Affirmative Action

Affirmative action can be defined as any policy that seeks to benefit an underrepresented group. The word group here is used to stand for either a certain race, religion, color, sex or even a national origin (Gollands,2008). Affirmative action basically aims at reversing the effects of discrimination. Affirmative action policies are made to increase the participation of women and minorities in the society in fields related to employment, business and education. Affirmative action clearly reverses discrimination in many countries which adopt and implement these policies (Gollands,2008). A case ...

Advanced Micro Devices

According to the carried out research analysis it is found out that AMD is not placed at a viable financial position. Therefore, it means that HTC will be putting its financial obligations under risk in case it opts to enter into the long term commitment it desires. The ratio, DuPont and Stock performance analysis conducted, places AMD at an unviable position that is unfavorable in terms of growth and development as a whole. As the Chief Financial Officer of HTC, it is my obligation to postulate the credibility of the matter at hand and as analysis depicts, it is irrelevant and risky to enter ...

Adoption of Enterprise Application

I agree that adapting an enterprise application is a key business decision as well a technology decision. This is because an enterprise application system integrates the businesses process in production, sales, finance, logistics, and human resources into single software. This allows for an uninterrupted flow of communication in the entire business or firm. It further improves efficiency, decision making and coordination of the business activities. A business that has integrated an enterprise application will be in a better position in responding to the increasing customer demands and needs. T ...

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) belongs to the largest Emirate of Abu Dhabi, which is also the capital of UAE. It came into existence soon after the independence of UAE (1971), by then it has been serving honestly. ADNOC is not only the largest oil company in the UAE but also ranks among the top 10 in the world. The structure of ADNOC centers on it being the parent company having three more companies under its shelter with 17 subsidiary companies that serve in efficient way. ADNOC is fully occupied by the government and acts on its policies. It has several fuel stations and drilled mach ...

A Plan for Sunshine Cafe

This paper outlines an eight stage plan that will enable sunshine cafe promote its brand and increase walk in business. Situation analysis Sunshine cafe is a leading beverages cafe specializing in coffee and it has a chain of coffee houses. The cafe targets the middle class and thus its coffee houses are strategically located in towns. The cafe relies on good reputation as its major tool of advertisement. The cafe has an efficient management that allows close correspondence among the coffee stores. Objective The objective of the cafe is to enlarge its current market without deviating from the ...

A Degree of Uncertainty

Probability is a concept that tries to explain the relative possibility of the occurrence of an event. It is expressed as a fraction or a ratio of actual occurrences to the total number of occurrences. It can be calculated using experimentation or with the help of theoretical concepts. Probability is an aspect applied successfully by both scholars and theorists over the years. Probability concepts simply refer to the statistical approaches used by the business managers and owners in decision making. In any business field, mathematical formulas or models are applied in determining the probabili ...

A Business Memorandum

We are in the era where the organizations are the most inventive social arrangement of our age and of civilization. It will be spectacle to know that hundred of thousand of people with highly individualized background, skills and interests are coordinated in various corporations to pursue common goals (Erich A. Helfert 2001, p.78). Organizations are being formed for a specific purpose to earn profit and increase shareholder’s equity. According to a large school of thoughts, doing business it is not difficult but to maintain its productivity and profit maximization potential is difficult indeed ...

5 Reasons Why Businesses Fail

Statistics show that only in the U.S. more than half of newly created small businesses cease to exist in the first few years. Of course, these data are quite capable to scare even the most confident. However, it should not be forgotten that the majority of such failures are very similar. Therefore, this paper is aimed to discuss five major reasons of businesses failures, because it is rather necessary to understand them in order to avoid similar hindrances while conducting their own business. Main Reasons Why Business Fails The first one is related to the ignorance of the competition. In recen ...

1995 Auto

1995 Auto Corp recently has been experiencing a trend in employee and labor relations issues of which they are highly concerned with the maintenance of a drug-free workplace. In connection to this point, the problem seemingly stems from one common point of which it is the general requirement for more definitive policies and probably procedures. In actual sense, employee and labor relations are the two issues that have brought about the differences realized. So to speak, there have been complains regarding the unfair treatment that the employees receive from the managers. Together with these, c ...