Essays on Social science Case Study

This paper "Modern Spaces - Our Understanding of Space as Affected by Modernism" focuses on the fact that throughout the history, social spaces have been thought of as a form of three-dimensional man-made construction – whether it was an arrangement of rocks or a more permanent collection of bricks.... Under current ideas of space, social areas are recognized as something more than a structure to be built within a specific budget; buildings are also considered a means of expressing or repressing social harmonisation, interaction, and innovation....

social psychologists remind us that most people have the inherent desire to be liked (faculty.... Group norms are known to be powerful as they influence social rewards (faculty.... Coupled with an inherent desire for belonging and social adjustment, this can be presented as a team effort using shocking and accurate depictions of cycling in contemporary society related to environmental awareness.... This direct marketing effort spotlights a more sophisticated citizen with a desire to take advantage of the Cycle2Work programme or can be motivated by social group rewards....

E-commerce consultant can suggest using social networking sites such as facebook, twitter etc for promoting the products of this company.... This case study "Book Bunker: Online Strategy" discusses website as an important step to spread business across the boundary of domestic country....

In the paper 'Improving Team Effectiveness' the author discusses a creative group with a good combination of team founders cum members.... Igor and Roman provided the creativity required and Sasha managed the finances.... They even had a good product, but things didn't work out the way it was expected to....

The paper "Key Approaches to Planning for Climate Change for Cities in Australia" is a great example of an environmental studies case study.... The climate change is being felt globally and cities have to prepare for the impacts (Bulkeley & Betsill, 2003).... Australia is one of the most urbanized countries globally with almost 90 % of its residents living in cities (Low, 2008)....

At the same time, they establish standards too high for even the most perfect to achieve and cause severe damage to the individual as they struggle to subject their own personalities to the social norm.... This paper "Is Beautiful Body a Guarantee for Happiness" discusses the following issue: the only way to find happiness and fulfillment is through the construction of the 'body beautiful', causing an extreme focus on the outward appearance many times to the detriment of the inner being....

"Ethics of Enron Company" paper includes the corporate culture it espoused, the contributions made by Enron's corporate culture to its demise, as well as those by its stakeholders and its officers through their actions.... Finally, the lessons learned from Enron's demise are made note of.... ... ...

social network marketing technology should be adopted i.... The reporter states that the management of Blue Stone should acquire Steve and Barry.... An acquisition strategy is beneficial if its outcome is potential sales growth for the parent company.... The parent company intends to expand its operations by acquiring this retail stores....

"Consultancy Report for Anthonys Orchard" paper contains the analysis of the company's current financial position using relevant ratios.... The groups of financial ratios to be selected from are Liquidity ratios, profitability ratios, efficiency ratios, gearing ratios, and current ratios.... ... ...

The paper "Business Law at Happy Hippie Pty Ltd " is a good example of a law case study.... Mr.... Manfredi recently purchased a vegetarian café from Happy Hippie Pty Ltd on the faith of representations made to him by Happy Hippie director, Elvis Eggplant regarding the past and future profitability of the café....

This paper presents Sweetco Inc.... which was a subsidiary of 5A1, but the parent company decided to sell off its subsidiaries as the company was not fitting into their strategic framework.... Sweetco has been a customer of the company for the last 10 years on credit terms.... .... ... ... As the paper outlines, the accumulated credit balance of Sweetco is now $356,877....

Traditional dietary management centers on educating patients about healthier food choices and persuading them in the importance of changes to lifestyle.... The paper "Optimum Nutrition And Digestive Wellness" discusses features of the process of digestion and its impact on body weight and human health....

"Management Strategy of IKEA" paper focuses on IKEA company, a leading furniture distributor, and has attained success over the last 25 years by occupying more than 20% of the entire market.... At present IKEA delivers low priced quality furniture throughout the world.... .... ... ... External analysis includes various Opportunities and Threats....

This paper 'Challenges Posed On Intellectual Rights Due To Globalization" focuses on the fact that intellectual property rights as a global issue have drawn a lot of attention to many scholars and businessmen.... This study is set out to discuss this issue and more particularly focus on the UK and US....

The paper "Kirk Kazanjian, Martin Christopher as Examples of Superior Customer Service Delivered by Companies" highlights that as the company aims to focus on internal competencies and becoming supplier, the company reduces their ownership of raw materials and channels for distribution.... ... ... ...

The formation of the Central Bank includes a study of the probable form or structure of the Central Bank in GCC.... The operations of the Central.... ... ... The paper "GCC Central Bank and the European Central Bank" is a perfect example of a finance and accounting case study.... The project discusses the proposal of forming a Central Bank in the Gulf region that regulates the economy of the Gulf member countries....

The paper 'British Petroleum - Human Resources Theories and Practices' is an earnest example of human resources case study.... The report provides an analysis of HR practices while focusing on the O&G (Oil & Gas) industry.... In the UK, the long-term stagnation owing to declining volumes in mature oil fields, falling prices, and increasing exploration, operation, etc....

The paper "Assessing Major Auditing Risk Areas" is an impressive example of a Finance & Accounting case study.... This paper first tries to define exactly what an audit risk is as it will help in understanding some of the major audit risk areas that are found in the Commonwealth Bank of Australia....

The paper 'How the Strategies That the White Goods Shop Will Deploy to Increase Sales" is a good example of a management case study.... White goods are part of consumer durable commodities; therefore focus is on how to improve the process of the business.... This business experiences delays in the dispatch delays cause therefore the company loses a lot of repeat orders....

The paper "Kitchen Renovation" is a good example of an engineering and construction case study.... In January 2013, a fire broke out in my kitchen after somebody left it on overnight.... The fire started from the toaster and spread to the curtains, at which point the flames engulfed the entire room....

The paper "Contact Law between Holy Farm and Brighton Greens" discusses that the dynamic growth of technology and the subsequent emergence of paperless contracts involving various business transactions have prompted the Australian government to enact legislations to govern such activities.... ... ...

The paper "The Aspect of Misrepresentation " is a perfect example of a law case study.... Misrepresentation refers to a false statement of fact, made by one party to the contract (also referred to as the represented) to the other (the representee) that, while not forming a term of the said contract, is one of the reasons that induce the representee to enter into the contract....

The paper "Marlston Assessment" is an outstanding example of a management case study.... This section will address the issue of the information required in an inventory system.... It will focus on the hotel sector using the Marlstone Lodge as the case study.... There are different types of inventory systems....

The author of the following paper claims that human resource management is the process which includes deploying of people (employees of the organization) evaluation or measuring employees' performance and the organization, recruitment process, staffing and so on.... ... ... ... People are the most precious asset of an organization....

It is characterized by numbness of limbs and weakening of legs.... It is caused by the inflammation of the myelin sheath.... Nerve impulses are altered from sending messages and this is due to.... ... ... The condition has no cure and it can render a patient's limbs useless for the rest of their lives....

In the paper 'BP Company Oil Spills' the author discusses the explosion of deepwater horizon oil spill by the British Petroleum (BP) Company, which was quite a huge environmental crisis in terms of the oil industry affecting the entire community residing near the Gulf of Mexico.... ... ... ... The author states that the oil spill was due to a gas leak that was in the oil rig which resulted from the accumulation of hydrocarbons at the Mexican Gulf....

The paper "Nordstrom Management" discusses that the inventory system enhances operations in Nordstrom Company, which is involved with the sale of apparels, shoes and cosmetic among other items.... The inventory system facilitates should provide a long term solution to inventory management.... ... ...

The focus of the paper is on ArcelorMittal, a renowned name in the steel and mining sector has been on major sight of the public.... The firm stands in the position of the world's fourth-largest iron ore extractor, for which there are many expectations that have been set along with ArcelorMittal operation....

A comprehensive analysis of problems and issues encountered during the project at Custom Woodworking Company as a result of poor planning is contained in this paper 'Project Woody 2000'.... In many organizations, planning a project is not given due importance and Woody 2000 was no exception.... ... ...

The paper 'Human Resources Policy - Tuition Fees Reimbursement Policy for Toyota Company' is an earnest example of a human resources case study.... Even though Toyota has several educational programs that keep the employees current with new developments and technologies as well as career development programs, Toyota does not pay for the tuition fee of employees....

From the paper "Harassment at Workplace on the Ground of Sexual Orientation as a Problem of Lionel" it is clear that the conditions at the workplace for an employee have worsened to such limits that the employee can not continue to work there.... The reasons for Lionel's being forced to think of quitting are serious....

This paper "Practicing Leadership" discusses leadership as a rather difficult term to define because many different philosophers and business professionals have given different meanings.... House (2004) states that leadership is, 'The ability of an individual to influence, motivate, and enable others'....

It has an estimated ninety-threethousand employees with business in approximately a hundred and thirty countries.... The company is ranby Maurice Hank Greenburg.... .... ... ... The net income as of 2007 by the company was approximately six billion U.... dollars.... Its premium waswith over 59.... billion, writtenin 2007....

This case study discusses solving marketing problems of a grocery store.... It provides case analysis of the grocery store and analyzes possible marketing issues connected with a product itself, the place of the store, the price and promotion of the product, and the customers.... ... ... ... This price should not affect the trend in sales and is supposed to provide sufficient profit....

The author tells about his client, a young man who was initially a drug addict.... He got kicked out by his parents and ended up in San Francisco.... Here he could stay in the streets but as time went by, he hooked up with an organization that helped him get a house to stay.... ... ... ... One guiding principle of the Recovery Model that relates the interaction with the client is that Community involvement as defined by the user of service is central to the recovery process....

The science of slope stability evaluation still remains a challenge, though it is increasingly progressing to higher levels of accuracy and successful implementation of remedial measures and prevention of landslides (Duncan & Wright, 2005: 1).... This paper "Piezometers for Measuring the Water Table to Monitor Landslides" discusses the significance of Piezometers for measuring groundwater pressure, in order to determine soil stability and the consequent likelihood of landslides occurring in slopes of various soil and rock compositions....

Global Geopolitical situation, rising oil prices, inflation, lack of trained manpower, national social policies and foreign policy decisions by the great powers play an important role in deciding the status of the industry as a sunset industry.... Economics, like other social life, does not conform to a simple and coherent pattern(Galbraith 1958)2.... Global Geopolitical situation, rising oil prices, inflation, lack of trained manpower, national social policies and foreign policy decisions by the great powers play an important role in deciding the status of the industry as a sunshine or a sunset industry....

The company's strategy states the purpose of making sustainable living a commonplace, whereas its vision includes doubling the size of their business, while increasing its social impact and decreasing its foot print on the environment.... Unilever believes in the fact that the organizational structure of any organization is governed by its social structure which is created by the management level, interest group or social class.... nilever continues to make progress in inserting environmental and social consideration into its operation....

This work called "Analysis of an Advertisement" describes the aspects of a successful advertisement.... The author outlines technological advancement and several experimental attempts, the role of editor, a general impression of society.... .... ... ...

The nations themselves have social and cultural boundaries which itself are any human beings identity.... olitical - political globalization means the emergence of a world government which monitors international relationships and vouchsafes the rights arising from social and economic globalization.... exual awareness – This incorporates the social meaning behind the issue.... This involves social cultural political technical and economic issues....

In the present era, the USA and its citizens need to be well prepared for any untoward incident, from a terrorist attack to a weather related catastrophe.... We have just celebrated the 10th anniversary of 9/11 and both Presidents Bush and Obama reiterated that America should stand.... ... ... This paper tackles a situation in which communications are down following an undesirable incident that has occurred, and asks us to respond to this Disaster Response & Recovery Plan of the of the Disaster Response & Recovery Plan Introduction In the present era, the USA and its citizens need to be well prepared for any untoward incident, from a terrorist attack to a weather related catastrophe....

The government has greatly reduced public ownership and contained the growth of social welfare programs.... Over the past two decades, the government has greatly reduced public ownership and contained the growth of social welfare programs.... is undertaking least efforts toward the European model of social protection and the reduction of inequalities and poverty....

Such competence measures are often used as comparators in the public sector and Flynn warns that this can be deceptive as it says nothing about the standard of the output and fails to take account of wider social issues. ... The paper "People Management In Large Public Sector Organisations" analyzes situations related to the performance of people at work, team management and the recruitment and selection of people in public organizations are going through an operational boundary change....

The University of South Australia is a modern and successful university with a rich history.... It has various divisions like business, education, arts, information technology; and engineering.... It is a major source of Australian higher education offshore.... ... ... The University of South Australia is a modern and successful university with a rich history....

The study "Is It Worth Becoming a Martyr for the Sake of Ethics?... examines the case of Valerie, who, in fact, evaded a constructive solution to her ethical dilemma in the company, avoiding possible complications due to a conflict with the boss, and gives advice how to deal with such cases.... ...

From the paper "The Problems of Qantas Airlines" it is clear that airlines which will be measured in terms of net profit after tax, sales and passenger traffic.... Brand image is an independent variable when its relation will be analyzed with the profitability of Qantas Airlines.... ... ... ... The management level employees will be given participation in the survey because they will have more information and knowledge....

This case study outlines that Jasper's case can be analysed to come up with ethical issues articulating the case.... He is a senior software engineer.... He considered himself privileged to be part of the management of a large software development company that came up with a patient monitoring system....

The paper "The Liability of the Deaths of Remus and Agrippa" states that Nero should have known, by the reasonable person model, that a push might cause a person with a weak heart to have a heart attack and die.... This is the reason that even minor physical acts of violence are illegal.... ... ... ...

This paper "Must Politicians Be Concerned with Military Actions?... explores the results of political considerations in the conduct of military operations.... Excessive civilian control of the military jeopardizes the execution of an operation.... The lack of such control fraught with abuse of power....

The story of TOMS shoes encourages me to learn more about business and social entrepreneurship.... Blake Mycoskie started the TOMS Shoes business.... After seeing the Argentinian kids running without shoes resulting to unnecessary foot injuries, Mycoskie decided to help.... For every shoe sold to customers around the world, Myscoskie gives free shoes to need kids around the....