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Jumeirah Group of Hotels and Resorts is a luxury hotel chain that is based in Dubai, and it has facilities not only in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) but also globally. Jumeirah Group was established in 1997, and today, this business is a leader in the hospitality industry in the UAE (“Jumeirah Group Portfolio” par. 1). However, in order to discuss the effectiveness of the company’s strategy regarding the development of the product portfolio, it is necessary to conduct the business analysis with the focus on the Boston Consulting Group’s (BCG) matrix. The purpose of this paper is to present BCG matrices that reflect the relative market share and market growth in relation to Jumeirah Group’s products and services. BCG Matrix The BCG matrix is a business tool that is used in order to analyze the position of the company’s products within the market. This matrix is effective to represent the company’s ‘cash cows’ that are characterized by the high market share in the market with the low growth rate; ‘stars’ that are characterized by the high market share in the actively developed markets; ‘question marks’ that are characterized by the low market share in the actively developed market; ‘dogs’ that are characterized by the low market shares and representation in the slowly developed market (Mooradian, Matzler, and Ring 112; Spee and Jarzabkowski 224). This matrix is important to be utilized in order to evaluate the appropriateness of the Jumeirah Group’s product portfolio to cover more markets and gain more profits. BCG Matrix for Jumeirah Group’s Services Currently, Jumeirah Group develops its operations while proposing five main types of services, including hotels, restaurants, living areas, a waterpark, and offices (Ahmed 22). Figure 1 presents the BCG matrix that explains what market share is covered by each type of service and in what markets the company is presented. Jumeirah Luxury Hotels and Resorts have the highest share in the stable market related to the hospitality industry. Therefore, these types of services provide the company with high profits and guarantee the stability of the business. Jumeirah Restaurants are also discussed as ‘cash cows’ because they are often located in hotels, and their popularity and image depend on the reputation of hotels in the market. Figure 1 also indicates that Jumeirah Living areas can be discussed as ‘stars’ because this market is actively developing, and Jumeirah Group gained the largest market share in it. Wild Wadi Waterpark is one more ‘star’ because this waterpark remains to be the leader in the UAE and region. However, there are also ‘question marks’, and the company needs to focus on the status and development of Jumeirah Emirates Office Tower. The problem is in the fact that offices proposed by Jumeirah Group are characterized by the high rent prices that affect their competitiveness level. Figure 1. BCG Matrix for Jumeirah Group’s Types of Services. BCG Matrix for Jumeirah Group of Luxury Hotels and Resorts While focusing on the Jumeirah Group of luxury hotels and resorts, it is important to develop the BCG matrix that reflects the posi
Introduction Within the past few years Iran has pursued a distinctly anti-U.S. stance and has reportedly developed a weapons program that is meant to discourage any attacks on its soil creating a situation where war is a distinct possibility within the Middle East. This paper assumes that war is not imminent given that Iran’s actions are meant not to attack any foreign entity but to ensure the continued survival of the state in the form of the authoritarian regime that is currently in power. Reason behind Iran’s Domestic Policy Agenda From a trade and international relations perspective, it is at times assumed that Iran’s apparent pursuit of nuclear weapons and its bellicose rhetoric aimed at the U.S. seemingly reflects a regime that does not abide by logic and rationality as the cornerstones of its foreign relations policy. However, it should be noted that under the theory of realism one of the primary concerns of the state is survival. While it may seem that Iran’s actions are apparently detrimental towards the state’s continued survival, this is actually far from the truth. What this section will show is how Iran’s bellicose rhetoric, combined with its pursuit for nuclear weapons, is in fact a method that has been intentionally implemented to control its population rather than as an actual means of aggression against other states. In his analysis of Iran, Al-Tamimi (2013) explains that its political structure, governing bodies and various councils are heavily steeped in Islamic traditions and law. Many of those in power are conservative traditionalists who view the concept of “liberal change” as detrimental towards the continued survival of a state that utilizes Islam as the cornerstone of its governance Al-Tamimi, 49 -57. Al-Tamimi (2013) even goes so far to say that the Iran’s political government espouses a form of “ultra conservatism” wherein the concept of change that is not conducive towards the promotion of Islamic values and principles is viewed as detrimental towards the continued survival of the state. As a result, this has given rise to preventive measures within the country in the form of considerable control on internet traffic, merchandise that enters into the country as well as they types of activities that local citizens are allowed to participate in. In fact, such a level of control has impacted the news media within Iran, which is heavily censored by the government, to the point t
Introduction to Pre-1949 China China is one of the most popular Asian countries. It is viewed as an emerging economic powerhouse by other countries in the world given its double-digit economic growth that has been sustained for years. It is a country with a unique history. The unique history sets it apart from other nations in the world. The history was especially unique prior to and during the twentieth century. The nation has been under the rule of dynasties prior to 1949. Before then, China was a relatively very traditional country in the Asian continent. Industrialization was almost non-existent, with the greater part of the Chinese economy at the time being agriculture driven. The situation at that time was significantly different from the reality on the ground today. Following the imperialist invasion and exploitation of the country in the early twentieth century, the nation was set on the verge of radical revolutions in all sectors. The cultural, economic, political, and social revolution in the country would leave China a dominant player in global affairs in the century. The revolutions gave rise to the China we know today. In the early 1920s, China did not exist as a unified or centralized state. On the contrary, the country was a fragmented edifice shared amongst greedy military warlords. The warlords extended their authority across the inland territories of the country (Knight 30). For instance, the Chinese coastal cities were under the rule of the Japanese or by some Western power at any given time. Perhaps, and as many historians will agree, Mao Zedong remains one of the most influential figures in the twentieth century China. The leader occupies a significant place in the history books detailing the status of the country at that time. Historians and other scholars regard Mao’s leadership as one of the major determinants of the economic and social growth of the country. His legacy is still evident in many facets of contemporary Chinese society. From 1800 to 2000, a string of foreign incursions characterizes the history of the country. As if that was not eno
The Organization This paper details the impact of external forces of technology and competition acting on “St. Joseph’s Hospital, a Catholic health facility. This facility is a not-for-profit organization formed voluntarily as a community general hospital in the region of Elmira, NY. The hospital serves both inpatients and outpatients as a primary care and specialty referral center. The hospital works in collaboration with other healthcare providers and agencies to meet the health needs of the people of the region (St.Joseph’s). External force A: Technology With a view to reduce the operating cost by automating some of its functions, the hospital adopted mobile technology. With the assistance of the consultants, InfoLogix the hospital implemented redesigning of mobile network design, technology installation, end-user training, and ongoing support and maintenance. This step was needed to ensure that the technicians spend more quality time with the patients. A fully integrated MEDITECH Wireless Phlebotomy System was installed to perform functions like confirming patient IDs, performing specimen collection and labeling, store critical data. The purpose of this system is to automate the collection of blood samples and specimens from the patients, which was a time consuming manual process. This enabled the hospital to manage their workload, in a better way from the point-of-care. This innovative technology adopted by the hospital has increased its ability to decrease time and resource requirements significantly for the hospital and the margin for error has shown a sharp decline. The technological initiative was an important aspect in the direction of improving the quality of patient-care and was considered mainly to improve overall patient experience. With this technology initiative, St. Joseph’s is now able to enjoy a streamlined, technology-enabled process that reduces the stress on the hospital staff and improves the satisfaction level of the patients (Campbell). External force B: Competition As a measure to combat the competition St. Joseph’s hospital entered in to an agreement with Arnot Ogden Medical Center situated in the same region, for an affiliation of the two facilities on the recommendations of the Commission of Healthcare Facilities (known as Berger Commission). Both the facilities at the instance of the Commission participated in a discussion supervised by the Commission to explore the possibilities for the affiliation of both the facilities. The aim of this affiliation was to end the medical race in the region and for expending resources on duplicative services. An agreement was reached to enhance primary care services for Medicaid patients at both the hospitals and to establish standardized best practices to be followed in the respective hospitals. This agreement met with the definition of affiliation as per the report of the Commission. This initiative can be considered as the initiative taken from St. Josephs to contain the competition from Arnot Ogden providing identical services to the patients of the region. With
In 1980s and 1990s, the King Drew Medical Center was famous for offering teaching and cheap medical services to the residents of Loss Angles. After gaining its fame, the King Drew Medical Center then experienced leadership crisis where top management neglected their responsibilities and mismanaged the hospital. The hospital earned a bad reputation following series of complains from patients that the healthcare professionals disregarded their roles leading to many preventable deaths. Inspection carried out on the King Drew Medical Center gave shocking revelation that the hospital was operating under mismanagement that upheld provision of poor health care services. According to Beltran, “after five deaths blamed on negligence in the last year, the hospital is known to some as ‘Killer King’” (2011). Due to the mismanagement, King Drew Medical Center earned a name ‘Killer King’ that scared away not only patients, but also medical students. Leadership failure at King Drew Medical Center has demonstrated that negligence, mismanagement, and political issues effectively destroy quality health care services. Negligence of responsibility by the leadership was the cause of healthcare inefficiencies in the King Drew Medical Center. The top leadership ignored their responsibility of ensuring that health professionals adhered to professionals’ ethics. At many instances, nurses did not bother to attend to patients who needed emergency aid, doctors were reluctant to respond to emergencies, and prescription and administration of drugs were haphazardly. “A March 3 federal report, prompted by a state complaint about the hospital pharmacy, found extensive problems with drug administration — failure to give the prescribed medicine, or giving the right medicine at the wrong times or dosage” (Beltran, 2011). From the experience of King Drew Medical Center, it has become evident that negligence by the leadership to ensure that medical professionals in a health institution adhere to the code of ethics would lead into ignorance in provision of health care services. There was ignorance in the prescription, administration, and attention to special needs of the patients. The leadership of King Drew Medical Center in conjunction with the Los Angeles County mismanaged the hospital. Bruni confesses that the need to weed out bad leaders “…degenerated into a witch-hunt, where you are guilty indefinitely, without due process, and yours is the onus of proof … drastically foreign outsiders were placed in positions of leadership…” (2006). Placement of fore
The notion of racism divides humans based on their individual visible and intellectual differences. It has a great impact on the past and the humanities. This terminology breaks people down on different races, supposing that the better race should be dominant over the worse one (DiSalvo, et al. 278). A significant number of distinguished people tried to solve this problem. The poem “Little Black Boy” touches on a painful subject for the British. At the time when it was written (between 1784 and 1789), the trade of slaves was a usual thing, especially trade of black people. There was plenty of poetry in England directed against slavery or racism, and Blake’s poem seemed to fit into this wave (DiSalvo, et al. 351). In this poem, innocent children know a lot: they know that their assistant is God, they see the beauty of nature; a little black boy knows that the difference between him and the white boy is only in skin color. Olaudah Equiano’s autobiography provides the story of Equiano’s life, his struggle for the good life (Kopec 462). His difficult fate of a slave began at the age of eleven, because of kidnapping. Only after hard work and years of traveling in a British trading vessel, he manages to obtain freedom by giving all his savings. In conclusion, it is obvious that this blatantly expressed William Blake and Olaudah Equiano have gifts to realize how directly the events, phenomena, conflicts of distant countries and distant epochs are involved in people’s destinies and their own destiny. Both of these works overlap significant political and social problems that include attitude towards other races affront to their civil liberties. Works Cited Kopec, Andrew. “Collective Commerce and the Problem of Autobiography in Olaudah Equiano’s Narrative.” The Eighteenth Century , vol. 54 no. 4, 2013, pp. 461-478. DiSalvo, Jackie, et al., editors. Blake, Politics, and History . Taylor and Francis, 2015.
Introduction Change is inevitable due to environmental dynamics that organizations operate. Change is an inherent factor in any organization that wants to keep up with the ever-changing consumer needs. The process of managing change involves planning and involvement of key stakeholders in the change process to ensure successful transformation in an organization. Successful organizations have to embrace change and aim to bring beneficial modification, which leads to value creation. Successful leaders lead the change process rather than waiting for change to take place. Therefore, managing and leading change is critical in the successful transformation of organizations. Change can be either incremental or radical. Incremental change affects a portion of an organization while radical change affects an entire organization. Taking a systemic approach to change is critical in successful transformation of an organization. Incremental change is useful; nevertheless, it does not give all the stakeholders the capacity to accommodate transformation in an organization, thus may cause resistance to change. Management should establish key players in a change process, develop a plan to implement the change, evaluate how different stakeholders will react to the change process, and finally lead the organization towards successful organizational transformation. In addition, management should analyze how the change will affect the organization’s mission and vision, culture, motivation, and employees. Moreover, management should understand the dynamics of factors affecting change before starting the process of managing and leading change. Factors influencing change include the organization’s culture, structure, goals, objectives, and leadership. Goals and objectives For organizational change to be successful, management should ensure that the proposed change is in line with its goals and objectives. This will ensure that all stakeholders in the change process buy in and commit to transforming an organization. Before making decision to institute change, management should evaluate how the intended transformations will contribute towards meeting organizational goals and objectives. Change and Organizational Culture The corporate culture of an organization is exemplified through the values, believes, and way of doing things in an organization. Every organization has its own unique culture. According to Schein (2010), leadership helps t
Introduction IKEA is one of the leading furniture-making companies in the world. Based in Sweden, the company has its presence globally. The main aim of the company is to expand globally and provide the lowest cost product to its customer. For the company has devised a unique value chain proposition for the customers wherein even the customers can add value to the product[1]. The company has been growing quickly, too quickly as thought by the founder, who believes that continuous expansion will cause sustaining problems for the company in case of an economic recession1. It is argued that global expansion for retailers is more difficult than for manufacturers (Dawson, 2000). The main reason being the complexity of entering a retail market which requires understanding the new market and consumers along with a host of other concerns. Recent emphasis of research on the internationalization of retailers is through a learning process wherein the retailers can understand the market through their previous international experiences (Dawson, 2000). Thus, there is a need to understand the international market and then make an entry strategy into a foreign market. This is so because there is a close relationship between national culture and organizational strategy (Hofstede, 1985). This report discusses the organizational aspects of IKEA like its strategy, mission, culture, structure. Then the report will try to ascertain the advantages and disadvantages of the international strategy opted by IKEA. The second part of the report will try to ascertain the cultural aspects of Brazil and South America. Then analyze if the entry strategy of IKEA is viable for its entry into Brazil. Overview of IKEA Mission and Strategy IKEA is the world’s leading furniture-making company. The company’s vision and mission are to provide low-cost, functional furniture. Thus, their vision statement is: “The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. We make this possible by offering a wide range of well-designed, functional home furnishing products at prices so low that as many people as possible will be able to afford them.” (IKEA, 2008) In order to achieve their vision of providing low-cost furniture, IKEA has devised a unique value chain wherein even the customer is a part and creates value. Further, their strategy is to expand into different markets of the world where their potential market for their products. The strategy is backward and forward expansion, wherein the company increases its backend support through increasing its number of suppliers when it intends to increase its market (Kling & Goteman, 2003). Brand IKEA Anders Dahlvig, CEO of IKEA, stated in
Melinger (30) has defined Microsoft media service as a streaming media server which enables an administrator to create video or audio streaming media. Microsoft media service is capable of imposing authentication, record streaming or caching, limiting access, enforcing a variety of connection limits, as well as utilising various protocols, in addition to Forward Error Connection (FEC) application, Microsoft media service is capable of handling a multitude of connections. The way in which a Microsoft media service works is that the distribution of streams usually takes place between the various servers that feeds a distributions network. In this case, an individual server is used to feed diverse networks. Moreover, there is a need to take into account the fact that both multicast and unicast are well supported by Microsoft media service. The decoding of the various distributions of streams is accomplished through the use of a Windows media player, thereby enabling the users to not only watch these streams, but also listen to them. Therefore, users are in a position to obtain valuable information via the media. In order to set up a newspaper or radio station there are a number of requirements that must be met. First of all, there should be a network set up device (wireless or wired) connected directly to the internet. Then there ought to be a distribution of information type context and entertainment framework. Moreover, there need to be an allotment of user created amateur background and professionally formed perspective. Collaboration ratings and filtering systems should also be included. There ought to be situation description interactivity and configuration via a second screen such as the website. Furthermore, programs need to be individualized so as to be able to suit viewers’ needs and interests. Lastly, there should be a common time code when the program will be watched (Melinger 2). Unicast transmission, within the context of computer networking is used in reference to the activity of relaying packets of information to those networks that are operated by single users. Unicast messaging finds application in processes of networking in which exclusive or private resources are often in demand, in effect ensuring that the traffic within the network assumes the form of a unicast. Unicast messaging is especially useful in a case whereby the completion of a network transaction hinges upon two way connections. On the other hand, Multicast is a network technology for the delivery of information to a group in a particular place simultaneously. Multicast entails the application of a strategy that is well-organised for purposes of ensuring that messages to the various network links are only delivered once followed by a reproduction of these messages to diverse destination. It is generally employed for streaming media and internet television applications. At the data link layer, multicast describes one to numerous distribution such as asynchronous transfer made (ATM). It is distrusted to a large receiver population by not requiring of who or how many recipients are there. The