Essays on Social science Case Study

The paper 'Upstream International - Reducing Losses Arising from the Poor Employee Turnover' is a helpful example of a human resources case study.... Upstream International presents an overview of a modern multinational organization.... The company is headed by an Executive Director.... The name of the Director is Brinded Malcolm....

The paper 'Shell's Upstream International Human Resources Planning and Recruitment' is a germane example of a human resources case study.... Upstream International Limited is a global business company that is led by Malcolm Brinded who is the Executive Director.... .... ... ... The paper 'Shell's Upstream International Human Resources Planning and Recruitment' is a germane example of a human resources case study....

From the paper "Analysis of Business Model of Zipcar" it is clear that Chase and Danielson made the business plan and research of car sharing at the end of the year 1999 and incorporated it in January 2000.... They received funds from angel investors amounted to $50,000.... ... ... ... Robin Chase and Antje Danielson, the co-founder of Zipcar had made a plan to start up the business venture in 1999....

The paper "A Form of Revenge for Taking Life of Another Person" explains that the death penalty has been a controversial issue since its first introduction as critics argue that it violates human rights, that is, the right to life.... However, it is currently practised in a number of countries and states....

The paper 'Initial Public Offer for RXP Services Ltd & Baru Resources Limited' is a meaningful example of the business case study.... RXP is an ICT management delivery and consulting service company.... It offers a wide range of services that includes application development, ICT support, and maintenance service, delivery and integration services, management, and technology consulting services....

The paper "Walmart Stores Introduction" states that all of the company's actions are focused on the final goal, i.... .... its mission and vision of becoming the world leaders in retailing.... The company is customer-centric along with catering to the needs of all of its stakeholders as well.... ...

In the paper 'Recommendation and Implementation Plan: Four Points Kingston' the author discusses a popular and well-reputed holiday resort which has opened for the public from the year 2000.... By reading the case of the place one can give an easy implementation for the planning to be made in the place....

This study discusses Toyota's emergence as a global player.... The study analyses two factors which are responsible for Toyota's global success.... It is on the verge of overtaking the American market is, in the final analysis, both its decision to transfer its lean principles to whatever country and culture....

Karges Coffee Inc MEMORANDUM TO: Janet Hamilton, President of Karges Coffee Inc.... FROM: RE: Evaluation of the various options proposed at the planning meeting DATE: In anticipation of the meeting held recently of the senior management, I would like to bring to your attention the evaluation of various options proposed at the planning meeting: The overall sales value of all the products comes up to $9,600,000 and the contribution margin comes up to $2,880,000 which in turn generates a Profit/Volume Ratio of 0....

In Fred's situation, being previously employed in an automobile parts industry for nearly 30 years, he could be regarded as fully capable and qualified to be a car repair franchisee.... First, the business belongs to practically the same industry where Fred was employed for a considerable length of time....

This paper "To Spy or Not to Spy on Software Company Globe Alive, Inc" focuses on Globe Alive, Inc.... (GAI) which is a software company that is based in Edmonton.... Helmut Schwartz is the current CEO of the enterprise.... Stuart Miller is the Director of the Human Resource Department.... ... ... ...

This essay "Apple's Competitive Strategy" describes the competition based on quality and price.... Apple ranks first in quality, but its prices are higher.... Revising the pricing strategy will ensure that Apple remains the top company for a longer time.... ... ... ... Apple is among the world's most valuable corporations by market capitalization (Gopinath & Siciliano, 2013)....

"Kellogg and the Oil Industry" paper focuses on a firm that specializes in building and engineering works.... It builds petrochemical as well as gas and other energy handling plants.... Its services range from designing work, procurement of materials and equipment such as civil.... ... ... ... Lump-sum contracts are often meant for reducing contract administration costs as well as design costs....

"Analyzing the Usability of Three Competitor Websites" paper uses three competitor websites and examines the Applications and Snapshots section – the area that is required to be redesigned: www.... akosteel.... om, http://www.... iwiconstruction.... om/australiaandnewzealand.... fm, and http://www....

It preserves the Australia's social history and represents collection into three themes; Australian society and history, aboriginal Australia, and people's interaction with environment.... The paper 'Effective Communication Skills of a Museum Website - National Museum of Australia' is an affecting example of an information technology case study....

Additional improvement ideas should entail: Encompassing an open communication environment, Researching on the industry trends especially in mechanization and automation of activities, and Focusing on social responsibility through reduction on environmental impact ConclusionBusiness performance relies on effective policy making....

The Company makes sure that all consumers regardless of their social status can afford a wide range of products.... This case study "Ideology in Branding: Apple and Kentucky Fried Chicken" highlights how ideology helps in branding in Apple and Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC).... Ideology is the fundamental principles, rules, goals, or spirit that a business venture regards for their success....

The bottom line for this call was to make some changes in the US not only in its political, social but as well as in its economic system.... The paper "The Brief History of the US Economic" discusses that the American period from 1861 to 1916 proved to be a significant transition of the US economic development....

In addition, the narrative is replete with impulsive love among fraternal relations, with oppressing outcomes; ill – fated loves; and social organisations that depict a parody of justice, hospitality, and reason.... "The Parent-Child Relationship in Frankenstein" paper states that the 19th century was witness to the authorial brilliancy of Mary Shelley....

China is one of the countries that have recently experienced enormous social economic transformations due to industrial development.... This work called "Edward Burtynsky" describes one of the most famous Canadian photographers who received international recognition for his immense contributions in the field of industrial landscape photography....

Calypso musicians who use their music for political and social rebellion (Manning 169) express commonly held negative stereotypes about the alleged lack of morals among Shakers (Gullick 87).... This case study "St.... Vincent: Location, Culture, Religion, Music" presents a small island between two continents, a poor country settled by indentured servants and slaves with a history of violence, discrimination, displacement, and colonization....

Climate changes are likely to affect the social and economic future.... Case study "Ways of Managing Climate Changes and Its Significance to the Nation" is focusing on different disciplines and their usage of various types of evidences to explain the different causes of weather changes, and measures taken in managing climate transformation....

He was elected President of Princeton in 1902, in which capacity he gained a reputation for the advocacy of educational reform and social equality.... This case study "Woodrow Wilson: the Fourteen Points" discusses Woodrow Wilson's famous 'Fourteen Points' speech that was delivered in a Joint Session of the United States Congress on 8 January 1918....

ith the diversity of religions, social lives, ethnic composition of the ruling elite, the various geographic locations show the Chinese art in its diversity yet in every art form we can see uniformity which is an essence of the glorious period confounded in Chinese culture and tradition....

nother factor considered for the assessment was the social disruption levels witnessed in the lives of the victims of a risk emergency. ... Of interest in the following paper "National Risk Register of Civil Emergencies" is the risks assessed in the register, risk qualification and quantification, main results from the assessment, and the difference in practice in response to the paper....

The opportunities and threats section will be generated from Mercedes-Benz's PEST (Political, Economic, social, and Technological) analysis (Strickland & Thomson 2004). ... The paper "Mercedes-Benz" tells us about Daimler Chrysler AG.... Mercedes Benz uses different ways to promote its products....

he crisis brought out in Korea a sense of social commitment.... In this case study the author aims to outline the chronology of the events that took place leading to the eventual financial crisis and in continuation, identifies and discusses the causes and effects of the Financial Crisis based on the South Korean economy....

This is a seemingly difficult task, given the global financial crises and other troubles that the firm faces on political, economic and social frontiers.... The author states that the Burberry company has no distinctive mission statement.... However, reading on from their annual reports it can be seen that the company wants to maximize its revenues in order to increase the business profitability....

By viewing and being viewed, actively giving and receiving feedback, the supervisee's opportunities for experimental learning are expanded; this characterizes group supervision as a social modeling experience.... The author of the following case study "Workplace Counselling Perspectives" states that John McLeod defines Workplace Counseling as 'the provision of brief psychological therapy for employees of an organization, which is paid for by the employer....

The aim is to create ways in which the company can increase the sale of its products by carrying social media promotion, developing customized but very appealing adverts1. ... The paper "Disciplinary Issues of Human Resource Manager" presents that Crogder Company is a production company that specializes in the production of plastic products of many kinds....

Involvement in Corporate social Responsibility can increase the firm's brand name's reputation in the minds of existing and potential customers.... However, following the fact that demand in this industry is relatively elastic (price elasticity of demand = -1.... 9), then any pricing policy resulting to an increase in price is irrational....

However, if there is political, economic or social unrest in Taiwan, Apple may lose it big time (Abilla 2007).... The paper 'Apple's Suicide Factory Outsourcing' seeks to evaluate a multinational company, which designs, makes and sells a wide range of electronic items and computer software....

These included education in the best private schools in Saudi Arabia, education in Europe and the United States as well as unlimited world travel and contact with the global economic and social elite (Jacquard, 2002).... The writer of the paper "The Radicalism of Osama Bin Laden" focuses on the biography of Osama Bin Laden....

There is a lot of social capital that the company has and the relationships it has made with clients over the years are priceless.... This paper 'Stilsim Corporation - Internal Strategy" focuses on the fact that Stilsim Corporation performs a set of activities which are instrumental in helping individuals find the jobs that they want and then settle down to work to their utmost potential....

So, if a person is adept at such topics, relative inability to engage in social banter is really not that much of a drawback.... This paper under the title "The Evaluation of the Hiring Process Used By the Firm" investigates the issues of the fact that S.... G.... Cowen after the merger of Société Générale with Cowen and Company has now focused on investment banking and M&A consulting services....

In order to be more persuasive to its customers, the new branches of Marriott international needs to use more of online, billboards, social and mass media advertisement on their areas of locations and the distinct services offered.... The objective of the paper is to analyze the existing international strategies and risk management strategies in Marriott and its recommendations....

Customers being one component that enhance the implementation of the strategy, they experience market place conversation, social media and demand generation.... "Strategy Formulation and Its Implementation, Corporate Governance of the Nintendo Corporation" paper focuses on Nintendo multinational corporation....

A healthy business environment is supposed to consider the economic, social and political environment.... The paper "Business Ethics Are Some of the Important Factors" states that the public acuity of unethical behavior seems to be expanding.... It is highly unethical to transfer the risk of using banned products from a highly rated society to a vulnerable society on the basis of profit-making....

Or could the shades be Miss Marsalles and the children from Green Hill School who still enjoyed the recitals, difficult to understand the social civilization?... From the paper "Dance of the Happy Shades by Alice Munro" it is clear that from the chapters, it was clear that the narrator's mother did not want to attend the parties anymore....

) observes that “conflict is constitutive of organizational and social systems and indeed a major source of whatever stability and dynamism such systems have” (Simmel, 1902).... The study "Organizational Conflict Project Analysis" critically analyzes the main difficulties faced by ABS Canada in implementing the project to cope with an inner organizational conflict....

While reflecting on how I was involved in a team of students in the International People Management module, two team models seemed to be appropriate to describe how the team worked and in particular how my own strengths and limitations were defined.... The models are Bruce Tuckman's model for how team interaction develops, and the Belbin model for the roles of the different team members. ...

Over the past five years, my organisation suffered two security incidents, one of which was somewhat unavoidable and the other a consequence of an oversight by the network administrator.... This essay, which shall describe both attacks, will attempt to clarify the extent to which the unauthorised penetration of a company's network can have consequences which extend beyond damage and impact to the potentially catastrophic. ...

Metabolic Adaptations during Starvation The Cuban poet Pedro Luis Boitel had been on a hunger strike for 53 days.... He died of starvation.... When somebody is starving, several metabolic adaptations and changes occur to preserve functioning of vital organs.... An understanding of various metabolic pathways related to functioning of the body during various phases of starvation is essential to understand the survival crux of the Cuban poet for 53 days....

A paper "Open Innovation: Strategy and Environment" outlines that it is recognized that, without innovation, companies will quickly lose their competitive edge.... Peter Drucker has stated that although the importance of innovation is clear, how to achieve it remains a largely unanswered question....

Issues on Conflict, Transition and Connection in the Company with Close Family Relationships September 4, 2011 1.... Describe how successful the business has been at recognizing and satisfying stakeholder interests The McNeely's companies have become more successful once they started listening and respecting each other....

Amazon started out as retailer of books but has expanded in to almost every category of retail business such as music, video, auctions, electronics, toys, home improvements, software, advertising, commercial printing and so on.... As a result, the company has many direct and.... ... ... The mortar and brick as well as online competitors of Amazon are Borders, Barnes and Noble, eBay and WalMart....

The objective of this case study is to briefly analyze the current business strategy adopted at T-Mobile.... Furthermore, the writer will design a specific marketing plan for T-Mobile aimed towards retaining consumer loyalty and focused on youth-youth marketing.... ... ... ... A marketing strategy for the T mobile service defines aims and describes the way the mobile company is going to satisfy customers in their chosen markets....

This study "Aqualisa Quartz: Simply a Better Shower" will be guided by the following questions: Why do customers and plumbers apparently not recognize the benefits of the Quartz?... What factors will determine the profits that Aqualisa will earn from the Quartz?... ... ... ... The pricing strategy decides if the product will be profitable in the market, or will be able to break even, whereas the wrong pricing strategy can affect the profitability as well....

The essay "Hot water System" describes the five step process and conditions to consider while sizing a domestic water distribution for a building such as a commercial building.... It would be of utmost importance and vital to consider the initial cost for the booster sets as a totality.... ... ... ...

The author of this case study "Trash Recycling Business in Azerbaijan" comments on the Eurasian recycling LLC which will seek to collect, compost and recycle, and market trash from town plants for processing of waste, while turning them into consumer products.... .... ... ... Eurasian recycling LLC product will meet the needs of residents in and around the City of Ganja in two ways....