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Henry Ford & Automobile Production This 8 page paper discusses Ford's implementation of mass production and the effect that change had on both Ford's company and the society. Topics discussed include an overview of Ford's Model A and Model T, Ford's use of an automatic conveyor belt and the assembly line process, dealer franchises and the Ford's increase in wages for the workers in his employ. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

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Corporate Manager Selection An 8 page paper discussing changing managerial qualifications in the corporate setting. There is an increasing trend of corporate focus on that individual best able to maintain balance between work and his personal life. The old workaholic syndrome is still rewarded by many, but leaders of corporations most successful in today's changing and increasingly competitive business environment are coming to place a high value on those potential managers who are technically qualified, but also are able to understand the value of maintaining a non-work life. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

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The Role Of The Supervisor In The Twentieth Century A 10 page paper in which the writer thoughtfully demonstrates how rapid advances in technology and tremendous social changes affecting the business world have changed the way the supervisor functions from the onset of the industrial revolution to the present. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

4.	Methods Of Effective Supervision In Current Industries A 5 page paper illustrating some programs implemented by industries to better both the moral and success of the corporations. Bibliography lists several sources.

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The Role of Middle Management in Corporate America A 12 page paper discussing middle managers in the corporate world - their role in the past as compared to the present and speculation about the future for middle managers. The concept of corporate culture and the impact of different types of culture on the typical middle manager is also examined. Bibliography lists 11 sources.

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Management and Management Science / Features and Elements This 7 page research paper explores different aspects of management in today's world. Included are discussions on TQM, Motivation, SWOT, and the need for Diversity Training. While these topics represent only a fraction of the whole of management science, information about each can increase the manager's knowledge and skill levels to be more effective in today's corporate world. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

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Improving Organizational Communications A 6 page paper portraying a communications consultant's report to the senior management at ABC Corporation of the state of communications he has discovered within their organization at their request. He has found the company to have effective measures in place and recommends alteration only of their method of conflict resolution. ABC Corporation has all the ingredients of maintaining effective communications throughout the organization, including the prime factor of being aware of how easily internal "disconnects" can occur and become solidified. The consultant uses the example of Xerox and Federal Express for application of Deming's admonition to break down barriers between departments. One 3-part illustrative diagram. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

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Interacting With Customers A 4 page paper discussing today's realities of customer relations. Today's customers have myriad options and finally have regained their rightful position as the only reason for any business to exist. It is up to the organization to serve that customer in the best ways possible and to let the customer know that the business understands how important they are. The customer has known for a very long time. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

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Employee Compensation 5 pages in length. Employee compensation is a significant determinant when people decide where they are going to work. In 1996 alone, the percentage of total employee compensation was at twenty-eight point one, one and a half percent higher than in 1986. Without the benefit packages offered by virtually every large company in America, employers would find it difficult to effectively compete for the skilled workforce. The writer discusses how holding a job does not merely mean collecting a paycheck anymore; rather, the overall appeal of any position in the contemporary workplace must also include an attractive compensation arrangement as added incentive. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

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Compensation & Employee Motivation 11 pages in length. An in-depth discussion of employee needs and how to obtain a mutually-satisfactory working environment through more effective methods of compensation. The writer discusses the importance of motivation to employees, Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, etc; Examples are applied to true job scenarios and a case study of the Walton Enterprises Company is discussed in which various compensation types (salary, commission, draw, etc;) are evaluated and then complemented with the writer's own conclusive recommendations. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

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Management & Motivation A 5 page paper on different ways to motivate workers so that they want to be hired, stay with the company, or do a better job. Sometimes motivating the workers means changing things at the job site and sometimes it means that the management should give the workers more money. Offering the workers more money is sometimes helpful but there are also times when money will not change how a worker feels about his or her job. Sometimes the worker just wants more respect or maybe a chance to use his ideas. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

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Benchmarking / Base Salary To Base Plus A 10 page research paper that looks at the question of how to change the compensation plan for sales people from salary to base plus commission. The benchmarking approach is taken to investigate what other companies are doing and then to make a recommendation on which plan to adopt. Included in the discussion are the implications involved in making this kind of change. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

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Implementing Change In The Non Profit Organization A 5 page paper discussing re-engineering as it applies to the non profit organization. "Change" has been refined over the past few years to first include Total Quality Management (TQM), then simply "re-engineering," then a refinement to a process with its own acronym: business process reengineering (BPR). The focus of each is to continually improve processes for the purpose of increasing productivity, quality of outcome and efficiency. The non profit does have an advantage in that there is no shareholder equity to protect. With all other aspects of re-engineering, the process remains the same Bibliography lists 8 sources.

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Applied Motivational Theory An 11 page paper discussing the theory behind motivating employees. Following a decade of downsizing, cost cutting and merging, more and more businesses look for ways to give their employees what they want. Too many companies believe that employee motivation rests in monetary rewards, without either realizing or acknowledging individuals' needs for recognition. Formal studies and informal surveys alike reveal that while managers often will list money as the top factor in motivating employees, the employees themselves are much more likely to list first their desire for recognition, for someone to let them know they truly have done a good job, a fact well known by some of the country's most successful companies. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

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Hotel Staff Motivation A 20 page paper discussing employee motivation in the hotel industry. The hotel business, along with every other type of business in the country, has attempted for some time to implement industry-wide quality assurance programs in order to provide their customers with the best possible service and in a spirit of continual improvement. Hotels certainly want to retain their current customers while building new ones, but they also want to retain their current employees, too. It is the purpose of the hotel manager to provide what both the customers and the employees want as far as is practicable. Managers continue to search for the perfect motivational tool for use in their business, but it apparently so far has eluded most of them Bibliography lists 23 sources.

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Management Change / Case Study A 5 page case study for management change. The problem: a new head teacher wants to establish a new management team structure while changing the perception of the head teacher from that of an autocrat to that of a team leader. The writer discusses the problem, objectives, constraints, options and implementation of most feasible option. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

17.	Hospitality Today A 5 page research paper which examines how the hospitality-tourism industry in the U.S. is changing to meet the new demands of the technological age. The writer also addresses how this impacts institutions of higher hospitality learning. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

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Hotel Comparison - Marriott Senior Living, Hyatt's Classic Residence, And The Residence Inn This 10 page report discusses three hotel chains and the differences between them. Each has capitalized on a new form of hotel facility and management and each serves a unique sector of the market. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

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Current Issues Affecting Corporation Boards Of Directors 5 pages in length. If there is one constant in the current issues affecting corporation boards of directors, it is that their duties are ever-changing. There was a time when the role of corporation boards of directors was primarily to oversee the company's overall business tactics and make sure that it was performing as expected for the stockholders. Today, however, represents an entirely new breed of directors who have become the ones responsible for assessing management performance, deciding upon issues as important as pensions, as well as addressing many other weighty issues. What is even more enlightening is that directors can now be just as accountable as the rest of the corporation when it comes to back taxes or environmental cleanup costs. The writer discusses current issues affecting corporate boards of directors. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

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Poor Management's Effects on Employees 7 pages in length. There are books written about it, and in great numbers. There are entire journals dedicated to it, dozens of seminars to talk about it and professional societies to support it. The truth that is undeniable, however, is that "despite all the books and seminars on leadership that are consumed annually, a lot of folks in management positions are simply rotten leaders." The lack of leadership or even standard managerial skills affects both the morale and productivity of the company's employees, ultimately affecting the company's potential. Bibliography lists five sources.

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Assessment of Personal Leadership Qualities A 5 page paper discussing leadership qualities and the best ways to determine and enhance an individual's own leadership skills. The writer examines three of Sheila Murray Bethel's 12 leadership qualities and uses them as a guide to evaluating individual leadership strengths and weaknesses. Bibliography lists 1 source.

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Organizational Behavior & Leadership / Attribution Theory A 10 page paper discussing how attribution theory can be applied within the organization to enhance employees' performance and the organization's overall productivity as well as competitive advantage. The theory provides a means for both explaining and predicting individual behavior, and is based on the assumption that individuals will ascribe certain qualifications to either an employee's or a manager's behavior. The paper uses the negative management style of Peg Witte, CEO of Royal Oaks Mines as example throughout, and contrasts the resulting corporate culture with that of Merix Corporation under the leadership of Debi Coleman. The paper includes an illustrative chart. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

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How Managerial Ideologies Structure The Nature & Character Of Work 3 pages in length. There exist a number of variables when one considers how managerial ideologies structure the nature and character of work. For instance, the differences between gendered conceptions of work demonstrate how one perspective can be completely altered from another; what men understand to be representative of managerial ideologies is not necessarily the same for women. The writer discusses how the nature and character of work is related to managerial ideologies and establishes the fundamental basis for effective productivity and distinguishing application. No additional sources cited.

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Leadership & Change in the Organization This 5 page overview looks at the subject of organizational change and how management can ease transitions in the workplace. Solutions center around effective communication and bridging gaps between upper management and lower level employees. Free 1 page outline included. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

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Minority Leadership in Corporate America a 12 page research paper that attempts to evaluate where minority leadership in corporate America stands today. The writer points out that there are two basic slants on minority leadership in corporate America being espoused in the media today. The first point of view is that corporate America is seeking to diversify its work force at an exponential rate as it has been realized that diversity is a key element to successful globalization, and that minorities are entering management in record numbers. The second point of view, one that is predominant in African-American publications, is that twenty plus years of affirmative action have seen very little real gain in the percentages of minorities that are in the upper echelons of corporate management. Both views are well argued in the media--which is correct? Bibliography lists 10 sources.

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Maslow as Motivator A 5 page paper discussing Maslow's hierarchy of needs as they apply to employee motivation. Maslow formulated his hierarchy of needs 30 years ago when he determined that people universally first ensured that they had the means of sustenance and safe shelter, and then organized themselves into groups as a result of a need for a feeling of belonging to another, larger unit. His theories were psychological curiosities for years, but except for fairly isolated instances were never really put to the test in the organization until only recently. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

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Employee Motivation / Concepts & Theories 30 pages in length. Too many companies believe that employee motivation rests in monetary rewards, without either realizing or acknowledging individuals' needs for recognition. Formal studies and informal surveys alike reveal that while managers often will list money as the top factor in motivating employees, the employees themselves are much more likely to list first their desire for recognition, for someone to let them know they truly have done a good job. Today's most successful companies are ones in which employees have no question of the regard in which the company's leadership holds them. Bibliography lists 20 sources.

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Contemporary Management Strategies 7 pages in length. An in-depth discussion of how management strategy has changed in contemporary times. The writer cites some of the main contributors to change as : the development of information technology; a changing response to ethics and social responsibility; an awareness of gender and race issues in the workplace; increasing product sophistication and employee training, etc; The works of several key management theorists and their ideas are analyzed. Bibliography lists 10 sources.An excellent reference for anyone studying contemporary management !

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System Theory in General Management A 9 page overview of the importance of system theory to general business management. Describes the fast-paced changes the business world is experiencing and emphasizes the importance of definition, goals, and objectives in management. Each of these require effective communication and management structure. Bibliography lists 12 sources.

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Latin American Management Styles A 5 page paper discussing the prevailing styles of management in Latin American countries. Chile built their businesses based on the latest management theories of democratic management styles insofar as they were able within the then-current limits of their culture. The new-style managers of these newly-profitable companies are investing in the latest equipment available. Coteminas, in Brazil, uses Japanese textile looms making the designs drawn on computers run by French software and Mexican GEO builds 19,000 houses each year. This new breed of Latin American manager with international MBAs insists on highest quality and lowest cost possible, and trains their own employees rather than bringing in outside expert help. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

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