Narcissism in Leadership: Impact on Organizational Culture and Performance

When an individual is extremely and inordinately interested with oneself, it is referred to as narcissism. Narcissistic persons are also egocentric and self cantered in nature. Narcissism is associated with a high level of smugness. It does matter how much theory is offered about what is good management and leadership....

Competitive Advantage, Promotions, Segmentation

Competitive advantage The modern world is characterized by great rivalry. That is why every firm or enterprise should struggle for its success, trying to win in this fight. First of all, a firm should be competitive in the sphere in which it suggests its services. Every company should try to...

Hyundai’s Branding and Marketing Strategies

Hyundai was recognized as one of the top spot terms based on corporate brand loyalty amongst American potential customers within automotive industry. Hyundai has improved over the years, migrating from cheap brand with cheaper quality to one of the most recognized loyalty based brand. Hyundai’s Kia brand appeared as one...

Inborn and Trained Manager’s Skills

Being a good manager is a factor that goes beyond formal training and it requires a great deal of talent. In the context of the global business environment, good managers are required to have apt leadership abilities. The relationship between a manager and an employees is one of the most...

Bermuda vs. Aruba: Best Business Environment for Opening a Successful Sandwich Shop

Abstract The following research paper will provide the comparative analysis of Bermuda and Aruba, their population, their economic status, age groups and religions prevailing in the regions. Based on this data, a decision will be made, establishing what region appears to be the most convenient in order to open a...

Company G: Advertising and Marketing Plan

Introduction Company G is a well-established organization, which currently operates in the electronics current market. Despite the extended years of operation, the company has some issues with the marketing plan, as they were not able to reach the desired goals in terms of efficiency and productivity. Recently, the company introduced...

Biotensegrity Model in Organizational Culture

Introduction In the last century, organizations have faced unique challenges that stem from experiencing unique changes in their internal and external environments (Williams 2002, 4). Some of the most notable changes include global economic uncertainties, changes in consumer tastes and preferences, and technological changes (among other issues) (Williams 2002, 6)....

Software-producing Firm Reducing Inventory

Reducing Order Quantity The connection between the reduction in inventory and the order quantity is quite obvious. By bringing the number of items to be produced down, one will have to spare fewer resources to create the required amount of items. Therefore, the less the production volume is, the less...

ATO’s 10-Year IT Transformation: Challenges and Successes

Group Report ATO The Australian Tax Office (ATO) initiated a 10-year transformation program that was aimed at overhauling its IT platform to enhance its ability to serve its clientele in the year 2000 (CPT Global 2012). The change process at the ATO like in other organizations was subject to challenges,...

Food Production Processes: Key Operational Insights for Efficiency

Information System Retrieving new and topical information is especially important for a company operating within a food industry. Consequently, an appropriate information system must be used in order to feel the pulse of the food market, learn about the recent changes in its environment, etc. Particularly, the information about major...

Kube K15: Innovative Multimedia Smartphone

Introduction My company is known as Kube. This organization deals with the production of electronic devices that are so popular nowadays. The main product that is launched right now is a new multimedia smartphone, the Kube K15. We entered a mature market recently but are able to compete with various...

Partnership Between Blue Ridge Restaurant and Terralumen: Objectives and Impact

Case Developing a plan to dissolve partnership between Blue Ridge Restaurant and Terralumen. Key Business/Management Issues The top managers at Blue Ridge Restaurant are keen to achieve rapid growth in Spain. To achieve this aim, they have hired Mikael Sodergran, a young, inexperienced executive as the regional vice president instead...

Amazon Company Supply Chain Management Practices

Introduction This paper entails a case study analysis of Amazon.com. The paper assesses how the firm has implemented the concept of inventory management. Glossary Inventory outsourcing – according to Chhajed and Lowe (2008, p. 81), ‘in this strategy, a firm outsources some of its operational activities to a third party...

IDEO Company’s Approach to Workforce Diversity: Insights and Practices

In recent years, diversity is considered as an important aspect of any business organization. The incorporation of diversity in terms of ideas, culture, and other critical elements has been given relevant emphasis in the world of business. IDEO Company is a renowned company with roots in Palo Alto, California. Although...

Accofirm’s Bookkeeping and Tax Compliance Services: Ensuring Financial Accuracy

Executive Summary Many companies around the globe are faced with several issues, which range from bookkeeping, financial management, auditing, and tax compliance. Failure to effectively manage these concerns is associated with setbacks, such as bankruptcy. In this report, the author focused on how the company to be established will help...

Boosting Profitability: Employee Commitment Strategies for Warbings

Introduction The recommendations made to Warbings Office Systems should lead to increased profitability of the firm as a result of improved employee commitment. In summary, the recommendations include conducting an employee satisfaction survey and introducing a performance appraisal for all the staffs. They also include the development of SMART objectives...

Tesla Motors Company’s Market Metrics Analysis

Market Size For Tesla Motors, Inc. (TM), the most general definition of the market is the automotive one; about 88 million units a year worldwide is sold within it (Perkowski, 2014, para. 1). However, TM concentrates on producing luxury cars, and this sub-market reached 350 billion euros in 2014, demonstrating...

Agthia Group’s Finance and Business Environment

Summary This report covers the financial analysis and business environment of Agthia Group. The company is publicly traded under common stock on Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange. It is among the food and beverage industry leaders. The current business environment is favorable for growth. The PESTLE analysis indicates a favorable political...

Diversity Management at Kraft Foods and Abbott: A Comparative Analysis

Abstract Kraft Foods and Abbott are leaders in their industries, and they work to promote diversity and inclusive practices in the working environments. The practices and approaches followed in the organizations can be viewed as corresponding with the traditional diversity management practices that are discussed by researchers and practitioners as...

Lowe’s Strategies in Global Freight Transport: Efficiency and Innovation

“The International Freight Transport” by Lowe, is a book that analyses the freight transport system at the international level (Lowe, 2005). The book has eighteen chapters and the focus of this essay will only be in chapters 2 to 6. The essay will entail the evaluation of the 5 chapters....

Utilizing RFID Technology for YRC Worldwide Inc.’s Efficiency Improvements

RFID Technology The RFID technology becomes one of the main technologies used by various companies to improve their functioning and guarantee better results achieved due to the implementation of the new practices into their functioning. Moreover, the spread of the given technology is also determined by the increased requirements for...

Fabrics Company’s Challenges and Solution

Abstract The primary goal of this paper is to analyze and critique proposed solutions to the problems in the Fabrics, Inc., a relatively small company that has to deal with several challenges. A training needs analysis was conducted to address some of the problems, but it is not as efficient...

Leadership Characteristics that Define Effective Management in Organizations

Leadership and Management There is no doubt that any specialist who would like to achieve success in the field related to coordinating other people’s efforts should see the difference between various notions that are often misunderstood. More than that, this assumption is especially important when it comes to those who...

Galaxy Chocolate Product Launch in Canada

Introduction This paper provides the launch of galaxy chocolate launch in Canada. The launch comprises of a number of section including market research, a review of segmentation, targeting and positioning strategies, as well as an examination of international market. All these sections provide crucial information needed for the purpose of...

Marriott Hotels’ Differentiation and Positioning

Introduction The hotel chain Marriott is well-known for its exquisite approach to guests’ reception. The management of the chain conducts the policy aimed at a wide range of potential customers, and even high-ranking guests, as a rule, can choose the hotel that corresponds to their price category and type. Customer...

Home Depot Company’s Leadership and Culture Change

The Steps of Make the Change According to Charan (2006) the financial level of Home Depot Company was decreasing every new day, and they needed to come up with far-reaching changes to save the situation. The company embarked on announcing that they would reduce 50% of the 2200 human resource...

Marketing Strategies for the M.U.S.A Magic Pen: Insights and Approaches

Executive Summary Successful introduction of a new product in the market requires research and critical analysis of the product, its competitiveness, relevance and acceptability among the targeted clients. Specifically, the successful introduction of the M.U.S.A Magic Pen product requires a balanced mix between marketing and strategic positioning in the expansive...

Saddle Creek Corporation: Navigating Global Logistics with Sustainability

The Saddle Creek Corporation has been known as a logistics organization for quite long. The company exports a variety of products, including food. The firm has been delivering impressive results over the past few years; despite the need to apply significant changes to its operational processes and values, the firm...

Project Risk and Procurement Management

Abstract Risk management is the key to successful projects. A risk management strategy gives a coherent approach for dealing with uncertainties that a project may face in a holistic manner. Uncertainty is unavoidable in projects because they have inherent variability of constraints and premises and involve diverse stakeholder interests. In...

Transportation and Logistics Influence on Economy

Abstract Transportation and logistics projects may influence a community’s economic objectives in terms of productivity, employment, and even business activities. This study describes the negative impacts of transportation and logistics on the economy of a country. Although transport projects improve the infrastructure of a certain area, they pose negative effects...

Capital Veterinarian Clinic: Leadership Failures and Organizational Issues

Abstract Organizations have very complex structures and involve ongoing interactions between many departments and people. A strong and ethical leader is needed to maintain a thorough control of the communication and operations within the departments and secure their harmonious functioning. Capital Veterinarian Clinic (CVC) is facing a series of organizational...

The Role of Transportation in Value Chains: Analyzing Impact and Efficiency

How Does Transportation Add Value in a Supply Chain? The significance of the transportation processes in the supply chain management setting can hardly be overrated. Being an essential part of SCM (Wang, 2012), transportation affects the way, in which the products and services of a company are perceived by the...

A-Cat Corporation: Statistical Analysis

Description of the Scenario A-Cat Corporation is an Indian company that specializes in the production of electrical equipment for private and business use. A-Cat Corp. is not a big company, with around 40 employees and the orientation on rural area markets. Its chief product is a VR-500 voltage regulator, which...

The Intersection of Ethical Codes and Competitive Intelligence: Navigating Challenges

Principles to Establish Ethics Codes In their work, Nickels, McHugh, and McHugh (2013) proposed six steps to adopt the ethical norms and formulate codes in the organization. The two steps that are most significant to establish the effective ethics code and the ethics-based culture in the organization are the following...

Logistics: “Isn’t It Obvious?” by Eliyahu Goldratt

Summary of the Book The book “Isn’t It Obvious?” by Eliyahu Goldratt gives a detailed analysis of a company that is struggling to tackle its problems and realize the targeted goals. One outstanding fact about the company is that they have a Jonah (or the goal). In order to emerge...

Leadership in Cross-Cultural Context

Introduction The evolvement of the global market has ignited a stiff competition among all players in the market as more organizations seek to operate internationally to maximize profitability. However, such endeavors are limited by diversity in cultures as evident in the international market. Therefore, global leaders have to adopt leadership...

Enhancing Communication Dynamics Between Employers, Employees, and Clients

Introduction Communication is an important aspect of business today. Managers and employees have to choose the appropriate communication technique to use to ensure their messages are delivered and understood according to their purpose. The following discussion analyzes various scenarios in business communication to determine the appropriate communication method to use....

Cost Accounting Systems: Enhancing Information Gathering Techniques

How do these information-gathering programs help the hotels become more competitive? What is the strategic role of these programs? Information is one of the most influential tools of the modern world. It helps to acquire a significant competitive advantage and win the rivalry. A company that possesses critical data related...

PharmaCARE: Product Safety & Intellectual Property

Introduction Pharmaceutical organizations have a legal and ethical obligation to manufacture and sell products, which cannot damage the health of people. This role calls for compliance with regulations on product safety and intellectual property. Fully aware of these requirements, PharmaCARE developed AD23, a diabetes drug, through its team of pharmacist....

Corporate Governance and Sustainability Reporting: Aligning Ethics with Business Practices

Why companies undertake sustainability reporting Companies undertake sustainability reporting in order to earn trust from the public and stakeholders. Sustainability reporting can also be used to manage the lost reputation of a firm. Managers, team leaders and employees in an organization can only be made accountable when sustainability reporting is...

Enhancing Customer Service in CompleteCare Department: Best Practices and Strategies

Background/Problem Statement In a contemporary society that is marked by rapidly emerging and growing business, the customers’ opinions have become a center-stage in determining the quality of services a business provides. Globalization does not make things easy, and as business firms aim to outperform each other, the effectiveness of the...

Water Transportation Logistics: The Role of Third-Party Providers in Managing Pipelines

Benefits and Limitations of Third-Party Logistics Providers, Water Transportation, and Pipelines Transportation plays a very important role in today’s business world, and such modes of transportation as water transportation and pipelines (Lamb, Hair, & McDaniel, 2014), as well as the services of third-party logistics (3PLs) providers, have their benefits and...

Leadership Style and Motivation in Health Care

Introduction There are two major factors that influence an individual performance within any given setting and these are leadership in place and individual motivation (McCutcheon 2004). There are also theories that try to explain what motivates people to perform better and what contributes to their behavioral changes. Motivation refers to...

The Situational Leadership Model

Situational leadership is one of the most commonly used leadership models in the contemporary world. Its history is rather short; however, its impact and effectiveness boost its popularity among some of the best business leaders today. As business environments became more intense and densely populated, business leaders started to experience...

Strategic Planning and Market Influence of Waldron, Roux, and Silberstein XAO Groups

Introduction WRSX is a global advertisement company that was established following the merger of three advertisement companies including the WWMV based in London, Silberstein based in USA as well as Roux Company from France. As such, it is one of those successful advertisement companies in the world due to the...

Poverty in Developing Countries: US Firms’ Ethical Obligations

Ethical obligation for companies to ensure that all workers receive what is considered a living wage in the United States Individuals living in poverty in the developing countries are many and multinational organizations from the United States have been accused of underpaying them given the fact that people are desperate...

The Importance of Leadership: Types, Styles, and Their Impact on Organizations

Importance of a leader Some people should make some serious decisions and rule our world and, at the same time, some people accept these decisions, hoping that they will result in some benefits for them. It should be said that not always leaders, who are responsible for some important decisions,...

King Company’s Expansion and Its Impact on the Quincy Labor Market

The expansion of The King Company in the United States depends on building new facilities in appropriate communities where the percentage of the skilled workers is rather high. If managers of The King Company are oriented to decreasing the costs associated with training of employees and focused on increasing the...

Ensuring Product Quality at Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation: Standards and Practices

Incorporating an array of tools that allow evaluating the product from several aspects is essential in assuring quality at the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation. Since not only customer satisfaction but also the lives of end-users hinges on the efficacy of enhancing and supervising the process of QA, it is imperative to...

Four Key Lessons for Today’s Managers: Insights for Effective Leadership

Introduction Any organization is a complex mechanism, which consists out of multiple levels of subordination and departments while aiming at the achievement of the common goal related to the optimization of its processes and maximization of profits (Harvey 2015). Senior managers tend to take responsibility for the company’s course of...

Small Business Organization’s Structure

Introduction Organizational structure is an important determinant of the organization’s performance. Depending on the size, scope, and character of the operations, the structure can improve or disrupt the product’s quality. The following paper analyzes the organizational structure of a small business organization. Chart Description The chart used for the paper...

Online Courses for Employee Development: Enhancing Skills and Knowledge

Can you come up with a great idea of improving the employees’ training that would be effective and exciting at the same time? In my opinion, there is nothing better for the achievement of this purpose than engaging people in an online course. Modern technologies pervade every sphere of people’s...

The Whole Foods Market Concept

The concept of Whole Foods Market appeared in the 1980s. It became the major movement across the United States and the key provider of healthy and natural food (Baldwin 169). Whole Foods Market stores can be located in 41 states, and their follower base on Twitter is around 4 million....

Keystone Pipeline: Analyzing Economic and Environmental Impacts Between U.S. and Canada

Overview of the project The Keystone pipeline project is a petroleum pipeline system linking the Canadian Crude oil to the U.S refineries, especially in the Gulf Coast. Canada is renowned for its massive crude oil reserves. The pipeline runs from Western Canada to the US Gulf Coast. Besides transporting artificial...

Social Networks in Companies: HR Practices and Challenges

Introduction The modern era of social networking has transformed the manner in which many people share information. Social networks have revolutionised both the external and internal aspects of many organisations. Social networking has also transformed the nature of communication in many firms (Wang & Kobsa, 2013). This discussion therefore identifies...

Sun Life Financial Inc.’s Stakeholders and Stakes

The particular company that our group studies are called Sun Life Financial Inc and it is believed to be one of the most popular companies located in Canada that specialize in financial services (History of Sun Life Financial 2016). Analyzing the performance of the discussed company and the role it...

Disciplinary Action Plan for Customer Service Improvement

One of the customer service representatives (CSRs) at a small start-up company has developed a problem manifested in late arrivals at the workplace and the lack of understanding of the company’s recently launched products. The hiring manager appreciates the work of the CSR and would like to avoid dismissal. The...

Google’s Values, Image, Organizational Structure

Company values Google’s value system is multifaceted. Among the elements in the company’s value system are leadership, integrity, passion, quality, diversity and objectivity. These elements are not explicitly stated in the company’s website but are highlighted in a section titled ‘ten things we know to be true’. Leadership-Google founders Larry...

Learning Disabilities in Organizations

There exist many issues that an organization may experience due to wrong decisions or poor company culture. Such organizations fall under certain system archetypes that outline the issues the company faces and the reasons for these problems. Additionally, these organizations may experience “learning disabilities” that prevent them from becoming learning...

Improving Entrepreneurship Operations: Company X’s Challenges

Improving the quality of the entrepreneurship’s operations is a challenging task, as the example of Company X shows. Though promoting innovation and following a customer-focused approach, the firm is facing issues due to the problems in its procurement process, therefore, causing its customers to feel frustrated over the inconsistent services....

Employee Recruitment and Selection at Dragonfly Solutions

Introduction Employee recruitment refers to the process of identifying people who can work for an organisation. The process begins with the stage of identifying an organisation’s employee needs. Employee selection refers to the choosing of individuals suitable to fill a position from a list of several applicants. The process of...

Spa-Like Amenities in Healthcare: Increasing Market Share Through Patient Comfort

Increasing market share through innovation and the introduction of better and more diverse services is one of the keys toward becoming a more efficient company and improving the quality of the services provided to the target denizens of the population. The identified strategy is especially important for entrepreneurship aiming at...

Future Influences of Big Data on Global Supply Chain Management

Abstract The main focus of the report was to determine the influence of big data on the global supply chain in the future. The report examined literature and undertook a SWOT analysis on the use of big data in the global supply chain. Essentially, the findings indicate that the strengths...

Center Parcs Company: Customer Relationships Management

As it might be clear from the title, the main focus of Customer Relationships Management is customers and their relationships with the company, as well as the influence of those relationships on the company’s sales and revenue. CRM is based on three pillars: getting new customers, fixing the leaky bucket,...

Alternative Fuels and Personnel in Automobile Industry

This paper is aimed to consider two important issues connected with the automobile industry. The first is fuel alternatives. The other is the staff and potential productivity. The paper will speculate on how these issues might influence the company’s policies and strategies. Besides, it is going to provide examples of...

Emirates Airline Company Analysis

Introduction Emirates Airlines is a company based in Dubai. The corporation is owned by the government of Dubai. Since its founding in 1985, Emirates has grown to become the leading airliner in the Middle East (Taneja 2014). The reason why it tops other carriers is that it generates more revenues...

IES Lean Systems Ltd: Innovations in the Food Industry’s Lean Production

The phenomenon of lean thinking, which is typically rendered as the introduction of sustainable principles for the use of the resources at the company’s disposal, is an essential element of the 21st-century economy. Allowing one to reduce waste significantly and, therefore, promote sustainability in the design of the company’s operations...

Effective Leadership, Decision Making, and Self-Managed Teams

Introduction According to the current corporate world, leadership has been seen as one’s capabilities of getting others to follow him/her willingly. Leaders ought to have a very clear vision, clear destination as well as a very firm clutch of success image. Such a person should have the capability of communicating...

Carrying Cost of Inventory

Introduction When one compiles a list of assets or any form of items for formal purposes then he is said to be making an inventory. It involves various activities which include: recording of items, time and costs involved, the management of these items, forecasting the profitability, and physical inventory. This...

Stakeholder Management and Its Influence on Staff

Abstract The paper at hand provides a concise analysis of stakeholder management concept, its basic principles and potential challenges. One makes an attempt to summarize the insights provided by various researchers and work out the main characteristics of this type of management. Moreover, one tries to elucidate the role of...

Operational Analysis of eBags: Supply Chain Optimization and Competitive Strategy

Comparing the Supply Chain Strategies: Drop-Ship and Private Label Models The application of the direct-from-manufacturer model allowed for a more efficient analysis of the customer feedback: “the drop-ship model was not a large departure for the major luggage providers, and it gave them more immediate feedback from the customers than...

Demographic Characteristics Affect Employee Performance and Satisfaction

Demographic characteristics affect employee performance and satisfaction both positively and negatively. They create the first impression of an employee to his or her colleagues. Being a victim of demographic discrimination is not a good feeling. I happened to have colleagues who were way too younger than me, hence got discriminated...

Fulchester University: Labour Turnover Analysis

Introduction Human resource capital plays an integral role in an organization. According to Shaikh (2007), employees are the greatest asset that an organization uses to effect changes in an organization. A motivated workforce plays a critical role in enhancing the competitiveness of a business or organization (Ntshangase & Parumasur, 2013)....

Decision-Making in Crisis: Alternatives for Quality Control

Introduction The process of high-quality decision making is dependent on heuristic since it provides assumptions, integration of options, and rational control. Decision environment often experience dynamics and swings which create short and long term effect on chances of survival for two alternatives to solve a problem (Fitzgerald 24). This paper...

Short Hand Graphic Design Company’s Profile

Introduction Short Hand Graphic Design is a UK start-up small business in the sphere of graphic design based on using advanced information technologies. The sphere of graphic design is an actively developing market that is attractive for not only newcomers but also for customers who purchase graphic design services and...

Target Hires Apple Executive: Supply Chain and Inventory

The Target Hires Supply Chain Executive From Apple article by Loretta Chao enlightens the issue concerning the appointment of Benjamin Cook as a Target Corporation senior vice president. It is expected that the former Apple executive will manage the company enhancing the supply chain processes and inventory management of the...

Ethical Considerations in Hiring Hackers: Analyzing Issues and Solutions

Introduction We are faced with ethical issues in our interactions as human beings. Ethics can loosely be defined as a system of moral principles by which social conduct is judged as either “right” or “wrong”. As relates to business, ethics are moral principles which prescribe legitimate behavior in varied business...

Staffing System and Retention Management

The factors to address in developing a report on the effectiveness of a staffing process for entry-level jobs are staffing system, recruiting, selection, final match and retention, each of these factors needs to be evaluated in terms of its cost, timeliness, outcomes and reaction (Heneman, Judge and Kammeyer-Mueller 652). Staffing...

Organizational Culture and Leadership: Impact on Innovation and Global Operations

Abstract The existing concepts have proposed that organizational culture influences the capacity of a corporation to function in the global markets. In fact, most organizations have been unable to serve clients adequately based on the prevailing culture that inhibits the propensity of the workforce to generate and effectively use new...

Executing Control Over Essential Processes Post-QA Changes

Introduction The process of executing control over the essential processes in the organization after the crucial changes of its QA Department is made will be required to maintain high-quality rates. Particularly, it will be necessary to make sure that the significance of customer satisfaction should be acknowledged by every single...

Ethical Controversies Surrounding Executive Compensation: A Comprehensive Overview

Introduction Business ethics can be described as the application of the moral rules that exist within a society to the practice of business. The fact that morals are highly dependent on the cultural or religious background of a person as well as his or her personal interpretation conditions the difficulty...

Walmart’s Impact: Corporate Citizenship in Economic and Social Spheres

Modern age can be characterized by a great number of different complicated issues which make the life of common people much more difficult. The worlds financial crisis, unemployment, and high level of poverty lead to an increase in the level of stress, which, in turn, leads to the worsening of...

Corporate Responsibility in a Globalized World: Balancing Ethics and Profits

Introduction Globalization is defined as the increasing movement of products, services, and capital across national borders. Owing to the rapid technological development and a significant decline in communicational costs, larger corporations have found it efficient to move working assets abroad. With the rise of globalization, companies around the world have...

Seven Habits Profile for Leadership Style Evaluation

Executive summary The Seven Habits Profile is used to evaluate the people’s leadership styles and skills. Therefore, the tool is a practical way of assessing an individual’s strengths and weaknesses as a leader. Different people possess varying traits that are reflected in their leadership skills. At the same time, each...

Aviation Company’s Poor Quality Costs

Defining the costs of poor quality for an aviation company, one must admit that the risks are far too high. Seeing that the quality of an aircraft or certain devices used by the pilots defines the safety of the flight and the landing, it can be assumed that poor rates...

Six Sigma Mapping Tool: Enhancing Product Promotion Strategies

Searching for the marketing strategies that can be deemed as efficient and, therefore, incorporated into the product promotion process is an integral part of delivering services to the target customers. Therefore, it is desirable to rationalize the procedure so that it could deliver the best results possible within a comparatively...

Unions in Modern Society: Their Role, Operations, and Impact on Workers

Summary of Labor Relations Principles Workers’ unions refer to groups of employees who are united by a common purpose of negotiating for better working conditions with employers. Unions emerged in the 1800s, with the primary objective of fighting oppression in the workplace (Compa, 2014). In the recent past, such unions...

Comprehensive Security Risk Assessment for Global Finance Inc: Insights and Findings

Executive Summary Global Finance Inc. (throughout the case study it will be abbreviated as GFI) is a large multinational company that functions on the territory of North America and provides its clients with numerous financial products and services. The ultimate goal of GFI is to become profitable and expand its...

Integration of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems: Benefits and Challenges

Abstract ERP Systems are critical components in the attempt to create a competitive advantage for a particular Higher Education Institution or HEI. However, it is a costly endeavor. It is therefore important to look into a successful implementation project within an HEI setting for the purpose of developing a similar...

Innovative Recruitment Techniques and the Impact on Equal Employment Opportunities

Equal employment opportunity Equal employment opportunity refers to the approach used to ensure fairness and impartiality in their employment and recruitment practices (Byars & Rue, 2010). This term was first coined by President Lyndon Johnson during the signing of the executive order that prohibited employers from discrimination against employees based...

Comparing Employee Benefits and Compensation: Key Insights for Organizations

Employee compensation and benefits are sub-disciplines in human resources. Though closely related, compensation refers to monetary payments such as tips and wages while benefits are forms of value, other than monetary payments that an employee receives for contributing to an organization’s success or operation (DeCenzo & Holoviak, 2009). Employee benefits...

Barclays Bank’s Innovative Managerial Practices

For the analysis of the entrepreneurship’s encouragement in Barclays Bank’s structure, one is to determine the meaning of the relevant concept. One of the most vivid examples of Barclays’s encouragement of entrepreneurship processes is the LifeSkills program designed for providing young people with access to the data necessary for becoming...

Defining Corporate Social Responsibility: Vision, Values, and Ethical Practices

When identifying the principles, which the phenomenon of the corporate citizenship is based on, one must admit that values and vision not only constitute an impressive part thereof, but also serve as the foundation for the corporate citizenship. Presupposing that each and every member of the staff should be committed...

Development of Problem-Solving and Communication Expertise: Key Strategies for Success

Introduction The functions of managers involve a number of very demanding tasks under a given organisational setting. The basic functions of these administrators include planning, organising, controlling, leading, and staffing as far as their business firm is concerned. In essence, managers are expected to make human resource more productive. Consequently,...

Pandora Internet Radio and Unprofitable Clients

The dotcom bubble grabbed headlines in the latter part of the 20th century. It became apparent to many people that not every start-up that bore the Silicon Valley label can be considered as a fail-proof business venture (Fox 39). But aside from the failed businesses associated with Internet start-ups, another...

Current Relevance of Six Sigma: Transforming Business Processes and Quality Management

Increasing the quality of a company’s performance and improving the outcomes of organizational projects is an essential step toward progress. Therefore, it is crucial that a proper quality management framework should be adopted by the members of an organization or the leaders of a specific project. The Six Sigma concept,...

Integrating Deming’s Quality Principles at Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation

Promoting improved performance standards in the quality assurance department of a manufacturing company is a challenging task since the behavioral patterns are rather rigid. However, in companies such as the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, where the performance standards define the levels of customer safety, is a necessity. Although Deming’s principles described...

Assessing Today’s Talent Management Challenges and Emerging Trends

The current discussion of talent management is based on the idea that the research on the problem lacks a clear definition of the term, as well as the variety of perspectives to apply in order to guarantee the complex and systematic approach to discussing the issue (Collings & Mellahi, 2009)....

Learning Customers’ Opinions: Key to Product Success

Learning the customers’ opinions is, perhaps, the most essential step toward creating the product that will become a success in the target market. No matter how sophisticated a marketing strategy might be, the clients are unlikely to be interested in the product that does not meet their demands or standards....

Business and Marketing Strategies for Quiet Cafe: Analysis and Recommendations

Vision and Opportunity Goals, Purpose, and Mission After leaving the university, I’d like to create a business project that would be sustainable, correspond to the demand on the market, and, most importantly, coincide with my philosophy of not bothering anyone unless it is necessary. While many business models of our...

Leadership and Quality Management for Organizational Success

Introduction Creating the environment, in which the improvement of product quality becomes a possibility, requires a substantive amount of effort. In their study, Foster, Howard, and Shaninon (2002) make it quite clear that the variables are tightly connected to each other in a case. Particularly, by linking the strong leadership...

QR Codes as a Physical Marketing Technology

Introduction A quick response (QR) code is a type of a two-dimensional barcode that relies on a visual representation of data. While the core concept is not new, the effectiveness of its current iteration combined with the mass adoption of mobile devices with web connectivity raised the usability of the...

Six Sigma Framework: Overcoming Organizational Challenges

Promoting a change in an organization is a task that is fraught with numerous challenges. While providing a plethora of tools for making improvements in the designated setting, the Six Sigma framework needs support, which slight changes in the organizational environment and the overall course of the firm’s operations can...

Industrial Products Plant’s Quality Assurance

Abstract Hank Kolb is a director–quality assurance at the industrial products plant. He was hired to help the organization but soon realized that the personnel do not believe the quality to be really important for the organization, as they never treat it seriously. Still, Hank wants a challenge, which requires...

Fair Trade: Ethics in the UK Garment Industry

Introduction A report on the sweatshops of the UK apparel companies operating their (or vendor’s) plants in Asia reported in 1998, “workers in Bangladesh are forced to work 13-hour shifts, with no time off, for as little as 60 pence a day” (BBC News, 13 November 1998). Almost a decade...

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.’s Safety Policies

The case study by Quelch and Rodriguez (2016) provides the reader with an overview of the Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) aspects of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. policies. In the context of the meeting discussed, the issue of positioning and differentiating is raised. Mainly, the CEO and the senior vice...

Facilitating Organizational Change: Strategy and Training Plan

Background Promoting change in the context of an organization requires substantial resources due to the need to address the emergent problems and keep the system viable (Pyzdek & Keller, 2014a). As the previous cause-and-effect analysis has shown, Company X is suffering from the lack of motivation among the employees and...

Kaizen in Business: A Commitment to Continuous Quality Improvement

Project Idea There are a lot of businesses in India that have to encounter problems connected with insufficient production volumes and poor quality of the final product. The project at hand has the ultimate objective to investigate how the implementation of the Kaizen approach to quality improvement in the selected...

Accounting Career Opportunities and Requirements

Introduction Business success requires keeping score of all operations and adapting to changes in the business environment effectively. Accounting enables businesses to keep score of their operations while at the same time providing solutions to emerging challenges. Accounting makes it possible for businesses to create financial reports that can be...

Evaluating Berkshire Hathaway’s Service Guarantee: Insights and Current Issues

Berkshire Hathaway has been known for quite long as the provider of insurance services. Having grown to the size of a multinational conglomerate, it has managed to retain its quality standards and is currently topping the list of the most successful financial service organizations. However, because of the quality statement...

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Employee Compensation Programs in Organizations

Introduction The dramatic change in the workforce structure in corporations has ushered changes in organizational culture and the human resource system. Increase in nonstandard employees such as temporary, part-time, short-term, independent contractors, freelancers, and contingent workers have enhanced the need for different organizational policy. The literature on nonstandard employment relations...

Broadway Café: M-Coupons Usage

Introduction The need for direct and targeted market communications has led to the increasing use of mobile phones to relay marketing messages. Due to its personal nature, the mobile phone provides an effective way of reaching customers (Dickinger & Kleijnen, 2008). The most common means of mobile marketing involves the...

Comprehensive IT Trainer Job Description: Skills & Testing

Abstract The organization requires an IT trainer. The position demands flexibility since the occupant is expected to performance IT training duties. The organization uses personality and psychological testing to predict job performance, job related behaviors, and reactions as guides to hiring and staffing. This job requires cognitive testing through the...

Marks & Spencer Company’s Management Style

Executive Summary The objective of the report is to describe the company profile of Marks & Spencer and to analyse the management style and the new organisational structure that led the company to success. The analysis of the case study also discusses the reasons why the change was introduced, as...

Hyundai Motor Company Success and International Operations

What are the roles of comparative and competitive advantages in Hyundai’s success? Illustrate your answers by providing specific examples of natural and acquired advantages that Hyundai employs to succeed in the global car industry. The success of Hyundai Motor Company, a South Korean carmaker, can be attributed to both its...

BSC vs COBIT: IT Governance and Strategic Alignment Models

Information technology plays a strategic role in corporate decisions. IT governance aims to align the IT processes with a firm’s business strategies, leverage on technology infrastructure, and control IT-related risks and costs (Jairak & Praneetpolgrang, 2013). Different models exist for IT management, e.g., COBIT, which supports business-IT alignment. A generic...

The Communication Problems with the Email

Identify the communication problems with the email Communication is a sensitive issue because when one is saying or writing anything, the expectation is that the recipient will understand everything. It involves two or more parties but the basic ones are the sender and the receiver (Stuart, Sarow, & Stuart, 2007)....

Options Consulting Solutions Company’s Performance Management

Options Consulting Solutions is a recruiting firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was started more than two decades ago. The start was small but to-date, OCS has grown into a full-service recruitment establishment providing the clients with qualified personnel candidates (OCS n.pag.). Performance management purpose Judging by the interview,...

Microsoft Company’s Competitive Strategy

A firm’s competitive strategy aims to enhance its ability to modify the rules of competition to its favor. According to Porter (1985), for a firm to remain competitive, it needs to influence the threat that new entrants pose, the threat presented by substitutes, the bargaining power of buyers, suppliers’ bargaining...

Change and Conflict Theories in Healthcare Leadership

Lewin’s Three-Step Change Theory Kurt Lewis examined behavior as an intricate balance of forces that work in opposite directions. Such driving forces encourage change because they push the organization’s workers in the needed direction. However, restraining forces curtail change since they push workers in opposing directions. Lewin states that the...

Chevrolet Equinox: Advertising and Sales Promotion

When one looks at the number of sales a company makes, one determines the stability and profitability of the enterprise. In order to realize positive results a business must invest in intensive marketing techniques. Advertising and sales promotions make up the means and ways to achieve the desired outcomes. The...

Transform Business with Leadership Communication Strategies

Effective leadership communication is essential for productive business operations. A great number of organizations and projects failed due to poor leadership and team communication. On the other hand, effective communication can be of great benefit to the firm and its employees. I would like to propose an implementation of effective...

Job Satisfaction: Leadership, HR Policies & Culture

Literature Review Job satisfaction is determined by a number of factors such as leadership or management styles, human resource policies and organisation’s culture. Job satisfaction is the extent at which employees feel contented with the roles they play at workplace. It can also be defined as the feeling of personal...

Kodak Company Corporate, Business and Functional Strategies

Eastman Kodak is struggling severe competition and the company has to come up with effective solutions to regain its status of the leader in the industry. It is necessary to note that the strategies Kodak is using are connected with the company’s vision and mission. The company’s vision involves improvement...

Exploring Diversity Training Approaches in the United States: Strategies and Effectiveness

Approaches to Diversity Training The majority of companies in the United States and abroad are diverse in terms of the workforce’s characteristics. On the one hand, this feature is often beneficial for companies because of opening new ways to decision making and problem-solving in the firm (Carr-Ruffino, 2012, p. 24)....

Macy’s Corporation: Strategic Insights and Business Operations

Executive Summary In this case study, Macy’s, Inc. is chosen for the analysis. Its long history, a variety of approaches to cooperate with different stakeholders, and opportunities offered to customers and employees serve as the main reason for why this company is used in the analysis. Macy’s representatives have already...

Living Arts Centre: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Opportunities

The Business The particular company discussed in the paper is the Living Arts Centre (LAC) which is a charitable organization operating in Canada. LAC exists for almost twenty years and provides businesspeople, instructors, and people of art with an opportunity to give open lessons and hold meetings (“History and Mission”...

US Car Manufacturing: International Promotion Mix

Introduction The car manufacturing industry in the United States of America is quite competitive as the business environment in the country has transformed significantly. For foreign car manufacturing company to thrive in the United States market, a lot of marketing strategy considerations ought to be made particularly regarding the marketing...

Leadership Lessons from “Engaging Others”: Effective Team Management

Introduction Healthcare facilities and business organizations should be managed by individuals who possess adequate leadership skills. Such managers should liaise with their subordinates, influence their behaviors, offer timely updates, and communicate with them effectively. Competent leaders will engage their followers, identify and tackle their problems, and empower them to deliver...

The Role of Conflict Management Plan

The Role of Conflict Management Given the possibility of undesirable influences of conflict on teamwork, it is worthwhile for organizational heads to adopt strategies for the management and resolution of conflict. Coyne et al. (2015) identified the need for health officials to “work and institute norms and guidelines about how...

Advantages of the Dell 13 Mobile Workstation for Professionals on the Go

DELL is a recognized producer of informational technology. It is a large international corporation which strives to employ innovation as the major strategy to maintain its leading position in the market. The company was launched in 1984 by Michael Dell whose “game-changing vision” contributed to the progress of the industry...

Makey Company’s Case: Total Rewards

Introduction Makey uses various strategies to support its mission and vision. The use of employee compensation addressed most of the challenges affecting the firm’s performance. This essay begins by defining the term total rewards. The essay uses the case of Makey Company to analyze how total rewards can transform the...

Volvo Company’ Branding Strategy in Saudi Arabia

PESTEL framework for Volvo The following is a political, economic, social, technological, environmental, and a legal framework analysis of Volvo in Saudi Arabia. It presents an overview of the external business environment that the Volvo brand faces presently and in the immediate future. The report focuses on Volvo’s business area...

Understanding Organizational Boundaries and Their Impact on Management

There are several organizational boundaries that exist within any entity and they are key elements of management. These boundaries mostly exist in respect to employee groupings and basic personnel management (Aarons, Ehrhart, & Hurlburt, 2015). An environment in which boundaries occur is juxtaposed by a ‘boundary-less’ environment whereby horizontal or...

Logistics Performance Index: Insights from the World Bank’s Assessment

The World Bank’s Logistics Performance Index The World Bank’s Logistics Performance Index (LPI) is constructed to assist countries in determining the key challenges and opportunities in logistics. It is an interactive benchmarking tool, which can be deployed for improving performance because it provides insight into the trade logistics environment in...

Insights into the Practices and Challenges of the Forestry Industry in Tasmania

Executive summary The Tasmanian forestry industry is shifting towards efficiency in processing timber. The effectiveness of subsidies or tariffs depends on the elasticity of supply and demand. Low elasticity of supply will make both policies ineffective. The high elasticity of supply becomes effective even when the demand in the local...

The Balance Between Deregulation and Employee Security in the U.S. Labor Market

Introduction The current paper pertains to the issues that exist in the modern labor market, in particular, to the problems related to labor market deregulation and workers’ social security in the USA’s labor market. Three articles from reputable media sources are summarized. After that, a critical discussion of these articles...

ABASCO Company’s Recruitment and Implementation Plan

Executive Summary In the 21st century, competition in all segments of the economy has increased drastically. Any organisation that does not adopt the best industry practices risks being phased out of the market. Organisations need to be in the front position in recognising their respective industry trends, adopting the best...

Quality Management Approaches at Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation

Introduction At the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, quality assurance (QA) and the related procedures are taken with great seriousness to reduce the risk of an accident to a minimum (Kubiak & Benbow, 2009b). Although not all elements of the iSix Sigma framework are currently introduced in the organization, the existing quality...

Medical Device Industry’s Investment Attractiveness

Many important modern concerns could be related to the sphere of business which continues its rapid growth and remains one of the most significant forces of modern society. The sphere of business attracts people who want to realize their potential and improve the financial state. It results in the involvement...

Evaluating Human Resource Strategies: Metrics for Workforce Effectiveness

Strategic Human Resource Management and Competitive Strategy The performance of the human resources departments can be evaluated using the way the department involves and engages workers in understanding and implementing various aims of an organization. Rather than just handle administrative tasks for employees, effective HR management calls for leadership practice...

AOL Introduces Unified Login for E-Commerce Services

AOL has made the first step towards e-commerce. The company provides a useful service to its clients. The customers get the summary of their bills and are able to access a number of websites using only one passwords and ID (Haag & Cummings, 2008). Admittedly, customers will appreciate these options,...

Ice-Fili Company’s Brand

Introduction A medium-sized Russian ice-cream producer, Ice-Fili, is still a middle store. The company is dominating the Russian top ice-cream production. However, according to Bernard Koopmans’s market share targets, the company does not have a stable dominating market share. The company only boasts of 4.3% market share which is very...

New Strategies of Employee Training

Executive Summary This study seeks to evaluate the organizational training program in order to identify the various weaknesses that should be eliminated in line with the achievement of the institutional objectives. It reviews relevant literature concerning the leadership and management orientations when training employees. In addition, the research explores the...

The Impact of Workplace Diversity on Business Improvement Strategies

Introduction Diversity in an organization is a required condition for efficient development within the industry, referring to global trends. Nowadays, diversity in the workplace is defined as respect for people’s differences, focusing on their age, gender, race, culture, or religion, among other characteristics. In this context, the inclusion can be...

Socialization of People with Disabilities in the Workplace

Executive Summary Organizations have varying perceptions of disability in the workplace. The study discussed in this paper was undertaken in 15 organizations with a view of investigating their views on people with disabilities. It was undertaken in employment sectors that included education, production, companies, local governments, and small and medium...

Entrepreneurial Leadership: Strategies and Challenges

There is a new definition to entrepreneurial leaderships in today’s dynamic markets. Dynamic markets are characterized by a high pace and direction of change that continually accelerates every now and then (Tarabishy, 2002, P. 14). This therefore calls for entrepreneurial leadership for success. In addition, Case, Kouzes and Drucker all...

Personal Power of Workforce

Personal power denotes the capability to influence or modify a result. From where does one obtain such power? Personal power does not imply how physically powerful one feels but the application of ideas, knowledge, and sentiments to perform in a manner that will ensure the satisfaction of own needs positively....