Essays on Zaman

How the President’s Stimulus Plan for High-Speed Rail (HSR) will not work

The president’s HSR plan will spend billions to offer a rail service to a small percentage of the travelers. Importantly, the federal cannot afford this extravagant program, and it will cost taxpayers a lot of money. Thus, the plan will not work as previously expected. The federal has a large budget deficit of about 1.4 trillion (Utt, 2011). Thus, a massive expenditure on the HRS will heighten the deficit more. American citizens have realize that the plan will cost more compared to the perceived benefits. Although there seems to be small opposition on the HRS, it is clear ...

Managing Organizations & Leading People

Introduction In the current business environment, leadership is considered to go beyond the “manager” title. Leadership is seen to be about whom the employees ate following. Today’s leaders highly influence the behavior of others hence the leaders must be able to show a good example and must have the ability of effectively motivation others to follow them and work harder for the fulfillment of organizational goals (Warner, 2012). This is because human resource is considered as the most vital asset currently and their management is what determines the success of a firm. Effective management of human resource requires ...

Ancillary Revenue Management in the Airline Industry

Introduction There is a stiff competition between the network airlines and the low-cost carriers (LCCs) in the airline aviation industry. For a long time, the traditional network airlines have been struggling to cope up with the many economic uncertainties in the industry, especially the rising cost of jet fuels and increasing operating costs. Consequently, to survive in the industry, they have been forced to come up with new ways of generating revenue. Like LCCs, the network carriers are now considering unbundling their services to produce additional income. Network airlines are also adopting the trend of selling chargeable services, which ...

1.0 Abstract Stakeholders are of central importance to every business organization. The success of any business hinges on the relationship that it has with its stakeholders. Disclosure of quality financial reports is significant for the capacity of business organizations to build confidence with their key stakeholders. Corporate governance and the audit quality have attracted the interest of researchers to determine how they impact stakeholders. Additionally, the implementation of IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) has impacted the direction of business organizations especially with regards to corporate governance. The question of whether the quality and extent of disclosure of financial information ...

The Ford Motor Company has been a powerful automotive company since its foundation in 1903. Founded by Henry Ford, the company quickly became a leader in innovation, notably inventing the assembly line process which allowed for cheaper production of cars for Americans to enjoy. Ford Motors survived the Great Depression and every recession since then, but the International Financial Crisis of 2008 affect it differently. US automakers heavily influenced by the crisis, as GM, Chrysler, and Ford were folding under due to many reasons, namely international competition, healthcare coverage, and the tightening of the American wallet due to the ...

Executive Summary

International growth of a company is strictly defined by the expertise of its managers in training and developing human resources abroad that can work with the organizational structure of the parent company. But training employees abroad is considerably a demanding task. This is especially because of the cross-cultural differences that will hinder most of the usual training and incentive programs that are based out of the ethics of parent corporation. It is essential that the parent corporation understand the cultural practices as well as sensitivities of the target country before venturing into business with it. This is where the ...

Introduction

Secular states are based on the need to separate the state from religion. Secular states are neutral and do not support any religion. On the contrary, Islamic countries are based on the need to introduce Islamic law within political systems. Religious laws restrict democracy and respect for freedoms and rights as part of secular states restricted by religious laws. The true political rule should be based on divine laws such as Islamic laws. This discussion is based on case studies of Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966) and Jamal Abd alNasser, Egypt’s Liberation, 1953. In Iran, case studies ...

According to Schoenfield, Stewart & Ransome (2015), information system threats are a major problem facing IT systems globally because of the growth in the use and development of computer networks aimed towards supporting information systems. Information systems are finding use in industries that require to keep their data confidential and away from unauthorized access such as banks, production companies, manufacturers, databases with private information, hospitals, government systems just to mention a few. It is therefore critical to identify threats that may face a system and adopt mitigation strategies aimed towards reducing the impact of such threats when they occur or ...

Literature Review

Introduction Employee turnover can be defined as the rotation of individuals around the labor market, between jobs, organizations, and careers. Besides, it is the amount of movement of workers in and out of a company, normally occur in terms of the employee turnover rate (Ronra & Chaisawat, 2010). Employees may involuntarily leave the company as a result of discharge or layoff, or voluntarily because of retirement or resignation. In most cases, voluntary turnover takes place when a worker feels dissatisfaction with his current job and has attractive alternatives in other companies. Employee turnover and retention have always been key issues ...

In 2008 Sir Richard Branson’s multinational conglomerate Virgin Group decided to enter Indian mobile phone market through a 50-50 joint venture with Indian mobile phone service provider Tata Teleservices (Terazono, 2007). The company Virgin Mobile India was founded as mobile service provider to target the youth market. The deal was a franchise arrangement, where Tata was selling part of its services under the Virgin brand. Tata had to pay a pre-agreed fee to Virgin for every user buying the youth-focused service. The deal was considered as a brand extension plan, where Virgin Mobile was one of the brands ...

Investigation into Online Retailers and Offline Retailers Shopping Unending Debate

Introduction Since the advent of technologies supporting online shopping, this new trend has gained popularity steadily. Statistics in the United Kingdom show an exponential growth in the online retail sales. For instance, Herrod (2015) reported that online sales in the United Kingdom n 2015 were 52.25 billion pound sterling. This signified a 16.2% growth from the sales reported in the previous year at 44.97 billion pound sterling (Herrod, 2015). The increase in online sales is fueled by among other factors, the increase in the number of online shoppers. For instance, Herrod (2015) reported that 21.2 of the total purchases ...

Introduction

This chapter gives an analysis of the results of the study to derive insights on why insider threats remains to be one of the leading and challenging security issues to deal with. The results of the study present a vague picture of what motivates insider threats in private organizations. The questions of why, what and how will be answered with references to the data obtained from the study. This section also demonstrates the actions taken by organizations and tries to link it with theoretical frameworks and pool of knowledge developed by earlier scholars.

Analysis

The belief that insider threats ...

Managers as well as accountants need financial information to help them make managerial and accounting decision that are very crucial for both internal and external consumers of this information (Drury 2008). To be successful in this area both managers and accountants need to have full understanding on the different types of cost and their calculations. There are different ways of classifying cost for example, manufacturing costs verses Non-manufacturing costs, fixed costs versus variable cost and finally product cost versus period costs. The most important thing that managers and accountants need to know is how to treat variable costs and ...

THE CADBURY EXPERIENCE

How Effective Are Performance Appraisals? The Cadbury Experience Research Methods Used The research methods employed consist of online note-taking and consulting with research journals on the topic of performance appraisal with regards to Cadbury PLC. However, few pieces of information were obtained due to the fact that information for a business entity is usually private. The author attempted to gather qualitative and quantitative data in order to support points that answer to the guide questions given.

Introduction

Cadbury is a multinational confectionery company from the United Kingdom owned by Mondelez International, Inc. (formerly Kraft Foods, Inc.). It carries a wide ...

and Gamble and LG Electronics and Gamble and LG Electronics In the scope of this paper the analysis of the strategies, used by the Procter and Gamble and LG Electronics would be conducted while referring to both strong and weak points, which are inherent to each particular strategy; contributing factors of the strategic development and the outcomes which have been reached by both enterprises.

PROCTER AND GAMBLE

First of all it is essential to refer to the fact that the Procter and Gamble (P&G) is the global leader in the area of consumer goods; this business entity operates in more than ...

The size of energy or oil industry worldwide is large. A report of DOE (Department of Energy) indicates that fossil fuels (entailing oil, natural gas, and coal) constitute over 85 percent of the consumed energy in the world (Johnston 3). Oil industry alone supplies approximately 40 percent of the world’s energy needs (Puckette, Jim, and Zuhair Al-Shaieb 11).

The global capital expenditures for oil firms are approximated to be US$541.0b (Puckette, Jim, and Zuhair Al-Shaieb 12). The strong expansion within the exploration spending as well as development spending was offset by reductions or declines within property acquisition costs. ...

The changes in the global economy, the progressing state of the emerging countries that resulted to the increasing middle income consumers, and the development and spread of the internet technology impacted the ticket distribution system of the airline industry. The airline companies developed new and more cost-efficient ways of selling and distributing air tickets to be price competitive and at the same time to survive the intense competition in the industry and the economic struggles especially in North America and Europe. The global distribution systems (GDS), was the most common and prevalent system of airline ticket distribution in ...

Section 1

Civil case The bankruptcy case between a bakery and a bank In this case, the claimant (owner of a bakery) instituted a civil action against a bank and others before a court in Abu Dhabi. The claimant sought a declaration of her bankruptcy. She also prayed the court to issue an attachment order in her favor against the property of the bakery. Her real intention was that upon the property being attached, it would be subjected to a count of inventory. This would mean that the property would be placed under administration. The property could also be sold, and the proceeds be distributed among the ...

1 Overview In order to assess the importance of modest concept in Islamic fashion especially for Muslim women out-wear this study investigates the effects of western fashion on the Islamic fashion. 1.1 Objectives - Evaluate the likelihood for long term adoption of emerging fashions. 1.2 Research questions - How can we define Islamic fashion concept? - How does a man’s concept of Islamic Fashion differ from a female? - What is the importance of modest concept in Islamic Fashion? - Is the Islamic world exposed to a wide variety of fashion or a narrow? ...

Every religion advocates philanthropy and looks at it as an essential aspect for the welfare of mankind. Islam is no exception and we find that Islamic rulings make charity obligatory. The western world does not associate the philanthropy with Islam and rather look at the Muslim community as propagators of violence and terrorism. The West looks at Islam as authoritarian and domination of women. Their unawareness of the Quran and the conducts of the Prophet keep them away from the reality that Islam is all about compassion, mercy and generosity. It is perhaps the irresponsible attitude of certain Muslims ...

The United Nations, during the 2000 Millenial Summit addressed the problems plaguing Africa (Annan). They pledged to support the consolidation of democracy in this country and emphasized how other nations will be able to assist the struggles faced by people who live in this country. It was realized that Africa cannot be generalized as a whole, since the Sub-Saharan areas are different demographically and have their own individual issues. Economic development, education, human rights, health and gender equality are not the same in all countries within the Sub-Saharan parts of Africa. This means, that in order to understand the needs ...

In the case of the TJX.com, the portion of the company that was compromised was the credit card numbers and information for all of the customers that hold a credit card for any of the stores under the TJX umbrella (eSecurity Planet Staff, 2010). The sad truth of the matter is that nearly any company has the potential to be victim to a cyber attack, and nearly all company’s systems have the potential to be vulnerable to this attack, given the level of skill and ingenuity that many hackers have. However, the TJX corporation failed to disclose some pertinent information ...

Introduction

Over the past four decades, many countries have faced many obstacles in their efforts to build and restore democracy. Turkey is one country that has seen a transition to democracy. When protests broke out in many Arab countries such as Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Yemen and Syria, there have been comparisons that are been made with reference to Turkey. There have been questions such as; could these countries make a transition to democracy by applying the Turkish model? What this means is that Turkey is already considered as a model for democracy. While developed countries such as the United States, Western European Nations ...

The role of education is considered vital for everyone in today’s advancing world. Without having quality education and appropriate learning, success and growth cannot be guaranteed. Schools and educational institutes are now being equipped with modern technological tools of teaching and learning, and now it is considered necessary for a child to be well aware of these from early childhood. As it is rightly said that home is the very first educational institute for a child, the importance of parent’s role in developing their child’s learning skills cannot be denied in any case. Parents, who integrate education from ...