Strategy Article Reviews Samples For Students

The first three months of 2014 are full of mega events like Super Bowl, Olympics, Grammys, Golden Globes, and Oscars. The article talks about the importance of developing an event marketing strategy which focuses not on a single big event like Olympics and Super Bowl but which can bank upon all big and small events of the year. The author then discusses the things to be done to make it possible. The first order of the business is to identify the key triggers (evens) that drive sales. Once the triggers are identified, the next step involves ...

“Elbanna, S. 2013. Processes and impacts of strategic management: Evidence from the public sector in the United Arab Emirates. International Journal of Public Administration, 36(6): 1-14.”

In this article, the author investigates the processes as well as impacts of the strategic management in the United Arab Emirates public sector. In particular, the article surveys how public organizations in United Arab Emirates formulate, implement, and assess their strategic plans. According to the author, the fluctuating effectiveness and popularity has affected strategic management negatively in its numerous guises. It was very popular from mid-1960s to mid-1970s but suffered a ...

The deliberate hostile activity to cause physical harm or mass killing of a targeted population in places like schools, workplaces, places of worship, public gathering is a Hybrid Targeted Violence (HTV). The places of gathering where people have least option to shield themselves are the preferred locations for an HTV action. The weapons used in this kind of violence may be the conventional firearms or other explosive devices. These incidents of atrocity have multi-threat, and often go against the conventional procedural strategies of the relevant agencies of public safety to initiate a rescue or counter the violence. The initial moments are very ...

Wesemann, Ed. (2012). Creating a Vision for your Firm. Of Counsel, 31(11), 15-16.

The current article “Creating a Vision for your Firm” by Wesemann, 2012 offers a critical analysis and insights on a wider array of issues that organizational personnel, especially leaders and managers should consider in order to enhance the success of their organizations. In fact, the article focusses on strategic planning as a means by which organizations can leverage their success across various contexts. Wesemann, 2012 asserts that “Strategic planning doesn’t have to be the arduous process that many firms (and consultants) make it out to be.” ...

Smagorinsky, Peter, Elizabeth Anne Daigle, Cindy O’Donnell-Allen, and Susan Bynum. “Bullshit in Academic Writing: A Protocol Analysis of a High School Senior’s Process of Interpreting Much Ado about Nothing.” Research in the Teaching of English 44(4) 2010. 368-405

The paper describes five protocols employed by Susan in completing her assignment. It offers a detailed explanation from the tape recorder used by Susan in the think-aloud part of the assignment (Smagorinsky, 46). The availability of the tape, original essay by Susan, and a detailed analysis of available text accord this article credibility. Further, the inputs of Cindy O’Donnell-Allen, ...

Proposal Abstract -

Prostate cancer, which is derived from the terms benign prostatic hyperplasia can be defined in a theoretical underpinning as a Health Belief Mode which elaborates its inhibitors and results. Prostate cancer has six main risk factors: Age, family history, ethnicity and race, diet, hormonal factors and environmental factors. It is a disease of the male gender. This event is basically a project seeking to identify its demographics in the South West population both in rural and urban regions. The objective of this awareness is to educate men over the ages of 50 or those with blood relatives on the importance of regular checks ...

Article Review

The article Developing Trauma Training for an Indigenous Community: Hopefully Not Seagulls is written by Gail Green concerning treatment of post traumatic disorders among the aboriginal communities in Australia. The article outlines an empirical model that directs individuals to identify trauma responses and various ways to treat the post-traumatic disorders. Green working with the organization Australian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ASTS) seeks to progress in terms of knowledge, policies, and ethical standards promoting treatment of trauma. His model, Conservation of Resources theory, which outlines that, treating stress drains resources, insecurity due to threats and horror, and struggles to ...

Overview

The wall street journal has over the years been a trusted center for business news and events, and this is a fact that cannot be brushed aside. A number of interesting business events are ever reported by the journal to the extent that insights and future developments are derived. In 2014, WSJ reported about a conflict between the farming industry in the United States and China (Bunge, 1). The gist of the matter was that China had refused the entry of GMO products into their market, stating that it would be injurious to their businesses and by the extent of their economy. ...

Japanese company Toyota Motor Corporation recalled 6.4 million vehicles worldwide in efforts for quality control. It is according to an article from the Wall Street Journal by Hiroyuki Kachi. Twenty seven models were recalled in this big blow to the company’s quality control. This event happened after it was discovered that there were defects in some of the Toyota Models. The defects include problems with the steering wheel, air bags, peddlers, and the engine starters (Kachi). Two vehicles in Japan caught fire due to defects on the airbags. The business strategy of the company to report, and recall ...

In his talk, Kevin Breel talks of depression, through sharing his own experience. Kevin points on how people live with depression all their lives without coming out, due to fear of stigmatization by the society. Kevin shears how depression almost saw him commit suicide. In his talk, he argues that he lives two different lives, one, which everybody sees, and the other, which only he knows about. Kevin asks people living with depression to come out and help shun the ignorance that surrounds depression.
One of the main points that are passed by both the text and Kevin ...

Introduction

I chose this article because it examines the fundamental issues in contemporary society. This is so because it examines the cultural ideologies that degrade the old age in society. These cultural norms are motivated by the media, which attribute the female body with consumer culture. Therefore, society should realize that aging is a sense of maturity and should embrace it as a Self-identities associated to the appearance and performance of the bodies. Similarly, aging should be based on feminist and gender ideologies because it cut across gender, race and class in various societies.

Summary

The article uses a feminist approach to explore aging ...

Introduction

There has been a considerable shift in market approaches traditionally utilized by various international as well as local companies to what is now being referred to as high-end marketing. This has arisen due to a variety of factors including but not limited to competition, increased innovation, and technological changes in overall marketing and changing consumer preferences and / or needs. These changes, along with others, have made some companies face stiff competition to a point of even forming partnerships with new and innovation-based companies. Globally established companies like Coca Cola and PepsiCo have already set themselves up and geared their marketing approaches ...

The writers in this article are trying to distinguish the words ‘skills’ and ‘strategies’ which are often confounded nowadays. A lot of people, according to the authors, either use both terms as synonyms of each other or connect them together which ruins the actual meaning of the words and the way they should be used in the vocabulary. The researchers have brought it up as a responsibility to differentiate the concepts of both the words so that both the words ‘reading skills and reading strategies’ can be effortlessly clarified by the educators .
According to the research, the term ‘reading ...

Article Review

This article titled “4 Principles of marketing in the digital age” was written by Greg Satell and appeared in the Forbes magazine on the 16th of April 2013. It gives pointers to marketers on how to cope with the ever changing face of marketing especially in the digital age.
The second principle is “Use Innovation Teams to Identify, Evaluate and Activate Emerging Opportunities”. This principle will enable marketers to tap into new potential and stay ahead of the competition through taking advantage of new opportunities. Greg, however, advices companies to first test all innovations that come their way ...

Article Review

Article Review
Dutch (2013) used the contingency model of strategic human resource management to construct a new framework of human resources, strategy and culture in an organization. The current perspective of the contingency model involves aligning human resource management practices with themselves and with organizational strategy. The article posits that though this view is theoretically sound, there are challenges in its practicality. They fault the contingency model for failing to address the issues that affect both the HRM and strategy. Further, the article indicates that some of the HRM practices might be affected by strategy and vice versa. This ...

In Virginia, land conservation happens on private lands. Private lands conservation is a voluntary move by landowners as they exercise their right to determine their land use. Land conservation provides land owners with a tool to continue existing uses of land as they benefit from financial planning alternatives. Arguably, this strategy benefits the landowner and at the same time protects picturesque and working landscapes. Notably, protecting the natural landscape and cultural resources of Virginia is essential for economic viability of the state, as well as, the public well being. However, this will only become harder with continued increase in population. Virginia ...

The article, A Student's Guide to Start Ups, discusses in detail the dilemma graduating students face. The dilemma stems from the choice these graduates have; they can either start their own business, or go work for some company. The article states that startups rose in popularity during the 90's, but the popularity levels decreased during the early 2000's. However, during the 90's, most people wanted to work for startups, a situation that is quite different now. Today, people want to begin their own startups. The article further states that graduating students do not have something to fall back on once ...

CDC Trends and Analysis

The health of Americans requires improvement in various areas and Healthy People 2020 focuses on improving the Health of Americans by:

- Identifying and prioritizing health improvement opportunities through research and evaluation
- Bringing together all relevant stakeholders including communities for a collaborative effort
- Empowering people for informed decision making (Healthy People 2012)

Improvement Suggestions

Cultural and linguistic competency among healthcare providers is highlighted as one key factor affecting the health of a population (Perez and Luquis, 2008). Consequently, Healthy People should list cultural and linguistic competency among healthcare providers as a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) that will help improve the nation’s health through reduction of health disparity. This should be followed by continued effort to increase ...

A journal article by Newman and Fisher entitled “Strategic Impact Merit Pay” was published in Compensation & Benefits Review in 1992. The authors devised an alternative approach to the pay for performance system called Strategic Impact Merit Pay (SIMP) in which employee behavior is considered in the calculation of compensation. The abstract is brief and concise, adequately presenting the argument of the paper.
The objective of the article was not clearly stated although it criticizes traditional merit pay systems to provide rationale for the creation of SIMP. A number of advantages of a SIMP plan were listed such as requisition ...

Introduction:

The article “Five numbers that show how Aldi has revolutionised grocery shopping” published in the online version of Daily Telegraph dated 29 September 2014 is the topic of investigation for this paper.
The main features of the article relate to how Aldi respond to the overall competitive environment in the UK grocery market. In addition, the article outlines how the discounter has made great strides in the UK grocery market.
The marketing story undertaken relates to the grocery sector for this investigation which has implications on every individual in the society.

The foremost talking point in the ...

The article describes a very unfortunate incident that happened with Army Sgt. 1st Class Max Voelz. Mr. Voelz and her wife Kim Voelz both served in the U.S military’s bomb squad division and were performing their duties in Iraq. As their duty to dispose of bombs is inherently dangerous, the most undesired incident happened with Ms. Kim Voelz. While performing her duties, she became a victim of a bomb blast that she was trying to dispose off. The incident proved fatal, and she died on the spot. This has completely changed Mr. Voelz life as he is now in a highly tense ...

Introduction

This paper is an article review of the scholarly journal “Strategic Management: Is it an Academic Discipline?” Strategic Management is a necessary facet of modern day administration. It is a discipline that is used by managers to conduct business with a certain foresight. It is comparatively a new field of research and therefore has a lot of potential in terms of academic research as well as innovative amendments. However, critics believe that Strategic Management is not exactly an academic discipline and therefore can be learnt easily on the job based upon the theories and extensive literature. There is also a danger to the academic researchers ...

Question # 1

Summary
This sort of comparison also serves as a benchmarking tool. Due to the gap created, it is imperative to ascertain that the club is putting necessary efforts while establishing budget commitments to attaining the new desired level. Use of the symbolic automobiles to elucidate the strategic mission and vision statement of the club will result in a more modest agreement with regards to the clubs’ positioning after members of the board evaluate the projected costs. This gap directs members of the club to appraise its actual status rather than the ideal, and it demands for constructive participation by members ...

The process of introducing design in an organization should be easy and the design should start producing its value on the first day of its introduction so that the people involved are kept motivated. Few tips that can help an individual get the best out of a design include keeping the whole thing simple, use of management tools, helping clients to familiarize with details of the design and integrating the design at all its operational levels. Design has been around for many years only that currently, many people have discovered design to be a valuable tool with which they can use ...

Introduction

In the competitive business environment, business must employ strategies that will ensure its survival and relevance in the market. The business must make sure its products reach all its consumers both rich and poor in the society. Additionally, it must assess the market to evaluate how its previous strategies have position the business in the market and check whether to employ a new strategy or not. Thus, if the previous strategies have not brought any significant improvement of the business in the market, then it would be wise to change tactics of doing business. One of the strategies a business can ...

Question 1

Marketing is the process of preparation and effecting the conception, valuing, promotion, and dissemination of goods, service and ideas. The primary objective is creating of an exchange that will be able to satiate target consumers and organizations. Marketing thus is the criteria of formulating the information that will add substance to the prospects customers and the current users of one's product. It an essential process to an organization since it is a tool that can enable a company to thrive in business. Moreover, satisfaction of customers through marketing, quality product and quick service delivery should be the core components of operations ...

Is It Time to Rethink You Pricing Strategy?

Abstract
The article under revision is taken from an academic journal MIT Sloan Management Review dated as of 2012 written by well known economists and businessmen Andreas Hinterhuber and Stephan Liozu who are also the authors of “Innovation in pricing” book. It is headed as “Is It Time to Rethink You Pricing Strategy?” and dwells on the issues of pricing and its role in the company's profitability. Economists know that pricing plays a substantial role and a strong impact on company's profitability indicators. Many companies nowadays use old pricing methods based on cost and competition. Businessmen mainly pay due attention to ...

Summary

Human resource practices should be aligned with the needs of the employees. The notion attached to the concept aligns with the opinion by the author who indicates the need for the human resource practices of the “Y” generation to align with their technological needs. Generation Y is anticipated to hold over fifty percent of the workforce by 2020. The generation is largely technology advanced indicating the need to ensure entities such as workplace culture are technologically embedded. These changes are aimed at ensuring the set objectives of the organization are achieved through

Discussion

Born between 1982-2003, generation Y reflects a millennial ...

Key take away points

The current peer-reviewed article on “Impact of online consumer reviews on sales and price strategies: a review and directions for future research” by Peter De Maeyer provides a broad perspective on the linkages between online reviews provided by the customer on the impact on commodity prices and sales. The article explores the diverse literature on this particular topic in marketing and provides a literary analysis of the same. The article strives to explore the impact of customer reviews on the decision making, policy and strategy formulation by the organizations. This article has considered the linkages between online customer reviews with those of ...

The article reviews the strategic planning necessary in conducting research and development. It stresses the importance of creating projects that serve necessary both for the consumers and the commercial interest of the company. Setting aside competency and skill, management must focus on delivering on-time results and continue on a long term strategic development of new technology and processes in order to gain significant advantage on the market.
In operational management, new product development in necessary in order for the company to function in the long run. Product development arises from the increased competition and advance in technology (Mba-om.blogspot.com, 2010). ...

There is adequate literature which offers an option of trust to build common sense by individual leaders. On the other hand it is intuitive to build organizational trust which is different from interpersonal trust. Today, managers require new models to understand the manner in which they can effectively deal with trust in complex and large organizations. There are some organizations which operate in diverse geographical locations yet managers need to ascertain the achievement of the objectives of the organization.
Most researchers have identified the value of pessimism in today’s organizational context. Managers need to use strategic pessimism ...

Apple utilizes business strategies that are unique and of great help to the company. The business strategies that are utilized by the company help it to compete with other companies in the world that offer similar products with those that the company produces. For starters, the company releases products that are highly anticipated by the high end consumers in small quantity. This strategy is important to the company as a target market for the products is clearly defined and identified. Apple also majors on producing the best products that have made great advances in technology and are artistic in nature. ...

Change In Middle East: Implication For U.S. Policy
Change In Middle East: Implication For U.S. Policy
The U.S. policy goal on North Africa and the Middle East has been affected by the recent political changes and continual unrest. Despite the fact that the policy address security, energy supply, trade, terrorism investments and counter-proliferation, it is clear that those issues conflict.
I was un-aware that the U.S. could corporate with those against democracy and human right compromising its goal. Many leaders have subjected themselves to U.S. to enable them get into power regardless of the citizen’s ...

This paper is on the topic of work welfare and single mothers' economic survival strategies. The kind of strategies available to the mothers is based on the city’s social structural characteristics where they reside and the quality of their social, private safety. The authors have argued that some of the survival strategies are more attuned along with work rather than others. Most mothers believe that unless costs associated with work are lowered, or earning power is increased with investments in future education, they won’t be able to meet most of their expenses by only working at low ...

Summary of article:

Jessica describes different parenting styles and strategies that people adopt in accordance to their culture and norms. However, her main emphasis of article is that mothers in today’s generation opt for other culture’s parenting style as well. For instance, many mothers in developed countries have started to breastfeed their babies for its better and healthy growth. They do not agree to give packet milks, which contain different chemicals as well that can harm their child. They have adopted this parenting strategy from the less developed countries where breast-feeding is considered a part of parenting culture. Just like this ...

Introduction and business situation

In today’s complex business scenario, leadership has become a topic of intense discussion and scrutiny. Leadership in a small organization is quite different from leadership in a complex, global organization. This article deals with the question of how leaders of large, complex organisations require building teams that can accomplish any outcome of the desired strategic objective. Today’s global organizations need leaders that can simultaneously thrive across different business environments, including emerging economies, turnaround situations and start up operations (Peslter, 2013).

Key Management Issue- How to lead people?

The globalisation of the business has compelled the leaders to tackle several situations simultaneously. The leader must make sure that ...

Introduction

The General Motors Co. adds about 971000 cars to the switch recall of its global ignition. The vehicles of GMC linked to deaths are about 1.6 million. The expansion of the switch recall of the ignition includes the models of cars like Chevrolet HHR, Pontiac Solstice, Pontiac G5 and Chevrolet Cobalt. These models were made between 2008 and 2011.Most of the old-fashioned cars which dated back to the year 2003 were recalled on February, for instance, the Saturn Ion. The new models of cars of GMC were designed and equipped with the replacement of the switches. Some of the ...

McDonald’s I’m lovin’ it Marketing Campaign

Marketing environment and primary strategy of McDonald’s
Today, McDonald’s is one of the biggest food chains in the world. It has its outlets in more than 122 countries and it has now become an iconic brand. This case deals with McDonald’s “I’m lovin’ it” marketing campaign, which proved to be a major turning point for the burger giant. Over the past several years, McDonald’s has posted consistent growth rates in spite of difficult market conditions. Analysts and experts credited this success of McDonald’s to their “Plan to Win” strategy, which was devised and ...

Innovation management

The term innovation has attained the status of a “mantra” in many developed nations. The aspects of innovation and creativity are commonly interlinked, yet confused with each other. Creativity is the ability to rethink an issue in a completely new way, backed by the profusion of relevant and diverse knowledge. Creativity calls for the ability to analyze the situation at hand with rationale. Innovation, on the contrary, can be termed as transformation of knowledge into material benefit. Innovation, therefore, creates new growth strategies, new products range, services or business models that can make the difference, thereby generating significant worth for all ...

The article ’How to Get Paid Twice for Everything You Do part 3’ discusses the methods and strategies that can be used to manage innovation in order to maximize the potential within that innovation. In the contemporary world of business, innovation and creativity are the key pillars of success. Without these two, there is a threat of losing relevance to competing forces due to production of obsolete products or services. The technology world in particular has changed the whole business setting. This it is crucial for any serious investors or entrepreneur to ensure they can keep up to speed with ...

Purpose of the study and research questions

The primary purpose of the current research was to assess if listening strategies that have been utilized for a long time in different studies are correctly collated to measure the use of language be the English learners. The research questions comprised of the following;
- Whether the listening strategies utilized by the university students at the department at the department if English Language Teaching, Mersin University exhibit any differences with regards to proficiency levels.
- Which are the primary listening strategies utilized by Turkish EFL students.
- Whether listening strategies utilized by the university students at the ...

First, I understood that Antony Downs (1968) explains that bureaucracy is a pivotal element of the society in decision making. Instead of elected leaders making decisions, bureaucrats actually make the most decisions that affect the society. Antony Down (1968) also reasons that bureaucratic officials are, like all other sectors of the economy motivated by their own-self interest. In the end effective public administration policy, is a delicate balancing act that requires the understanding of people’s wishes as well as the needs of the citizens.
Second, I also became aware that it is important to be understood that there is ...

- Balanced scorecard vs traditional performance measures
A balanced scorecard is a strategic planning system that is widely used in governments, business, industry and nonprofit organizations. Unlike the traditional performance measures which used ad hoc collection of measures that were more like checklists to keep track and improve, balanced score card aligns the activities of the organization to the goals, visions and strategy of the organization. This leads to the improvement of the internal and external communication in the organization. It also helps in the monitoring of the organization performance against its strategic goals (Kaplan & Norton, 90). Linking all ...

Strategies to develop local communities; Community Intervention

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Strategies to develop local communities; Community Intervention
Maryland is one of the most developed areas having significant and diverse population particularly including children, teenage and adult. Community based intervention is a very general term for the reforms which can improve or help the community to fight issues. It also refers to the target of “change”.
Any planner who works under this belt need to know that precaution is always better and effective than treatment and cure. For treatment, one has to take every case in detail and then design the ...

Business

Bata Shoe Company is one of the most well known and largest shoes making company in the world. Bata Shoe Company had seen the most luxury returns as compared to other competitors from its foundation till 1970’s. By 1970’s Bata was one of the finest multinational companies of that time and Bata was generating the revenue of $3 billion from 68 different countries. The reason behind this success continues supply of products and capturing the new markets for more profits. The marketing plan of the Bata Shoe Company was to construct the shoe making factory near the ...

http://www.iiss.org/en/publications/survival/sections/2013-94b0/survival--global-politics-and-strategy-june-july-2013-532b/55-3-04-choong-a0c9
This articles contains political issues and the foreign policies in Japan. The issues relating to resentful realism in improving regional and global security. This article contains Abe’s revisionist views concerning the history of Japan and the global role in the world of politics. The article also contains the issues relating to post war political system. The article relates too issues which are concerns the relations between Japan and Korea. The issues concerning enslavement of the women by the Japanese Imperial Army during the Second World War.
This article contains the effects of the conservative government ...

Article Review: An 8-Step Process for Creating Effective Internal Communication Plans

Article Review: An 8-Step Process for Creating Effective Internal Communication Plans
The article posits that there are eight pertinent steps to creating an effective communication plan for project management. These steps are precise, clear and applicable in several types of internal communications necessary in an organization.
Step number one is creating communication plan is to analyze the situation. This should involve collecting background information and assessing the need for communication. Data pertaining to previous projects of a similar nature should be provided at this section. In addition, the section should indicate the impact of the project on other ...

Introduction

This qualitative research presents an investigation on the positive effects of procrastination. In the article, it is believed that despite the negative effects of procrastination, there are positive effects as well. Procrastinators are differentiated in this article as active and passive: passive procrastinators are the commonly known procrastinators who lack control of their time, while active procrastinators are equated to non-procrastinators. The hypothesis being investigated in this study is that does procrastination has positive effects on attitudes and performance. Even though there is a general perception that procrastination leads to negative effects such as depression in students, the article views ...

Do you believe this to be true? Why? Why not?

One is convinced that the information contained in the article entitled “Generation Why” is factual, in terms of signifying that millennials have asserted that the stereotypical beliefs regarding their being “pampered, overpraised commitment-phobes who refuse to grow up” are totally unfounded. One therefore shares the same conviction that millennials could have just been totally misunderstood and that the information paved the way for enhancing the readers’ knowledge on aspects pertaining to relationships and commitments; their love for pets; and even on work and careers. Thus, it could be construed that the information is true in as far as the ...

Business

Today, adequate access to technological opportunities has become extremely simple. This has been made possible by the use of internet as well as various innovations it has spurred. Technology epiphanies refer to various strategies that led to the emergency of such products as apple’s creation. Technology epiphany is extremely powerful and it leads to numerous changes. This is in the experience of clients having whenever they use any offering.
According to the Phillips’s search for epiphanies, when an organization or an individual is exposed to any upcoming or emerging technologies, most of these organizations have their ...

“Want a Yogurt with that Venti Late? Starbucks and Danone to Join Forces” article, written by Stephanie Strom and published at http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/24/business/starbucks-and-danone-joining-forces-to-sell-yogurt.html?ref=global&_r=1& on July 23rd, 2013 discusses about an organizational strategy for increasing two companies’ visibility, market share and profits and this is the reason why I chose it, for elaborating on an organizational behavior concept.
This business strategy comes out of Starbucks’ need of diversifying its line – up of products and services and developing its food offering. With this organizational strategy, the company looks into the future, as it anticipates the market’s trends. The company’s profits ...

Introduction

This article is authored by Hilary Lloyd and Stephen Craig. Hilary is a principal lecturer specifically in Nursing Practice, Development and Research in Sunderland, Unite Kingdom. The co-author, Stephen Craig is a senior nursing lecturer in Northumbria University, in Newcastle, United Kingdom. The title of the article is “A Guide to Taking a Patient’s History”. The article was accepted and published in the journal called “Nursing Standard”. The article was published on the twenty fourth or August in the year two thousand and seven.

Summary of the Article

The article is focused on the process of taking patient history. In authoring the article, Llyod & Craig ( ...

Article Review

Article Review

Thinking, Development and Deployment” the author expounded on the theoretical frameworks and applications of strategic planning as a crucial tool to provide direction in the decision-making processes of leaders in an organization. As emphasized, strategic planning incorporates relevant components that include mission, core values, vision and strategic goals . I was convinced that the author provided the significant aspects which emphasize that “employees at all levels can articulate and share the company’s vision and its overall strategic direction” . The assertion was highly commendable in acknowledging that there apparently should not be any barrier to the solicitation of inputs, ...

Covert action refers to actions that a government or agency undertakes with the aim of influencing economic, political and military conditions abroad. Covert action is used as a tool of strategic decision-making because it ensures that the role of the government does not become apparent or publicly acknowledged. Covert action does not involve traditional counter-intelligence, military, diplomatic or law enforcement activities. Therefore, it plays a major role as a tool for strategic decision-making since its activities are not apparent or publicly acknowledged.
Conflicts do exist when an intelligence agency is the same that uses secret information to carry out executive decisions to ...

1. Evaluate the pros and cons of the new strategy

Pros

While the new strategy may appear like a positive move, it has both pros and cons. Among the primary notable advantages of the new strategy is that it introduces an aspect of motivation. The strategy motivates the sales representatives that are allocated accounts falling within the first three categories. This is because these accounts are associated with huge sales volumes – a situation that implies higher commissions for the sales representatives. The second advantage is the reality that the new strategy will boost the total sales of Hops Distributors, Inc. when allocating ...

Introduction

The use of condoms has been steadily growing over the last few decades as a result of increased public awareness about the potential danger of sexually transmitted diseases like HIV/AIDS. Many industrial players have tried to capitalize on this and the condom manufacturing industry has witnessed massive product innovations.
Durex is the number condom manufacturer in the world. The condom brand has a 29% share of the five billion condoms that are sold each year in the globe. The brand is actually the market leader in very many countries.
Since the use of typically begins from a young age, Durex ...

Organization Structure has impact, effects and influences on many and most of the aspects of an organization that determine its performance. Most important is the kind of effects it has to the people within the organization, from the staff to the management and even its owners or stake holders. The aspects of an organization that are influenced by the organization structure are
- Effectiveness and efficiency
- Internal communication
- Employee morale
Different types of organizational structures exist, each with its own pros and cons, each with its own effect on the overall organization behavior. ...

Article 1

Business strategies can be of many natures including mergers and acquisition. Acquisitions assist in attaining total control of the market and cost of production which is the main objective of Delta Air Lines. The management decided to acquire the Trainer refinery located in Philadelphia. This would cost the company about $ 150 million as initial cost and $ 100 million to make an overhaul of the refinery thus increasing the fuel extracted. This cost would be incomparable to the benefit acquired, which would be reduced cost of the fuel prices spent by the company. The escalating cost of fuel has driven ...

BUSINESS

The area of business is characterized by a landscape of supply chain management, marketing channels used for distribution, logistics and purchasing. Each of the above areas interrelates with the other in an evolving nature hence contributing to the understanding of business as a whole.
Supply chain is a network of companies ranging from suppliers to users on the other end whose aim is to integrate supply and demand through the coordinated efforts of the company. Managing the supply chain involves coordinating and sourcing, procurement, conversion and logistics through working together with the supply channel partners. In order to have a good supply ...

According to the authors, there are three main considerations that business units ought to be privy to concerning the ecology. In a sense, businesses must be fully incorporated into the basics of the ecology and must tailor their activities in tandem with the ecology. In this strain, the ecology is described as facilitative rather than appreciative. However, the main rider is the organization in question ought to recognise the trajectory and state of affairs in the ecology and so tailor its programs, even the most mundane in consonance with the strategy.
The three limbs of strategy are productivity, robustness ...