...COM 102/1-Composition II Lecturer:Anthony Marais Student:Tashbulatova Sabina Hong Kong as an Academic Destination Introduction Hong Kong attracts visitors from around the world for its universities,economic infrastructure, stunning nature,urban culture and the rhythm of the megapolis where ‘’East meets West.’’ Demographics During the 1990s, the population of Hong Kong grew rapidly. Nearly 7 million residents are related to Cantonese ethnic groups,called ‘’Hakka’’and‘’Chiu Chow’’. The society of Hong Kong suffers from an aging population due to the declining birth rate. Particularly, the fertility rate dropped to 1.09 in 2012, indicates the ratio below the replacement rate of 2.1.Simultaneously, life expectancy remains elevated ,and is planned to attain 82 for men and 88 for women by 2031. Hong Kong’s old age dependency rate is expected to enlarge and to exceed Japan by 2060. Language According to the 1996 census, the official languages are Chinese and English, about 3.1% of Hong Kong citizens claimed English as the language of everyday communication and nearly 34.9% identified English as a second language.(Bolton,2000) Despite the ended British governance in 1997, Western culture is deeply entrenched in the country and harmonious with the conventional traditions and Eastern philosophy.(Buckley,1997). Education As a former of British overseas,territory of Hong Kong has retained the UK and US education systems...
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...Improving Organizational Performance Kenyetta PYSCH/ 428 May 06, 2013 Marianne Narick Improving Organizational Performance Organizations prove successful by the business structure, communication with employees and job satisfaction. There are many ways to accomplish such goals with team building strategies and communication. According to www.boundless.com, “Job satisfaction can be influenced by a person's ability to complete required tasks, the level of communication in an organization, and the way management treats employees. It isn't always easy to measure job satisfaction as the definition of satisfaction can be different for different people. If an organization is concerned about job satisfaction of their employees, management may want to conduct surveys to determine what type of strategies to implement”. Airdevils Inc, is an aerial stunts performance facility in Salt Lake City, Utah. The company was founded in 1995 by one of the best female stunt performers, Celsey Evans and five other performers of the same expertise. By the next year, Airdevils’ workforce expanded to 115 crew members. With a thriving business and company workforce expansion, the founding partners retired from stunt performances and formed the top management staff. For the past two years business came to a stand-still existing and new customers not impressed with the stunts, key employee turnover was at an all-time high and to top things off current employee job satisfaction low. According to...
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...1.0 Executive Summary We are preparing to open a popcorn specialty shop in Hong Kong, the Pop Popcorn Shop. Hong Kong is a famous international tourism city and it successfully received more than 42 million tourists in the past year. Hong Kong has its unique culture and the Hong Kong film culture is one of the most remarkable one. Therefore, our Pop Popcorn Shop will closely integrated with the Hong Kong film culture, and create a well-known local brand image, which can attractive to local residents who like to eat popcorn or like to see movies, and the tourists who interest in the Hong Kong culture or movies. We can effectively compete with other popcorn store because we offer a high quality, various tasty flavors, as well as healthy popcorn with value price to consumers. More importantly, we provide customize service, which customers can make their own flavor popcorn and even the packages according to their preference. The particular customize service as well as the film culture brand image is our two brightest spots, which can make us distinguish with other competitors and become our distinct competencies. The marketing objective in the first year is to build up our brand awareness through our various marketing communication methods and we will continue to focus on increasing our brand equity in the next two years. The primary financial objectives are to achieve first-year sales revenue of HKD1,580,000 (USD 203,820) and reach profitability. The revenue will be expected...
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...Improving Organizational Performance Kyle Petty PSY/428 July 27, 2011 Dr. Jerry Punch Improving Organizational Performance The Airdevils is a stunt organization whose quality of performance has plummeted in past two years. The founder, Celsey, has made some assumptions that the performance decline is a reflection of the heavy recruitment throughout the year and the unfamiliarity between the team members. Celsey was confident that the team members of Airdevils would resolve matters with passage of time; however, after two years the problems surfaced, matters have become worse and the time had come to figure out the root cause of the problems. Celsey administered the Job Description Index (JDI) survey to Airdevils employees and the results reflected a very low-level of job satisfaction, especially the stunt performers (Apollo Group Inc, 2005). The organization, through an outside consulting firm progresses through four phases to address and improve employee’s job performance. In phase one the Airdevils hired Dream Teamworks (DT) to assist in identifying the reason for the low job satisfaction in the stunt performers group. After interpreting the JDI survey DT concluded the cause of low job satisfaction among stunt performers was the lack of exciting challenges in their current job profiles. The main driver for this is the rigid organizational structure that has evolved...
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...Subject: ___________________ Name: ___________________ Class: _______________________ Date: ___________________ Score: ___________________ / 100 Part 1 Reading Comprehension (Total: 20 marks) Magazines Around the World Apart from the textbooks that students use at school, can you guess what is the most common and accessible type of reading format throughout the world? We see them daily on sale. You can get them from convenience stores, supermarkets and even from the Internet. Do you have any idea what they are? Yes, they are magazines. There is a vast variety of magazines around the world. They can be about cars, yachting, celebrities, health, business, cosmetics, literature, etc. Due to their wide variety, they account for much of our entertainment in life, and are a source of information as well. A) Time Time is a weekly American news magazine that covers mostly human issues. Its first issue was released in 1923. Today, Time has become an influential magazine around the world. One of the many features of Time is the annual cover story ‘Person of the Year’. People who have the biggest effect on the year’s news will be chosen as the main topic of the cover story. In the past, people such as Adolf Hitler or Joseph Stalin have been chosen as ‘Person of the Year’. In terms of style, Time is also known for its standard design ― a red border on the front page. It was changed for the very first time into a black border after the 911 attacks...
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...Week 3 Individual Assignment “Improving Organizational Performance” Simulation Summary Diana Salisbury PSY/428 November 8, 2010 University of Phoenix Adinah Johnson CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY: I certify that the attached paper, which was produced for the class identified above, is my original work and has not previously been submitted by me or by anyone else for any class. I further declare that I have cited all sources from which I used language, ideas and information, whether quoted verbatim or paraphrased, and that any and all assistance of any kind, which I received while producing this paper, has been acknowledged in the References section. This paper includes no trademarked material, logos, or images from the Internet, which I do not have written permission to include. I further agree that my name typed on the line below is intended to have, and shall have the same validity as my handwritten signature. Student's signature (name typed here is equivalent to a signature): Diana Salisbury Abstract The “Improving Organizational Performance” Simulation was based on a fictitious professional aerial stunt company called Airdevils Incorporated in Salt Lake City, Utah. A female airborne aerobatic performer, Celsey Evans, founded the company in 1995. At first, she was the only employee but quickly signed up four of her colleagues in 1996. By 2007, the company had grown to 115 employees. The company won numerous national and international awards almost every...
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..."Improving Organizational Performance" Simulation Summary Airdevils Inc. is located in Salt Lake City, Utah founded by Celsey Evans in 1995. There are 115 employees who provide aerial stunts throughout different industries. However, in the last two years Airdevils customers have not been satisfied with their performance and it has also been brought to Celsey Evans that job satisfaction among the employees is low. Job Satisfaction There has been a drop in performance for Airdevils stunt performers. It has been said that employees do not have job satisfaction. Employees were given a survey to determine the reason why job satisfaction was low. The results of the survey were that stunt performers are not receiving what they joined the company for and the stunts are routine and do not excite the performers. The recommendation for the organization is for Celsey Evans to possibly send stunt performers for training in more thrilling stunts given what the budget can allow. Budget Airdevil performers are dissatisfied with the organization and see the organization as inflexible and rigid. A set budget has been put together by Celsey Evans allowing the company to recommend interventions for the stunt performers. Given the budget, some interventions Airdevils can participate in are training in other stunts, enter new line of stunts, and performance based incentives. The company has recommended these interventions because in a previous survey, employees did not have job satisfaction...
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...The Panda Have you ever wanted to become something or to achieve a goal, but no one ever believed in you or said that’s a bad idea? Well you would find out and learn how the character “Po,” from Kung Fu Panda overcame this challenged he faced. It is also a very interesting film to inspire the young children and adults that are also facing a similar scenario. Po was a big fat panda that was helping his father at a noodle shop. Po’s father always wanted his son to become famous for making the special noodle soup and to run and carry on his business. Po had different goals and plans in mind; he wanted to become the “Dragon Warrior.” He always saw himself as a failure and cannot achieve what he wanted in the beginning, but he started to believe in himself when Master Ogway talked to him. Po was chosen to defeat Tai Lang if he came to destroy the village. He wanted to leave the Jade Palace after he found out that he had to fight Tai Lang. He started to train harder and to try and prove that he can defeat the evil Tai Lang that escaped from jail. When Po was picked by Master Ogway to become the “Dragon Warrior,” many people saw him as a disgrace that he was chosen instead of Crane, Mantis, Tigeres, Monkey, or Snake. He found strength from his father telling him that there is no secret ingredient in the soup which explained the “Dragon Scroll” he had. Tai Lang also looked at the “Dragon Scroll,” but he did not realize why it was blank, but Po figured out the meeting. But he gained...
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...Improving Organizational Performance at AirDevils Linking job satisfaction and organization productivity directly to an employee’s psychological state within the workplace is possible using theory of motivation. Rectifying psychological causes such as dissatisfaction motivate employees to perform tasks well, thus leading to productive behavior. Rectifying psychological factors can remove workplace stressors and relieve issues employees face in the workplace. AirDevils is a company full of dissatisfied and stressed employees. Although they may seem linked, the cause for dissatisfaction is not the cause for stress or vice versa as two specific groups make up the company. The performers make up one group and the supporting crewmembers make up the other. Dissatisfied performers create a downward spiral in productivity, and stressed crewmembers are unavailable or missing from work. The job characteristics theory of motivation is applicable to both groups to create improved job satisfaction and organizational productive by lowering stress. Improving the performers behavior by incorporating new stunts in routines can create a better aerial performance. In turn, AirDevils may begin to win awards in competition with the new routine, leading to improved job satisfaction. Some crewmembers are also aspiring performers, but too many are not able to keep pace because of injury and job stress. To reduce dissatisfaction and stressors, AirDevils must alleviate problems between performers and...
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...being represented by scenes and then shift to the global one. As an independent film, Made in Hong Kong shows the anxiety and confusion of marginalized youth in the society, they are a group of people who may easily be ignored by the society. Fruit Chan has successfully depicted the local issues through the film by using visual motif, monologue, settings and graphic blocking. He has brought up the youth problem, the grass-rooted family problem and the identity problem arose by authority change in 1997 to the society. In the 90s, a rise of gangster movies certainly promoted a sense of heroism for the youth. The society idealized the images of being a gangster and overlooked the panicky side of the youngsters. The main characters Moon, Ah Lung, Ah Ping and Susan in the movie represent the problem youth in the society. The monologue of Moon at the very beginning unveils the failure of educational system in Hong Kong. As an exam-oriented society, elites with good academic results are highly praised but for those cannot obtain high marks are doomed to failure. Moon being the later one leaves school at the early stage and winds up being a gangster. However, students who go to school are not free from problems associated. Fruit Chan in the movies shows the evil side of...
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...Angelo Cupani Film 262 4/6/14 Hong Kong: An Industry Born on a Budget Hong Kong has often been referred to as the “Hollywood of the East”. Although there are qualities of the Hong Kong film industry, which do indeed resemble those of Hollywood, implying that Hong Kong’s film industry is simply a second-tier version of Hollywood’s is an injustice to the unique industry model that Hong Kong has developed since the mid 20th century. Multiple factors, namely economic, have driven Hong Kong filmmakers to adapt different methods of production and exhibition than Hollywood filmmakers, resulting a in a distinct style of cinema that maximizes profits and controls costs, and has proven itself successful. Many of the unique practices of Hong Kong cinema stem from the industry’s tendency to push films through the production process much more quickly than the typical Hollywood film, and on a much smaller budget. The pace at which Hong Kong films are made is unmatched, proven by director Tsui Hark who went from script to release in less than two moths with his film Chinese Feast. The speed at which these films are released is driven by exhibition. With most production companies throughout Hong Kong film history being vertically integrating, including Shaw Brothers and Cinema City, the goal has been to push as many films through their own theaters as quickly as possible, with rapid turnover rates. Unlike Hollywood films, which can often stay in theaters for a month or longer, Hong Kong...
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...With constant change and demand, it is extremely challenging for organizations to figure out how to improve performance. For organizations to stay afloat they must depend on all who are a part of the organization. The purpose of this paper is to provide a summary of the Improving Organizational Performance simulation, to briefly describe the situation, recommend solution (s), state the results, and summarize the organizational psychology concepts addressed in the simulation by answering specific questions. “Improving Organizational Performance” simulation was based on Airdevils, a professional aerial stunts firm who provides services for motion picture and television production, demonstration events, publicity stunts, and marketing campaigns. Airdevils is an organization based in Salt Lake City, Utah founded by Celsey Evan in 1995. She started the company solo and was joined by four of her colleagues a year later. Today there are 115 employees on the payroll. The five founding team members are now retired and manage the organization. The types of stunts Airdevils perform include: skydiving, sky surfing, hang gliding, and paragliding. Until two years ago Airdevils has received numerous national and international awards for their daring aerial stunts. The past two years have yielded no awards for the organization. Faithful clients have expressed dissatisfaction with the quality of stunts. In addition, several top employees have resigned and, to complicate matters,...
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...According to Stuart Hall, there are two kinds of identity: identity as being (a sense of unity and commonality) and identity as becoming (a process of identification, which shows the discontinuity in our identity formation). The first one is necessary, but the second one is truer to our postcolonial conditions. (Hall) Hong Kong identity is not fixed; it changes from time to time and is determined by the social-political changes. (Jonathan) Mass media (films) can somehow construct some kinds of ideologies or identities and indicate the attitude and value behind identity in a society. (Ping-Kwan) In this paper, we will investigate how 1970s’ films, New Wave Movie in 1980s and 1990s’ films reflect the social changes and construct HK identity. After the 1967’s Riots, Hong Kong people had to face keen competition and social conflict and instability. Most of them had to face great pressure and discontent was widespread in the society. (李以莊) Watching movies such as “One-Armed Swordsman” (獨臂刀) [1967] and “The Big Boss” (唐山大兄) [1971] become one of the tools or ways for them to vent their pressure and emotions. Moreover, in the early 70s, the society was rife with corruption. The corruption of the Hong Kong police and the government officers became a climate of Hong Kong. This phenomenon was corrosive to both the foundations of society and relationship between the police/government officers and the public. (Pak Tong) The Hong Kong government was therefore urged to found ICAC...
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...Improving Organizational Performance Simulation Summary University of Phoenix PSY/428 Improving Organizational Performance Simulation Summary The “Improving Organizational Performance” Simulation was based on a stunt company called Airdevils Incorporated in Salt Lake City, Utah. Airdevils Incorporated was a fictitious organization founded by Celsey Evans in 1995. Celsey was the best female airborne aerobatic performer, who provided daring, innovative stunt performances to film producers and marketing firms. Celsey, with four of her colleagues, built Airdevils into a small prosperous organization with 115 employees. Their dramatic and daring stunts won the company numerous awards and many dedicated customers. The founding team of has since retired ad acts as the company’s management team. Over the years the quality of work declined as well as the awards and accolades decreased. Regular customers have expressed their dissatisfaction with the stunts and key employees have left the organization. The job satisfaction levels are low and employees are concerned about their salaries. They feel they could make more money if they freelanced versus working for Airdevils Incorporated. Celsey has become very concerned with the decrease in quality work and the lack of drive to entice customers to use Airdevils services. Celsey decided to take action. Her first step was to identify the cause of low job satisfaction among the stunt performers by initiating...
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...Matting 4 Yuan Direct Labor Picking time 10 minutes 10 minutes 10 minutes Picking labor rate/hour 12 Yuan 12 Yuan 12 Yuan Matting and framing time 20 minutes 30 minutes Matting and framing rate/hour 21 Yuan 21 Yuan Illustration 1-2 – Manufacturing overhead budget for Sino-Beauty Manufacturing Overhead Budget (in RMB) Supervisory salaries 100,000 Factory rent 130,200 Equipment rent (framing and matting equipment) 50,000 Utilities 20,000 Insurance 10,000 Information technology 50,000 Building maintenance 11,000 Equipment maintenance 4,000 375,200 4. Compute the product cost for the following three items. a. Yao Ming unframed print (base cost of print 12 Yuan).3.36+12+2=17.36 b. Jackie Chan print in steel frame, no mat (base cost of print 16 Yuan).4.48+16+4+2+7=33.48 c. Jet Li print in wood frame with mat (base cost of print 20 Yuan).5.6+20+6+4+2+10.5=48.1 5. (a) How much of the total overhead cost is expected to be allocated to unframed prints? 6. (b) How much of the total overhead cost is expected to...
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