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Introduction This research paper undertakes a strategic analysis of the Brunswick Corporation, which is a manufacturing company based in the United States of America. The firm does not strictly operate in a single industry as it manufactures extensive product types in marine, fitness, billiards, as well as bowling industries. Brunswick is organized into major divisions that represent the numerous products that it manufactures. The division heads report to the company’s chief executive officer. An extensive distribution network supports the marketing activities, with each global region being served by specific dealers and distributor agents. The company was founded in 1845 by John Brunswick when he formed the Cincinnati Carriage Making Company. The company expanded in its operations to include cabinet, table, and chair making (Brunswick par. 1). In 1903, the company acquired and operated quarries together with an expansive land with trees to serve as a source of its raw material needs. The first international sales offices were established in 1912 in Mexico City, Paris, and Honolulu, among other locations. The year 1925 also served as a milestone for the company as it was listed on the New York Stock Exchange for the first time. Today, the company has grown into a renowned boat manufacturer, with strong market sales across the world. However, the company presently faces strong market challenges in the areas of endowing its pension fund as most of employees are dissatisfied. Brunswick is a notable company owing to its consolidated kind of business that traverses across numerous industries and the global market. SWOT Analysis Strength Extensive Distribution Network Brunswick has established a highly extensive network for the distribution of its products. In particular, the firm uses dealers, distributors, and retailers to aid in the sale of most of its boats. Equally, a considerable number of marine engines, billiards, bowling, and fitness products are also sold using the same network. Brunswick business segments are serviced by over 16,000 dealers on the international scene (Brunswick Corporation SWOT Analysis 4). This highlights how extensive and strong the company’s distribution network is. Another extensive global network comprising of close to 2,850 dealers together with distributors are in charge of selling the Boat Group manufactured goods (Brunswick Corporation SWOT Analysis 4). Brunswick also owns the Land ‘N’ Sea brand, as well as the Kellogg Marine Supply, among other numerous marine products. These primary distribution platforms are the industry’s leading, especially in the USA and Canada (Brunswick Corporation SWOT Analysis 4). Improving Financial Performance Brunswick Corporation has continued to post positive market revenues and profits even in the face of the global financial crisis that slowed down the global economy performance. For instance, the compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) registered by the company stood at 6% during the period between 2010 and 2012. Revenues of the company also increased by 1.3% during the 2012 financial year as a result of
Industry Identification Renewable energy as an industry has been with us since the beginning of mankind. Solar energy was used by the forefathers to dry food and to generally heat themselves. Wind energy was used by sailors and in several other duties. The water current was used to propel boats. When non-renewable energy was discovered, specifically the petroleum products, the non-renewable energy was completely forgotten. It has now come to our realization that non-renewable energy is not able to sustain the world. They pollute the environment, and they may be depleted. This has seen a shift of attention to the renewable energy sector. Renewable energy is a relatively new industry but developing very rapidly. Since the early 1990s, a lot of attention has been given to solar energy. Colorado State is one of the states in the US that has given attention to this sector. Problem Definition The renewable energy industry is growing at a considerably high speed. Namaste Solar is assured of growth and sustainability. However, market competition is getting very stiff as more companies join the market, while others go public, thereby increasing their capital base. This has put Namaste Solar in a precarious position, as it must be able to withstand increased market pressure. Jones and his team must therefore find a solution to this as soon as possible Need Analysis The market is considerably large. The need for Namaste Solar’s products is huge as many individuals and organizations turn to renewable energy as the preferred source of energy. Despite the presence of other firms in this market, there is still sustainable demand for this product in the market. However, there exist some boundaries that its marketing team should take note of. The energy from renewable sources may not supply enough energy for heavy commercial industries. They must be in a position to justify the value such a company would add by acquiring their solar energy. Criteria Namaste Solar has already penetrated the market. Its brand is known and the sales are positive. However, other companies are growing at a faster rate, posing the danger of stiff competition. For this reason, this company shoul
Argumentative Dialogue: Should the government provide low-income houses? I’ve recently heard a politician saying that the government should offer more affordable housing to low-income housing. You know, I do support this idea because there are more than 1 million people in the country who are either homeless or can hardly afford permanent housing (McNamara, 114). In the future, this number of such people may double (McNamara, 114). At this point, they have virtually no opportunities. So, I think that the government can and should help them with finding proper housing. I am not sure that I can agree with you. You are looking at this problem from a utopian point of view. There has always been some form of inequality in any society and it will always exist. Besides, don’t you think that it is unfair to people who worked very hard to pay their mortgages. They may say that they deserved the same support from the government. You may be right to some degree, but the task of government is to help those citizens who are in trouble. I still think that affordable housing should be provided to low-income people. The thing is that lack of permanent housing often results in crime, for instance, robbery, burglary, or even murder (Dempsey and Forst, 337). Remember such people have nothing to lose, and they are engaged in illegal activities. If we want to resolve many of our social problems, we should start with housing. You seem to forget that crimes are not necessarily committed by homeless people. I think that it is a very far-fetched argument to believe that more affordable housing can resolve every social problem. Such an approach will hardly help the country overcome its difficulties. Maybe, you are right, but more housing will benefit not only adults but children and teenagers as well. Many low-income people have children who are exposed to the same risks. Perhaps, the government cannot care about every adult living in the country, but their children have a right to good housing since without it they will have no chance of achieving any status within the society. Certainly, these children must live in healthy conditions, but I think they have many other needs, for instance, education or healthcare. Perhaps the government should first address these needs. In my view, such an approach would be more rational and less expensive. Yes, but at first people need a place to live in. Remember that lack of permanent housing is particularly h
Introduction The documentary presented by Southern Poverty Law Center (2015) is dedicated to the story of Jamie Nabozny who was bullied at school for being homosexual. The video suggests that Jamie had Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); also, adjustment issues may be found in his story. Based on the diagnostic features that are described by the American Psychiatric Association [APA] (2013), the following aspects of Jamie’s case are noteworthy. Main body First, there were multiple traumatic events that Jamie had to live through as a result of his bullying. Some of the examples include name-calling, tripping, spitting; in one situation, Jamie was pissed on by another boy. Bullying can be viewed as a stressor, which means that adjustment issues could follow from it. However, Jamie was also exposed to more extreme instances of bullying. In one case, which is described during the seventh minute of the film, he was subjected to what could be considered groping. Moreover, he was beaten; one such event, which was accompanied by death threats, resulted in wounds so severe that he required surgery. Thus, Jamie was subjected to sexual battery, injury, and life-threatening situations, which, according to APA (2013) can result in PTSD. With respect to PTSD, the film does not directly mention intrusive symptoms in Jamie, and Jamie’s insistence on leaving his school was associated with self-preservation rather than avoidance of PTSD-related stimuli. However, mood alterations were mentioned: the person who apparently diagnosed Jamie noted his depression and anxiety. The latter may also be the film’s way of referring to arousal and reaction alterations. Moreover, APA (2013) describes suicidal and other “reckless” behaviors as an element of PTSD. Jamie attempted suicide at a very young age, and he also repeatedly run away from home. These actions can also be viewed as adjustment issues since they demonstrated the difficulty that Jamie experienced when trying to cope with the stressors of bullying; Jamie’s suicide attempt had taken place before he was subjected to the more extreme bullying. Conclusion However, the film does not present enough data for diagnosing Jamie with particular stress disorders (including PTSD, adjustment, or acute stress disorder) or for differentiating between stress and depressive or anxiety disorders. In summary, the film does not provide all the information that is necessary for a definite diagnosis, but if it specifies the correct one, the evidence that PTSD is an appropriate descriptor for Jamie’s condition can be found.
Marriott is an international business venture, which deals with offering hospitality services to its clients. It has several business units in various countries around the world. Marriott International has been in operation for about 60 years. This has enabled it to spread its wings to 73 countries with over 3700 hotel units. It offers over twenty different brands of hotels, some of which are franchises for instance J W Marriott, The Ritz Carlton and Marriott Executive Apartments. Most of its customers are business people running business errands in multinational ventures. Mr. Marriott who is the Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and proprietor of this group of hotels has actualized a myriad of business strategies that would not only increase the profitability of his businesses but also attract as many customers as possible. A business or corporate strategy is a long term plan of operation that directs all the activities of an organization, and aimed towards achieving competitive advantage over its competitors. Strategizing also helps a business develop proper ways to utilize its resources within a challenging business environment. Additionally, it helps a business to meet the diverse needs of its stakeholders for instance; customers, board of directors, neighboring community and government agencies. Marriott International began as a sole proprietorship formerly owned by his family several years ago, but has developed over the years into a world class group of hotels because of these strategies. The strategies employed include corporate strategies; this can be defined as a future business plan focused at improving the general scope and purpose of the business so that stakeholder’s expectations are met. Secondly, there is the business unit strategy; this is concerned with monitoring how a business competes in the market, its customer expectations and exploiting new business opportunities. Third, there is a type of strategy that deals with organizing each part of the business such as how the various business units are managed. This strategy is called operational strategy. Marriott International uses this strategy to run its various groups of hotels since they are focused on serving specific customer needs. Marriott International uses three main components to manage the selected strategies. A thoroughly selected corporate strategy just like that used by Marriott International should have a section for strategic analysis, strategic choice and strategic implementation. Strategic analysis entails conducting a Strength Weakness, Opportunity and Threat (SWOT) analysis of the business in order to determine its operational capabilities. In addition to identifying favorable internal business factors that will steer the business towards high profit margins, external factors such as threat of entry of new competitors into the market are identified. The market is then segmented as it is the case of Marriott International. The management of
Willem de Kooning was born on 24 April 1904 in Rotterdam Netherlands. He died on 19 March 1997 in the United States. His early life was a difficult one as his parents divorced when he was aged four years. The parents struggled for his custody, and eventually, it was granted to his mother (Hess 11). His interest in art started at an early age, and he showed a remarkable talent in drawing. This led him to become an apprentice under Jan and Jaap Gidding, who were interior decorators. These mentors saw that de Kooning had an extraordinary talent, and he enrolled in evening classes in the Academy of Art and Technology and studied drawing. It was at this institution that De Kooning became grounded in “art theory and practice” (Hess 11). He gained the grounding because he joined classes that taught proportion, life drawing, perspective, the imitation of wood grain, and marbling. He also learned theoretical instruction of non-European and European art from ancient times up to the renaissance. He went on to work in a department store in Rotterdam. He served as an assistant of Bernard Romein, the art director. His knowledge in art continued to increase because Romein showed him the works of the De Stijl group and Piet Mondrian. This made de Kooning become interested in painting which he began even though he seemed somewhat detached to the medium at first as he later wrote in 1960, “when we went to the academy dong painting decorating, making living-young artists were not interested in painting per se” (Hess 11). To him, therefore, the painting was for the old people, and it seemed an ancient practice to him that did not fit his idea of modernity because he was still a young man. On the contrary, he felt he did not quite understand the painting medium and its true nature. Albeit having these feelings, he continued his studies at the Art Academy. By the year 1924, his skills in art had improved tremendously, and he could now finance study trips to Belgium to horn his skills further through painting portraits and signs
Introduction The introduction of Tony Stark’s character, also known as Iron Man, to the mass media significantly influenced the vast public’s perception of a leader. Through the course of multiple movies, with some of them being the most expensive films in the history of filmmaking, the character’s decisions and worldview were discussed by people all over the world. Although the films the character was featured in were in the superhero movie genre, the character was only separated from the ordinary people by the iron suit, it seemed. In fact, it was his personality and leadership qualities that made the character a superhero. To further discuss Stark’s leadership and leader qualities, this essay will analyze the character’s behavior through the six key leadership traits. The Development of the Character To ensure a full understanding of the character’s motives, one should start the analysis from the creation of the character and for which purposes the character was designed. The original character of Tony Stark was introduced by Marvel in a comic book in 1963. According to Sanderson and Roach (2021), the character was based on the personality of Howard Hughes. Hughes was a famous American engineer, pilot and philanthropist, and the founder of Hughes Aircraft Company. Hughes was perceived by the public as a “dashing young tycoon” and one of the most successful individuals in the world, so there is no wonder why the creators of Iron Man used him as a reference (Barber, 2016). However, despite the success in the early years, Hughes’ further life story was dark and tragic due to the decline of his physical and mental condition. Although the movie character is based on the image of a modern high-tech billionaire, particularly Elon Musk, the original character of Iron Man, featured in the comic books, was designed to possess flaws. The character’s flaws were necessary to show morale to the reader through the hero’s story. It could be that creators tried to balance the character’s flaw with additional amounts of confidence and charisma. Despite the other characters in Avengers rarely show their flaws, Iron Man’s character frequently makes mistakes and acts in his own interests. The character’s continuous fight with his inner flaws makes up a significant part of the movies and shows the character’s development in the role of leader. Intelligence The first key leadership trait that should be discussed in the analysis is Iron Man’s intelligence. The character identifies himself as a genius, and although most of the time his abilities are connected to the iron suit, in fact, Stark’s most superhuman quality is his intelligence. The character’s intelligence has let him escape from captivity in the first Iron Man film, with the use of a giant iron suit (Favreau, 2008). Further in the development of the movies, Stark continuously developed the technology behind his suit. Moreover, he developed several AI systems to act as his assistants and advisors and delegated some of his work to them. As a leader of the Avengers team, he
Clearly, the interaction between different cultures is a fact that cannot be ignored. Their several ways this interaction happens. People travel, they do business, and they live in diverse communities. US society is very diverse, and people are coming from different cultures. Backgrounds have to co-exist. Rodriguez (n.p.) considers the interaction between people within communities, while Theroux (n.p.) focuses on traveling and people’s attitude towards it. It is important to note that both authors stress that people have a different attitude towards other cultures as some are open to everything new while others want to be reserved. Of course, when it comes to traveling, it has lots of advantages and only a few downsides related to some travel problems (Theroux). People learn a lot of new things, and they get to know new important things. While traveling, people enrich their knowledge as they have an opportunity to get some part of the wisdom of other cultures. At the same time, it can be difficult to live in a diverse society. People interact, and there can be a lot of misunderstandings and even conflicts. Even in neighborhoods where people pertain to one cultural group, there can be conflicts. However, in neighborhoods where people from different cultural backgrounds live, these ordinary issues become more serious as people can have different mindsets and different ways to solve such problems. Rodriguez also mentions a very important issue (n.p.). The author stresses that people in diverse communities often have problems with self-identity. Americans have had only several categories to identify people pertaining to different cultures. Nonetheless, lots of people do not know how to identify themselves. The author notes that this is a big problem, and the American society should address this issue. Therefore, it is clear that there are lots of issues related to the interactions of different cultures. However, cultural diversity is inevitable, and people should learn to live in diverse communities. People can live together and can interact effectively even if they come from different cultural backgrounds. In different cultures, people have gained a lot of knowledge, and now it is time to use this knowledge to cope with global issues. Works Cited Rodriguez, Richard. “Blaxicans and Other Reinvented Americans.” The Chronicle Review. 2003. Web. Theroux, Paul. “Why We Travel.” The New York Times. 2011. Web.
Introduction Satellite communications are the kind of communications that are specifically targeted for communication between radio stations on earth through a radio station that is set up on spacecraft. Most of these communication systems use geostationary satellites. They provide a technology for microwave radio relay. They are also largely applicable for mobile applications like those used in communication to ships, planes et cetera. The development of satellite communication has been very rapid during the past 20 years. Space and electronic technologies have also increased tremendously overtime. This has enabled the satellite to remain updated on the growing and changing needs of the users. The satellites have also been enabled to grow in many dimensions like capacity, performance and reliability among other related areas. According to Edelson & Cooper, Satellites have been widely used in “long-distance trunks for telephone circuits and television program distribution” [1]. They are also used in geographically remote areas with little communication infrastructure or where the infrastructures are not well poorly developed like in the cases of third world countries. They have also been in use for decades in television signals. They transmit signals from the television companies’ network hub to their affiliated networks and this has enhanced the efficiency in transmitting these signals. The History of Satellites The field of satellite communications then began on the experiments that used orbiting satellites. The first experiment, the Trans-Pacific television satellite-relay, took place in 1963. This was a great move in the field but it created a great shock since it put about the news of the tragic death of the former US president J.F Kennedy that occurred by assassination. According to Iida [5], the satellite communications by Geostationary was first proposed by a famous science writer, Arthur Clarke. In his work, “wireless world” in 1945, he explained how man made satellites in a circular stationery orbit 36,000 kilometers above geostationary orbits and he suggests that such technologies could be launched around the same period. His suggestion was later worked on by innovators. The technology has since then been growing at a recommendable rate. Satellite communications are a result of research that was that was carried out in the area of communication and space technologies. This research was carried out with the object to attain ever increasing ranges and capacities and capacities with the lowest possible costs. The emergence of the satellite communications technology has the roots in the missiles and the microwaves technology which expanded greatly following the stimulation of the Second World War. The expertise that embarked on the effort to combine the two technologies, missiles and the microwaves technology opened up the era