Adult Learning in the Company

I guess that organizational learning is one of the most important aspects of organizational development as it helps modern companies to improve their performance and introduce knowledge management initiatives. Organizations learn when they increase their knowledge of action relationships by obtaining information that they recognize as being potentially useful. This...

Scottish Real Estate Market Analysis

This business report deals with the analysis of commercial real estate market conditions in Scotland. The demand and supply theory in the real estate market context is included in this report for assessing the future market conditions. The economics, dynamics and interactions between use, investment and development sectors are discussed...

Sheltair Aviation: Lean Six-Sigma

Abstract Management is one of the most important concepts in the operation of a firm. The management of Sheltair Aviation, a firm that deals with the fixed-based operation of airlines in North America, has integrated this concept. Over the years, its performance has been optimal due to various management strategies...

Digital Dashboards and Management Cockpits

Digital dashboards are business management tools that visually give the position or status of the business using the core indicators of that same business. They display data from various business departments to give the bests decisions that the business venture should follow. There are three types available in the markets;...

Using E-Commerce: A Technology-Based Business

Introduction According to Wigand (1997), electronic Commerce is an integrative concept, designed to draw together a wide range of business support services. This includes inter-organizational e-mail, directories, trading support systems for commodities, products, customized products, and custom-built goods and services, ordering and logistic support systems, settlement support systems, and management...

Motivation Techniques at Workplace

In the business environment, motivation can be defined as the internal state that activates behavior and energizes individuals to goal-oriented behavior. It is a composition of design beliefs that directs these needs me to take action. Motivation can include things such as inspiration, encouragement, and support. Motivating factors are the...

The Marketing Importance for Purchase Desicions

There is a certain food stuff manufacturing firm from which I always purchase snacks. The firm produces different types of cakes, biscuits, and on the other hand processes milk into different final products like yoghurt, cheese, butter, fresh milk etc. I am a constant buyer of this business as I...

Marks & Spencer Plc.: Supply Chain Management

Introduction Marks & Spencer PLC is one of the leading retailers in the United Kingdom with a claim that it has over twenty-one million customers visiting its stores each week. Over seventy-five thousand people have found their employment in the company in its over six hundred stores in the UK...

The U.S.A v. Jeffery Skilling – An Ethical Analysis

Statement of Facts Legal Issue Statement Applicable Legal Rules Observations In this case, in the lower court, jurors who were educators, office workers, a nurse, and engineers observed that Skilling was final repository as he was the main brain behind binding “side-deals” to perpetuate his technique to defraud. According to...

The Promoting of Effective Board Governance

Introduction The organizational structures, especially companies, are different and more complex from those of smaller ones. While sole proprietorship and partnership consist of just the management team, larger organization and companies in particular (both profit making and non profit making organization), usually have boards of director which is the organization’s...

Organizational Structures: Ford Motor Company

The organizational structure of an enterprise can be affected by a great number of factors, such as marketing strategies, operations, human resources, and others (Bateman& Snell, 2008). Provided that we are speaking about Ford Motor Company we should first speak about operations. As a representative of the automobile industry, Ford...

Conflict Management Styles in Workplace

Conflict management (CM) styles provide us with those patterns of expressing our concern that usually develops in workplace organizations with an aim to resolve conflicts. Conflicting situations require the skills to cope up with various problem scenarios. CM is usually examined in my place of work as a dual process...

Pricing and Marketing Strategies for Windows and Office That Microsoft Should Follow

Introduction For a long time, the Microsoft Company has had huge profit margins through employing the monopoly power it has to hold constant the prices of the company’s software at all times regardless of the business situation. However, in these times of horrible downturn and ever-increasing competition, the CEO of...

Operations Management: Ford vs. Firestone

Introduction Operations management refers to all sets of strategies and activities that are geared towards the careful management of processes to produce and distribute products and services. According to Bjorn & Rune (1999:294), the set of activities that are involved in operations management includes product creation, development, production, and distribution....

Lifestyle in Market Segmentation

Introduction The article under consideration is called “construct “lifestyle” in market segmentation: the behavior of tourist consumers” is written by A.M Gonzalez and L. Bello. The article is dedicated to the problem of personification of the market strategies using innovated lifestyle concepts. These new streams in the market are precisely...

Information Systems at Boeing Corporation

Managers and business organizations invest in information technology and systems because such strategies provide real economic value to the business. The decision to implement or sustain an information system presumes that the profits on this investment will be higher than that of other assets. These higher profits can be expressed...

Lufthansa Group: International Growth Strategy

Introduction Background to the study Lufthansa is one of the largest firms in the European airline industry. The firm operates from two main hubs which include Munich and Frankfurt. In its operation, the firm serves approximately 242 destinations which are located in 87 different countries (Lufthansa, 2008, ¶ 3). Apart...

Brand Development: Branding Strategy Insider

Introduction Building a brand or generating response have been subjects of debate over the years, as fighter brands remain an ancient strategy in branding. In their articles “How the GFC has forced brands to rethink their strategies” (Addis 2009) and “Fighter brand strategy considerations” (Daye & VanAuken 2009), the authors...

Employment Contract, Termination and Restraint to Trade

Introduction An employment contract is an agreement between two parties, that is, the employer and the employee (Mouzas, S. & Furmston, M., 2008). The contract is a legally binding agreement that is enforced by law and in case of a breach of contract the court may provide a remedy. According...

Managing Organisational Change: Contingency Approach

Value of contingency approach to organisational change The contingency approach to organisational change advocates that all decisions regarding change need to be taken contextually and it would not be deemed proper to have a “best way” fit all methods to address all issues connected to organizational change. (Jalnoah 2009). This...

The Relationship of Leadership to the Politics of the Organization

The advice given by Dr. Kennedy is practical to some extent. Many workers prefer to be led rather than be managed. This means that most employees would rather have someone to guide them and then allow them to complete their jobs on their own. While this advice may work for...

Stakeholders and CSR (Stakeholder Theory)

Stakeholders have a great impact on product markets as they determine the main trends and product requirements for a future period of time. To decide what a customer means by more colorful, more durable, or stronger, and to build these characteristics into a product, can easily involve misinterpretations. Moreover, needs...

How Does Wal-Mart Benefits From Green Sustainable Supply Chain?

Outline Environmental change has begun to grip the world with consistent patterns of turbulent weather conditions which have resulted in extreme heat waves, rainfall, snowfall and hurricane in most parts of the world. Under the circumstances it becomes important for people to be concerned about taking remedial measures in reducing...

The Risks of Outsourcing

Outsourcing is a process through which a company or an organization may ask other firms to handle some of its functions. These functions usually consist of marketing, human resource, finance, selling, retailing, etc. Since there are other firms in the market which specialize in these fields, it becomes easier for...

PSU: Women Managerial Career Development

There is scarce information on the different and changing organizational situations in which women follow their careers. During the 1980s and 1990s, private and public organizations underwent various levels of restructuring as a result of the need to be competitive in the external market and improvement of the internal market....

Management Skills Learning and Development Plan

Career goals and career opportunities Currently, I am working as an Accountant in the Finance Department of a hotel. My senior is Assistant Financial Controller and Director of Finance. I have been working here for a month only. My job duty is to do month-end closing and management reporting and...

Case Study “Tough Guy”: Problems in the Organization

Introduction The problems that this case study presents revolves around the insulting and derogatory behavior of Chip Mazey, the vice president of Hudson Smith Gordon, an investment bank, along with his poor people skills. Case analysis The insulting and derogatory behavior Mazey portrays has led him, a vice president of...

Hatch and Schultz Action Research in Lego Company

Introduction Action research undertaken by Hatch and Schultz in LEGO Company elaborates a handful of insights on corporate branding. It offers an insightful example of managerial challenges and dynamics involved in organizations that are used in developing global brands (Hatch, 2009). They argued for a shift from product to corporate...

Collective Bargaining in Public Sector

A union (labor union) is an organization that is formed through workers coming together to achieve common goals, in very key areas such as the conditions of work. Unions are legally recognized as worker’s representatives in many companies and industries. According to John, (p24) “In most cases, unions are found...

Porter’s Competitive Forces and Its Effect on Business

Porter’s model shows the five forces influences on a businesses enterprise including threat of entry of competitors, threat of substitutes, bargaining power of buyers, bargaining power of suppliers, and rivalry among the existing players. Moreover, to make the model more comprehensive, a sixth factor, government was later included in the...

Motorola Company: Global Logistic Management

Motorola has endeared itself to the cause of making and marketing electronic and electrical communication equipment and mobile technology for the last eight decades. With a plethora of awards and accolades from all quarters, this global company clocked US$ 30.1 Billion during fiscal 2008. It is one of the big...

An UAE Event Management Firm’s Marketing Plan

Introduction Worldwide event management has been treated as a tiresome and unappreciative task. The cause is event management is a completely new idea of the present modern and fast world. Events are the programs like a party or an assembly of people for a purpose like a celebration or a...

Organizational Design Key Concepts

Key Concepts of Organizational Design Organizational design has a profound effect on the way work flows in an organization, it can hamper or improve decision making, communication and hence motivation. The paper shall look at various elements of organizational design and how these reflect upon a company. Importance of Organizational...

Finnforest Corporation: Implementation of E-Procurement in Business

Introduction The wave of IT revaluation has shaped our business community to replace traditional procurement with e-procurement. The pioneer of technology adoption has argued to quick turn into e-procurement, when the classic thinker stands for traditional procurement. As a market leader of European Forest Industry, Finnforest Corporation has been demonstrated...

Ethics Within the Organization

Ethics within an organization have become very important now because all organizations have now realized the benefits and advantages they can get by following these ethics. The organization I work in has a number of tools that ensure that ethics are being followed and practiced within the company. Some of...

Pendux Incorporation: International Business

Introduction Pendux Incorporation is a private limited company that was established in 2000 within the coffee industry in US. The firm’s headquarters are located at New York. Pendux Incorporation deals with retailing and wholesaling of roasted coffee. The management of the firm ensures that its products are of high quality....

Wal-Mart Stores as Sam Walton’s Enterprise

Sam Walton incorporated his business as Wal-Mart Stores in 1969 and more than thirty years later it has become a global retailing juggernaut with an unprecedented revenue that will exceed $400 billion in fiscal 2009 (Thompson, Strickland, & Gamble, 2008, p.374). It is the largest retailer in the United States,...

Project Management Process: The Distributed Decision System

Introduction A project plan may be defined as a formal, official document created in order to set clear, understandable guidelines for and to provide direction to both project operation as well as project control. The main reasons for creating such a document are to help efficient and productive planning assumptions,...

Boston Children’s Hospital’s Communication Case

Introduction Communication is the vital need of every human being. In other words, people would not differ from other species of animals if they had no ability to formulate their thoughts and communicate them. This ability allows people build certain relationships with each other within their local communities and in...

Consumer Purchase Decision Psychology

Executive Summary Consumer purchase decision is influenced by external factors used as stimulus in store design. These factors enhance the consumer capacity to assess the stimulus meaning and initiate a response in them to involve in more purchases. Customer behaviour modification during shopping is based on the perception of customers....

TiVo Inc.: Strategic Management

This paper aims to describe the industry and operating environment of such a company as TiVo Inc. In particular, it is necessary to focus on such aspects as the intensity of completion, the possibility of new entrants, the bargaining power of customers and suppliers, etc. The analysis may help to...

Job Analysis- InterClean and EnviroTech

Introduction The merger between InterClean and EnviroTech has led to a new outfit that has shifted the two companies strategic direction to a completely dimension. InterClean dealt with cleaning products only while EnviroTech offered cleaning services for organizations in the healthcare industry. The merger effectively brings together two business entities...

Scheduling and Supply Chain in Manufacturing

Introduction Manufacturing of new products requires product design and complete description of the steps involved. Companies should opt for a production system, which will enable production of the desired quality of goods at the right time. The major types of manufacturing processes are job shop, batch shop, assembly and continuous....

Motivational Problems at Workplace

Managers have the responsibility to make workers motivated since lack of it can be a source of many problems in the workplace. Motivation is the reason why people want to work. There is a gap that exists between an individual’s desired state and the actual state. Motivation, therefore, is a...

The Coca-Cola Company in Sub-Saharan Africa

This is a research of international business activities of Coca-Cola Company in Sub- Saharan Africa. Coca-Cola Company is a multinational company with its origin in Atlanta, Georgia. It was invented by Doctor John Pemberton in May 1896. Today, it’s the world’s leading beverage company in the world. Along with Coca-Cola,...

Service Sector Marketing Planning

Abstract Good service businesses pay attention to clientele and workforce mutually. They realize how service earnings link proceeds from a service provider with human resource and consumer contentment. Service sector marketing entitles not only for outside marketing but for in-house marketing as well in order to encourage workers and interactive...

External Environmental Factors That Influence Wataniya Airways Performance

Introduction This paper focuses on the Wataniya Airways and the external environmental factors influencing its performance. Wataniya Airways was established in the year 2005. It was founded as a section of the Kuwait Government’s liberalization of airways services and was established by Kuwait corporations that comprised of Global Investment House...

The Problem of Leadership

Introduction Leadership is the socially influencing effect that one person has in the form of aid and support on others with the aim of achieving a common goal. Kouzes and Posner (2007) say that leadership is all about creating a path for people to put in their ideas for the...

Group Problem-Solving and Decision Making

The modern sphere of business has always been looking for ways to improve the working process. Individual decision making, brainstorm, group work, are all types of decision making, which are used by the companies. Group problem-solving and decision-making is one of the most effective techniques as the group of people...

Assessment and Management of Risks

Risk can be defined as the unexpected happening in uncertain events. Risk can also be described as a combination of the likelihood of a hazard occurring and the severity of the hazard. One is never certain that risk is going to happen and so the risk is un-foretold and uncertain....

“The One Minute Manager” by K. Blanchard and S. Johnson

The book “The One Minute Manager” is written by Kenneth Blanchard and co-authorized by physician Spencer Johnson. K. Albrecht (2002) writes the following about it: “Originally self-published in 1984, and only sold to a commercial publisher after it had achieved significant sales numbers, it eventually sold over 5 million copies...

Toyota Motor Ltd: Guiding Principles, Philosophy, and Practices

At the end of the day, the insistence of the company on lean and efficient production rests on the strategy of offering the market cars that work reliably and are as affordable as possible. Quality and productivity helped the company penetrate an impoverished domestic market still struggling to surmount the...

Business Ethical Issues Definition

While carrying out business, people encounter numerous moral and ethical constraints, which is explained by the fact that the human factor dominates in business relationships. However, to solve the emerging disputes based on the infringement of moral principles, it is necessary to apply the legal issues that foster the balance...

Consumer Adoption of Optus Company’s New Technology

Introduction Optus Company is a communication company that provides various communication services to about seven million consumers in Australia every day. The various services that the company provides include mobile, all telephone services (international and local), business network services, internet and satellite services and subscription television. The merge of Sing...

Diversity and Demographic Impacts on Behavior

Abstract Businesses or firms that employ a diverse workforce are in a better position to appreciate and realize the demographics of their market. Demographics in this case refer to specific characteristics used in marketing or business research. They include race, disabilities, income, gender, location, and age. A company with a...

Virgin Company: Organizational Leadership

Abstract In business, leadership is of vital importance because the financial success of every company depends upon the abilities of its leader to structure the work, motivate employees and customers, promote the goods produced, and facilitate the increase of the company’s market share. Richard Bronson, the founder of the Virgin...

Case of JP Morgan Chase

Introduction Various approaches have been used to define the term organizational development, and the organizational change has been used synonymous with organizational development. In all geographical locations, various factors have led to the organizational development because of the necessity of an organization have to expand in the global market place....

Malaysian Market for Wiper Blades

Introduction Wiper blades are one of the fastest-growing commodities being sold internationally. Because of the increase in demand for vehicles, the wiper blades industry is becoming one of the most lucrative industries. The wiper blades industry in Malaysia had developed into large operations whose products are used all over the...

Warren G. Bennis’ Contribution to Strategic Human Resource Management

Introduction Several scholars have had their share of contributions to the field of strategic human resource management. They have tried to point out the different factors that play an important role in the ensuring of an efficient Human Resource Management strategy. Among those whose contributions have stood the test of...

Organization Management: Quality Management in Companies

Introduction Within the operation of any organization, quality management is mostly considered to comprise three basic components, namely quality control, assurance and improvement. Quality management does not only focus on product quality, but also on the ways of achieving it, hence, it incorporates quality assurance, control of processes and products...

Management Planning: Tyco Company

Introduction All business and human organizations need the right management practices for them to be sustainable and viable. Proper management practices should focus on both the long and short-term objectives of an organization. It involves formulating strategic targets, defining clearly organizational goals, implementation of correct plans and executing the plans...

Investment Management: The Relevance of Portfolio Theory and Capital Asset Pricing Model

Introduction Background Risks are essential repercussions of different investments. Treasury bills are considered safer than other investments. Treasury bills are those long term bond investments that offer investors assets whose prices rarely fluctuate. Low risk entails low returns. That is why treasury bills provide the lowest average return when compared...

Alton International Pte Ltd.: Supply Chain Management

An Outline The following was the team’s plan for the study of Supply Chain Management in the business situation at Alton International (S) Pte Ltd, Singapore Operations. Actual site visit Purchasing Department Sales and Marketing Department Human Resource Department Warehouse & distribution Department Customer Service Department Presentation of conclusion and...

Executive Compensation Practices: Compensation Packages, Executive Pay, and Criticisms

Introduction Executive compensation concerns the remuneration of top executives in corporations. The executive compensation is a package that includes base salaries, bonuses etc. The top executives negotiate for their employment contracts. These contracts are typically five years and they spell out basic salaries, target bonus- that is paid with or...

Gentiva Home Health Company Positive Ethical Behavior

Introduction The Gentiva Health Company has been the leading health care company in the United States and this has been attributed highly to its best-defined organizational policies. As America’s leader in the provision of home care health services, the company has been delivering an expansion of healthcare in homes for...

SABIC Brand Role and Its Reception in Australian Market

Purpose of the Proposed Research It is expected to give clear information on the possible reception of the SABIC brand in the Australian market and reveal the gap for entry and brand building for competitive advantage. Research question What role will SABIC brand play in the Australian market and what...

Xbox: The SWOT Analysis

The market of the computer and other innovative technologies expands every day. The computer and Internet became an essential part of people’s lives not only in their working places but also at homes. Microsoft, one of the most powerful companies in the computer field, has launched Xbox, a new video...

Compensation/Management: Job Analysis, Employee Reaction

Job Analysis support in pay decisions Job analysis involves collecting information that describes the characteristics and requirements of a certain kind of job. This information may include the required skills, experience, personal behavior and specific duties to be performed among others. It is through the data collected during job analysis...

Decision Making in Paradise Two

Effective decision making and business prosperity interrelate to each other and reflect organization’s strategic plans and management systems. The case of Paradise vividly portrays that decision-making determines overall success of the organization and its development. Leadership style of the executive enables him to be accepted by others. Decision-making mechanisms adopted...

“Plan, Do, Study, Act Model to Improve an Orientation Program” Article Synthesis

This paper is a synthesis of the article, “Plan, Do, Study, Act Model to Improve an Orientation Program” that concerns the processes of employee orientation at work. Employee orientation is a process wherein the new employees at a workplace are taken “on board” and introduced to the various elements of...

Impact of Organization Restructuring on Motivation

Introduction Organizational restructuring may bring positive or negative impacts on the motivation of the members of the organization. Although changes of an organization may achieve cohesion among the members and increased morale due to a change in the culture, it may bring changes that are uncertain, and thus result in...

Educational Training Program Proposal Report

Abstract The project is carried with the aim of identification of the factors that will improve the employment management system. It provides with ideas and solutions for the understanding of the employees’ needs and preferences who are learning online. In addition, the project presents the models of program development of...

Marketing Mix Products and Brand Strategies

In this research paper importance of branding will be discussed with regards to placing a product in the minds of the consumers. The paper will then delve into the relationship element of the brand with its users or consumers. Finally a comparison will be made between two brands of different...

Managing Diversity and Creating Equal Opportunity at Workplace

Introduction Despite the expanded role of women in the workplace over the last three decades, the proportion of women continues to decline at progressively higher levels in managerial hierarchies the higher the level in the organization, the fewer women are found. Understanding the work environment is crucial to understanding what...

The Most Critical Leadership Competencies

Making a good leader is the central goal of any working organization striving to create effective business staff headed by a qualified specialist. Leadership is considered to be one of the central skills helping any person to succeed in business and social activities; this quality makes anyone stand out from...

Managing Organizational Change at Du Pont

Introduction This case study takes up the matter of how the organizational development (OD) approach to changes is enforced in Du Pont. “Organisational Development is concerned about “measurement and identification of organizational factors that encourage and inhibit performance.” (Organisational development 2009). In the context of Du Pont, it is seen...

SABMiller on the South African Beer Market

SABMiller has saturated the South African beer market. It has to find a way to increase their revenue in the global market and so decided to raise capital through the London Stock Exchange. When they did not succeed in attracting investors, the company made the mistake of acquiring the second...

Problem Solution: Best Snacks INC.

Best Snacks is part of a giant industry in the modern world. The fast food industry is a rapidly changing industry. As we will see in the pages to come, Best Snacks is finding itself in a difficult position lately. It is one of the oldest operating companies in the...

Environmental Trends in Microbrewing (Craft Beer)

Technological Trends The Micro Brewing and beer brewing industry has turned into a high technology industry and there are a number of factors that impact the industry. Beer Spoiling Bacteria Breweries across the world and across all types of beers are faced with the repetitive problem that beer can get...

Blue Star Inc.: The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business

Ethics and morality are philosophical concepts that are understood differently by different people. There are some rules in the society that are aimed to be the norms of the behavior. Business is the same world where norms of behavior also exist. The ethical code of behavior states some issues, according...

International Marketing – Impact of Globalization

Abstract Due to the invention of highly developed technology the current world has more and more become an integrated community and as a consequence global business is the present form of trade in this 21st century. Also due to globalization concept there has been immense disregard to countrywide boundaries, the...

The Roles of Organization Design in Proper Business Management

Organization design is a process of creating roles and designing reporting relationships in an organization. It is a guided process that integrates people and technology within the organization management and is aimed at improving the collective responsibility in the handling of duties thus ensuring success in achieving set objectives (Roberts,...

Employee Motivation and Pay Plans

Introduction Employee motivation has been given considerable importance in contemporary organizations in order to keep high productivity. Employee’s remuneration package affects the employee motivation and subsequently job satisfaction. Job designing determines the mechanism of the flow of tasks in consideration of employee skills and ability. Specialized jobs require extensive research...

Professionalism in Planning and Code of Conduct

Introduction According to the November 2002 issue of Academy for emerging medicine on professionalism and code of conduct for physicians, professionalism is viewed as “the conduct, aims, or qualities that characterize or mark a profession or a professional person.” (p. 1). This definition enlightens us on the existence of a...

Importance of ‘Strategic Planning’ in the Marketing Process

Background Strategic planning is an important aspect of the process of marketing. It deals with the process of defining a strategy and making decisions regarding the allocation of resources for the particular strategy. Strategic planning can be defined as the “determination of the steps required to reach an objective of...

Toyota Boshoku: Human Resource Management

Introduction The company which has been selected for this paper is Toyota Boshoku. This paper is based on human resource management activities of the company. This paper is going to help with understanding the extent to which the Human Resource functions and the HR strategies, policies, and practices are integrated...

Ford Motor Company Organization

The organizing function of management is a critical management activity that is closely connected with planning and leading. At ford Motor Company, organizing plays a crucial role in the manufacturing and retail sector used as a coordinated effort in order to adjust and balance its resources, and produce programs of...

Ensuring Quality Management with Certifications

Abstract This paper outlines what certification is, what its perceived benefits to the employees are and why managements try and get their staff certified in the first place. It also provides some details of the commonly pursued certifications like the CMA, the CPA, CIA, etc and gives some information on...

IT Goals for Supply Chain Management

Executive summary This paper will base its discussion on the importance and role played by the information technology sector using system integration in supply management to achieve its goal when supplying. This paper will look at the demerits and merits that are to be faced by a manufacturer as he...

ING Group’s Information Audit and Policy Development

Executive Summary This document gives a short summary of ING’s business and how this business is affected by the information that the company must process on a daily basis. The document further stresses the need for this information for the proper functioning of the company and need to have the...

Zicklin School of Business’s Porter’s Five Forces Analysis

Abstract This paper will discuss the analysis of porters five forces in the Zicklin school of Business which is regarded as one of the three biggest accredited schools situated in the USA, the school is reported to be delivering a high valued quality of education to its students. Porters five...

Measuring and Improving Quality in Restaurants

Outline A certain full restaurant located in the city has been experiencing a devastating situation in the past six months. This has been in the form of a drop in restaurant patronage, which is predicted to be a result of an associated decline in the level of service quality offered...

Standard Chartered Bank Managing Human Resources

Executive Summary This report is a case study on Standard Chartered, and the strength-based approach in the bank has been discussed with its benefits and also disadvantages. Another case study of the bank with comments from an HR Manager regarding the benefits of the approach has been included. The talent...

Health, Fitness Organizations: Profit Center Programs

The paper explains briefly the evolution of health and fitness centers as profit centers. Based on some common definitions of profit centers, it also attempts to explain why such strategic business units need to be introduced in the health and fitness industry. It states the common perception that the industry...

McDonalds’ Veggie Burger’s Marketing

The new product, Veggie Burger, is a special proposition to all consumers who value healthy life style and follow dietary patterns. Rational for a product development is a new approach to cooking and new vision of customer’s needs and demands. In general, the proposed marketing strategy will deal with pricing,...

Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Recruiting Challenges

Introduction Mass media is considered to be the most influential and opinion-construction issue in modern society. The development of the new technologies leads to the problem that two schools have collided in the battle, the old and the new one. Young editors and journalists were brought up on Internet education,...

Coca-Cola and Pepsi Companies: The Marketing Tricks and Advertisement Peculiarities

Introduction An attitude of public opinion towards brands subdues some marketing principles which are structurally divided into gradual succession of actions and representations which can make this or that product original. The paper is organized in terms of making the main purpose of it clearer in several paragraphs, so as...

Human Resource Tools to Impact Service Quality Perception

Introduction Nowadays academic environment is considered to be competitive enough, providing the students with a free choice under the influence of factors, developed by institutions in order to increase their perception of service quality. It should be noted that higher education institutions striving to gain competitive edge, work out creative...

Cause-Related Marketing: Definition and Benefits

Introduction Cause-related marketing involves marketing efforts that have social and charitable causes and which are not based on donations as do corporate philanthropy. The strategy, which builds on the blend of the hybrid between public relations and product advertising, can be used to achieve positive impacts on customers’ buying behavior,...

Business Plan and New Product Marketing

Executive Summary A business plan is nothing but a bit of fiction with immense ideas. It offers an insight to investors before they venture into invest in any business.No doubt, the product should be not only have strong market demand but also have experienced management team. Any investor will ready...

McDonalds’ Corporation’s System of Inquiry

Introduction Organizational decision-making is always a difficult task since the decisions made will affect to some extent the stakeholders, including the members of staff and the customers. There are some instances where the requirements of the customer may disagree with the organizational goals and mission. This implies that decisions need...

Business Ethics and Employees as Stakeholders

Introduction Decades ago the asbestos was the main and most likely the favorite construction merchandise among many clients. In line with Trevino and Nelson (2004), it is estimated that “over 3,000 products contained some kind of asbestos components”. This automatically shows that the management had to do what they could...

Leadership, Motivation, Work Satisfaction and Performance

Introduction Motivation, teamwork and performance are related to each other. The level of performance of a follower is mostly influenced by the amount of motivation he receives from his leader. The leader is responsible for evaluating the performance of the followers and making any suggestive comments, if required. Role of...

Personality and Leadership Assessments in Application

Introduction Before getting started, first of all, we have to define a leader. A leader is someone who can guide, has the ability to inspire others, and can lead over the people in a positive sense. The role of a leader is also based on his powerful personality. The personality...

Environmental Factors Affecting Global and Domestic Marketing Decisions

Introduction The article American Express Releases Annual Global Business Forecast presents the forecast for the global business travel industry (Americal Express, 2008). The article demonstrates that external factors like the global economic slowdown will adversely affect the business. The article discusses the effect of expected external environmental factor’s status in...

Microsoft Corporation: The Future Development Strategy

Clear Focus and Competitors Information Technology (IT) Industry is one of the fastest developing areas of human activity at the present time. The overall proliferation of technology and innovations in society have brought the IT sphere to the spotlight of social relations. Computers are used at every single job and...

The Relations Between Cross-Cultural and Human Resource

Culture cuts across diverse issues in a given society and what may be right with one society may be wrong in another. Different cultures value and uphold different tenets and beliefs thus bringing diversity amongst societies. Whether values and beliefs of an individual count or do not count in workplace,...

The Inventory Control Process: Online Factory Floor

Introduction Over the last decade, there has been increased advancement within the manufacturing industry. This is attributed to the incorporation of electronic commerce concepts such as electronic manufacturing. This has been integrated in the various processes of the firms for instance within the supply chain, production and inventory control. Only...

Eddies Southern Barbecue Restaurant’s Business Plan

Eddies Southern B-B-Q will be the latest hot spot in town. The restaurant will introduce a unique process of preparing barbecues to exit the taste buds for all. With the restaurant’s unique barbecues prepared using the vinegar-based sauce as opposed to the common tomato-based barbecues, barbecue lovers will be introduced...

Employee Cross-Cultural Training Program

Introduction The current climate in the business environment has become so competitive that organizations are now competing at a global level. Local markets have also become so strained, forcing companies to move beyond borders to seek opportunities. To survive in the globally competitive market, the organization should be well endowed...

Communication Effects on Leadership

Communication is the key to effective leadership. It is only through good communication skills that a leader is able to manage people without making them feel subdued. A good leader should be insistent but not obstinate, eloquent but not unsubstantiated, and persuasive but not coercive. Communication does not only have...

Employee Job Satisfaction and Its Facets

Introduction Employees play an integral role in the success of organizations. Organizational goals and objectives are achieved through the collaborative effort of employees. Road to organizational success is followed by the achievement level importance and effort put in by employees. In consideration of employee abilities, work is scattered over departments...

FruitRich Private Limited’s International Marketing

FruitRich Private Limited to be established in Australia is manufacturing natural fruit juices in different flavors. “FruitRich” juices are ultra-premium nutritious fruit juices, 100 percent natural sold in attractive 250 ML, 1Litre, 2 Litres, and 3 Litres pet bottle containers. The word “Fruit” in the brand name of the product...

Marketing Research: Japan Market Environment

Introduction This study refers to the market environment in foreign countries to promote teambuilding activities in order to implement a white water center in Montreat. Under this study, the market environment of a foreign country (Japan) is considered to analyze the potential market opportunities and threats. The following is detailed...

Toyota Company’s Marketing Management

Introduction The Australian automotive industry is a small segment of global auto market with no players. There are four major foreign players Australian automotive industry with foreign giants. It has been regarded as an exposed industry due to the international competitive forces and the industry is a shrinking one. Toyota...

Integrated Marketing Communication Definition

This paper talks about integrated marketing communication by discussing the statement – ‘the realization of integrated marketing communications is unlikely ever to be achieved in an organization’. This paper elaborates on this statement while pondering over the on views of Olof Holm (2006). It starts off with a brief introduction...

Business-to-Business Service Retailer in Automotive Industry

Executive summary In the dynamic world of marketing, along with the selling of products, service marketing is also becoming a common scenario. This constitutes the necessity of advertisement and other sort of promotional tools with greater specialization and selling effort. Nowadays, all businesses in the world tend to spend a...

Analysis of HBS Suzanne de Passé at Motown Production

Introduction The story of a man is an additional experience for the history of mankind. This statement is rather grave and emphasized when talking about a successful person who left very deep steps afterward and made the followers be inspired with the idea of constant extent of a dream and...

British Airways: Business Functions

Structure and Culture at British Airways British Airways is governed by six members in the leadership team. These leadership posts include the posts of Commercial Director, Chief Information Officer, Director of Engineering, Director of Investments and Alliances, Director People and Organisational Effectiveness and General Counsel (British Airways). These leaders basically...

Audi Car Company: The Advertising Strategy

Audi Car Company can trace its roots back to the early 1900s. August Horch produced the first car in a partnership but went solo afterwards due to partnership problems. He chose the name Audi which means audible in Latin and from the look of things people really want to own...

Business Communication in Egypt

In the modern world globalization is exerting immense influence on the development of business situation. The market is expanding at an unprecedented rate, thus requiring proficiency at making business contacts and establishing international bonds. Consequently, a profound knowledge of mentality and cultural peculiarities is of vital importance for a successful...

Global Benchmarking as Modern Economics Principle

The variety of the modern world requires improved approaches to the economical sphere. The scope of information does not allow finding the appropriate one without any analysis and evaluation of received data. Modern world in the world of competition and the work under improvement of any company facilities becomes the...

Fiat and General Motors’ Corporate-Level Strategy

Introduction The strategic problem discussed in the case of Fiat & General Motors Corporation refers to the considerations of the corporate-level strategy. The problem is such concerns the controversy surrounding the fulfillment of contractual obligations and rights of both sides to a large corporate alliance between Fiat and General Motors...

The Impact of the Culture and Communication in International Business

The impact of the culture For ICCTC, an international consulting company, it is important to recognize that international and national culture requires careful considerations and deep knowledge of values and traditions of people. The countries selected for expansion are Iran and Malaysia (Keegan and Green 1996). One widespread understanding, though,...

Conflict Resolution: A Constructive Approach

Introduction The case analysis suggests that in the workplace, conflicts are caused by misunderstanding and a low degree of participation in problem-solving. Clearly, if the parties can agree on mutual objectives then the problem is far easier to resolve than if they have conflicting objectless and personal agendas. A year...

Uncertain Business Environment: Managers’ Responsibility and Skills

In today’s society change is inevitable and must be viewed positively as a necessary transformation. Organizational changes or restructuring, for many people, may be a cause for anxiety and worry, fear about the unknown, uncertain future, new reporting relationships, and new challenges. However the issue we are faced with is...

E-Commerce: The Using of Credit Cards

Trade has always been one of the main spheres of human activity acquiring new forms as it developed through time. Nowadays one of the widespread forms of trade is electronic commerce, or Ecommerce, which consists in selling and buying goods and services over the Internet. With the growth and popularization...

Wal-Mart Business Strategy and Marketing Mix

Introduction A successful business organization will always invest heavily in marketing strategy in order to develop a marketing mix that yields the best results as well as making the organization earn a competitive advantage over its competitors. Marketing competition in the current business climate has advanced significantly such that a...

Business Strategy: Applying Critical Analysis

Introduction This paper develops at least one strategic objective from each of the following Balance Scorecard areas: Financial, Customer, Process, and Learning and Growth based on an evaluation of a number of potential alternatives to the issues identified with SWOTT Analysis paper. A great part of the paper will explain...

Saudi Basic Industries Corp.’s Marketing Plan

Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) is a manufacturing company with a diversified portfolio of products ranging from chemical and intermediates, fertilizers, industrial polymers, and metals (SABIC 2008). Under polymers and metals, the company has established the SABIC Innovative Plastic Film and Sheet business, where it manufactures corrugated iron sheets for...

Entrepreneurship and the Role of Innovation

Introduction Entrepreneurship is the art of pulling together resources and business acumen as a way of transforming innovations into economically viable goods. Entrepreneurship is all about performing realistic business analysis and making a series of sound decisions concerning the business. Mark Pale and Jim Mack came up with a unique...

Customers’ Behavior Analysis: Prospect Theory and Irrational Consumer Behavior

The case study about prospect theory and irrational, biased consumer behavior suggests that consumers are not always rational in their decisions as for certain purchases and do not take reasonable considerations into account. Even having the same outcome, they do not receive the same pleasure or do not get upset...

Business Communication: Message Analysis

Introduction An organization has to communicate a lot of messages to a variety of people in its day-to-day business operations. The message may be either business-related or non-business-related. For this, a proper communication process should be used to convey the message. By analyzing the feedback or checking the result, one...

Managing Organizational Change of Arthur Anderson

Introduction This essay shall be taking up the case study of Arthur Anderson, the accounting major, who was adversely affected due to fraudulent practices and the subsequent closure of Enron, the public energy company. Arthur Anderson was held guilty of corporate misfeasance and obstruction of justice and had to finally...

Cisco Company’s Technological Change Management

Introduction Change Management is considered to be an integral component of IT Service Management. The fundamental purpose of Change Management with regards to this context is to make certain that standardized techniques and procedures are made use of for the competent and timely treatment of all changes to the controlled...

Informational Privacy in the Execution of Employment Contracts

Various companies need their new workers first to sign with them an agreement sooner than they commence the work. These may be important in the sense that they might act as a basis for ensuring a binding commitment from both parties. This commitment has legally binding and is therefore recognized...

Human Resources Defines a Company in Bad Times

Introduction Owing to varying educational backgrounds, experiences, and certifications, there is the need to check the quality of employees on a regular basis. Organizations usually want to draw a pool of workers who are best qualified for job descriptions. Additionally, Interactions between the top organs and workers are difficult because...

Corporate Culture. Whistle-Blowing for Businesses

Introduction In recent years, there has been a resurgence of public attention to whistle-blowing. Several factors have contributed to this resurgence. Recent cases of whistle-blowing have been well-publicized, including three high-profile cases in 2001 involving Sherron Watkins of Enron, Coleen Rowley of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Cynthia Cooper...

The Perfume Pens: Marketing Mix

Logistics and Distribution Freight charges will be levied for the cargo delivery of packed cartons of perfume pens according to the existing rates, which would depend on the mode of transportation: sea or air, the weight, the volume, and whether shipped as a single container or by sharing with other...

Control and Monitoring Plan

The control and monitoring plan for achieving the financial and operational objectives must include the various measures that the company proposes to undertake. For starters, if the company is proposing a 1% increase in productivity every year over the next five years, it means that the company needs to invest...

Key Elements of Supply Chain Design

Abstract “The key challenge is to integrate supply chain capabilities to provide a seamless solution from potential design through to end delivery. End users are looking for a complete supply chain where there is single accountability and responsibility for delivery,” said O’Brien. Introduction To begin with, it should be stated...

IKEA Supply Chain Analysis

The performance of every business company that deals with the production of goods from raw materials is greatly dependant upon the supply chain, i. e. the cycle of getting the raw materials, their processing, and production of goods, storage, and distribution of the latter. IKEA, as one of the world’s...

HRM Strategies and Psychological Atmosphere of the Team

Background of the Study The background of the selected topic is the necessity of keeping the morale level high, otherwise, the productivity of the team will be low. It is often stated that the required measure is within the authorities of the Human Resource Management team. Originally, the HRM rules...

Leadership in Business: The Main Aspects

The business world is very much different today than it was a few decades ago. Technology and globalization has made it more exciting and also very difficult to establish a company and sustain its profitability. The same thing can be said with an existing organization that may have had great...

CVS Caremark Company’s Motivational Problems

Introduction Motivational problems at work places are a great hindrance to performance and creativity. Motivation can be termed as a strong desire or urge that drives, maintains and invigorates a person to keep on going towards achieving his/her goals or targets. There are different things that motivate people, and vary...

Domino Hotel Incorporated’s Knowledge Management

Introduction The gain in prominence of knowledge management across the diverse sectors of the economy has been tremendous (Ponzi & Koenig 2002), and the hospitality industry is no exception. Different authors have diverse views on what exactly should make up knowledge management (Stewart 1997; Ruggles 1998; Wilson 2002). For example...

A Ranch in Hawaii: Four Functions of Management

Each organization is presupposed with a complex of values that should be supported for the genuine outline of it as well as for the organization’s prestige. In this respect, the world of management has many constituents which are significant for the right and effective functioning of an organization. With the...

Motivation as a Means of Productivity Increase

Background of the Study It has been noted by scholars long ago that some organizations succeed while others do not, and numerous opinions connect this success to the ways in which the successful organizations motivate their employees to work more effectively and with greater commitment to the organization’s goals and...

Logistical Problems Faced by Qatar Cement Factories

Background According to Christopher (2005) logistics is the process of strategically managing the procurement, movement and storage of materials, parts and finished inventory in order to achieve efficiency when it comes to the fulfilment of orders. This means that the company will be able to make a profit but at...

Political, Economic, Sociological, Technological, Legal, Environmental Analysis

There are a great number of factors, which can neither be controlled not influenced by a business, but they are of great importance for it, especially in cases which concern business planning or product development. This is why it is necessary to be aware of them, and PESTLE analysis makes...