Big Mac, case study
Essay - 3 pages - Management
McDonald's is the largest food chain of the world. It is present almost everywhere in the world. It has so wide global presence that decision makers often use the products of McDonald's to devise economic measures of well being. One such measure is purchasing power parity. BigMac index is used to...
Sample hardship letter
Sample letter - 1 pages - Management
This letter is to explain the current delinquent accounts that appear in my credit history. I am currently in the process of working with a credit repair agency to clear up some of these debts, because they do not belong to me. I do have three strong credit references that I have been paying, on...
Sample letter for service
Sample letter - 1 pages - Management
At XXX, we provide you with nothing but the best, quality writing. It is definitely not far fetched to say that we do it all. With two brilliant writers on staff, we are here to answer any questions you might have at any time. Of course, if you do not see something on this list, please feel free...
Follow up letter
Essay - 1 pages - Management
I mailed a copy of my resume to your personnel department on July 10th regarding an Architects position that had come available at your firm. I would appreciate if you could find the time to meet with me to discuss this opportunity further. I am enclosing a copy of my resume for your review and...
Cover letter for secretarial assistant typing
Sample letter - 1 pages - Management
I am writing you today in reference to the Secretarial Assistant Typing position that I saw posted on the WNJPIN website. I am very interested in this position and I appreciate you taking the time to review my application. To support my application I have included this letter of interest and my...
Environmental, economic and social impacts of Cruise ships in Stockholm
Case study - 20 pages - Management
Sweden is a country located in the Northern Europe. Its capital is Stockholm. The city is situated near the Baltic Sea therefore it is accessible to holiday cruise liners as well as other maritime traffic making the port one of the busiest in terms of traffic among other Scandinavian cities....
Strategic management: Celerita Inc. case study
Case study - 13 pages - Management
Celerita is a leading firm in the enterprise network optimization industry, offering solutions for businesses to accelerate and enhance the existing computer network. Celerita has always been in the top 6 leaders on the market, but its position become more and more uncertain. In fact, because of...
Critically analyse gender roles and other factors surrounding family businesses
Essay - 8 pages - Management
Family firms have played and still play a significant role in European economy. Most small businesses are family owned (Boissevain and Grotenbreg, 1987), and the importance of this type of business has experienced a significant development during recent decades. As Sampson (1982) indicated, the...
Analysis of the toy industry
Case study - 9 pages - Management
In the current economic situation, the lexical field declines through many adjectives such as unemployment, or crisis. The world is in an uncertain climate for the economic part but the social part too. It is during the Christmas period that we can forget theses bad news. The magic of Christmas...
Analysis of the Days Inn Worldwide Franchise Program
Case study - 2 pages - Management
Days Inn is an American motel chain that was founded in 1970. Part of the Wyndham Hotel Group, the main aim of the chain is to provide good accommodation at the best possible price. Days Inns motels are not only situated in America. There are Days Inns in other countries such as Argentina,...
Risk management: Danone
Case study - 15 pages - Management
Risk management is about choices and decision-making. Choices and decision the company makes are totally dependent on its risk profile. Its risk profile can be risk averse, risk neutral or risk seeking, it depends on the company strategy in terms of risk management. Risk management consists in...
What future does the French public hospital hold?
Essay - 165 pages - Management
Within ten years, the French public hospital system's organization experienced several structural reforms. New managerial concepts coming from the industrial for-profit field spread into the public hospital sector, and outcome-oriented rationales replaced the unconditional answer to the...
Instructions to draft a contract on behalf of Compuservices
Standard contracts - 2 pages - Management
Your client, Mr Evans, has come to you to draft a contract for him. He explains that he has just started his own business, called Compuservices, which provides computer maintenance and technical assistance to his clients. He is the sole proprietor of Compuservices, which has its office at 76...
Changes to ISO 9000 in the 2008 revision
Case study - 10 pages - Management
Organizations need to respect standards in order to do the right job, i.e. manufacturing their products or services in a way that customers will agree with. That is why the International Organization of Standardization (ISO) has been created, on 23 February 1947. Its headquarters are...
Logistical evaluation of Igeho Basel 2011
Essay - 8 pages - Management
IGEHO is the International Exhibitions for Hotels, Catering and Extra-domestic consumption. IGEHO offers an overview of a humongous range of products and services and also provides a great platform for networking to anyone who is professionally a part of the Food and Hotel industry. IGEHO till...
Case study: Green Kitchen
Case study - 8 pages - Management
What is distinctive with respect to alternatives on the market? -Reduce environmental impact: smart and eco-efficient appliances, interconnection between the appliances allow to avoid water and energy wastes. -Save up money and time: for example time with the handy-dandy ressource assistant to...
Brand management in a business strategy of an enterprise
Essay - 5 pages - Management
Disney CEO Michael Eisner said: when the choices have become vast, the only things that will matter are brand names. So in the context of free play of market forces and rude competition in the world economy of today, an efficient management of brand is a key factor in a business...
Discussion of employee motivation - Different theories
Essay - 10 pages - Management
Motivation comes from the Latin word movere, to move (Kreitner, 1998) and is defined in organizational context as the willingness to exert high levels of efforts towards organizational goals, conditioned by the efforts' ability to satisfy some individual needs (Robbins,...
Strategic management analysis: Puma
Case study - 45 pages - Management
The environment is what gives organizations their means of survival. It creates opportunities and it presents threats. The future can never be predicted perfectly, it is clearly important that entrepreneur and manager try to analyze their environments as carefully as they can in order to...
Analysis of LVMH
Thesis - 10 pages - Management
The LVMH (Moet Hennessy Luis Vuitton SA) luxury brand has the following shareholder capital structure described in Figure 1-1 below. The main shareholders are the Group Arnault with 47% shares in personal property. 28% of the shares are held by foreign institutional investors and 17% are held by...
Analysis of General Motors
Essay - 6 pages - Management
General Motors Company incorporated in 1908 is a multinational car manufacturer with headquarters in Detroit, Michigan. In this case study, GM intends to offer products with either less energy consumption or consumption of new fuel, with new design. Actually, General Motors possesses rich...
Google: a full presentation of the company, its activities and strategies
Essay - 18 pages - Management
Google is a firm which operates in the high technology sector, especially in the Internet field. The two founders started with "Google" website, an Internet browser which gives people the possibility to research on the web. But the firm also offers all kinds of web services like "Street view",...
Strategic marketing management: Debenhams
Essay - 40 pages - Management
We shall assume that we are Debenhams' , a well-known department store in the UK on the clothing market. The aim is to put in place a future marketing plann with a clear strategy. But before that, a rather weighty analysis is necessary. Concerning the external audit, we observe that political...
Software Review
Case study - 2 pages - Management
Facebook has turned into the place where people from around the world exchange ideas and keep in touch. The contact with friends and unknown users of the world has become easy due to Facebook. However, the Facebook app store is also a major part of this application. Today ample things are...
The impact of smart phones on business and private life
Essay - 90 pages - Management
Since few years, mobile phone market is changing radically and many new mobile phones, called smart phones or intelligence phones are entering on the market and have produced a boom. Before, those intelligence phones were only dedicated to professional persons, but mobile manufacturer felt that...
AMD: A Customer-centric approach to innovation - published: 28/11/2011
Essay - 9 pages - Management
AMD was founded in 19691 by Jerry Sanders, formerly of Fairchild Semiconductor. The company started to focus on microprocessors in the mid 1970s. It designed and manufactured microprocessors for the computing, communications, and consumer electronics market. The company employed 9,000 employees2....
Total Quality Management (TQM) Survey
Thesis - 5 pages - Management
Total quality management is establishing in all sectors of company to make sure the operation of quality product or materials to consumers are being met. The sectors are manufacturing, servicing, and nonprofit can affect the United States and worldwide. All measurement are implemented in every...
Corporate Compliance Plan
Case study - 7 pages - Management
Business ethics and social responsibility affects customers, businesses, shareholders, and the reputation of the organization. A business that is dishonest can cause harm or even send an individual to jail. Several forms of doing business are through sole proprietorship, partnership, and...
Workplace observation
Case study - 6 pages - Management
Businesses' cultures define the group dynamics and personal interactions of an organization by setting rules that are verbal and nonverbal for all to follow. These organizations use an employee handbook, human resources and team meetings to reinforce the behaviors and expectations of a company....
Company motivation profile
Case study - 6 pages - Management
PetSmart is the number one retailer of pet food and supplies. It has around 825 stores in the United States and Canada. PetSmart was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. PetSmart stores offer obedience training and they have grooming for animals offered in many store....