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The McDonald’s strategy is to offer consumers cleanliness, quick and high-quality services. This focus of the organisation is important for the firm because it helps to attract a significant number of customers, who increase the sales turnover. This business strategy could be a roadmap that guide the firm. The firm has established important platforms on which it focuses its competitive advantage. First, the organisation ensures that it gains competitive advantage through committed customers who are attracted through exemplary customer service and high-quality products. In fact, the firm believes in customer satisfaction because a satisfied customer is a great asset of any business organisation. Second, McDonald’s has a long history of appreciating its employees. In order to have a dedicated workforce, the company offers competitive wages and it adopts internal promotions that are meant to encourage workers to work towards achieving unique performance outcomes. Business, human resource and staff are the three most important aspects that the organisation has adopted in order to achieve its goals. The management has aligned the three components so that they could lead to improved sales. The business aspect is oriented towards understanding customer needs. The firm is able to implement strategies that are geared towards satisfying customer needs. For instance, if customers want cheap products, then the firm aims at providing products at affordable prices. On the other hand, consumers may want expensive products that are characterized by high quality. Thus, the firm ensures that it provides customers with the products that they want. Human resource component is an important aspect in the company. The management ensures that workers are motivated to carry out their duties. In fact, the organisation encourages its workers to achieve growth in both professional and personal lives. The staffing strategies within the firm are aimed at realising growth of McDonald’s. Most of its employees are teenagers who are motivated to achieve excellent performance outcomes. Staffing strategies ensure that the best workers are hired and retained within the company. Thus, the firm is characterized by low rates of turnover with regard to personnel. McDonald’s could have issues in the context of hiring personnel with the right talents. It focuses on hiring teenagers who could not have the right talents that could be utilized to improve performance outcomes. In addition, the firm concentrates on internal advertisements and local hiring practices to recruit its workers. This approach has the potential to hinder the achievement of the firm because it could hire personnel who are not talented to work for the organisation. A high turnover or a tight labour market in which it is difficult to find talented people would be a problem. A high turnover market would imply that workers with the appropriate skills leave the organisation shortly after th
Predictive models are essential instruments enabling researchers and practitioners to estimate possible losses and mitigate them, avoid flaws in quality, maximize profits, and so on. The Linear Regression method and T-method are some of the most common predictive tools utilized in various settings. However, there is little information concerning the most appropriate areas for the application of these methods. The article under consideration includes a detailed analysis of the predictive efficacy of these two models. DasNeogi and Cudney (2009) also identify some limitations and benefits of the models in question. The researchers utilize the case of different countries’ food self-sufficiency to compare the two predictive tools and their strengths and weaknesses. DasNeogi and Cudney (2009) start with a brief review of the models’ backgrounds. The researchers’ initial discussion concerns the difference between predicting and forecasting. They state that forecasting usually implies the use of a massive amount of data as compared to predicting, which is often carried out with limited information available to researchers. They make note that the T-method has been used for a relatively short period of time, but it has proved to be effective, especially in production and marketing. The major benefit of this model is the possibility of using limited information. Many forecasting instruments require a vast amount of data, which is often unavailable. Therefore, the T-method can be a preferable strategy in many cases. The tool evaluates the robustness of the product based on the identification of the signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio. The instrument is deeply rooted in the assumption that quality flaws can be predicted and avoided at the stage of design. The three basic steps associated with the T-method include the system, parameters, and tolerance design. Different types of S/N exist normal-the-best, smaller-the-better, larger-the-better. Unit space (used as a standard) and single space (used for prediction) are important concepts. The linear regression model is often used when addressing environmental issues. This tool involves the estimation of the tendency of certain data to correlate with their mean. One of the primary benefits of this instrument is that it enables researchers to explain the link between dependent and independent variables. The dependent variable correlates with independent variables and an error. DasNeogi and Cudney (2009) state that the T-method was used to estimate a country’s food self-sufficiency ratio in the early 2000s. The researchers emphasize that they apply this method to estimate the same ratio in order to compare the two predictive instruments under analysis. DasNeogi and Cudney (2009) measure a country’s food self-sufficiency with the help of the T-method and the linear regression method using 12 countries and several types of food. The researchers identify the annual ratio for 2003 based on the data
Within the context of this paper, the concept of criminal profiling is revealed and described as a technique whereby the frequency characteristics of a criminal offender or offenders are predicted based on the behaviors exhibited in the commission of a crime. Criminal profiling is the process of investigating and examining criminal behavior in order to help identify the type of person responsible. Racial profiling is a huge abuse of criminal profiling. This essay casts a critical eye over some of the assumptions which are often ignored and underlie recent appeals to the community in possible abuses of criminal profiling, how it can pose a problem for law enforcement and the community it serves. A brief overview of the historical experience and development of criminal profiling is also presented and illustrates that criminal profiling is abstractly old and investigative of the human race’s long-held fascination with the assessment and prediction of criminality. This essay is an attempt to create a reference text of applied knowledge about the deductive method of criminal profiling. It includes the arrogant goal of laying out that method in a clear fashion while creating and exploring precise details about terminology and core profiling concepts. The other target of this work is to help firmly establish the basis for the relationship between behavioral evidence, physical evidence, and criminal profiling. Along the way, it is also expected that some of the many popular misconceptions about criminal profiling that may expectant in the illusory and non-illusory media can be effectively relegated to submission. A concept of criminal profiling was prepared by the country’s criminologists, which was approved by the Government. It gave importance to an active state policy in the sphere of crime control and prevention, giving the necessary preconditions for carrying this out. It can be stated that, given the short period of restored statehood, much has been done in developing the preconditions for crime control and prevention. This essay concludes by outlining some of the common applications and objectives of criminal profiles. Criminal profiling, also known as criminal stereotyping, is the insertion of racial or ethnic characteristics in shaping whether a person is considered likely to commit a particular type of crime. Towards the end of the 20th century in the United States, the practice became controversial among the general public as the potential for abuse by law enforcement came to light. Particularly it focuses upon the way in which appeals to community converge and collide with changing social relations, which may undermine their progressive potential. Crime is a demoralizing and costly problem affecting our society. The victims of crime suffer injury, financial loss, and intimidation. Everyone is affected by higher prices for products, taxes, insurance premiums, and the sense of insecurity and fear that result from criminal acts. Crimina
Executive Summary This report involves the identification of the issue faced by Land Rover, which is a well-established automobile company. Despite its market existence for a considerable duration, the Land Rover Company has experienced a major increase in customer complaints over the past two years due to the quality of some of its automobile products. This issue is well illustrated by the firm’s decision to recall some of its automobiles in the market. For instance, in China, the firm recalled 36,000 automobiles. This report assesses the alternative organizational leadership aspects that the firm should have considered in order to limit the occurrence of such issues. The major alternatives reviewed include relationship management, teamwork, and total quality management. The strengths and weaknesses of the respective alternatives are identified and evaluated. Finally, a number of recommendations and the action plan that the firm should consider in its strategic management are identified and explained. Introduction The Land Rover Company has been in existence in the automobile industry for a considerable duration since it was founded in 1948. The firm mainly specializes in the manufacture of Jaguar Land Rover brand. The firm has undergone considerable changes over the past decades. In 2008, the company was purchased by Tata Motors. Land Rover has successfully produced a series of models over the past decades. Some of its renowned models include Discovery 4, Range Rover SUVs, Defender, and Freelander 2. Consequently, the firm has gained considerable global reputation. Land Rover accounts for over 75% of the Jaguar Land Rover sales. The firm generates most of its sales from the North American, European, and the Chinese markets. The company is committed to attaining extensive market penetration. In its Chinese market, the Land Rover established a new manufacturing plant outside Shanghai. The plant will specialize in the manufacture of Land Rover Evoque. The firm intends to capture 10% of the Chinese premium SUV market. Problem Statement Despite its past success, the Land Rover has experienced a major challenge over the past year, which forced the company to recall a number of automobiles from the market. In March 2015, the company announced its decision to recall 36,451 cars of the total vehicles manufactured and imported between June 3, 2013 and December 24, 2014. The company’s decision to recall the automobiles arose from the identification of a major problem with the brake vacuum hose. According to the company, failure to address the problem might limit the affected automobile braking capacity, hence increasing the distance required to stop the automobile successfully. This aspect means that the risk of crashing under such circumstances is considerably high. Additionally, some of the vehicles imported into different markets such as China were reported to be characterized by varied malfunctions. For example, some of the vehicles had
Kharafi National is a public-private partnership company located in the United Arab Emirates. It was established in 1976 and since then it has developed to a world- class service provider, contractor and project developer in infrastructure. Kharafi National has its headquarters in Kuwait. It has been operating actively in the United Arab Emirates since 1995. It is well known for provision of wide range of services. It has operational branches in UAE, Lebanon and Egypt. Kharafi National is the leading company in development of water projects, treating waste water, reclamation of waste water, cooling services, managing solid waste and enhanced recovery of oil. Being a leading contractor, it offers services in facility management to chemical, power, petroleum and commercial sectors in Africa and Middle East. Kharafi national is ISO certified and its operations comply fully with the requirements of ISO to ensure high quality procedures and systems. Kharafi National has a wide range of disciplines which include electrical and mechanical engineering, civil, telecommunications, health and safety, environmental, quality assurance and control procedures. These disciplines assist in delivery of services to different sectors in Africa and Middle East. Kharafi National has successful business lines through these three approaches; build-operate-transfer (BOT), build-operate-own (BOO) and public-private partnership. These three approaches show the company’s diverse activities or operations. These approaches are applied in infrastructure project development operations. The approaches have enhanced the role of Kharafi National from service provider to that of a partner in business. The approaches have enhanced the provision of services in the form of finances, procurement, design, testing and commissioning of projects. As a result, Kharafi National has expanded the strategic areas of business which include construction, operating and maintaining capital programs in order to establish itself in competitive field where projects are privatized. Kharafi is involved in both build-operate-transfer (BOT) and build-operate-own (BOO) projects. As a result, the strengths of the company have been utilized well in facility operations and construction industry. Also, the expertise in the company has been expanded through general operations of a business and financing. The BOT and BOO project have more than 20 years and they have been a source of income and business life (enhanced continuity and stability of Kharafi) to the company. The company also provides EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) operations to power, water, environmental and infrastructure projects. Development of advanced techniques of water treatment methods has enabled Kharafi to build a major business line in this area of expertise. Kharafi National understands the need for sustainable development. As a result EPC operations play an important role in managing waste, land use, landfills and waste water for irr
Text A is a poem, written by Sharon Olds in 1983. Although it is not explicitly expressed, the main theme of this work is some aspects of little boys behavior, in particular, their tendency towards anger (or even violence). Text B represents two extracts from an article, which also explores male conduct, however, William Pollack; the author of the article addresses this issue from a different standpoint. He mostly focuses his attention on the underlying causes of anger among boys. As regards text A (Rites of Passage), it is quite possible to say that its audience can be very wide, first, parents, who should pay more attention to the behavior of their children. Additionally, this text can be addressed to men in general. Sharon Olds stresses the idea that inclination towards anger (or violence) is an intrinsic part of male conduct. The tone of the poem can be characterized as ironical mostly because of the stylistic devices that the author employs, especially similes, “they clear their throats like General” or metaphors “a room of small bankers”. Evidence, suggesting that the author is a little bit ironic is the language of the poem. Sharon Olds uses words, which arouse somewhat comic associations. Despite, the fact, that this text is a poem, its structure makes it look like a narration. Text B also deals with the subject of male behavior but it is more specific and more objective. It can be inferred from the formal style of the article, language, and structure. The main message of the author is that boys intention to conceal their vulnerability transforms into anger. As it has already been mentioned, the poem “Rites of Passage” can be characterized by a somewhat ironic style. This statement can be substantiated by the following quotations. The author makes extensive use of such stylistic devices as simile, for example, “they clear their throat like Generals”(Olds, 1983). Sharon Olds makes such a comparison to attract the reader’s attention to the fact that even little boys are inclined to behave like warriors or future leaders. Previously, the author also employs similes, for instance, ”My son, freckles like specks of nutmeg on his cheeks, chest narrow as the knee of a model boat ” The use of these stylistic devices creates a slightly comic effect, it conjures up the image of a very little boy, who already views himself as the future soldier or warrior. Moreover, describing a little boy Sharon Olds says “speaks up a host”. It is a metaphorical use of the word “host”, and probably, in this case, it means master or even commander. This line shows that even little boys want to achieve superiority. Among other stylistic devices, employed in this poem, one can mention hyperbole, for example, “the other men agree”. The word “men”, which is certainly an exaggeration, refers to males, in general. This figure of speech only intensifies the comic ef
Living in houses, we fill our rooms with the specific atmosphere that is characteristic only for our inner self. The interior design mirrors our thoughts and ideas, telling the guests much more than the host would like to tell them. Because of the peculiarities of the Chinese culture, the room of a Chinese teenager can offer much more food for thoughts than a museum excursion. Taking a closer look at the way the girl has designed the interior of her room, one can see the peculiarities of the Chinese culture mixed with the girl’s tastes to produce a stunning and unusual effect. Because of the mixture of Chinese and Japanese which the room represents, the interior provides sufficient food for thoughts concerning the cultures fusion and the way it is represented in the Chinese room interior. You Name It! The Denotative Analysis Because of the fact that the room under the analysis belongs to a teenage Chinese girl, it is quite peculiar to see the way the Chinese wisdom and religious traditions are intertwined with the teenager’s tastes and preferences. Analyzing the denotation of the room design, one must mention that the spirit of Chinese traditions and beliefs still can be traced here, despite the influence of the modern ideas and trends which is evident in the style of the room decoration and the objects that the girl has used to furnish the room. Defining the purpose of the objects in the room, one has to mention that most of them are designed to create the specific atmosphere of belonging to certain teenage culture, namely, Japanese anime. Therefore, many objects are used only for decoration of the room, whereas there are only few which serve certain purpose. Among them, there are the objects that are most necessary for a teenage girl, that is, the bed, a small table, a lamp on it, a couple of chairs and a writing table with a computer on it. The functionality of the objects is quite obvious, it must be admitted. The way the room is furni
Introduction The main goal of this paper is to provide a description of the museum and my personal feelings about the visit. I have recently visited Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology, which is located on West Baseline Road (“Raymond M. Alf Museum Paleontology: Exhibits” par. 1). The museum consists of two sections, Hall of Footprints and Hall of Life. Hall of Footprints has one of the largest collections of the trackway and fossil in the United States of America (“Raymond M. Alf Museum Paleontology: Exhibits” par. 1). In turn, Hall of Life focuses on the portrayal of the flow of life by focusing on different historical periods such as Precambrian and Mesozoic. The combination of these sections allows staying closer to the history by being able to see the sceneries of the times. Moreover, the museum also has temporary exhibitions to encourage the development of students, researchers, scientists, and teachers. Personal emotions As for my personal emotions, it could be said that I was highly inspired by the museum since it combined interesting historical aspects. Hall of Footprints is filled with interesting exponents such as the skeletons of different animals and tracks of dinosaurs and cats. Now, I felt that the tremendous lizards were probably walking on the same ground, where I stand at the moment. This sentiment made me feel closer to the ancient times. Moreover, the Hall of Life also helped me understand that I am an important part of history, as I am able to make some changes to the current world. In this case, I was highly inspired by the ability of the museum to collect all of the important scenes in one place. This approach created the feeling of traveling across the time and experiencing every moment with the living creatures of these periods. In the end, the museum exceeded my expectations, as I thought that it would be rather boring and uninteresting. Conclusion In conclusion, I highly recommend visiting this museum, as the visitors will have a chance to experience the ancient era and feel closer to the history. In this case, visiting this museum will help us understand the importance of world history and its role in our lives. Lastly, it will open a new attitude towards history and inspire new attitudes towards the development of new hobbies and interests of the students in the historical subjects related to paleontology. Now, I feel like a part of history, and I am able to control my future. Work Cited Raymond M. Alf Museum Paleontology: Exhibits 2015. Web.