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Staples, Inc. is a very large supply chain store in the United States, and it has over 2,000 stores globally in 26 countries. The company’s headquarters are situated in Framingham, Massachusetts. Staples has retail stores, attending to customers under its original name in various countries such as Australia, Brazil, and Germany and operating subsidiaries in countries like Argentina and Italy. The company consists of various businesses such as selling supplies, promotional products, technology, office supplies, and health and beauty services through online and in stores. Staples came up with some strategies, which targeted at increasing its productivity ...

Introduction

The events such as globalization and technology development have increased the competition in every business segment and thus managers in organizations need to devise innovative practices so as to develop the ability to manage business processes effectively and predict the future trends (Goll & Rasheed, 1997). The top management in business organizations are involved in the strategic decision making that are primarily related to the long term goals of the organization. Uncertainty and unpredictability is a common characteristic of strategic business decision making (Eisenhardt, 1997). It is a challenge for the top management to seek solutions and business tools that enhance the ...

Nursing

Introduction Diversity in the workplace refers to the variation of characteristics of individuals within an organization. The definition may sound simple, but the term diversity itself encompasses factors such as race, gender, culture, cognitive style, educational background, and personal values. The aforementioned factors are imperative in determining how a person perceives themselves and other people in the organization. The difference is likely to affect the way each person interacts with another and the same can be said in the nursing work environment. The purpose of this paper is to examine diversity in the workplace that is relatively significant to ...