Essays on Success Story

Samsung Company which is a South Korean organization was started in March 1938. Currently, it is among the leading electronics companies globally. The organization has got outlets in almost every country (Samsung Group Success Story 1-2). The company has many products, and it continuously creates new items with the changing technology to meet their consumer needs. Some of its products include smart televisions, smartphones, household items like washing machines, fridges, vacuum cleaners, cameras, among others. It employs different marketing strategies to attract and retain customers because of its product variation. Samsung has a distinct target segment making it be ...

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Introduction

Community policing aims at working in close coordination with the local community, involving citizens in all the aspects of law design and implementation. The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, established in 1994 as part of the U.S. Department of Justice especially supports such strategies. As against conventional reactive strategies, this is a step towards a proactive strategy consisting of community partnerships, organizational transformation and solving problems before they assume larger dimensions. As Maximino points out, the need for new approaches to police community relationships is evidenced by the violent shooting incidents in the US ...

Leadership Ethical Analysis

Introduction Analysis of leadership and leadership styles of different leaders have been a common phenomenon, but in current arena, ethical leadership has gained the spotlight of professionals and researchers. Good leadership style is the one that encourages ethical behavior. Ethics are important in practicing good values at the workplace and for serving the society with maximum utility and benefits. Businesses are run with the aim of benefiting the organization that comes at the expense of the health of society often. The aim of the leader is to maximize the benefit of organizations and without having ethical characteristics, leaders maintain ...

Introduction

The case study dwells upon the implementation of the Sustainable initiative and "Green Thinking" in the Spectrum Sunglass Company, working with direct consumers as well as retail sector distributors. My role was to develop, get the buy-in from the critical mass of stakeholders and implement the initiative to develop a special "green" product for our largest retail chain Bigmart, responsible for 30% of the annual revenue of the company. As the Director of Product Innovation within Research and Development (R&D), I am a strong believer that "green thinking and product" is the future of the forward-thinking companies and is ...

The computer software industry is a versatile industry that lends itself to many innovative approaches to addressing technological issues. It is also among the best paying industries globally. Venturing into this industry to work with firms that have their origins in Silicon Valley such as Microsoft Corporation would be a prudent move, because of the industry’s global outreach, its rate of growth, and the insatiable demand for computer-based electronic goods that require programming at one point or another. Nevertheless, I would like to work with Oracle programming in SQL, which was an idea borne of two programmers, and ...

Issey Miyake

Historic Designer Research Paper Issey Miyake Modernly recognized as one of the greatest historical and contemporary fashion artists and designers to establish their very own unique and creative method of direct collaboration between artists and manufacturers; Issey Miyake thrives off of traditional artistic methods and their revival in direct response to the demand of times. The Japanese born artist has made a huge global impact within the fashion industry, while continuing to adapt contemporary, innovative, and industrial apparel designs, artistic exhibitions, and fragrances (Issey Miyake | Fashion Designer Biography, n.d.). First let us explore the background of the artist and ...

Schultz’s love is a feeder, and compassion a breeder.

Winning millions of hearts, he emerged as a leader. In business, heads are preferred to hearts as, it is believed that commercial brains can generate more revenue profit and, on the contrary, an affectionate heart does not do any good to the balance sheet of a company. This is true but only in the short run. The companies, in the long run, need loyalty of its employees, who will stay only if they feel cared and valued. By his impressive results, Mr. Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks, has proved that nurturing emotions of people not only drives profits but ...

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The Age of the SME

Several studies have been conducted to investigate whether the age of an entrepreneurial SME affects its success, and if so, how. Nunes, et. al. (2013) concluded that both age and size restrict the growth of young SMEs, yet do not seem to affect older SMEs in the same way. This is presumable because an older firm has grown in size since its inception and/or has acquired adequate management experience to navigate difficult times and environments. This same study also identified two more factors that are limiting for young SMEs, yet not so for older enterprises. As ...

Istanbul has always occupied a strategic economic position acting as a bridge between Europe and Asia. Presently, the city is home to THY or Turkish Airlines, a flagship air carrier that has come close to dominating the global market. Company’s history of the past several decades is a history of tremendous success. From humble beginning did the company start its commercial journey becoming what it is these days through the wise use of strategies by company management. THY signed deals with movie and sport celebrities to connect with their audience, conducted commercial campaigns, and sponsored football clubs having them wear company logo, ...

Abstract

The paper gives a review of the seminal work that explicates the history of business and technology in the modern day society. The author goes on to delve deep into the dynamics of the people involved in starting up and consolidating one of the most famous companies in the entire world. The three visionaries and their characteristics and actions constitute the major part of the book. The review explores the inter-personal relationship and dynamics, and documents the history of the company over the years. The Intel Trinity The Intel Trinity is one of the seminal literary works penned ...

Introduction

Football is the blood sport for the European people. Since last fifty years it is a part of the national affairs for some countries in Europe. The principle ways of competition among these countries is the domestic leagues that took place on a frequent basis. As compare to other countries, only few people of other countries outside Europe use to know about football because international football was not that much famous at the beginning of the era. But with globalization and cultural mix, football started spreading at a high pace all over the world. This is due to the invention of Television ...

Question1: Shark tank analysis

The Shank Tank is a killer of a business show. The Sharks are out in search of the best businesses and products in America. The Sharks consist of a team of self-made millionaire and billionaire tycoons hunting for the best investment opportunities. During episode 10, season six the sharks confront four new ventures examining the businesses for their chances for survival. The ventures that presented during the episode were Kitchen Safe, Off the Cobb, Magic Cook and Earth Logs (Stephanopoulos, 2014). Kitchen Safe: Time released safe to prevent temptation. The kitchen safe is currently only available online. Cost is too high $ ...

Introduction In recent times, businesses have become global, hence necessitating an effective supply and logistics management system. This is an inevitable platform in trade that encompasses different aspects which leads to a successful global business. An effective logistics management system helps Wal-Mart stores to effectively distribute goods to different locations. Logistics management is the process of planning, organizing and controlling the logistics system (Ghiani et al., 2013), encompassing aspects in personnel, planning and organization of the whole system for timely and orderly distribution of goods. The business mainly utilizes elements in forecasting as a means of estimating the capacity of ...

Strategic Management II

Business world is very challenging and trick. Thus, it becomes indispensable for companies to comprehend the corresponding business environment, its strong and weak aspects conjoined with opportunities and threats in the setting. If the leaders of an organization are well-versed with it, there is not any question left behind regarding the prosperity and success of the company. This analysis and evaluation of the business environment is termed as ‘Strategic Management’. The complete procedure of strategic management consists of formulation and implementation of effectual strategies in response to the ongoing business transformations, assessment of power and flaws of the organization and ...

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT OF TOYOTA

- CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF STRATEGIC OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT TO A WORLD CLASS COMPANY In the contemporary world, businesses provide a great of attention to the operations management of operations of activities. It is for the reason that organizations are evaluation by the quality and strength of its operations’ performance and not only by the claims that organizations make. Simply stating operations management is concerned with the activities of transformation of input into output. This three element process includes the role of material, skills, energy, information and capital and so on in best mix which in turn produces output that is ...

Introduction

The term Integrated marketing communication (IMC) has been defined in several ways to suit a general purpose within which it describes the use of various forms of media to convey a message about a product that would ultimately promote the product. Whether working as complementary or supplementary forms; the various forms of communication media work in tandem with a central aim of promoting the product. Hence, the common factor in all definitions of IMC is that IMC puts into consideration various forms of communication disciplines to provide clarity and consistency that develops impact on the consumer of the product (Clow & Baack, 2006: Duncan ...

Article Response

The role of the media (radio, television and cable television) was believed to educate and entertain their audiences and when cable television took over from broadcast television, there was an aura of expectations that television viewing was moving in the right direction. Sadly, that didn’t happen. Banet-Weiser, in ‘The Success Story: Nickelodeon,’ discusses the role of media in the civilized world. In what was construed to be the advent of technology that would touch the sentiments of the public, cable television became the puppet of advertisers. In discussing the topic, the author takes the reader through the ...

Inniskillin is the brand product of Mr. Roger Provost. Icewine on the other hand is an alcoholic drink, mainly made as dessert and was created when grapes are frozen and pressed whilst in this particular state (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008). The main ingredients that give rise to this wine are the extracts, acids, and sugar which result in dessert wine when the frozen grapes are pressed (Jones G and Hirasawa J, 2007). The first production of this iconic product took place in Franconia, Germany. It then went on to be produced in Eiswein, still in Germany but also ...

RESEARCH PAPER ON BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT: EASY JET

Easy jet is a British airline based at Lurton Airport. It began its operations in 1995 as a two-route airline. Since then it has grown to be recognized as one of Britain’s largest airline. This classification is based on number of passengers it handles and the level of sophistication of its equipment and airplanes combined with its excellent services. It is one of the airlines credited with revolutionizing the air business in Europe. This is because of its low-cost strategy that became appealing to the customers within a short period while also the airline made great profits. Easy jet has experienced ...

Maison Martin Margiela is a fashion guru who changed in his way the way in which people perceived fashion. His works were made from recycled materials which made him be respected and be noticed fashion icon. In the last 20 years Maison Martin Margiela has redefined the scope of design creation by using recycled materials for his creations. In his d3signs Martin presented fierce fashion designs which were brilliantly created ideal to fit the description of most trendy fashion wear depending on the generation. Designs were made of vintage furnishings, Ice cube jewelry after being melted or trash bags. ...

"Quiet Guys Can Do Great Things, Too: A Black Accountant’s Success Story"

The book "Quiet Guys Can Do Great Things, Too: A Black Accountant’s Success Story" by Frank K. Ross is an inspiring autobiography following the career of a young, black male in his quest to succeed in both his career and life. By examining Ross’ journey I have gained a better understanding of the challenges one faces before reaching success.

Ross begins his journey by recounting his early history as an immigrant from the West Indies (Ross, 2006). Ross came to America in the 1950’s, right in ...

Introduction/ brief company background information

Apple and Microsoft have been two rival companies that have thrived based on differing approaches in their functionality, leadership profiles, product specification and target market. However, thriving in such a market, there are fundamental decisions that have to be made; some that lead to failure while others lead to success stories. Therefore, to many managers, the best they can hope for is to remain a success story, an icon in the marketplace, and competitive market. This might sound to be a far-fetched theme, but in a business empire, the ultimate goal is to make a profit and remain marketable and supreme over one’s ...

Introduction

Starbucks is an American multinational company, based in Seattle, which specializes in providing coffee to consumers across 60 countries through approximately 20,000 stores. They have created a niche for themselves by becoming the largest seller of dripped brew and also espresso based hot coffee drinks. Since a humble beginning in 1971, they have become a huge success story across the globe and have set the standards of what a true multinational should be like. Despite its tremendous success story in every market that it entered, their growth went downhill following the recession of 2008. For the job description and job specification part ...

In twenty-first century America, the issue of immigration, particularly Mexican immigration (both “legal” and “illegal”) is ever-present in political, economic and social discourse. “The issue of immigration touches the Mexican-origin population more than any other ethnic group in the United States,” (Jiminez 2007, 599). With such attention focused on this particular ethnic group, it is interesting to consider the tribal, cultural, racial, ethnic, and national identity of this group. How do Mexican immigrants express their identity in the above-stated terms? What is the nature of Mexican immigrant communities? In what way are Mexican immigrants experiencing social exclusion both within ...

I. Introduction It is with no doubt the Federal Government is the world’s leading purchaser of goods and services, with an estimated yearly purchases of more than $425 billion. To ensure that everyone benefits, the government has particularly encouraged small businesses to place their bids on contracts for some of these supplies. In effect, Federal agencies are demanded to initiate contracting goals, with a minimum of 23% of the entire government purchases meant for small firms (Knerly, 2). All small businesses willing to engage in business with the government do so with the aid of Small Business ...

Book Report: How did you do it Truett?

Background

Truett is one of the most significant men in the history of business. He was one of the few businessmen who pioneered the sales of chicken sandwich. He has a lot of principles that only a few businessmen know. Aside from being a pioneer in the chicken sandwich industry, it was also his idea to introduce quick-food restaurants and food chains inside shopping malls. Back then, it usually takes a lot of time for mall-goers to order foods from traditional restaurants. But because of his unmatched ideas and principles in running a business, an efficient way to address such problem was implemented. That’ ...

A Business Report

Executive Summary In the United States, the media is awash with reports of criminal activities every time, be it murder or theft. Hardly is there anything on the increasing frequency at which white collar crimes are being committed. The incidence of white collar crimes has increased since the advent of information technological advances, like the internet and also the proliferation of social networking media. Identity theft seems to stand out as the most committed white collar crime. Identity theft is said to have occurred when personal information belonging to an individual is fraudulently used to purchase products and ...