Category: Management
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Harley-Davidson Company’s Strategic Management
Summary Strategic management is an essential element of an organization that aims to analyze its external and internal factors affecting performance and sustainability. To thrive in a fast-paced business environment, corporations must understand different forces that influence production, financial growth, and societal cohesiveness. This essay delves into the specific processes that have made Harley-Davidson a…
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John Kotter’s Eight-Stage Model: Benefits for Management
Table of Contents Executive Summary Introduction Background Investigation John Kotter’s Eight-Stage Model of Change Model Introduction and Control Methods Conclusions References Executive Summary This report explains the role of management in forming a strong team in terms of its evolution and current state. As the contemporary models of leadership suggest, successful teams operate in a…
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Risk Management at Walmart and the Retail Industry
Risk management is an essential aspect of running a business. The process can be divided into two main stages – risk assessment and risk treatment. The first part includes the identification of the risks, their analysis, and evaluation (International Organization for Standardization, 2018). The second part deals with choosing the most appropriate solutions and developing…
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Organizational Change Management for Relocation
Introduction Nowadays, it is apparent that many established organizations struggle to keep up to stay relevant in the market. On the other hand, less experienced executives continue to lead their teams to various successes in the industry. This happens mainly because of the company’s ability to adapt by being flexible and taking an efficient approach…
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Is Earnings Management a Good or Bad Practice?
Earnings management refers to the act of manipulating the process of financial reporting in order to achieve certain desired outcomes (Jones, 2015). Managers use several earnings management practices that include income minimization, income maximization, taking a bath, and income smoothing (Scott, 2015). In many cases, accountants use various accounting techniques to create a positive illusion…
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Global Marketing Management: Theoretical Concepts
Abstract The paper introduces global marketing as the means of channelling resources in the world market then examines the theoretical concepts and extensions on global marketing management. It then discusses the various kinds of management orientations and their differences in relation to global marketing. Then it goes ahead to discuss the marketability of long range…
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Supply Chain Management (SCM): The 4V’s in SCM
Background Global operations by commerce and industries that initially served within their local markets create the need to form promotional plan of supply chain management (SCM). The globalized operations increased the use of information system technology which boosted the construction of a self-proliferating and complex chains of supply (Clauson et al., 2018). An organization has…
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Discussion: Supply Chain Management and Pandemic
It goes without saying that I was aware of supply chain management before reading the provided articles. In addition, I was familiar with major supply chain challenges, including time-sensitive pickup and delivery, keeping related costs down, sourcing reliable and consistent carrier capacity, and keeping up with technological progress and consumers demand. At the same time,…
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Procurement, Strategic Purchasing and Supply Chain Management
Green Procurement, Its Relevance and Influence on Supply Chain Management One of the major concerns of modern society is environmental changes and challenges associated with this process. Large corporations have already started responding to the calls of the public and made green procurement one of their priorities because the focus on sustainability translates into a…
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Corporate Governance: AGL’s CSR and Risk Management
Corporate Social Responsibility CSR Prior to discussing the specifics of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the modern business world, it is necessary to define major terms and concepts that will be utilized further in the paper. CSR can be referred to as the major business initiative enabling companies to operate in a sustainable environment (Lu…