Essays and Research Papers on Management & Business

This is a 5 page paper discussing the employment relations practices in South Korea and Taiwan. South Korea and Taiwan have slowly progressed towards becoming countries with high industrialization and have become significant players on the world markets. Within each country however exists slightly different aspects of employment and labor relations which have led to ...

This 5 page paper considers the different forms of corporate ownership, how and when they are used and how effective the structure of diverse or concentrated shareholders may be. The bibliography cites 10 sources.

This 5 page paper argues that the problems Shell encountered over the disposal of the Brent Spa platform was due to the structure of Shell which did not embrace a stakeholder approach. The writer proposed a different structure could help prevent future confrontations. The bibliography cites 6 sources.

This 12 page paper begins with an introduction that contains an example of how mission statements do not necessarily guide the behaviors of employees. The discussion on mission statements includes the importance of mission statements, differing opinions regarding the content of the mission, variables and factors that affect what the mission statement should reflect ...

A 10 page paper discussing the role that interest rates play in progress of the economy. Interest rates fill a primary role in determining the path of the economy and the decisions of businesses and investors. The purpose here is to assess some of the ways that interest rates affect the national economy. ...

An 8 page paper elaborating on the problem statement, hypotheses, sampling and statistical method used in the companion paper, KSmgmtDowTBL.rtf. The proposed method is that of applying regression analysis to Dow’s stock price performance after April 1994, the date that the company announced it would halt production of 1,1,1 trichloroethane by December 1995, years ...

This 5 page paper looks at the political, economic, social and technological influences on this company. The writer then considers how the reactions to these macro environmental factors may impact on the different stakeholders. The bibliography cites 5 sources.

This 16 page paper is an in-depth report into the cruise line industry. The paper covers the dominant features such as market size, segmentation, current capacity and projected growth, the major companies and the level of rivalry. A Porters Five Forces analysis is included as well as many examples of the trends examined. The paper ...

This 7 page paper outlines the current and projected future trends of e-commerce, including the increase in value of the market, the way it is perceived to reduce barriers to trade and how it may also increase competition. The perceived advantages are demonstrated by looking at Amazon.com. The bibliography cites 13 sources.

10 pages in length. Scandal, secrecy, misleading information, inaccurate financial reporting – all in a day's work for WorldCom and Enron, two of the worlds most corrupt and bankrupt companies. That employees and investors alike have suffered extraordinary economic losses at the hands of company executives whose own coat pockets were lined quite ...

This 14 page paper considers the advantages and disadvantages of selling groceries on the Internet. Written in two parts the first part considers the advantages and disadvantages for both the supermarkets and the customers. The second part considers the profile of customers in Hong Kong supermarkets and how they may or may not be suited ...

A 6 page paper discussing Microsoft as the monopoly that does not fully qualify as one and the likely results on consumers of the recent settlement of the US Justice Department’s antitrust case against the company. Industry pressures have kept realized prices of Microsoft products low, far below levels that would qualify Microsoft as ...

A 20 page paper examining the topic of bankruptcy and how to avoid it. Bankruptcy carries less negative connotation than it did in the past, but the need for it in the hospitality industry – or any other, for that matter – indicates that management has not properly identified trends or accurately assessed the ...

A 5 page paper discussing the types of skills that leaders need to possess in order to be effective. It is the leader’s role to recognize the direction that the organization needs to be taking and to orchestrate a strategy that will enable the organization to accomplish its stated strategic goals. An effective ...

This 9 page paper explains the ISO, the International Organization for Standardization, which is a non-governmental organization that was established in 1947 and which develops standards of quality. The ISO 9000 Quality Standards were initially launched in 1987, modified in 1995 and again in 2000. This essay explains what the ISO 9000 is and the ...

This 6 page paper examines the entrepreneurial process and then applies it to a business start up to show how it operates in real life. The example used is Dyson. The paper ends with an evaluation of the current performance of the company and recommendations on how they should continue. The bibliography cites 6 sources. ...

A 5 page paper assessing opportunities that a manufacturer has in selling a special-order machine it constructed for a company that cannot take delivery. That company has paid a ten percent deposit that it has forfeited, but the manufacturer has identified three approaches it can take to selling the machine. The paper determines ...

A 10 page paper tracing the evolution of 3M’s customer service from fragmented, erroneous and inefficient to the development of one of the most enviable systems in existence today. 3M’s first step was to develop a vast data warehouse containing all customer, sales and product information, then to link that data warehouse to the ...

This 10 page paper examines a case study on Viking Sewing Machines that has been supplied by the student. The paper answers four questions regarding the skills and benefit that are brought to the company by the new CEO, the changes in the company, the strategic capabilities and the key factors of the future success ...

A 7 page paper discussing the value of Bryson’s approach to setting strategy. In today’s business and public administration environments, the only thing of which organizations of either type can be certain is that regardless of how things are today, by tomorrow many of those things will be different. The most successful organization ...

This 5 page paper examined why motivation theory is a necessary skill for managers. Concentrating in the UK the paper considers the cost of employees that are unmotivated and the way that the use of motivation theory will increase productivity as well as cut costs. The bibliography cites 7 sources.

A 5 page paper written as an editorial arguing in favor of granting Wal-Mart the variance it needs to build a store in a small town. The author of the editorial complains that life has changed over the past generation but that most small-town shop owners have not. They are open only when ...

A 6 page paper. The scenario in brief: Carl Conway has been appointed manager of the Operation Mexicano project for Linderman Industries. The company is opening a subsidiary in Mexico. Conway has a number of problems assembling his team, primarily from other managers. Even so, the project succeeds and the transition of the Mexican plant ...

A 10 page paper providing vertical and horizontal analyses of Enron and WorldCom financial statements of 1999 and 2000, as well as several financial ratios including current ratio, debt/equity ratio and quick ratio, among others. The purpose here is to examine the balance sheets and income statements of Enron and WorldCom in 1999 and ...

This 20 page paper considers how a disaster or crisis management planning may be undertaken in a company that has high reliance of information technology. The paper identifies the potential risks and how plans may be developed to manage the risks so that the company will be up and ruining quickly and effectively in short ...