Sociology Case Studies Samples That Help You Write Better, Faster & with Gusto

Abstract

The rationale of this study is to investigate the notion of opportunity along with the role it plays in the processes of social entrepreneurship. This study presents single-case study of Denmark’s sustainable community. The data is been collected through documents, interviews as well as from the television programs. The case study uncovers that opportunity captures number of diverse forms in process. These diverse forms are results from incessant mobilization of the actors. Based on these findings, social entrepreneurship processes’ model has been projected, where mobilization along with transformation drives the process. The findings propose that social entrepreneur actively Continue reading...

a specific goal of an organization or individual

Introduction and Synopsis of Article / Case

Digital media is any kind of media that can be distributed, viewed, created, preserved and modified on computers. Digital media includes different types of media from audio as an example mp3 or e-books, websites and webpages, video and digital images and also the social media. Combined also with the internet, digital media had a big influence and a significant impact on culture and society nowadays.
For supporting my arguments on this case study I have pick up a sport organization were I could analyze the strategies used and how this affect Continue reading...

In Liberalism Against Populism (1982), William Riker argued that democratic decision making was chaotic, arbitrary, meaningless and impossible. This was nothing new, various thinkers have been poking theoretical holes in democracy since before Plato’s Republic. Socrates thought democracy was cute, but “full of variety and disorder, and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequaled alike" (Plato 558). Voting – one of the essential foundations of a democracy - is problematic. In the late 1700’s, the Condorcet voting paradox only paved the way for Arrow's impossibility theorem (Arrow 2012). A variety of dangers, including mob rule, cycling, Continue reading...

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Abstract

The movie ‘Frozen’ is an adaptation of the popular fairy tale ‘The snow Queen’. This paper answers the fundamental sociological questions and viewpoints with critical interpretation from the philosophy of C. Wright mills. The paper potentially discusses about the social imaginations, sociological deviance, prejudice and discrimination, agents of socialization, family values and cultural values portrayed in the movie.
There are some crucial agents of socialization mentioned broadly in this movie. The first and very important agent is Continue reading...

Ethical Issues in the Youth Using Social Media and Online Chat Rooms

Introduction
In today’s world people especially the youth are able to communicate and express themselves better, a factor that has been enabled by the rise of social media and the internet. The internet is used even by the other generations for various purposes such as buying and selling products, social networking and downloading movies and music. The most popular use of the internet among the teens is the social networking. In a study carried out by Pew Research Centre (2015), about 95% of teens aged between 12 and 17 years use the internet. Further, eight out of ten Continue reading...

Opportunity

The opportunity entails the launch of new products in the market based on the current trends in industry.
Critical Factors
Target
Inevitably, the application of social media would confine the target group to users of social media only. As such, one must ensure that the set of social media options taken is inclusive of the entire target market. In the Britney Spears Case, the set of social media application was quadruple comprising her blogpost, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

Competition

This is one area requiring adequate consideration. The application of social media would be met with countermeasures by the competitors. In Continue reading...

Dove is a recognized brand of soap manufactured by Unilever (Unilever.com, 2015). The brand’s primary mission is to help women realize their beauty potential by getting them involved with products that offer real care (Unilever.com, 2015). Dove believes that proper care is the secret behind beauty. Thus, Dove aims to bring products that enhance the hair and skin condition and offer a pleasurable care experience (Unilever.com, 2015). Since the inception of the product brand, Dove has placed high regards to women, regardless of the ethnicity and race. Dove believes that no woman must feel left out from the Continue reading...

Introduction

Individual ethical perceptions influence the effectiveness of organization’s ethical principles and social obligation to the stakeholders. A rational management must uphold the diverse individual principles and opinions of every employee and strive to strike a common ground by formulating emotionally connected code of conduct for all stakeholders in order to create a strong bondage towards attaining the organization’s objectives (Valor, 2005).

Explain the Role of Ethics and Social Responsibility in Developing a Strategic Plan, Considering Stakeholder Needs

Role of ethics in developing a strategic plan.
Building a strategic plan guided by the conscious approach to ethics and the demands of pertinent stakeholders is a cementing factor on an organization’s objective to win Continue reading...

Increasing Age Diversity in the Workplace

Age diversity has become a significant element in today’s workplaces. The performance of people in different age significantly varies in a working environment. In today’s workplaces, there are various incidences of discrimination due to age differences.
In most cases, as the population in a work environment ages, employees work performances reduces due to their incapability to adapt to the new changes in the work environment. Due to technological advancement, it is necessary for organizations to keep updating their systems of operation to meet the market demands. In such a scenario, older employees find it challenging to adapt Continue reading...

Introduction

‘How to Kill a Great Idea’ by Max Chafkin is a documentary of the rise of Friendster, one of the world’s first social networking site and the people and circumstance that brought its fall. Chafkin’s documentary touched on Friendster’s history from the time it was conceptualized by its founder and on how it became one of the biggest social media site until it ran out of business. While Chafkin’s story is focused on the historical side of Friendster’s experience, this paper would like to investigate Chafkin’s account using the value chain management perspective. Continue reading...

What type of Cause related products to be chosen for an advertisement? Which medium is used to aware people regarding the cancer and precautions to be taken to overcome disease? What organizations need to visit for organizing an event to introduce products to the concerned people? How marketing campaign will be effective in introducing new products and their usage for patients?

Critical factors:

Awareness Campaigns
Awareness for the disease is very important as most of the people are unaware of its symptoms and its causes. The cause-related strategies of marketing applied by the company between the organization and CBCF requires many Continue reading...

Executive Summary

As the leader of the sport apparel industry, Nike has always been an example of business practice and a quality and innovator trend – setter. In the 21st century economy, the company is facing new challenges for reaching a sustainable future in which to continue fostering its social and financial performances. The focus on fair labor condition for its contractors’ workers, the reduced water consumption or the zero discharge of pollutant chemicals globally are Nike’s main focuses for achieving a sustainable future for its business and the society wherein it unfolds its operations.
The current case study focuses on Continue reading...

Organic Food and Skin Care Industry in United Kingdom

The production of organic food and skin care products in the United Kingdom has been present for over 100 years. The global skin care at times referred to as cosmetic has five different segments: skin care, hair care, make-ups fragrances, and toiletries. Over the year, the industry has grown large and large as the demand for the products keeps rising. Statistics carried out by the soil association of the Great Britain indicates that the organic market in the country was worth 1.79 billion pounds as of the year 2013. (Baby Food Industry Profile: Europe, 2014, p. 20).
Statistics record Continue reading...

Introduction

Young people nowadays are very much aware of the brands of things they buy. They often buy bags, make-up, clothes which are produced by top designers. Branding is the use of a name, term, symbol or design to give a product a unique identity in the marketplace (Handlin, 2015). Buying behavior is defined by Enis (2011, p.228) that it is ‘a process which though inputs and their use through process actions which leads to satisfaction of needs and wants’. Products are bought because of the image it gives to the consumer. Moreover, there are also underlying theories which are Continue reading...

Ray and Jean Case Study

Ray, at eighty, and Jean at seventy-five, are too old to look after themselves or their family members. When Miranda, one of Ray and jean’s daughters contacted me; a social worker in a family service agency, to talk about ways to ‘get help’ for her parents, it was obvious that neither Miranda, nor Marge, could spend time with them. As Marge was undergoing a prison sentence, there was no way she can be of physical or psychological help to her parents, and Miranda, facing a difficult situation herself, would also not be able to spend much time in Continue reading...

Background/Problem Statement

The digital/information age brought about by the developments in information and communication technologies have primarily shaped how individuals establish both the social environment and communication. As a result, this has influenced the fields such as education, culture, politics, and economy. The usage of social networks especially among the young users in this day and age has rapidly increased. Mark Zuckerberg together with his fellow Harvard University students and roommates launched Facebook on February 2004. As a social network site, Facebook has become a lifestyle and a habit within the daily life routine and influenced the way individuals interact and Continue reading...

In the development of the fiscal framework in this case, four options are raised. Option one offers a budgetary expenditure of 5.850 billion with budgetary revenues coming up to 5.190. In this case, a budgetary deficit of 660 million is expected for that year. The total debt for the province will increase by 570 million while the Total Cash Requirements in non-budgetary accounts will stand at 995 million. It also means that the revenue will grow by 9% though taxation rates will remain constant. The growth in expenditure and debt will grow by 7.3% and 10.2% respectively. The option Continue reading...

Question 1(20marks)

Based upon the articles provided, describe which four (4) external forces may have impacted Island Abbey Foods the most in the last several years. Discuss in detail the nature of each force separately, with examples.

Island Abbey foods has been at the forefront in technological innovations in order to improve their honey products for their vast number of customer base. Their extensive innovation was driven by the founders experience during their mountain excavation in western Canada. John Rowes (The Honibe® Story, 2014). Rowes has been researching on the honey making concept since 1990s- a technique that siphons moisture from Continue reading...

Trader Joe – Case Study

Trader Joe (TJ), formerly a South Sea chain of stores having unique offerings, later got acquired by Aldi. The Aldi group has attempted to retain the original concept of the Trader Joe stores since it was this concept that made the store a number one entity across consumers in the US. The company’s marketing strategy was thoroughly unconventional since it had no social media presence nor did they advertise in newspapers, TV and other media. (Ager & Roberto, 2014, p.8) Further, the company had an ‘everyday low price’ philosophy due to which it did not offer any sales or Continue reading...

Critique of campaign

The organization has come with a challenge as one of its mechanism of raising awareness on road usage. The organization has advocated for the creation of teams which will participate in the challenge. Various themes are proposed that can be picked by the teams. The themes are centered on the safe road usage in Ontario. The organization has proposed the use of print media, social media and other means to access the populations. In order for this marketing strategy to be regarded as effective, it must meet certain standards.
The issue of access to many people as possible falls Continue reading...

Problem

How to maintain both profitability and brand image.
Critical Factors
Demographics - The target audience is young women between the ages of 25 to 34 years who own retail shops
Budget - Very limited with a goal to contribute a minimum of 10K to CBCF.
Competitors- All other “pink” fundraisers. It is possible that businesses will be “pinked out” while sales of pink themed breast cancer awareness products are popular in October, following the end of awareness months, the competition with similar products will peek, but sales will fall.

Time Constrains

Since the brand is a new one, and the garments Continue reading...

Abstract

The researcher highlights that the key pros of new billboards placement from the perspective of Crestview Hospital are substantial increase in brand visibility / recognition and greater advantage in establishing new clientele. The only demerit is the high threat of competitive rivalry from Briarwood Hospital as its marketers will initiate aggressive marketing communications to ensure their public reach and sustain existing market share. Briarwood Hospital should opt for opening a second branch within Oakland city at any strategic destination to enhance its public reach followed by service portfolio extension and price reduction strategies. Briarwood should adopt an extensive online Continue reading...

Identifying Potential Risk, Response, and Recovery

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
The sustenance and continued growth of Video Game Development Company is based on utilization of its assets and resources to develop products that appeal to the customer. One aspect of achieving a competitive edge is by using unique strategies and development plans that are unrivalled. Security of these strategic plans in form of R&D, patents and proprietary rights is a factor of the overall organizational security architecture. Currently, the company has witnessed various security breaches originating from internal and external sources. Intrusion, DoS and social engineering issues have emerged and disrupted operations in the organization. Continue reading...

International Business

Abstract
This paper presents the problem that Target Company Faced in Canada. Target Company Canada is a subsidiary of the Target Corporation that is based in USA. The company operates in the industry of department store, and it is being liquidated currently. Many Canadians loved shopping at Target whenever they visited USA and before the Company launched its operations in Canada. The prices in the company's Canadian stores were higher than those in the American stores. Most of the consumers in Canada were used to shop in different rates, and the company did not convince the Canadian customers to Continue reading...

The green building plan has been adopted to develop Southeast False Creek. All buildings have to be constructed using the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standard. The characteristics of the green building are to have an urban agriculture, green coloured roofs, bikeways, rain water management among others. Southeast False Creek Public Realm Plan is a project aimed at turning the Southeast False Creak into a leading design of sustainable development. The features that need to be improved include energy solutions the best performance of green hose buildings and simple transit access. The Southeast False Creak has an Continue reading...

Locus of Control and

Cognition

Locus of Control and Cognition

Introduction
The following scholastic dialogue provides a case study conducted with the client permission to present the work in this academic exercise in development of this case study report form of a client suffering performance anxiety and seeking CH as a treatment according to the precepts of locus of control and cognition. This document includes the profile and history of the patient in determining and creating the foundation for prescribed best practice in an academic environment (Defazio et al 2010) centred on the locus of control and cognition with applied hypnotherapy for treating performance anxiety reported by the Continue reading...

A Woman in the Business World Case Study

Problem statement
In our case, Sheila is a woman in a business world setting where she needs to balance her personal life of being a woman and a wife, her career especially the growth part, and the different effects of being in a work setting with people from all walks of life. She started off as a legal secretary after graduating with literal arts bachelor and later moved on to the State of Illinois as a social worker where she did counseling. Later she was promoted to work with planning where she experience a lot of disappointment from realizing Continue reading...

The association has about 15800 inhabitants to the south of Ankara, in Turkey. It is a highly successful association with an ever increasing membership and high social activity records. It does not involve government cost in the provision of services to the residents. It has improved education levels of the disadvantaged inhabitants and has an annual budget of about 30,000 Turkish liras. The revenue comes from membership contributions, income from its activities, donations, and sales of recycling. The association faces operational challenges both economic and social problems.

Economic challenges

In its operations, the organization has experienced several financial problems. It Continue reading...

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The complexities of the human body begin at creation and continue on through its life span. There are physical, social, and cognitive changes throughout the various stages of a person’s life. Psychology studies many parts of human behavior and mental functions through a scientific approach. An integral component of the study of psychology is developmental psychology, which examines growth in particular age ranges. The phases that have been studied most are Infancy (birth-2 years old), Childhood (ages 3-6), Middle Childhood (ages 7-12), and Adolescence (ages 13-18). The focus of this essay is on adolescence, commonly called Continue reading...

There is a need for the establishment of various organizations and regulation that governs the operations of manufacturing industries. The function of these entities should be to closely monitor the courses of actions assumed by these producing organizations. Ethical considerations should be central in all the production actions of these manufacturing organizations. Specifically, entities that are producing commodities that are to be assumed should be closely monitored. This will aid in making sure that the provided commodities are healthy and suitable for human consumption. In addition, ethical standards with respect to the environment should be closely monitored (Bainbridge, Roco, Continue reading...

Introduction 3

Mission and vision evaluation 3
Mission 3
Vision statement 4
Milestones 4
Strategic analysis 4
External assessment of Bank of America 5
External factor Evaluation 8
Internal assessment of bank of America 13
Swot analysis of bank of America 14
Conclusion 16

References 17

Introduction
In the business world, whether service oriented or product oriented, strategic management is pivotal to sustaining a competitive edge. Accordingly, businesses succeed through a clear and profound look into the three core aspects of strategic management is significant. Continuously, the three core aspects of strategic management are strategic analysis, strategy formulation and strategy implementation. Thus, as Continue reading...

About the companies:

In this paper, we will compare the organizational structure of two leading organic food retailers in United States and United Kingdom. As for US, we have chosen Whole Foods Market that is the biggest organic retailer in the country with store count sprawling to 399 locations. The company also operates in Canada and UK, but at very small scale as 96.7% of the total revenue is sourced from native market only. On the other hand, as for United Kingdom, Sainsbury is the largest organic retailer in the country with 29% market share.

Common Challenge:

With growing demand of organic foods and Continue reading...

A. Name:

B. Problem Summary:
The proposed case is based on Tourism Victoria, which is among one of the beautiful and calming cities of Canada. The city is best known for its heritage and relaxing environment and can be a great destination for tourist to spend some time and get relax. However, despite its beautiful location, great atmosphere, natural beauty and tourist friendly environment, the city has not gained much attention of the tourists. Moreover, the city is unable attract a footfall of people from all over the world and with that the tourism revenues generated by the city are very Continue reading...

First, the simple design which uses familiar metaphors that are easier to understand makes it easier for the user (user in this case) to get interested interacting with the interface. The webpage interface can also use summary technique whereby a single emphasized headings are used to help convey the message even before reading the inside story itself. The user interface can also make use of both pictures and textual expression to enhance emotional triggers to the reader concerning the situation that needs funding through donations. The web interface in addition uses customization features that allow the user to hide Continue reading...

[Earthware’s Face & Body: Communicating Corporate Culture]

Corporate culture can be defined as unspoken code for communicating among members of the organization (Guiso et al., 2010). Corporate culture is the best way of delivering impeccable cutomer services that is being respected all the times. An organizations may have to face several hazards in the form of financial imbalances, weather attackes and corporate culture always hhelps the organization to alleviate these problems. Corporate culture is equally important for private as well as public companies.
For the Earthware’s face and Body wash cororate culture is utmost important is it is Continue reading...

Hotels are increasingly targeting the millennials as they see them as being critical in their financial growth. The millennials love being connected to the social media platforms they love communicating with other millennials. The financial aspect that millennials can bring to hotels cannot be understated. The total population of the millennials is in excess of 75 million in the United States only. When this number is added with millennials from other countries, then there is a huge market gap. Additionally, the millennials do not have brand loyalty, and this increases the chances of the different hotels to target them. Continue reading...

Executive Summary

Erectile dysfunction, also called ED, is a common condition among men, especially those in their advanced age. However, ED affects younger men too, but due to the social stigma and embarrassment attached with the condition, younger men flinch from seeking treatment lest their condition becomes known to all. This stands a major barrier to the market expansion of ED medications. Of late, Viagra has the maximum market share in the ED market with Cialis following close second. If Cialis adopts a marketing campaign more focused on educating general public about ED, then it might help people break out of Continue reading...

Marketing to the BOP raises a number of issues revolving around the social responsibility of marketing efforts. Write a position paper either pro or con on one of the following:
a. Is it exploitation for a company to profit from selling soaps, shampoo, personal computers, and ice cream, and so on, to people with little disposable income?
It is not exploitation for a company to profit from selling soaps, shampoo, personal computers, and ice cream, and so on, to people with little disposable income. The profit, on the one hand, is any commercial company’s goal and on the Continue reading...

The introduction of any new product on the global market can be difficult as many individuals prefer to use the products or brands that offer familiar, formal and informal reviews. Since the late 2000s, the cosmetic industry showed strength in its performance because of its natural components. The high-end personal care products labeled, Herborist, is slowly expanding on the global market as more individuals become aware of the strengths of the product. The cosmetic industry plays an integral role in the lives of many women and the daily introduction of products on the market has mixed results. The following Continue reading...

The image of a firm is one crucial factor that dictates its success in any business environment and that translates into its decisions and actions. In marketing, ‘nice guys' last longer than ‘bad guys' and it is true that consumers will pay that little more for good products. In an age where there are side effects for almost everything we use, consumers are quickly getting cautious with what kind of foods they take and the products they use.
A firm that is practicing bad ethics risks exposure, and when such an ordeal happens, it may lose a lot of Continue reading...

Tobacco to Third World Countries

 Making Socially Responsible and Ethical Marketing Decisions:
Tobacco to Third World Countries
It is a good long-term strategy for the tobacco companies as teenagers would be assuring their business has a future and its loyal consumers, as those teenagers would be smokers for many years before deciding to quit it. Another most likely segment of the targeted population, beside the teenagers, are the people from the under-developed countries. Tobacco is a luxury good; it is a sign of a higher status in their vision, vision that has also been created by the tobacco selling companies through their ads that Continue reading...

Modern Western Civilization

Talal Asad
The relevance of Europeanist ethnography is brought out for anthropological theory at large. Looking at an area most times seen as the origin more that the tool of colonization and anthropology. A group of anthropologies diversely bring forward the effects of studying subjects already researched in other fields (Bock & Michi, 89). History however tends to overlook Eurocentric models of happenings of the living past to bring out the meaning of ‘West’ as a particular location of power and reification also the edges of local area as where to focus ethnology. Mass public guidance does not exist and Continue reading...

Introduction

The age of the internet dawned upon us in the mid 1990s. This new shift in communication and knowledge sharing thrilled us; the ones who saw it first. There was nothing that couldn’t be achieved over the internet. Chat rooms opened up for service and along with it, cyber bullying. Bullying is a behavior that is used by school going children to exercise a perceived dominance over others. It involves aggression, insensitivity and cruelty towards another child (Bullying & Cyber, 2011). The victim usually receives no help from friends or classmates. In fact, the risk in the number of Continue reading...

How might a qualitative study investigate the experience of depression compared to a quantitative study such as a survey?

Research Question (How would the approaches differ in what is asked?)
This question basically asks how the two approaches to research differ when it comes to the research question that they are trying to address. In general, there are research questions that may be intended to be addressed by means of a qualitative research and the same actually goes for quantitative research. One good way to know whether a research question can be appropriately addressed by either a qualitative or quantitative research is to know the main objective of each. Qualitative researchers aim to answer a research question by Continue reading...

Elements of White Collar Crime

White-collar crimes include occupational crimes in which individuals commit crimes in the course of their employment and corporate crimes committed by corporations when they break the law to maximize profit (Mooney, Knox & Schacht, 2012, p. 112). In the context of individuals, a white-collar crime is ‘financially motivated, non violent crime committed for illegal monetary gain.’ Sociologist Edwin Sutherland defined white-collar crime in 1939 as ‘a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation’ (Mooney, Knox & Schacht, 2012 ). Thus, three elements of white-collar crime are: crime committed in course of employment, Continue reading...

Group Members

Assignment 3
PROBLEM
With only $5,000 available for its advertising budget, what path with Sweet Leaf Bath Co. pursue in order to increase sales, realize profits and satisfy their future goals for the company? Therefore, the issue revolves around what type of advertising program will be cost effective and successful for Sweet Leaf Bath Co. to employ for its 2012 advertising campaign.

CRITICAL FACTORS

Demographic - The target group of consumers Sweet Leaf Bath Co. is seeking would be females age 25-50
Budget - With only $5,000 to use for advertising, Sweet Leaf Bath Co. must examine options that Continue reading...

Consumer behavior theories

In spite of the alcohol-related problems known by the population, binge drinking is still rampant among young individuals. There is inconsistency between people’s beliefs and their behavior. According to reasoned action and planned behavior theory, behavioral outcomes can be accurately predicted by considering other variables in addition to attitudes. According to the theory, Mellani’s cause for high alcohol consumption is a factor of intention to engage in the practice. Intention is influenced by attitude and normative components where attitude is the overall positive/negative evaluation to engage in the activity while subjective norm is the perception of the Continue reading...

Twitter is commonly referred as one of the hottest technology companies behind Google and Facebook. In mid-April 2014, basing on the technology analyst scrutinizing twitter on her analysis raised a number of issues. Following a successful launch of twitter IPO (initial public offering) back in 2013 that valued the company at $ 24.46 billion, a lot was required from the company. Consecutively, the company reported its net worth at $26.63 billion in 2014 with revenue of $242 million. That quarter twitter incurred a net loss of $511 million. Basing on this statistics, it was evident that this was not good Continue reading...

ANT 101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

INTRODUCTION
According to the pioneering cultural anthropologists Nowak Laird (2010), “for most of human history people have lived has foraging or hunting and gathering life style. It is the oldest form of human society, dating back to the Paleothlitic period at least a million years ago. People resided in small self- sufficient mobile groups bands. Foragers move over their land year after year, knowing where all the prime locations are for the foods and water needed not only for basic survival but to thrive.” Such observations from the western point of view seems anti-modern, a stereotype that continues inform Continue reading...

Problem

The problem that is highlighted from this case for Dove is how they can remain a powerful brand among the consumers. The core focus of Dove is not on the incremental sales, but to increase the brand awareness among their users.

Critical Factors

Timeliness
The opinion of women related to their beauty
According to the case study, it is found that only 2% of the women describe them as beautiful. Apart from that, 59% of the women believe that physically attractive women are likely to be more valuable in front of men.

Mass Marketing Constrain

Alternatives
Dove, one of the most powerful brands of Continue reading...

Facts Surrounding the Case

Taj Hotels is an international hotel company that services the value, mid-market, premiums and luxury markets of the lodging industry. They own 112 hotels in India and 16 more internationally. The company has been in existence since 1903 and went public in the 1970’s. Taj hotels is committed to sustainable livelihoods and participates in several initiatives in this area in India. Philanthropy has always been a focus of the company and its aim and implementation have evolved over the years to its current sustainable ventures it engages in.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Taj is a very successful company and looks to make Continue reading...

Captain Edith Strong is a veteran who has been working with the law enforcement agency for more than 18 years and is working as a watch commander in Rogersville’s Field Operation Division. White men were mainly employed in this field operation, and every officer had an assigned job which had to be performed in a systematic manner. The officers that have been assigned to a special task has a higher morale and satisfaction level, and they are able to create a trustworthy relationship as they can communicate with other officers. On the other hand, the officers on patrol Continue reading...

The export of herrings to the European market was the primary source of income for Dutch Republic. Netherlands’s domination of the European market for its salted herring, in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, was widely facilitated by several factors. Some of these factors include organizations, institutions, and technologies, which managed or controlled the Dutch fishery industry. Subsequently, it led to the growth of the nation in terms of political, technological, social, and economic aspects.
Specifically, herring contributed to the success of the Dutch Republic through trade. They played an integral part in the primary trade. Essentially, fish were Continue reading...

Individual Case 2: Bank of America

Introduction 3
Industry Analysis 3
Porter Five Forces Analysis of the Banking Industry 4
Competitive Rivalry 4
New Entrants 5
Bargaining Power of Suppliers 6
Bargaining Power of the Buyers 7
Threat of Substitutes 7
Competitive Strategies 8
SWOT Matrix 8
Strengths 9
Weaknesses 9
Opportunities 9
Threats 10
Conclusion 10

References 11

Introduction
The Bank of America is a large bank holding company that within the recent years has been ascending within the banking industry with a top position. As such, the organization has been steadfast towards the provision of diverse financial services that encompass commercial, wholesale banking, wealth management, Continue reading...

Introduction

The paper analyzes the ethical issues involved in China’s mining of rare metals. Over the years, China has significantly been reducing its export and supply of ‘green products.’ Such products include electric products that are energy efficient. The reason for this has greatly been influenced by the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s policy of regulating the amount of certain rare metals that are exported. The government has further imposed complete bans on the export of other metals. China is rated as the world’s number one producer of rare metals and manufacture of products that Continue reading...

PART1: Group: Marketing Research 30 marks

Based on the ARIEL IN EGYPT Case Study above, discuss the following questions:
What research techniques are used by Researcher at P&G for Ariel Product in the case. (5marks)
Ethnographic research methods – This an anthropological approach aimed at understanding people’s lives and practices. P&G researchers visited consumers in their homes and washing events to listen and observe in a non-directed way so as to gain a deep understanding of the consumers’ lives and washing needs. This method is potentially time-consuming and inefficient, but it is critical in giving an excellent understanding of the consumers’ context and meaning of Continue reading...

Introduction to Strategy and its Role

Strategy is the approach developed by an organization to achieve its set objectives and goals (David and Michael 1, 2011). All organizations have targets, and they, therefore, develop a workable methodology of achieving the set goals. Companies must ensure that they incorporate all required measures, and consider external market forces that greatly affect the performance of an organization. Through strategies, organizations achieve their dreams and develop amazing success stories set as models for other companies. An organizational strategy compares to that of the military, where the company must ensure that it performs better that its rivals for survival (Hoopes Continue reading...

Procter and Gamble Company is a multibillion-dollar multinational company that deals in consumer packaged products. The business units of P & G encompass a variety of products ranging from Beauty & Cosmetics to Baby Care to fast-Moving Consumer Goods. Its operations serve more than 4 billion people in more than 180 countries. In the financial year of 2012/2013, P&G generated USD$83.68 billion in revenue which was about 1.5 times that of Unilever, its closest competitor (Bakker, 2015).Unilever had USD$66.33 billion (Vaccaro, Jansen, Van Den Bosch & Volberda, 2012).P&G is certainly the market leader in various product categories due Continue reading...

Company background

Zara is the Inditex’s largest fashion chain founded in the year 1975 in Galicia, Spain. The chain has continued to generate highest profit margins for Inditex. Among all the chains, Zara is the most recognized chain since the majority of Inditex captured market is for it. The chain has fruitfully proven itself as a top corporation that is successful in offering service to their clientele. Zara rejects blow-out sales and media advertising and, as a result, it offers a substitute outlook to the clothing retail business model. In addition, Zara maintains the majority of its process of production Continue reading...

The text uses the phrase, “the mess we’re in”. Outline some of the mess we are in from an economic, social/cultural, environmental and climate change point of view.
The problems indicated in “the mess we’re in” are Population growth, Accumulations of chemicals, Climate change, Water shortages. In the case study, the company, Scandic Hotels, had failed to keep up with climatic change and environmental conservation trends which made it lose favor with the customers. As a result, it changed its core values to incorporate environmental sustainability and reduce its environmental impact. The company adopted “The Natural Step Continue reading...