...One hundred and six headless torsos frozenly traverse a small portion of the southwest corner of Grant Park. All made of cast-iron and standing 9 feet tall, these figures collectively make up the Agora, an installation by Polish artist Magdalena Abakanowicz. It took two years of molding and casting by the artist and her assistants at the Srem foundry in Poland before being transported to Chicago for its erection in October 2006 (Abakanowicz, Agora 2003-2006). The viewer is encouraged to walk amongst these creatures as both participant and outsider. There is no clear starting point so you are free to choose what direction you want to take through it. I, personally, began on the end closest to Roosevelt Avenue where most of the figures are placed closer together, facing the center and each other. This side of the installation feels more intimidating, as the close proximity of the figures leave very small spaces for you to actually be able to get through much like how you would feel as a child in a large crowd. As you progress through to the other end, the gaps start to widen as the sculptures begin “heading out” and away from the central mass. The opposite end is a reversal of its partner where instead of coming together, the structures are walking away from each other....
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...Globalization has changed the lifestyle of the urban people in Bangladesh. The retail market is not only expanding but also moving towards a different dimension as the number of superstores is increasing. The numbers of superstores are increasing in our country to satisfy the demand of customers. As more and more urban people are entering to the shopping zone of superstores, customer satisfaction has been identified as a critical strategic issue in the retail industry. Understanding of what creates a satisfying customer experience becomes crucial for superstores success in attracting more customers to purchase. It is necessary for the retailers to understand the customers’ wants and needs to increase the level of their satisfaction and loyalty. Finally, effective satisfaction creates a long term relationship between the sellers and the buyers as well as increasing their loyalty through repeat purchase behavior and attitudes, all of which help retailers to increase the market share and profit. The customers’ decision on shopping behavior as well as customers’ wants and needs are sophisticated and important to the effect that retailers seek to build a stable and long-term relationship with their consumers. Thus, retailers are able to improve the customers’ satisfaction that later turns into the customers’ loyalty and finally customer retention. A business organization should fully concentrate on existing consumers, because existing customers can lead to satisfaction in which the...
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...Consumer Behavior, the marketing mix of Agora Departmental Store in Bangladesh is described below: 1. Product: Rahimafrooz Superstores Ltd. (RSL) made a breakthrough in the urban lifestyles by launching the first retail chain in the country, ‘Agora’. Agora mainly focuses on food items - ranging from a wide variety of fish, meat, vegetables, fruits, bakery, dairy, and grocery - it also carries a vast array of other household, grocery, personal care, and miscellaneous products. At any point in time, there are nearly 20,000 different products available at the store. RSL is committed to sustaining and growing as the most trusted, loved and frequented retail chain. Product Categories: 1. Baby Care 2. Beverages 3. Confectionary 4. Drinks 5. Fish 6. Fruits 7. Health Foods 8. Meat 9. Oils/Fats 10. Powder Milk 1. Baby Care Product: In the baby care category Agora is coming up with some products, like – • Pampers (Saudi s-28) • Pampers (Saudi s- Junior 17 ) • Pampers (Saudi L-19 ) • Pampers (Saudi Ea - 18 ) • Pampers (Saudi M-20) • Johnson Baby Oil • Johnson Baby Pink Lotion • Johnson Baby Milk Bath • Johnson Baby Shampoo • Johnson Baby Lotion • Tollyjoy Baby Wet Wipes • Johnson Baby Powder 2. Beverages: In the beverage item Agora provides most of all popular brands which...
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...Retail trade is one of the traditional businesses of Bangladesh. Its expansion is keeping pace with population growth and changes in consumption patterns, which are consistent with the growth of the economy. This expansion has not been structurally organized, because, until recently, retailing had never been perceived as an industry, but rather as an individual or family business entity with a very limited scope of organized expansion. Little to no market information is available on the retail sector, but secondary sources indicate that the size of the food retail sector in Bangladesh could be US$12-14 billion, and the number of retail grocery shops could be around 1 million. Retail is one of the biggest sources of employment (12 percent), and it contributed 13 percent (wholesale and retail trading) to Bangladesh’s GDP. Organized retail is booming and creating huge opportunity for enterprises. Retailers though sell other companies products work out their own marketing strategies fixing their own target market towards providing customer satisfaction separately. Retail stores irrespective of product line and relative prices emerge in all shape and sizes, such as Specialty stores, Department stores, Supermarkets, Superstore, Convenience stores, Discount stores and off- price stores. Current Market Scenario of Super Market: Superstores are set to boom in the country as the current market players are planning to open several hundred more outlets in the next few years...
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...Business Statistics ------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents * Forwarding Letter * Acknowledgement * Chapter 1 => Introduction * Chapter 2 => Literature Survey * Chapter 3 => Introduction of the company * Chapter 4 => Findings of the study * Chapter 5 => Conclusion & Recommendation * Bibliography ------------------------------------------------- Forwarding Letter Date 08-02-2012 To Engr.Asaduzzaman Chowdhury Director & Company Secretary Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Ltd. Dhaka Subject: Study on Application of Statistics Sir, With due respect I would like to inform you that I have completed my research study on Application of Statistics at Agora Super Shop during 6-7th February 2012 for the course work of Business Statistics. Please see the enclosed study report of the conducted research work. Regards, --------------------------------- Nusrat Jahan Moushumi Program: MBA COURSE CODE: MSC 502 Reg. no:11206009 Roll # 09 Course: Business Statistics ------------------------------------------------- Chapter – 1 Introduction Objective of the study Statistics are used by all industries and businesses as a standardized unit of measurement for presenting data in a useful and meaningful format. Statistics can be used to measure historical performance and to forecast future targets. For...
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...A Report on Supply Chain Management System of Agora Acknowledgement The success of this report depends on the contribution of number of people specially my group members who have shared their thoughtful guidance and suggestions to complete this report First; we express our sincere gratitude to our honorable course teacher Mr. Mahabubur Rahman for his valuable contribution to the preparation of this report. He has been gracious enough to spare time out from his busy schedule for giving us all the necessary assistance throughout the entire period of the report writing time. Without his valuable suggestion and help this report might not have been a comprehensive one. We would like to give special thanks to Mr. Harunur Rashid, Head of finance & accounts of Agora for giving us time from their very busy office work to discuss the things & have guided us by giving useful suggestions and providing us data and relevant information for completing this report. We would also like to thank Mr. Bajan saha, accounts manager of Agora for giving us some important information about the official procedure and inspiration techniques of Agora to complete this report. They shared their practical experiences and talk about their loyalty and commitment towards the organization. .All of our group members supported each other, throughout the making of this report and completing it successfully. We have done some group discussions, where we shared each other‘s views on the different...
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...http://www.scribd.com/doc/39376533/The-Performance-Appraisal-System-of-Rahimafrooz Letter of Transmittal Mrs. Kamrun Ahmed Course Coordinator Management Information System Department of Business Administration Southeast University. Subject: Submission of Transmittal Dear Mrs. Kamrun Ahmed With a great respect, we are informing you that we have prepared a project report on “The Information System use in a Superstore”. For the project completion, we have selected the superstore “Agora”.We feel great pleasure for submitting this report to you, which will definitely help us to complete the MBA. During the preparation of this report, we have experienced a lot that will greatly help us in our further studies and carrier life. It has enlightened our practical knowledge about the information system use in the practical world of business, the strategies they follow to maintain the problem in the superstore although the experience we got from here will help us to contribute these techniques in our practical life. We tried our level best to develop a good report. We would like to thank you for giving us such an opportunity to do this report on this topic. Thank you Sincerely yours Name Student ID. Md. Hafizullah 2011110004011 Sayeed 20111100040 Rukhsana Akter Rumi 2011110004015 Umma...
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...Malaysia | Mominul Plabon Executive Summary The following marketing plan forms the basis for introduction of a milk powder named Agora milk powder in two countries like Bangladesh and Malaysia. This study combines the selection of the countries based on their income level as the purpose of the study is to identify the distinctions of marketing strategies in developed, less developed and developing countries. During the analysis there are several remarkable trends found in two countries such as it seen developing countries have a large demand for foreign product while developed country have good level of self sufficiency. Furthermore, in developing country entry barriers are low as compared to developed country. The key opportunities found in Bangladesh are; a great demand of powder milk due the vast shortage of liquid milk production, low-cost labour force, increasing use of technology and so on. On the other hand, in Malaysia the social, economical and technological structure are very attractive for Agora milk powder while a few trade restrictions also exist. However, based on the analysis two different marketing strategies have been adopted with the reason that both country differ to each other in terms of their structure and culture. In this term, a careful design of the marketing mix have been considered for both countries so that Agora milk powder can be presented in way that the competitors find difficult to imitate. Key words: strategy, quality, market. Table of...
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...artificiais. As de excesso nunca na vida! j) Quando tivermos restrições de < devemos introduzir uma variável de folga s. k) E quando tivermos restrições de > ou = devemos usar o método do BIG M e introduzir variáveis artificiais (u) l) E se tivermos variáveis < 0 (ex: x1 <0), devemos fazer assim: X*>0, resolvemos pelo simplex e depois nop fim inverte-se outra vez o sinal. 2ª Exemplo da aplicação do dito simplex: Max Z = x1 + 2x2 s.a : x1 + x2<6 x1+2x2< 10 Primeiro passo a dar: Forma normal: Maz z= 0 ↔ Max Z – x1 – 2x2 = 0 Segundo passo a dar: Temos duas restrições de < ou igual: e agora? Então agora introduzes uma variável de folga para compensar.... Então vem: x1 + x2 +s1= 6 X1+ 2x2 + s2 = 10 Então mas o “s” é o quê? São as variáveis folga. Agora ides proceder à contrução do quadro do simplex. Para quê o quadro? Para determinar a solução óptima | X1 | X2 | S1 | S2 | RHS | S1 | 1 | 1 |...
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...O Despertar (The Awakening) por L. J. Smith Confira maisítitulos na Biblioteca de Sonhos. Capitulo Um 4 de Setembro Querido diário, Algo horrível está para acontecer hoje. Eu não sei por que escrevi isso. Isto é maluco. Não há razão para eu está me perturbando e há muitas razões para eu está feliz, mas... Mas aqui estou eu ás 5:30 da manhã, desperta e assustada. Eu me mantive falando, apenas isso. Eu estava completamente desorientada devido a diferença de horário entre a França e aqui. Mas isso não explicava o porquê de eu estar tão assustada. Tão perdida. Antes de ontem, enquanto tia Judith, Margaret e eu estávamos voltando do aeroporto, eu senti o tal sentimento estranho. Quando nos dobrávamos na nossa rua, eu imediatamente pensei “Mamãe e papai estão esperando por nos em casa. Eu aposto que eles estão de frente para a varanda, na sala olhando para fora da janela. Eles devem ter sentindo tanto minha falta.” Eu sei. Isto soa completamente maluco. Mas ainda quando eu vi a casa e a frente da varanda vazia, eu ainda me sentir bem. Corri cansada para porta e bati com o batedor. E quando tia Judith destrancou a porta,eu irrompe para dentro e apenas oscilei no hall escutando, esperando ouvir mamãe descendo as escadas ou papai falando de toca. Então apenas tia Judith deixou a mala com um ruído no chão, na minha frente e suspirou um alto suspiro e disse, “Estamos em casa”. E Margaret riu. E o pior sentimento que eu tive em toda minha vida, veio para mim. Eu nunca tinha me sentido...
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...ESTUDO DE CASO: O PROJETO DE BLUE SPIDER "Isso é impossível! Não dá para acreditar! Dez meses atrás, que eu estava sentado no topo do mundo. A alta administração considerava-me um dos melhores, se não o melhor engenheiro desta fábrica. Agora olhe para mim! Eu estou cheio de olheiras, depois de seis meses sem uma noite de sono decente, e não consigo acreditar que só me resta limpar a minha mesa e ir-me embora. Congratulo-me, com certeza, por voltar para o meu antigo emprego em engenharia. O problema é que nada disso teria aconteciddo se não fosse a promoção a gerente de projeto." História Gary Anderson tinha aceitado trabalhar na Park Corporation recémsaído da faculdade. Com um PhD em engenharia mecânica, Gary estava pronto e decidido para enfrentar e resolver todos os problemas do mundo. Em primeiro lugar, a Park Corporation não ofereceu a Gary muitas oportunidades para fazer pesquisa pura, que este queria, ansiosamente, desenvolver. No entanto, as coisas mudaram rapidamente. A Parks cresceu e tornou-se uma das principais empresas em um projetos estruturais e electrónicos durante o grande "Boom" do final da década de 50 e início da década de 60 quando os contratos do departamento de defesa (DoD) eram abundantes. A Parks cresceu de pouco mais de meia dúzia de engenheiros para se transformar num dos maiores provedores do DoD, empregando cerca de 6.500 pessoas. Entretanto, durante a recessão que marcou o final dos anos sessenta, o dinheiro tornou-se escasso e houve demissões...
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...inception of Agora’s journey in 2001, the Bangladeshi supermarket sector has taken a steady and assuring stride forward. After 12 years and 105 stores, the domestic industry now stands at around BDT 1500 crore. As Bangladesh shifts towards the middle income status, all the advantages that associates, such as higher income per capita and urbanization, will further expedite the industry’s profitability. A closer look According to the BSOA (Business Supermarkets Owner’s Association) currently there are 105 supermarkets in the country. In spite of this, the industry is largely dominated by three major players – Shwapno (45 Outlets), Agora (13 Outlets) and Meena Bazar (18 Outlets). Once a key competitor, Nandan, now holds just two stores. In terms of distribution network and competitive prices, Swapno has entrenched itself as the market leader, whereas, Agora and Meena Bazar are viewed as market leaders in terms of quality and services. Source: Rahimafrooz and LankaBangla Primary Research With rapid urbanization, the industry is expected to grow by almost 15 times its current size by 2021. Positive economic externalities in terms of generating employment via SMEs, higher food safety and security, price stability, and inclusive business development are expected to accompany this growth. Source: Rahimafrooz and LankaBangla Primary Research Industry drivers The key cost and revenue drivers of the industry are listed below: Change in Social Structure Change in per Capita...
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...© 2000 OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT JOURNAL Community participation in development: nine plagues and twelve commandments Lucius Botes and Dingie van Rensburg Downloaded from http://cdj.oxfordjournals.org/ at AGORA Kenya Administration account on December 4, 2013 ABSTRACT Many development thinkers and practitioners have been pondering over community participation for the last two to three decades – some even called the 1980s the decade of participation. To a large extent the current decade of social movements, non government organizations (NGOs) and community based organizations (CBOs), is a manifestation of organized community participation. By analyzing the dynamics of community participation, particularly in the South African urban upgrading context, nine obstacles and impediments (‘plagues’) are exposed which serve to illustrate participatory development as a complex and difficult, though essential and challenging endeavour. Twelve draft guidelines (‘commandments’) are also presented in trying to address these obstacles associated with participatory development. Introduction Community participation in development is advocated for various noble reasons and is often rhetorical and permeated with lofty sentiments. However, to criticize these advantages of community participation would appear to be ungenerous. As a concept, ‘community participation’ is one of the most overused, but least understood concepts in developing countries without a serious...
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...África do Sul entra para os BRIC De acordo com o site português Jornal de Negócios (http://goo.gl/LFaAd), os BRIC, um agrupamento econômico até então composto por Brasil, Russia, India e China, agora passam a incluir também a África do Sul, formando os BRICS. A África do Sul vive essencialmente de exportações, sendo algumas indústrias importantes a mineração e a indústria automobilística. O agora chamado BRICS não são um bloco econômico, como a União Européia, nem uma instituição internacional, como a OMC, mas sim um agrupamento não oficializado que se utiliza de mecanismos internacionais. O site Brasil Escola (brasilescola.com) nos explica o que são os BRICS. O termo foi cunhado pelo economista Jim O'Neil em 2001, levando as iniciais dos quatro países desse agrupamento que tinham potencial econômico para, em um período de, no máximo, cinquenta anos, superar grandes potências globais. Com a formação de agrupamentos como os BRICS, podemos ver uma clara demonstração de globalização comercial que decorre hoje no mundo. O que era apenas um grupo de nações com aspectos econômicos em comum, passou a ser, a partir de 2006, na 61º Assembléia Geral das Nações Unidas, um agrupamento informal que se utiliza de mecanismos internacionais (veja paragráfo 6), propiciando a execução de ações econômicas coletivas entre os países em questão, assim como uma maior comunicação entre eles. Também, com os BRICS, se ressalta a megatendência do crescimento marcante da economia global. Hoje, os BRICS correspondem...
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...Estudo de Caso Forças Globais e a Indústria Cervejeira na Europa Ocidental Este caso é centrado na indústria cervejeira da europa ocidental e examina como os cervejeiros têm respondido ao aumento da pressão competitivo através de consolidação por meio de aquisições, alianças e internacionalização. Em 2013, a questão é: Até onde irão estas estratégias? Na segunda década do século 21, os cervejeiros europeus enfrentaram um paradoxo surpreendente. O centro tradicional da Indústria da Cerveja Mundial e casa de alguns dos maiores produtores mundiais, estava a ficar sem cerveja. O consumo de cerveja da europa ocidental caiu cerca de 10% entre 2006 e 2011, enquanto se desenvolvia rapidamente em mercados emergentes em todo o mundo (ver tabela 1). Em 2011, o maior mercado europeu, Alemanha, classificado apenas em quinto no mundo com 5% do consumo mundial, atrás da China (24%), os USA (13%), Brazil (7%) e a Russia (5%). Espera-se que a China e o Brasil cresçam 5.5% por ano entre 2011 e 2016. A tabela 2 detalha as tendências a longo termo na Europa Ocidental no consumo de cerveja. O declínio nos mercados-chave tradicionais é devido a vários fatores. As fortes e constantes campanhas dos Governos contra o consumo de álcool e condução, afetam o consumo de cerveja em restaurantes, bares e discotecas. Há um aumento na conscientização dos efeitos do álcool na saúde e fitness. Particularmente no Reino Unido, há uma crescente hostilidade para o chamado “binge drinking”: consumo...
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