Bright Eyes Daycare’s Business Plan

Executive Summary Bright Eyes Daycare aims to prepare its students to prosper as young leaders of the future generation by combining an entire competency-based curriculum tailored to children with enhanced first-class childcare services. Bright Eyes will offer after-school tutoring and extracurricular activities such as gymnastics, arts, dance, craft, and theatre...

The Toms Shoes Firm’s Recovery Process

Possible Alternatives Toms Shoes, a shoe manufacturing company, is on the verge of bankruptcy and, therefore, has been bought out by creditors to avoid disappearance. It is necessary to find out why this situation occurred and what mistakes are observed in the policy and its motions. The cause of the...

Acme Pickle Company’s Cost Calculation & Accounting

Fixed vs. Variable Costs A company incurs costs during the production of its products. The costs that go into a product can be classified as either fixed or variable. Fixed costs are expenses that do not change over a period of time, irrespective of the volume of the output. Examples...

OM Sarawak Project in Malaysia

Project cost and funding mix IBP, Inc (2017) states that the project cost is estimated at $ 500 million. It was financed by equity capital received from shareholders and external borrowings. OM Sarawak comprises a joint venture between OM Holdings Limited (OMH) – 75% and Cahya Mata Sarawak Berhad (CMSB)...

Job Design and Human Resource Management

Current and future work systems are extensively defined, and thus, strongly linked to management’s strategic decisions. Employees are getting more active in work design and reengineering. Cross-functional teams are advantageous from a strategic standpoint, but they can also be problematic. Managing their activities efficiently is a difficulty for them, which...

Gas Utilization and Processing Advances

Executive Summary Advances and developments in gas utilisation and processing are significant research subjects because of their relevance to different industries worldwide. Moreover, the resource is necessary to form most countries’ economics and is involved in political decision-making. This research methods report explored how gas-related industries and studies change from...

External Environment Analysis in Strategy-Making

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

The Coffee Truck: A Critique of the Business Project

Background Starting your own business always involves risks and economic threats; there is never a guarantee of success, no matter how effective the leader is. The initiation and profitable existence of a commercial project depend not only on the personality and skills of the leader but also on a combination...

The Airparking Project Analysis

Summary Airparking is a project that allows people to rent out their parking spots by using an application. Zhidong Feng Yueting founded Network Technology Company Ltd in 2015 with the intent of creating a platform that would assist users in placing parking spots that would then be used by other...

Fundamentals of Case Management Practice: Skills for the Human Services

Reflecting on the chapter on ethics and other professional responsibilities for human service workers provides valuable insight on how ethics codes are critical to a productive and correction provision of services. It is important to note that ethical behaviors can be manifested in legal, ethical, and moral perspectives (Summers, 2016)....

Analysis of Ben & Jerry’s Company

Ben & Jerry’s has a reputation as a socially responsible company. They try to combine, at first glance, difficult compatible things: to prosper financially and take care of people. They do not describe themselves as a vast conglomerate, striving only to earn more and more money every year. They, first...

Kowloon Dairy’s Strategic Marketing Planning and Auditing

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

Marketing Communication Strategy for a Guest House

Introduction Hosting a guest house in a small town requires a well-designed marketing strategy to attract guests and establish profitability. Marketing for the low-involvement buying process requires developing a marketing strategy that includes objectives. Objectives and strategy implementation steps should be accurate and easy to measure for performance. Low-involvement Buying...

Chocolate Bliss Global Expansion

The first country that the company should choose to expand its business in Italy. This country has a long tradition of cooking pasta and pizza, but it lacks specific associations with chocolate brands. Accordingly, Chocolate Bliss has the opportunity to overcome Ghirardelli and other competitors in their effort to win...

EHang Passenger Drones’ Marketing Plan

Executive summary Automated aerial vehicles (AAV), also known as drones that were previously used only in military operations, gained increased popularity worldwide in civic life. EHang, located in Guangzhou, China, is one of the first and most successful intelligence technology companies that has been producing AAVs for various purposes since...

Financial Markets and Their Importance

Financial Markets The article “The Importance of the Financial Derivatives Markets to Economic Development in the World’s Four Major Economies” by Vo et al., 2019 investigated the association between economic development and financial markets. According to the article, financial markets positively contribute to economic growth. Financial markets’ significance is realized...

Nigeria’s Oil and Gas Industry’s Prospects & Gains

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...

Workforce Demographics, Diversity and Inclusion

Workforce dynamics are key determinants for the productivity of a given line of work in any country. There have been major changes in the economy not only in the U.S. but also in other parts of the world, which has led to demographic changes, posing challenges in the employment sector....

The Coca-Cola Company’s Marketing After Economic Downturn

Coca-Cola is the largest non-alcoholic beverage and one of the two most strong beverage brands. The soda industry has been hit hard by the economic downturn, and exchange rates have affected major soda brands’ earnings in the aftermath of the recession. This is because of the rising popularity of healthy...

Kodak Firm’s History and Technological Impact

A dry platform and machine for processing a large number of plates were created and patented in 1880 by George Eastman. In Rochester, New York, he also created the Eastman Kodak Company. He substituted a roll of film for photographic glass plates in 1884, because he believed in the potential...

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...

Controlling and Managing Interpersonal Conflicts in the Workplace

Introduction Interpersonal conflict is often referred to as a confrontation between two people or their disagreement on certain opinions and views. To form such a phenomenon, two contradictory opinions must appear. People, by their nature, often enter into various conflict situations and quarrels with each other. This is due to...

Demographics, Psychographics, and Geographics in Corporate Communication Strategy

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

The Necessity of Cultural Sensitivity in International Business

Doing business with an individual from the USA differs significantly from an Asian customer. The varying nature of countries and regions propagates diverse cultural norms. Businesspeople should consider these aspects when conducting intercultural commerce. The world is getting increasingly connected with individuals exhibiting cultural differences. Our response to cultural variations...

Fast-Food Expansion Strategy for Indian Market

With the increasing globalization of the world economy as a whole and the fast-food industry in particular, major fast-food chains continuously seek new markets to expand their operations. Populous and rapidly developing non-Western countries are a fairly obvious option in this respect, but due to cultural differences, operating there entails...

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...

Product Differentiation in Industrial Organization

In marketing, product differentiation is generally defined as a tendency to develop a number of important characteristics for a product or a service, in order for those products to be easily distinguished from competitors’ offers. Product owners identify different features that are attractive and beneficial to the consumer, and try...

Shoals Corporation’s Net Present Value Analysis

Net Present Value The net present value is used to calculate the return on investment for an expenditure or project. It is defined as the present value of cash flows at the required return rate of the project compared to the initial investment (Noch & Kusto, 2018). To calculate the...

McDonald’s in Hong Kong and Taiwan

Hong Kong is one of the largest dynamic financial centers globally, with correspondingly high food and lodging prices. McDonald’s in the region is often open 24/7, which is why some residents use the restaurant as a home to sleep. In 2018, a study was conducted that showed that 72% of...

Client Case Study: Inventory Management

Introduction The company plans to use a push strategy that does not wait for customers to ask for a product. Instead, it creates products it thinks the customer will demand and then waits for orders. Inventory management helps respond to disruptions that make it challenging to drive towards proactive and...

The Walt Disney Company’s Generic Strategy

The Walt Disney Company, one of the biggest entertainment companies in the world, utilized various business models. In the present time, the company uses the generic strategy to obtain a competitive advantage by the unique structure of the entertainment, mass media, and amusement park industries (Williams, 2019). Generally, generic strategy...

Effects of Dubai Quality Award on Organizational Performance in the UAE

Although ENOC is in an outstanding position in regards to its management quality metric, European Foundation for Quality Management’s Excellence model or EFQM can still be utilized in order to make further improvements on the key issues of the business. It is important to note that the main strength of...

European Brewery Industry’s Environmental Analysis

Analysis of the Macro-Environment The macro-environment where the European brewery industry operates is analyzed via the PESTEL framework. PESTEL assists in the understanding of political, economic, social, technological, environmental, and legal peculiarities of the environment. Firstly, the governments are fighting drunken driving leading to a reduction in the consumption of...

Organizational Structures and Management

The selection of either mechanistic or organic organizational structures is conditional upon their applicability to different environments, and, therefore, these models have nothing in common. Even though they are never met in a pure form, there are no similarities between the work modes corresponding to them regardless of the position...

Communication Skills in Leadership

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...

Walt Disney’s Success: International Analysis

Walt Disney is one of the most successful companies in the world. The success of the company is associated with a constant innovation in animation and business. It effectively used its resources to become an entertainment company from a simple animation studio. Hiscocks (2016) claims that carefully selected designers played...

International Marketing Plan of Progresso Soups in Santiago, Chile

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

The Cultural Adaptation Process in Business

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

Creating a Sustainable Supply Chain

Introduction Supply chains consist of all the activities aimed toward delivering a service or a good to the customer. It is a complex process since it involves many different activities, from delivering the raw materials to the manufacturer to making sure the buyer receives the finished product. Since so many...

Regulations of Small and Medium Enterprises

According to Drucker and Maciariello (2015), the economy of the United States recently experienced a significant shift in approach: from “managerial” one to “entrepreneurial”. Moreover, Mitra (2020) suggests that technology-based ventures and technological innovations play an increasingly big role in today’s market. Hisrich and Kearney (2014) confirm that the changing...

Best Buy Inc.’s Dual Branding in China

Best Buy’s case in regards to its attempts to implement a dual branding strategy in China demonstrates the importance of taking into account the local consumer population behavior. The latter was the main factor in determining the overall success or failure of such an approach because, ultimately, it is consumers...

Aspects of Relational Leadership

Leadership is an essential concept for all teams because it allows them to organize and distribute tasks and ensure their successful completion. The article by Horila and Siitonen (2020) states that most research on leadership was conducted without considering time because experimental settings allow for evaluating groups for a short...

Relationship Between Strategy and Operations in an Organization

Strategy refers to the pattern of integrating an institution’s goals, regulations, and actions into a collective section. A well-generated strategy depending on its weaknesses and strengths, changes in the environment, and liable steps by a witty opponent, assist in collecting and assigning resources in an organization. For a competitive strategy...

Expo 2020 Dubai Through PESTEL and Marketing Analysis

Introduction In the contemporary world, there is a variety of events intended to show different organizations’ improvements and innovations in distinct areas of activity. It is possible to state that World Expos is essentially a large exhibition for countries to display the last achievements and advancements made. This event happens...

Transactional and Transformational Leadership: Advantages and Disadvantages

Introduction There are two widely discussed leadership types, which are usually applied to different organizations and industries. One of them is transactional leadership, which focuses on rewards and punishments as tools to motivate workers. The second is the transformational style, which encourages employees by demonstrating an organization’s path. Both of...

Unilever’s New Global Sustainable Strategy

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

Mobile Technologies and Business Communication

Mobile technologies change the quality of not only personal communication but also of a business one. Employees of different companies can communicate with each other from different places of the world. Moreover, communication with consumers is also affected, which gives businesses new opportunities. The most relevant example of a business...

Accounting Transactions’ Effect on Financial Statements

Financial statements reflect the financial impact of transactions and other events by combining them into large classes according to their economic characteristics. These large classes are called financial statement elements. Elements directly related to the measurement of financial statements in the balance sheet are assets, liabilities, and shareholders’ equity. Only...

Monsanto Company: Stakeholders Analysis

Monsanto is an agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology company that is American based. The company was founded by John Francis Queeny on 26th September 1901 in St. Louis, Missouri, in the united states of America (“Monsanto Company and Monsanto Technology LLC v. Loren David (2007-1104),” 2008). The company was famous to...

Furbo Dog Nanny: International Marketing

Introduction Furbo Dog Nanny is an artificial intelligence-based service which helps pet owners to facilitate the process of caring for their animals. Officially manufactured by an American start-up referred to as Tomofun, the former is a global-based firm specializing in developing pet technologies (Wood et al., 2017, p. 442). This...

Strategic Goals of Habitat for Humanity

Strategic planning has a significant role to play in non-profit organizations. It helps to anticipate and skillfully manage changes and effectively address problems that may arise (Poister, 2010). Bryson (2018) defines it as a set of concepts, processes, and tools for determining what an organization does and why it engages...

Formula of Incremental Cash Flow

I agree with James’ definition and formula of incremental cash flow. However, in my opinion, more information could be given on the structure of the incremental cash flow, such that it consists of three components: initial investments, operating cash flow, and terminal year cash flow. I believe that it is...

Physical Security in DR, BCP Scenarios

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and consequent regulations to reduce its spread, many countries have had to implement restrictive measures on people’s freedom of mobility. One of such measures includes regulations and recommendations that aim at reducing the number of people who physically attend their workplaces. In other words, governments...

The Tehindo Supply Chain Management Issues

Supply Chain Configuration The Tehindo supply chain begins right at the tea plantations, from where the tea leaves are picked and transported to the factory for manufacturing into jasmine tea and fruity flavor. The final products are transported to wholesalers, who then sell them to retailers. The retailers then sell...

Ford Motor Company: Corporate Analysis

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

Multinational Enterprises’ Choice of Modes of Entry

Why MNEs Struggle with MOE There is no “one shirt fits all” strategy when it comes to figuring out the best mode of entry (MOE) into foreign markets by multinational enterprises (MNEs). MNEs have to take into consideration various variances to come up with an effective entry strategy. Most of...

Valero Energy and Chevron Corporations’ Financial Management

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

Pricing Negotiation Planning Strategy

Purpose of Negotiation The purpose of negotiation is to improve the price for the negotiated product. Desired outcome The desired outcome presupposes the increase in the price for an item sold by the company and the attainment of higher revenues. Pertinent information The negotiated product has outstanding quality and almost...

Ethical Considerations in Business

Ethical considerations play an important part in business relations, especially in companies that work in markets capable of affecting the environment. Social and environmental impact of a particular company’s actions are crucial to take into account both in creating policy and directing action. The inability to take the proper steps...

Disney Company Potential Acquisition of Pixar Inc

Disney is a worldwide entertainment company; the CEO of Walt Disney Company, Robert Iger, has expressed interest in acquiring Pixar Inc. At the same time, Pixar is the most famous animation studio in the world. The two companies had worked together before and attained great success. In 1991, they had...

DHL Express Company’s Analysis and Future

DHL International, GmbH (DHL) offers timely door-to-door delivery around the world. The Germany-based shipping company is a branch of the Deutsche Post DHL Group, which remains to be the largest courier firm operating in over 220 territories and countries. The shipping corporation combines both ground and air transport to ensure...

Comparative Financial Statement Analysis

Introduction A variety of similar patterns can be observed across the large-scale companies in the modern business environment, particularly in the area of budgeting and organizational financing. Provided the companies are operating within the same economy and industry, they are subjected to an identical set of laws and regulations, as...

Emirates Airline’s Operational Environment

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

How Small Businesses Be Supported?

Introduction Chain store creation has debilitated markets, eroded public character, and disadvantaged communities and traditional life. Furthermore, consolidation has minimized competition and could hurt customers in the long run. In contrast to the conservative wisdom, the decline of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) is not inevitable, nor is it simply...

Life Cycle Assessment of Environmental Impact

Introduction The environmental impact forms the major pillars of concerns in dealing with food production and consumption strategies. A properly chosen environmental assessment tool influences the results obtained. To assess the environmental indicators, two categories of tools namely the product-based tools and the area-based tools may be used. LCA is...

Scientific Management Principles by Frederick Winslow Taylor

Introduction The theory of scientific management was published by Frederick Winslow Taylor at the beginning of the 20th century. At present, the principles of scientific management introduced by Taylor are called “Taylorism”. The concept of this theory is different from traditional management methods based on initiative and rewards. It is...

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...

Positive Organizational Change at Ericsson Telecommunication Company

Business organizations today face rapid changes that have never been witnessed before. Notably, organizations’ rapid growth and development and the fast-changing trends in business globally have poised a highly competitive business market. Many organizations are striving hard to integrate new and improved sustainability tactics to keep abreast of their competitors....

Organizational Culture Change at NASA: The Assessment and Plan

Micro problems Poor communication among stakeholders; Workers’ failure to adhere to processes and rules (NASA, 2004); Neglect of personal responsibility, accountability and competence; Employees’ inability to raise concerns to the management; Excellence is not valued among team members; Workers are hesitant to adhere to safety culture (NASA, 2004); Loyalty and...

Corporate Social Responsibility of Starbucks

Introduction and Organization Overview In the face of various aroused challenges, including global warming and the COVID-19 pandemic, corporate social responsibility (CSR) acquires increasing importance for the prosperity of business and society altogether. In these contexts, Starbucks Corporation can serve as an exemplary entity with active CSR clearly determined and...

The Importance of Employee Training and Development for Organizational Growth

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...

Heidi Roizen’s Career, Work Principles and Habits

How have the various stages of Roizen’s career leveraged assets and competences acquired on previous stages Heidi Roizen managed to make use of her past experience and networks at each of the following stages of her professional path. Her first job was at Tandem, a technology company in the Silicon...

MGM Resorts International’s Business Strategy

MGM Resorts International is a holding company that owns and operates casino resorts. It offers gaming, hotels, conference rooms, restaurants, entertainment venues, shops, and other resort amenities. The company is widely represented in Las Vegas but also develops in Atlantic City, Mississippi, Maryland, Detroit, and other gambling zones in the...

Yolk-ay and Expansion of the Menu of the Restaurant

Yolk-ay is a restaurant chain in the United Arab Emirates, which specialization implies the dished based on unpopular, but delicious and unique Indian recipes. During the previous years, the development of the company was focused on its geographical expansion (Case study: Expand the menu?, 2016). At the moment, the business...

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...

Organizational Behavior on Lack of Motivation

Organizational behavior plays a significant role in the analysis of groups’ conduct in a corporate environment. The observation of the features of lack of motivation and dissatisfaction helps identify its role in the company’s functioning. The managers should identify the manifestations of lack of motivation and job satisfaction because this...

Red Bull’s Sports Marketing

Introduction The relationship between sports and marketing has been studied for decades. Today, many businesses have recognized and embraced the potential of sports marketing to generate sustainable revenues and to ensure the survival and competitiveness of firms. In other cases, brands have used sports as a platform to launch and...

Porter’s Five Forces and Its Business Application

Michael Porter described the strategic model of the five competitive forces analysis. The analysis is conducted on five factors, or so-called forces: customers, suppliers, existing competitors, new competitors, and substitute products. With the help of these structural units, it is possible to consider how a company, in the long run,...

The Hydraloop Water Recycler’s International Marketing

Hydraloop H600 water recycler is a water recycling system created by Hydraloop Systems and produced by Technologies Added factory. Hydraloop originated from Leeuwarden, the Netherlands. The price of the recycler starts from €3300 ($4026), excluding the shipping, preparatory work, installation, and value-added tax (Hydraloop, n.d.). The product addresses the problem...

Leadership Types in Theory and Practice

Rachel Adams, the president of the Independent Center for Clinical Research (ICCR), exhibits some transformational leadership traits. Rachel is a liberal thinker and also a positive person who relishes in nuances of life, in addition to being a risk-taker (Northouse, 2016). Moreover, Rachel inspires many women in ICCR, and they...

Aspects of Marketing Self-Efficacy

Business-to-business markets involve a relatively small number of buyers and sellers. There are four main types. Producers purchase goods to make them into other products. Resellers sell goods and services of other businesses. Governments purchase goods to provide services to the people. Finally, institutions use the goods in the same...

Boeing Company: Interesting Facts About Boeing Company

Brief History and Background Boeing Company is one of the giant aerospace firms operating globally and a prominent manufacturer of defense systems, commercial jetliners, security and space systems, and service providers of aftermarket support. Being the biggest manufacturing exporter in the United States, Boeing Company supports airline customers in over...

The Insurance Industry in Saudi Arabia

Introduction The insurance system is an important sector and it plays an integral role in the economic growth of a country. This system guarantees the social security of the population and leads to notable and positive effects on economic growth by directly enhancing the financial system of the country. In...

Effective and Ineffective Managers in Personal Experience

Every organization seeks to have managers who can drive the organization towards the achievement of its objectives. They want managers who can successfully plan, organize, lead, and control the organization’s operations (Gitman et al., 2018). I have encountered a manager whom I consider an effective manager because of the way...

SpaceX Company’s Procurement Strategy

The industry of space exploration in the U.S. has always been dominated by NASA, the government agency responsible for operating in the sphere of aeronautics, yet, the emergence of SpaceX changed the status quo. The company, led by entrepreneur Elon Musk has proved over a short period of time that...

Risk Management Program Analysis

I defined risk management in the previous assignment as identifying, analyzing, and responding to risk factors that arise over the course of a company’s operations. A critical part of the assignment involved developing a brief risk management program that our health organization would adopt to help inform its risk management...

Reflection on Leadership and Professionalism

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...

The Analysis of Healthcare Organization

Master Organizational Chart The chart includes the senior executive leadership tasked with providing healthcare governance and giving priorities to initiatives. The Guidance team performs the role of providing a steady-state domain while the clinical team refines the output of workgroups and general implementation. The workgroup is responsible for providing the...

Amazon Company’s Macro Environment Audit

The macro environment audit examines external forces that affect the performance of the online shopping industry in general and the Amazon Company in particular. Amazon Company is the global leader in the online shopping industry. This analytical treatise presents a macro environment audit of the Amazon Company from the findings...

Starbucks’ Social Responsibility and Brand Strategy

Introduction Starbucks is the largest international chain of coffee shops which has been consistently growing and expanding since the 1980s. In 2008, it faced a major crisis caused by the economic recession and the failure of the company’s aggressive expansion strategy. To address the crisis, it introduced significant changes to...

Servant Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, and Leadership Performance

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...

Customer Satisfaction Level at McDonald’s

Purpose and Method The purpose of data analysis was to identify factors that affect the level of customer satisfaction of McDonald’s. In order to achieve the purpose, a survey consisting of 20 questions was conducted. The acquired data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and regression analysis. First, the analysis of...

SWOT Analysis for Best Buy Company

Introduction Becoming a leader in any field relies on strategic approaches to marketing and analyzing the competitors, weaknesses, challenges, successes, or failure to lay a baseline of success. Internal market analysis entails the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT), allowing organizations to identify for areas for improvement, understand advantages and...

Communication Technology Overview

Communication technology has evolved to become a critical part of human life today. By creating new and innovative modes of communication, people can talk over long distances. Such connections have played an important role in developing the world, with a majority of human beings benefiting from them. Communication technology revolutionized...

International Strategy McDonald Corporation

Introduction This paper requires an “International Strategy” formulation for a multi-national company to invest in a country to achieve desperately higher growth. Here the preferred company is “McDonald Corporation”, the US largest fast-food chain restaurant and famous delicious food and prime quality services. Here the target host country is India,...

Human Resources: Dual-Career Family Lifestyle

Dual-Career Family Lifestyle The problem of dual-career family lifestyle is that it requires a significant investment of resources from individuals, and the sustainment of work-life balance becomes more difficult as employees try to stay committed both to their work and their family. The negative impact of such lifestyle can be...

Case Study: Important Business and Managerial Problems

Introduction In the context of present-day developments, business owners should address a range of details concerning various fields in order to make their enterprise profitable and popular with customers. In addition, they are highly likely to encounter challenges, which are difficult to be found an appropriate solution. Therefore, the purpose...

Financial Performance: The Impact of Sustainability

Executive Summary The concept of sustainability in the present-day world is the defining factor for the financial success of companies in different countries. However, its practical implementation is complicated by the need to include a variety of spheres of influence and address all of the corresponding issues. In this way,...

Nokia: Communication Strategies

Introduction When mobile communication equipment manufacturers were recording declining sales in the 2000s, Nokia was experiencing some unprecedented growth in its mobile handsets sales. According to a journal article written by Carral and Kajanto (2008), Nokia’s success was as a result of its understanding of the communication industry’s inflection points,...

The Ethics of Government Involvement in Business

Government regulation is necessary for ethical conduct by businesses since it ensures that there is fairness. Without laws, some companies, especially big ones with many resources at their disposal, would advance themselves through dishonest means. For instance, it would be unethical for a large firm to malign a smaller one...

Wells Fargo: Case Study

There have been numerous cases of fraudulent actions committed by organizations and covered in press. Employees who work in companies with toxic corporate cultures are often challenged by their need to speak up about illegal procedures they are made to do on a daily basis. They often have a psychological...

A Company’s Alignment of its Mission Statement

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...

The Impact of E-Commerce on the External Audit Process

Introduction Technology is here with us, it is here to stay, and therefore adopting technology has become a trend in many sectors of the economy. Despite the adoption of technology as a trend, it has proved to be the only way to survive in this competitive environment. Competition in all...

Dollar Shave Club’s Value Proposition and Business Model

Dollar Shave Club’s value proposition and how does it differ from Gillette’s One of the major factors explaining DSC’s success is the unique approach to working with clients and the company’s value proposition. It presupposes a fair price and a client-centric service focused on the increased level of satisfaction among...

Developing Relationships in the Workplace

The Needs and/or Expectations of Others Identification Stakeholders are individuals and groups that the organization impacts directly or indirectly. Therefore, businesses must identify and prioritize the needs and expectations through surveys, interviews, and feedback. My organization provides business IT solutions to individual and corporate clients locally and internationally. Customers expect...

External Business Analysis With Six Questions

The external analysis, also known as environmental analysis, is a process through which companies objectively evaluate changes that might influence their current operations to their industries and the wider world. Companies do this to make sure they can adapt and succeed in a drive in the context of changes. The...

Corporate Social Responsibility Activities in Ladbrokes

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...

Nomura Securities International: Case Study Analysis

The case under consideration represents a bright and almost “academic” example of a crucial lack of cross-cultural communications, motivation, and management skills in the company’s top leaders. Nomura Securities International (NSI) is Japan’s‘ giant,’ with a kind of superiority complex due to sound success in the past but not adapted...

Comparison of Leadership Models and Styles

Introduction An appropriate leadership model is a significant phenomenon since it provides health care professionals with the necessary skills and techniques to influence their followers. I understand this fact and do my best to choose a suitable leadership style. In my working practice, I try to follow transformational leadership principles....

Process Improvement Plan for a Company

Work planning is an extremely important part of the success of any company; therefore, managers and owners should pay close attention to improving internal and external aspects of business. The reason for this is that the amount of this income is directly influenced by the rational use of all types...

New Belgium Brewing: Case Study

New Belgium Brewing (NBB) made significant improvements in the development of sustainability as a major part of corporate social responsibility (CSR). However, there rumors that Belgium Beer wants to sell the company to willing buyers, which will potentially lead to the loss of independence and shift from its environmentally friendly...

Share-Based Payments and the Positive Accounting Theory

Introduction Share-based payments are notable aspects of employee remuneration offered to directors, senior managers, and other employees. Share-based payments mainly include share options and shares offered to senior managers in an organisation. Besides, an entity can offer share-based payments to parties such as suppliers and key business stakeholders. The aim...

International Logistics and Supply Chain Outsourcing

As I studied international logistics, my knowledge base on the subject matter took a positive leap. I conceptualised in my mind how international logistics provides a framework for a cost effective flow of products and services to the customer in both the forward and reverse directions. Effective coordination and timely...

“Leadership and Self-Deception” Book by Arbinger Institute

Introduction / Book Summary “Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box” by the Arbinger Institute is a book addressing the problems and misunderstandings that people and organizations face as a result of what the authors call “self-deception”. The book is based on the premise that understanding the concept of...

Google’s Business and Marketing Strategy

Introduction Significant advancements in information technology and communication (ICT) have introduced substantial transformations in the current business world. The corporate sphere in the United States has experienced tremendous growth due to the rapid development of pertinent technologies. Google Inc. is one of the premier and most reputable innovative companies in...

Cultural Diversity Audit Research Report of PwC

Preamble The objectives of this research report include providing the careful cultural diversity audit of PwC based on the materials from the Website of the company and other sources and identifying the possible improvements required for enhancing the internal cultural diversity of the company. The report consists of the introduction,...

A Positive Organizational Behavior in Organization

Organizational behavior refers to the behavior of individuals, teams and management that forms organizational culture. It is important to note that organizational behavior highly determines efficiency and output of an organization. On the same note, due to division of labor that has become the order of the day; many people...

Case Notes on Court: Stockland Development Pty Ltd v Manly Council

The facts of the case – i.e. what the case is about and the related issues The case is an application about the redevelopment of the site which is the original shopping center and its additional land. There was proposed a commercial development with car-parking podium and residential development including...

Planning Process of Human Resource Management

In order to run a successful business, it is vital to take into account human resource planning. The reason for this is that a proper HR strategy provides the means through which companies can guarantee that they employ professional staff capable of completing tasks. Moreover, a good manager should also...

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

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

Organizational Communication and Relations Between Employees

Organizational communication refers to the different channels and forms of communication used to pass messages effectively. With companies having a multitude of employees across varying levels of structure, communication plays an essential role in maintaining contact. All employees must understand each other within the shortest period to improve efficiency and...

Ethical Dilemmas in Business: Plumpy’nut Controversy

Introduction There are various scenarios that bring about ethical dilemmas within a contemporary business setting. The same is true in various levels of interactions in an organization. For example, the social and business interactions may lead to a number of ethical issues that need to be addressed. Each of these...

Principles Of Stakeholder Engagement

Introduction Project planning is an essential element for achieving business success. According to Jacobs and Chase (2014), a project plan refers to the list of activities that should be performed to achieve a specific goal. This plan is the most useful when all stakeholders work together. Thus, the principal purpose...

Amazon.com: The State of Information Technology and Management

Introduction Since the era of the industrial revolution, technology has been playing an important role in continuous improvement of organizational performance. In the last three decades, information-based technology has become a major point of focus for small, medium and multinational organizations that seek to improve their competitiveness in the market...

Brookside Dairy Limited Marketing Plan

About the company Brookside Dairy Limited is based in New Zealand. The company intends to enter the China and Middle Eastern markets with its milk powder product. This paper presents the company’s financial statement and a marketing plan to penetrate the markets in China and the Middle East. Financial statement...

Starbucks Corporation’s Cost Allocation Problem

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

Health Care Strategical Marketing Proposal

Introduction The selected company is Hospital for Special Surgery, which is located in New York. The hospital was founded in 1863 and is one of the most recognized orthopedic hospitals in the country. It is critical to mention that the hospital is known for its expertise in orthopedic trauma, spine...

KitchenAid Artisan KSM150 Stand Mixer Review

Introduction The purpose of this report is to describe and analyze consumer behavior while purchasing KitchenAid Artisan KSM150 Stand Mixer. The consumer is female, 21 years old. With the passion for cooking and the high expectation of gaining popular image on social media, the consumer is heavily involved in all...

Customer Satisfaction in the Fashion Industry: H&M Case

Introduction Research design is a prominent and vital part of marketing researcher. By applying various methods of analyzing and interpreting data, one can form solutions to emerging problems and ensure the stable development of a company. In this process, choosing the most appropriate type of research design is especially important,...

Marketing Mix and Elements That Make It Flexible

The marketing mix is the combination of marketing elements crucial in accomplishing a marketing objective. There are four variables in the equation, which are product, price, place, and promotion. Each of these elements has its own constituents. The ultimate goal is to sell goods and services, therefore a marketer examines...

Organization Development and Its Future

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

Maybelline New York: Global Marketing Concept

Introduction The emergence of the concepts of global and international marketing was primarily due to the globalization of business activities and the liberalization of trade. Yet it raised many issues, for example, the need for identification of key markets, challenges and opportunities they withhold, development of strategic plans by company’s...

Global Marketing: Adaptation vs. Standardization

Marketing and trade are complicated and interconnected processes, and their complexity increases in proportion to their scale. Most companies start their activities in the domestic market and expand to other countries, achieving success. For this reason, marketers need to understand the difference between domestic, international, and global marketing, as well...

Understanding the Basics of Financial Statements Analysis

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

Six Leadership Traits: Overview and Definition

There are six fundamental leadership traits: vision, honesty, empathy, determination, competence, and motivation. Every successful leader needs to have these traits to be successful. One of the greatest examples of a worthy leader is King David. First, he had a clear vision of what should be achieved and how it...

Board of Directors’ Role in Strategic Management

Apple Inc. has consistently dominated Fortune’s ranking of the most admired companies, owing to its focused board of directors led by CEO Tim Cook and board chairman Arthur D. Levinson. According to Fortune (2020), Apple boasts the top-most US and global ranking for several consecutive years, beating other tech giants...

Edison International Company Analysis

Edison International (EIX) is one of the major Companies in the power generating industry in United States. As of 2009, it has annual total revenues in excess of $12 million dollars that recently peaked at $14 million in 2008 (YahooFinance, 2011a). Edison International is a conglomerate of three subsidiary Companies...

Understanding Perpetual and the Periodic Inventory Systems

The business sector is shifting towards prioritizing the embrace of inventory management systems for corporate tenacities. Optimizing a communal through inventory system is conceivable, as the approach empowers business entities to hold onto a specific operational level that eliminates the out-of-stock circumstances (Cholowicz & Orlowski, 2016). The inventories also support...

Digital Marketing in the Fashion Industry

Introduction Today, the development of marketing strategies and ways of business development is impossible without considering technology. The most common marketing technologies are online sales, digital marketing, SaaS, cloud computing, cloud storage, robotic process automation, and robotics to collate data. The fashion industry is a massive segment of the global...

CDC’s Top Ten Public Health Achievements of Workplace Safety

Mining is considered a physically demanding and hazardous activity for its workers. More than a hundred years ago, it had high mortality and occupational injuries due to insufficient development of technologies and methods for ensuring operations security. However, numerous innovations and regulations have been introduced over the past 100 years...

Transformational Leadership Impact on the Team’s Performance

The styles that a leader adopts may significantly impact the team’s performance. Those are numerous, and one can select what suits them the most and guarantees improved results. One of the recent and promising leadership styles is transformational. It appears to address the challenges set by the 21st century and...

A Case Study of Mission Command

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

The Problems of West Carolina Environmental Protection Agency

The given case study describes a challenging situation of the West Carolina Environmental Protection Agency (WCEPA). The problem of the WCEPA is determined by its low reputation and ineffective policies. The head of the WCEPA hired Alice Sanger to fix the previously mentioned problems because she was the agency’s governor...

How to Prevent Employees From Leaving?

Each year a large number of employees are leaving companies for various reasons. Some managers use annual employee surveys and exit interviews to reduce the attrition rate. However, these methods have not proved to be effective in dealing with the problem as they do not give a real-time picture. This...

Analysis of Information Systems in Apple, Inc

The unification of information resources within Apple inevitably leads to the formation of an information space, the basis of which are corporate or territorial information systems. An information system is a complex of computing and communication equipment, software, linguistic tools, and information resources, which ensures their collection and storage. Actualization,...

Five Stages of Team Development

As a rule, a group goes through five stages of development before becoming a team, each of which implies its functions and goals. The dynamics of the group’s behavior and development changes as it moves from one stage to another, and it requires different actions for greater efficiency. The team...

International Corporate Governance: Principles

Introduction Corporate governance has become an international phenomenon. The recent financial scandals and bankruptcies of big multinational companies have really impacted almost every nation. Realising the significant, the nations around the globe are either establishing corporate governance guidelines or codes or refurbishing their guidelines already in force. International governance principle...

Disciplinary Actions: Progressive and Positive

Managing a company is a challenging and demanding task that requires the employer and employees to perform their duties. However, in some instances, one of the sides underperforms and needs to be motivated. In most cases, it is a certain employee that does not satisfy the management’s needs, forcing the...

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

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