Essays and Research Papers on Management & Business

This 15 page paper discusses two of today’s biggest companies, Microsoft and Amazon.com, and compares them with the giants of yesterday, Ford Motor Company (Henry Ford and the assembly line) and John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil. The paper argues that though there are significant differences, especially because of technological developments, the passion and drive that ...

This 10 page paper looks at the use of corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies and considers whether they are always in the interests of business and society. Different approaches to corporate social responsibility are discussed from the perspective of businesses and from the perspective of society as a whole in order to assess if, ...

This 10 page paper begins with a brief overview of the evolution of human resource management and the reasons for the changes that have led to HR becoming a strategic partner. The three members of the HR Triad are identified, along with examples of the roles and responsibilities of each. The 360 Feedback appraisal process ...

This 12 page paper considers the quote "increasing the total stock of knowledge without prioritisation may simply make matters worse" in the context of information management, The paper discusses this by looking at the importance of transforming information into knowledge. The bibliography cites 14 sources.

A 5 page paper defining and discussing the use of the IT portfolio as a means of gaining control over IT projects and IT costs. ITPM is an approach to managing IT and IT projects as components of a larger portfolio of IT-related assets. This implies, of course, that the one managing that ...

This 14 page paper has several sections beginning with a brief overview of complexity theory and general comments on this theory and management. The next section discuses the factors involved in creating a sustainable competitive advantage, such as focusing on core competencies, cross-functional teams, ordinary and extraordinary management. This is followed by a discussion on ...

A 14 page paper analyzing a case describing the company in 1998. Throughout much of the 1990s, Vermont Teddy Bear Company dedicated itself to building for the long-term future, to the point that two CEOs stepped down so that the company could more easily grow into maturity following its entrepreneurial stage. One of ...

This 9 page paper discusses the statement "The work of managers is demanding and complex but if a manager is able to lead staff teams effectively then success is assured". The paper looks at how success can be aided by good management, different styles and roles of managers and how leadership may fail. The ...

This 4 page paper offers a very brief introduction to management assessment centers. The major part of the paper identifies the typical methods and techniques used in management assessment centers, e.g., role-playing. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper begins with a definition of planning and then reports some of the many different kinds of planning. The writer then provides a generic outline of the steps or phases in the planning process. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

An 11 page paper that begins with an introduction to systems thinking. The writer then describes a proposed project at Boeing to increase employee involvement using principles of systems thinking. Topics discussed include a project that both increases employee involvement and attempts to resolve a problem and the strategies that could be used for the ...

A 7 page paper providing a project overview of the design and production of the 787 Dreamliner, scheduled to become available in 2006. The paper's focus is project management, rather than the product. The paper discusses scope of the project, how to measure project success and the application of best practices to management ...

This 3 page paper defined the four functions of management; planning, organizing, leading and controlling, explaining how each function relates to management and specifically the management of a law firm. The bibliography cites 2 sources.

This is a 10 page paper which is a book report. The paper gives a brief analysis of each chapter and then a brief summary of the entire book. The bibliography has 1 source.

An 8 page paper. One author said, "Nothing has rocked the young field of supply chain management like the emergence of the Internet." This paper provides an overview of how the Web is used in supply chain management, including actual examples from companies. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 4 page paper discussing points that change managers need to heed now and in the future. There is little reason to change merely as an exercise, but today there are three primary forces that may require frequent change initiatives, certainly more frequently than in the past. Those forces are customers, technologies and ...

This 8 page paper argues that the major influence on security management is strategic theory. The paper looks at how strategic theory is able to be used to give frameworks in developing security strategies and identifying risks as well as the more specific influencing in risk and operating strategy identification. The bibliography cites 10 ...

A 4 page paper examining the management structure at the newest lower-fare airline. JetBlue replaces the middle manager of the past with three layers of vice presidents. JetBlue's structure is rather horizontal at lower levels – or its effect is – but it is vertical in upper areas of management. The result ...

An 8 page paper outlining an approach to a planned technological change at a home health agency in which information flows in real time throughout the organization. The change model selected is Lewin's unfreeze-change-freeze progression through incremental change. The overall change initiative and the end result that it seeks to provide clear benefit ...

A 15 page paper. Southwest is the only airline in the industry has been profitable for 33 consecutive years and the only one that has been profitable since 9/11. The reasons for their remarkable success must be attributed to putting in practice their core beliefs, the primary one being to have happy employees. This essay ...

An 8 page paper providing a task list and risk management plan for an IT project at a nonprofit community hospital. The hospital will be providing prescription drugs to patients at a discount, which before Medicare's prescription plan would not have been permitted. The paper identifies five risks and mitigation strategies for those ...

A 5 page paper providing a management plan for a provider of benefits administration services. Member's Advantage provides benefits administration services to small companies with less than 100 employees and operating in the health care industry. It is a full service company that allows its health care customers to fully outsource its entire ...

A 26 page paper that begins with introductory comments about diversity and the need for diversity plans in organizations. The writer reports there is no real theory of diversity management; it was first founded on regulations and court decisions. The business case perspective is explained and discussed. The discussion includes comments from the European Commission ...

This 6 page paper looks at the waste management industry in the US, defining it and then looking at the major companies in the industry; Waste Management Inc., Allied Waste Industries and Republic Services their sales, profits and strategies.

A 6 page paper answering 5 questions on leadership and management. Questions address distinguishing between the two and the effect that leadership can have on management practices. Bibliography lists 6 sources.