...complex system of interconnected and interrelated social structures each having a function and working together to promote social stability. One hundred million people shop at Wal-Mart every week. Wal-Mart is very convenient for people to shop at. Most people do not even have to shop at other stores because Wal-Mart has everything. It’s also convenient because it is right around the corner from a lot of customers houses; they don’t have to travel far to find a Wal-Mart store so they save gas. People already know that Wal-Mart has the lowest prices so they don’t have to search for stores with low prices. The items sold are good quality as well as cheap. What more could someone ask for. Wal-Mart is a world leader in logistics and promotes greater efficiency between its suppliers. Bob McAdam who is the Wal-Mart vice president states in the video, “We are raising the standard of living through lowering the cost of goods for people.” He is saying that Wal-Mart is good for Structural functional theory is when society is a complex system of interconnected and interrelated social structures each having a function and working together to promote social stability. One hundred million people shop at Wal-Mart every week. Wal-Mart is very convenient for people to shop at. Most people do not even have to shop at other stores because Wal-Mart has everything. It’s also convenient because it is right around the corner from a lot of customers houses; they don’t have to travel far to find a Wal-Mart...
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...Nike – Innovate for a better world Nike is the biggest sports clothing manufacturer in the world and companies like Nike they get a lot of attention, because they sponsor famous people around the world and helps people in need with big projects. Some people began to research the company’s structure, there way to make business and their supple chain. Nike was criticized worker conditions at there factories in 1990s. It was discovered under a increased scrutiny at the factories in Asia. The factories had poor conditions for the employees and that critic gave Nike a bad PR among the costumers. Nike began a project called “Innovate for a better world”. The idea with that was to design and manufacture their products with a minimum of wasting material as possible. Nike had introduced new pair of shoes called “Nike Flyknit”. The Flyknit only need 2 pieces of materiel compared with the Air Pegasus model that need 48 pieces of materiel. The company are still making efforts to improve the production of their products, because it will only give them a better reputation. The project “ Innovate for a better world” is not only about their product. It’s also about making better conditions for the employees, which are working in factories under Nike. For that, Nike created a rating system where the condition in the factories can get between Gold, Silver and Bronze. If they get a rating below bronze, the factory will improve the condition before working again. The minimum requirements...
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...According to AAUW (American Association of University Women) , an organization promoting the quality and education for women and girls, “While more education is an effective tool for increasing earnings, it is not an effective tool against the gender pay gap.” (AAUW). Women around the world have been facing the Gender Discrimination for many decades. . It has been in the last 100 years of human history , that the women across the world gained the basic civil and political right to vote (Woman all Around the World are Allowed to Vote). In the USA, the process of amending the Constitution, which allowed women a legal right to vote, took a century (America's Historical Documents). Many papers have been written and studies conducted to analyze the reasons behind the gender discrimination. No answer seems to be logical or reasonable but it seems to be the cause of the gender wage gap, affecting women...
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...contrast The working lives of women in the UK with the working lives of women in the rest of the world During the last three decades the working lives of women have changed .In general the large number of women who join the paid labour force worldwide increase due to the globalization. However, the women working lives in every countries is different from other countries. For example, there are a significant number of differences such as , lack access to education, legal protection rolls and opportunities for promotions Also number of similarities such as part-time working, lack of power and rising the number of female employees between the working lives of women in the UK and the working lives of women in the rest the world . There are a number of differences between the working lives of women in the UK and the women in the rest of the world. First, according to Maitland (1999), due to the lack access to education and training for many women the world ,the women can not participate in formal sector. Whereas, women in the UK have a better opportunity to have a high quality of training also having a better chance to be a educated people. Second, due to the economical decline and social condition throughout the world many women obliged to take any kind of job which might be insecure with little protection from health and safety. However, women who work in the UK due to the UK-legal protection for women, they might be safer than other women in the rest of the world. Third, a large...
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...Summary: Born Elizabeth Cochran on May 5, 1864, in Cochran's Mills, Pennsylvania, journalist Nellie Bly began writing for The Pittsburgh Dispatch in 1885. Two years later, Bly moved to New York City and began working for the New York World. In conjunction with one of her first assignments for the World, she spent several days on Blackwell's Island, posing as a mental patient for an exposé. In 1889, the paper sent her on a trip around the world in a record-setting 72 days. Bly died on January 27, 1922, at age 57, in New York City. ESSAY: Famed investigative journalist Nellie Bly was born Elizabeth Jane Cochran (she later added an "e" to the end of her name) on May 5, 1864, in Cochran's Mills, Pennsylvania. The town was founded by her father, Michael Cochran, who amply provided for his family by working as a judge and landowner. Her grandfather had immigrated to America from Ireland in the 1790s. Bly's mother was Michael Cochran's second wife, Mary Jane Cochran; their marriage produced five children, the third of which was Bly. (Prior to their union, Michael and Mary Jane were both widowed. Michael had 10 children by his first wife; Mary Jane had no children from her first marriage.) Bly suffered a tragic loss in 1870, at the age of 6, when her father died suddenly. Amidst their grief, Michael Cochran's death presented a grave financial detriment to his family, as he left them without a will, and, thusly, no legal claim to his estate. In an effort to support her now-single...
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...standard of living. It is driven by technology advancements in communications and transportation and motivated by the desire for free markets. “Globalization can be technological (the Internet), economic (trade, pro- duction), cultural (television). Globalization can also foster international solidarity. But the dominant view is that globalization means increased commercial relations between people of different countries” (Unknown, 2009). Globalization is the opportunity for developing countries to tap into the world’s economy, which will allow the opportunity to sell many goods to as many people around the world. Globalization includes markets and production. “Globalization of markets refers to the merging of historically distinct and separate national markets into one huge global marketplace and the globalization of production refers to sourcing goods and services from locations around the globe to take advantage of national differences in the cost and quality of factors of production (such as labor, energy, land and capital)” (Hill, 2011). Globalization is an opportunity for big corporations as well as for small businesses; it is the movement of jobs, goods, finances, and investments. With the advancement of technology there are more business trading in more markets. With all of this advancement some are questioning whether globalization is a positive or negative for the economy. The answer to that would depend on whom you speak with. For the counties like India and...
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...Over the past decade, technology has drastically improved the lives of people from all across the globe. The purpose of this paper is to focus on the impact technology has had on a working environment, and how it has affected the overall performance of the working world. The intent of this paper is concentrate primarily on the relationships of team building, the challenges that are faced when technology is present in a working environment, the positives/negatives of virtual teams, and how technology can make for a more effective working environment. In order for a team to build a successful relationship, they have to be willing to work together in hopes of achieving a common goal. As we have read in our text, not all groups are successful. Our text compared groups to teams, and the main argument is that a team is just a general collection of people. When people are not brought together to work cooperatively with one another, it makes the process of team building a very difficult task to micromanage compared to the goal at hand. The camaraderie that is built throughout virtual teams is able to be achieved in numerous ways. Web meetings, documents, photographs, and visual organizational charts make it possible for virtual teams scattered all around the world to have a common working ground where they are able to collaborate as one team and do so successfully. A challenge can be defined as difficulty in a job that is stimulating to one who is engaged in it. With technology...
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...business mean to you? “Global Business”, means different things to different people. For me, Global business equates to working “international” (working or selling outside the home country), or doing business “multinational” ” (having representation in many nations) or “global presence” (having representation of staff around the world). Today, world is more flat and everything is interconnected. Every organization is global to some extent and it’s only a matter of understanding your individualized global experience impacts situations, opportunities, and challenges for your organization. Even if you’re only servicing a small local customer base or your staff consists of a handful of hometown citizens, your organization is being affected by geopolitical, meteorological, biological, technological and other types of trends and changes from all parts of our universe. Global awareness empowers you to proactively adapt, innovate and focus on strategic measures that drive achievement. Especially, in services and manufacturing industry, organization is distributed across the globe. People around the different parts of the globe, would be working directly or indirectly impacting your business and growth. Even one could be setup to produce all locally, but the clients could be spread all over the world. So the global or international business is impacted by international commerce/trade relations, political activities, technological...
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...Innovating with Ingenuity Chapter 8, Innovating with Ingenuity, shows us how companies around the world have been innovating. It is important to understand what ingenuity really means. It is defined as the quality of being ingeniously inventive, creative, and practical; inventiveness. The chapter starts out with the quote, “When people ask me ‘What is your competitive advantage?’ I say, ‘The quality of our engineers.’” This was stated by Mauricio Botelho, President and CEO of Embraer (A successful Brazilian aircraft manufacturer) from 1995 to 2007. John Engler, president of the National Association of Manufacturers, in 2005 said that the United States is and remains on being the world’s frontrunner in innovation. He emphasizes that other countries are advancing in technology as enthusiastically as we are and that therefore we cannot assume we are safely ahead of the world. Throughout the chapter we are shown how challengers have been investing in innovation by capitalizing in research and development. Some examples included are companies like ZTE, a Chinese telecom equipment maker that spent 12% of its $3 billion 2006 revenue on research and development. In accordance to VentureOne, Venture capitalists invested $1.89 billion in Chinese companies in 2006. In total, from 2005 to 2006 there was a 34% increase in investments in Chinese information technology firms. Governments are also becoming aware of how important innovation is when it comes to modernization. For example, the Russian...
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...claim its products are manufactured in foreign factories with substandard working conditions and disregard to labor laws (Powell & Zwolinski, 2012). As a result, Nike has initiated numerous policy changes in an effort to silence these criticisms. While Nike has definitely made great strides in turning around its image, it continues to struggle with allegations from critics. Nike’s Responsibility for Working Conditions Should Nike be held responsible for working conditions in foreign factories that it does not own, but where subcontractors make products for Nike? Nike should be held responsible for the working conditions in foreign factories where subcontractors make products the company sells. Although Nike does not actually own the foreign factories, the workers are employees of Nike and Nike is the beneficiary of the products they are making. Thus, Nike is responsible (at least in part) of the working conditions endured by those that work there. Labor Standards of Foreign Factories What labor standards regarding safety, working conditions, overtime, and the like should Nike hold foreign factories to; those prevailing in that country, or those prevailing in the United States? I do not think it is feasible to ask foreign factories to adhere to the same standards regarding safety, working conditions, overtime, and the like as those of the United States. Many countries, especially third-world countries, would not be able to...
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...Sustainability is the concept through which the world revolves around. Or at least the concept of how the world should revolve today. To be sustainable is to maintain a certain rate or level. To be-able to uphold or defend a certain position. Sustainability is the act of being sustainable. This means taking what we need to live now, without jeopardizing the potential for the future. Sustainability consists of three very important factors or pillars. “In order for the system to work (the world), all three pillars must be strong or even equally strong.” UN The main purpose of sustainability is for a well-upheld system to run and continue forever. The end result of fully developing a strong running system is a well-balanced, sustainable world. Sustainability affects everybody in the entire world. A person in any country, in any continent, in any part of the world, determines, can change, and is part of sustainability. It is the people of the world that develop the three pillars of the system. The pillars include the environment, the social pillar, and the economic pillar. These main issues are developed by the actions of people, groups, governments, and organizations around the world today. Though, there are many specific groups established to directly handle these problems of the world consisting of more knowledge and useful resources in order to positively change international issues. Some groups include; The United Nations, The World Trade Organization, and The Organization for...
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...Hewlett-Packard The Company Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), also known as HP, is a global technology company working in approximately 170 countries around the world. Over the years, HP has provided service for a billion of customers and continues to service many more every day. Many people often think of printers when thinking of HP, yet they account for much more than just printers in the technology world. HP has product lines in printers, laptops, desktops, servers, storage, and networks just to name a few. With all of the products that HP has, they also provide customer service with locations around the world on six continents. HP uses the “follow-the-sun” global workflow approach, whereas when the sun moves, the opening and closing of the service centers move with the sun. For the entire year of 2011, HP’s revenue clocked in at $127.4 billion, with $12.6 billion in profit (Kessler, 2011). Even though HP made $12.6 billion in profit last year, some would consider it a slow year for the technology giant. One of the things that had an impact on profits was the acquisition of the software company “Autonomy” for over $10 billion, in October of last year. Sometimes profits do not reflect growth, and HP understands that growing will allow them to stay competitive for many years to come. Community Difference HP believes in the community and has donated to many relief funds around the world such as the Haiti earthquake and the most recent Colorado fires. With over 300 thousand employees...
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...With Nike headquarters being based out of Beaverton Oregon, and having such an extensive background in sports and input into current products for Nike, working there seems like the most logical and ideal choice for me. Situational Analysis: Customer: Nike is the largest distributor or sports attire and is located all around the world. For a long time, Nike was known for only the most popular sports, but as of recently they have been breaking into every sport out there. More and more people want to wear athletic clothes even if they are not doing something active, and the trends continue to change with Nike matching pace with it. They have careers all around the world, ranging in anything one could think of from marketing and advertising, management, retail associates to even accounting. Being a company founded by a CEO who went to the University of Oregon, attending the same school in one good way to try and get into the company. Nike is always in need of good young intelligent people who have a passion not necessarily for sports, but for living an active lifestyle. Characteristics of Nike: - 40,000 employees - 338 retail locations - In over 160 countries - In over 6 continents These numbers will continue to grow as they integrate themselves into more markets as they become available around the world. When joining a company like Nike who has a presence...
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...goers and working adults. Segmentation Market segmentation is defined as dividing a single market into smaller segments. The need for dividing the market into small segments is to supply to the distinct need of smaller groups of consumers and to manufacture different products according to their consumer habits. MacDonald’s segmentation has been done on three different bases. 1) Demographics segmentation: Mainly for kids , family, students , café goers and working adults McDonalds offer many different types of products like the world famous happy meal which is typically a form of kids meal which was marketed towards children since 1979. It includes a toy with the food, both of which are usually contained in a box or paper bag with the McDonald's logo. For families they also have many different types of family meals for special occasions, parents may also purchase a family meal instead of ordering individually. In various countries McDonalds also has student’s meals which makes it more affordable for students . Students also tend to hang out at McDonalds to study. For café goers they have mccafe which has a quieter ambience, a place to relax or even for business entertainments. For working adults they seek fast and convenience meals ‘grab and go’ which McDonalds also cater to such as drive-thru, takeaways and mcdelivery 2) Psychographic segmentation Macdonald has adopted its marketing strategy according to the lifestyle of consumers around the world. An example...
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...very toxic metal and can lead to physical disorders when inhaled or absorbed by skin. The children do not wear any protective clothing while working in the mines and do not use the proper technique to mine. One million children around the world work in gold mines. Gold mining also requires heavy lifting which is also dangerous. Child slavery had started being an issue in the mid 1800s especially when heavy and dangerous machinery was started to get used more. This issue is happening world wide in Africa, the Philippines, South America, and Mongolia, and parts of Europe. According to “Scholastic Educational magazine”, By 1810, about two million school-age children were working fifty- to seventy hour weeks. Forced child slavery in gold mines is an issue we have today that is dangerous...
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