Employs Reports Samples For Students

Background

The past several years have been graced with an increase in the production and use of hybrid cars. Numerous automobile companies are exploring and introducing hybrid electric vehicles to the market, with several other companies to follows soon given the demand. It is imperative to outline that the introduction and the fast embrace and use of hybrid electric cars over the past few decades have been stimulated by several factors. Apart from the increasing demand for hybrid cars based on their advantages, the increase in production of these vehicles has been stimulated by the declining fuel reserves and concerns ...

Business Ethics

Introduction
Since the late 20th century, the number of illegal immigrants entering America and other countries has risen sharply. Currently, more than 1million immigrate to America, half of which do not follow the due legal process of movement (Miller 11). In average, 50% to 60% of the illegal immigrants in America enter the region through America-Mexico border. Most of the illegal aliens entering America come from Guatemala, Latin America, El Salvador, and Columbia among others (Miller section 1). Today we continue to face many ethical issues or concerns in relation to illegal immigrants, one being corporations hiring illegal ...

Introduction

The DEOMI is the acronym for Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute that is a conglomeration of military services school with a base in Patrick Airbase in Florida. The institution offers off-site courses with emphasis on equal opportunity, intercultural communication, and gender, ethnic, racial and pluralism both civilians and military personnel working with the American armed forces. DEOMI was founded in 1991 as a response to the Civil Rights Movements of 1960s. Initially, the institution carried the name Defense Race Relations Institute. It was set up to find mechanism of solving the racial problems that bombarded the armed forces of the United States. ...

How my chosen organization compete within its business area

Toyota is a leading manufacturer of automobile in the global setting, a position that has been earned through overcoming various hurdles over the past decades. One of the primary attributes that have contributed to the company's success is its focus on effective quality management (Toussaint, 2016). Moreover, the company's success is associated with a strict management system, which is based on the different principles of operations management as will be explained in the study. By embracing the above techniques, the company has experienced tremendous growth over the recent past. Therefore, the above study seeks to account for the significance ...

A Study on the differences between Maersk and Citigroup in IHRM practices

Globalization of business operations and the emerging issues have necessitated that business organizations reformulate their management policies to resolve the problems arising out of a diverse cultural atmosphere. Business destinations in developing countries offer a multitude of opportunities but organizations have to prepare themselves well to address the differences in business factors influencing success. These factors may be related to political, economic, cultural or legal environment and affect the functions of organizations. One of the organizational functions affected seriously by the diverse factors is that of International Human Resource Management (IHRM) and multinationals formulate different policies to confront the ...

Integrative Research Project

Abstract
This research project aims to establish how the organization can increase its competitive advantage by requiring supply chain vendors to meet ENOC’s standards. A qualitative research methodology was used, and the research design is to carry out semi-structured interviews over the telephone. The semi-structured interview allowed interviewees to expand on their thoughts and experiences while the researcher guides the conversation to say on the topic. Interviews were performed over the telephone with employees at ENOC and employs with ENOC’s supply chain vendors to collect data. The data analysis was carried out by evaluating the results of ...

Introduction

Steps towards the creation of a successful e-marketing strategy
Marketing environment
Environmental framework identity
Strengths and the weaknesses of the business Environmental framework identity
Formulation of the business marketing plans.
Marketing strategies based on the business Niche and target markets
Positioning and differentiation strategy
Domain name and SEO strategy
The Business Cost analysis
Development of the business ideas
Creation of a business website prototype
Creation of a wire frame and a navigational outline strategy
Creation and the analysis of the social media strategy
Creation of a business email newsletter.
Identification of business matrices in the business success analysis
Development ...

MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES: TESCO

Management Principles: Tesco

The organizational structure depends on a number of factors. These include; the size, the industry or sector the company operates in (private or public), number of employees and the available resources. Tesco is among the best food retailers in Britain with more than 580 stores all over the United Kingdom. It continues to increase its market share every year. There are numerous positions of responsibilities in Tesco due to its large size. In reviewing organizational structures, this paper will look at Tesco as the case study. An organizational structure chosen by a firm majorly indicates the chosen methods ...

Executive Summary

McDonald’s, with its huge customer base and steadily increasing revenue, has proved the excellence of it operations management. Operations management can be defined as a long term strategy that shapes a company’s operations in such a way that it is aligned to organisational goals, market requirements and available resources. The objective of this paper is to delve through the effective operations management strategies of McDonald’s that have significantly contributed to its huge success. It studies the various the components of operations management and how effectively it has been utilised in McDonald’s.
The corporation is the leader in ...

The success of any form or organization is largely pegged on the leaders that head the organization. The success or failure of an organization reflects the leadership of the leader. However, what defines a good leader is one of the eternal questions that does not have a clear-cut answer. However, it is clear that as technologies change, processes evolve and operating environment change, demographics and trends shift, leadership traits that define success change. This paper seeks to evaluate the leadership style of two leaders Howard Schultz (Starbucks CEO) and Jack Dorsey (Twitter CEO).
Howard Schultz is the current CEO ...

Human Resource Management (HRM) refers to the practices and knowledge within an organization that is concerned with the organization’s primary responsibility and employment relations (Redman, & Wilkinson, 2009). As such, it is a discipline that is guided by numerous models that include Guest, Harvard, Warwick, Storey, and Fombrun models. The Guest model developed by David Guest contends that the HR manager is initially presented with specific strategies which then create a need for certain practices within the organization in order to achieve the desired outcome. It bears six aspects that include HRM strategy and practices as well as behavior, ...

Introduction

Natural resources for decades have always provided many nations with the affluent source of wealth that helps in building their economy. As such, many of the countries that majorly depend on the natural resources such as copper, oil, gold and uranium often embark on intensive mining practices to ensure their natural reserves are productive and can offer sustainability to their economies. Due to their dependency on these resources, the countries often have structures and laws that govern how they handle the resources in every stage to ensure maximization. It is important to highlight that the resources are most often ...

Abstract

DC motors are employed and used in various applications to perform various tasks which require the conversion of electric current to mechanical motions. In most cases, DC motors are used as actuators to convert the electric current from the output of a control system to a mechanical motion for a present function. This experiment employed the use of simple and easily available materials to construct a simple homemade DC motor. The project used basic components such as coil of wire, permanent magnet and simple dc battery to construct a simple device which demonstrated the operation of a simple DC ...

Introduction

Myths and legends played a vital role in the progression of culture of the great civilizations of in the ancient world. In today’s ideological contemporaries, the role of myths to a specific culture fascinated scholars for ages and several theoretical approaches were attributed to understanding the context of myths. In this discussion Eastern mythology will be explored specifically the myth of the creation of the universe and Japan. Exploring the mythological context of creation employs the feminist and anthropological theoretical underpinnings. In addition, referencing other literatures to explain how the Japanese society makes use of the myth, its ...

Introduction

Wal-Mart is a global retail store operating around 4150 retail facilities worldwide. In Canada, the UK, and Mexico, Wal-Mart is among the leading retail facilities, and among the most powerful and wealthy retail stores. The store deals in household goods, aesthetic goods, jewelry, electronics and even groceries, both fresh and frozen. The corporation is defined by specific and long-standing goals including; customer service, striving for excellence and personal respect. Wal-Mart’s Canadian competitors include the Costco, the Sears Inc. and the Canadian Tire Corporation among others.

Wal-Mart’s Objectives

The two primary objectives of Wal-Mart retail stores include offering the consumers what ...

The business sector is one of the most challenging economical sectors in the global market. To be concise, the manufacturing sector is one of the most challenging business sectors the market. There are a lot of factors that are considered while making business decisions. These factors include, financial decisions such as cutting down on costs and improving sales.
The Foxconn Company is a company that deals with the Apple Company. The company manufactures i-pods and i-pads for the Apple Company and it works collaboratively with other leading technology firms. The company has been surrounded by multiple controversies concerning employee welfare ...

Introduction

Globalization, also referred to as the process through which the world has become one single village has numerous effects (Gillespie & Hennessey, 2011, p. 16). The most notable effect of globalization is increased competition because all companies are in a position to access similar clientele. This poses a significant challenge many companies which are multinational in nature. This is because they have to devise new and better methods of attracting and retaining customers. The act of attracting and retaining customers is referred to as marketing (Chartier & Johnson, 2011, p. 211). Firms that operate globally engages in international strategic marketing, that is, marketing ...

Figure 1 Schematic parabolic concentrated solar power (Source adopted: Chu, 2011) 5
Figure 2 Systematic mechanism of Dish/Engine System 12
Figure 3 Illustration of section-A of figure-2 12

Recommendation Report: Dish/Engine Type-The Best Concentrated Solar Power Technology

Introduction
The sun has provided the earth and everything in it with immense energy for years, and lots of these energies are left untapped. Even with the unprecedented advancement in technology today, only a little solar power is tapped. The studies reported that the side of the Earth having facing towards the Sun, a square kilometer at the outer edge of the atmosphere gets solar power up to 1,400 ...

The Fast Food Industry

The American fast food business has in the past recorded unprecedented growth rates, with some of the most successful chains such as MacDonald’s, Burger King, Dairy Queen, and MacDonald dominating the marketing. This has seen a cut throat competition with every business implementing strategies to outweigh their competitors. Most of the fast food stores sell almost the same products, with MacDonald selling burgers, sandwiches, snacks, beverages and meal bundles consisting of bacon and sausage Mcmufin. Burger King also sells chicken sandwiches, shakes, smoothies, salad bars, and salads. These are the mainstream products, compared to dairy queen, which has included ...

Nestle Company is a globally operating company that deals with food and beverage. Its headquarters are based on Vevey Switzerland with numerous branches all over the world. Among the products produced by the company are coffee, bottled water, tea, milk products, breakfast cereals, and baby food. Based on revenues, it is ranked as a leading food company in the world. Nestle Company management practices are the leading process that ensure proper and efficient running of the business. The company employs different management theories to ensure it retains its market share and remains at the lead despite the current competition from many ...

Report on Frog's Leap Winery:

- Company Overview
Frog’s Leap Winery motto, “Time’s Fun when You’re Having Flies” and a visit to their website resonates the mantra of having fun while making wine, of John Williams, the co–founder, owner, and CEO/wine maker of Frog’s Leap Winery. The company produces some of the best wines from Napa Valley, which John started producing commercially in 1981 and named the winery Frog’s Leap. The name was inspired from the location, on a spot along the creek in Napa Valley, Rutherford, California known as Frog Farm. As Frog’s Leap and its team ...

Business Report

The report on Virgin Trains reviews the company’s core business segments and its future competitive advantage as a leader in UK rail transport franchise. A major private partner and investor in Britain’s rail transport infrastructure, the Virgin Group and its wholly owned subsidiary Virgin Trains in partnership with the UK Government, regional and municipal transport oversight and its stakeholder entity, Stagecoach (49%) controls much of the nation’s commercial rail franchise, including scheduled delivery of services to North Wales and Scotland.
The foregoing Porter’s competitive analysis of Virgin Trains’ offers insights in consumer and investor confidence ...

In terms of liquidity, the company records better results as compared to the industry.For instance, the company has a higher current, quick and turnover ratios, and even working capital ratios as compared to the insustry. Additionally, in all these ratios, the company seems to have surpassed the recommended economic threshold.

Profitability ratios

In all the available ratios, Apple seems to have materially better ratios than the industry. Both the return on assets, return on equity as well as the net profit margin indicates that the the company is performing much better than the industry.
This is mainly because of the fact ...

- Introduction
With water being an essential component necessary to many aspects of domestic life, it also represents an integral component in many industries. Due to water’s inherent solvent properties, water extracted directly form freshwater sources such as lakes, rivers, and aquifers are often times full of absorbed minerals and pollutants unfit for human consumption. Due to this, a variety of methods have been implemented in order to purify water from surface and sub-surface sources. However, the world’s water sources vary greatly in purity to begin with, which results in some methods being much more labor intensive ...

Arguably, globalization has influenced the world in various ways. As a matter of fact, the multinational corporations are one of the bodies whose existence in a nation influences negatively and positively. In Nigeria, there are multinational corporations whose activities affect various aspects namely political, economic, and social. Political economists in Nigeria assert that Multinational Corporations in Nigeria (MNCs) are the cause of Nigeria’s economic backwardness. In this case, Multinational Corporations in Nigeria are remarkably exploitative in nature. In general perspective, Multinational Corporations in Nigeria have negative effects to the nation.

It is evident that MNCs activities in Nigeria have negative ...

Luxembourg is a potent brand due to its geographic and historical position. It is mainly branded through the use of customer based brand equity through the personalization of communication and customization of its products and services. It has developed a “Made in Luxembourg” label to distinguish its products and services when exported abroad. Luxembourg also has the “Luxembourg for Business” (LfB) brand which establishes a corporate identity for Luxembourg as a “brand with a pro business reputation. This paper discusses the development and further improvement of Luxembourg’s country branding through the following brand management components: Building a strong brand; Brand positioning; Choosing brand elements to ...

Evidence Based Practice for Type 2 Diabetes in the United States

I. Introduction
Type 2 Diabetes is a prevalent chronic disease. It is currently the fastest growing disease in the world (Franz & Splett,2007).The health burden of diabetes as it currently stands is that the prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes is high among people aged above 25 (Narayan , et al., 2009). This segment of the demography is highly productive and dependable for the growth of the global economy (Narayan, et al., 2009). For every one person diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes, there is one other person who goes undiagnosed.
Pacific Islanders, Native Hawaiians, Asian Americans, Native Americans, Latinos, ...

Change management refers to the approach that a manager, an organization or an individual uses to shift from one organizational state to another (Gans 2011). Change is inevitable, and changes always occur in various organizations. The prime concern for organizations, when it comes to organizational changes, is how well the stakeholders will adapt to change. Adaptation, control and effecting change are the most crucial aspects of change management. The main goal of change management is usually to reduce any negative effect of such change on the organization and employees through control of organizational change efforts (Gans 2011). Organizations have realized ...

Abstract

The paper deals with four main sections of leadership. These include leadership styles, dependency theory of power, expectancy theory of motivation, and performance appraisal in a company. Each section is discussed in details and examples of relevant scenarios given. Mainly, the paper identifies leadership styles in given scenarios, gives an explanation of the dependency and expectancy theories of motivation. Moreover, performance appraisal process in a company has also been discussed.

Key words: leadership styles, power, dependency, expectancy, performance appraisal.

Task 1: leadership styles

Identifying Leadership Styles

Leader A can be categorized as a level 5 leader. This is because he/she has transformed the company to a high ...