Essays Tagged: "corporate culture"

Corporate Culture

Corporate Culture : The Key to Understanding Work OrganisationsOrganisational or corporate culture i ...

(6 pages) 545 0 4.8 Mar/1996

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

The Responsibility of Journalists to accuracy and ethical principles.

publish or broadcast their stories, journalists also face demands for production and deadlines in a corporate culture that pushes to be the first to break the news. Journalists are obligated to report ...

(5 pages) 147 0 5.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Organizational Culture.

ulture, I learned that it has a huge impact on driving organizations to success.The first article, "Corporate Culture: Component often overlooked", states that organizations often overlook corporate v ... f management, organization restructuring, business process engineering, and the installation of new corporate systems. The article also states that organizational culture is the foundation of an organ ...

(2 pages) 339 0 5.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Southwest Airlines.

y consecutive years. These elements included, service, operations, cost control, marketing, and the corporate culture. All of these elements combined contributed to the success of Southwest Airlines.S ... hwest Airlines, we would study the success of Southwest Airlines and evaluate what areas could be incorporated into our business. Evaluating customer service would be a definite priority. Making sure ...

(6 pages) 822 2 4.7 Jul/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Motivational Theories.

g proven motivational strategies in the workplace allows us to establish a healthy, employee-valued corporate culture from the very beginning.In order to minimize the stress, confusion and apprehensio ...

(12 pages) 514 0 3.3 Aug/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Kentucky Fried Chicken.

ant segment. PepsiCo presently runs Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and KFC. The PepsiCo management style and corporate culture was significantly different from that of KFC. By the end of 1994, KFC was operatin ... rganization in its middle management ranks. They eliminated 250 of the 1500 management positions at corporate and gave the responsibilities to restaurant franchises and marketing managersOpportunities ...

(5 pages) 273 0 4.3 Dec/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Assessment of core competencies for Verizon Corp.

ve network footprint. Internal weaknesses were revealed that centered on post merger issues such as corporate culture issues, impending workforce retirements, and a lack of systems or process consolid ... Most of Verizon's internal weaknesses are caused by lingering merger issues. These issues include- Corporate culture - Two years have passed since the merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE, but there are s ...

(6 pages) 564 2 4.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Every organization is composed of its own unique set of organizational objectives, structures, corporate cultures, business infrastructure, markets, operational strategies and processes.

Every organization is composed of its own unique set of organizational objectives, structures, corporate cultures, business infrastructure, markets, operational strategies and processes. While ea ... s and processes. While each of these factors is an equally viable part of an organization's overall corporate structure, the context of the organization's operations largely determine the nature of it ...

(6 pages) 1092 0 4.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Organization Culture.

AbstractThis paper concerns the challenges a manager will face with organization culture in the corporate world. Organizational culture is one of the most important aspects of an organization's ab ... ssumptions, understandings, and implicit rules to preside over culture behavior, or more popularly "corporate culture", because they often refer to the internal environment of major corporations. Acco ...

(4 pages) 373 0 4.6 Jan/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Case Study: Caterpillar Inc.: George Schaefer Takes Charge History of Caterpillar, SWOT Analysis, Competitive Environment, Proposed Options, and Recommendations for Growth

its historical management values; some of which included statements such as: "we maintain a strong corporate culture via 'internal staffing'", and "we maintain sufficient international manufacturing ... ion to the new operational direction, Schafer also began to revamp the organization by changing the corporate culture, creating employee involvement programs and leveraging the power of many individua ...

(9 pages) 1021 1 4.3 Feb/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

SWOT analysis of EasyJet

Contemporary Business Management Coursework assignment 1SWOT analysis of EasyJetStrengthsThe corporate culture at easyJet is that of informality and adaptability. The company favors a flat hier ... is also thought to increase employee motivation. (Maslow see appendix Fig.1). This type of adaptive corporate culture then links overall culture of "we're up for it" (http://www.opp.co.uk/solutions/co ...

(9 pages) 752 3 4.2 Mar/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Southwest Airlines Case Study

aft; short flights (typically 60 to 90 minutes long); and the "what ever it takes" prevalent in the corporate culture. Pre 9/11, Southwest was very successful in maintaining these strengths to grow an ... tiate itself through its focus on service, operations, cost control, marketing, its people, and its corporate culture, procedures, policies and growth models to maintain profitability. Southwest was t ...

(2 pages) 290 0 2.8 Mar/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Taco Bell Building a Competitive Organization Using IT

strategic vision. The combination of strong, supportive knowledge based IT systems complementing a corporate culture that rewards innovation and entrepreneurial thinking offers unbeatable corporate e ... ef burritos!An important component to the TACO system for the company is the ability to capture the corporate collective knowledge in sophisticated knowledge bases and impart it to the staff without l ...

(5 pages) 199 0 3.1 Apr/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Marketing Plan for a Herbal Company - Himalaya Herbals.

ternal AnalysisHimalaya Herbals is one of Australia's leading skincare and cosmetics retailers. The corporate culture is one that reflects commitment to the environment and has been described as being ... eward individual staff for good service and commitment to jobsTo maintain integrity on social issuesCorporate and divisional objectivesOperate continual staff training programs to maintain friendly an ...

(12 pages) 304 0 4.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Honda BIO.

ociety. We respect people and value their individual differences, and this has led to a free, vital corporate culture that encourages creativity. Today, Honda develops and produces its own original pr ... lle, North Carolina was completed.At the same time, Honda recognizes its social responsibility as a corporate citizen to be proactive in pursuing solutions to environmental and safety issues. We are w ...

(1 pages) 68 0 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Eurodisney

blem becomes, how to introduce a concept to a new market, and, furthermore, how to export an entire corporate culture, and build it in the work force. But to introduce the subject, it is important fir ... eans the indoctrination to Disney standards was more like "brainwashing".The SolutionHow much can a corporate culture differ from the social culture in which it exists? It is clear that the Japanese h ...

(4 pages) 202 0 3.5 May/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

The Comeback of Caterpillar

it's historical management values; some of which included statements such as: "we maintain a strong corporate culture via 'internal staffing'", and "we maintain sufficient international manufacturing ... on to the new operational direction, Schaefer also began to revamp the organization by changing the corporate culture, creating employee involvement programs and leveraging the power of many individua ...

(10 pages) 481 0 4.8 May/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Cultural Change and Managerial Careers

ral change processes, others[4,5,6] believe that there is a relationship based on causality between corporate culture and human resource systems. Burack[7], for instance, in his theoretical paper argu ... rch; a description of the findings; and the main conclusions drawn from the research.The Meaning of Corporate CultureSince the early 1980s, the idea of corporate culture has acquired the status of a d ...

(18 pages) 486 2 4.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Daimler-Chrysler: Merger of Equals or Global Fender Bender?

n the Germans and the Americans. As with any merging of companies, there were going to be different corporate cultures, and in particular different national cultures, into the new corporation. The nat ... o the new corporation. The national culture of a company is an integral part of a company's overall corporate culture.The corporate culture clash prevented Daimler-Chrysler from achieving the promised ...

(4 pages) 236 0 4.6 Jun/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Automotive Companies

Organisation Behavior ; A reflection on a changing world

also of the company worldwide (having worked in different hotels in the groups).The Marriott hotels corporate culture and management style is based on meeting customer needs through excellence in qual ... d on meeting customer needs through excellence in quality, service and hospitality.The Accor hotels corporate culture and management style aim at satisfying its customers through satisfying its employ ...

(21 pages) 980 0 4.3 Jul/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management