Mismatches in intercultural selection interviews

Abstract The tendency towards increasing diversity in the present-day labor market worldwide demands equal treatment of all the candidates in cross-cultural employee recruitment and selection context. In spite of this, the demand is not being adequately met due to the fact that in most cases neither the staffing supervisors nor the job applicants possess enough … Read more

The task of selling – a company’s representatives

The case study on the Hyde-Phillips Chemical Company presented by Michael Claxton was formed from the collaboration of Hyde Industrial Chemicals and Phillip Laboratories. This duel company produces chemicals and supplies for the use of industrial products. Hyde-Phillips uses three supplementary selling methods such as company sales persons, industrial distributors, and manufacturers’ agents. Selling methods … Read more

Unethical conduct – Volkswagen Group

Introduction Towards the closure of 2015, customers, government authorities, and the automotive industry as a whole were shocked by the unethical conduct by the Volkswagen Group, which is among the leading automakers around the world. The unethical conduct arose from emissions testing cheating done by the Volkswagen Company, using the software manipulation of their diesel … Read more

Recruitment strategies (Best Buy)

Question 1A: Describe and justify two recommendations for improving the recruitment of entry level “blue shirt” sales specialists in the retail stores. i) Expand electronic recruiting – Facebook and Instagram (aim at passive job seekers) Best Buy currently heavily relies on “blue shirt” recruitment through job postings on its website and third-party websites such as … Read more

MPI Brokers

Introduction This informational document is intended for the use of the new general manager in order to gain a general knowledge of MPI Brokers. A Description of the Purpose and Goals of MPI Brokers Michael Pettifer Insurance Brokers Ltd. (known as MPI Brokers) is a travel insurance broker which specialises in skiing and snowboarding related … Read more

Analyse the current performance of the premium car brand, Jaguar

The major objective of the report is to analyse the current performance of the premium car brand, Jaguar. The company’s performance over the previous years has been successful with their profitability ratios and sales constantly increasing. In the FY2018, Jaguar retailed 174,560 vehicles which accounted for 28.4% of total unit sales [1]. Likewise, Jaguar Land … Read more

Excessive CEO compensation

Introduction The purpose of this essay is to highlight the issue of excessive CEO compensation and recommend whether it (Has the authority to make all corporate decisions, control the organisation’s operations and effectively and efficiently manage its resources)is appropriate for business organisations to implement a specific salary cap to prevent CEOs from exploiting their firms. … Read more

The Basics Behind FCA (Fiat Chrysler Agnelli)

The Founders are Agnelli Family who is one of the original founders. “An Italian investment group controlled by the Agnelli family, owns 29.19% of FCA and controls 44.31% through a loyalty voting mechanism”. John Elkann became a member of Fiat Chrysler Agnelli family, right after the death of Sergio Marchionne. A new CEO is placed … Read more

Annotated Bibliography: business/workplace

Annotated Bibliography Aberbach, J. D. (2003). The U.S. Federal Executive in an Era of Change. Governance, 16(3), 373–399. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0491.00221 Author Joel D. Aberbach, conducted an examination of the change the United States Federal Executive is facing in this era. Within this research, Aberbach’s data proposes that the 1978 Civil Service Reform Act (CSRA) is responsible … Read more

Performance of HR and its impacts

In the Human Resource world, organizations are in constant search of methods to improve overall performance. There’s a need for effective employees who care to get the job done, knowing that their efforts are critical for the company’s overall success. In HR, that process begins with finding, attracting, and hiring the right individual(s). Organizations allocate … Read more

The Success of Alibaba

According to the public announcement, it has been agreed that Alibaba group will contribute the Russian units of AliExpress and Tmall to the joint venture as well as injecting an undisclosed amount of investment, they have also exchanged 24% of AliExpress for 10% of MegaFon. Mail.Ru group will contribute Pandao and “support cash and distribution … Read more

How Venture Capitalists View the Future, and the Impact of Technology and Society

As life moves online, the question who shapes the future design of Internet technology and in which way becomes ever more important. Venture capitalists, investing in technology companies with a long-term investment horizon, have had a profound impact on the Internet by early supporting now dominant organisations like Amazon or Google. An MSc in Social … Read more

Distance Still Matters – Ghemawat

Ghemawat (2001) easily attracted readers by naming this article Distance Still Matters. In this article one can appreciate the discussion more rational approach to evaluating global opportunities. Ghemawat (2001) clearly displayed for the research in the introduction. The purpose for measuring the impact of distance in an industry was to identify highly promising global investment … Read more

Multinational Corporations that engage in global business should have no access to human right violations

Multinational Corporations (MNCs) that engage in business in the global sector must not directly engage in, contribute to, or be bystanders during human rights violations. By now this model is relatively uncontroversial—it follows the consistent application of the basic moral injunction to do no harm. Ordinarily, doing no harm simply means remaining passive; it requires … Read more

Reasons for cashify’s succes

Cashify successful operation has helped the company to grow to one of the heights in the market of second hand electronic items. Company has not only grown but also it’s has increased more than 5 times.Company started by only purchasing second hand phones and now covering laptops,tablets,gaming consoles,PCs and many other products.The Co-founder and CEO … Read more