Essays and Research Papers on Management & Business

A 6 page paper that begins with a general introduction identifying the unique characteristics of the lodging industry and the market structure. The hotel industry is then analyzed using Michael Porter's five forces model. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

A 5 page paper discussing cattle price in response to economic conditions. Cattle production is no more certain than any other branch of agriculture. Though the animals are more self sufficient than immobile plants, they still are subject to the vagaries of the weather. The market is subject to the whims of ...

An 18 page paper presenting a human resources study at Ernst & Young. As knowledge workers become more important to the ongoing health of their employers, those employers are finding it necessary to be more accommodating to those employees’ personal lives. The purpose here is to identify turnover-causing problems at one of the ...

A 5 page paper discussing the problems faced by Enron in the early days of the unfolding of the scandals that would end its existence. “Integrity … is what you do when nobody's looking” (Fisher, 2002; p. 40). Whatever the problems at Enron finally are revealed to have been, the fact is that ...

4 pages in length. The problem at American Radiatronics Corporation, prior to Langley's entrance into the organization, can be summed up in one telltale comment from the company's president: "Do you really think there is any substitute for fear as a motivator? I doubt it." That the company as a whole, and ...

This 4 page paper responds to four student-generated questions that relate to: justifying strategic objectives, supply and selling chains, modifying compensation plan to include bonus based on profits, and explaining the benefits of implementing a Web site to resellers, distributors and salespeople. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 5 page paper discussing the positive aspects of globalization. There have been and continue to be charges against “the evil corporation” regarding labor practices in developing nations, and in some cases, the charges have been valid. Many Asian and other nations traditionally have seen no real problem with sweatshop conditions or child ...

A 5 page paper discussing the importance of employee orientation in the hospitality industry. The hotel industry is notorious for its employee turnover, which is very nearly 100 percent among those employees with the greatest degree of direct customer contact. Management needs to be astute, but it is the collection of bell hops, ...

This 4-page paper discusses the advantage to Boise of this company's recent acquisition of Office Max. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 12 page paper discussing various forms of employee compensation, including gain sharing, bonuses, paid time off, piece rate and profit sharing; and discussing what compensation changes could be beneficial to organizations in today’s business environment. The benefits gained will be important in the immediate view, but indications are that life-work changes among workers ...

An 18 page paper examining the HP history and culture for the purpose of discovering ways to help the company build teams. HP’s acquisition of Compaq has not yet brought the great success promised, and executives are leaving in droves. Senior management appears to have good intentions but lack direction. An example ...

An 11 page paper presenting a proposed costing system for a fast food restaurant. The paper is a management accounting exercise determining the profitability of a single menu choice. Includes 7 tables. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 4 page paper answers four questions asked b the student. The first questions considers how a manager will deal with a situation of conflicting information, with management reports indicating a project is on schedule and going well, and an encounter with employees indicating it is a joke. The second question examines a scenario where ...

The success of any company is dependant on the way they plan and develop strategy., This 8 page paper considers the process of strategy development and the stages that need to be undertaken. The paper considers this in relation to an example company; Airfoil Technologies International, and the stages they will need to complete to ...

A 6 page paper discussing the efforts of Farber Corp. to sue CC INC. and M. Partridge for violation of the Illinois Trade Secret Act and for violation of the non-compete clause of the employment agreement that M. Partridge signed before beginning work with Farber Corp. The paper lists the primary determining factors of ...

A 3 page paper discussing process and quality improvement among T.A. Stearns’ offsite programmers and what the company should do about it. The group of four programmers involved appears not to trust the company to retain all of them if its senior management learns of the time savings involved. Bibliography lists 3 sources. ...

A 3 page paper discussing process and quality improvement among T.A. Stearns’ offsite programmers and what the company should do about it. A member of a group of four programmers has developed a technique that increased the group’s efficiency to the point of needing only three programmers, rather than four. The paper recommends ...

This 10 page paper discusses the role that culture plays in the effectiveness of a leader. Examples given from real life corporations. Bibliography lists 14 sources.

This 6 page paper looks at the level of mergers which are taking place and the reasons that mergers are so popular. The paper then considers how and why mergers fail to realise the potential benefits and the difficulties faced in trying to achieve those targets. The paper cites real examples and argues that the ...

An 8 page paper based on Harvard Case 9-491-082, Appex Corporation. The company has been acquired by EDS, and the CEO needs to design an effective organizational structure that is more fitting for Appex as a division of EDS. CEO Ghosh has imposed a number of different organizational structure types on the company ...

A 5 page paper discussing the growth of private jet ownership on a timeshare basis and marketing considerations based on the 4 Ps of marketing. The paper concludes that fractional ownership may never be a huge industry, but it can be a profitable one for those already competing within it. At minimum, it ...

A 3 page paper summarizing a 1992 article, “Rewarding failure and effort,” an article exhorting management accounting instructors not to discourage students who make real effort yet fail to arrive at prescribed conclusions. The paper discusses the article in terms of a management text, as well as examples from Mary Kay Ash, who the ...

A 3 page paper assessing which school of management – Classical or Behavioral – a specific article suggests is more effective in today’s business environment. The article does more than only suggest that the Behavioral School is superior to Classical thought in today’s working environment. Those organizations actively excising Classical thought managerial behavior ...

This 7 page paper looks at the problem faced by Kodak as a result of changing technology and the increased popularity of digital cameras. The paper answers two questions; “What lies behind the market’s dismal assessment of Kodak’s near and medium term performance?” and “are Kodak shares under-priced, and thus an exceptional buy as leading ...

This 5 page paper is an analysis of what Michael E. Porter defines and describes as strategy. Porter explains that operational effectiveness is not strategy. Strategy is about choices, operational effectiveness is not. The discussion incorporates Porter's three broad generic categories that may be used to gain a competitive advantage. Bibliography lists 5 sources.