Case study tutorials
Case study - 13 pages - Marketing theories
1. Which factors do you think would be the main contributors to your chosen company's brand equity? Brand equity that is based on consumers happens when consumers are ware and familiar with specific brands and their memories can easily hold uniqueness, favor and strength in the brands. Some...
Understanding quality of work life
Tutorials/exercises - 38 pages - Human resources
Human resource management is concerned with human beings, who are the energetic elements of management. The success of any organization or an enterprise will depend upon the ability, strength and motivation of the persons working in it. The Human Resource Management refers to the systematic...
An overview of Human Resources Management
Dissertation - 41 pages - Human resources
Good human resource practice can help in attracting and retaining the best people in the organization Planning alerts the company to the type of people will need in short, medium and long run. Appropriate recruitment and selection activities identify the best people for available jobs and...
Ralph Waldo Emerson and the flower children
Thesis - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
It is 1836 and a pioneering new essayist has just made his debut. His first work is entitled “Nature,” a simple and concise name for an elaborate and layered piece. It is a bizarre article, one which lionizes the natural earth and calls on the younger generations to break away from...
The French army
Thesis - 6 pages - Political science
'The army' is the term used to denote all the resources in manpower and equipment that a community implements either to deter, or to repel the attacks of another community, or to attack. It is a hierarchical group of men, recruited directly or indirectly by a State or an organization,...
To fight against any sort of discrimination, could and should all workers be treated equally?
Essay - 2 pages - Labor law
Gender, age, ethnic background, sexual orientation, religion, family life and private matters do play an important part at work although they should not. Recruitment processes, salaries, the daily routine at the work office, are all places where workers should be considered equals but are...
Career management: Women and the Glass Ceiling
Thesis - 27 pages - Human resources
There has been an increase in the participation of women in the professional world today. They are becoming increasingly qualified and skilled. However, this increase in opportunity has not led them into illusions and they do not consider themselves lucky. They do not compare their situation to...
Employee Selestion Techniques for a Customer Advisor
Case study - 2 pages - Management
For this assignment, the elected job is Customer Advisor in the bank HSBC. This job is interesting to study because it is multi-tasking and requires soft skills. What's more, the banking context is very specific, for it deals everyday with sensitive data and complicated situations. HSBC being...
Jarhead - Sam Mendes (2005) - The place of men and women in society during the war
Artwork commentary - 3 pages - Film studies
Jarhead is a trip movie and also a movie of war that tells the stories of the soldiers, it was filmed in the late 1970s, Sam Mendes directed the film based on the true story of Anthony Swofford's private life as a military man in the US marine, the movie takes us back to the Gulf War. The...
Reward strategy in a HRM context: Its role in motivating and retaining staff
Essay - 11 pages - Human resources
“Human Resource Management (HRM) is both an academic theory and a business practice that addresses the theoretical and practical techniques of managing a workforce.” (Cameron & Quinn, 1999). HRM is part of an organization which recruits and trains workforce in order to achieve the...
Immigration of highly skilled workers to the United States
Thesis - 11 pages - Civil law
The rapidly escalating immigration of highly skilled individuals to the United States demonstrates the diminishing role of national politics in an increasingly supranational global economy. Workers pursue opportunities beyond the confines of national borders, and corporations are able to meet...
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...
Codorniu analysis relating to a hire process
Thesis - 4 pages - Human resources
The sector of which the company is a part has always influenced its recruitment and selection process. Indeed, the sector growth defines the company's requirements in terms of the number of employees, the kind of growth, and the profile of the people they need. Moreover, the company's...
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...
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...
Creating and Developing a Suasion Planning Program to Foster Inclusivity and Reduce Turnover in the Workplace
Dissertation - 3 pages - Human resources
The high rate of team member turnover is a common problem that permeates not only diverse but also vast organizations, causing huge operational setbacks and financial burdens to these institutions. The chaos brought by constant changes among staff members weakens organizations in several ways,...
Sales Training in Christian Dior, London
Thesis - 8 pages - Educational studies
As part of my second year ESSCA, I was asked to do an internship in the marketing function, either in the sales department, or in the purchase section. The goal is to have a direct relationship with a customer or a supplier (BtoB or BtoC), to participate actively and be essential to the...
Strategic analysis of Starbucks Coffee
Case study - 22 pages - Business strategy
Starbucks is a multinational chain of coffee shops and restaurants and is known as the coffee shop. The first store was opened in 1971 in Seattle. The idea emanated from three teachers: Jerry Baldin, Zev Siegel and Gordon Bowker. Starbucks is named after the character that appeared in “Moby...
Human resource management in context of change management
Case study - 8 pages - Human resources
Multinational Corporations operate in more than one country. They have production facilities in different countries around the world. Often they operate in countries which have entirely different culture than the culture of their home country. This impacts the company's human resource management...
Financing the campaigns during the US Presidential elections
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
The ability to finance a campaign can be the most powerful asset of a candidate. An issue that can arise is how great of a role campaign finances play on the success of the candidate. The ability to raise more money than the opponent gives the candidate an advantage and the ability to donate more...
Public observations
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
The observational setting that was chosen, the interview room that a recruiter must use to talk and understand what a potential future student is thinking and needs during their initial meeting. The room temperature, the vocal tone and the lack of information about the entire process is based...
Leading and managing remotely
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
Management of human resources is a very dynamic concept whose excision requires a delicate touch. Human resource refers to the mass of staff within an organization. It is from the synergistic effect of these members that the organization is able to formulate a vision, develop strategies and...
Personal development plan
Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies
Evaluation is important stages in the self-development cycle as it would assist me discover whether it is worth in the realization of my career goals and those of the organization (Pedler 2001). The requirements of my job as a spinal research coordinator involves the liaising and coordinating...
Human smuggling in Russia and Central Asia
Essay - 10 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The UN definition of "trafficking", under the terms of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (supplementing the 2000 UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime), Article 3(a) states: 'Trafficking in persons' shall mean...
Ethical issues on social networks
Case study - 9 pages - Business strategy
For Business School's students such as we are, social networks seem to be a nice tool to boost our careers. In fact professional network like Linkedin appeared and permit to share a résumé on the web. The success of this network comes from the fact you can regroup your whole professional network...
Facebook success analysis
Essay - 4 pages - Computer science
Facebook is a social networking service launched in February 2004 that is operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. As of now the social networking site has over 500 million active users across the globe. Users can create a personal profile, add other users as friends and exchange messages,...
Training and evaluation in human resource management
Thesis - 8 pages - Human resources
Human Resource is the biggest asset for the success of any organization, but to make it an asset, activity of training and development plays a very important role. However, it is very essential to ensure that training imparted to people is effective which can enhance the performance of the people...
Recycling in South Africa
Thesis - 16 pages - Ecology & environment
As part of my third year at the business school of Rennes in South Africa, I had the opportunity to do an international internship for a period of 10 weeks. This course's main objective was to test my ability to adapt. Indeed, during this internship, I had to adapt to a different culture, and...
Is there room, and how much, for immigrants in the European social model?
Essay - 11 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Immigration is deeply rooted in the European history. In the post-war times several West European governments - especially in big and devastated countries - resorted to immigration to cope with important needs for labour force the after-reconstruction economic boom. Immigrants, mostly from...
Sybaptic Plasticity
Tutorials/exercises - 4 pages - Biology
In its simplest form, the postsynaptic response to neurotransmitter release can be mediated by a single protein complex. For example, nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are self-contained stimulus-response modules that both detect a stimulus, acetylcholine, and generate a response, passage of ion...
