Evaluation of training
Thesis - 2 pages - Management
The evaluation of training identifies the extent to which the program has succeeded in enhancing the knowledge or skill-set of the participants. Kilpatrick's model of training evaluation identifies four levels of evaluation: trainee reaction, participant's learning, behavioral change, and impact...
Engineering culture: Fact or fiction?
Thesis - 4 pages - Management
In order to effectively manage an engineering organization, one must first fully understand its culture. To get an inside view of engineering cultures, we interviewed members of engineering organizations, Apple Inc., Engineers Without Borders, and Gerecht Lab. The effects of culture on personal...
Rational decision making
Thesis - 2 pages - Management
A rational model is considered rational as it prescribes procedures for decision-making that will lead to the choice of the most efficient means of achieving objectives. Rationalist theories are based on the belief that the society's problem ought to be solved in a rational manner. Rational...
Behavior modification as the most important motivation factor in a bureaucratic organization
Thesis - 5 pages - Management
According to a Japanese proverb, “No man will find the best way to do a thing unless he loves doing it.” According to Herzberg, workers are motivated by two factors: those that give satisfaction and those that don't. The factors that satisfy include achievements, recognition,...
Hybrids incorporated into Jaguar's inventory?
Thesis - 3 pages - Management
These days it is no longer the cost of the vehicle and the insurance that cause people to be weary when purchasing a car. Now there is another variable taken into account, skyrocketing gas prices. In order to ease the pain of affording a car, a new adjusted automobile is gaining a place in the...
Participative management
Thesis - 5 pages - Management
Following the crisis of the Taylorist system and the advent of the new challenges of competitiveness (quality), the interest in participative management has grown. Today, a successful business must be able to motivate its employees to respond as accurately and as quickly as possible to varied and...
The development of a customer-focused organization
Thesis - 7 pages - Management
Flow management, flat organization, project management, re-engineering processes - the theme of the integrated enterprise management is the quest for better coordination between organizations and entrepreneurs which has had a major impact on business and change management in the recent past....
Coaching for business and management needs
Thesis - 5 pages - Management
Coaching aims to develop skills, improve efficiency, adapting to a new situation, decision making and solving problems. The coaching procedure covers those skills which do not depend exclusively on technical skills. Coaching particularly garners to "know-how" and "skills" related management,...
The role of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Thesis - 5 pages - Management
For a company to exist, it must demonstrate exceptional management of finance. This is where the Chief Financial Officer or a CFO comes into picture. A CFO is a corporate officer who ensures the execution of financial management operations in a company. This title is equivalent to that of a...
The role of the leader in the performance of a firm
Thesis - 5 pages - Management
In recent times, organizations have had to adapt their activities and their management to the changing economic and technological environment. However they may not always be successful in doing so. The developments are a clear indication that the current economic crisis has claimed the heads of...
The importance of packaging
Thesis - 4 pages - Management
The packaging of a product is very important to the present day brand-conscious consumer. Not only must it perform the technical function of protecting the commodity while it is being transferred from its manufacturing location to the shelves of the neighborhood stores, it must also perform the...
The responsibilities of the human resource manager
Thesis - 5 pages - Management
Today's business world is becoming increasingly unstable and competitive. The current economic situation reinforces this design. Many companies are struggling to emerge from the three year long crisis that the economy is facing. The strategies adopted had to take into account the difficulties...
Understanding the theory of intercultural management by Sylvie Chevrier (2004)
Thesis - 4 pages - Management
The business world has now begun to pay close attention to the principle of intercultural management mainly due to the trends of globalization. Indeed, the management of the latter, carried by the phenomenon of globalization, is essential to enable a multicultural group work in harmony, or at...
Corporate fraud
Thesis - 6 pages - Management
Corporate fraud is a growing threat to business. It has increased due to rapid technological change and increasing dependence on information systems. These frauds are prevalent across industries. A corporate fraud occurs when an employee uses his job for personal financial benefits while abusing...
Characteristics and life cycle of a product
Thesis - 5 pages - Management
Product is an important variable in marketing applications. A company designs, manufactures and markets in order to generate profits. The important objective of a product is to meet the needs of the consumer through tangible and intangible sources of distribution. The product life cycle that...
Analysis of store management at Carrefour
Thesis - 4 pages - Management
Since the birth of the company in 1959 to the present day, the Carrefour group has become an undisputed global player in distribution. In forty years the group has become a leading distributor and second largest retailer in Europe. Carrefour Global has developed in 29 countries and now boasts of...
The effects of work on health
Thesis - 4 pages - Management
The World Health Organization defines health as a state of total well being. This includes the physical, social and mental health of the employee. The state of well-being cannot be defined as the mere absence of disease or infirmity. Occupational hazards may have many adverse effects on health...
The changes observed in the current business structures
Thesis - 4 pages - Management
This document will attempt to explain the changes observed in the current business structure, on the basis of theoretical knowledge backed by examples drawn from real life situations. A firm is an entity that performs different operations and thus has a number of different departments devoted to...
Introduction to defining and measuring performance
Thesis - 5 pages - Management
The management should identify and implement approaches depending on the goals that it sets. The steering and monitoring of performance is the subject of management control. In the context of management control, one can analyze the overall performance of the business, financial performance...
The need for customer relationship management (CRM) in an organization
Thesis - 8 pages - Management
The end of World War Two saw an industrial boom. Manufacturing companies focused on mass production of standardized goods, in order to meet the requirements of a society in its attempt to rebuild after the devastation caused by Two World Wars. The period between 1970 to 1990, was considered as...
Brand management and its implementation
Thesis - 4 pages - Management
Although brand management is a relatively new concept, it has developed into a marketing discipline in its own right. The position of brand management was introduced into the organization structure in the 1990's when the concept of brand equity gave birth to new financial and commercial issues....
Customer retention in financial institutions (banks)
Thesis - 6 pages - Management
The customer loyalty program was first implemented by American Airlines in the United States in the year 1981. Today, virtually all airlines have adopted the customer loyalty program and is currently followed by other business sectors. Ever since the initiation of the customer loyalty program in...
The future of management by Peter F Drucker
Thesis - 6 pages - Management
Born in Vienna on November 19, 1909, Peter Drucker had a childhood that was characterized by a rich father who was an officer of the Ministry of Economy and an Austro-Hungarian mother who was a doctor. A lot of senior officials and politically influenced people considered Drucker's home as a...
Application of quality function deployment for the supplier selection process
Thesis - 8 pages - Management
The manufacturing organizations are facing the pressure of increasing competition due to the varied dynamic demands of the customers. In this competitive scenario, ‘voice of customer' gains importance. It needs to be translated into technical language. Quality function deployment (QFD) has...
Fuzzy expert model for order cost efficiency in capacitated two-echelon distribution chains
Thesis - 12 pages - Management
The supply chain researchers are commonly trying to optimize one or more decision variables under stochastic conditions. This paper considers a capacitated two-echelon divergent distribution chain facing stochastic demand and order cost fluctuations. The limited storage facility of the upper...
Supplier selection with social and environmental issues
Thesis - 10 pages - Management
Supplier selection is a multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) problem which is affected by several conventional conflicting factors such as quality, delivery, service and time. Recently government insists enterprises to take care of environmental regulation and social issues such as...
A study of assembly line
Thesis - 3 pages - Management
Organization management is crucial to each type of organization because only through successful management of people, capital, information and materials, an organization can meet its goal. Operation management is a part of the production system. Production system is a collection of interrelated...
An integrated coordination model for a supply chain dealing with short life-cycle products operating under stock dependent demand
Thesis - 5 pages - Management
The market demand of any product is generally influenced by quality, warranty, service, advertisement and sales promotion. Apart from these factors, the amount of stock displayed will also significantly influence the sales at retail level. Though, many inventory models have been developed based...
A Petrinet model of a short life cycle product supply chain and deduction of its reachability matrix by simulation
Thesis - 5 pages - Management
This paper focuses on the concept of short life cycle supply chain of products where the selling time of the product is short and fixed. Based on an object events table and dynamical events occurring table a composite model of short life cycle product is created. This model is then represented by...
Multi-criteria selection of allied transportation firm: An application in plastic industry
Thesis - 12 pages - Management
Transportation is a critical process in supply chains which includes receiving raw material from suppliers and sending products to customers. Companies usually face the problem of selecting the proper transportation contractor to transfer their raw material and finished goods. However, this...
