Business Communication: Values and Ethics

Introduction Values are personality or particular behaviors that are taken as sensible; they commonly represent the person’s uppermost priorities. Values include our thoughts, opinions and also beliefs. Whether the individual is aware or unaware, the person operates according to the coordination of the values. All the things that you do,...

Sephora: Liberating Beauty Products

Summary Sephora is international cosmetic products retail store that has its roots in France that was started as a perfume store in 1993. Sephora has experienced rapid growth in the past decade in terms of the number of retail outlets it has on the back of innovative marketing practices that...

Smartphone Market Statistics in the United States

A Smartphone is multi-purpose mobile phones which is smarter than a normal cell phone. There can also get additional features from Smartphone mobile other than phone calls total working structure software among PC-like functionality. Smart phones are truly PDAs (personal digital assistant) with color screens, audio capabilities, web browsers, or...

Personal Leadership Brand for Women

Introduction Every leader has a unique leadership style that defines his/her style of governing the juniors with each style depending on the situation, organization policy and the leader himself. This leadership method is often associated with the leader and is frequently branded with the leader. These styles are so many...

Walmart Company’s Supply Chain Management

Introduction Supply chain management is one of the most difficult tasks for organizations dealing with many different kinds of goods supplied by different vendors who are both internal as well as external and who has many outlets. The problem becomes more complicated especially if the organization has one of the...

Ethical Practices in Wal-Mart

Outline Ethics practices by employers towards people who work for them is an extremely important issue. This paper reviews ethical practices in Wal-Mart with regard to safety in the workplace. It is seen that the company does not have any jobs that can be considered very dangerous. But certain jobs...

Social Media Tools in E-Commerce

Different social media are used as tools for effectively implementing e-commerce activities. The social media tools that are commonly used by or could be used by the e-commerce people include Blogger, WordPress, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, GoogleGroups, GoogleDocs, Anyvite, Flickr, and Skype. All these tools are free (10 free social media...

The Corporate Culture of the Trader Joe’s

Introduction Corporate culture entails the behavior, ethical, and social standards of any business or organization. The standards are founded on the organization’s precedence, ideas, and most importantly the attitude of the members (Singh, 2004). For a business like Trader Joe’s, it would be difficult to change the existing culture since...

Conflict Management Definition and Problem-Solving Approaches

Modern management practice emphasizes the need for effective conflict resolution practices and conflict management. The task for managers is therefore not just to resolve or suppress all conflict, but to manage it so as to reduce its harmful effects and benefit from its good effects. Problem-solving skills are a conflict...

A Process Improvement Plan in a Firm

Introduction Process improvement plan is generally required for any process, which takes too much time, overfilled with numerous insufficient details. As for the process of e-mail checking, receiving and responding, it should be emphasized that the entire process should be reconsidered and recalculated from the perspectives of time investments. Thus,...

Global Strategic Planning: The Case of Ford

A company which is global in nature will need to employ a global competitive strategy. Initially, the competitive strategy of Ford during the time of introduction of Model T by Henry Ford revolved around mass production and mass marketing. Low-cost end user vehicles were possible through the reduction of the...

Management Skills Research Papers: The Process of Researching

Introduction Management skills research papers are generally regarded from the perspective of the strict structure requirements and the thorough preliminary background researches. Considering the necessity to provide detailed information on the matters of the required managerial skills in the context of the corporate culture and the values of the marketing...

Business Ethics in Illegal Immigrant Employment

In business activities, it is an unspoken fact that all the practices that are termed as illegal in the society turns out and has to be an unethical practice in business. However, there seems to be one illegal act that should be considered illegal in businesses but instead, businesses do...

Ethical Treatment of Employees at BP’s Texas City Refinery

Case study (BP’s workers) This case study is about BP’s Texas City refinery which is the third-largest oil refinery in the U.S. It is regarding the safety of the workers. There was an explosion in the Texas City refinery in 2005, March. The government investigated the causes of a blast...

Creating a New Change Model, Different Levels of Organizations

New challenges of a new century with the quick development of technology and globalization puts in the forefront the necessity of organization changes and educating teachers, principals and superintendents in order to “increase student achievement and improve schools so that they can be true learning centers where all – adults...

Dynamics Suggested by Messick and Bazerman

Do you think that people are susceptible to these dynamics as Messick and Bazerman suggest? Do you have any examples from personal experience? If they are correct, what should we do about it? Are there any systems an institution could put in place to check decision-making? Decision-making is a crucial...

Royal Airlines’ Poor Leadership

Introduction Leadership is defined as the social process under which a person can utilize the support of others to achieve a common goal and forms one of the most relevant and important aspect of organizations. It is also “a process by which a person influences others to accomplish an objective...

Improving the Performance of the CRM Department

I understand that our company, Estee Lauder/Clinique Division, has already approved the needs-analysis stage of a forthcoming enterprise resource planning program. This is laudable because sooner or later, those who need to plan and make decisions can see where we stand in real-time: scheduled shipments of raw materials and packaging,...

Veteran Pharmaceutical: Cause and Effect

Veteran Pharmaceutical is a dispensing chemist that deals in distributing human drugs in both retail and wholesale to the surrounding community. Its main clients consist of the local residents and the small chemists around it. Located at the heart of Chicago, the veteran has been having good returns in the...

Emirates Telecommunications Corporation’s Design

Introduction Company Background Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat) is one of the largest companies in UAE which started offering its services in 1976. The UAE federal government controls a 60% share in the company that is now offering its services in the UAE market and beyond, through its subsidiaries and partners...

Product Launch Plan Analysis

Target is a key factor to consider when setting up the strategy for the entry of products in the market. New products in the market have some forces that make them remain in the market but do not automatically qualify them to dominate the market. There are specific requirements that...

Decision Making Influence in Business

Introduction There are very many things that influence decision-making in a business scenario. Ethics is one of the things that affect it widely. These are the rules and regulations that govern the ordering and values of a certain group of people or an organization. Alex has established a business that...

Empathy Exercise in the American Workplace

Introduction In many workplaces, some people are mistreated for the same gender, race, or even cultural differences. This mistreatment results from some senior people discriminating against their juniors by denying them some genuine rights and freedom at work. Devah and Lincoln (2005) defined discrimination as “discrimination involves formally or informally...

Various Issues of Integration Related to B2B Exchanges

The term B2B or business-to-business refers to commercial interactions between businesses “conducted electronically over the internet.” (Electronic Commerce: A Managerial perspective. 2008). This could be in terms of sales made to: B2B could be seen in terms of business done online, whether buying, selling or trading in goods, services or...

G Company: Marketing Plan

Executive Summary This assignment is a marketing plan for G Company highly regarded in the electronic markets that will enable it to reach the full profit potential of its new small appliances line. The first thing done is the creation of a mission statement that should be adopted as it...

Revenue Growth and EBITA: Mercury International

Introduction The growth rates envisaged for Mercury shoes had been targeted at 10-15% in revenues, EBITA, and stock prices for the coming four years. However, when this is compared with actual dismal performance during the last few fiscals and the fact that the targeted figures may not be achievable, due...

Whole Foods: Economic Recession

Introduction Following the global economic recession of 2008, most of the companies worldwide are facing financial difficulties operating given the effects of the aforementioned crisis and Whole Foods Company is no exception. It is worth acknowledging and recognizing strategies that Whole Food Company’s management has so far adopted to enhance...

History of Project Management

According to Marion (2002), project management is an activity that is concerned with organization and its processes. It is more commonly associated with applications in computer engineering and information technology. The process of project management entails the management of resources and teams that are involved in the project this assists...

Reframing Organizations: US Marine

The public opinion on the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy can be mainly assessed from the position of discrimination. In that regard, taking the US marine as an organization, such policy can be seen as a crisis that changes the original definition of such organization, and thus, require a certain...

Use of Derivatives in Risk Management

Derivatives and Risk Management in Corporate Finance In the corporate finance, there are two thematic structures to be presented in order to foster the understanding and application of management principles in the physical context. There is the use of the term derivative and the other one being risk management which...

“Smart Business Networks: How the Network Wins”: Article Review

Introduction Smart Business Networks (SBNs) entail a creative approach in carrying out business activities through establishing a strong connection with key players and business processes to achieve better results compared to the traditional way of doing business (Holland et al., 2004, p. 254). Here, business organizations develop strategies that enable...

Disney Company’s Strategic Research Project

The Walt Disney Company was founded in 1923. Since then, the company and its associated companies have been committed to manufacturing incomparable entertainment occurrences based on the rich inheritance of superior creative content and brilliant storytelling. The company is the major entertainment company catering for family interests with a focus...

Wal-Mart’s Electronic Marketing and Strategic Approaches

Executive summary Wal-Mart Inc. has been in existence since 1962. The retail store chain has significantly expanded in the global market segments in Europe, America, and Asia. Its powerful retail brand with “Everyday low price” slogan depicts its successful money-for-value pricing policy and strategy (Zook, &Graham 2006, p.15). Even though...

The Nature of State Farm

Introduction State farm insurance refers to an association of companies that render financial and insurance services (Kyle, 2005). It is a dominant industry player and holds a large chunk of the market compared to its competitors. It ensures cars and homes in America and Canada (Wilkinson, 1988). State farm initially...

P’Konilo Company’s Internal & External Analyses

Introduction P’konilo was established in the year 2004, at the Dania Beach in Florida, by two fathers who had a passion to create great products in collaboration with other global designers, families as well as friends. Over the years the company has continued to create play products/ items that are...

Executive Board Members of SMB: Team and Relationship

For an organization to record any good performance in meeting laid down objectives and strategies, teamwork is essential. Managers must have skills and qualities of good leadership especially in team building and motivation of the workforce. This ensures improved communication between team members leading to productivity and great profits for...

The Alan Louis General: Case Study

In the Alan Louis case study, the analysis of research data indicates a serious need for marketing. This is indicated by the fact that people who have received services from Alan Louis General and people who have never enjoyed their services have very different opinions of their services. The need...

Groups and Teams Diversity: Comparison

Introduction A group consists of two or more people who interact frequently to achieve a general purpose or goal. Some of the common organizational groups are functional groups, task teams, informal and interest groups (Griffin, 2006). A team is made up of a group of workers that function as a...

Pfizer Company: Case Study

Pfizer was already a dominant global pharmaceutical company in 2002, operating revenues amounting to $30 billion in approximation. The company was already running the largest R&D budget in the industry, amounting to $4.4 billion in 2000. The company was a leader in marketing and well known for its “massive sales...

The Paradoxes of the ‘Standard Account’

Describe one of the paradoxes of the ‘standard account’ of whistleblowing described by Davis. Explain why he thinks it is a paradox and how he thinks his account remedies the paradox. Say whether or not you think he is correct by reference to a real example. This paper by Michael...

GE Energy and GE Healthcare: Strategic Customer Relationships

Overview of the case study Having realized the numerous benefits of IT, many companies can now advertise and market their products through customers’ sites. This is besides continuous monitoring throughout the world. GE energy grabbed these opportunities thereby creating customer relationships that have had varied benefits and returns for the...

Organizational Culture in Google Corporation

Introduction Organizational culture can be interpreted through the lens of cultural change and cultural transformations. People use their organizations for unconscious reasons such as defending themselves against certain anxieties, renewing a sense of lost omnipotence, enhancing their self-esteem, and resolving incomplete developmental issues; as targets of aggression; and as a...

Business, Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability

Introduction There are a number of issues that a businessman can be preoccupied with. A person who is planning to start his/her own business should be aware about the incalculable aspects of the business world, the rules according to which this world works, and the ways to improve his/her life...

Business Ethics of Choosing a Program Proposal

Peter Botta had failed to have his proposal for a given program approved, although it was comparable to the one presented by Zang Wei. Such an ethical situation should be analyzed and addressed in a professional manner (Schwartz 18). Being the Ethics Officer at Success Investment, I would begin by...

Organization Strategies for Reducing Turnover Rates

Introduction There are a great many different reasons why some companies have to reduce the turnover rates. The paper will not focus on these cases. Still, the problem of the employees losing and the strategies for reducing the turnover rates with fewer costs will be discussed. The main purpose of...

The Security Management & Consultant Course

When I first joined the Security Management & Consultant Course, I expected to find it challenging, but what I had not given much thought to was that people from all over the world would be in it with me. It began slowly, with a few minor tasks. The class began...

Sea Shore Hospital’s Marketing Strategy

Name, Location and Nature The name of the newly commenced business is “Sea Shore” hospital. The product was selected on the basis of the increased trend and better serving opportunity in the market. The location of the company is in the urban areas and in the software area. As a...

The Hard Rock Rockfest: Baseline and Crash Schedule

The Critical Path On baseline durations, this project will take 31 weeks to complete. Taking November 8, 2010, as the start date and assuming the default of four weeks each month (instead of the reality that is 13 weeks per quarter), the baseline ending date would be the week of...

Microsoft Press and O’Reilly Media Strategic Alliance

A recent strategic alliance was made between Microsoft Press and O’Reilly Media. The example of this alliance shows that media companies use strategic alliances as one of the main tactics to compete in the global media market. Need to collaborate caused by changes occurring in the social, economic, and political...

Understanding Management Accounting Practices

Introduction The framework which was developed by Burns and Scapens in 2000 sought to explore the dimension with which management accounting change could be understood by studying of the rules and routines that shaped organizational activity. This framework was termed the OIE (Old Institutional Economics). The framework originated from the...

Ethical Leadership in the Organizations

Introduction In modern times Ethical Leadership is becoming one of the very important aspects of a company. The managers provide a very important angle in this aspect of the moral framework of a company and shaping the collective character of the organization. Organizational characteristics are defined by ethical leadership. The...

McKinsey Corporation: Donald’s Theory on Training

Introduction This paper will discuss a state firm insurance company and what business the company is mostly involved in. This paper will seek to discuss the orientation of McKinsey Corporation and how it will hire and retain its staff in the future. This paper will also discuss Donald’s Kirkpatrick four...

Katz, Sapper & Miller Accounting

Introduction The success of the Katz, Sapper & Miller Certified Public Accountants (KSM CPA) is closely associated with the way this company performs business tasks. Their approach towards business is closely linked with the importance to keep their partners satisfied and help them achieve success if it depends on the...

Features of Planning and Control in the Supply Chain

Planning and control system for manufacturer of air-conditioning units In order to develop planning and control system for this manufacturer of air-conditioning units, we should discuss the peculiarities of its production system. Overall, it can be defined as a job production, which means that their devices are designed specifically for...

Core Competency Maintance as a Key for Company’s Survival

Introduction Core competencies are a prerequisite for a company’s survival in the contemporary competitive world. The factors that give one company mileage in terms of customer retention or quality of service are of the key essence in every organization. Numerous studies have been done in this colossal field in a...

Financial Management and Investment Banking

In the traditional process for issuing new securities, investment bankers perform one or more of three functions. Discuss those functions Financial markets are divided into two major types depending on the timeframe of issuing the deals. They can be primary and secondary as the former deal with the deals and...

John Anderson’s Sustainability Speech at Berkeley

Introduction John Anderson, the Chief Executive Officer of Levi Strauss and Company on January 25th 2010 gave a speech about companies with the society in mind. In the speech he primarily talks about sustainability as part of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and the challenges that continue to face this aspect...

Analysis of The Ocean Connect

This paper is a case study of the Ocean Connect.Com. Ocean Connect is an e-market for the purchase and sale of marine fuels. It is a common platform for the buying and selling of fuels, which is sponsored by top leaders of the marine fuel industry. Give what you have...

Managing and Leading Change. K. Baker’s Article

Introduction Change refers to a shift in the conventional way of organizational operations (Kotter, 2010; Cook, Macaulay & Coldicott, 2004 and Bush, 2003). The findings of Baker (2010) in her journal article: Facilitating Unlearning During the Implementation of New Technology shall be presented in this paper. The paper will discuss...

Do Brands Have Finite Lives?

For modern consumers, brands represent a unique symbol that defines and determines the comp[any and its products. Branding has a great impact on a company’s market position and adds value to its image. A company’s market share, current, and future may fluctuate readily. Competitors’ marketing mixes are designed to switch...

Environmental Management System: Implementation, Maintenance, and Improvement

Introduction In essence, the ISO 14001: 2004 is based upon the methodology known as Plan-Do-Check-Act or PDCA. It can be further described in the following manner: Step one: Plan – establish the objective and processes necessary to deliver the desired results Step Two Do- Implement the process described in the...

Organizational Behaviour Overview: National Iranian Oil Company

Introduction Organizational behavior is the study of how people or groups acts in an organization or an interpretation of the the relationship between people and organization interms of the firm as awhole. This aims to enhance good relationship through the achievement of the general objectives of human, organization and social....

Quality Management Systems: ISO 9001 and Six Sigma

ISO 9001:2000 vs. Six Sigma Originally, there are numerous examples and requirements, included in ISO 9001:2000. These criteria require any company to address the effectiveness of its quality management system. Further requirements specify the need for continual improvements to the quality management system – not just sporadic quality campaigns. The...

Strategic Human Resource Management and Performance

Employees are the organizational members of staff who are directly in touch with the targeted clients and this makes them the most critical feature of the organization. For a successful operational fiscal year, the Human resource managers have to ensure that they do recruit employees with potential and possess qualifications...

J.M. Smucker Company: The Internal Analysis

Executive Summary Internal analysis of an organization helps the organization determine its internal strengths and weaknesses. The J.M. Smucker Company is the leading manufacturer and marketer of branded food products in Northern America. It manufactures ice cream toppings, fruit spreads, beverages, health and natural foods, natural peanut butter, and shortening....

Consulting IT Firms, Types of IT Techniques

Introduction IT consulting refers to the process of advising a business of how best they utilize information technology to meet their business objectives effectively. This practice has become so common in the current global world. Most small but medium-size organizations are increasingly consulting certain independent IT firms since they may...

Organization’s Compensation System: Goals and Factors Influencing Compensation Practices

Introduction In most organizations the management compensates their employees so as to motivate them and hence increase the organizations level of production or to develop high performance. The research paper discusses the goals of an organization’s compensation system and the various factors that influence a company’s competitive strategies and compensation...

BFOQ: Restrictions on Termination of Employment

Introduction This paper examines the importance of BFOQ on restrictions to termination of employment in European countries. Often organizations that have failed to appropriately incorporate BFOQ encounter problems with staffing. The paper looks at some of the problems and establishes a relationship between BFOQ and the ADA of 1990. The...

Research Methodology Philosophy in Strategic Management

The Research Philosophy Explaining the research philosophy helps in understanding the interrelationship amongst the key components of the research and makes room for improvement in the methodology. This also helps in recognizing different positions concerning the research methods and defending the position being adopted for a particular research study. It...

Marketing and Management Strategy of Panera Bread

One of the finest ‘quick casual’ food chains in America is Panera Bread and these stores are really a one stop solution for hunger and a delicious meal at the end of the day. It has 70 shops in 10 states across US. The products available at Panera Bread are...

Employment at Will and Due Process

The relationship that employers have with the employees is a delicate one that calls for attention because ethical issues emerge very often. In Employment at will and Due Process, these issues are inevitable because employers dismiss employees without reason. The motives of the employers are not known and hence the...

E-Commerce in Computer Science Area: Business Idea

Description of the business This proposal will discuss the setting up of an E-Commerce business that will essentially deal with the sale of electronic devices over the internet; such electronic devices include watches, cameras, phone and phone accessories and computer accessories. The site will thus be about the sale of...

Business Ethics That Are Used in Business Society

Introduction This business journal is one of the 40 journals that have been used in the Financial Times in assembling the business schools grading. It uses a variety of lines of attack and disciplinary perspectives that are used in business. These ethics have been researched on and proven to be...

Leader Development and Self-Management

The era that we are currently leaving in is one of unprecedented opportunities and in order to realize your goals in the professional career that you have chosen, then having ambitions in life and smarts will enable you to reach the highest goal that you have set for yourself in...

Generation Y and the Workplace

Individuals born after 1980 belong to generation Y, and having just entered the workforce are exceptionally motivated in surging ahead to achieve their career objectives. In being brought up by the career-minded baby boomers they have immense potential in adding value to their employers. They have the inherent knack of...

Joint Venture of Office Depot (U.S.) and DeoDeo (Japan)

One of the vivid examples of market entry failure is a joint venture of Office Depot (U.S.) and DeoDeo (Japan). The main causes of this failure were inability to differentiate from other products in the same industry and the lack of market research. Market failure was caused by complex political,...

Haier Group: Company Case

Introduction Most Americans pronounce it as “hair”, while others make it sound like “higher”. The latter is more like it, for Haier Global occupies a higher place in the world’s electronic and home appliances goods and products. This Chinese company with a global presence has a long history, from a...

Internet and the Radio Industry: Strategic Management

The Internet has revolutionized the way business is done all over the world. This is because it has enabled better and faster communication. The world has been reduced into a global village where a larger population can be reached in a very short period. Furthermore, the advent of Instant messaging,...

Targeting as One of the Marketing Principles

Introducing Targeting is one of the main marketing principles, which help companies to reach their audiences and increase sales. Targeting (ethnic) minorities is a sound business practice, which has nothing to do with exploitation, or unfair business practices. Targeting Effective marketing allows managers and marketing organizations to create effective and...

Whole Foods Market: Company Analysis

Introduction Whole Foods Market is a Texas based supermarket chain which deals in the supply and distribution of organic and natural food products ranging from bakery products, coffee and tea, groceries, meat and poultry products as well as sea food products. Since it was founded in 1980, the company has...

Management: Core Competencies of the Corporation

Introduction The most recognized definition for the term core competencies is based on the corporation’s intellectual capacity of how to generate merchandise or services conveyance and having the best ability in developing different appointed expertise in the whole process. Core merchandise is dependable to core competencies and is not considered...

BT Groups Innovation Methods

Introduction Recently, The International Monetary Fund gave a review of the world economy and stated that every ten years, a global recession usually occurs. A study of the quarterly rates in Gross Domestic Product is one of the most effective ways of forecasting a recession in the economy. However, this...

Review of Employees’ Remunerations

Being one of the pioneers and the longest serving staff member of The Great International bank Limited, it has come to my realization that the financial wellbeing of the staff has been neglected for a long time. Based on the current economic hardships that have led to the high cost...

Princeton University: Sustainability Plan

Introduction Princeton University is an effervescent community of learning and education aimed at state’s service, particularly in the services of entire nations. And also it is a nondenominational, self-governing, co-educational organization that offers various lessons for both graduates and undergraduates in various areas. The impacts of human actions cause a...

Greenwashing in the Marketplace Today

Introduction Green products have invaded the market today that even flights are eco-friendly. According to Furlow, these multitudes of vague environmental claims are suspect of corporate dishonesty (Furlow, 2008). Flying has branded itself ‘green’ to emerge as the worst case of corporate dishonesty. In an effort to show ecological awareness,...

Theory and What Managers Do in Practice

Introduction There is a plethora of organizational theories and researches which have been and are still being conducted. An extensive number of academic research and theories are being published in peer-reviewed scholarly journals year after year. But there is evidence through these scholarly researches which shows that increasingly managers choose...

Values That the ISO9000 Can Bring to Riordan Manufacturing

Introduction ISO 9000 is the accepted system of standards that guarantee correspondence to the world standards and that regulate quality management. Originally, the correspondence to the ISO standards does not guarantee the high quality of the production, however, the adherence to the requirements of these systems of standard promotes the...

Palm Inc.’s System Feedback Loops

Introduction Organization and individuals need to invest in learning in order to run their operations effectively. Various approaches can be employed in learning, but one striking approach is the system thinking. The approach emphasizes on one to take a 360 degree approach in organization learning to understand how various parts...

Behavioral Finance and Personal Investment Decisions

Behavioral finance is a hypothetical insight into behavioral and psychological aspects that are involved in evaluating investment decisions. In light of the above statement, the outcome of any investment decision largely depends on two variables namely psychological and behavioral. Behavioral finance encapsulates two variables majorly cognitive psychology and the limits...

Managerial Decision Making Process

Would firms increase their revenue if they were to lower hearing aid prices? Evaluate the situation by doing a critical analysis? When the price of a product increases tremendously the demand for that particular product tremendously decreases. The given situation is that the firm wants to maximize its profit by...

British Petroleum Company’s Strengths and Weaknesses

Introduction One of the premier energy companies of the World is British Petroleum. “It is the fourth largest company in the whole World. In the energy sector BP is the third largest company of the World” (Bamberg, 2008). One of the most prolific companies of the world, BP has its...

Steps for the Decision-Making and Final Decision

Introduction The business world is the specific sphere where people are to make decisions. There are a great many different techniques and methodologies in decision-making. The better method is used, the better decision is made and this decision is sure to influence the whole working process. Taking the scenario of...

Alameri Group’s Situational Leadership

Introduction Leadership is defined as the social process under which a person can utilize the support of others to achieve a common goal and forms one of the most relevant and important aspect of organizations. Leadership style refers to “the manner and approach in which directions, motivation, planning and implementation...

Customer Service in Rogers Wireless International

Abstract Rogers is a communication service provider that produces phones as well as other data devices. In my study of the services provided by Rogers wireless international, I looked at three of its customer care services and their impacts on the operations of the company. Three articles were studied which...

Global Codes of Conduct: Coca-cola, Bank of America, Sears

Introduction Global codes of conduct that are to be followed by companies are aimed at ensuring that acceptable trade practices are adopted. The international trade organizations emphasize practices that will not corrupt the norms of the people. Practices such as corruption are completely discouraged internationally. Employees are expected to treat...

Creative Decisions for Effective Change

Introduction Quality of decisions made is core to the success of any organization. For the success of everyday operations within organizations, there is a need for an effective decision making process. As organizations continue becoming complex, attainment of short-term as well as long-term objectives depend on the decisions made by...

Role of Intermediaries Analysis

Discuss the role of intermediaries in Business-to-Business (B2B) In order to provide an answer to this question, it is first of all, necessary to understand what an ‘intermediary’ in a B2B transaction actually does. In real terms he/she could be said to bridge the gap between the buyer and seller,...

The Selection Process: Recruiting New Employees

Choosing the right personnel is extremely vital for any organization. Each organization, however, has its own requirements as for the personnel’s education, experience, productivity, etc. This being the reason, when recruiting new employees, an organization is looking for definite qualities and characteristics in each of the applicants. This is called...

The Humanistic View of Business

In recent socio-economical context, the management theories are facing some never-seen-before challenges from different corners. Many factors are posing threats to the businesses, and the decision makers are forced to rethink about the business strategies for sustainability. Generally it is seen that the human mind is materialistic and they basically...

Ford Motor Company: International Finance Manager

Introduction The selected company is Ford Motor Company and the person is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of this company in charge of management of international financial operations. As is well known, Ford Motors is a global automobile leader that sells its products in 6 continents. It has nearly 246,000...

Adapting Organizations to Today’s Markets

Today’s markets experience an accelerated pace of change which has brought about a shift in the nature of business organizations. Most firms have shunned the old hierarchical model, with its clean functional divisions and clear lines of authority, and adopted flatter, less bureaucratic structures. They encourage the concept of flexibility...

Apollo Corporation: Case Study

Introduction The main purpose of this report is to analyze the conflict between the company Apollo Corporation and the labor union, and namely, unlawful termination of the employee, who was attempting to unionize the workers of the corporation. This issue can be interpreted from two perspectives, particularly, the employers and...

Ethical & Organizational Climate at My Workplace

Introduction The paper shall look at the ethical climate within my current organization. Ethical climate has taken center stage in the corporate arena because it can be a source of competitive advantage, it makes the workplace environment more conducive for employees and the law requires that companies abide by certain...

Benefit Administration Strategies Definition

Introduction According to Becker & Gerhardt (1963), benefit administration strategies can be defined as the ways through which organizations can use to pay and reward their employee’s contributions to the organization’s success. These benefit administration strategies enable organizations to retain a superior workforce hence reducing high labor turnover. Sharing of...

Red Bull Energy Drink: Marketing Plan & Strategy

Executive summary The marketing plan entails a marketing strategy for Red Bull energy drink. An overview of the external environment in the energy drink industry is given. The competitive challenges in the market are identified and hence the importance of developing an effective marketing strategy. The firm’s mission statement in...

Strategic Management: Definition and Value for Managers

Introduction Strategic management can be defined as either an art or science of business management strategy that helps to formulates, implement, and evaluate some specific decisions that prove very critical in reaching the organizational objectives (David, 2007). This definition, therefore, means that strategic management is a type of management inclined...

Industrial Relation and Employee Relations: Pay Offering

The way the relationship between and employer is structured you will find that at every one particular time there will be conflict. These conflicts arise from the fact that the employers will want some work done as a consideration of the pay he/ she is offering. On the other hand...

Team Building and Conflict Resolution at Workplace

Teamwork is recognized more as a collaborative effort by the members for the mutual benefits of the corporation and the organization’s employee relations resulted as cooperation among the team members. This signifies the role of an effective team and its performance inside the organizational premises. Teamwork defines the harmony and...

Moller Skycar’s Marketing Mix: Promotion

Promotion for Mollar Sky cars Promotion is an important component of the marketing strategy, specifically, so far it relates to the marketing mix. The marketing mix consists of 4 Ps and promotion is a very vital element, which can be considered second to the product. The elements of the promotion...

Organic Milk Products’ Marketing Strategy

In order to succeed in a marketing activities, a marketing strategy is must have. This paper discusses how to go about developing a marketing strategy for organic milk products. It also outlines the target market for the products, a value proposition for the products through differentiation and marketing positioning strategy...

Southwest Airlines Company: Innovation and Marketing

Introduction Success in innovations only comes about as a result of keen examining of the needs of the consumer and coming up with a product that matches these needs in order to win a competitive advantage on the market (Midgley, 1977: 11). The Southwest Airlines Company is one of the...

Remuneration Issues in the Organization: CEO Compensation

The current economic crisis has brought numerous discrepancies in the way the world economies are run. Apart from exposing the weaknesses inherent in the systems issues of remuneration have hit the headlines hard. The financial institutions that triggered the credit crisis were the same firms offering some of the highest...

Kudler Fine Foods Company’s Environmental Scan

Introduction Efforts to survive and smoke away competition have compelled companies to analyze both internal and external environments that have the capacity to change the culture of an organization. Kudler fine foods has been left out of the bracket. This paper seeks at examining the both internal and external environments...

Pivotal Group and Sterling Chemicals, Inc.: Acquisition Strategy

Pivotal Group Acquisition Pivotal Group is an investment company based in Phoenix. The company deals in private equity and real estate investment portfolios. Some of the company’s major real estate investments are its hotels, which are in the category of luxury investments; office properties; and community development properties. For example,...

Motivation at Workplace: Achieving Organizational Goals

Introduction Leadership is a very important skill which is not possessed by all; hardly very few people are blessed with this skill. Being a leader is not easy; it poses many challenges and the person who overcomes these challenges make a successful leader. A leader instills confidence and provides motivation...

Innovation in Operation Management – Personal Experience

Introduction Most companies face challenges like deregulation, e-commerce exertion of pressures on the profits made by the company and also globalization. For companies to overcome these problems in their phases, they must put in place some innovative strategies like differentiating their products or services from those of the competition to...

Leadership Effectiveness and Communication Styles

Leadership is a complex phenomenon that can manifest in a variety of ways and manners. Leadership styles differ in accordance with the personalities and characters of people who apply and practice them. There exist several leadership theories that describe respective leadership styles used in practice. The purpose of this paper...

Alternative Energy Industry’s Competition Dynamics

Introduction There are many competitors in the Alternative Energy Industry; some of them include BP Alternative energy, Exxon, Mobil and Conoco Phillips. These competitors derive their energy from sources such as biofuel, sunlight, heat, wind, rain, tides and hydrogen. However it should be noted that competition in the industry is...

Leadership in Organizational Behavior

Introduction Organizational Behavior (OB) is basically the study of how individuals and people groups act in a given organization. During the study, a system is established where both individuals and people groups are analyzed and classified according to their behavior. It starts with interpreting an individual’s behavior looks at h/her...

Country of Origin Effects on the Consumer Decisions

Introduction The consumer decisions into whether to buy or not to buy a certain product are influenced by the products’ Country of Origin (COO). Researches have been conducted relating to country image perceptions as well as perceptions of consumers in different countries on products made in different countries (Fan, 2008)....

Canada Entry Strategy Into a Chinese Foreign Market

Introduction Entering into foreign markets has numerous challenges for new firms. In this case, the organization is based in Canada and plans on exporting Canola oil to China. There are several challenges ahead for this organization; questions like ‘what kind of market will be pursued?’, ‘what marketing infrastructure should be...

Peter’s Pizza Restaurant: HRM Overview

Introduction A company requires both physical and human resources for its operations. The human resource is the greatest asset that an organization can have; without it no business transaction can take place. It ensures that the business is run in the right way, and thus determines the current as well...

Scott’s Miracle Grow Case

The main objective in business operation is to make a profit. Business operators look for all possible ways to ensure that they have made a significant profit. This is because profit determines the growth of the business. Various methods are used to ensure that the business has made a profit....

Urban Outfitters Continuing: Creating a Business

Introduction Starting up a business can be a daunting task involving numerous steps while setting up. Moreover, just as is the case with any upcoming venture, success cannot immediately be guaranteed thus an individual needs to have the skill and knowledge of how he/she can reduce tricky elements involved in...

PeopleSoft Software and HR.net Enterprise Software

Thesis Statement The Discussion on this paper generally focuses on Oracle’s PeopleSoft software and HR.net Enterprise HRIS software and all aspects that revolve around the two. Introduction The Human Resource Information System (HRIS) can be defined as an online solution meant to cater for the data entry, tracking, as well...

Decision Building in Paradise Business Scenario

Introduction Decision building in Paradise Business Scenario is very essentials to its success. It also plays a vital role in Radiology Imaging Industry with the intention of concerning various instruments and knowledge that will help to create the most appropriate resolution for the Paradise Business move; live in the Kava...

Four Stages of Marketing Internationalization

Introduction In the search for a greater and vast market, many companies globally decide to take their products to the international market. The need to reach out to the international market more often than not is faced with hitches and challenges one of which is the mode of entry into...

Lesson and Recommendations After British Airways Strike

Introduction Profitability is possible if the management protects the Company’s brand image while maintaining a good relationship with the workers. British Airways suffered major losses from the wild cat strike due to poor leadership that embittered the workers. Their loyalty and service to the BA were down-graded and treated unfairly...

Personal Leadership Style: Supportive Style

Many people mix up the concepts of Leadership and Management with each other. Leadership and Management are not the same things. Leadership comes from within the person; whereas, management does not. Leadership is not just all about managing people, tasks, or resources; it is much more than that. A good...

Managing in a Multicultural Context

Introduction In today’s world, the workplace is the major meeting place of different people with different personalities, values, cultures, and generally different ways of life. Because of this situation, a workplace has different challenges that the company’s management must handle with caution to achieve a balanced ground and a suitable...

Governing Business Activity: Small and Big Firms Relationship

Introduction A small firm is a company that has less than 50 employees and having an annual turn over of 5.6 million Euros or less. A small firm is also characterized by current assets whose total is fixed on its balance sheet of 2.8 million Euros or less and usually...

Cross-Cultural Management in the Companies

Introduction These days due to the companies’ hiring foreign employees, the necessity of proper knowledge in cross-cultural management is ever more increasing. Cross-cultural management studies “potential value differences between people from diverse societies and can help them use reasonably accurate stereotypes to form their expectations to each other” (Tjosvold &...

Web-Based Prototype of the E-Business Activity

The prototype of the e-business activity will be based on the principles of caring and communicating with customers via e-mail or any other electronic communication tool. The services and products, which are sold are associated with design, art, and hand-made exclusive postcards. The designed pictures, styles, or themes for the...

The Role of Environmental Management in Company

Caty behaved unethically because she decided to continue using the fertilizer said to contain environmentally unfriendly components so as to maintain the status quo in terms of finances. She made the decision based on the view that her annual bonus would decrease should the resort adjust to use the expensive...

Quality Staffing for Success of Company

Introduction Production of high quality products is the aim of all companies that seek to satisfy their customers, putting in mind that the customers always pay attention to high quality products for purchase. Therefore, for any company to survive in the market, quality must be addressed sufficiently and adequately. Many...

Business Communication Trends in Organizations

The major goal of any form of business communication is to attain the various goals of any organization. The parties involved in business communications are both internal and external; with the external parties being referred to as external audiences and the internal parties being referred to as internal audiences. Internal...

Business Ethics of Concealing Facts in Report

The presented ethical issue revolves around Shari Lewis’s decision to edit a student’s report. This move has been made to conceal Laurentian Mining Limited’s capabilities and operations. The current situation indicates that the company has an ore body that is yet to be made public. Shari Lewis has removed the...

Decline in General Motors of 2007

Introduction The year 2007 to the present time has been a bad business period for most companies. In motor industry, General Motors have had a bad experience in most of their markets. The period, 2007 to the present time have seen General Motor sales decline consistently. General Motors internal production...

Human Resource Management and Personnel Management: Similarities

People often consider human resource management and personnel management to be the same thing labelled in different words. However both are significantly different in terms of their approach, their scope and their philosophy in management. Personal management is an approach of managing the employees of the organization through administration. The...

Gap Analysis: Global Communications

Situation Analysis Issue and Opportunity Identification The issues and the opportunities which are discussed in the table take their origin in the increase of the Global Communication market. It is necessary to emphasize that this market has reached the peak of its development and it is almost impossible to offer...

Computer Systems: Insourcing and Outsourcing

The purchase of a new software package is important to an organization for efficient operations. Such a decision should never be taken lightly and the organization should exhibit strong leadership skills and a clear understanding of the needs of the company or the organization. The new system should be able...

Coffee Firm: Environmental and Social Issues

Introduction Environmental and social issues have become a major business challenge. Since there is interdependency between business and environment, it’s important that care is taken to determine the effect of the relationship. Business depends on the environment, i.e., drawing a large number of natural resources but putting back nothing. Some...

Level 5 Manufacturing: Pros and Cons of the Mode

Level 5 manufacturing entails the assembly of a desktop PC assembly, floppy disc, and fan. This mode has many disadvantages and disadvantages that are discussed here. First of all, the motherboard and chassis are built separately by contract manufacturers outside the United States. The chassis and motherboard are then separately...

Club IT: Modern Club Specifics

Introduction Any modern club, even without the consideration of specific services and specialized directions in club’s operations, represents a complex system of functional links. The congruence in the work of such links can be seen as directly related to the success of such venue’s existence. In that regard, gaining a...

Physical Privacy at Work: Discussion

Introduction Currently, a great number of the corporate society is undertaking drug test on their employees. In some industries drug testing is carried out as a pre-condition for employment consideration, while in others random drug test is carried out on employees to prove their innocence (Schramm, 2005). This practice has...

Project Team: Definition, Principles of Function and Possible Conflicts

Introduction Project team creation means forming a group of people or a group of teams working together to achieve a common goal. Many reputed organizations build a good project team. Every organization must be doing many projects like launching a new product, opening a new branch, opening a new company,...

Human Resource Management: Employee Performance Report

Vice President Marketing Zenon Marketing Subject: Employee Performance Report Sir, Please find attached the detailed report regarding the concerns related to one of our staff, Bill Smith. His performance and behavior have been recorded for the past seven months since he was employed. The concerns of the department make it...

Organizational Problems: Stress and Burnout of Employees

Stress and burnout are the major causes of employee-related problems in organizations. Stress is defined as happenings that cause anxiety, discomfort, and tension. Stress not only affects the performance of employees in the workplace but also affects their personal lives negatively. Stress responses refer to the physiological and behavioral effects...

Improving Workplace Learning for the Bank Tellers

Standard chartered bank is the bank that I have been working for the last two years. The bank is located in Kenya and offers a wide range of products and financial services to many customers both local and international. The services offered include international money transfers, Accounts, loans, foreign exchange,...