Essays on Takeaway

Business

The I.D. Man There may be lots of diverse opinions on the initiative of Nandan Nilekani to create the largest biometric database the world has ever seen. Given the fact that only a small fraction of the population of India is visible to the federal government through the system of national identification, this initiative appears even more reckless and unprecedented. While it is obvious from the article that the initiative was not universally critically acclaimed and is considered as voluntarist by some of the government and untraditional to the majority of the population, its implementation, no matter how scarce ...

Introduction

The purpose of this documents it to provide a summary of an extensive analysis of the external environment that underpins the operations of companies in restaurant and Horeca sector in Australia and Canberra specifically. The analysis aims at outlining the opportunities and challenges of the uncontrollable environment of the organization, willing to enter the market with Italian Gourmet Pizza restaurant Marimonte in Canberra. The analysis will look at the industry trends, competition, strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats for the potential business model as well as PESTEL framework, highlighting the major influencing factors from political, social, economic, technological, environmental ...

1.1. Early on, Dr. Vasella was able to identify that the company’s turnover rate is more than acceptable. It was becoming a problem for them to make people stay. He noted that it is not enough for the company to pay good money to their employees. They also must be able to solicit their commitment and drive for excellence at the same time. 1.2. One of the factors affecting this high turnover rate was the inability of the company to recognize talent for promotions within. By the time they do so, these potential senior executives were already on ...

Instagram Marketing Case Study: Starbucks

Introduction The internet has entered people’s lives in tremendous numbers. More people use the internet today than even a decade ago. It has become the way to engage with friends, family, community and even businesses. As internet has become ubiquitous, so have its applications. Business to business e-commerce and business to customer e-commerce have steadily grown and is expected to become $20 trillion industry by 2020 . Increasingly social media has become the new avenue for marketing efforts by both traditional companies and e-commerce companies . From the biggest brands to the smallest companies are all onboard social media to ...

Irie Caribbean restaurant is located in the heart of Toronto’s Italy district. The restaurant was established by Leroy Morrison and Elgon Walker. The restaurant focuses on providing its clients with an authentic Caribbean experience ranging from the restaurant's décor to the menu. The restaurant is fully licensed and has a catering service which accounts for 9 percent of its total revenue(Jackson, 2014). Irie Restaurant has been experiencing a fall in its sales figures in the second year of operations making the goal of franchising the brand a distant dream for the two co-owners. Decreasing sales figures ...

Business Plan

Executive Summary 3 1.0 Introduction 4 2.0 Operations plan 5 2.1 Location and facilities 5 2.2 Business processes 6 2.3 Distribution and outsourcing 9 3.0 Organizational plan 10 3.1 Management 11 3.2 Mission 12 3.3 Purpose 13 3.4 Vision 13 3.5 Legal structure 13 3.6 Organizational chart 14 4.0 Marketing plan 16 4.1 Price 16 4.2 Product 17 4.3 Place 19 4.4 Promotion 20 5.0 Financial plan 21 6.0 Growth plan 22 7.0 Contingency and harvest strategy 23 8.0 Timeline to launch the plan 25 9.0 References 28 10.0 Appendices 29

Executive summary

Don’t we all enjoy the experience of ...

Introduction

In this paper, we will discuss and describe the application of statistics and probability theory to a real world problem. Our goal is to provide clear and meaningful statistical exploration of the National Football League data for the 2005 season. Starting from the primary issue of this case, we will provide descriptive statistics to explain the given data set. After this, the multiple linear regression will be developed to get the best prediction of the percentage of games won, based on the given variables (factors).

Data

We are given with the data set of 32 observations. Each observation reflects a ...

An Article by Frances X. Frei

Summary-The article explores the different ways to make a service business robust and profitable. The service sector involves the increased interactions with the customers, so it offers challenges that are different from the product sectors. As per the author, the success of a service provider depends heavily on the choice of the targeted customers and the alignment of all resources to serve them better. The articles stresses that, to succeed in the service business, the focus is needed on the four major areas: (1) the offering, (2) the funding mechanism, (3) the employee management system, and (4) the customer ...

Summary

A conversation is a two way traffic-listening and talking. For the conversation to be effective and successful, both the ways have to be balanced. In fact, listening should happen more than speaking. A good conversation involves other essential elements too. While listening, the mind, without any pre-conceived notion, needs to be focussed on the conversation. No matter how the conversation is, there is always an element of learning in it as every person has something special to contribute. As listening requires more concentration, the mind may ramble and entertain many thoughts, so the incoming thoughts should be allowed to ...

1. Brief summary Amy Cuddy is talking from her own experience about the fact that people can develop their own intellectual capacities if they make enough effort. It is all about having faith in oneself and keep trying. Therefore, if a person is determined anything is possible even if the doctors believe otherwise. Amy Cuddy was a gifted child and she was heade for academic excellency when the car accident happened and she suffered from brain injuries. Nobody thought that she would be able to overcome that, but she decided that she would study more and invest more years ...

Marketing mix plan

Introduction The marketing mix is a fundamental concept in any organization that wants to gain competitive advantage over other organizations in the industry. The marketing mix can be used to create value and stimulate demand for a product (Dlabay, Scott & Scott, 2010, p.414). The marketing mix plan is determined by the marketing plan objectives. The marketing mix composes of eight components, which include the product or service, promotion, pricing, place, physical evidence, people, process, and packaging. The coffee market is dominated by a few major brands, which include Starbucks, Costa Coffee and Coffee Republic. Over the years, the coffee ...

Leadership is one of the widely discussed topic, while it is such a concept which is still confusing and not as much of understood in many of the cultures and society. It’s been a long when many researchers have emphasized over this trendy misapprehension, indicating several defective suppositions, or myths exist about leadership which is frequently hindered with the individual's concept of what actually the term leadership is. However there are number of leadership theories which are proposed by many authors and some of them are mentioned below:

Trait theory of leadership:

Trait theory is primarily based on a person's human qualities. It is believed ...

Introduction

People’s culture defines their ways of life and the activities they engage in daily. However, the culture of a group of people also determines the interactions they have with the society and the rhythm of life. It is easy for cultural differences to create a good rhythm in life when people learn to acknowledge the diversity as strength while some people may view it as a source of conflict in a society.“The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down “by Anne Fadiman is an example of how cultural differences affect the whole society in all aspects (Fadiman, 1998). However, when we ...

The Globalization has transformed our world in more ways than one. To describe it in a single sentence, one can say Globalization to be cultural, economical and political phenomena that promotes international integration through exchange of products, ideas and technology. The definition seems as if the phenomenon is a healthy one and with such an activity, a country or a region can learn new technology and skills and append its worldview. One cannot deny that it has many a times had a positive effect on our lives. However at other times it has mutated our lifestyle in ways that we could never have imagined. The ...