In the last 200 years, business corporations influence on the society has grown rapidly and immensely. Two contending theories are eminent when discussing the purpose of the modern business firm. Both theories present a structure for assessing company's governance procedures, managerial compensation policies, and the economic and societal performance of a firm. The first, shareholder theory, originates from an economic viewpoint that, the company's should focus firmly on those who have a...

The aim of this essay is to critically assess the effectiveness of various performance appraisal systems from the perspective of employees and employers. The essay will progress in a step-wise manner initially covering a discussion on different types of performance appraisal systems currently in practice, followed by a range of arguments to develop a detailed critical evaluation of their effectiveness for both, the employees and employers. Finally the closing arguments will conclude the essay...

The Fast Food in the United Kingdom industry profile is an indispensable source for high level data and analysis wrapping the fast food industry. It covers detailed facts on market structure and its segmentation, market size and segmentation, plus documented and graphical analysis of the key trends and competitive background, leading companies and demographic information. The market predict for the fast food industry in UK is to generate total returns of $2.6 Billion by the end of 2013, with an...

Retail store operations and business management information including security and loss prevention, facilities management, human resources, financials and more for managing and operating a retail store. If we have to choose from the given options, I think sales and margins is the most likely one for the company to know about their store. This includes every day transactions from the store. This not only tells us about the daily sales of the company but also helps to forecast the sales of the...

The paper basically deals with motivations for going for outsourcing i.e. advantages as well as disadvantages & associated risks involved with outsourcing. Paper also discusses the framework to decide when to buy/ make for modular & integral products with a hierarchical model. All these discussions on outsourcing in turn affects logistics outsourcing because it forms part of the entire outsourcing strategy.IntroductionIn the 90's outsourcing was the main focus of many industrial...

One of the fastest growing sectors of the economy of our time is the hotel industry. The hotel industry alone is a multi-billion dollar and growing enterprise. It is exciting, never boring and offer unlimited opportunities. The hotel industry is diverse enough for people to work in different areas of interest and still be employed within the hotel industry. This trend is not just in India, but also globally. Modern hotels provide refined services to their guests. The customers or guests are...

Introduction In an organisation, people have to understand the individual & group behaviour and patterns of structures in order to help improve organisational performance and effectiveness. The leaders have to motivate and engage the people to commit for the interest of the company that will have less need to be controlled and measured.Case StudyIn our previous project, we have to develop an application for Cummins. The project members in the team are selected after one week of project...

Potential Solutions 1. Creating niche products - The Swatch Group's focus on producing fourteen (14) different brands had taken their focus off consumer behavior and lifestyle changes. Swatch Group should focus on the top four products (Omega, Swatch, Tissot, and Rado), as these four brands produce over 82% of the company's sales and 88% of the operating profit. Globally, the Swatch Group had a 14% share of the luxury watch segment with brands like Omega and Rado.1  They should...

To maintain long run competitive advantage and transform into a knowledge-based economy, organizations need to continually investigate new opportunities and develop new knowledge [1]. The knowledge-based economy (KBE) was first introduced by the Organization for Economic Development and Co-operation OECD, as an economy which is directly based on the production, distribution and use of knowledge and information [2]. Later, the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation APEC defines KBE as an economy in...

Topic: Imagine there is a proposed merger between a Chinese company and a South-African company. You are appointed to lead a team consisting of managers from both countries to examine any cultural problems linked to the proposed merger. Applying the work of Hofstede and Trompenaars, how close would the cultural fit be; and how might you seek to improve cultural understanding between the two groups of managers?IntroductionIn today's business environment, possessing management skills alone is no...