...Leadership Reflection Assignment The ability to lead is a quality that many people posses, or wish to possess, but is a quality that is very difficult to define in one specific way. Many different people lead in many different ways, and this makes it nearly impossible to assign the term leadership with a set, universal definition since there isn’t a set, defined way to universally lead a group. The individuals involved and the situation they are involved in are what help to define leadership. According to Robert Crandall, Chairman and President of American Airlines, in McFarlane, Senn, and Childress’ article “Redefining Leadership for the Next Century,” “The ideal leader for the 21st century will be one who creates an environment that encourages everyone in the organization to stretch their capabilities and achieve a shared vision, who gives people the confidence to run farther and faster than they ever have before, and who establishes the conditions for people to be more productive, more innovative, more creative, and feel more in charge of their own lives than they ever dreamed they could.” Although this is a great definition of the term, I believe leadership can be much more simply defined. To me, leadership is the ability to bring out the best in every individual involved in the group in an effort to enhance the overall quality of the team’s performance. Although I already had a definition similar to this in mind before engaging in the compass program, this course has...
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...Cristian Ayala 9/11/12 Personal Statement 2 The qualities that I posses and in personate that describes who I am: I am devoted, I am a believer of leading a balanced life and a leader who knows the way and shows the way. I am extremely dedicated to what I do and always make an effort to use my abilities with commitment in both my personal and professional life. Partaking in athletics has had an extremely positive influence in my life and my development as a person. It has help build my character, has helped shape my identity and prepare me for the difficulties of the social life. I practiced martial arts for over 8 years and have been playing soccer since I was five. Both forms of art have shaped my identity by making me more social, a leader, and open minded about diversity. For one thing, soccer in particular, has taught me cooperation and teamwork. It has taught me how to be a good leader and to work well under pressure. The part I am most proud of is that now with all the knowledge I have acquired I can help spread my knowledge and help my community. My biggest accomplishment per se is that as the captain of my high school varsity team, I guided my team to the quarterfinals of the C.I.F(California Interscholastic Federation) has been the most rewarding experience. Most importantly I was selected as one of the top ten player of the C.I.F 2011-2012 Boys Soccer. These experiences and great accomplishments gave me the confidence to volunteered...
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...representation of African Americans. As an African American male, who would rather dive off a diving block and kicking a soccer ball then shoot a jump shot or carry for 25 yards, I faced an immense amount of backlash. Even though, I was simply doing what I loved do, I couldn't help but notice the obvious stares, whispers, and flat out disrespect. While this may have been an incredibly discouraging experience, I learned and inherited some many worthwhile qualities in the process. I may have acquired incredible teamwork and leadership abilities but I also acquired and learned the importance of discipline and dedication, and were ultimately able to implement these qualities into other areas of my life. I would pack my shin guards or goggles and headed out to display my talents for a group of people that were baffled at my attendance. Always and forever, the only black kid at the swim meet or soccer tournament, an...
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...Controlling Project Costs and Risks Summer 2008 Team #3 (Raisa, Omar, Roberto, David, Mark, Suzanne) Week #2 and #3 Team Exercise Scope Statement for Charity Project Project and Project Objectives: We are a company with 1000 people located in the same building in San Diego, California. In April 2008, a tragic situation developed with one of our colleagues. Brian Johnson, a member of our IT team, was diagnosed with a life-threatening liver condition and requires a kidney transplant. Miraculously, a suitable donor was found. Brian has health insurance that will cover his part of the operation, but the donor does not have health insurance. Our company has decided to help Brian and his family raise the $100,000 dollars necessary for the transplant operation to take place. Service Requirements and characteristics: We have decided to implement four different programs to raise money. First, we will have a capital campaign designed to solicit monetary donations. Second, we will organize a soccer tournament open to employees, along with their friends and family. Third, we will work with a food catalog company such as Charles Chips and pass out catalogs with items that can be ordered. (A percentage of catalog sales come back to us.) Lastly, we will organize a phone bank for several days and have employees make calls to solicit donations. Product acceptance criteria: The project is successful if and when $100,000 dollars (our four campaigns + company match) is raised...
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...Apple Inc. (“Apple”) as a market leader in the technology industry remains appealing to its loyal fan consumers despite the death of Steve Jobs. The fact that Steve Jobs rescued Apple from the verge of collapse has actually made him a spiritual leader of Apple and part of Apple’s product attributes. The return of Jobs to Apple in 1997 marked the successful execution in the company. He stopped licensing program, moved manufacturing to abroad and the most courageous move was to move the products into retails. Despite other competitors’ success in total different business models, Apple was thinking something beyond not just simple sales in a store but the “foot traffic” it can create. Finally, today we are sure that in any of the Apple stores, people are not just coming for buying products but also visit the stores out of curiosity and want to take part in merriment which also draws more people in. In this way, Apple stores are doing something beyond sales but also image, brand, enjoyment, trend, curiosity and accessibility of products etc. Looking behind the scene, Apple’s success could also be attributable to the strong leadership of Steve Jobs in building a cohesive team with the technicality to reliable designs and quality products, the obsession with simplicity but yet sophisticated featured products. Rather than having prototypes or previews of upcoming products, Apple purposely releases their revolutionary products that have been kept completely secret until they suddenly...
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...known as Blue Ribbon Sports founded in 1964 by Phill Knight and Bill Bowerman. It is the leading sporting goods Company in the United States and hundreds of other countries. This makes it the worlds number one athletic shoe and apparel seller, they have more than twenty thousand employees, with total sales of $9.5 billion. Nike and the athletic shoe industry has transformed into one of the most competitive markets in recent years. Nike does not only sell athletic shoes, but a wide variety of sporting goods and clothing. They also design, develop, and market high quality active sports apparel, equipment, and other accessory products. Their huge lines of products are for just about every sport. Their products are for men, women, and children of all ages. Nike’s mission statement is "To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world.” In today’s competitive environment, Nike, one of the global leaders in sporting goods industry, has established a strong position for enhancing athletic life style. However, it has become the passion for everyone to use its brand products that create the Nike “Just Do It” feeling for the competition. The consumer’s perception of brand influences their buying decision in sports industry, so Nike always has been able to position to customer’s expectation and athletic fantasy that is endorsed by real athletes. Nike has continuously tried to target the world’s youth population through basketball. Nike partnered with Michael Jordan...
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...[pic]Company Strategy Product & Pricing Puma’s primary product line includes footwear, focusing on sports and lifestyle. Although they also posses a variety of clothing for men, women, and children, along with assorted accessories. Within Puma’s footwear are included a variety of running shoes, sneakers, boots, and athletic footwear. The pricing for men, women, and kids, which includes brands like Ferrari, BMW, and Ducati are as follows (www.shop.puma.com): • Men and women sneakers, running shoes, and boots run from $24 to $135 • Kid’s footwear $21 to $70 • Men and women Soccer footwear and cleats range from $30 up to $200 • Men and women Golf shoes $80 to $250 • Motorsport footwear for men and women go from $47.50 to $130 • Ballerina shoes from $35 up to $95 • Men sandals cost between $30 and $37.50 Incorporated in Puma’s product collection also lies a selection of clothing and accessories. Their clothing collection include jackets, t-shirts, hoodies, sweaters, pants shorts, dresses, tanks, under garments, skirts, outerwear, and polos. Pricing for these range from $14 to $500, encompassing brands like BMW, Ferrari, Oracle, and Wilderness. Also incorporated to this selection are accessories, such as hats, bags, golf bags, totes, backpacks, watches, tech accessories, socks, and belts that price from $8 to $180. Golf bags being the most expensive. Puma is associated with a variety of collections throughout their footwear, clothing, and accessory lines, that consists...
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...NETWORKS AND ETHNIC ORGANIZATIONS THAT A COMMUNITY BUILDER CAN USE TO LEARN ABOUT THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF A GROUP AND TO IDENTIFY AND ENGAGE ITS LEADERS? * WHAT ARE SOME OF THE COMMON CHALLENGES THAT A COMMUNITY BUILDER MIGHT FACE WHEN WORKING IN A DIVERSE COMMUNITY? In order to work effectively in a culturally and ethnically diverse community, a community builder needs to first understand how each racial and ethnic group in that community is organized in order to support its members. It is not uncommon to hear a community leader, a funder, a political representative, or a service provider say, "We were not able to engage that group over there because they are not organized. They have no leaders. We need to organize them first." This statement is not always accurate; most groups have their own network of relationships and hierarchy of leaders that they tap into for mutual support. These networks or leaders may not be housed in a physical location or building that is obvious to people outside of the group. They may not even have a label or a title. There is an unspoken understanding in some groups about when and whom they should turn to among their members for advice, guidance, and blessing. Once a community builder understands the social organization of the group, it will become easier to identify the most appropriate leaders, help build bridges, and work across multiple groups in a diverse community. What do we mean by "social organization?" Social organization refers to...
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...ball-worshipper as possible, that she did not want me to be a Virgo, my mother managed to convince her doctor to push back the delivery date by one week. Consequently, I was born on September 29, 1997, safely under the astrological sign of Libra. To some, believing strongly in zodiac signs may seem superstitious, maybe even foolish, but I am forever grateful for my mother’s determination in requesting that I be born a Libra. A Libra is believed to demonstrate qualities of...
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...Capstone, Assignment 4 XXXXXXXX XXXXXXX BUS 499 Capstone XXXXXXXXXXXX. Company Background Mergers and acquisitions are as old as business itself. In 2014 mergers and acquisitions are happening at an alarming rate. In May, 2014, Apple announced it would acquire Beats Electronics for $3 billion dollars. Apple is an international corporation co-founded by the late pioneer Steve Jobs. Apple’s current CEO is Tim Cook. He has previously worked for its competitors, Compaq and IBM. Apple has insisted on improving the way their suppliers treat their employees around the globe. The company recently posted the following to their website: We’ve strengthened our programs to help suppliers protect student interns and other at-risk workers. We’re continuing our efforts to end excessive work hours. In 2013, our suppliers achieved an average of 95 percent compliance with our maximum 60-hour workweek. We’re driving responsible sourcing of minerals, and we’ve publicly released a list of smelters and refiners in our supply chain to promote transparency (Corporate Responsibility, 2014). The Beats Electronics acquisition brings an electronic company that specializes in headphones and speaker technology. Beats Audio is the technology behind the brand. The brains behind the brain of Beats is Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young, AKA Dr. Dre. The acquisition may prove to be a natural transition for the company. Beats Electronics have had their products included automobiles and computers...
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...Hobbes V.S Darwin on Power Power is a complex concept that has been discussed since early ages. While the term power may refer to the physical definition of the rate of doing work, many philosophers may look at the word in its relation to human behavior. In a social context, power can be seen as having the authority to control another’s behavior using authority or force. Many philosophers alike have discussed the concept of power and how it shapes human mechanism and the society that we live in. They have determined whether power is an essential force for society to function and what circumstances may give an individual power over another individual. Two philosophers that discuss power, its meaning and its importance in philosophy are Thomas Hobbes and Charles Darwin. Thomas Hobbes in his book “The Leviathan”, emphasized that power is the driving force of the world. He argued that we are all under certain different power districts, meaning every human being falls under a superior. Hobbes categorized power into two types; Natural Power and Instrumental Power. Natural power as Hobbes stated “is the eminence of the faculties of body or mind, as extraordinary strength, form, prudence, arts, eloquence, liberty, nobility.”(Hobbes, 78). This means power that is derived naturally without effort. For example, an earthquake has greater power, or strength than a human being. Natural power is power that an individual cannot have any control over. Instrumental powers are...
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...Sports Clubs in Spain World soccer clubs, constrained by their inability to increase their income from their traditional businesses, have begun to adopt strategies to transform themselves into modern sports and media companies. Under the recent presidency of Florentino Pérez, the Spanish football club Real Madrid presents a good example of the application of this expanded vision. One of the fundamental pillars of this model has involved designing and implementing a new marketing strategy aimed at strengthening the value of the club's brand. The adoption of this model has resulted in a significant increase in income from marketing. Undeniably, in this area, Real Madrid has become the leader in world soccer. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. MIGUEL BLANCO CALLEJO AND FRANCISCO J AV I E R F O R C A D E L L America. The key aspect of this conception resides in the idea that sports clubs can behave as brands, and the essential principle is to exploit the sponsorship plan and sale of products, together with the commercialization and sale of audio-visual and television rights of sporting events. In soccer, Manchester United in the United Kingdom was the pioneer in commercially exploiting its brand on an international level, and this strategy was highly successful in the 1990s. During the early years of the 21st century, however, Real Madrid has gained the position of “commercial leadership” within the world soccer market. Thus, during the 1990s, the soccer industry has been transformed...
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...Responsibility 12 Responsible Wealth Creation 14 Engagement and Plan Alignment & Corporate Culture 15 Wild Card 16 Internal Analysis 17 External Analysis 20 SWOT Analysis 24 Recommendation 27 Bibliography 33 Appendix 37 Team Member Roles 46 Detailed Timeline It all started in 1995 when Kevin Plank, the special teams captain on the University of Maryland football team, noticed that the cotton T-shirts he and his teammates wore underneath their pads were always soaked and filled with sweat (Under Armour, 2012). “There has to be something better,” he believed (Under Armour, 2012). That statement soon launched the performance apparel industry (Under Armour, 2012). That statement also became Under Armour’s generic strategy, which was to develop a better product than there was in the market. While Plank was perfecting his t-shirt after he graduated, he needed funds to launch his apparel line, so he maxed out his credit cards to the tune of $40,000 and set up a company in his grandmother’s basement in Washington, DC (Under Armour, 2012). In 1996, Kevin Plank founded Under Armour (Funding Universe). One year later, he made his first team sale to Georgia Tech, after which other major Division I teams followed in droves, along with 26 NFL teams (Under Armour, 2012). Under Armour released several apparel lines with each one having been designed for a specific purpose (Funding Universe). ColdGear was for harsh winter weather (Funding...
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...Executive Summary: The purpose of this assignment is to learn about strategy and strategic management by comparing the strategies of two companies from the same industry. The strategies of Nike and Adidas have been compared from the textile industry. Nike and Adidas both specialize in footwear, apparel and accessories and their competition is intense as Nike is the market leader and Adidas is the market challenger. The topics in this assignment cover critical incidents of both Nike and Adidas that occurred in the past and the comparison between both their strategies as well their future plans. This assignment shows us the influence the strategy has on the success or failure of companies and how companies craft sustainable strategies that help them to retain their position in the market. Table of Contents Page 1.0 Introduction 1 2.0 Literature review 1 3.0 Backgrounds of Nike and Adidas 2 3.1 Company overview of Nike 2 3.2 Company overview of Adidas 2 4.0 Critical Incidents that occurred in the past 3 4.1 Critical incidents that affected Nike 3 4.2 Critical incidents that affected Adidas 5 5.0 Comparison of the strategies of the companies 8 5.1 Strategies of Nike 8 5.2 Strategies of Adidas 9 5.3 Comparison of the strategies of Nike and Adidas ...
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...among Sport Spectators The term hooliganism is not new to anyone who has been keeping in touch with world news, especially concerning sports. The behavior of hooliganism is one that has been existent for a long time, and is very prevalent in the contemporary world. Football matches for instance have always been marred by such developments where the spectators have turned against rival spectators. In this case, the rival spectators are identified as those supporting a rival team. The violence against different team supporters have usually led to the destruction of property, injuries and in some unfortunate events, it has resulted to the loss of lives. These are issues that the world is currently facing. The entire universe has in one way or another experienced such developments especially among the sport spectators. The emergence of football as one of the most watched and supported sport has put it at the very center of hooligan activities. Many hooliganism cases reported today are from soccer matches, where fans find it hard to accept defeat. The fact that so many people today closely follow the sport has made it prominent, with an almost cult-like fan following. The football fans have grown enthusiastic of the sport in such a way that the loss of a match touches a very sensitive nerve among these fans, an aspect that results to anger. The embarrassment caused is usually almost personal among these spectators; hence the slightest trigger to violence leads to a greatly...
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