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Executive Summary This research paper explores and identifies business opportunities in existence in China for the ABC Limited Company. Being the largest holder of market share segment, ABC is positively skewed to reap the benefits from this expanding market in China. Detailed appraisal of language, social institutions, values and attitudes inclination of China clearly indicate that the company can easy enter into this expansive market and sustain growth in the same. This forms the basis for feasible investment position. With an already existing marketing structure in Australia, though currently dysfunctional, ABC should apply cauterization of marketing distribution channels within its wide established network alongside a strong financial arm in China in order to succeed. The challenges that ABC may face in the entry bid include limited political, cultural, social freedoms encircled in the communist administration of China. Besides, there are legal restrictions. However, the opportunities available outweigh the challenges. Putting into consideration of the external and internal dynamics, ABC should enter the China biscuits market in the next 16 months. Introduction Comprehensively, this paper seeks to establish a meticulous research and documentation of the results of the possibility of the ABC Limited establishing its China market in an attempt to expand its geographical quarter of operation. Besides, the essay will integrate the language, social institutions, values and attitudes and socio-cultural segmentation of the China market. In addition, legal and political influences are covered. Also, this paper attempts to present a detailed analysis of the action plan of the company, and its choice of penetration technique into the China market. Notwithstanding, the marketing needs of a detailed and workable blend that the company might employ to determine the suitability of China as a new market is also discussed. In a bid to establish an international investment opportunity, China displays a big potential with the several million citizens as ready consumers of biscuits product. As projected by the United Nations, China market will grow by 30 percent in the next two decade. Thus, foreign companies such as ABC are in a strategy position to tap this market for its products (Adler 2008). Doing Business in China. Social Institutions Political Requirements Conformity The essential political requirements of ABC Limited towards the entry planning and development phases are those that impact directly on the stability of the China culture. The communist system of China is in the forefront of promoting investor opportunities. The rate at which the economy of China is growing is incredibly rapid and this has led to the diversification of the economy. Notwithstanding, this diversification of the economy has led to the definition of the inter dependence of ‘sectoral’ components of the economy that translate to the realization of a restricted business operation (Zou
Executive summary Desire by stakeholders to keep track of organizational performance has led to emergence of sustainability reporting. The report is prepared focusing on social, economic and environmental issues that affect organizations as well as their positive and negative impacts. Implementation of sustainability reporting follows a certain sequence which ensures that final report captures all the relevant information. Management team and stakeholders are involved in identifying issues affecting their organization. These issues are then evaluated and report compiled before it is communicated. Some of the reasons why organizations report include enhancing financial value and encouraging innovation to improve competitiveness. The main features of the report include organization’s profile, strategies and analysis as well as parameters used in collecting data and compiling the report. Sustainability reporting helps organizations cut down on operations cost and improves on their profitability. Consequently, organizations ought to adopt it if they wish to continue improving their performance and profitability. Introduction Stakeholders want to keep track of organizational performance so as to tell when their organization is making progress or failing. Desire to understand organizational performance is triggered by need of the business community to respond to matters affecting sustainable development (KPMG International, 2008, p. 14). Currently, business strategies, public disclosure and operational strategies are developed in line with enhancement of sustainable performance. Overview of the task As organizations turn to sustainability reporting, there are numerous reasons that have made them take this direction. This paper aims at looking at reasons why organizations are adopting sustainability reporting, some elements of the report and steps followed in implementing sustainability reporting process. Reporting purpose and structure This report aims at bringing out benefits associated with sustainability reporting thus explaining why organizations are adopting the practice. It will focus reasons for sustainability reporting, outline features of sustainability reporting and describe how it is implemented. Recommendation why organizations need to adopt sustainability reporting will also be given. Sustainability reporting reasons Exhibit transparency Through sustainability reporting, organization is able to demonstrate its dedication to managing its environmental, economic and social impacts. This provides a platform for stakeholders to deliberate on what needs to be done to help the organization realize its goals (Commonwealth of Australia, 2010, p. 1). Enhancing reputation Organizational reputation depends on how stakeholders view the organization with respect to soc
The modern world is changing rapidly and people have been changing alongside. Mass production and mass consumption have become a talking point and many people associate these concepts with the recent problem of obesity. Thus, lots of people accuse companies of turning them into victims of the advertising campaigns. More so, people sue McDonalds (as well as other fast food companies) trying to prove that the fast food chains are responsible for their poor health conditions ( Super Size Me ). A lot of Americans believe they have been manipulated as fast food companies started affecting their decisions since their childhood. For instance, Schlosser notes that the ‘founding father’ of McDonald’s used to believe that “a person’s “brand loyalty” may begin as early as the age of two” and paid special attention to marketing to children (31). Nonetheless, people tend to blame others for their own mistakes and eating habits are no exception. No one has ever made Americans consume so much junk food as it was their own decision which cost a lot for their health. Now, it is high time to face the reality and admit that each individual is responsible for his/her own life and for his/her lifestyles and eating habits. Clearly, it is time to face the problem and become responsible. No one is blaming nightclubs (or people having parties) for poor health of those who spend sleepless nights. People understand that overtiredness and nervousness as well as poor health condition are results of certain lifestyles. People also admit that living such lives is individual choice and no one is responsible for negative effects of such decisions. Likewise, eating habits are developed within families. Children copy their parents eating habits and develop their underst
Occupational therapy is incorporation of intervention strategies to counter the stigmas associated with disabilities via therapeutic deployment of dairy activities. It demands the requisite skills of occupational therapy assistants and or occupational therapists. Occupational therapy (OT) helps people achieve independence in all activities that are normally performed by people without disabilities at ease. The intent of performing such involving tasks in the sense that it entails intensive training in the ways of doing things which seem impossible by some challenged persons especially children, is to make them live life to the fullest. OT helps to empower children to achieve exemplary results through improved cognitive abilities, self esteem, physical abilities and above all giving children a sense of accomplishment. According to the mission of the American occupational therapy association (AOTA), OT goes beyond addressing issues to do with individual physical challenges to embrace social, psychological and environmental factors. All the other factors, apart from the physical challenges facilitate functionality of such people in different ways and hence vital for incorporation in the health care of both kid and adults. In an attempt to enable challenged people live their life to the fullest, AOTA, performs an evaluation at an individual level in which the AOTA staff determines the clients goals and aspirations in life and derive customized intervention strategies to arrive at the goals set out in the initial phase. Finally, they examine the results against the initially stipulated strategies. Where the anticipated results fails to merge the actual results, then the therapy crew make appropriate adjustments to the intervention plan. The prerogative of OT is to adapt the environment to adopt the client. Furthermore, the client forms an intrinsic element of the OT team. Reflecting on Jacob’s physical situation: he was born with very short arms that rendered him comparable with a person with both hands amputated and deserved an artificial limb on one leg and a brace on the other leg, OT, interventions to make him live his life to the fullest , reminiscent to the chores of the AOTA, were amicably required. Urgent, change of conception of teachers that he really needed one on one assistant was crucial as it serves to inculcate a feeling of low self-esteem and therefore an enormous hindrance toward achieving personal independence. To participate in core activities just like other children, Jacob needed a universal cuff that would see him able to hold items such a paper and a pencil. He also deserved OT interventions to enable him ride on school bus just like other kids. This re
The photograph I selected for this exercise is one of three young boys who is standing side by side holding each other. The photograph is posed because the trio is standing facing the camera directly while there are other activities going on in the background. Telling from the photograph, the three boys were part of the group playing games in the background and were called to attention by the photographer. The mood captured in the photograph is that of excitement and joy because all the three boys are smiling. There is also a mood of friendliness in the photograph identified by the way the boys are holding each other. The camera has been positioned directly in front of the boys, with the photographer being slightly taller than the subjects. The photographer is close to the boys, probably less than two meters away, and he is looking down at the boys. The foreground action captured by the photograph stopped immediately the shot was taken, and there is no evidence of it going on for long. In contrast, the action going on in the background, including dripping water and a running boy kept going on after the photograph was taken. This is because there are signs of motion, including the boy’s running angle and the water droplets succeed each other. As far as graphic composition is concerned, the moving elements in the foreground had to stop momentarily before the picture was taken to allow for clarity. The photograph is modern because the colors are presented. It was also taken during the day, around midday. This is confirmed by the positioning of the shadows, which fall directly below the boys’ heads. The frame cuts out the boys, and with the other elements in the shot having been irregularly chopped, there is clear evidence that the world extends further than what we can see. Because the photograph primarily captures human beings, the outlines of the shapes are soft and follow the natural pattern of the different parts that make up a human’s body. There is a contrast between the bright foreground items and the dark background elements such as the grey floor, which makes the boys stand out in the photograph as per the intention of the photographer. The photographer did not have any economic purpose for the photograph, because his subjects present indications of any economic significance. The style of the photographic work is informal, and it is highly unlikely that the person who took the shot was aware of any photographic principles and techniques when taking the shot. It will be acceptable to conclude that the photograph was taken by an amateur, using a point and shoot digital camera. This implies that the job done was not difficult, in terms of professional photographic difficulty. I encountered this pho
Research Argument Guaman (13) and Vazquez (15) view the Spanish rule in Peru as an epoch characterized by suffering among the indigenous communities and destruction of indigenous socio-political institutions. On the same note, Guaman includes a Christian perspective whereby he insists on the Kingdom. Similarities in Perspectives According to Vazquez (45) and Mbemba (43), the slave trade in Africa and Spanish rule in Peru witnessed the annihilation of the existing political systems and the introduction of foreign ones. In Africa, the Arabs introduced the Islamic legal system based on the Sharia law along the East African coast and in West Africa, which replaced the indigenous decentralized system of government. According to Mbemba (23), both the Arab Slave trade in Africa and the Trans-Atlantic slave trade exposed Africa to the outside world leading to the colonization of the continent. In Peru, the inception of the Spanish rule was marked by the destruction of the indigenous Incan political system by the Spaniards (Vazquez 56). The tremendous decline of native populations was a common consequence of African slave trade and Spaniard occupation of Peru. During the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, thousands of Africans died during capture, Middle Passage, and in the plantations and mines in America (Mbemba 22). In Peru, the introduction of infectious diseases such as smallpox by the Spaniards led to the decimation of over nine million Amerindians between 1520 and 1620 (Vazquez 43). Mbemba (12) and Vazquez (34) also argue that the two events were also characterized by the exploitation of the locals by foreigners. The Viceroyalty of Peru pursued economic development via mineral extraction and creation of a commercial monopoly. The viceroys used native forced labor in mining and imposed taxes on the locals. In Africa, slave trade weakened the local economies; important labor forces were moved from the continent while slave raids disrupted economic activities on the continent (Vazquez 83). Variation in Perspectives Vazquez (98) posits that the political economy created by the Spaniards in Peru was characterized by competition for economic wealth between the Amerindians and the Spaniards. The Amerindians acquired wealth and influence. On the other hand, Rodney sums up th
Nowadays, it became a common practice among contemporary sociologists and political scientists to assess the metaphysical dichotomy between the concepts of Western civilization and the Third World from a purely environmentalist perspective. That is, the fact that so-called ‘developing’ nations are not quite developing but rapidly regressing into primeval savagery is assumed to be yet another proof as to the sheer evilness of euro-centrism, as political sublimation of White people’s perceptional ignorance. Yet, one does not have to be particularly smart to be able to realize the sheer fallaciousness of such suggestion – the actual reason why Western countries feature the world’s highest standards of living is that, unlike what is the case with people in Third World, Westerners know how to subject their animalistic urges to their sense of rationale. In its turn, this allows them to act as facilitators of cultural and scientific progress. However, once Whites become overly enthusiastic while exploring the irrational subtleties of their psyche, they face the risk of eventual degradation and death. In this paper, I will aim to substantiate the validity of this suggestion even to a further extent, while basing the line of my argumentation upon ideas contained in Thomas Mann’s novel “Death in Venice”. As it appears from the novel, before deciding to take a trip to Venice, the novel’s main character Gustav Aschenbach used to profess essentially Nordic (Apollonian) values of self-restraint, intellectual exaltation, discipline, and existential idealism. According to the author, Aschenbach was: “Too much occupied with the duties imposed by his ego and the European soul, too overburdened with the duty of production, too little interested in distracting himself to be a faithful lover of that gay outside world” (4). However, Aschenbach felt as if something important was missing in his life. Apparently, despite Aschenbach’s advanced age, his strongly defined sense of idealism never ceased affecting his attitudes towards surrounding reality. Even though Aschenbach was able to gain social prominence as an accomplished writer, he continued to think of his life’s purpose as such that had not been realized yet. In its turn, this prompted novel’s main character to embark upon the trip to a foreign land as the ultimate mean of expanding his intellectual horizons, with Venice becoming the choice for trip’s destination, due to this city’s geographic proximity: “What he was looking for was the unfamiliar and unrelated, which was indeed reached rather easily” (11). It is like idealistic individuals to seek unfamiliarity, as it helps them to boost up th
Vertical Integration at the American Apparel Company   * American Apparel Company is based in Los Angeles.   * This company boasts of a strong vertical integration in its industrial organization.   * From a single location, the company controls its designing, cutting, sewing, finishing, dyeing, distribution and marketing process for its products.   * These departments are segmented and disfranchised within a systematic control system that monitors production progress .   * The company has been successful in distribution and shooting their in-house advertisements and promotions without having to outsource other industry players Vertical Integration Chart. The company operates and fully owns its sub retail branches instead of franchising any production, marketing, or distribution channels (Powell 1995). This process is inclusive of the scientific aspects such as technical process of understanding the operations involved in operations management, their application, and evaluation criteria (Palmeri 2005). In the marketing and distribution channels that are run from a central point, it is apparent that company structure, operations management, and efficiency of the advertisement department determine sustainability of its business. Besides, the ability to customize products and offer competitive but high quality services determine success and profitability in short and long run (Harrison & St.John 2010).
In their article, Brief and Weiss review the studies on job satisfaction that were carried out throughout the 20 th century (most of them were conducted in the 1930s and 1990s). One of the most important things mentioned in the article is the study which found out that attempts to make employees not show their emotions lead to bad memorization of information (Brief and Weiss 298). This finding is of significance because it is a common practice in firms to require their workers suppress their emotions (Brief and Weiss 298), and, therefore, a solution to this issue needs to be found if the productivity of employees is to be increased. Besides, most of the other mentioned findings (e.g. that engaged leaders encourage followers, whereas hostile ones are likely to negatively affect performance; or that good mood improves helpfulness, lowers aggression, and facilitates creativity (Brief and Weiss 289, 294)) seem to directly follow from common sense. The finding that the suppression of emotions impairs memory is not obvious, and that makes it one of the most interesting things mentioned in the article. Works Cited Brief, Arthur P. and Howard M. Weiss. “Organizational Behavior: Affect in the Workplace.” Annual Review of Psychology 53 (2002): 279-307. Print.
Introduction Coding is essential for complex systems containing numerous data sets. The Healthcare industry is one such system. The American Medical Association (AMA) maintains and develops the current procedural terminology (CPT) (AMA) that includes the description of codes used in such areas as the provision of medical assistance, surgical intrusions, and diagnostic services (Rouse par.1). The codes are grouped using three categories: category I, II, and III. Considering the areas of the CPT application, the paper aims at describing each area, the differentiation between them, and provides examples. Category I The codes from this category are purposed to codify the wide range of medical-related activities in the United States. The Category I codes provide information about the procedures and services that are sufficiently presented and well-grounded in the appropriate literature as well as approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (Bowie 52; Sullivan 7). The Category I have the following sections to cover: Evaluation and Management, Anesthesiology, Surgery, Radiology, Pathology and Laboratory, and Medicine (“2.07: Intro to CPT Coding” par. 11). The code includes five digits, and each section has its range. As an example, the following code can be used: “the code for “management of liver hemorrhage; simple suture of liver wound or injury” is 47350″ (“2.07: Intro to CPT Coding” par. 20). It is the most extensive category of the CPT codes. Category II The codes that belong to Category II are used to supplements the codes from Category I. Such codes have four digits and the letter F in the end, and it is used to provide valuable information that is not available in Category I (“2.07: Intro to CPT Coding” par. 37). They are needed to provide additional information in a particular situation. As an example, the following code can be used: “if a doctor records a patient’s Body Mass Index (BMI) during a routine checkup … use Category II code 3008F, “Body Mass Index (BMI), documented” (“2.07: Intro to CPT Coding” par. 38). It should be noted that these codes are not aimed at replacing codes from Category I and III. Category III The codes that fall into this category are considered as temporary because they are used for the technologies or procedures than only emerge and appear to be new to the health care industry. Such codes are good to be used for collecting information that is utilized to support the decision-making process regarding the addition or removal of new technology to or from the standardized health care provider pra