Essays and Research Papers on Miscellaneous Issues in Business

This 5 page report discusses strategic planning and a non-profit organization. The strategic plan of mid-sized credit union is examined and various aspects and problems of the plan are noted. Certain aspects of strategic planning - vision, mission, evaluating opportunities and threats - are still fundamental components of effective strategic planning, regardless of the ...

A 10 page paper discussing conditions in the late 1980s. The company had been through some trying times, but senior management appeared to finally have a hand on the business as the decade of the 1980s entered its latter years. Senior management had little opportunity to see their short-term plans and long-range visions ...

A 10 page paper discussing the world's most admired company (Fortune, 1998 and 1999), where it came from and how it has attained its position in the world. As did much of American manufacturing in the 1970s and 1980s, GE had its share of difficulties. It was accused of being a behemoth beyond ...

A 5 page paper that analyzes three journal articles in which the writer presents an opinion about the case or about Bill Gates' and other Microsoft executives actions during the trial. Each article is analyzed for what it says directly and indirectly and the perspective each writer demonstrates in the article. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 8 page report discusses the wine production of California and the numerous reasons that California is the finest wine-producing region in the world. In the last 20 years American vineyards, especially those in California, have produced wines as good as or surpassing any in the world. The simple fact is that, especially ...

This 9 page report discusses activity-based costing as a process that analyzes all the activities in the distribution system, from the warehouse to the consumer. It includes distribution, handling, shelf space and velocity. ABC translates costs into a language that people can understand and into element of costs, namely the work activities, which is based ...

A 14 page paper discussing a specific company's (MSD, Ltd.) approach to software development in a global setting, followed by detailed discussions of questions such as how organizations can avoid the security risks inherent in centralizing its electronically-stored data; whether effective business strategy is dependent on effective information management strategy; and why any organization would ...

A 9 page paper discussing considerations for marketing high-quality fashion accessories in the home of the fashion capital of the world. France always has possessed the attitudes on which we can build success through marketing high-quality costume jewelry; its rather new but consistent economic prosperity now makes it attractive for its potential markets as ...

This 7 page report discusses accounting for stock method plans and includes information on the primary concerns involved with the accounting side of administering such a plan. For a large number of companies in the United States, a portion of executive compensation is in the form of stock options. This can serve as incentive, ...

A 7 page paper that discusses hostile and friendly takeovers. Specific examples are used to describe the process of one company acquiring another. The effect on the price of stocks is also discussed. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

A 6 page paper discussing the concepts of Kaplan and Norton's 1996 book, The Balanced Scorecard : Translating Strategy into Action. As business grows increasingly competitive, it has become necessary for organizations to track ever so much more closely their financial performance, and gain the highest degree of benefit possible from the resources they ...

A 7 page paper which examines the safety issues which have plagued the Tyson Foods’ meat-packing conglomerate by specifically considering current concerns, the root causes of the problems as well as proposing recommendations that can be made to improve the situation. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

8 pages in length. In economics, an oligopoly is the domination of a market for a particular product or service by a single company, which can therefore restrict competition and keep prices high. In practice, a company can be said to have an oligopoly when it controls a significant proportion of the market. ...

A 9 page research paper that examines Bentham's conception of the Panopticon and Foucault's views on its detrimental effects. The writer argues that modern society should be wary of the panoptical surveillance that is available with current technology—no matter what rationalizations are offered by business and corporate interests. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 6-page paper presents a typical organizational behavior problem of employee motivation. It outlines many of the causes as well as a solid plan to get the company back on track through incentives. Bibliography lists five sources.

8 pages in length. The current trend within the fundamental basis of business operations is to establish a sense of empowerment, both from within and without the company, so as to effectively implement a working relationship among management, risk-taking decisions and the economic benefits those seek to derive. Examines the positive effects of ...

This 8 page paper considers a possible acquisition of a leisure company (a case study supplied by the student and included in an appendix is used). The financial issues are considered including the reasons for the sale including a decrease in turnover in recent years and the measures to be taken in order to reduce ...

10 pages in length. There exists little tolerance for drug use and abuse at City Ice and Cold Storage. Not only does substance abuse disrupt the flow of day-to-day production because of excessive absenteeism, incessant tardiness and poor job performance, but it also costs the company untold numbers of dollars each year in ...

This 5 page report examines three questions related to each of the above topics in the context of the decisions that must be made in terms of individual and organizational rights and obligations. No secondary sources.

In 5 pages, the author discusses selecting the most lucrative mutual funds to insure financial stability. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 7 page research paper that examines David M. Gordon's Fat and Mean: The Corporate Squeeze of Working Americans and the Myth of Managerial "Downsizing" (1996). The writer first offers chapter summaries from the book, and then summations of three book reviews on this work. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 7 page paper investigates the corporate values at Northwest Airlines and Levi Strauss & Co. The writer points to the changes in Northwest since 1993 when the company was on the verge of bankruptcy. The writer also describes the values that have been a part of Levi Strauss since it was founded more than ...

A 10 page paper. The banking industry has changed dramatically over the past two to three decades. Deregulation has allowed commercial banks to merge creating mammoth size financial institutions. The Internet and electronic banking is just another aspect of the industry that promises to make these huge banks even bigger - if they take the ...

A 7 page paper that provides an overview of the aluminum industry. The American sector is the largest producer in the world. Despite the problems the industry has experienced internationally during the last several years, the environment seems to be turning around for them. Automobile makers, for instance, are using more aluminum in their cars. ...

An 18 page paper that investigates the proposed three-way merger of Canada's Alcan Aluminum Ltd., France's Pechiney and Switzerland's Algroup (Alusuisse Lonza group). The merger would create a megacorporation that would take leadership in a number of businesses within the aluminum industry. The paper begins with an overview of some of the mergers within the ...