...Some people spend their lives doing the same things and avoiding change. Other, however, think that change is always a good thing. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion." Change is inevitable in life. Everything around us is changing with the passage of time. Each individual get a change to bring a change in his life. Some welcome it with a smile as a challenge while other refute it and stick to their stereo type routines. The people who are in favor of bringing changes in their life argue that change is very important to break the monotony of life. They further argue that an order to swiftly excel in your career and financial status, change is inevitable. All the advancements in technology have been achieved through bringing a change. From the marketing point of view, in order to boost the sale of a product, the best way is to bring the changes in the shape and specifications. So change, such as in your company or professional status, brings the diversity, flexibility and financial growth in the life on an individual. On the contrary, those who are not in favour of changing their lives, feel satisfied in their current circumstances. They feel that in order to grow in their own profession and to gain a high position in their career, it is important to be consistent with their current job. They argue that to build a strong relationship one may need patience rather than giving up easily and moving on. So as per them, life is the name of stability and persistence...
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...I. Overview of P.F. Chang’s China Bistro P.F. Chang’s China Bistro Inc. is a contemporary restaurant chain that owns and operates two Asian restaurants, P.F. Chang’s China Bistro and Pei Wei Asian Diner. According to the annual report, as of January 2, 2011, the company owned and operated 369 full service restaurants, or bistros. This includes 201 P.F. Chang locations throughout the United States. P.F. Chang’s China Bistro is a chain of full service upscale casual dining restaurant that features a blend of high-quality, traditional Chinese cuisine and attentive service. In 1993 Paul Fleming and Philip Chiang founded the first P.F. Chang restaurant in Scottsdale, Arizona. The company’s home office is still located in Scottsdale. P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, operating in over 30 states, owes much of its success to founder Paul Fleming’s unique idea of paring oriental cuisine with American style service. The restaurant business is very competitive. It is important for a restaurant to have high quality food, understand price versus value relationships, pick great locations and provide excellent services. P.F. Chang’s has competition in almost every location with other existing restaurants. It is vital for P.F. Chang’s restaurants to master key factors in the restaurant industry. Quality and value of food, quality service, price, dining experience and ambiance of the restaurant are all important factor to be a competitive restaurant. P.F. Chang’s has to compete with a number...
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...life basically begins when her feet were bound and she became part of a concubine of a warlord. This is not unusual for Yu-fang’s time because women were shown no dignity and suffered many pains. To make matters worse Yu-fang’s father has been the one to arrange this type of lifestyle for his daughter even at a young age Yu-fang’s feet had been bound, which began at age two. The bounding of the feet was a Chinese tradition. “Bound feet” becomes Yu-fang’s greatest asset. “The sight of women teetering on bound feet was supposed to have an erotic effect on men, partly because her vulnerability induced feelings of protectiveness to the onlooker”(Chang, 24). Women walking on bound feet in the Chinese culture were called “three-inch golden lilies” which meant that a woman walked “like a tender young willow shoot in a spring breeze”(Chang, 24). The bounding of the feet had...
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...It has been more than seventy years since the Nanking atrocity of 1937-38. This event is better known as the “Rape of Nanking” or “Nanking Massacre” (Wakabayashi). Even today, there is no healthy dialogue between the countries of China and Japan in regards to the atrocity that occurred there so long ago. The last time that there were any concessions made in regards to the atrocities in China were during and after World War II. Much of the historiography has been limited due the amount of silence that has been present throughout the world. Because of this, research about the atrocity had just recently begun to surface. Due to this fact, there are many factors that are brought into question when looking specifically at a historical event, especially one that is tied to such brutal emotion. The authors I have chosen each attempt to explain why there has been such a delay in Nanking’s historiography and at the same time attempt to explain what actually occurred there in 1937-38. I selected three books for this paper. The first is The Nanking Atrocity 1937-38 by Bob Tadashi Wakabayashi. The book was released on the 70th anniversary of the fall of the Chinese city of Nanking to the Japanese army. The perspective offered is by majority non-American with the exception being two contributors. Wakabayashi discusses what lies at the core of bitter disputes over history, wartime victimization, and postwar restitution that hinder healthy Sino-Japanese relations to this day. The Nanking...
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...ukessays.com http://www.ukessays.com/essays/marketing/company-analysis-of-old-chang-kee-marketing-essay.php Company Analysis of Old Chang Kee Need help? ☎ 0115 966 7955 Old Chang kee which is based in Singapore engaged in the manufacturing and distribution of food products in Singapore, Malaysia and Republic of China. It is famous for its Curry Puff and later diverse into as many as 30 products which could be found in its network of outlets distributed around Singapore, Malaysia and Republic of China. Company History The Beginning of Old Chang Kee dated back to 1956 which kick off in a small stall inside a coffee shop located outside the former Rex Cinema along McKenzie Road. Crowd of people were attracted to the delicious pastry stuffed full of curried potatoes, chicken, and a slice of egg and fried with several herbs and spices, which is called Curry Puff. Every individual Curry Puffs were meticulously handmade to ensure the aroma was locked within the Curry puff. In 1986, Han Keen Juan take over the small snack shop upon facing winding up and carry the vision to turn the snack shop into a successful enterprise. SWOT Analysis Strength Strategic location The company owns more than 80 outlets around Singapore, Malaysia and Republic of China, of which 70 outlets are based in Singapore. The company market its range of food products from kiosks along the road to supermarket outlets and shopping malls at every corner of Singapore, thus allowing consumers to gain easy access...
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...In Ethics, The Heart of Leadership, Michael Keeley argues against transformational leadership. He believes that the only to prevent harm done to the minorities by the majorities is “to keep majorities from uniting around a common interest – the reverse of what transformational leaders are supposed to do” (Ethics, 124). In general, I agree with Keeley. He attributes this idea to James Madison, although other scholars have disagreed about Madison’s true options. I will not enter the dispute about Madison’s ideas and opinions; that would be an exercise in history. Rather, I will discuss the content of the argument: whether transformational leadership harms minorities. Other issues, such as the effectiveness of transformational leadership and other ethical implications of the leadership types are beyond the scope of this paper and will not be discussed. To clearly present the issue, I will first define the two types of leadership. The definition of transactional leadership is quite intuitive. This type describes the interaction between leader and follower as a transaction. This is akin to the factor market studied in economics; a follower agrees to serve the leader in return for some sort of incentive. This could be a wage if it is in business, or perhaps just a feeling of accomplishment in a volunteer situation. Transformational leadership, which has been researched for the last 25 years, runs much deeper than the previous type. With transformational leadership, “the...
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...The Model of Choice The model of choice as an OD practitioner to solve this problem will be the Action Research Model, due to the following reasons:- 1- It focuses more on solving specific problems facing an organization rather than grasping opportunities. 2- It involves considerable collaboration among organization members and OD practitioners through a cyclical process in which initial research about the organization provides information that guide subsequent actions. 3- It places heavy emphasis on data gathering and diagnosis prior to action planning and implementation, as well as careful evaluation of results after action is taken. Steps of Action Research Model to solve the problem a- Problem Identification:- The Bank executives noticed that there is a major rift in the relationship between AAIB bank employees and the newly acquired MAIB employees that were noticed through the following symptoms :- 1- There were several disagreements between many employees. Some of these disagreements turned to fights which needed a third party intervention to end them. The common factor between the disagreements which took place was that they were, most of the time, between an AAIB employee of AAIB origin and an ex-MAIB employee. 2- Several complaints began to arise and be received from customers. Most of the customers began to complain that they feel that they are dealing with two different identities i.e. two different banks when they deal with an AAIB branch with AAIB origin...
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...How far were Mao's agricultural policies responsible for the scale of the Great Famine in China, 1958-1962? Mao's agricultural policies were extreme, unpopular and carelessly thought through which made them largely responsible for the scale of the Great Famine. These policies included bad agronomical theories of Lysenkoism and 'Sparrowcide', as well as Collectivisation and the agricultural policies from the Great Leap Forward. Chinese researchers were told that the Soviets 'had discovered and invented everything,' which meant that they looked up to the USSR believing that their actions and ideas i.e. Lysenkoism, a Soviet theory, would also benefit China. There were also other contributions which can be argued to have caused the huge scale of the famine such as the effects of the Anti-rightist campaigns in 1957, Party corruption, USSR grain repayments along with terrible weather conditions and the situation in Tibet. Collectivisation from 1953-57, was the first agricultural policy taken on by Mao which was unsupported by the peasants in the countryside who were the majority of the population. The whole aim for Collectivisation was to massively increase grain production at a relatively quick pace, but the difficulties of implementation only led to a 3.8% increase overall of crop production, and only a tiny 1% in the last year in 1957. These disappointing figures represent how Mao failed to understand the peasants which were a vital factor towards why millions were unwilling...
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...“Making” Capitalism Erin MacDonald CHN: 388W February 18th, 2014 About two pages into the section titled Smashing the Four Olds of Gao Yuan’s book Born Red, I came across two sentences that really caught my attention. This part of the section highlighted a conversation between a group of Red Guards who had gone into a small town and came across some peasants selling various home-grown vegetables out of wheelbarrows on the street. These Red Guards proceeded to ask each other “Aren’t they [the peasants] making capitalism?” (pg. 87) At first glance, I attributed the odd wording of the sentence to be an example of what I would call “Chinglish” which can be described as a poor translation from a Chinese word or phrase into English. However, as I read down the page a bit more, I came across another instance of this odd phrasing where the Red Guards referred to those peasants as “making” capitalism; they had approached a man selling eggplants from the man’s own garden and proceeded to ask him directly, “Who allowed you to make capitalism?” (pg. 87) I surmised at this point that Gao Yuan had not merely translated his choice of words poorly but had in fact used the phrasing “making capitalism” intentionally. Gao Yuan’s deliberate description of the peasants to be “making” capitalism made me question whether or not there was any significance behind his particular choice of words. What did the Red Guards mean by saying that those peasants were “making” capitalism? Can capitalism...
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...Background & Introduction Who is the no.1 brand Curry Puff in Singapore? The answer is Old Chang Kee. Old Chang Kee started in 1956 from a small stall in a coffee shop near the Rex cinema along Mackenzie road to now in a 20,000 soft modern production facility in Woodlands. Old Chang Kee main business activities is to make delicious puff stuffed with a slice of egg, curry potato and chicken, all fried with special spices and herbs. Beyond their signature puff they also have implemented new finger foods like Seafood Favourites (eg. sotong head stick), Chicken Favourites (eg. cheezy chicken ball) and Breakfast Set (eg.otar, mee siam, chee cheong fun, kway teow mee ) etc. In 2008, Old Chang Kee was admitted to the official list of Catalist. Old Chang Kee were the only brand from Singapore to have the honour of being included in the list of the world’s 20 best fast food chains in May 2012 in the U.S. based Travel & Leisure Magazine. Today Old Chang Kee they have total 71 outlets situated in all areas of Singapore and 14 outlets in Overseas like Australia, Indonesia and Malaysia. They have also sub brand like Take 5, Mushroom, Dip ‘n’ Go, The Curry Times, The Pie Kia Shop and Curry Times Tingkat, O’My Darling. With the entrepreneur spirit, leadership and guidance of Mr Han Keen Juan (Executive Chairman) and Mr William Lim Tao-E (Chief Executive Officer). Old Chang Kee was awarded the Singapore Prestige Brand Award in 2002, Singapore Promising Brand Award in 2004, Heritage...
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...Take home quiz: Please review these questions on your own this week. Be prepared to clarify your answers (or questions that are not clear) in small groups, and be ready to discuss your answers with your classmates (groups of 4 – 5). This is to be submitted (one submission per group) as your attendance & participation grade in lieu of coming to class / campus for our week #3 meeting. 5. Please list and explain at least two benefits and two drawbacks of the direct and indirect plan when organizing routine messages: Direct: benefits: First, direct plan always goes straight to the main point form writers letting readers understand the most important idea of the message at the beginning. Second, direct plan may save readers time by telling the key point first. drawbacks: First, direct plan may let the reader miss the detail of the situation because it’s written by simple words or sentences just focus on the main point but left the detail. Second, direct plan may seem rude and abrupt by high-context communicators because people with high=context Indirect: benefits: First, indirect plan can save face in case the requests from writers are denied or Ignored by readers. Second, let the reader understand the whole situation of the message clearer by the context. drawbacks: First, indirect plan is easy to make readers or listener with result –orient cultures feel confused about where is the main idea. Second, indirect plan usually...
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...In Tom Chang's "The Playground," the attention grabber was when Chang was in denial whether he was fit for the summer job (p.35, ll. 2-3). I believe that Chang wrote "The Playground" to describe how youth ministry can change one's life forever. He describes how socializing and interacting with other people one another gives one the ability to get to know people in society. Chang's thesis is the fact that he learned many character traits from the people with whom he was working (p.35, ll. 9-11). One example Chang gives to support his thesis in his essay is when the children want his regard before they give him any regard (p.35, ll.11-12). This implies that Chang learned his youth group does not act like typical children. Another...
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...Ha-Joon Chang * Reader in the Political Economy of Development, Faculty of Economics at University of Cambridge. Justin Lin * Chief Economist and Senior Vice-President of the World Bank (June 2008- 2012). * In 2007 gave the Marshall lectures at Cambridge University on themes related to this debate. Main argument by Lin * Industrialisation/upgrading should conform符合 to current comparative advantage * State taking a lead role in development * Developing countries are ridden with market failures * Arthur Lewis (1955) – ‘No country has made economic progress without positive stimulus from intelligent governments’ * “Facilitating state” - state that facilitates the private sector’s ability to exploit the country’s areas of comparative advantage * Optimal industrial structure is endogenous to the country’s own endowment structure * Effective facilitating state creates larger surplus/profits * Faster growth from ‘off the shelf’ technology * encourages firms to adopt technologies which are consistent with the country’s comparative advantage * government adopts a set of required policies/institutions to encourage firms to adopt technology which is consistent with the country’s comparative advantage and makes them profitable in an open, free and competitive market. * Lower learning costs (when industrial policy conform to comparative advantage) * Slow capital accumulation & industrial upgrading process (when industrial...
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...In the old day, television and movie were not trying to influence the viewers’ actions; however, in the article, “Creating Reel Chang”, the author, Jacobs Donovan, agues that the new tactic for filmmakers is to produce documentaries and movies that are relating to the current social issues and encouraging “pro-social behaviors”. Donovan believes that the documentaries are becoming more popular than recent years because there are numerous TV companies tried to produce movies based on virtual issues and attracted more viewers. He states that many filmmakers try to promote pro-social behaviors by showing movies that are relevant to social or political issues. They try to encourage the viewers to be better educated on the social issues that are...
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...The author’s grand-aunt, Chang Yu-i recreates her life for her grand-niece, Pang-Mei. Chang Yu-i was born in the 1900s, into a traditional Chinese family, while fighting to understand western ideas. During Chang Yu-I’s time old China was disappearing, replaced by these western thoughts Chang Yu-i faced. Unlike other Chinese girls, Chang Yu-i’s parents didn’t force her to bind her feet or discourage her desire to increase her education, a first for the family. These desires were seen as defiance against Chang Yu-i family by other families. Chang Yu-i had an arranged marriage at the age of 15, like most Chinese, that created more conflicts. After having a son, which is known as being the superior gender in China, her husband, Hsu Chih-mo, a scholar...
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