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Subway is the American popular restaurant franchise which specializes in selling such fast food as submarine sandwiches. The franchise develops actively, and today, Subway restaurants are opened in more than 100 countries all over the world (“Subway”). To discuss the particular features and advantages of using the Subway franchise opportunity, it is necessary to focus on the perspective of opening one more Subway restaurant in Griswold, Connecticut. Description of the Franchise The first Subway shop and restaurant were opened in Connecticut in 1965, and Subway became the franchise in ten years, contributing to the brand’s development and recognition. Today, the Subway franchise is owned by the Doctor’s Associates Inc. (DAI), and it sells different types of submarine sandwiches, salads, and baked goods in the United States, and the menu is different with references to the restaurants’ locations globally (“Subway”). Mission and Philosophy Statement The franchise’s mission is to “delight every customer, so they want to tell their friends – with great value through fresh, delicious, made-to-order sandwiches, and exceptional experience” (“Subway Guide” 2). Subway focuses on proposing only fresh products, and the franchise’s philosophy is reflected in the advertising slogan “Eat Fresh” (“Subway”). The philosophy supports such values as family, teamwork, and opportunity, and it can be formulated the following way: “We build our business relationships by serving each other, our customers and our communities, much as we do within our own families” (“Subway Guide” 2). Management Plan Subway develops an effective international management strategy to regulate the operations of many restaurants around the globe. The focus is made on the strict corporate culture and emphasis on values and high-quality. The basic management plan responds to the issues of effective planning, organizing, controlling, and leading, which are associated with the development of the franchise globally (“Subway”). Business Costs Subway’s competitive advantage depends on proposing adequate costs of opening and operating the business. Thus, the franchise fees associated with the startup are fixed, and today, they are $15,000 (“Subway”). This fact explains the popularity of the franchise among entrepreneurs all over the world. The other fees associated with the other essentials, real estate, equipment, and insurance are influenced by the new restaurant’s size, location, and build-out costs which are set by the franchisee. However, the total investment can range “from $114,800 to $258,300 for traditional locati
Introduction During the course of recent decades, the promoters of the concept of welfare state in Western countries have largely succeeded in convincing many citizens that they are being automatically entitled to a variety of social services by the mere fact of their existence. According to them, it is the responsibility of society as a whole, to make sure that all of its members enjoy an access to free Medicare, that they never have to struggle with trying to satisfy their basic physiological needs, and that their children are being given a chance to obtain a good education, at the expense of a state. The conceptual essence of this idea has been articulated in Richard Titmuss’s book “Commitment to welfare” with utter frankness: “The rights of the consumer to certain services are irrespective of their morals and patterns of behavior” (Titmuss 1976, p. 81). Throughout his career as a social researcher, Titmuss continued to promote the idea that the proper functioning of a modern state should not be discussed in terms of geopolitics, but rater in terms of sociology. Discussion Unlike classical theorists of a statehood before him, such as Thomas Hobbs, Titmuss believed that the idea of social fairness should not only correspond to citizens’ ability to enjoy equal opportunities of socio-economic advancement, but that they should not even be required to strive towards attaining social prominence, in order to be able to enjoy high standards of living. According to Titmuss, the realities of 20 th century’s living in Western countries were defined by the fact that, unlike what it used to be the case, during course of earlier centuries, the amount of socially generated wealth in these cou
The promotion of diversity in the workplace in the context of medical facilities is a challenging task. Meanwhile, since sharing ethnicity is important for most patients, their needs can be satisfied only by the personnel of the same background (Wilbur et al., 2020). From the perspective of employee recruitment, selection, and retention, it can be addressed through the particular attention to college students who will work in the field of healthcare in the future. Thus, for example, cooperation with the Association of American Medical Colleges will be beneficial for selecting and recruiting nurses of color (Wilbur et al., 2020). Their retention will be ensured through the facilitated participation in health professions programs promoting their growth. In other words, the support of a diverse healthcare workforce in the facility will be performed through assistance at all stages of their careers. In turn, the creation of a positive working environment for minority groups of all types can be managed by the organization. For this purpose, it should adopt a number of practices to secure the inclusion of all people in the workplace into the essential operations of the facility. They are primarily connected to the work with low-income patients from ethnic minorities. According to the study conducted by Wilbur et al. (2020), hospital workers of color tend to have a better attitude towards this category of citizens and are more willing to help them. Since this desire to assist the specified population group is typically attributed to nurses of the same descent, it will be reasonable to encourage their efforts and reward them when they successfully perform this job. Therefore, the organization’s managers can provide these employees with corresponding benefits. Reference Wilbur, K., Snyder, C., Essary, A. C., Reddy, S., Will, K. K., & Saxon, M. (2020). Developing workforce diversity in the health professions: A social justice perspective. Health Professions Education, 6 (2), 222-229. Web.
In Cadbury case analysis, the central issue is child slave labor that was being used in the production of chocolate. This issue led Congress to create legislation that called for the USFDA to create a “no forced labor” accreditation that could be appended to chocolate by manufacturers who could ascertain that their supply chains did not use slave labor. The accusations of slave and child labor in the cocoa chain negative impacted the Cadbury Company significantly. In tabulated form, this paper seeks to describe each significant symptom (problem or case fact), causes of the symptoms, both surface causes and underlying ones, and recommendations for improvements and management principles used. Symptom (problem or case fact)                                          Causes—both surface and                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Recommendations for improvements and management                                                                                                                                                                                                underlying                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        principles used
Project Management Tool The project management tool to be used is the Microsoft Project. It will enhance the development of a schedule, analysis of the workloads, tracking of the progress, and allocation of resources. It will facilitate the creation of budgets depending on the available resources, program cost, estimated assignment work, as well as project level (Yoon & Chung, 2018). Two editions are available namely professional and standard for both 32 and 64 options. Brief Summary of Scope Management Plan The project involves starting a food truck business and enhancing its marketing to penetrate a new market. Steps to be followed in starting the business will be researching local food trucks and laws, developing the business name and concept, registering, raising funds, and seeking permits and licenses (Yoon & Chung, 2018). The next steps will be purchasing the food truck, equipment, and supplies, and hiring of staff and business marketing. The initial product inventory cost will range between $1,500 and $2,500, insurance $2000 and $4000 per year, permits and licenses $110 and $550, and payment processing $220 and $1200. Sequence of Activities Identified Risks Major risks will be fire, food spoilage, liability, and operational and vehicle hazards. They will be identified based on their probability of occurring and associated losses in case they happen. Risk evaluation will help determine their impact and possible costs. It would facilitate prioritizing of risks during the development of the mitigation plan (Keers & van Fenema, 2018). The business intends to reduce these risks by following the right protocols and seeking the right information to support effective decision-making. Vehicle drivers will be well trained and encouraged to adhere to all road and safety rules. The business will be insured to offer coverage in case of theft, fire, food spoilage, accidents, and equipment breakdown. Workers will be trained and encouraged to follow safety measures. Supply Chain System The business will contract Gordon Food Service (GFS) for the supply of raw food and other necessary materials for cooking, such as cooking fat, salt, and spices. Deliveries will be made depending on the market demand and preferences. The number of days for delivery will change based on the changing customer needs (Shin et al., 2019). The main challenge in the supply chain is the lack of storage space and the business will only order materials to be used on that day. Progress Report The Project Management tool will be used to monitor the progress of different activities in the business. It will help monitor the performance of business activities to determine their progress based on the provided timeline. It will become possible to identify activities taking too long to complete and make the necessary corrective mea
The philosophy of Benedict Spinoza can sometimes be complex especially to upcoming scholars. In these readings, Spinoza expounds his views on God in detail. The readings on Spinoza’s views on God represent a complex philosophy. However, the author’s explanations make this philosophy very understandable. This philosophy addresses the author’s views on unity of everything. In addition, the readings explain how God fits into this unity. Then Spinoza outlines the impact of the above knowledge on human beings. The first part of Spinoza’s readings on ethics addresses God as the main subject. This paper will break down this subject into three parts. The first part will explore God as an infinite subject. The second part will investigate God as a cause while the third part will explore Spinoza’s views on determinism. According to first part of Spinoza’s readings, God is an infinite subject. The author’s general view is that there is no being that does not express God’s existence. The first statement in these readings starts with the expression that all substances are “by nature prior to their modification”. This means that no substance appears without having existed even though it was in another form. This statement by the author helps us explain the nature of the universe. Human beings have the tendency to go through a lot of trouble when trying to discover origins. However, each of the discovered origin points towards another origin. For example, this “nature prior to modification” is the weak point in the theory of evolution. This is because even if it can be explained that human beings previously existed as monkeys, it cannot be explained what monkeys were prior to their modification. The author also claims that when two things have nothing in common, none of them can cause the other. This can also be put into context using the evolution theory. Those advocating for evolution may take issue with this view. This is because the interrelation between species can be faulte
Executive Summary Public transport forms a hallmark for an effective transportation system of a Metropolitan area similar to Sydney. PMP Consultants Pty Ltd is the major service consultant company in Sydney. It provides services to many clients. This project report will help management consider appropriate steps in finalizing the project proposal by stating the technical, functional, and operational specifications. Introduction The automation of transport for NSW using an information project carried out within Sydney raises the major concerns of traffic congestion through establishing effective technologies, convenient, efficient, and attractive transport services. The services will encourage commuters to prefer bus services to personal vehicles. Due to this project, commuters will be able to possess trip cards. Overview of the Project The incorporation of an automated information system into the transport system ensures the integration of technologies, hence providing a synergetic change in the commuter world. The system is beneficial in terms of reducing time wastage and uncertainty, minimizing operational costs, fuel consumption and emissions as well as congestion in traffic, increasing user safety, enhancing accessibility of the transport system, environmental quality, traffic, and energy efficiency, and also economic productivity (Central Institute of Road Transport 2010, p. 77). Measurable organizational values Improved productivity T
When seeking help from a medical organization, a person is faced with medical marketing, which means marketing services in the healthcare sector. Hence, it is logical to compare with the familiar to all the fields of marketing in the market of goods and services that can be imposed or are necessary for the acquisition. Consumer buying behavior may be comparable to that of a healthcare consumer; however, consumer-driven healthcare works differently. My cousin’s experience with a dermatologist can be described as an example of getting medical care. Teenage skin problems occur in many at this age and, in most cases, go away on their own. My sister did not want to wait; she needed to solve the problem right now. Analyzing the situation, there was no immediate need to seek help; skin problems did not threaten her health, so this can be defined as a discretionary purchase. This acquisition was at the sole discretion of the teenager after the decision was weighed and discussed several times with parents and loved ones. Due to her age, her decisions were influenced by the environment, public opinion, social networks, marketing moves that showed perfect skin in advertisements. As a result, being the primary consumer, she decided to consult with a specialist. A consultation with a doctor is not the same as going to the hair salon or to a car service in terms of its consequences for the patient. After all, the problem with which a person turns to a specialist often affects the quality of his life (Kreuzer et al., 2020). Therefore, its solution, including medical materials, personnel manipulation, laboratory work, and specialized eq
Finer’s and Friedrich’s Debate and Bertelli’s Position About the Sources of Responsibility for Public Managers The famous debate concerning the sources of power within the public management sphere concerns, in fact, quite basic concepts, if approached from the perspectives suggested by Friedrich and Finer. To be more specific, the issue in question concerns the actual source of power, the existing alternatives presupposing the choice between the public administrator and the people, whom the latter represents. According to Friedrich, the power of decision-making given to the public administrator (PA) must reside in the hands of the people, on behalf of whom the administrator in question operates. Friedrich reduces the role of a PA to the servant of the public, therefore, making it clear that a PA is not empowered for making decisions on their own. Finer, in his turn, states that the PA must be provided with the power to make decisions and exert power in the field that they administer (Bertelli, 2012). This concept is known as autonomous bureaucracy (Bertelli, 2012). Bertelli, though admittedly acknowledging the significance of the arguments provided by both Friedrich and Finer, claims that both approached the issue from a rather shallow perspective (Bertelli, 2012). According to Bertelli, neither the concept of the servant of the public supported by Finer nor the idea of autonomous bureaucracy celebrated by Friedrich reflects the complexity of modern reality (Bertelli, 2012). Concern About the “Hollow State” and too Large Public Sector Despite the seeming contradiction between the concept of the “hollow state” (Bertelli 2012a) and the idea of public sector expanding beyond admissible boundaries, the two concepts are, in fact, quite compatible. Traditionally defined as the state with an established democratic system that the public administration is governed by (Bertelli 2012c), the specified phenomenon aligns with the principles of public sector expansion as long as the principles suggested by Friedrich (Bertelli, 2012b). Indeed, by definition, the hollow state is referred to as “a government that as a matter of public policy has chosen to contract out all its production capability to third parties, perhaps retaining [responsibility] for negotiating, monitoring, and evaluating contracts” (Bertelli, 2012). Therefore, though allowing the state authorities to exercise impress
It is clear to modern people, as well as many people who lived in the 1930s, that the Second World War was inevitable. Some believe that the United States of America could prevent the outbreak of the war. However, this could hardly be possible due to several reasons. The American government maintained an isolationist foreign policy in the 1930s. The period was challenging as all countries had to address severe economic issues (Corbett et al., 2021). Americans wanted to concentrate on domestic matters, including a threatening spread of communist ideas (Russett, 2019). It is noteworthy that the USA could hardly interfere and have a considerable impact on European affairs due to the country’s comparatively low economic might. The United States was not a financial leader at that period, so its influence was limited. Moreover, the USA alone could not prevent the world war because it was outbroken as a result of the clash between European countries. The outcomes of the Treaty of Versailles laid the ground for the new war, as almost all stakeholders were dissatisfied. Germany accumulated resources and developed alliances with other dictatorships, so any country could not play a decisive role in this conflict. No nation could prevent the start of the new war as the regimes that emerged in Europe (the communist USSR, Nazi Germany, and fascist Italy) were likely to start a new military conflict that would inevitably grow into a world war. Therefore, it is possible to assume that the USA could not have prevented the start of the Second World War even if the American government had abandoned its isolationist foreign policy. At that, the country made a tremendous contribution to stopping the war and establishing a new world order.
Introduction Philosophers define “idealism” as a thought that asserts that whatever we call reality is spiritually constructed, immaterial, or fundamentally mental (Cardenas, 2016). From a philosophical perspective, idealism is something that emerges as a skeptical thought about the understanding of mind-independent objects, ideas, or things. Throughout the 19 th century, a number of philosophers initiated a new tradition that focused on the ideal (or mental) character of every phenomenon. This new wave of thought is what catalyzed the concept of idealism. The concept led to the establishment of different schools of thought such as existentialism, materialism, and phenomenalism. These thoughts were observed to influence different fields such as the arts, politics, music, and psychology. This discussion gives a succinct definition of idealism from Hegel’s political perspective. Hegel’s Definition of Idealism Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel is one of the famous German philosophers whose ideas and concepts have been embraced by many scholars for decades. According to the famous idealist, doctrines such as materialism are inappropriate because they tend to assert that natural (or finite) objectives are usually not real. The philosopher indicates clearly that material objects tend to have specific finite qualities. However, some objectives will depend on other finite qualities in order to determine them appropriately (Ramón, 2015). Using the concepts of Plato, Hegel argues that self-determination characterized by reason can guide a person to achieve a higher level of reality that differs significantly from physical things or objects. This kind of definition is what has been defined by many philosophers as absolute idealism. Formulated by G. W. F. Hegel, absolute idealism is a political view that there should be an identity of being and thought in order for the human reason to understand the nature of the natural world. Without this kind of identity of being or thought, human beings’ knowledge and understanding would be uncertain (Cardenas, 2016). The arguments and notions presented by Hegel have been observed to borrow a lot from the works of Plato. According to Plato, the decision to exercise reason is something that makes it easier for the thinker (or person) to come into terms with reality. This kind of reason is wha