Essays on Hierarchy

Companies, businesses, or organizations around the globe face stiff competition. Market segments change. The preferences and tastes are equally dynamic. The effect of globalization is real. There is an economic shift from the developed and stable economies to developing. Therefore, it is ideal that companies should tirelessly focus on what makes them relevant in meeting customer requirements. This paper is a mirror reflection of how the Google Company has thrived and lived to its vision as well as mission. It seeks to address the significance of human interactions and correlations in the workplace. The work also gives clear views ...

1.0 Introduction Effective communication is important for every organization to achieve organizational goals (Jones 2007). Communication basically refers to transmission of meaning and information from group or individual (Guffey, Rogin and Rhodes 2009). 2.0 Forms of business communication at Sport ‘n’ Leisure At Sports ‘n’ Leisure both the two forms of communication are used. To communicate internally, an open door policy is used, i.e., employee- employer communication, discussion and feedback takes place openly which encourages employees to provide suggestions and promote ideas so that business could be improved (Heathfield 2015). In addition, the use of informal approach encourages employees ...

Introduction

In the book, “The Behavior of Law” Donald Black tries to explain how the conduct of law is a social phenomenon. Black describes a general, quantitative and predictive theory that describes the various conditions within which law is applied or can be applied. Black argues that since law is a social phenomenon, it does not take into account the human nature concept. As such, law can be explained without incorporating a person’s motivations or any other psychological motivations. This means that the theory does not take into account the rationality of human beings and also the goals and ...

Maslow hierarchy of needs works

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a theory that was proposed by Abraham Maslow’s in 1943 that explains on individual’s motivation and development. According to Maslow's human beings are motivated by the attempt of fulfilling their basic needs; Physiological, safety, social, self-esteem and self-actualization. These basic needs are believed to create an internal pressure that influences a person’s behavior. It means that human beings have a hierarchy of needs that is portrayed in a triangle. However, a person should act towards addressing basic needs before moving on to meet more complex needs in the hierarchy (Ahmad, ...

<<LastName FirstName>> <<Date>> According to Maslow's hierarchy, which basic needs does the Patagonia culture meet? What would it be like to work at Patagonia? What’s your assessment of the company’s work environment? Maslow’s hierarchy of needs has five different elements. The five step model, developed by Abraham Maslow in the 1940s, is still relevant today and helps us in understanding human motivation, training and personal development needs of employees (McLeod, 2014). Patagonia’s culture is very informal. It comes across as a company which cares for its employees (especially women), ...

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a class of anxiety disorder, which has been experienced by people who went through traumatic event, such as car accident, sexual assault, combat trauma any traumatic event that affects the person day to day living after the event. PTSD is characterized by the re-experiencing of traumatic event, usually by having nightmares, intrusive thoughts, avoidance of the triggers or stimuli associated with the event and symptoms of extreme hyper vigilance The patients name is Carl, and he is middle age Native American Indian. He is married and has kids. He is currently working as a ...

Introduction

Pain is one of the common problems that affect many old people worldwide (Tse, Leung & Ho, 2012). Despite the high number of old people who are affected by it, this condition is normally undertreated. According to the Maslow Hierarchy Model of Needs, the high pain prevalence is likely to affect negatively the fulfillment of the psychological needs (Tse, Leung & Ho, 2012). This challenge comes in the wake of an increase in the life expectancy of senior citizens aged 65 years and above in the past few decades. Since 1999, the life expectancy of these group has improved by 11 ...

Personnel Selection Process

Background In human resource management, recruitment is one of the most critical activities for an organization. Especially, proper selection of candidates in managerial roles often determines the success and failure of a company as managers are the main decision makers (Visa, Einolander and Vanharanta, 2015). Acme Manufacturing is not different. Recruitment of managers in a manufacturing company requires special screening as the environment in manufacturing locations is susceptible to hostility than other parts of the organization. A robust selection and recruitment process should have multiple well defined stages.

Internal Environment

Promotion has a significant impact on the recruitment process. When any ...

Investigating Business: Sainsbury PLC and John Lewis

The organizational structure to a large determines the extent to which the same given organization meets its operational objectives. It is the organization structure that determines the entire internal hierarchy as well as interpersonal relations within the organization and thereby providing the foundation onto which all other activities are established. This paper thus highlights some of the key functions of organizational structures with a case reference to Sainsbury PLC and John Lewis Partnership LTD. The two companies implement a similar organizational structure; matrix organization structure, which is often perceived to be a blend of both divisional and functional structures. ...

In a Clinical Substance Abuse Setting

In a Clinical Substance Abuse Setting Erik Erikson’s psychosocial theory of development sought to explain the way personality develops. Like Freud, Erikson was certain childhood events shape adult personality. Unlike Freud, however, Erikson argued that development continues throughout the lifespan (Miller, 1983). Working on the foundation laid by Freud, Erikson developed the stage theory wherein the lifespan was divided into eight stages beginning at birth and continuing through late adulthood. Erikson theorized that each stage was defined by a “psychosocial crisis” (Weiten, 2005, p. 302). The first five stages occur through the lifespan through puberty. Each stage must ...

Introduction

There are multiple theories regarding rationality. Perhaps the most famous and the most discussed theories of rationality were provided by Weber, which included the Formal Rationality and the Substantive Rationality. The application of these theories of rationality can be found in everyday decisions and lives. Their application can also be found in business practices and multiple business theories. The theories of Scientific Management and Human Relations related heavily to the before mentioned Weber’s two theories of rationality. All of these theories allow companies and individuals in managerial positions to perceive the individuals and tasks around them from a ...

Introduction

The Maslow`s Hierarchy of needs and the Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory illustrates that human nature in terms of needs, wants and behavior is always very diverse. In which case, they show that it is very important to keep on motivating them every moments of their lives to ensure that the best comes out of them. Motivation also becomes relevant when we know what needs to give a priority of which other ones. This makes it possible for the business to experience a high productivity when they motivate the workers. It allows the academic world to have highly excelling students ...

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Business and Hotel Management School

Module Coordinator: ______________________ BS 3180 Hospitality Management in Practice Matriculation Number: Executive Summary Managing a business’s resources is an important part of every company’s management process. Every company manag’s its resources in a unique way, but it is key to have a process for managing a variety of resources including human resources, capital resources, inventory and more. This paper focuses on and evaluates the way in which resources are managed at the Gourm India Restaurant located in Lucerne Switzerland. This paper was written in order to evaluate and understand to which type corporate culture ...

Introduction

Over time, there has been increasing interest in culturally responsive teaching that grew since the late 1980’s and the early 1990s primarily because of the increasing diversity in the country’s classrooms. This is coupled with the concern over the low rate of success by the many racial and ethnic minority students despite numerous years of reforms in the education fields. The ongoing reform of the Native American education is further influenced by the fact that after years of population decline to the historic low of around 237,000 members in the year 1900 the American Indian populations ...

[Customer’s name] [Institutional affiliations] Advertising is a system of actions of targeting consumers, forming and regulating the movement of goods in the market. Advertising appears where there is exchange of goods, where there is competition, and where everyone is fighting for a commodity producer and a buyer looking for a niche in the market. The more customers’ internal consistency, willingness to accept new information, the stronger advertising affects consumers. Therefore, the main task is to advertisers is to find customers ready to accept new data. This problem is a search for motives and desires of consumers, in order ...

Abstract

As we all know, humor is an important part of social interaction in our everyday lives. While we might often think of humor as being something practiced by professional comedians on television or in movies, the truth is that virtually every human being engages in humor to one degree or another on an almost daily basis. And this applies to the workplace as much is anyplace else in our lives. People use humor at work for any number of important reasons, such as relieving tension, encouraging improved performance, establishing a leadership position or simply to make others feel at ...

Today, most people live in a very dynamic world and face the lack of time. Each day more people are turning to the basics of time management in order to optimize their time expenses. However, the self-time management is both simple and complex science, which is necessary for all people who try to live their life with maximum efficiency. This assignment is a reflective essay, which describes the author's experience in self-time management. My everyday duties are quite similar every day. As many people, I try to combine studying, work and housework. Given that I am about to graduate ...

Introduction

Development of an essential communication platform is imperative in the maintenance of influential communication channels within organizations. In the case presented, the higher number of nodes within the network creates the need to develop address assignments based on a topological hierarchy. Through this advancement, there is an assurance that the domains obtain a defined address block from other domains placed at a higher level in the hierarchy. This provision will only be possible if the address fields in the address system are divided into sections. The essence of this alternative is to ascertain that each level in the in ...

In every organization, the employees are the most important and vulnerable resource. For that reason, the motivation of these employees is critical to the success and increased productivity. Motivation includes the internal and external factors that are likely to stimulate a desire and energy in an employee to remain interested as well as dedicated to a given job or to remain focused to achieve a given goal over a period (Phusavat, 2013). Motivation can take two forms as some employees are money motivated while others are motivated by recognition and rewards. The managers have the power to motivate or ...

Introduction

The business literature is replete with different concepts and theoretical approaches. Despite the fact that many efforts have been spent by the theoreticians to develop them, only a few manage to survive the dynamics of contemporary business revolution. The concept of managerial economics developed by Professor Alfred Chandler in the early 1960 is among the few concepts that did. The main rationale behind his theory is linking internal structures, strategic decisions and corporate performance of the business institutions (Chandler, 2005). Although this theoretical framework attracted much criticism from both the academicians and the business practitioners, it is in use ...

It is an ascertained fact that an understanding of the national culture and local peculiarities of business environment “can give managers an advantage in competitive industries” (Deresky, 2003, p. 90). However, if managers ignore cultural aspects in building productive business relations with their foreign partners, such ignorance might turn into minor troubles and lack of understanding or even into a serious breach of business relations between companies or economic relations between countries on the whole. Therefore, in order to hold the meeting efficiently and with success and to help the foreign parties from different cultures get together and engage ...

Introduction

In 1993, Geerd Hofstede wrote about the universal management and was of the belief that management is not universal and each country has its own management principles. Fast forwarding 23 years and the world has certainly changed. With companies involved in global business and the use of the internet in global commerce the world has gotten smaller and more and more business people are recognizing that individual differences remain important. However the level of differences are lessened as people have learned to work together to achieve common goals. This paper will study the changes that the global ecommerce organizations ...

Personal Perception of Organized Crime

Introduction Drawing upon the statutory observations and official reports of Congress bodies, currently the United States law enforcement authorities do not have at their disposal a unified legal definition of organized crime laid down in the country’s legislation (Finklea, 2010). The obstacle in crafting a comprehensive definition of organized crime stems from a serious inability of academics, practitioners and theorists to find accurate characteristics of organized crime. Within this essay, the author describes certain approaches to defining organized crime and stresses that the United States notion of organized crime adopted by law enforcement bodies does not meet a ...

Starting this course gives me one more opportunity to touch to great and mysterious history of ancient Egypt, which full of different legends and cryptic stories. For example, pyramids: how human could built it up without any special machines or equipment. Maybe it took a place for some specific procedures. Until now, the pyramid’s construction keeps secrets. Another interesting thing is hierarchy and cult of religion. Below I want to show my present knowledge about ancient culture of Egypt and at the end of the course to compare it. Culture of Ancient Egypt came one of the first. ...

Introduction

Today’s young generation unanimously refer to luxury items as synonymous to being distinctive and possessing beauty, aesthetics, and elegance. Luxury items in their view should be of good quality, are usually highly priced and belong to brands that are well-known globally. Seeking or possessing luxury items connotes a person with good taste, sense of style and one who is cultivating a way of living. These youngsters want to own and use luxury items in the future that reflect beauty, aesthetics and quality, rather than things that are showy, superficial and are signs of splashy social recognition . In China, ...

People today live in a society which is oriented to sales and promotion of products. There are new products being places on the market and advertised every day and it has made an impact on the behavior of people. Marketing and advertising are responsible for creating human needs. Therefore, modern culture does encourage consumption too much because people buy things they do not need and which do not serve them in everyday life. People work hard to earn money and their salaries are not very big, especially if they are average. However, they are lured by specialists into buying ...

What makes a human? Is it supreme power above all other creatures of the Earth or the highest compassion and responsibility? Which of them is genuine to human nature and our attitude to the world we live in? The documentary Earthlings is dedicated to finding the right answers to these questions. It tells about the way we manage our relationships with nature and its inhabitants. It tells about and shows unpleasant things most of us not only did not know about but moreover would not like to hear about or see. The way we behave with animals be wild ...

QUESTION A

As shown in the American Fact Finder, segmentation is much depicted among groups existing in market. The segmentation varies between groups but remains the same among the groups. Four primary bases can be used for segmentation within the consumer market: Geographic: This is based on regional variables that affect characteristics of individuals. These include climate, population density, population growth rate and region (McDonald & Dunbar, 2013).

Psychographic: This is based on value, lifestyles and attitudes Behavioral: This include usage rate and patterns, benefits sought and brand loyalty (Burkard, 2013). In a scenario where I am the marketing manager, the two ...

Introduction

The work of health and social care worker is often regarded as a vital component of ensuring the society’s well being. On the other hand, being in this field of work also requires a much deeper understanding of various social and health conditions. Understanding specific needs in health and social care is imperative in ensuring that the root cause of the problem is being addressed. The discussion encompasses an analysis of the concepts of health, disability, illness and behavior in relation to the responsibilities of the health and social work. In addition, the discussion will also assess how ...

Preventable hospital re-hospitalizations are key quality and patient safety concerns. Statistics suggest that one in every five Medicare enrollees is re-hospitalized within 30 days of discharge from an acute care facility, and an estimated 75% of these readmissions are avoidable. Readmissions are expensive costing the United Sates (US) healthcare system an estimated $17 billion annually. The 2010 affordable care act established the Medicare Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program. This program offers a financial incentive to hospitals to reduce excess readmissions (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2013). In efforts to avoid Medicare penalties, hospitals around the country have implemented programs aimed at ...

Introduction

Technology and innovations have taken over the world. People are using the mobile phones, laptops, tablets in everyday life and spend the valuable amount of time working with it. Responsive Web design helps to create a page, which should be equally well displayed from different devices. It should adjust to the resolution of the given tool. Responsive web design greatly helps to arrange the information in the best suitable way for the search engine to track it, for the organization to update it and for the people to use it. (Grannel) a) What is your website about? The website ...

Interpersonal Rejection and Human Needs

Interpersonal Rejection and Human Needs Precisely, a human being becomes a personality due to the fact that he or she lives in society and develops capabilities that are inherent in his or her biological nature in interaction with other people. These opportunities cannot be realized outside of society, thus, a human cannot become a full-fledged personality. The process of human adoption of social experience, acquisition of the qualities that allow him or her to be a member of society, is called socialization. Socialization of the individual is one of the most important factors of human existence, as it is ...

Introduction

The purpose of this report is to research a needs and motivation theory and apply it to analyse my consumer behaviour. The theory explored in this report is Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, which still remains one of the most accepted theories in many spheres, including marketing. The first section of this report will provide a brief overview of the theory, as well as its possible applications to consumer behaviour. The second section of the report will provide the analysis of my behaviour as a consumer from the point of view of Maslow’s approach. The third section will ...

Introduction

The Foucauldian theory of Discourse has been an influential tool used by many organizations in shaping and enhancing the understanding on power. The theory has assisted many organizations to deviate from assessments of power from different actors who perceive the same as a coercion instrument. The Foucauldian theory of discourse additionally drives people away from the discreet operational structures of the actors and tries to make them understand that power is equally distributed, embodied and diffused in discourse, regimes of truth and knowledge. According to Michel Foucault, power operates on other levels and makes up who we are. Foucault's ...

Literature Review on the topic of Disaster and Emergency Management Systems

Disasters are the regular companions of the mankind. They bring losses and devastation, ruin crops and take people’s lives. The list of cities that have been destroyed is endless and reminds people of the fact that nature is forever with us. Nevertheless, man’s activity and ambitions seem to have no boundaries. Such catastrophes as Chernobyl, the explosions on the Piper Alpha, and other numerous fires are the results of human negligence. The one thing is certain: disasters are likely to happen but where and when is the question. Thus, disaster and emergency management in the form of ...

The last few decades have seen a significant increase in business interest in what is known as CSR (corporate social responsibility). While at one time, CSR was seen as largely a matter of image and a desire to conform to what society is expected, many corporations are now recognizing that CSR can significantly benefit a corporation, including its bottom line. One of the individuals most responsible for how CSR is currently viewed is R. Edward Freeman. Freeman's stakeholder theory of CSR looks at the relative influences that a wide array of stakeholders have on a company's CSR efforts. The ...

Question 1

In the first instance, the case was heard in Melbourne. Regarding the nature of dispute Willet had been a Senior Detective Constable and worked at the Victorian Police Force. She suffered from a depressive disorder that was depressive because she had been subjected to harassment and bullying when working at the police force. She was awarded damages amounting to $106,000 by the jury to compensate have for losing the enjoyment of life and suffering. After appealing to the Supreme Court, the damages were increased to $250,000.Medical evidence showed that the harassment and bullying contributed to Willet's mental ...

Nowadays talented and efficient management is important for any organization. The business environment is constantly changing and it is very useful for the managers to be able to combine, synthesize and apply their theoretical knowledge and practical experience with the goal to achieve best possible results for the company. Traditional approach to the organization’s management is very important as it is based on the profound obtained during many decades experience of the most successful managers from all around the world. However, new trends require new approach. In this paper I am going to identify whether and to what ...

Attitude is a tendency or mind set to act in a specific manner due to temperament of individual or due to experience. Attitudes allow people to behave in a particular way. Workers’ attitude has significant impact over the performance of the organization and in order to prevent the organization from negative sentiments of workers it is essential for managers to recognize the common attitude problem at workplace. In the case of “J.K. Robert Company”, it has been determined that worker are resisting the change and not ready to adapt the new policy of the organization and this is because ...

The current discussion focuses on the socio-political ideas of Thomas Hobbes. In this regard, the matter of subordination and order is explicated through a prism of philosophers’ views on racism. As a result, racism is determined as a multi-faceted occurrence that involves cognitive, ideological, and inborn forms of hostility. Thus, doctrines of Appiah are considered as pillars of political realism that is inherent to the judgments of thinker.

It is noteworthy to stress that the idea of the state has a particular meaning in terms of political realism that is included in the philosophy of Thomas Hobbes. Thereby, thinker’s suppositions about social ...

The problems associated with oppression and privileges are present in today’s society and it is up to the society as a whole to acknowledge the social issues in the society (Johnston 125). The art of silence in social issues allow these types of oppressions to continue among people. For example racism, sexism, homosexuality among other things is some of the things the society minimizes through silence. Johnston makes crucial and relevant points regarding the society because we have been socialized to believe that our merit relies on how hard we work (Johnston 118). This may be true but given ...

Introduction

Corporate governance can be defined as a system by the corporations are controlled, directed and administered. The structure of governance is used to specify the distribution of responsibilities and rights among the different participants in a company such as managers, board of directors, creditors, regulators, auditors, shareholders and other stakeholders, etc. It also specifies the procedures and rules for the major decision making in corporate affairs. Corporate governance tends to provide a structure by which organizations can set their objectives and pursue those objectives along with the reflection of the context of regulatory, social and market environment (Simanovsky, 2010, pp. ...

Final Assignment

Both Bridges and Switches work on the data link layer of the OSI Model. However, switches are more advanced. Discuss how a switch has an advantage over a bridge in a network then elaborate more on the technology implemented in switches to control broadcast domains A bridge is a two interfaces device that creates two collision domains. This is because it forwards the traffic received from one interface only to the interface where layer two devices is connected (Olenewa, 2014). Bridges serves the main function of reading the destination of MAC address to forward the traffic only to the interface where it ...

Miller(2011)defines organizational communication as “the process through which individuals stimulate meaning in the minds of others by means of verbal and non-verbal messages in the context of a formal organization”. The importance of studying organizational communication is to identify and resolve problems in the communication channels. Seamless communication and interpretation of signals in an organization would result in higher efficiency and productivity. One of the most important factors in determining the effectiveness of communication flows is the organizational design. Most organizations are divided into either; tall or flat organizations on the basis of hierarchy.

A tall organization ...

Reflective Essay

Myself, along with four other students, comprised a group whose primary duties were to provide consultation for the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) of our university. The primary question was to determine whether or not it was feasible for the university to offer qualifications in management and leadership, as well as how much this qualification was in demand. My experience with the client consultancy project saw my group of five students come together successfully as a team in order to achieve these goals. While there were issues with communication and work ethic that needed to be addressed at first, our attitudes and ...

Abstract

The main objective of this dissertation is to explore the impact of technology on places where people eat. In order to encounter, the impact of technology Yoko sizzler has been chosen. The interview-based questionnaires were distributed among 100 customers who were available at Yoko Sizzlers. Therefore, the gathered data is based on 100 responses, which includes both males and females. Technology has an immense impact on restaurants and hospitality industry; it has been encountered through several researches, and this research is another effort to contribute in prior work. It has been encountered that technology advancement plays an ...

ABSTRACT:

This paper present the literature review related to the change in organizational culture and innovation. The paper describes the critical aspect of organizational change in culture. To evaluate the understanding of the cultural models different researches has been included and studied intensively. For better understanding the literature from the organizational behaviour, organizational culture and behaviour, human psychology, human resource, and Industry best practices, some business professionals who are expert in their field are also a part of this research. To widen the understanding of organizational culture and also how it may affect on innovation and creativity the research is conducted ...

Winsome and its sister company need to take implement a comprehensive integration policy to increase their profitability levels, and make the two more competitive in the industry. The two most important departments in the Winsome company are the sales and marketing departments. These two departments are largely responsible for most of the communication as well as operational independence that exists between the two companies. The paragraphs to follow will outline, briefly, the effectiveness and overall scope of the project, its exclusions, and the limitations that exist. Moreover, the paragraphs also highlight the assumptions that will be made during the course ...

Communication

- Workplace Communication - Four major types of communication in a workplace: 1. Lateral Communication – refers to messages that are passed within the same hierarchical level

Example: When board members have meetings among themselves about certain issues, this is called lateral communication

2. Upward Communication – refers to messages that are passed from a lower level of hierarchy to a higher level

Example: When a staff member notifies the leader about difficulties of performance, that kind of message is called upward communication

3. Downward Communication – refers to messages that are passed from a higher level of hierarchy to a lower level Example: When implementations of goals or strategies are passed from the supervisor to the employees, the memo is then called a downward communication 4. Grapevine Messages – informal messages that are often based on rumours or gossips ...

Slide 1:

Tesco PLC is an international grocery retailer that has millions of customers in different parts of the globe. It has major business enterprises in Europe, North America, and Asia, even though their market has expanded to reach other places. The company was developed in 1999 by its founder, Jack Cohen, and it started with market grocery stalls. Since then, it has expanded to supply groceries to the 14 countries in which it has established a solid market. The company attributes its success to a good framework of corporate social responsibility and good motivational strategies for its staff. The corporate social responsibility ...

- Introduction

1.1 Background developments

Traditionally, accounting standards have been developed by different countries on the basis of local legal, economical and cultural institutions frameworks (Elliott and Elliott, 2009, p. 158). As a result, the standard setting was very country specific. With the globalization process at work for the last 3-4 decades and increasing mobility of capital internationally accepted accounting standards have become necessary to facilitate cross border transactions and make financial reporting comparable between countries and companies thereby leading to a greater transparency for investors (Nobes, 2004). IASB has been set up as a private international standard setter with a mandate to create high quality accounting standards ...

Introduction to Motivation:

What is Motivation?

The topic of motivation is something that we can all relate. For example, as students we are constantly challenged to find motivation to keep going to class despite stress and personal issues. Motivation is link to goals and aspirations. In order to achieve our goals, we need to ‘move’ and do something.

In line with this, motivation is defined as.

The impact of motivation is not only important on a personal or individual level but it is also vital in an organizational level. In businesses, it is needed to always keep employees motivate to assure productivity and achievement of goals. Its significance in business ...

Business management methods have recently come under fire because of the America's waning dominance in the business sector, as China and India have quickly risen and provided stiff competition. In his scintillating work, The Future of Management, Gary Hamel, London Business School management consultant and professor, opines about how technology has permanently altered the way that businesses and organizations operate. Hamel has been touted by many critics to be the most iconoclastic yet influential business philosophers in the world today, as he has worked with many leading businesses on the world stage with regards to management structure. He has ...

1. Aims of the Dissertation: Because of the global demand by customers for excellent services in the hospitality industry business operators need to quickly recruit employees who then receive limited preparation and training. This often results in poor job performance, employee dissatisfaction and high staff turnover. The aim of this dissertation is to investigate the remote causes and outcomes of staff turnover that is endemic and a contentious issue in the hospitality industry. In this research, the author will attempt to address the operational challenges facing the hospitality business by identifying some causes in addition to those given above ...

As a Western European and a Germanic country, Netherlands’ cultural profile is influenced by its geographical settlement, but also by its geopolitics and its interactions with various other cultures. Because of its geographic positioning, Netherlands had fought a permanent battle with waters, risking inundations, but it had found multiple ways of resisting the flood, although its residents are permanently aware of this risk. This situation made the Dutch people to be tolerant, to make compromises and to be flexible in various cases (Narayanan & Colarelli O’Connor, 2010).

Being a Germanic country, Netherlands fits the category of the monochromic cultures, wherein time is ...

The essence of this study is to look at communication in both a tall organizational structure and a flat organizational structure. Communication is the key to any successful organization, whether in a tall communicational stricter or a flat communication structure.

Miller (2011) defines organizational communication as “the process through which individuals stimulate meaning in the minds of others by means of verbal and non-verbal messages in the context of a formal organization” (Miller, 2011). The importance of studying organizational communication is to identify and resolve problems in the communication channels. Seamless communication and interpretation of signals in the organization would result in higher ...

Abstract

Chinese entrepreneurship is known to be influenced by historically traditional and cultural characteristics. The concept of Chinese businesses that the family patriarch critically manages them continues to hold true, although in the modern world as opposed to two decades ago, it has slowly changed. However, much of the management is held by a male member of the family, whether they operate a business upon their property or if they lease or rent the property. The tradition of a Chinese family-run business retains its discernible mark in worldwide business.

As motivated as they may be maintaining past practices for the sake of ...

Introduction

In the field of business, especially in relation to production and manufacturing industries, creating new products is always a distinct process that is taken into account with full consideration on the hierarchy of procedures. Relatively, the attention placed upon such operations confer to the need of defining the product, what it is for and how is it supposed to provide what the market demands for. Considerably attention to detail is necessary. This is the reason why it is always important for product creators or developers to have all the necessary documentations they need through research to be able to study ...

Abstract

Large multinational corporations in the contemporary business environment have a strong focus on leadership as the external environment places pressure on sustainability of their business models, based solely on the downstream advantages. With the growing complexity of the business, HRM became a paramount strategic element of the organizations, where leadership development and retention build on the core of business competitiveness. Many companies in the modern environment recognize the role of human capital in building productive and efficient internal environment and creating rare and inimitable assets. At the same time, there are numerous barriers that can be seen in the contemporary ...

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1.0 Chapter One: Introduction Chapter 1 introduces the concept of cross-cultural management in reference to the situation in Kazakhstan. The history of the region is briefly introduced with reference to the phenomena of globalization. The framework of the research is based on the seven organization constraints. The seven organizational constraints are listed and briefly defined. Research questions are listed with the research objectives. The rationale for the research is offered.

1.1 Introduction Cross cultural business and trade is not a new global phenomenon; a historical example is the Silk Road that passed through ...