76 Productivi Essays, Term Papers and Book Reports
E-Commerce; Jet Blue INC.
Introduction
JetBlue is an American low-cost airline owned by the JetBlue Airways Corporation. The companys headquarters is located in the Queens borough of New York City (About Us, 2004). Its home airport is located at John F. Kennedy International Airport. The airline mainly serves destinations....
"In Search of Excellence" by Thomas J. Peters and Robert Waterman, Jr.
The book titled "In Search of Excellence" written by Thomas J. Peters and Robert Waterman, Jr. is considered to be one of the best management books in the world that focus on keys to successful business management. The book discussed in detail about the various management practices and eff....
Bagel Hockey Case
INTRODUCTION
Toronto Training Academy has a cafeteria that is open seven days a week, located in its residential hall. Because the school is mostly attended by commuters, the campus is practically unoccupied during the weekend, causing the cafeteria to have very little business except for a few b....
Benchmarking
This paper will be explaining benchmarking and the different types of benchmarking that are being used today. It will also be exploring the ethics and code of conduct that companies must adhere to because of privacy acts and laws that are laid out to protect companies and their internal confidentia....
Benchmarking
Your organizationand you as a leaderneed to be creative and adaptive in order to be competitive. If you have a problem to solve, you need to come up with a solution that best meets your goals and objectives. To avoid having to reinvent the wheel, you can look for ideas or best practices in many ....
Business Change Model for CrysTel
Running Head: Change Model
Change Model for CrysTel
Ryan Auck
University of Phoenix
Change Model for CrysTel
Introduction
Resistance to change and lack of flexibility endanger the progress of an organization, limiti....
Business Cost of Alcohol - What Are We Really Paying?
Alcohol abuse and its related problems cost society in general many billions of dollars every year. The toll on families is enormous not only in pain and suffering but through costs associated with prevention, treatment, and prosecution of law breakers in terms of tax dollars, insurance premiums, ....
Business in Switzerland
Switzerland is an excellent country for U.S. exporters. The countrys open market, high productivity, stability, reliable economy, central location and highly developed industrial base support the decision to operate in Switzerland. In, 2004 Switzerlands imports of U.S. products amounted to a....
Career Development Plan - Interclean and EnviroTech - Job Analysis and Selection
Interclean and EnviroTech have culminated in a merger which has resulted in the newly formed company establishing itself in a new direction while encountering preeminent changes. These changes are of vast importance and will affect the structure of the company from within as well as have a crucial e....
Career Development Plan Part III Summary for Kudler Fine Foods
Kudler Fine Foods is a grocer that specializes in high quality gourmet foods. According to their mission statement Kudler Fine Foods is committed to providing our customers with the finest selection of the very best foods and wines so that your culinary visions can come true."
Currently....
Career Development Plan Part III-Performance and Career Management
With the merger of EnviroTech and InterClean comes a plethora of new and revamped policies and procedures. It is important that each individual guiding principle that we set forth from now on be tailored specifically to each department, and customized to the individual teams and employees within eac....
Career Development Plan: InterClean and EnviroTech
As a result of the merger between InterClean and EnviroTech, there is the need for restructuring of the sales department. Job analysis for new salesperson positions will be done. Workforce planning system will be identified. And finally, staff selection will be determined including what contrib....
Career Development Plan: InterClean and EnviroTech
As a result of the recent merger between InterClean and EnviroTech, InterClean has taken on a new strategic direction. We now sell full service cleaning solutions to our Customers, rather than simple products used for cleaning. I have been tasked with performing a job analysis, selecting team mem....
Case Analysis : FedEx
Project Purpose
The purpose of this project is to analyze the strategic management of the FedEx Corporation through the process of external and internal analysis (SWOT), strategic alternatives and recommended strategy.
It is also our aim to have a better understanding in the use of competitive....
Case Home Depot
THE HOME DEPOT
Questions
1. Home Depots Stock Price Dropped 23% between January 1985 and February 1986. What Were the Reasons for this Decline?
2. Should the Company Change its Strategy?
THE HOME DEPOT
Strategic Analysis
The Home Depot Pioneered the Concept of Warehouse Retailing in the H....
Case Study 4.10 Medictest Laboratories
Problem Statement
Faced with a seventeen percent decrease in funding from OHIP, and to obtain eligibility of a restructuring credit offered by The Ontario Ministry of Health, Medictest has to reduce their costs beyond industry standards, of their large subsidiary in Sarnia. To meet these obligati....
CASS ANALYSIS :THICKETWOOD LTD.
Summary
Thicketwood Ltd is a custom kitchen cabinet manufacture in Kitchener, Ontario. Its operations manager, Mark Taylor was thinking how to improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of Thicketwood¡¦s production line.
There are two decisions should be made by Mark Taylor. The first is whet....
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....
components of Lean Manufacturing
Components of Lean Manufacturing
Scott Kowalski
December 14, 2005
Table of Contents
I. Introduction
II. Small Lot Production
III. Set-up Time Reduction
IV. Maintaining and Improving Equipment
V. Pull Production System
VI. Standard Operations
VII. Boei....
Corporate Compliance at Riordan Manufacturing
Riordan Manufacturing has assigned a Corporate Compliance Officer (CCO) to review the agencys policies and procedures. The CCO will recommend changes and additions to these policies and procedures that will allow Riordan Manufacturing to be in compliance. The recommended changes are discussed thro....
Corporate Social Responsability Mexico
Corporate Social Responsability in Mexico
The emergence of Corporate Social Responsibility in Mexico is still in an early phase. It is associated more with corporate philanthropy. For instance, companies tend to get socially involved by donating to charities which are tax deductible.
The lack ....
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....
Effects of Trade on Developing Nations
ABSTRACT
For decades, international trade has been viewed as a major catalyst for economic growth and social development and various studies have shown strong correlation between trade and economic growth. To support and expand trade, new trade agreements have been promoted since it is bel....
Employee Work Ethic
Principal-Agent Models
Principal-agent models are very constructive in understanding employment relationships. In economics, the problem of motivating one party to act on behalf of another is known as the principal-agent problem (Principal-Agent Problem, 2007). Considerable research has b....
Environmental Analysis - Restaurant industry
Running head: ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS
Environmental Analysis
Wesley Whittington
University of Phoenix
MBA/501
December 3, 2006
Introduction
An organizations external environment has three components: the remote environment (macroeconomic), the industry environment, and t....
Footwear Industry
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The United States shoe industry is considered the most dominant industry in the world. The footwear market consists of various establishments that work at retailing all types of footwear including athletic, casual, formal, and work shoes made from leather or synthetic materials.....
Gap Analysis: Global Communications
Global Communications is a telecommunications company that is diminishing due in order to an overload in competition. In order to compete in this growing market Global Communications will reconstruct the way it does business. The first item to reconstruct will be the communication between senior e....
Generic Benchmarking
Your organizationand you as a leaderneed to be creative and adaptive in order to be competitive. If you have a problem to solve, you need to come up with a solution that best meets your goals and objectives. To avoid having to reinvent the wheel, you can look for ideas or best practices in man....
Global Communications GAP Analysis
Global Communications is a telecommunications company that is facing competition in a very competitive environment. Communication companies often compete against one another and often need to strategize ways in which to remain competitive. Organizational change is positive if it involves all stakeho....
Global Economics: Falling trade Costs
Global Economics: Falling Trade Costs
Remington College
Scott Cheek
September 8, 2005
Abstract
This paper examines the response of industries and firms to changes in trade costs. New firm level models of inter....
Globalization
Globalization
The Information Revolution, and the Information Age, is being defined by an on-going process of economic, social and political globalization. While the term globalization has become quite widespread, even in the popular media, there are confused and often conflicting definitions and....
HBS Dollar General
To begin with, in order to analyze Dollar General's situation in its industry and come up with a specific course of action suggested for its potential expansion, it is important to highlight the first words of DG's mission statement: "To Serve Others..."
This is exactly what DG is doin....
How Organizational Culture Impacts Productivity
How Organizational Culture Impacts Productivity
Organizational culture-is what the employees perceive and how perception creates a pattern of beliefs, value, and expectations. (Gibson, Ivancevich, Donnelly, Konopaske, 2006).Organizational culture impacts productivity greatly. The company must se....
Human Motivation
Motivation has been described as the set of psychological processes that cause the initiation, direction, intensity, and persistence of behaviour (Klein 1989, p150). McShane and Travaglione (2005) describe motivation as a persons drive and the way it affects their voluntary behaviour. Taking....
Immigration and the economic slowdown in Australia
Economics assignment
Good morning, my name is Helen Hughes and I have been involved in the Australian economy for the past 50 years. I have been invited here today to address you on whether the Rudd government should use immigration policy to address the skills shortage, given the current economic ....
Individual Behavior
Diversity Paper
Individual behavior is a unique thing. There are more than six billion people in the world who all are unique individuals. Each individual has his or her own behavior style which is unique. With six billion different individual behaviors, tension and problems will evolve. Ther....
Interclean - Devlopment of Training and Mentoring Program
Developing a training plan consist of identifying the needs and objectives of the program, developing standards for evaluation, determining the delivery methods and content of the training, setting a timeline for the program, as well as determining the evaluation and feedback methods that will be u....
InterClean Performance and Career Management
InterCleans sales department is implementing a new performance and career management program. The three parts to a performance program are, define performance, facilitate performance and encourage performance. Defining performance involves three components, setting goals, measurement and assessmen....
Internet Security
Introduction
The Internet is a worldwide, publicly accessible series of interconnected computer networks that transmit data by packet switching using the standard Internet Protocol (IP). (Wikipedia, 2008) This "network of networks" consists of millions of smaller networks that provide infor....
Job Analysis and Selection
Job Analysis is the process in which we try and indentify and make a decision on what the company is looking for in regards to the perfect candidate for the new salesperson position within InterClean. We will focus on the job analysis methods chosen; any job specification addressed and will create ....
Joseph M Juran on Quality Management
Joseph M. Juran Paper
The purpose of this paper is to identify several points of quality management invented by Dr. Joseph M. Juran. Dr. Juran made many contributions to the field of quality management in over 70 active working years. It is important that top management be quality-minded. In the ....
Leadership
Leadership
ORGANIZATION Organization is the process of arranging material and personnel by functions to attain the objective of the command. Organization establishes the working relationships among command personnel and establishes the ....
Love at the Office: Effects on the Morale and Productivity of Co-workers
Abstract
Workplace romance is a romantic relationship occurring between two people who work together in the same office, work location, or company. We recognize that workplace romance may not only affect the participants involved, but their fellow co-workers as well. Companies have acknowledged t....
Macroeconomics
Introduction (Definition)
Macroeconomics is a major branch of economics that deals with the performance, structure, and behavior of the economy as a whole (Snowden and Vane 2002). Macroeconomists study and seek to understand the determinants of aggregate trends in the economy with particular focus ....
Management Behavior - Interclean / EnviroTech
Importance of the Behavior Exhibited by Managers
Interclean Inc. has official acquired EnviroTech. During this time we need managers to be reminded of three basic management techniques to help the merger process be successful. As first-level managers, your behavior during this time can have an ....
MANAGEMENT THEORY & APPLIED OPERATIONS MGT.
MANAGEMENT THEORY &
APPLIED OPERATIONS MGT.
*This Section Contains All Papers On Business (General), Business Management,
Operations Management, Training, Management Science Theory, Business Industry & Issues
(Case Studies & Article Reviews Listed at Bottom)
*See also subcategory entit....
Motivation as a key element in the workplace
ESSAY ON MOTIVATION
Short statement of intent
Motivation is a key element in the workplace and it is very important to know the basic theories methods and application because it is something that unavoidable all for us will come up with in our working environment. It is a necessary skill for a....
Needs Assessment for Quality Improvement Paper
Introduction
The fallowing paper we will select a process within Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA, Spanish acronym) organization that may need improvement. We also, will address the following deliverables: a) a description of the chosen process; b) an as-is flow chart of the process to be a....
Outsourcing
The Role of Outsourcing in Globalization
Instructor:
Submitted by Group 8:
Prof. Howard Ross Ana Turco
Mark Reichel
Mihir Vasa
Toni Angelov
March 19, 2007
Outsourcing, Off shoring or Work force Globalization?
Outsourcing is the relocation of jobs an....
Outsourcing Jobs to Foreign Countries
Due to the lack of employment in foreign countries, companies that outsource work overseas are not only beneficial to themselves but also to the service providers being employed. The initial benefit that catches the publics eye from outsourcing is a cost reduction on the companys part. But that....
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, ....
particpative management
Participative Management
Participative management has been around a long time. The themes were formalized and popularized by behavioral scientists as Blake and Mouton (Managerial Grid), MacGregor (Theory X and Theory Y), and Lickert (Four-Model Systems). The central idea is that empowered employe....
Peapod Manufacturing
Manufacturing and Service Analysis for Peapod:
Current Situation:
Peapod operates under a centralized distribution model with two formats: warehouses and warerooms. Both provide next-day delivery, but warerooms, which are dedicated areas attached to Ahold U.S.A. stores, are used as business is ....
Plato on Liberty : An Analysis
In Western civilizations we tend to associate liberty and freedom with a just society but what would happen to a society if liberty and freedom were taken to their extreme limits and people and states acted without limitations, controls or rules? In The Republic, Plato argues that liberty can only ....
Problem Solution: Intersect Investment
Abstract
Intersect Investments is a financial consultant company. The CEO and executives intend to implement organizational changes from a sales focus to a customer centric model. The goal is to provide a broad set of products and services to consumer and small business customers using a model....
Productivity and cost
Productivity and Cost
In this paper, I will describe a company that has made a strategic decision based on productivity, wages and benefits, and other fixed and variable costs. I will also include the decision that was made and discuss the outcomes. In addition, I will incorporate the law of dimi....
Productivity and Cost: The coca cola enterprise
Productivity and Cost: The Coca-Cola Enterprise
The latest news that was released from the press was that, on August 30, 2006, Coca-Cola Company named J. Alexander M. Douglas, Jr. president of Coca-Cola North America (Unknown author, 2006). This announcement clearly demonstrates the progress Coc....
Profit Maximization
MARKETING
MCDONALDS: SALADS PLUS
COMPILED BY :Aparna Bangur
1 INTRODUCTION
Fast food supremo, McDonalds, has been in operation for decades with the aim to match their product and service offering to the rhythm and pace of the contemporary consumers life. Making custom....
Quality Management at Seguro Corporation
Seguro Corporation is the leading company in the manufacturing computer cabinets. The company is currently using causes & effects diagram, control chart and Pareto chart to provide quality products to the customers (University of Phoenix, MGT449). In the first stage of implementing a total quality p....
Report - Discrimination against women
REPORT
Discrimination against women has been a major issue in many societies around the world. Although it has decreased dramatically throughout the years, it is still an issue that is constantly spoken about. Discrimination can be from women being paid less then men to women being harassed. In tod....
Seven Habits of Higly Effective People
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
By Stephen R. Covey
Stephen R. Covey (born October 24, 1932 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is the author of the international best selling book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, published in 1989. Other books he has written include First Things....
Staffing Plan Paper
Staffing is a very important part of the any company or organization. Staffing involves finding the right people, with the right skills, abilities, and fit, who may be hired or already working for the company (organization) or may be working for competing companies. (Wikepedia, 2007) Although staffi....
Subway restaurant
Case #5 - Subway Restaurant
Shanoya Corporation is an entity doing business as Subway restaurant. Located on the outskirt of busy Fordham Road Shopping District, it is the number #1 revenue producer in the Bronx and top forty in NY with around 2,700 units sold weekly. This restaurant benefits fr....
SWOTT Analysis - Soy Candle Business
SWOTT Analysis
This paper gives a detailed description of the environmental analysis for the proposed business of a new candle shop, which consists of internal as well as external environment. Environmental analysis is necessary to identify key variables, which in turn assist the organization to fo....
Team Dynamics
Team Dynamics 1
Running head: TEAM DYNAMICS
Team Dynamics
Barry Register
University of Phoenix
Team Dynamics 2
Abstract
Team dynamics consists of critical areas such as personal abilities, educational backgrounds, life experiences and personality comp....
the differences between demand for labour and supply of labour in the market economy
The most crucial part of the market economy is the labour market which is made of up two equally important parts: demand and supply. The labour market is just like any other part of the market economy where the employees sell their labour and the employers buy their labour from employees. Bo....
The STET Case
Management Accounting Case 4
19/06/2006
The STET Case
Table of Content
THE SALES DEPARTMENT 2
1. CHOOSE A SALES SCENARIO 2
2. ESTABLISH MONTHLY SALES FORECASTS FOR EACH PRODUCT LINE 3
3. DECIDE UPON CHANGING THE SALES FORCE PAYMENT SCHEME OR NOT 3
4. PREPARE A GLOBAL....
Total Quality Management
TQM Paper
The purpose of this paper is to define Total Quality Management (TQM) as well as provide a description of the impact of globalization on quality. This paper will also compare and contrast traditional management with quality focused management styles, and finally discusses the role of TQ....
Total Quality Management (TQM) system - no business can survive without it
Nowadays, Total Quality Management (TQM) has become a worldwide phenomenon. It is a method by which management and employees can become involved in the continuous improvement of the production of goods and services. However, debate about the value of adopting TQM programs have still continued yet. S....
Total Quality Management Plan Analysis/ Quality Management and Productivity
Running head: STRATEGIC PLAN ANALYSIS PAPER
Strategic Plan Analysis Paper
University of Phoenix
Quality Management and Productivity
Management 449
May 02, 2006
Abstract
Total Quality Management is needed in ever aspect of my current organization. From manufacturing ....
TOYOTA
Introduction
Toyota Motor Corporation is a Japanese company which originated in Japan and which produces automobiles. It currently ranks first among automotive companies in net worth, revenue and profit. Toyota has grown to a large multinational corporation and expanded to serve worldwide mar....
UK Economy - In Recession
The last 18 months have been some of the most frantic in economic terms since 1992. As the recession bit, GDP fell along with general living standards, relative wealth and most importantly consumer confidence.
When measuring how an economy is doing, there are 4 key economic performance objectiv....
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....
Why problem gambling is a social problem
For most people, gambling is an entertainment. Whether it is buying a lottery ticket, betting on a soccer match or a horse race, going to a casino or playing card games with friends, relatives, most people gamble for entertainment. Their bet is normally small and do not risk more than they can affor....
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