Effective Conflict Resolution Strategies & Theories

Concrete Experience and Reflective Observation There are five behavior strategies in a conflict, such as withdrawal, coercion, compromise, concession, and cooperation. In my view, cooperation is the most effective strategy of behavior in a conflict. It implies opponents’ desire to the constructive discussion of the problem, paying attention to the...

Supervision Change Dynamics: Key Factors and Implications

Concrete Experience and Reflective Observation The 13 years of professional experience taught me that there could be a range of external pressures and complications that affect organizations’ need to change. These can range from disruptions in the market to new technologies or shifts in the preferences of customers. Any organizational...

Group Development Phases in Organizations

Concrete Experience and Reflective Observation Tuckman elaborated the group development phases to explicate the development of group members’ behavior over time. It consists of five stages: the formation stage (Forming), the storming stage (Storming), the settlement stage (Norming), the performance stage (Performing), and the completion stage (Adjourning). Consistent with Tuckman,...

Motivation Theories: Explaining Individual Behavior and Performance

Understanding the factors that motivate employees to perform and deliver better results is inherent to successfully manage organizational issues and meeting the set goals. However, motivational theories are numerous and varied, providing different perspectives on how staff members can be encouraged to perform better and attain stellar results. Although delivering...

Organizational Change’s Effect on People

Concrete Experience and Reflective Observation I have been working for more than thirteen years as a successful leader managing people and organizing their functioning in the most effective ways. At the moment, I am a section leader for the Mixing Department at the Bridgestone Aiken plant. There are 191 employees...

Effective Persuasive Arguments: Methods & Theories

Concrete Experience and Reflective Observation There are many important qualities that a person has to develop as a leader. For me, to be a successful leader means to be good at persuasion and details. When my employees know what I want to do, their cooperation and support are priceless for...

Power and Conflict: Influencing Employee Behavior and Management

Concrete Experience and Reflective Observation Since I interact with my subordinates and members of the supervisory board, the senior management, and regional supervisors, I can study the role of power and its influence in practice. When I use certain skills and knowledge gained in such interaction, I can notice that...

Personnel Management Issues Facing Supervisors

Concrete Experience and Reflective Observation Having more than 13 years of successful leadership experience, I have encountered a fair share of personnel management issues and situations. My current span of control is 191 employees and a leadership team of five supervisors, which I must oversee in all aspects of personnel...

Effective Groups, Teams and Participation

Concrete Experience and Reflective Observation Teamwork skills constitute some of the crucial components of a skill set required to be productive in any workplace setting. Therefore, as a leader and a manager, one needs to encourage staff members to cooperate in the corporate setting. However, as my experience has shown,...

Legal and Ethical Aspects of Personnel Recruitment and Equal Opportunity Laws

Concrete Experience and Reflective Observation In my company, the recruitment process involves an inquiry from a department for a specific position addressed to human resources. An essential element here is that managerial positions, such as mine, can be filled using the current employees if those possess the necessary skills. One...

Policies Related to Personnel Management Issues

Concrete Experience and Reflective Observation The main issue faced in my industry is the motivation of employees, especially the newcomers. Laws and policies that regulate this problem in the US are connected to the incentives of empowerment of the staff and recruitment (“Employee motivation law and legal definition,” n.d.). The...

Group Participation Dimensions in Organizations

Concrete Experience and Reflective Observation My professional experience consists of 13 years working as a leader for the Bridgestone Aiken plant in the flagship department. I currently manage 191 employees and five supervisors, focusing on operations, personnel, and customer satisfaction. As a qualified leader, I have substantial skills and knowledge...

Organizational Change: Need and Process

Concrete Experience and Reflective Observation From my personal experience, I can also state that the articulation and explanation of the need for change are among the most difficult phases of any transformation process. The fact is that workers already have some experience working in particular environments that remain comfortable for...

Digital Strategies Transforming Bonobos in the Fashion Retail Market

Introduction Fashion retail is one of the most popular business sectors in the modern era, and actors in this sector need to recognise how market strategies are rapidly changing in order to be profitable. E-commerce is among the highly successful approaches in the fashion industry since with its help, companies...

Examining Arguments Against Unionization and Right-to-Work Laws

Unions are formed to facilitate labor working in unionized workplaces. It is immaterial whether employees are members of the union or not but they all have to pay union dues. A union requires funds to remain proactive of issues related to the rights of workers. Therefore, unions charge membership fees...

Employee Management Supervision in Complex Organizations

Concrete Experience and Reflective Observation From my experience working at Bridgestone Aiken (BA), good supervision is always based on the relationships working in favor of organizations. It offers safe environments for critical reflection, professional support, and challenge. In my experience, setting the standards of quality and expertise for a position...

Mediated Communication’s Role in Enhancing Organizational and Group Dynamics

Concrete Experience and Reflective Observation One cannot deny the fact that the recent technological advances and the massive breakthrough that has been made in the IT and ICT domains have affected the way in which people interact in modern society. The breakthrough in question includes the influence that communication technology...

Organizational Change: Stakeholders and Principles

Concrete Experience and Reflective Observation I have always realized that any complex process presupposes the existence of multiple stakeholders and contexts that precondition its further evolution. The same idea can be applied to the functioning of organizations. Traditionally, I am the person who prefers to consider all existing actors that...

ASOS Online Retail Company’s Customer Loyalty

Introduction Customer loyalty, as a rule, actually highlights the extent to which a consumer can devote himself or herself towards the company products and services just because of the high level of satisfaction. This refers to the consumers’ tendency to like and choose any one particular brand over the available...

Ethics and Social Responsibility in Organizations

Introduction Social responsibility and ethics are the integral components of organizational performance; they play a relevant part in developing a company’s strategic plan. The researchers define the mentioned plan as the scope of measures aimed at achieving long-term objectives and strengthening the firm’s position in the market (Setó-Pamies & Papaoikonomou,...

Lala Coffee Shop’s Business Plan

Introduction Lala Coffee Shop imports both coffee Arabica and Robusta beans to specialty roasters in the U.S. The company’s main office is located in San Francisco, California, while other warehouses are in Colombia and several other states in America. Lala Coffee Shop’s products are differentiated from those provided by the...

Uber Storms Europe: Europe Strikes Back

Introduction Modern technologies are currently transforming business operations and processes. Uber Technologies is one of the companies that have capitalized on the power of smartphones and apps to deliver high-quality services to the targeted customers. Unfortunately, the organization is facing various obstacles that have the potential to affect its future...

Servant Leadership’s Impact on Organizational Culture and Employee Engagement

In every company and organization, the central role belongs to its leader as he or she is responsible for its prosperity and success. There are different kinds of leaders, and it is hard to disagree that the best leaders are the ones who care about their employees. The purpose of...

Collective Bargaining and Shared Governance in the Healthcare Sector

Collective Bargaining Modern organizations had to work in extremely complex environments characterized by a high level of rivalry, new demands to the quality, and pressure from society. For this reason, they have an increased sophistication of relations between various departments, coworkers, and managers. It means that there is a critical...

Constellation Brands Company’s Analysis

Executive Summary Constellation Brands has gained a rather impressive status in the global food and beverage industry. The organization has been using the strength of its team as the primary asset and the competitive advantage that drives its development. However, Constellation Brands could use a change to adjust to new...

Addressing Challenges in International Staffing Policies for Global Companies

In the case under consideration, a British company, possessing a top secret manufacturing technology, decides to expand overseas, particularly, in China and Bangladesh. The company aims to establish new manufacturing factories in these countries. Therefore, the problem of choosing a suitable staffing policy arises. According to Subba Rao (2009), there...

Living Foods Company’s Business Plan: Strategies and Goals

Executive Summary The proposed business is ‘Living Foods,’ which will produce and sell microwaveable healthy grilled-food items in the UK. The business owner is Mr. XYZ who has worked for more than seven years in different food companies. He has mastered the art of cooking and has developed amazing recipes...

Amazon.com Inc: Market Position, Financials, and Trends

Overview The company to be analyzed is Amazon.com, Inc. (Amazon), a listed company located in the United States that operates in the technology industry and the consumer cyclical market. The company has online and physical stores and provides a third-party marketplace to buyers and sellers. In terms of retail, Amazon...

Global Hiring and Merging Processes: Strategies and Best Practices

In the case under consideration, an American beverage company plans to expand to French and Indian markets, also aiming to merge with some local companies. The first question is in which country the merging process will be easier to perform? Secondly, it is also essential to identify the best suitable...

Educare.com: Enhancing Teen Consulting with Efficiency & Care

Introduction The positioning map for Educare.com can be placed into two dimensions that define the market of consulting and educational services: efficiency and customer-centric approach. The rationale behind this choice lies in the fact that the problems that customers, mainly teenagers, and their parents, address the organization with, are very...

Coca-Cola Company’s Marketing Plan and Performance

Customer Relationship Management In the Coca-Cola company, customer relationship management is at an advanced level due to effective and modern interaction strategies. The evaluation of this parameter is carried out by analyzing consumer satisfaction as a key indicator of brand success. According to Habib and Aslam (2014), Coca-Cola leadership promotes...

Enterprise Risk Management and Assessment

Introduction Enterprise risk management (ERM) is an essential practice in businesses that are enthusiastic about dealing with uncertainties and their impacts on the realization of organizational goals. It allows companies to direct their effort to the most relevant risks that may hinder the achievement of corporate objectives. The future performance...

Amazon’s Competitive Issues: Data Collection & Improvement Plan

The existing problem that significantly affects Amazon is the emergence of multiple rivals because of the growing popularity of online services, their convenience, and, at the same time, poor management of the Internet market. The majority of strategies implemented and utilized by Amazon demonstrated limited efficiency and were unable to...

Vasa Company: Innovative Strategies for Distribution and Logistics

Evaluation Sanchez Loppacher et al. (2013) report about three possible options available to VASA. First, the glass producer can utilize its fleet to ensure complete control over its delivery operations. Second, the company can “take direct action with” its partners to ensure high-quality delivery to its customers (Sanchez Loppacher et...

TECHSOL’s Innovation Strategy: Launching Social Media Analytics

Introduction TECHSOL is a high-tech start-up company that does not have any recent experience in the market. Nevertheless, its CEO, Pedro Gonzalez, is aiming to launch a social media monitoring and analytics platform for businesses. This technology is rather innovative since it provides the opportunity to understand what customers say...

US Corporate Executive’s Cultural Shock in China

The case under consideration investigates the situation in which Rick, an American corporate executive, experiences culture shock when he finds himself assigned to the company’s China branch. The problem is that Rick is unfamiliar with the country’s cultural norms and traditions. Thus, this case study aims to investigate how the...

Vasa Company’s Distribution Logistics Reorganization: Key Changes and Strategies

Maintaining Current Partnerships Due to the increase in market demand and the company’s expansion to other markets, VASA faces various challenges and can consider several solutions. First, it is possible to focus on the solutions associated with the maintenance of the partnerships with the two transportation companies. This option can...

Ethical Dilemmas in MNCs International Staffing Policies: A Conceptual Framework

Introduction Multinational corporations face numerous challenges and ethical dilemmas in their global operation. According to Keinert-Kisin, one of the main issues that these companies face is the staffing dilemma (51). When a country chooses to open a new branch in a foreign country, it is always challenging to recruit the...

Job Satisfaction Factors in the United Arab Emirates

Introduction Job satisfaction refers to the extent to which workers feel satisfied, motivated, and content with their work It happens when workers feel that they have career development, job stability, and a good work-life balance. Having satisfied employees is vital for an organization because such employees are dedicated to delivering...

Cross-Cultural Personal and Professional Development

Introduction In today’s global economy, working with people from different cultures is becoming the norm. Although this brings many rewards, it also introduces challenges for both workers and management alike. All managers know that motivating their staff is the key to a successful business. To do this, they must understand...

SAS Institute’s Generic & Business Strategies

Introduction The report by Stanford University shows that SAS uses a differentiation strategy. The differentiation strategy is focused on the development of a product and service that offers exclusive attributes that are needed by a customer. The company tries to provide a high level of service, and its customer-driven development...

CCAB’s Role in TRCC’s #92 Call to Action for Business Reconciliation

The selected Call to Action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRCC) is #92, focusing on the business and reconciliation category. It encourages the corporate sector to adopt the reconciliation framework in its values and operations. This includes building relationships and consulting indigenous people, ensuring equitable access to...

Feathers Fashion: The UAE Brand in Saudi Arabia

Introduction Feathers Fashion is a UAE company that primarily sells fashion products. The list includes a wide range of products, such as jewelry, bags, sunglasses, shoes, perfumes, mugs, bracelets, pens, and watches. All these items are designed in a highly luxurious way in order to appeal to richer consumers. In...

“The 360 Degree Leader” by John Maxwell

Introduction Leadership skills development is essential for any person who wants to succeed or even fit in modern society. When thinking about leaders’ roles, people tend to focus on the ability to influence others and make them follow. However, in his famous book, John C. Maxwell unveiled the value of...

Expresso Espresso Coffee Shop’s Issues and Actions

The case “Expresso Espresso” gives a detailed analysis of a new coffee shop that is positioning itself as an emerging player in Mobile, Alabama. Its owner, Sylvester Todd, selected the best location since it is near a university with over 20,000 students and teaching professionals. The document reveals that the...

Muja’s Poultry Farm’s Business Plan

General Description Muja’s Poultry Farm is a farming enterprise located in Houston, Texas. The farm raises domesticated birds in order to harvest them for meat, eggs, and feathers to be used in other types of production (Mountney 119). The farm’s stock consists of chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys. The farm...

&pizza Brand’s Situational Analysis

The 21st century has brought people various new possibilities in marketing and sales. Nowadays, opening a new place, whether it is an expensive restaurant or a small coffee shop, has become more accessible than ever before. On the other hand, however, the constant expansion of the market makes it complicated...

CAVA Company’s Recruiting Practices

At the moment, CAVA company faces some challenges that might prevent it from further development and growth. The low entry-level payment in fast casual restaurants might serve as a limiting factor for the acquisition of new employees and cooperation with talented workers. For this reason, there is a critical need...

Millennial Leaders: Context, Training, and Adaptation

At the end of the 21st century, people began approaching the world in a more complicated manner. Traditional views on leadership, management, and corporative psychology were interchanged by the paradigms that account for the complexity of human character. The context is another crucial factor that influences the ability to lead....

Social Responsibility’s Influence on Modern Consumer Behavior and Corporate Ethics

Social responsibility is the reasonable and high-quality production of the goods or provision of the services. Moreover, it is the company’s responsible attitude towards customers, investors, employees, and the environment. Responsibility towards customers might be the most crucial area because it helps to increase loyalty and trust of customers. Customers...

Ethics in Business: Child Labor in Chocolate Industry

Business organizations are required to act ethically if they have to meet the demands of all stakeholders. Unfortunately, some companies will pursue specific malpractices in an attempt to maximize profits. This paper describes a newspaper paper that discusses an unethical business practice and how the affected companies can improve its...

Educare.com: Start-Up Plan for Young People’s Services

Why and Who The majority of organizations in the modern world focus on gaining profit and concentrate merely on the financial aspect of a business. Many fail to understand that many customers struggle with various interpersonal issues that need addressing, and companies can contribute to addressing these problems. Because of...

Corporate Governance & Hedge Fund Activism

Introduction Corporate governance can be defined as a system of norms and rules implemented to control how a company is managed. Boards of directors play a primary role in corporate governance. According to Tricker, their main duties include but are not limited to the selection of chief executive officers (CEOs),...

Employee Motivation and Involvement Types

Employee motivation and involvement have been a long-debated topic in the workplace. Whereas some critics state that issues revolving around the topic give employees too much entitlement in the workplace, others agree that the subject is essential in ensuring employees are as productive as possible. There are several ways companies...

Smith Photo Incorporation’s Business Plan

Statement of Purpose and Mission Purpose Smith Photo Incorporation is a business that specializes in photography. The business idea is informed by the need to provide flexible and affordable digital photography services to clients. The proposed Smith Photo Incorporation is projected to be successful since there is no business at...

Facebook Company’s Marketing Development Plan

This document contains information relating to a marketing campaign aimed at increasing the market share of Facebook among young people aged between 16 and 24 years. It is informed by a declining interest of the same demographic in the online social networking site and its struggle to keep existing users...

Solar-Powered Bicycles’ Market Barriers

Barriers to entry into the market are objective and subjective factors that can complicate the process of introducing solar-powered electric bicycles. When it comes to bicycles as an alternative to road transport, people tend to note the environmental dimension of this choice. Of course, cycling, especially solar-powered electric bike, eliminates...

Organizational Change: Types and Challenges

Concept and Types of Organizational Change The idea of organizational change is linked to the necessity to update the quality of the company’s services in order to meet the standards set in the market and create a competitive advantage over key rivals. Therefore, organizational change can be described as the...

ABC Company Opens Father Branch in Jeddah

Introduction When planning to open a new branch in the market, it is important to monitor external environmental forces that may affect the level of success of a firm. Forrest et al. explains that the ability of a firm to sustain its operations depends on how effectively the management and...

UOB’s Adaptation to Basel II & III: Financial Performance

Introduction The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) is the representative of 60 central banks from around the world which holds the responsibility for about 95% of the world GDP. It was established in 1930 on the quest of being a trustee in connection, facilitating collaboration among the international financial institutions,...

American Eagle Outfitters Company’s Financial Analysis

Introduction American Eagle Outfitters is a clothing company headquartered in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. The company operates both online and offline, with 933 stores as of February 3, 2018. American Eagle Outfitters also includes the Aerie Brand, Tailgate, and Todd Snyder, which add 114 operating stores to the figure. The brand has...

Global Market Entry: Product Customization & Brand Integrity

Customizing Products: Pros and Cons When entering the realm of a global market, companies often have to consider the idea of adjusting their products and services to the context of a new economic environment. The specified decision may seem reasonable at first given the change in customers and the necessity...

International Marketing: Global Corporation vs. Company

EPRG Framework The Ethnocentric, Polycentric, Regiocentric, and Geocentric (EPRG) framework allows defining organizations based on their scale and scope. Specifically, ethnocentric companies shape their customer segmentation strategies based on culture-specific characteristics thereof, whereas regiocentric and geocentric ones focus primarily on geographic location. The regiocentric approach also serves as the link...

Leadership & Management: What the Future Looks Like

The success of any organization will depend on the existing business model or strategy. Companies can introduce effective leadership styles and produce goods or services that will compete efficiently in the global market. The concepts of success and failure are critical for managers who want to take their firms from...

Coca Cola Versus Pepsi Advertisements

Introduction There are several ways through which companies can make buyers aware of their products or services. They can use a variety of media, such as through digital or print advertisements. Companies have realized the importance of advertising that creates mental images, especially with reference to visual images, in the...

Big Business and Exploitation of Workers in the US

At the beginning of the 20th century, people in America felt the strong necessity of reforms in the domestic economy. In response to this need, the progressive movement emerged, whose intention was to make the government more responsible for social inequity (Media Rich Communications [MRC], 2004). This paper will explore...

COVID-19 Economic Impact: Global Responses & Innovations

The COVID-19 outbreak has had a serious and widespread impact on the global economy. Different countries’ issues resulted in economic failure as most economies depend on international trade, tourism, raw materials exports, and external financing. Governments in many developed countries have taken effective stimulus measures, while lower-middle-income and emerging countries...

Rebranding Project for Local and Global Companies

Introduction The use of such marketing technique as rebranding can be effective for various reasons – insufficiently high consumer demand, inability to withstand competition in the market, and other factors. In order to assess the success of this method, five companies will be analysed to find the best ways to...

Fitbit Company’s Marketing, Consumer, and Product

Fitbit is a company that produces and sells fitness trackers, smart watches, and accessories and develops apps aimed at improving the health and fitness of their users. The company offers a narrow selection of products targeting people interested in maintaining an active lifestyle. The present paper will introduce the three...

Buyer Behavior Model & Fitbit: Influences on Consumer Choices

Introduction The Buyer Behavior Model is a useful tool that represents the various influences affecting consumer behavior and purchase decisions. The model includes external and situational influences, as well as internal factors and processes that result in the purchase and evaluation of a particular product. The present paper will apply...

Sexual Harassment Education for Managers

Sexual harassment has become a prevalent and important issue in the workplace. It is defined as unwelcome sexual advances, the conduct of a sexual nature, or solicitation of sexual favors that are inappropriate, intimidating, or make the victim feel uncomfortable. There is a broad range of examples for sexual harassment,...

Fitbit Firm’s Integrated Marketing Communications

Introduction The three key communication channels used in marketing communication plans are digital marketing, TV or radio advertisements, and sales promotion. The present paper will aim to discuss the recommended use of these communication channels by Fitbit, which will help the company to become more profitable. Communications Channel 1: Digital...

Fitbit Firm’s Marketing, Consumer, and Product

Fitbit’s position in the tech market is influenced by three key marketing environmental factors: the competitive landscape, the popularity of social media, and trends in lifestyle and health. Each of these factors can have a positive or negative influence on the company’s success depending on Fitbit’s approach to managing it....

Amazon Inc.’s Strategy and Financial Expenditures

Introduction Amazon is among the most successful electronic trading businesses in the United States. Being founded more than twenty years ago, the company has managed to create the largest online marketplace in the world, which indicates the presence of a well-developed marketing strategy. Considering that studying the experience of market...

Isuzu Australia’s Shift to Collaborative Digital Solutions

Introduction Initially, Isuzu Australia Limited (IAL) was manually distributing information to other truck dealerships within the region; however, this method proved to consume a substantial amount of cost and time and was susceptible to errors. The effects associated with the manual technique were a potential threat to IAL’s market position....

Emotional Intelligence: Experiences and Skills

Emotional intelligence (EI) is regarded as one of the important components of effective leadership. Batool (2013) points to the strong link between EI and leadership style. It is also found that leaders tend to receive higher EI scores than their followers (Siegling, Nielsen & Petrides 2014). Being a Human Resources...

Redhook’s Market Expansion: Analysis and Strategies

SWOT Analysis Strengths Advanced technology and new equipment Popularity in the market Strong brand presence Weaknesses Relatively high prices Focus on freshness complicates large-scale distribution. Refusal to accept contract brewing makes expansion more difficult Opportunities Large geographic areas for expansion Younger populations discovering craft beer Large general growth in the...

United Airlines 2017 Ethical Scandal: Impact on Stakeholders

Introduction In theory, entrepreneurs and corporations will always do what is desirable and right to their customers and stakeholders. Many companies focus on existing principles, values, and laws to ensure that their processes are admirable. Ethical businesses also implement and promote appropriate action plans and initiatives that can maximize customer...

Business Plan for Dementia Training in Correctional Institutions

Project Proposal Based on the investigation of the needs of the correctional institution that is the workplace of the researcher, the present paper will offer a business plan that will target the identified issue. The latter is concerned with the lack of staff training on the topic of dementia management,...

Novartis: Evaluating the Marketing Mix

Introduction Different companies are situated in Miami, Florida; they have different products, services, and activities that define the company’s scope of operations. One of the companies that are located in Florida is Novartis, a pharmaceutical company that originates from Switzerland. This paper will analyze the marketing mix of Novartis, present...

Importance of Negotiation Contracts in the Business

Introduction Contracts enable the parties that are willing to cooperate to agree on and set a list of rules that will guide their collaboration. Written contracts may consist of different sections, including the preamble, definitions of terms, the words of agreement, and the duties that each side promises to fulfill....

Jack Wills in China: Fashion Consultancy Project

Methods of Entry In 2018, the Chinese market offered a vast opportunity for a fashion company, with a plethora of resources and extensive options for reducing the number of expenses taken in the course of producing clothes, promoting them, and delivering the end product to a target demographic (Bonetti 2014)....

Leadership vs Management: Differences and Impacts

Introduction The concepts of management and leadership have been misused and misinterpreted to mean the same thing. Actually, leadership and management are two distinct concepts that are complex in application and coverage. This report differentiates leadership and management from functional application perspectives. The paper also explores the theoretical application of...

Global Organizations and the Impact of Cultural Differences

Executive summary Culture variation across the international organization is defining the way multinational corporations operate in the global market. In this paper, the researcher was interested in analyzing how international companies are forced to embrace new cultural beliefs and business practices based on the local forces. Data was collected from...

Environmental Balanced Scorecard for the Everest Retail Company

Introduction Over the last decade, the environmental attributes of the business organization have been outlined as significant in affecting the outcome and general sustainability. The environmental concerns are propelled by the rise in legislation, pollution, and stakeholder pressure. This means that evaluation of environmental performance for a business is an...

Barnes & Noble Nook Media Failure Analysis and Recovery Strategies

Barnes and Noble is a 6.8 billion company with 675 locations throughout the country, which also operates 686 college bookstores that make up the company’s Nook Media unit. During the tenure of William Lynch as the head of Nook Media in 2010-2013, the company suffered significant losses (Berfield). This paper...

Developing an Effective Business Plan for a Fictional Biotech Company

A fictional company that I would choose is a biotech business. I know several people who work for an international pharma group and have experience protecting medical inventions through intellectual property patents. I asked them about their knowledge, and they told me that a biotech business could be profitable. The...

Leadership Effectiveness and Its Factors

In the past, the study of leadership has mostly been focused on the attributes of people who have the authority to make critical decisions. However, modern researchers argue that much attention should also be paid to the characteristics of followers and various situational factors (Dugan, 2017). This paper will discuss...

Best Buy’s Strategy Elements

Best Buy Co. is a company that operates in the United States, Canada, and Mexico and focuses on the delivery of various technologies to enrich the lives of people. The range of services varies from entertainment to food preparation and health wellness, and the company promotes services that aim to...

Opening Your New Dunkin’ Donuts Locations

Introduction The nature of the Dunkin’s Donuts’ system is determined not so much by its constituent elements but by their relationship between each other and each element individually with the system as a whole. These relations form the structure of the system, the main purpose of which is to ensure...

The Impact of a CEO in an Organization

In general, Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) have a significant influence on their respective organizations. From the perspective of organizational psychology, CEOs have a considerable effect on the performance of an organization as a whole because of their influence on the lower levels of management. Liden, Fu, Liu, and Song (2016)...

Business Plan for SLMC Wellness Center: Feasibility and Goals

Introduction Enhancing the range and scope of services provided by an organization can help it to attract new customers and generate more revenues. However, when undertaking new projects, it is critical for the management to understand their long-term outcomes and possible considerations. The proposed project is to open a new...

iPhone Sales Trends: Decline, Future Outlook, and Market Impact

Current Business Situation and Sales Projections Apple’s iPhone is arguably the most popular and recognizable smartphone on the planet. Since its launch in 2007, the corporation has sold over 1.3 billion iPhones. Between the years 2001 and 2018, the stock price of Apple had increased by an impressive 15,000%, which...

Leadership Selection and Development Programme at General Electric

Introduction Leadership is an integral component of nearly every sphere of contemporary life. It is equally applicable to business, education, or healthcare. On the whole, it is an ability to provide an impact on other people using one’s personal qualities and values. Management is another important sphere of any company...

Smart Healthcare Marketing: Success Stories & Pitfalls

Nowadays with the rise of technology, the abundance of information online and growing consumerism, among other issues, it is twice as important to have a smart healthcare marketing strategy. Understanding the uniqueness of your brand is key to building the right initiative. For example, one of the best marketing strategies...

Quality Systems and Their Role in Organizations

It could be hardly doubted that nearly every company strives to please as many customers as possible. It is also apparent that managers of different businesses, companies, and organizations have to implement specific frameworks to achieve their goals. One of the most prominent management approaches is a quality management system...

The Problem of Lookism at Workplaces

Nowadays the world sees a range of social issues that affect different groups of people. Lookism, which is a tendency among employers to hire such candidates whose appearance corresponds with the so-called standards of beauty, belongs to the most concerning problems. Specialists note that this trend influences mostly women leading...

Coke and Subaru Case Studies

Coke’s Case Coke introduced a new taste to the audience in 1985; however, the company received negative feedback from the customers. Coke decided to alter an old taste after Pepsi presented the “Pepsi challenge” advertisement that had success, and Coke started losing its popularity. Hence, they decided to develop a...

Role of Ethics Within Leadership

Ethical leadership involves embracing practices that comply with the set moral beliefs and values, such as observing the dignity of others and respecting people’s civil liberties. Ethics refers to concepts such as trust, equality, integrity, and charisma (Grandy & Sliwa, 2017). Complying with some laid-down ethical principles results in ineffective...

Factors for Starbucks’ Successful Market Expansion

Expansion to a new market presupposes consideration of vital elements that are required for success. First of all, for Starbucks, it can be recommended to communicate the brand successfully. The entry to a new area demands this element as a part of the preparation for the functioning of a company...

Managing Workplace Conflicts in ICU: Insights and Solutions

Recurring Conflict: Description Arguments often occur in the workplace due to the pressure of deadlines and the presence of factors contributing to misunderstandings, diversity levels being the key one. With several cultures being represented in the environment of an organization, misconceptions will occur due to incongruences between the viewpoints of...

Vehicle Exporting: From United States to Mexico

Purpose The purpose of the given executive business plan is to demonstrate the underlying ideas, market features, and business approach of exporting vehicle or auto parts from US to Mexico. Therefore, the latter country will be analyzed and overviewed in detail, because it is a target market. In order to...

Targeting Subaru’s Market: The Cosmopolitans & European Strategies

The best-matched lifestage group is The Cosmopolitans: Upscale Younger Family Mix which belongs to the urban uptown social group and the midlife success lifestyle group. This group can be predominately found in major metropolitan areas and regions known for high economic success. There is a significant number present of this...

Milk in the UK Market: Supply and Demand Analysis

Introduction A market economy strongly relies on its two main concepts – demand and supply that correlate under the conditions of a free market. Both demand and supply are affected by economic factors and shift according to the change in prices. However, there are external factors that influence these phenomena,...

Ethical Business Principles: Teleology, Utilitarianism, Justice

Teleology, Utilitarianism, and Justice in the Frameworks of Business Ethics The study of theoretical and practical components of business activity involves not only the analysis of exact numbers and mathematical formulas but also the research of the people’s principles of thinking and decision making. After all, human beings and their...

Importance of Intercultural Competence in Business

Cultural studies are rapidly developing and influencing every sphere of activity nowadays so that different approaches have been applied to the understanding of what intercultural communication is. Living in the intercultural society in the period of globalization presupposes incessant interaction with diverse representatives of one’s nation, so the interpersonal connection...

Profitability of Sole Proprietorships

In recent times, many people prefer to work for their profit rather than benefit “the big boss.” Modern times and free access to the Internet give people a much better chance to sell what they are good at and get profit from it. The popularization of social networks such as...

Best Practice Companies: Netflix

The companies that operate in the context of technological advancement and the active inclusion of millennials into the workforce need to adjust to the new requirements within all the spheres of performance. One of the most crucial elements in the work of any company is the sphere of HR management,...

Edges and Shortcomings of Offshoring

Introduction Background information For the first time, the practice of offshoring began to be applied in the 60s of the 20th century by European and American companies; however, the term itself appeared only in the late 70s. It is important to note that the phenomenon of offshoring involves the separation...

Promotion of Tolerance at the Workplace

One of the most significant benefits of the friendly organizational environment and the positive relationships with colleagues is that they foster employee motivation and allow multiculturally diverse individuals to fulfill their potentials in the work context. In turn, the lack of tolerance culture in the company creates barriers to diversification...

The Role of Time Management in Leadership

Introduction Modern leaders pay much attention to time management as it is one of the constant and irreversible things in the work of any organization. Once it is wasted, it can never be returned or used again. Therefore, the task of any leader is to make sure that time is...

Strategic Planning for Young Learners in Early Learning Centers

Introduction The Young Learners Early Learning Centre is an organization specialized in early childhood education. However, it is currently failing to attract children due to a variety of issues, and so, it is unable to perform its duties satisfactorily. Its current primary needs are increasing its occupancy rate and changing...

Hot Topic: Case Study

Introduction Hot Topic has been in operation for the last two decades. Within this period, this retailer has managed to grow from less than 20 to around 800 stores. This means that it has become one of the leading players in its sector today. The discussion presented below describes the...

Authentic Leaders Critique and Analysis

The development of organizations often depends on the ability of leaders to inspire their followers and guide them through the complexities of different spheres of the economy. Authentic leadership is instrumental in achieving these goals since such leaders have the necessary qualities and skills. The existing theories have focused on...

Unmanned Vehicles in Cargo Transport: Trends & Challenges

Although unmanned vehicles have been used for decades, their applicability in cargo transport is now slowly being recognized (Knoblauch et al., 2019). As a venture capitalist seeking a start-up company, the use of unmanned systems in the commercial sector, especially long-distance cargo transport, is a relatively new technological adaptation that...

Current Organizational Issue: Technological Changes

Introduction Organizational leaders should be aware of the changes experienced in their respective sectors or industries. This knowledge can empower them to recruit competent employees and be prepared for potential challenges that might affect performance. They should also form partnerships with different stakeholders whose ideas and practices resonate with the...

Leadership Psychology and Behaviors

Introduction The term leadership refers to an aleatory concept that can take different forms: spiritual, shared, and corporate leadership are some of its most common aspects. However, while leading ability is easy to identify, it is difficult to define (Antonakis & Day, 2018). A broad definition relates leadership to the...

United Parcel Service: Information Technology Management Plan

Introduction Background of the Study Founded in 1907, the United Parcel Service (UPS) is an American-based logistics company. The company relies on its information management systems to undertake most of its operations. This report provides an information management plan for the year 2019. How to use this Report The data...

Enhancing IT Compliance: UPS and IT4IT Value Chain

Summary of Article The selected article is about a case study for IT4IT authored by the Open Group (2015). The article posits that the information technology (IT) value chain complements service delivery and improves compliance to organizational plans. Therefore, IT processes are critical to the success of organizational processes because...

Analyzing Logical Fallacies in Tim Gurner’s Wealth Advice

Arguing a specific idea might seem like a rather basic exercise in the ability to build a constructive statement, yet the presence of a biased experience may cause one to succumb to traditional logical fallacies. An article by Sam Levin showcases an example of a logical fallacy that enters a...

Building Effective Organizational Culture: Key Strategies

Introduction Organizational culture is a set of underlying principles, assumptions, and interactions which guide behavior and create a specific social and psychological environment within a workplace. Such culture can be complex, consisting of various factors such as leadership, company vision, expectations from employees, and overall practices and inner-workings of the...

Integrating Leadership Models for Enhanced Nursing Practice

Model of Leadership and Its Application Playing the role of a leader invites a range of opportunities for altering and improving the process of meeting the set goals. As a leader, one should focus not only on accomplishing a basic objective of implementing a particular project or raising the revenue...

Amazon’s E-Commerce Strategy

Introduction Amazon’s latest IT/ IS strategy is a massive expansion of its e-commerce platform and the creation of a new website to further encourage online shopping. Over the last couple of decades, Amazon has made a great effort to reinvent the very notion of a marketplace for consumer goods. In...

Amazon: Local and Global Markets

Executive Summary Based on sales, revenues, and global market share, Amazon has become one of the hallmarks of e-commerce in the United States. The advancements in information technology have contributed immensely to the growth and development of Amazon as a market leader in e-commerce, machine intelligence, and cloud computing industries....

How Procurement Optimization Adds Value to Organizations

Component 1: Primary Research What are you doing in your daily procurement in your daily work? My primary duty as a procurement officer is to ensure that my company has a regular supply of the needed raw materials to facilitate normal operations. On a daily basis, I have to plan...

Organizational Behavior: Managing Employees

The functioning of a modern organization is a complex issue as it consists of numerous elements and aspects that should be considered to achieve the planned goals and create the basis for further development. For this reason, the existing approach to management presupposes that a specialist responsible for the growth...

Do Marketers Drive Junk Food Consumption?

Marketing and advertising are two fundamental elements of the modern world that impact its evolution and shape people’s behavior. The high potency of these tools can be associated with the fast speed of technologies’ development and their integration with every sphere of human activity. This statement is especially topical for...

Sloan Women in Management Conference

Introduction The situation in which Sloan Women in Management (SWIM) occurred is disastrous from every possible angle. The conference is under threat of cancellation, and tough decisions must be made. In such moments it is critical to consider all stakeholder’s positions in combination and produce a weighted course of actions...

Customization Process in BMW

Introduction A customization process providing a client-oriented approach to ensure that buyers are directly involved in the creation of a product is increasingly common in the modern market. In the struggle to engage consumer interest, many companies seek to attract customers by offering new opportunities and prospects for choosing goods....

Human Capital and Knowledge Acquisition

Over the past years, the role of human capital has been significantly re-evaluated. Training, in turn, has been regarded as a valuable tool to gain relevant knowledge as well as raise employees’ competence. However, the role of training in business life has undertaken a crucial change “from a program focus...

Manager vs. Leader: Roles, Skills, and Impact on Staff

The words “manager” and “leader” are often used interchangeably, but they mean different things in a corporate environment. If a person is a manager, they occupy a particular position in an organization that places specific responsibilities on them as well as a duty to oversee subordinates (Algahtani, 2014). Leaders, in...

Personal Success Factors in the Business World

The fast development of the business sphere preconditioned the appearance of multiple opportunities for individuals to engage in various activities and generate income. However, the popularity of the given field also fosters the increase in the level of rivalry that becomes a severe challenge to both companies and people. Under...

Lysanders Wine Cellars: Research Insights and Strategic Scoping

Research Proposition The research proposition for the planned business endeavor will be as follows: If Ted Proctor establishes Lysander’s Wine Cellars in Dunedin’s Otago Rowing Club building, then he will achieve the revenue of at least $400,000 by the end of the second calendar year after opening. This proposition captures...

Organizational Behavior Business Write-Up Plan

Motivation-Hygiene Theory and a Pay-For-Performance Plan The motivation-hygiene theory elaborated by Herzberg includes two components. Maintenance factors, also known as hygiene issues, are work conditions, job security, salary, and insurance (Alshmemri et al. 13). The motivators are composed of responsibility, involvement in the work process, the recognition of an employee’s...

Growth Opportunities from Current or New Markets

Introduction Growth opportunities achieved through development in a business may be divided according to the areas where improvements can be achieved. Based on modern management practices, leaders of organisations often resort to strategies that involve expanding the capabilities of their companies by working in different regions, selling new products or...

What It Takes to Be a Great Leader

Leadership The modern world is experiencing drastic changes in all spheres of activity. Numerous aspects are triggering these alterations, such as the emergence and rapid development of technologies, their growing importance, increasing demands for diversity and effectiveness, and a tendency towards further sophistication of various processes. All these factors are...

Gamification as a Marketing Tool

In the modern era of information technologies, when data is viewed as the most important asset, it is essential to reduce the negative impact of information management tools on citizens. However, with the introduction of gamification marketing tools, the probability of people involuntarily and accidentally disclosing their personal data has...

Ethics in Business: Musk, Zuckerberg, and Corporate Governance

Discuss Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg and show how ethical values and culture played a role in the success or problem of the situation Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, as well as their companies Facebook and Tesla, are commonly assumed to be exemplifying the viability of the ethically sound approach...

Vanessa Garrison: A Level 5 Leader in Health Movement

Introduction Organizations, which wish to attain lasting growth, must ensure that they have experienced administrators. Collins (2005) maintains that successful leaders possess a set of exceptional executive abilities, which enable them to guarantee that their companies overcome competition. Research shows that great companies have one thing in common: they are...

Online Ads and Sales

With the advent of new technologies, additional methods of advertising become available to marketing professionals. Numerous services now employ online ads, which are theoretically similar to those used in other forms of media but differ to adjust to the specific circumstances of the Internet. According to Lewis and Reiley (2014),...

Cross-Cultural Management for Virtual Teams: Context, Theories and Critical Cultural Influences

Executive Summary The influence of globalization is evident in all aspects of the business environment. By facilitating business collaborations and agreements between different countries, this phenomenon created opportunities for companies to enter new markets and multiply their profits as a result. Similarly, the advancement of information technology enhanced the global...

Spa Area and Treatments: Monitoring & Maintenance

The spa industry is pretty young and for almost 20 years and it, like any developing industry, has been constantly changing, adapting either to certain economic conditions or to new customer needs. Sometimes the industry itself dictated fashion, having caught the vector of human desires for a change in lifestyle...

Treadway Tire Company: Addressing Foremen’s Job Dissatisfaction

This brief report deals with the most urgent issues that arise at the Treadway Tire Company and the methods to address them. The organization may face considerable difficulties since foremen’s job dissatisfaction can result in poor performance. The primary issues include ineffective knowledge management and low foremen’s morale. The concept...

Bean-Coin: Vegan Website Currency for Healthy Food Activity

The suggested currency is called “Bean-coin” and it is a currency for vegan website activity. It is backed by the commodity such as ready meals sold by the website. The website awards users with a certain amount of currency for substantive activity such as posting, sharing, and commenting on posts...

Analyzing Marketing Business Cases: A Step-by-Step Guide

As empirical inquiries, case studies investigate contemporary phenomena in their real-life contexts. When analyzing marketing business cases, the analyst introduces a measure of realism into management education (Cravens and Lamb 95; Ebneyamini and Moghadam 1). There are four fundamental steps in the process of a case analysis. Initially, the one...

Technological Factors of the United Arab Emirates

Technological Infrastructure: UAE and U.S. Innovations in technology open a plethora of opportunities for rapid and extensive progress in an array of domains, from personal communication to business to industry. Therefore, the analysis of the technological infrastructure of the UAE and comparison to the one of the U.S. as a...

Vision Bank Plans to Invest in Tanzania

Introduction Globalization is a powerful force making it possible for companies to do business in different parts of the world. Managers should implement powerful models if they want to achieve their aims much faster. This report provides detailed advice and recommendations to Vision Bank as it plans to invest in...

Optimizing Benefits Plan for Global Children’s Charity

Recently, Global Children’s Charity has seen a reduction in its workforce. The organization decided to lower operational costs so that a larger part of the budget could be used for helping children. Now, when 15% of the staff has been downsized, the company seeks to optimize its benefits plan. The...

Boosting HR Efficiency with New HRIS at TorontoNorthAutoParts

Introduction The human resources (HR) department in every organization undertakes numerous studies to identify the challenges employees face and apply sustainable strategies to address them. At TorontoNorthAutoParts, the rate of rejects began to increase sharply, therefore forcing the company to introduce superior measures to minimize them. This occurrence might be...

Quantum Energy Marketing Plan: New Drink Launch

Executive Summary The present paper outlines a marketing plan for an up-and-coming fast-moving consumer goods company, Quantum Energy. The company intends to launch a new product, Quantum Energy drink, that is projected to stand competitions against the most serious market contenders such as Pepsico, Coca-Cola, and Monster. To make it...