To what extent have Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility become key strategic drivers for organizations and what is the role of HRM in this?
Rapport de stage - 4 pages - Ressources humaines
How does one analyze Human Resources? "Human resources" is based on reason and knowledge and is a term used to refer to how people are managed by organizations. The objective of human resources development is to foster human resourcefulness through enlightened ethics and cohesive policies in...
Importance of HRM for small and medium sized companies
Rapport de stage - 6 pages - Ressources humaines
At the time of globalization, organizations, which can be regarded as an entity or a social system in its own right, are being forced to adapt to business environments which involve quick responses to change, such as new laws, social trends and a new segment of customers, in order to sustain...
Recruitment and selection
Rapport de stage - 14 pages - Ressources humaines
The process of recruitment and selection is fundamental within the function of Human resources. It defines itself as the research for candidates by taking into account the necessary adequacy between the needs of the company and the profiles of the candidates. The objective being that the...
International Humanitarian Law
Rapport de stage - 22 pages - Relations internationales
Critically analyse the prohibition against the use of mercenaries in Article 47 of API. - Would the Brigade of Gurkhas or the French Foreign Legion be considered as mercenaries under this definition ? - Evaluate the extent to which the UN Convention on Mercenaries develops the law in this area....
Human resources and recruitment
Rapport de stage - 12 pages - Ressources humaines
Privacy could be defined as “the freedom to selectively reveal one's self” (CSO Magazine, Logan Roots). Today, we may be frustrated by all the existing instruments created to collect those private pieces of information that most of the time we released by ourselves....
First year internship: Axa (business school)
Rapport de stage - 23 pages - Marketing bancaire
AXA is a French group rooted from the merge of various insurance companies whose the most ancient was created in 1816. L'Ancienne Mutuelle de Rouen was a small French insurance society created during the XIXth century whose main function was to cover the agricultural risks in Normandy. Over...
Walt Disney World in Orlando: trainee as park greeter (2008)
Rapport de stage - 12 pages - Management organisation
I stayed for two and a half months at the Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. I worked at the main entrance of Typhoon Lagoon, and thereafter in the Water Park as a park greeter. I was determined to work at Walt Disney World because I was sure that I would acquire sufficient experience and...
Nursery School and Gender Construction
Rapport de stage - 6 pages - Sociologie & sciences sociales
I chose to study the links between nursery schools and gender construction because I wanted to show how this institution plays an active role in the representations children have of their social role as boy or girl. As my research is mostly about the toys and the games of the children in the...
Ancient Philosophy: Why did Heraclitus choose to write in paradox form?
Rapport de stage - 3 pages - Histoire antique
Analyzing this question first requires that we examine the notion of paradox. It is in fact not easy to define for the word fits what it is supposed to mean. And we cannot merely define it anyway. However we can try to clarify the notion in order to explain what a paradox actually is. The word is...
Change management: The difficulties in applying change processes
Rapport de stage - 8 pages - Management organisation
When a company witnesses an important growth or change period, the entrepreneur and the executives needs to manage the changes and adapt the organization to its new expectations. They have to adapt the company to the new demand and ensure this expansion without damaging their global service and...
Defined-benefit and defined-contribution pension schemes
Rapport de stage - 4 pages - Théories économiques
Nowadays pension funds are actors of the financial market that cannot be ignored; for example, the asset traded by these funds represented $29.5 trillion in 2009 and moreover, as stated by David Dodge , "pension funds have already become the largest institutional investors among G-10 countries"....
The link between financial reporting and capital markets: Evaluating the extent of development and use of International Accounting Standards
Rapport de stage - 4 pages - Finance
“As capital markets play an increasingly central role in today's modern economies, policy-makers are confronted with the question of how to assure the continued effective functioning of these markets and, in particular, how to develop a sound financial reporting infrastructure.”...
Strategic management
Rapport de stage - 8 pages - Management organisation
Context: Our firm, SYNERGIA is a medium-sized company that makes environmentally friendly cosmetics - cosmetics cover different and important sectors of goods such as make-up, alcoholic fragrance, beauty and care products, hair care, body products (…) We operate, up to this present-day,...
The process of state and nation-building in Germany
Rapport de stage - 12 pages - Relations internationales
According to Waly and Denly, 'judged purely by its success in creating a nation-state, German history has to be deemed a failure until the nineteenth century'. Even though historians still argue over the beginning of Germany's history, some of them emphasize the importance of the...
Is liberalism compatible with paternalism?
Rapport de stage - 3 pages - Questions sociales, morales & enseignement civique
Paternalism and liberalism seem to be two very interlinked concepts in modern societies. It is true for both economical matters and social matters. For example, our Western 'liberal democracies' governments can provide huge amounts of money during the crisis to refund the banks-...
International logistics and procurement (2010-2011)
Rapport de stage - 15 pages - Logistique
Definition of procurement: It can be defined as the purchase of goods or services at the optimum possible cost, in the correct amount and quality. These goods/services are also purchased at the correct time and location by signing a contract. Definition of logistics: It is to get the right...
Luxury goods in China
Rapport de stage - 4 pages - Stratégie
The increasing demand for luxury goods can be traced back to two important factors. Firstly the transition of China from a planned economy to a market economy and the opening of borders to foreign trade in 1978 have allowed luxury brands to penetrate the Chinese market. Secondly, this reform of...
Commentary on the extract from 'The Downing Street years', By Margaret Thatcher
Rapport de stage - 3 pages - Littérature
In 'The Downing Street Years', published in 1993, Margaret Thatcher tackles the subject of the Brixton riots of 1981 and relates how she dealt with the proliferation of riots after the publication of the Scarman report. In the extract studied here, she argues that her economic policy is...
Human Resource Management: Denmark and Japan
Rapport de stage - 8 pages - Ressources humaines
Human resource management is “A strategic approach to acquiring, utilizing and managing an organization's key resource-its People. HRM regards the creation of an environment, the continuous development, stakeholders' interests, and the management of change or the fact to provide supporting...
Crisis Management
Rapport de stage - 6 pages - Management organisation
For decades, policymakers used theories developed by strategists to preserve vital national interests, during the Cold War for instance. However, the 09/11 attack entailed a radical change in the American security policy. Even on the greatest superpower, violent non-state actors could now inflict...
"The natural resources of the United Kingdom (including agriculture, mining, forestry, all raw materials and energy): assets and liabilities on the local and international geopolitical theatre"
Rapport de stage - 4 pages - Sciences de l'éducation
The United Kingdom's territory is full of diversified natural resources. From their profitability to their confrontation to the global market, the exploitation of these natural resources has been fit on a seasonally adjusted basis. From the agriculture to the mining and production of raw...
To what extent is there a need for the European Union in 2010?
Rapport de stage - 5 pages - Questions européennes
With the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty in December 2009, the ‘European Union begins 2010 with a new look', according to VOA News. The European Union has strengthened its institutions, with a new ‘president of the European Union'; Herman Von Rompuy and a new High Representative...
Analysis starch in fibre
Rapport de stage - 14 pages - Chimie
This document summarizes my training period at Tilbury in England. I chose this place in order to discover the English way of life and to improve my knowledge of English as well. I worked under the supervision of Andy Waterman and Tom Cripps and in collaboration with Renzi Virginie, on a method...
Enquête sur une filière STAPS : la reprise d'études par les professionnels du milieu sportif - statistiques et méthodologie de l'enquête
Rapport de stage - 39 pages - Sport
La réalité socio-économique et juridique actuelle de l'insertion professionnelle dans le milieu de l'Entraînement Sportif est régie par les éléments suivants: - Démontrer des compétences personnelles dans l'entraînement et la performance sportive. - Posséder un réseau relationnel dans le milieu...
The action of the International Monetary Fund in the world
Rapport de stage - 6 pages - Relations internationales
“The International Monetary Fund is established and shall operate in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement as originally adopted and subsequently amended” asserts the first clause of the Articles of Agreement. Set up after the Second World War as a response to the world...
International work experience: ROC Hotel
Rapport de stage - 5 pages - Marketing tourisme
For my school I had to do a travel in another country in the goal to have an experience of work at the stranger. To find my summer job, I asked an organization called “Inter Séjour”. With the help of this company, I found a job in a hotel in Mallorca where I will be fed, Accommodated...
To what extent does the resolution of the 2005 so-called "Bra War" contribute to a better understanding of the Union's trade negotiation agenda?
Rapport de stage - 3 pages - Relations internationales
This study does not aim at weighing the pros and the cons of EU's way of dealing with the impending Chinese textiles competition, nor does it try to assess European Member States' (MSs) ability to reach consensus during trade negotiation rounds. Building on Robert Putnam's heuristic...
Rapport de gestion de crise : le crash du Concorde
Rapport de stage - 10 pages - Communication
Ce document traite du cas de la crise de l'accident du Concorde d'Air France qui a eu lieu en juillet 2000. Il y a plusieurs raisons qui expliquent ce choix. Le fait que cet incident détruise un symbole de la puissance franco-britannique en terme d'avance technologique en est un. En...
Cloud Computing - Overview, layers, usages and benefits
Rapport de stage - 20 pages - Théories marketing
What is cloud computing? The main idea of this new concept of the computer science, is that you can get the power you need whenever you want. How can it be possible? In fact, cloud computing is a new paradigm of computing infrastructure. But what is so incredible in cloud computing to qualify it...
Strategic thinking for managers
Rapport de stage - 12 pages - Stratégie
As the EFE Matrix in this document shows, the most important external factors in order to be successful in the industry are technological advancements and the fact that only 10% of the hearing affected people actually possess the hearing aid. Local health policies like in France, for example,...