...Question: Select a recently published journal or conference proceedings on MOT. Read the article and provide a one page analysis in which you: 1. Briefly summarize the main thoughts of the author 2. List lessons learned from the article 3. Critically evaluate the lines of thoughts expressed by the author and indicate your agreement or disagreement with them. Rely on your own experience or previous readings Answers: 1. Research was about a journal by spotlight on Cultural approaches to management. It had been discuss with Manfred Kets de Vries in conversation with Sarah Powell. The topic was about the interface between psychoanalysis/dynamic psychiatry and management, distinct organizational types, cultural approaches to management and life balance. He put two traditional reactions to a psychoanalyst: one group of people is drawn to them, hoping that the psychoanalyst or psychotherapist will bring salvation; the other avoids them fearing that such people can “see” through them. As a consultant when he start investigates an organization that is sick, the problem arises from the fact that behind every organization lays the shadow founder. When he go into an organization, he always looks at the dominant coalition and studies the personalities of the key players. He will find the “pain” both inside and outside the system – i:e double whammy. He mentions about how leadership styles differ according to culture in that country such as consensus style and more charismatic...
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...Literature Review The power of a man’s mind is directly proportioned to the quantity of coffee he drinks. – Sir James Mackintosh UK is one of the highest importers of Coffee in the world (International Coffee Organization, 2011). Considering the large population in the UK, Coffee is the third favorite non-alcoholic drink. The coffee shop market recorded an estimated 3.5% increase in sales between 2013 and 2014 to an estimated £1.45 billion. Nearly three quarters (73%) of consumers have purchased hot drinks out of home in the three months to September 2014, with Costa Coffee enjoying the highest usage reflecting its widespread store portfolio. As of December 2014, Costa Coffee with over 1840 outlets has the highest number of outlets in the UK followed by Starbucks with 731 and Cafe Nero with 548. Currently there are various new brands competing with these big players in the coffee shops industry. Pret a Manger being one of them currently has over 300 outlets in the UK. A persistent challenge for coffee shops is to expand business beyond the morning and early afternoon hours. Out-of-home hot drinks remain on popular demand in terms of spending in UK. However, the fact that overall usage of coffee shops has remained consistent between 2013 and 2014, despite the UK’s improving economy, means that many operators are currently failing to translate rising consumer confidence into considerable uplifts in footfall. Moving on to specific locations, Liverpool Station is...
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...Project Proposal for Opening a Speciality Coffee Shop CP1 – Project Proposal PM592 – Project Cost and Schedule Control Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Project Description 3 Work Breakdown Structure 4 Cost Estimates 5 Usage of Advanced Cost Estimating Techniques 7 Cost Assumptions 8 Financial Analysis including NPV 9 Project Schedule 9 Project Gantt chart 12 Executive Summary – This project proposal describes and presents task and cost details of a very exciting and profitable business opportunity, which is the opening of a new speciality coffee shop in a busy, commercial location of the town. There are many businesses already that are based on selling coffees and beverages, however this business aims to provide more than just a beverage and tries to create an ambience and experience based on the best even flavors and quality of coffee, in a small business and high personal relationship type of setting, to create a base of loyal customers that would make for a stable and steady business opportunity. In terms of project details, the concept is to create a speciality coffee shop, which delivers very high quality and friendly service in a highly populated and high traffic commercial area. The costs involved in starting out the project are $100,000 including set up costs of $75,000 and operating costs of $25,000. This business is expected to produce a profit of $5000 per month, and gives a NPV of $54,620 over three years. Assuming a project start date of...
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...Draft Proposal for Tour 7T – Coffee Shop (v.1.0) I. Technicalities and Profile *Product Name “Eunoia House” “Eunoia” from the Greek word “eunos” which means “beautiful thinking” and “House” which represents a home and shelter. *Nature of Business Coffee and Tea Shop / Espresso Bar *Product Line Aside from Coffee and Tea – Cakes, pastries and other baked products will be served. *Location It is located along Mindanao Avenue along Regalado Avenue, Lagro, Quezon City, Philippines. *Accessibility Commuters can reach it by jeep, bus or other public utility vehicles via Regalado Avenue *Target Market General Public and Coffee and Tea Enthusiasts *Topography (Insert picture of Map in accordance to the Location with noted directions and positions) *Tourism Support Services Our establishment provides extra service and is PWD (Person with Disability) friendly. Promotional materials and other tourism literature for are readily available. Staff and team are well versed about what product/s we cater as well as proper guest interaction and service. Amenities such as parking space, restrooms, Wi-Fi and others are readily available II. Profiling *Historical Background The business started with the group’s passion about coffee and travel. Through their inspirations they came into a thought of serving coffee recipes from around the world and cater it to the Filipino. *Mission To open the Filipino to the taste and textures of different coffee concoctions around the...
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...Research Proposal for Scottie’s Bake Shop Submitted to Luis Rodriguez Marketing head of development and research Mile-Stone Real Estate Prepared by Anthony Melendez Co- Owner Scottie’s Bake Shop 1/10/2014 Anthony Melendez 1700 Woodbury Rd. Orlando FL, 32828 January 10, 2014 Luis Rodriguez Marketing head of development and research Mile-Stone Real Estate 3211 Legacy Dr. Orlando FL, 32826 Dear: Luis Rodriguez I am writing you today to present you with a part of my business proposal for Scottie’s Bake shop. We have been a home based business now for over 3 years and are finally ready to take our business to the road. We have over 100 hundred steady clients and growing quickly. We have researched multiple companies in our area and have decided to go with your company due to the amount of positive reviews you received in the last 2 years. Due to the increase in volume in our business we will need a 600- 800sq foot loft that has the capability to house the equipment needed to run our bakery successfully. We have been saving the last two years for this move and managed to obtain a total of 110,000 dollars to put toward our business. We have also secured a loan through our bank that should cover most of the initial cost to get our business running for our first year as Scottie’s Bake Shop. I’ve done some research on the building requirements for our bakery and it seems that we will need a factory ventilation system in our work area. We will need a building...
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...the British Academy in history and economics, is a member of the British House of Lords. The author of a three-volume biography of John Maynard Keynes, he began his political career in the Labour party, became the Conservative Party’s spokesman for Treasury affairs in the House of Lords, and was eventually forced out of the Conservative Party for his opposition to NATO’s intervention in Kosovo in 1999. LONDON – Historically, the term “fair trade” has meant many things. The Fair Trade League was founded in Britain in 1881 to restrict imports from foreign countries. In the United States, businesses and labor unions use “fair trade” laws to construct what economist Joseph Stiglitz calls “barbed-wire barriers to imports.” These so called “anti-dumping” laws allow a company that suspects a foreign rival of selling a product below cost to request that the government impose special tariffs to protect it from “unfair” competition. Such dark protectionist thoughts are far from the minds of the benevolent organizers of the United Kingdom’s annual “Fairtrade Fortnight,” during which I just bought two bars of fair-trade chocolate and a jar of fair-trade chunky peanut butter. Their worthy aim is to raise the price paid to developing-country farmers for their produce by excluding the inflated profits of the middlemen on whom they depend for getting their goods to distant markets. Fair-trade products like cocoa, coffee, tea, and bananas do not compete with domestic European production, and...
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... • Investment size………………………………………………………………………… • Critical success factors…………………………………………………………………. 6. FUTURE ACTION PLAN • Sources of start-up capital………………………………………………………….. • Further information needed……………………………………………………………. • Support needed……………………………………………………………………….. 7. CONCLUSION………………………………………………………………………… 8. AXPENDIX………………………………………………………………………… 9. REFERENCE……………………………………………………………………….. Executive summary The objective of this paper is to bring to the investors the Feasibility analysis of our business idea:.. Coffee (quán tên gì vậy?). We hope that after accessing this analysis, investors will feel convinced and move on to implement our business concept As the growth of the economic condition is the rise of living standard. Vietnamese people are no longer satisfied with the traditional way of enjoying coffee where the seats are not comfortable and the coffee are cheap. They do not only...
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...through the mid-1700s. These coffeehouses were a place for any man to come and enjoy Europe’s new favorite drink, coffee, while discussing public affairs, religion, literature, sciences, and issues of the modern days. Not only did coffee become an alternate beverage to alcohol but it gave way to a new world where people could freely speak their minds and be considered equal in terms of expressing their views. On any given day you could find a wide variety of men gathered around a table in London’s coffeehouses. They would be calm and poised in their conversations as they shared both facts and opinions of what they had learned from their individual studies or professions. “Let noise of loud disputes be quite forborn . . .” All conversation had to be brisk, non-scandalous, innocent in context and free from blame. The overall intentions of coffeehouse conversations according to the poem, A “Sober and Wholesome Drink”, was to stay away from rowdy gossip and arguing but rather sticking to intellectual topics because people at that time began to crave learning. As people became more literate in the times of the early 1800s coffeehouses became meeting places for business, discussion, proposals, and meetings. These houses exceeded in popularity compared to pubs. This was because pubs would usually lead to disputes and anger due to the alcohol which lead to drunkenness. Coffee was soothing, uplifting and was sober. Gathering around these drinks sparked creative thinking and intellectual...
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...The sweet delight coffee house is a new venture an expected to open the business in March 10, 2014 in Muskegon, MI. The business going to be located outside of Muskegon, MI. This is upscale town. We will specialized in coffee, tea, soda, juice, ice coffee, cappuccinos, brownies, cookies, bagels, muffins, and pizza too. There is no other shop that sells pizza in this town. Our target audience is families, college students, middle and high school students and all ages. The sweet delight coffee house will serve this area well and become well known for years to come. The sweet delight coffee house will become the most amazing coffee house in the area. Our company will serve a sweet delight product at veryn reasonable price. Our company will be a meeting place for everyone to show off their talents and work that they might have. We will create an atmosphere for everyone to express and promote a creative way. The primary goals over the next three years are as follow: 1. Secure financing for start-up cost of $100,000 for space and equipment 2. Acquire equipment necessary for business such as coffee pots, cappuccino machines, blenders, and so on. 3. Make agreement with coffee distributors and bakery vendors 4. Create a cozy, friendly environment (choice of colors, choice of music, and décor). 5. Open for business and become the foremost coffee house in the area. STATEMENT OF PARTICIPATION This is to verify that Natalie Lange Richard Levine Kyle Lighter Silvia Moran ...
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...business, however Persuade Café brings an awesome good to the organization. It will likewise relieve a great deal of anxiety for our workers as a result of the amicable environment and fulfilled customers. The accompanying are a couple of thoughts and proposals that I came up with to increment new customers, retain customers and expand the company’s profit. We could offer membership discount card for loyal customers, since each dollar checks in any business, the discount card is a motivator to acquire new customers and keep our present ones. Persuade Café customers constantly satisfied and can rely on us for their fresh cup of Joe in the morning or whatever point they require that kick. Having a monthly fee of about $30 will allow to have one cup of fresh coffee and 15 percent discount on anything else they buy at Persuade Café. This will increase the profit of the company significantly. This is going to help our company by having our name out there, more people will know of our T-shirts and online merchandise also. Also, we would be helping the community out by proving a great service because the café is a great place for people to come together for a chat, free Wi-Fi, business meeting or just for a friendly meet up over coffee. To help with employee engagement we should have different committee within department to get everyone engaged and working as a team. For example, you can have Engagement team- their responsibility would be getting all engagement together within department...
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...Business Research for entry of Global Specialty Coffee Chains in Indian Market Submitted to Dr. Arun Abraham Elias BRM RESEARCH PROPOSAL by Abhishek Rehan PGP16/301 Email id: abhishekr16@iimk.ac.in 2/28/2013 CONTENTS ABSTRACT……………………………………………………………………………………….3 INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………………………...4 PROBLEM STRUCTURING…………………………………………………………………….5 STAKEHOLDER MAP…………………………………………………………………………..7 LITERATURE REVIEW…………………………………………………………………………8 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES AND RESEARCH QUESTIONS………………………………...10 PROPOSED METHODOLOGY AND METHODS…………………………….………………11 SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY…………………………………………………….……………..12 LIMITATIONS OF STUDY…………………………………………………………………….13 REFERENCE…………………………………………………………………………………….14 2 ABSTRACT India has witnessed a rapid social and cultural transformation in the past decade, mostly due to substantial western influence in every sphere of life. Coffee not only evolved from a mere commodity to a competing brand across companies, but there also has been a significant shift in its consumption pattern. Consumption of coffee at a coffee chain has grown at a rapid pace and has almost outgrown the consumption in our living rooms. Global giants like Barista and Costa Coffee have opened up retail outlets in India, though the café market is mostly dominated by Café Coffee Day in India. Through this research, I would try to evaluate the industry attractiveness of a new global coffee chain trying to enter Indian market and set up outlets here. In order...
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...A Cup of Coffee with the Linovamvaki Reviving ethnic and cultural integration on the island of Cyprus Michael Apicelli IRP-601 Dayton 18 December 2006 The island-nation of Cyprus, although small, serves as the location of the most long-standing UN Peace-keeping mission in the world. The UN-established “green line” divides Cyprus into two parts, the lower 2/3 of the island known as the Cypriot Republic, is almost exclusively populated by denizens whose ethnic identification is classified as Greek. The northern third of the island, occupied by self-avowed Turkish Cypriots, recognizes itself as the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The only other country in the world that recognizes the TRNC is Turkey, while the Republic of Cyprus is recognized internationally. While the international community recognizes the Republic of Cyprus as having jurisdiction over the island as a whole, in fact the Republic’s authority stops at the green line, a fact which has led at a number of confusing international issues, including Cyprus’ and Turkey’s EU accession bids. The Beginnings of Cypriot History Cyprus is an island state that has only recently achieved sovereignty. Inhabited for well over two thousand years, it has a four hundred year colonial history of shared culture, language, and mores between the Turkish and Greek Cypriots that populate its scenic mountains, plains, and beaches. These shared mores and sense of culture will prove...
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...I. -----------Case Summary Ms. Genee Lopez, Assistant Vice President for Franchising scanned her planner to check her appointments for the day when her secretary, Liza, came in her office carrying a folder containing information about the company’s franchise applicants. She reviewed the proposals and was faced by the question “ Who are we supposed to award the franchise to?” II. Statement of the Problem and Objectives How will Genee Lopez evaluate the proposals of Mr. Artiaga and Mrs. Ng given that they would like to open a store at same locations? Objectives: * To examine and extract the different feasibility factors of each proposal given the fact that the two proposals are eyeing on one location or block. * To identify the different distribution/ site selection strategies applicable to the case scenario and connect it to established theories. * To scrutinize and review the franchise process of Jollibee Foods Corporation * To make recommendations on who to give or award the franchise to III. Industry Data and Analysis ( USE Porter’s 5 forces) Fast food or quick service restaurants have come a long way since 1921 when White Castle, the first fast food hamburger chain, sold burgers at five cents apiece and ended its first day with a US$3.75 profit. Arguably, A&W was the first fast food restaurant having sold the first frosty mug of A&W root beer for one nickel in 1919. In the Philippines, Tropical Hut Hamburger is reputedly the first...
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...Executive summary: Coffee-Mate is the market leader for coffee creamer in the UK market; it holds 55% of the market share. However, a high market penetration and a recent increase of Coffee-Mate’s competitors’ market share have led to a questioning on the brand’s future. Several tools are used to describe and precise the competitive environment of the brand. The BCG analysis of the brand’s product portfolio highlights two issues: • the uncertain future position of the current Star product: Coffee-Mate, and • an interesting opportunity for the Coffee-Mate Lite product. This Question Mark product is present in a high growth market and could be shifted to a star position. The environmental analysis, through the use of the SWOT tool, led to a clearer vision of Coffee Mate’s areas of competence and the areas that have to be improved. Coffee-Mate’s is a strong brand with a large advertising budget providing quality (and healthy with Coffee-Mate Lite) products. These strengths appear to be useful for breaking Coffee-Mate’s bad image of distress and poor taste product. An analysis of the customer’s market segmentation, which divides the market in 5 consumers sections leads to a distinction between two different buying behaviours: • cost constrained consumers who base their buying decision on prices; and • a group of customers called “premium”, who are prepared to pay a premium price for quality products. These BCG, SWOT and customer segmentation tools provide information about...
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