An Analysis of Panera’s $8.99 Coffee Subscription

It is not unusual to see marketing strategies and distinct marketing ploys that are extremely provocative to the consumer, to the point of when they consider declining the order to be nearly impossible. The case of Panera’s coffee subscription offer is similar. Although, what the consumer must always keep in...

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...

The Written Communication in the Field of Organizational Management

The basic features of oral and written communication are often regarded as primary knowledge for the employees involved in corporate management. Of essential importance are the writing skills that allow managers to convey specific information to their subordinates in an efficient and understandable manner. Creating a written piece of data...

Arrid: Brand Management Analysis

Arrid is the brand that was created and owned by Carter-Wallace Inc. Arrid is a brand of deodorant and body wash, and it was prevalent several years ago. However, recently, people from the United States started to report failing to find the production of Arrid in supermarkets. It might have...

Reducing Staff Shortage: Implementation Plan

In the present day, staff shortage may be regarded as a real issue experienced by a substantial number of companies. It goes without saying that this problem has a highly negative impact on the organization’s performance and development in the future and should be solved in a time-sensitive manner. Thus,...

We Are Hiring: A Financial Advisor Job Description

Summary Many organizations and business enterprises are driven by the focus on profits arising from sales of goods and services. Our company has been experiencing rapid growth and advancements for the last few years. The management structure has undergone frequent changes as new tasks and obligations arise from expanded business...

Learning Entrepreneurship in Examples

Even though the possibility to effectively teach or learn entrepreneurship remains a highly debatable question, I strongly agree with Drucker’s assumption that entrepreneurship is a discipline that can be learned. Possible Reasons Results and conclusions may vary from one research to another, and hence, there is a significant number of...

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...

How Google Sold Its Engineers on Management

Engineers that work for Google have been uneasy about the managers since the foundation of the company. Despite this, the managers help the organization keep in one general direction and work as a team. However, the amount of managers is still small, which gives engineers freedom and responsibility. Google hires...

Researching of Reasoning and Decision-Making

Deductive logic is the process of reasoning where the specific information is concluded from general premises. It normally has a form of a syllogism, which in turn can be divided into categorical, conditional, and disjunctive syllogisms. The former implies two or sometimes more categorical statements that indicate the existing relationship...

Customer Satisfaction Strategy

Summary Modern sales technologies are flexible and dynamic as they develop and exist in a market with rapidly changing conditions. Sales are influenced by a variety of factors: politics, transport, logistics, and the international environment. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a massive impact on commerce and business. Recently, there has...

The Treatment of Internal and External Stakeholders

Since any organization is a social institution, it tightly interacts with society, which usually results in mutual influence. In particular, by affecting each other, a business company can contribute to the prosperity of the public, and, simultaneously, its success significantly depends on the population’s well-being. In this context, the management...

Ethics in Employee Performance Evaluation

Evaluation of employee characteristics and performance is complex because it requires an unbiased approach to every candidate. Indeed, the HR management area involves various hidden ethical and legal issues. Therefore, managers should use universal criteria to assess potential and current workers to avoid giving an unfair advantage to less qualified...

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...

State Intervention in Australian Employment Relations

Introduction Relations between employers and employees have always been characterized by considerable fluctuations across the globe as these two groups often have conflicting interests and are reluctant to compromise. State regulations were regarded as one of the ways to ensure workers’ rights and wellbeing, but strict supervision and regulatory measures...

Strategic Business Steering Committee for Projects

Abstract Given the lengthy nature of a business project, there is always a need to find the best way of ensuring the project is undertaken in the most systematic way with no or rather less errors. Therefore, this paper has laid out some of the important issues that should be...

Consuming Technology: Why Marketers Sometimes Get It Wrong

Technology is a force that civilization forward and enables societies to improve their quality of life, making communication, transportation, and other spheres easier. Marketing is a powerful tool that is used extensively by businesses to promote products and new technological solutions. The article “Consuming Technology: Why Marketers Sometimes Get It...

Pre-pandemic and Pandemic Consumer Behavior

Introduction Commerce is among the spheres, on which the pandemic of COVID-19 has had a considerable influence. The purchasing power of the population, the use of various payment methods, and the offline and online shopping rates – each of these aspects have undergone noticeable changes. The most substantial reframing, however,...

Strategic Management Plan: GrowthDC

Introduction Strategic Management Strategic management is a widely discussed topic in modern-day literature. Strategic management is a continuous process that includes planning, monitoring, and analyzing all the company’s needs to meet the strategic goals (Carter, 2013). The purpose of strategic management is to develop and implement a formula that defines...

Teamwork Performance and Effective Collaboration

Diverse and large teams of professions and specialists are significant when handling a significant and critical initiative such as acquiring the IT of big companies and states. These teams are convened to provide an urgent solution or come up with a solution. My review of both ‘Case study material and...

The Conflict Resolution Process

Conflicts exist everywhere in day-to-day activities and are inevitable. Whether in families, social relationships, or workplaces, they are bound to arise at any time. Conflicts may occur when one wants to push for better quality or differences in personalities, values, and backgrounds. They can also be due to unfulfilled expectations...

Retail Management: Discussion Problems

Variety and assortment are crucial retail market structure elements and have some distinguishing features. The significant difference between assortment and variety is that assortment refers to the number of different items provided in a category of merchandise. In contrast, variety refers to the quantity of the types of merchandise that...

Importance of Financial Management

Introduction A non-monetary policy is utilized by other financial authorities or a central bank when the traditional likewise policies are not satisfactory. The policies not involving such an approach include collateral adjustments, quantitative easing, negative interest rates, and forward policies. The non-cash dividends are seen by taxpayers as being distributed...

Employee Motivation and Incentives

The issue of employee motivation has been under research for a sufficient period for developing a variety of topic-specific theories and frameworks. The most famous and presumably the easiest to perceive is Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, which actually underlies a considerable amount of the other. Simply stated, many experts seek...

Two Vietnamese Cuisine Restaurants: A College Student’s View

There is a variety of options to choose from for travelers in Berlin when it comes to Asian restaurants. Every Asian cuisine enthusiast would certainly find something that suits any budget, dietary preference, and aesthetic demands and expectations. Two of the Vietnamese restaurants we visited were Quy Nguyen (QN) Vegan...

Organizational Strategic Planning for Profit and Nonprofit Organizations

Strategic planning is important to any organization regardless of size or sector of operation as it realizes effective corporate governance and enhanced ability to compete favorably in the market. However, having a strategic plan is not a guarantee that an organization will achieve success; rather, success lies in the successful...

CEMEX and Its Acquisition-Based Growth Strategy

CEMEX and Its Mergers and Acquisitions Mergers and acquisitions refer to transactions in which operating units, organizational resources, or ownership are transferred or consolidated with other entities. However, the top three reasons why about 50-60% of organizations fail to achieve shareholder value from these growth strategies include; integration difficulties, inability...

Stress Management on the Job

The symptoms of stress are known to everyone: muscle tension, constant fatigue, irritability, sleep disturbances, difficulty concentrating, palpitations, and obsessive thoughts. Life gives a lot of reasons for stress: a quarrel with a loved one, a sharp remark from a boss, a mockery from a colleague, rudeness of fellow travelers...

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...

Workplace Violence and Security

Introduction Workplace violence has become a prevalent issue in recent years, with the problem further exacerbated post-COVID-19 pandemic as people return to work. Workplace violence is defined by the U.S. Department of Labor as “any act or threat of physical violence, harassment, intimidation, or other threatening disruptive behavior that occurs...

Special Features of the Zara Company’s Business Model

Zara has been dominating the apparel industry due to its unique business strategy incorporating the principles of sustainability ad cost-efficient production. In the apparel industry, developing a sustainable business model is extraordinarily difficult due to high competition. However, Zara somehow managed to create a functioning business model that not only...

Servant Leadership and Mistreatment at the Workplace

There is a practical altruistic philosophy of Servant-Leadership, which supports people who choose service first and leadership later to provide more services to people and organizations. The research that I have studied is devoted to identifying the main traits and characteristics inherent in the Servant-leader. Economists and psychologists have worked...

The Significance of Emotional Intelligence

Introduction Emotional intelligence has recently become a popular topic for discussion among people, especially students and office workers. There are even enthusiastic supporters of EI who consider it to be of more value for t achieving personal goals and zest for life than intellectual faculties. Indeed, the so-called IQ seems...

Corporate Governance and Voluntary Disclosure Relationship

The present study addresses the potential benefits and costs of the fire districts and municipal fire departments consolidation in Lee County. In particular, it examines how the proposed legislation to create the Lee County Fire Control and Rescue District is potentially effective in improving efficiency and reducing the cost of...

Business Social Responsibility Examples: The Body Shop and Others

Practice shows that a business that takes on various social obligations always shows better results in its work. By investing in the social sphere, business organizations ensure their successful promotion. The development and improvement of the social environment correspond to the long-term interests of businesses and organizations. In the long...

Cyber and Public Relations in an Organization

Cyber and Public Relations Public relations professionals play a critical role in promoting an organization’s activities to the public. The advancement of technology in the modern era has introduced various digital media that have shifted the dynamics of traditional forms of public relations, thus creating a new form of PR...

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...

Credit Analysis of Financial Position

Credit analyst scrutinizes historical financial data for companies and individuals seeking a loan from money lenders to verify the creditworthiness and possible risk associated with lending the funds. They approve loan application by determining the likelihood of repayment. The minimum qualification for the position is a bachelor’s degree in accounting,...

Data Warehouse Design as Problem Solving

Abstract Infortrack is a start-up company specializing in eCommerce and parcel delivery. The company operates on stand-alone offices distributed in London, Liverpool, Manchester, Bristol, and Chester. The different pickup stations use different data analysis applications such as Microsoft Excel, Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), and WorkBooks to capture and...

Marriott Hotels’ Sustainability in the Value Chain

Over the past couple of years, Marriott Hotels has introduced several vital changes to its performance framework, outlining the special importance of its sustainability-driven approach. According to the 2020 report, the company has been changing its framework to show the progression toward greater social awareness, specifically, regarding the company’s impact...

Amazon Inc.’s Global Supply Chain & Other Operations

Amazon has an extensive network of manufacturers who are partnered with the company and supply it with a significant portion of order volume. Procurement’s input resources consist of purchased goods from other vendors and manufacturers. Its processes consist of managing contacts with numerous sellers, seeking new partners, purchasing goods, and...

A Receptionist Job Vacancy at Fairfax Medical Facilities

As an example of a vacancy, I found a job as a Receptionist at Fairfax Medical Facilities, IN. The company works in the field of medicine and is looking for a person who will work directly with patients visiting the organization. Human resources employees clearly describe what the company does...

Ethics in Project Management: Principles of Management

The definition of ethics can be broad and vague because of the variety of elements it includes. However, according to the Project Management Institute (2017), ethics contains the values of honesty, fairness, responsibility, and respect, which promotes ethical decisions for professionals. These values are beneficial to the company, clients, and...

Amazon: The Brand That Protects Itself

Amazon is one of the most successful online retailers in history. This company has changed the rules and conventions of the entire industry and continues its rapid expansion. Introducing new services and entering new markets forces Amazon to compete with already established players and other invaders of the new areas....

Nike on Social Media: Brand Management

Nike is undoubtedly one of the international brands that have fully embraced social media in the current digital age. One thing that makes it stand out from the rest of lifestyle and sportswear companies is its iconic swoosh logo and its simple but inspiring slogan “Just Do It.” As a...

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,...

NutriHealth Canine Product’s Marketing Project

Product Name The name of MSH Brands’ new weight-management product should reflect its properties as a premium and quality dog food designed specifically for obese and overweight pets. Clients have to know exactly what the product is capable of simply by looking at it. Therefore, the new product will be...

Importance of Communication in the Workplace

Communication is an exceptional tool in every person’s daily life. Nonetheless, it is essential that “both the transfer and the understanding of the meaning” (Robbins & Judge, p.427) are included in this process for fruitful outcomes. We use this tool to contact other people by transmitting and receiving information. We...

Discussion of Coca-Cola: The Marketing Mix

Introduction The examination of a company’s position on the market incorporates the assessment of the key elements of its activity. They include the products or services, locations of operations, strategies intended for increasing the market share, and pricing, and the combination of these components can demonstrate a clear picture of...

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...

How Derivatives Could Be Used in Risk Management

In general, derivatives refer to a financial instrument that allows securing a certain value that is reliant upon a monetary asset. The most frequently utilized assets are stocks, interest rates, market indices, and bonds (Fernando, 2021). The derivatives might take various forms, including future contracts, swaps, options, and forwards which...

Disruption of Supply Chain in the Aviation & Defense Industry

Supply chain management (SCM) is the core of the Aviation and Defense (A&D) industry. Though it comprises a complex ecosystem, an effective and efficient SCM supports its efforts to meet its strategic and financial goals. According to the data compiled by the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA), it is evident how...

Major Stages of New Product Development

The process of new product development has eight major stages and starts from idea generation. It involves a systematic search for ideas about new products, which is carried out mainly on the basis of internal sources of the organization. Then comes the idea screening: an analysis of all the ideas...

The Sphere of Leadership: Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Introduction For the past two years, the world has faced a severe challenge that influenced all the spheres and changed many people’s life. The COVID-19 pandemic still impacts all spheres of life in all countries around the world. It repeatedly causes crises that negatively affect not only the public health...

Effective Management: Basic Rules and Skills Required

Management, like many other career paths, is constantly evolving with practices in the industry and technological improvements. However, there are a number of rules of management and skills a manager should possess in order to observe efficient operations at their workplace. These include consistency, which can be observed as a...

Assessing Diversity in the Workplace

Globalization processes determine the need to assess diversity in the workplace. Ferdman and Sajiv’s (2012) research indicates that science continues to seek additional opportunities to use variety in human potential management processes. In heterogeneous teams, creativity and productivity increase as decisions are made based on people’s opinions from different backgrounds...

Servant Leadership: Organization Development

Changes in the global management paradigm have affected one of the most important components of management – the leadership process. A great example of a modern model of ethical leadership is the concept of servant leadership. According to Kumar (2018, p. 44), “servant leadership is about finding satisfaction and motivation...

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...

Adidas, Reebok, and Patagonia Brands’ Transparency

I have examined the websites of Adidas, Reebok, and Patagonia – the three leading companies in the transparency index. Their contribution is undoubtedly admirable; however, in my view, the most remarkable report was made by Patagonia. Since Hart (2019) mentions that this brand was included in the index for the...

5% Shareholding Rule: Case Study

Introduction My stand A 5% shareholder rule will work against the independence of the board of directors who should own the shares of Alibaba. Agency theory This law is applied to explain and resolve conflict in the relationship between the agents and their principals. It is essential to base on...

Postponement Strategy in Business

Introduction A “postponement” strategy is a business strategy that defers investment until the last possible moment. It is believed that this strategy reduces the risk of unsuccessful investments and the potential profit increases. This approach has several advantages. For example, in supply chain management, in cases where it is impossible...

The Playboy Magazine’s Marketing Issues

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

Personality Traits and Leadership Style

I am well-organized, and I work by rules, which can help me stay focused on the task. I am also grounded, and as a leader, it may help me orient the employees on the results. I am not contentious as I try to conflict with other individuals. However, scoring low...

Dudebox: A Business Project Analysis

Mission Statement We esteem our clients and therefore treat everyone who contacts the company as though they are our only customers by giving them swift responses to demonstrate how important they are to Dudebox. Vision Statement To become a global leader at connecting men to quality and unique products that...

The Interpersonal Between Co-workers and Its Resolution

The interpersonal conflict that I have chosen for this post is between my two co-workers and me. I will call the first co-worker A and the second one B. The situation is that co-worker B found out that I and co-worker A got rewarded for the project we had completed....

Coca-Cola Firm’s Development of Healthier Products

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

Walmart Annual Report: Financial Records

Walmart is a multinational corporation that incurs significant profit due to the wholesale and retail business. It is a major American employer and a competitive brand across the region. In this case, the company incurs high amounts of revenue from the transactions both in stores and through online platforms. In...

The Borders Company’s Strategic Management Mistakes

Despite the fact that the company Borders was one of the leading companies in the book business, it collapsed because of strategic management mistakes. Analyzing the company’s annual report, we can conclude that the main failure was poor adaptation to the online business. Borders was unable to compete with companies...

Dealing With Uncertainty: Estee Lauder Company

Summary Given that recent pandemics and responses shape humanity’s future, there is an urgent need for more critical insights than ever before. Before the outbreak, progress toward Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) had been enshrined for well sustainable development. From the above, a conclusion was arrived at and published in 2019...

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

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

Legal Issues of Employment Terms and Conditions

The various legal issues involved in an employment contract usually entail an enforceable contract and negotiating a more favorable contract term. However, some juridical issues arise due to contractual breaches or actions by the employer that are invalid or contrary to the provisions of the contract clause. Among the legal...

An Organizer Mug for Traveling and Hiking

Organizer for cosmetics + Mug = Travel mug Smaller weight – more expensive product Organizer mug for traveling + hiking = three full-fledged travel cups Necessary skills: designer skills knowledge of ecology External expertise: marketing advertising pricing search for sales channels development of product positioning Market gap: Multifunctional tourist tableware...

Eli Lily and Ranbaxy Laboratories Joint Venture

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

Financial Literacy and Self-Awareness in Entrepreneurship

Financial principles are one of the most valuable knowledge entrepreneurs and investors should have to succeed in business. The two essential concepts that can be beneficial for people in this field are financial self-awareness and literacy (Chowdhry & Dholakia, 2020). Financial self-awareness allows a person to accurately assess one’s current...

Coffee Machines Under Product Comparison

Literature Review Among the industries, the household appliances sector was chosen, which is represented by a large number of home items. Coffee makers are the focus of this presentation because the demand for automatic coffee machines has been actively growing in recent years. From 2020 to 2026, the average annual...

The Effects of Complacency on Business

Many organizations have failed because they are unable to keep up with the needs of the market and adapt to the changes of the rapidly evolving market. The tendency to be too complacent leads to less innovation, especially if the company dominates the market. This leads to laxity, which in...

Paperworks PLC. Strategic Marketing Planning

The case is concerned with a paper production company, Paperworks, wishing to expand its business and increase profits. It operates in two primary markets while holding the leading positions, but they are not as profitable as magazines and greeting cards. Thus, the company would like to have a presence in...

Rub-A-Dub Washing Machine Company Finding Overseas Supplier

Charlie Harris is facing a tough challenge; he needs to find 50,000 major tub assemblies for $ 160 per unit. Otherwise, the new product will fail, and supply management of the Rub-A-Dub Washing Machine Company will end. One way to do it is to convince old Rub-A-Dub’s suppliers to agree...

The Corporate Cultures of Global Companies

The corporate culture is a significant element of any major company. It determines how the company builds relationships between the leaders and the members of the organization and the general interpersonal communication within the company. In many respects, the corporate culture directly impacts the desire of a potential applicant to...

Comparing IFRS and GAAP in Investment Accounting

Investment is one of the core spheres in accounting, therefore, many systems of standards are suggested for implementation. However, the two most popular ones are the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and the United States’ Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Over the last years, there has been a number of...

Disruptive Technology: Big Data Analytics

Executive Summary Information collected and stored by companies is usually used to optimize its production and service delivery procedures to attain desired outcomes. The generation of significant data amounts poses considerable challenges; it adversely impacts the proper management and meaningful use of this information. Big data surpasses the conventionally used...

Strategic Communication Plan: The Data Center Move Project

A global pharmaceutical company intends to relocate its Information Technology data centers to many locations in different parts of the globe. Therefore, the company has decided to task its project management team with the duty of ensuring a successful relocation of the data centers. The project management team needs a...

Fonterra Company Expanding to New Zealand

Background Fonterra is a New Zealand food producer that accounts for 30% of the world’s dairy exports; the leading consumer of Fonterra dairy products is Australia. The most exported products are whey and skimmed milk powder, their export has increased several times in recent years. The export of other dairy...

SWOT Analysis of Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. was established by Sam Walton at Rogers in 1962. This business has encountered immense growth after achieving an annual income of one billion dollars in seventeen years (Ellickson, 2016). This tremendous growth has made the store enter the global market. Wal-Mart has launched stores in various countries,...

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...

The Discounted Do It Yourself (DIY ) Center: Hardware Store Business Proposal Plan

Business Overview The chosen name for this business is The Discounted Do It Yourself (DIY ) Center. This hardware store specializes in a wide range of construction materials. The business will be located in the city of Birmingham. The primary products that will be stocked at this store will include...

The Influence of Work Climate, Job Placement on Employee Performance

Each company strives for success using different instruments and tools. One of the critical factors to increase performance is the correct work distribution aimed at employee preferences. The placement of employees is essential for the company’s productivity factor. This process implies the rational allocation of work considering employees’ individual characteristics,...

Project Manager Position and Requirements

The title of this position (or role) can sound different: project manager, project leader, delivery manager, and other variations. The tasks of a project manager include the following: draw up and agree on technical specifications, set tasks for the team, distribute the workload and motivate, ensure the achievement of quality...

New Product and Customer Expectations

It goes without saying that ideas for new products and services appear every day, however, without proper market research, the majority of them will never be introduced to the market successfully. In general, the main goal of this research is to ensure that a new product or service will meet...

Animal Foodland Company’s Marketing and Mission

Introduction The Animal Foodland is a premier food company that seeks to meet the needs of dog keepers in Austin, Texas, and its environment. The firm specializes in organic foods to meet the needs of clients who seek an alternative to animal products. The location of the business is preferred...

Workplace Diversity and Inclusion

Diversity is a topic that has received increased attention in recent years. The impact of equal employment opportunity programs on the nation’s workforce is undeniable. In the workplace, the diversity advantages have been studied and extensively documented. However, practice shows that there are still problems with diversity in the workplace...

Growth Factors of the Textile Industry in Pakistan

Introduction The textile industry in Pakistan is the most developed sector of the state’s economy. The share of the total economy it accounts is estimated to be nearly 46%; about 39% of total employees in manufacture are involved in the textile production (Latif & Javid, 2016, p. 192). Pakistan is...

Leadership Styles: The Leader Who Listens

Regardless of the position held, every employee wants to be heard as well as their ideas and suggestions to be treated with respect. Trust and mutual understanding must be established in any work team, which is the supervisor’s responsibility. The ability to listen attentively, actively and analytically to the ideas...

Nike Company’s Performance Management & Logistics

The conceptualization of Nike as a company dates back to the year 1962 when its founders, Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight, where it was motivated by the notion that there was a market gap for sports shoes. Its initial name was Blue Ribbon Sports, whereby its desired goal was to...

Analysis of the DIY Company Organizations

The DIY company had a threat from the gaining popularity of the online tips and instructions so people would not have to go to the shop. It could lead to the reduction of consumers, and therefore sales would fall. In that essay will be a discussion of measures that the...

Diversity and Intercultural Communication in the Workplace

Today it is more important than ever to support cultural pluralism and protect racial, religious, and linguistic identities. The most critical question in this regard is what within a business can unite representatives of different cultures. In addition, cultural discrimination and prejudice against newcomers must be combated. Society must ensure...

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...

Whole Foods Company’s Product Marketing in France

Introduction Whole Foods was founded in Texas, Austin, in September 1980. The company was founded when local businesses decided the industry was ready for natural, healthy food. The idea was to offer customers fresh and wholesome food to avoid dealing with health problems. Their products are new and clean. The...

Negative Customer Experience in Cosmetics Store

Customer experience is essential for consumers and owners of businesses. It is assumed that if people come to the place to receive service or buy a product, they will get high-quality treatment from personnel. In this case, it is not necessary whether the business is small or large; as customers,...

Diversity and Intercultural Communication in Business

Introduction Diversity is synonymous with modern organizations and management as both global economy and technology contribute to the erosion of borders. However, within organizations, diversity and intercultural communication and inclusion is difficult to achieve a truly deep level, not the superficial HR perspective. This paper explores some literature regarding the...

Materials Management in Priya’s Cake Shop

A cake shop, although a small organization, nonetheless illustrates the materials management process. The owner of the shop, Priya, opened the shop in the center of her city. It can be assumed that all essential ingredients for cakes she buys from local supermarkets. At first, she would accumulate all products...

COVID-19 Effects on the Pret Company’s Strategic Management

Structure and Strategic Choices for Pret’s Success Before COVID-19 Business success is often determined primarily by a company’s financial performance and revenue growth. Businesses outline objectives to be accomplished and formulate, implement, evaluate and control strategies for successfully achieving such goals (Wheelen, 2017). Before the global COVID-19 pandemic hit, Pret...

Taza Chocolate Firm’s Distribution, Pricing, and Marketing

Taza Chocolate Chocolate is one of the mainstays for American customers and comes in different forms. The country has numerous companies that make chocolate and its derived products with a broad range of stores vending such brands. Taza is one of the American-based enterprises that concentrate on the manufacture of...

“What COVID Means to Compensation”: Changes in Compensation Structures

COVID-19 has become an essential threat to all industries, and the field of human resource management has not been spared. In fact, due to the imposition of severe restrictions on the possibility of social contact and distancing, workers across the board have been forced to switch to a remote format...

Internship at Raith Company’s IT Department

Introduction Working for a company can easily change one’s perceptions of the processes behind a product or a service. Raith Nanofabrication provided me with an excellent opportunity to put my skills to practice and work in their IT department. The firm is a world leader in precision technology manufacturing. Raith...

Samsung Products and the Impact of Technology on Marketing

The products offered by Samsung very significantly, occupying various spots on the market and demonstrating different growth patterns. One of the highly developed brands is Samsung QLED, a home television (TV) appliance that manifested remarkable market expansion during previous years. Furthermore, the market share of this product is tremendously high,...

Classification of Rumors in Business

Rumors are unique, usually unreliable information and a distorting form of transmission of any information. According to psychological definitions, rumors are a mass phenomenon of interpersonal exchange of distorted, emotionally colored information. There are two main typologies of rumors: one classification of rumors is based on the degree of their...

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...

Discussion of Pricing in Sports

Variable Pricing (VP) and Dynamic Pricing (DP) Similarities Both VP and DP are pricing strategies that are used in sporting ticketing on a game-based, rather than season-based approach. The pricing strategies deviate from the traditional sports ticketing approach where ticket prices were set based on the location of the seats...

Arctic Mining Consultants

Determination and evaluation of alternatives The problem highlighted in the paper about the company’s work is the lack of employees’ motivation and involvement. This is a significant disadvantage because employees passionate about their work are of great value to any company. A good organization strives to maximize the potential of...

Ways of Influencing Employees’ Behaviors

The delicate and important role that the senior-ranking leader must balance within the organization to achieve success is to be the one who influences the behavior of employees. The senior-ranking leader influences the employees in various ways. The first way through which the senior-ranking leader can affect employee’s behavior is...

Benchmarking Against Competitors: Problems and Their Solutions

Companies mainly opt for implementing benchmarking to improve and optimize the existing operational processes. Benchmarking is defined as a replication strategy focused on investigating, collecting, and adapting the techniques from the different organizations to advance performance and strategy (Ramírez Canales, 2021). In other words, benchmarking is designed to solve the...

Audit Report: General Information

The audit process of a company usually includes a review of financial statements and control systems. This process is carried out to identify the noted deviations from the established accounting procedure and significant violations in the preparation of documentation and reporting by the Alaska communications system. It is worth adopting...

Communication Failures and the Cases of Their Solution in Business

One of the main reasons for communication failures is insufficient awareness of the other’s culture and traditions, lacking background knowledge, and intentions to learn it. An accurate translation can improve the brand message and convey the desired meaning. However, some companies, such as Target Corporation, already have an established negative...

“Wish You Wood”: The Company Analysis

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

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...

Earthwear Clothiers Audit: Employee Stock Ownership

Earthwear Clothiers has a solid corporate structure, with founders Williams and Rogers still at the executive roles. The distribution structure consists of a range of customer offerings. The increase in revenue from 2014 to 2015 demonstrates the firm’s positive business control. The sales volume has undoubtedly risen due to overseas...

The Analysis of American Airlines

Introduction Airlines around the world were the first to face the difficulties caused by the coronavirus pandemic confronting closing borders, banning flights, and a total drop in passenger traffic. This can be explained by the volatility in the transport industry, which is 1.5–2 times higher than in other services and...

Marketing, Product Promotion, Distribution & Pricing

Intro to marketing Utility Marketing is promoting a product or service in the market that allows customers to know and eventually purchase it. It is a must for anyone looking to engage an audience and profit from sales (Godin 26). In addition, marketing helps create a positive company image. Thanks...

Analysis of ABB Motors and Mechanical Inc.

Introduction As technological and economic systems develop around the globe, many manufacturers, producers, and suppliers have entered the market. In other instances, large companies have taken up the smaller companies, making the market more competitive. ABB Motors and Mechanical Inc. is one of the companies that have a significant share...

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...

Macropoland, a Natural Gas Country

Macropoland is a natural gas country, and it imports oil. It is experiencing an economic recession that has negatively affected the financial operations of the country. This paper will focus on addressing the issue the country is currently experiencing by recommending the fiscal and monetary policies needed. The report will...

Stages of Team Development and How to Build Trust Among a Team

Team building refers to the activities aimed at improving the efficiency of workers within an organization. It is aimed at instilling a better understanding between members of the team and the management. It also improves teamwork among team members and the customers, thus translating to consumer satisfaction and accomplishment of...

The Fresh Direct Firm’s Entry into the Chinese Market

Introduction For modern entrepreneurship, economic growth means expansion and exploration of other markets, as well as other types of customers and their preferences. Thus, an organization continues to evolve and strengthen its grasp on its industry, accumulating the potential for gaining more weight in it (Zhang et al., 2018). The...

Macy’s and Al Tayer Group Partnership

Executive Summary Venturing into the global market is usually a significant move for a company to make, and thus by doing so, it usually requires one to be prepared for any eventuality. The world of business is unpredictable, especially when entering a new market. Macy’s retail company understands well what...

Factors for a Make-or-Buy Decision for a Company

Introduction The concepts of cost, technology and the workforce type when totally focused on representing the ideal aspects that favor the incorporation of make or buy decision. This factor forms a basis on which the company can be able to advance or not or where the company can transform to...

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...

Automation in Accounting for Future Workplaces

Annotated bibliography Griffin, G. (2019). How artificial intelligence will impact accounting. ICAEW. Web. This reporting article from the respected publisher ICAEW extensively examines the issue of accounting automation and the consequences it will lead to. At the heart of the report is the recognition that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is spreading...

Global Marketing Opportunities and Challenges

If the simulation were based on the real world, numerous opportunities and challenges would be encountered. The fact that the simulation does not include many ethnic factors would invoke a comparatively easy operational model. For instance, it does not include language barriers, cultural differences, exchange rates, and mode of entry...

Innovations in Zillow Firm’s Business Model

Zillow’s business model is in providing homebuyers with extensive data and other information about properties they might be interested in purchasing. This includes data available publicly and proprietary one that before Zillow was available only to brokers and real estate agents through Multiple Listings Services (MLS). Currently, the value proposition...

Tessilo Ltd.’s Chief Executive Officer Appointment

Salvatore Stella, who is the CEO of the company Tessilo, Ltd., assumes that it is appropriate to find another specialist in his place. The realization of this intention requires additional funding from the investor. However, during the negotiations, Paul Pluto, who is the investor, introduces an opinion that it may...

Logo Design: The Meaning Behind Logo Colors

The logo design procedure is characterized by the need for precise forethought, critical evaluation, and validity of each decision made. To make a brand logo, whether personal or company, ordinary, similar to the others, means to lose the competitive battle in advance because customers remember only the ones that stand...

The Budget Analysis Trend in the Graphical Expression

A budget presentation may pick various forms of presentations; these may involve graphs amongst other designs. In this particular budget examination, the graphical expression as a visual format has been adapted. One of the significant reasons that explain the application of graphs in accounting and finance reports, such as budgeting...

Enterprise Resource Planning System Report

Introduction Amesco is a virtual assistant B2C e-Commerce business that uses an online platform to provide faster turn-around times for customers. The company was started two years ago and has grown from a small startup to a progressive enterprise with hundreds of customers across several cities in the United States....

Purchase Decision Model: Decision-Making Process

Introduction The complicated decision-making process when buying new items is important for customers. It can be facilitated through the adoption of essential marketing concepts (Kumar et al., 2017). I will explain my own purchase decision of the Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2. Problem recognition The first task is to figure...

Work Ethics: Communication and Cooperation

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

“Google’s Backpedaling Shows Why It’s Hard Not to Be Evil” Article by Bensinger

The New York Times article “Google’s Backpedaling Shows Why It’s Hard Not to Be Evil” argues that famous tech companies disregard consumer demand and specific governmental regulations. The author, Greg Bensinger, suggests that Big Tech corporations are willing to engage in unethical behavior that compromises their reputation and the customers’...

“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...

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...

Sony: Critical Analysis, Market Opportunities

PESTLE analysis revolves around six major factors, which are political, economic, sociological, technological, environmental, and legal elements (Perera, 2017). In the case of the former, Sony is experiencing significant political benefits and support from the Japanese government in the form of improved data security (ITA, n.d.). Sociological factors are manifested...

Governmental Accounting: Funds and Their Purposes

A fund is a separate part of monetary assets that has a specific purpose. This is a financial instrument that is widely used in economic practice. Besides, it is typically professionally managed in order to allocate resources in a proper way. Such funds are generally supported by taxes, grants, 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...

Samantha Gerson: CEO of UnBroken

Samantha Gerson is a twenty-six-year-old founder and CEO of UnBroken, which is a non-profit organization offering legal, vocational, and therapeutic services to individuals who survived institutional abuse and conversion therapy. The importance of Gerson’s current entrepreneurship lies in servicing as many young people as possible and offering innovative research on...

Active Followership and Servant Leadership

The problem of effective human organization for task-realization purposes has long attracted the attention of researchers, managers, and government officials. People have been searching for the best practices that would lead to the most favorable outcome of the group activity. In this regard, the question of effective administration is at...

Sales Losses Associated with Theft and Vandalism

Introduction: Country Classification Individual firms’ sales losses can be determined by a variety of factors. These factors can be divided into two general categories: internal determinants and external determinants (Alifano, Corradi, and Distaso, 2019). While internal factors are determined using a detailed analysis of firms, external factors can be identified...

Apple: Digital Business Models

Apple Inc. is a technology company, which sells electronic equipment, online services, and computer software. It practices different business models, especially B2C, which is the most common. However, Kim notes that the organization should also be regarded as B2C brand (2017). Both models, which are highly effective for the company,...

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...

Responsibility in Managing the Capabilities of the Team Members

Introduction Introduction The research done on managing a team of people in a project, it has allowed project managers and research consultants from Small and medium enterprises (SME) in Sweden improve upon their effectiveness by developing better communication patterns. However, project teams pose unique challenges that are culture-based and can...

The Contribution of Quality and Improvement Processes to Risk Management

Risk management serves a great purpose in healthcare because of the rampant risks, and organizations are required to have competent risk managers to carry out management plan activities. Risk reduction strategy aims at minimizing exposure and is handled by skilled risk managers. Risk managers detect and evaluate risks so that...