Essays on Visual Arts and Film Studies

Numerous studies have established that the success of an organization cannot be guaranteed when it is unable to retain its customers because increased employee turnover and low employee retention affects the quality of products or services that an organization offers.... Numerous studies have established that the success of an organization cannot be guaranteed when it is unable to retain its customers because increased employee turnover and low employee retention affects the quality of products or services that an organization offers....

?? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Latin American studies Association, Chicago, September 1998.... Case studies and Theory Development in the Social Sciences.... Understanding the Role of Contemporary NGOs in Haiti”, The Journal of Haitian studies 13....

The paper "Reg Vardy's Financial Analysis" analyses the firm's financial health by deriving the relevant financial ratios as the basis for assessment.... Furthermore, this paper provides a comparative analysis between the company and its rival Pendragon PLC (Pendragon).... ... ... ... Reg Vardy's Board and management should undertake all measures to ensure that shareholders' value is maximized....

This case study "Internal Strategic Analysis of Tesco" presents Tesco that has maintained its position as a market leader in the U.... .... food retail market.... From the analysis of the external environment, it can be seen that external factors have a strong influence on business development.... ...

ournal of Legal studies 203, 212 ... The paper 'Tort of Negligence Platform to Base Charlie and Harley Case against Max" is an outstanding example of a law case study.... Generally, the tort is an area of law that seeks to ensure people take reasonable care not to harm others through reckless or careless conduct by remedying their losses....

Being one of the oldest clubs founded as back as 1882, Tottenham Hotspur plc is engaged in running a professional football club in the UK.... The organisation is also engaged in related commercial activities like trading in sports goods, which forms another main activity of the club.... ... ... ... The company acquired Star Furnishing Limited during the fiscal year ended 30th June 2006....

"Operations and Strategy: Outback Steakhouse Case analysis" paper examines the key operational challenges that face Outback Steakhouse in its bid to expand the business internationally.... Outback Steakhouse should possess a growth strategy comprising of domestic and international expansion plans ....

In a small business firm, the owner-manager can monitor business activities largely based on visual and personal contact.... The paper describes financial processing in commercial information systems.... Today's internetworked information systems play a vital role in the success of an enterprise....

The goal of the Air France-KLM merger was to reduce visual awareness about these activities to avoid causing any problems with the company's two brands and ensure that customer loyalty was retained.... This report 'The Realities of Internal and External Culture: Air France – KLM' identifies the cultural changes promoted by external and internal cultures to make the Air France – KLM merger successful....

The paper "Political Opportunities and Challenges - China" is a perfect example of a politics case study.... The global business environment is increasingly becoming fragile and competitive which presents the need for businesses to understand various aspects of the environment that they operate in (Kolk, 2016)....

These studies could form some of the resources where information can be extracted.... Moreover, the studies and resources are gathered from different parts of the world.... atabase of information, case studies and resources ... ?? Journal of Development studies 44.... Weiss and Sam (29-48) agree with the former studies and point out that there are several roles NGO plays in the UN.... There are several studies that have been done in establishing the individual roles of these two bodies, as well as what they have collectively been able to achieve....

The paper "The External Environment Analysis of Trinidad and Tobago" involves the external environment analysis of Trinidad & Tobago so as to conduct a feasibility study for recommending Starbucks Corporation, whether to enter the markets of Trinidad & Tobago or not.... ... ... ... The company chosen for a feasibility study is Starbucks, which is a coffee chain mainly and also offers delicious meals to its customers along with high-quality coffee....

pecific Too' Journal of International Business studies.... This case study "Evolution of Marketing Strategy Harley-Davidson" discusses the advantages of positioning Harley Davidson as a lifestyle product were many.... Gaining a competitive advantage by not just selling a product but selling a community; a place where people could have a sense of belonging....

In many cases, studies on sociology and gender variations especially with respect to school performance have suggested that girls tend to perform better than boys at school and there may be several reasons, both sociological and psychological that could explain the difference in performance between boys and girls at school, especially in the context of schools in the UK.... Many studies and surveys on school performance have showed a correlation between gender and achievement....

All of these topics studied under one theory can be categorized as organizational studies, and organizational change is little evidence to the importance of these intersections being acknowledged.... In terms of looking at the way class affects identity in cultural studies, one should look at conjuncturalism.... In terms of looking at class and cultural studies, we must now acknowledge the global social climate and uncover the roots of transnationalism and how it relates to 21st century global life and identity....

The goal of the present study is to describe the evolution in the ownership, management, strategy making, product portfolio and performance through the passage of time at the Aston Martin Company.... The writer conducts PESTEL, five forces, and SWOT analysis.... .... ... ... Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd....

ET) which is further written in the Microsoft visual Basic.... This case study "Methods for Risk Assessment" focuses on performing a four-step risk assessment for a particular scenario on the basis of a four-step process with the help of a chosen OCTAVE method.... The aspect of risk relevant to security is deemed to be quite prevalent....

The paper 'Xerox Corporation's Causes of Failure' seeks to evaluate a company which is incorporated in New York.... It is engaged in the manufacture, sale, and lease of document imaging products, services, and supplies in the United States.... It operates as well with 130 other countries around the world....

) The expansion of support for the transportation programs in the faculty of arts and School of Nursing, center for transnational crime prevention and midwifery and indigenous health, ... ) The centre for Canadian-Australian studies has hosted an "All Canada Day" at the campus of the Wollongong University to help Canada related issues and comparative research with a support in the inclusion of the Canadian content into the teaching program.... The University of Wollongong has an objective to assist the students in making connections between the disciplines of their studies and the world of work, the Carrier Service has offered a set of programs and services for the fulfillment of the requirements of the society relating to knowledge(Lenski,1974)(9) and culture(Effland ,1998)(10)....

The move was experimental; first it offered five movies to help promote the Sundance film Festival at a price of $3.... YouTube has for a long time allowed users to upload and access material free of charge.... This has endeared the company and its parent company, Google, to billions of users worldwide who enjoy a variety of clips, music and other fun material at no cost....

The paper "Overview of UK Company Directors Duties and Shareholders Remedies and Rights" highlights that the inequitable prejudice in laws governing U.... Corporations is a statutory method of action that is propagated by wronged stakeholders against their corporation.... .... ... ... The diverse aspect of the Company Act 2006 in coordination with section 260 encloses a wide cultural evolution from the latter interest of corporations, which were viewed as detrimental to society in relation to the financial crisis....

Cultural studies, 16 (4): 501-515. ... & Walsh, D 1998, Review of studies on environmental impacts of recreation and tourism in Australia.... According to the World Tourism Organization, tourism is the act of travelling to appreciate different cultures to such attractions as performing arts, cultural tours, festivals, sites and monuments, travel to “study nature, folklore or art and pilgrimages” (Mckercher & du Cros 2002). ... Other cultural products are not mobile like festivals and performing arts....

This paper "The Impact of Sexual Cultural Practices on General Health and the Lives of Its Members" focuses on the fact that culture in itself has meanings but focusing on behavioural scientists, culture can be defined as the complete array of learned behaviour patterns of the human species.... ....

The paper "Challenges Facing Change Management Process at Lenovo" is a good example of a case study on management.... This report is meant to update the new CEO regarding the challenges facing the change management process at Lenovo's research center in Beijing.... ... ... ... The paper "Challenges Facing Change Management Process at Lenovo" is a good example of a case study on management....

The studies reveal that both adult and children is victim of domestic violence (O'Donnell, Scott, & Stanley, 2008).... Australian Institute of Family studies, 18-26.... The author of the paper under the title "Some of the Challenges Families Experienced and How They Can be Prevented or Protected" relates to a particular case study in expressing and assessing the rights, development, and well-being of children....

As a result of this assumption which has been empirically and theoretically found to be true, by several studies, there has risen considerable interest on how to best develop and nurture effective leaders in the educational front (Hallinger 2003, p.... ames M Burns, a presidential biographer and an expert in leadership, carried out the first formal studies on transformational leadership.... ltimately, leadership is a continuous process and not an instant fix or magical solution, at the end of the day, the studies and theoretical construct examined herein is highly informative in respect to the impact of leadership in school improvement projects....

The author of the following study "Errors Made by an Arab Learner of English as a Second Language" outlines that English is taught as Second Language in many Arab Countries.... The Arabic speaking learners have a very rich language as their mother tongue.... ... ... ... Reportedly, the influence of mother tongues affects Arab's second language learning....

Critical consideration of what these research studies offer would actually point to the fact that their findings hold true even on SAAS. ... The paper "The Impact among the SAAS Personnel and Volunteers and Their Clients" tells that South Australia Ambulance Service (SAAS) is a government agency under SA Health, which serves as the sole provider of emergency ambulance transport, clinical care and patient transport services....

Case studies: Finance and Accounting Contents I.... In this paper, being a financial consultant of NENE Limited, clarifications should be provided to the directors of the company as they are facing difficulties regarding decision making in various financial aspects as mentioned in the three case studies.... hree case studies involved in this assignment deals with three different segments of finance and accounting....

The paper analyses the opportunities in the Hedge Fund industry.... The analysis is based on the following concepts that affect wage theories: comparative employment opportunities, human capital theory, what goes on at work, pay at work, migration, discrimination, technology at work.... ... ... ... The hedge fund is a financial system fund that uses arbitrage, buy and sell undervalued securities, trade options or bonds, and invest in almost any opportunity in any market where it foresees impressive gains at reduced risks....

The paper "E-Commerce and Action Plan towards Apparel Brand Pty Ltd Company in Australia" is a perfect example of information technology case study.... In Australia, the existence of the apparel market is relatively small, though very competitive approaches are applied across the companies (The Canadian Trade Commissioner Service 2009)....

In the paper "International Expansion Of Hudson's Bay", the factors that Bay ought to take into consideration in developing a future strategy for the newly acquired division will be delineated as well as a discourse of whether expanding to the Canadian and the U.... .... markets is heady.... ... ...

This resource, ISBN 0471118540, costs $6, but can be helpful in providing case studies of computer risks.... The author of the paper "Environmental Scanning Strategy of AlienVault" will begin with the statement that when it comes to network and internet security, AlienVault has made a name for being one of the most trusted names in security industry....

In early 1990s, through motivation from Northern arts and artistes, the now famous pop group of Northern Sinfonia started functioning on plans for a new performance hall (Menon, et al.... The Sage Gateshead spots a foundational milestone in the achievement of the new arts and culture quarter well known as Gateshead Quays (Foster and Sargent, 2007).... Through that structure, Gateshead Council was awarded about 47 milllion pounds by arts Council England using the National Lottery funds....

Over the decades that have passed, the number of students that have been abroad for their studies is on the increase since the start of the ERASMUS program whereby we see that there has been participation of more than 2 million students.... ?studies of Labor Market Intermediation....

ase studies Related To Social Media 10 ... nalysis of the Case studies 12 ... Case studies will be taken into concern in order to demonstrate the increasing usage of social media by the companies to attain the objective of the paper.... ase studies Related To Social Media ... nalysis of the Case studies ... The case studies referred apparently dictates that the companies use social media in order to handle the enquiries of the customer and to target the potential customers in the short period of time....

The paper 'The Performance of International Capital Markets' presents economies of the world which have taken different approaches to improving the standard of living.... The government plays a major role in developing an economy.... Polices made by the government have a great impact on the economy....

This case study "Evaluating Strengths and Weaknesses in Making Choices" presents Concept Design services as the appropriate one especially considering its position in the market, as well as, the target consumers who purchase their products and services.... ... ... ... Design house partnerships usually involved relatively long lead times but produced unique products with very high margins, nearly always carrying the design house's brand....

The paper 'Sustainable Competitive Advantage and Information Technology' is an affecting example of a case study on information technology.... Information technology is a key factor in improving the performance of companies.... Sustainable competitive advantage, electronic commerce, and supply chain of the company have a relationship, which can turn around the current performance to higher levels....

The paper "Health and Safety at Njoro Canning Factory" discusses that the factory has been successful in achieving most of the health and safety objectives and is an example that stakeholders in the industry that should work together to develop risk reduction measures.... ... ... ... Njoro Factory has a number of initiatives to ensure that all the safety goals are achieved....

The following paper highlights that the main offices of the Dunkin' Brands' Group are located in Canton, Massachusetts in the United States of America.... Dunkin Donuts and Baskin-Robbins were initially owned by a French multinational corporation that was known as Pernod Ricard.... ... ... ... The Dunkin brand group that runs the Dunkin restaurants was started in 1950 and its chief executive officer at present is known as Nigel Travis while the chairman for the group is Jon L....

The "Analysis of Royal Dutch Shell Group" paper seeks to research the firm to provide a critical review of its performance in terms of growth, profitability, and liquidity in the past five years.... This also evaluates the importance of Corporate Governance in global corporations like Shell.... ... ...

In the paper 'H.... .... Heinz Company' the author focuses on H.... .... Heinz Company, which traces its roots in 1869 in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania, USA.... Its founder Henry Heinz began is business by selling horseradish which was delivered to grocers using a horse-drawn wagon.... ... ... ... The author states that the company's product line was lengthened and broadened due to product development and acquisitions....

The paper "Analysis of ICT Market in the UK" states that the United Kingdom's economy faced challenges from 2012 to 2013, but inward investment in the ICT sector has positive impacts on it.... The ICT market in the UK is one of the largest markets in Europe.... ... ... ... The ICT market in the UK has been analyzed with its applications in subsectors....

With the changes in health challenges and healthcare delivery avenues, healthcare consultancy has proved to be one of the significant areas of emerging business trends to be applicable in this time and age.... Over the years, healthcare providing companies have had to contend with.... ... ... The paper "Bain Consultants Marketing Analysis" is an outstanding example of a marketing case study....

The paper 'Assurance Engagement - Oxfam Analysis' is a cogent example of a finance & accounting case study.... The focus of this paper is on analyzing Oxfam International in relation to whether it is a viable charity organization to receive potential donations.... In fact, this paper provides an audit overview of the organization in regards to whether it is operated in a fraud-free environment....

In the paper 'Starbucks Delays India Entry' the author focuses on one of the major retailers and roster of coffee bean in the world.... They sell coffee in their retail shops along with a variety of other espresso beverage, cold blended beverage, teas, and snacks.... ... ... ... The author states that the stores of Starbucks have Wi-Fi internet connectivity for its customers to surf the internet....

The author of the paper "Strategic Management of Sony Corporation" presents structural characteristics of the TV manufacturing industry from the point of view of the Porter framework and Sony strategy using the resource-based view of the firm framework.... ... ... ... The resource-based view is quite significant in comprehending how to make use of the capabilities of the firm so that it can accomplish sustainable competitive benefits....

The paper 'HBD Organization Management and Leadership Development" is a good example of a management case study.... The report focuses on the leadership and management of HBD an Australian organization that was established about thirty years ago.... The report discusses the critical analysis inquiring in my experience working with managers under this organization....

inancial Management studies show that every firm has a given set of objectives that they seek to achieve and that every other decision made by the company is subject to these objectives.... The paper "Financial Analysis for Vodafone Qatar" is a perfect example of a finance and accounting case study....