... a. This definition fits perfectly with how the outside communities, business, tourist, and governments view the little “town” of Dharvi. To the outside world Dharvi is a despicable place. Its filled with one million poor individuals. These individuals live in illegal shacks and often are victim of work abuse, like sweat shops. Dharvi is the “recycling center of Mumbai” so one would assume it is a massive waste deposit. Many make out this entire area to be a slum. Now when thinking of slum you would think the worst of the worst. But there and entire society and underlying life style that most do not care to look deeper into. Yes Dharvi is practically a landfill, but without those who work doing all of the recycling Mumbai would have a major problem. Families in Dharvi have been working for this recycling business for generations and generations. It has become, for most, their way of life. They wake up and work until they fall asleep. Do the people of Dharvi lose hope? No. Most of the people who work for this business are doing so to provide food for their families, help out with charities, send their children to school, or even to make something of themselves. Dharvi, on the surface, is looked at as a slum; it’s beneath the surface that counts the most. Dharvi is made up of individuals who have a dream to become something. They want to make a lot of money, provide for their families, make it into show business, or even own businesses. They are just like us. Striving to do...
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...senior year of high school when I decided I wanted to pursue a career in education, specifically early childhood. Most of my family works in the field of education, so I believe that is why I have always had a passion for children and why I work well with them. I always knew how important educators were in our society, but it wasn’t until I started Jumpstart that I actually experienced this importance. With the combination of experience and this philosophy statement, I have begun to think about why I want teach, whom I want to teach, how and what I want to teach, and where I want to teach? These questions are important to answer for anyone who wants to be an educator because you have to passion and understanding why you want to be in the field of education. Children are the future leaders of this country; therefore, it is our job to supply them with the foundation and fundamentals to succeed in life. Education is very important in today’s society, and it all starts at a young age. Without the proper foundation and fundamentals, children will fall behind in school, which makes it is very hard for children to catch up as they move on to the next level and pursue their education. That is why it is important to have influential role models that instill the importance of education at a young age and throughout a child’s life span. Most people think an education is needed just to get a job, but getting an education is more than that. Being knowledgeable about a variety of subjects makes...
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...available to and for health care consumers as well as health care providers. There are both benefits and challenges which may affect them both. In this paper, the specific communication mode used by consumers and health care providers in which will be addressed will be e-mail. With this being, the following information will be addressed as well: one benefit to the patient; one aspect relating to the to the values and importance of maintaining patient confidentiality when using email as communication; one reason the email mode is an effective means of communication between consumers and providers; how does email communication differ from others; how might media and social networking change communication in health care; and how might email be used to market health care products or services, if applicable? E-mail has been very popular for at least a decade. It has been and effective mode of communication while keeping in contact with loved ones across the country, communicating in the workplace, and now communicating between consumers and providers in the health care industry. Physicians have used e-mail to increase the way they interact or correspond to their patients. Some of them utilize this mode of communication and others choose not to do so. Those that do so are realizing the benefits that come along with the e-mail method. One benefit of using e-mail as a communication mode is that it will bring in more new patients to the clinic or business when they are not able to...
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...Economic Sciences, Communication and IT Business Administration Starbucks with Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) “How Starbucks succeeds in a business world with CSR” 15 Credits Master Thesis (FEAD 01) Thesis Advisor: Bo Enquist Co-reviewer Lars Haglund The Authors: Sornchai Harnrungchalotorn Yaowalak Phayonlerd Karlstads universitet 651 88 Karlstad Tfn 054-700 10 00 Fax 054-700 14 60 Information@kau.se www.kau.se ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Acknowledgements Our thanks go first and foremost to our supervisor, Bo Enquist for his insight support and constructive criticisms during our writing of this thesis. Moreover, we would like to thank Samuel Petros S. for recommending the books and the way to conduct this thesis. We also want to thank the librarian at university for helping us to find the books to run this thesis. Page 2 of 41 ABSTRACT In the today‟s business world, there are many strategies being used to run businesses. In the recent past, the topic of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has grown rapidly. People are starting to demand that companies take their social responsibility seriously. Many companies have started to engage in CSR as a strategy in order to gain benefits that can give them an added advantage over their competitors. There have been increasing numbers of companies engaged in CSR to run their businesses. Nowadays corporate social responsibility (CSR) can drive companies to succeed in business by increasing sales volume and brand...
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...Introduction Creating a business plan helps one with the start of a new business and helping it to grow. Most entrepreneurs who develop business plans usually succeed opposed to those who do not. A business plan helps in demonstrating the aim of one’s business. It helps others know ones vision about the business, as well as helps one to be clear on what exactly he wants to achieve through the business. This in turn helps one to conduct proper research about the market and gather enough information about the business he is opting for ("The importance of,”). Political, economic, and social forces Political, economic, and social forces play an important role when developing health care organizations. It is very important that one carefully develops the organization to prevent as many down falls as possible. The political force that plays an important role in development of my health care clinic is the money. It is very essential that one carefully depicts what the money or funds for a business will be used for. In this case, I decided that the budget would be used for purchasing the necessary equipment that would needed, the programs that would be utilized, to compensate the staff, etc. Everything must be carefully planned out. That is the most important step of all. Social forces that influenced the development of the clinic were the place of development and its patients. The economy is constantly changing, so the place of development is important. I decided to develop the...
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...Roberto Garcia: Prosperous but Humble Education is extremely crucial to the Latino Community, as well as faith and most important of all working hard. Some individuals succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to. Roberto Garcia is the epitome of a determined person to succeed. Mr. Garcia grew up knowing that in order to be successful meant having to work for it. Despite obstacles and challenges he may have faced throughout his journey for success, his determination, dedication, and strong work ethic have molded him into a well-known Latino member of his community. He has made his presence known by giving back to his community through numerous ways, such as building the largest home health agency in...
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...Ari Weinzweig, one of the founding Managing Partners of Zingerman’s Community of Businesses (ZCoB) has been, through his personality, writing style and philosophy of doing business, a major influence on my expectations and outlook on life. His effectiveness derives from a passionate belief in what is being accomplished at Zingerman’s, a deep love for all things food and the people that choose to come into whatever Zingerman’s business that come to eat Great Food. A charismatic and articulate speaker, he is passionate about the topics that he speaks about – usually food and customer service. A firm believer of Servant Leadership, a contemporary leadership style to Transformational Leadership that is propounded by Robert Greenleaf and practiced daily by Weinzweig and the other managing partners of ZCoB. Using a Leadership Style survey from Don Clark’s Big Dog & Little Dog’s Performance Juxtaposition website, Ari Weinzweig’s leadership style has been determined as primarily participative. This survey assesses three types of leadership – Authoritarian (autocratic), Participative (democratic), and Delegative (free reign). The premise is that the highest score is indicative of the style of leadership that is normally used. A score of 40 or more is a strong indicator of the normal style. The lowest score is indicative of the style least used. The accepted view is that the best leaders operate out of the participative (or democratic) mode and use the other modes as needed....
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...As I graduated from High School I decided to pursue a career of Executive Secretary at Butler Business School. As my time in the school progressed I was realizing that becoming an Executive Secretary was something that I was not interested in. I completed the necessary courses to get my diploma as a Clerk-Typist. After I graduated from there I decided to take a break from school and started to work. This was a decision that was difficult to make. The only thing that gave me the courage to do what is right was my mother and my family who supported everything I did. My mother always knew that by me not continuing my education will not get me a good job. She always stated to go back to school and better myself. As time went by it got harder for me to go back to school, and the evitable happen I became pregnant. I was unable to go to school then because I had to work to support my daughter. The opportunity for me to go back to school became harder and harder as each day went by. My mother said, that to have faith that when the time was right I will be able to return to school. The only thing that kept me going is to make sure that my daughter got everything she deserves. As time went by my daughter became older and I decided to go back to school. The family was happy that I have made my decision to go back to school. I was able to sign up to go to Housatonic Community College to get my degree in Word Processing Specialist. At the same time I was able to put my...
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...Eighteen months after starting this column, business leadership still hasn't reached perfection. Haven't they been reading? Why is good leadership still so rare? Maybe it's because we use a whacked-out definition of leadership. "Leader" has become code for "rich guy with an impressive title who orders others around." But leading by giving orders left and right with no accountability doesn't work. We're living in a world of low loyalty, high mobility, and extreme uncertainty. "Push" leadership will push people right out the door. We need leaders who inspire others to follow, who engender loyalty. We need leaders who practice "pull" leadership. Pull leaders don't give orders; they create social systems that inspire people to join They do it using principles that many people in official leadership positions wouldn't follow if their lives depended on it. Pull leaders take responsibility for the success of their organization and their people Responsibility isn't given; it's taken. The loss of faith in American business starting earlier this decade has been driven by a batch of CEOs who have chosen not to take responsibility for the consequences of their actions, even when the responsibility was required by law. Pull leaders take responsibility voluntarily, even when it's optional. You want to change how your company does business, but you're too junior to have an effect? So what! A corporate trainer saw students struggle with the company's product, so he wrote up the shortcomings...
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...Dynamic Business Environment Business: Any activity that seeks to provide goods and services to others while operating at a profit. Profit is the amount of money a business earns above and beyond what it spends for salaries and other expenses needed to run the business operation. Goods are tangible products such as computers, food, clothing, cards appliances and services include intangible products which cannot be held in your hand such as education, health care, insurance, recreation, travel and tourism. Entrepreneur is a person who risks time and money to start and manage a business. (Sam Walton started Wal Mart, Bill Gates started Microsoft) Revenue is the total amount of money a business takes in during a given period by selling goods and services. Loss occurs when business expenses are more than its revenues. Risk is the chance an entrepreneur takes of losing time and money on business that may not prove profitable. Higher the amount of risk, higher is the profit. Standard of Living: The amount of goods and services people can buy with the money they have. Business provides employment, employees pay tax and the tax is used by the government to build the infrastructure. Quality of Life: The general well being of a society in terms of political freedom, a clean natural environment, education, health care, safety, free time and everything else that leads to satisfaction and joy that goods and services provide. High quality of life is a combined effort of business, non- profit...
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...close two stores that were not making any money due to the crime rate in the area the stores were located. Due to a lack of trust with employees the company has decided to refuse donations to the local food bank. Both of these situations have the potential to spiral out of control causing a loss of profit for the company and have a negative impact on the stakeholders. A lack of trust between company and employees could cause this store to suffer increased theft, because the employees know they lack the respect of the company. This may cause them to either turn a blind eye to theft, or steal themselves. In regards to the food banks request, donating locally would be a great way to bond with the community. More people will consider shopping at a store that is giving back to the community. My first recommendation would be for Company Q to start a Product-of-the-month program. They could choose to feature a different item every month and monitor sales on that item. This would lower the risk of ordering a large amount of something that will not sell well. If they only order a small amount and feature it in the store for a month, then they would know if it would be a good item to continue to carry in the store. This would be a good way to find out what customers like without spending a lot of money. It would be wise for them to advertise in their store that they have started a product-of-the-month program. This will help make customers aware and it will have them coming back each month...
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...HCS/325 Team B: Case Study October 11, 2014 Effective decision making is yet another vital component in health care. It is used to not only manage an organization, but it is also used to manage the organizations’ staff and resources. Managers are tasked with making important decisions each day and these decisions have a major impact on the organizations’ operations and successes. In this week’s case study, Paul has three possible candidates (Taneshia, Felipe, and Amanda) all with many possible tools that can be utilized to successfully be Paul’s successor, only one has more to offer than the others. Taneshia has worked at the company for three years, has a bachelor’s degree in health administration, is a registered record administrator with a minor in human resources, and is currently the director of health information management systems. She has a great relationship with her peers and doctors but she does have an attitude problem and is very opinionated. Felipe has worked for the company for the past five years and works in his own section with no staff to manage. He has a bachelor’s degree in health administration, a master’s degree in business administration, great people skills, and he has signed many contracts for the company. Amanda has been with the company for ten years, has a bachelor’s degree in health administration, oversees a large and varied group of workers on a daily basis, is well liked by...
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...developing countries. Finally, in Lebanon, Cisco created a similar project called Partnership for Lebanon. The key strategic lessons learned from the PFL concerning the implementation and running of development programs that could be adopted by any senior manager were a strategic approach of giving back. That was an important part of Cisco. They felt that giving back was a core value of theirs. The article mentions “Giving back was a core value that permeated the entire Cisco culture, as well as collaboration and communication. Cisco’s corporate citizenship culture incorporated values of openness, integrity, trust and fairness, which had a close affinity to corporate social responsibility (CSR). According to Akiki, “Giving back to the community is a core differentiating principle of Cisco’s culture; hence, unwavering commitment of Cisco employees to giving back and volunteering. Cisco housed a strong volunteer employment program, encouraging its employees to log their volunteering...
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...support worldwide in recent decades. By Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) we understand a set of long-term strategies, actions and policies that aim at contributing to the society and environment where the company is operating. The companies have a lot of power, in fact. It is especially obvious when we talk about huge multinational corporations as the effect of their activity can be easily noticed and felt by many people all over the world. To outweigh somehow the negative impact that business might have on the environment and communities, the notion of CSR was introduced. Logically, if the companies can have direct or indirect harmful influence on the surrounding world, that means, that they can also use their power and resources to do something useful for the society. Generally, CSR is a set of measures, not required by law that companies voluntarily implement in order to compensate their potentially harmful impact or to provide additional benefits to the community, thus adding value to the company name or the brands of the company. The gradual development of CSR frame and its acceptance by the people resulted in the spread of this concept and introducing it in a business realm as a normal practice. It is no surprise that now days all the multinational corporations have been already implementing the Corporate Social Responsibility Strategies. So, the tendency reaches medium and small businesses in the developed countries. The focus of CSR is gradually switching to positive...
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...identifying an opportunity, developing a business plan, determining the resources needed, and finally managing the newly developed enterprise (Hirsh, Peters, & Sheppard, 2005). A clear understanding of the entrepreneurial process is an important step in understanding the functions of a business administrator or assessing if entrepreneurship is the right fit for an individual. The order of the entrepreneurial process is important for proper fulfillment and to improve the odds of success (Barringer & Ireland, 2008). Some elements of the process are most important to the individual perspective, whereas other elements are most important from the corporate perspective. Finally, the entrepreneurial process has influenced the delivery of health care by affecting the scope of discovery, and the speed of delivery. A wide range of factors could influence someone to become an entrepreneur, including environmental, social, personal ones, or a combination of them. After one decides to be an entrepreneur, there are four steps of the entrepreneurial process he/she has to follow, spot and assess the opportunity, draw up a business plan, establish the resources needed and get them, and run the company created. The first step is spotting and assessing the opportunity, to identify and analyze its potential in terms of market needs, competitors and market potential, and product lifecycle. It is important for the entrepreneur to test his/her business idea/concept with potential customers...
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