Essays and Research Papers on Management

This is a 13 page paper that provides an overview of organizational leadership. Common challenges to leadership quality and potential solutions are presented. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

A 3 page paper that discusses the legal and political environments for Albertsons both domestically and internationally. Examples are given. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 8 page paper analyses and critiques an article by Beer and Nohria entitled "Cracking the Code of Change", looking at the content and considering the way it fits in with existing change theories, including ideas concerning the psychological contract. The ideas are compared and contrasted and a conclusion is presented. The bibliography cites ...

A 4 page paper that explains how the situational leadership works. Jack Welch is used as an example of a real leader who employed this style. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 4 page paper that reports on three journal articles. One study considers public organizations and asks whether structure affects transformational behaviors in public organizations. The second study considers the effect of transformational and transactional leadership behaviors on contact personnel, i.e., customer service representatives. The final study explores the effect of educational reforms on ...

This 3 page paper uses Jim Collins’ concepts of how a company can improve to evaluate the way in which Walgreens turned itself around. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This is a 5 page paper that provides an overview of risk management. External and internal risk management strategies are discussed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 8 page paper looks at the value of using rich pictures as a tool to assess a firm and aid in problem solving. The use and value of the tool is discussed, a rich picture of a car manufacturer is created and then used as an example. The bibliography cites 5 sources.

This 7 page paper discusses several organizational diagnosis models to assess which may be most useful for Microsoft in determining strategy following their acquisition of Skype. The models assessed are the Force field Analysis of Kurt Lewin, the Nadler-Tushman Congruence Model, McKensey's 7 S's model and Weisbords Six Box Model. The bibliography cites 7 ...

This 4-page paper discusses introduction of Hawthorne Studies theories into developing countries. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 5 page paper examines the importance of maintenance of facilities management in the process of decision-making. The relevance of these functions within decision-making and the support they provide for the determination of strategy is discussed with reference to the concept of competitive advantage and the resource based view. The bibliography cites 5 sources.

This 5 page paper looks at some of the issues associated with a firm adopting an agile strategy. The paper defines the concept, looks at an indicative literature list and assessing the concept fro the experience of the writer. The bibliography cites 16 sources.

This 3 page paper explains what the forward pass is, how to calculate it and why it is important. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 5 page research paper, first of all, summarizes management principles as set forth by Fayol (1984). Then, the writer discusses their application to a non-profit, Habitat for Humanity. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 page paper that explains rational decision making, behavioral theory of decision making including bounded reality and satisficing, and assumptions of decision making. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 page paper. The first part of this paper defined deception and deceive. The bulk of this paper discusses corporate crisis management and presents a process for developing a plan. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of digital brain trusts. A hypothetical example is used to show the steps in defining and building a useful brain trust. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3-page paper examines various types of leadership styles. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page paper that discusses the lessons the writer learned from reading Maxwell's Developing the Leader Within You. The writer reports Maxwell's five principles for picking people and his five ways to have a winning team. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 3 page paper discussing recent world-trade statistics and the product life cycle for manufactured goods. Other factors discussed are the Leontief paradox, Heckscher-Ohlin trade theory, and Ricardo trade theory in reference to international trade patterns. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of leadership qualities. A hypothetical team leader analysis is carried forth. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3-page paper discusses tasks of industrial-organizational psychologists and how they help add to an organization's bottom line. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 9 page paper looks at the definition and characteristics which are associated with the concept of the learning organization, looking at the ideas of different theorists, including Peter change, and considering the way in which they may manifest in commercial organizations, contrasting the reality with the theory. The bibliography cites 21 sources.

A 5 page paper that discusses several articles that address this topic. They explain how organizations are political and what that means for the leader. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 3-page paper discusses performance metrics applied to leadership as well as the Path-Goal Theory of Leadership. Bibliography lists 2 sources.