The employers' organizations in Britain: The case of the CBI
Thesis - 4 pages - Political science
I decided to speak about employers' organisations in Britain because of a personal and very simple interrogation: I was actually wondering what the equivalent of the French MEDEF in Britain was. At first sight, I discovered quickly that this equivalent is the CBI, The Confederation of British...
International economics: The World Trade Organization
Thesis - 9 pages - Economy general
Pascal Lamy, General Director of the WTO recently said that “negotiations towards a conclusion to the Doha Trade Round are 70% complete”. Indeed, the WTO trade talks have not been efficient over the last few years. Lowering agricultural and industrial tariffs, reducing subsidies in...
Identifying the role played by an organization's culture on the leadership in reinventing an organization: Case study on JC Penny Inc
Case study - 6 pages - Management
Strategy according to For de Wit and Meyer (1998), is an intelligent treatment of the subject, strategy is any course of action for achieving an organizations purpose. (Strategic management 2004 Palgrave McMillan, Colin White, pg 5). Strategy exists at a number of levels in an...
Looking at how and where CRM can help an organization
Thesis - 26 pages - Business strategy
CRM is an integrated effort to identify, maintain, and build up a network with individual consumers and to continuously strengthen the network for mutual benefit of both sides, through interactive, individualized and value-added contacts over a period of time. The core theme of all CRM is its...
An assessment of the importance of cultural diversity within global organizations
Thesis - 8 pages - Management
In order to counter the arguments put forward by Palich and Gomez-Mejia regarding cultural diversity it is important to define the main issues in the debate. In order to address the issues, it is essential to begin by defining what is meant by culture in this context. On establishing what is...
National organization for the reform of Marijuana laws
Thesis - 6 pages - Civil law
Many people complain that the United States government is unresponsive to their issues. In order to assist all of the underrepresented people, and to educate legislators we have formulated many interest groups in our nation. NORML, the National Organization for the reform of marijuana...
An organization study at Kotak Mahindra Bank
Case study - 21 pages - Business strategy
Kotak Mahindra is a “20-year old new bank”. A part of the Kotak Mahindra Group that came into existence nearly 20 years ago and is one of India's leading financial institutions today enjoying the trust and confidence of over 5 lakh customers across the country. Partnering them in...
Organizational behavior: Foundation of group behavior (16 Slides)
Presentation - 5 pages - Management
A group is defined as two or more individuals, interacting, interdependent, who have come together to achieve particular objectives. A formal group is defined by the organization's structure,with designated work assignment establishing tasks.The behaviors that one should engage in are...
World trade organization: Understanding its implementation in India
Thesis - 14 pages - Economy general
After making this project I know many important fact about GATT & WTO's origin evaluation objectives principals functions decision making process, organizational structure which is really beneficial for me to know about the current scenario of global trade liberalization & various agreements...
Organization of Renault's supply chain
Thesis - 13 pages - Business strategy
The objective of this study is to develop the international supply chain of Renault, the French car maker. Nevertheless, the diversity of the information and the great number of firms on the market made it difficult for us not to give examples and arguments based on other car makers. Therefore,...
Impact of Herberg and Maslow's theories in organizations
Tutorials/exercises - 49 pages - Finance
Among various behavioral theories generally believed and embraced by American business are those of Frederick Herzberg and Abraham Maslow. Herzberg, a psychologist, proposed a theory about job factors that motivate employees. Maslow, a behavioral scientist and contemporary of Herzberg's,...
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing (3M): A look at its operations and organization in India
Tutorials/exercises - 23 pages - Management
For nine of the past 10 years, 3M has ranked in the top 10 of Fortune's annual survey of "America's Most Admired Corporations." In 1994 alone, major reporting about 3M included articles in Fortune and Business Week in the United States and 3M's success can be measured by the fact that...
Taylorism and the structural organization of Toyota
Essay - 11 pages - Management
Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856 - 1915) was an American engineer who used the scientific organization of work (OST), which is the basis of the industrial revolution of the 20th century. The principal idea is to break up the tasks, to time the movements of the workmen to improve quality, to...
Recruitment and selection process in an IT services organization
Thesis - 31 pages - Human resources
The software industry is in the midst of a quiet but dramatic revolution. The implication of this revolution increased innovation, new business models, technological discontinuities, and global capability shifts could be even more profound then the previous industry transaction. The software...
An overview of training and development process in an organization
Thesis - 14 pages - Human resources
The genre of ‘Employees' seems to have evolved through a transformation process. They are now more growth oriented, ambitious, industrious, forward-looking and increasingly vulnerable to the rocking changes in the industry. They have a high self-concept and seek intrinsic motivation in the...
A study on various candidate selection methods in organizations
Thesis - 11 pages - Management
The process of recruitment in organizations entails sourcing the right candidate to fit the human resources requirements. This process comprises of two distinct activities, first soliciting and attracting a pool of interested candidates and then selecting the most suitable candidate from...
The role and importance of human resources department (HRD) in an organization
Thesis - 12 pages - Human resources
Ten years ago hardly any organization had HR departments or talked about it. Today it is difficult to find organizations which employ a large number of people who do not talk about HRD. In spite of this popularization of HRD in the last few years, success experience of HRD is...
Organizational behavior and its importance for an organization
Thesis - 14 pages - Human resources
To make the topic clear we can take the example of the ubiquitous search engine - GOOGLE. Google servers' process more than 200 million search queries in 90 languages every day, over half of them form users outside the United States. Google's success is more amazing as this profitable company of...
Strategic management in an organization
Thesis - 14 pages - Management
According to Johnson, Scholes and Whittington, ‘Strategic Management includes the understanding the strategic position of an organization, strategic choices for the future and turning strategy into action' (Johnson, Scholes & Whittington, 2005, p.16).There are many models and senior...
A strategic framework for corporate crisis management as a method to resolve a specific problem in a telecommunication organization
Thesis - 2 pages - Management
For any organization it is a strategic motive to certify that its long term economic position and survivability are not at risk (Barton 256). Crisis management has been adopted by many to obtain this strategic motive because it links functions including safety management, risk management,...
Why Indian organizations have been able to successfully compete in the global arena
Thesis - 3 pages - Business strategy
In 1991, when the then Indian Government under the leadership of Mr Narasimha Rao, made the first bold moves towards economic liberalization, there were hundreds of thousands of people, even from India, who shouted from roof tops that Indian organizations will never ever be able to face...
Role, objectives and activities of human resources department (HRD) in an organization
Thesis - 4 pages - Human resources
In the face of enormous changes in the business environment of the world backed up by liberalization of economy, globalization of business, modernization of technology, changing lifestyles, global competitive pressures and large scale employment, a need exist for a fresh look at the Human...
A brief study on the important departments in an organization
Thesis - 4 pages - Management
The Human Resource Department is the main part of the organization. It performs a number of activities concerned with the employees of the organization and it interacts with the other departments to ensure smooth running of the company. The marketing department usually consists of a...
The important departments in an organization
Thesis - 13 pages - Management
An Organization may be a manufacturing firm, a business concern, and an Insurance company, Hospital, University or A Service Industry. It may be small or large, Simple or complex. An organization is a human grouping in which work is done for the accomplishment of some specific goal....
The functional departments of an organization
Thesis - 14 pages - Management
Every organization, big or small needs to have certain departments, without which it cannot function. These are departments like the finance department, the human resources department, the personnel department, the marketing department, etc. The purpose of this document is to give you a...
Suffrage organizations in Canada and the United States
Thesis - 8 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The women's suffrage movement was one that held significance all over the world, as many different nations embarked on their own paths toward getting the vote for women. Compared to other English-speaking and industrialized nations like the United States, Canada began its suffrage movement...
A study on human resource (manpower) planning in organizations
Thesis - 10 pages - Human resources
Planning is deciding in advance. In a broad sense, planning entails anticipating future opportunities and threats and drawing up a blueprint to coordinate, motivate, and control the activities of the available assets for the effective implementation of organizational goals and objectives in a...
A study conducted on executive perception towards organization environment in a firm
Tutorials/exercises - 58 pages - Human resources
The origin of organization has been spontaneous. It came into existence in the early stages of human evolution when persons began to co-operate and combine together to achieve a common goal. A sound management is based on proper organizational structure, which is concerned with...
Performance appraisal system in organizations
Thesis - 9 pages - Human resources
Appraisal of performance is widely used in society. Parents evaluate their children, teachers evaluate their students and employers evaluate their employees. However, formal evaluation of employees is believed to have been adopted for the first time during the First World War. At the instance of...
Knowledge management in organizations
Thesis - 7 pages - Management
Knowledge management refers to the conscious, systematic, and organized activity of an enterprise in comprehensively gathering, organizing, analyzing, and sharing knowledge to further its goals. It comprises a range of practices that identifies, creates, represent, distribute, and enables...
