An Analysis of Entrepreneurial Leadership on Five Guys burgers and Fries. Assignment 1 By: STUDENT NAME: Rodino Wright TO: Dr. Evangeline Jefferson Professor: COURSE NAME: BUS 508: Contemporary Business STRAYER UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON, DC October, 2012 Introduction The purpose of this project is to examine Entrepreneurial Leadership at Five Guys burgers and fries. According to Boones and Kurtz (2012), business can be defined as all profit-seeking activities and enterprises
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Assignment 1: Entrepreneurial Leadership Sara J Broderick Dr. Kathleen Irwing BUS: 508 Contemporary Business Strayer University Oct. 22, 2013 Entrepreneurial Leadership Five Guys’ Burgers and Fries, a family owned franchise is one of the fastest growing chains in America (Better Burgers Starts to Sizzle in Canada, 2012). Five Guys’ Burger and Fries sets itself apart from other fast food chains by using quality ingredients and keeping a constant core menu. Jerry Murrell, founder and owner
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Assignment Two: Human Resource Strategies of Google, Inc. & Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. BUS 508-Contemporary Business Alisha Ball Dr. Solomon Fakinlede Strayer University Compare and contrast the two (2) industries you have identified in terms of size, products, services, customers, economic and regulatory environment. Human resource management/ strategies refers to a various number of policies as well as practices that influence an organization significantly. It is related to employee
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Assignment 2: Diversification Strategies “The Secret of Southwest Airlines’ Success” BUS 508, Contemporary Business Determine how Southwest Airlines’ corporate culture differs from other airlines: From the time Herb Kelleher co-founded Southwest Airlines in 1971 his goal was to establish a company that cared about its employees, who would in turn care about and service the needs of their customers with pride. Southwest has created a fun-loving work environment that rewards and appreciates
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Entrepreneurial Leadership Yvonne T. Johnson Dr. Etta Steed BUS 508 Contemporary Business October 26, 2013 Determine how Five Guys philosophy sets it apart from other fast-food chains. In 1986 Five Guys started out as a little family burger operation with five locations and a steady following in Northern VA. Today, there are 570 stores across the U.S. and Canada with sales of $483 million. All Family members remain actively involved, in spite of company growth. One reason that Five Guys are different
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Assignment 1: Corporate Responsibility and Marketing Strategies BUS 508 Shantrelle Godfrey April 27, 2014 Dr. Ann Pohira-Vieth Assignment 1: Apple is a innovative company. They always seem to find an easier way to do things when comes to electronics but to understand Apple, you have to get to know Apple. In this paper I will be discussing Apple’s ethical and social responsibilities, the impact that the publication of Apple’s suppliers may have had on Apple’s reputation, two methods that Apple
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Assignment 1, Entrepreneurial Leadership Kelly Endebrock Dr. John Kitoko Contemporary Business, BUS 508 January 22, 2012 1. Analyze and describe the founding leader(s), leadership style, and major business principles of a profit-oriented entrepreneurial approach in which the primary goal is to provide a product or service to consumers and to make a profit. Bill Gates fits into the definition of an entrepreneur, they are said to be achievement-oriented, someone who would work until the
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head: DIVERSIFICATION STRATEGIES Week 4 Assignment 2 Dr Hassan Yemer Contemporary Business/BUS 508 Strayer University January 24, 2011 1) Compare and contrast the two businesses—core business, their size, financials, global presence, use of e-business (marketing, sales, etc.). A diversified company is one that has multiple, unrelated businesses. Unrelated businesses are those, which (1) require unique management expertise, (2) have different end customers and (3) produce
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Assignment# 1 – Economics and Ethical Issues BUS 508: The Business Enterprise July 20, 2012 1. Discuss what you think will happen to the supply, demand, and price of the product in the short-term. Since the demand for the pie is high, the price of the pie will go up. Also, since more people are willing to pay for it. The demand and supply for the pie will go up also, simply because the people want them and the price is what they can afford to pay for it. Consequently, the rise
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ASSIGNMENT 1: ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP NAOMI R. BARNES DR. PHYLLIS PARISE BUS-508 CONTEMPORARY BUSINESS JULY 20, 2012 Five Guys philosophy of just staying with hamburgers and fries as the only thing they sold did set them apart from other fast-food chains because of the fact that all those sold was the hamburgers and fries. What the Murrells decided was to do things the way they wanted to do them. No matter what anyone else said they should sale they stuck to their plan of just
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