One of the most important aspects of recent business strategies is the concept of value disequilibrium. It is a concept where the services which means providing the customers with either goods or services that have more value than they have expected or even the product they have brought. This is...
Introduction Change is part of every organization involved in business or any kind of activity. Therefore managing change is an important discipline for all organizations. The development of change initiatives and models involves certain procedures and considerations. The perceptions of stakeholders as well as their cultural orientation play an important...
Introduction Typical laws of demand and supply would indicate to a company that charges a higher price for the products is justified as long as the market can tolerate it. This strategy becomes more convincing especially when a company is introducing new and exceptional products in the market that other...
Introduction Most companies in the world of capitalism always want more. They want more profit, more shareholder value, and more market share, among others. The realizations of these objectives have been attained through the successful initiation, development and management of brands in most instances. Indeed, the effective development and management...
Introduction For almost a century, marketing has made massive steps to become a recognized and respected discipline. At the same time, marketing as a concept has been evolving and adapting to different definitions; indeed, it is the definition of marketing by Kotler and Keller (cited in Falkenreck 24) that, in...
There have been issues in getting a conclusive definition for Strategic management; experts all over the world have different ways of viewing the issue of strategic management hence the derivation of a different definition for it. According to Tyndall, Cameron, and Taggart in their book “Strategic planning and management guidelines...
Introduction Internal analysis of a business helps one to identify the strengths of the business and capitalize on them in order to have an edge in the market (Kotler 2007, p.319). It also involves the identification of the business weaknesses so that one can work towards overcoming them. Pkolino deals...
Introduction In addressing his co-workers, the chairperson of Intel Company, Andrew Grove, once told them that the only way that a firm can advance in the long term is by integrating global thinking. In addition, he also asserted that it is possible to brainstorm ideas regarding a particular business venture...
Management in any organization is very crucial especially when it comes to dealing with employees. This is because of the employees’ stresses in places of work resulting from lack of good care from their managers. As a result of this, most of the employees are known to value a caring...
Introduction Leadership and governance are basic strategies that companies need to embrace in their daily operations to make their operations to be of great importance. My understanding of corporate governance is that it varies among companies as factors are determining the design and structure of the board. This includes the...
Introduction Public sector organizations are usually found in a dilemma due to the changing needs of the time. As far as leadership is concerned a lot of transformation has been experienced in the public sector organization. The greatest paradox of the time that haunts the public sector organizations is the...
Introduction The wellbeing of any corporation is dependent on the nature of governance that is being utilized in the corporation (Clarke 2007, pp.9-11). The two main models of corporate governance are the coordinated model and the liberal model. The liberal model is sometimes referred to as the Anglo-American model of...
Introduction The success of a firm is essentially dependent on the resources that the firm has and the way it manages to exploit them. The resources of the company, in addition to its competencies and capabilities, have an important role in creating a competitive advantage that the organization can utilize....
Introduction A trade union is an effective organized body of employees of the same trade or similar occupations purposely to achieve better working conditions for its members. While the primary aim of every business management is to maximize profit. The relationship between these two has always been sour. Aggressive managers...
Introduction The ability to lead a group of people or a whole country is basically not an easy task. Acquiring leadership skills may call for clear understanding on how to execute authority over people. However there are some individuals who obtain leadership skills right from their birth. In other words,...
Introduction Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, commonly known as 3M Company, is a multinational company with its headquarters located at Minnesota, United States. The company was established in the 1902 and produces a wide rang of products (more than 50,000). Some of the products that the firm produces include adhesives,...
Introduction Labor economics is apprehensive of establishing an understanding of the operations and the forces that impact the labor market. The labor markets operate via the dealings of the laborers and the employers in the market. Thus, labor economics is concerned with evaluating the actions of labor suppliers and those...
How Wal-Mart Could Continue with the Growth Strategy Wal-Mart topped the list as the world’s largest retailer by the year 2002 by using a strategy of selling branded products in the United States. The company has also applied the low price strategy which also comes with the benefits of eliminating...
Introduction Kudler Fine Foods rose out of Kathy Kudler’s passion for gourmet cooking and it was a result of Katy’s frustration of having to travel all over town to look for ingredients for the preparation of a simple meal. Since the opening of its first store in 1998 in La...
Introduction The world has continued to embrace global innovations that target various sectors. Of these innovations, some areas captured as those made by the Apple Company, which continues in their new trend of innovations. Having brought the iPod, they are right on top again with a new product, the iPad....
Introduction A merger is a situation where two firms come together to form a single firm through a combination of their assets and liabilities. When a larger firm takes up a smaller one, this is commonly referred to as acquisition. On the other hand, the term merger is commonly used...
Introduction Corporate governance can be termed as those set of guidelines, laws, traditions, procedures, and institutions that influence the way a firm company or communal organization is controlled or managed. Corporate governance also comprises the relationships that exist among various stakeholders. There are three approaches to corporate governance. These include...
Introduction There is a great disparity in the internal organization’s communication between what the organization’s employees are supposed to know and the capability of the organization to effectively give out that information. The disparity has come about because of the changes that have emerged in the workplace, overload in the...
The Product The product in which the sales effort will be directed will involve the sale of pure bottled drinking water. The Consultative Personal Selling Process For every business to succeed, it must carry out proper and accurate prospecting. Prospecting enables a business to increase its customer base. Finding prospects...
Management team Management in business is a situation where people are brought together to fulfil the objective and goals of a business. It includes proper planning, directing, division of labour, staffing and monitoring. It also involves being able to make informed decision which can be made under pressure. Decision making...
Introduction Communication is very essential in any organization. For employees to perform well there must be communication between them. Communication can take many forms for instance verbal where people are directly/physically engaged. Video conferencing is also another mode of communication. This is most applicable in places where people are far...
Introduction The cost of quality is one of the key concepts used in managerial finance to describe the ongoing of a business in terms of quality service and product development. As Feigenbaum, its originator, points out, “the ‘cost of quality’ isn’t the price of creating a quality product or service....
Introduction Large businesses with output that meet the international market face stiff competition from their rivals in the 21st century. There are two important factors posing serious challenges to such giant operators; globalization and human resource dynamics put companies like AIG, GMAC Goldman Sachs and GE on the cutting edge...
Introduction This paper looks at the steps used to develop a perfect supply chain for the distribution of watches. A perfect chain supply is a clear roadmap for the movement of products from the manufacturing or assembling unit to the last location from where customers can easily access the product....
A pay level in an organization is the standard of income remunerated by an employer or a company, to a worker across diverse jobs or skill clusters. On the other hand, pay structure refers to disparities in disbursement among employers based on varied kinds or ranks of work or qualifications....
Problem Statement West Midlands Designers and Architects Ltd. (WMDA) owner Russell Quinn is concerned with the hard economic times that his business is going through. He wants to downsize the firm through the reduction of the workforce from ten to six. His employees are a tightly connected group that seems...
Abstract Hershey Foods, founded in 1894 is a chocolate manufacturing company. The company’s over 100 years operations has seen it transformed from a North American based single unit company into a global company with several subsidiaries under its brand name. This was due to its ability to expand through strategic...
Introduction Wal-Mart is an American company which runs a chain of discount stores. It is rated as the largest public corporation in terms of re venue and the largest private employer. It was established in 1960 by Sam Walton through the knowledge he had gained from mass merchandise. it first...
Introduction Conflict is a situation in which two or a group of people which one individual or group perceives another group that has negatively affected, or just about to negatively affect, which the other person or group cares about. If a person or a group does something that the other...
Organization Design is defined as the process of integrating people and information systems in an organization. It deals with the creation of roles and production processes for the members of the organization. The organization design is based on the purpose of the group and is tailored by the goals that...
Introduction This research paper identifies a company with an international presence. The paper provides a brief overview of the company and its departments by literature review. Furthermore, the paper deeply analyzes how the company has established strong command in its business by incorporating Modern technology, efficient management, and leadership skills,...
Introduction Primo smallgoods is a company located in Chullora, Newsouthwale in Australia, concerned with the production of bacon, ham and small goods. It is operated and owned by a family, with humble beginnings of 38 employees in 1985 compared to the current 2000 employees and high-tech machinery this is the...
Servant leaders are good listeners. Their decision making skills are unique and are able to communicate flawlessly while still putting across their intended message. They have the gift of listening to everything that is communicated to them even if the information may not be relevant. They are also capable of...
“Organizational behavior entails the study and application of people’s knowledge either in groups or as individuals. (Clark, 1998, Para. 1). “Organizational culture is a set of important assumptions about the organization and its goals and practices shared between members of an organization (Snell & Bateman, 2009, P. 26)”. These are...
What is HR planning and why is it necessary for any corporate organization? Well, we could define it as a process that will help map out and anticipate the business strategies that will help make the best use of the organization’s human resources, taken at the total headcount of employees...
Job satisfaction refers to the feeling or the state of mind that one has in regard to their nature of work. In can be influenced by a variety of factors such as work wellness programs within the workplace, employee relationship with top management and supervisors, ability to achieve their work...
Introduction CanGo is a company with talented managers and mainly responsible workers; nevertheless, the company experiences essential problems in the HRM sphere. Thus, business performance appraisal system, as well as the system of assessing the individual performance of every worker. Thus, the aim of the paper is to evaluate the...
Google is the most popular search engine. Google search engine is popular for its ease of use. Formed in 1998, Google has grown to be a multinational company with a presence in most countries. Google was created by two friends, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, while they were students at...
Introduction Psychiatric disorders refer to a pattern of behavioral and psychological symptoms that causes distress upon the person and impairs their ability to function in life. They are also known by other terms as psychological disorders, psychiatric conditions or mental illness. Psychiatric disorders are of different types and include various...
Abstract This research will involve the analysis of cloud computing as an important business resource. It will demonstrate the impact cloud computing has on costs, reliability, efficiency, security, and scalability in business-oriented companies. The method that will be used to carry out the collection of data in the field will...
Introduction Change is inevitable and it is the only thing that is constant in this world. In the contemporary world, the rate at which it happens is rapidly increasing so it is vital to jump on the wave and sail especially in terms of technology and when in business. This...
Summary The modern business environment has dictated that organizational data should be stored in such a manner that it is easily retrieved for query and analysis, mostly referred to as data warehousing. Data warehousing helps organizations identify specific sources of revenue generation, by allowing the storage of cumulative information. Additionally,...
Abstract Groups and teams are two terms with different meanings. Teams are special types of groups. They are structured groups of people working on specified common goals that need coordinated interactions to accomplish certain tasks. This paper explains the differences between a group and a team and also examines the...
Introduction Advertising and promotion are very sophisticated part of social and economic communication system of an organisation for its consumers, non- consumers and other businesses. By this way, the prepared messages of an organisation for specific products or services are delivered to target audiences. Within the timeframe, promotional activities has...
Introduction The Great Depression, 1929-1939 was a global economic downturn that devastated countries the world over, the effects of which were widely felt in the United States. This essay explains the causes of the Depression, the efforts made by the Roosevelt administration through a slew of economic measures called the...
Introduction A report released by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) in 2004 (Douglas & Peter 179) revealed that marijuana is one of the most heavily abused drugs among the most addictive substances in the United States of America. According to the report in 2004 for instance, 70.3 million...
Introduction Starbucks, the leading coffee shop chain in the world uses the phrase “everything matters” as their catchline. The chief of the company Howard Schultz says the huge growth of Starbucks is the result of the conscious implementation of the catchline. The interior decoration of the shops, the music, the...
Introduction Communication is one of the key elements that should be kept in mind when starting a company that relies on the direct relationship between the consumer and the product being produced. (Shocker, Rajendra and Ruekert 1994). The essay that follows intends to discuss the role played by integrated marketing...
Introduction Incorporate management, restructuring is perceived to mean the reviewing of the structures of a company with the object to reorganize them for the purpose of making the company more profitable. It may entail placing the company in a better position in order to meet its present needs. It may...
Introduction There is no conventional agreement for the term globalization. In economics, it is used to refer to international integration in commodity and labor markets (Bordo, Taylor, & Williamson 2003, p.187). There have been at least two episodes of globalization since the mid 19th century if international integration is taken...
Introduction The provision of services to its citizens by each nation is done through the accumulation of resources from everyone. These resources are collected by means of taxes. Taxes assist in the management of the governments’ priorities and other challenges that could come in the form of disasters or future...
Introduction He had been in the hospital for eight months now. Visits to the hospital where my grandfather had been admitted were one of the most painful experiences that I have ever had. I knew that he was undergoing extreme mental and physical pain. I had painfully watched my grandfather’s...
Introduction In the 19th century, China was coming up and the other major world countries were seeing it as a potential market for their products. Therefore, the British Empire under the administration of Queen Victoria waged a war against China and captured the bit of it, currently known as Hong...
Introduction Gross domestic product is the overall market value of all final goods and services, which the country has produced in one year. The gross domestic value is also taken as the sum of all the consumption, private investments, amount spent by the government, and all the country’s exports but...
Introduction This work giving emphasis on what is meant by the quote, “I remember never believing that whites were really real” in the book “I know why the caged bird sings by Maya Angelou”. The words are said by one of the characters referred to as Marguerite. She is a...
Many businesses and companies use marketing communication in order to promote their product. Market communication is one way through which companies create information in the market about their products and services; it is the biggest factor that determines either the success or failure of a business entity. JM’s company can...
Introduction Energy can be defined as the capability to work. Energy comes in different forms such as light, motion, heat, electrical, among others. Energy can be stored, amplified or converted for use in different ways. The sources of energy can be split down into two different categories i.e. renewable and...
Childhood obesity is exhibited when surplus body fats affect children’s health. It is extremely difficult to ascertain body fat directly; therefore diagnosis of obesity is always done using Body Mass Index (BMI). Rise in cases related to childhood obesity pose a serious public health concern and possible ways of curbing...
Introduction A policy refers to a collectively agreed-upon plan of action or principles that govern the activities of a person or a group of people. The public policies are very important and the policy-making process should be given enough attention mainly because the public policies define the type and the...
Introduction In order to clearly understand the price fluctuations, a thorough analysis of interest rates, income changes and consumer behaviors in the market is important. Interest rate is the price paid by an investor for the amount borrowed. It’s therefore the cost incurred by an investor for using external finances...
Kotler and Levy (1967, P. 54) have challenged the traditional marketing concepts and instead proposed broadened perspective of marketing where generic concepts of marketing are favored. The broadened marketing concepts have been widely echoed by the academics. Marketing here is referred to as an applied behavioral science that entails exchange...
The Soviet Union started in and ended in 1991. They were first in the world in terms of health care systems. It has the greatest number of hospitals with well organized and structured systems although they were considered to be rigid and hierarchical in structure and administration. This is attributed...
Introduction Every community in the world is unique. The uniqueness is brought about the culture. Culture refers to the way of life. It is important to note that culture is not limited to the way of life it is diverse as it incorporates the language, arts and sciences, thought, spirituality,...
Introduction The discussed article’s authors make use of a non-experimental study design in their work. The specific type of research used in the survey research, which made use of both independent and dependent variables manipulated to obtain the survey results and make conclusions. The researchers combined the method of the...
Introduction The internet has revolutionized the world today in all aspects of life including; social, political, business, and culture. Being the world’s most important innovation in the field of information, the internet has taken over almost all other innovations, and its effects have been felt in all corners of the...
Introduction The principal purpose of information systems in the past has been to support firms’ operations and management. However, there have been considerable changes in what information systems can offer or their application. That is to say, many firms have strived to gain a competitive advantage with the help of...
Introduction In the last decade, there has been an increased flurry of activities of civil society organizations in many countries of the world in relation to the push for democratic dispensation in the election process and good governance. As a matter of fact, reliance on the election outcomes alone in...
Introduction The contemporary system of public education in the United States of America has elicited mixed reactions. There has been surging debate on whether the system is workable or not alongside the suitability of the strategies being fixed in place to address the concern. Opponents to this argument strongly deliberate...
Introduction Forensic psychology is considered to be the branch dealing with law and psychology. This intersection between the criminal justice system and psychological sciences is aimed at the reformulation of psychological findings to make them understandable in the court. The history of forensic psychology presents a great number of cases...
According to the article written by Hurrell (2009), the shortage of water, as well as water pollution, are the issues that are posing a bigger danger to life on earth more than the issues of climate change as well as the fossil fuels basing on the survey carried out. According...
Introduction The paper-based records have been there for many years and within more than twenty years ago, there has been the gradual replacement of the paper-based records by the records that are computer-based and this replacement has been slow and gradual. The level of penetration by the information systems that...
The progressive era occurred between 1901 and 1917 mainly as a result of political and corporate exploitations that were taking place in American. There were calls from the spiritual leaders, the media and the radical supporting groups for reforms in the capitalist nature of the American economy; however, President Roosevelt...
Google ethical Issues Ethical issues involve what is right or wrong or basically, the accepted code of behavior. Google has been facing various ethical issues over time, more so regarding the privacy of its customer’s data among other issues. This paper will discuss the ethical issues that Google faces, evaluate...
Introduction Price is an important element in a marketing mix. Companies use various pricing strategies in order to market their products as well as get profit from goods or services sold. The most common pricing strategy is the cost-based pricing strategy. In this strategy, the prices are highly determined by...
Introduction The math functions, which are generally used for expressing the main economic tendencies may be either linear or inverse, nevertheless, some of the functions, which are used for describing non-linear processes may be curvilinear and functions of two or more independent variables. Originally, all the functions are used for...
Introduction International economic relations present considerable challenges for people that try to understand and analyze them. The controversy of these relations is increased by the foreign exchange rates that are different for every particular pair of currencies. The world just starts to recover from the global economic recession, although some...
Introduction Child development is an area that has attracted many scholars. A child’s biological, social and psychological development plays a major role to the future of every individual. Children have social interactions that are peculiar to their age. Children’s social interaction can either promote or impede social interactions in the...
Attractiveness of the Chinese white good industry Michael Porter developed a five forces frame work for industry analysis that can help us define the attractiveness of the Chinese white good industry. Attractiveness refers to the overall profitability in the industry. The following are the five forces, three of which are...
Introduction The question as to whether Wal-Mart is good for America has generated a heated debate in America and abroad. In this case, each proponent and opponent states their argument to support their positions. However, the importance and contribution of Wal-Mart to the America economy cannot be underestimated but given...
Introduction Recently there have been cases where corporate companies are increasingly tapping into their corporate databases in order to extract information, a process referred to as data mining, and in the process, they gain competitive advantage. The data mining process, a business can make use of data collected from the...
Introduction The school counseling program adopts methodologies that are user-friendly to both the students and their professional counselors. Participating Students must be engaged in pre-counseling interviews to obtain their informed consent in the subsequent process (Henderson& Thompson, 2007). Two important surveys are important namely; teacher/staff surveys that target to assess...
Introduction The cold war is a period in history characterized by great tension between the USSR and the western allies, led by the United States. Although it is not clear as to the exact date when the cold war started, historians agree that these tensions between the two countries came...
Introduction It is the current world trend to use drugs. Teenagers mainly abuse these drugs and unfortunately, they have drastic impacts on the life of these young ones. Worst of all, these drugs affect the nervous system which is the main mechanism where human thinking in the world. The essay...
Intro It is common knowledge that domestic violence happens either within the family setting or in the societal setting. There are quite several behaviors that can be termed domestic violence (Bonar, 2006). Though not commonly spoken about, domestic violence is a subject that causes great tension, discomfort and ultimately some...
Introduction The formation of an effective group calls for careful examination of the individual members with special emphasis on the individual characteristics. There are different kinds of groups with different kinds of members. Groups are employed extensively in the works and sports domain. These groups work as teams have teams...
Introduction As technology evolves, the internet becomes even more deeply entrenched in the daily lives of people around the world. While it has brought many profound changes at interpersonal, organizational, and intergovernmental levels, relationships have moved from “densely-knit and tightly-bounded groups to sparsely-knit and loosely-bounded networks” (Wellman, Boase, and Hampton)....
Introduction The current business environment has become a complex and competitive field that has forced businesses to be very strategic in their corporate affairs in order to survive. Indeed, due to the opportunities in foreign markets, globalization has become the norm; however there are various factors that should be taken...
Introduction Today, business is not confined to local or national perspective; with globalization it has crossed all national boundaries to reach the international arena. Globalization needs more and more interaction among people from different countries, cultures and thoughts. The economic condition has also changed rapidly. In the threshold of the...
Introduction It is often stated that the goal of advertisement is to create a need out of an object that is otherwise may not be considered as an essential element. In other words, advertisement is instrumental in developing and constructing a need for an object or product. This concept is...
Introduction Ethical issues have always been debated by human beings with different reasoning and justification for a particular outcome they favor. It involves one group of people who believe in moral standards of the “absolute and eternal” variety and another group that believes that ethical issues depend on a variety...
The evolution, or better described as revolution, of technology has had deep rooted effects on our socio economic environment, thus effecting human life. The most precious bequest of modern technology to mankind is computer. Invention of computer has miraculously changed the whole scenario. Computers not only impinged on global economy...
The book, Children’s Cognitive and Language Development written by V. Lee and P. D. Gupta (2005) discusses the problems of language development and acquisition during early childhood. The authors state that the process of language acquisition is a complex one based on cognitive and emotional factors. The book consists of...
Where water goes after flushing the toilet The waste water from the toilets is directed to either in the septic tanks, biofilters or to enter in to the aerobic treatment systems. In some cases, the water from the toilet is collected and carried through a network of pipes and pump...
Introduction Global warming refers to the rise of the standard temperatures of the oceans and near-surface air of the earth. The temperatures of the global surface rose drastically in the 20th century. Global climate alteration is a great threat to biodiversity globally. Currently, more evidence is realized which connect global...