Essays on Strategy

An investment strategy is a portfolio allocation or a management plan that is aimed at equating risk to returns. It involves dividing diversified investments equally between fixed income securities and equities. For a comprehensive understanding of an efficient market, we consider two global investors; these are Blackstone Group and Morgan Stanley's. We shall explore the various investment strategies applied by these firms in their daily operations.

The two firms have joined to form a joint venture and operate in the real estate industry where they have invested at least $170 million each. In their growth trend, these two companies have exploited both ...

The Strategic management term has used by several firms and organizations in different aspects of the business world. However, this term is not fully understood. Strategic management attempts to answer the questions relating to the goals of business and what the proprietors want the business to thrive towards. In addition, it enables the business to assess and strategize on how to achieve the goals and ways of identifying that their goals are met by evaluating the results of the business.

Strategic management thus evolves a series of steps for firms to operate on. Goal setting should be ensured so ...

Abstract

Kmart was one of the leading retailers in America for an extended period of time, however due to the inefficient planning with regards to its core forte of discount retailing and its complacency in relation to its competitors namely Target and Wall Mart led to Kmart’s downfall is a spectacular fashion.

We will evaluate Kmart’s strategy to compete in the retail market and how can they be a force to reckon with again in this cut throat environment of Retail Sector by channeling their resources effectively.

KMART – BACKGROUND & PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION

Kmart – Background & Problem identification

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Before a product is launched into the market, the manufacturer must have a well define and laid out pricing strategy for the product. A pricing structure is the framework which outlines the cost and the final end user price for a product. Pricing therefore is the process of the marketer using the four Ps of marketing. In this regard, price is the only P that generates income among the four. The process of structuring the price of a product in this case is to be done by considering: cost, price, channel margins and selling price. The following is a basic process followed by marketers ...

Johnson & Johnson has gained relevant experience in the field of public relations, given that the group of companies was founded over thirty years ago; it definitely had a role in the evolution of public relations. Indeed, J&J has been held aloft in the PR world for nearly 30 years as the torch-bearer of the “right way’ to handle a crisis (Yaxley, 2010). Its public relations personnel, strategies, implementation process and assessment have matured over the years. Johnson & Johnson is a holding company which majorly deals in pharmaceutical products which are under constant scrutiny due to issues of quality ...

Chapter 4

- The firms are pursuing cost leadership strategy and in this strategy advertising is essential. It is considered fixed cost because it is showing the people or shifting their focuses on the products with similar qualities as their competitors’ products but at a lesser price. On the other hand, product-differentiation strategy is based on advertising the unique qualities of the products and their reasonable costs.

- The actions the firms can take to ensure that economies of scale exist are 1- they make sure that the volume of production reach the optimal level where the average cost per unit ...

Annotated Bibliography for Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is both a multinational business enterprise operating as discount stores, supermarkets, and supercenters to provide a variety of merchandise that include apparel, housewares, electronic appliances, small appliances, and other parts of hardware. Numerous reports and studies have been conducted on the store. The following are some of the reports and research studies conducted on Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Bloom, P. N., & Perry, V. G. (2001). Retailer power and supplier welfare: the case of Wal-Mart. Journal of Retailing, 77(3), 379-396.

Bloom and Perry (2001) provide an understanding of the retailing business in ...

Assume you are consulting for a media conglomerate that is perplexed by the parting fates of Blockbuster and Netflix. As a consultant, you want to highlight the varying fates of the two companies via a strategic audit. Focusing on (i) customer (ii) product and (ii) market audits, compare and differentiate Netflix and Blockbuster’s differing fortunes to date with 1 difference between the companies for each audit and a KPI (measure) to understand customer engagement, product success and market performance. Explain the reasoning behind each KPI. First of all it is important to comprehend what is meant by the term strategic audit. For any ...

1. Managing the Digital World: Amazon.com

- First and foremost, Amazon.com’s mission statement is “to be Earth’s most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the lowest possible prices” . - Its enterprise-wide information systems enabled Amazon to fulfill its goals through the use of effective strategies that facilitated various operational facets to deliver the products ordered by a wide range of clientele at the most effective use of the marketing mix (product choice and selection, prices, places, and promotions). ...

- Introduction

The article that will be analyzed shall be the particular motivation and emotion regulations strategies that are being used by current middle schools students and how these strategies can influence the resilience and performance of the students in school activities. This article is related to the topic in the book because it involves motivation which is a psychological characteristic that influences a person to act towards one’s objectives and to maintain the goal-oriented attitude. The chosen article talks about motivation of students which is an essential factor that affects their learning and participation ...

Abstract:

The following paper is prepared by choosing various articles from credible and academic sources and have been written on. The first article by Peter Buckey summarizes the article international business vs. international marketing. An opinion of the article is then provide at the end. Two other articles follow namely, The millennium and International Marketing by Vern Terpstra and International e-marketing: opportunities and issues by Jagdish N. Sheth, Arun Sharma. All these articles are relevant to marketing concepts and theories and an opinion given at the end of each article synthesizes the article on the light of theory vs practice.

International business vs. international Marketing

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For any business, entering new markets comes with its fair share of regulation. This could be political, social and economic. Political analysis, however, passes as the most important thing to analyse before entering new territories. According to Luthans and Doh (2012), there are three main techniques that can be used to analyse political risk.

Firstly, there is the relative bargaining power analysis. Here, the company making an entry into the said country should strive to ensure that its bargaining power position is better that that of the country. This essentially provides the company with an upper hand in ...

Any business venture that is set up is always aimed towards improving the standards of living and human social welfare. Eradicating poverty is one of the key business objectives,and there is a need for every business to ensure that there are strategies put in place to reduce poverty levels and equip people with the right skills. Relying on financial donations from existing businesses does not offer long term solutions towards eliminating poverty in the society.

Relationship Between Business Strategy and Poverty Alleviation

Having a system that all put into place poverty reduction measures ensures that the business meets it social obligation of eradicating poverty. Innovative approaches in ...

Abstract

Change is said to be constant and may affect an organization either positively or negatively. Surprisingly, even when change is expected to yield positive results or will bring growth and development to the organization, employees still have the audacity resist it. This has brought about the conclusion that people always resist to change. Our organization is not an exception. In this respect, this report identifies a strategy which the organization may adopt to reduce resistance to change. The report will also explain why such a strategy will be effective and appropriate for the organization.

Introduction

The organization should seek to understand the ...

Strategic planning denotes the process through which managers assess the company’s future prospects and make a decision on suitable strategies for attaining long-term goals (Heizer & Render, 2014). This paper discusses three approaches to devising and implementing strategy namely economic imperative, political imperative, and quality imperative. Moreover, selects an imperative that can best function for Apple Inc.

Economic imperative is a global strategy based on differentiation, cost leadership, as well as segmentation. On contrary, political imperative denotes strategic formulation as well as implementation using strategies, which are nation-responsive and developed to protect or promote local market niches.

On the other ...

Businesses operate in an environment whereby cohesiveness and effectiveness faced in both the local and international frontier is imperative. As such, in the global environment, businesses require incorporation of a more global strategy in human resource management. Majority of the pundits assert that in the global environment, aggressive and heightened human resource strategies are important for success. As the first part of analysis in the presentation, I will examine the global issues that are faced by businesses in human resource management. Firstly, businesses face aspect of transnational cultural competence. Furthermore, the need for a more enhanced approach in management of the ...

Dear ladies and gentlemen, the topic of our presentation is Customer relationship management at Khwarizmi International College. I would like to start with a small introduction and explain what CRM is and what practical applications it may have for the college of our choice.

Slide 2. Introduction

The customer relationship management encompasses all the aspects of interaction of a company with its customers. It usually includes the following aspects: former, current and potential customers plus business-customer interactions. CRM widely uses technology and e-commerce to bring more customers and make them loyal.

Slide 3. KIC case

KIC is a great example of how CRM can be used to promote its ...

Innovation and management of change are very important aspects of strategic management. It is vital to take a look at different perspectives of change management

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Question 1: Explain van de ven poole models and terminology and describe two of change management theories from the curriculum?

Van de Ven and Poole made important contributions in change management. The Life cycle theory and the Dialectical theory are of great significance in organizations. Considering the Life cycle theory it is worth indicating that the underlying principle of this theory is that “change is imminent: that is, the developing entity has within it ...

Inclusion in the Classroom of Children with Hearing Loss

As opposed to mainstreaming, which involves the placing of learners with individualized education program in a general education classroom, but still maintains some education time spent with a special educator in a special education classroom, inclusion is different (Schildroth, & Hotto, 1994). According to inclusion, a student with an individualized education program is put in a general education classroom expecting that he will participate in this general education classroom as much as possible. Inclusion aims at bringing the modifications and necessary services for the learner into the general education classroom (Schildroth, & Hotto, 1994). The general education teacher is responsible for providing support and accommodations of ...

Audiences: You need to know that who you want to target for your fundraising event. Also, you need to think over whether your audience can be anyone to be invited at your fundraising event. Or you just want specific audience to attend your fundraising event such as, business people, young professionals or parents. In short, you need to decide the target audience as to who you want to attend the fundraising event.

Evaluation of Plan and Credibility: Management and leadership task is to plan in advance for the fundraising event that is going to take place for their ...

IPhone five is a product from Apple Inc.; the phone succeeds other products from the same company with the latest being iPhone 4s (Walke, et. al, 2013). The phone has many explicit features that include: instant messaging, 8MP Camera designed by Sony, iOS, Apple's mobile operating system among many other features. The product was officially unveiled in September 12, 2012.

Teenagers use this product to socialize with friends on social media, listen to music and acquire content from the internet (Walke, et. al, 2013). Business people use this product to communicate with their clients, record meeting minutes, and execute ...

Getting Your Product onto Retail Shelves ( Article About Prodct)

In the article, ‘Getting Your Product onto Retail Shelves’ Eilene Zimmerman has described that the businesses are manufacturing their products by keeping into consideration the retail stores and winning the shelves such as the shelves of Target and Wal-Marts. The article explains an example of the president of Garlic Gold, named Brian Chossek, who succeeded in finding the shelf of Gelson that is currently a chain of 18 stores. Mr. Chossek has convinced a buyer for the in-store demonstration in order to sell its product, i.e., toasted organic garlic nuggets. Because of the unique features of the product, the product was ...

Apple’s iPhone 6Plus costs $300 which is $100 more than the smaller iPhone 6. Reports from analysts show that the production cost of iPhone 6Plus is barely more than the iPhone 6 and this culminates a huge financial win for the iPhone 6Plus handset. HIS analysis shows that the production cost of iPhone 6Plus averages to $200 while the production cost of iPhone 6 is $15 less. (FOX Business). iPhone 6Plus additional features of 0.8 inches screen and casing only costs this much. On contract basis, iPhone 6Plus will cost the consumers more than $ 749 while iPhone 6 will ...

Introduction

The Coca-Cola Company has built its reputation as the leading producer of soft drinks across the world. The Company applies a strategy that engages operations within a large area within especially in Latin America. These operations are characterized through four structures that entail coverage of the area in Mexico as well as Central America, South America, Brazil and Asia. Additionally, the company has engaged in goals that aim at maximizing growth and profitability through the creation of value of their shareholders. These goals are achieved through transformation of the commercial models towards focusing on the value of customer's potential ...

What is the impact of effective formulation and implementation of strategies for venturing in international and global operations in Heineken Inc?

Abstract

Global business strategy depicts the process under which organizations assesses the future prospects of the firm towards achieving its objectives. Every successful organization engages in strategic planning plus those with global business operations as they seek to position themselves towards taking full advantage of the worldwide trend and opportunities. The notion behind the strategic decisions is normally based on the specific objectives, power, relationships, performance, economic and resources, technological, social and cultural result in change of the strategy. International strategy embraces the determination based on the correct balance between the global standardization and the integration plus the local responsiveness. ...

Company Description

Target Clothing is a company operating in apparel business. The company sews trendy apparel for adolescents and young people. The company is going to launch a new line of apparel for sports, leisure, and active lifestyle. Target Clothing is developing creative models of clothing, offers innovative approach and new technologies to clothing. The company does not have physical shops; it sells its products through Internet.

Scenario & Assumptions

The new start-up is based in UK. It mainly operates worldwide in the internet space through its own website. Approximately £1 million of ...

Our (my) presentation is about Spotify Marketing- one of the world’s fast growing music streaming service. During my presentation I (we) will discuss: the history of Spotify; expansion; Spotify Music market; Spotify Customers and of course some recommendations towards Spotify’s marketing.

Slide 1: Introduction

Over the past few years, the digitization of music has transformed and how the music is produced, distributed, promoted, and consumed towards its marketing plan its strategies through organization. The revolution in digital music has full development with buying and playing music online is totally changed through digitalization. One of the major benefits of the digitization ...

Costco has been in operation for a long time in which, it has been able to structure itself efficiently to maintain profitability and its going-concern status. Costco boasts of high inventory turnover enabled by its high customer turnout, mainly because of customer loyalty instilled over time especially among the US population. Costco has adopted organizational strategies that have facilitated its success, but however some have proven detrimental to the company as the following analysis reveals.

Strengths

- Costco keeps low prices for both its retail and wholesale items therefore, encouraging high inventory turnovers that translate to high profitability. - Consistently ...

Income Statement:

Balance Sheet: Cash Flow Statement: Statement of owner’s equity: Risk and Return Scenario:

As of the year 2014, the company is expected to be in good profit numbers. The company is one of the biggest chemical manufacturers in the world and operates on string business models and strategies. Over the years, the company has shown significant growth in profit figures and the same is reflected in its stock price appreciation and dividend payouts. Some of the favorable return strategies of the company include:

- Driving innovations in its products so as to address ...

All organizations require a plan that will help maintain its grip or improve its grip on the market in the long term. A strategic plan is a document that provides the scope and direction of the organization by offering concrete and practical methodologies that will be followed in order to ensure the organization remains relevant in the market.

The strategic plan takes into consideration all the internal and external factors that could affect the organization’s operations in both production and sales. In that perspective, the company is able to gauge the market from a timely point and develop plans that ...

1 Introduction

Chapter 2 reviews the statistics from RIDDOR on injuries and fatalities due to moving vehicles on civil engineering construction sites. Government funding is discussed. Opinions of safety on construction sites related to funding. Road work safety, traditional safety methods and contemporary high technology safety technologies are reviewed.

2 Safety Record on UK Construction Sites

The UK construction sector has the highest rate of fatalities compared to the ...

Nokia

Nokia, headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, Finland, is a global growing communications organization that concentrated on procuring services and products in the IT, wireless, and wired telecommunications industries. The span of its employees’ recruitment exceeded one-hundred and twenty thousand across the globe and its yearly income as of 2008 was fifty billion euro. The current production of Nokia entailed a broad array of smartphones and mobile phones which is supplementary to a handful of fixtures. Moreover, Nokia launched digital map information, internet, and navigation services that are certainly the value addition in the global marketplace.

Fredrik Idestam established his initial timber pulp company ...

Introduction

This article is about the Blue Ocean Strategy, a book that was written by two professors from the international graduate school of INSEAD, W. Chan Kim and Renee Marbourgne. This school and research facility is located in France and has satellite offices in Singapore. The idea behind the Blue Ocean Strategy which was created after a thorough 120-year data analysis of 150 strategies moves in 30 industries is that firms create value through the alignment of value propositions and product values. These strategic moves that create value for the firm is coined the Blue Ocean Strategy wherein growth and profitability are ...

Introduction

The essay is a proposal that will be used to seek for financial backing from a producer so that the play,” our town” will be acted to appear more solid and interesting to the audience. The aim of the play is to attract more viewers and this makes its production to be arranged in an orderly manner. When there is enough financial support, the play will be organized in a fantastic way and it will not need famous actors to draw large crowds where it will be stage managed. The play requires a pitch-perfect cast and as the director I am packed with ...

Introduction

Strategy is defined by different authors in different manners. Strategy in business is how the organization wants to achieve its aims and objectives and what actions the organization would take to achieve these objectives (Anderson, & Atkins, 2001). Strategy is a term which is used by most of organizations to reform their policies and rules for future implementation. Scientifically this term was described by many business authors (Grant, 2009). Mintzberg has defined the term ‘strategy’ using 5Ps. The 5Ps of Mintzberg are:

- Plan - Ploy - Pattern - Position - Perspective

Each P has ...

Introduction

Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation PLC (ENRC) is diversified group of companies that operates in the following major portfolios; integrated mining activities, processing, power generation, logistics and finally marketing. ENRC’s mission is “to achieve growth as a leading natural resources business, unlocking resources for our customers and unlocking value for our shareholders.” As such most of the company’s managerial as well as operational strategies are directed towards meeting the aforementioned mission statement. In addition to this, it must be mentioned that given the diversified nature of the firm’s portfolio, it is clearly beyond reasonable doubt that the ENRC ...

Introduction

In economics and management, corporate governance refers to the principles and general way in which corporate bodies of companies are governed. This covers the leadership and management strategy in which a company’s management is conducted. In our focus of the paper, we are to look at corporate governance of Johnson and Johnson Company which is based in the United States with its headquarters being in New Jersey. Johnson and Johnson began in the nineteenth century when two brothers started a company to improve on pharmaceuticals but this company has grown more than the proprietors imagined. Starting as a family business, ...

Kohl’s is one of the major U.S. retailers and a Fortune 500 company, which is based in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. It offers home products, clothing and apparel, produced by national brands, and maintains family focus and value orientation.

1. Trends and Growth Kohl’s is continuously pursuing a growth strategy, taking pride in being “the fastest growing retailer in the nation”. They are currently present in 49 states with 1067 stores and 11 distributions centers, however their expansion strategy states that they are still “on the move into new states, new markets, and new communities across the country”. ...

- Healthcare Data Quality

Data quality has become a center of focus for any organization when setting up data warehouses, putting more emphasis on the customer relationship management. This is true for healthcare organizations where cost pressures and the grave of improving patient care force efforts to incorporate and clean organizational data. This is due to the fact that data is a focal point to efficient healthcare and to financial existence. Data concerning the accuracy of diagnoses, the effectiveness of the treatments and the practices of healthcare providers is vital for any healthcare organization that works extra hard to excel ...

Q1. Most contemporary Australian organisations any set of generic best practices'.

Ans. 1. In today’s highly competitive framework, organizations need to develop and maintain competitive advantages and this could be acquired through developing efficient and committed work forces that have the capability to perform in accordance with the specific organizational goals. So strategies befitting institutional context would be appropriate for mobilizing the work forces in to desired action. High commitment human resource strategies are found to be effective in improving organizational performances especially by motivating the work forces to perform in alignment with the organizational requirements. ...

- DQ1. ARE THE VIEWS PRESENTED IN THE TWO ARTICLES CONSISTENT OR DO THEY VARY, AND IN WHAT WAY? AFTER COMPARING THE TWO VIEWPOINTS, HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE ROLE OF STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP IN ORGANIZATIONS? WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE AND WHAT SHOULD BE THEIR GOALS? The views presented in the two articles are consistent in that they appreciate the need for strategic leadership in the turbulent and changing modern business environment (Boal & Hooijberg, 2000; Ireland & Hitt, 1999). However, there are some inconsistencies. Ireland and Hitt’s article dwells on six components of effective leadership while that by Boal and ...

Marketing Strategy

A marketing strategy implies the line of approach that an organization pursues to maximize opportunities with the aim or goal of increasing sales and to attain competitive advantage. It (marketing strategy) includes all short, medium and long-term activities that aim at achieving the desired goals of competitive advantage and increased sales (Peter, Olson & Grunert, 1999, p.333). Pricing, on the other hand, is the most direct approach that a firm/company uses to communicate with the clients or customers. Pricing strategy is the most difficult pillar of marketing to implement. This is so because it integrates vertical and horizontal decision making in ...

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Organizations expect YIPs to learn strategies of accepting diversity because the investment industry requires toughness. Clients can be edgy and YIPS should expect to deal with tough patches (Kerry, (n.d)). Organizations expect YIPS to always take risks because there no limits in investment until they “get a slap on the wrist’s back”.

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Organizations expect young investment professionals to attract customers. Methods used to attract customers are correlated with the levels of returns. Young investment professionals might have good stories but fail to produce good results YIPS are expected to be always ready and willing to help people. Whether ...

The strategic communications plan (SCP) aligns the objectives of the initiating institution/organization with an effective message, transmitted to the targeted groups on the proper communication channels, in an integrated manner. The SCP comprises various sections: objective, target group, location, message, communication channels, actions and events, materials and partners, which need to be addressed in separate sections, but in connection with each other. When defining these components, there must be described their outcomes upon the overall impact of the SCP.

Objectives section should address the initiating institution current situation and the changes it wants to obtain as a result ...

Introduction

- Marketing communications is concerned with the methods, processes, meanings, perceptions, and actions associated with the means how any single organization plans and executes an advertisement plan to engage with a target audience . - Engaging with an audience, regardless of the purpose, can be more effectively done using communication tools, media, and messages. - The objective of marketing communications for an organization’s customers or target population - Inform - Persuade - Remind - Convey a message - The objective of this presentation and of marketing communications - The objective of marketing communications ...

Re: Request for Reconsideration in Core Subject-Marketing Strategy Analysis and Decisions (MKTG303)

I am a finalist student in the Faculty of Business and Economics pursuing a Bachelor of Commerce degree with a major in Marketing. I am due to graduate after completion of my coursework and successfully excelling in all my core subjects but one, Marketing strategy analysis and decisions. I undertook the subject as required and dedicated my time to it only for the results to show that I have a fail. Not to show that the facilitator had any errors, I am kindly requesting for your ...

Business Environment

Introduction Strategies lie at the heart of an organization, and no organization could be in the sake of economic prosperity without utilizing and molding their operational and non operational strategies for the sake of organizational productivity in total. When it comes to organizational productivity, there are motley things which have to be in regular consideration for its productive both from financial and non financial angles in total (Kourdi Jeremy 2010, p.23).

It is more than important for the entities to utilize and mold their strategies in a perfect and well organized manner. It is an obvious thing that ...

It all began in 1971 after President Nixon lowered trade restrictions between China and U.S. This led to dramatic events, which helped end more than decades of Sino-American hostility. It occurred when President Nixon met the ailing Chinese dictator, Mao Zedong, with the aim of improving the Sino-American relationship. This was due to Nixon’s belief on the importance of maintaining a strategic equilibrium among the super powers, which led to the development of a foreign policy that established a stable triangular balance of power (Norton et al, 2012).

This led to reduced military actions that could spark emotions among the ...

Business

The article “How to Make Product Development Projects More sSuccessful by Integrating Kato’s Model of Customer Satisfaction Into Quality Function Deployment” points out that the traditional marketing strategy which promoted the maximization of market share as the main component of marketing strategy has shifted somewhat to a focus on customer satisfaction. This is because it has become more economically beneficial to companies to try to preserve their current customers than it is to try to gain new ones. “The costs of attracting new customers are much higher than the costs of keeping the present customers through an increased level ...

Management is basically a synergy of four different things, which particularly are planning, organizing, leading and controlling. There are numerous fields which specifically come under the umbrella of management and among them; the name of Strategic Management is one of them, which has its own recognition and importance. Strategic Management usually has number of things in particular and all of the elements are effective in terms of utilizing and implementing a certain thing . Leadership and management is one of the basic concepts come under the ambit of Strategic Management. Strategic Force is also important to analyze the competency level of a person ...

The features of United Airlines’ strategy are: three classes: first, premium and economy, reduction of total number of seats, reduction of economy class seats , price increase for “extra legroom” seats and for economy class seats, decreasing the weight limit for economy class passengers’ baggage, increasing the weight limit for premium and first class passengers’ baggage.

The features of American Airlines’ strategy are: two classes: first and economy, extra legroom for economy class seats, reduction of total number of seats, reduction of economy class seats , prices for economy class seats don’t change , weight limit for baggage doesn’t ...

INTERNATIONAL MARKETING

Introduction Market ventures into new markets have become a modern tool of business success used by various businesses to ensure and sustain their positions. The basic acknowledgement of the various international marketing elements of marketing which are price, product, place and promotion has catapulted various businesses to greater levels of performance. Through strategy implementation and evaluation, businesses have been on the steadfast path to success. However, the need for re-evaluation of the previous strategies incorporated has ever been witnessed due to the changing business frontier. Thus, I will evaluate the various aspects that need proper evaluation in venturing into ...

SPEAKER NOTES

Current state business mission and objectives Motorola Company is one of the leading marketers and distributors of high-class mobile phones, tablets, iPods, and iPhones. The organization has developed a high customer profile because of its good quality products and services that are combined with customer friendly prices. Motorola Company is unique in its nature of operations from all other companies offering similar products and services. Firstly, the company keeps customers’ priorities first because the customer has the right to dictate the price of a product while marketers make a decision accordingly. Secondly, Motorola Company keeps inventing technologies that serves consumers’ digital ...

Question 1

Enterprise architecture can be described as an approach involving the analysis, planning, and formulation of a strategy coupled with a criterion of execution aimed at improving the performance of a business entity. Advancements and the transformation of businesses enhanced by the availability of gadgets and computers have revolutionized Enterprise Architecture to be not only a tool of performance, but also aid to competitive advantage (Jonkers). The clearance of this business cue extends with respect to the potential of enterprise architects. The need to plan and implement a strategy remains a paramount objective for every business. The significance of planning coupled with execution of new ideas ...

“Elbanna, S. 2013. Processes and impacts of strategic management: Evidence from the public sector in the United Arab Emirates. International Journal of Public Administration, 36(6): 1-14.”

In this article, the author investigates the processes as well as impacts of the strategic management in the United Arab Emirates public sector. In particular, the article surveys how public organizations in United Arab Emirates formulate, implement, and assess their strategic plans. According to the author, the fluctuating effectiveness and popularity has affected strategic management negatively in its numerous guises. It was very popular from mid-1960s to mid-1970s but suffered a ...

Introduction

People are very privileged to witness and experience a profuse and diverse natural resources and wildlife on our planet. However, this abundance of natural resources comes with a big stewardship responsibility. For many years, people have known the moral obligation to conserve and guard the diversity of wildlife. Loss of different species is very common nowadays. This loss is brought by population growth, habitat fragmentation and loss, invasive disease and resource removal (IPCC, 2001). Scientists state that the world is now living the sixth vast extinction. Countless species are in jeopardy. For instance, in the United States, more than five-hundred ...

This paper concentrates on financial strategies and judges their prosperity focused around their effect on development and neediness decrease. The Millennium Development Goal of splitting compelling pay destitution by 2015 communicates the accord of the worldwide advancement group that neediness decrease is of overriding essentialness. There is likewise agreement that national neediness lessening methodologies and Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers specifically, are an essential vehicle for centering national arrangements on decreasing destitution. Underneath this obvious agreement, there are, be that as it may, huge contrasts.

Humorously, this is an ideological stance that neoliberals themselves ...

P1: Marketing is a social process, which identifies, forecasts and satisfies the needs of the customers in a profitable way. Marketing strategies are overall plans, which fulfill the needs of the customers . Marketing techniques ensure the effective delivery of a market plan. The three marketing techniques available are growth strategies, survival strategies and branding techniques. The four categories of growth strategies are “market penetration, market development, product development and diversification” . Market penetration refers to increasing the number of consumers buying the product. Market development refers to marketing an existing product to a new market. Product development refers to selling a ...

The orientation systems at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines are the same for all nurses. The subjects usually attend a four to five-week formal class from where they are expected to learn the skills and competencies required for the job. The new nurses are joined by a preceptor whose main objective is to give practical insights to the discussion. Their readiness for the job will be evaluated through a series of assessment activities. A clinical resource nurse may also be requested to gauge the suitability of new recruits to the positions they will fill in. After the probationary period, the orientation ...

Marketing and marketing research plays a vital role in the survival, success, and growth of the organization. Different organizations around the world rely on this perspective to attain benefits and through the advent of marketing research; organizations can attain competitive advantage of sustainable nature. Marketing research enables organizations and marketers to identify and recognize problems, opportunities, and issues relevant to marketing strategies. Marketing research also enables organizations to review marketing activities, evaluate performance of marketing strategies and enhance the knowledge relevant to marketing activities. Marketing research is the methodical, objective, and systematic process of producing and utilizing information to make ...