McDonald's: Intercultural management
Case study - 14 pages - Management
MacDonald's is a multinational company that embraces more than 30,000 fast-food franchises under the brand name, in over 120 countries. It was founded in the United States of America after the crisis of 1929. In the 50s, Ray Kroc took over the company and began to develop it nationally. The...
Boeing: Management Skills
Case study - 9 pages - Management
In order to answer the three question concerning strategic moves that Boeing should take to -achieve profit stability within the global aerospace industry -increase its market share and -align its global strategy with its global structure, some structure points have to be explained. The...
How structure, culture and strategy are closely linked in organisations ? What implications does this have for modern organisations?
Essay - 5 pages - Management
Successful Organizations are those who make good use of their culture and their structure and integrate them into any strategic planning. Strategy is in fact, the cornerstone to competitiveness and success. It is a direction and scope towards a long-term advantage and sustaining competitiveness,...
International management strategy: Nestle
Case study - 14 pages - Management
This paper critically evaluates the international strategy of the Nestle Waters. The paper deals with different theories such as Porter's five forces, SWOT analysis, Hofstede's four cultural dimensions, Hill's pressures for local responsiveness and cost reductions, the Integration-Responsiveness...
Strategic management: Ryanair
Case study - 12 pages - Management
Ryan air was born in 1985. To build its strategy, obtain competitive advantages and to become a leader on this market, the company had to study different elements that the organization had to face. These are shown by the graph "layers of the business environment". With the PESTEL method, we can...
Analyzinr Ryanair
Case study - 13 pages - Management
Ryanair is an Irish flying company which was founded in 1985 by the Ryan family. The initial capital invested constituted to just £1. The business vision and mission of this flying company is to offer affordable flights across Europe. It has grown from a small family company to a big quoted...
Virgin Energy "Virgin Oil Card" -Business Plan
Business plan - 20 pages - Management
Virgin Energy is a service company that permits customers to purchase buy ?fuel' (unleaded & diesel) at an optional and revolutionary price ("Virgin Price") in advance. However, this facility is available only within the UK. We will begin by offering a wide variety of price indexes for term...
Organizational change and leadership
Essay - 6 pages - Management
When spe?king of org?niz?tion?l ch?nge, ?n import?nt tool in m?n?gement th?t ?ims at providing sust?in?ble development ?nd const?nt growth, it is worth mentioning about le?dership which is ? vit?l qu?lity for ? m?n?ger who is e?ger to come out with the best solution ?nd outcome for the pl?nned...
Global business context, car industry
Essay - 6 pages - Management
The car industry has witnessed major changes over the years, thanks to the growing number of external forces that changed the decades-old practices of manufacturing. This paper analyses the important forces in the last two decades that have had a major impact on the car manufacturing practices....
Boeing corporation case
Essay - 6 pages - Management
Travelling has become very easy and cheap in the last few years. You just have to book your flight early in order to be able to travel all over Europe for less than 60 Euros. For example, if you want to go in Spain, you can visit the website of Ryanair, choose your flight and book it. Generally,...
Mittal/Arcelor - Behind the merger
Presentation - 54 pages - Management
In January 2006, Arcelor's share was valued 2.9 times its 2005 EBITDA on the stock market. Six months later, Mittal's last offer to Arcelor amounted to 4.9 times its 2005 EBITDA. This paper studies the developments that took place between these two evaluations and their reasons. In the...
Supply Chain and Logistics Managements' evolution
Essay - 4 pages - Management
Globally, supply chain management (SCM) is the whole set of tools and methods that are used by managers in order to improve the supply chain of a company. Indeed, supply chain management is regarded as a process in which planning, implementing and controlling, allow the companies to satisfy the...
Case study: Unilever
Case study - 5 pages - Management
The merger of Lever Brothers and Margarine Unie, two European companies, created the company Unilever which has become one of the major players in food, personal and home care market. Unilever competes with Procter & Gamble, owing to its 400 brands, in over 100 countries all around the world. In...
What are the implications of the ?New Economy' for corporate strategy?
Essay - 5 pages - Management
The aim of this essay is to highligh the implications of the New Economy for the corporate strategy, to understand how companies use the Internet in their strategy to enhance their business. To answer this question, I will first explain what the New Economy is and the shifts from the Old Economy...
"You are a consultant to a company considering India or China as an attractive opportunity for investment. Citing appropriate examples of other companies' experiences assess the risks involved in investing in ONE of these countries" N/B Choose either Indi
Essay - 6 pages - Management
India is today, considered as the seventh largest, and the world's second most populated country, with 1.1 billions inhabitants. Due to a series of reforms conducted since 1991, India has become the second fastest growing economy with an annual growth rate of around 8% over the last three...
The transformation of Hoechst into Aventis
Case study - 18 pages - Management
The company 'Hoechst', was a chemical and pharmaceutical company founded in 1863. Hoechst and Rhône-Poulenc decide to create a subsidiary company, 'Aventis The Fusion' in 1999. How Dormann used evolution to achieve this ? What relations did Dormann develop within the company? What...
The failure of HP's ERP implementation
Worksheets - 7 pages - Management
In June 2004, Hewlett Packard started the implementation of a new Enterprise Resource Planning Software in its North American Enterprise Servers and Storage (ESS) division. HP, known for its expertise in a lot of product fields and consulting capabilities, especially in the segment of SAP ERP...
Cross cultural issues in International Business
Case study - 7 pages - Management
The L'atelier des chefs brand is a good example of how important it is to have a structured management in contemporary society. With the daily grind of the corporate culture leaving an indelible imprint on the workforce, it has become increasingly important that leisure and recreation companies...
The entrepreneurship within IKEA
Case study - 8 pages - Management
We have chosen to use Ikea as the company in which we will base the analysis of this case report. The Ikea has been chosen is because we believe that it is a company which stems from entrepreneurial activities right from the beginning of its existence, to the present day. Ikea is a worldwide...
Case study: Ryanair
Case study - 13 pages - Management
The European airline industry is one of the most heavily regulated and protected sectors. In most parts across Europe, carriers were state-owned and therefore enjoyed a legal monopoly over domestic traffic. Governments controlled the entry of foreign companies by means of restrictive bilateral...
What you should know to negotiate in China
Essay - 31 pages - Management
China, like India, is more than a country. China is a civilization. The development of China has not only affected its own population, but has also affected people in the other parts of the world. To better understand this development, its beginning and where it can be expected to reach, it seems...
Brand management : Study of an International Brand
Case study - 11 pages - Management
The opinion leaders that Chupa Chups uses as endorsers for its products can be anyone who is famous regardless of age. These include erstwhile footballer Fernandez, the former trainer of the Paris Saint-Germain ,who endorse Chupa Chups through public consumption, and who, during his reign as...
Effectiveness of health services in the developing world
Essay - 5 pages - Management
Delivering medicine to the world's poorest people is a challenge. Hot, poor places such as Tanzania have many microbes but microscopic health budgets. Because they cannot afford adequate health care, poor people are sick a lot of time (The economist, 17/8/2002). Another report by the UNAIDS...
Strategy and planning process in the Small Business and the Small & Middle Enterprises (SME) Sector
Business plan - 7 pages - Management
An essential ingredient of small businesses is business planning. It is perceived to be vital by both governments and business support infrastructure, such as the Business Links (Beaver, 2002, p88). On similar lines, O'Gorman bases his idea on the fact that one approach to developing a...
Why using brand management in the tourism industry ? The case of destination branding
Dissertation - 45 pages - Management
Nowadays the tourism sector is one of the most important economic sectors. The globalization of our world allows for better, easier, faster, and cheaper travel, and the technological progress achieved has left almost no place unknown. We may observe that many destinations are now featuring in...
Marketing communication plan of Smart
Case study - 14 pages - Management
The formal launch of Smart was cancelled in 1998 due to safety reasons and errors in the process of marketing. However, after two years of continuously promoting and marketing Smart, the sales finally picked up. Overwhelmed by this success, Smart launched its other models that seemed as original...
Multicultural management
Essay - 12 pages - Management
As workforces become increasingly multicultural and businesses continue to expand overseas, the homogenous workforce has become a thing of the past. Managers today have to ensure that they are understanding and being understood across cultural boundaries. This situation implies that managers...
Chic porn in the communication strategy of luxury houses
Case study - 19 pages - Management
Today, luxury is not only for the elite but also for the elitist part of each of us. The shockvertising stream has helped luxury brands to touch more consumers regarding the new idea of consuming luxury. But before luxury brands realised that they needed to communicate to obtain new consumers,...
Starbucks management policy
Case study - 8 pages - Management
In the year 2000 San Francisco based cartoonist Kieron Dwyer was sued by Starbucks for copyright and trademark infringement after creating a parody of its famous mermaid logo. Starbucks won a preliminary injunction prohibiting Dwyer from selling items bearing his version of the trademark, and the...
The Sportswear Industry : Boom or Gloom ?
Market study - 50 pages - Management
The sportswear industry has witnessed a transition phase in the past few decades. Indeed, the beginning of the 1970s saw the athletic sportswear evolve from specific product lines striving to target and migrate the small and unique markets into mainstream fashion products. The distinct difference...
