Human Resources Management Comparison: France and US
Rapport de stage - 10 pages - Ressources humaines
Human Resources Management, summed up recently by Storey, is "a distinctive approach to employment management which seeks to achieve competitive advantage through the strategic deployment of a highly committed and capable workforce, using an array of cultural, structural and personnel...
Walmart Overseas: An analysis
Rapport de stage - 13 pages - Stratégie
The idea behind what would become Walmart was a store that would offer a large variety and volume of products offered at low prices, everyday. Sam and J.L. Walton, the founders of Walmart, believed that American small towns would benefit from a large retail shopping center because of the everyday...
Probation report: Six week training course at the Lannion local mission
Rapport de stage - 11 pages - Psychologie
This report is a summary of my probation during my third year as faculty of the psychology department. This work had been requested by my faculty for the validation of my license in the year 2009-2010. I did this training course at the local mission of Lannion for six weeks, alternating...
Integration of E-business within the company - The Redoute
Rapport de stage - 12 pages - Stratégie
The Redoute was created in the 1820s. In the past, it was a company specialized in woolen shadowing. Its founder, Charles Pollet, named it in honor of the street where the company was originally implanted, it was the street of “The Redoute”, in Roubaix, in the North of France. For more...
Strategic Marketing of Caroll in China
Rapport de stage - 16 pages - Théories marketing
The fashion sector is a constantly an evolving sector. In order to be successful and sustainable in this sector, it is essential to keep it updated with the new trends. It is important to have consumer awareness, in order to propose clothes according to their needs. It is a constant race between...
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...
Promoting Democracy
Rapport de stage - 8 pages - Sciences politiques
Chapter four of Payne's book deals with the notion of democracy, which is a very old one. Democracy is a process, that is to say it is in constant evolution. Today, we can say that most developed countries are democratic, and each country has followed a different path to achieve democracy. The...
Value change in western democracies
Rapport de stage - 7 pages - Questions sociales, morales & enseignement civique
In the recent French cantonal elections, some members of left wing and right wing parties proposed an alliance against the rising Front National. This proposition was based on the fact that, according to these politicians, they shared certain values that went against the values defended by...
The death penalty: The importance of dying with honor
Rapport de stage - 15 pages - Littérature
In literature as in cinema, the subject of death penalty has been largely used. It can be seen in fantastic films such as The Green Mile by Frank Darabont, as well as in journalistic type of books, as in In Cold Blood by Truman Capote or in The Executioner's song by Norman...
The Truman Show: Movie Review
Rapport de stage - 6 pages - Cinéma
Many elements in the Truman Show illustrate the reality of our current society and how it works. I will particularly talk about the attitude of viewers who, perhaps unwittingly, are partly responsible for the broadcasting of this kind of program (reality TV shows). I shall also tackle the ethical...
The launch of hairdressing salon "Tchip" in Australia
Rapport de stage - 32 pages - Stratégie
The objective of this report is to launch the hairdressing salon “Tchip” in Australia. In France, Tchip is directed by Franck François and is part of the VOG group. Franck Francois is the founder of the concept of low cost hair salons and nowadays, Tchip is the leader in its...
Environmental issues linked to North-South relations posing a challenge for Geopolitics
Rapport de stage - 10 pages - Sciences politiques
Economic globalization, global media flows and the Internet seem to make our traditional conception of geopolitics, in terms of political geography and international relations, no longer appropriate. The deepening impacts of globalization, especially within North-South relations, have undeniably...
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...
Report of internship and scholarship in London, Asia and USA
Rapport de stage - 16 pages - Marketing international
American people make very universal and formal workers. They plan everything and tend to never change their schedule. They are always looking for effectiveness and efficiency at work by imposing one way to resolve a problem and applying it everywhere in the company at any time or any...
Rapport de stage: Association V-Glob Volontaire-globalisation (Placement report)
Rapport de stage - 15 pages - Relations internationales
Attracted by humanitarian work since a very long time, I seized the opportunity given to me during my third year of 'applied foreign languages' studies to do a work placement in a non-profit organisation in a third world country. I had been unable to find a placement during term...
Comparative analysis of the key success factors in a public relations agency in GB and other countries. (Placement report)
Rapport de stage - 15 pages - Management organisation
During June and July, I did my first internship in a public relations company based in London, called Bell Pottinger. I didn't know exactly what the challenges were in this field, so it was a chance to learn many new things. Chime Communications PLC is the holding company of 35 companies...
Events Management : The World Travel Market 2008
Rapport de stage - 19 pages - Marketing tourisme
After an overview of the business market, I chose an Event in the UK environment: The World Travel Market 2008 which is a B2B exhibition taking place in London every year and which aims is to promote the travel market and it's actors and generate a network between them. Throughout this event,...
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...
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...
EU enlargement (past and present) has arguably been a real achievement of the integration project but how far can the EU enlarge and will any potential problems outweigh the advantages?
Rapport de stage - 7 pages - Questions européennes
‘EU enlargement generally means increasing the size of the Union by incorporating additional members. This is a process that can take a number of years, as the candidate states attempt to align their economy and regulatory structures to those agreed to by the existing members....
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...
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...
Financial analysis of the FFT Company
Rapport de stage - 4 pages - Audit
The FFT Company is involved in the production, design and marketing of wine holding products such as oak barrels. Its customers are France, America, Hungary, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Spain, Australia and South America. 73% of its activity is manufacturing wine casks. 87% of its overall...
Introduction to capital markets: Focus on Equity
Rapport de stage - 40 pages - Finance
This presentation provides an overview of Equity and Equity derivatives (definition, illustrated examples, stakeholders, etc.). This is a useful tool for students and professional operations in the capital markets (consultants, new joiners in the financial markets, etc.) to gain understanding of...
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.”...
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...
To what extent have the national foreign policies undermined EU-Chinese relations?
Rapport de stage - 8 pages - Questions européennes
EU diplomatic relations with China were established in 1975 and are governed by the 1985 EU-China Trade and Cooperation Agreement and seven other legally binding agreements. This rapprochement between the two powers culminated in the setting up in 1988 of a delegation by the EC...
Multinational business and globalization
Rapport de stage - 6 pages - Stratégie
Above all, let's start by explaining what globalization is. Many definitions exist some are too minimalist, others too general. The term used to describe the current state of the global economy has become a fashionable word. We retain that: “Globalization is a process (or set of...
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...
Book review: Bicameralism
Rapport de stage - 4 pages - Sciences politiques
The book Bicameralism, by George Tsebelis and Jeannette Money, was published in 1997 by New York: Cambridge University Press. As indicated by the sober title, the authors study bicameralism, or a “legislature that involves two distinct chambers in its deliberation”...