ARAMARK - Time And Attendance Project
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This 15 page paper focuses on decision making within an action research project from the consultant's perspective. The company used is ARAMARK and the outcome of the project is to implement a more effective time and attendance system that will, among other things, eliminate overstaffing and understaffing, automatically calculate payroll, allow employees to access their own information and to reduce labor costs by at least $1 million per year. Sections in this essay include: action plan, executive summary, problem statement, which includes a brief overview of the company, identification of the problem, including alternative solutions, first client meeting, discovery and dialog, second client meeting, including the savings associated with the recommended solution, and final reflection. 1 Table is included. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: PGaramrk.rtf

Architecture Firm - Organizational Culture
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A 3 page paper that describes specific aspects of the organizational culture of a hypothetical architecture company. The aspects discussed include communication, management and the use of technology. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: PGardor.rtf

Are Women More “People-Oriented” Leaders?
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This 6 page report discusses the time-honored assumption, at least in modern times, that women are more people-oriented leaders than men. Are women more people-oriented and greater believers in “participative” management? There is only one definitive answer and it is not particularly satisfying. That answer is -- “it depends.” Many social scientists commonly maintain that there is no empirical basis for assuming that gender has a direct influence on leadership style. Others researchers are convinced that female leaders are more concerned about interpersonal relationships and use a more democratic and participative leadership style than do men. Research on the issue is examined. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: BWwomled.wps

Artemis Sportswear Company
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An 8 page paper. Artemis is a fictional company. This essay briefly reports actions taken by five real companies to reduce operational expenses in one area of the business, then discussed how Artemis might use these same tactics to reduce their operational costs and do so without having a negative impact on employees. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: PGartm.rtf

Article Critique/Diversity Mgmt.
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A 4 page critique of an article by Von Bergen, Soper and Foster (2002) pertaining to unintended negative consequences that can result from diversity management training. The writer explores the points made by the authors in depth, summarizing their arguments and evaluates the article as extremely informative on this subject. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khdivmgt.rtf

Aspects of Economics
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This well rounded informative 20 page paper looks at different aspects of business economics in order to give a clear and decisive description of the aspects and their influence. Aspects of economics covered include elasticity of price, income and cross elasticity, the causes of inflation, the causes of unemployment and appropriate responses, fixed and floating exchange rates along with there advantages and disadvantages, perfect competition and monopolies as well as the effect of globalization of the European Union. The bibliography cites 13 sources.
Filename: TEgeneco.wps

Aspects of Management
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This 5 page paper is written in two parts. The first part of the paper defines and describes four functions of management; planning, organization, leadership and control. The second part of the paper discusses which of these will be most important and how e-commerce has impacted on these aspects. The bibliography cites 1 source.
Filename: TEmancon.rtf

Assessing Research into Groupthink
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A 16 page paper examining much of the research that has been done following Irving Janis' 1972 description of the groupthink phenomenon. The outcomes of some of these works appear to be as time-sensitive as the daily newspaper. While all the researchers discussed here have made further contribution to Janis' original work, it appears that none have taken into account the far different business climate that exists now. US business drastically changed between the 1970s and 2000. It appears that much of the difference that researchers have found has been related as much to changing business environment as to various methodologies used. Regardless of business views of the time or methodologies, however, the original concept of groupthink cannot be said to be generalizable to all situations. This observation is evident from the most superficial of examinations of the researchers' work. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
Filename: KSgroupthink.wps