Category: Business

International trade agreements have improved agricultural production in many countries. The establishment of agreements by many countries has enhanced the removal of many barriers of trade. Farmers from many countries can trade their products more easily in the global markets. Most of the agreements are based on enhancing trade between specific regions. Both multilateral and…

In order for an organization’s competency model to support the accomplishment of its desired results the two has to be linked. The most fundamental way to link competencies and results is to begin by defining them in results-linked language. Attributes can be more tightly linked to results by making sure that their very definition employs…

Horizontal organization structures Flat organizations structures or models are also called horizontal organization structures and they are those organizational structures that do not have a lot of levels of intervening between the employees of the organization and the management. There has been increased uncertainty, choices and complexity in most of the organizations due to market…

The AIU organization in Europe exhibits a corporate culture that is fit to what obtains with the European. In the organization’s bid to expand its network of operation to South Africa, there is need for it to adequately study the national culture and pattern of marketing in the African country. Thus, it could be able…

Virtual teams, sometimes referred to as geographically dispersed teams, are groups of individuals working together separated by distance, time, and organizational boundaries. The emergence of virtual teams was made possible by the advance of communication technologies. Nowadays people belonging to different time zones, locations, and organizational structures can effectively cooperate on a joint task by…

Introduction Today, strategic planning is still vital for an organization’s goal setting, implementing a plan, and ensuring the path towards accomplishing set goals and/objectives. To effectively guide a strategist requires statements pertaining to the principles of strategic management which are applied to all organizations. How the AFI Strategy Framework Act as an Integrative Facilitator for…

1. Introduction Netflix uses management practices such as recruitment, team orientation, leadership and performance review to be at the top of the market in these changing times. Netflix was founded by Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings in September 1997 in Scotts Valley, California. Their goal is to provide a subscription streaming entertainment package. They offer…

Business Forecasting This paper explores how companies have implemented Business forecasting to make informed decisions about the future of the company. Throughout the years this strategy has become extremely popular because it can help a company reach their goals by predicting short and long-term performance. There are various methods of such plan that can help…

Introduction This chapter started by explaining theories that are related to the study to guide the study towards the most applicable aspects of empirical reviews and conceptual framework. Then presented relevant studies on the general research objectives to differentiation strategies. Theoretical Review A theory is defined as a set of principles developed to explain the…

Dorfman Pacific faced a problem within their organization with their order picking process, which was paper-based. This process method does not maintain the huge number of orders from J. C. Penney and Wal-Mart during seasonal peaks (Laudon & Laudon, 2009). Refining the present organizational methods, additional training of the order pickers, or an information systems…