...“Family Guy and Freud: Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious” is an article that is very relevant on the topic of pop culture intertwining with television shows. The article was written by Antonia Peacocke, a current college student. Peacocke starts off by introducing how she has felt about the show Family Guy over the years. Then moves onto how the show has been lashed out at and actually cancelled, but still managed to get put back on the air. When looked at closely the show satirizes American Culture but taken at face value Peacocke could see the harm in Family Guy’s comedy. Then Family Guy is compared to The Simpsons by how they both have similar comedy and both have faced heavy criticism. Peacocke explains that Seth McFarlane, the creator of Family Guy, then explains his reasoning for all of the criticism received toward his show. Lastly, Peacocke explains that it’s important to remember what is actually unfunny in life even while we can appreciate in fake comedy. After summarizing the article it is clear that Peacocke demonstrates Clarity, Relevance, and is a reliable source on the issue of pop...
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...Janie Murrell’s four sons. Soon thereafter Five Guys Burgers and Fries was born. The Murrell family opened the restaurant in Arlington, Virginia in 1986, quickly becoming an institution in the area. From 1986-2001 the Murrell family business went from one location to five in the Washington – DC metropolitan area. In 2003 the Murrell’s decided to give franchise opportunities and have exploded nationally, becoming America’s Fastest Growing Fast-Food Chain. In this analysis I will determine the Five Guys philosophy and differentiating factors from its competitors. I will also analyze the firm’s original values, and other factors that have contributed to its explosive success as a start-up and over the last 10 years. The Philosophy and Original Values The philosophy of Five Guys Burgers and Fries has been to “sell a really good, juicy burger on a fresh bun. Make perfect French fries. Don't cut corners. (Welch)” Five guys competes in what is known as the fast-casual restaurant market. This is a mix of the traditional fast-food / quick service restaurant like McDonalds and more casual dining entities such as Applebees. By focusing on quality as a primary driver rather than speed it creates a sub-set within the restaurant industry. Five Guys has a very a limited menu and focuses its attention towards creating the highest quality burgers and fries at a reasonable price point. Jerry Murrell, founder, chief executive and father of the “Five Guys” is committed to nothing less than the best...
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...exceeding on the details.When I wrote this piece I was trying to make this essay seem like a research paper. The genre of this piece is an analysis essay, to achieve my purpose I went back and looked at some of my old analysis essays to pull old ideas and included them into my analysis essay. I believe I was pretty successful in doing so, to achieve my intended heartbeat, I made this essay, but short and...
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...Case outline Bob Rhodes, age 32, is well known in his local sports activity. Ten years ago, he started business called The Sports Guy and raised capital from obtaining a bank loan and an equity investment from friends and family. His family and friends own 40% of the business while he owns the rest. Mortgage help him purchasing land in small town outside of GTA that consists of two lots on a corner in which one is used to build a store, and another one was planned for the parking lot but never executed the plan because of the surrounding activities. Local sports team account for 70% of the sales whereas 30% comes from regular walk-in customers. Problem Statement & Objectives The major problem is reducing profitability of the business and there is no proper management of the inventory, which leads to sale of inventory at discount rate. Also labor wages are also too high and reducing creditability of business lead to reduce in the trust of the business and loss of the customer due to improper inventory management. The objective is to get access to bank credit to finance high Analysis the financial health of the business and recommend the various way to get the business right on track Situation Analysis Summary The company sell retail sports product to the sport team and children’s. Also there is around 30% of walk-in customer, who help the business to manage inventory. This might not be attractive industry because buyer’s and potential entrants have high power in...
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...fast food burgers they think of long time successes like McDonald’s, Burger King, and Wendy’s but Jerry Murrell and his five sons have been trying to change that since 1986. And depending on who you ask, some might say that they are doing just that. Murrell and family started “Five Guys Burgers and Fries” at a Virginia shopping center with just one restaurant and an initial investment of a little less than $70,000 (Burke, 2012). Now the company has grown and franchised to over 1,000 stores and is worth close to an estimated $500 million (Burke, 2012). Many think that a burger and fries are simple but it is no accident that they have become a successful burger chain. Five Guys Burgers and Fries has a unique business model, philosophy, and culture that are a credit to their success, and understanding and examining these things can help any entrepreneur pave the road for success of their own business. Five Guys’ philosophy The Five Guys philosophy is to keep the business strategy simple, sell burgers and fries, while implementing quick and crucial cooking procedures that result in a quickly delivered but juicier, more upscale burger than other restaurants like McDonald’s (Rosenwald, 2006). The simple menu for Five Guys burgers has just that, burgers and fries. Although many people, customers and franchise owners alike, have begged for the Murrells to expand their menu to include many things that other restaurants offer, the owners refuse. It is not out of laziness or saving money...
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...The Sports Guy Case Study Case Synopsis The case is about The Sports Guy which is an independent sporting goods store owned by Bob “Rocky” Rhodes; his business is in the retail sporting goods industry. The store is located in the south part of a small town which is just outside the Greater Toronto Area. The town has been growing rapidly for the last few years and the area around the store has become a prosperous neighbourhood, making their location a busy commercial area. The Sports Guy store sells sports related clothing and equipment. About 70% of their sales consist of equipment and uniforms bought by local teams, and 30% of sales consist of regular (walk-in) retail trade. The store’s sales have increased over the years however; have not been growing much in recent years. In the last few years the sales to teams have mostly covered the business’ costs, while the “walk-in” trade has provided most of the profits. Many times Rocky has been left with out-of-season stock that had to be sold off at a loss. Rocky is concerned about the declining inventory turnover rate that is causing an increase in his short-term debt and interest expenses. Problem Statement Rocky wants his business to grow with the town, but to do so will require access to bank credit to finance higher inventories and future expansion. He will have to improve The Sports Guy’s profitability. How will Rocky improve the financial performance of his business when their net profit (after tax) has decreased...
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...Running Head: EAT CAKE, AN ANALYSIS Eat Cake A Book Analysis Erica Grossman University of Florida Abstract This paper analyses the novel Eat Cake by Jeanne Ray and how the characters in the novel use a variety of occupations to deal with complex life issues as well as every-day challenges. The relationship between health and the use of occupations is explored and examples from the novel are used throughout to support the link between health and wellbeing, and occupation. This paper also explores the different sociocultural views of “occupation” and how these relate to the characters in the novel. Eat Cake: A Book Analysis In the novel Eat Cake, Jeanne Ray cleverly and humorously captures the day-to-day issues of one family’s life during a couple of trying months. Ray develops and describes each character in such a way that one can identify with each character and his or her struggles. The story is centered on Ruth Hopson whose roles are those of wife, mother, and daughter. We also meet her recently unemployed husband Sam, teenage daughter Camille, her mother Hollis, her estranged father Guy Nash, and Guy’s occupational therapist, Florence Allen. Ray describes how each character utilizes everyday occupations to help each deal with the stresses and challenges that life brings their way. Ever since childhood, Ruth has found the baking of cakes to be an extremely soothing and stress relieving...
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...head: “Entrepreneurial Leadership” Assignment 1: “Entrepreneurial Leadership” Abstract This paper will show the analysis of how successful this business has been setting itself apart from other fast food chains in relation to their philosophy, their original values as a family run business all the while giving contributions of success. You will see how the ethical and social practices of this family business as paved a customer appreciated restaurant of today with old fashion hard work and common sense. Assignment 1 – “Entrepreneurial Leadership” Determine how Five Guys’ philosophy sets it apart from other fast-food chains? In today’s fast food market chains businesses have to focus more on nutrition as well as making profits. Today within our health conscience world we now live in and with all the media hype about overweight people in the United States fast food chains need to really market themselves in a way to stand out above others in order to compete. Although the number one goal of any business model is to maximize profits and minimize costs in order to meet shareholders expectations as well as growing the business to maximize profits they now have to be thinking of creative ways to grab the customers and make them feel they are making a well educated guess in eating healthier even though it is still considered fast food. The Five-Guy business model has really been creative in certain ways to capture this. The owner Jerry Murrell believes in order to...
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...COVER PAGE Group 5 Strategic Management Final Project Report - Five Guys Table of Content Five Guys’ Strategy Analysis - Final Report Industry: Casual-fast restaurant in Canada Company: Five Guys Contact: Michael Oppedisano, from Asst. Controller at Bantam Restaurants Part 1: Organizational Introduction Five Guys has been a Washington, DC favorite since 1986 when Jerry and Janie Murrell offered sage advice to the four young Murrell brothers: “Start a business or go to college.” The business route won and the Murrell family opened a carry-out burger joint in Arlington, Virginia. Their mission was to serve an unparalleled burger made with fresh ingredients, in a clean environment and with a reasonable price. In order to achieve their mission, they sought out the best ingredients: paid top price for meat, bought the most expensive bacon and used peanut oil to cook their burgers. The family drove the direct material costs higher unlike any other burger chain, but spent zero dollars on marketing or advertising. They believe that the best salesman is the customer and as Jerry Murrell’s says “treat that person right, he’ll walk out the door and sell for you.” Five Guys also differentiates itself with the crew system they have developed for their employees that is tied to a bonus pay based on performance. Every crewmember is well aware of his/her responsibilities and knows that the crew’s incentive pay will decrease or increase according to how well he/she fulfills...
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...Entrepreneurial Leadership: Five Guys Burgers and Fries At the heart of every entrepreneur is a drive and motivation to take an idea and see it evolve into a fully functional and striving business. To see a business progress and be successful there has to be vision, fearlessness, determination, and resources. When these things are in place a dream can become reality. A true entrepreneur knows this and will do what it takes to bring the vision to pass. “Treat that person right, he'll walk out the door and sell for you." This statement embodies the belief and philosophy of Five Guys Burger and Fries owner Jerry Murrell. From the beginning Mr. Murrell wanted the focus of the company to be on producing a quality product and customer satisfaction. In a world where there is a fast food restaurant on every corner, there has to be something to make one establishment stand out from the others. Five Guys’ stance on quality and satisfying the customer has gotten them many awards and recognition over the years. They have proven to be a grade above most of their competitors. From day one Five Guys has stayed simple by sticking with the basics. The company was founded on the principles of quality, great customer service, and cleanliness. The company wants the place so clean the floor could be eaten off of. As reviewed in “Five Guys Burgers and Fries: Ingredients for Success”, they take pride in cooking fresh meat and having their fries grown in Idaho which is considered...
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...sale. They were selling $4000 BBQ’s and Guy Russo believed that if they are going to sell high market priced items then they have to offer the expertise to go with it. Wesfarmers Chief Executive, Richard Goyder, brought Guy Russo into the organisation to make a change within the company. Guy Russo was the managing director for McDonalds and had retired for two years before starting his new opportunity at Kmart. Russo implemented a volumes-driven strategy from which the company had a 24.9 percent earnings growth. Their profits grew to $246 million compared to $75 million back in 2008. Kmart also had a capital increase from 8.3% to 22.5%, under Russo’s management. How does the news item illustrate the topic assigned for your presentation? The topic is based on business-level strategy. The selected article is based on cost advantage which gives the company overall competitive advantage. Guy Russo promotes a volume-driven strategy to emphasis economies of scale. He did this through lowering prices and therefore high volume of products were sold. They worked on the value chain, in particular the supply network. They have affected the process technology and process design. Instead of getting products through three of four different hands they purchased it directly through Asian manufactures in big volumes. These big orders resulted in cost savings which translated in to lower prices. The company refocused their target market on mums and families, as research shows, that they spend more...
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...THE SPORTS GUY 1. CASE SYNOPSIS The Sports Guy is a small sporting goods store located in a small town in the Greater Toronto Area and owned by Bob Rhodes (“Rocky”). Ten years back Rocky decided to start his own sporting goods business, of which he owns 60% and family members and friends 40%. Rocky purchased a land in town, with his startup capital and mortgage loan. Nearly 70% of the sales consist of equipment and uniforms bought by the local teams and the other 30% is consisting of wide range of sports and recreational merchandise. Its main competitor in town is the Canadian Tire store and Sports Guy’s sales have not been growing much in the recent years. Rocky lacks the ability to manage his inventory and his declining inventory turnover is increasing his debt. Rocky wants his business to grow but to do so he needs to access bank credit to finance higher inventories and future expansions. 2. PROBLEM STATEMENT The main problem for Rocky is to improve Sports Guy’s profitability. 3. SITUATION ANALYSIS SWOT ANALYSIS: Strengths * Passion and knowledge about sports – it is a fairly attractive industry for Rocky because his expertise, passion and community involvement differentiate his business from his competitors * Growing company – growing rapidly for the last few years and the area around the store has become a prosperous neighborhood, making their location a busy commercial area * Very well advertised in the local community (TV channel, flyers, local...
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...– he refuses to pay for Orlando's education and never gives the kid any spending money. Also, he tells the local court wrestler it would be a good idea to snap Orlando's neck, but Orlando doesn't know about this. Naturally, Orlando is ticked off that Oliver treats him so badly and he's ready to "mutiny" against his older bro. Instead, he channels all of his pent up anger into a wrestling match, where he beats the court wrestler to a bloody pulp. Orlando's wrestling skillz catch the eye of a local girl named Rosalind, who has her own family drama to worry about. (Ros is the daughter of Duke Senior, who used to rule over the French court but was overthrown by his snaky, backstabbing brother, Duke Frederick. Because Rosalind's dad is living in exile in the Forest of Arden, Rosalind has been crashing at the palace with her BFF/cousin, Celia. Did we mention that Celia is the daughter of snaky, backstabbing Duke Frederick? And you thought your family had issues…) Rosalind thinks Orlando is the dreamiest boy she's ever laid eyes on and Orlando feels the same way about her. The two fall in love faster than you can make Ramen noodles. Rosalind gives Orlando her necklace, which means the two are officially an item. Things go downhill from there. Orlando finds out that his big brother Oliver is planning to burn his house down (with Orlando in it), so he runs away...
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...Using Teams in Production and Operations Management: Forensic Accountants: Fraud Busters. By: For: Class: Bus 508: Contemporary Business Date: 13 November 2012 Abstract: A case study for the Strayer University, Woodbridge, VA, Business 508 class, this paper provides for a brief review of 1) The skills that a forensic accountant requires; 2) The role of the forensic accountant in the courtroom; 3) The legal responsibilities of the forensic accountant; and lastly, 4) The role of the forensic accountant in a couple of major accounting fraud scandals. The world of Accounting has seen several major scandals since the early 1990s. These include major accounting failures such as Enron, WorldCom, Adelphia, Tyco, Phar-Mor, Cendant, Computer Associates, AOL, Freddie Mac, ImClone, Qwest Communications, Royal Ahold, Health South Corporation, AIG, Lehman Brothers, and most recently the Olympus Corporation. Some of these have resulted in the collapse and dissolution of the company – Enron, Adelphia; others have resulted in a major restructuring of the company – AOL, AIG, Freddie Mac. Whatever the result, they have all been caused by accounting fraud – either “cooking the books” to hide major losses or to hide the theft of funds. It has also resulted in the failure and absorption of the one of the Big Five Accounting firms – Arthur Anderson. Besides the whistle blower who brought most of these to public view and the lawyers who have been involved their dismantling...
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...What Every MBA Student in the World Needs to Know Sandeep Krishnamurthy http://faculty.washington.edu/sandeep 1 Management ≠ analysis. What you are learning in school is analysis. You are being taught tools and techniques. Analysis is just one of the ingredients in the recipe. You may have the best analysis in the room. However, if your analysis is not heard and taken seriously, it is of no value. Too often, talented people with the best answers sit in the back of the room while hacks run the show. If you enjoy the view from the back, getting an MBA will not change anything. A MBA degree only works if you are willing to transform yourself. Are you? 2 Einstein would have been a terrible manager. There is a huge misconception among students that being smart is the way to be successful. Let me break this to you. It is not about being smart. There are many smart people who are absolutely incompetent managers. Not to mention the fact that many smart people are first-rate jerks. Don’t get me wrong. I am not saying you have to be dumb to succeed. What I am saying is that you do not have to be a Mensan to make it to the top. All you need is average intelligence. But, you need other qualities. 3 Bill Clinton would have been an excellent manager. The man had his faults. But, he could communicate like few others. Bad managers are, frequently, terrible communicators. They have good ideas. They simply don’t know how to get them across. You cannot lead, motivate or sell if you cannot...
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