Essays and Research Papers on Management & Business

A 6 page paper reporting the results of a simulation to the Board of Directors of Mercury International. A new management team was charged with increasing revenues, stock price, ROA and EBITDA over three years' time, and this is the report of the management team at the end of those three years. All ...

A 10 page paper discussing four issues raised in "Managing in the New Millennium." The four scenarios address differences in management style; how those differences can both create stress and add value; and appropriate ways to manage those differences. The paper assesses three candidates for branch administrator and analyzes the qualities of the ...

A 6 page paper that presents part of a strategic plan for a new restaurant that caters to dieters. The paper explains and discusses the business, mission and vision, and customer base. The paper discusses the steps needed to succeed, including management and a marketing plan. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 5 page paper considers the environmental conditions that were present to help drive the development of the Toshiba Tablet PC from marketing perceptive, looking at the human, social, technological and general market conditions. The bibliography cites 4 sources.

This 4 page paper looks a the way in which strategic alliances and closer working partnerships is business may be in fashion, but can also be vulnerable to the problems of deterioration, with those that appear to be the most compatible being the most vulnerable. The paper looks at how and why this can occur ...

A 7 page paper discussing the decline that Krispy Kreme has been suffering for several years. In danger of being delisted in mid-2005, the company's stock trades at about $6 in early 2006; franchisees are declaring bankruptcy; and the man who strove to clean up Enron, Stephen Cooper, has been installed as CEO. ...

A 5 page paper comparing points of key operations at nonprofits and among public-sector organizations. Superficially, it would seem that nonprofit organizations and public-sector organizations operate in much the same way. They each have ongoing and basic needs to give concerted attention to issues of operations, including business activity, staffing, funding, housing and ...

6 pages in length. Lackadaisical leadership can be just as ineffective as overbearing operators when it comes to motivating for best organizational performance. The current situation at ABC Wholesalers - a company that provides house wares, decorative outdoor items and gifts to retailers – is one that has caused the organization to lose ...

A 3 page paper reviewing economic factors affecting the construction industry in Southern California during the first quarter of 2006 and for the short-term future beyond. Current price pressures originate with Katrina-related rebuilding and spiraling fuel costs that are leading to increased inflation. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 3 page paper answering two questions about price setting price taking in various stages of product life cycle maturity, ending with the text of a memo to a decision maker about how to price a notebook PC after entry of competitors to the market. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 12 page paper examines the UK Supermarket industry. The paper starts with an examination of the macro factors with the use of a PEST analysis. The paper then looks at the drivers and the performance of the main competitors; Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Asda, which is part of Wal-Mart before looking at how one ...

A 5 page case analysis of a company mourning its lack of success with clinging to legacy, mainframe-dependent systems that are more than 20 years old. The company pours millions into "fixes" each year and seeks to recoup some of those costs by selling its system to non-competing transportation companies. The paper recommends ...

A 6 page paper that begins by outlining seven objectives for Boeing with a reason for identifying each. The essay then discusses and action plan for the company to achieve the objectives. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

This 4 page paper looks at a case study supplied by the student. The company, TechSmart, aims to give customers quality service and value. The paper looks at how this is achieved with reference to Demming’s 14 points and the Baldridge criteria and identifies potential areas of improvement. The bibliography cites 1 source.

This 8 page paper is written in two parts. The first part analyses price and output determination in a market dominated by a monopoly, noting the likely effects on the public. The second part evaluates whether Microsoft operates against the public interest. The bibliography cites 9 sources.

A 7 page paper assessing the woeful state of IT at a private hospital in Arizona. Individual departments are operating as though they are autonomous, separate units rather than parts of a whole that has need for departmental data across the entire organization. The paper recommends replacing existing systems with a single, fully ...

This is a 10 page paper which examines the possible reasons that General Motors is failing while Toyota Corporation is continuing to succeed. The bibliography has 4 sources.

A 3 page paper answering 3 project management discussion questions addressing ethics, budgets and definitions of terms. Terms included are PERT, CPM, critical path and dummy event. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 5 page expansion of an earlier paper adding a strategic plan and explanation of measurement for two of the company's values, customer satisfaction and quality. This paper also narrows focus to include only the 787 Dreamliner, scheduled to begin delivery in 2008. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

An 8 page paper assessing the potential usefulness of applying ABC to the food service operation at the Palace Hotel Guam. ABC has been replacing traditional costing methods in manufacturing settings for years, but it is not often applied to or used in service settings and for the most part is practically unknown in ...

A 3 page paper discussing the issue of properly identifying the underlying problem rather than only symptoms of the problem. Striving for bringing processes into statistical control using the tools of root cause analysis recalls some of the basic premises of TQM as well as the basic tools used for problem identification two decades ...

A 19 page marketing audit of Target. The paper addresses environmental and marketing issues, including a discussion of Target's marketing mix. Target appears to be positioned well to continue the current phase of growth as it progresses to the next point in its history. Target occupies a place between the high prices ...

A 3 page paper discussing the anticipated merger of EEST and Ouest and how managers at EEST can assist with the transitions. An apt beginning point is assessment of current culture; anticipated culture changes; and applicable change models. The paper discusses Schein's model of culture and change models of Lewin; Bridges and Mitchell; ...

This 11 page paper considers why the measurement of service quality is important in the tourism and hospitality industries and the way that both hard measures, looking at objective factors and soft measures that assess subjective elements of service should both be used. The paper then considers how subjective data can be collected and the ...

A 3 page paper providing an 8-section evaluation matrix to be used in assessing the technology and change management projects of a group of Master's students. Possible points total 100, and the matrix includes description of "acceptable" and "excellent" efforts. No sources listed.