Essays on Soar

This refers to an evaluation that is undertaken by organizations in order to gain insights on the internal strengths and weaknesses and as well external opportunities and threats. The markets in which businesses operates in is dynamic in nature. Managers are faced with decisions that are crucial for the businesses to meet its mission and objectives. SWOT analysis is therefore a strategic tool that business managers use in order to assess the possibility of a success or a failure in implementing a particular decision. For example, if business organization has a new product that is unique and selling at ...

Overview

Amazon.com came into existence in 1995 as an online retailer of books taking advantage of the exponential growth of the Internet (Govindarajan and Warren 2016). The meteoric rise of the Internet as a major business tool and a platform for many daily activities drove the company to start selling and later publishing e-books itself. The development of the Kindle e-reader and its debut in 2007 made the company the leading seller of e-books. Today, it has widened its product offerings beyond books and it is the largest online retailer of consumer electronics, household goods, the Internet and media. In ...

The Hershey Company was founded in 1894, and is an international leader in superiority and non-chocolate confectionary and chocolate associated grocery in the Northern American industry. The company also has a good reputation and is a leader in the gum and mint industry. The company’s leading rivals are Purdy’s, Nestle and Meiji. Hershey employs a number of strategies which have continued to ensure that the company remains ahead of its competition. These strategies include a competitive advantage, international markets, and measures of cost, productivity and opportunities. The company can steer its growth by seizing opportunities with the ...

Introduction

This paper will examine Affordable Care Act (ACA), which aims at improving healthcare accessibility. The ACA is a federal policy, which solves the issues of health provision by subsidizing health insurance. Consequently, it expands insurance coverage and lowers the costs of healthcare (Rosenbaum, 2011). The policy directs insurance firms to offer standard minimum charges to applicants despite their pre-existing conditions.

Social issue tackled by the ACA

Problem to be solved The ACA addresses the issues of healthcare provision by lowering the costs and improving access to medical services. Low-income earners have access to better healthcare which enhances the quality of life. Also, the policy reduces ...

Introduction

There is no doubt that advertisements have meaning: this is the fundamental purpose of advertisements in today’s culture—to impart meaning on the viewer. However, through a thorough understanding of semiotics, it becomes clear that sometimes the meanings contained in advertisements are deeper and more complex than they seem at first glance. Everything that is produced in culture has a cultural meaning—some things, however, are much more culturally resonant than others (Chandler). Some thinkers have even suggested that all cultural realities and productions can be understood as a kind of cultural communication—and that this communication may ...

Funeral Customs & Services in China

Funerary customs in China tend to be quite intricate and tend to vary greatly from one region to another. According to Chinese traditions, it has been considered crucial to bury the dead ("Chinese funeral customs,"). The traditional ideas about burial were rejected by the Communists. Cremation became the rule in the large cities in China, while burial was only practiced in the countryside (Greg & Aidan, 1993:360). The Communists regard coffins as a waste of wood and graves as a waste of good farm land. Till today, burying the dead is discouraged by the Chinese government ("The impact of,"). There about 7.17 ...