Essays on Turn Around

Assignment 2: MS Project and Team Leadership

Introduction In any project, having unfocused, disengaged and team members who underperform can be very challenging and can sap the energy out of any vibrant team therefore slowing down business operation. Given proper management and motivation, most of these team members can form the greatest asset for any project manager while the opposite can happen when they work under poor management and where there is no motivation as well as where everyone in the team is demoralized. The choice to have a vibrant team always lies squarely on the hands of the project team leader and as such, the ...

1. Introduction Marketing refers to the set of all the strategies utilized for the purpose of promoting or selling the services of any company. It always plays a key role in the success of all types of small, medium and large sizes of businesses. And, without the shadow of any doubt, the success of a marketing strategy heavily depends on how well it is planned and implemented, and how accurately it addresses the needs of the target audience for a business (Kotler & Armstrong, 2006).The current paper aims to analyze the marketing strategy of two different airline companies i.e. ...

[Date: mm/dd/yyyy] The penalty rate incorporates the rate of pay that is granted to the employees for the services that are being provided under difficult conditions or unusual timeframe. The penalty rate is provided when employees work during weekends, overtime, night shifts, early morning shifts or public holidays. The penalty rate has been reduced as a strategic decision to increase jobs by means of providing opportunities to the new employees rather than dividing work within the existing employees (Daly, 2014). The current paper enlightens the dynamics of the penalty rate that tend to justify the penalty rate and analyzes ...

Tata Steel UK – Port Talbot

Introduction This paper entails a critical analytical review of a business entity which operates in the United Kingdom and which has recently encountered operational difficulties that have necessitated the formulation of a solution from a strategic management stand point. The business entity which will be evaluated in this paper is Tata Steel, which has vast interests across the United Kingdom as well as in other parts of the globe. The paper will analyze the problems that the entity currently faces as well as propose viable solutions that will lead to the resolution of these operating issues going forward.

Tata Steel UK Background

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General motors’ has been a leading car manufacturer globally for decades. The company was established as a mass-market car producer. Over time, the company market share dwindled with the introduction of cheaper Japanese and Korean cars. Thus, it was forced to retract its competition in the SUV cars. Other companies were able to harness the benefits of economy of scales owing to their structures. General motors’ structure was segregated and composed of twelve companies each responsible for its own production and distribution with minimum collaborations. The company crisis peaked in the year 2008 when it reported a loss of $ ...