...What are the key problem(s) Lori and Doug are facing? Enjoyed ownership and working with staff Desire for more free time Wanted to stay involved in community Options: Looking for new opportunities within the existing business Stratford Waterfront Development (New Beanz) Sell Beanz to the Highest Bidder Focus on a Management Buyout (Gradual ownership transfer method) Work with an Angel Investor (150,000 for 50% ownership) Considering their commitment to producing fresh and consistent homemade food, loyal staff base and a strong sense of community, to ensure its continued growth and presence Which option(s) should they pursue to address the problem(s) you’ve identified? Please be sure your recommendation(s) explicitly address the problem(s) you’ve identified and are based on your strategic analyses of the situation. How should Doug and Lori go about implementing the recommended strategy(s)? Discuss how the plan you’ve suggested is specific, measurable, actionable, realistic, and timely. Lori and Doug opened Beanz, a cafe in downtown Charlottetown that focused on offering homemade food and coffee beverages, in 1996. During the next 16 years, they saw 11 coffee shops open in the area, as well as many restaurants close, or change ownership. One of these, was Starbucks. Although they didn't see a change in sales because of it, they wondered if they should consider Starbucks a competitor. Areas of opportunity for Beanz include communicating the...
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...“The First Impression” Conditions Precedent: n Send memo and e-mail to all those that may be attending. State place and time of meeting. n Prepare PowerPoint to accompany presentation during meeting. Meeting Points: n Present State of “Gourmet’s Delight” o For the last 6 consecutive months we have had declining profits. o Reported net loss of $10 million in Q4. o Our Chief Financial Officer has resigned. o New appointment of Jeffery A. Blade as Chief Financial Officer ▪ Most recently, Vice President of Finance for Cott Beverages USA ▪ Has led many companies from financial disarray to structured organization leading to financial control and profit growth o Establish new vision and mission statements ▪ New Vision Statement: “ Gourmet’s Delight is a modern American concept and we intend to lead and dominate the premium bistro segment in the restaurant industry.” ▪ New Mission Statement: “ To consistently serve our patrons the highest quality salads and sandwiches, using only the freshest ingredients, while offering the finest service and the lowest possible price.” n The Future of “Gourmet’s Delight” o Forecasting profits of $3 million in Q1. o Forecasting profits of $15 million for 2010. n Growing our business o Strategic ▪ No expansion set for 2010. ▪ Managing Labor • Establishing mandatory breaks • Strategic scheduling • Constant management involvement in units ▪ Managing Food Cost • Counting inventory before opening and after...
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...employees, and catering to the communities with the highest income, a message the American people are used to receiving. By closing stores in lower income communities instead of making an attempt to find out why they are losing money while introducing a higher line of products because of customer demand in the higher income communities sends these messages clearly to those affected by the loss of service or loss of job. By closing these two stores, Company Q is adding to an already critical economic situation within these communities, and they are exacerbating the situation by refusing to contribute product that ends up as waste to the food banks that most likely support these same communities. Company Q refuses to donate their day old food to the food banks citing the potential for employees to steal product that the employees claim they are donating. In addition to the savings they are losing by discarding waste instead of donating which I will explain later, Company Q is sending a message to their employees that they are not trusted which affects employee morale, which affects productivity. The first area Company Q needs to address is evaluating their stores. There should already be a system in place to evaluate each store’s profitability since these numbers have to be reported in the financial reports. Where they are failing themselves is by not intervening when a store is struggling and letting them get to the point of closing them down. There should be someone responsible...
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...Strategic communication challenge From title sponsorship to brand ownership BACKGROUND • Delhi: a critical metro market for Airtel --- highest number of mobile subscribers in a single city (5% of national mobile subscribers come from Delhi) • Aggressive tariff wars sparked by all competition brands • Vodafone intensifying on-ground focus on this market --- Vodafone Delhi Half Marathon since three years CHALLENGE • Change the category argument in the city from “who can give the lowest tariffs” to “which is the brand I love and engage with” • “Big Bang” transition of ownership of property from competition who owned it for three years Objectives Goal Measure 1 Participation Actual count 2 Strengthen Brand KPIs in Delhi, as measured by Millward Brown: Top of Mind Awareness (TOMA) by 1 point Intention to Purchase (ITP) by 1 point TOMA, ITP in Delhi as measured by Millward Brown 3 Share of acquisitions (SONA) by 1 point COAI report The Big idea The truest manifestation of the barrier-free world that Airtel believes in is a marathon where collectively an entire city converges on the streets to just run – dropping all inhibitions and barriers that would stop them from enjoying life’s simple joys By watching children run --- without restrictions and inhibitions that load our adult lives. They run with smiles on their faces or while screaming out loud in sheer joy --- carefree of where they are or who is watching them. Consumer insight We have created...
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...After the makeover, Tai feels more certain and starts to dress like a high class and in this way starts to act like a big snob. Cher and Dionne's yearning to give Tai a makeover depict what the perfect female body ought to look with a specific end goal to get attention of a male. Still about herself. She can't get away from her narcissism as everything turns into an impression of her. Truth be told, she's idealistic to the point that her ideal man is a gay fellow. What I'm getting is that these adolescents are being pushed into a grown-up world, yet their leisure activities and education have neglected to show them to settle on better choices. As we saw before, Tai has been pushed into a universe of sex and drugs, Dionne and her sweetheart showcase an adult relationship, and Cher immaturely mirrors her dad's lawful language. The adolescent’s undertaking is to harden a testing so as to feel of self and incorporating different roles. Cher demonstrates this when she tries to begin viewing the news rather than toons, with a specific end goal to seem to have more culture. Tai demonstrates this by totally changing from a New York city girl to a valley young lady. Cher...
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...Migration to Australia & Canada -Supriyo Kumar Chacrabarty, CEO, SA Associates. At present, out of five countries of most happy, affluent & economically solvent country around the world, Australia & Canada are main two. Because, comparing to the area of the country, the most feature of these two countries are less population, state guarantee of providing highest citizen facility, high salary, ensured of leading luxurious life, facility of letting the children's of international quality of high education. Sometimes these countries are told the country of ''Migration''. And yes, really this is. For, considering High Skilled Professionals of around the world are brought here by giving them Citizenship under the migration program run by government. For this, no longer time of a country is taken to touch the highest of development for out of total number of population 94% are highly educated, conscious citizen and hard worker. Political stableness is also a main cause of this improvement. However, many weight-less advertisements are visible about the migration of Australia & Canada, and heard of many saying that these all least do not see the light of goal. The main cause behind this belief is Negative Result that made after 2-3 years long waiting & investing a huge number of money. This may, of course, take a longer time, but if the causes of being negative result are discussed, then answers will be got of some imperceptible information about Australia & Canada migration. At present...
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...might dictate that you play a different role. He does argue, however, that if a team is missing one of these roles, it will not function as effectively. Even in teams of just two or three people, the eight different roles must be filled. Most people play more than one role on the teams in which they participate. To complete each section of this inventory, tick in the far left hand column the one, two or three sentences most applicable to yourself. Then in the column on the right, apportion 10 points between those sentences that apply to you: one of which you feel sums you up well while the other applies some of the time. In this instance you could give your first choice seven points, and the remaining points to you second choice. In some instances you might decide that there are two sentences which apply to you equally – if this is the case, award five points each. You must allocate all 10 points in each section. SECTION A WHEN INVOLVED IN A PROJECT WITH OTHER PEOPLE: Tick | | Points | √ | 1. I can be relied upon to see that work that needs to be done is organized. | 5 | | 2. I pick up slips and omissions that others fail to notice. | | √ | 3. I react strongly when meetings look like losing track of the main objective. | 3 | | 4. I produce original suggestions | | | 5. I analyse other people’s ideas objectively, for both merits and failings. | | √ | 6. I am keen to find out the latest ideas and developments. | 2 | | 7. I have an aptitude for organizing people...
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...workplace? Y N 2. Do you believe that age differences in the workplace can impact on the overall teamwork & cooperation between staff members and management? Y N Please give a few examples: __________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 3. Would you prefer to work with people who from your generation or from a variety of generations? _______________________________________________ 4. Would you be interested in participating in a training seminar that will equip you with skills to better understand and work in an environment where age diversity is present? Y N Gender 5. From your point of view, should men and women be treated equally in the place of business in terms of rights and opportunities? Y N 6. Do you agree that men should have a higher role or position in the workplace compared to women? Y N 7. Have you ever experienced an instance where you were harassed because of your gender? Y N If yes, cite an...
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...Mathematics: Q1. If 1, , 2 are cube roots of unity, then the value of (1 2 )(1 2 ) is a) 4 b) c) 2 d) zero. Q2. The value of sin(cot -1 x) is a) x 1 x2 1 1 x2 b) c) 1 x2 x d) 1 x 2 Q3. Two circles x2 + y2 – 6x + 8 = 0 and x2 + y2 – 6 = 0 are given. The equation of the circle through their point of intersection and the point (1,1) is a) x2 + y2 -3x + 1 b) x2 + y2 – x + 5 = 0 c) x2 + y2 -8x + 6y = 8 d) x2 + y2 – 4x + 8y = 7 /2 Q4. The value of a) 1 0 1 tan x dx is b) /2 c) /4 d) 3/2 Q5. The volume of the parallelopiped whose edges are represented by -12i + k, 3j – k, 2i + j – 15k is 546. Then the value of is a) -5 b) 6 c) 1 d) -3 Physics Q1. A boat takes time t to go downstream from point A to point B and time 2 t to go upstream from point B to point A . If the speed of the stream is v and the speed of the boat with respect to the stream is u , then which of the following gives the correct relationship between u & v ? a) b) c) d) u u v v v 3v 2u 3u Q2. Which of the following is correct about the acceleration of a particle describing a uniform circular motion ? a) b) c) d) The acceleration is constant both in magnitude and direction The acceleration is constant in direction but not in magnitude The acceleration is constant in magnitude but not in direction The acceleration is neither constant in magnitude nor in direction Q3. Five identical resistors of resistance 1 each...
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...|Question 1 |1 points |Save | | |Kroger buys a lot of cranberry products at Christmas due to high consumer demand. This is an | | | | | | |example of ________ demand. | | | | | | |[pic] | | | | | | |[pic][pic] | | | | | | | | | | | | | |elastic | | | | | | | | | | | | | |[pic] | | | | | | | | | | | | | |inelastic | | | | | | | ...
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...Townhome pods are pieces of land that will be sub-divided into individual parcels once townhomes improvements are built. If a plat indicates individual ready-to-build lots and upon a filed inspection you find that there are utilities for each future parcel already in place, then the highest and best use of the pods are single family townhome lots and as such are valued as units buildable for said townhomes. Each unit buildable lot value is calculated by using the allocation method of land valuation, which is recognized nationally in the appraisal industry. In using this method you estimate the amount of value that the land contributes to the total value of the parcels by analyzing improved sales and applying land to building ratios from similar market areas. When there are insufficient vacant land sales available the land allocation method is commonly used because it gives reasonably accurate land values. The most repeating relationship of land to improvement is 20% land, 80% improvement, therefore, this is the ratio you should use in allocating value. Mass appraisal consists of valuing thousands of properties. In order to be consistent we use several tools to determine market value. These tools assist the appraiser in analyzing sales of comparable properties, any potential income that the property might be able to produce, the cost to replace the improvements on the property (if any) and any other factors that might affect the market value. Using an approved schedule...
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...M3_Assignment 1: LASA 2: The Apportionment Problem Argosy University General Education Mathematics | MAT109 A05 November 8, 2014 Abstract This essay determine how 100 congressional seats should be divided among the 10 states of the union. The number of seats in a state should (in any fair distribution) be proportional to its ratio in the population. Therefore rounding according to some (acceptable) rule should be applied. Below you will see the table showing the Hamilton method of apportionment to determine the number of seats each state would receive. Hamilton Method (Named for Alexander Hamilton) Implementing this method is a three-step procedure. 1) Calculate each state's representation and round each one down. 2) Calculate the number of seats to be assigned. 3) Assign the seats to those with the largest fractional parts. Using the numbers I calculated from applying the Hamilton method, I determine the average constituency for each state by the state with the largest critical divisor and that state was allocated the remaining seats. Absolute Unfairness of an Apportionment The absolute unfairness of an apportionment is the absolute value of the difference between the smallest and largest average constituency state A and the average constituency of state B. This concept is also used when deciding which investments are most productive or detrimental. As you can see below the breakdown of the unfairness of an Apportionment. Population/representative=consistency...
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...[pic] IPGM KAMPUS TUN HUSSEIN ONN BATU PAHAT, JOHOR. PROGRAM IJAZAH SARJANA MUDA PERGURUAN DENGAN KEPUJIAN SHORT COURSWORK ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY 1 (WAJ 3102) NAME : ROSZIHAYATI BT. JAHARI I/C NUMBER : 691129-71-5046 CLASS / GROUP : PIM B (2) SEMESTER : 1 PPG LECTURER’S NAME : PN. BALQIS BT. ABD.AZIZ TABLE OF CONTENT 1) ARTICLE 1 : - TABLE OF GRID - GRAPHIC ORGANISER - SUMMARY - OWN OPINIONS 1) ARTICLE 2 : - TABLE OF GRID - GRAPHIC ORGANISER - SUMMARY - OWN OPINIONS TABLE OF GRID | | | |INDIVIDUAL ( a ) |INDIVIDUAL ( b ) | | | | |1) Article 1 |1) Article 2 | | | ...
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...memorize my speech well enough and did not deliver it nearly as well as I was hoping I would. I decided to ask my junior date to prom through impromptu speaking, but when the time actually came I did not have the right words to say and she was not too happy with me, luckily I gave her flowers. I could have obtained a job working at a beach club last year, but during my interview, failed to use enough specific, concrete words and ended up not being hired by the company. I could have told my mom up front when I knocked down and broke her favorite lamp, but instead used to too much figurative language to the point where she couldn’t figure out what I was telling her and had to find out on her own. When telling my dad that I wanted to quit track, I had trouble making eye contact with him and my physical delivery was off, making it difficult to persuade him and make my point, instead I just beat around the bush and made it harder for both of us. I highly regret the time I delivered a speech on the holiday of Halloween and passed around candy for my audience, because people were more interested in finding red Starburst than what I had to say. Recently, for my Leisure and Lifestyle Development class I brought a Frisbee as my visual aid when telling people of what I liked to do for leisure. My teacher promptly asked me to show off my skill in Frisbee and I almost broke someone’s nose. That was a poor visual aid to choose. In my recent speech about junk food, I could have...
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...Incorporated” as what have assign in the code. The method used was the DrawString() which “Draws the String”. Code: DrawArcDemo.java Explanation: In this code a method DrawArc() and FillArc() was used. It has 6 parameters that assign to a point to which the object was created and formed like that. The output became dark because of FillArc() which it fills the space inside the arc and also it is the same parameters as the arc have. Code: JDemoPaint.java Explanation: A button was assign to repaint() method. When we click the “Press here” button, It updates the window. There is also a counting that counts how many times we repaint the applet. Code: RoundRectDemo Explanation: As what we have seen, this illustrates how we draw a rectangle into circle. Its uses 6 parameters as the x and y location, the height and the width, and the point how it bends. In this output the increment of the points was 20, until the last number was 80 in which we draw a circle. TADAAA Code: SetFontDemo Explanation: This output is same as the Code DrawStingDemo.java but sets the font to Verdana, Bold, and size 26. Code: DrawPolyDemo Explanation: As what we seen above, we draw a Polygon that has 5 sides. We use an array that has 6 elements that assigns the point and location of our polygon. Following codes may explain: int xPoints[] = {5, 25, 50, 30, 15, 5}; int yPoints[] = {10, 35, 20, 65, 40, 10}; Code: RectangleDemo Explanation: The method used for this output...
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