Achieve Business Plans Samples For Students

Business Plan

- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This is a business plan for Rael & Nick Footwears established in 2012. The business plan focuses on operational strategies aimed at addressing product design and process selection. The operational plan further elaborates on how the firm intends to gain a competitive advantage in the market. The plan also highlights the key components of supply chain management that shall be used and the role supply chain management plays in the firm, Total Quality Management and how it can be exploited as a competitive advantage. This business plan intends to present in a summary form the strategies the firm shall employ ...

“Deli Online”Project Plan

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Executive Summary

Purpose of the Report
The report is to describe how to undertake the Deli Online case study which is intended at improving the business processes of the current business. It will describe what Alexander Deli will have to have in place to be able to achieve their objective. It will also describe the budget and a timeline for the entire project.

Key Findings

One of the findings is that the franchise operators will be able to access their business transactions online and in a secure manner. With a web-based technology, the franchise operators and ...

Introduction

In the current business world where firms are striving to achieve a better brand recognition and market competitiveness, the concept of supply chain management is of considerable significance. According to Jones and Riley; “Supply chain management is defined as an integrative approach dealing with the planning and control of the materials flow as well as information from suppliers to end-users” (Piotrowicz & Cuthbertson, 2015, p.226). An efficient supply chain management can benefit organisations to reduce lead time and to achieve an uninterrupted flow of production processes. Today, it is a challenging task for business houses to maintain an efficient supply ...

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Designation

Introduction 4

A. Product Support of Mission Statement 4
Three-way consumer product classification system 4
Convenience Goods 4
Shopping Goods 4
Specialty Goods 4
B. Target Market 5
C. Analysis of Competitive Environment 5

Porter’s five force analysis of US small appliances market 5

New Entrants 5
Rivalry 5
Substitutes 6
Buyers 6
Suppliers 7
D. SWOT Analysis 7

STRENGTHS 7

WEAKNESS 7
OPPORTUNITIES 8
THREATS 8
SWOT Analysis - Summary 9
E. Marketing Objectives 9
Product Objective 9
Place / Distribution Objective 9
Price Objective 9
Promotion Objective 9
F. Marketing ...

BUSINESS PLAN FOR ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD

A good business plan should have a summary of what the project is to entail (Betkoski et al, 2000). The project is about electronic medical records (EMR) to be used in healthcare organizations or institutions. The EMR is a forefront of innovation in healthcare and is currently being mandated by the Affordable Healthcare Act. The establishment of healthcare institutions and organizations is on the rise. That has made healthcare to be a growing business. The success of the healthcare business will be based upon the ability to be affordable, ability to upgrade without making major components change and provide multiple layers of ...

Communication: Importance of Teams

The efficient employment of resources is very critical for the success of a firm. In a health organization, firms employ different resources and it is upon the organization to ensure that a firm's management to ensure that they hire competent professionals. These professionals must work as a team irrespective of their cultural backgrounds. Through the teamwork, the employees become very productive and the customers get satisfied through the services they get. Satisfying the clients requires a strategic planning process that eventually improves the medical organizations efficiency. It is not only in the medical fields where teamwork is essential, all organizations in all industries work ...

Yanelisa Reyes

The University of Phoenix
Global Corporate Strategy for Microsoft Corporation
Executive Summary
After careful analysis of diversification events in the industry over the past ten years as well as an internal analysis of the company’s relevant strengths and advantages it is recommended that Microsoft take a number of strategic actions. The first is to increase presence in the Software-as-a-Service market globally with head-to-head competition with CA, Inc, a strong niche competitor in IT Management software market in the United States. The firm should also consider re-branding and migrating perception, address security concerns, and invest in growth through innovation, ...

Introduction

Starbucks was established in the year 1971. Later, the founders of the company and a marketing manager who happens to own the company currently, decided to list the company in the stocks exchange. Ever since, the company has experienced continuous growth. The coffeehouse company has expanded over the years of its existence (Gia, 2009). The company has expanded both in size from an initial one outlet in Seattle, Washington to twenty thousand three hundred and sixty six outlets in sixty-one countries across the globe. This shows commendable growth in just four decades of operating. Starbucks has not only grown in ...

A business plan is an important tool for the success of any planned business activity in an organization. Advance Digital Inc, requires a business plan that will assists in marketing their digital products in New Jersey, and internationally. To start with the company’s description is given followed by the environmental analysis. Secondly, the procedure involves coming up with the market objectives that define the goals of the organization. After deciding on the objectives, the plan includes the target market, which explains the most targeted customers and the marketing areas of interest. Product and brand positioning is also a critical factor. ...

Business Plan for a Proposed Three Star Category Hotel in Auckland

Business Plan for a Proposed Three Star Category Hotel in Auckland

Executive Summary

The present paper proposes analyses and presents a business venture in the form of a 3 star category 70 room hotel Business. The business is projected as low cost and high value proposition to the mid to upper scale business and leisure clients. It is found that the business is capable of recovering its 5 year working capital costs within a span of 2 years and 2 months thus an early operational breakeven is likely. Annual revenue of $1,609,650 at 70% occupancy and $90 ADR (Average ...

- Introduction
Project management is practiced by organization to achieve to temporary goal associated with the completion of the underlying project (Meredith & Mantel, 2012). The concept can be further elaborated as project management refers to manage and complete an assigned task to achieve unique outcomes with given resources, (Lewis, 2002). The project is developed and undertaken to achieve the goal of expansion in the company’s product by producing larger touring motorcycles with larger motors to cater new markets abroad. Aligning with proposed strategies to the management for producing larger motorcycles, the paper presented below will solely consider ...

Organizational Structure3

Industry: Competitive Advantage and Differentiation..4

Past Performance of Cesim-Mobile Inc.5

Current Conditions- SWOT Analysis.6
Significant Issues6
Strategic Plan7
Advertising.8
Consumer promotion..9
Sales force expenses...9

Public relations9

Service Delivery..9
Other..10
Conclusion..10

Executive Summary

The report centers on Cesim-Mobile Inc. The company is a leading a major player in mobile production. It aims at achieving competitive advantage over and above what its competitors enjoy in the marketplace. This report is a strategic business plan covering an examination of the organizational structure, strategic plan and the analysis of the situation that the company has been through. The situation analysis covers the periodic performance of the company. On ...

Introduction: Marketing Planning

Marketing is the process used by organization in developing and implementing a plan to pinpoint, anticipate and fulfill customer demands. The plan should ensure the firm makes sufficient profits. Marketing research and marketing mix are the two elements of marketing planning used to identify and anticipate customer needs as well as meet their requirements. In marketing planning, one deals with gathering, recording and analyzing information about the clients, the product, the market and the competition in the market (Miskelly, 2013, P. 65). The findings of this process help the management in making important firm decisions. Having an adequate marketing planning ...

Business Plan for Just Like Home Mobile Dog Grooming Company

Business
Business Plan for Just Like Home Mobile Dog Grooming Company
I. Executive Summary
The dog grooming company was created by a group of friends who are dog owners themselves, and want to set up their own grooming company that can attend to the grooming needs of their pets and at the same time earn profit out of it by offering grooming services to the neighborhood. The business partners decided to name of the company “Just Like Home Mobile Dog Grooming Service” that is located in Richmond Virginia. At present, there are no other pet mobile grooming ...

Business Plan

- Abstract
This is a business plan for Dalnim, a firm that sells ladies business suits at downtown Manchester City. The business plan gives a brief background of the firm, its target market, competitive advantages, how the firm will conduct customer needs analysis, the firm’s competitors, pricing policies and other marketing strategies the firm will adopt to achieve sustainable profits and growth.
- Background Information
Dalnim, a sole proprietorship firm, was established ten years ago in the year 2003. The firm is located at down town Manchester City where it sells ladies business suits. With a staff establishment of three ...

Introduction to Marketing

Tactics could be regarded as a more defined and elaborated version of company’s strategy which aims to explain how the organization would work to achieve its desired goals and objectives. In simpler words, tactics are the strategies in detail (Anderson, 1982). In this section, the tools that would be used to promote the iTunes in the market are explained and integrated within the strategies.

E-marketing

E-marketing is an emerging trend in the world of business due to which the organization must focus and utilize the emerging trend to its benefit. Since the use of website is at its peak, the ...

The companies of my choice are Diageo plc and Nestle Company. The following is a thorough description of the internal and external environments of the above stated companies using an environmental scan.

Introduction
Diageo is a UK based, global leading company in the production and distribution of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages: alcoholic beverages being spirits, wines and beer. Diageo products can be found in nearly all 180 countries of its operation all over the world. The company also has its manufacturing plants spread all over the world.

Environmental scan

Similar to all other companies, Diageo also experiences the impacts of two broad ...

The University of Phoenix

Global Corporate Strategy for Microsoft Corporation
Executive Summary
After careful analysis of diversification events in the industry over the past ten years as well as an internal analysis of the company’s relevant strengths and advantages it is recommended that Microsoft take two strategic actions. The first is to increase presence in the Software-as-a-Service market globally with head-to-head competition with CA, Inc, a strong niche competitor in IT Management software market in the United States. The second is to manufacture a mobile handset device to gain control of the value chain in the SmartPhone market, first domestically (United States) then ...

Summary

This paper describes the Leadership Development Plan that will enable me to improve targeted competencies. In this paper I will outline the importance of the chosen competencies in achieving my short term and long term professional goals. I will also document the specific actions that I intend to take in order to build competence in the identified areas. These will include a combination of self-learning and continued guidance and feedback from identified coaches and role models both in my personal and professional life.

The Plan

The two competencies that I have chosen to develop through my Leadership Development plan are Building Relationships ...

Introduction

An organization may use different management or leadership styles to achieve its strategies and objectives. The three main approaches used may be top down, bottom up or the negotiated approach.

Top down or planning down approach

This refers to a centralized approach to management. The parent company is heavily involved in the strategic planning processes of its companies. The company will formulate the objectives and strategies. However, when it comes to the implementation and control, this is done by the company’s senior management. The management of the companies is given pre-specified objectives at the beginning of each financial year. The Chief Executive Officer and other ...

Executive Summary

An in-depth analysis of the New Zealand’s auto industry reflects that establishment of an auto parts business focusing on the import and supply of all parts of Japanese made cars will be successful in the country. New Zealand greatly relies on used car imports from Japan to meet the local need for higher ownership levels. The planned venture will be located in Auckland, New Zealand. It proposes to import auto parts of Toyota and Nissan in the initial phase of market positioning. In the entry phase, the organization will particularly try to meet the needs of Toyota and ...

THE GROUP PRODUCT MANAGER,

AMAZON INC,
410 TERRY AVE. NORTH

SEATTLE, WA

98109-5210.
RE: BUSINESS PLAN
I at this moment write to you with the intention of bringing to your attention a research that I have conducted concerning you firm.
This work purposes to bring to your attention a concept that I firmly believe that if properly implemented and executed, will help improve the efficiency of your services and profitability of the firm.
I have had a keen interest in your marketing strategies, and that is the area where my research is based. It is not a secret that Amazon is one of the largest ...

A strategic plan is the result of the choices made by the corporate executive on how to deal with customers and how to conduct the operations of the company in order to maximize profits and progress the company’s agenda. To formulate an effective strategy plan, the executives need to know the Result they want to achieve, the Purpose of the strategy and the Massive action plan they need to achieve that result. To formulate a successful strategy, plan the executives should have a shared vision for the organization and the aims of the strategy. The aim of a ...

Adidas Group

Company Description
The history of Adidas Company can be traced back in 1924 when the company's founder, Adi Dassler established the "Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik" to focus on offering athletes with the high-quality products. In 1928, the company produced the Gold medals to be presented in Amsterdam and Berlin in 1936 as the first journey for the company. In 1949, the Adi registered the "Adi Dassler Adidas Herzogenaurach" and started working with only 47 employees in Herzogenaurach, Germany. During the same year, Adi registered a shoe brand that had the Adidas 3-stripes brand. The introduction of the football boots ...

Executive Summary

Health First Delicatessen (HFD) is a small eating establishment focusing on selling delicacies made from organic ingredients that are nutritious, healthy, and affordable to the busy customers in Astoria, New York. The deli shop will be a small scale eating and to-go food establishment that offers a combination of processed foods, sandwiches, salads, lunch packs, and other unique food choices for the patrons of organic foods. The key to success of HFD will be repeat customers, convenience, product healthiness, great quality, and taste. Entering into the food industry is not easy considering the number of other food establishments located within the Astoria ...

The Pricing Objectives and Constraints

A company’s pricing objectives outline strategies and direction to achieve organizational goals. Pricing is a vital element in the market mix; a product’s pricing objective must be stated, and the company’s statements should include a defined timeline for achieving the set objective. A firm should consider various factors when setting pricing objectives, for instance, a firm should consider the overall financial, marketing, and management goals. The product’s objectives should be identified to ensure the pricing strategy matches the set targets. The consumer satisfaction is a vital element in any organization; the price elasticity and various price points should be reviewed ...

Marketing strategy

Introduction
The competitive fashion industry requires effective marketing strategies. Manolo blahnik unique fashionable outfits portray a unique and astounding creativity. Developing an effective plan to facilitate diversification of the brand can be credited by the consequential increase in other industries interest in promoting and producing competitive brands. The success depicted in the local market can be reflected in other competitive areas such as Bangkok and Thailand. The global dynamic competition in the fashion market requires the entailed firm to enact strategic plans to earn a piece of the market share. Reputation developed based on the brand manolo blahnik is referenced ...

Business Plan for Baak Tours Company

Executive Summary
The tourism industry has undergone a series of changes over the last decades. This has been mainly due to the advents of ‘borderless’ world and increase in the flow of information on the attractive sceneries found in the world, with Turkey being no exception.
We are planning to enter the lucrative market of tourists entering the country which presents an opportunity for Baak Tours Company. an opportunity exists for the company because the rapid growth in national tourism industry over the past few decades. Baak Tours intends to provide airport transportation and car hire services in ...

The new proposed business is about empowering the women to a new level than the one they are already in. In this case we ask who the next level woman is. She is a woman who always looks ahead and is ready to adjust to what is needed to achieve their goal. For this woman making things happen will not scare them off. Most women will let circumstances such as the economy hold them from making a move to improve their business. Some will let the business fall apart instead of fixing what went wrong that way they will continue to prosper. ...

CVS Company belongs to the food and drugs industry. To achieve the corporate objective, the company has its interest to reinventing pharmacy business so that it helps millions of people for better health. The company is motivated to make every individual have a unique health experience. The mission statement of the corporation best express the company interest.

Mission Statement

As of 2015, the mission of the company is “To improve the lives of the people we serve by making innovative and pharmacy services of high quality, safe, affordable and easily accessible way.”

CVS Health Key Objectives

SWOT Analysis
This management tool is very useful in ...

Introduction

Eastman Kodak Corporation is an American multinational public company that engages in production imaging as well as photographic tools and equipment. It is a renowned market leader that provides photographic products as well as services to customers around the globe either for fun purposes or commercial purposes. The company introduces innovative and up-to-date photography products to the market, hence allowing people to take photos, share them while enjoying the beauty of the picture. The company is among the leading in the world in the provision of the associated products and services, and the company’s management is always inclined ...

Introduction

Strategic management is increasingly becoming an efficient ongoing process in developing and revising a future-oriented strategy that allows firms to attain their goals and considers their potential challenges and the environments to which they operate (Fred, 2003). This approach is particularly crucial in the aircraft companies where the demand for new aircraft and aerostructure components is booming in the global market. Thus, aircraft companies need to undertake a strategy formulation as an integral aspect of their strategic process in management. In our research, we focus on Spirit Aerosytems Inc, one of the leading aerospace manufacturer and designer of aircraft ...

Executive Summary

RASEOK Cosmetics is a new company in America and will venture into the supply of skin care products and sports apparels. The purpose of the above marketing plan is to justify how RASEOK Company will implement the set plan to realize the shareholder goals more effectively. The future of the company is instilled in the company vision to make people enjoy life due to the affordable skin solution offered by the business. One of the strategies used by the company is adequate satisfaction of consumers as a tactic of winning customer loyalty. The company intends to facilitate its operations ...

Individual Project of McDonald’s

Individual Project of McDonald’s
Different organizations belong to different industries. One of the most distinct among them is the food and service industry. Thousands of organizations belong and operate within this industry. It is otherwise defined as catering industry, which provides prepared meals such as restaurants and fast food chains. Food service industry is important when it comes to sustaining the supply of food products in the market. Thus, food service companies are known to influence the people’s eating habits (United States Healthful Food Council, 2012). For many individuals, eating out became a necessity more than luxury. ...

Vision

My primary vision that that is guiding my future is to remain myself without aping to be another person else. My vision has typically inspired me to be:

Healthy without stress since am living to my standards, but not another person else.

Mission
I am currently a student pursuing a degree. I aspire to take to my challenges and better my future life.I am a dynamic which is very ready to change towards the right directions as per the facts and views that can utterly transform the society. I am here at the University to acquire knowledge that I believe is the core for every growth and development in any society. My principal ...

Executive Summary

This report begins with company’s mission statement and brief introduction. It proceeds to presenting a detailed branding, pricing and distribution plans. The major competitors of the company are categorized in inter- and intra-competitors and their strengths and weaknesses are highlighted. The differentiation strategy in relation to closest competitor is also presented in this paper. StarTech is presented as struggling to become market leader. The salient issues pertaining to macro-economic issues are also presented in this report. Three main market trends are mentioned in this paper as technology, status symbol and fashion. The marketing implementation strategy, for StarTech’s new ...

The balanced scorecard objectives will be based is based on the SWOT analysis from Get in Gear. The main strengths for the firm include the firm providing quality products to its clients. This is guided by a strong mission and vision statement. In addition, the firm has a highly experienced workforce who is frequently trained, and the potential to repair and sell the second hand bicycles at discounted prices creates an internal strength too is another The opportunity for the firm are generated from the fact that the firm is located in a highly populated city where there is a ready market that includes ...

The Horizon Organic Milk Company, a milk producing company based in the United States has set its various strategies which it aims at implementing in order to meet it objective. The company which is known to be the first company to sell organic milk products in the company is very well known company among its consumer and it is a top selling brand for organic milk. The success of the company primarily comes from its objectives which are well internalized by its employees and the strategies it uses to achieve these goals and objective (Pearce, 43). These objectives and strategies are ...

James Toney

Summary of Individual Characteristics
- Possesses high life satisfaction
- Has low levels of work absenteeism
- He can influence team work amongst the employees.
- James can clearly concentrate on his work even in cases of obstacles.
- He feels accomplished in his work and, therefore, have a good working relationship with his peers.
- James has a desire to offer help to his fellow colleagues in an effort to motivate them and ensure they are happy with their jobs

Motivational Strategy and Action Plan

Empowerment is one of the strategies that will perfectly fit the effort of motivating ...

Gadgets Inc.

Implementation of Rent Easy Kiosk Kiosk
A. General Information
Executive Summary
Rent Easy Kiosk is a new idea which has been developed to rents out cell phone charger, battery pack to allow people to recharge their devices on the go. It is a new service which is to be introduced in the market. This product is a highly technological service developed from investing on research and development to make a service that can meet with the current needs of the customers. This service is at initial stage and it is in market entry stage, where there are numbers of existing ...

Business cycles can result to some undesirable effects on an economy with a perfect example being the 2008/2009 global recession that resulted into negative economic growth and economic conditions in many countries. The recession left the US economy riddled with a number of economic problems that needed to be addressed in order to stabilize the economic system. Among the key objectives for the US government included increasing the GDP that had reduced significantly, reducing unemployment level that had risen from 5% to% and was is expected to rise to 10%, increasing private investments, stabilizing the market to address the problems of ...

The recognition of the role of sport development has led to an ever increasing number of organizations in the United States. For instance, American youth soccer organization (AYSO) which is the biggest national association for youth football in the united States. Sport is recognized by the main policy makers as a tool for development as it helps to achieve goals such as promoting education and gender equality among others. Sporting events contribute to social integration in the united States where it has been used to create social cohesion in societies tackling exclusion based on race, youth, gender and poverty. Similarly, ...

Executive Summary

A marketing plan is a written document, which shows the series of activities involved in achieving a firm’s objectives such as attracting customers, and persuading them to purchase the company’s products. The three-year marketing plan will enable the marketing plan to identify changes, needs and recommended strategies to approach customers. The difference attained by the marketing plan in the course of the three years will dictate its success or shortcomings. The firm will update the designed marketing plan to ensure that operations incorporate the emerging changes in the market. The plan can be independent or as part of a business ...

The organization based in Los Angeles offers services such as; job training, family health care, elderly service care, consumer education, advocacy, counseling and English classes to immigrants in the county. Its staff can speak more than one language, which is a plus to the organization in meeting the clients need. However, due to lack of management skills, lack of work interest by employees and lack of enough funds the organization is unable to meet its objectives. The government cut on its budget allocation forces the organization to terminate some of its services.
The organization should cut the following three ...

Executive Summary

1.1 Objectives
- Become an established medical billing institution within the first six months of operation.
- Increase the number of clients by 30% per year
- Develop an enterprise that survives off its own cash flow
1.2 Mission
Physician Assistant Medical Billing’s mission is to provide high quality services in health insurance claims to clients. The firm hopes to attract new customers and retain their loyalty through efficient provision of services. The firm’s main goal is to achieve customer satisfaction and expansion of services. The management team seeks to utilize all ...

Part C

Question 1
Summary of financial position/net worth
Summary of financial position/net worth
*Home Contents

Question 2 - Part A

*1.5% of taxable income
**Interest is subject to 10% tax rate in Australia
According do Australian tax legislation Australian residents are subject to individual income tax. As Tony’s annual salary is $115,000, he is due to pay $17,547 plus 37c for each $1 over $80,000 for the group of tax payers having income between $80,001 and $180,000. By analogy, tax duties can be calculated for Clare. She receives annual payments of $80,000, thus ...

Shuzworld is considering the possibility of opening a new store. They have the option of building a new stand-alone store, opening a store in a strip
mall, or not building one at all. Shuzworld needs to decide if they should purchase market research.

Decision tree for Shuzworld’s is constructed regarding the possibility of opening a new store. In the case study, the stand-alone store would see good profits of $700,000 as long as there’s a favorable market and the opposite end in losses would show $400,000 in case the market was unfavorable. The strip mall store could show profits near $ ...

Introduction 2

Design process 3
Design best practices 3
Business support schema 5
Entity Relationship 5

Reference 9

Introduction
Businesses tend to utilize data at their disposal to influence the strategic competitive edge. This calls for database systems that transform raw data into meaningful information. Many organizations employ the use of relational databases in spite of enormous volumes and sources of data to be analyzed. Acting in the capacity of a CIO of Terabyte Ltd, I intend to come up with a database that collects data by use of the following mechanism (Stephens, 2010);
Web Analytics
Operational analysis.
...

Micro Manager Computer

Utilization of budgets and Pro-forma statements

Competition has and continue to influence the performance levels of different production firms all over the globe. Nonetheless, production firms in increasing their competitive capabilities can utilize several strategies. These strategies offer a competitive edge in both production and marketing of products. As such, being the manager of a firm that manufactures and markets personal computers, I will articulate on how budgets and pro-forma statements were utilized in ensuring the adequacy of funds in increasing the firm's production capacity, which is essential in attaining the required competitive capabilities.

Budget and pro-forma statements are essential in ...

Executive Summary

Safe Haven, the Center of Independent Living for Elderly will be located in Nevada, MO (Missouri) with population of about 8,600 people. The Center of Independent Living for Elderly offers various services for elderly people including medical care, dietary control, coordinated physical and mental activity. The mission of Safe Haven is to provide excellent services at a reasonable price to serve the community retirees and people with disabilities. Our ideal customers are elderly people aged 65 and elder. Potential clients are people at the age from 55 to 64. We will have excellent opportunities to develop our business in ...

1: Data to decipher challenges between the cross functional groups

Cross functional groups means a group of people who have diverse functional expertise and aim at achieving a common objective. The cross functional group may be made of people from various departments like operations, finance, human resource and marketing. Essentially all employees of an organization are included in this set up. In some situations members may come from outside an organization particularly from major customers, suppliers, and consultants.
Most cross functional groups are self directed- that is they simultaneously respond to a particular issue which may not be specific. The degree of freedom of decision making depends on the level of ...

Introduction

Because of the increased scrutiny on the actions of corporations and those who act on behalf of organizations, there has been increased attention placed on the ethical actions within organizations. Many organizations have responded to this increased scrutiny by establishing formal ethics programs to address what are appropriate actions for those working for the company. There are several components of an ethical program; they include code of ethics, code of conduct, statement of values etc. this article will explore an ethical program with a bias on code of ethics.

A code of ethics is the most comprehensive of all ethical ...

In any type of company, one of the significant challenges for leadership is connecting industry knowledge and business analytics. Bartlett (2013) observes that these two components serve as the primary sources of information for decision makers. Managers generally hold much insight and wisdom in their accumulated experience, but unfortunately, any gaps in the facts are commonly filled with opinions (Bartlett, 2013). Instead of relying on subjective sources, leaders can utilize business analytics to validate new ideas and test industry beliefs (Bartlett, 2013).
A starting point for effective business analytics is to recognize that data and information are not ends ...

Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, the world has found itself with more waste material from production than in any other time since time in memorial. The need to conserve the environment and ensure that these waste products do not deter the quality of resources, like air and soil has grown in the last two decades a great deal. More companies have come up with green initiatives to ensure that the waste material that is realised from consumer markets and producers are recycled. Recycling can be defined as the act of converting waste and otherwise harmful by-products to ...

Introduction

The business planning and formulating is not as easy and simple as it seems just like to run operations and deal with staff. To start a new business, it is very important to understand the nature and role of entrepreneurship. Many entrepreneurs have succeeded, and many have failed in the past, it means that there is something exist that can differentiate the successful and failure entrepreneurs. Before conducting a plan for the new business of wedding planner services, it is needed to understand the needs, challenges and risks in the development of new business and how these challenges and ...

Abstract

This research looks into the introduction of new products and services to another county by a native Alabama country’s company. It is a paper which looks into the whole process of product introduction in the market, and the process of introducing the new products into the market. This research focuses on the Westervelt Company, based in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in a process of introducing its new services to another country, that is, Canada. The research also looks into the whole process of marketing of the Westervelt products, as well as the entire process of the company’s management in ...

Strategic Business Plan Part I and Part II

Paper Due Date
Strengths, Weaknesses, Threats & Opportunities
This strategic plan addresses the following key strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities which apply to Digital Queue now and in the foreseeable future:

Vision

The promoters' vision of Digital Queue in 3-4 year's time is:
Mission Statement
The central purpose and role of Digital Queue is defined as:
Corporate Values
The corporate values governing Digital Queue's development will include the following:
Honesty and transparency.
Working together with all the partners across the business.
Develop our business as part of community.
Innovative organizational culture.
People are our major asset.
Business Objectives
Longer term business ...

1.0 Executive summary

Business players always devise strategies aimed at keeping them afloat in the market. They build up on their competitive advantage which in turn they utilize to be ahead of their peers. The strategy may be informed by what the customers, employees and the management expect of each other. South West airline has strived to offer flights within the USA and the surrounding areas which are lowly priced while at the same time with excellent services. Through this strategy the company has managed to build a reputation for itself whereby it has emerged has the company many in the country opt ...

International Marketing

Introduction

The geography of Kenya is highly diverse. The Western and Central Kenya is categorized by the Kenyan Rift Valley, Mount Elgon and Mount Kenya. Kenya is present across the equator within east-central Africa, on the Indian Ocean coast. It is two times the total size of Nevada (Central Intelligence Agency, 2014). Moreover, Kenya borders Ethiopia in the north, Somalia in the east, Uganda in the west, Tanzania in the south and lastly, Sudan in the northwest. Additionally, in the northern region, the land is barren while the southwest area is within the lush Lake Victoria Basin. The climate ...

Organizational Description of the limousine services in TexasIntroduction

Limousine services have taken a new direction whereby providing services to the people depend on the prices which must be considerate due to the competition in Austin, Texas. The major objective of the limousine business is to offer car hire services to the resident and the people living around the city. The company has an expectation of $50000 annually as the net revenue from the annual budget that requires 25 employees. This is required after all the expenses are catered for which may include the insurance and maintenance of the limousine. Through projection on business, in few years, it is ...