Essays and Research Papers on Management & Business

A 3 page paper containing two project management discussion questions (telecommuting team members and cultural aspects of team management) and an executive summary of a student-supplied article about the future of the tobacco industry and how economic factors will affect it in the future. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page paper answering 5 questions about management theory and leadership style. Most questions deal with the differences in and value of contingency theory; normative decision models; participative style; and autocratic styles. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 3 page paper assessing the current information systems of a home health agency in the context of work-centered analysis. Proposed IT system changes will positively affect architecture, performance and infrastructure, but they will greatly reduce the level of risk at which the company operates on a daily basis. Includes a chart. ...

A 3 page paper using Dow Chemical as a benchmark example for InterClean, a supplier of industrial cleaning products. InterClean seeks to develop total packages based on the needs of existing customers, rather than selling them individual items on a piecemeal basis. Dow's approach to developing a workable substitute for a chlorine-based solvent ...

A 3 page analysis of these two companies. Service Corporation International is the funeral and cemetery services company in the world. Stewart Enterprises is the #3 provider of funeral services in North America. The essay discusses last year's fiscal performance and risk management strategies with a general overview of both companies. 1 Table included. Bibliography ...

A 6 page paper providing the environmental analysis section of a larger strategic plan for HHH, a home health care company. Internal factors that can be expected to affect the business over the next decade are rising costs and uninsured patients; external factors are rising costs, the aging population and the diabetes epidemic. ...

A 4 page paper examining the operation of Harry Huffnpuff Glassblowing for the purpose of recommending changes in Harry's approach to his business. Harry's process is extremely wasteful and he is unable to earn the salary he requires for 40 weeks' work throughout the year. The paper identifies the source of waste and ...

A 4 page paper that offers a competitive analysis of the entitled hospital. The essay includes background about the hospital, an analysis of its mission and vision statements, and its position in the grand strategy matrix. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 12 page paper reflecting on the end of an MBA course of study and relating the topics of three classes – Managerial Economics, Marketing and Strategic Management – to the "real world" in which the MBA student works. The student owns a restaurant so the paper uses restaurant examples. Sections of the ...

This 5 page paper uses a hypothetical scenario presented by the student. The first section discusses the difficulties in changing corporate culture and comments on resistance. The second section explains Adams' equity theory and Herzberg's two-factor theory of motivation. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

A 5 page paper that discusses specific issues of an external environmental analysis: political issues with allegations of unfair subsidies by both Boeing and Airbus; the power of suppliers; technology challenges in the aerospace industry, specifically, anti-terrorism technology. One operational issue is discussed: how Boeing will gain a competitive advantages. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 4 page paper describes and discusses the role of the manager within the context of the modern organisation giving examples and citing practise to support the arguments. The bibliography cites 7 sources.

A 6 page paper discussing the operation and financial management of the venerable motorcycle company. At the end of 2005, the company that flirted with bankruptcy only a few years ago currently enjoys a market share of well over 50% and a 16.93% profit margin as it continues to attract younger, affluent customers. ...

A 3 page paper discussing traits of Paul Orfalea, who founded Kinko's in 1970 with a single location so small that its one copy machine had to be used on the sidewalk and taken in at night. In 30 years' time, Kinko's grew from that single, tiny location near a California campus into 1,200 ...

A 4 page paper describing a "real life" leader and how she approaches her position, followed by a list of eleven traits that this leader exhibits on a regular basis. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 10 page paper looks at outsourcing and the way it is perceived by different stakeholders. The first part of the paper looks at the influences from the perceptive of the company, the employees and external stakeholders who may protest and includes diagrams to show the linkages. The paper then looks at how the company ...

An 11 page paper reviewing GM's current (2006) position in its industry; its financial position; and market trends. GM has only a 24% share of the US market and virtually no passenger cars as the truck market continues to slide. The paper recommends that GM offer an alternative-fuel car to the US market; ...

A 6 page paper discussing choices made in deciding how to ship product manufactured in Turkey to Seoul, South Korea. The shipper of choice is Maersk Sealand, which is able to take product from inland location to inland location, moving the company's products in dry containers that can be transported by ship, truck or ...

A 10 page paper integrating earlier task and risk management plans and a project forecast for an IT project at Acme Hospital enabling it to supply discounted prescription drugs to patients without risking possible fraud charges by Medicare. Medicare's new prescription drug plan clears the way for the hospital to offer lower-cost prescription drugs ...

This 9 page paper examines Gereffi’s production chain and compares and contrasts to the concept of a sector matrix as proposed by Froud, looking at the similarities and different and the way they may each be applied. The bibliography cites 10 sources.

A 6 page paper discussing a purchase decision facing CU Boxes Inc. and determining NPV of the purchase and cost of operation compared to the benefits the company can expect to gain from the purchase of a new machine used in production. The final page of the paper compares NPV, IRR and MIRR. ...

This 7 page paper considers how Amazon competes and if they are able to gain competitive advantages of both cost and differentiation. The paper looks at Porters theory of competitive advantage and applies it to this online store and then examines how it operates and the level of success it has in attempting to follow ...

A 5 page paper arranged in 5 tables, each of which identifies a problem in a factory, suggests an improvement, identifies obstacles to overcome and recommends means of overcoming obstacles. Some of the problems identified are factory layout, bottlenecks and production scheduling. No sources listed.

A 3 page paper discussing the market and industry in which Britain's Woolworths operates. An old company, Woolworths in the US ceased to exist years ago while the British version continued to operate. Today, Woolworths' competitors are better positioned to offer value and service. As Woolworths is comparable in the range of ...

This 3 page paper explains four leadership styles and comments on another. The four explained are The Great Man Theory, Democratic, Autocratic, Laissez-Faire, and situational. The writer comments on the leader who must fill multiple functions. Bibliography lists 8 sources.