Contribution Reports Samples For Students

Activity-based costing focuses on the activities on specific items and not the products of a given firm. In addition, activity-based costing effectively identifies specific activities within a firm whilst assigning the associated costs on the basis of the levels of consumption. Notably, activity-based costing is different from conventional costing on the basis that the former categorizes overheads as direct costs. Theoretically, Competition Bikers merger should not adopt activity based costing as a replacement of the conventional accounting system but as a complimentary or additional accounting system. This will help to transform the company’s accounting process into an authentic state.
There may ...

Executive Summary 3

Overview of Current Situation 3
Summary of Needs and Objectives 4
Summary of Recommendations 4
Summary of Expected Outcomes 4
Important Information 5
1.0 Objective 6
2.0 Current Situation 6
2.1 How to get there 7
3.0 Recommendation 1 9
3.1 What is Salary Sacrifice? 9
3.2 Steps 9
3.3 Benefits of the Recommendation 11
3.4 Risk Associated with the Recommendation 13
4.0 Recommendation 2 14
4.1 Steps 15
4.2 Benefits of the Recommendation 15
4.3 Risk Associated with the Recommendation 15
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Contributor: Thomas L. Saaty

Contribution: He holds the chair of University Professor at the University of Pittsburgh and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering USA. He wrote a paper on “Decision making with the analytic hierarchy process”
Details: There are many intangibles involved in decision making which need to be traded off. In order to do that, it is important to measure and evaluate the intangibles along with the tangibles. Thomas L. Saaty, who is internationally recognized for his decision-making process, called as the AHP (Analytical Hierarchy Process). It is a concept of measurement through pairwise comparisons and focuses on the opinion ...

The restaurant plans to introduce a new menu. Using menu-engineering principles, we are going to analyze the popularity and margins on each dish and beverage and come up with the new menu. The menu engineering principles are psychology, managerial accounting, marketing strategy, and graphic design. Psychology is the perception that people have towards the dish. It can also be described as the effect that the dish has on people(Walker, 2007). Managerial accounting is concerned with the pricing of the menu item. It looks at the cost of production of each menu item and the contribution margin from each item. ...

Value Chain

The objective of analyzing Monster’s value chain is to make a product that will become popular to its customers, which includes not only the production segment but also marketing and distribution (Horngren and Data, 2015). This is because products will eventually need to be discontinued due to changing customer preferences and product innovation from competitors. This means that the company’s core operations and its products must continuously evolve and this could be done using the value chain analysis tool. For an energy drink company like Monster, one of its main goals is to continuously adapt to the ...

Andres’ Hair Styling’s owner Andre has required carrying out the cost-volume-profit analysis of his business. Calculating the contribution margin of the services that his styling saloon is offering to its customers has done it. The contribution margin is the amount that every unit sale generates upon recovering the variable cost. From the analysis provided below it could be indicated that the contribution margin of Andres’ Hair Styling is charging $12 for hair cut to its customers and the saloon provides shampoo services to its customers who get hair cut. For every shampoo service the saloon ...

Which of these 8 cost categories would be considered variable, and why?

Costs which we expect to vary directly with production would be classified as variable. Costs which would remain fixed would be classified as fixed costs. Costs which vary but not directly would be classified as mixed costs.
Looking at the costs, Direct materials, other expenses which seem to vary with production levels and machine operators (assuming these are paid on hourly basis) would be classified as variable cost.

Which of these 8 cost categories would be considered fixed, and why?

Building depreciation, management staff and other expenses that don’t seem to vary would be classified as fixed costs and these costs would remain the same at all production levels.

Which costs would be considered mixed (i.e., semivariable or semifixed)?

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MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING REPORT

Introduction
This report covers budgeting, break-even analysis, and the analysis of make-or-buy decision. The budgeting details the purpose of a budget and the importance of involving staff in developing a budget. The report contains a direct material purchase budget (in units and in dollars), a direct labor budget (in hours and in dollars), and a manufacturing overhead budget. The break-even analysis compares the hammer division break-even point locally and in Myanmar. The break-even analysis indicates that the business will have a lower break-even point if they shift the hammer division to Myanmar because of lower fixed costs and reduced ...

Part one

Charlotte Hotel has a mission of improving the value of its shareholders by adjusting the net income. Similarly, the hotel also focuses on the revenue increase in different departments such as rooms, food and beverage among others. Concerning marketing and advertisement, Charlotte is portraying good performance. Therefore, the management has decided to maintain their advertising methods for the next coming years. However, the management has maintained the current facilities to manage the operations and maintenance of the hotel. Charlotte hotel also has a mission of exceeding the expectation of its guests by inspiring and rewarding its associates, and this ...

If Women Counted

Summary
While the work done by men outside the home is always acknowledged and included in the productivity figures of the economy, the contribution of women is always neglected and not cared for. Many economists have termed the neglect of women in the global economic activity as a sexist outrage that needs to be corrected. According to some analysts, neglecting the contribution of women to the society is equal to neglecting the intellectual property of a corporate entity. In both the developed and developing countries, a number of transactions are removed from the active economy and are do not involve any ...

Abstract

Paul Rand was an American graphic designer whose works were characterized by the use of humor, symbolism in visual image and the rebus-like pun. A self-taught designer who learned about graphic designs reading journals and books, he was famous for the creation of corporate logos and posters like that of IBM, ABC Corporation, Enron and Atlas among others. His two masterpiece creations, which are still in use today, are IBM logo and IBM poster. This paper has given an in-depth analysis of the two along with a glimpse into the life and career of Paul Rand and his contribution to ...

Performance measurement is the attempt in business to be able to quantify what management has been doing during a certain period. The principle behind it is that of giving management authority to make certain decisions in their areas of responsibility and later on make then making them accountable for their decisions. In the end, what a superior wants is a performance report from a manager concerning his division. The report would contain what he has been doing and whether targets set have been attained or not. There are three main financial performance measurement techniques; return on investment, residual income and economic value added.

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Introduction

Business operating in the global business environment recognizes that the human resource management plays a significant role in enhancing and company's strategy. In the contemporary world, the performance management has become one of the essential and necessary components of the human resources management in the workplace. According to Jiang et al. (2012), the performance management is the HR policies and practices that lead to a particular type or level of performance and the management of the individual employees. For the National Australia Bank Group (NAB) to remain competitive in the banking industry, it has to formulate and implement various ...

The assignments allowed all groups to answer questions regarding Concurrency Control and the importance it plays in Database Management. The work was divided well among the group members and each person contributed well. This assignment helped us understand how this type of work is applied. This is basically something that is used to fix conflicts within the system when multiple users are accessing data or maybe even altering it. The concurrency system is made to sort out this data in a way where it will not be harmed by muti-user activities. An application like this is something that can be ...

Abstract

Engagement is a fulfilling job related state of mind that makes employees feel connected with their workplace on an emotional level. The key drivers of workplace engagement for employees include career opportunities, communication, brand alignment, recognition and appreciation, compensation and workplace relationships. Highly engaged employees are beneficial to the growth of business because they add to the innovation and overall profitability of the organization. They promote customer loyalty, employee retention, growth of revenues and higher profitability. However, engaged employees might turn disengaged if they are overburdened with mounting work pressure and stress. In the competition to retain and attract best ...

The kingdom of Saudi Arabia, located south west corner of Asia and at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and Africa, has approximately one fifth of the world’s proven oil reserves and is the largest oil producer and exporter of total petroleum liquids in the world (EIA, 2011). It is also world’s second largest crude oil producer behind Russia (Appendix 1a) (Williams and Martins, 2012).
Despite disturbance in the neighboring region Saudi Arabia has been able to maintain the growth in 2012 for two reasons: first, government executing expansionary budget to support public spending has been accelerated ...

Introduction

The name of this business is Star Magazine. The name springs from the kind of the business together with the activities involved. The Star Magazine will be involved in the marketing of an educative, informative, and inclusive magazine called Star. The magazine captures such critical areas in the society as Education, Environment, Entrepreneurship, and Empowerment. Consequently, the Star Magazine organization highlights these as the key areas the society that needs to be addressed accordingly. It is however important to note that the main role of the company is to get the content of the magazine from a group of university ...

In an organization, the compensation department aims to achieve internal consistency, market competitiveness, and individual contribution. Market influence is the greatest challenge to a company’s competitiveness. Performance evaluations can be subjective or objective. Different organizations use different reward strategies to motivate their employees.

Compensation is the payment received by an employee for the work done or contribution made to the organization. This practice is well organized and it balances the work-employee relationship affording monetary and non-monetary privilege to employees. It is an inherent part of human resource management that stimulates the employees and recuperates organizational effectiveness.

What are the three main goals of the compensation department?

The three main ...

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Part 1: Based on the reports given for June to January quarters of 2016 and 2015, here are a few insights and recommendations on marketing inputs and strategy.

Global Breakout

In the overall context, the revenue per day has grown 9.066% from $96,976 to $105,768. The contribution of revenue from Domestic segment has increased by 9.98% while the International segment grew by only 2.4%.
On a quarter to quarter growth basis, the JFM quarter revenue for 2016 is $66,119,977 and the April to June quarter ...

Recommendations to the Restaurant Manager

In the current state, the restaurant is profitable. The break-even point is 89,474 covers with a margin of safety of 10,526 covers, and the net profit is £60,000. This implies that the restaurant sales have to fall, by at least 10,526 covers for it to start making losses. The manager has several considerations to make on measures to improve the profitability of the restaurant. The available options and offers are discussed below.

Reducing the price to £10.00

If the price is reduced to £10.00, there will be a rise in sales to 12,000 covers. The contribution margin will fall ...

Personal report on contribution and learning from the organizational culture essay

Personal report -1

The essay elaborates the nuances of designing the survey form and conducting the survey interview by pointing at the specific stories which are related to the organizational culture. These stories involve discussions like the reaction from top management, rewards and recognition system, employee retention and organizational expectations. Hence, these stories should be the center point of the survey questions and interviews should collect data on these stories to deduce the organizational culture inhibited by them.
The essay also explains the contribution from the 4 keys of employees’ mode of learning organizational culture which are stories, rituals, ...

Relevant cash flows (relevant revenues and cash flows) are those cash flows that differ across different decision alternatives. Drury (2012) observes that relevant cash flows are those cash flows that are:
Incremental cash flows – relevant cash flows represents the incremental revenues or costs of different decision alternatives. The relevant cash flows include the marginal revenues or marginal costs associated with each decision alternative. Cash flows that will remain unchanged are irrelevant cash flows. Therefore, committed costs such as salaries for full time employees are irrelevant cash flows.
Future cash flows – relevant cash flows must be future cash flows. Past ...

Part 1 Reflective Log

Description 2
Interpretation of experience 4
2.1 Frustration and obstacles during working 5
2.2 Challenges and general ability to work within a Group 6
2.3 Improvement and solution 7

Outcome 7-8

4.1 Lessons learned for the future 7-8

Part 1: Reflective

1 Description
At the start of this report, the group had written and sent a few bids in hope to get a client for the project. After a few months, the group received a confirmation that Generation Tennis will be the client. Generation Tennis is a tennis coaching company, it was founded by James Bone in 2009 with his brother Alex as directors of ...

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HRS 203

HR literature About Recruitment Process 3

Introduction 3
HRM Constructs in Modern Business Environment 3
Literature Review on Recruitment Process 3
Recruitment Professionals – Motivation and Empowerment off topic I am afraid 3
Conclusion 3
HR literature About Recruitment Process
Introduction
Global Business environment is becoming more and more complex, and this increasing complexity places forward alternative competitive strategy. More organizations today realize the role that human capital plays in sustainable development and creation of unique and lasting customer value (Millmore,, 2007). With that in mind, the attention of academic and business circles to a great degree is ...

PART I: MAJOR RISK FACTORS

- Interest rates: The economy is experiencing fluctuation in interest rates on mortgages. ABC produces cedar roofing and siding shingles hence it is in the housing industry. The demand for housing is largely influenced by interest rates since most people buy and construct houses using mortgages. High interest rates increase the cost of mortgages and lower the demand for housing (Smart & Megginson, 2008). With low demand for the company’s products, the planned expansion may result in losses.
- High competition: There is intense competition in the industry as the number of firms has grown considerably. This leads ...

Abstract:

The elongated report is a proposal to invest either in 401k or the Indexed Universal Life (IUL). Important to note that it was very important to discuss the issue as many Americans are just investing their annual contributions to the traditional 401k, juts because others are doing it. But is this the best option to consider always?
The report begins with statistical evidence comparing the performance of 401k and the IUL which gives a clear interpretation that the structure of IUL is itself investor-friendly and is association with features as S&P 500 Index, caps, floors and many others, make it a ...

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 ...

An online class requires the student to be in control of their learning. Taking this into consideration, I found the online class being very challenging and fascinating as compared to a face-to-face (F2F) class. This term has been a very busy term where I was supposed to participate in weekly various group discussions. Despite the many challenges associated with an online class, I successfully completed it and below is an analysis of my participation in the course.

Presentation and analysis of class participation

There were several questions that were posted by active team members. I strived to respond many of the questions, citing various sources and striving ...

Introduction

The paper deals with international marketing topics which were covered throughout the semester. The paper will include a short description of each of the topics covered and the contributions made in the topics. The discussion will cover four main international marketing topics. International marketing involves creating awareness of an organization’s products or services in the international market.

Dimensions of culture

Chapter two of the course study dealt with consumer behaviour and culture. The chapter highlights the various values and cultures and their effect on international marketing. Dimensions of culture in the international marketing can be attributed to Geert Hofstede’s theory of ...

Continue or Discontinue February production

Because of competition, the demand has dropped for shampoo. Chemists anticipate that the production of a superior product can be started on March 1. Below are the results of production and sales of the current hair care products as of the end of February.

Income Statement for Month Ended Feb 28 , 2010

Sales (205,800 @ $53) = $10,907,400
Cost of Goods Sold = $10,281,000
Gross Profit = $626,400
Selling and Administrative Expense = $1,558,860
Operating Income (Loss) = ($932,460)
Using absorption costing method we can see that, if we continue production of the current hair care product in Feb, we ...

Jerry Scott should consider investing in an individual retirement account rather than opt for the employer sponsored retirement package. If she opts for the employer sponsored package like the 401k plans or other defined contribution plans , the total amount of money that will be eligible for compensation after ten years when she retires will, be her individual contributions = 4000 dollars plus interest of 8 percent per annum for ten years= 6, 194.23 plus employer contributions. Employer sponsored plans have the disadvantage of having plenty of caveats and restrictions on the usage of the contributions. For example, it is not ...

The Social Security Program in the US was structured based on changing economic and social conditions as well as long standing traditions. For instance, obligations to help the needy became a necessity when efforts from friends and family were not sufficient from the earliest colonial times. As the society became more organized, measures were developed to offer allowances to specific categories of people. Soon, both the Federal and State governments due to the need to recognize risks that face employees in the industrialized economy implemented a social insurance approach to public welfare (Crawford, and Rigoli 110). Retirement programs for civil employees ...

For many years, men have always been dominant over women in various societies. They are always praised for their accomplishments or any achievements they make. In most cases, we ignore or fail to acknowledge the fact that women also play a huge role in the society and they ought to be appreciated. For the longest period, women in many cultures stay at home and take care of their children and husbands. Therefore, women are the backbone of the home, and they keep the society from falling apart and ultimately keep it functional. It is clear that without women, men ...

Abstract

This paper is about the need to foster employee engagement in organizations, as the concept has significant impacts in business management. The study acknowledges employee engagement (EE) as emotional commitment that employees develop to meeting organizational objectives. The paper appreciates that employees require empowerment, recognition, and reward for their contribution to the development of EE. The paper utilizes the case study of Putteridge Solutions plc to show an example of an organization that needs to implement EE to experience better results. Different tools are used in measuring the concept, with employee survey being a common approach, as it helps ...

Social Entrepreneurship: The Ashoka Foundation

Introduction
Social entrepreneurship is the application of entrepreneurial skills to solve social problems. On the other hand, social entrepreneurs are the individual who use a business approach to formulate innovative solutions to societal problems in a bid to bring wide scale and positive change. Unlike conventional entrepreneurship that is aimed at maximizing profits and returns on investment, social entrepreneurship is more concerned with bringing positive change in the society (Brand 2011). Social entrepreneurs aim at introducing cultural, social, and environmental impacts. Also, social enterprises can be profit oriented or non-profit depending on the approach and purpose of the organization. ...

Analysis of the United States Airline Industry

Abstract1
1. Introduction1
2. Impact of the Aviation industry on the American Economy..2
2.1 Economic Impact due to Airline Expenditure Categories.3
2.2 Airline Economic Impact due to Employment .5
2.3 Airline Industry Exports6
3. United States Airline Industry Market Structure 7
4. Strategies of Companies in American Airline Industry.10
4.1 Hub-and-spoke structure10
4.2 Pricing Strategies10
4.2.1 Price Discrimination.11
4.2.2 Advance Purchase Pricing11
4.2.3 Peak Loading11
4.2.4 Cumulative Volume Pricing11
4.2.5 Risk Sharing12
4.2.6 Bundled Pricing .12
4.3 Mergers12
4.4 Low-cost Carriers.12
5. Evaluation of Southwest Airlines..13 6. Conclusion.14
7. Bibliography..15

Abstract

The United States airline industry holds a vast share ...

Introduction and Theory

The main aim of this experiment is to investigate energy and momentum conservation in a closed system. Momentum and energy conservation principles are significant physical variables that engineers use when describing various physical phenomenon. Momentum of a body is a vector quantity, which is given by the product of its velocity and mass. In collision theory, the momentum of the body is always conserved when two bodies collide. The principle of momentum conservation applies to both elastic and inelastic conservation irrespective of the dynamic interaction between the two objects. This report demonstrates the application of momentum equation in determination of motion parameters ( ...

Executive summary

The airport industry has experienced a tremendous growth in the recent past, especially due to the increase in demand for the air travel. The impact of the growth has affected most airports management’s decision-making process whereby they have to identify and resolve various issues affecting their organization. This is a similar case experienced at Dubai international airport that faces major issues including that of congestion, national and international competition as well as dealing with customer service. The increase in traffic in the airport has made DXB the fifth busiest airport in the world and this also comes with a challenge that ...

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The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) is a government body which comes under the Ministry of Trade and Industry of the Government of Singapore. It plays a pivotal role in the development of Singapore’s tourism sector, which is the country’s key economic sector. Besides the development, it also undertakes marketing and promotion of Singapore as a preferred tourist destination.
The role of STB can be exemplified by the fact that the tourism sector currently contributes around 4 percent towards Singapore’s gross domestic product. It also supports around 160,000 jobs. Tourism also plays an important role in ...

Introduction

The Pacific Spirit Regional Park is one of the oldest parks in the city of Vancouver. Situated on the surrounding lands which are owned by the University of British Columbia, it is a preferred spot by the residents of this area because of the lush green enclosures and numerous trees. It is also close to Point Grey which has been in the news lately because of the studies being conducted to bring its cliff erosion problem under check. This park has been declared as a natural preserve by the Government of the state and thus has been given an Electoral Area ...

Section A: Range of servicesBarclays Bank

Barclays Bank offers the following services; Current accounts, savings account, mortgages, property insurance, health insurance, credit cards and internet banking (Barclays Bank, 2012). However, the bank does not offer consumer banking, corporate banking, wealth management, investment banking, international banking, and personal banking.
TSB=Lloyds Bank
TSB Bank offers the following range of services; current account, internet banking, savings account, credit card, loan and mortgage (Lloyds Bank, 2012). This bank fails to offer the following services; consumer banking, corporate banking, wealth management, investment banking, international banking, and personal banking.

HSBC Bank

This bank has the following services on offer; credit cards, ...

Executive summary

The complex nature of a business process is defined by examining the role promotional activities. The impact of defining significant market segment is to establish an ideal customer base and among other factors, the advertising market is composed of information sharing metrics. In order to examine the potentiality of the clients, the impact achieved by promotional capacities is provided within a shared target including in segmentation and proportioning the distribution mechanism. Sales promotion includes examining ideal marketing perspectives including offering discounts and improving the relationship between the clients and the market factors. Thus, in the proportional capacities, the participatory composition includes ...

Overview of McDonald’s

McDonald is the largest chain of fast food restaurant in the world operating in more than 119 countries. McDonald has over 33,000 restaurants across the world. McDonald originally served hamburgers, milkshakes, French fries and cheeseburgers. However, over the years McDonald’s corporation has added other products to its menu including but not limited to; salads, chicken, fish, breakfast sandwiches, McCafe, beverages and desserts. All this are served either as dine-in setting or as drive through services.
McDonald’s corporation also offers a range of services to its consumers. Their services include free Wi-Fi for their customers at no ...

1. Human Resource Management - Recruitment
Managing human resources is responsible for outplacement, record keeping, labor compliance, compensation, benefit administration, testing, and recruiting new member of the organization (Restaurantcentral.ca, n.d.). Recruitment process in particular is needed in order to pool in competitive individuals to fill in the key positions and perform specific function for the organization. Relatively, Hundredth Monkey, the group’s start-up business project would also need to establish its own recruitment model to be used as a standard recruitment process for the company. In terms of recruitment Hundredth Monkey will follow a particular model that incorporate the elements ...

Introduction

Peer review is an evaluation of work done by different people in work production (Ludwick, 1998). In normal assessment of work, it involves gathering work from the interest group. The main aim of review is to correct mistakes in the final document. In many schools, the peer review acts as a means of analysis for the student.
In our project model, our focus was on peer review software that is active in our school, Southampton Solent University. The aim of our research was to check on the appropriateness, effectiveness and the suitability of the software to its intended purpose. ...

Introduction

We live in a world of uncertainty today. Trust, honesty, goodwill, etc. are all qualities, which have ceased to be relevant to us any longer in their traditional definitions. The coming of the Internet has definitely helped the finance industry by speeding up communication, but at the same time, this speeding up has made us susceptible to many gimmicks and devices. We are lured by advertisements and end up spending fortunes in purchasing things, which we do not require or will not be productive in our cultures. This social nature of individuals is has been well expressed by P.T. Barnum ...

As a little kid, I grew up fantasizing about getting an opportunity to interact first hand with the cultural diversities that constitute world cultures. I always enjoyed watching CNN features on cultural practices by different people and the amazing past that shaped the American history. To me, culture was the single most effective was of defining a people’s beliefs, values and virtues. Embracing cultural diversity is the best way of appreciating community differences and societal growth. It is against this backdrop that I decided to visit Norton Simon Museum on------------------. I had got information from The Los Angeles Times that ...

Introduction

The DEOMI is the acronym for Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute that is a conglomeration of military services school with a base in Patrick Airbase in Florida. The institution offers off-site courses with emphasis on equal opportunity, intercultural communication, and gender, ethnic, racial and pluralism both civilians and military personnel working with the American armed forces. DEOMI was founded in 1991 as a response to the Civil Rights Movements of 1960s. Initially, the institution carried the name Defense Race Relations Institute. It was set up to find mechanism of solving the racial problems that bombarded the armed forces of the United States. ...

Introduction

Strategic management involves the plan that is employed by the firms as the form of the vision for the enterprises so as to move forward with the clear plan so as to keep in mind. The changes in the external environmental factors that tend to have an impact on the way the businesses tend to operate as well as adapt, the business strategy tends to highlight the ability as well as the drive success over the competitors in the entire market (Bizmove.com, 2017). The aim of the strategic planning involves enabling the firm to achieve a sustainable edge over ...

Diary Summary

On day one, I used an outdoor wood-fired boiler. In addition, I burnt toxic substances that included tires, plastics, garbage, and driftwood.
On day two, I burnt fossil fuels by driving a motor vehicle, cooking with a gas stove, and using a lawnmower.
On day three, I used household products that included cleaning agents and paints. In addition, I used a fire extinguisher to put out a fire in my kitchen. Other appliances used during the day included a freezer, air conditioner, and refrigerator.

Analysis

Studies have demonstrated that individuals make significant contributions to the overall air pollution that induces ...

Development of Performance and Reward Management system in Nokia

Performance and Reward Management are very critical functions of Human Resource Management especially in Multinational firms which employ a diverse workforce. The performance Management and Reward management systems in these organizations have to address country specific issues to make them more effective. Well formulated policies for performance and Reward Management achieve important HRM objectives such as motivation, employee satisfaction and loyalty and low employee turnover. However changing workplace environment and external factors necessitate that these policies are reviewed and reformulated regularly to keep them aligned with organizational strategies as well as external environment. Due to the global implications of ...

Global Warming Phenomenon

The issue of global warming has been a critical problem across the entire world due to the effects associated with this condition. Global warming is caused by the increase in Earth's temperatures due to the effect of greenhouse gases. The greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide emitted from burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas to provide energy are responsible for trapping heat and preventing it from escaping from the Earth’s atmosphere. Human activities like cutting down trees and burning forests for farming activities has been attributed to the emission of greenhouse gases that are ...

Executive summary

This report is an analysis of the performance of Kodak over time since its inception. The report finds that the dismal performance of Kodak is largely as a result of the poor leadership elected to lead the company. The report traces the failures of the company to the hierarchical and toxic leadership styles that saw the company lag behind in joining the competitors in the migration to digital photography.
The report concludes by highlighting the specific failures of leadership that cost the company a fortune had it transformed into digital promptly. The report recommends a series of actions to ...

Management: Managing Diversity and Equal Opportunities

Part 1
There has been the rise in the number of the financial crisis as well as poor corporate governance problems that have prompted the question as to whether having a corporate world run by women would yield fruitful results. Amid the multiple opinions on the topic of the glass ceiling, some people still contest the advantages of workplace diversity and equality. There has been the long pressing issue of the equality of the treatment of women in a similar manner/ equal to men, in the labor market (Gregory‐Smith, Ian, Main, & O'Reilly 109). According to Adams and Funk ( ...

Introduction

Total Quality Management practitioners believe in aligning mega trends with available opportunities in their surroundings. These companies are focused on research and analytics for the long term; at least a considerable time in advance. In the case of some companies, it could be some lesser years. This is where these companies have a competitive advantage.
The companies which follow the TQM guidelines have their own quality definition of growth. Any kind of economic transformation would mean a step towards growth for them. Research-based data shows that the revenue of companies that have good TQM practices can be increased up ...

Executive Summary

Fossil fuels are the predominant source of energy for industrial and transportation consumption. It is however expected that in a few more decades, fossil fuels will have lesser role to play than non-conventional oil and gas sources and renewable energy sources. This paper presents an overview of some of the socioeconomic factors that are driving the global oil industry and their implications for the UK industry. Four key influences are studied to understand the implications for the industry in terms of economic and environmental factors.
The steady influence of OPEC is a significant factor in the pricing of crude ...

The Emerald is a 4-star hotel located in the city center and offers an assortment of services. The major goal of the management is the provision of comfort and unpretentious luxury and charm along with the integration of the best available technology. The hotel currently accommodates leisure tourists, business travelers, contracts, and small and large groups of people. It consists of 250 rooms (200 standard and 50 premium rooms). It also has a restaurant with 125 available seats and adjoining 50 seats in the bar lounge section. In addition, The Emerald has a bay exercise room, a conference and ...

Business Accounting Assignment 1: Business Report on Accounting Practices and Financial Standing of Crafty Limited

Introduction
Final Accounts are prepared at the accounting cycle in order to determine the financial state of a business during a designated period. Preparation of final accounts include Manufacturing and Trading account statements, Profit and Loss Account sheets and the Balance Sheet. In order to calculate the amount of profit or loss a business entity has generated within a specified period, the Trading, Profit and Loss Account is prepared; since the Balance Sheet provides a snapshot of the assets and liabilities of a business, its interpretation reveals how financially viable the business is currently; while the most important function ...

Analysis of Multinational Companies

Analysis of Multinational Enterprise
The spread of the globalization across the world facilitates the process of the foundation of new firms and business units in different regions. With that, some companies prefer to have the supply chains approximately in every country regardless the fact that the headquarter of the company is locate din one jurisdiction. Among diversified nature of the business units, today are quite popular the multinational companies due to their competitive advantages in the market. The experts in the business environment define the multinational company as the enterprises that has the production facilities and other relevant assets ...

Reflective Learning

Any goal can be achieved once you put in dedication, preparation and teamwork. Achieving goals takes more than good intentions. It is a smart move to take action and systematically measure the progress (Hyatt, 2016). In any project or department, goals need to be set. Prior to getting the job done, planning or preparation makes a world of difference in achieving these goals. Keeping the goal/s SMART and following the SMART system is important in the goal setting process. This brings structure into the goals. SMART goal setting allows your goals to be verified, it creates clear milestones and ...