Business Essays

The researcher states that the Channel Tunnel project serves as a major learning stage for other similar large projects. The scope of the project kept changing over time leading to massive increases in costs as well as negative schedule variations. The Channel Tunnel project represents a major defining moment in twentieth century construction practices given the enormous overrun and negative schedule variance.

The essay aims to pay special attention to the problems with the Channel Tunnel Project. A number of complex factors and situations were responsible for creating delays and overruns through the life of the project. These factors will be looked at in detail from the perspective of the planning and implementation phases that represent the greatest project management problems.

The effects were severe in the developed countries like US as compared to the developing nations like India. In this regard, different countries reacted to the crisis identifying the opportunities and the associated challenges.

The Euro zone, which is officially known as euro area is the monetary and economic union between the 17 member states of the European Union. The member states belonging to the Eurozone are Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Cyprus, Estonia, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Malta, Slovakia, Slovenia, Portugal, and Spain.

This paper will attempt to understand, briefly, the organisational behaviour of two organisations by exploring the important entities under the umbrella of organisational behaviour such as organisational culture, organisational structure and design, dynamics of teamwork and approach towards leadership and management.

Service Marketing Name: Course: College: Tutor: Date: Introduction Service marketing is the marketing sub field that can be divided into two main fields of goods marketing and services marketing. The goods’ marketing area includes marketing of the fast moving goods of the consumers and durables.

From this research it is clear that although the company has achieved a lot of success in the American market, it might face some difficulties in the target market. The need to follow the customer and to diversify its products is the main motives that the company will apply while penetrating the new market.

The paper will involve a careful analysis of information taken from various sources that are relevant to Tesco's activities and expansion over the past nine decades that it has existed. The research will focus on some primary sources like the Tesco Annual Report of 2011. The paper also draws insights from the Tesco Website about various elements of the organisation. Additionally, secondary sources like books and journals are used to provide a deep insight into the company.

The study shows that the employment level in the country increases for that particular year in which the tournament is held and as people from different parts of the world come to see their players play the game, they come and spend money and therefore several businesses particularly that are either directly or indirectly impacted by the tourism industry grow.

The report would talk about the strategies adopted by AlBaik and a literature review on the chain of restaurants. The report aims to find out the reason for not going global despite of the huge success in Saudi Arabia and in some cities of Saudi Arabia. Thus the aim of the research is to focus on analysing their business strategy and researching the reasons as to why they are not international.

In relation to the discussion, conclusively it can be stated that both small and large firms have various advantages and disadvantages towards the development of the innovation process of the products and services. The small entrepreneurial firms are more advantageous towards the innovation process with all its facilities and opportunities.

The researcher will pay special attention to the organization’s approach to human resource management: staff recruitment; staff rewards; training and development. The study presents the organization’s approach to supply chain management; in particular they do the production of the concentrates where as the bottling associates do the manufacturing, packaging and distribution of the eventual products.

Fordwell Golf Club is a clandestine associated club that was developed in the year of 1935. The club is located in one of the colonized areas of the Midlands with an excellent transportation network. The region comprises of the venerable population with a high passion for golf. Moreover, the brand image of ‘Fordwell Golf Club’ is quite high as compared to other competitors in the nearby area.

As a case for the study, NIKE Company has been selected that throws light on the developmental changes occurred in the European logistics and supply chain systems. Nike Company proves the development of the L&SC in Europe as its L&SC measures were not much integrated in the country before the initiation of the single European market and the situations improved post 1992.

This research discussed various factors that affect planning of strategies for the company using SWOT and PESTEL analysis. The paper will also discuss various strategic analysis tools and how they are used to indicate the progress of aims and objectives set by coca cola Company. Major stakeholders are also discussed and how they influence organization strategy.

Evaluate Change Management in Telecommunications Sector Omantel in Sultanate of Oman. 1.1 Introduction: Organizations are reflections of the present social, economic and political landscape of a country. For example, a country with many international companies and businesses could be perceived as economically progressing organizations that employ highly technical and skilled employees.

Executive Summary The Indian economy has undergone massive economic reforms in the mid 1990s which have restructured the economy on a more profound level, not only liberalizing the globalizing the operational business activity but also changing the very social milieu of the society.

Table of Contents Introduction 3 Literature Review 5 Overview of the Balanced Scorecard 5 Development of the Balanced Scorecard 8 Benefits of using the BSC 11 Balanced Scorecard Implementation in large enterprises and SMEs 12 Criticisms of the Balanced Scorecard Methodology- challenges of implementing the Balanced Scorecard 14

This project evaluates the Royal Dutch Shell’s operations on an overall basis; its international activities; geographic and product markets of Royal Dutch Shell and historical development of its international business operations; interpretation of Royal Dutch Shell’s behavior; principal goals of Royal Dutch Shell for international business; Royal Dutch Shell’s adjustments to challenges of internationalization.

Table of Contents Introduction- Transformational Leadership Style 3 Importance of Transformational Leadership Styles and Advantages 4 Transformational leadership styles in change management 5 Transformational Leader Managing employees, customer satisfaction 7

The concept of creativity and innovation is more significant and needed in today’s businesses owing to the increasing levels of competitions among competitors in the world of business.

From this research it is clear that an organizational culture is a cost-effective substitute to training and can lead an organization achieve its long term and short term goals by setting up a value system in the human resource of the organization that is a guide for them to act in a certain way. It can also help in promoting organization wide efficiency which has a positive correlation with profitability.

This essay discusses that many factors accompanied and the Nike company performance gone to worst. This damaged the company image and the company sales slipped down. This was a threat to the investors, employees and a concern for other stakeholders. This essay also explores the possible consequences of specific and alternative actions.

The focus in this paper is on the city of San Antonio is one of the fastest growing cities in the US. Budgeting is a core activity of the city’s management, in a bid to ensure that the city’s growth is well planned for and all the essential facilities, infrastructure and public safety are integrated within the city’s growth vision.

1. Introduction 1.1. Nation’s Introduction Brazil is a country that covers almost half of the continent and shares border with nearly every country in the South America except Ecuador and Chile. Brazil holds fifth place in the list under the presence of Russia, Canada, U.S.A and China in the context of being large, and holds an area of about eight and a half million square kilometers.

According to the research, lateral structures in business organizations definitely encourage the following traits: role differentiation and role ‘incongruency’; the concept of coherence; and functionality. Generally speaking, laterally-structured business organizations are the wave of the future.

Based on this research the desires of employees are often significantly different from that of their employers. While employers seek high production, employees do not generally have loyalty to the overall outcomes of the company. This disparity means that many employees often do not work at their full potential and consequently the productivity of the company itself is lower than it could potentially be.

This research is being carried out to evaluate and present various challenges that have faced and are likely to face India and China in their objective to be developed countries. These include sectorial imbalances evidenced by higher contributions of its services sector to its GDP compared to its manufacturing sector.

In relation to the study the company which has been selected is Lion which operates in the food and beverages sector in Australia and it is a public company with various shareholders. The company is listed on the Australian stock exchange and all the data in the financial statements from 2009 to 2010 is quoted in Australian dollars.

Major Factors Influencing the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCGs) Industry in Nigeria Introduction Nigeria is today one of the sub-Saharan countries that experience high sector growth of fast moving consumer goods (FMCGs), according to estimates undertaken in 2011 (Oxford Business Group, 2011).

This paper takes a glance at the Canadian Tire’s successes as well as failures throughout its corporate history while examining its historical timeline. The history of Canadian Tire is dated back to 1922 when two brothers; namely James William Billes and Alfred Jackson Billes, purchased the Hamilton Tire and Garage Ltd. for their combined savings of $1,800.

The objectives of this research are: • To generate basic understanding of the social entrepreneurship • To recognise various aspects of social entrepreneurship • To recognise how the business model of social enterprises are different for other profit making organisations • To recognise the innovativeness and ethics of social enterprises

Organisations exist for the sole reason of providing services to their customers. In the course of providing services to their customers there exists a probability of certain disruptions that might impact them to such an extent that they might not be able to serve their customers.

This research aims to evaluate and present some possible causes of the crisis published in different magazines, talked of in meetings and others brought to openness through the media. Some of them are, rising government debt levels; trade imbalances, monetary policy inflexibility, and loss of confidence.

This research is being carried out to evaluate and present different solutions that have been offered on some issues concerning the FBI. Some of them have been implemented however the implementation of the same has been regularly faced by challenges and this has made some of them to bring no positive change to the agency.

The study indicates a detailed profit forecast and detailed monthly cash flow forecast for the first year of operation. This is followed by an explanation of the chances of success of the project and an acknowledgment of the probability of its failure. Finally, it outlines possible risks and potential ways of managing them.

Continuous changes, competition, and an ever-demanding operating environment have made the ability of companies to innovate crucial for their long-term success. They explain that innovation in this context is critical and results from a desire for growth, profitability and to adapt to the ever-changing needs of the customers. 

According to the research findings the world is in the process of major changes in demography. In most advanced countries, the aging process is well under way, while in several developing countries significant aging will take place from around 2020, or alternately will show an increase in the working-age populations in the future.

The objective of the report is to design a performance and reward system that integrates business strategy and HR strategy. It is also to create a working environment that ensures just, fair and ethical treatment of employees. It also aims to develop a program that recognizes and rewards exceptional performance and ensures that reward systems are market based, equitable and cost effective.

As the paper outlines, international business or cross-cultural business has been increased a lot in recent times as a result of globalization, liberalization and privatization policies implemented in many countries. Developing and developed countries are currently competing heavily to attract foreign direct investments.

Management Control System in Use Review and Application {Your Name} {Date of Submission} 1. Abstract A number of different management perspectives and business environments have led to the development of differing management control systems over the years.

Strategic Leadership Introduction The latter half of the 20th century witnessed the rapid surge in interest toward the effects of gender and emotional intelligence on leadership styles. With the broad movement towards gender equity in organizations and the growing role of multiple intelligences in the analysis of organizational transformations, leadership style became one of the most important and interesting objects of gender and EI analysis.

Management strategy “The essence of strategy formulation is coping with competition. Competition in an industry is rooted in its underlying economics, and competitive forces exist that go well beyond the established combatants in a particular industry.” M E Porter 'How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy', Harvard Business Review, March/April, 1979.

In the report, the researcher has discussed about the strategies adopted by many multinational companies and their states that ensure achieving their objectives in an effort to control the global market. Such strategies, includes: transfer pricing; devaluation; low cost of production; counterfeit products; differential in technological advancement.

In order to evaluate the feasibility of establishing a Thai Restaurant in Brighton, UK, vital information about health issues in UK, Thai Recipe, potential UK customers for the Thai healthy meals, the market background of people and competitive restaurants in UK, and the perception or understanding of what healthy food means – all these had to be researched.

The purpose of this research is to investigate the following: impact of simulation training on teamwork and doctors’ overall work performance; simulation training give greater understanding of leadership and management in the NHS; future improvements on the use of simulation training for doctors; financial costs of simulation training projects.

The focus in this paper is on establishing whether ethical business is good or bad for business entities and this shall be given from the literature review findings from which the writer shall draw strong points to support ethical business conduct/operations. Thus, this paper wishes to present ethical business conduct as being good for businesses.

This theoretical paper presents a theoretical analysis, contrasts and synthesis of two schools of strategy. The analysis and evaluation of the two schools of strategy will be based on: How risk un-certainty will be carried out, effective resource allocation, market structure and dynamic changes in business environment.

In this study, the impact and influence of culture will be highlighted along with its description and clarification in various aspects. The culture of Mexico is analyzed in a vibrant way in order to characterize the numerous aspects such as cultural values and customs, ethical issues, languages, religions, family life, educational outlook, cultural history, fooding, clothing.

This study addresses ethics and corporate social responsibility practices and issues, while focusing on several case studies like Scandal and Nestles Companies. Most people believe that corporate governance is primarily concerned with the societal obligations of business; however, they are not interested in understanding the scope and nature of these obligations.