Essays and Research Papers on Management & Business

An 11 page paper that presents a hypothetical case study of a mail order catalog company that had to downsize. The format of this paper is: description of event (downsizing), key players, history of the event, epilog. The writer then provides a narrative about the situation and an analysis. The analysis takes the form of ...

A 3 page paper discussing forecasts for the power tool industry through 2009 and reviewing the websites of Black & Decker, Bosch, Makita and Porter-Cable to assess how these companies are using industry forecasts. Each of the companies' sites reveals the same overriding strategy, though focus falls into consumer and professional groups. Only ...

A 4 page paper discussing top-down cost estimation of large projects to assess the method's overall reliability. Though it may not be possible to devise totally accurate cost estimates of projects filled with unknowns, certainly it is necessary to gain a better understanding of final cost than has been possible with traditional bottom-up methods. ...

This 24 page paper explores an industry in decline. The industry is the UK directly enquiries industry which was liberalised in 2002, but had been showing a decline prior to this. The paper examines the decline, looking at the measures that show the decline. The reasons for the fall in demand are examined including the ...

This 16 page paper examines the private investment company 3i. The paper starts by reviewing the 2001 and 2002 financial performance, the second part of the paper then examines the strategy of the company with reference to the models of Porter, Hofstede, Bartlett and Goshal and others. The bibliography cites 11 sources.

A 16 page paper. The stimulus question for this essay is: Do leadership theories help organizations to develop effective leadership? To address the question, the writer begins with a description and examples of bad leaders and defines the term organizational effectiveness. The rest of the essay focuses on leadership theories that have resulted in greater ...

A 4 page paper consisting of a consultant's interim report to management and an analysis section of how the consultant could proceed. A project was begun and then halted for reasons unrelated to the project; the consultant is seeking to gain the client's permission to proceed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 4 page paper discussing two huge management errors of the past as today, most of us use Windows®-based computers and record an occasional television show on our old VHS machines. The result could have been quite different, had Sony and Apple chosen to allow others to share in their discoveries and efforts, and ...

A 5 page paper discussing the organizational structure of a large (800 patients) hospice and the implications that the structure can carry for organizational function. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 10 page paper discussing the traits and skills that a property manager must have. The effective property manager must have the ability to be all things to all people at one time or another, while simultaneously having a knack for getting things done. The property manager cannot be one to "sit" on ...

A 6 page paper seeking to answer the question of the title. Bias in financial reporting was documented more than 100 years ago, and it has been an ongoing problem since that time. Auditing is thought to reduce that bias, but does it have its full intended effect? Research indicates that deep ...

A 3 page paper discussing the differences that allocating costs in proportion with the processes that create them can cause in the quality of cost and profit information. Part 1 provides results with allocated and unallocated costs; Part 2 evaluates the results of the deli and fresh prepared foods departments of a large grocery ...

A 3 page paper examining HarperCollins' approach to electronic media. Harrison-Keyes has met only with significant problems in developing a sales model centered on electronic formats. It now seeks to benchmark another publishing company. The approach that HarperCollins has taken to e-book distribution thus far is one that can be highly workable ...

A 4 page paper discussing items that forecasting planners need to consider when designing a forecasting process. It is the task of the forecaster to determine which direction demand will travel. Organizations must be prepared for increased demand; they also must enter times of downturn with foresight. Each condition requires that forecasts ...

A 7 page paper discussing the macroenvironment in which Boeing will be launching the 787 Dreamliner when it becomes available in 2006, for the purpose of establishing a strategic plan for the company. The paper examines the economy and sociocultural considerations, choosing to focus on economic conditions. The Dreamliner is expected to be ...

A 14 page paper discussing the qualities of successful "changing of the guard" at leading companies. What makes such an effective leader that all of industry recognizes the organization's leadership and business gurus gush over the organization's leadership? Moreover, how does such a company deal with management succession in a manner that ensures ...

A 5 page paper discussing three primary questions that must be answered before being able to arrive at a workable supply chain in terms of global transport of materials. The questions are: what types of goods are being moved; how quickly each shipment is needed; and what types of infrastructure exists in remote ...

A 7 page paper that discusses the reasons managers do not delegate, the errors managers make when delegating, the steps for successful delegation and the benefits of effective delegation. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 4 page paper provides an overview of the use of personality testing to demonstrate leadership. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 16 page paper examines leadership at Wal-Mart. The first part of the paper uses a PESTLE analysis to examine the political, economic, socio-cultural, technological, legal and environmental influences and the way leadership has responded to these influences. The second part of the paper looks at leadership at store level and considers the theory that ...

An 11 page paper examining application of strategy assessment at a company that does not receive a great deal of attention for such assessment because it makes practically no information available outside the company. One of Porter's overriding messages is that strategy consists of a series of choices about how a company chooses to ...

A 6 page paper using Harvard Case 9-697-058 to assess the new product development process at Kirkham Industries. Kirkham supplies biochemical and biomedical researchers with specialized laboratory devices and equipment, and its management has determined that a centralized approach to management new product development would be beneficial. Results demonstrate that such centralization is ...

This 6 page paper considers a fictitious real estate company that is facing 3 problems, a shortfall in service standards, attempting to serve a target market that is too broad and potential cash flow problems due to growth. The paper looks at how to identify analyse and solve the problems. The bibliography cites 5 ...

A 9 page outline of ten examples of best practices in knowledge management. The late Peter Drucker warned decades ago that virtually all workers in the future (i.e., now) would be knowledge workers. Information technology has come to provide the backbone of business operation rather than merely recording historical results as it did ...

A range of tools and techniques have been developed to aid critical thinking and decision making. This 5 page paper examines one of these tools, the Force Field Analysis develop by Kurt Lewin, explaining what it is, how it can be used and the circumstances to which it is best suited. The bibliography cites 3 ...