83 Collaborat Essays, Term Papers and Book Reports
4 Year College vs. a 2 Year College
High school students deciding on going to college face a challenge when choosing a
college. The first challenge is deciding to attend a 2 year college vs. a 4 year college. Currently
in great state of California, students have several college options. When deciding to choose
between goin....
Administrative change on Terrorism
Administrative Change in Combating Terrorism
Terrorism is an act of violence committed by a person or persons intended to inflict fear and harm to another being in hopes that they submit into their demands. At 8:45am, on September 11th, 2001 Americas heart was torn by a hijacked plane crashing ....
Advertising Plan for a deodorant
An advertising plan is crucial to the success of any product, service or company since it basically lays down rigid guidelines upon which to communicate its strengths and build its image to the masses. Therefore a well constructed advertising plan will yield good advertisements and media strategies ....
AMAZON.COM BUSINESS CASE ANALYSIS
AMAZON.COM
BUSINESS CASE ANALYSIS
CASE ANALYSIS: AMAZON.COM
SUMMARY
Jeff Bezos started Amazon.com in 1994. The idea was born after Bezos saw a site showing the number of internet users was growing by 2300 percent every month. Initially, the companys focus was selling books. ....
Analysis of a Health Care Delivery System Paper
Analysis of a Health Care Delivery System
Oliver L. Avery, III
Introduction
In this writing, we will analyze family-centered care and the pediatricians role in a health care delivery system. This paper will describe the health care delivery system....
Analysis of Strategic Structure of Southwest Airlines
Analysis of Strategic Structure of Southwest Airlines
Twenty-nine years ago, Rollin King and Herb Kelleher got together and decided to start a different kind of airline. They began with one simple notion: If you get your passengers to their destinations when they want to get there, on time, at t....
Apple Case
Introduction
Many businesses formulate strategic goals to generate a foundational plan to improve and support their competitive performance. Strategic plans must address concentrated areas such as strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats, (S.W.O.T.) of external and internal factors. In add....
AUVAIYAR
1. Introduction
Every child born in this world is innocent. That is the reason, every body likes the children. Indians love children as gods like Kannan, Murugan and Iyyeppan where they appear as young children. Every child is not grown up as innocent adult. What are the changes being made while t....
Become Well rounded by learning Microsoft products.
There are literally hundreds of desirable traits in the workplace. Of these, one of the arguably most important is to be well rounded in the workplace. Many skills can assist an individual in being a well-rounded employee. Oral communication skills, written communication skills, teamwork, technical ....
Carlos Santana: Heart, Soul and Spirit
Carlos Santana is a visionary artist who broke boundaries in the music world. In an interview at the Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland in 2006 Santana said, "My mission is to awaken people to a global heart" (Hispanic Culture). Carlos is the primary exponent in the worldwide-recogniz....
Case study - Hero Honda Motors
HERO HONDA MOTORS LTD.
INTRODUCTION
Till mid 90s it was the scooter which dominated the two wheeler segment, but credit of motorcycles dominating the two wheeler segment was possible because of Hero Honda Motor Ltd. This case talks about how Hero Honda motors had changed the trend and today....
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
Disease
Acute Care
Ms. A. McCray
July 13, 2007
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, refers to a group of diseases that cause airflow blockage and breathing-related problems. It includes emphysema and chronic bronc....
Collaboration Software Paper
Abstract
Office automation software is commonly used in todays business world to simplify each individuals daily job and assist in providing group collaboration. In many organizations, office automation is a standard practice. There are software applications that are commonly used by many com....
Communicating & Collaborating Effectively in an Academic Environment
Communicating with individuals in a group at the workplace, churches, clubs, schools, organizations, and among family members young and older, is something that comes naturally without giving any thoughts to a style, culture, personality or any other trait. One individual would start a conversation....
Communication and Collaboration
We all know that to be successful in any type of organization teamwork is essential. Teamwork is the most important part of the organizations function. The real work come's when team players come together and communicate, make plans, coordinate, set goals, listen to each other's ideas and value each....
COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE A MODERN ORGANIZATIONAL CONCEPT
FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN
Department of Business Administration and Economics
Institute of Management
Chair for Organization and Leadership
COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE A MODERN ORGANIZATIONAL CONCEPT
Seminar : Organizational Practices
Supervisor :
Registrati....
Conflict Resolution Strategies
Introduction
Teamwork is one of the buzzwords of the '90s. Make it really mean something in your organization by following through on the basic tenets of teambuilding. When the whole company - managers and workers, alike - embraces the traits of a real team and changes its behavior accordingly, it ....
Control Mechanisms Paper
Abstract
The nature of control in organizations is the regulation of organizational activities so that some targeted element of performance remains within acceptable limits. (University of Washington, 2007) The purpose of control provides an organization with ways to adapting to environmental chan....
Creating a Plan for Positive Influence
Creating a Plan for Positive Influence
A positive influence plan can be created to assist in building motivation, satisfaction and performance in employees. Integrating quarterly or semi-annual team building sessions, conducting annual employee surveys, providing compensation for good behavior or a....
Customer car strategy / loyalty
Introduction:
Loyalty, in day-to-day life, implies an unselfish belief in institutions. Loyalty also suggests monogamy: one choice above all others.
Retail loyalty is not like that. There is not a customer alive who will consider using one shop for every need. When retailers look at winning an....
Diversity
Diversity is the mosaic of people who bring a variety of backgrounds, styles, perspectives, values, and beliefs as assets to the groups and organizations with which they interact as explained by (Rasmussen, 1996). This definition has three noteworthy points. First, it describes diversity as a m....
Downloading Music from the Internet
Downloading Music from the Internet
Downloading music from the internet is a very controversial issue. Some people think it is stealing, while others think it helps the artist get their music out. Why do people download music? Maybe they download because it is more convenient, and it saves time f....
Downsizing at General Electric
Downsizing at General Electric
General Electric
History of General Electric
Economic instability has hit many corporations, both large and small in the last few decades. Organizational Downsizing is one approach that many companies have employed as a means to survive the uncertain ....
Dynamics and Conflict in Teams
Dynamics and Conflict in Teams
Abstract
In this paper we will present the value of teams in the work environment. We will address the differences between a team and a group, take a brief look at team dynamics, discuss the strategies for making a team efficient and touch upon dealing with conf....
E-Marketing Tools Used by Amazon
Executive Summary
Amazon has many competitive advantages that will ensure continued profitability. Amazon recognizes that their most important job is to provide excellent e-commerce service to retailers and customers and believes the keys to success are listening to their customers and making long....
Environmental Analysis - Starbucks
Running head: ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS
Environmental Analysis Starbucks
University of Phoenix
MBA 501: Forces Influencing Business in the 21st Century
5/14/08
David Mozinski
Introduction
Starbucks is a dominant multinational coffeehouse chain based in the U....
Environmental Analysis of Starbucks
Introduction
Starbucks is a dominant multinational coffeehouse chain based in the United States. This company is the largest coffeehouse in the world, with 8,505 company-owned and 6,506 licensed stores in over 40 countries, making a total of 15,011 stores worldwide. Starbucks sells drip brewed cof....
Essentials of Negotiation
Introduction
Negotiation is the process whereby interested parties resolve disputes, agree upon courses of action, bargain for individual or collective advantage, and/or attempt to craft outcomes which serve their mutual interests. Given this definition, one can see negotiation occurring in almost ....
Facilitating Group Interaction
Facilitating Group Interaction
Collaborating effectively with others is what Group interaction is. Groups are often able to achieve more than individuals in time, expertise, and learning. An effective group interaction is when a team establishes understanding and expectations, negotiate agreement,....
Fannie Mae
Fannie Mae
There has been a general erosion of business values that justifies individuals questioning the current values and social responsibility of the business community. Simply typing recent business scandals into the Google search engine will generate 13 million results. This number is by ....
Four Function of Management
Management is the process of working with people and resources to accomplish organizational goals (T.S. Bateman and S.A. Snell, 2009). A successful manager is one the leads its enterprise to a specific objective by the use of all means available for accomplishing by known procedures, guideline....
four functions of management
Four Functions of Management
What is Management? Is it someone who is put in a place of authority to delegate and tell his or her employees how to live their lives? Thomas Bateman and Scott Snell, authors of Leading and Collaboration in a Competitive world (2007) describe management as the proc....
Functions of Management
Functions of Management
In todays work environment the only thing managers can be sure of is change as companies retrench, right size, and explore other ways to remain an asset. Therefore components such as planning, organizing, leading, and controlling must remain in todays work environment....
functions of management
Abstract
There is a difference between leadership and management. Strategic management is the top executive level and it is meant to make the decisions for the good of the company. There are four different functions of management. These four functions are important steps with creating and devel....
Functions of Management Paper
The main responsibility in a management position is the four functions of management planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. A manager is required to use all four of these functions to achieve the companies' goals maintaining a competitive edge in the industry. The plan of action requires ....
Global Communication Gap Analysis
According to Wall Street the telecommunications industry has been less than satisfying and stockholders are losing faith in the industries ability to bounce back. Global Communication is among those that have taken a hit due to increased competition and plummeting stocks. It is important for a co....
Harley Davidsons Success Beyond Reorganization
Harley Davidsons Success Beyond Reorganization
Few companies have been able to survive successfully a major reorganization in a union setting. Harley Davidson not only survived such a transition, but thrived on it. When faced with bankruptcy due to poor product quality and fierce competition, ....
Hero Hondas E-supply Chain Management
1.History of Hero Honda Motors Ltd.
The joint venture between India's Hero Group and Honda Motor Company, Japan has not only created the world's single largest two wheeler company but also one of the most successful joint ventures worldwide.
During the 80s, Hero Honda became the first company in....
Human Rights
Section 28.2 contains three pieces, two of which are underground notes dictated by Nelson Mandela. These two notes from the underground called his people to action against the South African Government. The third piece is a word for word conversation between Mandela and a South African Magistrate. T....
IDEO case analysis
How does IDEO create and sustain a culture of creativity?
It is not easy for companies to keep themselves innovative and flexible while they are growing, but IDEO achieved that by consciously building a corporate culture oriented toward creativity. IDEO cultivates its innovative corporate culture ....
Increasing Reading Comprehension
Introduction
For young children to succeed in reading, they must be well instructed in reading and use reading comprehension strategies. Five different strategies will be discussed that enable teachers to increase the reading comprehension skills of their students. The following five strategies w....
India-US relationship in 21st Century
India-US relationship in 21st Century
India and US are nations forged by many traditions and faiths, proving year after year that diversity is their strength. From vastly different origins and experiences, they proudly stand to depict: that freedom and democracy are the strongest bases for both p....
Indian Telecom Industry & Bharti Airtel
What was possibly the first real mobile phone, in the sense that it was connected to the telephone network, was tested by the Swedish police in 1946 for use in police cruisers
One of the first truly successful public commercial mobile phone networks was the ARP network launched i....
Internal and External Factors affecting Functions of Management
Internal and External Factors in Management
The primary function of management is planning, organizing, leading, and controlling, which is often referred to as the four functions of management. Managers perform the four functions in pursuit of company goals and must consider various factors in the ....
Jenny Saville
Jenny Saville (career starts 1992)(Still working in 2002)After a successful graduation from Glasgow school of Art in 1992 Saville was already off to a good start. Not only were all of her paintings sold instantly but also upon return to the school for post-graduate work she was faced with an eightee....
Leadership that gets results
LEADERSHIP THAT GETS RESULTS
Daniel Goleman
Article A60471886, Harvard Business Review, March 2000
A. Focus of the Article:
Indeed leadership has been a much spoken about in various fields pertaining to various contexts. And despite a lot of literature being available on it, leadership still d....
leading change
Running head: LEADING CHANGE: GOOD SPORT
Leading Change: Good Sport
University of Phoenix
Leading Change: Good Sport
Introduction
Organizations have different structures, generally determined by their strategies, and that these structures have a bearing on employee attit....
Light Emitting Polymers
The definition of a light emitting polymer is an organic polymer that glows (emits photons) when excited by electricity. Light emitting polymers respond to an electrical current by giving off visible radiation and they can be made into thin films or sheets. Light emitting polymers can also be calle....
Management and Leadership at Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart - Management and Leadership Paper
The Wal-Mart Corporation, spanning 13 countries and 7,390 locations is the largest retail company in the world. One of the main reasons for this is the effective use of corporate culture to promote a healthy organizational environment. Wal-Mart's cul....
Management and Leadership Paper
While many treat the words manager and leader as synonyms, they are actually quite different. It is important for any manager to understand that one can be a manager without leading effectively. An individual can also be a leader without being a manager.
This paper will discuss the roles and re....
Management Planning Paper
Management Planning Paper
This paper will be reviewing functions of management in the planning phase of the process. This paper will also include the impact that legal issues, ethics, and corporate responsibly have on the business strategic planning operation. In addition, the paper will review the....
Management Styles
Management Styles
There are several different management styles. In this report 7 different styles will be described, these are listed below:
Democratic
Autocratic
Consultative
Supportive
Collaborative
Passive
Directive
Democratic:
This type of management styl....
Managing Conflict
Conflict can take place at anytime, anywhere, and between anyone. Conflict occurs when one family member disagrees with another, or when one coworker expresses indifference to another. Conflict can be uttered verbally in the form of an argument or seen in a physical fight. Conflict can be observed n....
Merck & Company: Evaluating a Drug Licensing Opportunity
Introduction
In 2000, Merck & Co. was a global research-driven pharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering, developing and manufacturing of a broad variety of health products, addressed to meet a broad range of human and animal medical needs. Merck was doing its research, discovery, developme....
Office Automation
Office Animation & Group Collaboration Software
In my corporation, we use an application of instant messaging called Que. It can only be used by the employees. The advantages are that you can send someone an instant message and sometimes get an instant answer instead of sending an email or calling ....
office automation
Individuals in most organizations today do not work alone; instead most people work in teams, committees, departments, and other types of workgroups. To collaborate on business initiatives and everyday tasks, members of a workgroup can have meetings, talk on the telephone, send instant messages, and....
Office Automation and Group Collaboration
Introduction
The company I work for allows members to be organized and efficient. The secretarial duties are minimized thanks to the office automation and group collaboration software that the company offers. With these types of software, the company can facilitate, organize, and time manage with ....
Operational Changes at Kudler Fine Foods
Introduction
Kudler Fine Foods is a niche market grocery store. Purchasing the finest produce and products from around the globe, Kathy Kudler, the firms founder, hopes to continue corporate growth. With three stores open in the local area Kudler Fine Foods plans to contract with local growers ....
Organizing as Management Function
Describe and evaluate an organizing function of management as it relate to human resource, Knowledge and Technology. In addition will discuss whether or not the organization has optimized the resources for effectiveness and efficiencies. In summary will review some aspect of Boeing Corporation ways....
Organizing in Management - Kohls
Organizing in Management
Organizations are vital divisions of larger business groups. Organizations have distinct operations,
assignments, obligations, genres, and services offered to the clientele. Organizations act in accordance with
specialized plans and strategies that will allow them to re....
Participative Approaches to Change Management are Pass?
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A participative approach in change management was fully developed and valued with scholars such as Argyris, McGregor and Likert argued for its importance in organizations more than a quarter century ago. Evolving from the Organization Development approach to change management, ....
Personnel in Technology
Personnel in Technology
Creating and implementing a technology team will impact all members. To build an effective technology support team requires a significant investment in training. This includes team building training, a team launch workshop, cross-functional training, and training in var....
Poetry on the Internet
Introduction
The interest in poetry is at an all-time high, and much of that interest has to do with the accessibility of poetic materials on the Internet, a vehicle that offers both a wide latitude of choice to browsers and researchers and a curious mixture of attention and anonymity to those who ....
Problem Solution: Global Communications
The Executives at Global Communications have discovered the consequences of hasty action after proposing their solution of restructuring domestic production and outsourcing service centers. The threatened action by the employee union has caused negative national attention and a new company image wi....
Small Group Communication and Behavior
Manhattan College
Adult Degree Completion Program
Cohort 106.81
Small Group Communication and Behavior
Organizational Behavior
Professor Eugene Walsh
Jennah McKay
January, 2007
Abstract
According to Harris and Sherblom (2005), using dive....
small group work
Written Paper
Challenges of group work
Benefits Problems
« Share opinions and ideas « Side track
« Construction of knowledge « Individuals not contributing
« Collaborative thinking « Group control
« Metacognition « Organize
« Brain Based Learning « Diffe....
Smirnoff Naturalz Marketing plan
Marketing plan
Smirnoff Naturalz
Smirnoff Naturalz is an alcoholic beverage with an assortment of exceptional natural flavors. The beverage will have a much lower calorie count and carbohydrates.
I. Mission and purpose
Smirnoff Naturalz is a product extension of Smirnoff inc. Smirn....
Southwest Airlines
Analysis of Strategic Structure of Southwest Airlines
Twenty-nine years ago, Rollin King and Herb Kelleher got together and decided to start a different kind of airline. They began with one simple notion: If you get your passengers to their destinations when they want to get there, on time, at t....
State of Innovation and Types of Organizational Changes
Organizational change is a reality or inevitable in every organization. Some changes are planned and some are unplanned. An example of a planned change is a developmental change of an organization. This is a natural growth of an organization, which can occur for many reasons such as to meet custom....
Steps to build Management information system in Todays IT
I) Objective:
Steps to build quality MIS in todays IT world.
II) Scope:
Life cycle in building MIS: -
a. Requirement Analysis
b. Elaboration, System architecture.
c. Design (High-level design. Low level design)
d. Development
e. Quality Assurance/ Quality Check
f. Implementation
....
Strategic Planning and Management in the Business Environment
This paper will focus upon the defining the strategic plan and the role of the four functions of management: planning, organizing, leading and controlling - and what they mean to starting a small business. In the arena of business today, to be able to recognize and implement these aspects is imperat....
Supply Chain Management in the Seafood Industry
Introduction
Overview of Industry Importance and Value
The Australian commercial fishing and seafood industry encompasses the wild catch sector, the aquaculture sector and the processing and retail seafood sectors (Austrade, online). The aquaculture and wild catch sectors are found on the countr....
Team Training Plan
Teamwork and high level of collective performance is essential in today's workplace. This does not mean that the individual is no longer important, but it does mean that effective and efficient teamwork goes beyond individual accomplishments. Unknown author once stated that The whole is greater th....
Technology, Diversity, Ethics, and Innovation at Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart uses the four basic functions of management: Planning, Organizing, Leading and controlling, in its use of technology to operate daily business functions.
Wal-Mart was one of the first companies to recognize its need to organize an efficient inventory and delivery system. Wal-Mart was a....
The effects of Endaka
THE GLOBAL BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL ENVIRONMENT
CONTENTS:
Page 3 Question 1
Page 8 Question 2
Page 11 ..Question 3
Page 15 ..Question 4
....
The Starbucks Experience
Starbucks Coffee
The Experience
1.0 Company Profile
Established in March 1971, the first Starbucks coffee opened in Seattles Pike place offering a wide choice of beverages, food & non-food items.
In 2005 Starbucks portfolio reached about 5,185 company-operated coffeehouse & 2765 licens....
Threats to online Trading Companies (in APA style)
Introduction
According to Luis and Camarinha-Matos (2004) threats to online trading companies are from the hackers who take advantage from carelessness of the people or companies using the online services for trading.
This report will be discussing the major threats to online trading companies a....
Toyota Case Study
History, Development and Growth:
Toyoda Sakichi enjoyed a successful career in the textile industry but he was always intrigued with the idea of building automobiles. In 1930, Sakichi sold his textile patent rights for the sum of 1 million yen and convinced his son, Toyoda Kiichiro, to explore t....
Water Crisis
The water we drink daily is called freshwater. Freshwater is in finite supply and mostly stored in the atmosphere, in surface water such as rivers, streams and lakes, and in aquifers. 97.5% of the earth's water is salt water and is undrinkable to humans. About 40% of the world's population has ....
What causes prosperity? Eidence from Romania
Being born in 1984, we are too young to remember concrete facts about the communist
regime. We mostly know what weve been told and read about in our history books. Nonetheless,
Orwells novel seems far from utopian even for those of us who had the good fortune of spending
only a few years livi....
What is Taylorism?
What is Taylorism?
Taylor wrote ¡¥The Principles of Scientific Management¡¦ in 1911, these ideology became known as Taylorism. Taylorism Principle include: (Management for Productivity, John R. Schermerhorn, Jr. (1993)):
« Develop a "science" for every job, including rules motion, un....
XANADU ELECTRONICS CASE STUDY
Founded in 1967, Xanadu Electronics Corporation, driven by a continuous progress, in only six years proved to be the first company that successfully develop a device to detect and decode tones from a touch keypad at a marketable price. Together with the purchase of a semiconductor fabrication facili....
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