Mcdonalds: Knowledge management and organizational structure

23 Mar 2015 17 May 2017

4 (1,569 )

McDonald's is the largest chain of hamburgers fast food restaurant in the world. The company's headquarter near Oak brook, U.S and lllinois.It serving more than 58000 customers daily in the world. Moreover McDonald's is operated by either a franchisee or the corporation itself. The company was founded in 1940 as restaurant by two brothers Richard and Maurice in San Bernardino, California. It found in 119 countries and ...

Click here to read more arrow

Power of suppliers analysis

23 Mar 2015 17 May 2017

11 (4,101 )

Analysis Each of the five forces will now be evaluated individually in terms of the UK supermarket industry to see how attractive the industry is. Background information on the UK supermarket industry The industry consists of the following UK supermarkets: "Aldi, Asda, The co-coperative, Iceland, Lidl, Marks and Spencers, Morrisons, Netto, Sainsburys, Somerfield, Tesco and Waitrose" (Supermarket, 2009). Researching into these supermarkets show that they were all ...

Click here to read more arrow

Employee turnover in Indian IT industry

23 Mar 2015 17 May 2017

11 (4,002 )

Executive Summery:- Information Technology is a very fast growing industry in this world. In Indian information technology industry more then 4.5 million employees are working. These employees are working for BPO, KPO, Software and Hardware organisation. There are many national and international organisations are working in Indian IT industry. They hire employees for their organisations. Now days there are IT employees turnover ratio is very higher then ...

Click here to read more arrow

Outsourcing of Unilever

23 Mar 2015 17 May 2017

7 (2,694 )

Introduction Unilever was formed as a result of merger of two companies Lever Brothers of UK and Dutch Margarine of Holland in 1930. Since then Unilever has expanded into 100 countries all over the globe. Catering to almost every aspect of life everyday this company has emerged as one of the best Fast moving Consumer Goods Industry (FMCG) with P&G as the sole competitor. Dividing the functioning ...

Click here to read more arrow

Organisational Structure and Managing HR

23 Mar 2015 17 May 2017

14 (5,309 )

Organizations within today's labour markets cannot be pretermission on increasing importance of managing human resources. It is realized that the ways in which human resources are managed in employing organizations is vital for the employer. Human resource (HR) system embraces all the policies and practices that will ensure that right personnel recruited, trained and maintained so as to make contribution on the achievement of business goals (Kroon, ...

Click here to read more arrow

The General Motors Company Analysis

23 Mar 2015 17 May 2017

12 (4,744 )

General Motors Company was formed in 2009 originally as a Delaware limited liability company, Vehicle Acquisition Holdings LLC and subsequently converted to a Delaware corporation, NGMCO, Inc. The conversion followed the acquisition on July 10, 2009 of a substantial part of all assets while assuming certain liabilities of General Motors Corporation through a 363 Sale under the Bankruptcy Code and subsequent change of name to General Motors ...

Click here to read more arrow

Operation Management in Primark

23 Mar 2015 17 May 2017

11 (4,157 )

Primark is the UKs 5th largest total clothing retailer. It was started in 1969 and currently operates 198 stores in 7 different countries in Europe. It is famous for providing value clothing in the retail market. It is also known for always having something new in the store, giving its customers an ever changing retail experience (www.primark.co.uk, 2010; www.sdiindustries.com). Providing its customers with ever changing experience and ...

Click here to read more arrow

Porters Five Forces Model: Amaya lake hotel

23 Mar 2015 17 May 2017

6 (2,240 )

INTRODUCTION: Strategic Management is planning, applying and evaluating efficient decisions that will allow an organization to reach its long-term objectives. It is the path of identifying the organization's mission, vision and objectives, developing strategies and plans, often projects and programs are designed to achieve these objectives, and assigning resources to implement the strategies and plans, projects and programs. Question 01; EXPLAIN PORTER'S FIVE FORCES MODEL. Porter's five ...

Click here to read more arrow

Strategic Performance Management | Unilever

23 Mar 2015 17 May 2017

9 (3,367 )

INTRODUCTION This is a report on the strategic performance management followed by one of the leading multinational company. The report highlights the importance as well as the impact of the performance tools on the 'overall performance' of the company. An attempt has been made to understand and evaluate the effectiveness of the performance plan in motivating the employees and ensuring that their operations ultimately contribute to meeting ...

Click here to read more arrow

McDonald's Corporation in India

23 Mar 2015 17 May 2017

10 (3,868 )

Organization; McDonald's is the world's leading fast food chain with 31,000 local restaurants in 118 different countries and collectively serving more than 58 million people (www.aboutmcdonalds.com). Due to globalization and internationalization, the corporation established joint ventures, and later franchises, which enabled them to spread into other countries, like India. This turned McDonald's into a multi-billion dollar enterprise (McDonald's Annual Report 2008). Founded in 1937 by brothers ...

Click here to read more arrow

Women entrepreneurship in India

23 Mar 2015 17 May 2017

5 (1,661 )

INTRODUCTION According to Mishra (2000) women entrepreneurship in India is increasing at a significant rate. Today, women constitute of 10% of the total entrepreneurs and are also making significant efforts to achieve economic growth in the country. However, women in the transitional economy are still facing issues like unavailability of resources, no support from family, gender discrimination, financial barriers etc (Singh, 2008). On the other hand many ...

Click here to read more arrow

Factors Determining Pay

23 Mar 2015 17 May 2017

4 (1,263 )

Maslow mentioned in his theory, managers who are following this theory deflect their attentiveness to offering complementary pleasing relationships, more attractive work, and more opportunities for self-fulfilment. On other hand, Herzberg in his theory suggests that there are two basic needs of individuals such as hygiene factors (environmental factors) and motivation factors. See (Appendix 3). Managers who following Herzberg theory, they reject money as a motivator and ...

Click here to read more arrow

Discrimination, Diversity and Recruitment Processes

23 Mar 2015 17 May 2017

5 (1,819 )

Human Resource Management (HRM) is by and large used for every task of the bureaucracy intended to represent the recruitment and selection, embryo engineering effort and training, promotion and evaluation, the dominant and catchy workforce. HRM at various levels is the expression of the guidelines, customs, policies and philosophies of professional management that exists among the employees and managers. The need for introducing the HRM is to ...

Click here to read more arrow

Factors that affect employee motivation

23 Mar 2015 17 May 2017

13 (4,996 )

Motivation has to do with the understanding of the reasons why human beings act the way they do. It is said to be the study of psychology and is concerned with explaining all forms of human behaviours (Phil Gorman, 2004). Motivation is a very important aspect of psychology that tries to explain why humans or animals act in a certain manner (David A.H, 1995). Motivation studies have ...

Click here to read more arrow

Arrival Pattern Of Customers

23 Mar 2015 17 May 2017

10 (3,672 )

In order to understand why queues form operations managers have done extensive studies in the quest of solving long frustrating lines that send customers away. According to Maister (1985), queues form when the demand for a particular product or service exceeds the capacity of the firm providing the service/product. Reasons for this may be a shortage of available products in stock or servers, or there may be ...

Click here to read more arrow

Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey | Leadership

23 Mar 2015 17 May 2017

9 (3,338 )

This report presents a review of leadership theories in brief and the contrast and similarity between Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey Leadership style; who are two of the well known people in the world. The report begins with an introduction about the two well known faces, Opera Winfrey and Bill Gates who are consider as the successful leaders in the world. The next section would be the ...

Click here to read more arrow

Development Of Organizational Behavior

23 Mar 2015 17 May 2017

9 (3,239 )

1. Introduction Since the 1980s organizational behavior faces unprecedented challenges. External environment system has the trend of changes increases, weakened stability and complexity increases, deterministic weakened. On one hand, the traditional organizational design value principles and methods of strict division was shaked. On the other hand, updated the organizational development value standard and value orientation, asks the group established new benefit and new ecology. Meanwhile, groups of ...

Click here to read more arrow

Financial analysis | Case Study: Fedex

23 Mar 2015 17 May 2017

9 (3,233 )

In 1971, Frederick W. Smith, founded Federal Express Corporation or, FedEx. He was only 28 years old at that time. He originally proposed his idea for an overnight delivery service in a term paper in his economics class in Yale University. [1] He believed that the different requirements between air freight and air passengers will need a company that focuses on air freight rather than making the ...

Click here to read more arrow

History and description of Coca Cola

23 Mar 2015 17 May 2017

10 (3,899 )

Coca Cola's history can be traced back to a man called Asa Candler, who bought a specific formula from a pharmacist named Smith Pemberton. Two years later, Asa founded his business and started production of soft drinks based on the formula he had bought. From then, the company grew to become the biggest producers of soft drinks with more than five hundred brands sold and consumed in ...

Click here to read more arrow

The issues facing corporate social responsibility

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

11 (4,273 )

Corporate Social Responsibility is a universal concept that represents the good, desirable business behaviour. It transmit to what extent it is judge "morally or ethically" good for CSR. Corporate Social Responsibility is a standard of corporate behaviour which is socially broad in its behaviour(Carroll,1999).Corporate Social Responsibility is also define as the company`s Voluntary/discretionary relationship with its societal and community stakeholders(Woddock,2004).In other words Corporate Social Responsibility is a ...

Click here to read more arrow

Literature Review: Organizational Development

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

5 (1,655 )

The topic under consideration is organizational development, knowledge creation and change management. The main focus of this research is to see how the process of change management is affected by organizational development and knowledge creation. In order to get an overall view of that these broad areas are their relationship with each other, a literature review was conducted. Worren & Ruddle & Moore (1999) explored about how ...

Click here to read more arrow

Coca Cola: Changing marketing environment

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

2 (769 )

Marketing environment are the actors and forces that affect a company's capability to operate effectively in providing products and services to its customers. The marketing environment consists of microenvironment (customer, competitors, distributors, and suppliers) and the macroenvironment (economic, social, political, legal, physical and technological forces). These shape the character of the opportunities and the threats facing a company and yet are largely uncontrollable. The major microenvironment that ...

Click here to read more arrow

Effects of organizational politics on organizations

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

7 (2,582 )

Organizational politics is behaviors that others perceive as self-serving tactics for personal gain at the expense of other people and possibly the organization (McShane and Von Glinow, 2009). Politics in organization can be viewed as different perspective either in negative or positive view. From our question, we can identify the problem that as Steve Jobs applies political strategies to protect his valued resources, position and self image? ...

Click here to read more arrow

Tesco: Strategic Management

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

4 (1,514 )

One of the rare multinational entrepreneurs in the retail business, Tesco started its journey in 1919 from London, when the founder Jack Cohen began to sell surplus groceries from a stall. His first day's sale was '4 and profit '1. In 1924 he sold his first own brand and that was Tesco Tea, before the company was named Tesco. The company is a combination of Jack's partner's ...

Click here to read more arrow

Fast Food Industry study of Pizza Hut

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

11 (4,211 )

Introduction A major transformation in business management is that organizations are trying to optimize every aspect of business. There has been a keen focus into every aspect of business which can give the organization a price or quality edge over its competitors. Effective Supply chain management (SCM) is capable of both the above mentioned advantages. If we look into the various components of SCM and analyze their ...

Click here to read more arrow

Reliance industries limited

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

4 (1,205 )

BACKGROUND Reliance industries limited initially founded by late Dhirubhai H. Ambani, which is one of the largest private sector company employing thousands of people. The company's main interest is in energy and material value chain. Reliance industries have got one unique feature, which is backward vertical integration. Initially starting its business with fabric during late 1970's. Reliance industries made investments in ventures such as in plastics, ...

Click here to read more arrow

Royal Mail Strategies and Responsibilities

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

12 (4,767 )

Royal mail is the United Kingdoms national postal service which was founded in 1516. Royal mail is having its operations all over UK as well as in International areas having more than 176000 employees. Royal mail do have parcel service, letter service, Airmail service, Business support services, money transfers and lot of services they keep on adding day by day. It is the subsidiary firm of the ...

Click here to read more arrow

Laws and Policies affecting Oil Gas industry

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

10 (3,668 )

Every oil and gas industry are working according to the oil and gas laws, the law covers every aspects of the oil industry for example , ranging from licencing, operational issues, joint venture, project contracts, service contract and construction , disposal, acquisition, farm -in, marketing and sales , oil and gas transportation and diligence work. There are three major laws shown below Downstream Energy Law and Policy ...

Click here to read more arrow

Empowering Women Entrepreneurs To Drive Growth

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

13 (4,969 )

The term Entrepreneur covers individuals who have vision and skill and are capable of converting vision in to action for the good of the society. Due to changes in demand in the Market, there is a scope for a class of people on large-scale who can convert the available resources into good of society, called Entrepreneurs. So, a person who possess skill, initiative and innovative ideas for ...

Click here to read more arrow

Management Of Innovation And Change: Novotel

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

8 (3,025 )

1. Introduction: Novotel is one of the world's major hotel chains, occupying a leading place in Europe and with locations globally. Started in 1967 by Paul Dubrule and Gerard Pelisson, they expanded their empire by building new hotels and buying other hotel chains. Novotel merger with Jacques Borel hotel and its restaurant groups in 1983 saw the group renamed Accor. Currently, Accor employs over 145,000 people and ...

Click here to read more arrow

Sainsburys' Cooperative Responsibility

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

10 (3,612 )

Sainsbury Cooperative Responsibility Corporate Social Responsibility Activites In Sainsbury and The CO-Operative Introduction There is no time in our history that corporations have had so much an impact into the life of the community that surrounds than they are doing right now. The concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) though very new in the business circles has been having a lot of impact on the way corporations ...

Click here to read more arrow

Weber's bureaucratic model | Analysis

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

5 (1,988 )

Introduction: Bureaucracy seems to be the most effective from we have been able to develop in dealing with the new mass society which has developed in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (Cyril Sofer, 1972). The first sections of this essay describe the principal characteristics of the Weberian “ideal type” bureaucracy in organization on base of classical theory. Subsequent sections outline the roles of power and authority in ...

Click here to read more arrow

Stages of recruitment and selection

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

22 (8,484 )

Recruitment and selection is a critical process for an organisation, it is because the mistake that occurs during the recruitment and selection can pass the costs to an organisation and detract the organisation effectiveness. Recruiting and hiring the people to the position where they can perform effectively is the objectives of an organisation (Dowling, et al, 1999). Beaumont (1993) cited that there are three main issues that ...

Click here to read more arrow

PESTEL Analysis: Bottled Water

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

4 (1,465 )

PESTEL (Political Economical Social Technology Environment Legal) analysis is one of the macro strategic analysis techniques to critically examine the business strategy, evaluate the product, etc. This technique is used to analyse the all round macro-environment factors which impact the decisions being taken by the management of any organisation. New Laws, government policies, demographic changes, tax changes and trade barriers are few examples of macro changes (De ...

Click here to read more arrow

Organization culture of Malayan banking

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

6 (2,131 )

INTRODUCTION Mr. Khoo Teck Puat is from OCBC bank. His career started as a bank clerk. In 1950s, Khoo went on to become senior executive with the bank. After 10 years, Khoo recognized that his prospects at OCBC remained limited. Due to there is no room for career advancement open to him at OCBC, he has considered that there is no future. Hence, Khoo decided to set ...

Click here to read more arrow

Marketing Strategies: Customer Satisfaction

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

10 (3,851 )

On a global scale a number of insurers are competing and offering the customers a plethora of products. The customers are demanding quick and better service from the service providers. For the insurance companies to survive competition, they have to upgrade the quality, transparency and integrity to acquire and retain customers in long range. They need a set of offers and the value proposition to be delivered ...

Click here to read more arrow

Strategic Management in Honda

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

9 (3,328 )

History: Honda stands as the largest manufacturer of motorcycle and stands in 7th position for automobile manufacturer in the world. Honda is the world's largest engine manufacture and market leader in motorcycles in the global market. The key point lead to Honda's success is the continuous innovation that was found by Mr Honda as a basis. It stands as the largest motorcycle manufacturer and the 9th largest ...

Click here to read more arrow

Problems With The Global Strategy

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

8 (2,881 )

The reason why Zara expanded its business territory into China is due to the business condition in its origin country have been facing a saturated level. This is because Zara known as the largest clothing retailer by sale across the Europe. Besides, due to recently economy expansion in China which achieved its double growth Gross Domestic Product encourage Zara take further step to expand their market in ...

Click here to read more arrow

The Business Process Management

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

5 (1,682 )

Everything that we do in our life can be referred to a process e.g. planning holidays, making purchases, preparing a meal, writing an email, etc. In business situation processing of inputs such as raw materials or employees abilities and talents into goods and services that customers want. Business process used not only in the manufacturing to improve effectiveness and efficiency of the production process, but as well ...

Click here to read more arrow

Globalisation: The Food Industry In Philippines

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

25 (9,820 )

This study aims to explore how globalization has affected the food industry in the Philippines. By looking at the Nestle Company, the research paper seeks to look at Multinationals as agents of globalization and how they have affected the Philippines' food industry. Research design/methodology: - This study employs descriptive research method. This type of research approach involves data analysis, and a particular set of questions, which do ...

Click here to read more arrow

Macroeconomic issues in Malaysia: 2005- 2010

03 Oct 2016 16 May 2017

8 (3,056 )

Describe and analyse the main macroeconomic issues in Malaysia for the period from 2005 to 2010.TABLE OF CONTENT Page 1.0MACROECONOMICS INTRODUCTION2 2.0ECONOMIC GROWTH AND LIVING STANDART IN MALAYSIA5 3.0CHANGES IN UNEMPLOYEMENT FROM 2005 TO 2010 6 4.0INFLATION 8 5.0SUMMARY 10-11 6.0 REFERENCES 12 CHAPTER 1 MACROECONOMICS 1.0Introduction Macroeconomics is an analysis of a country’s economic performance and structure. It also analyses ...

Click here to read more arrow

Starbucks Business Development

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

9 (3,247 )

Introduction In today’s business world, business development process is increasingly becoming important in the running any business. As business enterprises continue to intensify their efforts in reducing the costs and improving quality and service. Business development process in business is concerned with product production and service, and it entails the task of ensuring the development of a product or services are effective and efficient. Business development process ...

Click here to read more arrow

Personal Development: Manager and Leader

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

5 (1,835 )

Career development is an organized approach used to match employee goals with the business needs of the agency in support of workforce development initiatives. The purpose of career development is to enhance each employee's current job performance, enable individuals to take advantage of future job opportunities and fulfill agencies' goals for a dynamic and effective workforce. Personal development is the process which includes personality, relationship, communication, self-awareness ...

Click here to read more arrow

Management and Organisational Behaviour: McDonalds

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

7 (2,605 )

McDonald McDonald's (McDonald's Corporation) is a large chain of the hamburger fast food restaurant, with approximately thirty thousand branch stores in the world, and more than 58 million customers every day to use the service. McDonald's Business began in 1940; a restaurant opened by brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald in San Bernardino, California. They recommend the "Speedee Service System" principle to create the modern fast-food restaurant, established ...

Click here to read more arrow

The processes of emergent strategy development

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

4 (1,563 )

"Emergent strategy comes about through everyday routines, activities and processes in organizations" (Johnson, et. al. 2005, Pp 408). It occurs by chance or happens within the organization without any long term planning. There are four organizational processes of emergent strategy development: Logical Incrementalism Resource allocation routines Cultural processes Organizational politics Logical Incrementalism - The development of strategy by experimentation and learning from partial commitments rather than through ...

Click here to read more arrow

Retention rate on Organizational performance

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

14 (5,214 )

KFC is one of the busiest fast food industries in UK and it is based in USA. KFC has big market share in UK. KFC provides training and good career path to its employees. KFC faces problems to meet business objectives, increasing customer satisfaction. To overcome difficulties and increasing organizational performances KFC wants to finds out the impact of retention rate on organizational performance. This is one ...

Click here to read more arrow

Organizational behaviour examples

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

9 (3,353 )

This essay will consider key principles, theories and examples of specific organizational behaviour topics like personality, motivation and group and team working. All three themes are quite related to each other, because in a group or a team there are some people with different personalities and they all need those people need a motivation to work in groups or teams. To understand all topics, the essay is ...

Click here to read more arrow

Introduction Of The Annual Awards Dinner

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

7 (2,783 )

This assignment is about the administrative management that apply in an organization. In this report there are two questions to be assigned in regards on a task of planning the annual awards function for OCBC Al-Amin Bank Unsecured Financing Department. In the second question, the author explained what can be motivating employees in order to perform their jobs better and achieving organizational goals. For this report, the ...

Click here to read more arrow

The origin of the Soybean

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

20 (7,840 )

LITERATURE REVIEW Soybean Soybean [(Glycine max (L.)Merr] an East Asian crop is an important legume. It is a rich source of protein substitute for meat and diary products, soybean oil accounts for about 56% of the global oilseed production, a source of various vitamins, nutraceutical and antioxidants. United States is the world’s largest producer and exporter of soybean with approximately twenty-six percent of land acre being utilized ...

Click here to read more arrow

Performance Appraisal System: Hewlett Packard

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

9 (3,296 )

This course work is a study of a Multinational Company called Hewlett Packard and its Performance Appraisal System. This report is focused on Management by Objectives that is practiced in this company as Performance Appraisal tool. MBO is an performance appraisal tool which is widely used by many companies around the world. Firstly, MBO starts with a Job Description, Performance Planning and Performance Evaluation. HP uses MBO ...

Click here to read more arrow

Case study of the Image Cafe

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

11 (4,298 )

Image Café was founded by Clarence Wooten in 1998. Prior to that he was also a founded of Envision Designs while he was an undergraduate in 1991 and Metamorphosis Studios in 1994 with co-founder Andre Forde. However, the three company did not really last long. In 1998, Metamorphosis Studios had sold to Medisolv, Inc and Image Café was acquired by Network Solution after sever months of market ...

Click here to read more arrow

The organizational structure of Initech

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

9 (3,316 )

Abstract This research paper looks at the organizational structure of Initech office in the movie Office Space. The paper makes reference to the movie in analyzing organizational behavior in terms of motivation, group dynamics, and organizational structure and culture. The paper critically analyses these aspects. The mode in which these elements have been exposed in the paper is also brought out. Plot Summary The movie Office Space ...

Click here to read more arrow

Novotel Value Chain: Advantages

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

7 (2,777 )

INTRODUCTION: The Novotel Value Chain looks at capturing the actual key elements of the value chain. These elements of the chain are very important in itself for service delivery and for interaction part. The Novotel Value Chain looks at furthering on the Hospitality concept, Marketing Concept, Partnerships and Service Delivery. The Novotel Value Chain offers the purposes of the management processes which at the end of the ...

Click here to read more arrow

Operation management of Primark and Atlas Honda

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

11 (4,110 )

INTRODUCTION The report describes the operation management of PRIMARK and the ATLAS HONDA LIMITED PAKISTAN which are two different companies in two different industries. PRIMARK in garment industry is a big retailer in the high streets for the readymade cloths which is basically belongs to tertiary sector (service) in which it distribute/sell the manufactured goods(cloths)in his retail stores and the ATLAS HONDA is a joint venture which ...

Click here to read more arrow

Human Resources Planning: Tesco

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

9 (3,512 )

In this report, I am mainly presenting the human resources planning and development of TESCO DIRECT in general human resources strategy. Human resources is important and needed in any organisation. In words we can justify that without human resources there is no business will run. The biggest asset for the company is human resources. The highest chances to get success and profits for company/organisation when the company ...

Click here to read more arrow

Link Between Motivational Theory And Reward

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

4 (1,581 )

This report will investigate the link between motivational theory and reward in pursing successful implementation of such processes and the monitoring of these in terms of employee performance. Assess the link between motivational theory and reward "Motivation is the process by which the behaviour of an individual is influenced by others, through their power to offer or withhold satisfaction of the individual's needs and goals". (BPP Learning ...

Click here to read more arrow

Traditional Views Of Corporate Social Responsibility

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

8 (3,118 )

Corporate Social Responsibility is when companies control the business processes to create an overall positive effect on society. Corporate Social Responsibility is the progressing obligation by business to conduct oneself ethically and donate to economic growth while improving the standards of the society's workforce and as well as of the local community and society. (www.mallenbaker.net) The need of corporate social responsibility is that it helps in building ...

Click here to read more arrow

Effective Knowledge Management

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

3 (1,136 )

Effective Knowledge Management One definition says that Knowledge management is a newly emerging, interdisciplinary business model dealing with all aspects of knowledge within the context of the firm, including knowledge creation, codification, sharing, and how these activities promote learning and innovation (Gotcha 1999). In practice, KM encompasses both technological tools and organizational routines in overlapping parts. In the information valued market, the successes of companies are significantly ...

Click here to read more arrow

Succession Planning and Employee Retention

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

9 (3,362 )

"The Effect of Succession Planning on Employee Retention" 1.2 Objectives Proper succession planning helps an employee to get their work done as well as to sustain the employees in the most effective and efficient manner. This study also highlighted that for any particular job what are the organizational commitment, job security, job content which leads to self-esteem, leadership and staying in the organization for a longer time ...

Click here to read more arrow

The Marketing Research Process

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

8 (3,055 )

Introduction:- The important decision making related to market strategy and other tasks related to marketing depends on findings or marketing research. Marketing research process reduces the chances of errors, miss conceptions and uncertainty from decision making process. It is therefore very important to conduct marketing research to identify any changes in market environment, and understand customers and market. It means that this is the process of strategically ...

Click here to read more arrow

Organizational Culture In Strategic Management

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

8 (2,934 )

Culture plays an important part in our society. It refers to beliefs and codes of practice that makes a community what it is. It also plays the same role in organizations. A strong organizational culture will provide stability to an organization as it has significant influence on the attitudes and behaviours of organization's members. Most of company's top managers have a strong awareness that the culture of ...

Click here to read more arrow

What is involved in an ethical business?

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

8 (3,143 )

Nowadays in our global world, national and international competition forces businesses to act in certain ways to achieve particular goals. Every company environment is made up of different cultures, values and believes which makes ethical issues to a complex topic. What is involved in being an ethical business and what are the benefits and disadvantages of being socially responsible? The following assignment explains the need for and ...

Click here to read more arrow

The Enron Scandal Accounting

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

4 (1,495 )

Enron Scandal Enron began its life in 1985 and appeared to be a rising star in the business world. In conjunction with the accounting firm Arthur Anderson Enron became one of the biggest accounting scandals in history. There were numerous ethical dilemmas in addition to the many illegal acts during rise and fall of Enron. This paper will discuss the history of the company, the actual crisis ...

Click here to read more arrow

Strategic HRM in the hospitality industry

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

6 (2,182 )

Strategic Human Resource management is crucial for the Hospitality industry because in this service sector industry the product or the revenue generator and human Resource or employees or associates are serving the guest. This means that the Human Resource is very important as well as crucial in the service sector industry. The Strategic Human Resource Management in the hospitality industry is very well associated with the Human ...

Click here to read more arrow

Concepts of leadership | An overview

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

5 (1,732 )

What is your understanding of leadership? Explain the general concepts of leadership. Leadership is a process by which a person influences others to accomplish an objective and directs the organization in a way that makes it more organized and logical meaning Leadership is a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal. Leaders carry out this process by applying their leadership ...

Click here to read more arrow

Negotiation Styles: The US And India

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

9 (3,394 )

This case study describes the negotiation style between US and Indian company. Negotiation is about establishing market for a US based companies product in India. this case study is written to give better knowledge about what's negotiation and how culture background affects it on the negotiation process. This case study shows how a packaged form manufactures from India has established itself in the market and how much ...

Click here to read more arrow

Jack Welch: Culture at General Electrics

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

7 (2,409 )

General Electric does not have a specific mission statement but their philosophy and business objectives are clearly expressed in the way they operate their business, which is founded on their values: imagine, solve, build and lead. (GE, 2010) What is the GE? The General Electric Company is Multinational Corporation that is located in New York City. It is one of the world's leading innovative companies in the ...

Click here to read more arrow

Background of Procter and Gamble

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

8 (2,910 )

The company I have chosen for the assignment of managing change in organization is Procter & Gamble. The company is a Fortune 500 American multinational corporation headquartered in Downtown Cincinnati, Ohio that manufactures a wide range of consumer goods. It is 6th in FortuneHYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_500"'HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_500"s Most Admired Companies 2010 list. P&G is credited with many business innovations including brand management and the soap opera. History and ...

Click here to read more arrow

Business based analysis of Nestle

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

8 (3,094 )

Nestle, the largest FMSG Company is working all over the world with more than 500 factories in 86 countries making up of most of the continents. Henri Nestle set up Nestle in Switzerland customers are provided with more than 500 products by Nestle. Nestle was entitled by Henri Nestle. The logo of the company consists of his family coat of arms, the nest with a mother bird ...

Click here to read more arrow

Organisational Structure Of Flight Centre

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

4 (1,354 )

A market is any institution or arrangement which brings together buyers and sellers of a product, service, or resource. Markets may be at a local level, while others are at a national or international level (Gaur & Wankel, 2009). Some are highly personal and involves a face-to-face contact between consumers and producers. For some, it is highly impersonal, with buyers and sellers never seeing and knowing each ...

Click here to read more arrow

Purchasing And Procurement

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

7 (2,709 )

In history, the term purchasing appeared in half late nineteenth century, when the Industrial Revolution was at the peak point of development. At that time, purchasing function was just selecting, buying, receiving and delivering all commodities required. Gradually, the function of purchasing has developed more but not much until the late of twenty century when the globalization was booming and information technology had reached some breakthrough achievements. ...

Click here to read more arrow

Operation management: Hard Rock Cafe

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

10 (3,678 )

It is widely acknowledged that operation management has become obviously an essential ingredient for corporate survival and growth in a highly competitive market. Indeed, operation management which is defined as activities that relate to the creation of goods and services though the transformation of inputs to outputs, makes enormous contribution to generate directly customer value and gain competitive advantages for business development (Jay Heizer and Barry Render, ...

Click here to read more arrow

Human Resource Management in SMEs

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

18 (6,984 )

Human Resource Management Human Resource management is the proficient utilization of employees in accomplishing two key objectives within an organization. The intention is to commendably make use of the capacities and capabilities of employees to attain the operational objectives that are the eventual aspire of the organization. Collected with comprehending the goals of the organization, Human Resource management also searches for guaranteeing that the individual employee is ...

Click here to read more arrow

The evolution of strategic human resource management

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

5 (1,929 )

Introduction In today's unstable economic climate, most organizations have begun to recognise that their personnel are an incredible source of competitive advantage in the current market. Human resource departments have evolved from being a simple administrative player to become 'strategic partners' responsible for the direct contribution to organisation's objectives. Strategic human resource management (SHRM) is a relatively new field, which has evolved out of the parent discipline ...

Click here to read more arrow

Social responsibility, maximising profits?

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

8 (3,136 )

In his article "The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits" (1970), Milton Friedman, the Nobel laureate in economics, argued for what was summed up in the title of his article: the social responsibility of businesses is simply and solely to maximise profits! In the following, different arguments for and against Milton Friedman's statement will be presented and criticized. The inherent theories and principles will ...

Click here to read more arrow

E Business Strategy: An Analysis

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

14 (5,362 )

Bank is an institution that deals with money as well as credit. It accepts deposits from the public, makes funds available to those who need then and helps in remittance of money form one place to another (Macesich, George, 2000, p-42). Modern banks today perform a wide range of functions that makes it difficult to give an apt and precise definition of it. One of the famous ...

Click here to read more arrow

Talent Management At Standard Chartered Bank Display SHRM

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

13 (5,022 )

By focusing heavily on its talent management program it can be clearly be seen that Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) is making the practice of SHRM as one of its key priorities. As can be seen from the article, the way SCB adopts its appraisal methodology is of a very strategic angle. By making it a global standard to conduct face-to-face performance appraisals every 6 months goes to ...

Click here to read more arrow

Adapting organisations to a new environment

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

5 (1,658 )

Introduction Hawley (1950) said that all organizations have engaged in activities which have adjustment to the environment. Duncan (1971) emphasized that organization must adapt to their environment in order for them to be existed. Then Pfeffer and Salancik (1978) have concluded that: "organizations are inescapably bound up with the conditions of their environment". Handel (2003) noted the environment in which the organization operate generated excess uncertainty about ...

Click here to read more arrow

Benefit and challenges of globalization

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

8 (3,044 )

"globalization is the inexorable integration of market, nation-sate and technologies to a degree never witnessed before in a way that is enabling individuals, corporation and nation sates to reach around the world farther, faster, deeper, cheaper than ever before, and in a way that is enabling the world into individuals, corporation and nation-sate farther, faster, deeper, cheaper than ever before" (Thomas Friedman) Example of coca-cola globalisation market: ...

Click here to read more arrow

HR Policies and practices: Impact

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

7 (2,662 )

Job satisfaction is the feeling of being fulfilled by the demands that any employee requires in terms of physiological, psychological and esteem. It is usually linked with motivation and job design as well because these factors determine the satisfaction level of the employee at the job place. Satisfaction is of intrinsic in nature and affects the person more than any other constraint in the life. Job satisfaction ...

Click here to read more arrow

Analysis Of The CMA CGM Company

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

8 (3,123 )

CMA CGM (2010a) is the world's third largest container shipping company and is ranked number one in France who offers a complete range of activities including shipping, handling facilities in port as well as logistics on land. Its main objective is to offer customers all over the world a proactive, innovative service which reconciles quality and high performance with protection of the environment. The founder and CEO ...

Click here to read more arrow

Improving Workplace Productivity

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

10 (3,779 )

Executive Summary This proposal looks at ways of improving workplace productivity. This is one of the major problems that companies and firms experience. The major problem at work places can be defined as the lack of employee productivity and performance. This could be caused by inadequate employee input. Mostly it can be attributed to the lack of motivation and innovation at the workplace. This proposal has discussed ...

Click here to read more arrow

Organisational Change Models In Tesco

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

8 (3,162 )

Introduction: Tesco is one of the leading global retailers and the UK's biggest retailer as well as third largest grocery retailer in the world operating across Europe, North America and Asia. This business has been started by Jack Cohen in 1919 and he used to sell groceries from a stall in the East London. In 1929, the first Tesco store was opened in North London, Middlesex. Later ...

Click here to read more arrow

WRSX Strategy Experience

03 Oct 2016 15 May 2017

6 (2,010 )

WRSX strategy experienceDate of Submission: 11/03/2015 Word count: 1472 Contents Question 1............................................................................................3 Question 2...........................................................................................7 References...........................................................................................9 APPENDICES Appendix A...............................................................................................10 Appendix B...............................................................................................15 Appendix C...............................................................................................17 Imagine you are presenting to WRSX investors. Referring to data from the performance log and your notes on the decisions that were made, assess a specific decision (or group of related decisions) which explains the performance outcome. Include a discussion of the underpinning ...

Click here to read more arrow

The background of Hai-O in Malaysia

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

12 (4,731 )

Background of the Company Hai-O is one of the leading traditional healthcare companies in Malaysia, competing in the niche of traditional Chinese medicine. In the first chapter, this paper will discuss the background of the company in general to further illustrate the business nature of the company. This will provide the basis for the further discussion of Hai-O's business strategy. Introduction Hai-O is a local group of ...

Click here to read more arrow

Dell: Organizational culture and business model

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

4 (1,484 )

Dell Inc. I have worked with Dell computers for the past ten years. Their products and service has been great in the work environment. I have an assigned Dell representative that is my central point of contact. I am able to get quotes and pricing over the phone or thru email. The pricing I have received from Dell is better than other computer vendors. So I have ...

Click here to read more arrow

Organizational structures and cultures

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

15 (5,832 )

Organizations are 'social arrangements for the controlled performance of collective goals'. (Buchanan and Huczynski, 1991) The writer Chester Barnard (1938) used the example of a man trying to lift a stone which is too heavy for him. By getting together with another person, and combining their efforts, the man is able to move the stone. Organizational Structure:- Every organization to be effective must have an organizational structure. ...

Click here to read more arrow

Boots and Argos: Size, culture and structure

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

4 (1,541 )

Task 1: The intention of writing this task is to research two organisations with different size, culture and structure. Research will highlight the relationship between strategic management and leadership in the chosen organisations. In order to highlight this, academic meaning and discussion of what strategic leadership means will be undertaken. Then using the two organisations the report will be written on how strategic management and leadership are ...

Click here to read more arrow

Corporate Social Responsibility In India

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

12 (4,701 )

The public sector has been playing a vital role in the economic development of the country. In fact, the public sector has come to occupy such an important place in our economy that on its effective performance depends largely the achievement of the country's economic and social goals. The importance of Public Sector Units (PSUs) in the Indian economy can never be over emphasized. The public sector ...

Click here to read more arrow

Values and Business Practices of The Body Shop

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

10 (3,765 )

Introduction "I just want The Body Shop to be the best, most breathlessly exciting company - and one that changes the way business is carried out. That is my vision." - Anita Roddick, Human Rights Activist & Founder of The Body Shop This was the vision with which Anita Roddick started off The Body Shop in The United Kingdom. Anita had stepped into this industry in 1976 ...

Click here to read more arrow

Interpersonal Skills In Business

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

3 (895 )

“Without highly developed interpersonal skills it is impossible to succeed in business” Success in the business environment is usually attributed to gaining a promotion or pay rise. To some people, success can be defined as achieving independence, power, acclaim or even friendship. A successful business-person does not always possess highly developed interpersonal skills. Without these interpersonal skills it is near impossible to work in the business environment ...

Click here to read more arrow

Ethical consumerism | Analysis

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

14 (5,405 )

Ethical Consumerism The buy and utilisation of ethical services need that a large allowance of effort be bought into in data acquisition and conclusion making. In supplement, customers have to be eager to pay higher charges for these services. Some of the obstacles to making ethical alternatives may lie in the customer decision-making process. In their every day buying, customers enlist in usual difficulty solving. In this ...

Click here to read more arrow

Strategic alliances to gain global integration

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

13 (5,097 )

Introduction Multinational companies (MNCs) are defined as a firms with strong tangible and intangible assets, thus the capability to expand their business worldwide, with global diffusion as an important resource for competitive advantage (Bartlett and Ghoshal, 1998). In the stage of going global, most companies have to deal with the pressures of both global integration and/or local responsiveness, and some choose to form a strategic alliance with ...

Click here to read more arrow

Managing Communication In An Organization

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

8 (2,870 )

Marks Spencer plc is a British retailer chain which specializes in selling of clothing and luxury food products. It is one of the leading retailers of UK with 703 stores in the United Kingdom and almost 400 stores spread across more than 40 different countries. The brand is also recognized by the names: Marks and Sparks, M&S, Marks's or just Marks. Its head office is in North ...

Click here to read more arrow

The company and philosophy of Virgin

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

9 (3,405 )

Introduction Richard Branson "My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently unachievable challenges and trying to rise above them." This is where it all began, Richard Branson, best known for his Virgin Group is of over 400 companies. Born in July 18, 1950; destined to become one of the best known British entrepreneurs. Beginning at the age of 16 with his first successful business venture; ...

Click here to read more arrow

Sephora: An Analysis

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

5 (1,765 )

Sephora Sephora is a 1chain of beauty product stores founded in France in 1969 and acquired by Paris-based conglomerate LVMH in 1997. The Sephora chain includes more than 750 stores in 21 countries. It carries over 250 brands of items that include makeup, skin care, fragrance, bath, hair products, hair tools, and beauty accessories, including Sephora's own private label. Overview Sephora is a member of Paris-based ...

Click here to read more arrow

Individual behaviour in a group

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

9 (3,430 )

INTRODUCTION Organisation behaviour is the study of human behaviour in the workplace. Both Individual and organisational, that influence people behaviour. Organisational behaviour control and direct the way people to work. After all people are organisation's greatest assets but also greater cost (Ellis and Dick 2000). According to Ian Brooks, "Organisation Behaviour (OB) is the study of human behaviour in organisational contexts with a focus on individuals and ...

Click here to read more arrow

Case Study and Analysis of EasyCar

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

6 (2,229 )

This case discusses about easyCar.com and the situation faced by it at the start of 2003. EasyCar is the low priced European car rental business. It was established by easyJet innovator Stelios Haji-Ioannou. This case illustrates the present position of the company and its future goals. By the end of fiscal year 2004, the company wants to attain sales of 100 million and profits of 10 million, ...

Click here to read more arrow

Accenture: An Analysis

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

9 (3,372 )

INTRODUCTION: Accenture is a world's largest management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world's most successful companies, Dedicated to bring modernization, Accenture work together with its clients to help them become high performance businesses and governments. Accenture also helps its clients to cut costs as well as outsource technology functions. Employees ...

Click here to read more arrow

The Impact Of Managerial Styles

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

10 (3,619 )

Many leadership theories have been used through the course of time to create more and more improvement among the organization. Many researchers believe that employees can only be motivated if some of their personal concerns are satisfied, while others are of the view that motivation can be created by creating a deep relationship among employer and employee. Many theories have created some serious impact on the workplace ...

Click here to read more arrow
ORDER TODAY!

Our experts are ready to assist you, call us to get a free quote or order now to get succeed in your academics writing.

Get a Free Quote Order Now