A review of the gas station/convenience store industry
Essay - 4 pages - Business strategy
Consumers who purchase gasoline often choose suppliers based on both location and cost. While this combination ensures that many gas stations/convenience stores remain profitable over the long-term, some organizations operating in this industry have significant difficulty maintaining profit...
Alternative accounting practices: earnings management using loan loss
Essay - 4 pages - Accounting
Critical examinations of recent corporate scandals that have occurred—i.e. Enron and WorldCom in particular—demonstrate that the accounting practices utilized by the organization were less than ethical. However, in most instances the accounting principles used by the organization were...
The application of Knowledge Management to the larger context of information gathering
Essay - 4 pages - Management
Collecting tacit knowledge in the organization can be a notable challenge. While this information provides critical insights to the specific methods and procedures used by employees to accomplish goals, finding methods that can be used for collecting this type of information in the organization...
The Ethical Finance Between Paradigm and Paradox
Dissertation - 84 pages - Finance
Linked with morals, with deontology and right, ethics is a reflection towards the research of the Good, a moving concept by essence. What deserves, nowadays, such an imminent questioning on ethics? Because of the increased pressure of the governments, increasing awareness of the organizations...
Google as an organization and evaluating its strategic management
Essay - 8 pages - Business strategy
Executive Summary Google is perhaps one of the most successful dot.com companies of the new millennium. Although the company was developed during a time when the popularity search engines had not yet peaked, Google managed to find innovative and creative methods not only to make search engines...
How the American civil war medicine has influenced modern medicine
Essay - 7 pages - Accounting
Over the course of the last century notable advancements have been made in the area of medical science. In addition to improving the technology available for use in medicine, professionals have come to realize the importance of basic hygiene as a means for infection control. As such, the quality...
Corporations in Texas
Essay - 9 pages - Business strategy
When the Founding Fathers drafted the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, they included a provision that would allow states to dictate laws for issues that would not be directly dealt with by the federal government. The tenth amendment to the Constitution allows states to have some control over...
Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart Chronicles the life of Okonkwo
Essay - 4 pages - Logistics
Introduction Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart chronicles the life of Okonkwo, a clansman and leader of the Umuofia clan in Nigeria. Okonkwo is granted considerable fortune in the early part of the novel, but is soon beset with problems beyond his control. In the end, Okonkwo's problems become so...
Evaluating the Performance of Saturn Car Company
Essay - 6 pages - Business strategy
Over the course of the last two decades, changes in the competitive environment of business have prompted some organizations to develop new business models intended to boost innovation and provide a competitive edge. While many of these business models have succeeded, many have failed overall....
Summary of Ethical and Business Issues
Essay - 3 pages - Business strategy
Wal-mart, the world's biggest retailer owning 48,000 stores worldwide, is famous for its low-price products and strong, distinctive corporate culture. All employees are made sure to know Sam Walton's personal values, beliefs and culture. These values are passed on from managers to their...
Specific considerations that would have to be made by a Chief Financial Officer working with a non-profit organization with respect to borrowing and depositing monies in Triodos Bank.
Essay - 3 pages - Accounting
Identification The development of Triodos Bank is one that has notable implications for the development of both the banking and nonprofit or voluntary sector. With the ability to match investments with deposits in an environmentally friendly manner, the organization has created a positive...
The Creative Problem Solving Model
Essay - 6 pages - Management
Introduction The challenges facing managers in the workplace today are, in many cases, overwhelming. As organizations become more complex and employees lives are shaped by both internal and external pressures, the ability of the manager to effectively understand and resolve critical problems for...
Examination of the Application of Change Models on the case of Marriott
Essay - 3 pages - Business strategy
Introduction The proposed project for the Marriott organization involves the development and implementation of virtual private networks as a central means for the organization to integrate all of the technological advances that have been put in place in the organization in the past several...
An investigation in to the problems with corporate pension funds
Essay - 12 pages - Finance
Beginning with the New Deal, efforts to secure the social and economic prosperity of employees after retirement have been developed. This process has lead to the evolution of the current system of corporate pension funds. Although millions of American workers invest in these funds each year, few...
Systems thinking and its role in the development of change management program
Essay - 4 pages - Management
Systems thinking is an integral component of managerial decision making. Although systems thinking does not always ensure that success will be garnered with respect to a specific project, it does ensure that managers and stakeholders are able to garner a comprehensive understanding of a problem...
The development and implementation of a project office function to support a multi-release program within the project management office at Abbott Laboratories
Essay - 6 pages - Business strategy
Researchers examining the development of project office function note that early efforts to support these constructs have failed. Despite this failure however, the recent streamlining of information technology in the organization has created a situation in which organizations are now looking to...
Illegal/deceptive accounting practices in today's business organizations
Essay - 3 pages - Accounting
Over the course of the last decade, the number of companies using legal, but deceptive accounting practices has increased dramatically. Sunbeam, WorldCom and Enron are among some of the most notable organizations to utilize accounting practices that were clearly unethical. While the public has...
An essay on how Islamic fundamentalism has promulgated problems for members of the Muslim community in Europe
Essay - 3 pages - Accounting
The September 11th terrorist attacks and other international acts of terrorism that have been carried out a recent years have had a significant impact not only are the United States, all the international community as well. Unfortunately, for many Muslims living in various parts of the world, the...
An Investigation Into the State of Microfinance in Benin (2005)
Essay - 16 pages - Finance
Research on the economic and social development of countries in Africa demonstrates that there are a host of issues that must be addressed in the context of improving daily economic conditions for individual citizens. While some of these issues have been addressed by government agencies and...
Critical review of the methods used by GM to mitigate against risks in a multinational context
Essay - 5 pages - Accounting
General Motors (GM) is one of the 10 largest multinational corporations in the world. Although the organization has enjoyed a considerable amount of success in a multination organization, the reality is that the company has had to take a number of steps to ensure its financial security in the...
Critical Review the Development of Human Resource and Culture at Microsoft
Essay - 3 pages - Accounting
When Bill Gate started the Microsoft organization 3 decades ago, he did not envision the significant growth and prosperity that would take place in the organization. As a result, Gates founded his organization on basic principles of organizational development and human resource management that he...
The application of change theories in organizations
Essay - 3 pages - Management
Scholars examining the process of change have noted that regardless of the environment in which change takes place this process is often difficult to successfully navigate. With this in mind, researchers have begun examining the process of change and how it occurs in the organization. Through...
Public perception of the pay and benefits given to executives
Essay - 8 pages - Management
Research on executive compensation packages clearly demonstrates that the general public is incensed and outraged by, what they perceive to be, excessive pay and benefits for these professionals. Throughout the course of the twentieth century organizations have argued that executive pay and...
How does the organizational culture of General Electric affect organizational behavior?
Essay - 6 pages - Management
Competition among organizations in the same industry has promulgated the development of numerous strategies to facilitate the success of the organization. While some strategies focus on streamlining operations to reduce fixed costs of their strategies focused on the development of internal...
How does Confucian management influence ethical development in western organizations?
Tutorials/exercises - 7 pages - Management
Over the course of the twentieth century, researchers have spent a considerable amount of time and energy examining the development of ethics in the context of organizational behavior. While some experts have concluded the ethics are difficult to incorporate into the context of the activities of...
Easy-jet's position in the low-cost carrier market: Recommendations for the best strategic plans the company should pursue in future
Tutorials/exercises - 4 pages - Management
Easyjet began operations in November of 1995. Although the organization spent a number of years struggling to establish itself, by 2000 stock for the organization was being offered on the London Stock Exchange. By 2004, Easyjet was named the top low-cost airline in Europe. Despite this...
Australian Assimilation And The Impact on Aboriginal Health: A Critical Analysis
Essay - 6 pages - Human resources
Australia is one of the world's most culturally diverse societies and it is commonly assumed that the country offers free and fair opportunities to all its inhabitants. However, on close observation it is clearly evident that the country's indigenous population is at a social and economic...
Corporate social responsibility is not an integral part of business: Hence accountants should have little to with it.
Essay - 2 pages - Accounting
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become one of the leading topics of discussion and deliberation in today's modern business environment. The main reason for this is due to the fact that climate change has become a very important agenda for many business, governments and non-profit...
It is unethical to use politics within a business organizational setting
Case study - 4 pages - Management
The notion that it is unethical to use politics within a business organizational setting is not one that is without validity. In this context, the word 'unethical' refers to peoples' ability to behave in unacceptable or immoral ways within a business environment. The general point...
Public Relations in the Nonprofit Sector
Thesis - 5 pages - Business strategy
Public relations is a growing field, not only in the United States, but around the world. Today more and more businesses and organizations are recognizing that the reputation, profitability, and success of a company depend largely on its relationship with the public. Public Relations employees...
