Essays and Research Papers on Management

An 8 page paper. This essay compares and contrasts military leadership and civilian leadership using Kouzes and Posner's Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership as the target. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

A 3 page paper. This essay presents a book review of this 25th anniversary edition of Servant Leadership, Servant leadership: A Journey Into The Nature Of Legitimate Power And Greatness. The Review identifies key points, strengths and weaknesses, how it resonates with writer's own vision of leadership, and those principles that would help motivate ...

A 4 page paper. Discusses Kotter's Eight-Stage Change Process. The paper points out the step in the process that would be like a reactive change. Each of the stages is briefly discussed. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 3 page paper. The essay discusses issues about food processing plants and how one plant can avoid total failure, which is to meet the demands and that is now going out of business. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 20 page paper. The entitled book is the catalyst for this essay. The full title of the book is Hot, Flat, And Crowded. Why We Need a Green Revolution – and How it Can Renew America. the paper discusses some of the author's ideas, leadership development, the need for global leadership, and some of ...

A 12 page paper. This essay presents a plan for researching how technology impacts the logistics industry. A literature review compilation begins the paper. That is followed by methodology design, methodology data collection, and measures. The paper presents a literature based design with the addition of a questionnaire of logistics managers. The paper identifies ...

This 4-page paper gives an overview on Benjamin Franklin's leadership qualities and what made him a good leader. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 7-page paper discusses leadership and motivational theories in the workplace. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses ways in which managers could handle two difficult situations: one in which a worker emails everyone in the department criticizing a co-workers, and the second in which a report is handed in that is utterly useless. Bibliography lists 1 sources.

A 3 page paper. In the mid-1990s, Goleman argued that leaders must have high emotional intelligence to succeed. Research confirmed the importance of emotional intelligence. This paper explains Goleman’s theory, components in EQ, and why it is important. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

A 6 page paper. Leaders will develop their philosophy based on knowledge, experiences, personal values, personality, and on other beliefs. This paper reports some of the generic types of philosophies of leadership. The writer discusses two research studies to illustrate how leadership affects followers. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 5 page paper provides an overview of motivation with a focus on extrinsic and intrinsic forms. This paper relates the belief that different motivational strategies can be connected to Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Bibliography lists 12 sources.

This is a 9 page paper that provides an overview of a complex institution's networking system. Patton-Fuller Community Hospital is offered as an example, using the OSI model. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper begins with lists of traits attributed to the genuine leader by two different authors. The writer explains these and describes a manager in their own experience who was a genuine leader. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 9 page paper is written in two parts. The first part explains the concept of competitive advantage and looks at how a firm may decide what form of advantage to pursue. The second part of the paper discusses advantages and challenges and strategies that may be found in international business. The bibliography ...

A 15 page paper that reports an external analysis of Wal-Mart and the retail industry. The paper includes a description of the retail industry, an S-C-P (structure, conduct, performance) analysis and a Five Forces analysis. The paper describes the general environment for the industry, strategies of competitors, the opportunities and threats for Wal-Mart, key ...

A 3 page paper. Under Howard Schultz's leadership, Starbucks became the most successful specialty coffee retailer in the world. It started failing when Schultz stepped down. Several years later, Schultz was asked to resume his CEO position. This essay discusses Schultz's characteristics and traits and his leadership style. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 3 page paper looks at concept of competitive advantage and considers the way in which a firm may build the foundation to gain and then maintain a competitive advantage, looking at both cost advantage and differentiation. The bibliography cites 3 sources.

A 3 page paper that provides an historical overview of some of the functions corporate headquarters with examples. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 10 page paper that provides a brief background on the company, where they created the Apple and Mac, and customer service practices. Other topics discussed in include relationship marketing. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

A 3 page paper that reviews articles from a past USA Today issue that identifies outstanding leaders, who are listed in this essay. The paper discusses traits and characteristics, obstacles leaders overcame, how they broke the status quo, why there should be a balance between men and women leaders and tips on looking for other ...

This 4-page paper examines employee's privacy at work in regards to e-mail and Internet monitoring and how policies work at my job. There are 3 sources cited.

This 3 page paper defines and explains the strategy process, how it may be used by a firm called Riordan and considers the differences in that process for a domestic strategy as opposed to an international strategy. The bibliography cites 2 sources.

This 4-page paper examines the TQM and Administrative Management theories, and why they might be ineffective when it comes to the establishment, leadership and growth of a university center dedicated to teaching meeting management skills to women. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

a 6 page paper that addresses two major topics. The first discusses the power and influence Howard Schultz has with Starbucks. The second discusses emotional intelligence, including whether or not it can translate across borders. Bibliography lists 7 sources.