...Name Course Instructor Course Date of submission Status of Shark Stocks Protection of all species in the ecosystem, especially the imperiled species, for reasons fundamental among them socioeconomic and environmental is crucial. Debate centering on whether the shark species is imperiled or not, has effects on allocation of funds meant for conservancy efforts. However, the agreement from both sides is on sharks importance and their sustainability as crucial. This expose elucidate positions informing both sides. Further, the expose will identify the most strongly supported side and identify probable lobbies that support either side. Baum and Myers used data on the number of catches to compare the amount of shark species captured in the 1950s and 1990s in addressing their decline in the Gulf of Mexico. They noted that, catches on the Whitetip shark, the most prevalent of the sharks in the 1950s, declined by 99%. Additionally, catches of the Silky and Dusty shark declined by 91% and 79% respectively (142). Thus, this decline historically reflects on the level of humanity’s exploitation, for instance, the disappearance of the Whitetip in the Gulf of Mexico. Effectively, the near disappearance of the species underlines an ecological shift on the pelagic baseline. In another study in the Northwest Atlantic, Baum et al. concluded that there was a 50% decline of all the recorded but one species of shark. This study focused a short period of 15 years between 1986 and 2000 (391)...
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...DeBeers “A Diamond is Forever” Prepared April 16, 2012 For decades, De Beers has been the preeminent name in diamonds. Thanks to a stockpile of the world's rough diamond supply, indelible marketing schemes and even negotiations with foreign governments for their diamonds, De Beers has been the most important name in one of the world's most lucrative businesses for almost a century. This paper will review the billion dollar rise and fall of a monopoly that has crushed competitors and cash-strapped governments since the 1800s. Diamonds became a symbol of love thanks to De Beers, which is fitting, since De Beers became what it is today because of a love story: the love of money. In the beginning, the diamond trade took place mostly in India and Brazil. With the discovery of diamonds in South Africa, the trade simultaneously took off and became much less profitable. Up until the mid-1800s, diamonds were a rarity and could be seen only on the hand of a monarch. But the diamond rush that began in South Africa in the second half of the 19th century flooded the market with diamonds, killing demand. It would take some ingenious plotting and advertising to keep the diamond's reputation as intrinsically valuable and desirable, which is where De Beers comes in (Goldschein, 2011). Company History and Overview De Beers got its start when English-born businessman Cecil Rhodes, broke into the diamond business in South Africa by renting water pumps to miners before buying diamond fields...
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...Company Motivational Profile – Walmart Company Motivational Profile – Walmart To achieve success, organizations must have a clearly defined plan. Sam Walton, founder of Walmart, began his retail career as a management trainee at JC Penny. Walton opened a five and dime store in 1951 and his first Walmart opened in 1962. Walton’s concept of discounting prices included a large variety of low priced items, buying large quantity goods at the lowest price, and passing the savings on to his customers. Today’s retail organizations must have a plan to achieve success. Walton’s vision allowed Walmart to grow into a multi-billion dollar international retail giant. This paper discusses Walmart’s motivational profile including the background and history of Walmart, their corporate culture and management, the strengths and weaknesses of their motivational strategies, and finally, an analysis of Walmart’s motivational strengths and recommendations for future improvements. Background Information Before opening Walmart, Sam Walton traveled around the world studying everything he could about discount retailing. Walton became eager to bring the United States a different type of store. He had an idea that Americans wanted something out of the box. Walton put in most of his own personal money to open his first store in Rogers, AR. Walmart extended with more stores in later years. He always believed that if a business gave their customers what they wanted, they will continue to...
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...Wal-Mart & Vlasic Pickles Assignment | September 15 2011 | ESLSCA 34C, 3rd Semester, Strategic Management | By: Ahmed M. Adel | Q1. Analyze the differences between a marketing orientation and a sales orientation and identify the effects of not considering both in developing a business strategy. What are the differences between sales orientation and marketing orientation: Sales Orientation | Marketing Orientation | * A business approach or philosophy that focuses on identifying and meeting the stated or hidden needs or wants of customers. See also product orientation and sales orientation. | * A business approach or philosophy that focuses on promoting sales of whatever a company makes or supplies, through marketing and sales calls. See also market orientation and product orientation. | * The firm focuses on the skills of selling rather than on the needs of the buyer. | * The firm tries to get the company to produce what the customer wants. | * Is an emphasis on "moving" your product via advertising and/or salesforce. The product and production capacity preceded the consumer. There is a lot of emphasis on image. It worked for many years (and still works), but in more competitive environments started to fail. | * The company tries to satisfy a consumer need (a felt deprivation). The product and production activity follows consumer research. A segment of the market is chosen. The system is molded to fit the consumer. There is an emphasis...
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...COM 120 Entire Course http://homeworkgallery.com/index.php/product/com-120-entire-course/ http://homeworkgallery.com/index.php/product/com-120-entire-course/ COM 120 Week 1 Single Mother Single mothers in America” is the title that I have chosen for my persuasive essay. I feel that being a single mother myself I can relate to them on the same ground as I am living a life walking in the same shoes as them. “With great power comes great responsibility” is a well known line from the movie Spider man. COM 120 Week 1 Capital Letters 103 1. – At the turn of a new century and a new Millennium, many people are reflecting on the historical changes that have taken place during the past hundred years. – At the turn of a new century and a new millennium, many people are reflecting on the historical changes that have taken place during the past hundred years. 2. – In the late 1990s, Americans began making lists reflecting their choices of the greatest Events, Literature, People, and Films of the century. – In the late 1990s, Americans began making lists reflecting their choices of the greatest events, literature, people, and films of the century. 3. – Most Americans would agree that the two World Wars shaped the twentieth century and this country’s role in it. – Most Americans would agree that the two world wars shaped the twentieth century and this country’s role in it. COM 120 Week 1 Comma Splices and Fused Sentences 562 1. Most people are familiar...
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...Organizational Structure 20 13.0 Toyota Organizational Culture 21 14.0 Toyota Organizational Structure 23 15.0 Motivational Theories 24 16.0 Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs in Ford 25 17.0 Impacts of Hierarchy of Needs Theory 29 18.0 Goal-setting Theory in Toyota 30 19.0 Impacts Goal-setting Theory 32 20.0 Conclusion 33 21.0 References 34 1.0 Introduction One of the most important human activities is managing . Ever since people began forming groups to accomplish aims they could not achieve as individuals . Managing has been essential to ensure the coordination of individuals efforts . As society has come to rely increasingly on group effort as many organized groups have been grown larger , the task of managers have been rising in importance . The term management drives from latin word “Manu agere” which means to lead by hand . Lead by hand means , giving directions . It also implies that the leading person first goes where he or she wants to send the followers (Shied, 2010) . According to Drucker (1974) management is the activity of getting things done with the help of others peoples and resources . It means that management is a process of accomplishing work with the help of other people . According to Weijrich and Koontz (1993) “Management is process of planning , leading , organizing and controlling people within a group in order to achieve goals . It is also the guidance and control of action...
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...patient to reduce his/her stress level through relaxation training. B. prescribes a seminar on anger management for a patient with high blood pressure. C. prescribes a cholesterol-lowering drug for a patient with high cholesterol. D. encourages a cancer patient to join a support group. 4. Just a century ago, the leading cause of death was: A. cancer. B. heart disease. C. infectious diseases. D. stroke. 5. In the U.S. today, the number-one cause of death is: A. cancer. B. heart disease. C. infectious diseases. D. stroke. 6. In the U.S. today, the second-leading cause of death is: A. cancer. B. heart disease. C. infectious diseases. D. stroke. 7. Health psychologists endorse the _____________ model, which states that health is best understood in terms of a combination of physical, cognitive, and environmental factors. A. biopsychological B. psychosocial health C. bio-psycho-social health D. integrative 8. Through positive thinking and self-motivation, Lance Armstrong battled cancer. This illustrates the power of _________ factors in health and illness. A. social B. psychological C. biosocial D. none of the above 9. Individuals who develop coronary problems are more likely to be outwardly hostile or turn...
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...| [Type the document subtitle] | | To: Prof. Jaison From: Babar, Jagmeet, Manjot, Harman, Giridhar, Vamshi, Sheetal | Table of Contents Introduction 3 Customer Perception 5 Process Management 7 Global delivery Network 8 Concentrate 10 Licensing Agreement 12 Bottling Plant 13 Logistics Management 14 Packaging 15 Transportation Modes 17 Reduction in Cost 17 Agile/Adaptability 18 Responsiveness 19 Resilience 21 Sourcing 22 SRM (Supplier Relationship Management) 23 CRM (Customer Relationship management) 23 Distribution Method 24 Reference 25 Introduction The operations of Coca Cola are administered by the distributed management principles across the world and this has been achieved by setting separate management and operational teams in those areas. The supply of Coca Cola to the customers is made possible through company’s own participation and through the strategic partnerships with the bottlers, chemical providers and the delivery facilitators. The company has the tradition of changing the operating structures according to the fluctuations in the market place. The global strength of Coca Cola has been attained by the company through its strategic partners and it is important to note that there 250 bottling partners across the world. This not only facilitates the operational procedures for the company but also minimizes the chances of any weak grip over the supply chain issues. The Coca Cola is not a single managerial perspective or...
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...VIRTUAL PIGGY, INC. FORM 10-K ANNUAL REPORT Year Ended December 31, 2014 | | | | | Page | PART I | | | | | | Item 1. | Business | 1 | Item 1A. | Risk Factors | 8 | Item 1B. | Unresolved Staff Comments | 17 | Item 2. | Properties | 17 | Item 3. | Legal Proceedings | 17 | Item 4. | Mine Safety Disclosures | 17 | | | | PART II | | | | | | Item 5. | Market For Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities | 18 | Item 6. | Selected Financial Data | 20 | Item 7 | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | 20 | Item 7A. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk | 26 | Item 8. | Financial Statements and Supplementary Data | 26 | Item 9. | Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure | 26 | Item 9A | Controls and Procedures | 26 | Item 9B. | Other Information | 27 | | | | PART III | | | | | | Item 10. | Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance | 28 | Item 11. | Executive Compensation | 28 | Item 12. | Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters | 28 | Item 13. | Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence | 28 | Item 14. | Principal Accountant Fees and Services | 28 | | | | PART IV | | | | | | Item 15...
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...poverty" • Every year 15 million children die of hunger • For the price of one missile, a school full of hungry children could eat lunch every day for 5 years • Throughout the 1990's more than 100 million children will die from illness and starvation. Those 100 million deaths could be prevented for the price of ten Stealth bombers, or what the world spends on its military in two days! • The World Health Organization estimates that one-third of the world is well-fed, one-third is under-fed one-third is starving- Since you've entered this site at least 200 people have died of starvation. Over 4 million will die this year. • One in twelve people worldwide is malnourished, including 160 million children under the age of 5. United Nations Food and Agriculture • The Indian subcontinent has nearly half the world's hungry people. Africa and the rest of Asia together have approximately 40%, and the remaining hungry people are found in Latin America and other parts of the world. Hunger in Global Economy • Nearly one in four people, 1.3 billion - a majority of humanity - live on less than $1 per day, while the world's 358 billionaires have assets exceeding the combined annual incomes of countries with 45 percent of the world's people. UNICEF • 3 billion people in the world today struggle to survive on US$2/day. • In 1994 the Urban Institute in Washington DC estimated that one out of 6 elderly people in the U.S. has an inadequate diet. • In the U...
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...------------------------------------------------- BIG Data February 8, 2015 Srinivas gogineni SAI SRAVAN KOLUKULA February 8, 2015 Srinivas gogineni SAI SRAVAN KOLUKULA Introduction Big data burst upon the scene in the first decade of the 21st century. The first organizations to embrace it were online and startup firms. Firms like Google, eBay, LinkedIn, and Facebook were built around big data from the beginning. Like many new information technologies, big data can bring about dramatic cost reductions, substantial improvements in the time required to perform a computing task, or new product and service offerings. Davenport.T (2013). Big Data is emerging from the realms of science projects at Web companies to help companies like telecommunication giants understand exactly which customers are unhappy with service and what processes caused the dissatisfaction, and predict which customers are going to change carriers. To obtain this information, billions of loosely-structured bytes of data in different locations needs to be processed until the needle in the haystack is found. The analysis enables executive management to fix faulty processes or people and maybe be able to reach out to retain the at-risk customers. The real business impact is that big data technologies can do this in weeks or months, four-or-more-times faster than traditional data warehousing approaches. Floyer.D (2015). Literature Review The IT techniques and tools to execute big data processing...
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...Chapter One Strategy and Competition Chapter Overview Purpose The purpose of this chapter is to introduce the student to a variety of strategic issues that arise in the manufacturing function of the firm. Key Points 1. Manufacturing matters. This writer contends that the loss of the manufacturing base in the U.S. economy is not healthy and will eventually lead to an overall loss in the standard of living and quality of life in this country. It counters the argument that our evolution into a service economy is a natural and healthy thing. 2. Strategic dimensions. Along with cost and/or product differentiation, other dimensions along which firms distinguish themselves include (a) quality, (b) delivery speed, (c) delivery reliability, and (d) flexibility. 3. Classical view. The classical literature on manufacturing strategy indicates that strategy should be viewed in relation to one or more of the following issues: (a) time horizon, (b) focus, (c) evaluation, and (d) consistency. 4. Global competition. How do we measure our success and economic health on a global scale? One way is to examine classical measures of relative economic strength, which include (a) balance of trade, (b) share of world exports, (c) creation of jobs, and (d) cost of labor. However, such macro measures do not adequately explain why certain countries dominate certain industries. National competitive advantage is a consequence of several factors (factor conditions, demand conditions, related and supporting...
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...4 TABLE OF CONTENTS Sr. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Title INTRODUCTION HISTORY OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKETS MARKET SIZE AND LIQUIDITY MARKET PARTICIPANTS KINDS OF FX TRANSACTIONS COMPONENTS OF FX TRADING EXCHANGE RATES AND ITS USES GLOBAL LINKAGE OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKETS FACTORS THAT AFFECT FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET TRENDS DIFFERENT EXCHANGE SYSTEMS WHICH LINKS THE FOREX MARKET GLOBALLY BASIS OF COMMUNICATION FOR INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS CONCLUSION BIBLOGRAPHY Page no. 7 9 11 12 14 16 22 25 35 37 39 40 42 5 GLOBAL LINKAGE OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKETS 6 Introduction The foreign exchange market is the biggest financial market in the world. Every day, transactions worth about 3.98 trillion dollars are carried out within the market. The major aim of introducing the foreign exchange market is to facilitate international trade by enabling businesses to perform transactions outside their local currency. The market operates round the clock from Monday through Friday. Foreign Exchange is the simultaneous Buying of one currency and paying for it with another at an agreed price (exchange rate) for settlement on an agreed date. FOREX is an acronym for FOReign Exchange. In the foreign exchange market today, a trader can purchase some amount of international currencies by paying with a different currency. This type of foreign exchange market started to develop in the 1970s, which was about thirty years after foreign exchange was introduced. Some important...
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...1. Discuss the company’s advertising strategy and how it aligns with its marketing goals. Angel Bee Vitamins will use different advertising media to get its name and details of its product and benefits out to the consumers. The company plans to implement a local campaign with the targeted market of the company via the use of flyers, local newspaper advertisements, and word of mouth. Management will also develop an online sales platform that will allow the business to generate sales from outside of the company retail location. This will done by developing an online presence by developing a website and placing the company name and contact information with online directories. The company will also have a feature to request a catalog from the website. Angel Bee Vitamins will also have an informercial broadcast twice a month to again gain customer awareness and try to increase sales of its products. The company intends to implement marketing campaigns that will effectively target individuals within the desired market. The main goal is to serve and have happy customers and enjoy profitability. 2. Discuss how the effectiveness of the advertising will be measured. The effectiveness of advertising can be simple to measure. First, the purpose of advertising is to persuade potential buyers that they want and need what a company has to offer. Successful advertising creates and nurtures that sense of need, and then persuades people to get up and go get whatever companies are...
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...TLFeBOOK Blue Ocean Strategy Blue Ocean Strategy How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant H A R VA R D B U S I N E S S S C H O O L P R E S S BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( W. Chan Kim Renée Mauborgne Copyright 2005 Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 09 08 07 06 05 5 4 3 2 1 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior permission of the publisher. Requests for permission should be directed to permissions@hbsp.harvard.edu, or mailed to Permissions, Harvard Business School Publishing, 60 Harvard Way, Boston, Massachusetts 02163. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kim, W. Chan. Blue ocean strategy: how to create uncontested market space and make the competition irrelevant / W. Chan Kim, Renée Mauborgne. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-59139-619-0 (hardcover: alk. paper) 1. New products. 2. Market segmentation. I. Mauborgne, Renée. II. Title. HF5415.153.K53 2005 658.8 02—dc22 2004020857 The paper used in this publication meets the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Publications and Documents in Libraries and Archives Z39.48–1992 To friendship and to our families, who make our worlds...
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