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Strategic Questions for Prada Group How will the Prada Group’s presence outside of the fashion industry affect its level of customer awareness? Prada Group’s presence outside the fashion industry will affect the company’s customer awareness in the long run by influencing the company’s creativity, adjusting to the dynamics of its customers’ needs, and progress in creativity. It will also affect the company by presenting it with a platform for diversity, universality, and unequaled exclusivity, due to the insights drawn from the diverse disciplines and fields (Chaffee, 1985). Will removing the “Made in Milan” trademark affect the view consumers have on these luxury items? The removal of the “made in Milan” phrase will affect the credibility of Prada’s luxury items. This is the case, as the Prada brand is associated with the magnificence of Italy’s second-largest city, a country associated with the imminence of fashion and sophistication of many other fields. Also, with the increasing rate of trademark infringement, the removal may act against the success of the brand (Chaffee, 1985). How can the Prada Group continue to thrive in the luxury goods market despite a struggling economy? The Prada Group can succeed in selling their luxury goods in the struggling American market by keeping their target market in mind, in the aspect of price gauging, maintaining their innovativeness, remaining visible to the market, taking the customers’ needs and dynamics into consideration, and by maintaining its diversity and exclusivity, which is the company’s identity. How can the Prada Group continue to do well and capture market share in the United States considered the current recession? The move to pay dividends after the previous year’s IPO will serve to promote the reputation of the company and its brands, besides the American recession. The move will improve the company’s image before the investors; thus, the ability to earn more market confidence and investment. Additionally, the company’s dynamic strategies will help foster the company’s growth; thus, its market share in the U.S (Chaffee, 1985). What makes the Prada Group so much better than their competitors, and how are they able to be more successful? The company’s use of its wide network in maintaining its progress in creativity sets the company aside from its competitors. Through the wide network, the company relies on customer views and opinions to secure dynamics in meeting the changing market needs. The strategic design of the company’s fashions, the intensive production process, the company’s reliable distribution network, and the reputable image and communication strategy keep the company ahead of its competitors. Should Prada continue to invest in this radical new way of shopping experience? Should employees be better trained to use this cutting edge technology in epicenter stores? The core of this shopping model is keeping to the established production fashion and allowing some space for wild creativity with a close collaboration between the customer and the fashion creator. This shopping experience is an asset to the company, as it aids the custom
Introduction The United Nations is an organization that handles various aspects of the world. Some of the aspects that the organization addresses include peacekeeping, child and women welfare, as well as the issues of the environment. In the course of service delivery, the human resources working for the United Nations can sustain injuries. Reparation Policy of 1949 minimises the scale of effects suffered by the United Nations organization and its human resources, who sustain injuries in the course of duty. Conceptualisation of the United Nations as a legal person, which can handle its legal affairs, amplified the importance of reparations awarded to employees, who sustain injuries in the line of duty. As such, the organization can sue countries or states that fail to honour and provide due reparations to its employees injured, while working in the respective countries. Therefore, this essay discusses the importance of reparations for injuries suffered in the United Nations service in the conceptualisation of its legal personality before international law and assesses whether the international community comprises state and non-state actors. Background of the Reparation and Scope International Court Of Justice and the Context of Legal Persons Established in 1945, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has been in operation for over 50 years. In effect, the cases handled by the Court comprise those that concern genocide, civil unrest, and violation of human rights. The court has its headquarters in the Hague Netherlands, and 15 judges give the ruling on different cases presented before them by states and governments. While some countries are members or signatories to the ICJ, others are not, and thus, the ruling of judges usually revolve around the membership aspect of a respective country. In the assertion provided by International Organization 2009, the International Court of Justice is a legal entity that helps nations and oppressed individuals acquire justice and redress in relation to their grievances. As such, the roles played by the ICJ are t
Strategic Challenges The analysis of the industry shows that the Cisco Smart Cities initiative can experience some challenges which are directly connected to its factors of success. First of all, the company needs to become one of the most valuable innovators in the field of the Internet of Things (IoT). As the industry is extremely innovation-driven, new software and hardware produced and introduced by Cisco have to challenge other companies to remain competitive (Paroutis, Bennett & Heracleous 2014). While in other markets the business remains one of the most influential competitors, the IoT technology is a place for various up-and-coming enthusiasts, where start-ups and big corporations rival with each other on the grounds of technological advancements. However, if the company chooses to use the wrong strategy here, its technological progress may fail to reveal itself (Kane et al. 2015). The idea of a smart city involves a number of possible types of equipment and software, and Cisco should work on each of them to remain competitive. The importance of innovation is flashed out in Cisco’s strategy, but the company focuses on acquisitions as the primary process of knowledge and resources acquisition. Thus, the business’ second challenge lies in its risky purchases. While Cisco acknowledges that its purchasing options may be unsustainable, it pursues them regardless. The field of the IoT changes very fast which further puts the corporation in a strained position. Its focus on software and cloud services, for instance, is reasonable (Moore 2017). However, some of the hardware developments should not be overlooked as well. As Cisco expands its activities, it may lose sight of the significant shifts in the industry. Currently, Cisco Smart Cities does not present anything that other similar projects cannot suggest. Therefore, its need for innovation, mentioned above, pushes the company not to reconstruct its existing structure but to acquire more interesting emerging businesses (Toppenberg, Henningsson & Shanks 2015). Such a strategy may lead to adverse outcomes if Cisco makes one wrong step. Finally, the initiative of Smart Cities requires security and protection even more than other types of technology. For example, if one firm experiences a breach of security and believes that its data is compromised because of Cisco’s unprotected services, the damage usually expands to its partners and clients. It is a major problem as well. However, if someone successfully discovered a weakness in a smart city’s system, then that could put the whole urban area at risk (Albino, Berard & Dangelico 2015). In this case, financial losses and data exposure could be accompanied by equipment tampering and a failure of th
One’s life sentence is miraculous and is full of pain, sacrifice, forgetting what is staining towards what is ahead, rather than focusing on what tears one’s life down. One tries to concentrate on those things that build them up. This page is to establish how everyone’s life can be described in a short sentence. It also describes how they can get there. For example, if one wants to become a millionaire, one needs to reprogram his/her mind and believe that he/she deserve to become wealthy. Individuals who became millionaires with some of their advice for achieving success of their culture: “Fake it until you make it”. Debts hold people back, buy liabilities, and make those payments forever, spend less than they make, live a modest lifestyle and do not live up to every raise. Some people spend their wealth for the next ten years, and they have done it on credit. This is a case where, being a millionaire is not encouraged by anyone. However, it is a matter of choices. It is not suggesting one to decorate his/her houses in cosy furniture, fabulous TV and macaroni and cheese every night. Do they actually need to buy a car that is so expensive, that they extend the payments for many years? Many people who choose money over “stuff” would not consider spending it on the most valuable things because they know that their money can be of better use elsewhere. Liability buying would cause them stress since they would rather buy an asset that will appreciate for a long period and help them earn investments. In addition, some savers think that spending a lot of money on vacations is ridiculous. Paring it all down, there are seven steps on how to become wealthy. The fact is, being wealthy is not being a “millionaire”. Financial independence is the goal for many people, says Stewart Welch of the Welch group in Birmingham Ala. Develop a wealth plan. Live below your means, lay off the credit, make your money work, start your own business, and get professional advice. This will boost investing money which is a leading way to become a millionaire. That is the point in time when the money from investments is either equal to or greater than what they earn from work. The statistics show that 95% of the population never achieves financial independence. For 65% of the retirees, social security is their largest source of retirement income. The reason why people do not achieve financial independence is that they do not have any plan, so that is number one rule of becoming wealthy. Saying one wants to become wealthy is not strong enough. One needs to come up with a written plan. It forces one to do something, calculate what they need to earn and invest. The plan is not just a goal .It also includes one’s dreams and options in life. It helps one make the right decisions and avoid misuse of money. However, it would be agreeable to say that, anyone can become a millionaire, but the truth is that, anyone who is willing to effect real change in their lives and take serious action towards their goals are going to make it. Being a millionaire lies in the hands of the b
Biasness in the workplace ‘Want to avoid Age Bias suits? Here are a few terms NOT to Use’ is an article written by Gould focusing on a 54-year old employee who was sacked because she was old according to the employer. When the employee came to know of the nature of the language used at her dismissal, she decided to file a suit against the company, which she won. Hawaii Health Care Professionals, the company she was working with, had to endure the terms of the suit, which were not in its favour. The article emphasises on the importance of paying attention to the language people use in the workplace and the effects that the misuse of language may have on the company. As a personal opinion, the author of the article was right in suggesting the need to watch the language that one uses at the workplace. It is illegal to discriminate people by their age, as it happened in the case above, sex, religion, or on any other grounds, which apply in the workplace. With the increased life expectancy and the reduced workforce in various areas of the world, it is common to find the elderly working in many companies. Despite the challenges that may exist in working with them due to the age difference and or speed of work, they add a valuable resource to the company in the form of experience. The success of a company is dependent on many factors, one of which is the ability of the employees to work as a unit. In achieving organisational goals, the employees have to respect each other’s differences in age and sex to focus on the common goal of the institution. The employee above was right in seeking compensation for her experiences with the company. Her actions were justified. However, the legal system was far too harsh on the company. The actions of an individual within a company at whatever level of administration should have an individual effect on the employees involved. In avoiding confrontations, it is indispensable therefore to be sensitive to the rights of the employees at the workplace taking into consideration their diversity. Male-on-Male Harassment ‘Tab for Male-on-Male Harassment: $600k’ by Gould presents a restaurant that has been prosecuted by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for sexual harassment of male employees by one of the managers. The male manager is said to have sexually harassed 22 male employees in a span of 8 years. This article portrays a failure in the human resource department in the company because the issue is chronic to the company with several reports being made though with no forthcoming change. As a result, the employees settled for the EEOC, which spelt out strict changes in the company. Sexual harassment cases in the workplace are on the rise. More of them are going unreported due to the fear of victimisation as it happened in the article. In the human resource department, the human resource officer should always be on the watch for these cases. He/she should be able to detect early signs of harassment in the workplace. There are different forms of sexual harassment taking place in the workplace. Male-to-male harassment is one of them. Screening for possible cases of sexual harassment should begin at interv
Though it is now more than forty years after the enactment of the civil rights legislation, economic and social inequalities related to ethnicity still persist in the United States (Staveteig and Wigton). Therefore, there are serious disparities among the Whites, Asian Americans, Hispanics and African Americans. Although, there are similarities in the wellbeing of whites and Asian American, Asian Americans are still seen as foreigners. Moreover, Hispanics and African American are positioned lower in the United States’ social-economic hierarchy. However, this essay only gives a brief overview of the Asian American and Hispanics. Due to their typical Asian looks, Asian Americans are seen as people with a foreign origin. Moreover, although Asian Americans are culturally assimilated by Americans, they are assumed to have close ties with their Asian cultures. Nonetheless, most Asian Americans indentify themselves with the American way of life. Therefore, they are culturally accepted. Moreover, they have socially integrated with the American people. For that reason, they encounter minimal discrimination. However, since they are not white, they will always remain as a foreign minority ethnic group. Nonetheless, Asians who are a product of intermarriages between Asian Americans and whites try to indentify themselves with the whites. However, to further isolate them, they are indentified with a tag inclined to the origin of their Asian parent. Examples of such tags include half-Japanese and half-Chinese. However, most Asian Americans do not care about this tag. Surprisingly, they seem to accept their Asian heritage and are proud of where they came from. In fact, older Japanese are not fond of the term ‘Asian American’. For that reason, they are contemplating reviving their Asian culture. Hispanic or Latino Americans are immigrants from Spanish-speaking Latin American countries such as Mexico and Puerto Rica. In addition, these immigrant ethnic minorities are either born or raised in the Unites States. However, first generation Latin American immigrants are indentified with their country of origin. For that reason, they are not referred to as Hispanic or Latino Americans. The term only applies to the generation born after them. In addition, Chicano, a term associated with politics and activism, refers to later generations of Mexican immigrants. Most Hispanics are a mixture of Spanish and Indian descents. A small number consist of black Latinos, Asian Latinos and a mixture of Whites, Indians and Blacks. Amazingly, Hispanics have surpassed African Americans as the largest ethnic minority group in the United States. There are 47 million Hispanics in the United States. This translates to 15.4% of the United States’ total population. Additionally, most Hispanics came to the United States after 1965. They were,
Introduction The concept of action logic has increasingly become the subject of study by developmental psychologists. David Rooke and William Torbert defined action logic as the way human beings perceive their surroundings, including the way they respond when their supremacy or safety is threatened. In their opinion, leaders should strive to be aware of their action logics as a part of the journey to self-improvement. The article by Rooke and Torbert presents this concept as a mechanism that is used to distinguish one leader from another. This paper analyzes seven leadership action logics that include opportunists, diplomats, experts, achievers, individualists, strategists, and, alchemists. In addition, Elon Musk, Tesla Motors’ CEO, is selected as a global business leader whose manner of operation depicts him as an achiever, a strategist, an alchemist, and a diplomat. Leadership Action Logics The Opportunist Rooke and Torbert’s study discusses seven types of leadership action logics. Opportunists are comprised of leaders who focus on their personal gains while taking advantage of other people by exploiting them. They prefer dictating their followers and treating them as weak objects that can only operate effectively when controlled. Opportunists believe that everyone is out to benefit themselves. As a result, they do not see anything wrong with being scheming. Instead, they defend their behavior by arguing that it is in accordance with the acceptable standards. People in this leadership action logic type do not accept being held liable for their mistakes. In addition to refusing to be corrected, they respond ruthlessly to those who try to point out their faults or rectify them. Only a few opportunists maintain the position of being managers for a long time unless they change their leadership action logics to effective ones. People dislike the idea of working with opportunists on a long-term basis because of their inappropriate behavior of frequently flouting company rules. Working with an opportunist is seen as one of the most difficult times because such leaders are difficult to work with. However, one advantage of this type of leadership action logic is the ability to perform excellently when faced with an emergency. The Diplomat The diplomat is more preferred to the opportunist. However, this action logic can bring about some negative consequences if the leader happens to hold a higher-ranking managerial position. Diplomats strive to please their seniors. They also avoid scenarios that may lead to the occurrence of conflicts. Instead of controlling others, le
Introduction This report is about the implications of MIS, and its influence on Top Shop business. It is written from the perspective of a management consultant who is to hand it over to a client company. The report will cover a wide range of topics some of which include organizational hierarchy, input, process and output, Hardware and software for the information system, process of decision-making, use of the management information system in strategic planning and E-commerce among others. The data for topic areas will be gathered from the secondary sources mainly books, journals, internet sources and as indicated in the references list. Organizational hierarchy Top Shop is a multinational organization with more than 20 outlets all over the world. It has its head office in London. Top shop specializes in women’s products such as clothes, bags and shoes. In terms of operation, it is partly owned by the Arcadia group (Barclay 2010). Top Shop management style is based on a hierarchical order, from the Managing Director Sir Phillip Green who is based in London. The MD is the overall authority in the company and operates with mandate from the Board of Directors. His role is to manage the company. Management entails “planning, organizing, staffing, directing, coordinating, motivating and controlling different activities of the company” (KK Enterprises 1993, p.12). In this regard, the managing director has been given the mandate of developing and expanding the long-term business strategies and plans of an organization. This also includes the process of making sure that the objectives of the Board are implemented. Although, the Managing Director is based in London, his role is to control the management system of the organization throughout the world from the headquarters. Mooney and Reiley explain that the MD is responsible for coordinating heads of functions or departments in the company (Mooney and Reiley, 2001). Additionally, the management consists of Senior Managers in different sections of the company who are charged with the responsibility of leading and supervising various sections or departments such as human resource management, Finance, ICT, Finance and Logistics. The department heads are charged with the responsibility of making short-term decisions. The management level involves the middle managers who direct the products or services to the end user. Thei