Rising Sun Airlines has discovered significant setbacks in preparing their airplanes efficiently to maintain brief turn times. During the turn times the crew is required to clean, inspect, restock and refuel the planes. An increase demand for air travel and complex schedules has lead to...
The guest lectures started with a discussion on why management fall in a crisis. Bosse Carlsson and Annelie Nordström using examples from their professional background through an interactive presentation. They both are expert on their field, so highlighted uncertainty, risk, collective stress, crisis, and normal...
Introduction Before studying motivational theories in management, we should first understand what does motivation mean. In simple words, motivation refers to why people act the way they do. It is the reason of people’s desires, actions and needs. Motivation comes from within an individual but...
Radio has been around for over a century, and even with the rise of digital media, it is still a powerful medium. Radio advertisements provide businesses an affordable mean to establish brand recognition to a target market. Additionally, advertisers use radio advertisement which incorporates to...
Bill Gore is an intelligent business man that found W. L. Gore and Associates. He has found his own ways to make companies work. Gore has found distinct features of organization and management, there are advantages and disadvantages to the techniques he has found, and...
Introduction Mr. Ghosn, at 64 years of age, has bagged plenty of achievements in his pocket to boast. Having saved Japan’s second largest automaker from the brink of doom in 1999, he has become somewhat of a cultural icon and a hero to the Japanese...
Sri Lim Goh Tong is an amazing entrepreneur who was born on 28 February 1918 in Fujian, China. At age of 16, he had to leave school and breadwinner for his family. As China’s situation was unstable, he decided to come to Malaysia (Malaya at...
Home Depot employees and shareholders may not have been a fan of Bob Nardelli’s leadership style, but his single frame behavioural approach to leadership was one of the main factors for turning the company into an “earnings juggernaut”. Nardelli took on a structural approach when...
The new-found success at Disney Co. is mainly attributable to the change of leadership from a structural style in Eisner to a combination of Human resources and symbolic styles in Iger. Although Eisner saw much success with Disney during his 20-year tenure, his style of...
Fraud comes in many different shapes and sizes. Fraud affects everyone regardless of their skin color or the language that they speak. There are several types of fraud in international trade. Criminals can tap into your business bank account, hack your website, make phone calls,...
Introduction Robert A. ‘Bob’ Hoover was born on January 24, 1922, in Nashville, Tennessee. This man would grow up to be a war hero and a legendary aviator. Bob Hoover was one of the bravest leaders that would take part in the evolution of advanced...
“Leadership” for most people, has a positive meaning, yet there are negative aspects to leaders, as well. Recognizing the reality of bad and destructive leadership is essential in promoting good and ethical leadership. Metaphorically, leaders are separated into “light” and “shadow. ” There is a...
Earlier this month, Bloomberg issued an alarming report alleging that Chinese manufacturers installed malicious microchips in computer equipment destined for U. S. tech companies, such as Amazon and Apple. This same article even insinuated that some of the effected equipment made its way into the...
This risk is something that is likely to lose something of value in our lives. This value can be said as physical health, social status or financial wealth and others. This can be obtained from time to time or disappeared when taking a risk as...
Introduction I believe that the leader has a job of the utmost importance when considering ethical decision-making. They are at the top of the pyramid, setting the tone for the entire organization. Everyone from employees to suppliers to consumers observes how their actions play out....
Being motivated is a critical factor towards a solid career of leadership. As a woman, being an oilfield engineer is not easy. Not because it is an arduous job, but because people assume you will fail and give up. I am stimulated by challenges, assuring...
Abstract The purpose of this report is to review the available literature on the antecedents of performance appraisal (PA) and how it influenced organisational activities and perceptions. Academic textbooks and journals were used as main research forms in assessing trends of PA. There will be...
I come from a middle class family, and have studied in Salwan Public School, which is one of the top institutions in Delhi. I have always been an above average student in my class. I was intellectually superior and always stood on top 3 of...
The initial concepts of quality improvements were in fact concepts from the manufacturing industry striving to improve the quality of their products and ensure efficiencies in their productions processes, reducing wastages. In 1910, Ernest Codman led the idea of improving hospital care by following up...