At the beginning of the 21st century, leadership still remains a complex issue involving administration, management, directing, and control mechanisms. In the business sphere, leading is the most basic of activity because it determines objectives and purposes. The unique abilities of a leader may take a person to the top...
Topic: Leadership
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Pages: 6
Introduction Marketing management nowadays is an integral part of a successful business. Any company which aims to succeed within the range of services it represents is obliged to abide by all the necessary rules of marketing management. Marketing management is a business authority focused on the empirical submission of marketing...
Topic: Management
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Pages: 5
Overview The following paper shows a critical analysis of theories and practices of the compatibilities within diversity, equality and HRM. In an era of international networking and mobility, the social and cultural composition of communities in which people live and work is becoming increasingly diverse. (Kram et al., 1996, 108-136)...
Topic: Equality
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Pages: 10
Introduction Ethics is not something novel for people in business. Nevertheless, until recently, accountability for setting standards for the manner of business and certifying that economic wealth was impartially shared was assumed by governments acting individually or collectively through international institutions. This distribution of responsibilities, however, is speedily changing under...
Topic: Social Responsibility
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Pages: 6
Consumer behavior is one of the most important subjects, especially in the field of marketing. It mainly deals with the study of how people choose to buy a certain product, what, when, and why they buy. In fact, it is a multidisciplinary subject that blends elements from psychology, sociology, socio-psychology,...
Topic: Marketing
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Pages: 8
Introduction A company going international will face or encounter risks that are different from those faced in the home country. The risks in International transactions include foreign exchange risks and political risks. Foreign exchange involves things like currency shortages, depreciation, and increase of public debt or exchange rate fluctuations. Proper...
Topic: Management
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Pages: 4
Introduction In this report, we decided to explore the possibility of introducing Simple liquid soap from the United Kingdom (the fifth largest exporter) to Thailand. Although the general soap market in Thailand is declining, the liquid soap market is growing continuously. For example, the leader of the soap market, P&G,...
Topic: Business
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Pages: 11
Introduction The Gross Domestic Product of a nation is the total value of the goods manufactured and services provided in the nation. As shown in Figure 1, the Real Gross Domestic Product differs from the Nominal Gross Domestic Product, in that the former quantifies the total value in relation to...
Topic: Business
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Pages: 5
Introduction As the question of legitimacy in the rights and use of intellectual property rights continues to hit the entertainment industry, there is however a lack of comprehensive supportive data on the same. Every aspect of excessive use of these rights by the consumers in the entertainment industry remains unknown....
Topic: Entertainment
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Pages: 4
Introduction Kingspan Insulated Panels, part of the Kingspan Group Plc, has established a leading global position in design and manufacture of high quality Insulated Roof, Wall and Façade Systems for the construction industry. King span’s range of insulated panels has been successfully used across the globe on retail, distribution, commercial,...
Topic: Challenges
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Pages: 3
Introduction The ability to timely solve problems arising at different stages of work is a valuable quality that is particularly relevant in a competitive business environment. As a result of the implementation of the necessary steps and improvement mechanisms, heads of organizations can achieve not only a transition to sustainable...
Topic: Performance
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Pages: 8
Abstract Japanese culture influences the work practices and business practices in the country. The culture of stressing the process than the results has brought out large changes in the way the work is done in the companies. The loyalty to the companies that they work for and the pride that...
Topic: Culture
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Pages: 2
Introduction The selected article states that artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the technologies that introduce radical changes in the functioning of contemporary society. It provides computers with an opportunity to make choices, decisions, predictions, and adapt to any situation by analyzing data and acting most effectively. For this reason,...
Topic: Accountancy
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Pages: 2
Article Summary The use of managerial accounting opens vast opportunities to organizations regarding their decision-making, which includes investment options, and management of financial assets as a whole. In their article, Butler and Ghosh study the factors that define the efficacy of managerial accounting on the business performance of an organization...
Topic: Accountancy
Words: 297
Pages: 1
Introduction Due to the rapid development of advanced technologies and modern production in enterprises, new issues, regarding environment and society appeared. In most cases, high-technology production is accompanied by massive air and water pollutions, which appears to be extremely detrimental to the environment and the population’s health. As employees present...
Topic: Business
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Pages: 3
Looking at Joe’s Redhots’ turnover, we can deduce that the firm is strong and has potential for further growth. The risk in extending loan to the firm is minimal considering the tools the firm has been using. The repayment method will need to be decided and the rate of return...
Topic: Business Planning
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Pages: 6
Introduction The U.S. commercial airline industry and the brand positioning efforts associated with it present an interesting topic that has not been researched extensively. This essay analyses three commercial airline brands, such as American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, and United Airlines. The brands are studied with reference to market positioning decisions,...
Topic: Airlines
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Pages: 2
Introduction The work in any organization that concerns interpersonal relationships and communication is likely to impose conflicts. The difficulties in mutual understanding have their causes and outcomes, which deter the performance quality and imped the comfortable environment for the employees. It has even more adverse effects in the field of...
Topic: Conflict
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Pages: 3
Sugar is one of the most basic commodities used in every household around the globe. Moreover, the widespread consumption of fast food and sugar-rich products, including chocolate and sugary drinks, has pushed the demand for sugar higher over the past decades. Hence, the sugar trading industry is believed to be...
Topic: Marketing
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Pages: 10
Introduction Phillips Financial Services is a fast-growing consulting company that currently employees fifty people of diverse backgrounds and cultures. The main issue of this business is the need to structure and formalize the operational activities to ensure that new staff members can be successfully integrated into the work environment. Based...
Topic: Challenges
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Pages: 5
Analysis of The All Geeks’ Competitors One of the most significant local competitors of The All Geeks is the Warehouse. The company can be considered one of the largest retailers in New Zealand; its products are presented under different brand names. This year, the company launched its sixth brand, TheMarket,...
Topic: Internet
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Pages: 3
Introduction As an Emergency Department manager of a small community hospital, it is critical to understand that the budgeting process had to be conducted carefully and thoroughly. The main reason is the fact that small towns usually get a limited amount of funding or revenue, which is why the Emergency...
Topic: Budget
Words: 323
Pages: 1
Introduction Corporate social responsibility, as well as environment-consciousness, have been buzzwords for many business organizations and for consumers for a long time now. As issues on the well-being of all parties involved in the product cycle, from manufacturing, delivery to consumption, and even post-consumption, become an integrated part of the...
Topic: Communication
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Pages: 4
The case study in question provides an example of a situation in which a person is promoted to a supervisory position and put in charge of a group of colleagues. Julie has been working as a nurse for eight years, and now the woman is appointed nurse manager. The woman...
Topic: Leadership
Words: 819
Pages: 3
Introduction Technology provides the management with an option to change their businesses processes in order to improve on efficiency and quality. But it’s only half of the effort that will have things done in a better, faster and easier way. Its maximum benefits are felt when business processes are improved....
Topic: Technology
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Pages: 6
Introduction What really can be given to a well-off client to show that you recognize and appreciate their business? You might think of filling their hotel suite with caviar or the best champagne as a welcome gift but again if that is what they wanted, they would have ordered it...
Topic: Business
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Pages: 4
History Portfolio Leisure Ltd is a private company, established in 1996, to run a hotel and leisure center which was converted from a manor house by Carapace Petroleum plc. The house has been modified by providing a lot of facilities that match the requirements of a leisure center. It includes...
Topic: Business
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Pages: 1
Introduction High employee turnover or attrition rate in any organization is a problem area for its management and one of its main aims will be to keep this at the level at least with industry standards. This paper deals with the high employee turnover found in the hospitality industry and...
Topic: Leadership
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Pages: 9
Introduction This paper is about the recent news article that appeared in Fox Business, titled ‘Mitsubishi Motors announces Production, Sales and Export Figures for January 2008 (dated February 26th, 2008). The news article gives detailed figures for the company’s performance for January 2008. Figures include its global production, domestic and...
Topic: Outsourcing
Words: 612
Pages: 2
Recruitment, as a human resource management function, is one of the activities that impact most critically on the performance of an organization. Recruitment is the process of finding and attracting capable applicants for employment to form a pool of job seekers from whom the right people for the right job...
Topic: Management
Words: 2552
Pages: 9
Project Introduction and Objectives Orpic is one of the largest organizations in the Sultanate of Oman and one of the fastest growing oil and petroleum companies. Partly, its success is explained by its strategic location on the axis of GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council), Asia, and Africa. Political and economic stability...
Topic: Business
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Pages: 8
Purpose The Café Bar is committed to offering and preserving a secure and prolific work atmosphere, liberated from the unfavorable consequences of drugs and alcohol. As such employees who report to work having used or whilst weakened by drugs or alcohol can be a security risk to themselves and others,...
Topic: Alcohol
Words: 612
Pages: 2
Introduction In the past two decades Kenya had experienced under development, hopelessness, poverty had increased unemployment had become rampant, insecurity almost in most homesteads, hunger among the poor, health condition of the people had declined, corruption and bad governance had become entrenched as the people. The oppression of the people...
Topic: Accountancy
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Pages: 5
Introduction Principles of Organizational Behaviour 4e: Glossary by Oxford University Press suggests the following definition of professionalism: Professionalism is the process by which given occupations become professions, in the sense of attaining professional status (Oxford University Press 2005). Kultgen (1988) in the research titled Ethics and Professionalism claims that “Professionalism...
Topic: Professionalism
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Pages: 3
“Culture: the way we do things around here” (Deal & Kennedy, 2003, p. 501).” Much of the current strategic management writing and that of the recent past has been preoccupied with a focus on corporate culture. The discussion not only centres on the question of whether corporate culture affects organisational...
Topic: Culture
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Pages: 12
Introduction The Missouri minimum wage was rated at $6.50 per hour with effect from January 1, 2007. This wage is seen to have lost much of its effectiveness because its real purchasing power has extremely fallen to low levels over the interviewing years. Main text During the last nine years...
Topic: Minimum Wage
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Pages: 7
Executive Summary The automobile industry has faced many transformations for the last fifty years and this transformation has led to the change of supply chain used. This evolution has produced stylish and expensive motor vehicles like the sedan. One of the characteristic of sedan is the ability of transformations and...
Topic: Management
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Pages: 10
Introduction Market orientation is defined as the implementation of the marketing concept. This implies to be more than just customer oriented. It requires that there is full support from the organization for it to be fully implemented in the long-term and may in some instances result in a complete organization...
Topic: Performance
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Pages: 10
Statement of the Problem Pittsburg wishes to carry out the business expansion, and they have targeted Ted’s Hot Dog Restaurant as one of the investments. Currently, the company is the market leader in New York, and Ted’s Hot Dog Restaurant is a restaurant in and around the Buffalo area of...
Topic: Restaurant
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Pages: 5
At the beginning of the 21st century, companies try to attract and retail top talents. The “best practice” approach is based on belief that there is a set of superior HRM practices which, if adopted, will lead to better organization performance. This approach is widely used by organizations because it...
Topic: Recruitment
Words: 1843
Pages: 7
Abstract Recently, the managing board of Acme-Antiroadrunner Inc. discovered that three of its employees were using marijuana recreationally and were present in the workplace while under the influence. They work for different branches of the company in states with varying freedoms of cannabis use. The following paper contains an overview...
Topic: Drugs
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Pages: 11
Introduction After nearly two decades as CEO and chairman of the board, Michael Eisner faced an internal corporate challenge. This work is aimed at researching organizational governance conflicts, disagreements in the highest echelons of power of Walt Disney, and leadership qualities. Also, the history of the conflict is closely connected...
Topic: Disney
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Pages: 4
Introduction The most important concern with linking computers together is this increases the information system’s vulnerability to data security risks. Because of this vulnerability, computer bugs, DoS attacks, and intrusion in data systems are commonplace (Agrafiotis, Nurse, Goldsmith, Creese, & Upton, 2018). The public now knows conscious of computer security...
Topic: Management
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Pages: 10
There is a variety of industries involved in the distribution of consumer goods that are purchased by end customers. The brewery industry is among multiple markets that sell ready-to-drink products. Nowadays, beer is one of the most popular beverages in the world, and its production continues to increase, especially in...
Topic: Business
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Pages: 1
Introduction Launching a new company is a challenging task and requires careful consideration of the product features, positioning strategy, and development opportunities. John and Quincy want to establish a sustainable business that offers customers an environmentally friendly option of powering their homes. The five models of entrepreneurship outline a multidisciplinary...
Topic: Entrepreneurship
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Pages: 6
Introduction Business ethics is fundamental to management as it affects organizational culture and long-term success. Ethical decision-making is also essential for organizations to maintain the transparency and trust of their clients. Still, in making ethical decisions, managers must consider the consequences of various actions and alternatives. In the case provided,...
Topic: Ethics
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Pages: 2
Introduction The article being reviewed is Strategic Shared Leadership and Organizational Dynamic Capabilities by Christos N. Pitelis and Joachim D. Wagner. It was published in volume 30 of The Leadership Quarterly journal in 2019. Its purpose is to analyze literature and concepts regarding strategic decision-making in the context of shared...
Topic: Leadership
Words: 638
Pages: 2
Constant focus on exploring new opportunities and bringing something new to different levels of society are the core characteristics of every entrepreneurship. Today, numerous businesses exist in various industries around the globe, and the presence of social enterprises plays a significant role in multiple fields. According to Thomson and Doherty,...
Topic: Entrepreneurship
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Pages: 3
Introduction Effective organisational activities involve the coordinated work of all stakeholders, including both managers and employees. Achieving success is impossible if individual team members are not willing to take responsibility for their immediate duties and diligently carry out the tasks assigned to them. In order to assess the relevance of...
Topic: Leadership
Words: 2796
Pages: 10
Introduction to the Problem Within the sphere of operations management, paying attention to transformational processes within organisations is considered fundamental. Operations management represents a set of actions ranging from planning to supervising in order to make adjustments leading to the higher profitability of organisations (Galloway, Rowbotham & Azhashemi 2012). Transformation...
Topic: Business
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Pages: 10
Critical Reflection Introduction The social economy develops as a response to societal issues that cannot be addressed through traditional businesses and approaches. This paper reflects on the purpose of social enterprises, more specifically focusing on co-operatives and mutuals and their validity and capability to generate profits for the owners. The...
Topic: Business
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Pages: 5
One may not always pause and pay attention to the way in which smoking has been and is being portrayed. Tobacco advertisements are hidden in plain sight, which may create an illusion that no promotions are occurring at all, with tobacco use integrated into a storyline as a valuable plot...
Topic: Cinema
Words: 1140
Pages: 4
Technological advances, changes in legal systems, and demand for personalized care pose new challenges for financial management in the healthcare industry. Planning and budgeting, monitoring, and evaluation are critical processes in the financial management cycle. Understanding these processes is a foundation for building an organization’s strategy. In this essay, I...
Topic: Financial Management
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Pages: 1
Globalisation made the world shrink as the distance (both geographic and cultural) between people is decreasing due to the development of technology. Multinationals serve as one of the instruments of globalisation as they often shape the economic, social, and political landscape of countries to a certain or significant extent (Cohen...
Topic: Coca Cola
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Pages: 6
Supply chain management requires continuous improvement and monitoring of the quality of resources and operations within production. However, failures or miscommunication between a supplier and a client occur sometimes and cause an interruption in processes. A crisis simulation case shows the situation with a company that sells building materials to...
Topic: Crisis Management
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Pages: 4
Introduction The total quality or the so-called total quality management is a methodology whose goal is to achieve the organizational effectiveness of the work team. Pillars of total quality are the three underlying principles of customer focus, continuous improvement, and teamwork. Understanding, applying, and following these three aspects allow the...
Topic: Business
Words: 844
Pages: 3
Contemporary organisations face a large number of issues connected to globalisation and the need to develop leadership skills that will allow responding to the challenge. Unfortunately, many practices, approaches, tools, and competencies that were appropriate several decades ago no longer help leaders achieve success. This paper aims to outline the...
Topic: Globalization
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Pages: 4
The Appendix presents the staffing plan and individuals responsible for each aspect of this project in the form of the Roles and Responsibilities Matrix (RAM). Several criteria can be applied to choose the appropriate candidate for the role of information technology professional because prior experience mentoring or coaching teams is...
Topic: Management
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Pages: 2
Introduction A strong competitive advantage is an absolute must in an environment filled with a plethora of companies and where the production costs are comparatively cheap. Madécasse has been long known for its locally produced chocolate of the finest quality, yet the firm may have stumbled upon a problem. Due...
Topic: Business
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Pages: 2
Introduction The ability to reduce the time required to explain a task to an employee and track its completion can significantly affect the efficiency of the company and improve the bottom line. This project aims to improve the current practices used in the company and implement a new approach to...
Topic: Procurement
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Pages: 4
Organisational culture is crucial to the success of any company since it shapes employees’ attitudes and behaviours, as well as organisational values and internal processes. However, corporate culture does not exist in a vacuum; it is influenced by the external context of the organisation, including the local culture. HSBC Holdings...
Topic: Culture
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Pages: 3
Introduction Carillion plc was a large construction company in the United Kingdom that conducted activities in various locations around the world. Throughout the early 2010s, it grew via a series of acquisitions and public projects. However, concern over impairment losses emerged in 2016, which the company initially dismissed. Auditors that...
Topic: Construction
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Pages: 5
The development of information technology has prompted significant changes in the way people live in work. In particular, the Internet provided opportunities for people to communicate and collaborate across borders, thus forming the basis of virtual teams. The use of virtual teams offers many benefits to businesses since it allows...
Topic: Management
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Pages: 7
Introduction Each successful organization considers its achievements as a result conducting coherent and prepared steps. It recognizes a developed and appropriate plan as a foundation of all business affairs. Planning might be defined as an assessment of an organization’s goals in terms of what resources are required and whether they...
Topic: Business
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Pages: 1
Introduction The main purpose of a supplier evaluation process is to find the inefficiencies and optimize these weak points. Production processes in various fields of economic activity acquire more complex forms, lose their integrity from the regional to the global level, are formed by new factors that have a significant...
Topic: Business
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Pages: 4
Executive Summary In a modern globalised environment, businesses encounter a variety of cultures which can create challenges for their operations. Cultural competency and ethical leadership serve as critical elements for the growth and success of a company. This report examines a case study from a perspective of culture, particularly its...
Topic: Ethics
Words: 4162
Pages: 15
Introduction Management and leadership is an essential topic for discussion in the context of business because they have a direct and significant impact on the operation and require specific competencies, especially in the modern world were globalisation is changing the competitive advantages of firms. To fully understand the concepts that...
Topic: Leadership
Words: 2281
Pages: 8
Introduction Modern business players are aware of the potential benefits of cooperating with one another, as well as of pitfalls that such collaboration may hide. To avoid emergency situations and lead one’s organisation effectively, company owners exploit strategic planning, project management, and risk management on a daily basis. Each of...
Topic: Management
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Pages: 7
Introduction Family Hui Hawaii (FHH) is a nonprofit organization located in Oahu that aims to prevent child abuse and neglect by engaging parents and caregivers of young children in parenting support groups. The vision of the organization is that “every family is equipped with the knowledge and support systems needed...
Topic: Family
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Pages: 27
Time pressure and the increased number of responsibilities and issues to control may cause a serious reduction in the quality of the end product. Therefore, for a project to be successfully implemented, the introduction of task management software is essential. However, the designated change is fraught with multiple issues in...
Topic: Management
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Pages: 4
Expediency of Transition to Logistics Outsourcing in the Manufacturing Industry Today, many enterprises involved in the manufacturing industry transfer the authority to perform their key logistics functions to outsourcing firms. According to Cortinhal, Lopes, and Melo (2015), this trend is due to the fact that such companies are ready to...
Topic: Outsourcing
Words: 561
Pages: 2
Introduction Total quality management (TQM) is a structural approach to organizational management. Among the key aspects that TQM is thought to positively impact are identifying, reducing, and eliminating errors in manufacturing, facilitating supply chain management, and increasing customer satisfaction. The philosophy of work within the TQM framework is based on...
Topic: Management
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Pages: 11
The management of corporate financial assets and especially the assessment of changes in costs per a specific volume of a product is an important step in increasing the corporate profit margins. Therefore, tools for analyzing the current situation and locating possible scenarios for the development of the present cost-related situation...
Topic: Business
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Pages: 1
Introduction Competent work on human resource development (HRD) and talent management is the key to success for any organization since an effectively established algorithm of the leader-subordinate interaction contributes to implementing the tasks set productively. However, in some cases, problems arise in this area when employees demonstrate low production results...
Topic: Business
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Pages: 4
Summary As a method of managing expenses within an organization, the activity-based costing (ABC) approach has warranted the status of a popular tool for managing accounting issues by transforming indirect costs into direct ones. In their study, Esmalifalak, Albin, and Behzadpoor (2015) scrutinize how the sources of uncertainty associated with...
Topic: Business
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Pages: 2
Introduction Control and risk frameworks enable entities to evaluate risks to ensure that their process is conducted effectively and efficiently. The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) framework was founded in 1985 to back the National Committee on Fraudulent Fraud Reporting (D’Aquila, 2013). It was later updated in 2013. The framework...
Topic: Business
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Pages: 6
The food production industry is undergoing substantial changes due to the development of technology, as well as the shift in political, social, and cultural domains. Modern hectic life makes packaged food popular among diverse groups, including students, young working adults, childless couples, and families (Casini, Contini, Romano, & Scozzafava, 2015)....
Topic: Marketing
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Pages: 3
A well-constructed and carefully laid out budget is an essential part of any project since it helps to allocate the key resources and costs in an orderly fashion. Thus, key risks can be avoided or balanced out with the help of appropriate techniques (Hilton, 2016). As a former teacher at...
Topic: School
Words: 302
Pages: 1
Introduction Only You is a mobile app that allows its users to have quick access to the digital copies of their clothes from a mobile device. The central idea of the application is that it lets the user scan or enter barcodes of the clothes and store them in a...
Topic: Business
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Pages: 11
Market Definition The Community Health Program (CHP) of the American Heart Association and hypertension (AHA) is designed to enter Phoenix, AZ, healthcare market. The market consists of six segments: health care providers, health care insurers, ancillary providers, educational institutions, research institutions, and non-government organizations (NGOs). As AHA is an NGO,...
Topic: Business Planning
Words: 879
Pages: 3
Summary Responsibility accounting has a direct effect on the direction and outcomes of decision-making in the corporate environment. Therefore, studying how it influences a managerial action and how it can be utilized to improve decision-making in the organizational environment is critical. The study by Lennon (2019) seeks to research the...
Topic: Accountancy
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Pages: 2
Introduction The population of the elderly people in the United Kingdom and many other developed countries in Europe and North America has been in a consistent rise over the past decades. Improved healthcare systems, technological development among other human development index factors have extended life expectancy in these countries (Goodwin...
Topic: Home
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Pages: 14
Introduction The circular economy is a theoretical concept that aims at creating an industrial system. Businesses are becoming increasingly aware of the benefits of this concept and see it as a mechanism for generating competitive advantage. This article’s main idea is to address the implications of the supply chain in...
Topic: Management
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Pages: 2
Introduction In large companies, it often happens that it is necessary to make emergency marketing decisions, and for this purpose, project teams gather. Evaluating the performance of the project team is a critical factor in determining whether it is possible to solve the assigned tasks. Formed teams go through several...
Topic: Performance
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Pages: 6
The article “The CPA’s role in forming benefit corporations” by Benson, Thomas, and Burton revolves around the benefit corporations and the role CPA plays in their formation and further evolution. Social benefit enterprises can be considered an essential feature of the modern business world as they are focused on the...
Topic: Corporation
Words: 508
Pages: 2
Employees and Employers Knowing how to handle and relate to a supervisor is no less important than what requirements should be made to the subordinates. Without this, it is difficult to find a common language with both the boss and subordinates. Using these or those norms, an employee can attract...
Topic: Negotiation
Words: 2346
Pages: 8
The present-day business environment is highly volatile, and the trends and factors that constantly emerge at both national and international levels can substantially affect companies’ economies and performance. Thus, evaluation and prediction of environmental changes and timely response to them in a way that prevents loss and maximises opportunities to...
Topic: Management
Words: 7876
Pages: 36
Nowadays, many people make purchases through the Internet, and according to Chen et al. (2018), nearly 15% of online shoppers are subscribed to receive certain products regularly. The subscription e-commerce market “has grown by more than 100 percent a year over the past five years” and allowed retailers generate billions...
Topic: Business
Words: 1490
Pages: 6
The Small Business Administration (SBA) is a principal federal agency involved in import and export promotion. The four primary activities are undertaken by the organization that aims to promote small business exports consist of outreach, counseling, and training, trade leads, and financing. However, this paper seeks to evaluate the small...
Topic: Business Administration
Words: 1425
Pages: 5
Adaptive leadership is a leadership concept that implies effectively responding to change that impacts the industry that a leader works in to ensure sustainability and development. The adaptation in regards to the requirements of the environment implies anticipating the changes and preparing the followers to ensure that they can respond...
Topic: Leadership
Words: 576
Pages: 2
Introduction This analysis of a nonprofit agency will review KIPP Baltimore, a branch of a college-preparatory school network located in several parts of the United States, KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program). The report will discuss the organization’s history, structure, leadership, culture, and external relations. Then, an investigation of KIPP Baltimore’s...
Topic: Business
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Pages: 10
Introduction Marketing analysis of any company’s performance allows for a comprehensive and broad understanding of its primary field of work, advantages, and strategies. Some large profit-oriented corporations employ extensive marketing plans within which their tactics for the exploitation of the target market are demonstrated. Nike Inc., as one of the...
Topic: Nike
Words: 1156
Pages: 4
Introduction The articles that will be discovered in this paper mainly cover the topic of training and development of staff in healthcare establishments. Each material has its methods of research, objectives, focus, and peculiarities. Nevertheless, given the fact that the scholar works deal with a similar topic and provide interdependent...
Topic: Health
Words: 1184
Pages: 4
To sustain an organization, one needs to delineate the roles for each participant clearly, which includes the shareholders as crucial agents of the business setting. However, locating the extent of the influence that shareholders should exert on a company is quite a challenge due to the unique circumstances in which...
Topic: Criticism
Words: 567
Pages: 2
Training and development are vital in the modern world when the market has become competitive. As such, I need to equip my team of managers traveling to Poland with the necessary skills so that they handle their operations in the foreign location successfully. Before visiting any new field, individuals must...
Topic: Team Management
Words: 350
Pages: 1
Introduction Huawei is an international telecommunications and technology corporation based in China which has experienced extraordinary growth to become a leader in providing various products and services. The company is characterized by its innovation and strong dedication to the consumer market. However, Huawei’s close ties to the Chinese government have...
Topic: Business
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Pages: 4
Abstract This paper explores the marketing tools and techniques used by IKEA, a global retail company that has an excellent reputation and is favoured by many customers. The analysis is based on a wide range of marketing concepts, which allow painting a comprehensive picture of all IKEA’s activities related to...
Topic: IKEA
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Pages: 13
In the wake of e-commerce becoming popular, Curve Distribution has to make a significant decision about serving the new market. On the one hand, almost all necessary facilities for the implementation of the solution are already possessed by the company. However, it is vital to carefully assess the feasibility of...
Topic: Commerce
Words: 559
Pages: 2
To continue leading the industry in the ever-changing world, companies have to be able to understand and predict the trends and forces which shape businesses of the future. Only careful preparation and adherence to the proclaimed mission, vision, and values can allow organizations to succeed while maintaining a positive climate...
Topic: Coca Cola
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Pages: 1
Introduction Brewing is one of the old and traditional occupations that provided people with stable income. At the same time, because of the character of this business and its relations with customers who buy certain products, it highly depends on the image of a brewery, its cooperation with clients and...
Topic: Business
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Pages: 6
Introduction The ability of a firm to achieve success in the current competitive business environment depends on the effectiveness of its procurement and supplier relationship strategies. According to Willoughby and Gore (2018), companies are under pressure to cut the overall cost of operation as a way of improving their profit...
Topic: Food
Words: 2617
Pages: 10
Introduction: Company Background The AAR Company has been long known as one of the pioneers in global aviation. Having captured its momentum in the target market, the company has firmly established itself as a powerful leader in the aviation economy (AAR Corp, 2019). This paper will study the AAR Company’s...
Topic: Corporation
Words: 2543
Pages: 10
Sports sponsorships are ubiquitous for various enterprises, particularly those that produce goods associated with physical activity. However, many companies with a more general orientation also make use of sports to gain recognition and spread their message. The study reviewed in this work, conducted by Ghezail, Abdellah, and Mohammed (2017) defines...
Topic: Marketing
Words: 291
Pages: 1
Nouwen’s (1989) In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian’s Leadership is a notable work by the famous Dutch writer and theologian. As the name suggests, the book covers the author’s perspective on Christian leadership and, although first published in 1989, aims to envisage what a Christian leader should aspire...
Topic: Jesus Christ
Words: 1182
Pages: 4
Introduction Marketing remains a central function in any organization that intends to remain successful in its sector and achieve every outlined goal. The presented case study explains how the New York Yankees have merged professional sports with appropriate business practices in an attempt to remain successful in the sports industry....
Topic: Management
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Pages: 9
Executive Summary This paper focuses on the comprehensive analysis of the Redfin case study, with the key purpose of applying the strategic concepts and instruments. The following problems exist the need to increase profitability, the decreasing number of customers and increasing property prices, and poor decision-making regarding investment were identified....
Topic: Strategic Analysis
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Pages: 6
Implementing training programs in the workplace provides an increase in the professional qualification of staff members and satisfies the company’s needs for certain types of skills. Such training allows employees to gain new experience and to enhance their knowledge. Learning programs should be developed according to the company’s needs to...
Topic: Business
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The Business Decision Model represents a framework of perceiving, organizing, and managing the logic of businesses and the intentions behind making a particular decision. In general, the logic of the model is a set of business rules that are represented as separate elements that lead to conclusions (Anderson et al....
Topic: Business
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Pages: 2
A project’s success is primarily determined by whether project owners are able to finance it without any disruptions. In this context, funding sources are critical because different financing methods have varying implications. This paper provides an overview of the current practices in project financial management and conventional methods of funding...
Topic: Business
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Pages: 6
Introduction The Yang Sing Hotel was a potential project that had the capacity to achieve success in the city of Manchester as one of the top luxurious hotels in the country. However, the case study shows it was forced to close its doors after operating for less than eight months....
Topic: Business
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Pages: 10
Introduction In 1985, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Merck established a new committee aimed at analyzing and reviewing personnel practices and policies. The case reveals that the biggest challenge affecting this pharmaceutical company was the best way to reward and identify exceptional and talented workers. The absence of an...
Topic: Performance
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Pages: 2
The policies of the Federal Reserve Bank (Fed) will have an impact on the weighted average cost of capital (WACC). Most importantly, it should be noted that long-term interest rates are connected by the decisions of the Fed (Brigham, & Ehrhardt, 2017). This impacts the value of long-terr because the...
Topic: Business
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Pages: 1
Summary In the context of strategic planning, organizations are expected to make decisions targeted at achieving profitability and maximizing their operations. Thus, by making clear the long-term goals and visions of a company, the management has the opportunity to align the short-term tasks and responsibilities with a broader mission. This...
Topic: Business
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Pages: 2
Introduction Forecasting refers to the method of being able to predict what is going to happen in the future, and in business, the future is narrowly defined by the existing economic conditions. When organizations want to develop a forecast associated with their immediate performance, they collect data on previous experiences...
Topic: Forecasting
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Pages: 2
Introduction An individual’s personality is a set of distinct characteristics that define his or her character and have an impact on the attitudes towards work, productivity and cooperation with other team members. The primary aim of these tests is to assess the strength and weaknesses of each employee and determine...
Topic: Business
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Pages: 4
Summary Any business aims to optimize its processes in the most cost-efficient way possible. For organizations operating in the sphere of product manufacturing on a large scale, it is imperative to understand the way in which they can manage operations and increase efficiency and productivity (Anderson et al., 2016). Shortest...
Topic: Business
Words: 550
Pages: 2
Topic One of the US operations that can be ambiguous in their success is the Jawbreaker team activities. This operation, which took place in 2001, failed to achieve its primary goal, but it was incredibly effective at achieving the outcomes that were crucial for the US at the time (Bailey...
Topic: Business
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Pages: 7
Summary In business, linear programming models have the potential to be used in profit optimization. As evidenced in the article by Maurya, Misra, Anderson, and Shukla (2015), linear programming can be used to facilitate the integration of effective quantitative techniques to predict the need for profit optimization. Using the example...
Topic: Programming
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Pages: 2
Summary In manufacturing, scheduling issues are concerned with the processes of controlling, arranging, and optimizing both work and workloads. These processes are necessary for allocating the resources of the machinery and plant resources, the staff, raw materials, and planned production processes. Thus, inefficient scheduling can increase production times and costs,...
Topic: Management
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Pages: 2
In forecasting, error measures play important roles because of their potential in helping to identify the forecasting method that would be the most appropriate in a given context. Each error measure can have certain limitations and thus lead to the inaccurate evaluation of forecasting results, which contributes to the increased...
Topic: Forecasting
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Pages: 2
Introduction The International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is one of the oldest companies operating in the industry of computer and information technologies (IT). In spite of the fact that IBM still maintains top positions in the market, it is almost impossible to claim that this company is a leader in...
Topic: Information Technology
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Pages: 3
Abstract The purpose of this work is to analyze the proxy statement of Nike and provide details about what comprises the executive compensation plan of the company. It also includes the amount of compensation received by the CEO, Mark Parker, and how it compares to the median salary earned by...
Topic: Nike
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Pages: 7
Summary Queues represent a common occurrence that people can experience in multiple areas of life (Anderson et al., 2016). For example, people who visit banks are often faced with the problem of having to wait in lines to get help from a bank employee. Therefore, queues are highly standard at...
Topic: Banking
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Pages: 2
Executive Summary Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (ORPIC) is one of the strategic governmental interests, responsible for the excavation and production of numerous gas and oil-related materials. The production values of ORPIC are estimated at 943,000 barrels a day in gas and 31.4 million tons of oil equivalent...
Topic: Petroleum
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Pages: 29
Introduction Expanding a business overseas is most frequently associated with financial profit. Still, sometimes, company owners neglect the probability of difficulties that may emerge once employees are forced to live and work in another country. Multinational organizational structures may involve a variety of obstacles to business performance. These barriers can...
Topic: Management
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Pages: 1
In Chapter 12 “The Drive for Exports,” Hazlitt talks about the exceeding need of countries for countries to export their goods to facilitate equal distribution of expenditures and earnings. This means the higher are exports, the greater the should be imports to achieve balance (Hazlitt 69). The principle is not...
Topic: Race
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Pages: 1
Introduction Identity and access management is essential in the modern world. It is so because this system makes it possible for a high number of people to have easy access to particular information and services. At the same time, identity management is responsible for denying access to those individuals who...
Topic: Blockchain
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Pages: 3
Introduction Jawbreaker was one of the most ambiguous operations in the history of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The operation took place in 2001, a few days after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, which took the lives of over 2700 people (Anderson 2015, 54). These attacks spurred the US...
Topic: Success
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Pages: 11
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems play an important role in improving all business processes. For example, Company N can implement an appropriate ERP system to overcome certain issues and barriers preventing it from development. The first issue is the focus on paperwork and manual paper processes. ERP systems allow for...
Topic: Business
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Pages: 3
Having gone through the presented case, it is evident that Barton Engine Works Company is no longer performing positively. Things have been getting tougher over the years due to the increasing level of competition from both local and foreign engine manufacturers. Following the sudden death of the owner of this...
Topic: Business
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Pages: 13
A protocol for conducting official events is a set of rules and standards that need to be addressed when organizing the interaction between authorities, official representatives, and the media. The current approach to protocol management is based on following rules typical of a modern protocol in contrast to a classic...
Topic: Management
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Pages: 1
Boston Beer Company has a myriad of top executives who hold several key positions in the company. The company’s President and CEO, in charge of all operations and chief decision-maker in terms of fiscal policies. With an average term that spans 8 years, Boston Beers provides a longer tenure than...
Topic: Leadership
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Pages: 6
Organization Overview The selected company is a call center that provides its services to a wide range of organizations in different sectors. Such outsourced activities make it possible for all partners and clients to realize their goals much faster and fulfill the demands of their respective customers. This firm has...
Topic: Teamwork
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Pages: 6
Researchers have been interested in investigating the role of leadership in stimulating employees’ performance for a significant period of time. Nowadays, it is possible to find a lot of research papers dedicated to the topic, and the article by Tan et al. (2019), “Antecedents of Organizational Citizenship Behavior and the...
Topic: Organizational Behavior
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Pages: 5
Strategic Issue for the Brand from the SWOT Analysis Based on the SWOT analysis conducted, one can assume that Tesla needs an appropriate strategic development plan to overcome the competitive barrier and address existing legislative issues. While taking into account such indicators as the high cost of component materials, the...
Topic: Growth Strategy
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Pages: 2
Introduction Nike Inc. is one of the premier international companies in the sportswear industry. Its brand name and iconic logo are associated with high-quality shoes, gear, and sports equipment. The company employs over 73,000 workers and its current revenue stands at over 39 billion dollars (Nike, 2018). Nike keeps an...
Topic: Marketing
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Pages: 10
Introduction Speaking about the expansion, business owners often focus on the pros and cons of new strategies for their companies. However, to get a full picture, it is also critical to evaluate such decisions with reference to positive and negative changes for new communities to be served. This paper discusses...
Topic: Business
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Pages: 2
Introduction Controllable and non-controllable costs are an integral part of the functioning of any profitable organization. The first group can be defined as those that can be altered in the short term to fulfil current needs. For the discussed case, these might include labor costs, direct materials, and basic maintenance...
Topic: Fitness
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Pages: 2
Introduction To understand the challenges and opportunities that companies face in the brewery industry, one has to consider not only economic but also sociocultural and technological factors. Thus, one will be able to outline several important opportunities for readers’ consideration. For example, the development of aluminum cans as a container...
Topic: Beer
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Pages: 2
Introduction Project success (PS) is the desired outcome in many settings. One of the methods of achieving it is project management (PM) (Anantatmula & Rad 2018; Radujković & Sjekavica 2017). Research on PM is limited (Badewi 2016), and the same can be said about PM in South Africa (Clinning &...
Topic: Management
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Pages: 2
Introduction For this assignment, the author will review a sustainability report by the company 3M. It produces a wide variety of construction, safety, and medical equipment, as well as a range of consumer products for various purposes. In the report, the company features a variety of metrics, such as the...
Topic: Performance
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Pages: 1
Institutional review boards, also called research ethics committees, are institutions which are created to examine cases of human participation in research and ensure their protection. The main aim of IRBs is to secure the physical and mental well-being of people participating in research (Grady, 2015). Essence The ethical examination of...
Topic: Business
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Pages: 1
Introduction Inensus is a mini-grid consultancy firm that focuses on empowering the rural dwellers in impoverished countries of East and West Africa. The company has selected two countries, Tanzania and Senegal, with the aim of providing rural electrification as enshrined in the Sustainable Development Goal 7. The aim of this...
Topic: Leadership
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Pages: 10
Executive Summary The present paper provides a situational analysis of Pepsico, Inc., the second-largest food and beverage company in the world. As of late, Pepsico has been going through some difficulties due to political, economic, and social volatility and its apparent unpreparedness for changes. This essay investigates the situation using...
Topic: Pepsi
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Introduction Moving to another country is always full of various kinds of difficulties. These include questions about the very process of moving, arranging a home in a new place, and acclimatization in a cultural and linguistic environment. Relocating to such a unique country like Japan can easily surprise an unprepared...
Topic: Business
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Pages: 6
The article by Donaldson (1994) argues that since two theories, empirical, or descriptive, and normative, or prescriptive, are opposing in nature, they take completely opposite logic and, therefore, cannot be relevantly combined in a single integrative theory. However, Weaver and Trevino (1994) discuss three approaches to the combination of the...
Topic: Ethics
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Pages: 3
Introduction Business analytics has become a prominent area of study over the past few years. Current technology, as well as the understanding of business management, enables processing and using data in a way that helps businesses to become more successful. Knowledge of processes and tools involved in business analytics is...
Topic: Business
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Pages: 2
Introduction Globalization affects all states and creates opportunities through better access to global markets, improved cooperation, enabled by trade agreements, the unification of laws, and other practices that target international collaboration. However, when viewing globalization as an increasing dependency between nations, several economic, business and security problems become evident, and...
Topic: Globalization
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Pages: 11
The promotion of strong and proactive risk culture is one of the major challenges that Orpic faces today as it needs to find a way to respond to existing threats and capture new opportunities more effectively. The lack of an integrated approach currently threatens the company’s employee and stakeholder safety,...
Topic: Management
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Pages: 10
Introduction NAPP is an American company specializing in providing babysitting services. The company has a network of babysitters who are matched with parents through the NAPP mobile application, currently available on App Store only. NAPP is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, and its network of sitters is mostly limited to the...
Topic: Business
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Pages: 5