Business College Essays Samples For Students

Economics

Economics is a field of study that deals with analyzing the factors involved in the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services. Economics strives to explain how economies of different countries function and the interaction between different agents operating in those economies. Economics as a field of study finds application in different spheres of the society including businesses, governments, health, education, politics and other social institutions. There are two major categories in this field and they include microeconomics and macro economics.

Microeconomics and Macroeconomics

Micro economics is the branch of economics that deals Continue reading...

For a successful business there need to be strategic plans so as to offer quality products or services to the market and be the best among other competitors. For airlines, segmentation, targeting and positioning are the major factors considered. They first look out to what kind of customers exist, which one among the many are they going to serve and finally implement segmentation and maximize on products or eservices for that segment that they have chosen.
Segmentation entails determining what kinds of consumers with diverse needs exist. In the airline industry, some customers demand speed and recital, while a Continue reading...

Chivalry is a term based on the medieval institution which has an aristocratic military origin of training Individual and offering service to others. Normally it is associated with ideas of knightly, honor, courtly love and virtues. Orders of Chivalry are primarily, a phenomenal history, strange to Christendom of Western Union of the middle ages. Categorically, several institutions have been placed overtime in the order of Chivalry .It is possible to differentiate several phrases in the history of those institutions. The original form of institution in the time of crusade was worthy its name of order since it consisted of Continue reading...

Power

Power is defined is the measure of an entity capability and ability to influence and control his or her surrounding environment including behaviors of other people. The five bases of power are explained below.

Expert Power

Expert power is possessed by the leaders who are experts in a certain field or discipline. These people rely on their ability and capability to undertake various organizational functions and tasks. A person with an expert knowledge in an organization is trusted and respected for any opinion he raises. If someone’s expertise is valued, his or her Continue reading...

1. Author and major thesis of the Yes side.
The authors of the Yes side are Marion Nestle and Michael F. Jacobson. They argue that a public health approach is needed to encourage Americans to eat a healthy diet.

2. Author and major thesis of the No side.
The author of the No side is Michelle Cottle who argues that the relationship between Americans and food are too complex and nonnutritious foods should not be regulated.
3. State in your own words two facts presented by the Yes side.
i.
Food consumption should be regulated since excess consumption of Continue reading...

1. Capital

It is vital to increase the strengths of banks and hence their abilities to absorb economic stress and financial constrains. The global financial crunch was accelerated with the high vulnerability or susceptibility of the banking system and if this is to be avoided again, strong banking systems need be adopted.
Poor definition of capital, a lack of ability to build common banking system and generally the low quality of capital were the main causes the economic downturn.
With the increase in the capital quality, the banks are in a better position to absorb economic shocks on both Continue reading...

Introduction

In the modern business world, people are competing to ensure that their products are leading in the market. Market competition is getting dynamic with the entry of new producers in the market. Business brands that have been in the market for long has been able to set standards that new emerging businesses are finding difficult to cope with. Business competition is now taking new trends and traditional business methods are slowly fading away, with the entry of new market competitors and much business market shifting to the open market policy and monopolies’ slowly fading away, business competition is expected Continue reading...

Abstract

Information systems are an important part of any business organization. They are responsible for the passage of information within the business. In some cases, information systems are directly linked to marketing. In this case, the information on the sales available and the cost of the product are issued to the customers through the systems. The systems could be manual systems, where pamphlets are printed and distributed to customers, or electronic systems, where the company uses websites or technology oriented ways to market the products. On the other hand, information systems are important in keeping the company’s records. In Continue reading...

FMEA.

Failure mode effects analysis forms part of the activity of product and process design. The analytical methodology ensures that all upcoming problems are considered and solved all through the product, service or process development cycle. The nine steps in the failure mode effects analyses are as follows. The first step is assembling a team of experts with detailed knowledge on the process, product as well as the requirements of the customer. The second step is identifying the scope of the analysis. The third step involves the filling in of the identifying information that shows the format of the study. Continue reading...

The extent of the regulatory power of an employer within the workplace often transgreses over the right to privacy of the employees. While the court upholds many times the right of the employers to exercise regulatory power over the workplace such as the conduct of search within the employee’s workplace, the same is only limited under justified circumstances. According to Perline and Goldschmidt (2004), the conduct of workplace search is only justified when the following elements are present: (1) there is reasonable ground to suspect misconduct of the employee or there is a valid, non-investigatory and work related Continue reading...

Business Organization

Glaxo Smith Kline is a reputable name in the world of pharmaceutical industry. They are one of the leaders and pioneers in different destinations of the world in terms of introducing most up-to-date pharmaceutical and vaccines product in the health care industry. The company was founded in the year 2000 and is headquartered in Brantford, London. The company has reported annual revenue of £25.602 billion in the year 2013. In the same year, the company was managing a workforce consist of 99,000 across the globe. The company is considered as the fourth biggest giant in the global healthcare Continue reading...

In his article “Carriages Belong in Central Park”, appearing in the New York Times, Liam Neeson addresses the issue of horse drawn carriages in New York City. The article come from a sense of exigency created by a proposal by current New York mayor, Bill de Blasio to eradicate the horse drawn carriage business in the city of New York by the end of this year. Neeson feels the need to address this issue seeing that he is a lover of horses and as he mentions, he grew up with horses in his native land of Ireland. Neeson also Continue reading...

Business Ethics

INTRODUCTION:
Ethics is defined as the set of characteristics, patterns of doings and right or wrong conducts possessed by a human being. Ethics can easily be influenced by human behaviours and attitudes and can have an impact on the surroundings, and the places where the person belongs. It can be a workplace, home, school, institutes or any other place (Ferrell, Fraedrich, & Ferrell, 2011).
Ethics is an essential concept that shapes the human personality, culture, values, mind-sets and one’s perceptions. These traits directly influence the corporate culture in the long term and affect the well-being of an organization. When Continue reading...

Business ethics, also known as the corporate ethics can be defined as the applied integrities or professional principles that are observes ethical ideologies and molarities as well as ethical problems that arise within the business environment. Worth noting is the fact that they applies to all aspects of business conduct and they are relevant to the conduct of not only the individuals, but also the entire organization as well as the countries doing business together (Glick, 2008). While government applies laws and regulations to indicate business comportment in the areas they recognize beneficial to them, the ethics indirectly standardizes Continue reading...

Introduction

Retail industry forms a part of supply chain management, it deals with sale of goods and services where in manufacturers and wholesalers sells it to the customers for profit. Retailing is done either by fixed stores, online retailing or by delivery. Retailing is classified by type of products which can be food products, durable goods or consumables. Harmonious relation between employer and employee is the most vital part for effective operation of any organization. Legislation has come up with set of rights and guide lines to be followed by employers as well as employees which help the organization to Continue reading...

Introduction

Financial budgets refer to monetary estimates of expenditure that the organization expects to incur in future as it carries out its periodic business operations.
Budgets have proven to be important business tools over the course of time. One of the most important uses of the budget is that it can be used by the management of a business entity to make decisions. Decision making is the most important process in a business entity because it determines the direction of the business after a financial period. Financial periods are marked by losses or profits depending on how the entity has Continue reading...

The world has become a global village where many companies producing their goods and services are marketing to the entire world. That is greatly influenced by the global economic interdependence, trade practices, and agreements in the market. For any company to be able to make global marketing decisions, it has to take into consideration the global economic interdependence together with the practices and agreements in the market.
When planning to market goods in another country there are several factors that one has to consider before investing in the market. Analyzing the pricing of goods in the country that you Continue reading...

Communication: Letter of Request for Refund

222 Brumaelia Dock

Boardwalk Place

Miami 220778 FLA
202 Whitehall Crescent

Trevenion Housing Complex

Everglades
Whitesand FLA
Dear Mr. Bower
We are in receipt of your letter of April 15, 2014, and your concern has been duly noted. However, your request for a refund of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for the equipment that you bought from this store cannot be granted. A review of the company’s policy at this time to facilitate your request would be impossible. When a customer makes a purchase the terms of agreement in the document are read and discussed and upon agreement, is signed. As soon as Continue reading...

An ideal market place is one where demand is equal to supply leading to the right quantity of goods being supplied into the market. The goods that are supplied in the market must also be used or at least bought by the consumers in order to create a “perfect” market place. If this balance is changes or forced to change, then the resulting market would not be an ideal market. It would either be more goods supplied than demanded or more goods demanded then supplied. In either case, this will lead to higher than the actual or lower than Continue reading...

The documentary Death by China was released in the year 2012. The movie is based on non-fiction book known as Death by China: Confronting the Dragon. The movie addresses one of the major issues facing America today. The increasing destruction brought about by China is affecting the economy of America. The trade relationship between America and China is tremendously increasing, especially on economic trade. The movie focuses on how the economic trade relationship is destructive to America. China began flooding the United States markets since the year 2001. These were characterized by illegally subsidized products from China. The flooding Continue reading...

Business

The food chain restaurant ‘La Casa de Tono’ is performing very well on the basis of financial results. However, there are some weak points in the working methodology of the ‘La Casa de Tono’. Therefore, it is recommended to purchase a well developed computer program for creating, maintaining and altering all the financial transactions of the business. Currently, the business is using outdated computer program which is producing results on the basis of assumptions or estimations. Therefore, in these circumstances, it is recommended for the management of the ‘La Casa de Tono’ to hire a computer expert and ask Continue reading...

The company chosen for the purpose of the assignment is Sony Corporation. Sony offers its consumers variety of product in Consumer Products and Devices (Official website of Sony, n.d.). Sony Corporation had an undying reputation of providing the best quality. Consumers consider the brand to be reliable and of high quality.
The major factor for which an effective operations management is important for an organization is to improve the productivity and to meet the competitive priorities of the customers. This in turn improves the efficiency of the organization.
The quality management approach at Sony is not only developed to Continue reading...

1.1 Describe with examples, some of the characteristics of food production and food and beverage service systems that is in use within the hospitality industry.
The food and beverage industry are a multi-billionaire industry, that has catered to many, making it a new industry that people can look forward to. There has to be a system, that the service directors are using to inherit a food service system that are to be followed by the directors all day-long.An option in food service industry is what we are bound to look for if there has to be a look-out and Continue reading...

Question 1

Why is brand tracking so important? Additionally, why would a large company, such as Proctor & Gamble want to use brand tracking.

Response 1

As per statement of Peter Drucker that, “If you cannot measure it, you cannot manage it” . The easiest and most effective way to determine whether a campaign is worthwhile, a promotion is successful, and the brand achieves its full potentials is Brand Tracking. Only 10 percent of brand managers rely on the brand tracking and confident enough on their standing and brand planning. Brand tracking is a powerful method; the value to the integrity of any brand is Continue reading...

Power quality involving voltage occurs in two main ways. These include under voltage and overvoltage. Under voltage occurs when the power in transmission falls below 90% of the total power transmitted for a period of more than one minute. When the power is totally out, the situation is described as a blackout. When the power is fully present, it is simply said to be full power. There is a transition between full power and blackout that is described as brownout. Brownout is identified by dimming of lights, blackout by no lights at all, and full power by all domestic Continue reading...

Megahouse Electronics Company,

45B North Carolina
7th street, Mondlane Avenue
George Hemmington
132 California

Old Washington estate

California.
RE: INABILITY OF THE COMPANY TO REPLACE/REFUND THE REFRIGERATOR
The company regrets to inform you that it will not be able to offer a refund or a replacement for your refrigerator as requested. The warranty terms clearly stated that a refund or replacement could only be facilitated if the damage happened within the first year of purchase. The above mentioned equipment has been in your possession for over two years and does not, therefore, qualify for the warranty services. The denial of the warranty does not imply Continue reading...

Business management

Business management
Coast acquisition is business sales term that refers to the total expenses necessary to to attain a sale or retain a customer. Therefore, it the total cost associated with the buying and selling of goods and services, or even assets. In general, the net price plus the associated cost of purchase and taking the good to the point of use comprises the total acquisition costs. These cost include the following; the purchase cost i.e. research, closing, accounting, legal fees, and commissions, the transportation fee from the point of purchase to the end use location, preparation and other Continue reading...

Probiotics

Probiotics are organisms that are supposed or held to have a pronounced role in improving human health. A good example of such probiotics is bacteria that are found in food and some supplements. They help in the digestion and they are as well important in boosting the immune system of an individual. One may wonder why it may be necessary to take live bacteria, when we spend a lot of time killing bacteria with the use of antibiotics. The reason is simple and this may include the right balance of bacteria in our bodies since they are of great Continue reading...

Managerial accounting as the name suggests provides information to the internal users of accounts. Internal users include executives, product managers, and sales managers to name a few. Any other user within the organization may also benefit from managerial accounting methods and use the compiled information to make informed decisions that would affect the financial performance of the company. As the information gathered is for internal users there is no compulsion that the data should abide by US GAAP rules (Heisenger & Hoyle, 2013). For example, a sports good manufacturer may add the non-production costs to the inventory as the internal Continue reading...

Saying ‘NO’ to anyone can be hard especially if the person is very close to someone like family members, friends and partners. However, twenty-four hours a day seven days a week and for a busy person who thinks nothing but to earn money, the saying, ‘time is gold’ applies. Rejecting someone can be as painful as it was guilty. But upon remembering the to-do chores, the pending assignments, rest and busy schedules; saying no to anyone would be the best resort to avoid having ill feelings and remorse. It is better to say no if we cannot fulfill the Continue reading...

After completing the “Play a Virtual Market” simulation, my knowledge regarding how the stock market works was greatly enhanced. My basic strategy was to invest in oil, banks and energy stocks. I also picked a few stocks whose name I recognized. Fundamentally, my strategy was to buy low and sell high. I was estimating that the price of these stocks will go up because of the increase in oil prices, which then increases the energy prices.
I realize that Investing in the stock market is a risky investment. However, that riskiness can be decreased by investing in options. An Continue reading...

Summary of Barilla Spa

Summary of Barilla Spa
Barilla Spa is the world’s largest producer of pasta based in Italy and founded in 1875. It is experiencing a constant change on its production because of variation in order patterns of distributors. It results in operational inefficiency and increase in cost. The only solution to this problem is the implementation of Just in Time Distribution (JITD). The new system eliminates huge variation in manufacturing and production. It has centralized information and data transparency exists between Barilla and distributors. Forecasting and Production is the basis of actual sales data provided by distributors. This results Continue reading...

Moving away from the middle

Most companies in the food industry are now considering a diversification of their products to cater for the competing needs of the customers. Beverage and cold drinks companies have, in past few years, ventured in bakery business. The snacks made by these companies serve as complementary goods for the drinks. Pepsi is one of such beverage companies that adopted the production of the complementary snacks Pepsi (2010). With this strategy, Pepsi has rapidly increased its sales and customer loyalty. Customers flock in large numbers to find “all under one roof”. The snacks have done a great deal in increasing Continue reading...

INTRODUCTION

In this information age, the digital revolution has transformed the industry to an information based economy. Since the late 1970s, the day to day evolution of technology has shaped the modern society by introducing globalized communication. The UK mobile phone network industry is developing day by day by introducing the new-tech systems in the market. O2, Vodafone, EE, T-Mobile, and Orange are the biggest mobile phone network providers in the UK (Rushton, 2012). This report has presented a thorough economic analysis of mobile phone network industry in the UK, considering the biggest network providers in the country.

ANALYSIS OF MOBILE PHONE OPERATORS IN UK

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During the last few years, we have observed a dramatic growth in the field of Information Technology and the main reason of this was an arrival of Internet technology and its subsequent development. Its rapid development and the further Information advancements and improvements have made the whole system more vulnerable against the virtual threats and attacks of internal and external origins. The threats and accidents in the Information Security can be explained with the lack of confidentiality, integrity and availability of electronic data. However, the researchers kept fighting against these threats, as they kept on inventing a variety of Continue reading...

competitors in the clothing industry include Buckle, Pac Sun, Aeropstale, Urban Outfitters, American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Express, Wet Sea, Abercrombie & Fitch and Gap: however, Chic Boutiques’ main niche competitors are Wet Seal and American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) since they both target the same age demographic. Wet Seal deals in clothing for teenagers between 13-19 years and young women between 25-35 years of age, through its separate mall-based Wet Seal and Arden B chains of retail stores. Wet Sea stores sell fashionable clothing and accessories for female teenagers while, the Arden B. stores sell fashionable and contemporary office and casual Continue reading...

Its impact on the businesses of New Zealand in 2014

(Name of your Institution)

External organisational environment of New Zealand and its impact on the businesses of New Zealand in 2014

Introduction
Since the past few years, increasing emphasize have been cast “on the importance of analyzing the relationship between the organization and its environment (Pfeffer, 1972).” Several researches have been made in order to understand how the external organizational environment, general environment and task environment affect business in a country. “Also known as the operating environment, external organizational environment refers to market conditions, economic and political issues on the local and national levels, demographic factors, and other forces outside of a business that affect the overall success of that business (‘External Environment’, n.d.).” On the Continue reading...

General Electric (G.E) is an American corporation that is a leader in industrial diversified production of such goods as jet engines, plastics and medical imaging, power generation equipment and financial services. General Electric (G.E) highly diversified product line is meant to reduce the company’s business risk (Forbes).

General Electric has a number of strengths. Among the most notable ones include the following:

Industry reputation.
General Electrical is recognized strongly within the diversified industry. Considering the energy infrastructure industry as an example, G.E leads in the areas of development, enhancement and implementation of goods and technologies that focus on gas, oil, wind and water. Most precisely General Electrical is among the leading providers in Continue reading...

The New York Times Article on Amazon Company Innovation

Amazon Company is an international company conducting electronic commerce. The company sells goods over the internet. Amazon has the ability to reach markets all over the world and target consumers who are in emerging markets.
As result of its widespread markets, Amazon uses credit cards to receive payments from its clients. Customers who use their credit cards or their United Kingdom debit cards are required to give the details of their cards when they are making orders (Streitfield 1). After the first order has been made, the company’s customer-care personnel often give the client further instructions on how Continue reading...

Apple Inc is a public company operating in the television and radio and TV broadcasting and the main one being manufacturing of wireless communications equipment. Apple's net change in the cash flows of the year ending September 28, 2013 was $3,513 Million. 377.3% growth was a growth of over thrice the change in cash of the year ending September 29, 2012 which stood at only $931 Million. In cash flow from the operating activities, in the year ending September 28, 2013, Apple generated $53.7 Billion from its major business operations. This is a good sign for its investors Continue reading...