Category: Business Studies

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Essay: Transformational leader

Sample Essay - Transformational leader Many exemplary successful entrepreneurs are specialized leaders with a definite set of leadership characteristics that enable them to motivate their workforce and understand and excel at what they do. It is also worth acknowledging that successful entrepreneurs are focused on their vision and immersed in making their ventures successful. (more…)

Essay: Tourism in Nigeria

Sample Essay - Tourism in Nigeria

Tourism in Nigeria, which contributes to the country’s economic growth to a greater extent, also plays a crucial role in the development of the hotel industry. However, the fact that most tourist attraction sites in the country are owned and managed by the government of Nigeria complicates the issue of hotel management. (more…)

Essay: What is Management

Sample Essay - What is Management Management involves coordination of business activities to achieve certain results that cannot be achieved by one person. It involves effective utilization of human and material resources to achieve an enterprise or firms objectives. Management can also be termed as job whereby someone is employed to perform certain tasks and this person does not have the direct ownership of the business. Management is also one of the factors of production since it’s charged with the responsibility of organizing other resources which determine the success and failure of a business. (more…)

Essay: Measurement of cost of capital

Sample Essay - Cost of capital 

The cost of capital is measured in terms of interest rate. In a situation where the interest rate is high, the cost of capital will also be high, making capital very expensive. For example, if the interest rate rises from 10% to 20%, this means that for every $1000 borrowed, the borrower will have to pay $200 instead of the initial $100 when the economy is stable. The marginal propensity to consume is usually equal to or less than one. (more…)

Essay: Leader in an Organization

Sample Essay - Leader in an Organization

A leader in an organization is the one who determines the failure or success of the organization. For the leader to make the firm successful, he has to have some traits, which will make him the best leader and thus qualified to lead the organization. The three major traits for a leader to be the best include empathy, self-awareness and objectivity.  The others are courage, ability to inspire, passion, commitment, flexibility, innovation and willingness to experiment. (more…)

Essay: Knowledge Systems Design company

Sample Essay - Knowledge Systems Design

Knowledge Systems Design develops, delivers and supports knowledge base systems for business applications using AI technologies. It also provides information on the company, employment opportunities and technology applications. Another company, TISEC Inc., offers safe testing and reliability engineering services ( Franklin,1995 ), AI pattern software multimedia training, and more. (more…)

Essay: Lack of Effective Communication Acts as a Stressor

Sample Essay - Lack of Effective Communication 

Lack of effective communication forces that include feedback is a stressor at some point. Sometimes, managers do not get the necessary positive feedback that they require. Or even if they get it, how it is given is inappropriate. Such managers will subject their problems to the juniors; eventually, the whole lot under those managers will be stressed out. At the same time, some bosses do not commend the good work done by the juniors or keep giving negative comments now and again. Workers in this situation would feel demotivated, which will finally come as a stressor. Such feedbacks may compromise one's self-confidence and self-esteem (Wilmer 1997). (more…)

Essay: Mass media and the marketing of books

Sample Essay - Mass media

Integration of mass media in the usage and marketing of books would also contribute to a greater extend into the usage of books. In future, the integration of books into various broadcasting methods could facilitate the acceptance of the fact that books can never be replaced by integration of information over the internet. Even though the reading culture of printed books tends to continuously decrease, it is evident that online resources and other electronic sources of books continue to dominate the market. (more…)