Performance appraisal system of eMorphosys
Case study - 36 pages - Services marketing
Appraisal of one individual by another individual is a continuous process and it is a natural phenomenon in beings. This is constantly done, consciously in our day today interaction, ether in family life or in a social setting or in an organization for that matter. While the individual or a group...
Supermarkets face out food discounters: from buying to shopping - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 24 pages - Business strategy
The following report encompasses four main parts, i.e. a literature review developing theories on the selected topic, a research methodology helping in the selection of the most accurate research method, findings following from the primary research and a discussion confronting the...
Managing Multicultural Teams - The Forg
Dissertation - 38 pages - Management
This master's thesis explores the dynamics behind multicultural teams in the workplace. Working in a restaurant surrounded by different cultural backgrounds and practices, I started to wonder how such a workforce could be built, and what could prevent it from existing. A deep analysis of the...
EEV (European Embedded Value) and MCEV (Market Consistent Embedded Value) - publié le 16/01/2009
Essay - 11 pages - Business strategy
In May 2004 the CFO forum published European Embedded Value Principles. The “CFO Forum” is a high-level discussion group composed and attended by the Chief Financial Officers of 19 leading European insurers. These principles are intended to increase the quality, comparability and...
The grounded theory
Thesis - 5 pages - Computer science
The methodology of Grounded Theory is increasingly being used in research in information systems. However, some researchers consider this method as having non-rigorous data points and therefore unacceptable for scientific research and the use of empirical data. The purpose of the article...
The genius app idea: the importance of flexibility and customer feedback
Case study - 2 pages - Startup, entrepreneurship
Coming up with good entrepreneurial ideas and knowing how to evaluate them is difficult. In this respect, the student made three main mistakes: having the wrong preconceived notions about entrepreneurship and start-up founders, failing to develop a prototype, and not adopting the lean startup...
An autonomous knowledge acquisition system toward the ubiquitous knowledge management
Tutorials/exercises - 13 pages - Management
Knowledge management (KM), which pursues dynamic knowledge creation and sharing within and among organizations, had been boomed since the end of the last century. However, because of some technical limitations as well as cultural barriers, the concept of KM has been getting buried alive,...
EEV (European Embedded Value) and MCEV (Market Consistent Embedded Value)
Essay - 13 pages - Finance
In May 2004 the CFO forum published European Embedded Value Principles. The “CFO Forum” is a high-level discussion group composed and attended by the Chief Financial Officers of 19 leading European insurers. These principles are intended to increase the quality, comparability and...
Supermarkets face out food discounters: from buying to shopping
Dissertation - 23 pages - Distribution marketing
The following report encompasses four main parts, i.e. a literature review developing theories on the selected topic, a research methodology helping in the selection of the most accurate research method, findings following from the primary research and a discussion confronting the...
Advertisement and sales promotion with reference to Leo Labs IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Case study - 35 pages - Services marketing
LeoLabs IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd. has built a reputation of delivering software and business management solutions that provide measurable results. It has been recognized as one of the fastest growing companies in Hyderabad, India. LeoLabs growth can be attributed to the company's focus on...
La gestion des risques dans les opérations bancaires d'entreprises
Dissertation - 73 pages - Finance
Currently the banking sector is in complete transformation and develops more and more complex financial operations. The Cooke ratio device was introduced in 1988. With many limits, it did not allow banks to minimize their risks. The Basle 2 Committee is always in charge of formalizing the...
Second and foreign language acquisition: Recent theories and teaching methodologies (A discussion)
Thesis - 9 pages - Educational studies
This paper will cover two areas related foreign language learning. The first area to be explored is theories of second and foreign language acquisition. The second is foreign language teaching methodology. The two are interrelated, as theory can be applied to actual classroom practice....
Process improvement in recruitment, selection and functional design of hiring management system in relevance to IBM
Thesis - 18 pages - Human resources
Process Improvement, a methodology adopted for stabilizing and improving work tasks and systems can result in great benefits in processes in an organization by establishing continuous monitoring and control over those tasks and ensuring predictability of quality and costs. The recruitment...
Vendor selection under uncertainty
Thesis - 6 pages - Physics
Vendor selection is of strategic importance to companies. This paper uses fuzzy tools for vendor selection to improve decision-making (DM) through a more systematic and logical approach. Expert opinion is portrayed by allocating different fuzzy weights to the linguistic data in the form of...
Positive-Normative distinction - publié le 12/01/2009
Thesis - 3 pages - Economy general
The methodology in economics is important because it gives us a better understanding of the economic analysis. The purpose of economic theory is to provide a comprehensive framework for the study of human behaviour declares Gary Becker (1976). As the aim of the economy for governments is...
Market analysis of IPO business in India
Market study - 27 pages - Finance
Like several other goods, which require a market place for buyers & sellers to come together, shares, too need a market where they can be sold & bought. The markets where shares are sold bought are either primary market or secondary market. The primary stock market is the place where the new...
Basic concepts of CRM
Thesis - 23 pages - Management
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) refers to the methodologies and tools that help businesses manage customer relationships in an organized way. CRM stands for Customer Relationship Management. It is a process or methodology used to learn more about customers' needs and behaviors...
Determining the core activities in the order fulfillment process: An empirical application
Thesis - 10 pages - Management
This work examines the relationship between internal and relational capabilities and the creation of value to the end consumer in the order fulfillment process. The study is applied to firms manufacturing and distributing food products. This work develops a methodology to identify...
Introduction to cross-cultural psychology
Case study - 3 pages - Psychology
The practices and teachings of psychology are diverse and various since the structures are composed of sub-disciplines such as abnormal psychology, industrial/organizational psychology, social psychology and so on. The diverse beliefs and theories of each respected school of psychology is better...
Six Sigma at Amazon.Com
Case study - 14 pages - Business strategy
Six Sigma involves linking the best elements of quality initiatives in a sustained pursuit of attaining efficiency, customer satisfaction, reduced cycle times and defect rates. This report involves a case study of the successful implementation of the strategy at Amazon.com Inc., as part of its...
The FMEA and its applications in sectors
Essay - 10 pages - Business strategy
The FMEA was developed by the U.S. Army in the late 1940s as a military procedure (MIL-P-1629). It was used as a technique for assessment of reliability and to determine the effects of failures of systems or equipment. The failures were classified according to their effect on mission success and...
Logistic strategies of the companies of luxury - Example of Louis Vuitton
Case study - 42 pages - Logistics
In this paper, we will focus on logistics and strategies of luxury companies. We will also analyze their future prospects. Initially, key concepts and existing models in terms of logistics are defined in the first paragraph. Therefore, one sees three different types of strategies, the offensive,...
How intelligence levels can be rated? - Quantitative Methods for Business
Case study - 4 pages - Business strategy
This research paper in particular tries to find out the causes of variation in brain intelligence. There are quite a number of reactions from different scientists like Epsteins, Broca and Hootons who studies this topic using different methodologies. For instance, Broca in his research states that...
Use of multiple methods to examine risk in project appraisals
Essay - 5 pages - Educational studies
Project appraisal is the methodology of evaluating and addressing proposition before assets are conferred. It is a key device for successful activity in group re-establishment. It's a method by which organizations can pick the best projects to help them attain to what they need for...
Action research: definition, application, methods...
Essay - 13 pages - Educational studies
Recently, most researchers have cited that they incorporate action research in the problem solving initiatives (Groundwater - Smith, 2009; Dick, Stringer, & Huxham, 2009). As a result, this paper discusses what action research is and how it can be applied to produce actual solutions for actual...
Positive-Normative distinction
Essay - 3 pages - Economy general
The methodology in economics is important because it gives us a better understanding of the economic analysis. The purpose of economic theory is to provide a comprehensive framework for the study of human behaviour declares Gary Becker (1976). As the aim of the economy for governments is...
A system dynamics approach for village development planning with reference to India
Case study - 12 pages - Social, moral & civic education
This paper presents the results of a detailed 10-week long fieldwork done at the Tuljapur village in Thane district of Maharashtra a state in India obtained from modeling the observed data using the System Dynamics methodology. Various resource-technology-need linkages (forward and...
Post-Doctoral proposal Possible strategies to improve network asset management within the electricity distribution industry
Essay - 7 pages - Computer science
This Post-doctoral proposal suggests further work that could be done in the future and offers some personal comments, based on the research done, on possible strategies to improve network asset management within the electricity distribution industry. It is hoped that this granted study will...
A look at the consumer response to creativity in advertising
Dissertation - 56 pages - Services marketing
This chapter will provide an outline of the topics that will be covered in this proposal. It will briefly give an overview of the proposed research topic and acknowledge the importance of this study. Next, the literature review and the methodology chapters will be summarized. This will...
Analysis of money laundering risks in priority banking: A unit if Standard Chartered Bank
Tutorials/exercises - 65 pages - Finance
Money laundering, at its simplest, is the act of making money that comes from Source A look like it comes from Source B. In practice, criminals are trying to disguise the origins of money obtained through illegal activities so it looks like it was obtained from legal sources. Otherwise, they...
