...Ideal Job If I had $2500.00 to spend on a computer and accessories, I would buy a number of things. I would like to be a general manager of a store. As a general manager of a store, I would have to keep count of sales and inventory. I would also be in charge of writing schedules and making excel charts. This would require me to use a number of computing devices because I would have to be doing a huge amount of work. I would buy the electronics from Best Buy because I could price match other places and get the best price possible. The computer I would buy is a MacBook Pro because it would work with all my Apple products. The MacBook Pro would cost me 1899.99, I realize this is a lot but it is essential for a general manager of a store to have a nice computer to make documents on. This MacBook Pro would have a 15.4-inch screen size because the bigger screen would allow me to work more efficiently by seeing everything better. In addition to the 15.4-inch screen, I would also get the one with retina display that way I would not strain my eyes when looking at the screen for so long when making excel charts. The computer would also have 16 GB of RAM because I would need a fast working computer to make documents and download other programs that Best Buy may require me to install. I want to make sure this computer will last a long time and will not start to slow down when I add a lot into it. It would also have 256 GB of flash storage that way when I access my files it will load...
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...DEFINITION OF 'MARKET' 1. A medium that allows buyers and sellers of a specific good or service to interact in order to facilitate an exchange. The price that individuals pay during the transaction may be determined by a number of factors, but price is often determined by the forces of supply and demand. 2. The general market where securities are traded. 3. People with the desire and ability to buy a specific product/service. INVESTOPEDIA EXPLAINS 'MARKET' 1. Markets do not necessarily need to be a physical meeting place. Internet-based stores and auction sites are all markets in which transactions can take place entirely online and where the two parties do not ever need to physically meet. 2. If a broad market index (such as the S&P 500) fell, people might say that "the market was down," using the S&P 500 as a proxy to represent the overall market's performance. 3. For example, "the widget market" is referring to all the people who will buy widgets. 7. Macroeconomics - Nominal vs. Real GDP, and the GDP Deflator The main difference between nominal and real values is that real values are adjusted for inflation, while nominal values are not. As a result, nominal GDP will often appear higher than real GDP. Nominal values of GDP (or other income measures) from different time periods can differ due to changes in quantities of goods and services and/or changes in general price levels. As a result, taking price levels (or inflation) into account is necessary when...
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...CONTENTS PERFECT PIZZERIA 2 1. INTRODUCTION 2 2. THE BACKGROUND AND THE SITUATION OF THE CASE 2 3. CASE 6A-PERFECT PIZZERIA 3 4. HOW TO LINK THE CASE WITH PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS IN ORGANIZATIONS 8 5. CONCLUSION 9 6. REFERENCES 10 PERFECT PIZZERIA 1. INTRODUCTION Perfect Pizzeria of South Ville, Illinois, is a franchise of a large chain which is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. Although the business is successful, it is experiencing employee and managerial problems. 2. THE BACKGROUND AND THE SITUATION OF THE CASE The case describes a situation of a manager of the Perfect Pizzeria in South Ville, Illinois. The chain pizzeria restaurant manager is forced to make certain decisions in order to receive his bonus. The manager is paid this bonus only if the damaged or unsold food percentage is low at the end of the month and must devise methods to ensure that the employees don’t abuse their six hour benefits and give away extra food at no cost to their friends. If the manager does not achieve this bonus he is paid his normal wages. In the case scenario, the manager found that the more restrictions he put on the employees food allowance or punitive action he took, the higher the damaged or unsold goods margin at the end of the month will be. This would indicate that the less they were allowed to eat, the more they ate and gave away to their friends when the manager was not present. 3. CASE 6A-PERFECT PIZZERIA 1) Consider the situation where...
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...Everyone's idea of a perfect job is different, for some it can be a police officer or a teacher. For me, the perfect job would have to be something that makes me happy, and that I really enjoy. In order for my job to be "the perfect job", it will include these specific areas. The area of focus, what the job entails, and why it makes me happy. The area of focus that I would want would be anything in fashion. The word that comes to mind is "successful." The chief of a fashion house, or a fashion editor. I would love to start out working as an intern at magazine company such as Vogue, or Harper's Bazaar. The fashion editor supervises the process of creating, developing and presenting content for the fashion department of a magazine. Typical work includes supervising other editors and writers, formulating and styling photo shoots, writing or editing articles themselves, choosing photos, fashion items and trends for publication, researching trends in the fashion industry and networking with industry professionals like photographers and designers. Fashion editors may hold one of several positions, such as creative director and editor-in-chief. Other titles include senior fashion editor, fashion editor and fashion director. They can also be assistants and/or specialize in a specific area of the department such as accessories or footwear. Being a fashion editor for Vogue magazine, formulating and styling shoots, choosing fashion items and trends for publication would make me...
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...Professor John Polich JMC 370 31 October 2013 Perfect Raise Agency – one of the Best Choices on the Russian Public Relations Market Nowadays, there are numerous public relations agencies that help companies to differentiate themselves on the Russian market. Because of the large variety of choices, Russian people tend to have difficulties identifying the best options available on this market. With the help of this paper, I will try to convince the reader that despite its comparatively small size and relatively short work experience in the field of PR, Perfect Raise agency is among the best choices the Russian public relations market has to offer. The arguments in support of this statement will be built on the analysis of the company’s origins, its history, status, achievements, competitors, the market share and its relationship to the local government. In the concluding part of this paper I will elaborate on the reasons for which holding a position in this company seems to be attractive from my point of view. Despite of its extensive service record, “Perfect Raise is not considered to be a large agency” (Krasev 2-6). It is a relatively compact company that provides Russian people with an outstanding service in the field of public relations. The company was founded “as a sole proprietorship with the main source of funding coming from the dowry” (Kolesnikov 9-11). Its founder, Igor Maslennikov, positioned the company as a family business with him...
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...Case 6 A: “Perfect Pizzeria, or Not?” Case 6 A: “Perfect Pizzeria, or Not” Case Summary Perfect Pizzeria is located in Southville, Illinois. Each operation has one manager, an assistant manager, and from two to five night managers. Employees were mostly college students, with a few high school students that usually performed less challenging duties. The Perfect Pizzeria system is devised so that food and beverage costs are computed according to a percentage. If the percentage of food unsold or damaged in any way is very low, the manager gets a bonus. The chain manager in the case is forced to make decisions in order to receive his bonus. The chain manager is tasked with trying to identify a way to reduce the waste percentage by motivating employees to not waste supplies. In the case study, the manager found that the more he retaliated against employees the higher the percentage became causing him to receive regular wages without the bonus. Apathy grew within the pizzeria as the relationship between the manager and workers further separated because the attempts to alleviate the problem began to make the percentages even higher. With high turnover and even higher waste percentages, management must find a solution to motivate employees to reduce waste so he can receive his bonus in return. Analysis Question 1: Consider the situation where the manager changed the time period required to receive free food and drink from six to twelve hours of work. Try to apply...
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...“The only thing worse than training employees and losing them is to not train them and keep them.” - Zig Ziglar. Perfect Pizzeria of Southville, Illinois is a large franchise chain that was prospering, but had big issues between employees and managers. The problems all began because the company does not have an organized structure within the organization. The environment shows a lack of motivation, effective management skills, ambition with poor performance, and low job satisfaction. From the reading, the franchise just hires anyone that is available without fully laying out the requirements for any position opening they have. There are no education requirements for employees or managers, most of the managers are young and either in college...
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...Is perfect always perfect? In Lois Lowry's The Giver “perfect” is where there are no differences in appearance and everything is chosen for you. Whereas in America’s society, perfect doesn’t even exist. A utopia is defined as a place or state where everything is perfect. However, as shown in The Giver, you cannot take something bad away without taking something good away in the process. Both societies strive towards creating a utopia, but have very different ways of creating this and as a result, The Giver’s and America’s societies have both have many similarities and differences. The community in The Giver is extremely different when compared to America’s modern society. The perspectives of jobs in each society are drastically different. As mentioned in The Giver, each Twelve receives their job at the Ceremony...
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...Using an airbrush to portray his opinion and to influence Australia’s opinion on Suburbia. The paintings question the dream of having a perfect house and family. This can be depicted in a majority of Arkley’s paintings where a falseness is hidden, behind the warm colours and there is a visible malignant feel that is expressed in the flat textures, lack of tone and the disclosure of what is behind the windows- what is hidden? The painting “House and Garden” is Arkley’s perspective of the Western suburbs, which shows vivid colours that illustrate the senses of happiness and hospitality. The painting features a house and a footpath leading to it, for a majority of the painting flat with straight outlines and warm colours are used with the exception of the tree, which features organic tone and non-straight lines. But when looked past the seductiveness of the warm colours there is...
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...The problems that currently exist at Perfect Pizzeria are: 1) Managerial conditions: a. No systematic criteria for the selection of managers b. No formal training program for managers c. No room for advancement beyond management unless the manager decides to invest in the corporation d. The manager receives a bonus based on low percentage of wasted or unsold food e. Assistant managers and night managers are not respected f. Inability to effectively combat high percentage of waste without strict supervision or working in food preparation which was against company policy. 2) Employee conditions: a. Lack of motivation b. Compensate for low wages by over indulgence of free food allowance c. High turnover rate due to availability of high application rates. d. Employees are mostly college and high school students e. Lack of respect for managers. f. No incentive to increase motivation. In the case study Perfect Pizzeria, the area supervisor has many problems that need his attention. The largest appears to be the organization. In this case study I will assume that the area supervisor has the authority to affect change within his organization (i.e. he is the franchise owner). Being in an area with few job opportunities should give him the perfect opportunity to recruit bright, ambitious, and motivated people to staff his pizzerias. How can the area supervisor change his organization to achieve a more fluid corporate culture? I think this change can be achieved...
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...it has been around for centuries. The public eye has been watching movie stars and rock stars enhance their looks by getting breast implants, nose jobs, lip jobs etc. Shows on TV and images produced by the media will make people do almost anything to fit the world’s standards of the perfect body, perfect face and even the perfect toes. Plastic surgery offers a quick fix to help achieve this goal but no matter how much surgery nothing or no one will be perfect. With cosmetic surgery being made affordable to more people than ever before, more individuals are getting cosmetic surgery to look like the perfect person or the favorite celebrity. But then, there are some people who get plastic surgery not to just look like the famous celebrity but also because of the parents who pressure the child or teenager to get cosmetic surgery due to the child or teenager’s “abnormalities” and “low self-esteem”. Although cosmetic surgery can help with low-self esteem, images, shows produced by the media and even some parents are the problems that many Americans of all ages deal with to want to look like the perfect person or the famous A-list celebrity. From the beginning of time people of every race and culture have gone to extremes in the name of beauty from foot-binding in China, to dangerously constricting corsets in Victorian times, to nose jobs in 800 B.C. India. In the Sunday Times, the article “Ancient Plastic Surgery” written by John Dugdale describes how surgery was used for monarchs...
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...are now. During this time there was no gender equality and men and women were expected to obtain a certain image. Women took care of the children and chores around the house while the men went to work and made money for the family. There was the stereotypical man and women and if an individual did not fit the typical description of these stereotypes they were seen as abnormal and looked down upon. Women were expected to get married and have the picture perfect family. Before Mrs. Clutter fell to depression she too portrayed this perfect housewife role and none the less Mr. Clutter portrays the superior husband role. These gender roles are evident throughout the whole book of “In Cold Blood”....
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...an analysis of Perfect Pizzeria’s existing situation in relation to its operating environtment. A brief introduction will be given on Perfect Pizzeria existing condition so as to have an overview of how wel the company is doing. The group has adopted 3 perspectives to identify the problems encountered in Perfect Pizzeria, namely; Planning and Controlling, Job Design and Managing Conflict. After the identification of problems, recommendations base on individual implications will be given to tackle them so as to resolve or minimize it, improving the present condition of the company. A. Introduction While the planning function provides direction, the controlling fuction adds the vital regulatory element, allowing managers to monitor performance and take corrective action when needed. Conflict too, needs to be both controlled and managed. (Batrol, Martin, Tein, Matthews, 1998, page 640) The lack of planning and controlling often result in differences in perceptions and goals. In the case of Perfect Pizzeria, it had shown a perceived difference between managers and staff, resulting in conflicts. (Bartol, Marting, Tein and Matthews, 1998) Conflicts can be constructive as well as destructive, but if it is left unmanaged, it may result in dysfunctional effects on an organization and it’s people. To curb this, there must be good planning on the part of management. One subset of planning is in the area of Job Design. Proper Job-design serves to define job roles and tasks...
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...separatism and the myth of the perfect family have become known to us as institutional racism. All of the noted prior differences are noticeable within the characters of the film. Thaddeus Thomas is a black upper class business owner; who shows great amount of separatism and segregation from the work area. While Louis Pinnock, a white struggling company worker faces police brutality and problems that affect his family and home. Although, the two men might be family oriented; they are examples of America’s institutional racism problems, between the colored and the whites. Kivel briefly explains in the chapter “Separatism” (90); how black people cater to whites, the way being white has benefits and how some white folks feel unsafe when they are within a group of colored people. Thaddeu’s worker set the perfect example on how “Most people of color spend a tremendous amount of time and energy taking care of white people” (Kivel 91). His maid did all the housework, took his personal correspondences and answered all his calls in regard for him. Thomas Thaddeus has many great benefits that contribute to him because of his race. In his housing area, people of color aren’t socially allowed, “White-controlled institutions and individual discrimination have created this lack of choice.” (Kivel 91) Family is believed to be a unit, in which people love each other, care for one another and protect each other: Family usually conveys a good feeling. According to the perfect family myth, Louis Pinnock...
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...From most competitive to least competitive, the four basic competitive market structures are: perfect competition, monopolistic competition, oligopoly, monopoly. An Economic Question: If you imagine a competitive market structure continuum, with perfect competition on the far left and monopoly on the far right, where would you place Apple? Apple, Inc. is on the leading edge of technology and customer satisfaction. The Apple brand name is known world-wide. In addition to notoriety, they have employees and stores in over 15 countries. Their strong business sense has set the bar high for their competitors, in regards to both profitability and sustainability. They are currently at the top of all markets and have continually increased profits year after year. Apple has a strong foundation formed on many factors. In this paper, we will explore those factors, as well as their strengths and weaknesses. We will also point out the key factors and make recommendations on what we feel would benefit the future of Apple, Inc. Introduction Steve Wozniak, then 26 years old and Steve Jobs, 21, both college drop-outs, wanted to start a company, but they didn’t know what to name it. Jobs had worked during the summer at an apple farm and he believed that the Apple was the most perfect fruit. As he and Wozniak were trying to figure out a name for their company, Jobs suggested Apple. They decided that if they couldn’t think of anything better by the end of the day, they would choose Apple....
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