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Child Labor, 2008.
A discussion on the issue of corporations who disregard child welfare for profit in third world countries.
1,885 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 60.95
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The paper explores the extent of the problem of child exploitation for corporate profit in third world nations and discusses how public outcry can reverse corporate practices in these poor countries. The paper is of the opinion that it is time to begin implementing the rules and standards by which members of the community expect corporations to conduct themselves.
Outline:
Introduction
The Exploited Children - Beginning in America
South America to Pakistan
Public Outcry Can Reverse Corporate Practice in Third World Countries
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"As our world's economies grow, so do multinational corporations (MNC). Many of those corporations feel the pressure to stay competitive. In doing so they choose to ignore the social economic impact and the human rights violations they inflict on society, especially in third world nations where child welfare is not just second to the corporation's profit, but serves as a vital source of support for impoverished families. The effect of this social disregard and need is that a generation of young children will forgo school and the opportunity education holds for them in lieu of earning, in some cases, below US minimum wage to contribute to the support of their family. Negative social and political implications arise out of exploiting third world impoverished labor, especially child labor. These same children perceiving developed nations, especially America, as a country whose pursuit of profit is ruthless and uncaring, and it casts a shadow over how these young people will grow up and perceive all Americans."
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Exceed Corporation - Doing Business in India, 2008.
An analysis of companies doing business in India, using Exceed Corporation as an example.
2,866 words (approx. 11.5 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 85.95
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This paper discusses the processes and practices of doing business in India, using Exceed Corporation, an American-based company specialized in offering management consultancy to state institutions as well as private investors, as a case study. The paper explains the reasons for Exceed's expansion and globalization. The paper also examines the considerations to be taken before entering the Indian market, as well as the import policies and certification requirements needed. Moreover, the paper suggests that Exceed research tariff barriers before entering the Indian market.
Outline:
Introduction
Non-tariff Barriers
Import Policies
Standards, Testing, Labeling and Certification Requirements
Anticompetitive Practices
Other barriers
Product/Service Standards
Conclusions and Recommendations
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"The Exceed Company would offer the same products in India as they do in their homeland, adjusted of course to the demands and requirements of the hosting country. It would be however improbable that the American consultant be able to contract the Indian government as a client due to their foreign origins and the authorities' fear of foreign intrusion into their domestic affairs. As such, most of Exceed's services would be addresses to the market of private investors."
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Project Management Considerations, 2008.
A review of peer-reviewed and scholarly literature concerning opinions and recommendations relevant to large-scale project management for use in the aviation/aerospace industry.
1,425 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 47.95
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This paper reviews research and literature concerning project management considerations in the aviation/aerospace industry today. The author explains the processes that project management entails for a successful project. The paper also identifies and defines the useful tools for project management, such as the goal, the approach, the costs, the personnel, the timetable, and the deliverables.
Outline:
Introduction
Review and Discussion
Background
The Aerospace Focus on Project Management
Today's Project Management
Communicating Project Status
Conclusion
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"Software has been developed to assist the project manager in organizing and monitoring the project data. This software provides the ability to easily produce a variety of reports that are well known within the project management profession. For illustration purposes this paper will provide examples from the most commonly used project control software, Microsoft Project; however, software alone will not bring a project to a successful conclusion. Conveying the information it produces and, convincing others of the appropriate action plan, requires effective communication and people skills."
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Brand Reinvention, 2008.
An analysis of McDonalds' brand reinvention.
806 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 28.95
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The paper shows how the brand image of McDonald's has gone through a number of reincarnations, from stressing the fact that fast food was hot, cheap and relatively inexpensive to stressing its status as a value-based company that offers tasty food. The paper shows how McDonald's tried but could not totally reconfigure their brand. The paper explains that McDonald's could just reconfigure the core elements of the product that made it so popular in the first place and could eliminate the more objectionable elements like marketing to kids.
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"The name McDonald's is virtually synonymous with the idea of 'branding.' The idea of McDonaldization seems to imply the standardization and Americanization of both culture and food. However, the brand image of McDonald's has in fact gone through a number of reincarnations, over the company's long history. One of the most notable shifts occurred when the company shifted from its slogan of "You deserve a break today," or "It's a good time for the great taste," to "Mmm...I'm lovin' it." "
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Working Too Hard, 2008.
A review of the book "Take Back Your Time: Fighting Overwork and Time Poverty in America" by John de Graff.
988 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 35.95
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The paper looks at how John de Graff in "Take Back Your Time: Fighting Overwork and Time Poverty in America" reveals that people are working harder than ever today because they are in pursuit of material things. The paper discusses how many such people do not realize until it is too late that there is more to life than money. The paper explains that only by learning to detach oneself from the monetary and material concerns of life, can a person have any recreation or leisure time.
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"In the book Take Back Your Time: Fighting Overwork and Time Poverty in America, author John de Graff talks about the differences between how much work versus vacation time people get in the United States and how much they get in Europe. In the United States, people work longer, if not harder. Their days are generally longer, and they do not take the kind of time for vacation and holidays that other people in other countries do. There is the idea in America that a job defines a person, and unless that person works to support a family to an excessive degree, that person is not a valuable member of society. Of course this is not true, but many people have still been conditioned to think that it is."
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Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, 2008.
An analysis of the general financial health of the Krispy Kreme Doughnuts company.
1,132 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 39.95
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The paper reveals that the Krispy Kreme company's annual reports present a strong company with strong financial highlights. The paper looks at the corporation's depreciation costs, value of their stock and the continuously ascendant trend in both cash flow as well as income capable of paying up their debts. The paper discusses the management, which is formed of highly skilled executives and notes that an important risk facing Krispy Kreme shareholders is the management's determination to commit to long-term success. The paper then explains how the accounting managers at Krispy Kreme must evaluate and limit this risk from several perspectives.
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"Krispy Kreme Doughnuts is a chain of doughnut stores founded in 1937 and based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The company has been met with both success as well as shortages, but along the years has managed to stay on top and became an international brand. "Krispy Kreme's greatest asset is their image and brand name. These are essential for attracting new customers and retaining old ones. Krispy Kreme's competition is limited to non-existent because they have been successful at differentiating themselves from all other doughnut retailers" (Diab, 2002). The company's annual reports present a strong company with strong financial highlights."
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Marginal Revenue and Over-Paid Athletes, 2008.
The paper examines the phenomena whereby business concerns sponsor and endorse celebrities.
1,850 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 59.95
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The writer of the paper contends that a celebrity enjoys a potential revenue fetching force that has to be exploited by the firms or institutions that market the fame of the celebrity. The author then examines and discusses the question that, if we accept that a celebrity can and will fetch revenue by his or her participation, is the very high premium paid for their endorsement or participation justified? The writer uses examples from both the world of entertainment and sports to illustrate and support his conclusions. The paper is heavily annotated.
Outline:
Introduction
The celebrity Endorsement and Profits
Looking at the Model
The Economics of Endorsement
Conclusion
Citations
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"The public which is enamored of a person, and a person who creates successfully a following for himself or herself in the chosen activity commands the power of bargaining for not only participation, but for the use of the image, endorsements of products, news worthiness and corporate advertising and marketing. In considering such activities, particularly sports, there are two aspects of the financial implications and there is evidence to show that team sports like cricket or football have lesser profitability and small clubs with marginal operations cannot compete with famous ones and the monopoly in profits is always held by the popular city club. A sports club cannot generate a positive cash flow for the reason that there is a potential fear of political involvement and therefore such clubs show the balances in negative. Sports franchisees fare better with the capital appreciation of the stock."
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Technology's Impact and Added Value to an Organization, 2008.
This paper looks at technology's impact and added value to an organization and discusses a support plan for customers with an emphasis on technology partners and enhanced customer experiences.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 39.95
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In this article, the writer examines the impact of technology on customers and looks at how technology has been introduced to customers in way that added value. This work further outlines a support plan for customers during technology implementation. In addition, the writer examines how new partnerships with other providers of technology solutions may serve to enhance the experiences of customers.
Outline:
Objective
Introduction
ERP System Adoption
Impact on Customers
Group Technology Deployment
Customer Support Plan
Developing Partnerships in CRM and IT
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"Customers are impacted by the deployment of the Information Technology across the organization through receiving better customer service, better customer support and through elimination of time-consuming errors. Another aspect of enhanced service to customers in IT implementation across the organization is automated billing processes in which the company's charges for products and services is billed in increments that are specifically stated, calculated and then totaled for invoicing and billing purposes. For instance, the company that performs specific project completion for a municipality on a regular basis will gain the ability to itemize billing for each specific project with each specific product, service or labor charge itemized within a software program that calculates the expense, bills it to the specific project and the specific product, service, or labor charge for that project with the customer. This method of accounting saves time and avoids confusion giving the company greater accountability and efficiency in billing procedures and resulting in more satisfied customers."
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Windows Vista and Social Determinants, 2008.
A look at the social determinants that are behind the consumer choice of Microsoft Vista as an operating system.
1,042 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 36.95
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In this article the writer identifies the three most important social determinants that shape a consumer's response to Windows Vista. The writer relates that these determinants are increased buying power in the Black community, cultural identity (i.e., that computers have become an extension of individual identity), and convenience. The writer maintains that Microsoft seems to have a good understanding of those social determinants since Windows Vista has operated the company into profits amounting to billions of dollars.
Outline:
The Social Determinants
Summary
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"The Civil Rights movement of the 1960s served as the slingshot for Black consumerism in areas other than technology and computers. However, as entertainment has become increasingly technological in nature, so has the need to understand and become proficient in technology. Simultaneous with the increased income of the Black community is technological advancement in computers. The purchasing power the Black community in the past two decades has been significant amongst young Black adolescents and teenagers and college students.
"While there are few significant studies as regards the Black community and Microsoft Vista specifically, the measurable increase in Black family incomes and the advancement in technology that has seen computers become a product found in most homes in America. Therefore, it is reasonable to conclude that the purchasing power of the Black community has contributed to the success of Microsoft Vista operating system."
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Email Privacy in the Workplace: Employee Beware!, 2008.
The paper discusses the question as to whether email sent by an employee from his work place can be considered private and as such protected from examination by his employer.
1,437 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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The author of the paper examines the growing trend of email monitoring by employers of employees' electronic mail and the attitude of the courts in the United States to this phenomena. The writer looks at a number of court cases where employees challenged the right of their employer to monitor their email and other electronic communications basing their claims on the First Amendment to the US Constitution. The writer then discusses the rulings of the courts and how they impact on the rights of privacy of the individual in his workplace.
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"It is clear that the current environment of the workplace is demonstrative of the statement "employee be wary." Utilizing your work email for private communications should be a very limited practice and the type of information you divulge in such email transmissions should also be limited. The employee should basically assume, regardless of the documentation or disclosure of an email monitoring policy, that they have no legal right to privacy with regard to email. The laws may change in the future, as more cases reach the courts that require the employer, more explicitly to make employees aware that they are being monitored but that is likely to be the only form of legal protection by the court, and it must also be noted that the courts have given the employer the benefit of the doubt even when the employee claims ignorance regarding email monitoring policies. (Rich NP) Some individuals have attacked firings, on the grounds of illicit use of a company computer as those that could be publicly destructive to their character, i.e. as torts, yet the success has been limited, as basically the court supposes that if you participate in something that is illegitimate then the fault lies with this action, rather than with the action of the employer in his or her attempt to limit such activity in their workplace. (Clochetti NP)"
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Organizational Leadership: A Literature Review, 2008.
A look at three different models of leadership used during the past thirty years.
3,321 words (approx. 13.3 pages), 15 sources, APA, $ 94.95
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This paper discusses organizational leadership in education and administrative settings and compares and contrasts three different models of leadership that have been the most prevalent within the last thirty years. It also evaluates the effectiveness of each leadership model in administration.
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"The turn of the 21st century brought with it a plethora of global challenges, particularly in the area of higher education administration, but also in other administrative areas. Leaders in higher education have had to call upon many different theorists for use with their evidence-driven leadership theories. These have been addressed as approaches to explore, and they have also worked to explain the complexity of needs that are facing many of the global challenges today. A review of the related literature has cited many theorists' suggestions as being models which, though diverse, seem to contain some common threads among them. However, most of these theories also seem to point toward organizational leadership, and to a lesser degree toward educational leadership. To meet those demands, leaders must be able to understand that there is a real demand for change. The leader must recognize the constraints that may accompany those demands and be able to adapt a leadership style that is acceptable to the situation. The leader must also be able to develop the means to change some or all of the variables in the environment that brought on those demands. This is often highly difficult, but it can be done through the proper leadership ideals."
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Employee Health and Safety, 2008.
A research paper analyzing why many workers place what they perceive as an obligation towards their employer above their own well-being.
12,105 words (approx. 48.4 pages), 14 sources, APA, $ 234.95
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This research paper attempts to find answers to health and safety questions and concerns and ways to balance the need for speedy and voluminous work with the well-being that will ensure the quality of such work. In focusing on three workplace areas, the study also attempts to benefit specific areas of work that are notorious for their lack of health and safety. Specifically, the research attempts to not only find find justifications for individual actions, as it were, but to curb the self-destructive tendencies of such individuals by empowering them with knowledge. In short, the paper attempts to further a deeper understanding of the issues relating to individual health and safety in the workplace, motivations for ignoring these, and find methods to curb the apparent self-destructive nature of workers placing the job ahead of their own needs.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Study Design and Methodology
Aims and Objectives of the Study
Literature Survey
The Role of Industry
Health and Safety: Employer Responsibility
Health and Safety: Employee Responsibility
Health and Safety Solutions
Data Collection and Analysis
Research Instruments
Limitations of Data
Presentation of Data
Discussion and Correlation of Findings
Correlation of Literature with Hypotheses
Correlation of Findings with Hypotheses
Conclusions and Recommendations
Recommendations for Future Study
Final Comments
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"It is a sad testament to human integrity that a constitutional right such as basic health and safety at work is so often ignored in favor of the work itself. Indeed, this paradigm is reminiscent of the industrial revolution, where mill owners were concerned only with the amount of money they could line their pockets with. According to the respondents in this study, Health and Safety is regarded as one of the most important workplace issues today. As such, it is not acceptable that workers could ignore it for the sake of either fear or loyalty. It is much less acceptable that managers and employers could disregard health and safety issues, and go as far as firing workers who refuse to do so."
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