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Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), 2008.
Presents a research proposal to measure the dynamics of how radio frequency identification (RFID) implementations impact the ability of companies to compete with streamlined supply chains.
4,100 words (approx. 16.4 pages), 24 sources, APA, $ 110.95
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This research paper focuses on how the emerging technology of radio frequency identification (RFID) can make a lasting and significant contribution to supply chain performance. Any study of supply chains also needs to include an assessment of how processes can be made more efficient as well. As a result of this requirement of the study of supply chains, an overview of the concepts of business process management (BPM) is also included. BPM makes it possible to streamline supply chains and make them more efficient. The paper includes numerous tables and figures.
Table of Contents:
Table of Tables
Table of Figures
Introduction
Literature Survey
Types of RFID Tags
Active RFID Tags
Active Backscatter Tags
Passive Backscatter Tags
Table: The Benefits of RFID Benefits for Supply Chain Partners
Table: Comparing Bar Coding and RFID Technologies
Using RFID to Track Shipments and see how Supply Chains are Performing
Figure: How the DoD is reorganizing its Supply Chain with RFID
Figure: How the DoD made their supply chain more process-based
How the DoD and Wal-Mart Measure Their Supply Chain's Performance
Table: How Market Leaders Measure Supply Chain Performance
Table: Financial Measures of Supply Chain Performance
Figure: How RFID can contribute to total shareholder value
Research Problem Definition for measuring the impact of RFID on Supply Chain Performance
Introducing the RFID Maturity Model
Hypothesis Definition
Figure 4: Proposed RFID Maturity Model
Research Design and Methodology
Supply Chain Research Anticipated Findings
Expected Conclusions
Contributions of Knowledge
Research Limitations
Summary of Proposal
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"The DoD, Wal-Mart and many other organizations attaining high levels of supply chain performance as a result of implementing RFID share the common characteristic of measuring results early and often. In fact their entire company cultures are centered on measuring performance, as is the case with General Electric (GE). What's been happening in many of these organizations is the decision to use supply chain-based measures of performance or metrics to quantify the contribution of RFID to their organizations."
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Leadership, 2008.
A discussion on leadership and its relationship to the business world.
825 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 29.95
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This paper discusses the importance of leadership in an business organization and how, more often than not, the leadership of an organization is the determining factor of the organization's overall success. The paper explains that there are organizational leaders and organizational managers and then looks at the difference between the two. The paper concludes that the best way to implement effective leadership in a business organization, is for the company to should choose executive leaders capable of managing other leaders, as opposed to the traditional role of managing the work of employees.
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"The purpose of using a trickle-down leadership style is that it brings in the other employees personal interest and makes the organization's interests part of their own personal interest. This is a basic concept of organizational leadership. Essentially, there are three sets of factors effect the integration of organizational goals and personal needs in organizations: environmental factors, membership factors and dynamic factors."
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Office Depot and the Domestic Market, 2008.
This paper outlines ways in which Office Depot can improve their domestic market share.
1,899 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 60.95
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The paper discusses how Office Depot needs to garner more of the domestic market share in order to meet the expectations of shareholders and continue to develop its overall business. The paper provides an external and internal analysis of the company and considers the potential options for Office Depot to implement. The paper is of the opinion that Office Depot must continue to market aggressively while limiting expansion and ensuring cost savings over the long and short term.
Outline:
Executive Summary
External Analysis
Internal Analysis
Recommendations/Options
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"Office Depot is a household name with regard to being a supplier of office and business products to both the domestic and international markets. Yet, the success story of the company is limited with regard to the domestic share of the more than 300 billion dollar office supply market. Office depot in fact only demonstrated slightly over 10 billion of sales in the domestic share. Though this is as a result of twenty years of steady growth, with the company marking its 20th anniversary in 2006, the organization needs to garner more of this domestic market share to meet the expectations of shareholders and continue to develop its overall business, while simultaneously creating cost cutting practices that will serve for slower expansion but better overall sales in existing stores."
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Islamic Finance, 2008.
This paper describes Islamic financing law and how it differs from regular Western financing law.
3,265 words (approx. 13.1 pages), 12 sources, APA, $ 93.95
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This paper explains that the bedrock of Islamic finance is that all forms of interest are considered forbidden known as haram and its financial model works on the basis of risk sharing. The paper further explains that, under Islamic banking, the customer and the bank agree to share the risk of any investment and divide the profits between them. The paper then describes the primary categories within the Islamic finance: ijara, ijaa-va-iqtina, mudraba, murabaha and mushraka. The paper also explains how Islamic finance differs from regular finance and explains how Islamic finance works.
Table of Contents:
What is Islamic Finance
How Is Islamic Finance Different from Regular Finance and Why
How Does Islamic Finance Work: The Types Of Investments Available And How They Work
Working Principles of Islamic Finance
Types of Investment Available and How They Work
Institutions Offering Islamic Finance Products
International Wholesale Islamic Banking and Insurance Providers
Exhibit: Islamic Financing Form
Exhibit: Name of the Institution
From the Paper
"It is a fact that finance is considered as a huge restraint on development in major regions of the Third World. Sometimes there is lack of sufficient money available to fund important projects and the price of loanable funds is normally high, showing the paucity of savings. In low-income economies, it is hardly a surprise that savings rates are small, as most disposable income is needed to be used for making purchases of necessities of daily living, and a lot of families just cannot bear to make financial provisioning for the future, although this makes them insecure and helpless."
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Hospitality Industry Training, 2008.
A look at the high turnover, current trends and the important aspects of training within the hospitality industry.
2,302 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 18 sources, APA, $ 71.95
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This paper discusses the high turnover of employees in the hospitality industry and the need for a well-trained workforce that will stay with a job for a period of time. It discusses the current trends in the hotel industry, particularly with relation to globalization and the adoption of new technology. It also looks at the advantages of diversity training.
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"Spillane (2007) agrees with this idea and with the need for diversity training because of changes in the global economy. His own study was centered in Southeast Asia and shows how training can improve hotel operatons. Olsen and JinLin (1997) agree and stat that the environment for international hotel operations has changed radically in recent years, moving from the old-style business model in which hotel managers were focused inwards on the hotel and its operations to a new paradigm encompassing a more externally oriented focus. They find that this especially relates to the need for asset productivity and includes a constant assessment of how the environment is changing and what competitive practices need to be adopted to achieve competitive advantage over other companies, including ongoing training. March (1997) says that such a consumer-oriented focus must recognize the similarities and differences among tourists, with training for employees to be able to serve the needs of each group identified."
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The Shipping Industry, 2008.
This paper provides an in-depth analysis of the state of the shipping industry today and of the forces shaping the course of shipping for the future.
13,491 words (approx. 54.0 pages), 33 sources, APA, $ 249.95
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The paper looks at several studies of the shipping industry that use the Greek shipping industry as a representative of the whole industry. The paper shows how the impetus for major changes today is economic, with a desire to cut costs and improve efficiency at the same time. The paper predicts that this trend will continue so long as charter shipping in all its forms continues to lower costs. The paper discusses the pressure for using third party management and outsourcing and concludes that these strategies may increase in the future as they become vital for a company's competitive advantage. The paper includes tables and diagrams.
Outline:
Introduction
Methodology
Review of Literature
The Greek Shipping Industry
Ship Management
History
Legal Environment
Examples
Information Technology
Summary and Conclusion
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"The shipping industry has a long history, but the nature of the business changes over that history. It has been changing in recent years because of the pressures for change caused by internationalization, globalization, technological advances, economic shifts in different parts of the world, and so on. Where the tradition has been for companies to sail their own ships, carrying cargo for a fee, more and more companies are finding different ways to accomplish the same business, such as by chartering vessels for the job at hand, or having other companies handle the procedures as a form of third-party management, or some other approach to cut costs, reduce risk, and yet increase business all at the same time. The changes in the global marketplace can mean bringing in more and more local players who can handle some of the difficult tasks involved in working through the bureaucracy, while chartering for shipping can involve more experienced people for certain specific runs."
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Foreign Business in China, 2008.
This paper explores the research on how China and Chinese culture influences foreign businesses operating in China.
2,356 words (approx. 9.4 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 72.95
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The writer undertakes database searches in order to review studies and reports on how businesses operate in China and what the Chinese may demand of those businesses to allow them to operate. The writer finds relevant information in areas such as labor, government regulations, trade rules and local customs, all tied to China first and to foreign investment in China second.
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"China has become more amenable to the operation of foreign companies in recent years, part of the effort on the part of the country to gain a more prominent position in world trade and so to enhance its own balance of trade. Outsiders see this as an element in the liberalization of Chinese trade and perhaps Chinese politics, though the Chinese are trying to balance their own interests in a way that brings in more foreign companies while also imposing certain restrictions and requirements on them that makes them adhere more to Chinese preferences as to business methods. Such efforts are more noticeable with reference to certain types of business and much less so for others, and some foreign companies may be changed more depending on the type of business they do and the degree to which they have to alter their practices to operate in China at all."
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Strategic Business Theory, 2008.
A comparison of the industrial/organization paradigm of strategy and the resource based view (RBV) business models.
761 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 27.95
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The paper explains that the industrial/organization paradigm of strategy model bases its focus on the external environment; on evaluations of opportunities and threats, as well as the competition and relationships with other entities present on the market. The paper compares this to the resource based view (RBV) model that bases its focus on the internal plan and on the internal development of the organization. The paper relates that both of these models propose means by which the organization can gain a competitive advantage on the market, however, one of the models proposes that external factors are essential while the other suggests that it is the internal key resources that make the difference.
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"Basically, following this model, the constraints for the decision making process are not internal, as in the resource based view model, but external. The external variables from the macroeconomic environment determine internal decisions reflecting themselves in the company's strategy and its performance. As such, the I/O Paradigm follow a three-steps approach: industry structure -> company strategy -> performance (Michael Porter, 1983, Page 611). As we can see, the industry structure is essential in the decision making process, as one of its important determinants."
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Strategic Planning, 2008.
A research paper on the importance of strategic planning for training companies.
15,382 words (approx. 61.5 pages), 26 sources, APA, $ 249.95
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This research paper provides an answer to the question of whether strategic planning is even needed by training companies. The paper does this by looking at management personnel in these companies in regard to best practices in the area of strategic planning. The paper explains that this will help to determine whether or not these training companies are well prepared for the future. To accomplish the objectives of this research, questions were developed from the literature review and these questions were asked of personnel in training companies within the geographic area to get their views on strategic planning
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 - Introduction
1.1 Values of the Organisation
1.2 Successful Organisational Planning - An Analysis is Required
1.3 Aims and Objectives Statement of the research question Chapter 2 - Background of the research
2.1 Planning to Plan
2.2 Identifying Mandates and Standards
2.3 Strategic Decision Making
3 Chapter 3 - Literature Review
3.1 The Beginning of Strategic Planning
3.2 A Mission and a Vision
3.3 Creating a Philosophy
3.4 Threats to the Community
3.4.1 Internal Threats
3.4.2 External Threats
3.5 Identifying Strategic Concerns
3.6 Creating the Ideal Future
4 Chapter 4 -Methodology
4.1 Research strategy for primary research
4.2 Limits and Restrictions to the Study
4.3 Discussion - Importance of the Proposed Methodology
References
Theoretical
Empirical 5Appendix 1: The Interview
Appendix 2: The List of Participating Companies:
Appendix 3: The Selection Criteria for the Companies in the Sample
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"There are many different areas involved when it comes to strategic planning, and many of them can be accidentally overlooked by companies in the desire to create a plan and complete it. In theory, a plan that is well thought out and defined is complete when it is approved and printed, but in reality it is always changing. There are areas of concern that are sometimes not addressed in the original plan, and there are also times when something that was thought to work well does not actually work as well in real life as it does on paper. During times such as these, the strategic plan must then be amended, added to, or changed in order for it to do the job it was designed for and hold to the values and goals that the organisation has created .This is especially true of training companies, since it is such a vital business and there is much more at stake than profit and loss of cash."
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Training and Knowledge Management, 2008.
An exploration of the dynamically evolving role of training and knowledge management in an organization.
3,161 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 19 sources, APA, $ 91.95
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This study evaluates the popular and most current view-points on the subject of personnel training and development and management of knowledge and learning. The information gained through the theoretical review is then compared with an organization at which the writer is currently employed. The writer shows that the ability of any organization to channel its talent and extract the best from its resources is critical for the organization. The paper concludes that the more knowledge and information that the HR department and the respective departments can provide to the worker, the better and more efficient will be the manner in which the worker performs his responsibilities.
Outline
Abstract
Introduction
Literature Review
Discussion and Application to the Company Being Reviewed
Conclusion
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"The Human Resource Department, in conjunction with other departments, plays an important role in training and preparing the workforce. New technology, techniques and revamped organizational structures constantly influence organizations. Training can help organizations deal with these changes. Knowledge management (KM) is identified as one important strategic tool that organizations no matter which industry they belong to can utilize to improve the overall performance. Knowledge of the organization and its ability to harness and use the existing knowledge and the constant strive to achieve new knowledge were considered to be plus factors in evaluation of any of the companies. Training, knowledge acquisition and knowledge management are the three competitive tools that can make an organization an industry leader."
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The Pros and Cons of Outsourcing, 2008.
This paper explores the advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing key business processes.
4,344 words (approx. 17.4 pages), 35 sources, APA, $ 114.95
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The paper explains the advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing key business processes and details what can be outsourced and which companies should outsource. The paper presents the framework that companies use to prepare and implement an outsourcing plan. The paper shows how companies' needs for compliance, today's challenges of complexity and the need for driving down costs have created a foundation on which outsourcing will continue to flourish. The paper includes diagrams and a table that outlines the concepts of outsourcing as appendices to the paper.
Outline:
Introduction to Outsourcing
The Advantages of Outsourcing Key Business Processes
The Disadvantages of Outsourcing Key Business Processes
What Can Be Outsourced? Who Should Outsource?
Critical Steps to Prepare and Implement an Outsourcing Plan
Conclusion
From the Paper
"Having begun primarily in the IT industry and today progressing into many functional and process areas of companies, including manufacturing, outsourcing is now a global economic factor that is influencing entire nations' economies. Originally defined as the subcontracting of information systems processing including the more routine and easily transferred tasks and processes (Espino-Rodriguez and Padron-Robaina 2006) which were the least risky to subcontract out for completion, outsourcing today is now being increasingly trusted with the more complex, more risky processes in organizations, including global trade financial services, and distributed order management."
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Lord & Taylor's Retailing Strategy, 2008.
This paper analyzes the future direction of Lord & Taylor's retailing strategy.
795 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 28.95
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The paper relates that, in defining the future direction of Lord & Taylor's retailing strategy, it is critical that the branding, messaging, multi-channel selling, supply chain and retailing strategies be synchronized around a common objective of communicating vitality, high energy and style for professional women in the 35 - 55 age group. The paper outlines various strategic initiatives that all need to be brought together into more targeted direct marketing campaigns that synchronize all available promotional and sales channels.
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"In creating a synchronized strategy that ties together the entire operations of Lord & Taylor to support and accentuate this new, higher-end and high energy branding position, the controllable factors of designers, suppliers, and, direct marketing, and the remodeling of specific stores that have dated interiors needs to be first addressed (Schlesinger, 2). The uncontrollable aspects of price competition, growth of high-end specialty boutiques, and the onslaught of competition from mass merchandisers including Wal-Mart at the low-end all need to be taken into account in defining a unique identity for Lord & Taylor."
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