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Marginal Revenue and Over-Paid Athletes, 2008.
The paper examines the phenomena whereby business concerns sponsor and endorse celebrities.
1,850 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 59.95
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The writer of the paper contends that a celebrity enjoys a potential revenue fetching force that has to be exploited by the firms or institutions that market the fame of the celebrity. The author then examines and discusses the question that, if we accept that a celebrity can and will fetch revenue by his or her participation, is the very high premium paid for their endorsement or participation justified? The writer uses examples from both the world of entertainment and sports to illustrate and support his conclusions. The paper is heavily annotated.
Outline:
Introduction
The celebrity Endorsement and Profits
Looking at the Model
The Economics of Endorsement
Conclusion
Citations
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"The public which is enamored of a person, and a person who creates successfully a following for himself or herself in the chosen activity commands the power of bargaining for not only participation, but for the use of the image, endorsements of products, news worthiness and corporate advertising and marketing. In considering such activities, particularly sports, there are two aspects of the financial implications and there is evidence to show that team sports like cricket or football have lesser profitability and small clubs with marginal operations cannot compete with famous ones and the monopoly in profits is always held by the popular city club. A sports club cannot generate a positive cash flow for the reason that there is a potential fear of political involvement and therefore such clubs show the balances in negative. Sports franchisees fare better with the capital appreciation of the stock."
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Technology's Impact and Added Value to an Organization, 2008.
This paper looks at technology's impact and added value to an organization and discusses a support plan for customers with an emphasis on technology partners and enhanced customer experiences.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 39.95
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In this article, the writer examines the impact of technology on customers and looks at how technology has been introduced to customers in way that added value. This work further outlines a support plan for customers during technology implementation. In addition, the writer examines how new partnerships with other providers of technology solutions may serve to enhance the experiences of customers.
Outline:
Objective
Introduction
ERP System Adoption
Impact on Customers
Group Technology Deployment
Customer Support Plan
Developing Partnerships in CRM and IT
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"Customers are impacted by the deployment of the Information Technology across the organization through receiving better customer service, better customer support and through elimination of time-consuming errors. Another aspect of enhanced service to customers in IT implementation across the organization is automated billing processes in which the company's charges for products and services is billed in increments that are specifically stated, calculated and then totaled for invoicing and billing purposes. For instance, the company that performs specific project completion for a municipality on a regular basis will gain the ability to itemize billing for each specific project with each specific product, service or labor charge itemized within a software program that calculates the expense, bills it to the specific project and the specific product, service, or labor charge for that project with the customer. This method of accounting saves time and avoids confusion giving the company greater accountability and efficiency in billing procedures and resulting in more satisfied customers."
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Windows Vista and Social Determinants, 2008.
A look at the social determinants that are behind the consumer choice of Microsoft Vista as an operating system.
1,042 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 36.95
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In this article the writer identifies the three most important social determinants that shape a consumer's response to Windows Vista. The writer relates that these determinants are increased buying power in the Black community, cultural identity (i.e., that computers have become an extension of individual identity), and convenience. The writer maintains that Microsoft seems to have a good understanding of those social determinants since Windows Vista has operated the company into profits amounting to billions of dollars.
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The Social Determinants
Summary
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"The Civil Rights movement of the 1960s served as the slingshot for Black consumerism in areas other than technology and computers. However, as entertainment has become increasingly technological in nature, so has the need to understand and become proficient in technology. Simultaneous with the increased income of the Black community is technological advancement in computers. The purchasing power the Black community in the past two decades has been significant amongst young Black adolescents and teenagers and college students.
"While there are few significant studies as regards the Black community and Microsoft Vista specifically, the measurable increase in Black family incomes and the advancement in technology that has seen computers become a product found in most homes in America. Therefore, it is reasonable to conclude that the purchasing power of the Black community has contributed to the success of Microsoft Vista operating system."
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Email Privacy in the Workplace: Employee Beware!, 2008.
The paper discusses the question as to whether email sent by an employee from his work place can be considered private and as such protected from examination by his employer.
1,437 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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The author of the paper examines the growing trend of email monitoring by employers of employees' electronic mail and the attitude of the courts in the United States to this phenomena. The writer looks at a number of court cases where employees challenged the right of their employer to monitor their email and other electronic communications basing their claims on the First Amendment to the US Constitution. The writer then discusses the rulings of the courts and how they impact on the rights of privacy of the individual in his workplace.
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"It is clear that the current environment of the workplace is demonstrative of the statement "employee be wary." Utilizing your work email for private communications should be a very limited practice and the type of information you divulge in such email transmissions should also be limited. The employee should basically assume, regardless of the documentation or disclosure of an email monitoring policy, that they have no legal right to privacy with regard to email. The laws may change in the future, as more cases reach the courts that require the employer, more explicitly to make employees aware that they are being monitored but that is likely to be the only form of legal protection by the court, and it must also be noted that the courts have given the employer the benefit of the doubt even when the employee claims ignorance regarding email monitoring policies. (Rich NP) Some individuals have attacked firings, on the grounds of illicit use of a company computer as those that could be publicly destructive to their character, i.e. as torts, yet the success has been limited, as basically the court supposes that if you participate in something that is illegitimate then the fault lies with this action, rather than with the action of the employer in his or her attempt to limit such activity in their workplace. (Clochetti NP)"
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Organizational Leadership: A Literature Review, 2008.
A look at three different models of leadership used during the past thirty years.
3,321 words (approx. 13.3 pages), 15 sources, APA, $ 94.95
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This paper discusses organizational leadership in education and administrative settings and compares and contrasts three different models of leadership that have been the most prevalent within the last thirty years. It also evaluates the effectiveness of each leadership model in administration.
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"The turn of the 21st century brought with it a plethora of global challenges, particularly in the area of higher education administration, but also in other administrative areas. Leaders in higher education have had to call upon many different theorists for use with their evidence-driven leadership theories. These have been addressed as approaches to explore, and they have also worked to explain the complexity of needs that are facing many of the global challenges today. A review of the related literature has cited many theorists' suggestions as being models which, though diverse, seem to contain some common threads among them. However, most of these theories also seem to point toward organizational leadership, and to a lesser degree toward educational leadership. To meet those demands, leaders must be able to understand that there is a real demand for change. The leader must recognize the constraints that may accompany those demands and be able to adapt a leadership style that is acceptable to the situation. The leader must also be able to develop the means to change some or all of the variables in the environment that brought on those demands. This is often highly difficult, but it can be done through the proper leadership ideals."
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Employee Health and Safety, 2008.
A research paper analyzing why many workers place what they perceive as an obligation towards their employer above their own well-being.
12,105 words (approx. 48.4 pages), 14 sources, APA, $ 234.95
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This research paper attempts to find answers to health and safety questions and concerns and ways to balance the need for speedy and voluminous work with the well-being that will ensure the quality of such work. In focusing on three workplace areas, the study also attempts to benefit specific areas of work that are notorious for their lack of health and safety. Specifically, the research attempts to not only find find justifications for individual actions, as it were, but to curb the self-destructive tendencies of such individuals by empowering them with knowledge. In short, the paper attempts to further a deeper understanding of the issues relating to individual health and safety in the workplace, motivations for ignoring these, and find methods to curb the apparent self-destructive nature of workers placing the job ahead of their own needs.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Study Design and Methodology
Aims and Objectives of the Study
Literature Survey
The Role of Industry
Health and Safety: Employer Responsibility
Health and Safety: Employee Responsibility
Health and Safety Solutions
Data Collection and Analysis
Research Instruments
Limitations of Data
Presentation of Data
Discussion and Correlation of Findings
Correlation of Literature with Hypotheses
Correlation of Findings with Hypotheses
Conclusions and Recommendations
Recommendations for Future Study
Final Comments
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"It is a sad testament to human integrity that a constitutional right such as basic health and safety at work is so often ignored in favor of the work itself. Indeed, this paradigm is reminiscent of the industrial revolution, where mill owners were concerned only with the amount of money they could line their pockets with. According to the respondents in this study, Health and Safety is regarded as one of the most important workplace issues today. As such, it is not acceptable that workers could ignore it for the sake of either fear or loyalty. It is much less acceptable that managers and employers could disregard health and safety issues, and go as far as firing workers who refuse to do so."
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Monopoly Vs Good Management, 2008.
This paper explains monopoly to be an "enemy" of good management.
1,351 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 45.95
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The paper defines a monopoly and outlines its advantages and disadvantages. The paper explores why a monopoly is perceived as the enemy of good leadership and explains that it reduces a management's interest towards the product development, the satisfaction of customers' needs, the personnel and the resource allocation.
Outline:
Introduction
Monopoly as an Enemy to Good Management
Monopoly
Monopoly as Enemy
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"There are numerous definitions of monopoly throughout the economics theory, formulated in different ways but generally conducting the reader to the same conclusion: monopoly is power - the power of one company to produce as much as they like, generally the offer is lower than the demand, and then price these items to their personal benefit. "Monopoly power refers to the degree of practical control that firms have over their prices" (Karier, 1993).
"There are no competitors due to either man-made restrictions or due to barriers imposed by the economy and the consumers have no other choice but to purchase the items presented to them by the sole company activating on that particular industry segment. The man-made restrictions which foster a monopolistic economy are legal barriers and patents."
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Ethical Issues of Marketing, 2008.
A persuasive essay against the unethical business practice of advertising sex, violence, cigarettes and alcohol to children and adolescents.
2,692 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 80.95
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The paper discusses the unethical practices of advertisers, who use sex, nudity, violence and the positioning of all forms of drugs to
create a higher level of awareness of their products. The paper attempts to illustrate how these advertisers are harming children by introducing them to products that can significantly impair their ability to mature cognitively, emotionally and ethically. The paper contends that these advertisers sacrifice children for financial gain and calls for companies to uphold the moral and ethical responsibility to protect our children.
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Summary
Sex Sells...Sometimes
Selling Violence, Not Products
Tobacco and Alcohol Advertising Effects Are Lasting
Summary
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"The fundamental business model of advertising is changing drastically as the Internet becomes a much more prevalent communications channel, capable of being specifically targeted to audiences of consumers while also providing the ability to measure the performance of all forms of digital advertising online. This has significantly increased the ability to measure the effectiveness of advertising that includes mention of sex, violent acts, and the use of drugs including cigarettes and alcohol. Traditional advertising on the one hand does not offer these levels of advertising effectiveness measurement, so seeing if sex, violence and the positioning of drugs of all kinds including tobacco and alcohol is effective is left to conjecture and speculation."
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Time Management, 2008.
A discussion of time management techniques as an aid to improving scholastic achievements.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 73.95
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The author of the paper discusses time management techniques and how the implementation of selected methods assisted him in his academic work and enabled him to utilize his time more effectively. The writer begins by defining time management and discussing its relevance and implementation in various fields of activity. The writer then describes how he chose to utilize time management techniques as a study aid and the results he achieved.
Outline:
Introduction
Application of Theory
Changes in Thinking and Behavior
Action Plan
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"The usage of the time management tools and techniques changed my way of thinking for life from one major perspective: efficiency. Time management taught me the true meaning and importance of being efficient: successfully completing your tasks to retrieve a high quality of the products with the usage of reduced resources, of all natures, such as time or paper in the case of a student. And this is also a valuable lesson for my future as a marketing director, when I will have to make sure that the final outcome of my coordinated product will have a beneficial impact upon the company, but it will also be realized through reduced usage of the company's resources."
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Services Sector, 2008.
A review of banking, a vast and highly developed institution that functions in complex hierarchies with special controls and laws.
4,648 words (approx. 18.6 pages), 12 sources, APA, $ 120.95
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The paper discusses the service sectors which comprises vast groups of industries that cater to human needs in all spheres of existence. The paper specifically deals with the banking sector which falls under the field of services. The paper comments that the banking sector relates to the financial transaction requirements of the people and nations and even international monetary transactions.
Outline:
Introduction
Nature of Banking Services
The Reserve System & the Central Bank
Modern Banking
Globalization of Banking Sector
Changes in banking - After Globalization
Effects of Technology and Regulations on Banking Sectors
Technology and Banking
Electronic Banking
Summary and Conclusion
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"The types of services are based on agreements like banking service agreements which define the relationships of factors in the banking service. Lockbox agreements deal with the safety of deposits, valuables and handling of public funds. Two financial institutions also enter in to agreements called collateral agreements to regulate their internal working mechanisms to synchronize the working with each other. The trust and escrow agreements are today important in international transfers and import or export where the banks act as escrows. Recently the technology advance has brought in the wire transfer method where funds are transferred on line and banks provide this service to customers who wish to pay quickly without the usual clearing of checks."
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