Management of People and Organizations: Lessons from the Sinking of the SS El Faro
Thesis - 7 pages - Management
In an increasingly competitive business environment, companies are faced with the challenge of constantly adapting to ever-changing conditions. People in management positions ought to bring the most significant benefit to the organization, which entails the know-how of effective leadership (Gonos...
BlaBlaCar's Service Management
Dissertation - 8 pages - Management
As information becomes more available and communication easier, C2C service emerges as a more and more integral part of our society. The companies behind the service often only offer the service of connecting and helping with the transaction between the parties involved in the service that is...
The Low Cost - Emmanuel Combe (2011) - Summary by Chapter
Text commentary - 3 pages - Management
This book answers the following questions: how does low cost work? Does low cost always go hand in hand with low prices? To what extent is low cost a danger that affects established companies? In which sectors is low cost developing? What is the impact of low cost on products and jobs? Low cost...
History of Management Theory
Course material - 33 pages - Management
Taylorism has long suggested that man was just one tool among many. However, we live in an industrial society more committed to a service society where the rules are more subtle. It is no longer a tool that is put in the hands of a worker, it is individual support for the employee that is...
Tarnished: Toxic Leadership in the U.S. Military - George E. Reed (2015) - Toxic Management & Leadership
Text commentary - 5 pages - Management
The book written by Reed (2015) reports the challenges of the American Army in terms of leadership. At first, soldiers have all the notions required to act like a perfect leader (Ibid). However, each leader develops a style of leadership according to his/her personality and his/her environment...
Catch shares lead to the destruction of small-scale fishermen but increase the fish stock
Essay - 2 pages - Management
Catch shares (CS) is a fishery management system that allocates a secure privilege to harvest a specific area or percentage of a fishery's total catch to individuals, communities, or associations (NOAA, 2017). CS become primordial because the global consumption of fish doubled in 50 years...
Management in the public sector
Course material - 10 pages - Management
In the public sector, business organizations do not exist to make profit but to provide services for the whole nation. The public sector is made up of organizations which are controlled by the government, the state or the local authorities. They can be divided into 3 categories: - Public...
Management and cultural aspects
Course material - 25 pages - Management
Human beings have needs in order to survive and the purpose of economic activity is to satisfy these needs by providing people with what they need. Such needs will vary from person to person because each person seeks different things at different times. Those who are poor would like to satisfy...
Transformations of resource management in Canada and his impact on the Public Service
Essay - 3 pages - Management
Resource management in Canada has gone through upheavals since the 1960s and 1970s. What might be one of those transformations and why is it significant for management in the Public Service of Canada?
International operations management: global operations management strategies
Case study - 10 pages - Management
According to Witkowski (2017) innovation is an integral element in driving organizations' progress and modernity. Innovation's contribution to operational efficiency is premised on the fact that organizations have the option of pursuing different types of innovation that include product,...
Business management project - Tax Monitor
Case study - 10 pages - Management
The purpose of this assignment was mainly to identify a business's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. The problem being investigated is whether the business is running efficiently or not and how the business performs. Tax Monitor is registered as a services industry, providing...
Operations Management and Industry 4.0
Course material - 4 pages - Management
Ever since the Industrial Revolution and the development of mass production, organisations had to develop ways of managing the processes and factors of production. Operations management involves the management of all activities involved in the transformation of a range of inputs, such as finance,...
Leadership theories - Different approaches to project management
Course material - 2 pages - Management
One of the most essential and crucial factors in project management is leadership. It can be viewed as the art of others to attain the anticipated goals. To understand the concept of leadership several theories have been developed. They include the trait approach, behavioral approach, contingency...
Risk management in a merger/acquisition project
Dissertation - 8 pages - Management
The economic context has changed radically in the space of a few years, whether due to globalization or the technological innovations that have appeared and that now dominate the business world. More recently, the health crisis has impacted the entire economy and caused numerous malfunctions and...
Booking system for on calls rooms in hospitals
Case study - 6 pages - Management
KFSHRC-R hospital needs a monitoring and updated booking system for on calls rooms in hospitals. In this report, we are going to discuss a problem that the hospital is facing related to on calls rooms for a physician. After elaborating the issues associated with management that hospital is facing...
Artificial intelligence in Healthcare Industry - A.I in Medical Technology : Medical Imaging
Dissertation - 35 pages - Management
Nowadays, we hear about artificial intelligence all around us and more specifically in the automotive, economic, computer and health sectors. The primary goal of artificial intelligence at its inception in the 1950s was to improve and extend human capabilities with machines (Pallanca O., and Read...
Company performance: different assessment approaches
Dissertation - 9 pages - Management
In the current context, it has become essential for companies to become more proficient at standing out from the competition and, therefore, be more competitive by seeking more performance. The objective is to achieve the goals set during the development of the marketing strategy and to manage to...
Corporate Sustainability
Essay - 3 pages - Management
Corporate sustainability refers to a new way of management, it is an alternative to the traditional growth and profit-maximization model. Corporate sustainability focuses on both growth and profitability as much as the social and environmental impact and goals toward sustainable development....
Pay and reward package benefit both employers and employees
Essay - 4 pages - Management
Reward describe by (Bloom and Milkovich, 1996: 25) as "bundle of returns offered in exchange for a cluster of employee contributions" is a combination of financial and non-financial components that is attributed to the employees depending on several factors such as the legal, ethical and the...
Internal communication: a necessary vector for the efficiency of the company
Dissertation - 8 pages - Management
The business world has undergone profound changes in the space of a few years, in all sectors of activity. Indeed, new technologies and, in particular, the many digital transformations have impacted lifestyles, but also the purchasing behavior of consumers, not to mention working methods, which...
Project Management - Definition, Components and Generalities
Practical guide - 5 pages - Management
Every year, companies launch a host of projects. Whether it is a simple change or the launch of a product, they must constantly focus on project management. However, until now, some companies have struggled to accurately estimate the resources and time required to successfully complete a project,...
Management Information Systems
Course material - 9 pages - Management
More and more, the company must handle a colossal amount of information which does not cease growing; whether they are sourced externally or produced internally, they are supported by an exponential increase in the capacity of computer systems. About 80% of a manager's working time is spent...
Business model - Global leader in packaging and paper
Internship report - 14 pages - Management
- 1967 - Establishment of Mondi in South Africa by Anglo American company - 1990 - Mondi expansion in Europe thanks to acquisition - 2007 - Mondi group demerger from Anglo American company - 2012 - Acquisition of Nordenia International company The Name Mondi comes from a unique South African...
Statistics for Management - Stata Commands
Course material - 3 pages - Management
version 14: specify Stata version clear all: clear working directory cd "directory path": change working directory capture log close: close log file if one is already open log using filename, replace: open a new log file log off: temporarily stop storing log on: start again log close: close the...
Statistics for Management - Tests Summary
Essay - 3 pages - Management
Assumptions: quantitative variable, normal distribution. Null: Sample mean is same as the population mean. Alternate: Sample mean is not same as the population mean. To compare the mean of two given samples. Assumptions: normal distribution of the sample. There are three versions of t-test : 1....
Define intercultural management in a company
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Management
Business policies have changed significantly due to globalization. In the 21st century, we are talking about intercultural management. This type of management is complicated to implement. This vision of the company applies particularly to large companies. The debate is often focused on...
International strategy analysis of Galeries Lafayette
Case study - 7 pages - Management
This assessment has been done on Galeries Lafayette Group. The group has been a pioneer in terms of business and distribution, with stores located in traditional city centers. The group has then diversified its core-business and acquired quite a lot of companies. BHV Marais, La Redoute,...
Internship summary sheet - Amazon
Internship report - 3 pages - Management
The internship is in EU Indirect Procurement at Amazon. I was based in the EU Headquarter in Luxembourg. The two categories which I was working on were Temp Labor and Manned Guarding in all Amazon warehouses across Europe. Nowadays Amazon is growing a 30% this year. Many new sites are to be...
Startups: The challenge of managing people
Case study - 6 pages - Management
The notion of leadership is important in the big well-known companies as well as the new-born ones. In this paper, we chose to focus on ‘leadership in startups' to explain the challenges they are facing and how those problems can be solved in this specific context. We will begin by...
How are companies adapting their activity to the COVID-19 crisis?
Case study - 9 pages - Management
In this argument, we will try to explain a management problem that companies constantly encounter in their environment, whatever their sector and size, taking into account more particularly in the current crisis context. Thus, the following question will be answered more precisely: "How are...
