Stakeholder Course Works Samples For Students

Introduction

I interviewed John Walker who is a renowned administrator in the education filed serving in the position of Superintendent of Henryetta Public schools. His experience in the education field is vast spanning over 26 years and having served in the position of an administrator for a record 12 years. I have worked under him over the last five years in the position of a high school principal. As such, I have a firm belief that he is the best suited person to interview on issues currently facing the education sector. I selected John Walker as a professional owing to his vast experience as an ...

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. ...

According to Syria (2011, p. 15), LTELs denote students or learners who have been registered within USA schools for over 6 years, are not progressing towards proficiency of English and are academically struggling. They lack English skills required for academic success. Moreover, they have accumulated academic gaps within their elementary school or within middle school years.

Long-term English students have features including living all or most of their lives within USA, are always orally bilingual, moreover, sound native English speakers lacking well-established academic literacy skills within English. Besides, always have habits of learned passivity, non-engagement, as well as ...

Abstract

Change is said to be constant and may affect an organization either positively or negatively. Surprisingly, even when change is expected to yield positive results or will bring growth and development to the organization, employees still have the audacity resist it. This has brought about the conclusion that people always resist to change. Our organization is not an exception. In this respect, this report identifies a strategy which the organization may adopt to reduce resistance to change. The report will also explain why such a strategy will be effective and appropriate for the organization.

Introduction

The organization should seek to understand the ...

Forewords

Water sustainability is a crucial issue in Nigeria as well as in other developing countries. The significant issues of water sustainability in Nigeria include many factors as desertification; the depletion of critical wetlands, forests and vegetation covers at a fast rate. In addition, it includes the pollution of water sources from point sources such as industrial effluent and urban domestic wastes; unregulated utilization of groundwater for domestic purposes. There is also an issue of unavailability of portable water for citizens in most parts of the country particularly those in the rural areas and so forth (Ajai). These water sustainability issues are ...

Ethics in business relate to the acceptable practices and standards that guide the performance of employees, suppliers, managers, creditors, directors and other stakeholders (Barth, 2003). The ethics code is one of the most important documents since it strives to create an equitable balance between all stakeholders of the company and their roles. Keen pursuance of the ethics code is required to ensure that company operations run smoothly both internally and externally.

Company Values

As an Engineering Company operating in manufacturing and energy sectors, we as the Board of Electroget Engineering Services feel that the following values underpin our mission to be ...

Program description

Weight loss programs are mostly not designed with children in mind. Due to increasing numbers of children who are becoming obese and other problems related with an increase in weight, there is, therefore, need to develop a program that addresses this problem. The program seeks to bring down the number of children who are developing weight related problems by putting in place a good health care delivery program that encompasses educational aspects to all the stakeholders involved. The program shall seek input from all stakeholders who include health professionals as pediatricians and family physicians and also the parents or guardians of ...

- Ethically it is difficult for Ms Ashley to decide whether to report Model’s Inc or not. Moreover, she is now aware that her accounting head of the company, Mr.Viccio and her Senior, Frankie Small are also trying to abate with the defaulting company. Since almost everyone involved in this case is trying to bypass the regulations and show the company in good books, it is now an ethical dilemma for Ms Ashley about whether to accept the deeds or to report them with the concerned authority.
According to the Rule 102 of the AICPA Code of ...

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 ...

In Roberts's text, statistics indicates that the success rate of technology projects is only 25%. This low statistic can be attributed to factors such as poor project planning, lack of clearly set objectives, project complexity and over engineering, governance issues, and failure to align stakeholder requirements. In terms of poor planning, project that lack clearly defined methodologies, tools and processes are more likely to fail due to the lack of a clear direction. Lack of clearly set objectives means that the project has not been clearly defined and thus the requirements are unclear. When the goals are unclear, then ...

Such a remarkable statement of Immanuel Kant,” one should always treat humanity, whether in oneself or in another, always as an end and never merely as a means. ” In addition, he argued, “the highest good is a good will.” The latter implies that to act from a good will is to act from duty. Kant’s formulation of the Categorical Imperative (CI) has a profound sense that hits every human core of thoughts. It would be necessary to exemplify this matter with the association with his approach in the business world to understand the profoundness of his formulated CI deeply. For ...

Introduction

The project is about the development of bronze technology in apple Inc. The plan below will focus on the deliverables required and their quality, how monitoring will be done, the activities that will be required to be completed. The decision making process will also be discussed, the stakeholders to be consulted and finally the acknowledgments and celebration of accomplishments.

Project deliverable Quality Requirement

The projects deliverables include the following, products by or created under the responsibility of the project group. These should be of very high quality. There are products that are given to the group by other related parties to the project ...

Management

Equality and diversity are important in all organizations being it health, business or even education. Diversity and equality matches’ promotion of human rights since equality brings treatment of everyone as same and diversity dealing with different people of different backgrounds, statuses and views. Every organization would want to be leading in promotion of equality and diversity (Carnwell, Ros, 2008). Modernity has brought reflections to diverse communities within general populations and tackling all forms of discrimination. Commitment to taking equality and human rights into account in all we do is important irrespective of the activities and services. Equality and diversity ...

Key stakeholders and their needs and expectations

Schibi Ori 2013 agrees that stakeholders are people who are not with our business, but they do get affected in many ways by the deeds of our company (38). Since our business deals with the planned changes to the environment with the objective of making it much better to the people then we need to involve quite a large number of people. The persons who live and work in the neighborhood and the ones who come to visit would get affected. There are those who benefit from some of the products that are by the environment like firewood and feed ...

Restructuring has become a very fashioned thing for modern business these days. No state of organization is perfect, and it needs to evolve over time in order achieve to success. Many businesses are changing the way of doing thing these days. Restructuring is about changing the number of employees, business processes, and way of doing things.

Restructuring creates value of shareholders by increasing the profitability of the business. Reducing the operating costs and increasing the market share. Therefore, it is imperative for the businesses to continually restructure and create value for shareholders. Recent studies concluded that restructuring is also more ...

Question one

Benchmarking is a systematic process where leaders of an organization conduct a market performance analysis by comparing its practices with those of a similar organization as a strategy to re-assess its own competitive ability in the market. The approach is applicable in health care organizations in order to assist the institution to understand the prevailing best practices in health services delivery to the clients. The process requires internal understanding of its current strategy, comparing with other similar organizations and then implements the comprehensive strategic plan derived from the benchmarking process.

OFI (Opportunity for Improvement) is a standardized form utilized by health organizations to evaluate ...

Business decisions must not be made in isolation, but should take into account the impact it would have on all the stakeholders. The interest of every individual stakeholder may differ, and there may be several stakeholders for any one business. The typical stakeholders of a business include; creditors, directors, employees, government, owners, suppliers, unions, and the community (Berman). For this particular case study, the stakeholders include; Tom, Joe, Bill, Clients, Uwear, Threads4U, Peninsula Hotel, employees, families of employees, competitors, government, and community. Certain stakeholders have greater control over business choices; whereas, others have no control. For instance; Joe, Bill, and ...

Background of the project

This project came into existence because of the need of having a system that will enable the company handle large amount of data. It is a data collection and analysis company hence its core business is to handle massive data from the clients. Currently, the company uses standard databases. They are not meeting the demand on the market. Just only in two years, the company has realized huge growth and expansion. Through this, it is projected that it will grow by 20% in terms of data storage needs and requirements.
After rigorous process of search for the data of different ...

Poor product design basically means producing goods and services not satisfying the needs of the customers. It is highly important issue for a producer. Considering that the product with the poor design is produced through a supply chain, and then we might think that the supply chain dynamics have a fallacy in understanding the customers. The supply chain management is based on managing the relations among the stakeholders in the supply chain. The customers are assumed to be essential stakeholders in the supply chain.

Therefore, if the products do not satisfy the needs of the customers at a high level, and then it ...

How convincing is the proposition put forward by both these writers that coordination and motivation of business activity is achieved predominantly through organizations rather than the market and what relevance does this have for you as a student of

Management

Introduction
Coordination is the synthesized manner in which many related items are joined together to create a larger item and in unison have semantic linkages that are similar with the rest of the neighboring aspects (Olson et.al, 2001).

Taking for instance the Nigerian government, it has changing phases of governance. This is because of the poorly performing political parties that face ...

- Business Summary: Meggitt PLC is one of the foremost companies which engage in the design and manufacture of components and sub-systems for various sectors like aerospace, defense, medical, energy, industrial, automotive and other specialist industries and markets.

- History of the company: The Company was founded in the 1850s in the United Kingdom. It started operations as a machine tool business. The company went public 1947. Over the years the company has expanded its base of operations by acquiring various other businesses and companies. By using this strategy Meggitt has not only been able to increase its presence in ...

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 ...

1. What can you find about organization in this Bible teaching about achieving goals (2:1–20; 4:16–23)?

The success of every project depends on how well organized it is. Nehemiah was a good organizer considering how he initiated and implemented this project. The project leader must have clear objectives of the deliverables when planning a project (Larson & Gray, 2011). For one to achieve project goals, it is important to have specific timelines. Effective project organization also involves mobilizing resources from donors. Moreover, projects have risks and challenges which must be anticipated and mitigated through practical strategies. To achieve project goals, a leader must be familiar with the needs being addressed. Community mobilization and stakeholder involvement are crucial in ...

Until 2011, AiraAsia did not have any dividend policy. However, AirAsia paid their maiden dividend in the year 2011 of 3 sen for every ordinary share for rewarding their loyal shareholders. This was due to the reason that their business was in its early stages of capital and development and needed the revenue reinvested for its future well being (Airasia, 2011). The company used no dividend policy due to their need of funds for the company’s growth and their working capital requirement (Management Education, 2012). The Directors at Airasia wished to announce that their Company adopted the dividend ...

Final Plan and Presentation

Abstract
Early childhood requires close attention for a healthy and good up bring of a child. It ensures the child is free from harmful objects and infections as they are taken care of by qualified personnel. The introduction of childcare facility aims to help children to go through their childhood under intensive care. Project control plan tend to provide a standard and high quality facility. The policy set from the authority and consent from the stakeholders is the basis of the plan and are employed. Upon completion, facility will is targeted to serve 97 children daily of different ages up to a ...

Financial Accounting

It is very important for any business to insure that the financial statements of the business are produced timely and must be reliable. It is assumed in the financial markets that if the financial statements are prepared on the basis of accounting standards and the financial statements are approved by the auditor, then, the financial statements are reliable. The reliable financial statements are the most important element, for the management and the current shareholders. If the statements are reliable and authorized by the auditor, then, it is highly probable that the current shareholder will reinvest into the business. (Lempert, ...

Question One

Financial statements can be viewed from three perspectives; shareholders, creditors and managers. To begin with, a company’s management is the largest users of its financial statements. It primarily relies on financial statements such as the statement of financial position, statement of income and cash flow statements to determine the effectiveness of all decisions it makes in the course of running the company. The owners of any company elect managers and directors to manage all the funds they invest into the company. As a result, the management is fully answerable to the shareholders and must deliver periodic reports detailing the effectiveness ...

Scenario I

According to the business judgment rule the takeover is not hostile. It is legal since the AgroVate’s board has turned down the offer of Bijoux on grounds that the organization was still on good hand to improve its widget finishing division. The business judgment rule supports the idea that the director and the board have made the final decision of turning down Bijoux offer. The business judgment rule states that any informed decision that has been reached by the AgroVate’s board and shall not be overturned by any means not unless it does not support or stands ...

Considering the fact that there is limited scientific evidence that electronic health records reduce costs, improve productivity, saves time, reduce hassles as well as improve the quality of care; healthcare workers who are impacted by the decision to use them are reluctant to set goals (Amatayakul, p. 55., 2012). The process of selecting and implementing these electronic health records demoralizes goal these health workers to set goals. In handling and motivating these stakeholders, it is important to note that goals have to be specific, measurable, attainable and realistic.

The stakeholders have to understand the things that the electronic health ...

Good for the World: Hustle Statement - Activity: Part 1

Leading a large organisation will not only be instrumental in advancing my career development, but will be vital in helping the organisation to achieve its long term and short term goals and objectives. In this case, I intend to lead a clothing organisation to achieve its long-term objectives without undervaluing the existing organisational cultures and practices. Initially, the organisation had an effective reputation and its productivity was admirable. However, with increased global challenges including financial and economic crises, the organisation has started trailing behind its competitors in its production and marketing. The purpose of leading this organisation is to assist it ...

In April of 2013, the Savar garment factory in Bangladesh collapsed, killing over a thousand workers and leaving many others injured (Manik and Yardley, 2013). The effects and aftermath of this disaster were widespread, from people arguing over safety regulations to the merits of conspicuous consumerism. The garment workers were making clothing for stores such as Sears and Walmart, and government investigations revealed violations of fire safety that could have contributed to the collapse (Manik and Yardley, 2013). In today’s capitalist economy, many large companies have to cut down on overhead by outsourcing labor and paying less to produce ...

The neoclassical theory of the firm explains that firms are run entirely for the profit motive of its owners. This has been a widely held theory for many years, with the knowledge that all businesses are purely profit maximizing entities, whose intention is to make profit regardless of the circumstances, actions or omissions.

The profit motive assumption postulates that all actors in the business enterprise are driven by the need to increase their earnings from the business profits. The management wants to earn large pay and bonuses whereas the shareholders want to increase their value for their stocks.

Adam smith, ...

Benefits

A balance scorecard has a number of benefits to companies depending on a number of factors. Key among these factors is the use to which the balance score card has been put. A balance score card can be used in operational control and strategic management among other functions.

Used in enhancing the operational control

When used in enhancing the operational control function, the balance score card has several benefits which include increasing the effectiveness with which performance improvement initiatives are monitored; improving understanding of the processes in order to spearhead the process of setting and achieving the organization’s goals. The balance scorecard is very effective in ...

Chart of accounts refers to list of accounts used by businesses and organizations to identify the various class of items for which money is spent or received,its mainly used to organize finances of a given business entity and to segregate revenues and expenditures,assets and liabilities in order to give stakeholders and interested parties a better understanding of financial health as well as assisting investors in decision making.In chart accounts each nominal ledger account is unique to facilitate ease of identification,it consists of profit and loss statement which basically indicates the performance of a business entity in regards to a given ...

Project management is the art of organizing, planning and controlling resources for the achievement of specific goals (Bass, 2008, p.53). The process ensures that the available resources are managed and used effectively to ensure completion of the project within the time limits.

A project management framework is a tool used to monitor the progress of a project (Bass, 2008, p.53). It states all tasks required to be carried out, the timeline for each task and the persons responsible for the implementation of each task. The project management framework includes project conceptualization, planning, execution, monitoring, controlling and closing. In each area, the ...

- 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, ...

Question 1

Discuss the concept of granting “Golden parachutes to executives”. Explain how this practice could be in line with shareholders’ best interests. Do you see how this practice could possibly be taken advantage of by the executives?

Upon employment, senior executives are entitled to a certain payment either in monetary value, or in equity should their contract be terminated ‘without cause’ before the end of their contractual tenure. This payment is normally referred to as a “Golden Parachute.” Golden parachutes have often raised concerns of abuse and claims that the management elite of the company could be taking advantage ...

Apple, the leading computer manufacturing company founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in 1970 does not own an equally innovative, inspiring and a somewhat lofty mission statement as it could have been perceived (About, 2012). The mission statement of Apple is delivered as:

"Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and has recently introduced iPad 2 which is defining the ...

Collaborative public management is a complex yet valuable factor that must emanate from all public managers. As emphasized in Collaboration Processes: Inside the Black Box, James Perry and Ann Thomson explained that public managers must employ systematic approaches in prompting collaborative efforts with their stakeholders to ensure a fully synergetic relationship between all actors (2006). The essence of collaboration in public management is evident in the Philadelphia municipal wireless network (MWN) case presented by Rajiv Banker, Abhijit Jain and Munir Mandviwalla. The case involves the efforts of the local government of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to collaborate with various stakeholders ...

Both a partnership and a corporation operate with the aim of maximizing profits. This is the only a corporation can maximize the wealth of the shareholders. These two forms of business have similarities and differences in the process of maximizing profits. This research paper will analyze the similarities and differences between partnerships and corporations in the area of maximizing profits.

Both types of businesses need to reduce costs in order to maximize profits. The profits are the excesses of revenues over the costs. Higher costs reduce the profits of both organizations. As a result, both organizations aim at minimizing the costs of production ...

1. Identify Wal-Mart’s mission/vision and stakeholders

Wal-Mart is one of the leading businesses in the United States. This company has its dealings mainly in general products, discount businesses and local marketplaces. Wal-Mart’s business operations are grouped as belonging to a larger retail industry (Troy, 2001).

Wal-Mart’s Mission Statement

“To assist people save money so they can live better” (Troy, 2001).

There are groups and people who have a stake in Wal-Mart’s operations. This company’s stakeholders have been categorized into two groups namely; market and non-market (Fairfax, 2006). The market stakeholders are those people and groups ...

1. Company description and stakeholders’ analysis

In my first month as the CEO of Supply Fan, a local medium sized company, situated in Dover, I got to understand in details nature of the business, the connections between different operational chains and between different categories of stakeholders. Moreover, from the beginning of my activity within this company, I also got to know the organizational culture, the company’s values, vision, direction, according to specific guidelines traced by the previous management. All these combined, determined me to critically observe the company’s social performance.

The company I now run is activating in the distribution sector and acts as a ...

Which is More Important in Improving Ethical Values in an Organization?

Leader behavior would be most effective in improving the ethical values in an organization. It has always been said that the best way to lead is to lead by example, and leading an organization should be no different.

CEOs, in particular, play a major role in influencing the values and culture of an organization. The direction that they provide contribute lot to the success of a company (Melcher, 2009).
They can affect their organization’s operations by sharing the different values they have. These personal values include their beliefs on the acceptable modes of conduct that is appropriate for a given ...

Purpose of project: To implement a Content Management System solution that will enable a Midwestern City with a population of 25,000 to create and maintain an Internet as well as an Intranet site.
Criteria for Success: Midwestern City has a population of 25,000. The City aims to build an online facility that will be able easily accessible by all members of the city and fully meet their online needs before the end of year 2011. Besides that, MC needs to have a system that the management can easily maintain and manage, as well as update information on the Internet and Intranet ...

Chemistry: Module 3 Discussion

Q1.
There is evidence that DDT is linked to human health problems. This was shown when the compound was introduced in rats and mice in a lab resulting to problems in productivity and development (EPA, 2003). However, there are no legal cases reported concerning the effects on humans.
Q2.
In order to curb the risks of the chemicals we should research and test the effects of these chemicals. Evaluation should follow tests so as to know the sources and high concentration areas. Preventive strategies should also be implemented such as: using organic fertilizers and treating run-offs before ...

CHANGE PROCESS IN NURSING EDUCATION SECTOR

Introduction

Nursing practice comprises of any process which utilizes significant specialized knowledge which has been obtained from diverse dimensions of professional academia such as physical sciences, behavioral sciences and biological sciences with successive utilization of the acquired knowledge in provision of health services. These health care practices must tap on the well being of each and every person irrespective of gender, race, background or religion. Subsequently, nursing should or may comprise of activities such as laboratory tests and diagnosis, treatment as well as counseling services to the patients or individuals in question. In addition, the well being of a person ...

Oracle and Microsoft are world leading enterprises that deal with the development, manufacture, market, supply software to consumers in different countries with an aim of enhancing their standard of living with ease of operation. Since they are international companies, they are facing similar challenges at the same time they are competing for the same market coverage. Based on this ideology, the two software companies have strengths and weaknesses that are affecting its way of operation and achievement of the organization mission and vision. These challenges are both intra-challenges and inter-challenges that are posing threat to the operation of the ...

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 ...

Ethical and social responsibilities of organizations revolve around discretionary, ethical as well as legal and economic expectations that society places on businesses. Notably, ethics, in this regard generally pertains to perceived duty that a business should adhere to faithfully. As an ethical requirement, businesses should strictly adopt and follow all the stated business and otherwise compelling laws and avoid activities that undermine the welfare of its stakeholders including investors, consumers, and employees while pursuing profit. Competent leaders should understand intertwining of the success of their organizations with broader ethical as well as social issues. This enables them to lead the ...

Johnson & Johnson has gained relevant experience in the field of public relations, given that the group of companies was founded over thirty years ago; it definitely had a role in the evolution of public relations. Indeed, J&J has been held aloft in the PR world for nearly 30 years as the torch-bearer of the “right way’ to handle a crisis (Yaxley, 2010). Its public relations personnel, strategies, implementation process and assessment have matured over the years. Johnson & Johnson is a holding company which majorly deals in pharmaceutical products which are under constant scrutiny due to issues of quality ...

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 ...

Introduction

In a classic financial world as predicted by Modigliani and Miller (M&M), the risk management should be irrelevant. When there are no information asymmetries, taxes or transaction cost involved, hedging will not add any value to a firm because shareholders or companies can diversify their portfolio in such a way that their overall risk will be totally hedged (Lin and Chang 2006). However, the real world is far from the Modigliani and Miller model. In practice, we see imperfections in the financial market. This imperfection may actually create a rationale to reduce the volatility of earnings for a firm through hedging.

Many empirical ...

QUESTION 1:

INTRODUCTION:
Pet.com is an e-business, founded by two graduates and Ms. Solberg, with a total equity capital of $1.5 million. Despite greater losses the company has tolerated, investors are eager to invest in the shares. Seeing the excitement, company decided to go public with the sale of 500,000 shares in initial public offering by the three existing shareholders, along with the sale of additional 750,000 shares by the company so as to provide funds for expansion. Further, the underwriters suggested placing price at $18 a share instead of $24, but financial manager was worried about the fact that ...

Introduction

Identification of Strategic Position

I would like to undertake the analysis of the firm TESCO, which is the market leader in UK. I would like to determine the Strategic Position of TESCO with respect to its capability, culture, purpose, and environment. It is important for TESCO to utilize its resources optimistically in order to continue its market dominating position in a given London Market scenario. They, however, need to improve upon their work culture and define a specific purpose so as to serve the different needs of the internal and external environment.

For this purpose, they can look down ...

Introduction

British Telecom and Vodafone are two giants in the telecom industry. After the financial burst of 2008 in the US Economy and the financial troubles in Europe, the telecom sector got badly impacted. In fact the whole sector instead of growing has slid into a negative growth which has affected almost all the telecom companies. British Telecom and Vodafone are trying to diversify their portfolios by making efforts to come up with innovative product packages to fuel growth. So far the initiatives have not shown much improvement in the results. In such conditions it is becoming very difficult for those ...

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

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 ...

Introduction

Public relation is the practice of handling information flow between individuals or organizations and the public. It provides exposer for an individual or an organization to their audiences/stakeholders using matters of public attention and news items that do not entail direct payment. The main aim of a public relations department in an organization is to convince the public, investors and other stakeholders to uphold a confident point of view about the leadership and the products of the company. A person heading the public relations department in any institution should be a professional who comprehends all that is involved in the field. Experience ...

Introduction

Security of people in the United States remains one of the top priorities of President Barack Obama’s government. It is thus therefore not unusual to find the United States in conflict with nations which tend to threaten world peace. The Iranian and Syrian conflicts are some of the latest examples of this situation. This is because the two nations are suspected to be in possession of nuclear plants which pose a threat to the safety of many people around the world.

Stakeholders in the Nuclear Energy Sector

The major stakeholders in the nuclear community comprise of national regulatory authorities, industrialists, and environmentalists. Other stakeholders include ...

- Burger King.

Vision: Burger King has more or less retained the same vision it had when the then known ‘Insta- Burger King’ restaurant was transformed by the two franchisees, James McLamore and David Edgerton into Burger King in 1954. The original Burger King vision was “Offering reasonably priced quality food, served quickly, in attractive, clean surroundings.”  Now, over the last sixty odd years, the company’s vision has morphed into a more consumer oriented approach with its “Have it your way” campaign. The new vision statement is “We proudly serve the best burgers in the business , plus a ...