Henry Gantt and his three theories
Case study - 4 pages - Business strategy
Henry Gantt, the celebrated mechanical engineer and management expert, not only developed the project management tools - Gantt chart, but also advocated the interpersonal theory as a pioneer. In addition, he designed "task and bonus" system in his later years, which have made a great influence on...
The personal computer industry - a marketing perspective
Case study - 14 pages - Business strategy
Personal Computers, meaning a machine to be used by only one person, have thrived for decades. The historic systems were built with a magnetic drum memory and gave the person complete control on the machine's registers and its various modes of operation. Many were only intended to be operated as...
Investment banking sector: a look into the future
Case study - 15 pages - Finance
Disappointing economic performances reported by main banking players in the last couple of years are expected to continue in the near future, reflecting an overall stagnating economic environment not only in Europe, but potentially also in U.S. (dependent on fiscal cliff starting in January...
Organizational development
Case study - 4 pages - Management
Organizational cultures can vary a lot from a company to another. As we have seen in class, they are influenced by many different factors like the cultural-background of the employees, the country in which the company is implanted in, the size of the company, the industry etc… This amount of...
The social process of joining an organization
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
The standard perception of ‘The social process of joining an organization' studies the behavior of an individual, the relationship within groups, how the public develops and interacts. Moreover, how these relations can change their behavior within a business. Frederick Taylor (1911) believed...
Timber use in the 21st century
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
The Use of Timber resources traces back to the era of early man, where they used wood to make fire. Since then, timber has become one of the important resources for development. Trees can be categorized into two types; hardwoods and softwoods. Due two the different characteristics of these trees,...
Offshore outsourcing offering competitive advantage: Case study research on Intuit Corporation
Case study - 19 pages - Management
Corporations today are operating in increasingly competing markets, facing strong pressures from stakeholders to operate more effectively and efficiently (Baloh et al., 2008). The competitive dynamics in large number of industries are changing too, making it difficult for firms to develop or...
Individual research applications: HRM
Case study - 2 pages - Business strategy
Research is a method used to gather and study information about a specific subject and data collection of information on the past and present or primary and secondary data. The purpose of these findings is to assist an organization in setting goals and making strategic decisions to remain...
The formula one constructor
Case study - 7 pages - Business strategy
The Formula One constructors generally function at the peak of resource utilization and, therefore, manage resources very efficiently. Hence, almost every resource that becomes a capability for competitive advantage is converted into a competency for competitive advantage. Internal strategic...
An analysis of both micro and macro environments of Russia, Sweden and Spain in order to evaluate the potential to internationalize a DVD player product
Case study - 7 pages - Business strategy
This report will analyze the micro and macro environments of Russia, Sweden and Spain in order to evaluate the potential to internationalize in each country. Pennine Electronics is a small to medium size enterprise based in the UK and consists of 150 employees. Its incentive to internationally...
Is pop music decided by its audience taste and the artist's talent or is it dictated by the producer who sells it?
Case study - 1 pages - Business strategy
Before the 90's, the success of pop songs was because of the artist's talent and the diversity and the complexity of the music structures. Music was a way of expressing something and the aim was to be the voice of people. According to The Rolling Stone magazine and its ranking of the 500 Greatest...
Tobacco: industry, market, society chronology
Case study - 4 pages - Business strategy
Nowadays, the most commonly-spread form is the filter-tipped cigarette; big companies like Philip Morris use machines which can produce thousands of cigarettes a minute; the cigarette becomes omnipresent during the 20th century: from the middle-class person to the worker, from the student to the...
Hotel occupancy in India
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
Tourism in India contributes to around 6.23 percent of India's GDP (Sanjeev, Kanika & Rumki, 163-173).Yearly, India receives over 6million tourists, ranking India as the largest source of foreign tourists to the United Arab Emirates. In 2011, foreign tourist arrivals in India totaled to 6.29...
ERP case study
Case study - 85 pages - Management
In today's world ERP is used to generate drastic change to the organisation which adopts ERP system. ERP implementation is often high complex, costly and time consuming process. This creates the demand within the organisation for a more rapid and less costly ERP implementation approach. So, the...
Nagpur soft drink market study 2012
Case study - 12 pages - Management
Nagpur soft drink segment value sales stood at US$2.8 million, with year-on-year growth of 34.3% in 2011-2012. The segment value sales are stipulated to reach US$7.7 million, with CAGR of 40.1% in next 2-3 years (2012-2015e). The market has witnessed exponential volume sales of 6.74 million...
Dawanda website analysis
Case study - 28 pages - Business strategy
The online objectives of Dawanda.fr are to provide a website by which any designer can offer its products. Each designer can open its own shop. It represents an intermediary between designers and customers who are looking for unique and original products. The main objective of Dawanda is to make...
India: Online pet care market outlook 2013
Case study - 4 pages - Management
Online pet care segment witnessed higher double digit value sales growth of 25% on year-on-year basis in 2011-2012. It further registered annual transactions increase of 22% on year-on-year basis in 2012. The segment is stipulated to witness average annual growth of 28% with respect to value...
General Electric
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
General Electric has been building market share based on a brand name that is associated with the company. This brand name has become so popular that it can be found on in most households. As the world's largest company, General Electric achieved consistent growth in sales. General Electric...
Business plan of eco Stargleam
Business plan - 30 pages - Business strategy
LED is the abbreviation for 'Light Emitting Diode'. A diode is a small, plastic coated device, which carries inside a semiconductor and upon an application of an electric current, emits light of a predetermined color. This tone depends on the material of which it is made of. Until...
Purchasing and supply chain: BIC Company
Case study - 10 pages - Business strategy
The group's history began in 1945 BIC while Marcel Bich and Edouard Buffard mount a factory spare part for pens in Clichy. In 1950, BIC Cristal pen is launched: it went on to sell hundreds of billions of copies. BIC is expanding internationally in 1950 (Italy, Brazil, United Kingdom, United...
Tesco: Homeplus subway virtual store
Case study - 8 pages - Business strategy
The service that we have chosen is the Tesco's HomePlus Subway Virtual Store. This concept appeared first in the subway of Seoul, in South Korea, in September 2010 . It was developed by Tesco, a distribution group mainly based in the United-Kingdom, Ireland and Asia . The principle of this...
3M Corporation management of its accounting and financial information
Case study - 1 pages - Business strategy
For any organization to achieve tremendous growth and maintain competitive advantage it has to effectively manage its financial and accounting information. 3M management policies, of its account remain envy of many cooperates, it's upon this concept that the paper seeks to identify the...
A report on human resource management
Case study - 4 pages - Human resources
This report draws on an investigative and deductive analysis research paradigm, which seeks to define the various concept dealt in human resource management. In this concept, a brief definition of what connotes a contract of employment will be outlined. The discussion then emphasizes on the...
How information systems act as agents of change
Case study - 7 pages - Business strategy
In many organizations, employee- employer relationships are critical components which ought to be natured and subsequently stressed. Indeed a wide body of knowledge point to the fact that such a cordial relationship is not only a boon to the employer but also to the employee. In this case the...
Human resource management
Case study - 2 pages - Human resources
The concept of human resource management over the years has stressed, the importance of employee a sound employee relationship in the organization .Imagine a situation where an employees works for long hours without proper compensation, is constantly abused and harassed by the boss and lacks a...
Conflict management: Case study
Case study - 2 pages - Business strategy
Workplace, conflicts is a concept, which an organization can't afford to ignore or disassociate with, they are common and often will keep on recurring if strategic and result oriented measures are not adopted. Though such conflict have been accentuated as having both positive and negative...
Volkswagen of America
Case study - 7 pages - Business strategy
When Ferdinand Porsche designed the first Volkswagen during the 1930s, he most likely could not imagine what major impact that simple drawing would have on what one calls today the “great German Auto-Industry”. First, targeting the mass market, Volkswagen's intention was to provide...
Information systems management: Employment laws
Case study - 4 pages - Management
Making slave trade illegal, in the R v Knowles, ex parte Somersett, in 1772 and the subsequent abolition of slave trade through the Slavery Abolition Act 1833, acted as impetus to the death of serfdom, which stressed on employee subordination (Summers, 1969). This lend to a new era of employee...
A report on total quality management
Case study - 8 pages - Management
For eons the concept of TQM has been widely used by organization, company, teams and firms in different countries to improve efficiency, effectiveness and quality, a factor that acts as impetus to maintaining competitive advantage and effective human resource management. Indeed in the...
Creating and measuring shareholder value in British corporations
Case study - 15 pages - Business strategy
The shareholder value in business industry is the most commonly used term in present age. The wildfire of equity culture is quickly spreading from United States to the whole world business industry and it has been grasped as critical today as it was in the last few decades. In United Kingdom the...
