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Social responsibility – using resources more efficiently

Dragline at Isibonelo colliery, South Africa. Mandatory credit: VisMedia +44 (0)20 7613 2555 The challenge facing business and society in the 21st century is how to use...

Developing initiatives to improve financial stability

This case study examines how one organisation dealt effectively with a key funding issue when faced with the loss of funds from a major...

Using technology to create a paperless office

Information technology has become increasingly important in the life of all organisations in providing effective communication systems, serving all members of an organisation. At...

Building a joint venture in an emerging market

Burmah Castrol is a leading international marketer of specialised lubricant and chemical products and services. With operations in over 50 countries, Burmah Castrol employs...

Building a global telecommunications business

The twentieth century will be looked back on as the period when telecommunications revolutionised people’s daily lives - from the first telephone call and...

Reinventing the organisation – Heinz Europe

The business writer, Charles Handy, illustrates the need for organisations to reinvent themselves by the sigmoid curve - effectively an ‘S’ shape on its...

Decentralisation within a book retailer

The largest specialist book retailer in the UK and Ireland is Waterstone’s. It has more than 200 branches and employs approximately 4,200 people. Organisations...

Creating an effective organisational structure

The Coca-Cola Company is truly global, and its main product is recognised and consumed worldwide. The Company organises and structures itself in a way...

A business case for investing in rail

Today, there is growing concern about the number of cars and lorries on the UK’s roads, the amount of time wasted in traffic jams,...

Making the best use of limited resources

One of the challenges facing every organisation today is how to make best use of its limited resources. In any aspect of business, there...

Driving forward a business start up

From the 1990s onwards we have seen the development of a ‘new economy’ based on the new realities of an ultrafast, ever-changing environment in...

Tips to Start a Startup in Leeds

Leeds is a vibrant city that has, in recent years, been gaining prominence as a hub for innovation and entrepreneurship. With a thriving ecosystem and...

Supporting new business start-ups

Barclays is a major global financial services provider. It operates in over 50 countries and employs more than 156,000 people. In 2008, Barclays had...

Building a multi utility business

If you look in the dictionary for the word ‘utility’ you will find the following: “the quality of practical use, usefulness: a public service such...

Helping develop e-business and e-customer service

Revolutions are only revolutionary when they are new. Nowhere is this more true than in the e-business revolution. Five years ago few students were...

Thinking global acting local

Do you ever think about what goes into a motor car, a power tool or a particular type of domestic appliance? If you were...

Developing clear strategies to fulfil strategies within cultural aims and values

Enterprise Rent-A-Car was founded in 1957 by Jack Taylor in St. Louis and is still operated by the Taylor family. Since its formation, it...

Creating a high performance culture

Organisational culture and values The culture of an organisation is the typical way of doing things in the organisation. It particularly relates to behaviour patterns...

Changing the culture at Jaguar

This case study looks at how Jaguar, one of the world's most prestigious car manufacturers, has been involved in a culture change programme to...

Financial information in decision making

CIMA is the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. It supports over 164,000 members and students in 161 countries.  CIMA works with some of the...

Managing risk through effective team based decision making

Making sure that government, businesses and households have secure supplies of energy is a huge commitment. Engineers working for energy supply companies must make...

Decision making in an uncertain world

Modern organisations operate within an environment of change. There are all sorts of factors that change within this environment - for example, the market...

Franchising and entrepreneurship

What is franchising? McDonald's is an example of brand franchising. McDonald's, the franchisor, grants the right to sell McDonald's branded goods to someone wishing to...

Money markets and more

The business environment of today is more complex, faster moving and more volatile than ever. In order to survive in such an environment, businesses...

Intellectual property rights and entrepreneurship

People have ideas all the time. In business, new ideas can lead to new products and services. They can lead to a better way...

Growing a company by international aquisition

Successful businesses know when and how to adapt and change. This involves growing some areas of activity and cutting back on less profitable areas....

Generating cash for growth

Successful organisations are able to compete in tough environments. To do this, they need: capable managers who are willing to face facts and make hard decisionsexcellent...

Going for growth

Going for profitable growth is nothing new for Dixons Group plc. The company began in 1937 in a modest way in portrait photography. Today,...

Delivering the mission statement

The Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) is the lead UK government department in foreign affairs. Its mission is to formulate and deliver foreign policy and...

The business of nuclear decommissioning

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is a new organisation. It was set up by the government and started to operate in April 2005. Its...

Meeting the needs of the consumer

“Once upon a time, a long, long time ago we decided that, instead of making furniture for people with fat wallets, we would side...

The power of partnerships

This case study focuses on how the creation of risk and revenue sharing partners (RRSPs) has enabled Rolls-Royce to take on contracts which have...

Achieving a competitive advantage through risk management

Returning publicly owned enterprises to the private sector is a process known as privatisation. The effects of privatisation are highly significant as organisations, which...

Calculating and managing risk

Eurostar is the high-speed rail service directly linking the UK to France and Belgium via the Channel Tunnel. It started operating in 1994, providing city...

Sectors of industry

OPITO The Oil & Gas Academy is the focal point for skills, learning and workforce development in the industry, delivering the right skills for the...

Stakeholders and corporate community investment

Modern society depends on prosperous communities that care for all of their members. Business organisations can play an important role in creating and developing...

Building community partnerships

In recent years, there has been a profound change in the financial services industry, with increasing competition coming from companies not normally associated with...

Using stakeholder partnerships to maintain success and secure the future

NATS is the world’s leading provider of a range of air traffic services. This includes providing air traffic control (ATC) services for some of the world’s...

Delivering a business strategy

TNT is the market leader in the provision of business-to-business (B2B) express delivery services. It delivers documents, parcels and freight securely between businesses, using the...

Matching people with technology to create a global strategy

In recent times, the structure and operation of many major industries has changed greatly through their use of information technologies. For example: online data systems have...

A customer centred approach to providing insurance

One approach to business is to develop a product and then look for customers. However, for many businesses the customers come first. They adopt...

Converting to a Public Limited Company – PLC

On Wednesday, July 12, 1989, Abbey National Building Society converted to become Abbey National plc. This case study tells the story of how that...

Securing customers interests through mutual ownership

The changing market for building societies Building societies have a long history of caring for their members. They encourage them to save and help them...

The virtuous circle of mutuality

The virtuous circle of mutuality In recent times there has been much debate in the financial services sector as to whether Building Societies should remain...

Implementing a new vision at Virgin Trains

Virgin Trains is known for running high quality, fast and reliable state-of-the-art trains, capable of speeds of up to 125 miles per hour. Virgin Trains operates...

A vision for a smarter world

Inventions, literary works, music and design are all intangible assets. The legal right to these ‘creations of the mind’ is referred to as Intellectual...

Vision values and mission in driving strategy

The familiar blue and yellow colours of the IKEA logo (also the colour of the Swedish flag) can be seen in stores in 18...