Essays and Research Papers on Management & Business

A 4 page paper examining why community involvement is a positive activity for Target Corporation and how the company might approach greater commitment to volunteering. Target's method of giving back is admirable. TV's Dr. Phil McGraw notes that children are 30 percent of our population and 100 percent of our future. Having ...

A 5 page paper discussing the concept of quality as it applies to a newsagent business. The newsagent has the ability and the means to greatly improve customer satisfaction by providing superlative customer service and asking the customer how the business could be improved. Involving the customer increases customer loyalty as well as ...

A 10 page paper discussing Home Depot's difficulties since the turn of the century. It appears that Home Depot's stock price may not have reached the lowest point it will in the near future. Certainly the company has some realigning to do, and why it did an about-face on the segment of the ...

A 4 page paper examining alternatives open to this motorcycle manufacturer after making a strong comeback during the 1980s and 1990s. After rectifying its quality issues, gaining control of costs and winning back the solid core of customers, Harley's task was to expand the breadth of the Harley faithful, and in socioeconomic levels that ...

Analysis of JCB The UK construction machinery company JCB, named after the founder Joseph Cyril Bamford, has seen great success since 1990. This 8 page paper uses the model of McKinsey's 7 S's to examine the company with its' strategy, structure, shared values, symbolic behaviour, systems, staff and skills to examine why the company has ...

This 12 page paper looks at a case provided form Mikes Bikes program and considers what strategies should be followed in year five. The paper argues for a hybrid strategy of price and differentiation as well as increasing sales through growth or a potential acquisition. The bibliography cites 8 sources.

A 6 page paper discussing Home Depot as described in Harvard case 9-101-117. The paper discusses strategy in 2000, core competencies and competitive advantages to recommend strategy for the future. The paper also gives management a grade, which the author explains should be a C-. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 5 page paper discussing the reasons for and need of ongoing training in health care, for the purpose of persuading a real-world director of nursing to take advantage of training programs available. In today's hypercompetitive health care environment where costs continue to spiral upward despite efforts to contain them, it can seem to ...

This 7-page paper discusses questions pertaining to learning teams, effectiveness, problem solving and conflict management. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 9 page paper considers the subject of corporate strategy and examines the potential conflict of expectations by stakeholders and how this will impact upon organisational strategy. Examples are used to illustrate the points raised. The bibliography cites 11 sources.

A 4 page paper discussing the place of women's apparel on the industry life cycle curve. Every product and industry can be fitted onto the life cycle curve, characterized by development, introduction, growth, maturity and decline. There is no question that women's apparel lies mostly in the maturity phase of the industry life ...

A 3 page paper examining the vertical structure of Rock of Ages, the country's largest integrated granite memorial company operating quarries, production facilities and retail outlets. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 5 page paper is based on a case study of Papa Gene's Herb Garden, specifically, why they survived when their much larger partner folded. The essay comments on primary and support activities, core competencies, intangible assets, and Porter's strategies for a competitive advantage. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 10 page paper considers the topic of how strategy is formed and the way in which competing stakeholder needs may impact on that decision. Business has the goal of satisfying shareholders. However shareholders are not the only stakeholders. If a company does not satisfy the needs of other stakeholders they may loos business or ...

A 4 page paper assessing a case study of Virgin Group in 1998. The recommendation is that (1) Virgin organize its businesses according to a central core such as transportation, entertainment, hospitality and other categories into which present businesses fit; (2) identify five the company believes it can maintain a position of no less ...

This 23-page paper focuses on the importance of leadership in terms of motivation, example setting and discipline. The paper also discusses the importance of knowing how to follow, as well as how to lead. The paper discusses examples of leadership in the military and business world. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 8 page paper considers roles and tasks that an integrated project team would be expected to undertake, how the team might operate and the difficulties that may be faced if the team members are in different locations. The bibliography cites 15 sources.

This 14 page paper begins with an introduction to and overview of chaos theory and systems thinking. The bulk of the paper discuses change management and includes comments and discussions about variables needed for successful change projects, causes and reasons for resistance, when employees are likely to be resistant, strategies for managing resistance and the ...

A 10 page paper discussing Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in terms of Wal-Mart's supply chain. It is not yet cost effective to use RFID tags at the item level, but that is Wal-Mart's goal, one shared by other retailers. Though it enables a degree of automation that has enabled organizations such as Wal-Mart ...

Any business will have to make decision regarding they way they formulate strategy. This 4 page paper considers the specific problems associated with any low population oligopoly. The bibliography cites 3 sources.

A 12 page paper. The writer discusses specific categories to include when evaluating an organization. For each category, the writer discusses what a consultant would need to know; or what items to review in that category. In some cases, a list of questions is provided to demonstrate what information the consultant would need to obtain ...

A 3 page paper that provides a brief look at Starbucks Corporation, the world's largest specialty coffee retailer. An emphasis is place on human resources but the essay also provides information about the structure of the company and their management principles. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 9 page paper examines the types of problems that are likely to occur in multi-project situation which are less likely to be seen where there is only a single project. This includes problems such as competition for resources, clashing priorities, lack of transparency, problems with information flow and bounded rationality. The bibliography cites 8 ...

This 17 page paper examines McDonalds, the well known fast food restaurant. The paper looks at the organizational systems and subsystems, the company's competitive advantage including a value chain analysis, the impact that McDonalds and other fast food companies have had on the beef industry and the manufacturing processes, the impact of globalization, franchising and ...

This 4-page paper focuses on where benchmarking fits into the business reengineering process. The paper also discusses performance goals and objectives with benchmarking as well. Bibliography lists 4 sources.