Management Essays

Crew resource management has been used for long to improve the operation of flight by crews. The concept of crew resource management came into use in 1979 as a response to NASA workshop that had been called to examine the role that is played by human error in air accidents. According to John K. Lauber, […]

Exide Technologies is one of the largest lead acid battery manufacturers and suppliers of the world. It offers a global product line of industrial and automotive batteries under brands like Absolyte, Sprinter, Champion, Vortex, Dunlop, Classic and Marathon. Its chief business segments are network power, transportation and motive power. It is Exide’s mission to attain […]

According to Johnson, Scholes, & Whittington 2008, strategic management is defined as the drafting, implementing and the subsequent evaluation of decisions of all organizational functions with the aim of achievement of long term goals of the contextual organization. As a managerial level, strategic management is responsible in providing the overall path for the organization through […]

By taking the position as Raj Bhatt, Business Development manager of GE Canada, I am comfortable and confident that energy efficiency is an attractive industry and business opportunity. What makes Raj Bhatt believe that the Energy Efficiency projects will be successful in Canada is that the project helps not only the ESCo, which conducts the […]

Babcock & Wilcox was a well-reputed and respectable company, operating in the steel fabrication industry for over s hundred years. In addition to this the company had an early exposure to the nuclear vessel fabrication business and was ideally poised to exploit the changing trend from fossil fuels to nuclear fuels. However the failure of […]

Stakeholder management derives its concept from the fact that all organisms play an important role in the environment. They adapt to rapidly changing obstacles and hurdles in the environment. They use their strenghts to try to overcome those obstacles. Management sciences have used this concept to help appreciate the diversity of organizations in the rapid […]

Staffing issues are an essential element in the success of foreign, multi-national, corporations. In many instances, companies will promote from within in order to utilize the reserves of high potential employees without the need to rely on the external labor market, which could impact the company’s overall performance. As an HR manager for Bosch, overseeing […]

Strategic management involves planning how to make sure an organization achieves its objectives and at the same time gain a competitive advantage over its competitors. A strategic plan aims at proactively dealing with expected issues in business environment rather than reacting to the environment changes. It seeks to avoid losses that may occur to an […]

The article “Strategic Management Thought in East Asia” by Rosalie Tung outlines twelve core themes in East Asian strategic management techniques and approaches which form the basis of competition and cooperation. The core themes are the following: the art of war, the book of the five rings, the three kingdoms, principles guiding the East Asian […]

What are the chief elements of Redbox’s strategy? What are the key success factors of this industry? Attracting customers with low prices and convenience. Charging customers $1 dollar per day as a rental fee is very attractive to customers, because their nightly entertainment is very cheap in comparison to other alternatives. It is beneficial to […]

There are various behavioural characteristics of buyers and consumers, and one method of categorizing them is by associating their purchasing habits with Occasional and benefit segmentation. Occasion Segmentation involves dividing a consumer group or groups based on the occasions when they purchase or use a product or service. For instance, in Australia, notable occasions include […]

Prejudice is an issue that has been around for hundreds of years. It has become a part of natural human behavior. Two sides divide prejudice at the present: one fighting to eradicate prejudice and the other in defending it and claiming it can be socially productive. Most people choose the side of eradicating prejudice from […]

The company was established in 1892, with an investment of Rs. 295. [4] Initially, biscuits were manufactured in a small house in centralKolkata. Later, the enterprise was acquired by the Gupta brothers mainly Nalin Chandra Gupta, a renowned attorney,and operated under the name of “V. S. Brothers. ” In 1918, C. H. Holmes, an English […]

The solid waste management situation in most Barangays in the Philippines, including Tangub, is problematic. Although our Barangay has made efforts to tackle this issue by implementing a solid waste program that involves a garbage truck collecting waste every Friday, there are still specific areas within our Barangay that remain unserviced. Additionally, certain residents continue […]

The modern world of business is currently experiencing a number of changes which have resulted in the transformation of the structures and cultures of many business organizations. These current trends can only accelerate the rate of change experienced in today’s business world. The success and the future of any business organization will thus entirely depend […]

“The Story of an Hour” depicts an idea of forbidden independence that can only be fantasized privately. Upon learning of Brently’s death, Louise expresses her grief visibly, which although intense, is deemed acceptable. Once alone, Louise starts recognizing her newfound autonomy, which invigorates and exhilarates her. Despite these thoughts being personal, she initially tries to […]

Eileen Santiago is confined in a hospital in Paranaque. Concerned about the cleanliness of her room to prevent infection, she noticed that for the last two weeks, the maintenance lady cleaned her comfort room only four times. Every time she calls the nurses for assistance, they do not seem to attend to her; this is […]

Life giving Element of any Organization is Management: What Is Organization? – Organization is human associations for achieving goals and ideas to satisfy human needs. Hence, organizations are processing units which transfer certain inputs from the environment into specified outputs desired by society. – “An Organization Is a systematic arrangement of people to accomplish some […]

Ariel detergent powder launch by P&G in the test market of Vizag triggered intense marketing war in detergent market of India. At this point of time, major players in detergent market Hindustan Lever (HLL) and Nirma had market share of 40% and 30% respectively, with a market size well over us $ 1,000,000,000. In response […]

The novel “Altneuland” (1902) by Theodor Herzl is seen as an embodiment of his earlier work “Der Judenstaat”1. While “Der Judenstaat” offers the theoretical basis for the Zionist concept, “Altneuland” portrays its actual implementation. With five books dividing it, “Altneuland” can be interpreted as a parallel to the five books of the Torah and as […]

Budgets are one of the most frequently used devices for planning and controlling organisations. They are designed and used to provide management with a forward-looking perspective, with which they are able to exploit opportunities and anticipate future problems. A budget itself can be described as a quantitative expression for a set time period of a […]

‘The Importance of being Earnest’ is a comical play. The characters and the plot are both comical, but the play may be best described as a social comedy, a comedy of manors. Wilde uses many comic devices to make the play funny but I think the main focus is on using irony in this particular […]