Corporate Social Responsibility and Employee Attitudes

Abstract The current paper extends the CSR literature empirically by investigating the linkage between CSR and job satisfaction and employee retention. Besides, the paper cites the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the employment industry. The pandemic has seen many employees’ working contracts terminated, suspended, or even forced to survive...

Gamestop and Tesla: Ethical Analysis of Rearrangements

Introduction As part of this work, two articles from recent months are analyzed, devoted to rearrangements in the internal organization of two companies, GameStop and Tesla. The analysis identifies the nature of the ethical problem that accompanies changes within companies. The social nature of the problem is revealed in the...

Information Sharing: Cooperation in the Workplace

Introduction Information sharing is an essential part of cooperation in the workplace, which means that the employees and managers should pay precise attention to it. Knowledge and information sharing in the organization is an initiative taken by respective bodies to ensure critical information is passed across the workforce. Firms provide...

Elon Musk’s and Jeff Bezos’ Leadership Styles

One should initially note the fundamental difference in the dynamics of development of the two space companies chosen by its leaders, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. Despite the fact that this information is in the public domain, few people know that Bezos began investing in the development of space programs...

The Foundation of Leadership in the Army

Of all areas where leadership could be seen as an inalienable part of the core environment and one of the essential attributes thereof, the army should be mentioned first. Typically seen as a highly orderly and rigid setting where compliance with set standards is prioritized, army represents a unique context...

Family-Owned Enterprises and Their Peculiarities

Small and medium-sized family businesses, in most cases, become the basis of economic development. These forms of entrepreneurial activity are characterized by a high ability to adapt to changing market conditions. The growth in the number of family-owned enterprises, such as Ocean Group, carries antitrust potential and contributes to reducing...

Nokia-Technology Industry Analysis

Introduction Companies and other organizations put into strategic action initiatives that direct organizational change and contribute to accomplishing strategic goals. The ability of a workforce to be competent, knowledgeable, and equipped with the resources necessary to implement an effective strategy is essential for successful strategic execution. It is crucial to...

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...

Future Competitive Success in Delivery Industry

Introduction The courier and delivery industry has significantly impacted the business world. The industry involves parcel and package delivery from one destination to another. The popularity and reliability of this industry result from the speed at which parcels and packages are delivered to their final destinations. The industry has been...

How Does Lewin’s Model of Change Deal With Resistance to Change?

The model offered by Kurt Lewin to implement change consists of three major steps. Unfreezing is the first stage to determine the general requirement for change, study the environment, promote the need, and check resources. The second stage is change itself, during which participants communicate, empower their actions, and involve...

Marketing of Cinematography and Animation Courses in Ibadan

Introduction Differentiating the services of cinematography and animation courses in Ibadan requires an integrated approach to all components of project planning. Defining goals, strategies, and appropriate budgeting is the key to success in startup development (Barrow, Barrow, and Brown, 2018). Considering that the entertainment industry, which includes a cinema, television,...

Monte Carlo Simulation Method Discussion

Sometimes business people may face various types of problems in the course of their business. One of these problems may be deciding on the duration of the project and the likelihood that it will be completed and completed. In addition, the Monte Carlo simulation method allows to solve many other...

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...

Preparing a Budget: Travel Expenses

Expense Details HKD Converted to CAD ($) 1 HKD = 0.17 CAD Flight CI031, CI903 and CI910, CI032 US $ 1,523 Your City (Vancouver) – Hong Kong, China Hot meal provided Duty free for sale on flight 1,982.06 Hotel Grand Hyatt Hong Kong 1 Harbour Road Wanchai, Hong Kong RHKE...

Comparing Leadership Styles in the USA and Qatar

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;...

A Job Analysis for a Project Manager

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

Performance Measurement in Decentralized Organizations

Primarily, it should be noted that one of the actual, relevant, helpful, and interesting articles found by the author on the topic “performance measurement in decentralized organizations” is the paper by Alamsa and Rasyid. This work focuses on analyzing the decentralization systems within organizations in terms of productive, effective, and...

H&W Produce Firm’s Human Resources Management

Discussion of H&W Produce This paper aims to use the results of a job analysis for the position of “salesperson” at the organization H&W Produce to draft a new recruitment and selection program. H&W Produce is a wholesale store chain that primarily sells fruits and vegetables. The company is locally...

International Expansion Within Netflix Company

Case: International expansion within Netflix Company Key decision maker: Netflix CEO, Reed Hastings Influencing actors: N/A Symptoms Netflix had been seeking aggressive worldwide development, mostly through organic growth efforts, across Europe, Asia-Pacific, and other parts of the world. Hastings was certain that the strategic plan’s originality and the company’s ongoing...

McDonald’s and Starbucks in the Canadian Market

Current and Recent Economic Conditions The Canadian economy is currently experiencing growth that had already surpassed, in some ways, the pre-pandemic period when there was a significant recession. It is evidenced by GDP and unemployment figures, which slightly exceed the values ​​of January-February 2020 after a prolonged increase from May...

The Job Application Interview Summary

Summary This interview covered such areas as job application and interview requirements, worker-employer interaction, use of social media, cybersecurity, and training. The interviewee believes that candidates should be selected based on the experience and skills necessary for a specific position. The manager states that consistency, empathy, honesty, genuine support of...

The iPad Pro Features and Marketing Strategies

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

Technologies in Restaurant Business

The restaurant business is one of the constantly developing areas, and in many directions at once. However, it should be noted that only recently cafes and canteens have begun to actively introduce innovative technologies in order to modernize their production. The most important impetus and event for this was the...

Role of a Marketing Department in Business

Introduction In the organizational structure of any company, there are main divisions and departments that serve as the basis of its functioning. The marketing unit is the basis of the organization’s interaction with customers and potential buyers. The main task of this branch is to maintain the brand and image...

Personalization in the Airline Industry

Introduction A deeper understanding of the individual an organization is trying to reach is required for personalization and segmentation. It is the breadth and scope of that knowledge, as well as how it is put to use, that makes all the difference. Also known as one-to-one or individualized marketing, personalized...

Walmart’s Radio Frequency Identification Integration

Abstract The following project is devoted to the peculiarities of RFID technology and its implementation into the functioning of Walmart to attain better outcomes and generate a competitive advantage. The given innovation allows better tracking and data sharing by providing up-to-date information about the current location of a certain product...

McKinsey & Company’s Success, Challenges, and Failures

Introduction McKinsey & Company, Inc is a famous consulting company serving a huge client base worldwide and is widely known for its incomparable success. The firm holds offices in more than 50 countries all around the globe and serves more than a thousand companies from various sectors, such as commercial...

Marketing Strategy in Business

Importance of Marketing for a Business Marketing is an integral part of the business as it engages customers. Marketers have the task of studying the market – its trends and buyers’ needs. They create forecasts of a specific demand and how the business can satisfy it. As a result, companies...

Celebrity Endorsement Influence on Customer Purchase Intention

Introduction Brands need to make much effort to draw attention to their products and support attractiveness among their target audience. The company’s image plays a significant role in this task, and therefore brands strive to create a positive opinion about themselves and communicate with consumers (Febrian and Fadly, 2021, p....

The Gender-Based Marketing and Its Negative Sides

Many companies nowadays use marketing strategies based on the foundation of gender stereotypes or specific roles and needs associated with genders. In the TED talk on why gender-based marketing is bad for business, Gaby Barrios pointed at how gender was often used as a shortcut to the target audience as...

McDonald’s Barriers to Marketing Planning

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

The Konami Company’s Life Cycle Analysis

Critical Contributing Factors to Konami’s Success Konami was initially “a jukebox rental and repair shop in Osaka” (Konami – entertainment company, n.d., para. 1). When the advent of arcade machines happened in the early 70s, its founders decided to enter the digital entertainment industry with several titles (Aruru-san, 2022). The...

The Burger King Firm’s Relocation to Canada

Introduction In the context of a marketplace setting, most businesses nowadays, particularly multinational ones, are looking for better conditions outside their home countries. Their activities are spread throughout numerous countries to take advantage of the overseas markets. Many of the least favorable elements for a company’s long-term existence, such as...

A Leader’s Roles of Designer, Teacher, and Steward

Those organizational leaders who act as designers perhaps have more responsibilities than those who prefer teacher and steward styles. They simultaneously have to perform as restorers and builders of organizational structure and culture and philosophers and creators of guiding ideas and vision (Senge, 2006). During my work experience, there have...

Tesla Inc.’s Financial Risks Analysis

The company that I have chosen to look at is Tesla, Inc., which has experienced significant financial risks due to the volatility of the automotive market and the changing needs of customers. Among the main risk factors that the company has reported experiencing are delays in manufacturing and other challenges...

Introduction to the Business World

In the Pre-Industrial Society era, Starbucks would have experienced opportunities and difficulties in an equal measure because it was a new concept. People would not have been familiar with their products, and selling their ideas to potential clients would have been difficult. One significant opportunity would be the chance to...

Project Team Resources: Project Resource Management

Availability of resources is one of the main factors to consider while deciding how to staff a project. This will help to ensure that the resources are optimally utilized to avoid wastage (Viter, 2021). It is possible to staff a dedicated team of resources if there is a constant, reliable...

Dr. Rosser-Mims’ Diversity Model and Leadership Style

At some point in the past, I volunteered at a local conference, and the organizers intended to meet the diversity quota. However, they limited their inclusive practices to primary characteristics, such as race (D. Kerry Palmer, 2020). Meanwhile, personal preferences in managing individual tasks were entirely ignored. As a result,...

Hiring and Recruitment Plan for XYZ Company

Introduction The operation manager is a fundamental part of the managerial team that supervises high-level duties such as talent attraction, the establishment of training standards, the production of goods, and providing services. According to Akmal et al. (2022), operations manager analyzes and improves the organizational processes, while working on the...

Analysis of Copperbelt Energy Corporation Plc.

Introduction Copperbelt Energy Corporation PLC (CEC) is an energy company that produces, transmits, distributes, and sells electricity. The company generates electricity from water, solar, gas, and heat sources and sends it through a network of transmission lines, high voltage substations, and control centers. We are also investing in infrastructure development...

Authentic and Servant Leadership

There is a large amount of information that can help in determining the leadership style that suits a person. However, without knowing and analyzing their own traits, individuals will be able to achieve little. Thus, learning about oneself is an essential step in becoming an authentic leader (Northouse, 2022). Self-awareness...

Domino’s Pizza “Can’t Get Cheesier Than This”: Campaign Analysis and Strategies

Company Profile and Campaign Domino’s Pizza Malaysia opened its first store in 1997 and has established itself as one of the leading pizza companies in Malaysia in terms of market share, technology adaption, and physical stores (Domino’s Pizza, n.d.; Yee, 2020). To date, they have opened over 240 physical stores...

Avellin in Passenger-Car Motor Oil Market

Introduction The business under analysis is Avellin, a brand focused on industrial materials and automotive products. Avellin sells “resins and adhesive technologies,” as well as “lubricants and other automotive care products to commercial and consumer markets,” while passenger-car motor oil (PCMO) sales constitute its primary revenue and profit (Quelch &...

Workplace Stress: The Coping Strategies

Introduction This research study aims to identify the familiar sources of stress in a hectic work environment, whether commercial or public. The research will uncover management-applicable strategies for assisting workers who may experience tension in or outside the workplace. The report will examine the sources of work-related stress and its...

The Optifast Firm’s Digital Marketing Plan

Executive Summary The advent of social media has necessitated the development of digital marketing plans. Having been in operation for many years, companies such as Optifast could take use of the digital marketing space by developing appropriate plans. As a weight loss management program, Optifast is tailored-made to all overly...

PepsiCo vs. Coca-Cola in the South African Market

Strategic management of a brand and its portfolio is a complex multi-criteria process simultaneously aimed at the main goals of increasing revenue, recognition, reputation, and sustainability in business development. For this management, many different tools reflect its activities for consumers at different levels of perception (Hossain et al., 2020). PepsiCo...

Personal Leadership Style, Traits, and Approaches

Introduction Leadership is a unique position within a social group that involves influencing other individuals to achieve goals. Leaders have always existed both in the animal world and in human society. Plato already asked questions about leadership emergence, and other researchers have repeatedly addressed this issue. The central conflict among...

Are Commercial Airlines Minimizing Cultural Diversity?

Acceptance and respect are part of the diversity idea; it means accepting the fact that everyone of us is unique and appreciating our uniqueness. These can be along racial, ethnic, gender, sexual preference, social class, age, physical ability, religious, political, or other ideology lines. It is also about examining these...

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...

Business Administration as the Best Major

Argument The thesis argument of this persuasive essay will be that, despite some people’s opposite opinion, business administration is truly one of the most interesting, promising, and best majors for young students. Having experience studying in business administration course, it will be easier to present qualitative judgment about the strengths...

The Ferrari Firm Attracting Potential Clients

In general, conversion funnels generate sales and help a company understand, visualize, and capture a customer’s journey from attention to taking the desired action, including conversion. For Ferrari, social media networks, such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube, are used as a part of the company’s conversion funnel strategy to...

E-Bay Code of Ethics and Its Main Points

Introduction A code of ethics establishes an institution’s ethical rules and industry standards for maintaining honesty, integrity, and competence. While working as a consultant at eBay, I studied the code of ethics to understand my rights and opportunities. Organizational members who violate the code of ethics may face punishment, possibly...

Instrumental Values as a Tool in the Leadership Approach

For every person, there are terminal values that play a significant role in life. Hence, based on these attitudes, individuals build their way and choose education, work, and partner. In other words, terminal values represent the ultimate aim of people’s lives, what they want to achieve the most. My terminal,...

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...

The Global Supply Chain Future Challenges

Executive Summary The paper has focused on the supply chain and the challenges that may face some areas in the future. It is important to study such information as it prepares the industry to overcome the issues. For instance, financially, both the companies and governments of different countries will be...

The Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) Theory Description

Introduction Organizational leadership is the most fundamental factor that influences all aspects of companies. Leadership is a managerial function instrumental in directing resources for organizations to enhance efficiency and accomplishment of set goals and objectives. Therefore, leaders strive to provide their followers with clarity of purpose, guide, and motivate them...

IKEA’s Expansion Options to Ukraine vs. Oman

The retail and furniture trade are an essential part of the global economy. The furniture industry consists of the production, distribution, and retailing of residential and commercial furniture items. This market also includes additional products such as mattresses and home furnishings. The industry is able to combine new technology and...

The Dunkin’ Franchise Expansion Patterns

A franchise is a company that uses the mother company’s name to operate in another region or part of the world. The mother company is known as the franchisor, and the franchise’s partner or individual is called the franchisee. One must pay a start-up fee and an annual licensing fee...

Advantages of SEO as a Strategy in Digital Marketing

Among the many strategies for digital marketing, search engine optimization (SEO) appears to be consistently superior to others. First of all, it is not as costly as most other methods (Khorev, 2020). Secondly, it is not as intrusive as e-mail marketing and not as irritating as ads, especially pop-up ones...

Digital Marketing Activities to Sell High-Involvement Products

The consumer decision-making process can be broken down into five stages. For organizations selling high-engagement products, these processes are more pronounced (Chaffey and Smith, 2017). The first stage involves recognizing the need for a purchase, and it is entirely based on the buyer’s wishes. For example, constant image advertisements for...

Nonprofit Organizational Analysis

Nonprofit organizations’ activities require high reporting and are strictly controlled by the tax legislation governing the monetary liability of such firms. Under constant supervision by oversight boards, such companies often face challenges caused by legal or financial constraints. To promote charitable or other activities, this is crucial to adhere to...

Deciding on In-House Production and Outsourcing Cost

Many companies make outsourcing or in-house decisions primarily to reduce headcounts and costs. Mainly, companies consider different types of expenses involved in creating a product and service, including monitoring, transactional, labor, waste disposal, and storage requirement costs. International and local organizations adopt the outsourcing strategy if obtaining goods and services...

Business Analysis of SpaceX’s Missions

Introduction The business context of focus for this discussion is SpaceX’s strengths and weaknesses. According to Pandya (2017), the United States is SpaceX’s primary customer with 23 launches. The company has launched various spaceships in its different missions, including geostationary transfer orbits, communications and weather satellites, human remains ships, and...

Start-Up Restaurant Marketing Opportunities

Introduction Choosing an appropriate marketing strategy is particularly crucial when starting a new business that needs to win its first customer and retain them. A restaurant with a starting capital of $50,000 is bound to face intense competition from many similar small businesses, and, as such, the choice of the...

Nike and Its Effects on Individual Self-Identity

Nike is a famous brand in the present world because millions of people throughout the globe wear its products. In addition to providing consumers with clothes and accessories, the brand also affects individual self-identity, and I can confirm it using a personal example. I can state that for me, Nike...

Creon’s Ideas of Leadership and Power

Creon’s portrayal of Athenian power and leadership tells us that for anyone elected to be a leader, his mind, his soul, and his will are aligned with the throne’s purpose. In other words, what the leader intends for his country and the people must be reflected in the skills he...

Lo Yang B Power Project in Australia

Project cost and funding mix Abbott (2018) states that Loy Yang B is a 1,000-megawatt plant with two 500-megawatt units. The state government of Victoria offered for sale a 51 percent share of Loy Yang B, a A$2.4 billion asset. Loy Yang B sale was made to Mission Energy. The...

The TED Talk “How to Make Hard Choices” by Ruth Chang

The TED Talk about decision-making by Ruth Chang has several important implications. Whereas the standard way of thinking about the hard choices is that it is a curse, she comes to the conclusion that it is instead “a godsend” (Chang 14:20). However, it is not only the culmination that matters...

Assessment of Fruit Business in Mexico

Purpose This business plan was written to assess the viability of the intended Fruit business exportation of fruits to Mexico. The project considers the cultural, economic, and political aspects of the receiving country to determine the conditions required for successfully introducing the product in the Mexican market. The cultural components...

Ethical Use of Power, Influence, and Politics to Get a Promotion

In the competitive job market, most view politics, influence, and power from a negative perspective. However, we have to learn how to apply the concepts ethically in our workplaces to achieve our goals. Power to facilitate promotion can be acquired by ensuring outstanding productivity. In essence, one must ensure that...

Analysis of Costco Wholesale Company Ratio

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...

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...

Characteristics of Effective Teams

Teams have been regarded as a major element in enabling institutions to improve business performance. They push individuals to innovate faster, exemplify higher productivity, see mistakes more quickly, and develop better solutions. However, some teams do not succeed in attaining the organizational objectives. Teams that succeed, as evidenced by the...

Indorama Eleme Fertilizer and Chemicals Project

Project cost and funding mix According to Wapmuk (2021), the project cost of the Indorama Eleme Fertilizer & Chemicals Limited is USD 1.2 billion. The total debt financing is USD 800 million, and equity financing is USD 400 million. The main subjects of the financing were the International Finance Corporation...

Risk Mitigation When Purchasing a House

The real estate market is currently quite well-developed. However, buying real estate from a legal point of view is a very complex procedure and requires careful preparation before its implementation. In the event of an error when checking a home, the excitement of buying a home can turn into drama...

The Dell Company’s Marketing Approach

Dell operates as one of the leading information technology corporations globally. The company uses high-performance, innovative technology and produces laptops, desktops, workstations, monitors, servers, storage, and various electronics (“Explore Dell Technologies,” n.d.). Dell implements a differentiated (segmented) marketing approach focusing on particular customers and their needs. Pride et al. (2019)...

Wanda Company’s Internationalization Drivers

Drivers for Internationalization In order to understand the drivers of Wanda’s internationalization, it is crucial to understand the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and possible threats. Tables 1-4 provide Porter’s Five Forces, PESTEL, Capability, and VRIO analyses to identify the drivers for internationalization. Table 1. Porter’s Five Forces. Threat of New Entrants...

The Strategic Procurement Sourcing

Sourcing strategies in procurement involve connecting data collection, market research, spending Analysis, contracting, and negotiation. Even though the sourcing strategy’s main aim is to leverage a single, integrated system that enhances profitability, it is customized to meet the need of consumers. There are various current and upcoming trends in e-procurement...

Leadership in the Hospitality Sector

Introduction On the surface, leadership in the hospitality sector has very few distinctive features that make it any different from leadership in any other domain. Indeed, like most other industries, the hospitality sector seeks primarily to promote innovation (Shariff et al., 2020). However, several specific characteristics that make the hospitality...

Addressing the Challenge of the Nokia Corporation: Strategic Collaboration

Introduction In the contemporary age, many organizations encounter serious challenges that affect their position in the global market. As such, the Nokia Corporation is suggested to have experienced a severe issue when promoting its 5G services in North America, failing to provide the residents of this region with the necessary...

Experiential Learning of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Introduction Studying entrepreneurship in higher education is both practical and theoretical research shows that one must employ experiential knowledge and go through the process called “learning by doing”. To many, it is a new phenomenon in a large field of inquiry that has enhanced new skills and knowledge in innovation...

Significance of Entrepreneurial Personality

Introduction At present, entrepreneurship is a broad term used in various settings, industries, and areas of research. However, in general, it refers to the process of creating a business or developing an innovative business idea (Nilsson, 2021). Experts emphasize creativity, charisma, communication competencies, and the desire to make a positive...

Octopus Energy’s Sociotechnical System Analysis

Mapping Sociotechnical System Note: Red boxes include people inside and outside of the organizational system, green boxes ­– related organizations, and blue boxes – technology. The systems map presented in Figure 1 shows the crucial elements within the company and the external elements that may affect its business processes. It...

Organizational Leadership Styles and Workplace Diversity

Every individual is unique; therefore, I believe that each leader’s method of directing a team is distinct. In my opinion, an individual’s personality is what determines their leadership approaches. Some managers are lenient, while others are strict, some are hesitant, and others are sympathetic. From my learning experience, the classification...

Performance Improvement Plan: Logistics, Communication, and Behaviour

Reflective Logistics/supply chain requires a myriad of skills, such as green logistics, purchasing, performance measures, and order processing, which are essential for creating a substantial impact in the clothing industry. Among the functions associated with the position includes providing support in surveying, pre-staging and ordering, inventory, and projecting performance measures...

Strategy in Context: Institutional Theory in Organization Studies

Managers are responsible for ensuring their organizations’ advancement and overall success in attaining their set goals and objectives. The vision of any company is achieved through a long-term plan of various steps and measures known as a business strategy (Reddy, 2018). Every strategy is developed within a specific context of...

Minnesota Theory of Work Adjustment in Career Counselling

Introduction Career interventions take various forms, such as career assessment, counseling, and group counseling, among others. Essentially, career interventions enable a) an individual to understand their interests and personalities, b) integrate occupational and personal knowledge in true reasoning to achieve a significant career decision, and c) acquire vocational information. Purpose...

Targeted Advertising in Business

Targeted advertising is based on many techniques and means, and it would be wrong to say that all of them are acceptable by definition. The pursuit of profit pushes manufacturers to target uninformed customers. Such a marketing strategy is unethical and cannot be justified by any goals and circumstances. Targeted...

Business Continuity Plan Assessment

To understand how the organization works and how stable it is, one should consider its assessment using the concept of business continuity (BC). It includes evaluating how the business is resistant to various tensions and challenges, which are inevitable in all stages of business operation. The continuity plan shows how...

Successful Innovation in Toyota’s Market Industry

One of the factors of consumer success and achieving a strong competitive advantage in today’s companies is a commitment to innovation. Innovation should be thought of as any innovation in a company that aims to increase productivity and optimize labor. In other words, many of today’s companies, especially the largest...

The Global Production Strategy and Its Features

In response to the increasing competition in many industries, corporations are restructuring themselves to operate globally. The international configuration of businesses gives access to cheaper resources and costs, large produce markets, and subsidized financing opportunities (Deng et al., 2020). For instance, an organization may adopt a multi-domestic system where all...

Financial Performance Indicators: Amazon

Key Financial Performance Indicators Financial performance indicators reflect the success of business development and market success. In the case of Amazon, as the global corporation selected for analysis, these indicators are crucial criteria to evaluate to obtain an objective picture of its productivity. As stakeholders, employees, shareholders, and community groups...

Business Ethics in Modern Realities

Business ethics is one of the essential components of working in a business environment. Due to its principles, ethical problems and moral issues that arise during work between people can be considered and resolved. Moreover, ethical value systems also support business performance (Ferrell et al., 2019). This course’s study has...

Total Quality Management and Six Sigma

Introduction Quality is one of the priorities modern businesses concentrate on, trying to improve customer satisfaction and reduce costs at the same time. Total quality management (TQM) has been a framework for achieving this goal for decades, but new paradigms emerge and become widely utilized. The Six Sigma approach is...

Technological Trend in Amazon Company

Introduction For many years, communities have feigned the existence of numerous items that have been brought to life as sentient creatures. Robots were mythologized in classical antiquity, while Asian and Egyptian builders created automatons. Classical thinkers were among the first to attempt to describe the human mind as a sign...

Importance of Petty Cash for Business

All companies make small daily purchases such as office supplies, stamps, transportation, and other items. According to Lessambo (2018), petty cash is a “relatively small amount of cash that businesses keep on hand for the purpose of small transactions such as providing change to customers, postage expenses, highway tolls” (p....

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...

Coca-Cola Company’s Communication Strategy Development

The development of communication strategy, both internal and external, is essential for a company’s productive and efficient functioning. In particular, for such a large enterprise as the Coca-Cola company that operates in multiple countries of the world and strives to ensure high-level corporate culture and social responsibility profile, adequate communication...

LVMH Group’s Marketing Practices

Abstract LVMH Group is one of the largest corporations globally, specializing in the production and distribution of fashion and leather goods, wine and spirits, beauty products, and jewelery. The corporation makes billions in profits annually, making its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) one of the wealthiest men alive. The following paper...

“Coffee Bean Supply”: Business Communication

Introduction One of the ways to expand company operations to new geographical locations and new markets is by ensuring a reliable supply chain. From this perspective, having a strong supplier is an essential strategy element that will ensure a smooth flow of operations, customer satisfaction, and competitive advantage in the...

Global Reporting Initiative Reporting Framework

Background I selected GRI reporting framework because, besides providing services, tools, and training, the framework also provides materiality assessment services. For example, companies may disclose their climate change effects to investors and customers using the GRI Standards. It is therefore a good concept to learn since it is useful in...

Entrepreneurship: Activities and Typology

Introduction Entrepreneurship is the process by which a group or individuals exploit the market opportunity by substantially improving the services, method of productions, and improving the existing goods or bringing new products in the market. Entrepreneurship is defined as readiness and ability to run, develop and organize a business enterprise,...

The Corporate-Level and Business-Level Strategy for the Apple Company

Introduction The business-level strategy is primarily aimed at identifying and implementing the company’s long-term competitive system. The creation of the business strategy requires the determination of well-defined arrangements and solutions regarding the working process. The corporate-level strategy remains at the top of the strategic pyramid and manages all interdependent fields,...

A Restaurant Menu: Case Analysis

When managing a restaurant, it is always important to plan the menu in a way which both has a set of staple items, as well as a share of dishes which can bring a sense of novelty. The restaurant in the case study has a challenge concerning customers who are...

The Differences between Leadership and Management

Running a successful, best-performing business implies possessing particular personal aptitudes and characteristics. Company executives might have leadership makings, management orientations to lead a company and its members into a top competitive position at a vast expanse of rival firms. These two performance components are indispensable parts of a business administration....

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...

Tesco Market Strategy: Outside-In and Inside-Out

Depending on the point of focus, the market strategies set and practiced within the large-scale food retailer firms might be categorized as outside-in and inside-out. Each of the categories maintains a set of its own benefits as well as disadvantages, which come from the management team prioritizing certain tools over...

American Multi-Cinema, Inc. Analysis

Introduction American Multi-Cinema, Inc. (AMC) is the US-based movie theatre chain that was founded in 1920. With time, AMC acquired different other cinema theatres and became the largest organization in this industry. Today, AMC involves more than 2800 screens in more than 350 theatres in Europe, while these numbers are...

Cici’s Pizza’s Business Approach, Leadership Style, and Competitive Vulnerabilities

Leadership Structure and Adoption Cici’s Pizza’s business approach and leadership style set it apart from its food service competitors. Restaurants may only offer their best meals during lunch or on certain days. But Cici has a distinct market strategy. A $6 breakfast buffet is available every day at Cici’s. Salads,...

Cross-Cultural Management: A Case Study Analysis

The 21st century has introduced an evolution of the business environment, in which managers face new challenges. This age is characterized by the intense globalization that renders different parts of the world closer together, thus promoting the diversity of the entrepreneurial landscape. As such, companies and entire industries often become...

Harvard Business Review Case Study

Modern organizations are facing a great management succession crisis. This is an issue affecting small, medium, and large firms. This case was published some decades ago but the management problems that existed are still fresh in today’s companies. After the chief executive of a renowned company in Wickersham died, there...

Examining a Learning Organization

Introduction Learning organizations strive to continuously self-modify and facilitate innovation within the employee body in the attempt to remain competitive in the everchanging business climate. Since constantly adjusting strategies and the working environment is essential to becoming and remaining successful, many of today’s largest corporations, such as Google, Apple, and...

Workplace Conflicts’ Impact on Employee Well-Being

Workplace conflict is a substantial danger to employee well-being, according to numerous researches. However, such conclusions are based on a broad measure of conflict or its specific type. When looking at the different sorts of workplace conflicts, the existing literature divides them into three categories. Firstly, task conflict, then process...

Job Satisfaction and the Ideal Job Design

Maintaining job satisfaction in the workplace is well known to be one of the main factors in keeping a company running. Specifically, once employees are content, they tend to develop loyalty toward the company and perform with greater diligence (Siruri & Cheche, 2021). In turn, the environment in which staff...

Reasons for Companies to Enter Foreign Market

However, there are five distinct but mutually related reasons why companies decide to enter foreign markets, which is intended to result in an increase in income. These motives are: to gain access to new customers, to achieve lower costs through economies of scale, experience, and increased purchasing power, to gain...

Marketing Plan for Smart Pacifier for Infants

Marketing Plan for Smart Pacifier Baby Smart Pacifiers are baby soothers that help parents to calm crying babies. In the UK, parents struggle with balancing work life and restless, crying babies, hence lowering productivity rates both at home and their places of work. Technically, the baby pacifier is one of...

Effective Management Communication at Work

Introduction Communication serves as the foundation of every facet of an organization. Effective communication means transferring information from one party to another to deliver, receive, and understand messages successfully. Due to the nature of the competitive environment in the financial world, organizations should consider emphasizing effective communication as a model...

Just-In-Time Inventory Approach

The Just-In-Time inventory approach, commonly referred to as JIT, has been adopted by a number of successful companies worldwide. It is a somewhat recent development in operations management that ensures labor, goods and raw materials arrive at the premises exactly when needed for the production process. For the purposes of...

Internal Analysis: Powerbeats Pro Wireless Earbuds by Beats by Dre

Introduction PowerBeats pro wireless earbuds are aesthetic products that are highly comprehensive. Their usage is reserved in silence, although they do not come cheaply. Moreover, they are enclosed in cases associated with gigantism as they appear in an indulgently chucky box. PowerBeats are designed for new generations and are subtly...

Siemens Healthineers Organizational Transformation

According to predictions, organizations and people will increase the world’s data to an unimaginable 44 zettabytes soon. Furthermore, 80% of this data will be unstructured, while around 60% will be copies of the original information (Mohamed, 2017). Before introducing changes at Siemens Healthineers looked diverse, unstructured, and hardly could be...

Starbucks Company’s International Business Strategy

Issues Prevalent In Influencing Starbucks’ Future Internationalisation Agenda The main driver of growth within the retail coffee sector is domestic and international expansion. The majority of stakeholders in this industry rely on company-operated outlets as the main distribution points, which have to be located in high-traffic areas (Glowik, 2017). Furthermore,...

“Financial Analysis – A Study” by Ravinder & Anitha

Financial analysis is a process of evaluating the financial strengths and weaknesses of the company by establishing an efficient relationship between the financial statements’ items. As Ravinder and Anitha (2013) discuss in their article, knowing the operational efficiency “will enable the management to locate weak spots of the business and...

Why Do Some Managers Hate the Performance Evaluation?

The performance evaluation method has become a subject of debate both in the scholar and business spheres. The process involves employees or managers preparing the reports for workers of higher rank, where they describe their achievements according to previously stated guidelines that correspond to the company’s objectives. As cited in...

Samsung: The Global Marketing

Executive Summary Samsung remained the biggest smartphone maker in the world until Huawei surpassed it in April 2020. The market share of the North Korean company dropped only to 17%, which is enough to stay ahead of Apple and Xiaomi, who are their main global rivals (Singh, 2020). Such changes...

“Spend Analysis – The Window Into Strategic Sourcing” Book by Pandit and Marmanis

Introduction Spend Analysis – The Window into Strategic Sourcing, written by Pandit and Marmanis (2008), is an example of a well-written business book serving as a valuable source of information for parties involved in business management and strategic sourcing. As the title of the book implies, it contains a scholarly...

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...

The Indirect Price Discrimination

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)....

Multifunctional Mug for Travelers as an Entrepreneurial Idea

The entrepreneurial idea presented in this project is to create a multifunctional mug for travelers and hikers that combines the functions of the organizer for cosmetics and the several-layer cup functions. Several segments inside the cup will pour various beverages into it simultaneously into the divided sections. It might also...

Contemporary Leadership Challenges

The concept of leadership has attracted the attention of leaders over the recent past. I believed that leaders are born, as Shapiro (2020) argues, but this perception has changed as I continue to learn more about this concept. My personal experiences and knowledge gained from books and interaction with other...

“How Starbucks Became an $80B Business” Video

Short History of the Starbucks Company: Foundation The video “How Starbucks Became an $80B Business” describes the marketing strategies used by Starbucks throughout its history. Nowadays the sales of Starbucks account for 57 percent of the total coffee market, but it was started from only one coffee shop in Seattle....

Nonprofit Organizations: The Role of Chief Executive Officer

Introduction Nonprofit organizations require strategies to necessitate achievements and goals to establish the growth and development of the organization. On profit organizations are facing multiple challenges in the changing rates of demands and other operational services. To fulfill this the nonprofit leaders must find attempts to establish organizations that can...

Implementing Organizational Change

Introduction Organizational development is an ongoing process intended to improve operations, attract new talent, and redesign existing models to meet the demands of all key stakeholders. Different theories and models have emerged that business leaders can utilize to improve performance. The Star Model is an outstanding tool that can guide...

An Analysis of The Matrix-Based Decisions

A decision matrix is an invaluable tool for companies looking for ways to maximize efficiency and determine the ultimate improvement option which will deliver the most benefit. Yet, it can be applied in numerous other scenarios and situations (“What is a decision matrix,” n.d.). For instance, when a company is...

The Essence of Capital Budgeting

Introduction A capital budget focuses on long-term organizational investment strategy, although it can be generated yearly. The primary functions of capital budgeting are expansion and replacement, following a successful analysis of market conditions and opportunities (O’Connell, 2019). Development can occur through the entry to a new geographical area or the...

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,...

The Pixar Company’s Culture of Creativity

Organizational culture is an essential part of human resource management and business development. Comprehensive knowledge in the field of corporate culture may be significantly beneficial in terms of decision-making and leadership. Pixar’s culture of creativity may serve as a prime example of agile human resource management. As technology develops and...

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...

Microsoft Firm’s Environmental Scanning and Competitors

The current situation of Microsoft on the market is defined by the presence of various competitors, which increase the risks for the business. The strongest of them are Google and Amazon, and their involvement in the development of software systems and cloud computing poses a threat to the company by...

Nike Inc.’s Products, Performance, and Opportunities

Introduction Nike, formerly known as Blue Ribbon Sports and later renamed in 1971, is the leading manufacturer of sports-related products. The company is headquartered in Oregon and was founded in 1964. Nike is a shoe company that designs, develops, and markets various athletic footwear, apparel, and equipment, and accessories (Liu,...

Management of Working Capital in Business

Working capital demonstrates how much liquid asset is accessible to satisfy the short-term cash requirements obligatory by current liabilities in a business. The working capital assumes that current asset and current obligation are short-term concepts; thus, it is defined as a short-term concept. A working capital shows the efficiency and...

An Analysis of the Company Entrepreneurs Alliance

Introduction Entrepreneurial organizations are by far the most challenging to establish and sustain. This is because they are mainly grounded on the aspect of bringing new ideas into the market; ideas that may not readily be accepted by the consumers. Most entrepreneurial establishments face somewhat similar problems and it is...

Exploiting Virtual Value Chain

Executive Summary Over the past decades, the world has changed dramatically, and the business realm has not been left behind. The scenario is exemplified in the article “Exploiting the Virtual Value Chain” by Rayport and Sviokla, published in 1995 in the Harvard Business Review. The authors argue that businesses nowadays...

Ferrero Company Information

Today, Ferrero can be called one of the largest companies in Italy. The company has been recognized more than once as an excellent place to work and has a significantly high business reputation. Its products are well-known and in demand among consumers around the world. Before achieving these and many...

Rhetorical Analysis of Steve Jobs’ Speech

Introduction Steve Jobs, the legendary innovator and founder of the Apple Corporation, spoke at Stanford University in 2005, and this was one of the businessman’s landmark speeches. Jobs addressed the graduating class with parting words and used non-standard methods of oratory by drawing on personal experiences and referring to individual...

How Retailers Deal with Seasonal Demand

It goes without saying that for any retail business, it is highly essential to maintain the balance between demand and supply to hold an appropriate stock that provides the maximization of sales and profit. At the same time, in inventory management, forecasting sales for seasonal products is notoriously challenging as...

The Boston Consulting Group: Monitor and Control Process

Monitor and control process is an essential step in regulating the overall performance of a firm’s sales force. One should be aware the developing step involves nine critical stages. These include identifying the process, defining measures, setting a measurement system and standards, obtaining results, comparing the outcome, communicating, generating alternatives,...

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,...

Candy Crush Saga App Business Model

The success of the Candy Crush Saga app business model can be attributed to the perfect combination of the identical components of fun and pain that fit in the short attention span of customers (Shanley). This bite-sized entertainment convinces users to pay for extra levels because of their psychological vulnerability...

Followership Within a University

The concepts of leadership and followership are closely related and interdependent. Even though most attention is traditionally paid to discussing leadership positions, one cannot have leaders without followers. In this regard, followership can be compared to a building’s foundation since the effects that followers have on a company are usually...