Essays and Research Papers on Management & Business

This 21 page paper begins with an executive summary. The paper then launches into a business plan for a restaurant that caters to consumers on different diet programs. Additionally, this restaurant will feature one ethnic meal each day. Sections include: business description, industry analysis with data, market analysis with data, marketing plan, management, operating employees, ...

This 20 page paper looks at the value and role of business coaching and uncovers some of the myths surrounding business coaching arguing that it is not just a “soft” intervention. The paper looks at what actually happens in sessions, why and how it works and considers the application of coaching in the real world. ...

An 11 page paper providing a literature review of business failure prediction models and an assessment of the airline industry as of mid-2005. One author holds that among small businesses at least, human resource factors carry greater weight in predicting business failure than do financial factors. Critical factors for success in the airline ...

This 40-page paper is an example of research regarding an independent broker and how this person might do with a small business start-up. Topics under discussion include an analysis of the industry and market, why small businesses fail and tips to help small businesses succeed. Bibliography lists 14 sources.

This 9 page paper is written in two parts. The first part of the paper uses a PESTE analysis (an extended PEST analysis) to examine the UK, looking at the political, economic, social, technological and environmental influences. The second part of the paper looks at the use of scenario planning as a tool, examining the ...

A 5 page paper discussing the legal structures that businesses can adopt for themselves. These forms include sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation and the limited liability company (LLC). There are advantages and disadvantages to each, and the form chosen depends on the organization's purposes and goals. The form that the business owner chooses ...

This 5 page paper begins by reporting the stages in the negotiation process. The writer then discusses how Korean businesspersons approach each stage. The differences between American and Korean negotiating teams is discussed. The last part of the paper offers suggestions for American managers as they prepare to enter negotiations with Korean managers. Bibliography lists ...

An 11 page paper listing the steps necessary to begin a home health agency as a limited liability company (LLC). The paper focuses on start-up activities and includes most components of a business plan. Bibliography lists 17 sources.

This 14 page paper examines micro and small businesses in Europe, focusing on the UK and considers why they are the most successful segment for new businesses. The paper looks at a range of factors, from issues such as planning and qualifications, political support through to family and community support to explain why they have ...

An 8 page overview of the basics of business, particularly as they apply in today's business environment. Management's daily task is to lead business efforts. Its larger responsibility is to follow business while yet setting its own course, changing its approach to best match the changing needs of business, consumers and employees. ...

3 pages in length. The writer composes four brief messages that are informative, positive, negative and persuasive. No bibliography.

An 8 page paper discussing two types of managerial positions. Managers in general administrative and in health-related roles face different futures and different levels of demand. There is much competition for administrative services manager positions, which typically do not carry the stringent requirements for advanced degrees that medical services managers generally must have. ...

This 10 page paper looks at the way a business might use business process re-engineering, BPR, in order to add value without detracting from service standards. The paper uses the example of an insurance brokerage and looks at how the use of BRP can achieve this and the way it should be approached. The bibliography ...

This 15 page paper looks at three articles that consider how IT can be used to help strategy decision making. The articles all consider the use of customer relationship management; CRM, one article on how to use the system to make predictions for target group for new products, one looks at its’ use retaining customers ...

A 9 page paper discussing best practices in technology use. The target industry is manufacturing; the paper also identified best practices in retail e-commerce, retail sales and the chemical industry. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

5 pages of the text content of a 13-slide PowerPoint® presentation (available) on outsourcing. There are four slides each on Global outsourcing, alternatives to outsourcing and outsourcing to insourcing. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 4 page paper looks at what is meant by a portal on the internet and the way that they may be used to add value to a business, either by gaining business or making savings n the supply chain. The bibliography cites 4 sources.

This 3 page paper examines workplace safety issues that an entrepreneur might encounter. Several suggestions are made. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page paper discussing e-business models best suited for use at the website of a home health and hospice agency, HHH. The two models chosen are the infomediary model and the community model, where users themselves create a significant portion of the site's information. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 10 page business plan for a start-up movie theatre in the British Virgin Islands (BVI). With only 23,000 permanent residents and a high per capita income ($38,500 in 2006), there is little available for the citizens of BVI in terms of inexpensive commercial entertainment. Most such businesses focus on attracting the tourist dollar. ...

A 5 page paper. To address the issue in the title, the writer discusses five functions of management, internal and external driving forces or factors that impact all businesses. The writer also comments on diversity and ethics and includes Microsoft in some of the discussion. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 6 page paper discussing in general terms changes in logistics management in the electronic environment and how that environment as affected the supply chain operation of the Defense Supply Center Richmond (DSCR), an agency of the U.S. Department of Defense. As is the case with supply organizations in the private sector, DSCR increasingly ...

A 9 page paper assessing the value of franchising as an approach to business ownership and operation. There were problems with many franchises in the past, and even McDonald's relatively recently relented to consumer pressure (in the form of falling sales) to alter its menu to reflect consumer – rather than McDonald's – preferences. ...

This 4 page paper looks at four subjects. 1. How some organisations can generate superior profits compared to their competitors even in unattractive industries. 2. Whey some e-commerce models will be more successful than others. 3. How the national environment can influence the competitiveness of a firm. 4. The importance of measuring the success of ...

A 3 page paper summarizing "Choosing to Operate a Franchised Business" (KSbusFormFran.rtf). It excludes the introduction of the paper, but otherwise it follows that paper's outline. Bibliography lists 8 sources.