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Market Analysis Camel Lounge is the first café to serve authentic Egyptian food and provide customers with exquisite Middle-Eastern experience, implying that it will have a larger market size, more opportunities to sell its products, and a higher potential for profitability even at a lower profit margin. Its relative market share for Egyptian food is large as it has not been saturated, but management should consider the fact that other fast food joints and hotels in the area may start fighting for the same sales by providing targeted products and experiences to customers, hence lowering market share and profit margins. Camel Lounge has the capacity to achieve faster growth in its market share due to its low pricing strategy compared to other competitors, and also due to the fact that the Middle-Eastern population of Cape Breton University is quite large. New market opportunities are likely to present when the new language school at Glace Bay becomes fully operational. Overall, the growth prospects for Camel Lounge are high due to a growing market for Middle-Eastern cuisine in its operational base. Factors Affecting Sales Levels The sales levels for Camel Lounge will conceivably be affected by existing competition, customer demand for Egyptian food choices, seasonal effect of foreign students who tend to leave Cape Breton in the summer, low pricing strategy adopted by management, product value, and advertising efforts. Market Opportunities Camel Lounge aims to exploit the opportunities to serve customers with authentic Egyptian cuisine and cultural experiences as its main points of differentiation from existing competitors. Competitive Analysis There exists a high probability for potential entrants into the market to capitalize on the growing market for Middle-Eastern cuisine in the area. This implies that Camel Lounge must develop and execute strategies aimed at achieving customer satisfaction and repeat intentions. In barriers to entry, the management of Carmel Lounge needs to understand that other established competitors such as McDonalds may take advantage of their economies of scale to penetrate the market and cut down the market size and profit margins. Additionally, government regulations in Canada are favorable to new entrants, implying that the market is open to competitors. In substitutes, Carmel Lounge targets locals and international students/visitors with a high affinity for Egyptian cuisine, implying that it has differentiated its product and service offerings. However, there is a high probability for substitutes penetrating the market due to the fact that food items are highly substitutable. Carmel Lounge employs a direct distribution channel for its products and services for consumption by customers, meaning that it may benefit in competitive efficiencies and earn more in profits as no payments are made to intermediaries. The bargaining power of suppliers is relatively low owing to the fact that many of the raw materials used to make Egyptian cuisines are available locally and therefore may be sourced from many suppliers. However, the bargaining power of customers is relatively high d
Love is the feeling which may be expressed in many different ways. The understanding of love also differs and various people have different considerations about this feeling. The problems of love have been discussed by many authors and each of them tried to show something personal in that love, something unusual and different from what has already been written. Reading F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Jerome Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye , it is possible to state that the notion of love is presented there similarly even though the texts are absolutely different and the problems discussed there are different as well. Therefore, the main idea of this paper is to dwell upon the problem of love in each of these novels and try to consider the parallels and contrasts which may be seen. Both novels, Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Jerome Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye , express romantic love which exists in the dreams of the men and who never tell about their thoughts. In reality, their love is expressed roughly in case with Gatsby and is not expressed at all if to talk about Holden. While reading Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby for the first time, one may notice a desperate but thwarted love of two people who seem to have a great desire to be together, but due to particular circumstances these people could not do it. Dwelling upon thwarted love, the discussion is held about Gatsby and Daisy. Considering the love of these people, it is possible to see the devotion and the desire to be together. It is obvious that Gatsby is absorbed with Daisy, “There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled of his dreams – not through hew own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of illusion” (Fitzgerald 78). Writing this, the author adds, “He [Gatsby] had thrown himself into it with creative passion, adding to it all the time, decking it out with every bright feather that drifted this way” (Fitzgerald 78). And when do people dream most of all? It happens during the time when they are in love and when they are ready to dream about the object of worship. Even though Gatsby’s dreams are so great and passionate, the main character is faced with the problem that he is unable to tell about his feelings. Each time he wants to present something, each time he wants to tell Daisy how great and devoted his love is, he is stubborn and cannot say anything romantic and passionate, like he can in his dreams. A great critic of American literature, Harold Bloom writes about this aspect of Gatsby’s character as follows, “Gatsby cannot tell his dreams; every attempt he makes to describe his love for Daisy collapses into banality” (Bloom 7). However, it seems that the actions better disclose human feelings and the desire to accept
The leadership can be considered as an art to direct the intentions, attention, and efforts of the employees into a needed direction for the project to succeed. It should be stated that the question concerning the leadership and how it affects the working process remains one of the most discussed and argued. The differences in approaches and methods of implementation theory on practice provide the project managers with the variety of techniques and strategies that can be chosen for the suitable reasons. Although it is significantly important for the leader to develop the strategy that will lead the project and company for the successful outcome, it should be stressed that the role of the team should not be undervalued as the motivation and confidence in the accomplishment of the goals influences the working process greatly (Schunk 2012, p. 77). The main objective of the paper is to discuss the role of the leadership and the teambuilding in the project management, to center attention on the theoretical models and identify the ways for the inspiration and staff motivation. The motivational factors influence the efficiency of the employees and play an important role while project management. It should be highlighted that every individual in the group is different and unique, that is, their motivation is rooted in different things (Dwivedula & Bredillet 2010, p. 160). The major task of the leader is to find the key to every person and to use appropriate methods and techniques of motivation to increase the level of interest to the performing tasks. Despite the fact that everyone is unique, some elements can motivate the whole group. The most difficult part is to understand what is needed to make people motivated; however, the deep listening technique, observation, and communication may be a helpful tool while identifying the motivational factors (Ervin 2012, p. 391). To get the better understanding of the issue, one should pay close attention to certain motivational exercise. According to the recent researcher in the field of motivation on the workplace, there different approaches that can be implemented into the working process (Rose 2014, p. 30). First and foremost, one of the fundamental tasks of the leader is to bring the team closer. It should be pointed out that it may be beneficial to use the flipchart to save all the discussed ideas. The purpose of every meeting should be clear to the team members; moreover, the workers should feel comfortable, respected, and be heard. Such attitude will encourage the employees and will satisfy them. During the meeting, the leader can ask everyone what the motivation is and what factors can motivate best. Usually, there are certain types of the motivation that can be considered as obvious one, for example, money, recognition, self-development, accomplishments, and promotion. However, there is a hidden side of motivation like the flexible working schedule and the possibility to bring pets to the workplace. The leader should notice similarities and differences in motivation within the team. To avoid the misunderstan
An article in The Atlantic was about the price discrimination strategy of both Wal-Mart and Louis Vuitton. Since they sell luxurious products, it is easier for them to retail without discounts. This is because many of the customers in the market segment are price insensitive and they focus mostly on the products they are purchasing. This becomes a classic discrimination strategy and also a competitive strategy in the lifestyle-based segment. This segmentation in terms of the physiological attributes of the society enables them to maintain their sales and their brands (The Atlantic Monthly Group, Para 1). This type of discrimination is characterized by persons who can pay and also value quality when making purchasing decisions. This sector is faced with many opportunities and threats. When a company exploits its opportunities efficiently and effectively, it could earn mileage in the fashion industry. In this case, the consumer’s needs should be put first and since there is an increase in the economic standards of many states, this market has a lot of potential for growth (The Atlantic Monthly Group, Para 3). For these two companies to ensure a sustainable future, they should not discriminate with response to price. This is to ensure that the consumer gets that extra utility for owning something most cannot own. This gives them more utility or satisfaction thus increasing brand loyalty in the long run. Brand recognition is the issue even before the buyers visit the shopping outlets. This is because it is a factor that most buyers put into consideration when purchasing. In this case, the brand i.e. Wal-Mart and Louis Vuitton will be established (The Atlantic Monthly Group, Para 4). Works cited The Atlantic Monthly Group Inc. ‘ Why don’t Wal-Mart and Louis Vuitton discount? ’ The Atlantic Wire, 2008. Web.
Intensity of Competition According to the daily breeze (2010) Porter’s five forces framework of competition is composed of the following elements; supplier power, barriers to entry, threats from substitutes, rivalry and buyer power (p. 17). The similarities and differences between USA and Mexico can are summarized by the following table: Strategy                  USA                                                                                                                                                                                               Mexico                                                                                                                                                                     Supplier power            There is a strong supply of raw materials and labor, suppliers are concentrated, high costs of switching suppliers, consumers are powerful and a huge threat of forward integration by suppliers  Strong supply of labor and raw materials, weak consumers, concentrated purchasers, huge threat to backward integration by consumers and high costs of switching suppliers. Barriers to entry         Easy entry and exit because of low threshold, easy access to distribution channels, common technology and little brand franchise.                                                                 Entry is difficult because of difficulty of brand switching, high scale threshold and limited access to distribution channels                                              Threats from substitutes  A lot of substitutes of high quality exist posing a high threat.                                                                                                                                  Substitutes exist in the market but the quality is slightly different.                                                                                                     Rivalry                   Rivalry is intense especially from dominos, Little Caesars, Papa John and Pizza Hut                                                                                                               Rivalry is not that intense since the market does not have many established restaurant chains.                                                                             Buyer power               Buyers are concentrated, can buy products from competitors and purchase a high percentage of the output.                                                                                          Buyers are concentrated, can buy products from competitors and purchase a high percentage of the output.                                                                    The pizza industry accounts for around 10% of the total food sales which occurred in the United States between June 2009 and June 2010 (Franchise direct, 2011). This proves that the industry is very viable and earns a lot of revenue therefore attracting a lot of companies in the industry. In USA there are over 25 pizza chains in the industry which is mainly dominated by Domino’s, Little Caesars, Papa John, Pizza Patro
Introduction The 1960’s Cultural Revolution in the American history saw a decline in family cohesiveness. In the U.S, the aspect of capitalism continues to disintegrate the family institution to such an extent that it has greatly lost its significance. This can be attributed to the economic, political, scientific and technological advancements, which have suppressed the social development. The profit oriented society has continued to deinstitutionalize the family. Initially, the European colonies suppressed the Native Americans while they continued to import the blacks as slaves to work in their farms. As a result, there occurred a cultural revolution that accelerated segregation of the American society along racial lines. A counterculture wave erupted as evidenced by the transformations in the music industry, civil rights movements and sexual revolution. Counterculture Commercial Entertainment Racial differences played a great part in marginalizing the blacks together with their music, which excluded them from the American popular. Therefore, the Cultural Revolution saw creation of new genres in the music industry as well as the rising of the African American music. The political and economic atmosphere that followed created a crisis as the African Americans were transiting from blues to hip-hop genres. This was followed by migration from the farms to the urban centers. Racial consciousness triggered a cultural revolution that caused a distinction between the blacks’ music- the modern jazz and the American popular which marks a time of reconfiguration in the American society. Popular music and the pronunciation of racial gaps had detrimental effects on the family setup. The rapid growth in the recording industry continued and was followed by commercialization of television and new genres of music came up. Every household owned a television set which offered entertainment and this acted as the focal point for all family members. The family especially the youths, now concentrated on entertainment, which declined their attention towards other important family values. The Civil Rights Movement From 1950’s many Americans were gaining confidence and saw a need to reject global communism. The traditional aspects had to be discarded; the blacks established the civil rights movement which offered hope for them to achieve equality. John F Kennedy was at the forefront in the anti-communist campaigns to achieve social reforms for blacks, which were characterized by upheaval as the youths were rejecting the conservative values. Materialism characterized this period, which helped to form a counterculture that triggered a social revolution in America. This was to oppose conservatism and engagement of the American military on the Vietnam unrests (Mintz & Kellog, 1988). The Vietnam War ultimately called for the military assistance where many American troops died and this triggered antiwar movement. Many citizens criticized engagement of U.S in Vietnam as many continued to lose their lives. This triggered civil upheaval and the public’s minds were all drifted toward opposing the war rather than on the family. Anti
Turning from a bad person into a generally good, law-abiding citizen is a possibility, yet the effects that the current codes of ethics have on the process are questionable. On the one hand, the ethical postulates that are promoted actively in the society, as well as oaths and other tools for reinforcing proper behavioral patterns, are based on generally good intentions. The people that created them must have meant well, yet the oaths and ethical standards only have a positive effect as long as they are followed by everyone. As soon as one of the members of the community notices that some of the people break these rules and yet remain dignified members of the community, the positive effect of these oaths and principles is likely to vanish (Rutgers 254). It seems that, when promoting a certain behavioral pattern, a set of codes and standards alone is not going to have a noticeable impact on the target population. Instead, one should create the breeding ground for fostering the qualities that will help citizens avoid deviating from the required standards of conduct. As long as one is capable of distinguishing between the ethical and the unethical, the current principles of conduct are likely to be followed (Svara 562). Works Cited Rutgers, Mark R. “Will the Phoenix Fly Again? Reflections on the Efficacy of Oaths as a Means to Secure Honesty.” Review of Social Economy 71.2 (2013): 249–276. Print. Svara, James H. “Who Are the Keepers of the Code? Articulating and Upholding Ethical Standards in the Field of Public Administration.” Public Administration Review 74.5 (2014): 561–569. Print.
Why Clifford says what we believe is not merely a private matter but a moral issue? Clifford was involved in discussions with other scholars on the controversial subject of belief in an effort to resolve the usual notions held by people. Bringing in the subject of morality, Clifford (1999) declared that it was unethical for people to trust a claim without a clear and or a valid basis. In addition, his petition to such clarification was put to tension with his noticeable denial of the thought that the ethical position of an achievement relies on its results. Clifford stresses that, for anybody to uphold any ideology, there has to be sufficient evidence unlike upholding concepts that are based on conclusive evidences. What is morally permissible for us to believe? It is morally permissible to believe in a reality that only corresponds to a belief when there are some aspects of peripheral justificatory means. People have the freedom of belief just as much as they enjoy the freedom of speech if no harm is done or committed. Clifford does not secularize on heresy concepts when he pronounces what people should not believe. He gives emphasis from the start of his thesis that an accomplishment is either accurate or inaccurate regardless of the unintentional breakdown of its fruits of good or wickedness. Additionally, he says that, even if harm is done unintentionally through actions done on unjustified beliefs, the wrong morals may not be lessened by the need of the result. Clifford’s implications of his views on religious faith On religious beliefs, Clifford advises that belief matters are private and that people have the right to choose whichever religion to believe. He adds that a judgment can be done on whether the action done was right or wrong only when the actions of a Christian have an impact on other people. When the action is judged as wrong, it is then said not to be a belief but an action. To sum up, Clifford (1999) suggests that religious beliefs are not private and that people’s lives are directed by the universal elements of the things and or issues that have been formulated by other people for their mutual benefit. Therefore, people’s expressions, opinions, mode procedure, vocabulary, and structures are commonly perfected and fashioned from time to time. Reference Clifford, W. K. (1999). The Ethics of Belief. New York: Prometheus Books.
It is apparent that Vietnamese women ranging from the age of 20 to 45 began to migrate into the United States in the mid 1970s (Seller, 1994). Research has shown that the current population of Vietnamese women stands at approximately 1.1 million. Moreover, this has been perceived to be one of the largest immigrant groups in the US. From a comprehensive analysis, it is evident that in a period of two decades, the population has grown significantly with majority residing in Texas and California (Seller, 1994). Notably, despite the increased number of immigrants into the US, majority of the women have faced numerous challenges. Nevertheless, there are those who have been able to cope with the emerging situations regardless of the numerous barriers related to language and cultural shocks (Fadiman, 1997). It is against this backdrop that this paper explores how these women adjust in the US and their specific avenues for success and failure. Vietnamese women who ventured into the US had high hopes to live up to their dreams while there. Nevertheless, it is notable that majority of them have been disillusioned since they find life in the US totally different from what they imagined or expected (Seller, 1994). Probably, I expect that since these women had attained working age, they wanted to venture out and search for greener pastures in this foreign land. I also tend to think that initially, it was not easy for them since most of them were native speakers of Vietnam languages and hence they could not communicate effectively in English. In this case, I anticipate that they became vulnerable to alienation and loneliness. Alternatively, there were those women who were quick to adapt to life in the US. For instance, they learnt how to communicate in English and this liberated them from language barrier (Kingston, 1989). In addition, I suppose there emerged a generational gap between the native immigrants and children who were born by the women while in the US. This would be due to the fact that these children grew up in a different cultural and social setting from that of their parents (Seller, 1994). Furthermore, I intended to study how the Vietnamese women coped with the strange situations in the US. Therefore, this study is relevant in explaining why the number of immigrants has kept on increasing yearly. Moreover, this study intends to prove the hypothesis or the assumption that Vietnamese women aged between 20 and 40 years were prone to cultural shocks, discrimination and economic difficulties in the US (Seller, 1994). This hypothesis is integral in understanding the possible factors influencing success and failure of immigrants in the US. Additionally, poverty in Vietnam is one