Role of an accountant in an organization
Case study - 2 pages - Management
The purpose of accounting is to report much needed financial information about the performance of a company for a specific period. The information, which is reported on financial statements, will be used by stake holders and top management of the company for various reasons. There are two types...
Examine the concept of total reward and explore the reasons for its increasing prominence in organizations
Case study - 10 pages - Human resources
This coursework examines the concept of total rewards in the context of today's competitive business environment. There are many different total rewards concept in the existing literature and therefore the primary focus must be to choose the most appropriate concept and to examine it and...
Forces that can Influence an organization and its strategy
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
Today's national and international organizations are surrounded and affected by different types of forces. Two main categories can be identified, the internal forces and the external ones from the task and general environments (Appendix 1). They influence companies' strategies through...
The World Trade Organization (WTO) faces the challenge of sustainable development
Essay - 5 pages - Ecology & environment
The stakes by which the problems raise the concept of sustainable development, such as environmental protection and the fight against poverty, seems to represent an obstacle for further liberalization in trade as a factor in its favor. However, during the second half of the nineteenth century, it...
The anti-globalization: another logical organization of global space
Essay - 7 pages - International relations
The process of universalization is essential for all, whether it is appreciated or not, whether one thinks to be profited by it or as a victim of it. But the globalization of the economy is not enough to summarize the world of ours: however, other processes coexist thus making this issue more...
The communication devices used by a non-profit organization: Case of YMCA
Case study - 5 pages - Services marketing
In the current world that is laden with random messages and information, the organization's key key to breaking through the clutters is to reasonably manage its communication media and deliver a consistent message via its text and image contents. From the standpoint of establishing...
Structure and dynamics of the organizations by Henry Mintzberg
Book review - 2 pages - Management
This book is the second in a series of Mintzberg that is devoted to organizations. Led by a manager on a daily basis, it deals with the power and authority in organizations and corporate governance. Based on research in management science, sociology and psychology, this reference...
Is the political and cultural organization of Lebanon an inherited process of decolonization?
Essay - 6 pages - International relations
At the end of the First World War, the breakup of the Ottoman Empire left the Middle East disrupted, destabilized, and therefore potentially dangerous, especially in the view of Western powers. After the horror of this war, the desire for a lasting and definitive peace was stronger than ever, and...
Knowledge management in organization: Case Allshade
Thesis - 10 pages - Management
Since the corporate environment has undergone a major transformation, business organizations have intensified their search for strategies that will give them a sustainable competitive advantage. Such strategies generally require that the organization continuously differentiates its...
Is the World Trade Organization (WTO) in crisis?
Thesis - 4 pages - Economy general
The World Trade Organization succeeded the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1995. It aims to dismantle trade barriers and harmonize trade rules to allow all states to benefit from global trade and promote their growth. While at first the advent of the WTO was accompanied by...
Auchan Group: Presentation and analysis of its organization
Case study - 7 pages - Management
The Auchan Group was chosen to be studied to be able to analyze the performance of a large French distribution group. Since the first store opened in 1961, Auchan has grown steadily. In 40 years, the group became a major retail group worldwide. Auchan is organized by profession with a...
Is the mechanism of settlement of the disputes of the World Trade Organization (WTO) effective?
Thesis - 5 pages - International law
The dispute settlement in the World Trade Organization (WTO) is a mechanism whereby a member state that was injured when a benefit was offset by another Member State, can initiate proceedings before the Settlement of Disputes in order to restore the balance upset by the cancellation. This...
The legal effect of unilateral acts of States and international organizations
Essay - 7 pages - International law
The International Law Commission is responsible for the codification and progressive development of international laws. It had its forty eighth session in 1996 and the issues of Unilateral Acts and their legal effects have figured prominently in their discussions. There is an uncertainty...
The intervention of the World Trade Organization in regulating international trade
Essay - 4 pages - International relations
The 'classic' body of rules of GATT, which form the basis of the WTO, is based on a project of progressive liberalization. Successive rounds served the goal of gradually reducing trade barriers, more generally to facilitate access to domestic markets. Once the bulk of this objective is...
Consumer behavior: Influence of customer needs, organization motivations and goals
Thesis - 5 pages - Management
In today's competitive business environment, the key to a company's survival lies in its ability to identify and influence unsatisfied consumer needs in a marketplace crowded with players. From the marketing/consumer behavior standpoint, there are differences and similarities between promoting...
The current political organization of Romania
Essay - 2 pages - Modern history
After fifty years of communist dictatorship in Romania, they had the opportunity to choose democracy and freedom. For fifty years, Nicolae Ceausescu and his party violated the rights of the people of Romania especially those of freedom. The democratization process started after the people...
How is the supply chain positioned within the organization?
Case study - 3 pages - Management
The supply chain refers to all the physical or information flows and processes involved in the provision of the products to the customer. In other words, the supply chain comprises of all links in the logistics process. We must distinguish the supply chain of the company from the supply chain...
Revolution at Oticon A/S: The Spaghetti Organization
Case study - 17 pages - Human resources
Lars Kolind, who was recruited in order to assume the tough task of implementing a new management in Oticon, set a real revolution. He arrived in a crisis context so; his first task was to readjust the company to an acceptable financial situation. He achieved this quite shortly and everybody...
In any large organization, team work is the ultimate key to success
Essay - 1 pages - Management
Applied at workplaces, teamwork can be defined as a co-ordinated effort from a group of people acting together towards a specific business purpose. In large organizations, individuals play certain roles and carry out certain responsibilities, which are determined in advance. Each task is...
The World Trade Organization (WTO) law and the environment
Essay - 9 pages - Political science
In 1979 the Brandt Commission recommended that an international trade organization incorporating both GATT and UNCTAD was the objective towards which the international community should work. This dream came true in January 1995 when the World Trade Organization (WTO) became the...
Why an information system or an information technology project could fail in an organization?
Essay - 9 pages - Business strategy
While the terms Information System and Information Technology are sometimes used interchangeably, they are two distinct concepts. The information system is an organized combination of several entities which stores, retrieves, transforms and disseminates information in an organization like...
Non-Governmental Organizations and the United Nations System History, Problems and Prospects
Essay - 8 pages - Political science
NGOs have been active in the United Nations (U.N.) system since its inception in 1945. Although the U.N. was created as an intergovernmental organization, there was a need since the early days of the Organization to allow representatives of the civil society to participate, through...
Is scientific organization of work only a history?
Thesis - 4 pages - Management
In 1893, Frederick Winslow Taylor became general manager of the Manufacturing Investment Company of Philadelphia where he noticed two main problems: the saunter of workers and the high number of qualified workers with high salaries. Therefore, he developed a theory of management, “the...
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...
International Law and Organization: Weighing the Democracy Deficit
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
The history of the relationship between the United States and international law and organization has always been a love-hate one. While historically the U.S. has unquestionably been one of the strongest proponents of the development of international organizations such as the United...
The World Trade Organization (WTO) - successes and failures
Essay - 6 pages - Economy general
In order to make the world trade as free as possible, the World Trade Organization (WTO) relies upon principles. Firstly, the non-discrimination principle ensures that no country benefits more from trade than another country. The WTO wants to promote equality among the members. Moreover,...
The assessment of staff in an organization
Thesis - 5 pages - Human resources
In recent years, companies have realized the importance of staff because they represent the true wealth of the latter. Indeed, recruitment and more generally the management of human resources prove to be a major issue for businesses as it participates positively to the success of the company. It...
Failures and benefits of free trade and the role of World Trade Organization (WTO)
Essay - 10 pages - Economy general
The free flow of international trade gained significance after the Second World War when the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was tabled. The GATT was followed by the formation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995. The WTO was formed to establish rules for...
The usefulness of an ethnographic approach to the international comparison of organizations (1996-1997) - Philippe d'Iribarne
Book review - 1 pages - Management
Philippe d'Iribarne (born 1937) is ethnologist and sociologist, graduated from the Grande Ecole of Science and Technology and from the Grande Ecole for political science. He is carrying out studies in the national centre for scientific research about the impact of culture on business and on...
The World Trade Organization (WTO)
Essay - 8 pages - Economy general
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is a multilateral trading system; in other words, it is shaped by multilateral agreements between member states based on four principles. The first principle is transparency on trade exchanges and WTO decisions. Members have a transparency obligation such...