Business Essays

It is a given fact that the resources—whether natural, material, or human—an economy has is limited. Though some resources are renewable, still it takes time to replenish them after their consumption. We cannot entirely and exhaustively use the resources that we have for we may not use them afterwards.

However it manifests itself, workplace violence is a growing concern for employers and employees nationwide. A very real, clear, and present danger lurks just beyond the consciousness of people who work together eight to ten hours a day, five to seven days a week. It is the potential for violence to occur in the workplace.

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TechWatt is a small successful business considering an expansion plan to move into a new headquarters facility. Each party involved in the project shall contribute information. Each piece is interdependent. This is a two-part value and risk management Study. Part one is about managing value. Part two is to manage and minimize risk.

Marketing consists of the strategies and tactics used to identify, create, and maintain satisfying relationships with customers that result in value for both the customer and the marketer. With increasing customer focus and innovative marketing techniques, the retail industry has become quite competitive.

Private Institutions in West Africa (a local magazine that gives updates on the private primary and post-primary institutions), gives the population projection of David Ambrose Multicultural College in the Mopti town of the Republic of Mali as follows (this projection is an approximation based on observation of the last two years). 

The paper helps to understand the following: Understand my own spending pattern Understand how various factors influence my personal financial plan Various elements of a comprehensive financial plan Making effective decisions considering opportunity costs and marginal effects The understanding necessity of a qualified financial planning professional

simulation of entire LAN operation using Netcracker Professional shows that the network is capable of handling large network traffic. Reliable software such as Server Operating Systems and office solutions were made part of the proposal to ensure the productivity of the completed network setup. The estimated costs of primary hardware were calculated to enable economic options and considerations.

Traveled internationally to locations including Germany and Saudi Arabia in support of military intelligence-gathering operations. Trained, supervised, mentored, and evaluated a team of 11 Russian voice operators working within $243M facility, ensuring swift mastery and application of classified intelligence-gathering systems. 

Consumers have discretionary sources of goods and services all the time if sellers’ prices are far above the inference of buyers. On the other hand, market players frequently respond by manipulating their own prices whose trend was set by the other participants, while costs is the ceiling price that drives purchases

In the early 1980s, Kohler began diversifying its company services by acquiring a furniture company and real estate that eventually became a luxury hotel. The family owned company now owns operations in twelve different countries. Kohler continues to be a privately held company.

The study uses two papers and highlights the two different approaches to pricing: one related to a more consumer focus and the other based on competitor focus. Using examples from different sectors, pricing policies and strategies are compared to provide a comprehensive picture of the marketing and business approaches of companies especially with regard to the pricing of goods.

As per, the viewpoints of Speed & Thompson (2000), Meenaghan (2001), and Grohs (2004) asserted that the customers do not perceive the concept of sponsorship as an additional marketing instrument, in addition, this also Bennett (1999) pointed out that the element of sponsorship can come out to the customers.

The author of the paper states that analysis of 261 Australian manufacturing companies revealed significant positive relationships between soft TQM and hard TQM elements. In addition to direct effects, soft TQM also has an indirect effect on performance through its effect on hard TQM.

The upgrade will also take advantage of all the current technologies out there such as VoIP to eliminate cost and free up budgeted dollars to be used more productively. One problem with the current network is the reliability. With this upgrade there will be a large amount of redundancy built in.

This movie can be summed up as being both interesting and informative. While not only striving to educate the viewer with a sampling of the history behind quantitative finance and options trading, it also sets out to illustrate the current attitudes about mathematical modeling in finance.

This strategy helps Toyota to appeal to the consumers' minds with offerings. Positioning of the new brand can be characterized by establishing trustworthiness, confidence, and competence for customers. This strategy is supported by the buying process and the pricing "Toyota wanted to get the jump on everyone else." (Burke, 2005).

In today's consumer-driven economy, people no longer buy for economic value or reason but because of the influence of images created by advertisement in media, which has become a powerful determinant on the purchasing decisions of consumersThis perception of present-day consumer behavior confirms that in the efforts of businesses to connect with consumer, it has come to a point where the quality of advertising is more important than the quality of a product.

SHRM has become the central focus of the operation of human resources. SHRM implies the organized way in which the human resource department and in this case the whole organization comes up with strategies. It involves taking into consideration a number of perspectives that are important to the operation of the department as a whole.

What is the product? In the simplest possible terms, a product is ‘a set of basic attributes assembled in an identifiable form’. However, in marketing, a product is much more than this. Instead, consumers do not buy just attributes but features and benefits that seek to fulfill their needs. These benefits can be both tangible and intangible.

It calls for futuristic vision, strategic planning, persistency in execution and quality management all ably supported by sound management abilities. For any business to thrive, there must be set goals, there must be objectives and there must be several strategies to adopt in order to achieve them.

A lot of people now rely on the internet for their operations especially shopping and as a result business firms have adopted the same strategy to do their business online. Doing business online is sometimes called e-business (internet marketing). Internet marketing is occasionally referred to as online marketing, e-marketing or web marketing. 

The importance of this research project is based on the fact that considerable insights could be gained by analyzing tourism potential of architectural landmarks especially in the context of architectural sites in the UK and London Eye is particular. London Eye has been promoted by the British government and private tourist companies as one of the foremost tourist spots to see or visit in London and this research would examine how the marketing process based on tourism management principles will be most effective in promoting London Eye as the tourist landmark or architectural site of UK.

Over the last 20 years, large corporations such as General Electric have been evolving rapidly, with their local marketing expanding into the global arena. General Electric Company, based in the United States, is one of the largest, most diversified companies in the world and is not to be confused with General Electric plc, a major UK company.

All tourism authors are in agreement that without attractions, there cannot be any viable tourism industry and with all the fierce competition coming from all tourism nations, less than attractive attractions can probably spell the demise of any tourism industry. Attractions, therefore, are the most important component of the tourism system.

The objective is a description of Beijing’s marketing strategies in relation to the history of Beijing as a tourism attraction, the political influences of China as a communist nation, and the following marketing events that have taken place. The purpose is a review of Beijing’s marketing strategy, as it is part of the public policy marketing strategy prior to and during the 2008 Olympics.

The author states that the airlines were British Airways and Aer Lingus. This was because this route was a very busy route and thus this Irish airline by the Ryan brothers was subjected to face difficult oppositions. The best possible strategy for countering this competition was based on a movement the supported a low-cost economic fare structure.

The existing production facilities of the company are located at three separate sites. Though the productivity is same at all locations, the number of units under operation is different at all the three locations. The site 1 and site2 have one production unit and site three has three units.

Major Banks in the United States and Europe have recently suffered significant losses as a result of the recent credit crisis. This calls into question the adequacy of banking regulation both at the national and international scene. (Avgouleas, 2008). For example, Northern Rock, a medium-sized Mortgage provider in the UK almost collapsed as a result of the credit crunch.

The difference between the PV of all net cash flows from investment and required capital expenditures equals to NPV of this project. If it is positive the management should pursue the project. If it is negative the management should decline it. Depreciation is not included in computations because it is not a cash flow.

This essay shows the vital contribution of such technologies in actually helping the environment by avoiding a substantial amount of carbon dioxide emission. In June 1992, a group of 192 countries agreed to an international treaty on the environment called the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change or UNFCCC.

Globalization is the in-thing today. Whether it is automobiles, video games, fashion accessories, signature brands, exclusive jewelry, or plain environment-friendly construction material, goods and services are being offered and bought from one corner of the globe to another. As the world is getting smaller, markets are getting bigger!

The author states that organizational structure and design refer to the ways that companies formally arrange their various units and activities and the relationship among these organizational components. In an international context, the organizational design ensures that worldwide business activities are integrated in an efficient and effective manner.

The effectiveness of an organization is also influenced by the organization culture, which affects the way the managerial functions of planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling are carried out. Given the choice, most people would probably prefer to work in an organization such as environment B, in which one can participate in the decision-making process, one is evaluated on the basis of performance criteria rather than on the basis of friendship, one has open communication channels in all directions, and one has the opportunity to exercise a great deal of self-control.

The objective is to work out an efficient one-meaning mission statement that will cover all essential matters and clearly and precisely define Faith Community Hospital policy and goals. The imperfection of mission statement affected the inefficiency of Faith Community Hospital operation and a multitude of interpretations being made not only by staff members.

The report International Trade Operations has been designed and formulated for ABC Ltd, which is a medium-sized company engaged in manufacturing electronic goods in UK and exporting them to both developed and developing countries. The company’s major exporters are Malaysia, Canada, China and Algeria etc.

The author states that after Enron was investigated for misstating earnings, the SEC and the DOJ expanded the investigation to include Arthur Andersen. Rather than cooperate, certain individuals at Arthur Andersen instead of shredded documents and attempted to resist a full and complete investigation.

The author states that several malpractices were conducted by the management to falsify the public perception by altering truths about income and spending. These efforts led to the impression that the company was returning to profits and was a good investment opportunity for taking over firms.

The Transport and Logistics Industry in the UK is worth £15 billion to the country’s economy. The total employment provided by this sector is close to around 2.3 million people.  According to the Sector Skills Council for Logistics ‘Skills for Logistics’, the logistics industry is the fifth largest employer in the UK, and this is a very significant number.

The freight market deals with the buying and selling of sea transport. Freight rates are established by ship owners who decide on rates which mirror the balance of ships and cargoes available in the market. These rates are greatly influenced, among other things, by the supply that newbuilding market and the demolition market have to offer. 

The author states that even if the anomalies existed in the sample period in which they were first identified, the activities of practitioners who implement strategies to take advantage of anomalous behavior can cause the anomalies to disappear (as research findings cause the market to become more efficient).”

Throughout human history, mankind has sought social order and ethical direction from religion. How do our religious beliefs impact business practices? In order to examine this complex issue, it is necessary to develop a historical perspective by identifying historical figures and philosophies that have shaped the effect religion has had on business

The author states that in CSR, the disclosure of non-financial aspects gains greater importance as “companies and stakeholders seek to assess the social and environmental impact” of their businesses. CSR is generally prepared by independent agencies based on the guidelines laid down in 1997 by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).

One of the major pitfalls of FoxMeyer was its heavy reliance on the SAP technology in order to achieve the aforementioned goals. As the case progressed, one realizes that FoxMeyer became highly dependent on the technological breakthrough that it had overlooked the huge role of process coordination within the functional areas of the business.

The present strategy that is deployed by the Hot Coffee Cyber Café is the “Differentiating Strategy”. No other cyber café offers such services that are offered by our café i.e. by offering a cup of hot coffee and other snacks with the internet usage packages. However, this strategy does not seem truly successful. 

Furthermore, the number of its employees is really impressive reaching the 400,000 who enjoy conditions of diversity both geographically. It has to be highlighted that the company managed through the 60 + years of existence to extend its activities globally through a continuous as a consequence of its performance as well as through the acquisitions of its competitors.

SME either Small or the Medium-Sized Enterprises generally serves as the whole Switzerland, by providing the full range of various services and products from the fixed-line and also from the mobile communications to data service, internet, maintenance as well as the operation of the whole IT infrastructure. 

Since the product had passed the concept phase, the product development phase converts it into a physical entity. This step involved a considerable jump in investment over the other phases. This included detailed product, process design, and quality standards, product and process documentation. A prototype of the concept was developed.

According to the report Wedgwood hoped that the increased efficiency of his Etruria factory would allow him to expand his business through export outside his county’s boundaries.  For the first time in the 1730’s Staffordshire potters had begun to export outside their county lines, finding new markets throughout England.  

The company MAS Linea Aqua maintains high-performance standards for employees as a strategy to create shareholder value through an exceptional workforce. A policy of recruitment and selection is established to guide and facilitate the Managers and Executives. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Linea Aqua is committed to meeting the spirit as well as the letter of the law.