The Kitchener Rangers Hockey Club’s Performance

The Kitchener Rangers are a major junior ice hockey team from Ontario. They play in the Ontario Hockey League. In the paper, The Kitchener Rangers Hockey Club: Skating Into The Future, Schnarr, Krizmanich, and Lee are focused on the structure of The Kitchener Rangers hockey club with paying a lot...

Revenue Sources for Hope for New Life Ministries

Funding for Hope for New Life Funding for non-profit church ministries has remained a challenging concern for most church ministries. The Hope for New Life ministries has come a long way in their course for improved finance status of the ministry (New Hope Ministries, 2003). Although the ministry has made...

A Travel Agency’s Budget Elements

No one is likely to deny that traveling is rather popular nowadays. Any demand is acknowledged to create its supply, so there are many travel agencies, which results in a fierce competition in the segment. Therefore, being competitive happens to be a goal to attain. Although there are a plethora...

Kudler Fine Foods Company’s Strategic Plan

Introduction The expected expansions Kudler Fine Foods is currently evaluating some prospective commercial sites within Southern California in order to stimulate the projected expansion of its business lines. The region which has been earmarked for this purpose is anywhere within the Carlsbad area. Specifically, it is considering any spot located...

Effective Leadership in an Organization: Practices and Theories

Discussion of leadership issues from two articles According to transformational leadership theory by Warrilow (2009, para. 1-5), there are four vital components that are required for one to effectively manage changes within an organization. For effective changes in organizations, leaders need to spur consciousness within their subordinates so as they...

Leader Role in the Organizational Culture and Change

Introduction Corporate culture is defined as the collective behavior of individuals, who are part of a corporate organization, and the interpretations that the individuals attached to their behavior and actions (Alvesson, 2012). Organizational culture provides a platform on which employers and employees share mental assumptions and determine the right conduct...

Metric Systems for Measuring Leadership

The choice of a business leadership style is, perhaps, the most important step in defining the future of an organization (McLean-Cobban, 2013). While leadership is clearly only one of the elements that make a company work, it still predisposes the elements that create the environment for such phenomena as employees’...

Airgas Final Investigation Report: Case Study

The purpose of an investigation report is not only to examine the possible causes of an incident but also to make evident the potential solutions that will prevent further complications from happening. Following a set of established rules and standards, the authors of a report are capable of pinpointing the...

Ethical Corporate Strategy in Contemporary Business

Goatse Security firm possible objectives when they hacked into AT&T’s Website When Goatse security firm hacked AT&T website, their action was not malicious, the company did not intend to harm the image of AT&T. A member of Goatse security noted that, there was absolutely nothing wrong with their action. He...

UK Aerospace Industry: Key Policies

Introduction The aerospace industry of the UK is controlled in accordance with three policies that involve Inventory Location Management, as well as Cycle Count policies. These are regarded as the key factors of successful aerospace development, and the aim of the paper is to overview the entire sphere from the...

Hope for New Life Ministries’ Organizational Capacity

Introduction My role, activities and focus for improvement of the ministry As a leader in Hope for New Life Ministries, I will focus on a number of issues that will improve the organization’s performance. My analysis of the current state of the organization seeks to address leadership diversity and the...

Apple Incorporation: International Marketing

Introduction “Top bosses are often eager to try out the latest management theories and while they can be beneficial, often they become ‘flavor of the month’ and then thrown out of the window” (Daft, 2011).The key managerial functions however, remain defined and important regardless of how they are applied. The...

Yogurtland and Micromax: Marketing Strategy

Yogurtland strategy Yogurtland is a chain of cafes and restaurants where people can buy frozen yogurt. Yogurtland operates in the United States of America mostly; however, it has several international branches which are a part of global franchise. The major features of the brand are self-service and a big number...

Performance Management and KPIs in a Management Measurement System

Introduction Performance management plays critical roles in solving problems experienced by organizations. This emanates from firms with meager acquaintance and visibility regarding business-level metrics applied in reporting (Fluss, 2005). In addition, such businesses face problems arising from legal compliance thus requiring agile standards within speedily transforming markets. The process enhances...

Joy Daycare Marketing Plan

Joy Daycare is a recently established business that has been in existence for six months. The center offers full and part time day care services for toddlers between the ages of three to five years. In addition, the center has modern child development facilities to ensure that toddlers grow up...

East Coast Lobster Case Analysis

This paper is a case study, aiming to describe how Atlantic Fisheries Marketing Board might successfully enter various European markets. It covers problems of corruption, market diversity and entry methods which are most likely to bring success. Interactions with Corrupt European Markets Interactions with corrupt governments can be detrimental to...

Information Literacy and Scholar-Practitioner-Leader Model

Introduction In the past, scientific information was concealed, but the Internet filled this gap. However, did this unlimited access to information complicate the research process? These changes in access to information highlighted the rising significance of leadership and the integration in information literacy. In the context of scholarly research in...

Harvey Industries: Key and Underlying Issues

Introduction A competent approach to workload planning and allocation of resources can have a significant role in the functioning of a particular company and its competitiveness in the market. The problems of Harvey Industries are caused mostly by the unreasonable allocation of resources and insufficiently rational measures used to determine...

Leadership Theory: Personal Experiences

Leadership is one of the most important skills that every nurse should obtain. Nurses need to be able to adopt various leadership behaviors to be effective in their work. The purpose of this essay is to define my leadership role and assess how it is applied to the nursing practice....

Oxfam Australia’s Definition of Corporate Responsibility

Dominant business practices have been interpreted as driven by greed and characterized by total disregard for other people’s welfare. Business decisions are based on and defined by their profitability. Corporate managers hold as their priority the maximization of profits, and total commitment to shareholder interests. Consequently, interest parties like consumers,...

Anheuser-Busch InBev: International Marketing for Success

Introduction According to Anderson (2010, p. 28), “internationalization is one of the most important and pervasive forces that reshape the competitiveness of business environments”. It has largely shifted the basis of competitiveness in companies and makes it necessary to understand global regions as one vast market (Forsgren, 1999). Internalization has...

Journal Article Review: Initiating and Leading Change: A Consideration of Four New Models

Abstract Change is inevitable in the contemporary world of business. Novel innovations coupled with the desire to attain competitive advantage underline the massive changes in business strategies. Hence, in today’s competitive business environment, effective management comprises managers who are flexible and quick learners of new changes in management strategies. Change...

Franchising: Advantages and Disadvantages

It may not be appropriate to underestimate the challenges associated with initiating and running small business entities. As a matter of fact, there are several small-scale businesses that often fail even when the economic climate is favorable (Dant, 2008). In a nutshell, there are a number of substantial hurdles and...

Case Analysis of a Balanced Scorecard Approach

Introduction The balanced scorecard approach is one of the techniques utilized by businesses to evaluate their performance with reference to customer satisfaction and performance efficiency (Kaplan, 2005). There are four different perspectives used when referring to the balanced scorecard approach, these being the Customer perspective, financial perspective, internal business processes,...

Wal-Mart: Management Accounting Proposal

Introduction This would comprise a brief description of Walmart, the major US food chain conglomerate whose management accounting systems would be the main area of focus in this study. The Company whose management accounting information would be taken up for discussion is Wal-Mart. The reason for this is that this...

Business Ethics Concerns at an I-Factory

Goree (2007, p. 132) notes: “ethics refers to the morality of human conduct that can be evaluated in terms of either being good or bad, so if related in a business situation it will mean corporate ethics, which combines both applied and professional attributes that examines principles and moral problems...

Relaxing Travel Company Business Report

Introduction Relaxing Travel Company is facing serious challenges following the economic downturn in the UK. On top of this, there have been other factors that have posed a big challenge to the business operations of the company and they include; Regular customers create their packages using budget airlines and the...

Different Aspects of Utilitarianism

Introduction Utilitarianism refers to a theory, which teaches that the course of any action should be that which ensures pleasure, minimizes pain and maximizes the attainment of happiness (Bentham, 2009, p.54). It is a way of finding solutions to problems and ensuring that the solution reached at is best suited...

Reflection Upon the Leadership Situation

Inasmuch as leadership is concerned, different people adapt to different approaches of leadership styles. Furthermore, different organizations require or rather adapt to certain leadership styles, which can best address or meet their needs and make them achieve their objectives. There exist various theories by various researchers that best explain the...

Innovation as a Contemporary Issue in Business

Introduction There are severs approaches that can be applied by manager in order to survive the economic hard times that have constantly characterized the new millennium. Change and innovation is now equated to the survival through turbulent times. When businesses attain a very strong economic advantage it means that they...

Financial Discourse Under Financial Crisis 2007-2008

Introduction This paper studies financial columnists’ writing under the 2007-08 economic crash from world-leader newspapers such as Wall-Street-Journal, National-Post, Globe-and-Mail, and New-York-Times and related materials from the point of view of genre analysis. Particularly, the studies will focus on writings (texts) produced by financial columnists in Globe-and-Mail, and New-York-Times from...

Leadership in Different Spheres of Life

Leadership is that aspect of the personality of individuals which enables them to lead and manage teams and groups of people. Leadership traits are visible even in childhood when children play and interact with their friends and display the ability to lead and enable their teams to perform and win....

“The Leadership Factor” by John Kotter

In the article “The Leadership Factor”, John Kotter enumerates how modern firms develop practices to inculcate their leadership (Kotter, 1988). In doing so, Kotter explains why most of the big firms in the US do not have the leadership capacity that is required for a firm of their strength. Kotter...

Vodafone Company’s Strategic Analysis

Vodafone is an international telecommunications company that has its headquarters in Newbury, U.K. This company is the “world’s largest mobile telecommunications company measured by revenues and the world’s second-largest measured by subscribers (behind China Mobile), with around 332 million proportionate subscribers as of 30 September 2010” (SWOT Analysis on Vodafone,...

Lulu.com as a Management Information System

Summary Lulu.com, founded by Bob Young in 2002 in Triangle Research Park in North Carolina, is a very significant name in the Print on Demand industry (POD). The founder of Lulu.com wanted to expand the name of the company to make it something beyond a Print on Demand Company. He...

Green Product: Supply Chain Management

Introduction Supply chains can be considered as the blood vascular system of business. The focus on the supply chain can be seen in that a large portion of costs is associated with the effectiveness of the supply chain, not to mention another factor of competitiveness such as time reduction. In...

“From 0 to 60 to World Domination” by Jon Gertner

The article under consideration From 0 to 60 to World Domination by Jon Gertner deals with the history of Toyota’s development into one of the leaders of the American automobile market. The article depicts the main landmarks of the company’s development and voices the main principles and philosophy of Toyota....

Efficiency Improvement Tool of Work Effectiveness

Introduction Work effectiveness is often regarded as the crucial moment for assessing the business performance rates and principles. The calculation of throughput rate and efficiency is required for defining the most effective efficiency improvement tool. Therefore, the application process cycle calculations will be the basis of defining the effectiveness of...

Team Building for Seagate Morale-Athon Company

Introduction Team building is a very important organizational practice and behavior that is highly recommended for any organization seeking to boost its performance. The essence behind any team-building strategy is that when employees work or pull together towards achieving a common goal, it is more likely that the organization will...

Process Leading at Apple Inc.

Apple Inc. which was formally known as Apple Computer, Inc. is a multinational corporation based in California USA, which designs and market’s personal computers, computer software, as well as other consumer electronics such as phones and music players. The leadership at Apple especially under Steve Jobs has always identified the...

Leadership and Emotional Intelligence in Business

Abstract Leaders need to have traits that are visionary and should be competent enough to attain the intended goals of the organization; meaning that the future of the organization lies squarely on the ideas generated by them. Such people should be inspired and possess the capability to explain it to...

Safety & Lean: One Manufacturer’s Lessons Learned and Best Practices

In their article, “Safety & Lean: One manufacturer’s lessons learned and best practices”, Hallowell, Veltri, and Johnson consider the issue of safe and lean manufacture. They also provide steps on how to make work environment safer and production more effective and efficient. The number of organizations that begin to implement...

Marketing Variables and Research for Auto Dealership

Competitors’ Strategies This is very crucial to the success of the auto dealership. It has to have competitor strategies for various activities. These include the types of products they intend to launch in the near future and their financial status. This information will help the company to plan for the...

International Business. Li & Fung Company’s Supply Chain

Analyzing the relationship between the international supply chain and the seven principles of supply chain management advocated by Li & Fug, it can be stated that the principles are mainly concerned with optimizing the suppliers’ part. The focus on the customers as one of the factors (Czinkota, Ronkainen and Moffett...

Employee Retention in Healthcare Call Center

In the article “Stressful Work, Citizenship Behavior and Intention to Leave the Organization in a High Turnover Environment: Examining the Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction” Paillé (2011) presents the notion that a high stress environment has a connection with increased employee churn rates within particular organizations. He argues that job...

Las Vegas Sands Corp.’s & MGM Las Vegas’ Culture Vision and Mission

Companies working in the hospitality industry face the need to develop their own vision of their mission, and to express it in their Vision and Mission Statements. The success of any particular company in this area depends on how wise and well-thought-of these statements along with their implementation to life...

Commercial Project Management: The Project Heart of the City

Introduction Remarkably, Sheffield’s city center has been tremendously changed for the past several years. The attraction of foreign investors rose and the investment paid for itself. Speaking of the investments and profits, it is necessary to say that traveling and sightseeing are nowadays one of the most prestigious and profitable...

Crazy Eddie Inc. Case Study: Key Events Surrounding the Case

The key events surrounding the case Crazy Eddie Inc was a consumer electronics merchant founded in 1969 by Eddie Antar. The company soon expanded and opened various stores around New York City. Its success was accredited to Antar’s crooked salesmanship in forcing consumers to purchase, discounts from its bulk purchases,...

Public Relations in Organizations: Article Response

Introduction Hallahan, Holtzhausen, vanRuler, Vercic & Sriramesh (2007) explored the significance of strategic communication in fulfilling the mission of an organization. The authors indicated that communication directly affects all aspects of an organization including management, public relations, marketing, political communication, technical communication, and social marketing or information campaigns. Grunig (1990),...

Consumer Buying Behaviour and Advertising in UK

For consumers to make a purchase, they go through a decision making process which requires them to recognise their needs followed by searching for information that will influence their purchase. They then go through the other available alternatives which are vital in the choice they will make and finally settle...

Management: Personal and Professional Development

Introduction Management is an important part of any business. Many success stories in the business world have been due to effective management practices. This paper is an analysis of the concept of management and how it relates to business. It embarks on a series of research questions into the most...

Four Employees Stages in Career Development

Employees develop their knowledge, courage, and experiences through working within a profession. Essentially, the development of employees within their professions undergoes various forms of manipulations depending on the level of experiences. Researchers present four stages which employees undergo during their transformation in an organization (Noe, 2010). The four career stages...

The Models to Manage Change in the Organization

Organizational change is an essential part of any company’s development. In the contemporary management theory, there are three primary models that can be utilized to manage change in the organization. Those are – Lewin’s stages of action research (five phases involved in action research), Lewin’s change management model (three-step model),...

Human Resource Management: Turnover and Retention

Introduction In the sphere of human resource management (HRM), much attention is paid to distinguishing such notions as ‘turnover’, ‘turnover intention’, and ‘retention’. Even though these concepts are usually linked to each other, for this study, it is important to focus on the employees’ turnover intentions as a result of...

Work Structure Trade Shadow

Introduction LRH Products is planning to attend a major trade show event in Sacramento, CA. For attending this project, plan should be prepared. The project includes activities like updating the trade show display; re-stock the collaterals, giving new orders for the collaterals, transportation of the trade show materials, setting up...

“Against The Gods” by Peter L. Bernstein: “Risk” Concept Analysis

Introduction Risk is daring to do something that you are not sure if you will survive, make it a success, or lose it, but it’s done with the hope of being successful. It is a choice one makes but not fate. Key concepts/thoughts/points of the author Risk as a definitive...

Leadership in Organizational Knowledge Creation

The article by Krogh, Nonaka, and Rechsteiner (2012) presents the idea of organizational knowledge creation through the process of integration of knowledge assets. The authors first present a literature review on knowledge creation within organizations and then put forth the viewpoint that most of the researches have done in the...

Product, Branding, and Packaging Decisions

Summary The paper is focused on the concept of ultimate branding opportunity. In the first part, the complexity and types of products are discussed. Then, readers may learn information about the strategies that firms utilize to adjust their product lines with the purpose of responding to the changing market conditions....

Motivational Pros and Cons of Teams in Organization

Introduction Both group and individual motivation are concepts used by organizations to explain social dynamisms in an organization. In either case, motivation is the driving force that directs and maintains behavior on a particular path that its purposefully intended to draw specific results desired by the individual or the organization....

Competencies in Organizational Management of Health Program

Introduction Healthcare management is a dynamic profession in the United States considering that the field experiences new and demanding challenges each year. As a result, healthcare managers and leaders are under intense pressure to carry out a wide range of roles using limited resources (Garman et al., 2006, p. 360)....

Organizational Requirements for a Dynamic Work Environment

Introduction In a competitive and rapidly dynamic corporate world, it is important for an individual to diversify their areas of knowledge to become successful. Through experience and vacation jobs, I learnt that the business environment is ever changing. Therefore, organizations require an intellectual person who can quickly adjust to the...

Role of Financial Institutions in Global Marketplace

The financial system is a multiple and complex concept. What makes it even more complicated is the fact that it should properly function worldwide. Since financial institutions provide the majority of financial services they are considered to be the core element of the global marketplace. The definition of financial institutions...

Wonderful Widget: Procurement Outsourcing Strategies

Introduction A company has to decide on the approach to use when producing goods for the market. Functional management in an organization ensures that a business has the best option for goods and services production. The following paper indulges on various approaches that Wonderful Widget Company can use in the...

Factors Important For Looking for a New Job

Introduction Looking for a new job can be a difficult and frustrating task. One should pay attention to a lot of moments that influence the choice. Considering a new position is a time-consuming mission. Everyone must be sure that he or she has not wasted time for vain thinking. All...

Information of Walt Disney Animation Studios

The film production company “The mission of The Walt Disney Company is to be one of the world’s leading producers and providers of entertainment and information. Using our portfolio of brands to differentiate our content, services and consumer products, we seek to develop the most creative, innovative and profitable entertainment...

Renewable Energy Programs in Five Countries

Introduction Energy is one of the fundamental aspects of human life. Ranging from domestic to industrial use energy, it is in great demand. The unlimited demands for the energy has necessitated the innovative ideas to ensure that the supply is constant even in future. Several countries have devised mechanism to...

Entering Chinese Dairy Market Advices

Options of entry modes The decision concerning how a business gains entry to a foreign market usually imposes significant impacts on the outcomes. The options of foreign market entry modes vary by the level of the risk that they impose to the business, the control and the dedication of resources...

Mobile Commerce Adoption in Saudi Arabia

In the recent years, several developments have been experienced in the field of information and communication technology. One of the major developments has been in internet and web development field. Accordingly, the increasing mobile phones usage has opened up avenues for mobile commerce services across the globe in the recent...

Birch Point Lodge Firm’s Information System

Introduction A major step necessary for the initiation of IS development is in identifying the current needs of Birch Point Lodge (BPL). In that regard, a strategic problem analysis might be required, in which the needs and the objectives for the system will be established. The initiation of the project...

Stock Market: Fundamental and Technical Analysis

Introduction The economic recession of 2007 affected the operations of many companies and the interests of the public regarding investing in the stock market. The Federal Reserve of the United States adopted immediate measures to intervene and stop insolvency. However, the bond-buying program did swell not only the central bank’s...

Design for Testing and Specification Compliance

Abstract This paper discusses the design process of testing and specifications compliance. Testing and specifications compliance is an issue that any venture introducing a new product into the market has to observe. This paper investigates how these parameters and stipulations are designed. It also contains an outline of how entities...

How the Internet Reconditioned Business Thinking

Evolution of the internet The internet has first revolutionized our thinking and then has continued to force evolution upon us. The internet revolution came upon us very quickly. This speed was driven first through the development of computer languages: HyperText Markup Language (HTML), Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Internet protocol suite...

Military Leadership Characteristics in U.S.A

Effective military leadership depends on multiple performance capabilities of a person. One of the major characteristics that a military officer in the United States has is the ability to influence various people in various contexts (Ang & Chan, 2008). In the U.S. military, leaders in various categories influence others to...

When Outsourcing Goes Bad

Introduction The process of globalization has led to intensive networking of the globe. This has made it possible for shifting of capital as well as labour across boundaries to different regions around the earth. A very common practice which has emerged among the developed countries is the practice of outsourcing....

Organizational Policy Core Principles and Its Functions

From the learning course, I understand that business policy requires recognition and authority at the top decision-making level. Organizational programs must be carefully planned and based not merely on knowledge of internal corporate affairs, but also on knowledge of external environments. A homeostatic point of equilibrium between customer wants and...

An Organization’s Corporate Strategy

Introduction Comparative advantage is achieved when an organization has an edge over its competitors when attracting buyers. In business world, strategy is the creation of a unique and valuable position, where an organization can differentiate itself for the targeted customer and add value by an asset of activities different than...

Shinetsu Chemical Company: Organizational Culture

Introduction Organizational culture defines an institution, whether based on profit, the kind of products and /or services offered, their arrangement, goals, and employee behavior which sum up to create a feeling of culture in the organization. Most organizations in the world have different cultures, and this mostly depends on their...

Web Development Company: Organizational Processes

The organization which will be described in the context of this paper is a web development company. The services and the products typically provided by the company usually revolve around developing designing websites for customers and providing hosting and publishing services. The company consists of 3 office rooms in which...

Frontier Golf Simulator’s Market Analysis

Background Brian is a marketer and he is in charge of marketing and popularizing indoor golf simulators. The simulators are new trends that are currently emerging in the sport and their popularity is growing gradually. One of the main issues that pose a challenge to this new trend is the...

Etihad Airways: Strategies Analysis

Introduction The major differences between the organizations that are successful and those that are not is the degree of the effectiveness of their strategies. Any organization hoping to succeed in the market must ensure that its strategies conform to the prevailing conditions in the environment which could have negative impacts...

Labor Turnover: Reasons and Strategies for Reduction

Introduction One of the major problems that have rocked organizations’ human resource departments is managing labor turnover. The rate of staff turnover in organizations continues increasing. Overcoming staff turnover within organizations helps in enhancing employee retention, improving labor recruitment and reducing organization’s cost. It also improves employee morale and nurtures...

Compensation and Benefits for Contingent Workers

The paper discusses the compensation and benefits issues associated with: Part-time workers For many years, there have been numerous benefit and compensation grievances that have been presented by part-time workers. Despite this group of workers being used by most of the employers, it has been identified that benefits given to...

S&P 1000 Company’s Competitive Advantage

Competition has gone global and the market and industry dynamics have necessitated the need for companies to make concerted efforts streamlined towards ensuring that high quality goods and services are offered in the market at competitive prices. The American business concept and model embraces the fact that improved marketing abilities...

Measuring Supply Chain Performance

Introduction According to Chopra, Sunil, and Meindl as cited in Hugos, “A supply chain is a network of facilities and distribution options that performs the functions of procurement of materials, the transformation of these materials into intermediate and finished products and the distribution of these finished products to the customers.”...

The Value of Diversity in a Workplace

Diversity is commonly defined as knowing, perceiving, tolerant, valuing, and celebrating variations between individuals with value to sexual category, rank, culture, age, bodily and intellectual capability, race, sexual orientation, religious practice, and civic support standing (Esty, et al., 1995). I write this piece principally to educate business owners and managers...

China’s International Entrepreneurship & Business

The nature of international entrepreneurship China represents a unique country geographically isolated from the rest of the world. Historically, it follows its own economic and political traditions and way of life. In response to the shifts in global production systems, China has amplified its search for policies that will secure...

Human Resource Management Aligned With Business Strategies

Introduction Ensuring the HR strategy is in alignment with the business strategy When formulating a strategic plan for businesses, managers or business owners sometimes leave out an essential aspect of these plans. Human resources are often not included during consultation in the planning process, but aligning HR with the business...

Online Business: Amazon vs Traditional Booksellers

The online business that I am going to compare and contrast is the online bookseller, Amazon, against any traditional bookseller. The question is really, how are there any traditional booksellers still in business? Amazon enjoys so many competitive advantages over the traditional bookseller and has so transformed the way in...

Marketing Strategies After Deregulation

The deregulation influenced the air transportation market in a variety of ways. In this essay, we are giving a brief overview of how deregulation determined the emergence of new marketing strategies. Before we pass directly on the post-deregulation marketing, it is necessary to describe the situation that preceded it. Before...

Media in Retail Business

Executive Summary The idea of interactive media is commonly applied in the marketing sector to arrest human intelligence through store imaging (Lievrouw and Livingstone 2002). Advertising products and services is a significant approach for businesses since it helps them create interest and awareness in what is being offered. According to...

International Merger and Acquisition

Abstract Merger and acquisition refer to the process where one company acquires another to help in improving its operations. The process leads to the acquired company adapting the control mechanisms of the acquiring company. One of the examples of mergers is the one between InBev and Anheuser-Busch. The success or...

Business Behavior. Rational Decision-Making

Introduction Decision-making is one of the most important functions of the administration body of an organization. The sound decisions that are made by the governing body of the organization are the main determinant factors in deciding whether the business will reach its intended goals and objectives or not. For this...

Ethical Awareness. Detailed Analysis of the Ethics

In the report by Blessing (2010), there is a detailed analysis of the ethics that should be possessed by the employees at the work place. The article outlines the different means and mechanisms by which the ethics can be imparted into the employees to ensure a peaceful and harmonious co-existence...

The Minute Manager Builds High-Performance Team

Introduction Modern literature is presented by a variety of books and magazines, which cover different topics connected with the business, technology, or science. These books are very interesting for both, from the point of view of the way of presentation and information covered. They contain a lot of issues and...

Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning

Summary of chapter Segmentation, targeting and positioning are all marketing strategies that can be used by manufacturers of a product to survive in the marketplace and stay above its competitors. As the market tightens up and consumer tastes change, manufacturers use these techniques to make profits. Segmentation refers to the...

Business Plan and All Aspects That Includes Successful Fashion Industry

Future outlook and industry trends According to recorded research, the fashion industry keeps on evolving every decade, and it is unlikely that a particular trend will spread past one decade. However, of all the trends that come and go, the urban trend and lifestyle never fade away and has remained...

Performance Management in Business

The Measurement System used by my Employer and Suggestions for Improvement My employer uses a balanced scorecard system as a guide for each staff and team to understand the company’s strategies; in the form of objectives, metrics, initiatives and tasks. Using the performance dashboard alerts, the employer is aware of...

Pricing as a Mechanism for Differentiation

Introduction When we enter a supermarket or a mall to look for items or products we need at home or in school, we see different products and prices attached to them. Price varies on every product, say for example, home appliance like television which has different prices; some are high,...

Worker’s Performance Issues: Problems at Home and a Manager’s Response to Them

High-quality employee performance is the main objective for any manager since this affects the performance of the business as a whole. Employee performance is thus something that should be taken seriously by management and this is the reason why the human resource department should have adequate personnel to ensure that...

Training Methods in Employee Management

Training is a prudent attribute facilitating the development of ideas and sharing of the existing knowledge across the globe. It is a reason why people retain a tradition of sharing information and create new discoveries to cover gaps in knowledge. Training is adopted by many sporting organizations where coaches assist...

Intermodal Transportation in the US and the EU

Introduction Transportation services contribute immensely to the economies of both the European Union and the United States of America. Other sectors of the economy such as the service and manufacturing industry rely heavily on the efficiency of the transport network in realizing their optimal value to the economy. The competitiveness...

Intelligent Systems, Collaboration Technologies Cigna Health

The Importance of communication &collaboration technologies in KM (knowledge Management) Knowledge management systems are designed with the aim of improving performance, facilitating easy sharing of information, to increase a company’s competitive advantage, and as a strategy towards continuous improvement of the company. Various communication tools are incorporated in the processes...

Persuasion in Business Communication

Communication is a process by which information is passed from a source to a receiver. This means that for communication to take place there has to be an expression of thoughts, opinions or transfer of information. This can take place through written or spoken word or through symbols and actions....

The Task and Job of Recruiters

Introduction For recruiters, the onboarding and the orientation process can present some challenges overcoming which is an essential part of their job. The task of recruiters is not only about finding suitable candidates but also about having the employees prepared for the job and increasing their retention. There are several...

Promoting Team Effectiveness and Investigating the Causes of Decreased Productivity

Overview/Introduction Invitation by the manager to discuss reasons for the decrease in productivity prompted the writing of a report on that matter. This was blamed on the increase in the number of sick leaves, which decreased the working rate of employees. All the examined documents supported the decrease in productivity....

Ethical Tactics Influencing Employee Behavior

Introduction Staples, inc. was a nationwide office supplies super store. Jeanne Lewis joined this superstore during her interim and even after her graduation she went back to this organisation (Suesse & Hill, 2000, p.1). At first she was the head of the sales and marketing department. She joined this department...

Contemporary Leadership: Transactional and Transformational

Having good leaders is an essential component of any company’s success. The leaders are those who set goals and empower the employees to perform well. Furthermore, the leader’s role goes beyond carrying out the managerial tasks. Rosenbach (10) argues that there is a significant difference between a good manager and...

Limitations of EC Analysis

This paper deals with a critical aspect of limitations of EC and how it could impinge upon business progression and development. It is seen that there are fundamentally two types of limitations, non-technological and technological. Non-technological could be more easily remedied, since it could be in terms of market focus,...

The M-Kesho Advert Review

Description The advert selected to be analyzed is from the telecommunication sector and for a company called Safaricom. The advert is dealing with a bank account interrelated with a mobile phone. The service as advertised is called M-kesho. The service is the world’s first bank account on a mobile phone...

Business Ethics – Libertarian View

The Libertarians have acknowledged that employers have some moral obligations to protect the welfare of the employees. Employers must disclose the safety risks during the employment process so that their employees will have to make an informed judgment about where they want to work. They view that provided the business...

Outsourcing at a Glance: A Theoretical Framework

Outsourcing theory Outsourcing is the exercise of utilizing external service providers with the job of performing in-house endeavors. This has attracted a rising interest in recent years as managers consider whether it is in their best interest to perform activities in-house or externally. Outsourcing is a contractual agreement whereby an...

Leadership and Emotional Intelligence

The emergence of emotional intelligence theory seemed quite incredible at first; however, its application in leadership gave tremendous results. The emotional intelligence theory in leadership postulates that “the leader’s moods and behavior drive the moods and behaviors of everyone else” (Goleman, Boyatzis, and McKee 44). This shows that the emotional...

What It Takes for a Company to Achieve It Success?

Introduction Business organizations are identifying the importance of processes in businesses that are linked to collecting information, processing this information, and disseminating it. It is the role of the chief information officer to ensure these processes run smoothly. The position of the chief information officer (CIO) was first brought about...

Cultural Differences in Business & Trade

Introduction and Background We live in a world of diversity. From one part of the world to the other we come across people of different races and cultures. These differences in most cases translate to a different worldview and therefore a different way in which people go about their day...

Correlation Between Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

Conflict resolution is a way of solving indifference. The process of resolving conflicts involves processes such as negotiating on the conflict, mediation between the two parties in dispute, and diplomacy. For conflict resolution to be successful there must be clear communication between the two parties. Solving the problem is also...

Employment Communication: Informational Interviewing Tutorials

Introduction Informational Interviewing Tutorials are conducted in order to know more about the internal workings of business or not-for-profit organizations in order to collect information that may be useful for the interviewer’s study or employment prospects. “Informational Interviewing is a key strategy for career exploration and for building your network....

Business Ethics, Decision-Making and the Code of Ethics

Introduction A code of ethics does not only help in improving organizational performance and employee-employer relationships but also helps in improving the profitability of an organization. There are various approaches that an organization can use in ensuring that it makes ethical decisions. Some of the approaches include emergent and centralized...

Cisco TelePresence: Segmentation, Market and Values

Introduction The internet and the facilities it offers are the main consequences that influence the globalization of the world in general. Globalization, in its turn, leaves nothing for the business sphere as to get into the way with the internet and use it for the business running. The internet uses...

The History of Nokia’s Creation and Becoming an Influential Brand

Introduction In this assignment we will show some background of Nokia and demonstrate what problem it is facing in a current environment and what it needs to change, we will also develop possible solutions that Nokia might use to solve it. Our assignment will also include the evidence and concerns...

Collaborative Bandwidth and Transfer of Training

The relationship of these two terms is also illustrated by the assumptions they hold. Coaching is a transformation process believing that people have the ability to change from one character to another. This also applies in mentoring where it is assumed that humans are capable of transforming. Therefore, an individual...

Collective Bargaining – Historical Trends & Developments

Overview Workers all over the world have often attempted to put pressure through a collective power so that their requests and demands can be heard. Such demands usually range from wages and salaries to terms and conditions of working. It is however important to explore the historical and current trends...

Competitive Advantage: Sources of Competitive Advantage

Introduction According to Porter (1998, p.2), Competitive advantage is the ability of the firm to maintain its strong position against its competitors and continue making profits. Competitive advantage is gained by a firm that can beat its rivals in profitability. According to Porter (1998, p.2), cost advantage and product differentiation...

Marketing During Recession Importance

Marketing is regarded as the process of researching, distributing, selling and promoting products and services with an aim of increasing sales. It involves arousing interest of potential customers to consume your products or services. Contrary to the belief by firms directors that spending on marketing is an expenditure, research has...

Company Keyence: HR Training Program

Training Medium To begin with, it is necessary to emphasize, that each variant has both merits and demerits. The selection of any particular variant should be base on the individual approach to a trainee. The selection of the training process and medium should be based upon the human resources principles,...

Applications of Skills Gapping in Organisations

Introduction The greatest challenge for organizations is to identify the workforce which will meet its needs in terms of service provision. Many organizations find it difficult to match the job opportunities they have and the workforce to employ. Each area of the organization requires different skills and expertise to ensure...

Strategic Financial Management: Diageo plc and SAB Miller plc

Introduction Strategic financial management involves making complex decisions by the high management to bring success to an organization. Financial management interacts with strategic management and comes up with financial criteria that the management uses to make decisions affecting the finances in an organization. Organizations with competitive advantage over others that...

The Efficiency of Fixed National HR Policy in Driven High Growth Economies

Introduction Human resource policies are codified decisions that an organization establishes to support its administrative personnel functions, employee relations, performance management, and management resource planning. This report tries to determine the effectiveness of human resource policies by focusing its study on Qatar (Budhwar & Debrah 2009; Budhwar & Mellahi 2007)....

The Profession of Technology Coordinator

Introduction The last half of twenty-first century witnessed tremendous advancements in technology that ushered in new inventions at the beginning of this millennium. Chip technology led to introduction of multiple user computers customized to suit specific demands. Similarly, the diversity of computer technology field meant creation of various professions to...

Outsourcing in Supply Chain Management

Introduction Outsourcing is a strategy used in supply chain management to reduce the overall running costs of a firm. For instance, firms procure material inputs or services from outside instead of generating them from within. The strategy aims at reducing the primary cost of establishing such a production or service...

A Manufacturing Plant in the Global Marketplace

Introduction One of the most important technological joints in the Modern times is the manufacturing plants. In recent times, the environmental aspect is one of the bigger setbacks for the manufacturing plants in recent times (Luo 2006). To set up a successful manufacturing plant of any type, there are some...

Leadership and Role Management in Organization

Introduction Managers are the custodians of every organization and are responsible for the management of the organization’s affairs. This includes the responsibility of planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and also controlling the affairs of the organization. The leadership of the organizations, therefore, calls for the recruitment of effective managers who are...

Nokia E71: Marketing Plan

A marketing plan is a written document that contains the essential measures, which help a company to realize one or more marketing goals for a period of five years. In this case, our marketing plan for NOKIA E71 targets a certain number and type of customers. On the other hand,...

Board of Directors of Edwards Lifesciences Corporation Analysis

Introduction The analysis of corporation cannot be complete without approaching such a significant governance instrument as the board of directors. In simple terms the board of directors is an elected or assigned body of members who are given the authority and the responsibility to manage the corporation (Mancuso 47). Additionally,...

Team Dynamics and Their Analysis

Introduction Team work is one of the most difficult types of work as absolutely different people with various preferences should collaborate and work together placing the interests of the group above personal ones. The main purpose of the paper is to identify the group dynamics that occur when working collaboratively...

The Charity Organization in the Electronic Market

Doing Business Via the Internet Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is an element that has profoundly affected all aspects of human life in the developed world as well as in developing countries. Business at local and international levels has significantly been affected by this new technological advancement, so much that...

Balanced Scorecard: Performance Management Tool

Assessment This essay presents an assessment of a balanced scorecard used by an organization in a real estate business environment. A balanced scorecard serves as a performance management tool (Eckerson, 2011). When a company optimizes the implementation of a balanced score card, then the company assumes a capacity for managing...

Human Resources Management and How It Is Affected by Globalization and Technology?

Human Resources Management or the employee workforce is considered to be the most valuable asset or the resource of any organization. The people working in any organization are the basis of its existence and they are the ones who are responsible for building its image in the society and market....

Negotiation and Dispute Resolution

Introduction The negotiation alternative for establishing the wine distributor between Yarra Wines Limited and Falcon Prestige Wine distributor will be based on the actual reality of the wine market and analysis of the wine distribution principles. The key aim of the alternative discussion will be to analyze and confirm the...

Business Intelligence and Performance Management

How Natural Language Processing (NLP) Systems Change the Business Intelligence Arena and Enhance Measurement Systems A firm’s success lies in its ability to sell products and services in a competitive market place. When the firm achieves this objective, it gets the reward of higher margins, increased revenue and increased shareholder...

PDA Sim Company’s Strategic Review for 2004-2009

Introduction The PDA Forio Simulation is intentioned to evaluate and assess the capability of a strategic decision make to formulate diverse strategies and dynamically adjust strategies as a consequent of market responds to price and quality constraints. With the ever increasing dynamics of competition in the international and local markets,...

Compiere Software Capabilities and Its Suitability to Various Industries

Compiere software capabilities and its suitability to various industries Compiere is among the top developers of cloud-based open-source ERP including customer relationship management (CRM) system. The ERP software Compiere is applicable to a wide range of users such as businesses, government agencies, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The software’s low cost...

Organizational Behavior Motivation of Employees

Problem statement To what extent do motivational factors lead to high performance for temporary employees of the organization? Currently, management in many organizations is tasked with finding new ways to motivate their employees. According to Miner J, (2007) factors that contribute to this include: According to Noorderhaven (2003), management should...

Financial Management and the Secondary Market for Common Stocks

The secondary market for common stocks in the United States has undergone significant changes since the 1960s. Discuss those factors responsible for the Changes Financial management is a rather complicated matter of study. At the same time, it is rather interesting as it allows people to understand the latest trends...

Pepsi Co’s Diversification Strategy in 2008

Introduction Strategic management is considered to be one of the basic elements that allow a business company to achieve success in its operations in both domestic and international markets (Thompson, 2001, p. 24; Thompson, Strickland, Gamble, 2009, p. 37). However, even such giants of the global business as Pepsi Co....

Bank Management and Business Report Analysis

Introduction Each report addresses certain needs of an entity. This report is particularly prepared in the interest of a bank that is planning to increase and improve their sales performance. The main aim of this report is to provide an opinion on how sales should be improved to a certain...

Savoy Hotel Service Management

Theoretical Considerations The redesign of the hotel lobby will be subjected to the common rules of design, aimed at increase the customer/visitors flow. The key aspects of the hospitality business define the customer’s loyalty and impose an accent on the aspects of service. Thus, the ability to serve the customer...

Google and Technology: Business Model Case Study

Google has, for a long time, utilized its technology and search engine to stay ahead of its competitors. Google has proved its prowess in the internet technology by owning more than 50 data centers around the world, which indicates the vast amount of information it can handle. In addition, it...

Systems Analysis & Design to Enhance Website Visibility

Technology Solution Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the proposed technology solution. It refers to a series of methods that the business will use to improve its website ranking in the search engine listings. As part of the internet marketing, the primary aim of the SEO will be to obtain search...

Business Strategy: Leading Change at SJHC and LHSC Hospitals

The case under analysis describes the challenges that SJHC and LHSC faced while trying to transfer all the equipment and processes that were formerly carried out in SJHC to LHSC as planned by the Health Services Restructuring Commission (HSRC). The five major challenges that the organization faced in this process...

Supply Chain Management: Office Products Company

Introduction “The global credit and economic crunch has put more pressure on strategic supply chain management Blanchard” (2007 p.48) and (Rousel, & Cohen, 2005 p.123). In this regards, Supply chain managers and practitioners should ensure all suppliers come out of the downturn and are able to help them capitalize on...