Sony - The leader in the video game industry
Thesis - 6 pages - Business strategy
When we look at the video game industry, we can see four major players. All of them are more or less interrelated. The producers of video consoles: the leaders in this market are Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft. The undisputed leader is Japan's Sony. Microsoft, the U.S. firm, has...
Leadership: Jack Welch, CEO of GE (1981-2001)
Essay - 13 pages - Management
The last decade has witnessed the rise of some very charismatic leaders. One of them, Jack Welch, CEO of General Electric (GE) from 1981 to 2001, was among the most admired and respected leaders. Named in 1999 by the Fortune magazine as ‘Manager of the century', Jack Welch was...
British Petroleum - Transformational Leadership in a Transnational Organization
Case study - 10 pages - Management
The company BP, in the past named British Petroleum is a British company, of research, extraction and oil refining founded in 1909. After its merger with Amoco, Atlantic Richfield (Arco) and Burmah Castrol, it became the largest company of The United Kingdom and the third largest oil company in...
How companies develop global leaders?
Essay - 16 pages - Management
How companies develop into global leaders: Globalization has now invaded the world. Globalization means integrating each of the world's countries into a single unified society, where it is able to found great business opportunities by discovering new markets, new capital investments,...
Lord of the Flies: Leadership and its consequences
Thesis - 3 pages - Literature
While there is vast disagreement over what exactly defines leadership, most agree that it is a response to societal needs. Ultimately, leaders provide consistent assurance and protection from external as well as internal threats. In view of that, the concept purely results from the...
Leadership of Sony in the sector of the video games
Thesis - 5 pages - Services marketing
The video game industry has four major players which are all more or less interrelated. They are the following: - The manufacturers of video consoles: the leaders of this market are Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft. The undisputed leader in the segment is the Japanese brand Sony....
US management and leadership: Martin Luther King Jr., the birth of a leader
Essay - 15 pages - Management
This paper is about the leader Martin Luther King Jr. and his leadership role in the 1950s. First, the context will be introduced followed by King's life in correlation with the current event at that time. In the final section, his leadership style will be analyzed. After the war, the...
Effective leadership in public administration: "The great leader is seen as servant first", Robert K. Greenleaf
Essay - 8 pages - Political science
Globalization, decentralization, economic uncertainties, and other contemporary challenges ask for a new kind of governance and a new role for public agents in every country. Governments have to reshape the public sector to cope with this environment that requires civil servants to assume new...
Beneteau, an international market leader
Case study - 39 pages - Business strategy
Beneteau, the giant in the nautical industry, was founded by Benjamin Beneteau in 1884, with the creation of a familial shipyard. After the long wars period, the apparition of the polyester had cost the yard to develop itself considerably, by starting a mass production. Thus, Beneteau has really...
Presidential leadership and social theory
Thesis - 9 pages - Political science
People operate under the guidance, influence, or command exerted by another person or entity throughout their daily lives. From employers to family to religion, many aspects of our lives fall under the authority of some outside structure and. Although we may share a number of commonalities with...
The Google case: Who can dethrone this leader of the industry?
Case study - 17 pages - Business strategy
We begin by studying the situation of the e-services in Google and a thorough analysis of its business model to explain its success. Secondly, we examine the leading position of Google, particularly by analyzing the strategic map of this industry, to examine the limits of this leadership with...
Impact of leadership style on performance: A study of six sigma professionals in Thailand
Thesis - 8 pages - Management
Superior performance requires a fundamental paradigm shift in managerial approach and leadership style to address the impact of rapidly evolving technology accompanied by increasing competition and market globalization. Six Sigma is one of the quality and productivity improvement initiatives...
Transformational vs. transactional leadership: A path analysis of the direct selling industry in Thailand
Thesis - 8 pages - Management
As the direct selling industry becomes more competitive, many direct selling firms are trying to find ways to succeed. The “distributor” or salesperson lies at the heart of the direct selling business. If there is no distributor, there is no revenue. In this industry, the distributors...
Study of a charismatic leader: Martin Luther King
Essay - 8 pages - Modern history
Management is the whole of techniques that an organization has in order to organize, plan and control all the resources which are implemented for the administration of the entity. In order to take into account the impact of the time and the type of risk and information on the decision makings of...
The difficulties to stay the leader on a market: The French Wine Industry and its fragile economic position
Market study - 34 pages - Business strategy
• Recent events: Numerous violent strikes were organized by the wine growers to draw attention to their difficulties; for instance, they demanded more assistance following the bad weather conditions that ruined the annual harvest. • A succession of demonstrations: It is a traditional...
Profile of Mrs Sofia Augousta - A South African woman leader
Essay - 6 pages - Journalism
M other of two children, Mrs. Sofia Augousta (Sofia) is working in the top management of a family business in Bloemfontein (South Africa): DMN Family Trust, well known under the name N. Georgiou Business Consultants. Because people see her like a “housewife”, she is glowing with energy...
A study on the Saint Gobain Group (world leader in production of high performance materials) in India
Thesis - 25 pages - Business strategy
SAINT GOBAIN was created in 1665 as a part of the plan devised by King Louis XIV & Jean - Bapptiste Colbert (Finance Minister) to restore the French economy. As a result the Royal Glass works came in to existence. Saint Gobain established a near monopoly in 17th century and Ousted Venice, which...
The role organizational culture plays in shaping the strategy of an organization: A look at the leader South West Airlines and Hewlett Packard
Thesis - 4 pages - Management
To analyze and answer the above question, the author of the assignment has divided the assignment into different sections. The first section will deal with the important role that a culture of an organization plays during strategy planning and execution stage. The second section will talk about...
Identifying and evaluating strategic opportunities for the followers of a seemingly unbeatable leader
Thesis - 5 pages - Business strategy
In the French market, the food market represented a global turnover of 134 billions of euros in 2004. In this food market, the leading products are vegetables and corn. The turnover of this specific market saw a growth of 6% just for 2004 and the leader firm for the European market is the...
Judgment: How winning leaders make great calls? By Noel M. Tichy and Warren G. Bennis
Book review - 6 pages - Journalism
“With good judgment, little else matters. Without it, nothing else matters,” said Noel M. Trichy in the foreword of the book. The book is must-read for current leaders as well as future leaders. This framework can help anyone who runs a small team or a big corporation. It...
From good to great: How to turn good managers into great leaders
Essay - 4 pages - Management
Unlike conventional beliefs, leadership today is no longer a "born with it" phenomenon. Instead management and leadership gurus believe there are natural leaders and there are leaders trained to take up their roles to lead organizations, institutions and enterprises without genetic...
US management and leadership: Steve Jobs
Essay - 9 pages - Management
The aim of this assignment is to consider the leadership style of the Apple's CEO Steve Jobs through the analysis of the articles and works connected with his business activity. Steve Jobs is the current CEO and co-founder of Apple, Inc. Steve Jobs also was the CEO and majority shareholder of...
One man's terrorist is another's freedom fighter/Today's terrorist is just tomorrow's state leader
Essay - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The famous example of the General De Gaulle can corroborate this claim. After his radio address in June 1940 exhorting the French people to resist Nazi occupation, he organized the Free French Forces with exiled French officers in England and led the interior resistance which used terrorism...
Is culture an intrinsic element of management and leadership: Eastern Europe against Western Europe?
Thesis - 14 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Since the quickening of the Industrial Revolution in United Kingdom in 1850 there is no doubt that Europe sustained important cultural changes. The aura of this revolution crossed the Channel and pervaded in Europe but only went in western countries ready to change, France the first, then...
Profile of a leader: Nicolas Sarkozy
Thesis - 5 pages - Journalism
Nicolas Sarkozy de Nagy Bocsa was born in Paris on the 28th of January 1955; he is the son of Paul Sarkozy de Nagy Bocsa a Hungarian immigrant who fled the Red army in 1944, and Andree Mallah a jurist of Jewish origin native from Salonica in Greece. At the age of four, he is abandoned by his...
The battle over leadership in the sport industry: Adidas vs. Nike
Essay - 3 pages - Business strategy
According to public opinion, sport is undoubtedly related to pleasure, relaxation and physical activity. However the reality is in fact poles apart from this simplistic landscape and sport is above all a colossal industry, which represents a billion-dollar market. The recent acquisition of Reebok...
Strategy of cost leadership
Essay - 8 pages - Management
In a market where competition is at it's peak, companies perpetually seek to win over new customers, new markets and to generate strong profits. They have thus banked on a new strategy to be more competitive: cost leadership. The strategy of cost leadership aims at directing the objectives of...
Gibson, Ivancevich, Donnelly, and Konopaske - Organizations: Behavior, structure, process (chapter 11): A new leadership position
Thesis - 2 pages - Management
The profile prepared by Management Analysis Corporation is the first step in the process of finding a potentially successful of general managers, but it is not the only step. Actually, after MAC has understood very clearly the needs of Dancey Electronics, they could picture the perfect...
Management - Contingency theories of leadership
Thesis - 4 pages - Human resources
Contingency theories of leadership were intended to resolve the problems of Trait and Behavioural theories. To what extent have they achieved? According to the dictionary, leadership is « the process whereby one person influences the thoughts and behaviour of others »; it thus appears to be a key...
An analysis of the leadership styles at CASH & HAWK
Thesis - 8 pages - Management
Organizations need to strive to change and find new ways and venues to keep a competitive edge. The change that organizations need to go through is in itself difficult. All types of supply for customer demand, organizations, firms, companies…etc. are titles given to groups of individuals who...
