Case Study: Decision Making for Managers

Decision making is the process which embraces the terms and methods of mathematics, statistics, economics, management and psychology which the purpose of selection of the most reasonable steps and actions for the solutions of the definite problems. Decision making is the most important process in any serious activity, especially in business. Every management who has the duty to control the work of the employees of the lower level has to devote many efforts to inform, teach and evaluate the employee’s work objectively. The manager’s task is to maintain the working process in the right order. Furthermore, he is expected to facilitate the employees’ work, help them with the solution of the definite problems and improve the employee’s qualification in the intensive way. It is natural that every novice employee does not possess working experience and the manager’s duty is to teach him the basics of his work and the rules of cooperation and coexistence in the staff. Continue reading →

Deforestation in the Amazon Case Study:

Deforestation in the Amazon is the process of destruction of the valuable Amazon forest for the various needs, mainly for agriculture and housing. The process of deforestation started many years ago, but its impact on the natural environment was not quite visible. The highest rates of deforestation started in 1970s after the building of roads, especially Trans-Amazonian highway, which united the parts of the continent. The most obvious reasons of deforestation were the lack of the territories for pasture for cattle and the lack of territories required for agriculture and production of soya beans. Moreover, Amazon rainforest has been actively cut down for the release of the territories for housing, as the population growth in the 20th century has its active start. Next, deforestation is caused by the need of wood for various purposes (for example, production of paper, furniture, etc), road works (the road chain is being increased and it affects the forests negatively), etc. Continue reading →

Demand Elasticity Case Study:

Demand elasticity is the process of the company’s prediction and calculation of the alteration of the demand for the certain chosen production. It is quite obvious that demand elasticity is most important factor which influences the strategy of the company and its productiveness. The success of the production depends on the rates of demand and supply, so it is important for the company to dwell on the research of the situation on the market and learn what products are popular and required by consumers and what products are not important among them. The tram of the trained and experienced managers studies the demand for the company’s production on the market and evaluates the company’s chances to satisfy these needs. It is natural that if the demand is law, the company will have to act radically and change the type of production in order to avoid crisis and continue competing on the market. Continue reading →

Client Centered Therapy Case Study:

Client centered therapy is one of the types of modern psychotherapy worked out by the famous US psychologist Carl Rogers. Client centered therapy is applied in humanistic psychology, psychological therapy and consulting putting the personality on the first place and is aimed at her self-development.

This type of therapy is supposed to solve numerous problems because there is an interaction between the client and the therapist. The client informs about his problems and the therapist tries to provide his with the reliable and helpful piece of advice in the form of conversation which are characterized with the complete trust. The therapist tries to help the client find himself, organize the personal model of self-development with the aim of the reaching to the inner harmony and life satisfaction. The most important and complicated task for every therapist is to organize the favourable working atmosphere for the inner growth of the client. Continue reading →

Backward Children Case Study:

Backward children are the children who have troubles with education and their capability of learning belongs to the lower level than it is required according to the general standards. In every country there is a problem with backward children and pedagogues work hard to create effective methods of teaching and improvement the chances for children to receive normal education.

There are many factors which influence the problem of the child backwardness and they depend to the physical, genetic, psychological, social, economic and other fields. The first factor which can influence the child’s learning abilities is a disease or physical injures of the essential organs, primarily the brain. If the child has fallen ill with something and takes medicine for the disease, they can have a negative impact on their intellectual abilities. Continue reading →

Basketball Case Study:

Basketball is a team game which is played with a ball which is thrown into the basket which is fixed on the 3 meters height above the playground. The game is played by the two teams which consist of 5 members each.

The sense of the game is to win as much points as possible throwing the ball into the basket and the team which throws more times into the opponent’s basket wins. The game lasts 40 minutes. The general times is divided into four periods which last 10 minutes each with little brakes to let the players relax. The first international world championship tournament among men occurred in 1950, among women in 1953. Nowadays, such tournaments are carried out every four years. The most famous and important competitions are the Olympic Games and the FIBA Basketball World Cup. Continue reading →

Adaptive Cruise Control Case Study:

Adaptive cruise control is the special system which is applied in the road vehicles (automobiles, trucks, etc) with the purpose of the maintenance of safety on the road controlling the distance between the vehicles. The latest one hundred years have proved that automobile is the most dangerous means of transportation, because every day thousands of road accidents occur because of the unskilful driving and lack of driver’s attention.

The modern vehicles are quite dangerous because they are able to drive rapidly and the majority of accidents happen because of the incapability of drivers to stop on time. In order to help drivers reduce the number of accidents and save more human lives, the manufacturers of automobiles have designed the systems of adaptive cruise control, which maintain the safe distance between the vehicles on the road and inform the drivers about the possible danger. Continue reading →

Recent Tsunami Case Study:

One of the most serious and ruining tsunamis occurred in Japan in 2011 and it is called T?hoku earthquake and tsunami. The cause of the tsunami was the earthquake which occurred in the Pacific Ocean about 130 km from the coast of Japan. The magnitude of the earthquake was 9.0, no wonder that such an earthquake was followed by the enormous tsunami. The powerful earthquake was followed by tsunami the waves of which reached up to 40 metres and destroyed everything on their way. The whole east coast of Japan was seriously ruined and devastated. The first waves took thousands of the human lives and more than 10 thousand people are still not found. The tsunami damaged numerous cities and towns, destroyed roads and the Japanese ports and fleet. The international airports were also damaged. Probably the most serious consequence of the tsunami was the damage of the atomic power plant. The plant was damaged seriously and the accident could cause the ecological disaster. Continue reading →

Share Market Case Study:

Share market is the part of the capital market, where emission, purchase and sale of securities is conducted. Share market is an abstract place which provides sellers and buyers with the opportunity to operate securities but it can not be confused with the stock exchange where sellers and buyers sell and purchase securities and fulfill various financial operations. Share markets fulfill many functions: they regulate the sphere of currency circulation and crediting; maintain the interchange of the capital between the spheres and departments of economics; facilitate the distribution of the capital of corporations and control over their activity; they attract capital and make sure it is used effectively; fulfills the informational function providing the interested sides with the facts about the move of the private capitals. There are many types of share markets which play different roles. Continue reading →

Redundancy Case Study:

Redundancy is the term related with labour law which is associated with the stop of the labour relations between the employer and employee. The issue of redundancy is described and explained in the employment contract and general labour law of the country. Redundancy is possible from the initiative of the employee, if he has found a better job or he has just decided to resign from the occupation because of various reasons. Then, redundancy can be the result of the poor quality of the employee’s work and the employer decides to fire the employee and recruit another one, who will fulfill his duties better. Next, a great number of employees have to give up their job because of the health problems. The workplace can cause stress and consume much energy and the person becomes exhausted with the run of time and the best solution is to change the job. The employee can lose his workplace because of the process of reorganization of the firm. Continue reading →