Category: Business

  • Erik Peterson Case Analysis

    Inefficient employees (Hardy), or line manager with inadequate knowledge Technical issues at lower level employees Handling his employees’ lack of work, inventory control etc. No. of cells to be operational (16) by the turn on date was too many to handle, yet it was vital to have them all operational Construction of towers were already…

  • Analyzing Hersheys IT Successes and Failures from a Management Perspective

    I Hershey Foods Corporation: Failure and Success with Information Technology Point of View Managerial Point of View Objective To examine the reasons behind the SAP AG’S R/3 ERP implementation failure at Hershey’s Food Corporation Problem What could have done otherwise to avoid the SAP AG’S R/3 ERP implementation failure at Hershey’s Food Corporation? Areas of…

  • A Critical Analysis on Wal-Mart’s Failure in Germany

    After eight unprofitable years, Wal-Mart backed out of Germany in July 2006 and sold the entire retails outlets to Metro AG. After dominating the US market for quite a long time, Wal-Mart expanded its market to Germany in 1997. In 1997 Wal-Mart continued its strategy of globalization, and acquired two German retail chains for $1.…

  • Strategy Evaluation and Control

    This unit deals with the last phase of strategic management. The formulation of strategy lays down the strategic intent and the strategy required to achieve them. The end result is adjustment of strategies reformulation of objectives or adoption of plans. Strategic evaluation and control is the process of determining the effectiveness of a given strategy…

  • THE TASK OF PURCHASING AND SUPPLY MANAGEMENT

    It should be stressed from the beginning that purchasing and supply management is executed as an integrated part of the company’s wider management (as part of the logistics management or supply chain management approach). Getting and supply PLANNING is part of the firm’s basic preparation, generally because the constant supply of raw materials components &…

  • Misstatements and Principles of Organization’s Auditing

    Justin Kealey, Certified Public Accountant, is auditing Tustin Companies, Inc. Kealey has actually collected known and likely misstatements for the present year to evaluate whether there is a sufficiently low threat of product misstatement of the financial declarations to provide an opinion. Nevertheless, Kealey notes that there are several misstatements that have been carried over…

  • Corporate and Human Failure

    Corporate failure happens due to poor management, incompetence, and bad marketing strategies. The basic symptoms of corporate failure are low profitability, high gearing and low liquidity. To a large extent corporate failure is a baby of human failure as the major cause are directly related to human actions. Issues to do with mismanagement, failure to…

  • Human Resource is the Most Important Asset of an Organization

    I agree with the statement that “Human Resource is the most important asset of an organization.” Human resource is “the set of individuals who make up the workforce of an organization, business sector or an economy.” (“Human resource definition”). Human resource is the least mobile of the four factors of production, which are resources required…

  • Benefits of Business Partnerships for Organizations, Suppliers, and Customers

    Introduction A business partnership is an alliance of two or more parties that take on in a business venture in which the earnings and losses are divided equally. The legal description of a partnership business is an alliance of two or more people to collaborate as co-owners of a company for income. The formation of…

  • Total quality management

    1. What is total quality management 1.1 Total 1.2 Quality 1.3 Management 2. Primary elements of Total Quality Management 2.1.Commitment 2.2.Control 2.3.Customer focus 2.4.Communication 2.5. Continuous improvement 2.6.Cooperation 3. How information system improved Total Quality Management 3.1 Reduced cycle time and simplify the process 3.2 Benchmark 3.3 Use customer demands 3.4 ABSTRACT In recent years,…