Business Essays

The concept of 360-degree feedback has come of age. We no longer need to define it in conversations with executives; most have themselves participated one or more times in a 360-degree process, either as feedback giver, receiver, or probably both. Books have been written about it and special issues of …

Do you think Betty was wrongly discharged or that she was legitimately dismissed under the notion of employment at will?  Betty was not wrongly discharged.  She had admitted that there was not actually documentation or agreement that left her in a permanent job position.  In other words, not contractual agreement …

Outline the State of the Union Address.             After a brief acknowledgment of Coretta Scott King, Bush devoted nearly the first half of the speech to the war on terror (with a message directed at Iran), then combined pledges to fight AIDS with his desire to renew the Patriot Act.  …

Introduction              Wal-Mart’s organizational culture is based on Sam Walton’s vision according to which associates are the best idea generators. As a result, employee learning and growth is a critical success factor at the company. It is through employee learning and growth that the company is managing to stay ahead …

Wal-Mart is an American public corporation that operates in the retail and department store industry. It is number one ranked company on the Fortune 500 and is considered an unstoppable and unavoidable force in the retail industry according to Hoover’s online database. Wal-Mart is the largest retailer in the world …

Volkswagen AG is a German automobile corporation which sells its products in 154 countries around the world. As of 2007, Volkswagen currently has eight automobile brands. These brands include Volkswagen, Audi, Bentley, Skoda, Lamborghini, Seat, Bugatti and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles. Cumulatively, these nine brands were responsible for selling 6.2 million …

The current business environment is characterized by a considerable level of competitive rivalry and as a result businesses have to constantly reengineer their internal operations in order to build and maintain a competitive advantage. According to Michael Porter’s framework for strategy formulation, a business organization has three strategies at its …

Introduction and Theoretical Framework  Majority of the private as well as the parochial schools has been in need of uniforms for quite a period of time. In the majority of the public schools in existence all over the country, there has been an implementation of either a voluntary or a …

With the example of Kenneth Lay, one is faced by a situation that is not easily explainable. It is not expected that a senior staff should be involved in unethical behaviour at all. The people in high leadership positions undergo a lot of training on ethics which they are supposed …

 Abstract             Since the industrial revolution, companies have resorted to alternative employees.  Contingent workers are temporary or part-time workers who work under a contract on specific projects.  Employers turn to contingent workers to avoid over staffing in times of a downturn.  Third party staffing agencies have become popular in this …