Here are your academic paper search results

A 17 page paper exploring the historical basis for the gap that exists between HR function and top management, and discussing how HRM can close that gap. The paper discusses benchmarking other companies where HR is a true strategic partner; focusing on performance management; and building a business case acceptable to senior management. Bibliography lists 23 sources.

This 6 page paper looks at a case study supplied by the student; Mary Kay Cosmetics. The remuneration of the agents is considered, looking at the main components and motivators, the profile of the agents and the way that the package may be changed to provide ongoing motivation while cutting the costs of the current program that provides cars for the top achievers. The bibliography cites 4 sources.

This 4 page paper comments on some of the discrimination African American women face in this country. The essay begins with statistic related to cancer, prenatal care, poverty in old age and managers and executives in top companies. The essay includes comments on the 'concrete ceiling,' wage disparity, and stereotypes. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This 9 page paper is written in two parts. The first part considers Thailand as a destination for setting up a business and looks at how two products, a lap top computer priced at $500 and a male contraceptive device priced at $1 may be promoted. The second part of the paper outlines a negotiation strategy for setting up a strategic alliance and dealing with any disputes. The bibliography cites 6 sources.

Heller, BR, Drenkard, K, Esposito-Herr, MB, Romano, C, Et al. (2004) found in study concerning essential leadership skills that among the top skills needed were conflict resolution, team skills, communication, navigating the corporation, and time management. All of these will be brought to bear in the following conflict resolution case examples. 3 cases on late on assignmens, missing meetings, and communication between employees. 4 references. jvCnflct.rtf

A 4 page paper describing a new clothing line. The paper provides a logo and catch phrase for the new business, as well as biographical information about the designer and demographic characteristics of the target customer. The new logo and catch phrase are at the top of each page. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 10 page paper examines the purchase decision of two different purchased. Based ion questionnaires supplied by the student the way the decision were reached when purchasing a cup of coffee and a lap top computer are compared. For each decision factors examined in the paper include needs recognition, the pre purchase search, evaluation of alternatives, the impact of the socio-cultural environment and psychological field, the influence of marketing, the post decision behavior and the differences between high involvement and the low involvement decisions. The bibliography cites 8 sources.

This 5 page paper presents a sample lesson plan using This Is The Way We Go To School from the Harcourt Brace Signatures series with additional activities. The writer then discusses the bottom-up and top-down theories of the reading process. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

Compares the justice systems in the United States, Ireland and Canada, focusing on structure of the court system (top down), then it looks within the structure to make comparisons. Line graphics of the 3 systems. Bibliography lists 10 sources. JVjudiciar.rtf.

This mock magazine offers six RT computer articles on the title and a 6 page editorial on what's included in those articles. Subjects include: Re-evaluating your replacement strategy, Sasser worm, MS revisit of NGSCB security plan, top technologies for 2005, Hitachi 400GB drive, and Linksys, Boingo Boost Hotspots. Bibliography lists 5 sources. jvPCmag.rtf

An organization's external environment has three components: the remote environment, the industry environment, and the operating environment. In this regard, an Environmental Analysis for Top Guard Security (2004) would reflect changes over ten years in the company’s relationships with local and national changes, including legislative and public opinion modifications, upgrades in the guard industry in the form of surveillance tactics or new security measures, as well as changes in the operating environment, which could involve anything from policy to recordkeeping. Bibliography lists 4 sources. jvGuards.rtf

When the above motto is the passion of the CEO and all of top management, Harris (1992) states that customer service is guaranteed to be king throughout the organization. Customer service management is the most important tool for maintaining a competitive edge in business today because customers select when, where and with whom they will do business. Bibliography lists 2 sources. jvCsKing.rtf

This 6-page paper is an essay that discusses the secrets of sales success, and how people can move to the top. Also discussed is how to build a winning sales organization. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 5 page paper examines the financing of the 2002 Alexander campaign. Biographical information about Lamar Alexander is relayed along with specific financial data. PAC money is discussed. Top contributors are listed. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

3 pages in length. The precedence setting ability of court cases has enacted tremendous change where change was badly needed. At the top of this list of legal revisions reside the Hartley and Medley cases, which served as the catalysts for revising the behavioral health system so accountability is a more visible component. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

4 pages in length. Media coverage is something that cannot be avoided in today's technological society. It used to be that high profile news stories would be broadcast after the incident had occurred, along with every other bit of news that merited a position in the top story lineup; now, however, news agencies are not only reporting directly from ground zero of a given event but also serving to detrimentally impact the truth of the situation by such invasive infiltration. Nowhere is this more apparent than with regard to contemporary war efforts. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

3 pages in length. As the top three most abused drugs, cocaine, marijuana and heroin also share some of the same physiological effects. Marijuana is considered to be much more user controllable than cocaine or heroin, both of which are highly addictive substances; because brain impact occurs quite rapidly when cocaine is smoked in its crack form, it becomes that much more addictive. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 15 page paper provides an overview of the current literature on this topic. Startling reports indicate a verifiable rise in the incidents of child abuse over the past decade. In 1985, the number of suspected incidents of child abuse and neglect topped 1.9 million cases; by 1994, over 3.1 million children were reportedly abused. Bibliography lists 12 sources.

This 5 page paper considers the use and impact of language policies. The paper looks at Australia and then Canada and the bilingual policies and laws, specifically Quebec. The application of the lessons learned from the implementation of language policies can be applied top politics, international business or any cross board study. The bibliography cites 2 sources.

This 10 page paper examines a case study supplied by the student. A purchasing officer of an Australian company uses the company stationary and his position to purchase two lap top computers. When the invoice arrives the company he works for refuses to pay the bill. The paper considers the legal position and considers if this would have been different had the employee been a marketing officer. The bibliography cites 6 sources.

A 6 page paper reviewing "Our Journey to Reading Success" (2004) and "M2ECCA: A Framework for Inclusion in the Context of Standards-Based Reform" (2005) for their usefulness in providing real and useable information for improving methods and outcomes in reading. The first article chronicles success in an urban elementary school, where results brought the school from last place in New York City to improve 530 percent and place in the top third among the city's elementary schools in only four years. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 5 page paper examines a case study of a 30 year old worker who collapses and dies as his body temperature tops 107F. How to prevent such tragedies is discussed. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

3 pages in length. Compiling the top ten countries according to population size in order to determine which countries would be the most ideal markets for this new product, it is not the least bit surprising to find China in the number one position with thirteen hundred million. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 12 page paper looks at service provision strategies, by examining a top class renowned restaurant; the Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, and considering the way that service is delivered and the processes, looking at standards hard and soft standards as well as the role of the employees and the role of the customers. The bibliography cites 10 sources.

A 3 page paper based on a Harvard Case study of GE and Jack Welch’s leadership. The writer discusses Welch’s top-down initiatives, reliance on predecessors, strategic dimension, and the importance of strategic planning. Bibliography lists 4 sources.