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MBA Dissertation | Corporate Culture | Communication | Research | EC Group

MBA Dissertation | Corporate Culture | Communication | Research | EC Group This MBA dissertation investigates the importance of trust and open communication within a live working environment. Throughout this study, the researcher aimed to determine the interdependence between trust and communication and employees morale; appreciating that low workforce morale inevitably translates into lower productivity and jeopardises a company’s success. The objectives set by the research were to acquire a critical understanding of the impact of closed communication on employee morale, identifying the causes for such phenomena, and determining effective recommendations for the re-establishment of a strong corporate culture that would foster open communication and build trust throughout the EC Group. The study was deemed important not only on an academic level, where relevant literature is abundant, but even more so with regard to the imminent crisis faced by EC Group, a UK based medium-size, marke

Economics Dissertation | Trade Barriers | External Trade | European Union | EU

Economics Dissertation | Trade Barriers | External Trade | European Union | EU After setting up the necessary framework for the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBTs) subject, this thesis study tries to enlighten the removal efforts of the Technical Barriers to Trade within the European Union (EU) and within Turkey. In this respect, this study covers the removal approaches of TBTs in the EU together with Turkey's alignment with the EU in the subject, as required by the Customs Union Agreement. This thesis study also tries to evaluate the importance of different approaches on the removal of Technical Barriers to Trade on Turkish trade with the EU.  This evaluation is prepared by allocating external trade values for product groups into the regulatory approaches of the EU and then analyzing the coverage of these approaches in the total external trade of the EU (15) countries. Accordingly, it is found that most of the Turkish trade with the EU (15) countries may be subject to technical r