Stackelberg Market Structures
Course material - 2 pages - Management
Understand how companies influence their environment through Stackelberg market structures in microeconomics.
Business issues in the US
Course material - 24 pages - Management
In the early 20th century when faced criticisms or a crisis large, corporations started to end their culture of secrecy and to promote the broadcasting of information towards the public. They relied on journalists, or the used posters, publicity bureaus and press agents to become experts in...
Leadership
Course material - 9 pages - Management
In the introductory session of the Leadership course, we delved into the fundamental concept of leadership. We explored leadership as the ability to inspire and influence others towards a common goal, emphasizing traits such as vision, integrity, empathy, and effective communication....
Complex Negotiation
Course material - 14 pages - Management
Complex negotiation is a dynamic and delicate process of communication and interaction between two or more parties, aimed at reaching a mutually satisfactory agreement, while managing situations characterized by divergent interests, strong emotions, high stakes, and interpersonal relationships at...
History of Management Theory
Course material - 33 pages - Management
Taylorism has long suggested that man was just one tool among many. However, we live in an industrial society more committed to a service society where the rules are more subtle. It is no longer a tool that is put in the hands of a worker, it is individual support for the employee that is...
Management in the public sector
Course material - 10 pages - Management
In the public sector, business organizations do not exist to make profit but to provide services for the whole nation. The public sector is made up of organizations which are controlled by the government, the state or the local authorities. They can be divided into 3 categories: - Public...
Management and cultural aspects
Course material - 25 pages - Management
Human beings have needs in order to survive and the purpose of economic activity is to satisfy these needs by providing people with what they need. Such needs will vary from person to person because each person seeks different things at different times. Those who are poor would like to satisfy...
Operations Management and Industry 4.0
Course material - 4 pages - Management
Ever since the Industrial Revolution and the development of mass production, organisations had to develop ways of managing the processes and factors of production. Operations management involves the management of all activities involved in the transformation of a range of inputs, such as finance,...
Leadership theories - Different approaches to project management
Course material - 2 pages - Management
One of the most essential and crucial factors in project management is leadership. It can be viewed as the art of others to attain the anticipated goals. To understand the concept of leadership several theories have been developed. They include the trait approach, behavioral approach, contingency...
Management Information Systems
Course material - 9 pages - Management
More and more, the company must handle a colossal amount of information which does not cease growing; whether they are sourced externally or produced internally, they are supported by an exponential increase in the capacity of computer systems. About 80% of a manager's working time is spent...
Statistics for Management - Stata Commands
Course material - 3 pages - Management
version 14: specify Stata version clear all: clear working directory cd "directory path": change working directory capture log close: close log file if one is already open log using filename, replace: open a new log file log off: temporarily stop storing log on: start again log close: close the...
Transnational business and culture
Course material - 9 pages - Management
Nowadays industrial democracy is increasingly used by companies because real benefits have been noted following its implementation. This technique is common in the Anglo-Saxon countries but also in Francophone countries but with another name. Industrial democracy is an extremely important issue...
Are company stress management programs effective?
Course material - 16 pages - Management
France has very specific characteristics on stress at work, problems such as suicide are much more frequent than elsewhere. Ironically, France is a country where firms are trying to reduce stress problems. The French case is a good example to study in the current context. The question is:what...
Change management: The difficulties in applying change processes - published: 12/10/2010
Course material - 8 pages - Management
When a company knows an important growth, the entrepreneur and the executives needs to manage the changes and adapt the organization to its new expectations. They have to adapt the company to the new demand and ensure this expansion without damaging the global service and functioning. But it is...
Risk Management: Top 10 risks of a Koninklijke Philips Electronics - publié le 07/10/2010
Course material - 8 pages - Management
Philips Presentation Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., well known as Philips, is one of the biggest groups of the world in terms of electronics, household, music edition and medical equipment. In 2004, its sales reached € 30.3 billion and employed 161 586 people in more than 60 countries...
Risk Management: Top 10 risks of a Koninklijke Philips Electronics
Course material - 8 pages - Management
Philips Presentation Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., well known as Philips, is one of the biggest groups of the world in terms of electronics, household, music edition and medical equipment. In 2004, its sales reached € 30.3 billion and employed 161 586 people in more than 60 countries...
Exercices on risk management
Course material - 4 pages - Management
The exercices in this document deal with the different risk measures, the paramaters of the VaR model, the evaluation factors of risk management capabilities and define some concepts. Extract: "Describe the advantages and disadvantages for each of the following risk measures: DV01 (2) Advantages...
Business statistics for managers - the median, the mode and the mean
Course material - 5 pages - Management
Some of the questions answered in this assignment are the following: talking about central tendencies, in which cases the median and the mode can be more useful than the mean? Illustrate through real life examples; do some research and indicate in which applications the following probability...
Supply chain Management: questions and answers
Course material - 11 pages - Management
This document contains questions and answers about supply chain management. Extract : "The Beer Game is a simulation of the supply chain where players should honor the consumer orders in managing their stocks, supplying and costs. Our individual performance in the Beer Game can't be taken as a...
Business performance and RIOS
Course material - 4 pages - Management
The concept of business performance is based on the torque value / cost, the goal being to optimize the ratio between the two (Minimizing costs, maximizing the value produced). The goal is to ultimately increase production and lower costs. (A financial value is not sufficient by itself to account...
Corporate communication and corporate governance
Course material - 8 pages - Management
As financial institutions play an important role in the economic activity, they assume central place in this context. The financial crisis has revealed different issues that have been hidden within our societies. Evidently, societies have underlined the practices of finance, and sometimes...
Organizational behavior - publié le 28/02/2010
Course material - 4 pages - Management
Organizations are always in interaction with their environments. Organizations depend on the components of the environment which is why they are open systems. An organization is a dynamic system which takes action on different variants of the environment. The organization is like a circle. It...
Supply chain management assignment
Course material - 8 pages - Management
Identifying order winners and order qualifiers is a way to better integrate a company in its market allowing full potential and optimization of the way a product is built and delivered. In the case of Manufacturer of seats, we can see, as order winners, the quality and security the seats offer,...
Management in French companies
Course material - 11 pages - Management
An essential distinction is drawn in French labor law between the status of an employee and that of officer. The distinction is significant because it determines whether managers are covered by the labor law legislation, including those concerning employee dismissals. As a general principle, a...
Managing international teams
Course material - 22 pages - Management
With an ongoing globalization of activities and companies, heterogeneity in companies' workforce has become a reality. Managing diversity has turned into a major challenge for companies' survival. As a matter of fact, large companies can no longer boast their national affiliation as the workplace...
Optimization in network asset management: United Kingdom electricity industry and energy efficiency
Course material - 11 pages - Management
This paper considers the role of optimization network asset management in energy efficiency. Large, extensive distribution networks are the focus of the document. We specifically look at how to determine the optimal policy for project release, focus on the maintenance and replacement issues of a...
Managing people in a cross-cultural context
Course material - 12 pages - Management
My company, REN, is a small company headquartered in Copenhagen. It is a new Japanese owned event company. It employs 50 people. The company has experienced problems with team building during its previous events because of the multinational nature of the teams. The cultural factor had not been...
American Management and Leadership
Course material - 15 pages - Management
The regulations for food irradiation are organized by several Federal agencies: The U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is the primary regulatory agency involved with food irradiation. It sets criteria for the safe use of irradiation on all foods. FDA involvement is mandated by the Federal...
Beta Management
Course material - 19 pages - Management
The first step of a core-satellite approach is the beta management i.e the strategic asset allocation decision. The goal is to implement a quantitative process for the management of the European equity portion of portfolio. To design the efficient benchmark, we have used the static approach (risk...
Working time management
Course material - 15 pages - Management
The evolution of the working time is seen as a key indicator of the improvement of living and working conditions. Although the quantity is easy to calculate, we mustn't forget that time management depend on personal factors like the speed at work, the difficulty of achieving the tasks and the...
