The history of studying leadership traits, styles, qualities, and characteristics is an extensive one. Leadership is a tool, a model, and even a trait. The tool of leadership is a powerful one that is widely revered in the field of organizational communication. A good leader can gather many for one goal, and a bad leader […]

While it is fairly easy to think about the meaning of work in the context of stable, long-term employment and a relatively unchanging economic and political system, such a coherent picture becomes much more elusive in an environment where organizations are less stable, workers change jobs more regularly than they change their cars, and the […]

One tool that helps leaders and managers of organizations within the global pipeline is information systems. This discussion has you research and consider several key aspects of information systems from this perspective. Please answer the following: What is a SCMS? How does this help leaders in the global pipeline? What is an ERP? How does […]

One area of business with a close connection to logistics is risk management. This discussion has you focus on several aspects of risk management as they relate to logistics. Please answer the following: What is the risk equation, and how is it expressed? (Provide the basic formula) How would the course concept of “information sharing” […]

Business can be managed as a network. In logistics, this concept would be focused on the distribution network. This discussion has you explore the concept of distribution network and consider relationships within the network. Please answer the following: What is the distribution network? What are the disadvantages to a logistic network when uncertianty exists in […]