Corporation Course Works Samples For Students

Introduction

They say that the only thing that is constant in this planet is change. This old phrase can indeed be true in a lot of ways. It can also be applied not only in life but also in the process of managing a business. To innovate is to embrace change and improvement.

Innovation refers to any process that may lead to better solutions to problems, higher efficiency and effectiveness in doing work, higher productivity, and in general, increased capability to meet and fulfill the market needs. Any business has the right and the ability to innovate. Innovation can be done ...

THE MODERNTECH CORPORATION

Dear Mr. Foster,

The Moderntech Corporation appreciates you as one of our most loyal and consistent customers. Your devotion to the products of this company is quite inspiring to all staff members of the corporation. We have received a complaint from you about the $1000 piece of equipment that broke and your request to cash in on your warranty privileges. I am very sad to inform you that you will not be able to cash in on your warranty privileges in this particular occasion.

The main reason for this decision is the fact that our warranty offers have an expiry ...

Question 1

Ratios calculations for Walgreens and Rite Aid Corporation of fiscal year 2001 and 2000
LIQUIDITY RATIOS
Current ratio = Current assets ÷ Current liabilities
Quick ratio = (current Assets-Inventory) / current liabilities

ACTIVITY RATIOS

Inventory Turnover = sales/inventory
Accounts receivables Turnover = sales/ accounts receivables
Asset Turnover = Total sales/ Total Assets

LEVERAGE RATIOS

Debt to Equity Ratio = Total Debt/ Total Equity
Long-term Debt to Equity Ratio = Long-term debt/equity
Debt Ratio =Total Debt/ Total Assets

PROFITABILITY RATIOS

Gross profit margin = {sales –COGS} / sales
Operating profit margin = EBIT/ sales
Net profit margin = Net Profit After Taxes/ sales
Return on ...

Global corporations operate in large international operation amongst many foreign countries. This means that for the global corporations needs to have well-defined managerial strategies so as to approach the different cultures and ethnic imbalances in most of the foreign countries. In this case, the global corporations employ the five managerial strategies that are leading, controlling, organizing, coordinating and technology for effective management.

Controlling and planning is very complicated when it comes to the international arena. The biggest challenge in planning in the international arena is the risk to lose profit due to the fluctuation in the exchange rates. Through ...

Social responsibility refers to a firm’s capability to respond to issues beyond economic, technical and legal requirements to achieve social advantage coupled with the profit that the firm seeks. Corporate social responsibility has been the back of senior managers, but this has since changed to the firm’s agenda a whole. Corporate social responsibility is not an individual action because the manager alone cannot be entrusted to ensure the integration of the firm with the society in which it operates.

The concept of corporate social responsibility is majorly on the concept of stakeholder. This refers to any group or individual ...

Abstract

This paper looks into the organization structure of Chevron Corporation both at the home office as well as in the international division. It explains how the current organization structure is organized as well as that of the international division. The paper further discusses the various international strategies and business environment and its influence on the corporation organizational structure. It then recommends the changes that would be embraced to ensure growth and sustainability in a competitive energy industry as well as achieve its strategy and attain corporate mission.

Introduction

Chevron Corporation is a multinational energy corporation whose headquarters are located in the San ...

SWOT analysis is one of the critical planning tools. In the global perspective SWOT analysis has the power to make any business more competitive in the market place. It is worth noting that SWOT analysis is a planning tool, which compares the weaknesses and strengths together with the opportunities and threats in order to develop an action plan in the business.

The essence of weaknesses and strengths are mostly based in the internal sector of the business. On the other hand, threats and opportunities are external factors to the business. The SWOT analysis in most cases is used as a business ...

Enron’s Collapse

Enron Corporation was one of the world’s top electricity corporations that underwent a financial indignity, which involved Enron and its bookkeeping company. The scandal comprised of the detection of unbalanced accounting techniques, which occurred through the 1990s. This resulted in Enron filing for insolvency in December of 2001 (Thomas, 2002).

According to this example, Enron, it is difficult, if not impossible for the decision-making process within a large corporation can overcome this fact of human selfishness. This is because this drive is naturally in people, and many choose this to be their drive. It is almost impossible to learn everything ...

Question One

Diller’s corporate strategy constitutes related businesses offering different services that range from financial services to matchmaking services. His businesses are related on most dimensions even if they provide different services. He is driven by the vision to grow, and since his business offer different services he has to acquire new knowledge and concepts to manage the multiproduct corporation. The strategy reduces costs, and hence a competitive advantage increasing the revenue generated.

Question Two

Inter Active Corporation (IAC)’s level diversification entails several related business engaging in offering different services ranging from financial to match making services. The IAC level of diversification ...

The National Beverage Corporation’s website, www.nationalbeverage.com opens with a repeating slideshow of people of different races, ages and demographics drinking, and enjoying, a combination of beverages, bottled water and soft drinks. The message over a drum loop is “Get a taste of our flavors!”
Clicking continue takes you away from the opening slideshow and to the main page of the website. The website employs a sparse design that begins with an overview under the heading “A Formula. A Philosophy. A Tradition.” The paragraph below goes on to explain how “we” strives to be the best in everything that ...

I gained good experience working for Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMC), one of the world’s leading defense service providers. This company has spread its services into different sectors like aerospace, information technology, emerging capabilities, space and contract vehicles. The company was formed by the merger of two companies; the Lockheed Corporation and Martin Marietta Corporation in 1995, and currently employs more than a hundred thousand employees globally and follows a culture that emphasizes on ethical work environment and believes in growing the culture from bottom up to understand the social and economic realities of the corporation, while supporting the top down ...

The theory of corporate social responsibility has been on a steady increase of late as businesses seek to promote their brands by engaging in social responsibilities in the communities. Therefore, corporate social responsibility by a business can be termed as the initiatives taken by the corporates as they take the responsibility of the adverse effects that the corporate may have on the community in terms of impact on social welfare and environment. It is also known as corporate citizenship where the corporate incur costs in the short term that do not necessarily bring economic benefit to the firm but instead seek ...

Introduction

Arguably, Acer Corporation for many decades remains Taiwan's leading exporter of computer products and the world's fifth largest computer manufacturer implements diverse marketing strategies in its markets dominance. Considerably, Acer as an international company seeks to increase market opportunities as it has already established its markets in developing countries and developed countries because it has long established itself as a leading computer manufacturer (Acer Corporation, 2006). More than often, the company uses market strategies that seek to attract an increased number of customers considering that it targets those from both the wealthy elite high class customers and middle ...

A public corporation is an organization that is formed by the government to perform certain functions. This corporation has many advantages. In the first place, the corporation has finance to acquire the best management personnel. Therefore, the organization has the ability to perform well due to good management.

Public corporations have no limited life. They are initiated to perform their activities and they cannot close easily unless the government decides to do so. The corporations have a good capital base. It can be able to easily access funds to increase its investment hence expand its activities. When the corporation is ...

STARBUCKS REPUTATION

In the pursuit of their objectives organizations become so uncompromising that they only realize the importance of goodwill once it is lost. The same is the case with Starbucks. First, it took advantage of the loopholes in the accounting standards and taxation laws to minimize corporate tax liability and when caught doing so they actually admitted it by announcing that they would pay more corporation tax in 2013-2014, regardless of whether the company is profitable or not. (Armistead, 2012)

The company has not been successful in managing its reputation after the tax avoidance scandal. In fact, it is among ...

On January 21, 2010 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations had equal rights as individual citizens with regard to campaign contributions during political elections. This therefore implies that corporations also enjoy the protection of the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights (Freedom of Speech). The court case was Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (Levin-Waldman, 2011, 178). The above reaction to the court decision is from the liberal side and I agree. I think that the decision was not good and not respectful of the rights of citizens. Democracy is no longer powerful when campaign elections can ...

- Evaluation of the Company’s Objectives

The corporate objectives of Aztec Catering, a company providing catering services to businesses, schools, colleges, hospitals and retirement houses in the United Kingdom are the following:

These corporate objectives of the company require substantial work to refine, extract and direct the company towards profitability, sustainability and growth. The first step in refining the corporate objectives of the company is to be familiar with what a corporate objective is. Faucett (2012), defines corporate objectives as ”statements of intent that provide the basic direction for the activities of an organization in pursuit of its mission.” This means that a corporate objective is a broad, ...

The concept of Strategic Human Resource Management has attracted a lot of attention from scholars and practitioners since it came to the surface in the mid 1980s. Strategic Human Resource Management has replaced the word “Personnel Management” in the field of Human Resource. Moreover, scholars agree that Human Resource Management is the right approach to managing people at the work place since it meets the requirement of what happens in the highly competitive market structure. Strategic Human Resource Management adds value and profits to companies while making managing fun and exciting since it challenges workers to think for themselves ( ...

Executive Summary

The purpose of this research is to determine current advantages of the system of corporate governance, decision-making process and their compliance to the corporate culture and goals of further strategic development, as well as assess the possible areas of improvement.

Recent changes within Kraft Foods, Inc. which resulted in the separation of the company into Kraft Foods Group, Inc. and Mondelez International, reflect the change of the corporate development strategy. Specialization of the former on the North American market of groceries and the latter on the global market of snacks is the result of an attempt to diversify financial ...

Strategy is the method through which an organization or an individual will conduct his actions in order to achieve the desired results. Organizations employ unique strategies in order to beat their competitor and also in order to gain competitive advantage. In most cases companies normally keep their strategies as a secret that is known to a few individuals who are responsible for implementing the strategy (Burke 2011, p.45). Strategies are normally kept as a secret because if an organization’s strategy is known by a competitor, the competitor may commence employing measures to counter the effectiveness of the strategy thus the business may ...

1. Claims of Globalism

Globalism is mesh of inter-reliance at a multi-continental level whereby, there is exchange of people, information, and capital between continents. An increase in Globalism is termed as Globalization while a decrease is De-globalization.

Globalization integrates global markets and liberalizes them

Globalism integrates global markets via the inter-reliance among the continents and liberalizes global markets through the divide between a state’s economy and the government, such that there is minimal interference from the government. The absence of government interference increases social interaction among the continents and the exchange of technology, labor, and wealth.

Globalization is unavoidable and permanent

The establishment of inter-reliance among the continents has been going on and will continue to take ...

Leaders have a great role in establishing and sustaining an ethical climate in an organization. According to Randall (2012), ethical climate is the perception of what the correct way to behave is and how ethical issues should get handled in an organization. There are two broad dimensions of sources of power; positional and personal. Positional power is the kind of power acquired due to the position one holds while personal power is from someone’s personality or skills. Positional power further divides into legitimate, reward and coercive power. Personal power includes expert and referent ...

Naomi Klein’s essay entitled Coopting Dissent revolves around the relationship of employers and their employees in the multinational corporations. She discusses how employers believe that their problem is limited to their capacity to communicate their brand to their consumers. She also points out that companies care less on their employees and focus on generation of profit through a cause.

Klein begins with her own experience as a worker for a company that introduced an easy job but later on transformed it and focused on profitability. Corporations adopt their causes to benefit their brands and later on use it for promotion.

The ...

The Visayan Forum Foundation, Inc or VF is working aggressively with other partners in innovating sustainable solutions to end human trafficking and the modern day slavery. VF is offers specialized services to the victims and their families, advocates for lasting changes, and builds social movements to fight human trafficking, exploitation, and domestic servitude.

History

Visayan Forum Foundation, Inc or VF is a Non Government Organization or NGO in the Philippines. It was established in 1991 regarded extensively in the innovation of sustainable solutions to end the modern day slavery totally. The founder and executive director of VF is Maria Cecilia Flores-Oebanda. ...

Introduction

Defining Concepts

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) represents “A firm’s sense of responsibility towards the community and environment, (both ecological and social) in which it operates and draws resources and sustenance from. Firms express this citizenship through their waste and pollution reduction processes, by contributing to the educational and social programs and by earning adequate returns on the employed resources” (Business Dictionary).

This definition identifies the companies’ role in sustaining CSR initiatives and their contributions to the welfare of the community. Frederick, Davis and Post define the companies’ sense of responsibility and their interventions in the society’s ...

A corporation is a legal business entity whose members have limited liabilities. This means that incase of liquidation, the owners only lose the business assets and the employees their jobs but not any private property. They are mainly created by a body of persons or entities that come together and form one business operating unit (Zerk, 109). Corporations are considered as real persons and can be convicted and are also allowed to exercise human rights just like individual human beings.
Picketing is the act of people gathering up in a designated area like in front of a company entrance to make their ...

Introduction

Identity theft is on the increase. The target of identity theft is usually the high net worth individuals. Corporate executives are exposed to higher risk due to the value of their liquid assets. They need to be educated on the dangers of identity theft and the steps to take to mitigate future losses through this rampant form of fraud. Identity theft is also rampant within an organisation with workers collaborating with outsiders to defraud their bosses. The staff should be aware of the dangers and how to critically buffer the executives and the company as a whole from identity fraud. ...

Integrated reporting is a process in which a company’s results are evaluated in relation to the creation of value of a specific duration. This is in relation to how a company conducts itself in efforts to attain the strategies it aims at and how the organization is manage and the performance rate (Pretorius, 2014). These are the factor considered in integrated reporting where those factors are used in the creation of value of a short duration of time. Therefore, integrated reporting refers to a company’s evaluation in relation to performance and from a financial aspect. This paper will examine the impact that integrated reporting ...

Nestle Sdn.Bhd is the Malaysian district of the Nestle Corporation, originally set up in Switzerland, as a multinational nutrition and beverage company with its headquarters in Vevey. It truly possesses the leading points at the world food production and distribution market, as its market capitalization exceeds the number of 200 million USD. The 29 brands of the company gained their popularity through all over the world, varying from casual food and drink products, to even medical nutrition.

Nestle corporation represented its production on the Malaysian borders more than a hundred years ago, as the first company in Malaysia appeared in 1912 ...

US Company That Has Acquired Another Company And Is Operating Internationally

One of the leading sportswear companies in the world is Reebok. Reebok is a US company that has recently been acquired by Adidas. Their common adversary is the US company Nike which owns about a third of the global market share for sportswear. In 2005, Nike had a total market share of about 36.3%. In the same year when the merger between Adidas and Reebok was finalized, their market share jumped to 21.1% from a dismal 8.9%. The merger was announced in August 3, 2005, with Adidas-Salomon AG planning to buy all ...

Diversification is a development strategy that involves businesses entering into additional operation lines different from the current production. This is considered a powerful tool of business due to the reduction of business risks and increased levels of competitive advantage associated (Hitt, Ireland and Hoskisson, 2010). While diversification may not guarantee performance, it eliminates the risks of investment loss and mitigates loss on the downward side. Different diversification strategies include; horizontal, vertical, concentric, conglomerate and corporate diversification. The determining factor on the diversification measure to adapt usually depends on the size of a business and expected growth.
The whole concept of diversification ...

Introduction

Strategic management involves several processes. A management team that is strategic in nature conducts external environment scanning and comes with the organizational short-term and long-term goals while considering the organizational strengths and weaknesses. Organizations that have launched into foreign markets have had to formulate strategies in the international context. What are the main considerations when applying strategic concepts in the global environment?

Strategic Management in the Global Environment

The management has to use four main frameworks in strategy formulation. These are the geographic scope of the foreign location, the competitive environment, the geographic access that the firm has and the interaction of the company’s ...

Introduction

Corporate governance can be defined as a system by the corporations are controlled, directed and administered. The structure of governance is used to specify the distribution of responsibilities and rights among the different participants in a company such as managers, board of directors, creditors, regulators, auditors, shareholders and other stakeholders, etc. It also specifies the procedures and rules for the major decision making in corporate affairs. Corporate governance tends to provide a structure by which organizations can set their objectives and pursue those objectives along with the reflection of the context of regulatory, social and market environment (Simanovsky, 2010, pp. ...

Ashford University

In the analysis of personal organizational ethics, it is important to consider the identification of the key problems that relates to the business ethics of the organization. With these two organizations, the Visayan Forum Foundation, Inc and Jollibee Foods Corporation, both have its key problems. The key problems are the core targets to evaluate the stands of the organizations, how they responded to the problems legally, socially, and politically. Consequently, from the individual responses of the organizations on legal, social, and political perspectives, ethnographic researchers can provide reflections and criticisms of their actions based on the ...

Transfer pricing is a process where prices or rates used when selling products or services between parent companies, divisions, departments, or subsidiary (SMULLEN, 2001). It exists when two related companies (the parent company and a subsidiary) trade amongst each other. For example, a US based subsidiary of Coca-cola trading with an African subsidiary of Coca-cola. When such subsidiaries engage in price establishments for a transaction the results are transfer pricing.

WITTENDORFF (2010) provides that in transfer pricing the prices set for the exchange may be the original prices set for the products or the original purchase price or a rate reduced to cater ...

Ever since the beginning of the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), there has been a subtle (or not so subtle) power struggle between the profiteers and ethical regulators. According to an article published in The Economist (2009), the conflict between the ethical and commercial considerations of a company has always existed. However, before we further our understanding of the importance of CSR for the stakeholders and its impact on company's profitability, it is very important to understand what exactly CSR is.

Unlike the common misconception that CSR is all about shelving out doles for philanthropic purposes, CSR is not ...

M. Fatih Akkaya, an under-secretariat of foreign trade expert, has an article titled “Global Marketing Strategies” that talks about what organizations should do to achieve global success. The article identifies that the world is shaped up by globalization and technology. In matters concerning marketing, production and finance, it is important to assess economic realities and human preferences. This means that an international organization needs to study various markets and determine what people would prefer. The organization should then determine the how well a product will perform in both local and international markets. According to Akkaya (2011), Global Corporation and Multinational ...

Introduction

Comparing stock exchanges from two countries at different stages of economic development is an interesting case, because it can show what aspects of capital market theory have universal application and what the limitations are. In addition, recommendations could be made for a developing country, based on the example of the developed one. With this perspective, the report reviews the business and regulatory developments of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE) as well as assesses present challenges facing them. All stock exchanges function within the economic, regulatory and general institutional frameworks of their countries, therefore a brief ...

Assignment 4.3: Report – Revised Version

Dear Sir,

I would like to inform your good-self that, today we are finding several challenges of healthcare amongst the Middle Level Managers within the organization. They are not only facing with the issues of physical pain, but are also facing with the issues of tension and stress, due to which they are not able to perform as per the required expectations. As a result, the productivity is affected from both the ends, and hence, we are not able to achieve our desired objectives.
I have therefore prepared this report, which shall try to provide you issues on health ...

Abstract

This paper surveys the different types of risks that workers and employees usually face within a given work setting. There are many hazards and dangers that employees in different types of industries encounter, particularly individuals in the manufacturing, construction and mining industries. All other known industries also have considerable risks facing their workers. This paper analyzes the case study of the Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill that occurred in 2010, as it relates to the risks that different British Petroleum (BP) workers faced during the oil spill.

Workplace Risk Analysis

Workplace Risks: The term Workplace Risk refers to the various types of hazards ...

Strategic Planning at Wal-Mart and Target

The strategic planning has been defined as the ability to engage in long-range planning that focuses on the organization as a whole (Certo & Certo, 2012). The strategic planning is essentially a process through which the organization defines its strategy and takes measures so as to achieve its goals. The purpose of the essay is to evaluate the strategic planning of two competing organizations and conclude as to which organization has a more robust strategic plan in place. This will also indicate towards which is more likely to hold a competitive advantage and thus stay ahead of its rival. Recommendations to improve the ...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Marketing management is one of the most important tools in any business’ industry as it ensures that the enterprise’s sales balance with customers’ satisfaction, and it is one of the best means to use in determining whether or not customers get reward for their money and expenses. Marketing ensures that a customer is well informed about the product he/she wishes/intends to purchase and this way the customer will be fully conversant with the product which he is about to acquire (Campbell, 2007, p. 92). This therefore becomes a very important aspect in tourism, bearing in mind that it is one ...

1. Some hyper-globalizers claim we live in a borderless world where states don’t matter. Critique this claim by providing specific examples of the role of state in the context of globalization.

While globalization is incredibly powerful because the borderless world allows for the transfer of jobs, resources to be extracted and mobile individuals to access markets overseas, the role of the state is more important than ever. Amartya Sen's essay "Globalization, Inequality and Global Protest" makes the argument that a globalized world seeks a workforce that is educated, in good health and relatively “free” in order to maximize opportunities for ...

Cejudo Cordoba, R. (2013). Making Sense Of Doing Wrong: On The Justification Of Compromise Decisions. Crítica , 45 (135), 29-53. Retrieved from http://eds.b.ebscohost.com.proxy-library.ashford.edu/eds/search/advanced

This paper holds that compromises are types of agreement and types of decision. Its major objectives are the following. First, is to identify the formal organization of compromise situations (CD), or dilemmas where some CD cannot be avoided that includes jeopardizing the integrity of the maker of the decisions. Second, that by the notions of Amartya Sen’s of the basic and compulsive judgments and create a CD in a condition of compromise that is justified be morally. It concludes that the justified compromise situations involve rationally justified moral regret that assists to bridge the gap between consequentialism and deontology, respectively.

Cohen, M. A. (2012). Empathy in Business Ethics Education. (C. MacDonald, & A. Marcoux, Eds.) Bus Ethics J Rev , 1 (18), 113–119. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/jbee2012918.

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I. CAPM Model

Capital asset pricing model (CAPM) is a model in finance that aims to explain the relationship between expected return and risk and formally represents the tradeoff between risk and return. It stipulates that a return of any portfolio or a security is a sum of the risk free security and a risk premium. This relationship can be expressed through an equation Rm = Rf + β ( Rm – Rf), where

Rf = risk free rate
β = contribution coefficient of the stock to a diversified portfolio
Rm = expected market return.

Here the risk-free rate is a theoretical return that is generated by an investment with ...

1. a) The Second Industrial Revolution, which was also referred to as the Technological Revolution, occurred during the later decades in the 19th Century. This was the time where mass production and electrification was booming. During this time, the production line was also created, making factory work faster and more effective (Stearns,).

It was during this time that the countries involved in the revolution saw much economic growth, over a short period of time. The living standards of each country greatly improved, especially after the Civil War in the United States. Due to the increase in productivity, the price of certain ...

Introduction

Companies are now required to be very dynamic, efficient, profitable, adoptive, and forward looking in order for them to gain a dominant and ocmpetitive edge. Without these qualities, they cannot compete in a very international and globally compettive market. In some industries like in banking and insurance, they may transfer into new and foreign markets (Ashkenas & Francis, 2000). In others industries such as in medical products and suplies, companies may choose to work with smaller firms which have developed or are developing new products which they can manufacture and/or distribute more efficiently. Meanwhile, the rest of the ...

Genesis - Schultz’s leadership model

Great leaders usually have certain characteristics that make them special. For any organization to be successful, then they should have great leaders with special characteristics. This research will evaluate the leadership of Howard Schultz whom I believe is a leader who possesses the characteristics of a good leader.

According to leadership theories, a good leader takes care of the other employees’ needs. They should help the other employees to work through activities such as delegation (Michael, 1). In addition, the leaders should allow employees to give their ideas that can assist the organization. Howard Schultz reports that good leadership involves observation of ...

A report on Toyota Motor Corporation

It is through Strategy implementation that an organization actualizes its policies and other means of achieving short-term, middle-term and long-term goals. Probably, the process of implementing an organization's strategy involves personnel from all levels of management. The speed, effectiveness and efficiency with which an organization implements its strategy depend upon many factors; key among them: the organizational culture, the structures and systems in place, and the control function of the organization (Schein, 2004). This report focuses on the case of Toyota Automobiles Company, with special emphasis on how the company’s controls, culture and structure have significantly played a ...

One of the most successful companies to set up business abroad is the famous shoe and sports apparel manufacturing and marketing company Nike. The Oregon-based company does business in 45 countries, employing nearly a million people, outsourcing products from more than 500 factories worldwide. The company reaps the benefits of this global strategy by the billions, with Nike’s revenues for 2010 reached US$ 19.014 billion and a net income of approximately $2 billion in the same year.

A company of this size and reach would not set up shop in one country in the same manner as it would in ...

Q1: Four most important concepts in Chapter 10

Conflict of interest in public corporation: The conflict of interest is an essential and concept in corporations due to the many temptations of unethical maneuvers top management can play in an organization at the cost of its investors and employees. It is relevant to me because it allows me to be watchful on the potential situations in my future wherein conflict of interest may arise and allow me to make ethical choices.
CEO compensation:

The CEO compensation is one point of conflict of interest as most companies attach higher compensation ...

Political risk refers to those risks that host countries make pertaining political decisions that will affect the profits and goals of a multinational corporation. This kind of risk can be managed and understood with sensible forethought. Government relationships are whereby the government creates relations with other countries through doing business and also investment that improves the country’s economy. It will be talking about how multinational corporations face challenges in different countries specifically in Russia, China and Japan and how they manage those risks. The United States would face risks like terrorism that is a very threatening scenario. Terrorism is the ...

In the present era of Corporate Modernization, unlike the traditional activities, it is not the owners which runs the company, infact they hire competent management to work on their behalf. Moreover, every owner(shareholder) consider that the managers so appointed to work on their behalf will act in the best interest of their owners and will assure shareholder’s wealth maximization. Infact, in present complex corporate era, the performance of the company depends upon, how competent the management is adapting the dynamic business environment and related circumstances. Thus, the ability to properly adapt and implement the changes in the ...

The corporate strategy of the firm is based on a number of factors and various elements. There are virtually tens of viewpoints and narratives on which a firm can build its core objectives. These viewpoints serve as a basis towards uniform criteria for strategy development and maximum utilization of firm’s capabilities. The corporate strategy making has gone a long way since the industrial revolution and the introduction of mass production. Various theories have been proposed by business theorist and intellectuals that revolve around maximizing a firm’s performance and competitive advantage. The evolution of those thought processes and later experiments in real business ...

Introduction

Costco, the third largest retailer chain in the U.S. and the seventh largest retailer in the world, has significantly grown in the last ten years, a critical period disrupted by the great recession, e-commerce revolution, and global competition. Although a big number of retailing enterprises failed to survive the difficult challenges of the decade, Costco demonstrated an outstanding revenue growth performance over its key competitors – Wal-mart (includes Sam’s Club), BJ’s, Target, Sears, and JC Penney. However, based on an analysis of the 10-year financials of Costco and its key competitors, the profit performance of Costco has not ...

Discussion 1

According to FDU Magazine (1999), three out of every four American workers report stress associated with their employment with the United Nations’ International Labor Organization stating the epidemic is global. The effect in the United States is approximately $200 billion annually. A Wall Street Journal(Mantell 1999) survey reported one third of employees consider quitting their jobs due to stress and 14% actually did.

The major medical, behavioral, and psychological consequences of distress are:

- workplace violence
- an estimated 60% of lost work days are related to stree
- increased health care costs of approximately 75% to 90%
- mistakes in production
- employees ...

Introduction

The concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) covers different approaches that lead to certain kind of corporate activities integrated within the business organizations’ model where the operations of the business would be to ensure that there is its support to law, ethical principles, and social norms based on international standards. For example, the operational metrics involve expected design of specific behaviors and detailed businesses entities exercising their responsibilities for the outcome of their business activities. This regardless of being and accordance on the environment, consumers, communities, employees, stakeholders, and other relevant groups within the public sphere would adhere to ...

Corporate liability is a business term that refers to responsibilities of a company in relation to employer’s criminal actions. The legal responsibility for criminal actions or failure to act to employee’s commitments results to neglect. “Negligence causes prosecution-related punishment to corporation” (Laufer 76).

HealthSouth Corporation is a Company that deals with rehabilitation, diagnostic services and surgery in the medical industry. The company has its headquarters in Birmingham Alabama in the United States of America. The company had 23,000 employees by the year 2010. In 2003, the company recorded revenue worth of $4.5 billion that was the best ever ...

Introduction

Every decision established in the company has a decision that involves the use of funds this is referred to as a financial decision. In the process of making financial decisions, the conventional corporate finance theory assumes that the main objective is to optimize the value of the company, which is referred to as maximizing shareholder wealth. Since the key objective in the corporate finance is to optimize company value, any financial decision that increases this value should be regarded good, while that reduces value is deemed poor. Therefore, the value of the company is determined based on three main financial decisions ...

Identity audit

Singapore Airline is attached to various business processes and technical systems that are applied to manage the organizational identity. There are rules of conduct that governs the organization toward achieving the goals and building a good reputation. The company has a very high priority to ethical business conduct in the markets where they do business (Frank, 2005). In the corporate governance, the company has managed to engage its contractors, employees and agents in sense that their integrity in their conduct of work has enabled them to enhance the business operation as well as their reputation.

With the compliance to the corporate ...