Essays Tagged: "managing director"

Penguin Books LTD

ks Limited has grown and managed external and internal changes.Sixty one years ago, Allen Lane, the managing director of the Bodley Head, a British publishing company, revolutionised reading with the ... competition since 1900. This took place due to the 'environmentalist pressures.' As Max N. Adam, a managing director of Penguin Books Limited , said: 'We had to face reality. If books are going to co ...

(5 pages) 67 0 3.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Unit 1, Business at work

ame a limited company in November 1999 incorporated to a private limited company (LTD). Jon Baxter (managing director and company secretary) is the founder of Scream.co.uk formally known as Scream Tec ... ss that developed a single unit called Web Creative.This company now has two directors, Jon Baxter (Managing Director and Company Secretary) and Chris Hill (Commercial and Quality Director) which both ...

(16 pages) 284 0 4.7 Dec/2002

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

E-Commerce (INF6003) Coursework Assignment

y the terrorist attacks of September the 11th; as a result this report has been commissioned by the Managing Director, Tom Brown, to investigate e-commerce as an opportunity to pursue future growth A ...

(28 pages) 827 3 3.8 Dec/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Business game with accounting concept.

ector, Finance director, Human Resource Management to determine the company's posture. Importantly, Managing director wield the executive authority to control the business strategy and running the com ... ver, the job was extremely harder than I expected as the financial strategies did conflict with the Managing director strategies.In this essay, I will point out the several strategies that conflict wi ...

(14 pages) 219 0 4.4 Mar/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

Today's CFO No longer a backroom "bean counter"

s a backroom "bean counter", today's CFO expected to be at the right hand of the chief executive or managing director, providing strong strategic direction as well as acute financial analysis for the ... e of the CFO is not a pure finance position and it can't be. A CFO needs to be there to support the managing director with marketing analysis, competitive analysis - they are there to lead acquisition ...

(3 pages) 131 1 4.9 May/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Corporations Law: Optimum Insurance

is operated by a board of 5 directors. The board includes 4 executive directors, one of whom is the managing director - Frances and another non-executive director, Greg who is also the company's finan ... s 180(2)(c) regarding her inability to inform herself of the subject matter to the extent any other managing director would believe appropriate. She should have taken steps to assess the benefits and ...

(14 pages) 137 1 4.8 May/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Critically evaluate the use of share option to align directors' interests with shareholders' interests.

gly competitive business environment, options are a way to attract and retain key employees such as managing director or Chief executive officer (COE). According to Whittker, employee must act and beh ...

(10 pages) 257 0 4.0 May/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

Alice in Wonderland, A Different Approach to Organizational Change

This case shows how the new managing director of LVV transformed this trucking company from a "fossilized" and "arthritic" minor ... was a woman, posed a number of question marks when she was first nominated for the position of the managing director for LVV, especially that this industry was famous for being a male dominated indus ... any one of them. One thing is worth mentioning here is that she's using a management style which is managing by walking around.One last issue in the case analysis is the corporate culture and corporat ...

(7 pages) 138 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

GLOBAL MARKETING- entry of DHL in INDIA

ng right from the start.Mr. Cyrus Guzder joined the Airfreight Limited in 1968 and took over as its Managing Director in 1981 and as Chairman and Managing Director in 1984. He was instrumental in sett ... n their logistics and would like to have more control over the complete logistic process, including managing the vendors. In such a scenario, the limitation of manual systems would prove to be quite s ...

(38 pages) 399 0 4.9 Sep/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

With the use of the principles pioneered by Henry Fayol, explore the relevance of those principles that are still valid. Your exploration can be on any company or companies of your choice.

f the Classical Organisation Theory (Chan, 1999, p2-2). His background was in mining and was also a managing director of a large French company. (Appleby, 1994, p13) He published his book Administrati ...

(9 pages) 76 0 3.7 Oct/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

HR Study case

markets, which are opening up in the Gulf Region and beyond.Although the company is a success, the managing director is feeling uneasy about the way the company is managing its human resources. There ... Training organizationThe company has always invested heavily in training its workforce. Indeed, the managing director is convinced that COMPT's reputation is mainly attributable to its highly trained ...

(14 pages) 381 0 3.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Computer and Electronics Companies

Aqualisa Quartz: Simply a Better Shower, Case Study

, Quartz has experienced poor sales and has not met the company's expectations.Hence, the company's managing director, Harry Rawlinswon, a HBS graduate who has the 'itch to think big' is faced with ma ...

(11 pages) 817 0 4.5 Mar/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Operating Business in China.

ties in China: 2002:1-2)Siva Yam who is President of the U.S.-China Chamber of Commerce. He is also Managing Director of Siva Yam & Associates, L.L.C., a private investment banking and consulting ...

(29 pages) 558 4 3.8 Oct/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

A Business case written about an Egyptian company working in producing smart cards.

2004 New Year's Eve, but instead of being out with his family celebrating the new year, Mr. Ismail, Managing Director of MSCC, had to stay at home preparing for tomorrows meeting with the board of dir ... s that are required by the bank. MSCC will also provide the client with a full set of procedure for managing their network of ATMs.If MSCC is advised of any disputed ATM transaction, it will (as requi ...

(23 pages) 57 0 5.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Odense Zoo Case Study

re specialized in a certain job and each has their own function in the company.OwnershipThe present Managing Director is Hans Aage Koefod, but above him is the board which is the decisive people of th ... rare animals- Big surplus after the expansion- Think of good service towards visitors- Experienced managing director, a former member of the board- Good cooperation with their private sponsors- Good ...

(10 pages) 41 0 5.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

How might motivational theories help you, as a Managing Director of a supermarket chain?

by extension, effective management and leadership.A knowledge of motivational theories would aid a Managing Director in any organization as these theories concentrate on human nature in general and m ... anization as these theories concentrate on human nature in general and motivation in particular. As Managing Director of this chain, I would utilize the articles and research undertaken by Douglas McG ...

(5 pages) 148 0 3.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

John Keynes Memo for his view on euroland policy

appropriate policy" they should use in order to "overcome its own weakness" says Thomas Mayer, the managing director and senior economist of Goldman Sachs in Frankfurt (Mayer). Mayer says that Eurola ...

(2 pages) 21 0 0.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Mediquip SA Case

vice. Mediquip's sales organization consisted of eight country sales subsidiaries, each headed by a managing director. Within each of these areas sales engineers reported to their regional sales manag ... ineers reported to their regional sales managers, who are responsible for reporting to the regional managing director.Product AnalysisThis case focuses on the sales for computer tomography (CT) scanne ...

(5 pages) 69 0 0.0 May/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Workers go on Strike

ll result in the loss of large quantity of money, not to mention jobs." were the words of Kim Chen, managing director for the Chinese factory situated in Shanghai. Mr. Chen believes that the protest i ...

(1 pages) 56 2 3.6 May/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

An example of how to write an assessment report

To: Robert Redford, Managing DirectorFrom: Svetlana Tasic, Senior Assistant in the Personnel DepartmentSubject: Assessme ...

(1 pages) 23 0 5.0 May/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Writing