Essays and Research Papers on Management

A 4 page paper discussing today's realities of customer relations. Today's customers have myriad options and finally have regained their rightful position as the only reason for any business to exist. It is up to the organization to serve that customer in the best ways possible and to let the customer know that the business ...

5 pages in length. Employee compensation is a significant determinant when people decide where they are going to work. In 1996 alone, the percentage of total employee compensation was at twenty-eight point one, one and a half percent higher than in 1986. Without the benefit packages offered by virtually every large company in America, employers ...

11 pages in length. An in-depth discussion of employee needs and how to obtain a mutually-satisfactory working environment through more effective methods of compensation. The writer discusses the importance of motivation to employees, Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, etc; Examples are applied to true job scenarios and a case study of the Walton Enterprises Company is ...

A 10 page research paper that looks at the question of how to change the compensation plan for sales people from salary to base plus commission. The benchmarking approach is taken to investigate what other companies are doing and then to make a recommendation on which plan to adopt. Included in the discussion are the ...

A 5 page paper discussing re-engineering as it applies to the non profit organization. "Change" has been refined over the past few years to first include Total Quality Management (TQM), then simply "re-engineering," then a refinement to a process with its own acronym: business process reengineering (BPR). The focus of each is to continually improve ...

An 11 page paper discussing the theory behind motivating employees. Following a decade of downsizing, cost cutting and merging, more and more businesses look for ways to give their employees what they want. Too many companies believe that employee motivation rests in monetary rewards, without either realizing or acknowledging individuals' needs for recognition. Formal studies ...

A 20 page paper discussing employee motivation in the hotel industry. The hotel business, along with every other type of business in the country, has attempted for some time to implement industry-wide quality assurance programs in order to provide their customers with the best possible service and in a spirit of continual improvement. Hotels certainly ...

A 5 page research paper which examines how the hospitality-tourism industry in the U.S. is changing to meet the new demands of the technological age. The writer also addresses how this impacts institutions of higher hospitality learning. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 10 page report discusses three hotel chains and the differences between them. Each has capitalized on a new form of hotel facility and management and each serves a unique sector of the market. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

A 20 page paper discussing the determinants of commitment within an organization. How the organization measures commitment, what the antecedents of commitment are, and the levels of commitment based on individual characteristics of workers are also discussed. Bibliography lists 28 sources.

5 pages in length. If there is one constant in the current issues affecting corporation boards of directors, it is that their duties are ever-changing. There was a time when the role of corporation boards of directors was primarily to oversee the company's overall business tactics and make sure that it was performing as expected ...

A 5 page paper discussing leadership qualities and the best ways to determine and enhance an individual's own leadership skills. The writer examines three of Sheila Murray Bethel's 12 leadership qualities and uses them as a guide to evaluating individual leadership strengths and weaknesses. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 10 page paper discussing how attribution theory can be applied within the organization to enhance employees' performance and the organization's overall productivity as well as competitive advantage. The theory provides a means for both explaining and predicting individual behavior, and is based on the assumption that individuals will ascribe certain qualifications to either an ...

3 pages in length. There exist a number of variables when one considers how managerial ideologies structure the nature and character of work. For instance, the differences between gendered conceptions of work demonstrate how one perspective can be completely altered from another; what men understand to be representative of managerial ideologies is not necessarily the ...

A 5 page paper discussing Maslow's hierarchy of needs as they apply to employee motivation. Maslow formulated his hierarchy of needs 30 years ago when he determined that people universally first ensured that they had the means of sustenance and safe shelter, and then organized themselves into groups as a result of a need for ...

30 pages in length. Too many companies believe that employee motivation rests in monetary rewards, without either realizing or acknowledging individuals' needs for recognition. Formal studies and informal surveys alike reveal that while managers often will list money as the top factor in motivating employees, the employees themselves are much more likely to list first ...

A 15 page research paper that investigates organizational behaviors and dynamics. Social cognitive theory, self-efficacy theory and Maslow's hierarchy are discussed. One section focuses on maintenance models for grocery stores. One illustration included. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

5 pages in length. Corporations are no different than any other entity of life where there must exist a distinct direction and method of operation. Instilling such components into the corporation's framework in the form of vision and mission statements is essential in the company's overall concept. Without a firm foundation upon which to stand, ...

A 6 page paper discussing the holistic view of manufacturing plant maintenance. TPM as a strategic tool quite possibly could become the telling factor that separates the most successful companies from those whose overall performance is strong but never spectacular. In today's increasingly competitive business climate, organizations must operate as efficiently as possible. While TPM ...

A 10 page paper discussing that positive working relationships are critical to the success of any business, whether large or small. In order to achieve and maintain high employee morale and low turnover, many companies are looking to the concept of group dynamics. The writer explains the principles behind this program, as well as discusses ...

The process of decision-making within the scope of group dynamics requires an understanding of a number of different theoretical components of group behavior, including consensus, Groupthink and dissonance reduction. This 5 page paper considers the basic components of group dynamics as they relate to the process of decision-making and then evaluates the implications of group ...

An 8 page research paper on the life and subsequent work of German-American psychologist Kurt Lewin. It describes some of Lewin's theories, and discusses about how they relate in society today. Lewin is most commonly regarded as one of the founders of the Organizational Development (OD) movement He described organizations as existing in a state ...

A 5 page paper in which the writer provides an overview of the changing role of women in the American workforce and demonstrates their changing influence and the call for equality. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

In this 10 page research paper, the writer evaluates the hypocrisy that women are discriminated against in the workplace. Using relevant studies, it is argued that women are physiologically more capable of effectively handling common administrative tasks and situations for two main reasons : (1) their brains may be intrinsically more efficient with regard to ...

8 pages in length. There is really nothing any more remarkable in women entrepreneurs' efforts than there are in the men counterparts' work, at least not in the present. In the early years, women were at a distinct disadvantage if they intended to focus on any business that could be seen as untraditional. Since those ...