital budgeting, project risk is referred to as uncertainty regarding the profitability of a project. If the potential of a chosen activity has an unknown implication on...
At-will employment is defined as such relationships between an employer and employee in which the latter could be dismissed without any warning or valid reason. The proponents of the at-will employment doctrine argue that it is beneficial for the worker to the same extent as for the employer since the...
Introduction Advertising is a crucial concept in the success of the company, its perception by the audience, and the social impact that it might have. Numerous businesses launch unique, controversial, influential, and robust campaigns that can stay in the memories of individuals for a prolonged period. Nike is a company...
Background VipShop Holding Ltd. is an online discount retail company based in The People’s Republic of China (RPC). It was among the first internet shops that successfully implemented a third e-commerce model, which allowed VipShop to become highly profitable and scalable. The company regularly provides major discounts and special offers...
Marketing is a core element to any business’s survival in the world. Marketing may be the key factor that determines if a business will hold on or go under. This is true especially at this time when the stiff competition has driven many businesses out of operation. People in the...
Introduction Nowadays, the importance of change is emphasised by many business researchers. This tendency is explained by the rapid development of the world. Companies need to adapt to these changes to maintain high positions in the market and stay ahead of their competitors. However, in order to achieve this goal,...
Introduction Among the problems that companies have to face presently, the increasing levels of consumer apathy represent the most challenging concern. According to Ross et al., the extent of apathy among buyers in regard to the promotion campaigns offered by companies has increased, which a reason for serious concerns (511)....
Abstract Personality assessments like Holland Code Career Assessment and Type Coach Verifier are useful tools that can help a person to distinguish some important personality traits relevant to career choice. The scores shown in the test give useful insights and are similar to the personal opinion of the personality characteristics....
Introduction Motivation deals with the reasons why people behave the way they do or do things the way they do. For example, at the place of work, there is a reason why some people come late while others come early. It may be that those who come late to work...
Competitors’ Strategies This is very crucial to the success of the auto dealership. It has to have competitor strategies for various activities. These include the types of products they intend to launch in the near future and their financial status. This information will help the company to plan for the...
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...
Introduction Both group and individual motivation are concepts used by organizations to explain social dynamisms in an organization. In either case, motivation is the driving force that directs and maintains behavior on a particular path that its purposefully intended to draw specific results desired by the individual or the organization....
“Management is the art and science of getting things done through others (The Meaning of Management, Para. 3)”. Management is all about planning, organizing, leading and controlling to achieve the set goals of any organization to be competitive. This is one of the most practiced human activities. Management is essential...
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...
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...
Introduction In today’s world, in order to ensure the smooth running of the business, every organization must be ready to deal efficiently with different issues concerning the business. The organizations must be ready to accept changes and move accordingly. Each and every employee of the organization should work hard to...
Business e-mail First illustration To: [email protected] Date: 08.06.2010 Sub: Release of 5% Retention Money held by you for on our supplies of Plastic ducts in conformity to your Purchase Order CAPMBS/ PD/ 134051/ 2008 dated 12.01.2008 and inspected with your Materials Receipt Note Ref. CAPMBS/MRN/ 134051 dated 21.0.2008 Attn: Chief...
Introduction Process improvement plan is generally required for any process, which takes too much time, overfilled with numerous insufficient details. As for the process of e-mail checking, receiving and responding, it should be emphasized that the entire process should be reconsidered and recalculated from the perspectives of time investments. Thus,...
Executive Summary Internal analysis of an organization helps the organization determine its internal strengths and weaknesses. The J.M. Smucker Company is the leading manufacturer and marketer of branded food products in Northern America. It manufactures ice cream toppings, fruit spreads, beverages, health and natural foods, natural peanut butter, and shortening....
Introduction Organizational Behavior (OB) is basically the study of how individuals and people groups act in a given organization. During the study, a system is established where both individuals and people groups are analyzed and classified according to their behavior. It starts with interpreting an individual’s behavior looks at h/her...
Introduction Introducing an effective pay structure, appropriate to the job structure can be an effective organizational strategy for any business entity. Such a pay structure can work as the tool for retaining employees who have potential and competence. The job structure is the definition of the roles and the responsibilities...
Outline This is an essay on leadership focusing on the flexibility quality of the leaders. Whether the leaders can change their behavior, way of interaction, and their personality, are explained in this essay. The leaders have to deal with different situations. So they are supposed to be flexible enough to...
Executive summary This report was written to examine strategic planning options of Du mobile telephone service providing company operating in the UAE. It starts by giving research methodology that was used to collect data in which primary data was collected through direct interviews and secondary data through books and other...
The advice given by Dr. Kennedy is practical to some extent. Many workers prefer to be led rather than be managed. This means that most employees would rather have someone to guide them and then allow them to complete their jobs on their own. While this advice may work for...
Introduction Personal or professional, decision-making is always tough and requires step by step approach. Before making a decision, different alternatives are considered and they depend on the importance of the decision to take. After finding different alternative solutions, they are analyzed to choose the best alternative (Mellers, Schwartz, & Cooke,...
Introduction The case analysis suggests that in the workplace, conflicts are caused by misunderstanding and a low degree of participation in problem-solving. Clearly, if the parties can agree on mutual objectives then the problem is far easier to resolve than if they have conflicting objectless and personal agendas. A year...
Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) is a manufacturing company with a diversified portfolio of products ranging from chemical and intermediates, fertilizers, industrial polymers, and metals (SABIC 2008). Under polymers and metals, the company has established the SABIC Innovative Plastic Film and Sheet business, where it manufactures corrugated iron sheets for...
The construction industry experiences many challenges. Some of these challenges include bid shopping, reverse auctions, false claims, threats as well as employee misappropriation. The construction professionals feel that the industry is ruined by an increase in unethical behavior. The role of construction ethics is to ensure that ethical practices and...
According to Estes (2003: 1), time management refers to the act of making an arrangement, carrying out organization, making a schedule, and making a budget for one’s time to make a generation of work that is more effective and productive. This act is of great importance not only to business...
Introduction Decision making and customer service are interrelated issues based on organization’s strategic plans and management systems. The case of the King County Library System vividly portrays that decision-making determines overall success of the organization and its development. Also, leadership style of Bill Ptacek enables him to be accepted by...
Introduction In the marketing world today, the area of contemporary marketing has become so broad that we have arrived at the accurate point in time to be familiar with the things which are related to the important writings so that the applied choice model in marketing can be applied to...
Introduction Business ethics still remains one of the most important areas in business practice influenced by internal and external factor, cultural and social changes. Real estate industry represents a diverse market in terms of human resources and services provided. One strong and persistent pull of foreign workers to the United...
