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Introduction Organizational development (OD) is a significant, science-based, and practice-oriented process that helps an organization build its capacity to change and attain heightened effectiveness levels. It can be made through the development, improvement, and reinforcement of organizational strategies, structures, and processes. Orpen (1997), Clifford, and Thorpe (2007) stated that organizations...
Introduction The fault management is one of the major areas in network management. With the increase in the network capacity due to the purchase of competitors, there is need for TechCorp to develop a more reliable network management scheme to capture the needs of the entire network, in this analysis;...
General Information The case revolves around the success of Purdue Pharmaceutical company owned by the Sackler family. OxyContin is the opioid painkiller that was promoted as one of the best ways to alleviate and manage pain in patients with chronic and complicated conditions. Due to the extremely aggressive promotional campaign,...
Bradley Brew Project is a microbrewery founded and managed by Chelsey and Mike. This family business is focusing on the best ways to provide a personalized beer experience and community-based education to the local residents in Bradley Beach. The firm’s formulation for fermentation processes supports the provision of various services...
Introduction Despite the fact that many companies have different policies on dividend payments; dividend payment still remains one of the most controversial issues in corporate finance (Investopedia 2011, p. 1). This issue is brought to the fore by the fact that companies such as Microsoft Corporation (despite its success over...
Introduction Internal control is a key element that should be incorporated into the operation of a firm. The core objective is to integrate high standards in the operation of a firm. Effective internal control can be conducted through the integration of a checklist (Louwers & Strawser, 2007, p.65). For efficiency,...
The corporate world represents a complex organism with various mechanisms and parties involved in its operations and potential risks that they impose. Fraud is a common practice within the corporation, and when massive scandals are shaking the world, it emphasizes the need for action and regulations to control this environment....
The development of any marketing plan should start with analyzing the initial positions: the companys strengths and weaknesses, opportunities, and threats it faces. Adaptable Home Products (AHP) is a startup company ready to launch its first three product lines: furniture (1), kitchen appliances (2), and adjustable screens (3). One of...
Introduction The commercialized natural gas production on the global level has increased from 2.1% to 2,819.4 Bcm (99.5 Tcf) as of the year 2005. Lately, there has been a considerable increase in gas production, thanks to the advent of cutthroat competition that exists in customary power and gas markets coupled...
Leadership Traits of an Effective Communicator Transparency Accountability Expertise Integrity Empathy Communication is an essential part of leadership, and it requires crucial leadership skills and qualities for successful interaction. There are six basic styles at the intersection of leadership and communication: listening, coaching, teaching, advising, motivating, and directing (Prossack, 2018)....
Competition Bikes Inc is a bicycle manufacturing company, which was established in 2001 by an avid rider called Lary Ferguson. The company specializes in sporting bikes for new entrants and existing sportsmen. So far, the company has been successful and among the world’s largest sporting bile sellers despite its short...
Leadership is a crucial component that allows to effectively perform managing tasks and maximize the efficiency of the company, which consequently catalyzes the goal-achieving process. Most of the time, high-grade leadership is responsible for the organization’s internal and external success as it shapes the way staff works and performs. The...
Introduction Ethics can be defined as a philosophical treatment of a moral order or the values that relate to human conduct with respect to the rightness and wrongness of a specific action. There are various codes of ethics established to govern different practices for example nursing, teaching and business codes...
Introduction Teleflex Incorporation is a firm that is established within the hospital and healthcare industry. The firm has a global scale of operation with its headquarters located in the Greater Philadelphia Area in United States. Over the years, the firm has been able to attain sustainable growth. For example, during...
In just a few years, the emoji icons found on most smartphones and e-mail programs have become an integral part of communication, including business correspondence. These funny little pictures can play an unexpectedly serious role in determining the emotional tone of business communication. Employers often use emoticons to soften the...
The current trends, outsourcing and offshoring, affect the business activity of the present-day companies. The former means an organization’s initiative to send the work to be done outside of firm. The latter is sending work overseas to other companies or their own branches in other countries (Collins, 2020). According to...
Student Name Company The working environment in the organization hugely affects its functioning and overall performance. When a forced organizational change occurs, it always brings a certain degree of stress on the employees and the working conditions. These shifts do not always bring positive change, so it is crucial to...
The Most Important Competencies of a financial manager A financial manager understands the environment that he is an operation in and makes a decision with this in mind. The outside world affects the kind of decision that a manager makes at a certain particular time. The success of an organization...
Introduction In the United States, the airline industry provides transportation services for freights or passengers. To deliver these services, an airline company leases or owns an aircraft, and sometimes they can combine their services with another airline for mutual benefits. Airlines are identified or recognised by the government after they...
Introduction The marketplace has become dynamic due to pressures of scientific advancement, demographic, economical upheavals, social evolution, and global politics. Business organizations are also experiencing changes and thus the marketing role in these organizations is also transforming. Due to these changes organizations are moving from marketing mix focus to relationship...
Introduction Marshal Catering Inc. is planning to expand its operations by setting up a new catering service business in San Diego, California. The company is presently operating in Sacramento, California. The new proposed business aims to service high quality catering services not limited to food and beverages but also other...
Introduction It is generally argued that a company’s risk consciousness governs the underlying strategies that are employed by the enterprise. On the one hand, this is true, as risk management is the basic strategy that defines the frameworks of other business strategies. On the other hand, risk management depends on...
To promote their products or services, companies may choose between push and pull strategies. A push strategy concentrates promotional activities on distribution channels and encourages customers to buy products or services using incentives, such as discounts (Vieira et al., 2018). In a push strategy, the company first produces products and...
The close analysis of Chipotle’s current standing on the market has resulted in the construction of three matrices: IE (internal-external), BCG (growth-share), and TOWS (a variation of the SWOT matrix). All the matrices are important for strategic planning that would advance the company and give it a competitive edge over...
The new product development (NPD) process is critical to the emergence of new companies and the growth of existing organizations. To rationalize this process and derive the highest possible benefit from it, businesses structure it into several discrete stages, such as idea generation, market analysis, product development, commercialization, and market...
The pharmaceutical industry requires supply chain managers to ensure that the product is in proper condition and delivered on time. Medical supplies are considered perishable goods, so they require adequate packaging, storage, and careful handling (Abideen & Mohamad, 2019). Moreover, many pharmaceuticals have a relatively short expiration period, which should...
Organizations currently operate in a highly competitive environment, making creativity a critical tool to enable employees to generate innovative ideas, engage in critical thinking, and develop new business opportunities. In the article “The effects of employees’ creative self-efficacy on innovative behavior: The role of entrepreneurial leadership,” Newman et al. (2018)...
In a world relying on information technology to cope with the changing times, IT project risks are not hard to find. Most companies in the world rely on IT not only to deal with the changes that come with time but also to be able to keep up with the...
Introduction Environmental Factors that Cause Risk Business is a complicated phenomenon that is regulated by its own rules and laws. Accordingly, when business decisions are made, they are adjusted to the reality of the business environment and potential developments of the markets. Forecasting and prediction of future thus play an...
Introduction Personnel selection is a challenging task: the right employee can make it or break it for the company. Recruitment mistakes can cost a company thousands of dollars a year, and the effects of hiring the wrong person may prove to be long-lasting. It goes without saying that the hiring...
With the development of technologies, businesses begin to trust various computer programs with essential and vital processes. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is a special type of software used by companies in managing everyday business activities, including supply chain operations, risk compliance and management, accounting, project management, and procurement (“What is...
In 2004, Lenovo was China’s largest computer manufacturer, while IBM was famous for inventing the personal computer (PC) in 1981. That is why the business world drew significant attention to the case when Lenovo acquired the IBM division in late 2004. Thus, the given paper is going to demonstrate that...
Introduction The present-day business world presents a challenge for companies requiring them to continuously realign their policies to remain competitive on the market. Vipshop Holdings Limited is no exception to the rule, and its management’s actions should correspond to the principles of competitive dynamics. In order to analyze them, it...
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...
Introduction As the Chief Information Security Officer of FansivOps International, it is essential to formulate a proper and effective information security and risk management policy to conduct an evaluation of information security management requirements in regard to opening a new branch office in the southern region of Sudan, Africa. In...
Introduction Knowledge Management (KM) is, perhaps, one of the newest corporate practices that have taken the business world by storm. Its extensive use by enterprises all over the world has attracted a lot of research from scholars. Being the chief motivator of the contemporary practice of Business Process Outsourcing, KM...
Innovations’ commercialisation has always been perceived as a critical prerequisite for the successful operating of a firm. Many companies’ practices and policies in this regard seem to prove such a statement. It might be relevant to investigate the experience of a notable enterprise in the mentioned theme’s framework. Yum! Brands...
Introduction Alpine Inn and Spa is a 2-star hotel situated in South Lake Tahoe, California. Its 38 non-smoking rooms are equipped with air conditioning, television, ironing facilities, and tea and coffee makers. The hotel offers its guests free Wi-Fi and parking, as well as an outdoor swimming pool and a...
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...
Introduction The year 2020 has had immense adverse effects for the hospitality sector worldwide. This market slump is primarily due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which has wreaked havoc in travel, hospitality, and social domains. In an effort by governments, legislative bodies, and health sectors to...
Hospitality is a continuously growing industry, which only recreantly reached its peak. Such phenomena as democratization and mass tourism considerably propelled it (Vainikka, 2015). Thus, new processes, methods, and theoretical frameworks are applied in the industry, including strategic management, which has accumulated a considerable body of literature (Köseoglu et al.,...
Introduction Organizations can ensure the improvement of their performance through so many ways. One such way is through performance appraisal systems with appropriate tools depending on the sections targeted for improvement. This paper aims at evaluating a performance appraisal tool based on the following; the model, the advantages and disadvantages...
Introduction According to Marian C. Jennings, the president of a national health care consulting firm that specializes in strategy initiation and development. A strategic plan may be unsuccessful due to various reasons. One of the reasons is a strategy that focuses on a single possibility in future thus ignoring uncertainties...
Executive Summary Vision/Mission Statement Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is an information technology company focusing on software and networking. Its mission is to introduce modern technological solutions for the benefit of the community’s business and everyday life. The company follows the principles of overall inclusion and aims to create equal opportunities...
Abstract The paper introduces global marketing as the means of channelling resources in the world market then examines the theoretical concepts and extensions on global marketing management. It then discusses the various kinds of management orientations and their differences in relation to global marketing. Then it goes ahead to discuss...
Correcting HIPAA Violations All the sections face a threat for HIPAA violations, and protecting patient medical information should be the responsibility of all facility departments. Therefore, the security director will lead the initiative and help bring change. However, as the facility administrator, I expect each director to know that I...
Organizational development (OD) aims to enhance the performance of organizations through the effective management of people and processes. The OD is a “long-term effort, led and supported by top management, to improve an organization’s visioning, empowerment, learning, and problem-solving processes, through an ongoing, collaborative management of organization culture” (Hodges, 2017,...
The significance of modern energy sources for the economic development of any country can hardly be overestimated. However, it is a daunting task to find easily implemented ways to transition developing countries to clean and cheap sources of energy. Energy consumption in developing communities is steadily increasing, which poses serious...
Executive Summary The main purpose of this paper is to analyze the peculiarities of the marketing system in such an organization as Sakhr Software Co. This company is located in Kuwait, and it specializes in natural language processing or NLP. It was established in 1982, and since that time, its...
Risk Concept An adverse impact on an organization and its systems if it is created by a possibility or occurrence of an event or activity is called a Risk. If a given threat exploits sensitivities of an asset or cluster of assets that may cause damages or loss to the...
Operations management is an essential process that uses raw materials to turn them into goods and services. Cachon, Girotra, & Netessine (2020) mention that this phenomenon is connected with the supply chain because the two reflect the internal and external operational systems, respectively. That is why it is not a...
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...
Introduction Logistics has become one of the most important factors in the business world today. The logistics managers are faced with the challenge of designing the most effective logistics network, able to reduce the costs as well as help organizations in providing the best services. It is imperative to note...
Financial managers and corporate officers are expected to possess the greatest personal and professional ethics, integrity and values, and show commitment to representing the long-term interest of the company and its shareholders. However, often, shareholders have sued these professionals for taking advantage of the company’s assets. These issues are primarily...
Petplan is a corporation with the majority of its employees representing low-contextculture. Yet, the world is diverse, and multiple countries have different perceptions of communication. Relationships between service providers and customers also depend upon the respect of cultural distinctions. For the successful implementation of its expansion strategy, Petplan should consider...
Both consumers and manufacturers have opportunities to trace the stages of production of a particular product and determine relevant production features due to a unique identification mark on goods, which is called a serial number. Remembering this number allows obtaining the necessary data that may be needed when clarifying the...
In the few past years, various leadership styles and philosophies have become popular because they can assist leaders in achieving their goals, motivating employees, and fulfilling team tasks. Servant leadership has emerged as a distinctive leadership style with a unique relationship between a leader and his followers. This essay will...
Introduction Negotiations skills are crucial tools not only for those who work in the business sector but for people who need to achieve the maximum in their everyday life. One may need to get a discount on the products they often buy or arrange the payment by installments. For these...
It is very important to measure customer perception as a regular part of performance measurement because by doing so, customer success will have been enhanced to the benefit of the firm (Bowersox, Cooper & Closs, 2009, p. 389). Bowersox, Cooper and Closs further assert that measurement of perceptions and opinion...
Electronic commerce (e-commerce) has made numerous innovative changes to the functional and structural frameworks of businesses by adopting advanced technologies in the age of global digitalization. In particular, customer-centered companies focus on aspects such as personalization, communication, and added value, which become ineffective without the implementation of business intelligence (BI)....
Union Solicitation The All Souls Hospital employee was within her legal right to chat with other staff members about the union on social media. The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) grants workers the right to establish, enroll, or assist in union organizations, or to engage in collective bargaining or solicitation...
Any company or an organization with a dream of succeeding in the world of business should consider managerial accounting as a critical element of propelling its objectives. Managerial accounting is essential in the business operations because it helps in handling challenges and tasks to achieve the company goals and vision...
Staff development and evaluation is an essential leadership process that plays a vital role in an organization’s success. It is of vital importance to provide employees with high-quality professional development and then analyze the results. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the necessary elements of effective staff development...
Decision-making is an important part of any service-providing system. In health care, there are even more aspects influenced by successful decision-making processes than in any other system. The decisions must be made regarding patients, the treatment and care-providing processes, and many other issues related to nursing. Decision-making tools are necessary...
Background of the study The Bottled Water Industry has become rather expensive nowadays as humanity consumes over 89 billion litters of bottled water every year spending over $22 million on it. Water is a very important source of livelihood to mankind, whether it from tap, bottled, river, sea, rain or...
An inventory system is of significance for every business irrespective of its size or specialization. It is so because this phenomenon deals with purchasing and receiving goods, analyzing orders, distributing them to customers, and others. Thus, companies should invest their resources and effort to manage such systems adequately. There are...
Operation in a Free-For-Service Environment The fixed costs would increase for both firm X and Y since the services are provided based on the fixed charge for a given period (Obadha, Kazungu, Chuma, & Barasa, 2018). The total revenue curve would shift to shift upwards, depending on the fixed value...
The Pareto principle is an essential phenomenon in inventory management. It is so because it allows companies to understand that various parts of their inventory deserve more attention because they are more significant than others (Nemtajela & Mbohwa, 2016). Jacobs and Chase (2014) explain that this principle is a basis...
Literature Review Information technology (IT) strategic planning involves several activities that concern an organization’s goals and objectives being achieved through the use of technology. IT deployments have been implemented in many areas where the technology has made work easier and operations more effective. The strategic implementation process focuses on strengthening...
Purpose of the Report The present report aims at applying DuPont analysis to evaluate the performance of the Chinese Bank of Communications (BoCom) against its competitor, China Merchants Bank (CMB). The assessment is based on financial performance during the past three years (2017-2019) of two companies. Background Information Bank of...
Differences Between Internet and Intranet Although both Internet and Intranet are used for generally similar purposes and are accessed through the same protocols, they have some drastic underlying differences that need to be addressed. While the Internet is a commonly accessed network available to anybody via the browser, Intranet is...
Introduction Reviewing the Statement of Cashflows for Hydrogenics Corp, each section of the cash flow statement can be discussed. It can be stated that Hydrogenics Corp’s net loss for the year has reduced from 2012 to 2013, generating loss from -$12,797 to -$8,908, which is a good sign. It is...
It is astonishing to find out that even in the 21st century, the workplace is still haunted by the issue of diversity. Working women, immigrants, people with disabilities, and parents of children under 15 years are still finding it challenging to navigate and establish themselves career-wise. Having a diverse pool...
The company under consideration, ROBoInc., experiences specific difficulties resulting from the improper organizational structure and culture. Due to their intention to expand the scope of business activity and the existing issues, global market penetration would be possible only in the case if the CEO solves all of the problems. Therefore,...
Introduction Information technology has emerged as an important concept that enhances and ensures the competitiveness of an organization in today’s global economy. The relationship between information technology and strategic planning was for a long time not viewed as important by managers and leaders in positions of authority. This was because...
Introduction Modern public companies are expected to file Form 10-K annually in order to report the specifics of their financial performance. This report is usually rather comprehensive and detailed to reflect what financial goals were achieved by a company during a certain period of time (Epstein, 2014). The purpose of...
Influence tactics can be used to affect the behavioral patterns of the subordinates, coworkers, and bosses. Pressure, ingratiation, coalition, consultation, upward appeals, exchange, and rational persuasion are among the most frequently used ones (Nelson & Campbell Quick, 2016). The efficiency of the tactics varies depending on the circumstances, personality type,...
Abstract Currently, every manager has many analytical methods at hand to identify the advantages and drawbacks of an organization and explore opportunities for further development. However, due to relative simplicity and sufficient effectiveness, lately, a SWOT analysis has become one of the most frequently used approaches. The primary aim of...
The Super Bowl season is a remarkable event in the United States that creates opportunities for people to spend more time together and for social marketing campaigns to be presented. The main marketing idea is to combine the importance of style and sport, and many companies promote their brands and...
Introduction Working capital management refers to a business strategy aimed at monitoring and enhancing the use of a company’s assets and liabilities. Effective managerial activities ensure that a corporation has enough resources for its daily operations (Vazquez et al., 2016). The case study of Colorado Alternative Products (CAP) deals with...
According to Borkowski (2010) organization constantly faces numerous “external and internal forces” which require implementing various changes in the organization (375). To be able to react effectively to the constant changes the structure of the organization should match the services it produces. Thus, Borkowski (2008) points out that two theories...
These days, logistics presents an integral part of every large business, as it allows to increase the sales considerably. Therefore, the majority of companies invoke the warehousing approach, the contribution to profitability and efficiency of which cannot be underestimated. However, establishing proper warehousing systems and activities requires considering a wide...
Introduction An opportunity to achieve goals and objectives through adequate leadership decisions is an important perspective that many organizations seek to advance. Determination and self-confidence, in turn, are valuable traits that allow leading colleagues and coordinating the dynamics of the work process due to timely interventions and adjustments. At the...
Aviation security is achieved by combining information and response, the correct order of actions, and timely delegation of authority. Each air carrier is responsible for the welfare of passengers and the quality of services. Consequently, the creation of an Emergency Response Plan (ERP), which addresses customers’ security needs, is imperative...
Introduction People usually tend to spend their money on the items they are interested in trying or the goods they are confident about. The marketing staff of the firm has arisen the interest in the customers’ minds, which has contributed to the positive results of the company as a whole....
Guidelines to follow during negotiations The basic ones include: First detach the people involved from the problem at hand, recognizing those negotiators are human beings with emotions, have diverse backgrounds and viewpoints, and strongly held values. Secondly, focus on the interests rather than the positions held by each party. Particularly...
Expanding a company and taking it into the international market is a challenge that needs thorough consideration implemented by its strategic management division. This analysis typically includes assessing various commercial, cultural, political, and institutional factors that could impact the new operation. The purpose of this paper is to consider the...
Introduction A Corp. is conducting business with B Corp. under a “collaboration agreement.” B Corp. is able to promote the widget product and claimS that the trademarks are owned jointly. The agreement specifies that this form of collaboration is not a partnership, which means that Form 1065 is not being...
Teams are crucial building blocks in the organization structure that can increase productivity and cost-efficiency of a business. Effective teams initiate not only change and innovation, but also provide benefits for their members, including learning opportunities and personal rewards. A team is different from a group since it performs as...
It is evident that coworkers overreacted to the holiday card by reporting Yorick to the HR department. It is important to understand that the given individual is a foreigner with a different set of values, which means that he might not be fully familiar with the strict societal awareness regarding...
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...
Introduction Leadership plays a crucial part in the proper functioning of modern society. People need leaders to communicate the goals and vision for errands and to help them achieve goals. One example of this is informal leadership, where individuals follow a person whom they consider credible or knowledgeable. Leadership is...
Root cause analysis (RCA) Root cause analysis refers to a method meant to determine the conditions that lead to an individual to experience feelings of emotional exhaustion, low feelings of accomplishment and depersonalization (Reason, 1997). Emotional exhaustion can be defined as the feeling of dullness that is experienced by an...
Goal setting. E-leadership goals are designed to provide employees with directions that are implemented electronically. E-leader uses information technology (IT) to change the attitudes, behavior, and performance of an organization and its virtual teams (Van Wart et al., 2019). In the digital workplace, the focus of the decision-making shifts from...
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...
Laws and Regulations I will begin by introducing one of the main steps necessary for eradicating the problem of violence in the workplace in developing countries, which is the adoption of laws protecting workers’ rights and their health and safety. Abuse in the workplace is part of a systemic problem...
Productivity is calculated by combining the time used for creating something as well as materials to divide them later equally. Therefore, productivity refers to the rime needed for making something or the efficiency of ensuring that a job is done. Usually, it incorporates such components as labor, capital, and materials...
Organizations as entities are active participants of the communication process, which follows a specific set of patterns during the exchange of information and ideas. The research question is how organizational culture shapes the communication framework within an organization. The subject is significant because both for-profit, non-profit, governmental institutions strive to...
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...
Personal Democratic Style of Leadership People have come up with different leadership styles to enable them to manage, motivate and direct their employees. The main style I use to lead is democratic or participative. It is because I tend to set parameters for work and make the final say on...
Wood kitchen industry had a strong revenue growth because of increasing growth in housing markets all over the world. Now imports have become the real threat for the wood kitchen industry. And the growth of this industry is purely dependent upon the housing market. (Wood kitchen cabinet and countertop manufacturing...
Assessing organizational culture is an essential step prior to the implementation of practice changes. In order to evaluate my organization, I selected the Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI), which is a proven instrument of culture assessment (Cameron & Quinn, n.d.). The tool involves a set of statements designed to evaluate...
Toyota has strategically made its way to become the world’s biggest car company. Toyota’s grip especially firm grip of the US and world car market came through capitalizing on rival’s weaknesses e.g. GM and expansion programs in China and other emerging markets around the world (Maynard and Tabuchi, 2010, p.1)....
Reebok is one of the most famous footwear manufacturers across the globe, meaning that the business is successful in its international activities. That is why it is necessary to identify a specific entry mode that the organization used to expand internationally. Reebok emerged in 1895 in England, but it only...
Working in a group is vastly different from working individually. A personal goal becomes a shared goal, and a new layer of processes and mechanics appears. This is what happened when our study group was formed. We had to realize the importance of goal setting, the hardships a group faces,...
Customers are at the heart of any successful business. Therefore, if you want to survive and prosper in a competitive environment, you should be excellent at meeting your customers’ needs. However, how would you know who your customers are and what needs they have? Consider creating a buyer persona,...
Healthy Cola has been recording profits for the last five years in the US. The management believes that the next critical step is for the company to become an international brand. The idea behind this suggestion is based on adverse market research conducted in the last six months. In particular,...
This memo is intended to advise the Kitchen Aids Chief Finance Officer on the Revenue related to the cordless mixers sales. Since there are many customers of the cordless mixers, there are several information concerning the selling of this product to retailers and consumers. The advice herein emphasizes that the...
The classic clothing brand Marks & Spencer resisted for a long time to fully enter the modern digital world. Until recently, something from Marks & Spencer could only be bought in the store itself or on Amazon. A few years ago, the company finally created its website, which was the...
In many industries today, companies are shifting downstream, meaning that they make downstream activities the drivers of value creation. At that, upstream activities such as sourcing, production, and transportation are largely outsourced within the domestic countries or overseas, with the latter becoming ever more popular. The reason behind focusing on...
It is not a secret that effective management is essential for a successful operation of a group, organization, or company. While being able to implement appropriate influence and power tactics, administration can create a positive working environment that will contribute to employee satisfaction and productivity. Therefore, the following paper will...
Introduction The hospitality sector has the potential to realize my lifelong aspirations. I have always been fond of cooking and preparing meals. I would like my career to let me sharpen my culinary skills and improve communication with customers. I don’t want to work for somebody else as I value...
Case details This case revolves around Takata, a Japanese car parts supplier, and its former chief executive Shigehisa Takada. A crisis occurred due to the faulty airbags supplied by Takada’s company that could explode with more power than needed, hurting and even killing the people inside the car (Chen, 2019)....
Introduction The client, Isaac, is planning to start a new venture that will import German chocolate into Canada and sell it. The firm AlpenChoc, which specialises in handmade artisanal chocolates, is prepared to sell him seven-year exclusive distribution rights in the country. As such, he can leverage this advantage to...
In general, employee turnover may be defined as the number of the organization’s members that leave it within a certain period. If a company has a high staff turnover rate, a substantial number of employees regularly quit their job. In turn, a low employee turnover rate implies the organization’s comparatively...
The rhetoric of the Text (The Author) The article is written by Robert A. Miller, a Professor of Law and Management and a recipient of the Excellence in Teaching award. A footnote states that the author’s main research area is business ethics, entrepreneurship, and law. Miller has also written at...
Introduction Negotiation is a process in which two or more parties with attached interests on a matter at stake attempt to reach a common ground of binding behavior that is beneficial to both parties involved (Nieuwmeijer, 1992). Negotiation is appropriate in a situation where a dispute exists between two or...
Introduction Many multinationals have been seeking better ways to expand their businesses further so as to increase profitability. For those companies that have different businesses within the same group, individual managers have been put in charge to oversee these operations. As a matter of fact the management has used different...
Malden Mills is a textile industry that flourished under the leadership of Aaron Feuerstein. In 1995, the organization was burnt down to ashes by a fire outbreak. The chief executive officer, Mr. Aaron did an extraordinary thing. Instead of laying off the 3,000 employees of the organization, he kept them...
Introduction Easy Shopping is one of the major regional players in the UK grocery shopping market. Between 2006 and 2009, EasyShopping has realised rapid expansion. Despite the company recent growth, EasyShopping is not able to challenge major grocery companies such as Tesco or Morrison. However, the managing director of Easy...
Maintaining profitability while resolving ethical issues are some of the main challenges that companies face. In the given scenario, Orlando Rubber & Tire (ORT) needs to raise funds for its expansion plans and sees issuing new security characterized by both debt and equity as a possible solution to the issue....
Introduction In the scholarly literature, bureaucracy is defined as “the combined organizational structure, procedures, protocols, and set of regulations in place to manage activity, usually in large organizations” (Gomez-Mejia et al, 2008, p. 34). This is the core of the structural formation of an organization. It is that part that...
Introduction In the present day, Nike may be regarded as one of the most well-recognized international companies all over the world. Originally called Blue Ribbon Sports, it was found by a track athlete Phil Knight and his coach Bill Bowerman in 1964 (Ahmed, et al., 2016). Over the past decades,...
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...
Introduction In every organization there comes a time that not so easy decisions have to be made. It is at this time that the responsible people in that organization have to consider their steps carefully. Risks and uncertainty form the basis of either failure or success of every business. some...
The Flower Fairy Tale is a small business startup, which was established this year. It presents a luxury flower boutique, which differentiating feature is supplying a variety of designer bouquets. The core audience is considered to be the people with upper-middle and high income. At the moment, there is only...
Introduction The purpose of this essay is to analyze the increasingly popular concept of servant leadership and to show in what way followership contrasts and at the same time complements it. The attitude to leaders in various spheres has changed dramatically, as young generations tend to be motivated by the...
Executive Summary This report highlights some of the problems facing The Community Festival to warrant a need for change. The agency has poor and weak organizational structures, and this aspect is affecting the way it is run. The top management, including the supervisor and the Board of directors, has failed...
International strategy generation implies making a subjective decision based on objective facts. In other words, every company needs to decide what will benefit it as it taps into foreign markets, taking into account factors many of which are unchangeable and unmodifiable. In this sense, a strategy can be defined as...
To build an effective segmentation model, it is important to answer several questions related to potential clients and investors. Which distinct groups of customers and investors can be defined based on their specific features? What are the needs of each customer or investor group? What are the media consumption habits...
Introduction Let us begin by finding out what is Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) and Atrial Fibrillation (AF) as well as their main causes. According to the American Geriatrics Society (2003), CHF is a cardiovascular condition that is common in older people, and the ailment increases considerably with age. American Geriatrics...
This article explains how environmental scanning is used to position the company in the market.There is a connection between environmental scanning and organizational culture. According to the article, various sources are used to provide information for scanning. In carrying out environmental scanning, issues such as political, economical, social, technological, legal...
Introduction The word ‘outsourcing’ gained popularity in the information era though the activity was undertaken by many traders and entrepreneurs from time immemorial. Though the word is used to connote different meanings generally, outsourcing literally means sub-contracting an assignment to a third party. Mainly it is between organizations that assign...
Introduction Global trade increases sales and profits and puts the name of the brand on the worldwide market, which makes it extremely attractive for domestic businesses. However, there are a lot of different factors to consider and evaluate before going globally with the company. Main body International marketing is a...
The development of advanced technological means of communication, data gathering, and data analysis tools is having a significant effect on business. The ease with which previously impossible amounts of data can be collected and analyzed allows organizations to conduct market and consumer research on an ever-increasing scale. Furthermore, new instruments...
Product delocalization, also known as outsourcing, is an essential business tool and concept that has been existent for the past 75 years. Most multinational companies (MNCs) prefer outsourcing on a small to large scale level due to a variety of reasons. However, the most common ones include the availability of...
Introduction Effective communication is essential, especially if one is a front-line supervisor who has to engage with many people. Front-line supervisors handle staff members, facilitate them, and resolve various among them. Sometimes front-line supervisors also communicate with customers, although the circumstances of such interactions may not be favorable. The sheer...
The medical institution described in this essay is an assisted housing facility for adults with mental illness disabilities. As an establishment that provides housing and support for people with various degrees of therapy and medication needs, the facility faces numerous risks associated with dangerous patient behavior, infections, and medication. This...
Introduction The purpose of this paper is to find out determinants of CEO SALARY. The main findings of the primary the data were interpreted and turned into information by using SPSS and excel quantitative methods software system jointly. Statistics in clients’ survey A total of 300 questionnaires were sent to...
Introduction Facebook is an industry leader in technology and social media. Occupying a management position in such a company means having to deal with many complicated challenges. One of the most critical present-day challenges is posed by diversity, which includes differences in race, gender, age, culture, and functional background. A...
The mistreatment that employees’ representatives exposed to laborers had existed for a long time. The workforce used to battle to guarantee themselves freedom from unhealthy working conditions and ensure that they profit on their job. Recently, benefits and compensation in the working environment have become an inherent and essential part...
Compounding In scenario 1 and 2, the future value is calculated using the following formula (Heyford, 2019): Future value = Present value (1 + Interest rate)Number of years compounded However, according to Heyford (2019), in scenario 3 and 4, the future value will be calculated as: Present value = Future...
Abstract A proper Product Development System is key to higher profit and better resource management. The system is basically an active control program through which all the three aspects of business i.e., sales, purchases and business. Introduction of IT enabled grid technology would bring a new era into the process...
Concept testing is vital for making effective decisions that will improve a given organization’s performance and competitiveness. However, concept testing is often reduced down to marketing a finished product and getting “an initial reaction from customers before committing substantial funds to the product” (Cianfrone, 2019, p. 3). This marketing-oriented concept...
Introduction Technological progress brought many changes to the way humans lived and, in particular, how they produced goods. The old ways of homesteading and self-sufficiency gave way to massive economies of scale. There was no other way, as the population soared and concentrated around economic and industrial hubs. Investigating what...
Introduction History/background. Nike, Inc. appeared as a venture in 1964 when its current competitors, Adidas and Puma, were already dominating the sportswear market (Verbeke et al., 2019). Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman were the founders of the venture and initially aimed to develop high-quality running shoes. After becoming the leading...
Abstract As firms are increasingly focusing on core competencies, there has been a growing interest among organizations to outsource a broader gamut of logistics services. The logistics fraternity is evolving innovative models tailored to meet end customer solutions and adhere to channel wide requirements in the supply chain network. Conceptualizing...
The notion of strategy has been in-depth studied by many business leaders and scholars since understanding this concept is one of the fundamental prerequisites to the success of any organization. Herewith, although experts still debate about the meaning and necessary conditions of its effectiveness, the majority agree that strategy primarily...
Executive Summary The information management in any media integrated organization is of great significance as it ensures coordination of activities well in such organizations. In this regard, therefore, media integrated houses should ensure that; their information systems are well managed as this will determine their efficiency and effectiveness in terms...
The Concept of Business Cycles Business cycles represent the natural change of economic development stages that reflect the external environment influencing a company’s activities. In this case, a cycle consists of several periods: expansion, peak, recession, depression, trough, and recovery. These events can be easily traced on the example of...
