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The way in which Disney connects with consumers The Walt Disney Company serves the needs of different consumers. In particular, they primarily focus on the needs of children and adolescents (Verma 25). Nevertheless, they have recently tried to target young adults (Verma 25; Baysya 23). In turn, this organization has been able to design efficient policies that are required for connecting with the target audience. In particular, this enterprise creates a broad array of interrelated products and services that will be easily recognized by children and adolescents throughout the world. For instance, one can mention cartoons, video games, theme parks, live performances, and so forth. They rely on the characters or stories that are familiar to many children as well as their parents. For example, Mickey Mouse is featured in various media products offered by the company. Nevertheless, it is not the only example that should be considered. Much attention should be paid to the video game named Pirates of the Caribbean that is based on the blockbuster movie of the same name. It explores the adventures of a famous character, Captain Jack Sparrow. Overall, the strategies of this company are premised on the assumption that a single creative idea can lead to the development of many products (Aaker 39). In this way, this organization can interact with consumers on a regular basis. It is one of the aspects that should be identified. Overall, this strategy can be successful if this organization can attract the best professionals who can create high-quality media products. For instance, one can consider screenwriters, actors, animators, film directors, software designers, and so forth. These participants ensure that Disney’s brand remains synonymous with excellence. Additionally, this approach is successful because the company gains in-depth insights into the lifestyles and values of the target audience. Thus, one can say that the marketing strategies of this enterprise have been efficient. Additionally, the company enables the clients to learn about the new products that will soon be released. For instance, one can mention such practices as the interviews with the employees of the company. Moreover, the company produces video clips that can tell people about the on-coming films, cartoons, or games. These details are helpful for showing how this business can interact with customers. Due to this policy, Disney can retain the status of a leading multi-media company. To a large degree, this approach has been rather successful. In particular, the revenues of this organization have consistently increased during the last decade. During this period, they have grown by more than 200 percent (McDuling par. 1). Thus, this policy should be continued in the future. The risks and benefits of the company’s strategy The strategies adopted by this company can be associated with several risks. The organization can enter many markets in which the level of competition is very high. For instance, one can mention the
Introduction Performance is objectively one of the most important indicators of various organizations’ activities, regardless of the forms of their work, property, and other criteria. This type of management is based on the principles and approaches to regulating the results and labor inputs. It also includes processes and methods for detecting and eliminating factors hindering the achievement of required performance. To analyze the application of this indicator, the Seychelles people defense force (SPDF) will be considered as a structural unit where the quality of performed work largely depends on the effectiveness of control and the involvement of each participant in the activities of the organization. The Importance of Performance Management and Its Benefit Labor performance is an indicator that makes it possible to evaluate the effectiveness of personnel’s work. The advantages of controlling the productivity of employees are obvious. Compared with the indicators for a set period of time, it is possible to trace the dynamics of improvement or deterioration in the quality of work and to identify possible performance problems in individual sectors. Also, it is possible to assess the potential burden on the employees and the ability of the team to perform tasks during a particular period (Church et al. 460). What is equally important, this approach establishes a system of personnel incentives by improving the work of all employees. These advantages explain the relevance of performance management. General Advantages of Performance Management Performance management includes the solution of not only personnel but also a whole series of other tasks – organizational, technical, financial, and others. All these questions, as a rule, are complexly solved. According to Van Dooren et al., the more successfully the system of evaluation and control over the activities of subordinates is established, the greater is the chance that a particular structure will be able to timely resolve any problems (33). It is essential to note the impact of performance management on employee productivity. Having sufficient motivation, the staff, as a rule, successfully copes with set tasks (Cardy and Leonard 139). Therefore, such an approach is effective and necessary. Performance Management at the Employee Level and Its Benefit When evaluating performance management at the employee level, it is possible to claim that this approach to organizing the workflow helps to increase staff motivation. According to Mone and London, the involvement of workers takes place not through coercion but the proper planning of all tasks and alloca
Embracing development and preserving cultural and the environmental value of land are two difficult things to achieve concurrently. Most of the times land development leads to disruption of the environment and any historical or cultural value thereof. The case of the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal people and the Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) is an excellent case of the above scenario. On a different note, the wrath of drought is severe in societies that predominantly depend on agriculture for sustenance. Such populations are prone to malnourishment and consequent deaths, all because of harsh environments. This is the current condition in the East African region. Fortescue Metals Group is a mining company that is eyeing the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal land for mining iron ore. This is an environmental health issue that has been controversial between FMG and the Yindjibarndi people. The miners are in pursuit of the land owing to its richness in iron ore, worth about $280 billion dollars (Four Corners 1); but to the Aboriginal Yindjibarndi people, the land is rich in spirituality and their history (such as the tribal law) (Four Corners 1). Currently, there are negotiations taking place with some of the Yindjibarndi people for the FMG’s offer and some against it. With this disagreement, the community is tearing apart and their social health is affected negatively (Pannells 49; Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corperation 1). If the mining is approved, it will not only affect the physical environment but also tear the spiritual wellbeing and cultural strength of the Yindjibarndi people (Four Corners 1). For many years, East Africa has been in the grip of a drought which has led to a serious humanitarian disaster. With no rains for two years straight, South Somalia is a region that has now been officially declared, by UNICEF, to be in famine. Extremely poor harvests and loss of livestock due to the drought have crippled a society that is dominantly dependent on agriculture and survives on its production (Hobday 1). An approximated eleven million people, which is roughly equal to Australian population, are bracing the famine (Unicef 1). With more than two million children suffering from malnourishment and about half a m
In his (2004) devoted to Pablo Picasso’s Guernica, Gijs van Hensbergen has overstepped the borders of analyzing a painting itself and touches on some general ideas about art. They have impressed me very much, and I would like to express my understanding of one of them which says that understanding art requires “exercise and hard work” (p. 199). “It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child” (Penrose, p. 307), said Pablo Picasso when some viewers accused him of the poor technique of painting. Indeed, Picasso was an outstanding painter who was able to work perfectly in a realistic manner; however, he has chosen his own style, distorted and primitive. In my opinion, understanding the reason for such a choice is one of the perfect examples for Van Hensbergen’s quote mentioned above. Not accidentally, the author provides a quote by Picasso in the very beginning of a book, “… even in a prison, or in a concentration camp, I would be almighty in my own world of art” (van Hensbergen, p. 1). An artist has a right to express what he feels, and our task is to “train muscles” to be able to understand his “own world of art”. In my opinion, we should study every work of art in two dimensions, which are the idea that an artist wants to deliver, and the techniques he uses to reach this effect. These two components are an artist’s main tools to express his point of view, and I think that they often influence each other. After reading van Hensbergen’s research, I would also like to provide my understanding of this painting and explain how the idea and the artist’s devices work together. For example, I think that Picasso chooses stylization because he wants to highlight the direction of movements and to show the figures’ suffering: the necks are thin and stretched; the fingers are spread wide apart very unnaturally. If the author made the figures realistic, they would not be so expressive. As well, the figures sometimes mix up, and you cannot separate them from each other: I think that it shows that all the citizens were united in their suffering and embarrassment. “Those who seek to explain a picture most often go astray”, said Pablo Picasso answering numerous attempts to analyze the hidden messages in his works (Schapiro, p. 153). However, this does not keep us from trying to study his visual symbols and to find a hidden message in his works. I think that art always provides the viewer with the opportunity to use imagination and to find something new for him. “Guernica has… the capacity to speak intimately to the individual while also remaining a universal symbol that is understood by all”, says van Hensbergen (p. 7). In other words, critics may find some common opinion about a painting’s idea, but an ordinary viewer has a right to understand it as he wants. He just needs to train his “muscles” and to work hard to grow mentally.
If to give a precise definition to the term “trust”, the Merriam-Webster dictionary defines it as the assured reliance on one’s abilities, strengths, or the truth of something or someone (“Trust”). Trust in sales is associated with buyers’ willingness to depend on sellers, listen to their recommendations, give them access to selling products or services, and spend time with them. What is noteworthy about trust in sales, it was relevant fifty years ago when the sales tactics were completely different from what they are now; however, trust is as important today. Sellers usually build trust on the basis of three key factors such as integrity, competency, and intimacy. According to Columbus from Forbes , trust is emerging “as the most powerful catalyst of selling effectiveness” (par. 1). Trust has shown to be effective in reducing the turnover of the salesforce, increasing the integration of internal systems and processes, thus subsequently increasing sales through establishing trusting relationships with customers. Therefore, companies are trying to look for salespeople, suppliers, partners, and vendors that they can trust in order to transfer the trust onto potential buyers. As to the ways of earning customers’ trust, businesses implement a variety of strategies. However, if to speak about how salespeople usually earn trust, the most crucial component is developing a low level of self-orientation (“Sales Education – How to Build Customer Trust”) through focusing specifically on the customer and his or her needs and demands. This means that sellers have to do everything they can to cater to the interests of their clients, which, subsequently, will be beneficial to the interests of the seller. Knowledge bases are instrumental for building trust and relationships because the more a salesperson knows, the less complicated it is to attain buyers’ confidence. Knowledge is essential when building trust because buyers tend to have specific expectations of what the salesperson should do and what value they must bring. In this case, the notion of ethics comes into play. Ethics in sales and business relationships in general pertain to not taking advantage of the organization or customers, to which a salesperson is trying to sell. For example, in the case of Kelly Meyers, she did take advantage of the situation and saw the summary sheet of bids, which led her to winning the bid with the lowest offering compared to her competitors. This example shows and ethical dilemma; if Kelly was to follow the rules of business ethics, she would not have glanced over the list of bidders to determine whether her bid could win. On the other hand, the purchasing agent, Janet Williams, could have intended Kelly to see the list because they have built a trusting relationship, and such and accidental information spill could have not been accidental. However, it is in everyone’s interests to avoid such situations due to risks of being discovered by a third party. CRM (Customer Relationship Management) is a tool that allows companies and their sellers to unders
Chronological, geographical scope and historical actors. Through her book, Prof. Hondagneu-Sotelo explores the life of migrant domestic workers in Los Angeles. She highlights their experiences at work. Most of her publications focus on the plight of immigrants. She submits, in the preface of this publication, that her aim was to explore the organisation of domestic work, as well as concerns of the workers and employers at large. The research is based on findings from Los Angeles, California. The author says that most of the interviews were done at respondents’ homes. The author says “I drove great distances around Los Angeles county,” (preface), this confirms the geographical area of her research. She alludes that by the late 20 th century, the demand for domestic workers had increased with an unprecedented capacity. “In the late 20 th century, new domestic demands arose”. (Hondagneu-Sotelo 4) Primarily, the publication focuses on the plight of migrant domestic workers, especially the Mexican and the Central American women. Research questions Based on the judgements presented in the book, Prof. Hondagneu-Sotelo, seeks to answer the following questions:  1. What has led to the high demands for domestic workers in Los Angeles? (Hondagneu-Sotelo 4,5 and 6)  2. What are some of the challenges faced by the domestic workers in Los Angeles? (Hondagneu-Sotelo 9 – 10)  3. What are some of the ways of standardizing the domestic labour market? (Hondagneu-Sotelo 186) Research process and methodology Qualitative research methodology was applied in this research. Data collection involved direct interviewing of the workers and their employees separately. The author states that she used “non random survey” in the research process and interviewed 153 immigrants (Hondagneu-Sotelo 1).Collected data was eventually organised and analysed. Expansion of the occupation Prof. Sotelo attributes expansion of the domestic labour occupation to the increased number of employed women who are married and have children (Hondagneu-Sotelo 3). This essentially means that the employed women need caretakers to look after their babies in their absence. In addition, due to the fact that many people are employed and are “working long hours,” (Hondagneu-Sotelo 4), there is a demand for caregivers in their houses. Inequality in the amount of income earned also points to the humongous increase in domestic workers, not forgetting the unbalanced income distribution among the population. (Hondagneu-Sotelo 6). Attraction and Challenges Live-in Live -in was common with immigrants referred to as the “new arrivals” (Hondagneu-Sotelo 30) indicating those who were still new in the US. They preferred living with their employers to save on the cost of living, which allowed them to send enough money back home. However, it deprived the worker of her privacy. “Working in larger homes……, is no guarantee of privacy…” (Hondagneu-Sotelo 32). Live- out These workers enjoy more private life since they live away from their employers. They earn more than the live-in workers. “Today, most Americans who hire
Introduction Background Cyber-attacks are becoming a major problem for government institutions, private companies, and individuals who are engaged in various online activities. According to Buchanan, emerging technologies have given rise to sophisticated cyber-threats as some techno-savvy individuals embrace hacking as their career (53). Some of them are even sponsored by their governments on intelligence-gathering missions, while others are motivated by pure greed. The United States power grid cyber-attack was a clear demonstration of the vulnerability of important government infrastructures. Cybercriminals were able to have access to and manipulate important data, which was a clear demonstration that the threat posed by cybercriminals can no longer be ignored. As Dehghantanha et al. put it, these criminals are not only getting sophisticated but also bold and aggressive in their moves (32). In this paper, the researcher will focus on the increasing threat of cyber-attacks that target critical government institutions, with a special focus on the recent power grid attack in the United States and how the threat can be managed. Scope and Purpose The scope of this study will be on analyzing the extent of the cyber-threat, institutions that are most vulnerable, the motivation of the hackers, the economic impact of the threat, and the steps that the relevant authorities can take to address the problem. The study will also look at the local and international laws that have been put in place to address the problem. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the emerging trends in cyber-attack in a way that would enable the local community to prepare for such problems. The United Arab Emirates is one of the fastest developing economies in the region, and cybercrime is becoming a common problem. Looking at the trends in some of the countries around the world would help local stakeholders to understand and appreciate the magnitude of the problem. Such case studies may also help local firms to know how they can respond appropriately to such threats. Report Structure The report has several sections, each addressing different issues. The first section of the report is the introduction. It provides background information for the study, the scope, and the purpose of this research. The second section focuses on the incident analysis of the cyber threat. It provides the lifecycle of such attacks, purpose, target, and motivation of such attacks, planning process, and implementation of the plan. It also looks at the distribution of the attacks, triggers, timeline, and show of power. The next section provides a response plan for a possible attack. Other sections include cyber threat assessment and attributes, IOCs, TTPs, Cyberthreat protecting and defending mechanisms, cyber threat implications on the UAE, conclusion, summarization, and closing remarks. Cyber Threat Incident Analysis Incidences of cyber-attacks are becoming common not only in the developed nations such as the United States and the United Kingdom but also in developing nations of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Pr
Introduction Labor specialization is a production process that uses the divisions of labor in order to produce a great number of goods at the lowest possible cost.that is by dividing labor into the production of a product by giving a particular task so that they can give attention to and produce it more perfectly. This paper is going to consider specialization and the divisions of labor. Additional wide-ranging divisions of labor increases production for the reason that returns to the moments spent on tasks are frequently greater to employees who give attention to a narrower range of skills. Specialization of labor This is a process in which many people survive by doing anything they can in order to get a hold of ten basics necessary for themselves and their families. A clan of people has to do all the available tasks which are necessary for their lives. These are dressing skills, making tools, hunting, gathering, and providing shelters. As societies became quite bigger and also more difficult, people started to specialize in various types of jobs (Tornqvist 19). However, it is not necessary for one person to be trained in every type of work but they could specialize in different kinds of jobs. Through labor specialization workers are able to make human capital investments decisions about the depth and also the wideness of their own skills. Three ways in which labor specialization assist in reducing labor costs. Child gender has significant effects in matters concerning the labor supply of both mothers and fathers whereby these effects are opposite at the ends of education. Boys are reducing specialization between the college-educated thus increase specialization among their parents with something low than the high school level of education. There is great improvement about the productive powers of labor and its greater part of the skill and judgment in which it is directed whereby it seems to be having the effects of the divisions of labor (Tornqvist 9). The rural labor force is growing rapidly mainly in most developing countries but the job opportunities are not keeping pace. Through the scarcity of land, it is said that job opportunities must be created so that poverty can be reduced. Strategy makers look to the non-firm region to make the best use of rural employment which contributes quite a lot to economic growth, alleviates poverty, and improves income distribution. Increasing job opportunities in the rural areas apart from agriculture helps to stop migration from the rural areas to urban areas and reduce the congestion which is in the urban areas and also pollution is reduced. With the growth of large-scale industrialization, we get that urban industries are not likely able to absorb the labor force which is increasing rapidly (Marcus 24). Labor specialization reduces labor costs by creating an economy that supports the economic security of its labor force. A universal economy th