Essays on Eisner

Businesses have no control over external factors, but they can plan their strategies to deal with the external environment. The business must prepare a plan that is best suitable as per the external environment and be prepared to survive in the market. Orlando Bizline is a restructured company that has introduced new members in the business. These members are the Vice President of Account Management, Director of Strategy, and Creative Director. These people replaced former executives who have joined a political agency. If Orlando Bizline receives a large new order with a tight deadline, then it could be challenging ...

Learning Activity 1

QA answer Ohio court has the jurisdiction to handle this case but not Texas. Although the involved parties cut across the two states, Ohio has the personal jurisdiction because the Flower World Business is in that state. In other words, the defendant involved case is physically located in Ohio and this is the area where the investigation should be conducted. The best way to determine the jurisdiction is to look at the court that will have both personal and subject matter jurisdiction over the defendant of the case as argued by Orakhelashvili (n.d.).

QB Answer

Legally, the type of jurisdiction that ...

Abstract

The current discussion is aimed at the dissection of ethics, corporate social responsibility and sustainability of British Petroleum (BP) by taking the case of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill in to consideration. By commencing the discussion with an overview of the externalities present in the oil industry, the pressures on oil companies are examined which is further evaluated through the application of stakeholder theory and the theory of utilitarianism. In the case of BP, it is revealed that the resort to CSR was primarily a reactive measure to correct its tainted brand image and save it from reputational risks. ...

a. Case study organization As its history, Keurig was established in 1990 by Dragone and Sylvan with the primary aim of revolutionizing the coffee industry. This would be through the provision of an easy, delicious and also a convenient way of enjoying a cup of coffee. In particular, Keurig had the belief that coffee was supposed to be served in its fresh state whether in the office or even at home. The company was considered as technological one. Essentially, it fused its technology and coffee design to enable it to attain its position as a market leader. (Dess, Lumpkin, ...

Robin Wood together with his band made up of merry men had an entirely successful round of activity in their first year. Generally, with the new recruits coming from every corner of England, Robin had in fact accomplished his aim of strengthening its numbers. Even though he was now satisfied with the large membership of his organization, he came to the realization that he had not be made necessary preparations for accommodating the now massively overflowing members of the entity. Several challenges were abounding for Robin Wood such as inadequate provisions and limited finances. (Dess, Lumpkin, Eisner, & McNamara, 2014)

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Website: http://www.keuriggreenmountain.com/

Industry: Produces and sells coffeemakers, specialty coffee, and related products (teas, hot cocoa, among others).

BACKGROUND and HISTORY Green Mountain Coffee Roasters was created in 1981 in Vermont, as a small specialty coffee roaster, which expanded rapidly in the next 20 years. The company acquired the brewing-machine maker Keurig in 2006. It was a publicly traded company from 1993 to December 2015, when investors led by JAB Holding Company acquired GMCR for the amount of $13.9 billion (Yahoo Finance). GMCR describes itself as a “personal beverage system company revolutionizing the beverage experience through the power of innovative technology” (Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.). Their portfolio is comprised of 80 brands and more than ...

Introduction and Background of Organization

JetBlue Airlines was founded in 1998 by the former executives of the Southwest Airlines led by David Neeleman. The company specializes in the low-cost travel, but it is very different from the other competitors, because it was able “to bring humanity back to air travel” (Dess, Eisner, McNamara, 2012, p. 148). In particular, the company offers in-flight customer service; the booking and check-in systems are user-friendly, and the multiple routes and low flight fares provide JetBlue with the strong competitive advantage. However, the quick growth in the 2000s meant being exposed to many risks that existed in the external ...

Business

External and Internal Environments: The Case of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. I. Company Profile and Operations Overview Opening its doors on the 13th of July 1937, the history of the company began with its founder Vernon Rudolph during the time of the Great Depression. Working in his uncle Ishmael Anderson, they bought the rights to a yeast-raised doughnut recipe together with a bakery from French Chef Joe LeBeau who carried the recipe with him from New Orleans. Rudolph took the recipe when he left the family business and started his own bakery business in the historic Old Salem, North ...

A problem in the U.S. supply chain could affect several products that include: milk, yoghourt, butter, cheese, ice cream, crackers, sandwich bread, candy, chocolate, cereals, and lunch meats. An ice cream business that uses contaminated milk in its manufacturing processes could damage consumer trust in its products, trigger product safety alerts, and face legal suits from customers and the government (Lim). The management of the company should be held responsible for the use of contaminated milk in its manufacturing processes. The management of the company owes its customers a duty of care to ensure that they only produce food ...

PART A.

Weight Watchers is facing some tough decisions about its future. The following are the problems facing weight watchers and the analysis by use of appropriate tools. Weight watchers have experienced a drop in their profits scale. From the headlines of news in 2011, there was an applaud that there would be a prediction that the profits would grow from 15 percent to 20 percent. It later developed into a multi-billion weight loss within a span of 4 decades (Eisner, 2011). To counter the challenge weight watchers had to reinvest itself a fresh and introduced a new points plus systems. ...

MacDonald’s earnings for the quarter of 2012 were beyond the expectation of many but the company was well aware that it will continue to face challenges in the coming years. In the year 2012, the world’s largest restaurant chain reported the greatest in nine years as a result of the turbulent global economy. This slide in performance was a big surprise to money investors who had keenly noted the firm’s robust performance for nine years from the year 2003 with the net effect being an increase in profitability as well as the stock price for the ...

A SWOT analysis serves as a framework for analyzing both the external and internal environments of a company or organization (Eisner, 2014). It is widely based on the notion that a business or company should build on its strengths, take advantage of opportunities that the business environment presents, remedy, or work-around weaknesses, and protect the business from threats. In most instances, a SWOT analysis involves a simultaneous consideration of the external and internal factors. The elements of SWOT analysis include strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (Eisner, 2014). The strengths are the element of SWOT analysis that are concerned with ...

According to Eisner (1991), there are two concepts involved in educational evaluation, and these are educational connoisseurship and educational criticism. The educational connoisseurship is likened to the art of evaluation appreciation, which purpose is to gain an awareness of the qualifications that comprise an object or a project. Appreciation does not necessarily mean liking something; rather, it means having an understanding and an awareness of what one has experienced, which then becomes the basis for judgment. As an example, conducting a qualitative research that uses the observation method would require the researcher to appreciate and be aware of what ...

Part 3

Internal assessment Disney was an entertainment company that was in existence as early as 1984. The Company had so much success stories to tell over theyears in which it was in full operation. Just like any other company, it never missed its own share of ups and downs in the business cycle. The primary mission of the company was to create an outdoor entertainment park for the members of the public.

The business model was designed in 1987 where it mainly focused on generating sales that were rated a t twice the price of the average retail. The Disney ...

Introduction

The movie I.O.U.S.A brought to the attention of America the consequences of their national debt and the need for the government of the US to show some more financial responsibility. Most of the Americans and their elected officials are aware of the financial challenges facing the US it is upon them to act before the situation worsens. I.O.U.S.A was produced to focus on the solutions to the financial crisis that the nation is facing. It has a discussion panel with professionals from a range of view points spanning across different generations. i. How are consumers' short-term actions creating long-term consequences? ...

Budget Deficit and its Impact in the Economy

Introduction

Every government has a budget of its sources of income and expenses. Yearly, the budget is reviewed and a new one is rolled out. The government may either have a budgetary surplus or deficit. A budget deficit occurs where the expenditure of the government exceeds the revenue that it has collected in a certain period. There have been arguments by different scholars on the adverse and positive effects of budgetary deficits on the country’s economy. I will highlight the positive and negative effects of the budget deficit and the different causes of the deficits. The adverse effects outweigh the positive effects ...

INTRODUCTION

Originality in an assignment means performing one’s own work; not relying overmuch on outside sources or previously established information. There is a difference between a review and an original work – in a review, you are merely reassembling and reorganizing already discovered information; there is no new topic to broach. However, in the instance of original works, you are contributing something new to your discipline (Cohen, 2007). When performing an assignment, you can achieve originality through coming up with your own unique idea for which there is no precedent, and executing it publicly to establish that you pursued this line of reasoning ...