Using One Thousand Dollars to Develop the Handball Team

Introduction One thousand dollars is not a lot of money for transforming my handball club team. However, this is a substantial amount that can be used accountably and wisely to make a difference in one day. Such an amount can be a supplemental budget that can see the team members...

Ethical Leadership Model in Organizations

Leadership is an essential element at all levels more especially in organizations. Leadership entails directing other elements, through influence, to get things done. On the other hand, leadership style entails the manner and approach taken by leaders in providing direction, implementing plans, and motivating people. There are various leadership styles,...

Effective Procurement Activities’ Added Value

Introduction Procurement is an essential part of business activities because there are many benefits that are accrued from the process. The evolution of market economies has made it important for companies to focus on effective procurement activities because there has been a great need to improve the competitiveness of the...

Coffee Maker’s Incorporated: Transfer Pricing

Summary of data for division A and B Division Type of unit bought Market price per unit Units bought from Division C Units bought from an external source Total number of units Transfer price A 101 $900 3000 1500 4500 $1,000 B 201 $1900 1000 500 1500 $2,000 The table...

Eric Schmidt’s Speech on Google Inc.’s Future

Introduction: Background Representing literally “the best” of corporate values, i.e., “the energy,” “the enthusiasm” (Stop CEO 00:00:19), Google, Inc. is clearly among the top most successful companies of the XXI century. In his recent speech, the CEO of Google, Inc., Eric Schmidt has outlined the perspectives for Google’s further evolution....

“How to Turn Negative Social Media Into a Positive” by Ciccotelli

How to deal with negative social media responses Contemporary marketing strategies are taking to social media which offers a cheaper and faster means of advertising products and services. Advertisements are commonly seen on social media including Twitter and Facebook, and as such, customers can easily interact with their brands directly,...

Red Bull Brand and Sport Event’s Marketing Plan

Sports event As a student brand manager, I would sponsor different sports events on campus. Since the Red Bull brand is associated with sports events such as the Moto-GP among others, the on-campus sports event would give the brand an upper hand in promoting the message of performance vitality. Through...

Sportswear and Foxtrot Companies Possibilities

Introduction In this paper, the case of the Sportswear Company and the possibility to be bought by the representative of the Foxtrot Company will be analyzed and evaluated. Mr. Leslie Olivera who is the manager at Foxtrot is going to accept the offer of Charles Richards who is the current...

Help Desk Service Company’s Marketing Plan

Purpose of the Marketing Plan The main reason why I am creating this marketing plan is to outline the strategies and tactics of my company. A plan helps to direct a business owner through each step of setting up and developing an enterprise. The plan makes it possible to organize...

Relations Between an Employer and Employee

There is no use denying the fact that the sphere of relations between an employer and employee is a very complicated issue. There are many various peculiarities that introduce some limits or describe terms of the relations between these two agents. Under these conditions, the working contract between an employer...

Retailing Strategies and Multichannel Marketing

Introduction Retailing is a process that encompasses all the activities that sellers use to add value to the products that they sell to customers for personal use. An effective retailing strategy takes into account all the 4Ps of the marketing mix, which include price, place, product, and promotion (Grewel &...

Ruby Lake Resort’s Staff Training Program Outcomes

Abstract This paper dwells upon the importance of program evaluation with a focus on a specific program that is aimed at training workers in Ruby Lake. In this paper, specific strategies that can help evaluate the program effectively are outlined. These strategies focus on the accessibility of the program, its...

Tenet Healthcare Corporation’s Training and Development Plan

Abstract The paper provides a discussion of the training method selected for the development plan to be implemented in Tenet Healthcare Corporation. Reasons to choose e-learning are provided and discussed in the context of the determined goal and learning objectives. The audience and fundamentals of the cross-cultural training are discussed...

British Petroleum Company’s Executive Retirement Issues

As the board chairman, how will you address the issue of the CEO’s early retirement and his severance package? When confronted with the issue of early retirement of the current chief executive officer, I will try to dissuade against the idea of early retirement. As presented in the report by...

Good Mark Industrial Ltd.’s Marketing Project

Project Title An evaluation study of the marketing project/policy, implemented by Good Mark Industrial Limited, since the year 2009 in aspects of exports, sales turnover, high precision of products, customer appreciation, sustaining the competition and the environmental effects on the performance of the company. Rationale Major Problems and Challenges Good...

Employment Program for Non-Native English Speakers

Abstract Accessibility is one of the most important aspects of any program. Therefore, possible language and cultural gaps have to be taken into account while developing an action plan. The present program takes place in a predominantly Latino neighborhood, and participants have a different level of proficiency in English. The...

Ethical Leadership and Philosophy in Practice

Hassan (2015) argues that leadership is a powerful function that can be used to align an organization around the best ethics and values. The manager or leader at the helm of a group or organization should guide the targeted followers to act ethically. The leader sets the right ethical tone...

Online Grocery Shopping Behaviors

Behaviors involved in online grocery shopping Personal thought Online grocery shopping calls for consumers to make adjustments to their purchasing procedure. They can combine information contact with product contact and transaction, such as reading a review when selecting a product online and having the system deduct funds from their account...

Sony Corporation’s Marketing Strategy in Action

Identify and discuss some of the cultural meanings for Sony possessed by consumers in your country. Discuss how these cultural meanings were developed and how they influence consumers’ behaviors (and affect and cognition). What is the role of marketing strategies in creating and maintaining (or modifying) these cultural meanings? Sony...

Balanced Scorecard: Development and Implementation

Introduction A balanced scorecard is a tool that is used to manage performance levels in organizations and is focused on the achievement of strategic goals. This concept was introduced in 1992 and was met with positive reactions from most businesses and economists. It lists key factors that should be taken...

Leadership Skills and Change Encouragement

While the importance of encouraging cooperation and promoting cross-cultural communication in the context of an organization is a crucial step in leading a team to victory, a leader must also possess conceptual skills. Northouse (2016) defines the subject matter as the ability to use ideas and concepts as building blocks...

Supply Chain in “Isn’t It Obvious?” by Goldratt

Summary Paul White is a struggling manager of a Boca Raton branch for a company called Hannah’s Shop. He received news about the store’s poor performance earlier that day. He confessed his work-related frustrations to his friends. He wondered how he failed when he was more than willing to adhere...

Healthcare Marketing and Public Relations

Dealing with the negative reviews On the one hand, dealing with negative reviews is an emotionally unpleasant task. On the other hand, from a strategic point of view, the complainants of customers reduce the effectiveness of marketing through word of mouth (Berkowitz, 2016). When I worked as a physician in...

Doha Bank Qatar’s Strategic Thinking and Leadership

Abstract The strategy is a plan that describes the course of action in the future. Strategies are adopted by organizations to help them determine their course of action in the future. The strategy needs to be flexible enough to reflect environmental factors and changes. Organizations have two environments; the external...

Hackensack University Medical Center’s Financial Analysis

Liquidity ratios Ratio 2015 2014 Industry average Current ratio Current assets/current liabilities 914,952/291,969 3.13:1 838,589/266,158 3.15:1 2.2 Collection period (Accounts receivables * 365) / total revenue) (157,884 * 365)/1,631,737 35 days (158,823 * 365)/1,564,562 37 days 23 days Days cash-on-hand (cash + short term investment) * 365 / total expenses...

Investor’s Role in Creating Culture of Excellence

Abstract This study shows that at the present, the U.A.E construction industry is severely lacking in terms of proper employer-employee engagement in that the higher-ups within the company neglected to implement any form of IIP standardization or talent management practices that did not involve members of the upper management team....

Financial Constraints and Investment Cash Flow Sensitivity

Abstract A number of studies have used investment-cash-flow sensitivity as a yardstick for measuring financial constraints in firms, where as there are equal instances of disagreement for adopting the instrument. This disparity can be attributed majorly to variation in opinions as concerning separation of financially-constrained firms from non- financially-constrained firms....

Google Duo Product and Consumer Decision-Making

Steps of the consumer decision-making process in deciding whether to adopt Google Duo The decision-making process (Hoffman & Bateson, 2011) would be as follows. Need recognition The need might be recognised on its own, or the process of need recognition could be induced by hearing about the new app. Search...

Sumo Salad Retail Chain’s Marketing Mix

The target market for take-home single serving salad tubs will be concentrated (Lamb, Hair, & McDaniel, 2011), for it will target mainly one segment of the market – single individuals (although it might be possible to state that the target market is multi-segment, for the set of single persons is...

Dream Water Company’s Product Marketing

Dream Water: Core Product, Actual Product, and Augmented Product Core Product The core product is the main benefit that the product brings to the consumer. For Dream Water, the core product is the medication against insomnia. This is the main benefit offered for the potential consumers: a drug allowing for...

Marketing: “How to Make Choosing Easier” by Iyengar

The problem of choice paralysis is acute due to such processes as new consumer attitudes, new IT opportunities, and the psychological and economic restructuring of the supply – demand ratio. The classic marketing model is still applicable; nevertheless, it is crucial to develop preventive measures that will enable companies to...

Leadership Development in Government Sector

Introduction Leadership is critical for ensuring good governance either in private or in the government sector. In the present circumstances, the government organizations are over managed; nevertheless, they are poorly led. In today’s ever-changing world, leadership issues are getting more and more prominence in managing government departments and organizations. Enhancing...

Promoting Sound Organisational Cultures

Introduction The field of organizational behaviour (OB) has become a crucial area of research and application in organizational management. It focuses on understanding and influencing people’s behaviours that have an impact on organisational outcomes. According to Scott (2008), the field has evolved from the scientific studies of management, principles of...

Positive Leadership Styles for Organisational Performance

Abstract The focus on globalization and multiculturalism has led to the importance of understanding organizational productivity and team effectiveness. This paper focuses on the UAE business context by evaluating and comparing leadership styles in the UAE and their effect on the competitiveness of the country. Mainly, this paper evaluates the...

Airline Pricing Strategies Versus Consumer Rights

Introduction As indicated by the case study, the main problem evident in the airline industry today is a lack of financial discipline which, when combined with its over-optimism as seen in the case of numerous willing entrepreneurs looking to own their own airline, has created a situation where profitability is...

Marketing Intelligence and Its Importance

Competitive Intelligence and Analysis Definition As suggested by Chen, Chau, and Zeng (2002), “The goal of Competitive Intelligence (CI), a subarea of Knowledge Management, is to monitor a firm’s external environment to obtain information relevant to its decision-making process” (p. 1). In this respect, competitive intelligence is the analysis of...

Afren PLC and Apache Corporation: Current Performance

Profitability drivers have conventionally been a significant exploration domain in financial statement evaluation field; in reality, profitability analysis can take place through a classic vehicle such as DuPont analysis (Nissim and Penman, 2001). Operational profitability can be investigated by decomposing the ROA (Return on assets) ratio based on DuPont analysis...

Clinx Clinic’s Structure and Operations Plan

My medical practice area is that of a privately-owned clinic. This clinic will be located in the State of Florida in the United States. The customer type for my clinic will be patients and those people who need medical consultation. My stakeholders will be the local government, the ministry of...

Financial Accounting for Decision-Making

Use of financial ratios The first group contains the return on capital employed. It is a fundamental ratio used to assess the financial health of an institution and a suitable measure of profitability of an entity. Even though it is not adequate, it provides a good indication of how a...

Entrepreneurial Capability of Students and Business Development

Introduction According to the case synopsis, Steven has shown his entrepreneurial capability at the rising stage of his academic career through an initiative of starting a part- time home forwarding job. With a vision of moving for the achievement of twine goals (academic qualification and organizational success), Steven is now...

Risk Management Concept in Academic and Business Circles

Risk Management refers to the process of identifying, analyzing, documenting, and presenting the possible risks that an institution is facing, and then devising techniques and strategies to mitigate those risks. The chart above shows how many references to the concept of Risk Management existed on the EBSCO database (one of...

Zappos Company and Its Key Executives

Nick Swinmurn Swinmurn is currently the chairman of Zappos. He founded Zappos.com (an online shoe retailer) after being disappointed in his shoe search. (Anon. “Zappos.com, Inc. CEO & Executives” 2011). His responsibilities as the founder and the chairman include; Ensuring the company offers the best service in comparison with its...

HRM Strategy: Agency Carers’ in London

Abstract In organizations operating in the Agency care industry in London, their employees are allocated jobs in homes of individuals to ensure the clients live conformably within their local communities. To retain the clientele, the capacity of the services delivered by these employees to satisfy the clients is essential. This...

Call Center Performance in the Telecommunications Industry

Executive Summary Business process Outsourcing is a growing phenomenon in the global telecommunications sector. Many firms are embracing the process because of the cost and quality advantages associated with it. However, not all firms realise the expected benefits of outsourcing. Some companies have suffered from poor quality services, while others...

General Electric: SWOT Analysis and Future Plan

SWOT stands for Strength, weakness, opportunity and threat of a company while some of such variables of General Electric are – Strengths Some stronger criteria of GE are – General Electric Co. (GE) has long experience as it established in 1892; GE has a strong brand image in the global...

Executives’ Compensation Levels: Social Network Analysis

Abstract The present research investigates the impact of networks and connectedness on the CEO compensation, CEO appointments, CEO labour market outcomes, and CEO termination. In addition, this research establishes the connections between the CEO and the hiring board and compares it to the general connectedness of the CEO. The study...

Diversification of the Family Business

Foreword Analysis of family businesses, as well as research into issues that may not only be unique to the family business concept such as diversification, succession and corporate governance, to name a few is not a new practice, but rather a well established practice from both, an academic as well...

Apple, Alphabet, Amazon Companies’ Design and Success

Fortune Magazine prepares annual reports publishing the rankings of the world’s most admired companies. The approach to determining a company’s position in the list centers on nine factors referred to as key attributes to reputation, including “innovation, people management, use of corporate assets, social responsibility, quality of management, financial soundness,...

Intercultural Competence in Modern Organizations

It is possible to define intercultural competence as a specific ability of a person to interact easily and appropriately with representatives of different cultures while having positive attitudes, demonstrating cultural awareness, being flexible, and maintaining effective communication. Global organizations pay much attention to developing the intercultural competence in their leaders,...

One North Company’s Supply Chain Management

Executive Summary The aims of this report were informative and analytic. First, this report aimed to inform the directorate of Carillion plc about the current contract negotiations with One North, an ambitious long-term project that sees the importance of interconnecting inter-modal transport in the regions in the North to create...

Adapted Product Development: “Contactless Payment” Case

Background The rapid progress in the development of new technologies over the last three decades such as the Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) payment technology, which is used in banking and other industries have dynamically shifted to the digitalised systems. For example, in the last few years, Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) payment technology...

Organizational Design Factors in the Food Industry

No organization can operate in isolation because reaching strategic objectives such as continuous growth and high levels of performance requires cooperation with customers and other economic agents. In addition to it, organizational performance is often influenced by the developments in the external environment, which includes legislation, technology, the situation in...

Marketing Management in the Largest World Companies

The Role of Marketing in the organization Shell Oil Company is a global group of energy and petrochemicals organization that specializes in producing oil, natural gas, and chemicals. The company’s major production and exploration units are located in the deep waters in the Gulf of Mexico with origins in Anglo-Dutch,...

Quality Policy for the Company

Quality Policy for the company in accordance with the ISO 9001:2008 requirements Oberoi Hotels & Resorts is a five-star company that is governed by the ISO 9001:2008 quality policy (Oberoi Hotel, 2010). The reputation of the hotel both locally and internationally called for the need to formulate documentation that helps...

Human Resources: Social Media Policy in Companies

Introduction Social media plays a vehement role in our life, as it is involved in the majority of the interactions. It is one of the tools to express the freedom of speech and ideas and share the views and opinions of the other members of society. Nonetheless, sometimes the statements...

Scientific Management and Sociology of Work

What is scientific management and why it was important in the Fordist Era? Scientific management was a practical application of scientific management theory, which was concerned with workflow analyses, synthesis, and specialization of work to stimulate workforce productivity. Scientific methods emphasized mechanization, specialization, and simplified repetitive tasks (Vallas, Finlay, and...

Employee Churn: Cost Reduction and Predictive Analytics

HR analytics has become increasingly important in generating quantitative data to create strategic value for HR. Discuss how quantitative data can help strengthen the credibility of the HR function The complexity of the HRM function cannot be underestimated, as it involves decision making on multiple levels while establishing the coherent...

“When a Happy Worker is a Productive Worker” by Wright et al.

Purpose of the article The purpose of the article is to define the contributions of job satisfaction, psychological wellbeing, and dispositional effect on workers’ productivity and happiness. The article also focuses on the factors that influence employees’ motivation to work. All the constructs are tested and analyzed both theoretically and...

Compensation and Reward for Nonpermanent Employees

Introduction Compensation and reward for non-permanent employees is an area that requires a lot of understanding. Employees who are not full-time workers are mostly driven by the pecuniary reward that they receive from the employees. Given that labor cost should not exceed 30 percent of the total sales, the employer...

National Library Board’s Business Excellence

The SPRING Singapore’s Business Excellence framework The SPRING Singapore’s Business Excellence framework is a detailed structure that outlines and provides businesses with a set of management standards. This structure was developed by SPRING Singapore, an agency under the Ministry of Trade and Industry responsible for supporting the growth and development...

Polaris Industries Inc.’s Innovation and Success

Our world has changed greatly during the last several decades. Technologies develop, and many things we use in everyday life are constantly enhanced (phones, TVs, etc). The same happens in other spheres; better services and products enter the market and compete for costumer’s attention. But people are not surprised by...

Marketing Communication: “The Selling Game” Video

What are the main messages and themes in the video “The Selling Game”? The video deals with a number of topics. One of them is the subject of communication and the numerous themes connected to it. The different views of communication are presented; two main models of perceiving communication are...

Ads and Marketing in “The Selling Game” Video

What are the main messages and themes in the video “The Selling Games”? The video is aimed at delivering the following main messages and themes: Video advertisements have inspired the qualitative shifts in the ad world thus leading to a whole new approach to producing ads – making them brighter...

The UPS Store’s Total Quality Management Adoption

Could the implementation of the main principles of the TQM result in the significant increase of the level of performance of a company and its incomes? Nowadays, in terms of severe rivalry, UPS company tries to implement the strategy that will be able to guarantee its success and gradual improvement...

Human Resource Planning and Return on Investment

There are many processes any organization has to consider when it tries to identify the goals and achieve them in a required period. Human resources planning is one of such processes. It is a kind of link that exists between HR management and strategic planning. People can use this process...

UK Corporate Governance: Chairmans and Executives

In ‘The UK Corporate Governance Code’, what issues are addressed within comments included in the preface? The main issues addressed in the comments included in the preface are related to the benefits received by the society since the beginning of the usage of the Code and the specifics of the...

Performance Management and Appraisal Plan

The office of the Human Resources presents a Management by Objectives (MBO) performance appraisal plan and process that will be implemented in the next month. The store managers are required to use this plan as a mode of measuring the company’s progress (Armstrong & Taylor, 2014). The store managers and...

Management Theories: Shareholding and Stakeholding

By claiming that stakeholders are involved in an exchange relationship, the authors mean that they are both affected by companies and have an impact on the companies, as stakeholder groups provide the companies with certain contributions and expect to receive the bonuses they need in return. For example, the general...

Ultimate Battlefield Simulator: Marketing Project

Executive Summary The Ultimate Battlefield Simulator is a gaming product designed based on military war games in order to present an intriguing battlefield condition. The battlefield simulator includes specific features to present real war combat conditions. Thus, it is a gaming product that is designed to ensure the target customers...

Women Discrimination Impact in Telecommunication Industry

Aims of the Dissertation My dissertation will aim at investigating the Negative impact of women discrimination in telecommunication industry in Europe and Middle East. In investigating this matter, my dissertation will answer the question of whether the discrimination is justified or unjustified. Methodology The kind of research methodology to be...

Starbucks Corporation’s Financial Analysis in 2015

Accounts receivable The net value of accounts receivable rose from $631 million in 2014 to $719 million in 2015 (Starbucks Corporation, 2016). The increase is equivalent to 13.95% (see Appendices for detailed information). The proportion of accounts receivable to total assets declined from 5.87% in 2014 to 5.78% in 2015....

Management Functions for Better Company Performance

Abstract Amanda is the owner of a company that was founded as a small business, yet has recently started to expand. Because of the challenges that this growth presupposes, and the inconsistencies between the old strategy and the new environment with its new demands, Amanda will have to reconsider her...

Women Involvement in Telecommunication Industry

Aims of the Dissertation My dissertation will aim at investigating the hypothesis that women involvement in telecommunication industry in Europe of Middle East is limited. This dissertation will endeavor to investigate and come up with concrete information on the above hypothesis. A hypothesis can only be regarded as a valid...

Resourcing and Talent Planning

Be able to undertake core talent planning activities Introduction Workforce planning is the mechanisms that employers use to acquire employees with the right skills, competence, and experience. When carrying out workforce planning, employers are guided by the resources available, the mission and objectives of the companies as laid down in...

Chief Executive Officers’ Unique Work Aspects

In modern corporate management, the work, role, and responsibilities of the chief executive officer (CEO) or any other person in a similar capacity are not only difficult and complicated, difficult to understand from different perspectives. In his article “What only the CEO can do”, Lafley, the former Proctor, and Gamble...

Designing and Managing the Supply Chain

Introduction Variability in customer demand refers to the difference in what suppliers expect from customers and exactly what they order or buy. Firms use various variability tools in focusing variability in customer demand. How can firms cope with huge variability in customer demand? Risk pooling The tool suggests that variability...

Philosophy and Business Ethics Role

Understanding, accepting and applying ethical standards Understanding, acceptance, and application of ethics play a very important role to individuals and certain groups. First, all workers want to feel good during their work and enjoy proper working conditions, only in this case, people can present successful work and results. Proper understanding...

Jobs in Season 5, Episode 3 of “Undercover Boss”

General Information Donatos Pizza is a family company that Jim Grote founded in 1963. It specializes in the preparation and supply of pizza. The company makes close to $ 170 million in one year. Jane Grote is the chairperson of the company. She has a staff of five thousand employees....

Appropriation and Professionalism in Corporate Governance

Assignment Corporations are a business form in which the owners are not involved in the day-to-day running of the business. This explains the phrase ‘separating ownership from control’. A management team is put in place to run the business profitably (Hooper, Davey, & Presscot, 2009). This team includes specialists such...

Leading Change and Managing Transitions

In the article, “Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail,” John Kotter, the author, argues that change in the business world is inevitable. However, people are reluctant to accept change, and thus in most cases, they resist it. Therefore, the majority of organizations fail in the process of implementing transformations. Kotter...

Job Training Methods: Off-The-Job and On-The-Job Training Methods

Off-the-Job Training Methods Summary Lecture Discussion Audio-Visual Case Study Case Incident Overview Trainer organizes content & presents orally; little listener involvement. The leader facilitates the analysis of a problem or case. Refer to various forms of media (i.e., video, slides) Students discuss, analyze, and solve problems based on real situations....

Organizational Culture and Behavior

In which situations do companies tend to adopt assimilation strategies normally? Assimilation is a type of amalgamation when two or more companies merge. Several things come into play when companies think of merging. For assimilation to work as a merger strategy, it has to be well thought out. Towards this...

Production Processes Used by Stooges Enterprises

Analyzing the suggested control charts, we can find out some important data related to the functioning of Stooge Enterprises and the quality of wooden mallets manufactured by it. As we can see, the chart provides data about the diameter operation observed in workers during all three shifts at different periods....

Marketing Strategies: Customer Experience

Introduction First of all, it is necessary to point out that meeting the extremely high demands of the increasingly competitive market depends upon a variety of marketing strategies companies rely on. Customer satisfaction is recognized to be of particular concern, as it affects the profitability of a wide range of...

Clipboard Tablet Company’s Strategy Implementation

Introduction The paper will examine how Clipboard Tablet Company has strategically positioned its tablets: X5, X6, and X7 in the market. Each of the tablet types has its cost, price, and R&D expenditure. There are specific decisions that the company needs to make related to these products to maximize their...

The Effect of Rental Price Ceilings and Wages Price

The equilibrium price for Prescott single-bedroom rental units The equilibrium price is obtained at the point of intersection between the demand curve and the supply curve. First, a table is constructed from the demand and supply functions as shown in Figure 1. The second stage involves plotting a graph using...

Management Within a Multifaceted Culture

The working environments of organizations across the world are very dynamic now especially with the advent of globalization. These environments are in a continuous state of fluctuation and are not fixed to a particular concept or model. This is due to a multifaceted culture in the workplace brought about by...

Managing Human Resources and Its Challenges

Downsizing: Anathema to Corporate Loyalty? Why is Daniel Sensitive to DSI Recruitment Efforts? Daniel is sensitive to DSI’s recruitment efforts because future growth in company operations never picked up as anticipated and the company had already recruited many new interns in anticipation of improved business. The challenge with the company’s...

Negotiations Class Self-Assessment: Negotiation Skills

Introduction In this semester, negotiation skills were among the paramount topics covered. From the knowledge acquired during the semester, negotiation is a process aimed at settling differences by reaching an agreement. Negotiation skills are paramount especially in business transactions where bargaining is a common phenomenon. In addition, various professions such...

Business Opportunities for Dirt-Market

In what way have Rossi and Matheson shown an ability to identify an opportunity? Rossi and Matheson demonstrated that creativity is the best way of identifying a business opportunity. The idea of the Dirt-Market is a product of combined creativity by Rossi and Matheson who have different professional knowledge and...

Leadership Concepts: Theory and Critical Discussion

Introduction Leadership is a concept that has long been studied, yet there are still no guidelines or at least a clear definition of this skill. Every business needs a leading individual or a group of people who would shape the company’s policies and define strategies. Despite the traditional understanding of...

Organizational Behavior on the Pacific Rim Focus

In chapter 13, the writers discuss the impact that an organization’s structure has on its performance, power distribution and the general operation of issues. Organizations need to have formalized structure that can show how they are working for ease in communication and giving of instructions. Well structured organizations have duties,...

EBSCO Business Database in Internal Audit

The following table shows the result of references for the ‘Internal Audit’ concept from the EBSCO Business Database by decade. The period ranges from 1901 to 2010. The main objective of this exercise was to analyze by decade the number of times, the term or concept ‘Internal Audit’ is referred...

Business Communication Aspects

Introduction According to Shrivastava (2012), communication is defined as the process of transferring information from one person to another. Communication can be written, verbal or non-verbal. Effective business communication improves productivity, efficiency and minimizes errors. This paper discusses some aspects of communication and how they are relevant to business today....

Entrepreneur Characteristics and the Entrepreneurial Process of a Venture Idea

The entrepreneur (Is Todd the right guy? Does he have the right staff?) The case study shows that Todd has characteristics of entrepreneurs. Despite any negative action, the ability to keep trust and commitment to a certain idea is one of the key attributes of any entrepreneur (Gartner, Jennifer, and...

Innovative Technologies Intervention to the Business World

Problem Statement The interference of the innovative technologies in the modern business world is inevitable and may be considered as a positive feature, but the interference of computer technologies in the business human resources has also disadvantages; the research is focused on the consideration of the positive and negative influence...

Human Resources and Organization Management

What advice can you offer Parker about his approach to empowerment? A good manager should always realize that every employee is an asset to the Company, in fact, employees, are some of the most important resources that a Company can have (Kurtz and Boone,2010). However, if management fails to realize...

Team Problems and Tips for Solving Them

Team relationships The first advice I would offer Sally is to make her expectations known to Tony because Tony does not seem to know fully what Sally expects from him. Doing so would make Tony work towards meeting those expectations. Secondly, Sally should build a relationship with him as one...

“Double Deceit” a Book by Agnes Chamber

Summary of the book Dr. Hassan Abel-Hadi Mashaal is conned by one of the yahoo boys with a fake name of Miss Linda Morgan. Miss Linda convinces the doctor that she has $10.5 million which she wishes to transfer to Dr. Mashaal’s account. Miss Linda uses the trick of a...

Skills for Approaching a Job Interview on Marketer

My early childhood involuntarily set me up for a sales and marketing career. I was an assistant to my father in his art gallery and with time, I gained first-hand expertise in customer service, sales, and marketing. I developed a liking for this job and with time I sought to...

Best Baby Company’s Press Release

BestBaby today made a public statement at the company headquarters on the matter concerning the recent accident which was as a result of a BestBaby stroller rolling down a driveway. The accident resulted in the injury of three-month-old Avery Nelkin who is the daughter of Academy Award winners Nick Nelkin...

Effective Leader and Communication with the Command

The role of the leader in the team Margo Santelli is the head of the group operations and she has four unit managers who are responsible for carrying out sales and handling client issues. From Margo’s point of view, the four managers were chosen because of their qualifications. She does...

Authentic Leadership’ Aspects

The qualities and abilities described in the model of authentic leadership are not just knowledge and skills. A few different aspects may be included in this phenomenon: ethical and moral values, internal motives, etc. The concept of authentic leadership emerged not very long ago, but within a short period, it...

Leader-Member Exchange and Transformational Theories

My colleague, Erin, managed to create an informative and interesting post about the leader-member exchange (LMX) theory, its peculiar features, strengths, shortages, and relation to another integral leadership theory, known as transformational. One of the first questions that appeared after reading the post was as follows, “Erin, is there your...

The Core Leadership Topics

What similarities and differences do you find when comparing the two sources’ research value to your doctoral journey? The main similarity between the two sources lies in the fact that they can be used to push the researcher’s or student’s understanding of the core leadership topics. Nevertheless, the main difference...

Servant Leaders: Response to the Colleague’s Post

After reviewing the colleague’s post, it can be concluded that Mrs. Noble was a real servant leader who aimed to create value for the community through her contributions. However, there are two questions that need to be asked regarding Mrs. Noble’s leadership: “What sacrifices did Mrs. Noble make in order...

Servant Leadership Philosophy and Leadership Style

According to the results of the questionnaire, my personal servant leadership philosophy revolves largely around conceptual skills, ethics in business and working practices. Another important part is the empowerment of the employees in order to help them do their duties and solve problems on their own rather than ask the...

Ruth Snyder Actions Analysis at Fillmore Financial

What is the ethical dilemma in this case? Why is the not a straightforward business problem? The problem in the case of Ruth Snyder is not merely a business case. It is an example of unacceptable behavior of a business partner. Moreover, the case provoked an ethical dilemma. The fact...

Return on Investment and Engagement

Managers have employed ROI (return on investment) calculations to estimate the effectiveness of this or that program or project. At the same time, researchers argue that ROE (return on engagement) is as important and can be even more valuable in certain cases (Livingston, 2013). It is necessary to compare these...

Clipboard Tablet Company’s Strategic Management Process

Introduction The changing spectrum of competition requires companies to monitor the outcome of their strategies on a regular basis. They also need to make changes when required to maintain their business position. Many variables are involved in estimating the product’s success. Clipboard Tablet Company has been in existence for many...

Alaska Supply Chain Integrators Company’s Case

Case analysis Radio Frequency Identification (RFDI) has developed to become a transforming factor in supply chain management (Ma & Weng, 2013). RFID is the solution for connecting information models with elements in the physical world. RFDI utilizes radio waves or optics thus offering various advantages over the barcode system. RFID...

Leadership Development in Organizations

Value in Feedback This is an interesting exercise. However, I do not see any addition to leadership development in it. Leaders, in most cases, do not get the approval of all the people. This distinctive nature of leaders makes them and their decisions natural. The feedback in this closing exercise...

Social Responsibility in Strategic Plan Development

What are the roles of ethics and social responsibility in developing a strategic plan for an energy-related organization? Businesses operate in environments that have external factors that are affected by the operations of the business; businesses in the energy industry are affected by environmental conservation campaigns; they need to uphold...

Pestle Company’s Corporate-Level Strategy and Management

Pestle Management The PESTLE analytical tool is important for managers because it helps them to examine the external factors that face the organization and in the process, the managers can be able to think about the potential impacts of these individual factors on the business (Renewal Associates 2003). A PESTLE...

Decision Making Across the Organization

Break-even point in annual unit sale The break-even analysis gives the number of units of output that must be produced and sold that will ensure that the total cost incurred equals the total revenue earned. Therefore, it will give the minimum number of units of goods that need to be...

Strategic Planning and Success

Economy deals with the utilization of scarce resource with an aim of maximizing profits. Having the knowledge of economy helps people draw up strategies that will foster this principle of economics perfectly. In drawing up strategies, it should be clear that it has a single part comprising of both a...

Empress Luxury Lines Company: Antonio’s Ethical Dilemma

Analyze the ethical dilemma faced by Antonio The fact that Antonio have been involved in the case by Kevin and is now aware of the fraudulent dealings that the Company has been doing means that he cannot continue working as if nothing has happened. This is especially so given that...

Shui Fabrics Company: Operational Costs and Strategy

According to Ray Betzell, the rate of returns on investment that Shui Fabrics was making was too low compared to the expectations of the Americans and that was the reason why he said that the Chinese manager Chiu Wai could not be pleased by the way things were happening; as...

Manager Skills Analysis and Development

Execution skills are regarded as important to a manager. Effective management can develop desired outcomes as planned. Heads of organization opt to enroll into institutions so as to broaden their skills. Based on my skills analysis, I required a skills improvement strategy. My colleagues pointed out my leadership potential coupled...

Women Entrepreneurs in Saudi Arabia

Introduction Over the years, women have faced discrimination and other forms of challenges in society. This is especially so in the business world, where the market seems to be controlled by men alone. Many business fields are dominated by men, and women control only a small portion of the market...

Organizational Behavior Aspects and Leadership Style

Team dynamics For an effective business, leaders should ensure they have orchestrated teams that are focused and responsive to the needs of an organization; to develop the teams, managers need to understand their team dynamics. Generally, teams are formal groups within an organization; formal groups have some set goals and...

Service Quality and Customer Loyalty in the UK

Justification for Topic choice Customer service is an area that has been of concern to researchers and other practitioners since it plays an important role in improving the performance of businesses and encouraging customers to remain loyal. Customers have different orientations and this may lead them into attaching varying importance...

Employee Union and Productivity Incentive Plans

Employee union Organizations with unions should not try to persuade workers to decertify their union since these unions are a critical part of employee welfare. Reflectively, the basic building blocks of labor unions are identified as the need for collective bargaining and increased negotiation power. Labor unions are responsible for...

Critical Thinking for Managers

Everyday we are dared to make proper decisions, normally with limited ideas under serious time restrictions; this requires critical thinking. Critical thinking is a type of thinking that occurs as a result of correct estimation of the arguments and evidence and thus coming into conclusions that are optimal by the...

Employment Relationship: Nature and Tensions

Briefly explain Human Resource Management – ensure you explain the various activities that are conducted under HRM. Provide a variety of research in your explanation. In modern literature two versions of Human resource management have been emphasized these are the rational approach which emphasis on aligning business strategy and Human...

Cultural Diversity Audit for Grant Thornton Website

Introduction Currently, many organizations strive to embrace cultural diversity so that all their stakeholders can feel welcomed. However, achieving cultural diversity can sometimes be challenging. This essay, therefore, carries out an audit on the Grant Thornton International Web site evaluating its efforts to embrace cultural diversity. From the onset, the...

Project and Operation Management Essentials

What is operations management? Why is it important? Is a good knowledge of operations management more important in service or manufacturing industries? Explain your answer. Operation management can be defined as a system of theories and strategies aimed at optimizing the processes occurring in the setting of entrepreneurship or aimed...

The British Petroleum and the BTC Pipeline

What are the main ethical issues and dilemmas Bp faces in this case? British Petroleum faces various ethical issues and dilemmas, which revolve around the idea of transporting the oil to various states and protecting the communities where the pipeline passes through. Most of these ethical issues include environmental issues,...

Knowledge and Professional Skills Foundation

The Research Question(s) Addressed by the Study In the study, the authors sought to determine the correlation between different approaches that could be used in understanding the employment systems and customer services, dismissals, and quits in an organization. Therefore, the most important questions that the author addressed, include; “which management...

AMEX Company’s Managerial Process

After Thomas attempts at expanding the business to Hungary, he immediately faces a variety of issues, the one related to the culture being the primary reason for him to fail so miserably. Thomas has no idea how to motivate the local staff, as most of them either do not meet...

Human Behavior in Complex Social Organizations

Introduction Organizational behavior within a social company is regarded as one of the key factors that determine success. It is explained by the fact that organization and its structure define business performance, while the most important activity aspects are defined by the company’s profile, aims and objectives, as well as...

Conflict Resolution in Business

Introduction Conflicts prove to be an inevitable element of one’s social life. In many cases, disagreements between individuals and their groups are not destructive; moreover, they can actually contribute to the development and prosperity of the whole community. The function of a conflict is drawing attention to the problems that...

Creative Problem Solving: Corporate Experiences

I have understood different business tactics and way for implementation of different plans to develop successful operational products within an organization by experiencing different instances where I had to come up with different problem-solving methods. Until or unless, one does not dive into the real practical work, it would be...

Knowledge Management and Incentives: Transition to a New System

What exactly is knowledge management and how does it apply to IT? Knowledge management is traditionally defined as a set of rules and principles in accordance with which information is acquired, transferred, processed, distributed, and utilized by employees and members of a specific organization. While the given definition is rather...

Marketer’s Interaction With Youth and Children

This essay looks into marketer’s interaction with youth and children. Due to enabling technology, government control over the interaction between marketers and the youth continues to wan while marketers, buoyed by technology, continue to increasingly access youths and children using cunning methods. This trend has to be checked and measures...

Weight Watchers: the Analysis of Smoking

In the third paragraph of the article “Weight watchers”, the author highlights the ineffectiveness of imposing high taxes on cigarettes to discourage consumption. The author indicates that the response by smokers to hiked cigarette prices mainly depends on their purpose for smoking. The view of the detrimental effects of high...

Management Care and Corporate Fraud

What is a managed care plan? Provide examples and briefly describe the basic characteristics of each A group care plan, which has been put together in accordance with the new standards, is usually referred to as a managed care plan. In contrast to the plans written in compliance with the...

The Various Enterprise Resource Planning Software Packages

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the various enterprise resource planning (ERP) software packages that are commonly used by businesses to manage their operations. The ERPs that will be discussed include People Soft, SAP, Oracle, Microsoft, and Epicor. The discussion will highlight the features of the ERPs and...

Tesla Motors Company’s Competitive and Financial Analysis

Introduction Tesla Motors is an American-based company that manufactures electric trains and cars at affordable prices in the American, European and Asian markets. Its name was adopted from an electrical engineer and physicist Nikola Tesla. This paper will discuss the competitive and financial analysis of Tesla Motors. Financial analysis In...

Employment Strategies in Developed and Developing Economies

The rapid changes in the labor market in both developing and developed economies have made employers think about how to adopt sustainable strategies that can assist them to remain relevant in the global and dynamic market. Advanced economies such as the US, Japan, and the UK are expected to experience...

Appropriate Use of Transparency in Organizations

Personal experience I have been working as an employee for a five-star hotel for the last six years in California. From experience, the service industry requires efficient and orchestrated coordination of functions between managers and the rest of the employees. In the last six years, I have noted how the...

Wicked Laser Torches Branding and Product Marketing

Introduction The importance of designing the package and logo to brand a product is indisputable. The amalgamation of the three aspects, the package, design, and logo create the imagery of a brand. This paper discusses the packaging, logo, and branding of Wicked Laser torches. This will help to understand the...

Issues of Information Systems Management and Accounting

Issues in Accounting and Ratio Analysis According to Callahan et al (2007), “Accounting is the process of identifying, measuring and communicating economic information to allow judgment and decisions by the users of the information.” The accounting information must be reliable, relevant, complete, and understandable. Accounting as a process contains two...

The Impact of Terrorism on Walmart Global Logistics

Introduction Terrorism has been rising all over the world for the last couple of decades. Almost every day in the news terrorism activities is reported somewhere in the world either locally or internationally which have been planned by local or international terrorist groups. Terrorists normally attack tactical places which will...

Scheduling at Red, White and Blue Fireworks Company

A staffing plan for Red, White and Blue Fireworks Company Days no Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 1 10 10 10 10 Day off Day off Day off 2 Day off 10 10 10 10 Day off Day off 3 Day off Day off 10 10 10 10...

Pearson PLC: Business Strategy and Organisational Dynamics

Pearson PLC is the leading education and book-publishing company in the world, and it is headquartered in London. Since the establishment of the firm, various management teams have been focusing on adopting the most effective approaches to realise excellent performance outcomes. Organisational capability can be defined as the ability of...

Decision-Making Psychology: “Groupthink” by Janis

Introduction Before his death, Irving Lester Janis was a retired professor from the University of California and a renowned psychologist based at Yale University. Janis was a nonfiction writer and he did extensive studies on team dynamics, which led to the book, Groupthink: Psychological Studies of Policy Decisions and Fiascoes....

Implementing Strategies of Career Development

Introduction Despite the economic downturn, pursuing a career in the construction industry is still a rational goal that one can set his eyes on, and achieve. People will still want to build more houses and businesses will still need more facilities to expand, keeping the demand for this industry constant....

Lack of Strategic Management

One of major issues the organization is facing is lack of strategic management. The interim director as well as employees understand the need for change but there is no particular plan how to handle the change (Rubino, 2014). Another issue is inappropriate attitude towards the organization’s rules and culture as...

Xemba Translations Telecommuters Project Assessment

An Addendum to the Risk Assessment Matrix The new project that seeks to increase the number of telecommuters at Xemba is a very ambitious strategy that is meant to lower the cost of operation and increase the efficiency of the employees. However, this project has a number of risks that...