Company Book Reviews Samples For Students

Fashion has raised a great deal of contention, resistance and criticism over the years. The media provides the society with a display of images that range from the real to the perceived. Large mass marketing clothing companies and influential fashion houses determine the direction of fashion, influence the opinion of the public and put up production and distribution structures worldwide. Fashion continues to exist in the public domain amid feelings of strong links with pride, misuse and craziness. This situation can be conveniently attributed to a myriad of factors ranging from psychological problems to feeling of spite on reality television. However, it can ...

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The actor used the words to refer to the reaction that the public had after he published his novel. The nation reacted in horror. The president at the time ordered an immediate investigation in the meat industry. However, he privately informed the author that he had no love for the socialist polemic, at the end of the novel. The words used by the author describe the activities that took place after the publishing of the book. Two months after publication of the book, the country created two legislations. These include the pure food and drug act and the meat ...

The first section is on release to information source ideas. It describes an information source as a organized collection of information. Thus, cards spiders, printed online catalogs of historical relics and telephone internet directories are all illustrations of data source. Databases saved on a PC are applicable to programs. These applications are often `databases', but more totally are information control techniques. Just as a cards catalog or catalog has constructed carefully in order to be useful, so must an information source on a PC. There are many ways, or designs, by which an automated information source organized. One of the most common and ...

There has been a long standing debate about the pay of the CEO’s of companies. Proponents of this debate argue that CEO’s of successful companies are effectively performing the duties for which they were hired that is; maximization of shareholder wealth. Therefore, if CEO’s are paid in terms of stocks or salary then this is justifiable. Proponents further argue that the media reports instances where shareholders are given high salaries, benefits, and stocks but they fail to report events where CEO’s have been fired and their pay has been reduced as a result of poor company performance. ...

Book review on: Band of Brothers By: Stephen E. Ambrose

The book “Band of Brothers” is written by Stephen Ambrose and was first published in 1992 under his authorization. The book can be partially relied as a true story although most of its part comes from a true life experience as illustrated by the author of this magnificent book. In addition to this, the book solely concentrates its themes around the company and the effects the world war had to the performance of this company. I am going to take note on every important detail about this book and review it to deepest end and draw the meaning and intention ...

Starting from 1920 RCA had been an electronic giant produced radios, and later, televisions, located in Philadelphia, a city of Camden. Aiming at profit maximization the company moved the parts of operating process several times inside of the US, and then abroad seeking for cheap workforce.

The major reason for moving a significant part of RCA operations is that the company intended to save labor costs by hiring people in rural areas, poor, young, uneducated, single, female and immigrants. Another fact that gives the evidence of this tendency is that RCA moved its plants several times during seventy years of its ...

The business community is anchored on profitability and to this end companies implement a variety of strategies. The book “strategy for sustainability: A business manifesto” by Adam Werbach tries to prove to the business community that though sustainability programs may usurp some resources, they will in the long run increase the profitability of the business.

The book “strategy for sustainability: A business manifesto” explores the business strategies that companies need to pursue in order to maintain profitability and sustain the environment, address climate change concerns and social issues such as poverty. According to Werbach (2009), business strategies without ...

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, a best seller by Patrick Lencioni who is a renowned speaker and consultant, was published in the year 2002 and since it’s publication it has helped many organizations in minimizing internal politics and cut throat behavior among employees of an organization. It has been helpful to the organizations in such a way that its effects were seen beyond the companies; in schools, government organizations, non government organizations, judiciary and political arena.

The author has successfully tried to explore the elementary reasons behind the internal politics and provided effective tips to prevail over basic human tendencies that ...

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The company that changed the world
England’s East India Company (EIC) was established by a royal charter on one cold New Year’s Eve in 1600. It was established in order to take part in beneficial space trade, the monopoly on which Spain had till 1588. Firstly, the company conducted separate voyages to India. Few years later, in India were built first factories, and since that time Britain begun its ardent activity in the region. The company had a full monopoly for all the trade between Britain and Asia. The greatest impact this company had in India. ...

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Summary:

- What the Paper is about
This study was done by four students from Department of International Business at Schulich School of Business (Bae et al., nd) to test how expropritaion incentives of controlling shareholders impact firm values during a financial crisis and the recovery period.
The results of the expropriation model ran for Asian firms for their 1997 crisis and Latin American firms for the 2001 Argentine economic crisis were aligned with the main hypothesis. The hypothesis called “expropriation hypothesis” posits that the value of firms with weaker corporate governance would significantly drop during a ...

In the introduction of “Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion,” Elizabeth L. Cline remembers purchasing “seven pairs of $7 shoes” at Kmart. Lamentation follows and soon thereafter, a wardrobe inventory or stock. When Cline Elizabeth cleans out her cabinet or closet she notices, among other things, sixty one tops, sixty T-shirts, fifteen cardigans plus hooded sweatshirts, twenty one skirts and twenty pairs of shoes, most of which Elizabeth never wore.
An earlier quote from ex-Vogue editor Vreeland Diana comes to reflection: “Give ’em what they never knew they wanted.” Fast-fashion vendors like Topshop, Forever 21, and H&M are ...

Auditor has much to learn from the article "What the Dog Saw". It gives inspiration and advice that is essential of practiced while auditing. It has provided with clues on how to undertake the task in an appropriate and efficient considering the situation and the environment. Malcolm Gladwell pointed some of the activities of which related much to the situations concerning to the business field. The cultural trends of the Americans during 1950s it was a taboo of a woman applying dye on their hair. This is connected with how companies have tied back their original message of which is tampered ...

There exists a debate over whether genetically modified food should be labeled or not. Some people consider it the right of the people to know what they are consuming; whereas, others suggest that as long as people are getting what they want at affordable rates they should not be concerned about what it contains. People in favor of the argument that food products should be labeled and accurately indicative of the ingredients it contains. If it contains products that are genetically produced or are artificial in their nature, then it should be the individual’s decision whether to consume this ...

The book Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman is an autobiography and an inspirational business book by Yvon Chouinard. The book is about a prominent edge company called Patagonia that demonstrates a prosperous business approach. Patagonia is a company that manufactures clothing as well as outdoors equipment and is well-known for its policies that create environmental awareness. As a co-founder of the business Chouinard provides a moving autobiography regarding the inception of the Patagonia and the management policy that is typifies an authentic success in business and in life.
The book is divided into three parts. The first part ...

Summary : Managing business ethicsLinda K. Trevino & Katherine A. Nelson. Wiley; 5th edition

Chapter 4 – Addressing individuals’ common ethical problems

Ethical issue when people work together (privacy, discrimination, sexual harassment or simply how people get along. Key is fairness meaning equity, reciprocity, impartiality
- Equitable is when something is divided between 2 people according to the worth & inputs of the 2 individuals. Most people think it’s unfair when 2 people have performed the same duty but receive a different share of the reward
- Reciprocity: “if you do this for me I’ll do this for you”. Most ppl think it’s unfair if ...

Should the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act be declared obsolete following the Wal-Mart case in 2012? In the opinion of Jeffrey Miron, it should. He holds that the Act should be abolished, but Wal-Mart should be prosecuted. This is because its existence alone is bound to increase the rate of corruption. In business, bribes are mainly given to get around minor laws that are deemed unnecessary. These laws are an excessive invasion by the government into the businesses of its citizens. They make expansion of these businesses unnecessarily hard. This is because it is hard to open different outlets of ...

Jim Cramer, the author of the book entitled Get Rich Carefully, is a renowned television personality, and he is at the epicenter of the investment success. Jim possesses a breadth of knowledge about stock and bonds. Moreover, he is a reservoir of the financial information. Contrary to his previous books, Jim’s Get Rich Carefully focuses more on the roadmap and a checklist for an intelligent and disciplined stock investment process. Through his previous professional experience and as a manager of thriving hedge fund, he has engaged in heavy lifting and his professional and life experiences in the financial industry provides the driving force ...

‘Smile' for Transparency in Dave Eggers ‘The Circle’

Every organization oriented towards better performance looks into embracing transparency and accountability. This is a good show to the external environment if at all the organization can prove that its services and undertakings are free from fraud, honest and satisfaction guaranteed. Ideally, various advantages and benefits accrue to a firm that ensures that their transparency is known to the citizens and the government in their day to day operation of their business.
The Circle by Dave Eggers depicts the encounters undergone by the character, Mae. Mae is subject into the transparency depiction process of the Circle Company. The company focuses ...

The book begins with an opening on Bill Gates as a child. He states his apparent love for computers because they did everything that he asked them to albeit with a slow pace. He identifies this as the most interesting aspect of computers because even to this day, years later, the programs he creates perfectly work under instruction. The growth of computers from when Gates was a thirteen-year-old has been tremendous (Domonkos, Donald, Bill, Nathan and Peter, 6). The machines developed in a way that they could communicate with each other through the internet, which is the ticket to the information highway. In ...

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Introduction
The book, ‘Barefoot Spirit’ reflects the story of two individuals regarding their journey from rags to riches and the journey of how they became successful in the wine industry. The book is written by the founders of one of the most successful wine brand of America- Barefoot Spirit. The founders and authors of the book are Bonnie Harvey and Michael Houlihan. With the third writer, Rick Kushman, the authors have published the book. It describes the journey of the brand in the wine industry when the founders were completely naive and how they made up a very successful ...

“The Jungle” is a novel by Upton Sinclair, an American Socialist with the intention to address the plight of meat packers in the hands of the beef trust. The setting of the novel is in Chicago; a town where Upton traveled while he was just twenty-six years old with the grand vision to help in sensitizing and pushing for better working conditions of the meat workers. The meat industry seemed to weave together all the misfortunes experienced by all other workers in the American society in the early 1900s.
Upton's novel The Jungle was first published in 1906 and became a ...

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Group work on corn
Genetically modified plants are plants created through genetic engineering techniques (biotechnology). The genetic engineering experiments involve the DNA merging from different species thus creating an unstable plant combination. The result is termed to risky for human consumption because they may be vulnerable to viral developments. In relation to the genetically engineered corn, the food might be poisonous depending on stability against diseases. In addition, genetically modified corn is ranked as one of the highly risky biotechnology foods in America.
Genetically modified corn that is not yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration ...

Book Review of “Is China Buying the World”

As China grows to become the world’s largest economy, catching up with even the United States in the coming decade, it is important to understand the strategic growth objectives of the Chinese economy. Several authors have written books and research papers on the Asian Tiger, and the country is setting the pace of its economic growth. From becoming the manufacturing hub of the world at the end of the last millennium, China is now looking to expand its presence beyond its shores (Mitter, 2008). In the last decade, Chinese companies have begun acquiring companies and assets such as ...

Confessions of an economic hit man is Perkins’ account of his employment with the consulting firm Maine and how as an economic hit man he was instrumental in convincing less developed countries to take loans that they cannot pay from international financial institutions. His book has thirty five chapters and the summary consists of ten parts with three or more chapters in each part.

Chapter 1-3 –Summary

The first three chapters deal with Perkin’s birth, upbringing and his induction into Main. Perkins joins the Peace Corps because he does not want to join the army and is happy living among the ...

In many great companies, the Level 5 leader has been found to be the most important factor for the company’s factor. It is not because they are able to do a great job themselves. Rather, it is because they are able to bring together disciplined and talented people to do the task. The Level 5 Leader simply sets the way for all the others to do the work. Among the four stages or principles, the Level 5 Leader is the most important to understand and emulate in an education or school environment.
The Level 5 Leader is not ...

One of the most ancient books, the Art of War written by Sun-tzu in the sixth century BC still holds its value today. The wisdom and facts mentioned by Sun-tzu written in the context of military strategy apply not only to ancient militarism, but also to the daily conflicts, obstacles and goals of life. In the context of business, the Art of War is a guide that mirrors the competition between businesses and militaries. Successful CEO’s of world’s famous companies, namely, Chip Conley of Joie de Vivre and Larry Ellison of Oracle applied the concepts of “The Art ...

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

INTRODUCTION
Unilever is a multinational corporation that has been formed by the joint venture of the Dutch and British companies. It owns more than 400 brands worldwide and is operational in more than 100 countries. The mission of the company is to add vitality to life. “We meet every day needs for nutrition, hygiene and personal care with brands that help people look good, feel good, and get more out of life” (Unilever.co.uk, 2014). The company changed its logo in 2004 to represent its cultural diversity as the new logo contains blue color and 25 signs. All the icons ...

WACC helps the investors decide whether to invest in a particular company or not. It shows the minimum rate at which the investors will earn on their investment. It is the income or value addition that the investors will earn at that specified rate. If the company’s rate of return is higher than WACC, it means that the company is creating value and it is beneficial for the investors. WACC can be calculated as :
WACC = (E/V)Re + (D/V)Rd(1-Tc)
Re = cost of equity
Rd = cost of debt
E = market value of the firm's ...

Management

Introduction
In his book, “Supportive Leadership: The New Role of Leaders in the 21st Century”, Gunther H. Schust declares that the paradigms of management and leadership are changing in an increasingly globalized world. Schust points out that leaders could get the job done with blunt tactics of hiring and firing. However, the need of the hour is for leaders to professionally select employees, support them in their endeavors, challenge them in the work environment, make them further qualified and enable them to function seamlessly in a networked world. Schust (8) uses the new requirements of leaders to call for ...

Pharmaceutical companies are currently discouraging and barring access to generic drugs in the marketplace. The most affected are the big pharmaceutical companies as they all oppose the issue of marketing the generic drugs. They raise this issue because they have the ability to control the market place.
The big pharmaceutical companies in the United States are capable of producing popular drugs in the market place. These drugs have long term manifest of the business offering them exclusive privileges to sell and market their drugs. They are even privileged to hold the business for more than twenty years. Similarly, ...

- Book introduction
The book by Irwin (2009) Derailed: Five Lessons Learned from Catastrophic Failures of Leadership is wonderful leadership and management guidebook. It answers the paradox question that every leader in the 21st century is seeking an answer to, how to avoid a downfall after ushering a company into unimaginable heights of success. Though this question is hard and tricky to answer, Irwin used history of outstanding CEOs that have over the years fallen prey into the sucking abyss of derailment. As a result, their actions cost them a position in a company that in most cases were the founders. Not only ...

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- Strategy as a plan is viewed as a long-term approach that will be used in adopting and solving a problem, in order to determine the future direction of the enterprise, it is important to understand its current situation and all the possible means by which it can use to attain particular goals, planning is a fundamental part of the strategy formulation process. Strategy as an action is the action plan by which firms develop to build, improve, and safeguard their competitive advantage at every operational stage. It also gives a version for using competitive uncertainty; to enable the firm grow in the desired ...

Plot summary

Heart of Darkness is set in colonial Africa and revolves around Marlow, a meditative sailor, and his expedition through the Congo River to meet Kurtz, an optimist with myriad abilities. While working as a riverboat captain for a Belgian company trading in Africa, Marlow meets face to face with high handedness and cruelty meted against the natives in the Company’s stations. They are forced into hard labor, and are heavily overworked and mistreated by the Company’s agents. Marlow turns up at the central station under the care of general manager and discover s that his steamship had been grounded and ...

ETHICAL PROBLEMS OF ORGANIZATIONS

Introduction
Early in the first decade of the new century, the news of the greed and plain stupidity at companies like Enron, Arthur Andersen, Citigroup, Adelphia, and even banks was shocking as well as heartbreaking. Despite the number of actual wrongdoers being small, the effect was sure to be substantial on the economy. These crises therefore have clearly made the need for managing ethical behavior for the long term, a necessity. Though some of the problems may be minimal, denial and mismanagement led to mushrooming of ethical and public relations nightmares.
Current times have changed the game for ...

The company of books they say is the best company a person can get. The knowledge they provide stays with their reader forever. I am not much of a reader. But there are books that have had a great impact on my perspective of life. These books have left an impression so deep on me that I find myself implementing some lessons that I learnt through them. I have read a few good books but the most that impacted me are sure to stay with me. This is a small piece on the three most memorable books of mine (Thesis).
These three books ...

Following the American Psychological Association’s Guidelines

Failure at Workplace: Designing and Applying Public Relations
I work a business which requires a very well developed public relations. Our company provides consultancy service to small and medium sized entrepreneurs (SMEs). The most important problem that many SMEs have is the quality of their stuff. Mostly, high school graduates are assigned as managers in the SMEs and it makes it harder for our company to explain things to them because they do not have any technical skills at the beginning. We may need to help them in many fields from legal issues to some technical issues in finance. The ...

GMO is the abbreviation for genetically modified organisms. An organism is said to be genetically modified when there is alteration of its genetic constitution through genetic engineering methods. Micro-organisms such as mammals, insects, fish, plants, yeast and bacteria are some of the organisms that have been genetically modified in today’s world. Monsanto is one of the major companies that involved itself in the production of GMOs and it also controls the biggest and widest share of market of GMO crops in the world . The following are some of the products that Monsanto produced. Firstly, they produced RoundUp soy-beans ...

Book Review: Taking on the Trust and Outliers

Summary and Analysis
Central to the story of Taking on the Trust is the story of Ida Tarbell, a journalist who specialized in muckraking – a form of journalism that tackles the main issue directly by pointing out moral implications and subsequently instigating activism for reforms. The successful career of Tarbell in journalism has made her one of the most iconic American journalists during the early 20th century. One of the most famous controversies Tarbell has covered is the one involving Standard Oil Company (Weinberg).
Tarbell never regarded herself as a specialist in writing on business stories. Having no profound experience ...

The reasons why I believe the workers acted as they did were because they had always in the previous management had the freedom of being able to communicate with the top management without having to request for permission. The new management brought new rules in that the employees had to follow protocol when communicating with them. This they felt as unfair treatment and they wanted to show that they have knowledge that could be able to help them punish and slow down the operations of the company.
I disapprove with the way the employees took the matters into ...

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- If I was part of the audience, I would have responded to the presenters question by saying that the demonstration showed that alcohol was dangerous to the human body. The worm here would represent living beings and that the effect of alcohol on living things was to kill them. The demonstration would therefore mean that cells in the body disintegrated every time someone consumed alcohol.
- If I was the presenter, I would have avoided the ambiguity in the question by clearly stating what each part of the demonstration represented. In this case, the worm ...

The future of the economy can only be created, astonished, terrified, shocked, confounded, and stunned but nobody can predict what it holds at stake. For instance, taking a reflection of the past economic events of an individual clearly justifies the argument that it cannot be defined nor can it be predicted, because he or she has encounter losses rather than profits as expected “life is uncertain, and the future is unknown.” It thus calls for a person to be conversant and to master his or her own fate.
There are many and diverse negative influences and challenges that befalls American ...

I would not have responded to Linda’s public admonition. Responding to it would put her in a state of personal defense, in which case she would seek to strengthen her case even if it meant fabricating things. Besides, it would only make me seem guilty and insecure.
The story illustrates misuse of power in various ways; for one, the head of department uses his power to undermine the assistant head if department while heeding his wife. Linda also uses her husband power to influence the department even against the will of other members of the department. This is a ...

Introduction

The employee recruitment and retention in the workplace is essential in the continuity of business. Organizational performance is basically a function of the nature of the human resources it has in terms of skills and expertise. Varied factors contribute to a large extent on the reason why the organization possesses workforce within its premises. Similarly, the same applies on the reason why employees within a certain organization opt to remain within the entity. Based on various individuals and organization goals and objectives, there are observable trends that commonly appear in most organization settings. Individuals who are namely employees are leaving most organizations ...

Book review

Aakers book Building Strong Brands is a work that builds on the growing recognition of the role that image and marketing play in international business. Beginning by defining a strong brand as being directly associated with brand awareness, the development of a reasonable hypothesis is developed (Aakers, p. 10). The presence of a strong brand equity position will benefit every level of industry including reducing associated marketing costs, positive brand associations, increased perception of quality and a much higher overall awareness of brand. However, the quest to build a strong brand is full of liabilities (Aakers, p. 27).
Associated issues that are common in the building a brand ...

The book paranoia gives a gripping touch and fantastically intruinging imagination that keeps you glued to the end. It combines high-tech business with corporate security and espionage that thrills all through the book. Adam Cassidy is the quintessential slacker who is tired of his job at Wyatt Telecom. He diverts corporate`s funds of about $80 grand to throw a party for his fellow loading dock employee, and he fully commits to be fired for his crime.
The company`s security finally catches up with him and his boss at Wyatt, Nicholas Wyatt a rich and influential individual offers Adam a way ...

Introduction

The book Good to Great aims to explain how corporations can fail to generate the transition and how corporations transition from being typical corporations to great corporations. Collins finds the chief factor for attaining the changeover to become a narrow focusing of the organization's assets on their area of skills. Within this guide, Jim Collins teaches that businesses could make the jump to outperform the market-leaders.

The primary concepts are:

- Great businesses become great by remaining focused : focused on their clients, their products and their companies.
- They are never content to become satisfied, wish to greater amounts of quality and ...

This is a study by Jean Lipman-blumen shedding more light on disastrous leadership. It offers a deep understanding of the corporate scandal as well as political folly. The author argues that, bad leaders are not the ones to blame but rather the subjects led since they are the one who put them into power and allow them to cling there. After analyzing the story of Adolf Hitler of Germany and Jeff Skillinngs of Enron, she makes the conclusion that the followers of the toxic leaders are the victims who gave way to misguided leadership. This book gives a deep understanding to anyone ...

Biography of Ferdinand Porsche

Ferdinand Porsche is a German automotive engineer born in 1875 in Maffersdorf Austria. He had an honorary degree in engineering. He was an engineer operating in two countries, Austria and Germany. His early love towards cars and electricity landed him his first job in Vienna in 1893 when he was only 18. He enrolled for part-time studies around the same time at the Imperia Technical University in Reichenberg (current Vienna University of Technology).
He is popularly known a remembered for his design of Beetle vehicle, first hybrid vehicle while which could use both gasoline and electricity. He also went ahead ...

In his work, Hume distinguishes between ideas and impressions. While impressions are caused by sensory inputs and vivid mental phenomenon, ideas are the thoughts or beliefs related to these memories. Three laws of association—resemblance, contiguity, cause and effect -- come into play in determining the link between impression and idea.
He links the notion of causation to inductive reasoning. He opines that an individual reasons inductively associating constantly conjoined events. This mental act of association is termed by Hume as the concept of causation. In literature, his theory is interpreted in three ways.
In the logical ...

Introduction

Defiance of the Patriots: The Boston Tea Party and the Making of America is a book written by Benjamin L.Carp and published in the year 2010. In this elegant and thrilling book, Carp provides the reader with a vivid description of the Boston Tea Party. The book explodes various myths and explores the scintillating Boston city life.
Carp embarks on a phenomenal story telling session where he vividly brings to life the different individuals and places that have been brought together by the Tea Party -from English businesspersons to tea pickers from China, plantation slaves, native Americans and Boston’s so ...

Introduction

This essay is offers a summary of the book, ‘Seven Keys to Create Leadership and a Sustainable Business Model’ by Howard Rasheed. This book is a resource for managers who wish to improve the performance in order to meet the competitive demands of the market and remain in business. In the current business context, businesses are evolving rapidly and there are new insights coming up every day. It is therefore not a matter of convenience that business managers should be innovative, but rather a matter of urgency and centrality for any business to remain afloat in the current dispensation. The seven keys are summarized, ...

Strategic Study: A Goal, the Process of Ongoing Improvement

ABSTRACT

The following study relates to the concepts which have been introduced with respect to business management, establishment and improvement. The paper is a significant book review which consists of the student’s co-relations with the theories which have been discussed in the book. Within these four pages of the examination we shall be analyzing the ideologies of successfully becoming an entrepreneur where training, production and statistical establishment can be induced within a young business related mind. While discussing the field of supply chain and operation management, we can understand just how well the student can initiate similar processes to inculcate ...

Categories of employees’ complaints

(What are the specific things the employees are unhappy about? If you were to group their specific complaints together, how might you summarize the kinds of complaints the employees have? You are welcome to create the categories, describe the categories and then list the examples from the video.)

The most specific things the employees are unhappy about are low wages, poor working conditions, lack of interaction and communication with management, lack of investment in employees, lack of pleasant and enjoyable work environment, lack of feedback from managers concerning ideas and suggestions, etc. These complaints may be summarized in several ...

Question 1

Henry Thoreau introduces what has now become a classical philosophical ideology whereby he urges people, though subtly and indirectly, to embrace the natural scheme of things. This scheme, according to Thoreau (93), is inherently simple and does not require a great deal of exertion on a person’s part. Perhaps his stay in the wilderness as an experiment was aimed at verifying his own ideas of how people should approach life. In my opinion, this actually bolsters his explicit ideals of economy and simplicity in that he was willing to walk the walk and experience it for himself. This adds credence to ...

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Analysis
Patrick Lencioni’s piece, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A leadership fable, is a must read book for managers and all stakeholders in a business organization. The book offers a rare insight into the concept of team works and lays down all the factors important to the success of a team work. The book explores the various theories on which managers can rely to facilitate effective team work within their various organizations. The book is very informative and addresses the most likely pitfalls that an organization is likely to face when enforcing a team work policy. The better part of the book ...

People have been using drugs in social rituals since the dawn of history; the only change is in the type of drug, the route of delivery, and the social context. This study reviews three drugs known as “club drugs,” that are used by youths to enhance their party experiences. Two of them, 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA/ecstasy) and ketamine are widely at raves, or all-night dance parties. Salvia divinorum is a new social drug that found its way into college campuses through the Internet.

Keywords: ecstasy, ketamine, Salvia divinorum

The Rave-EDM Scene and Solidarity

Kavanaugh analyzed the impact of ecstasy (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine/MDMA) on solidarity within the context ...

Brian Masters’ book, Killing for Company: The Case of Dennis Nilsen, provides a fascinating insight into one of Britain’s most notorious serial killers. It was published in 1995 by Arrow. Unlike many true crime books, Masters’ remains objective, insightful and intelligently reflective throughout. His access to, an cooperation from, the killer has undoubtedly helped the author in creating such a momentous read. However, his writing style and impartial outlook are what makes this book outstanding in its own right.
Since it was originally published, I have re-read this book several times, and it continues to be one of the ...

In the present day business environment, organizations and individual entrepreneurs are adopting various strategies that aim at building a profitable business. In addition, the business environment has a great significance on operations carried out in the business. Adam Werbach’s book on ‘strategy for sustainability: A business manifesto’ comes up with different ideas on how business communities should adopt the best strategies through developing sustainable programs aimed at increasing the competitive advantage of the organization. In addition, the book describes different types of environment that businesses operate in, and the roles each environment plays in the business. According to the author, ...

The reading has highlighted basics of pricing and the factors that a company has to consider before reaching a price. This gives us a detailed background of the costs that are incurred by the company I obtaining raw materials and transforming them into finished products and how such costs reflect on the final cost of the product (Schindler, 25). The author mentions that it is necessary for every expense to be accounted for when it comes to producing a product to facilitate balanced price. The price has to be set in a way that it is fair enough to ensure the company makes profit ...

Introduction

This paper is divided into four sections. The first section is a troubleshooting report on a restaurant’s food and operations. The report highlights the observations and gives the recommendations. The second section is short memo report which highlights the advantages and disadvantages of e-learning and the recommendations to Paper Products, Inc. The third section gives an in-depth development of an objective and “Related Capability” sections for the resume. The dream job, for which the resume is intended, is sales and marketing manager/executive. The final section is a memo that gives a critique of the website of Talisman Energy Inc., one of the ...