...Ltd and Singapore is the selected country. The purpose of this report is to conduct environmental analyze followed by the PESTEL analysis and Poster’s 5 forces on both company and country. In this report includes the strategic and recommendation. Cotton On Pte Ltd is an Australia retail chain and the largest value of fashion brand in Asia as it has started twenty years ago. Cotton on have been maintaining and improving the service and the standards of the merchandise. (Cotton On company profile, Rebecca, 6th June 2005). Cotton On Pte Ltd first retail store was opened in 1991 at Geelong and Nigel Austin, who grew up in Geelong, founded it and at the age of 18, he decided to design a denim acid jacket and sell it at Beckley Market. (Cotton On Pte Ltd, (N.D).) Cotton On have other few retail stores with other brand names such as “Typo, Cotton On Kids, Rubi”. As for this report the country that has been chosen is Singapore. Although Singapore is a small country/island, it is an economic giant. (About Singapore (N.d).) For a long time ago, Singapore are known as "Pu-luo-chung" . Afterwards, it was named “ Temasek “ when the first settlement established in the 1298 – 1299. Singapore gained its independence on 1965. Singapore is a multi racial country and it consists of different races that is Chinese, Malay and Indian. In terms of education, Asian country took the top five rankings. (Singapore tops biggest global education rankings published by OECD, MAY 13, 2015) Singapore is the...
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...and “Pactum Subjectionis” (Elahi, n.d.). “Pactum Unionis” refers to the undertaking to respect each other and live in peace and harmony and “Pactum Subjectionis” means that people pledged to surrendered the whole or part of their freedom and rights to an authority. The authority in turn provides protection of lives, property and to a certain extent liberty for everyone under the social contract, through the usage of common laws. In order for the state to remain in power to enforce the social contract, it has to always maintain its control. According to Rappa (2012), there...
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...Religion in Singapore Singapore’s government has been applauded for its approach to attracting business and fostering social harmony, while simultaneously censured for being too restrictive and even dictatorial in its approach to public policy. Media coverage on the topic of religion in Singapore has been varied in both its tone and the sources from which it is derived; news media stationed outside of Singapore’s boundaries have depicted a largely positive view of interfaith relationships, while domestic media outlets have stressed the unrest caused by religious divisions amongst Singaporeans. Historically, Singapore was known as a port-city with an “entrepôt” style economy, primarily due to its proximity to major South Asian, commodity-exporting countries. Today, Singapore’s favorable tax laws continue to make it a central figure in the South Asian economic landscape. Singapore is a country of roughly 5.5 million people and, due to economy and geography, is a culturally diverse city-state. Primarily Chinese, Indian, and Malaysian peoples comprise Singapore’s citizenry, with western businessmen representing a small sliver of the population and a large portion of the country’s wealth. Religious diversity within Singapore remains high; an estimated 83% of the population subscribes to a religious belief system. There are five predominant faiths within the country, with no one comprising more than 30% of the population. In aggregate, members of Buddhism, Christianity, Islam...
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...application through the provision of a platform for interactive questions and discussions on hospitality related topics. The Branding and Shaping of a Nation’s Tourism: Singapore The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) is the country’s leading economic development agency in tourism, one of Singapore’s key service sectors. Known for forging partnerships, driving innovation and ensuring excellence, the Board champions tourism and builds it into a key economic driver for Singapore. It was a red letter day for School D’Hospitality (SD’H) on the 31st May when special guest speaker, Former Assistant Chief Executive of the Singapore Tourism Board, Mr Edmund Chua gave an inspiring and informative lecture address with Q & A before some one hundred SD’H students. The topic was on “the Branding and Shaping of a Nation’s Tourism: Singapore.” It was a timely topic and indeed a treat for both our international and local students to learn how tourism in Singapore has evolved from good to best in the Asia Pacific Region over the past decades. Mr. Chua, who had been awarded in 2005 the Public Administration Medal (Silver) by His Excellency, the President of Singapore, eloquently shared the exciting years he had with STB. Among his accomplishments were his active involvement in the loan of a pair of pandas by China to Singapore;...
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...In Singapore, the people is a mixture of Chinese, Malay, Indian and others immigrant. Each racial group has its own language, foods preferences and tradition practices. They have their own distinctive religion and culture, also to celebrate different festival throughout the year. With a diverse population of Chinese, Malay and Indians as well as foreign workers, Singapore values the diversity of its people. Religious and ethnic difference is embraced in Singaporean society and customs and traditions are respected. In an organizational, the status and hierarchy are important. They practice a top-down structure, where all the decisions are always taken by the senior management and subordinates are to avoid questioning or criticising their managers. Rewards and punishment are usually not balanced. The managers seldom praise the good work of the subordinates openly. Generally, managers focus more on the mistake being made by the subordinates while compliments are much lesser. This is a form of Asian value where desire behaviour can be cultivated through learning from mistake and punishment. The boss constantly wants to maximise the output of an employee. Therefore, being punctual to work and working overtime are more valued by the boss. This happened when there is lack of trust between the manager and subordinate. There is a word “Kiasi” which literally means “fear of making mistake” applied to most Singaporeans. It is often used to describe the social attitude of a...
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...Tourism background in Singapore Tourism is at its rapid expanding stage. Being in the 21st century, most of people are traveling and visiting attractions all around the world. There are seven continents on earth and these continents constitutes of many states and even tiny islands that can be considered as a tourism destinations and attractions. Where it is accessible, there will be tourists. Singapore has one of the largest service sectors in tourism. For Singapore to take this advantage as a tourism destination, it has contributed 3% of Singapore's GDP which has generated a sum of US$ 9.4 billion in 2007. As one of the most popular countries in Asia, Singapore has been growing rapidly for the past few years. With the help of the tourism industry, it has strengthened the infrastructure developments, in addition of various events and the countries strategic location in the heart of region. This shows how much the role of tourism industry can play in Singapore's economy. To ensure that tourism remains a key economic pillar, a bold target, Tourism 2015, was unveiled in the year 2005. The objectives of Singapore is to triple the tourism receipts to US$ 30 Billion, doubling visitor arrivals to 17 Million, and creating an additional 100,000 jobs in the services sector by 2015, according to "Opportunities in Singapore Tourism Industry (2007-2009)". Having all these advantages, the negatives are also a factor to look at so by doing this research; I will have a better view on the...
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...like football and rubgy. Ascis has been in the asian market for many years markets mostly in Japan and well recognised in American continent,In some asian countries like Indonesia,Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia it is well knwon and still developling its brand name in some coutires. Ascis has not only focused on Sports wear but also concentrate on Apperals and expanded its sports shoe products from Running shoes to walking shoes, and football shoes. It is known in Singapore and Thailand the market share of ascis is low but still one of the leading brands. This paper mainly focuses on Ascis and Asean countries development and growth and how it impacts the buiness by entering their market. But this paper mainly focuses on major countries like Singapore and Thailandas they are the emerging market and high business prospects PEST analysis is used for understanding the growth or decline of the market this paper focus on PEST analysis of Singapore,and Thailand but main focus is Singapore. PEST Consist of Political, Economic, Social and Technological. Singapore is well known for its grasping cultrue.People push themselves in quest for 5Cs. (Cars, Condos,Cash,Credit cards and country clubs,) Singaporeans thrive themselfs to excel even at young age even with the amout of stress people have Singapore is known as the happiest countrie in Asia...
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...investigation to gain an understanding about cultural differences in workplace, the impact, and the preventions in the context of Singapore. The focus will be employees on Singapore work environment. Cullen & Praveen (2014) explains culture as the characteristics of a particular group of people, defined by everything from language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts etc. Nick (2012) points out that in Southeast Asia, Singapore has become a newly industrialized nation, which was hailed as a great economic success during the last 2 decades and the countries traditions of its culture still play a major role in business activities. While Stanton & Nankervis (2011) argues that the national culture of Singapore is high in power distance and this has lead the superiors and subordinates treat each other as unequals in the country. Singapore has also been called is also called a “nanny state’ by Nick (2012), because it is a work culture in which people are supposed to do exactly what they are told and there is no decentralisation or any opportunity for lower level employees to make suggestions. The research used both primary and secondary data collection method to collect information about the question at hand. Research found that Clearly the problem of conflicts due to culture is prevailing both in work conditions and everyday life in Singapore. These have huge implications for the businesses, especially in a fast passed globalized business. Conflict at work is common...
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...The Association of Southeast Asian Nations or more known as ASEAN is a regional organization in the South East Asia that promotes intergovernmental cooperation and beneficial for each other between the 10 South East Asian Countries. The ten countries that are the members of ASEAN are Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. ASEAN was founded on 8 August 1967 with the ASEAN declaration signed by Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. ASEAN was signed right after the problem that was happened in the South East Asian Countries. The problem that occurred was known as the Indonesia and Malaysia Confrontation from 1963 to 1966. RELATIONSHIP BEFORE YEAR 1963...
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...Ministry of Home Affairs directed REACH to present a report on the underlying issues for the lack of sense of belonging in Singaporean youths. REACH sought NYC’s inputs as we have direct dealings with youths. Our Prime Minister highlighted the importance of the Singapore spirit to maintain a Singaporean core in our society. It needed to be instilled in the next generation of youths to sustain the core into the future. Losing the Singapore spirit could translate into individuals not knowing the cause, the community and the country to defend or die for. This discernment is becoming a concern as more Singaporeans are studying or working abroad. Data for this report was obtained from: (1) the Census of Population 2010, to study the trends of the Singapore Population so as to better understand the characteristics of the evolving generations; (2) the Youth Study by the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI), to analyse the changing aspirations of young Singaporeans. The key findings on the cause of the dilution of the Singaporean spirit in youths, causing them to feel uncomfortable in their own home-land were: (1) Low receptiveness to the inundation of foreign talents and (2) Educational barriers to engagement with Singapore. RECEPTIVENESS problemS The...
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...Singapore Singapore, a country with mixed nationalities and mixed cultures, attracts numerous culture experts and enthusiasts to study on it. Here in this article, the writers would like to discuss Singapore and introduce Singapore to you from the aspects of the general knowledge of Singapore, the factors that influence the Singaporean culture, Lewis’s theory about cultural categories, Hofstede’s theory about cultural dimensions and Edward’s theory about communication styles. Brief Introduction of Singapore Singapore, officially called the Republic of Singapore, the world's busiest port, though physically small, is an economic giant. It has been Southeast Asia's most modern city for over a century. The name of Singapore comes from Malay language, which can be directly translated into the lion city. Frist of all, Singapore is located in Southeastern Asia, islands between Malaysia and Indonesia. The main island is about 42kilometres from east to west and 23 kilometers from north to south. Singapore’s total land area, including that of the smaller islands, is 697.1 square kilometers. Singapore's strategic location at the southern tip of the Malaysian peninsula has ensured its importance, which is greater than its size might seem to justify. Singapore consists of the island of Singapore and some 63 islets within its territorial waters. Like most of Southeast Asia, Singapore is generally hot and humid. It's warm and humid year round, with the temperature almost never dropping...
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...multicultural competence: perspectives on theory and practice. Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 17, 329-338. Kierkegaard, S. (1843). Journalen JJ:167. Søren Kierkegaards Skrifter. Copenhagen, Søren Kierkegaard Research Center, 18, 306 Schreier, B. A., Lassiter, K. D. (2010). Competencies for working with sexual orientation and multiple cultural identities. Handbook of Multicultural Counseling Competencies, 1, 294-301. Vincenzo, T. (2014). Approaching worldviews in multicultural counselling: the possible worldview of Peirce and Bateson. University of Jyvaskyla. Retrieved from:http://www.academia.edu/9260052/Approaching_Worldviews_in_Multi cultural_Counselling_The_Possible_Worldview_of_Peirce_and_Bateson Wei, Z. & Saparudin, K. (2014). Singapore Infopedia: National Pledge. Retrieved from: http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_84_2004-12-13.html Schreier, B. A., Lassiter, K. D. (2010). Competencies for working with sexual orientation and multiple cultural identities. Handbook of Multicultural Counseling Competencies, 1,...
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...MEMO TO: Jacob Abrams, Chairman of Board of Directors FROM: Alfred Long, Editor DATE: 7 September 2013 SUBJECT: Evaluation of the new Media Development Authority (MDA) Licencing Framework and Recommendations for future operations As requested by you, on 31 August 2013, this report aims to evaluate the new MDA licensing framework and to present recommendations for future operations to SNews’r’us on changes in its approach to news reporting. With effect from 1 June 2013, MDA has outlined a new licensing framework for online news sites. Under the new framework, online news sites that report a minimum of one article a week on Singaporean news and have a minimum of 50,000 unique local Internet Protocol (IP) addresses a month over a period of two months will need an individual licence. In addition to the new ruling, licensees need to provide a performance bond of $50,000. Non-commercial or non-profit based sites are not exempted from this ruling (Ministry of Communications and Information, 2013). Apart from the performance bond, online news sites are to remove prohibited content within 24 hours when notified by MDA. SNews'r'us has recorded 60,000 Singaporean visits each month and has been reporting solely Singaporean news since 2007. Our site falls within the MDA’s new ruling and as such will require an individual licence and put up a $50,000 performance bond. To continue reporting Singaporean news, we need to understand: (1) the motivation for this change and...
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...Singapore – Country Analysis Vineet Khattar; Group Work 9/29/2012 Contents Country Background: .......................................................................................................................... 3 Cultural Aspects of Singapore: ............................................................................................................ 3 Political context................................................................................................................................... 3 Economic policies of Singapore .......................................................................................................... 4 Institutional Framework ..................................................................................................................... 5 Labor Policies of Singapore ................................................................................................................. 7 Objectives of the country: .................................................................................................................. 8 Corresponding Policies Implemented by the Government ................................................................ 8 Performance ....................................................................................................................................... 9 Opportunities, Challenges and Risks......................................................................................................
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...MALAYSIA – SINGAPORE RELATIONS: THE SECURITY DILEMMAS INTRODUCTION ‘It's impossible to be friendly with Singapore because of the neighbouring city states’ unfriendliness towards Malaysia. Singapore gets into that kind of mood that they reject anything that comes from Malaysia. We try to be as friendly as possible but it's impossible’.[1] Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad Former Malaysia Prime Minister “…we fear that at some time or other there could be a random act of madness like cutting off our water supplies, which they had publicly threatened whenever there were differences between us… we have to be prepared for all contingencies”.[2] Lee Kuan Yew Former Singapore Prime Minister Singapore became a part of Malaysia in 1963. On the part of Singapore, such was a welcomed move as Singapore lacks the depth, mass and resources deemed necessary for development and survival. On the part of Malaysia, however, it started-off as a half-hearted decision, with Tunku Abdul Rahman fearing that the Chinese population in Singapore would, after the merger, upset the Malay majority in Malaya. In May 1960, he told Malayan students in London that “(The) Chinese-educated and new immigrants will always be loyal to China and they are less Malay-minded,” and that the inclusion of the 1.3 million Chinese would confuse Malayans and ruin the calm atmosphere of the Federation[3]...
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