Collaboration Reports Samples For Students

Oscorp Limited, a Chinese Company, and Quazi Designs, a United Kingdom based company, entered an agreement that provided for their collaboration in widget designing. The joint venture arose due to both companies recognition of the benefits arising from such cooperation. Due to its long experience in the designing of widgets, Quazi will undertake all the design work and review Oscorp projects to provide suggestions for their improvements. Oscorp in its part would undertake the fabrication of widgets per designs provided by Quazi. While the designs will remain the intellectual property of Quazi, both parties have to agree on the commercial exploitation ...

Google Spreadsheet

A Google Spreadsheet is an open web based online program offered by Google and is used by users in creating spreadsheets in order to save documents, do collaboration, and share them with other users . In Google spreadsheet users can create and edit a spreadsheet as it is also used by others who are in collaboration with the user.

How Google spreadsheet works

Google spreadsheet does not require any cost to develop it but what you need is a Google account and internet enabled computer system which has a web browser. According to you create a spreadsheet by logging into your Google account or create one then go ...

Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms

Abstract
Gartner is a company that provides business intelligence to any IT company in any field. With the knowledge that Business Intelligence is getting the right information to the right people at the right time through the right channel, Gartner delivers the knowledge quickly in order to make the right decisions swiftly (Rud, 2009).
Gartner uses various research methodologies through their many years of observing business trends, which include Hype Cycles, Vendor Ratings, Magic Quadrants, Market Forecasts, Market Scopes, and Market Share Analysis.
This paper discusses the Magic Quadrant, which is one of Gartner's best tools, as ...

Introduction

One of the characteristic features of construction industry is late adoption of information and communication technologies. Nowadays, software for preparing 2D drawings and bookkeeping software are perhaps the only widely used in the industry. Other advanced but extremely useful tools like 3D, 4D modeling, web-based project management, automation of resources management, planning etc, are used very rarely, and if used then incidentally. In this report there will be covered problems and perspectives of using ICT in construction industry, discovered the techniques of using ICT in different spheres of construction, and shown the ways of implementation of ICT techniques in ...

Introduction

The purpose of this document is to analyze the influence of the leadership on the organizational behavior, development and future perspectives of the BMW Group. In the scope of this research the author will look at the general concept of leadership and its influence on organizational effectiveness based on the theoretical analysis of existing business and scholarly studies and provide share personal view on the this topic. This will outline the direction of the analysis specific for the chosen organization – BMW Japan. The choice is justified by the interesting external environment that put pressure and to some extend determines ...

Introduction

Intractable conflicts are hard to resolve because their sources are often deeply entrenched and closely interwoven. Most conflict resolution strategies fail to account for the complex nature of those cause or attempt to speed the whole process of conflict resolution and in the process are likely to produce ineffective results in resolving disputes. The underlying sources of a conflict are what make it difficult to manage. Due to the uniqueness of each conflict, there are many underlying causes of difficulty in managing conflicts. The ‘source’ of an interpersonal conflict is the underlying reason for the emergence of conflict (Cooke, 2006). ...

Supplier Management Portfolio Section 1 2

Key performance indicators for suppliers: 2
Terms and conditions template: 2
Supplier Management Portfolio Section 2 3
Delivery of goods: 3
Receiving of goods: 3
Damaged goods: 3
Disputes and Arbitration: 3
Supplier Management Portfolio Section 3 4
Supplier assessment procedure: 4
Review of outcomes 4
Recommendation of supplier 5
Supplier Management Portfolio Section 1
Key performance indicators for suppliers:
A number of key performance indicators are going to be used for suppliers to the company. Savings is the first key performance indicator for suppliers wishing to work with the company. Savings will be calculated as the amount of ...

INTRODUCTION:

As the technology is changing and developing more and more, the way of doing businesses is altering. Particularly with regards to the internet age, companies now can be benefited from low cost and high speed technology without time and place restrictions. E-business is known to be as the process of sending and receiving information or data through the internet facility whilst receiving orders, placing orders and communicating with the company’s staff (Andreu et al., 2010). Internet is now served as an essential business tool in order to perform efficiently and competitively worldwide. This report has discussed the current ...

Aditya Birla group

Executive Summary
The Aditya Birla Group is one of India’s leading business groups that is also renowned for its adherence to strict traditional values. The company has followed a strategy of diversification and dilution of risk since its inception and continues to do so today. While its approach towards HR and personnel management was highly orthodox, the company is now in a state of a conscious change towards a more liberal HRM policy, encouraging innovation, empowerment and entrepreneurship amongst its workforce. This paper traces the strategy of diversification followed by the AV Birla Group and its current product portfolio. It will ...

Introduction

Training refers to the process of developing skills and knowledge of a set of people with an objective of helping them improve and excel in a particular domain. It is an important element that helps in building skills and helps a firm become extremely competent. It is a useful tool in developing HR resources and enables an organization to innovate as well as grow even in times of stiff competition.

Literature review

The first article reviewed is titled, "Competency Capers" by Little (2004). The article talks about the competencies that are created as a result of training in an organization. Innovation and change also require employees ...

The company’s overview

Google is a multinational corporation based in the United States that is devoted to services related to internet search, online advertising and offering cloud-computing services to its clients. It was initially formed during September 4, 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin as a private company; it later went public during August 19, 2004 through an Initial Public Offering (IPO). Google Inc.’s mission statement is “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful” (Google Corporation, 2011). Google’s headquarters is currently located in Mountain View, California. Google’s rapid development saw the company engage in a ...

Part A - For the Organization

Stakeholder Analysis
Stakeholder analysis refers to the method uses qualitative data to know the interests and effects of different groups on the company. Internal stakeholders are the individuals within an organization, who are directly affected by the company’s activities. External stakeholders are the individuals outside the organization, but are indirectly affected by the performance of the company (Holland 126). The internal and external stakeholders of Cancer Council NSW are identified in table 1.

Scope of Risk Management

SWOT Analysis
Political: The government of NSW has taken various initiatives in relation to cancer prevention that indirectly also affect the Cancer Council NSW. For ...

Executive Summary

British Petroleum (BP) has to design and implement a change management program with immediate effect. This is to convince the workforce that the proposed massive job cut is vital for the survival of the organization. As part of this program, the BP management has to make some key changes to its HR policies and practices. The organization should rely specifically on mobile-based e-learning platforms and social media learning in order to promote HR training and development. In addition, the company may use tools such as recognition, perks, and gifting for rewarding employees who go beyond their responsibilities. Finally, the ...

Executive Summary:

The competition in the market is growing and energy sector is not an exception. The saturation of the players is high and thus the intensity of competition is high. Windflow is a Company that has been serving its client since a long time; however the Company has not been able to set any competitive advantage in relation to the industry.
In this scenario on the business level, there are two open options for the business. They are either to enter into a new market category or to create a unique strategy of positioning in the market. There are two ...

Integrative Research Project

Abstract
This research project aims to establish how the organization can increase its competitive advantage by requiring supply chain vendors to meet ENOC’s standards. A qualitative research methodology was used, and the research design is to carry out semi-structured interviews over the telephone. The semi-structured interview allowed interviewees to expand on their thoughts and experiences while the researcher guides the conversation to say on the topic. Interviews were performed over the telephone with employees at ENOC and employs with ENOC’s supply chain vendors to collect data. The data analysis was carried out by evaluating the results of ...

Abstract

This report describes the necessity of working in the form of groups and teams for effective organizational output. The basic essence of teamwork is provided along with its definition in the initial part. Then, the importance of teamwork is discussed from various aspects. Literature is consulted for effects of teamwork on organizational performance. We also discuss various traits and attributes of working together in teams and groups. We will see how teamwork leads to employee satisfaction, reduced turnover, decentralized responsibility, skills’ enhancement, feelings of empowerment, satisfaction of stakeholders, and much more.

Introduction

As the technology is advancing at a rapid ...

Critically discuss the implications of recent trends and changes within the supply chain of the UK petroleum retail market.

Critically discuss the implications of recent trends and changes within the supply chain of the UK Petroleum retail market.
Introduction
The United Kingdom incorporates four separate legal systems within its entity that are Wales, England, Northern Ireland and Scotland . In order to maintain uniformity in laws pertaining to the ownership of natural fuel such as Petroleum, the 1937 Petroleum Act was passed, which established that all such resources fall under the control of the British Crown. The petroleum distribution system in the United Kingdom resembles the system that is prevalent in the United States of America, that is, a ...

Technical communication in workers’ health and safety training

Introduction
Technical communications encompasses an array of means used to convey scientific or technical information, that is, the information that has both the qualitative and quantitative aspects as shown by Mehler, Romary and Gibbon, D. (2012). As such, the mobile team division involved in this type of communication is quite diverse with such variations as age, profession, education level, gender as well as experience among other diversities. For instance, the mobile division team will include labor union officers, nurses, safety specialists, health officers and communication and information technology technicians. Therefore, the pre training will have to address the diversity ...

Abstract:

This report is written for Australian’s universities to explain some possible advantages and disadvantages of adopting joint research in postgraduate program and give some tactics for the university department to do better in the application of the new requirements. The report displays two advantages of higher motivation and comprehension: learning to collaborate and a disadvantage of wasting time. Although the advantages of cooperative learning have been mentioned and proved by large amount of articles and researches, there are essential components that are necessary in order to make cooperative learning effective.

Introduction

In the Australia’s universities, most subjects acquire ...

Background of the Problem

The departments of Boldflash face mounting challenges due to technical communications were one of the leading causes of the distress from rapid sales growth, restructuring of the division itself. The wide array of products and the quick pace of innovative product development had all amplified the challenges to effective communication amongst division teams and also with suppliers, associates, and clienteles. The areas of concern are the problems encountered in the day to day operations of the division, and they involve the following:

Unproductive conflict between the functional departments

Inability to get new products quickly to the market
No formatting requirements for the documentation prepared by ...

Launching e-Commerce to Add Value for Customers

OIM Consulting
Consultant Name
1. PART 1
Launching e-Commerce to Add Value for Customers
1.0 Introduction
England is the home of Phab a retailer of mobile phones, tablets and accessories. The company is owned by Ogonwe, who is also the founder of the company. Retail sales were begun in a stall at the mall and since those humble beginnings the business never stopped growing. Ogonwe recently purchase Networkz, a Norwegian business in the same business sector as Phab. The new merger offers great opportunities and new challenges. The changes Ogonwe initiated and new ideas also offer risks. ...

Introduction

Recent years have witnessed heightened competition between China and her neighbors over resources, sovereignty and security in the South China Sea. This increased competition and tension has attracted the attention of both military and diplomatic leaders from various nations across the world that seek to promote both security and stability in these important waters. In fact the competition for maritime rights in this sea has become the most important issue of security in East Asia and some analyst have even declared it as the central conflict theatre in the globe. The South China Sea spans about 3.5 million kilometers ...

Introduction

The case study Nike the art of selling air, taken from 100 great businesses and minds behind them is in essence the story of an organization which changes the course of the sneakers industry and started a journey which is still ongoing with great success.
Nike Inc. has been the face of the sneakers industry for the last five decades, the story starting in 1962 by Phil Knight who in collaboration with his coach Bill Bowerman, laid the bricks for a revolution in the footwear industry.
Ever since the launch the achievements of Nike in terms of creating a brand ...

Analysis and potential system designs

Introduction
Mobile applications are becoming an indispensable development for most people and smart phone users. The rate of mobile use and applications has gone so high such that there are many mobile applications which are in use, in the world. The healthcare sector is one area that has benefited from the use of mobile phones. There are many mobile applications which are being used and are utilized in the healthcare sector. This paper will focus on a mobile application that is used to improve the communication of body status of patients and doctors. The mobile application is used to ...

Section 1

On November 26, 2013, I attended the Don Knabe Pediatrics Arts Exhibit event. The event featured artworks from 12 students currently enrolled at the Don Knabe Pediatrics Arts Program. The event was organized the event in collaboration with Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Centre, which runs the Don Knabe Arts Program that consists of training in fine arts, music and graphic art to participants who have previously experienced disabling or catastrophic injuries.
At the forefront of the event’s organization were Joseph Manacmul and Gabriel Enamorado. Enamorado is Stay’s Gallery creative director while Manacmul is the gallery’ ...

Executive summary

This piece examines ten departments in the hospital that have contributed to the milestones achieved this year. These departments include Dermatology, Oncology, Gastroenterology, Pulmonary, Cardiology, Endocrinology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Radiology and Imaging Orthopedics, and Neurology. This piece describes common diseases seen, significant procedures and services, relevant diagnostic services and the specialty teams in each department.

Introduction

In this fiscal year, the hospital departments have demonstrated excellent performance that has transcended the strategic plan. Under the leadership of the chief executive officer, this hospital has attained its vision and mission that aim to be responsive to client needs through the provision ...

Executive Summary

‘Paint the Beat’– an event showcasing a unique form of entertainment and collaboration among local artists and musicians. By creating works of art through a different avenue of inspiration the music is performed and the artist’s expression and interpretation of the music helps further inspire the artwork being created in the moment. The event concept was developed to evoke how talented Melbourne's artists are in collaboration with one another. The event, held onThursday the 10th of October, involved a band that brought everything together and two young talented artists that brought contemporary art to a whole new level. By encouraging and supporting ...

Assignment 4: Leadership Style: What Do People Do When They Are Leading?

Dr. Carla Henryhand
BUS-520
Leadership Style: What Do People Do When They Are Leading?
Introduction
There have been a number of renowned leaders in contemporary times who excelled above the rest. In examining the factors that contribute to effective and successful leaders, leadership style always emerge as a crucial component. Leadership style is “the pattern of behavior and actions that leaders make over a period of time as perceived by followers. It is how leaders behave, over time, when they are trying to influence the performance of others” . The current discourse hereby aims to investigate the leadership style ...

Introduction

Previously, in a move informed by gap analysis and needs assessment, I decided to develop a service aimed at augmenting the travel arrangements of business travelers in Sweden. This was in the form of a travel agency tasked to handle the logistics and modalities of the business travelers, although not limited to that cohort of travelers. This was informed by the need for the business travelers to ease their worries so that they would properly focus on the main objective of their travel; business. Nonetheless, the travelers might prefer to go sightseeing in the beautiful Swedish countryside, hence the incorporation of the ...

Information System’s Role in E-business and E-commerce

In today’s world, ICT has become a vital component of almost every office and business. The emerging global economy that is the digital economy has relied mainly on the use of ICT for the proper conduct of business transactions. Business models have changed to attuned to the present needs of the markets. Information Systems plays a big role and is actually a main driving force for the successful conduct of e-business and e-commerce.
BusinessDictionary defines information systems (IS) as “ a combination of hardware , software and trained personnel organized to facilitate planning, control, coordination, and decision making in an organization (2012). Technology ...

Co-Op Advertising – memo to President of GGI Marketing on the viability of this method

Co-operative marketing is one of the methods with which a company can reduce its costs but at the same time increase its brand awareness on a huge scale. Teaming up in anything is always a good option and this also runs through for advertising and marketing in this respect. GGI needs to boost its brand substantially if it wants to avoid slumping further in the market and in this day and age there are several methods which may be used in collaboration and which may yield considerable results. One always has to be craeful to ensure that the marketing team is fully ...

Introduction

The primary objective of this report is to analyze the concept of flexible working and psychological contracts. Also, it aims at evaluating the influence of flexible working in an organization. The first part covers literature review of psychological contract and its impacts on business performance. Psychological contract is a notion that the employee and employer have a mutual relationship whereby both have expectations. According to CIPD (2016a) flexible working is whereby the employees have a degree of flexibility on work schedules such as working four days a week, part-time work, job-sharing, and annual hours. Flexible work improves retention and ...

Company Overview

Enbridge is primarily an energy delivering company, supplying energy across Canada and the U.S. It boasts of the biggest crude oil and liquids supply system worldwide. Other industry-related businesses of Enbridge include natural gas stocking, transmitting and midstream. It is also into generation of renewable and alternative energy, including solar, wind and geothermal energy (Enbridge, 2016).
When stating its mission, Enbridge uses clear words, describing its core values of integrity, safety and respect. It lays stress on environment, health and safety, based on safety principles and life-saving norms by underlining these values. Informing about its 65 years old record ...

Literature Review

Companies have been looking into broader perspectives which go beyond the 4p’s of marketing since the 1970’s . In the modern day, employee customer interface is a concept that is being considered by most businesses. This concept affects the people involved in the business processes and how they interact with each other. This was first implemented through service and marketing and merged both the marketing and the management departments . The employee customer interface assists the company to shed light on other aspects of the business such as service customer and service marketing, among others. The employee's experience at ...

Kentucky Fried Chicken is one of most successful fast food related restaurant in the world. The restaurant was founded in 1930, and its headquarters is located in Louisville, in the region known as Kentucky in the U.S. The KFC runs a chain of fast food restaurants around the globe. It usually specializes in the provision of the fried chicken to its target customers. The KFC has successfully employed branding strategy to its advantage over the years.
KFC as a fast food chain restaurant, employs a branding strategy that aims at portraying its fried chicken as the best in the ...

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Rationale and Outline
Falls are a major cause of injuries, morbidity, and even mortality for all individuals and especially in the case of older adults. During the past three months around 10 incidents of falls were registered in the busy 36-bed medicine floor unit, where the majority of them occurred during the trips to the bathroom. Due to the possible negative outcomes for the health of the patients that may cause serious injury, it was essential for the healthcare unit to implement effective measures to minimize the factors causing the falls and prevent their occurring in future. The main ...

Reasons for Project Failure

A project is considered to have failed if it fails to deliver what was required according to its expectations. Whenever a project does not deliver to cost, to quality, and on timely basis, it can be considered to have failed to attain its targets. Project failure can be described in different ways, such as the judgement of the stakeholders on project failure, failure to meet the set delivery plan, failure to meet the set duration for project completion, failure to meet the financial forecasts, and failure to meet the set minimum return of investment. The main causes of project ...

Final Project

ID:

System Control Center/Federal Electricity and Water Authority

Introduction

2.1. Prophet Muhammad
2.2. Self evaluation
2.3. My attitudes toward different challenges
2.4. FEWA’s desired future leadership competencies
3. Task 2
3.1. Jack Welch/former CEO of GE Company
3.1.1. Jack Welch leadership strategy
3.1.2. Jack Welch leadership style
3.1.3. Jack Welch strengths and areas of development
3.2. “Change plan”
3.2.1. Implementation plan for the change plan
3.2.2. Stakeholders’ involvement in the change.
3.2.3. Strategy for managing resistance to change
4.1. SWOT analysis.
4.2. Individual Development Plan (IDP)
5. Conclusion
6. References
7. Appendix

Introduction

Leadership is one of the significant factors ...

Introduction

An efficient transport system is the lifeblood of any successful economy. The main objective of those who are responsible for its governance is to ensure that transport plays complete part in the achievement of the stated and agreed social and economic outcomes. In this paper, we will be discussing the key elements of the transport governance structure for Canada.
This paper describes transport governance and ownership from a geographical standpoint. It sets out the results of introductory work on the current structures as well as the potential options possible for future arrangements . It is important to understand the role ...

Organizational behavior is an important aspect of any company. Organizational behavior, according to Clegg, Komberger and Pitsis (2011), is defined as the processes and practices that provide the opportunity for individuals to perform to their utmost ability through interaction (2011). Based on this definition, businesses and companies should seek to understand the different types of personalities that work at their respective organization. In doing so, it not only allows for better operation, because employees and staff are continually motivated to do not only the right thing, but to be productive. One organization that thoroughly understands the concept of organizational ...

Introduction

The event attended was an award giving ceremony called Waislitz Global Citizen Awards that was based on giving awards to those who give back to their societies. The event was initially founded by Hugh Evans who also doubled up to be the brain child behind the Global Citizen foundation. Hugh founded the organization in collaboration with other founders with whom they shared a similar focus. One of the other founding fathers of the organization included Alex Waislitz. The events primary functionality is to give awards to those who work hard to give back to the societies that exist in ...

Introduction

The increasing convergence of global businesses across geographies has made human capital and service exchanges commonplace. By moving across physical and virtual (i.e. web) boundaries, cross-cultural encounters become increasingly a necessary requirement for effective work experiences locally and globally. This emphasis on cross-cultural competence in current business ecosystem is made more necessary in financial service industry. Indeed, of all cross-border services, financial activities are probably one most sensitive to global influence. Notably, by exchanging services via banking-based and non-banking financial systems, influence of not only provided services but also of people offering such services is well embedded in day-to-day ...

Organizing an event at a national scale implies the alignment of considerable planning, strategic approach to participation list and logistical requirements, in addition to constant coordination for the implemented activities (Rutherford Silvers & Goldblatt 6). The preparation of the event should primarily reflect the goal of the event. In the case of Moushtarayat event, organized by the Qatar Development Bank, the goal of the event was to bring together big buyers and local small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in order to establish further collaborations locally (“Moushtarayat Conference & Exhibition” 3). The organization of the activities included in this event did not ...

Abstract

The Malaysian fast food market is easily one of the most competitive in Asia, but one that also holds immense promise. KFC Holdings Bhd understands this more than many other companies in this market, in part because of its long experience and dominant position that it holds. To further exploit this potential, KFC Holdings will seek to introduce a range of value menus, which will appeal to the low-income population in the country. Since the company also has limited operations in India and Brunei, which have a sizeable number of low-income consumers, the value menus are an effective strategy ...

In her article in Forbes, Karen Higgin bottom identified that there are five key challenges which the global companies have to face in the upcoming five years namely, agility, collaboration, innovation, productivity and transparency. These were identified by the Hay Group from a research that was conducted among five million employees. The principal, Mark Royal states that the companies are failing miserably in exploiting their key asset which is their human resource because they do not have the appropriate strategies. It is the people within the organization that ensure a sustaining performance and firms need to realize that employees ...

Introduction

Nations and states in the world have a responsibility of protecting the citizens against mistreatment and harsh conditions in their environment. In the same way, all countries and the international community has the responsibilities of establishing and enforcing the Human Rights and ensuring that the rights al which is fundamental and inherent to human beings are observed and protected. In the employment sector, there are employment laws which are set to protect the human rights and ensure fair and treatment of the employees by the employers. Employers are required to adhere to the employment laws in the country or ...

Miles Davis and John Coltrane are commonly considered to be two of the greatest musicians of their time. Innovators, performers and artists, they contributed significantly to both the music and culture of mid-20th century America, at a time when civil rights was a hot-button issue and popular culture itself was experiencing a crossroads. The free jazz movement started in the late 1940s, as jazz musicians began to experiment with world music influences and other genres, creating new opportunities for composition and performance. While Miles Davis helped develop the concepts of cool jazz, both he and John Coltrane were extremely influential in developing ...

[Class Title]

The Manhattan Project was the name given to a massive yet clandestine project of the United States in developing the world’s first atomic bomb. Named after the Manhattan Army Corps of Engineers who pioneered the nationwide construction of the project, the project’s infrastructure is actually composed of networked facilities located in several secret locations all across the United States that includes Oak Ridge in Tennessee; Hanford in Washington; and Los Alamos in New Mexico. There were several important precedents prior to the project. In the later part of the 19th century, extensive studies regarding atoms have ...

Introduction

The annual report is a comprehensive report that summarizes activities of the company. The main objective of the annual report is to provide information to its internal and external stakeholders regarding company’s performance and activities. The document summarizes and discusses the information presented in the annual report of Coca-Cola.

Company Overview

Coca-Cola is one of the leading beverage company that licenses more than 500 nonalcoholic beverages such as mineral water, juices, energy drinks, coffee and other sports drinks. The company was established in 1919 under the law of State of Delaware and is currently headquartered in Atlanta Georgia (“Annual Report: Coca-Cola ...

Management Issues and Challenges Faced by UNICEF UK

I hereby attest that I am the sole owner and author of this report and that to the best of my knowledge, this report has not infringed on anyone’s copyright. Credit for any ideas, quotations, and other scholarly materials used to develop this report has been given to the owners of the scholarly sources used in accordance to the rules of the Harvard referencing system.

Executive Summary

UNICEF UK is a renowned international humanitarian organization whose operations have impacted on millions of children. The organization’s slow response to crises outside of the UK has placed it under immense scrutiny in ...

1. Introduction
In the current increasingly uncertain market environment, it is difficult for firms to maintain their competitiveness in the marketplace and to increase their market share. In this context, businesses recognise the importance of enhancing managerial efficiency in planning, organising, and controlling various organisational activities so as to achieve a competitive edge over market rivals. The concept of project management has gained great popularity over the last few decades as a result of growing complexity in the business landscape and mounting volume of business transactions (Webb, 2000, p.69). Corporate managers believed that the idea of project management might assist ...

External Analysis

Demographic Forces
Economic Forces
Economic factor is important in the analysis of Pebble, but it does not play a crucial role in the development of the Company. The product is sold anywhere because it is available online. Customers who can afford this smartwatches can buy them online disregard of the economic situation or the level of inflation in a particular country. The financial support of the Company is an important component of the economic factor. The main concern is the limited advertising budget because Pebble does not have significant financial resources at its disposal. Therefore, the Company has to ...

Introduction

The SNS is an acronym utilized in place of The Strategic National Stockpile. This is a medical supplies buffer created to help in cases of emergencies such as biohazards, natural disasters and chemical and bio-terrorism. The supplies are kept ready for distribution to all the major cities at once and are available free to the population in times of disaster. Nursing professionals play a crucial role in administration and distribution of these resources to individuals in their need during disasters. This paper evaluates mechanisms affecting at play in the administration of these resources by answering to the following questions.
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How Information & Communication Technology (Ict) Has Impacted On Management Practices

Introduction
Information and Communication Technology is applied in the services rendered across companies or organizations. The advancement of technology impacts the ways information is dealt with in information centers and libraries. This occurs through the effects that arise in computation technology, technology in communication and mass storage technology that give continued development and reshaping to the access, retrieval and storage of information to users. Organizations have applied various forms of technology depending on the size, quantity and amount of production being carried out. Management in organizations requires technology in all aspects and the key elements. Information and Communication ...

(Me) I worked for an assembly in one part only, in which, most of the time, I deliberately shared and collaborated with Jack and Ajith. In the reports, I worked in the evaluation with Clinton. For the whole team work, I am determined to put an ‘A’ for my contribution because I always performed in time and lend a helping hand to my closest peers, as often as I could. Before the presentation, I unexpectedly got sick and my team was so cooperative, especially Jack, that they promptly let me leave and promised to talk soon with the Professor about ...

Supply chain management and lean concepts have been recognized in many industries as a significant cost reduction exercise (Smart, 2005). To define
Supply Chain Management is a broader term that encompasses planning, management and execution of all activities involved in sourcing, procurement, and logistics management activities. It also includes coordination and collaboration with various partners like suppliers, intermediaries, service providers, and customers. In short supply chain management integrates supply and demand management activities within the organization.
Lean is a systematic approach to enhance the customer value by identifying and eliminating nonproductive time, effort and materials which are called “waste”, through ...

Analysis of European Tourism Industry

Analysis of European Tourism Industry

Introduction

As is the case with most countries with tourist attracting features, tourism is one of the major sectors of the European economy. More than 5% of the EU GDP is generated by tourism industry (Costa and Panyik, 2014). Wide variety products comprise the tourism and involve a variety of different stakeholders, both private and public (Mintel, 2013). Tourism industry is in the process of being transformed into information-based industry. Thus, there is a critical role to the ICTs (information and communication technologies) in EU tourism. In addition, European tourism industry may be considered as dynamic and ...

Introduction 2

Nature of Hurricanes/Cyclones 2
Variations of Hurricane Development 5
Considerations on Hurricane Response 10
Conclusion 11

References 12

Introduction
For the past couple of decades since the onset of the Industrial Revolution, scientists have slowly began a campaign to raise awareness to the changing state of the planet. Records of high temperature changes, onset of diseases and erratic weather patterns have been reported worldwide, each change becoming more severe as the years progress. When it comes to erratic weather patterns, scientists highlight the now common occurrences of natural disasters such as hurricanes or cyclones. Although skeptics stress that ...

Current marketplace has many opportunities to involve intellectual resources from all countries of the world though that means the diversity of cultural backgrounds of people engaged. Charlene Solomon and Michael Schell (2009) in the book Managing Across Cultures: The Seven Keys to Doing Business with a Global Mindset present the definition of a global mindset and the model that help to transform the awareness of cultural similarities and differences into effective and profitable usage of the intellectual potentiality. Consideration of different cultural particularities such as values and behaviors of customers, colleagues, and suppliers is important for success on both individual and ...

Community projects aim at making the community a sustainable place for each and every individual. The community project on focus is the Australian Football league that partners with administrators and community volunteers association in support of the differently abled children. AFL program shares a sense of companionship and belonging to the disabled children integrating them and making them feel important as other members of the community (KIM, EHRICH & FICORILL 2012). Similarly, with the help of the Adult Migrant English program, the Australian Football league program for the disabled children have been offering learning, social and recreational opportunities to the children, organizations ...