Essays on Businessman

Introduction

Coca-Cola generally referred as Coke, is an American multinational company, producing a non-alcoholic carbonated drink, which was invented back in the 19th century by a pharmacist John Pemberton as a patented medicine. When the drink started to be distributed in the country’s retail market, the sales were below expectations. The businessman Asa Griggs Candler, however. saw a great potential in the company and acquired it in 1891, laying the foundation to the strongest brand in soft drinks market throughout the 20th century under the leadership of the visionary businessman and, later, his oldest son. Importantly, Asa Griggs Candler ...

"Education is the key to opportunity, It's a ticket out of poverty." George H. W. Bush. My life began in the inner city Housing projects in East Orange, New Jersey. I was born in a large household being the sixth of seven children. My father died when I was two year's old and my mother had to struggle to bring us up on her own. My mother was the third of nine siblings, born and raised in Brookneal, Virginia in abject poverty. As was the norm during her childhood years, children had to work in plantations and tobacco fields ...

Analysis of Sustainability of Tomorrowland Event

Analysis of Sustainability of Tomorrowland Event

Introduction and Context

The focus of this report is about sustainable event management. It aims to look at a major event and the sustainability policy of that event. The report briefly analyses the policy versus its actual implementation in real-life. The report reviews the earlier literature about sustainable event management. It examines the various theories related to corporate social responsibility and ISO 20121, which is the international standard for sustainable event management. The report then relates the findings at the present event to the sustainability theory. The report then presents the conclusions.

Tomorrowland is an electronic ...

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PEER’S: NAME: Megumi Nakamura One Essay: After reviewing the portfolio of my peer, I got interested in the business ethics research letter most of all. I wanted to know what the author has found out about business ethics, since I had done the same project and wanted to compare our results. However, it turned out to be a paper about decision-making, which is, nevertheless, an interesting subject, too. I could see that the author has studied many sources before preparing the work. However, it seemed to me that it included only superficial information, without any specific example or ...

With the conclusion of the World War II, the world witnessed the emergence of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) with the major purpose of protecting the dignity of all human beings. In 1993, the World Conference on Human Rights acknowledged that these human rights are universally relevant and applicable and no questions shall be raised about their authenticity (World Conference on Human Rights, 1993). Nevertheless, critics from around the world oppose the universality of human rights. Therefore, this essay asserts that the nature of the human rights’ universality is questionable. In the beginning, a brief discussion concerning ...

(Student name removed for privacy) Analysis Report: Inception (2010)

Background

Christopher Nolan directed Inception and co-produced it together with Emma Thomas in 2010. Nolan was the one who wrote the script for the film and kept in the drawer of his table until the year it was released. The main roles were played by Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page and Tom Hardy. The score of the film, composed by Hans Zimmer, is said to be one of his most notable works. The production companies Legendary Pictures and Syncopy and distributed by Warner Bros. Paul Franklin ...

Abstract

Every company which manufactures and transports products, whether long distance or otherwise, has a critical decision to settle on, which is the type of material which is most suitable for the product which is to be shipped and the length of distance for which the product is to be shipped. The choice for that businessman is mainly between three types of material which is wood, plastic, and paper. A successful choice is important for the success of the product and the un-ideal choice could yield unfavorable consequences. In this paper, we are going to compare the merits of each ...

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My field of study is connected with different economical and business issues and problems, connected with it. In the modern world business has become a complex entity with many issues and nuances of human relationships and ethics. One of the basic and most obvious ethical issues is trust and honesty. Each businessman one day faces the situation where he/she must choose between honesty and personal profit and benefit. The most popular kinds of relationship in business are relationships between partners (the so-called B2B) and relationships between a company and its clients (also known as B2C). In both kinds ...

In the present assignment we are to choose a company and to dwell on the entrepreneurial activity of it. As it is known, entrepreneurship has become popular in the world of today and at the same time entrepreneurship should not be regarded as an easy way of making money. This work demands certain effort both on the part of the leading manager and its personnel. The premise for the paper is that entrepreneurship presupposes, above all, close collaboration between the two. (Chinitz, 1961) Best Buy was formerly named as Sound of Music and the year of its foundation is ...

Autoenthography

When presenting one’s self as a presidential hopeful, everything from policies to speaking voice is important. It is possible, however, that in accordance with propriety, we have become too caught up with how candidates act, or how they speak, and are not concerned enough with what they want to do, or what they will actually do. In some cases we are not concerned enough with what they have already done, as well. In the cases of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, we find very good examples of this. Throughout their debates over the course of the presidential primaries, ...

I. Good Samaritan A good Samaritan, named after the biblical parable, refer to a person that voluntarily and with no expectation of reward or thankfulness provides help and assistance to a person in need. In criminal justice this is often exhibited in a person who helps a victim. For example: In 2014, Angela Radtke was first arrested then released for breaking into a car when police learned that did so to save a baby that had been locked in to car during a day of high temperatures. In 2013, Charles Ramsey helped three women missing for years escape from ...

Review of the article “Chinese Table Manners: You Are How You Eat” by Eugene Cooper

It goes without saying that in today’s globalized world intercultural communication plays a significant role and requires a good knowledge of the culture within which communication happens, and it is not only because it is interesting, it has practical importance. One of the cultures that is worth paying attention to is the Chinese culture, as it differs from other cultures, especially European ones in many ways. Table etiquette can play a crucial role in doing business with a Chinese businessman. The Chinese table etiquette has become the main topic of the article “Chinese Table Manners: You Are How ...

I was born in 1830, in a small village called Londontowne, which sits on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay about a few miles from Annapolis. I was the third of my parents five children. My parents, who had immigrated from northern Europe in the 1820s, did the best that they could for us but my early life could be best described a s humble. My father worker as a fisherman for one of the many boating companies that fished the bay for crabs and oysters. His dream was always to one day have enough money to have his ...

Donald John Trump is an American multimillionaire, who was born on June 14, 1946. Since the childhood, he was creating a lot of troubles for his parents because of his assertive and tough nature. That was the reason why parents decided to force Donald studying in the military Academy to focus his unbridled energy in a positive direction. There Donald got accustomed to the discipline and was taught how to survive in a competitive environment. After finishing the Academy, Trump decided to follow the route of his father and become a businessman and continued studying in the Fordham University. ...

Everybody knows that the ubiquitous nature of the Internet, the richness true-to-life images, and convenient ways to connect to mass media is here to stay. When Steve Jobs died five years ago, whom many considered the genius and driving force behind Apple, haunting shockwaves of disbelief reverberated worldwide. In his Los Angeles Times article of October 5, 2011, Hiltzik wrote “His legacies include making the human factor,” in terms of the look and feel of computerized communications devices, “an indispensable element of consumer electronics design, refining the distribution and display of digital content” to a level which pushed the ...

The concept of the American dream has been widely interpreted by many people to mean the national values that guide America towards attaining prosperity (Adams, 23). One such literature work that has tried interpreting the American dream is Arthur Miller’s ‘Death of a Salesman’. In this play, the author puts his focus on the concept of the American dream. In one way or the other, the play exposed the weak points and the failures of blindly having faith in the American dream, as it leads to a tragedy. Although there is no doubt that the American national values ...

The Slap is a film that is based on the novel by Christos Tsiolkas. The story is presented from the vantage point of eight characters by highlighting their reactions after an incident in which a man called Harry reprimands his friend’s three year old son Hugo by slapping him in a social event. The slap was motivated by the fact that the child was misbehaving and the parents did not intervene to stop him. Harry is an adulterous businessman and the cousin of the person hosting the barbecue. His son Rocco, who is slightly older than Hugo, is ...

William Kentridge (South African artist)

William Kentridge is a famous South African artist who draws and erases with charcoal. What is interesting about him is that he records his compositions at each stage and creates a video projection of the re-worked source drawings. This makes his aesthetic concerns linked intimately with the descriptive power of his work. There is a palpable tension in his quiet works because of the brutality of the content. Kentridge shows his concerns of post-Apartheid South Africa with an unparalleled lyricism in his compositions 1. Kentridge is a filmmaker and sculptor too and has been heavily involved in theatre. One ...

Donald Trump’s speech marks the businessman’s entrance in the presidential election race for 2016. His speech abounds of rhetorical devices such as language manipulation, propaganda, suggestions, diversions or emotional appeals, incorporating also statistics and verified data to support the presented arguments. Aligned with the principles of rhetoric, Trump’s speech announcing his candidacy to presidency has a sound structure and most importantly it fits the speaker’s communication style, reaching is intended audience. The speed is addressed to all American citizens who have the right to vote, as they are the targeted individuals that Trump aims to ...

Impact of Entrepreneurship On Society

Introduction The contemporary society is developing quite fast so that the people become involved in the heated competition with each other for the available goods and welfare. Accordingly, the spread of globalization influences the development of the entrepreneurship within the world, so that people can no face lack of the technologies, products in case the financial resources are available. In comparison with the previous century, the amount of the entrepreneurs in the world is rapidly increasing today as people consider this enrollment may ensure the receipt of different social benefits in addition to the permanent source of the revenue. ...

In starting any business, one must consider the market, supply chain and must write a business plan to plan the costs and the time taken in starting the project. When starting a dairy business one must consider several factors (Mullins, 2012). The mission of any prospective dairy business is to provide a high grade of milk to the locals of a given area. The business can also aim to expand and deliver milk to other places within and outside of the country. The first point in starting a dairy business is assessing the available market (Mullins, 2012). A prospective ...

One of the most ground-breaking Supreme Court decisions in the last ten years regarding politics and law-making was the 2010 case of Citizens United vs. FEC 30 S.Ct. 876. This landmark case was decided in favor of FEC over Citizens United which meant that corporations could pump in as much funding as they saw fit into any candidate which they chose. On the surface, this does not seem like a very bad idea, after all, in a democracy, it is the person who is the most favored who gets the job, not the richest. But, as the astute observers ...

I. Introduction According to the renowned French criminalist Edmond Locard, “every time someone enters an environment, something is added and something is removed from it”. What Locard meant was that in every crime scene, there is some physical evidence left behind that can help identify the unknown suspect (Kalyan & Waghamode, 2014). Since people commit crimes one of the most common types of physical evidence that is left behind id biological material or materials produced by the human body. Indeed, one of the oldest forms of biological evidence that criminalists and police have used in crime investigations is the fingerprint. ...

Personal Statement

My interest in business studies and management dates back to my early years in school. I found it amazing how people could manage trade and other transactions, establishing contacts and business relations with each other. I was always good at logic and mathematics that are those subjects that are important for a businessman. After finishing school, I thoroughly considered my personal and professional ambitions as well as my personality and skills. I made the decision that business is exactly what interests me and what I see as my vocation. My academic background mostly concerns business as the main field ...

Summary and analysis of an article on decision making

Summary

Maria Lewicka indicates that people should choose the alternative with the highest sum of the products of estimated utilities and probabilities. A decision problem involves probabilities and utilities which are two important and independent variables in the decision making process. Additionally, people ascribe utilities and assess decisions using models of social cognitive (Rob & Ola, 91). How the evaluation of the decision is made is dependent on inherent factors surrounding the decision process. Such factors include how the decision is framed, its expected effects and the prevailing descriptive judgment.

In the decision making process, managers or leaders should ...

The struggle for political power now - it is not a struggle of the party organizations or competition programs of their actions. It is a struggle of images, political images that create the rating, and image-makers, the press secretaries and the "stars" of show business, recruited at a time of political campaigns. The real personality and activity policies are needed only as an "information events", that is, serve as a kind of alibi for those who form the image. Replacing the actual political positions and actions, they ensure the success of the candidates, whose image, not a program or action, visualize and embody the ...

Introduction

Being a successful businessman is more of a skill than a talent. For some, it can be both but oftentimes; the business administrator’s experience can be one of the major qualities that could spell the difference between a successful and a failing business venture. In fact, it is not so uncommon to see widely talented, skilled, and even experienced businessmen fail in their ventures. Creating a business may be a bliss but the part where a person has to manage it successfully and turn it into an empire and make the enterprise strong for a certain number of times is what is more important and naturally harder. Given ...

Question 1: We have been talking about the importance of understanding our own attitudes and prejudices in order to appreciate cultural differences. In light of this topic, why is it important? How have you dealt with situations in which you did or said things that you later learned or realized might have been offensive, or at least misunderstood?

Response

It is important to understand our own prejudices and attitudes as they have a phenomenal impact on our daily lives. They affect the way we relate with other people both in a professional, business, or personal environments. Our attitudes and prejudices are deeply ...

Accounting

Perpetual inventory system The perpetual inventory system is one of the methods to record inventory transactions. In this system, inventory is updated every time in the event of sales, purchase or returns of the goods. It is more recommended to use that system rather than the periodic inventory system in these days.

Advantages of the Perpetual inventory system

Following is the list of some of the advantages of accounting for inventory under the perpetual inventory system. - It allows efficient and accurate restocking because inventory is being updated after every entry relating to the stock - As because of the nature of ...

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is an infectious disease caused by SARS corona virus (SARS-CoV). It is a dangerous, not well understood, and easy to transmit disease. Its most dangerous features are that SARS outbreaks occur within the hospital setting, it can be deadly, and has no definitive set of symptoms. There is a distinct probability of another global outbreak of SARS.

On February 28, 2003, Carlo Urbani, a medical doctor working for the World Health Organization in Vietnam, examined an American patient in a French hospital in Hanoi. The patient presented with atypical pneumonia, a respiratory disease with an unusual panel of symptoms. ...

Al Capone was a gangster who ran an organized crime syndicate back in the 1920s in the Chicago area during the Prohibition era. Despite his role in various crimes, Capone was a charming gangster who was both charitable and amiable to others. His demeanor was opposite the power and viciousness of his personality, which is why he became an iconic image of the successful American gangster. He was even dubbed as the modern-day Robinhood for his knack in helping the poor people. Born in 1899, Capone was the fourth of nine children born to Gabriele and Teresina, both Italian immigrants. ...

Cultural differences pose a major hurdle to international businesses, especially when negotiating business deals. Problems such as culturally-based misconceptions and unfamiliarity on both sides of the negotiating teams can be easily worked out with an in-depth research into each other’s culture, assimilating them and putting the findings to use on the negotiating table; such that a business negotiation between a Japanese businessman and his American counterpart will be fruitful.

A Japanese writer once described American negotiators as hard to understand, because ''they are not racially or culturally homogeneous''. Although it is not easy to define any cultural or ...

Responsibility, continuous learning, holistic development and not forgetting to give back to the community are values that I strongly believe in. Belonging to a family where the patriarch is a businessman and the matriarch is a home maker, I have been brought up with well rooted family values. Further, following my father’s footsteps and fulfilling the dreams that he has dreamt has been a lifelong ambition for me. As such, I intend to become a successful businessman in my own right. As a crucial step towards this end, I am applying for a major at the School of Management at the University of San Francisco, ...

Abstract

Current developments in technology have transformed the way businesses are transacted. The high technological advancements have made it easy to outsource labor from other countries and even continents. As a result, business people come across varying cultural settings. This is a concern for the investors as they have to maintain the high competitive levels. This paper looks at some of the methods to overcome the multicultural barriers through the eyes of a well established business personnel.

Intercultural Business Interview

Mr. Bob Coyle is an established businessman in my neighborhood, owning and operating a chain of distribution stores in the township. He deals with merchandise such as ...

Willy Loman and Amanda Wingfield are the main characters in to great American tragedies that both suffer from a tragic flaw. A tragic flaw is a misperception or a lack of insight due to one’s strengths. Both Willy and Amanda cannot see their worlds fully and understand those around them because of their own pride which blinds them. Amanda’s pride keeps her rooted in a past that she can never recreate for her daughter and results in her inability to see her children for who they really are. Willy’s pride in his work prevents him from truly seeing his sons ...

After reading Boubacar Boris Diop’s novel Murambi, The Book of Bones I have come closer to understanding the extent of the Rwandan Genocide of 1994. Initially I had some hesitations on the nature and truthfulness of the issues that the author would reveal since he is not Rwandese or was not a victim of the Genocide. Diop is a Senegalese journalist and novelist. However, a reading of his book confirms of it as a witness to the genocide. The book has ingrained in me the extent of brutality of the genocide. I can visualize the deep emotional scars left in the hearts ...

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Amelia Earhart Amelia Earhart was born July 24, 1897, to a lawyer's family. Her love for aircraft came during the World War I. Amelia was a nurse in the hospital next to the airfield. Not long before the round the world flight Earhart wrote that her two biggest desires were: to be the first woman in transatlantic flight (at least as a passenger) and the first woman-pilot to cross the Atlantic. Both her wishes came true. In June 1928, she flew from the U.S. to England, as passenger. And then four years later, May 20, 1932, she has repeated the same ...

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Japan is a “land of the rising sun” and is full of mystery for strangers. That’s why in order to start beneficial trade with Japanese, a businessman should be prepared. First of all, let’s speak about trade regulation. On 25 March 2013, the EU and Japan officially launched the negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement. The Free Trade Agreement sets rules for international trade and investments, for example non-tariff barriers, tax exemptions and a national investment regime for foreign investments (Countries and regions: Japan. Trade picture). The singing of this agreement will simplify business process between two regions. This issue ...

The book Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman is an autobiography and an inspirational business book by Yvon Chouinard. The book is about a prominent edge company called Patagonia that demonstrates a prosperous business approach. Patagonia is a company that manufactures clothing as well as outdoors equipment and is well-known for its policies that create environmental awareness. As a co-founder of the business Chouinard provides a moving autobiography regarding the inception of the Patagonia and the management policy that is typifies an authentic success in business and in life. The book is divided into three parts. The first part ...

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www.thestation.com

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Business Description and Vision 5 Vision and Mission of the Company 5 Definition of the Business 5 How The Idea Was Born? 6 Definition of the Market 7 Target market 8 Market share Projections 9 Description of the Products and Services 10 The Station Product 10 The Station Service 10 Organization and Management 11 Corporate Structure and Management 11 Legal Structure 12 Marketing and Sales Strategy 13 Target Customer Groups 13 Distribution Channels 13 4P´s Strategy 13 Financial Management 15 ...

“The Landlady” is a short story by the lauded children’s author, Roald Dahl. Dahl is the author of many great, well-known works, such as The BFG, The Witches, Matilda, and perhaps most notably, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. “The Landlady” is a short story that truly exemplifies Dahl’s wonderful grasp of the short story genre, however. It is the story of a young man named Billy Weaver, who has been sent to live in Bath by his employer. The primary focus of young Billy at the beginning of the story is Billy’s attempt to find lodgings; he settles on a ...

- STEVEN SPIELBERG Steven Spielberg is a brilliant writer and filmmaker aside from being among the richest businessman in the U.S. with earnings of $110 million in 2007. He is best known of writing, producing and directing movies which were mostly blockbuster hits and became classic through time. He is best known for his film “Jaw” (1975) which became a hit and gave birth to the tradition of summer blockbuster. He was also known for his film, “E.T. the Extra Terrestrial”, which aside from being another blockbuster hit, had also awaken the awareness of viewers on the possibility of other ...

The American Dream is the ‘soul of еру American politics.’ The notion stems from the Declaration of Independence, the text of which says that all people are equal and have an unalienable rights granted to everyone. The right to life, the right to liberty and the right to pursuit of happiness are among them. The striving for happiness is the American dream (Kamp, 2009). The spirit of the American Dream is the belief that every person, if he/she works hard, this person would be able to achieve the well-being, which he/she deserves, because he/she has all the possibilities. By ...

During the reconstruction of America towards the end of 1870s and the 1900th century, the concept of progressivism was the organizing principles of liberalism and progressive reformers. However, the ideology was a divided opinion among democrats and republicans. Some thought it was a perfect way to revolutionize power and organizations, and a way of political game; while others thought it was a way of comprehending social and rhetoric thoughts.The mixed reactions resulted in disagreement on progressivism characteristic. These developments led in an emergence of progressive politics, that in itself was not factual reforms but rather aggressive politics. According to Daniel Rodgers, they were ...

Introduction

Management is known as one of the most important things that associated with an organization, and no organization can attain effectiveness in their operational and other aspects without managing their organization in a perfect and organized manner (Burns and Peltason, p,90). Management is about managing the things in an effective manner, and it is equally applied over the management of the companies as a whole. The stance of management is totally different than that of the leadership. Leadership is all about lead the company from the front in an effective manner. Organizations are made to earn economic profit and increase the ...

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Marx’s Economic Analysis Theory of Surplus Value Marx’s theory of surplus value proposed that the surplus product (surplus value) remains in the whole social product (net national income) after the production classes (workers) received their compensation (wages) (Mendel n. p.). According to Marx in his theory of classes, it is the ruling class (capitalists and politicians) who appropriates the surplus value that can be found in three different forms: (a) unpaid surplus labor (slave mode of production); (b) goods directly used (product of surplus labor), and; (c) cash.

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Did Arthur Miller Believe in the American Dream?

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I. Introduction a. Arthur Miller as an author b. His beliefs towards American Dream II. Arthur Miller a. His family and childhood b. His political stance and belief in the American Dream III. Miller’s famous plays and stories a. All My Sons i. How did it convey his political stance. ii. How was the American Dream portrayed in this work iii. How did it affect his success as an author b. Death of a Salesman i. How was his ...

<Author’s Name> <Institutional Affiliation> Argentina has a fascinating immigration history that the period of 1870 – 1914 became the ‘belle époque’ of the country. The country became progressive characterized by fast economic growth, huge arrival of the foreign capital and enormous immigration to Argentina coming from Europe . For centuries, the country is clear immigration country, enticing the largest number of emigrants in the region. Most of its travelers come from neighboring countries such as Bolivia, Paraguay, Chile, Peru and Uruguay and a portion of it came from Italy and Spain. Generally, people immigrating to Argentina have mostly ...

The classic American myth of rags-to-riches can be seen in the lives of Benjamin Franklin and Frederick Douglass. These self-made aspects of their lives can be seen in the narratives of the stories of their lives. Benjamin Franklin and Frederick Douglass became very successful in achieving their goals. Their lives paint a clear picture of self-made individuals who fought odds in their lives and struggled to become famous and highly revered individuals in America. Even though they were separated, by time, place and circumstances, the two writers had a similar chronology of life events in their narratives. Benjamin Franklin is an ...

Ross Perot as a Leader

Many see the 61-year-old Texas billionaire Ross Perot as the saving grace to a nation of high unemployment, low literacy, and inept national leadership. With a credibility of $3 billion net worth, people hoped that he would run the government as efficiently as he had run his own businesses. In 1962, he founded Electronic Data Systems Corp with $1,000. He later sold it to General Motors for $ 2.5 billion and a seat on GM’s board. However, GM bought back his stake due to clashes with the chairman. Later, Hewlett-Packard acquired the company. He made another billion-dollar company called the Perot ...

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Introduction My first memories of my father’s office have been those of sitting in his leather swivel chair and holding the phone to my ear. As a toddler, I used to spend hours engrossed with the things in my father’s office – pen-stand, papers, paper weights, and the endless people that kept coming and going to meet him. He used to always be busy meeting people, planning something or talking on the phone. He used to dress in a shirt and tie always – the very image of the busy entrepreneur. As the son of a businessman, I ...

Just recently, Samsung unveiled their latest Smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy 5 at the Mobile Wireless Congress in Barcelona. This is its latest model of the Galaxy S series. Watching the video of the unveiling on YouTube, the hype around the phone revolved around a stylish design, simplicity, a good camera, long battery life and fitness features. A year has not gone by since the predecessors; the Samsung Galaxy S4 and the Samsung Galaxy S3 were unveiled to consumers. The differences between the 3 phones are not profound and any of them would serve the main purpose of having a mobile handset. However, ...

effect of stereotypes in society? Stereotyping from a sociological perspective is a social construction derived from a thought pertaining to a group of individuals with specific social characteristics, which can be linked to certain behavior types (Cox, Abramson, Devine & Hollon, 2012). Often there is no or very little accuracy linking the perceptions people or individuals may obtain regarding others for whom the stereotyping is alluded. When stereotyping is viewed from a psychological premise scientists argue that it emerges from prejudice and discrimination, basically. Therefore, in reality if stereotyping were to be associated with one’s social conditions there may be insufficient evidence for ...

Business Models

Introduction In the face of intense dynamism and competition in businesses, there is need for business people to adopt business models that assure them of sustainability. This essay explores the Role of external factors of demand play in successful business models, discusses “Business Model Design and Innovation” and also highlights the challenges involved in “Business Model Design and Innovation”.

Business models refer to the foundations of creating, capturing and delivering value to customers. External factors of demand are the influences beyond the control of the business person that are bond to impact on the demand of goods and/or ...

Creating shared value / SCR

Redefying capitalism and reconsidering its role in modern society is rather significant nowadays. Nowadays business should move toward social needs. Only companies which policies are aimed on society, the companies that include corporate social responsibility into their business strategies have an opportunity to become leading companies in any industry. There are several clusters that can help implement the corporate social responsibility program. To such clusters one includes not only small companies, but educational, economic and environmental institutions as well. The shared value theory is not to consume but to help others. For example, a businessman instead of buying a field can ...

Family, Identity and the “American Dream” in Death of a Salesman

Arthur Miller's 1949 play, Death of a Salesman tackles the issues of identity, family dynamics and the pursuit of the “American Dream” using the Loman family as a model to illustrate these concepts. The play starts with Willy Loman, a traveling salesman, returning from a botched business trip. Willy expresses disgust towards his oldest son, Biff, who has failed to do anything substantial with his life. Biff and his younger brother Happy take their father out to dinner where Biff has a flashback to the time he visited his father in Boston and discovered Willy was having an affair with a receptionist. He confronts his ...

“We changed the way people live their lives, what they do when they get up in the morning, how they reward themselves, and where they meet.” (Orin Smith, Starbucks ex-CEO) For many Americans Starbucks coffee shop has become a very popular place, and more often than in it, they happen to be at the home and at a workplace. The product range represented in Starbucks is quite wide, such as hot and cold drinks, sandwiches, snacks, cakes, and of course coffee. All the reasons of such a deep public love to a usual coffee chain is of course coffee itself, as Starbucks is ...

Abstract

Leadership can be considered as an important quality for someone who has been given the task to manage a business organization. IKEA is a business organization that has been raised from the ground into success by its founder Ingvar Kamprad. Ingvar Kamprad started as a simple small-time businessman in their small town. Now, he owns one of the biggest multinational for-profit organizations in the planet. The objective of this paper is to discuss the different qualities of Ingvar Kamprad as an organizational leader and how such qualities influenced the growth of IKEA into one of the world’s most prominent business organizations. ...

Management

Listening is an art and the power of listening has been a point of discussion among experts in the field of communication and decision-making. Ferrari (2012), in ‘Power Listening: Mastering the Most Critical Business Skill of All,’ says that “If you’re like I was, you’ve probably never thought very carefully about listening before; but I’ve realized that listening is a skill that demands conscious attention and constant practice, because only through good listening can any of us gather the information we need to do our jobs well.” This is a fact as in many business dealings, a lot of business ...

Becoming a businesswoman has always been my dream. My interest in trade first developed during the secondary school, when I would get student stationeries from a bulk-buying store for the cheap price and sell them to my fellows, receiving my money back with some extra profit. I was quite successful and decided to span my consumers. It soon escalated from my school friends being my only customers to their parents purchasing from me as well. Eventually, I started looking for other opportunities to earn profit, and thus began to sell home-made chocolate. I received plenty of orders, especially on Valentine’s Day. ...