...president of Seven-Eleven Japan to resolve conundrum of whether to introduce Ben & Jerry’s ice cream to the Japan market and, if so, how. Ben & Jerry’s was established by Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, who were school mates before, when they were in mid 20s. They were growing between 1982 and 1990 but they had suffered with their net income from 1993 to 1994 when their sales exceeded $150 million. Haagen-Dazs was the only major competitor in the super-premium ice cream market where Ben & Jerry’s was in. Ben & Jerry’s was very slow with embracing foreign market. The company only had foreign sales of $6 million, with total sales of $174 million. In the super-premium ice cream sales, Haagen-Dazs and Ben & Jerry’s were still the leading brands, but Haagen-Dazs was above Ben & Jerry’s. Now Ben & Jerry’s is trying to focus on market opportunities in Japan where Haagen-Dazs already had managed to capture nearly half the super-premium market in. Ben & Jerry’s is facing some difficulties with requests or changing their strategies by getting into the market in Japan. 2. Identification and Analysis of the Key Issues of the Case. * The reason for the decision of Ben & Jerry’s getting into Japan’s market is because Japan is the second biggest ice cream market with a big possibility. With the fact, Ben & Jerry’s faced to several problems with a joint-venture company and competitors. First, cooperating with the major supplier in Japan, Seven-Eleven...
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...Community Briefing on: Covey’s Habits of Highly Effective People . Stephen Covey's Seven Habits of Highly Effective People® ( Remember Covey’s habits are protected intellectual property) 0 Index Page 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 14 17 17 Habits defined Defining a habit Paradigms and Principals The Private Victory Habit 1- Be proactive Habit 2- Begin with the end in mind Habit 3- Put first things first Time quadrants The Public Victory Habit 5- Seek first to understand then to be understood Habit 6- Synergy Habit 7 - Sharpen the saw Habit 8 – Finding your voice Quotes that support the habits The ABC of using the habits Reading Recommendations Stephen Covey's Seven Habits of Highly Effective People® ( Remember Covey’s habits are protected intellectual property) 1 Seven Habits of Highly Effective People Habit 1: Be Proactive Take responsibility for your life. Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind Define your mission and goals in life. Habit 3: Put First Things First Prioritise, and do the most important things first. Habit 4: Think Win-Win Have an everyone-can-win attitude. Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood Listen to people sincerely. Habit 6: Synergize Work together to achieve more. Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw Renew yourself regularly. Habit 8: Find your voice and inspire others to find theirs. To deal with people in a way that will communicate to them their worth ...
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...Investigation All Concerned - Just an update on the DD report, everything went out as planned, the return data request included a checklist that covered the following areas; corporate matters, financial statements, tax/governmental reports and compliance, personal property, contracts and agreements, real property, intellectual property, insurance, litigation, affiliate transactions or arrangements, and environmental protection. I realize some of these areas may not apply to this particular company, but I wanted to make sure I covered all bases. Better to ask and have it not apply than not ask and miss important information. They have replied on some of the areas, mostly the easy ones that had little or nothing to report back, and they have addressed some of the financial information. However, there seems to be a little delay with most of what we need. I have had a few calls, most were asking for clarification on the data requested. Once I answered their questions, more calls came in requesting an extended due date. I have advised them that they need to get the information to us as quickly as possible and have suggested that they supply data piecemeal, as they get it...
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...with Hieronymus Bosch’s artistic style and its cultural-religious context, particularly with regard to The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things. The contribution by Laura D. Gelfand, as published in The Seven Deadly Sins: From Communities to Individuals8, may prove to be the principal oeuvre that is relevant to the present study because the author places explicit focus on the social and moralistic implications of the painting in question. The author’s claim that The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things was intended to serve as a mirror-like image of one’s sins, with a view to “sharing God’s view of the world and recognizing oneself within this view”9 might certainly be taken as a reflection on the wider scholarship of the symbolism of the eye and the mirror in the late medieval thought10. At the same time, Gelfand’s contribution is marked by an intense scrutiny of the social class aspects of the Boschean representation of the seven deadly sins, thereby unveiling a rather important but sadly neglected aspect of this...
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...Hold Me Tight Hold Me Tight, by Dr. Sue Johnson is a book that discusses the principles that are most successful in creating loving, strong relationships. Many of the ideas throughout this book are very similar to the ones that John Gottman writes about in his book, The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work. She even mentions him a number of times in this book, referring to some of the ideas that he incorporates in his work. Johnson separates her book into three main sections; “A New Light on Love,” “Seven Transforming Conversations,” and “The Power of Hold Me Tight.” Each section focuses on a different area, but they all contribute to the main theme of the important things to remember in order to create a happy relationship. The first section, “A New Light on Love,” begins by describing the type of research and work that Johnson does. Johnson focuses on a certain type of therapy that she calls EFT; or, Emotionally Focused Therapy, a therapy based on studying the emotional moments that define a relationship (Johnson 5). Johnson strongly believes that romantic love is all about the attachment and emotional bonding within a relationship (6). The main thing that people look for while trying to find a suitable mate, is, although it is normally subconsciously, is someone that they can depend on. Everyone wants to find someone who they can share an emotional connection with, and someone that they can feel comfortable around. As opposed to Gottman, who says that there are...
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...During this week’s reading I found chapter 16 about organization the most relatable. I like to think of myself as a very organized person both at home and in the workplace. However I had no idea what the meaning of Organization Culture was, and that there was seven steps to it. The steps are as following 1) Innovation and Risk Taking 2) Attention to Detail 3) Outcome Orientation 4) People Orientation 5) Team Orientation 6) Aggressiveness & 7) Stability. Out of those seven steps the steps that stand out to me are the first step being innovation and risk taking, being a native a native Californian and one from Silicon Valley I can see where companies have to be creative to succeed in the business. The second step is attention to detail; this should be something that everyone should do. No matter what their position is and whatever the company is. It’s the little things that make the difference and details are one of those “little” things. As well as step five: team orientation. In week two we learned how important a team can be to a company, so it only makes sense that this stands out to me just as much as the first two but now I understand how much it really makes a difference. Again, all seven steps are all very important but these three are the ones that stood out to me the most and made me think just a little more about what organization means to a...
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...Being an Effective Problem Solver and a Team Player. Ronald Davidson ITT-TECH GS1140 December 20, 2013 Unit 2 Assignment 1: Pascal’s Triangle Having an Effective Attitude for problem solving is important in improving your problem-solving skills and working with a team. It’s also important to practice the “Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: 1.Be Proactive, 2.Begin with the End in Mind, 3.Put First Things First, 4. Think Win/Win, 5. Seek Frist to Understand, Then to Be Understood, 6. Synergize, 7. Practice Renewal.” You also have to work on having the right Attitude; believe the problem can be solved. Take the right actions, Reread the problem several times, and Redescribe the problem. Work on Solution Procedures, Keep Track of Progress, Break the Problem into Sub problems, Start at a Point You Understand and last Accuracy, Check and Recheck. Understanding Paradigm shifts & Paradigm paralysis, you first must understand what a paradigm is, “It is a model or pattern based on a set of rules that define boundaries and specifies how to be successful at and within these boundaries.” A paradigm shifts can happen fast or over time, and you have at the world in a new way; you have a new set of rules, new models replacing old. A paradigm paralysis can occur when you or a company becomes stuck in there ways, and won’t change with times. When working with a team you must work together. Know your teams’ strengths and weaknesses, and use that to teams’ advantage. “Tuchman...
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...The government has seven basic principles too run the place but in my opinion the most important are Legislative Branch, Executive Branch, and Judicial Branch. The Legislative Branch is the congress were they can do many things for example they can carry out laws. Also the Executive branch is represented by the president where he can carry out laws and many other things too help the country. The last one is the judicial law It helps Interpret laws and other things. These are some of the government branches i will be talking about and will explain how seperating power between them all is good. One of the first branches was the Legislative branch which is the congress, every branch has a certain amount of power they can use and the congress has some important ones for example the most important is that they can pass on laws. Another ability is that the congress can declare war this is important because the president is commander of the armed forces so that means he’ll have to much power so this evens out the power between them. This means that since the president is the commander of the armed forces so too even out the power only the congress can start war against someone. The president can also make treaties with other countries so the congress has the power to impeach and remove presidents and other high officials just in case they don’t follow the rules. This explains that just in case the...
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...The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey, Simon & Schuster, 1989, ISBN 0-67170863-5 1 The Seven Habits From “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Restoring the Character Ethic” by Stephen R. Covey, Simon and Schuster, 1989 1. 2. BE PROACTIVE: Between stimulus and response in human beings lies the power to choose. Productivity, then, means that we are solely responsible for what happens in our lives. No fair blaming anyone or anything else. BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND: Imagine your funeral and listen to what you would like the eulogist to say about you. This should reveal exactly what matters most to you in your life. Use this frame of reference to make all your day-to-day decisions so that you are working toward your most meaningful 2 life goals. The Seven Habits From “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Restoring the Character Ethic” by Stephen R. Covey, Simon and Schuster, 1989 3. 4. PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST. To manage our lives effectively, we must keep our mission in mind, understand what’s important as well as urgent, and maintain a balance between what we produce each day and our ability to produce in the future. Think of the former as putting out fires and the latter as personal development. THINK WIN/WIN. Agreements or solutions among people can be mutually beneficial if all parties cooperate and begin with a belief in the “third alternative”: a better way that hasn’t been thought of 3 yet. The Seven Habits ...
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...The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey, Simon & Schuster, 1989, ISBN 0-67170863-5 1 The Seven Habits From “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Restoring the Character Ethic” by Stephen R. Covey, Simon and Schuster, 1989 1. 2. BE PROACTIVE: Between stimulus and response in human beings lies the power to choose. Productivity, then, means that we are solely responsible for what happens in our lives. No fair blaming anyone or anything else. BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND: Imagine your funeral and listen to what you would like the eulogist to say about you. This should reveal exactly what matters most to you in your life. Use this frame of reference to make all your day-to-day decisions so that you are working toward your most meaningful 2 life goals. The Seven Habits From “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Restoring the Character Ethic” by Stephen R. Covey, Simon and Schuster, 1989 3. 4. PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST. To manage our lives effectively, we must keep our mission in mind, understand what’s important as well as urgent, and maintain a balance between what we produce each day and our ability to produce in the future. Think of the former as putting out fires and the latter as personal development. THINK WIN/WIN. Agreements or solutions among people can be mutually beneficial if all parties cooperate and begin with a belief in the “third alternative”: a better way that hasn’t been thought of 3 yet. The Seven Habits ...
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...College could be one of the most important steps toward having a successful life. Chickering and Schlossberg list seven guidelines that will help get the most out of your college experience. However, in order for the guidelines to play to your advantage, you must understand the importance of each one. The first guideline is building relationships with your faculty members. Life is bigger than just doing well in school, and more often than not it’s who you know rather than what you know. It is to your advantage to make friends with your educators because it can lead toward extra help, correspondence in emails, and maybe even a reference for a job down the road. The second item on the list is working with other students. You may think you know it all, but with the help of fellow students you can achieve your goals. One of the most positive effects for working with others is the study groups you can hold before a test. This allows you to share your strengths while others strengthen your weakness’. The third guideline is active learning. In order to solidify the importance of new information, it is key to use an activity to experiment. A professor will teach you the information, but to understand what is being taught calls for self-experience. Prompt feedback on papers is the fourth item. When someone critiques your work they are spotting the flaws and making them apparent to the writer. To bring your education to a peak, you must be open minded to feedback and apply...
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...MG401: Senior Seminar in Management XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Homework: Week 3 1/29/13 Position Paper on Stephen Covey’s, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People Introduction In 1989, Stephen Covey's book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People started a landmark revolution in how we think about time and life management. In this book, Covey presents seven principles for developing effectiveness in our private and public lives. By developing these habits, one moves from being dependent on other people to being and acting independently. Then we learn how to move to the more advanced state of interdependence and successful Cooperation. As a part of the seven habits, Covey introduced important and powerful techniques of time management under the habit of "Put First Things First." It is necessary to understand (and Practice) all seven habits so that the tools of time management can be learned and practiced in their natural setting. What follows is a basic overview of these ideas presented so you can take better advantage of this tool you hold in your hands. Covey does not claim to invent the seven habits of highly effective people but rather claims to have discovered them and have a simple language for articulating them. Counter Argument Though the term self-help can refer to any case whereby an individual or a group (support group) betters themselves economically, intellectually or emotionally, the connotations of the phrase have come to apply particularly to psychological...
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...Joshua Meadows Nathaniel Widener HIS 131.05E 22 September 2014 How did the Paleo-Indians populate the Americas? The earliest Americans, called Paleo-Indians by archeologists, were the first people to settle America (Boyer 3). It is the popular belief among most archeologists that the Paleo-Indians had spread to most of North America by 13,000 B.C.E. From there, different groups of them migrated south into Mesoamerica and South America (Boyer 1). While the immigration of the Paleo-Indians happened at various times and for various reasons, the populating of the Americas happened because people arrived from northeastern Asia, then interrelated with other bands and tribes, and migrated toward certain desired environments or climates. The first...
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...The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People A Life Application Alexander K.M. Aflague University of Guam BA 240 29 Nov 2015 A Life Application Before even reading the book “The 7 habits of highly effective people” by Stephen covey, I looked through the table of contents and realized that I had already experienced all seven of the habits he had expressed in the book. This was all related to my twelve years I had spent in the Army before my injury had happened. I was released then started attending school, and eventually ending up in a Management class where the book appeared. I realized that I am now reliving it through the college experience and eventually will reuse the habits in the civilian work force. Although many of the experiences were similar in certain ways, reading the book itself gave me a much better perspective and understanding from these habits. The outcome of each was so different from what I had experienced in the Army. The power of the Paradigm, which was covered in part one of his book, stated that, “We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be” (Covey p.32). Just like a service member, whether still in or out of the service, has a smile every day to cover the sadness, Anger, and pain, which they may be struggling from PTSD, stress, and anxiety. We all tend to live each day where everything is perfect or bad because that’s how we see it. Simply said as people just think strictly inside the box where...
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...situations that seem different to us. They are forced to grow up and mature much faster and make life long decisions. "The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt." This quote is by Max Lerner. The things that kids go through to enter maturity can be complicated. Their task is to come across themselves, and grow into the mature person they will become. There are facing some difficult journeys filled with new things, difficult situations, confusion, and a loss of childhood innocence. The novel Bless Me, Ultima, written by Rudolfo Anaya, is about Antonio Marez, a young boy who has to make his way into maturity and in doing so he deals with some things that are not common for a boy his age. Antonio becomes emotionally mature from crying about deaths to staying tough when he sees the decease, intellectually mature by showing how intelligent he becomes and physically mature by changing in size and strength. For example, Antonio is the reason for many of his parent’s arguments that occur. They fight over what Antonio would be when he is older. This is not something usual for a seven years old kid. Most kids his age are spoiled by their parents and family and all they do is play with the other kids and just have fun. However, Antonio is stuck between two fires and he is thinking about what he wants to become, due to his parents arguments. Antonio’s mother wanted him to be extremely...
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