Case Study

Small British Firms and Economic Downturn

Economic downturn has been defined in many ways by different elites, academicians and professionals, meanings that there no single phrase which has been adopted as the only authentic definition for this term. Although there are arrays of discourse or defining discourses which have been put forward, they are more or less having the same features […]

Barilla Spa Study

Barilla SpA Executive Summary In 1990, Barilla SpA, an Italian pasta manufacturer was experiencing problems in manufacturing and distribution systems caused by seasonal fluctuations in demand. To eliminate these difficulties Giorgio Maggiali, the Chief of Barilla’s Logistics Department, had been trying to implement the Just-In-Time-Distribution (JITD), system proposed by his predecessor Brando Vitali. JITD can […]

Duties Diligently

Inadequate performance can be defined as failure of an individual to execute his duties diligently so as to meet the required standards. Apart from inadequate training, there are other factors that contribute to poor performance. The additional factors contributing to poor performance can be divided into two categories (Cohen, Eimicke & Heikkila 23). The first […]

Report on Business & Ethics

| Report on business & Ethics| | Submitted ToCommunicationTrimester 02, 2011Submitted By| | 9/30/2011| | Table of Contents Introduction:3 Description of the Issue:4 Case Study:4 Case 1 – Controversial Chemical (Triclosan) Poses Challenge for Colgate-Palmolive4 Case 2 – Rupert Murdoch’s ‘News of the World’ to shut after 168 years; the voicemail-hacking scandal6 Problems and various […]

Functions of the Law

In December 2008, General Motors Corp and Chrysler LLC received $13.4 billion federal rescue package that was aimed at buying them some time to survive the economic recession. In return, these companies were required to produce a plan within three months, failure to which they would be required to repay the money. Ordinarily, they would […]

Hawkins: Branding Strategy

| HAWKINS The most trusted brand for pressure cookers… cultural fray of Indian households. It is the brand that has withstood the test of time. Consumers constantly seek new products that can add value to their livelihood. Changing lifestyles also plays a major role in determining the relevance of the product; it comes as an […]

A Contrastive Pragmatic Study of Speech Act of Complaint Between Arab and Malay Students

Background of Study Language is used as a tool to express thoughts, feelings and to communicate, in order to impress upon someone, either by expressing a verbal, mental or a given stimulus to seek response. Green (1989) accentuated that communication presupposes achievement of the intended effect of verbal action upon the addressee, of users being […]

Double-Consciousness

The connection between W.E.B Du Bois’ “double Consciousness” which is a chapter in his book The Souls of Black Folk and Pat Parker’s poem called For the White Person who wants to know how to be My Friend is very clear. There are several associations between these two writings but the main one is recognition […]

Report on Employee Absenteeism

A Summer Training Report On “A STUDY OF ABSENTEESIM OF EMPLOYEES” UNDERTAKEN AT BARODA DISTRICT CO-OPERATIVE MILK PRODUCERS’ UNION LIMITED Submitted to ;SIGMA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, VADODARA Affiliated to GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, AHMEDABAD In partial fulfillment of the Requirement for the degree of MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Submitted By Mukti Jadav Enro. No. – […]

Functions of Public Relations

Although this is useful – it contains many key concepts – and saves us plugging through hundreds of definitions, it describes what PR does rather than what it is. Or, indeed, should be. described the attempts to define public relations as largely “constructed in an attempt to be all things to all people simultaneously”. The […]

How Do Digital Students Think and How Do They Differ from Students of Before

Digital students are students whose brains have become accustomed to digital media, such as playing computer games, listening to music on Ipods and looking at computer screens for lengthy times. Many of them have today evolved from sitting in front of screens to using handheld devices to send e mails, text messages and send instant […]

Do All Serial Murderers Have an Identifiable Psychosis

Introduction The fascination that the society has with serial murderers has led to an increased interest in the subject by the research world (Roy, 2002). Serial murderers plague societies and, understanding them has been a formidable challenge for law enforcement, psychiatrists and other interested parties. The term serial murderer may seem new in the context […]

Ezra Jennings Character Analysis

First impressions often predetermine your judgment of a person, without actually knowing the person at all. Such is the case with Ezra Jennings in the novel, The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. Ezra Jennings is a good person but he is looked down upon by Victorian society because of his appearance and his background. Even with […]

Framing Crew

The activities carried out by each contractor can be broken down into smaller activities. The first contractor who is those who prepares the site for construction performs the following tasks. The first undertaking is to clear the ground i.e. They remove rocks, trees and debris that may be on the site of the planned house. […]

Marketing Plan-Bubble Buzz

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The following marketing plan forms the basis for the introduction of an innovative new product by the Coca-Cola Company. The analysis allows us to outline the best strategies to follow for the achievement of the company’s strategic goals. “Bubble buzz” will be marketed as a unique functional drink while striving to reinforce the […]

Strategy – Ryanair

Global MBA Strategic Management Formative Assignment – Dec 2011 Z0928183 INTRODUCTION Ryanair was founded in 1985 with only two aircrafts and a single Dublin-London route . By 2010 Ryanair had transformed itself into Europe’s leading low cost airlines with 232 aircrafts flying to 153 destination. Ryan Air’s strategic objective has been to offer the lowest […]

Foreign Investment

Abstract This paper looks at foreign investment regulations and policies. It outlines the screening process before a good foreign investment is made. It lists and discusses the foreign investment regulations. The important issues that concern management when screening potential markets and locations, as well as what is needed for an overall success in investing in […]

Report the Role of Accounting in Organizations and Society

REPORT The Role of Accounting in Organizations and Society Accounting plays an important role in interfacing society and organization. As it is also mentioned in Burchell article “it is presumed that accountings are there to facilitate organizational and social actions. “As we know that accounting is helpful for structuring of organizational objectives, to reduce financial […]

Diversity and Leadership

Organizations today require proper leadership to survive and excel in the competitive world that we live in today. Leadership is often described as the methods or process that are applied by individuals in order to motivate the workforce and direct them to successfully carry out the tasks that are required for an organization to deliver […]

Godiva Case

Godiva Case Godiva is segmented into the luxury Market and has invested a lot in order to position its brand in the US market including a marketing campaign with the renowed jeweler H. Stern. Its president of North America is wondering about the decision on expand its distribution into the major retail companies in the […]

Foreign Banks

There is restricted entry of foreign banks to the banking industry and these restrictions are meant for the better of the host countries. Foreign banks have greatly raised their presence in the emerging market countries during last years (Detragiache et. al., 2004). I would not recommend the removal of the restrictions to entry and activity […]

Report on Christian Dior

| A REPORT ON CHRISTIAN DIOR| STUDENT NO:200912051| | | | AKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to say thank you everyone who helped me to finish this assessment successfully and to God almighty that saw me through all this. TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION…. …… ….. …… …… ….. …… ….. …… ….. ….. ….. […]

Green Plants

Green plants absorb light energy using chlorophyll in their leaves. They use it to react carbon dioxide with water to make a sugar called glucose. The glucose is used in respiration, or converted into starch and stored. Oxygen is produced as a by-product. This process is called photosynthesis. Temperature, carbon dioxide concentration and light intensity […]

Different Types of Pedophiles

Pedophiles are people with deviant sexual attraction to children and they can be either male or female (Holmes & Holmes, 2008, p.7). There are various types of pedophiles and they are categorized based on their different tendencies (Holmes & Holmes, 2008, p.3). They are: The mysoped: Their greatest telling sign is violence as they brutally […]

Arena Simulation Report

Assignemnt 2 Problem 3-3 Model 3-1 was has been run for 8 hours (480 minutes) instead of 20 minutes. The plots on queue length and the number of times the drill press is busy or idle for the 8-hour run is given figure 1. Figure 1 (Simple Processing System with 8 hours of time) The […]

Ford Motor Company

Leadership plays and will continue to play an integral role on the performance of any organization. For instance, good leaders enable improvement of the organization’s performance, while a bad leader may subject an organization to deterioration and eventual collapse. No wonder some companies have been seen changing leaders from one person to another, because of […]

Balance Between Study and Work

How to balance studies with work and family demands: Taking extra classes while working, family demands or during school has been always a challenged for a person. It is very tough to keep between balance between all of these activities as all are important for professional, personal and social growth. If I take example of […]

Principle & Practice of Management – Case Studies

Case Study 1 International case: Carrefour – which way to Go? Q – 1) How should Mr. Durant assess the opportunities in various countries around the world? Ans To become a global firm, ideally, company should be taking gains of R&D, production, marketing and financial advantages in its costs and reputation that are not available […]

Developmental Psychology

Cognitive development refers to a child’s capability to learn as well as solve problems. There are notable initiatives observable in a baby during the formative years of their lives. For instance, a three-month old child is learning to know or familiarize with the environment using the various anatomical structures such as the hands (Ruffin, 2009). […]