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Abstract The purpose of this study is to identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and strengths for opening a new restaurant in the Wollongong area in Sydney. Therefore, this feasibility study indicates the proposed opening of a restaurant in Wollongong and what the restaurant management should do to flourish in business. Rumsey Jordan is experiencing a shutdown of his business due to a rise in demand for residential houses. Jordan has decided to move to Wollongong to start a new restaurant. However, part of his personnel is unwilling to move with him. The feasibility study looks into the current problems that he is experiencing. By use of SWOT- analysis, a study into the area has been made and appropriate remedies have been prescribed to help in relocation and curbing the available problem. Though, the study does not cover the building specifications for relocation and recommended prices. SWOT-Analysis According to Zahorsky, SWOT-Analysis stands for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. It is used to formulate a market strategy for a business. Moreover, strengths and weaknesses focus on internal aspects of a business while threats and opportunities concentrate on external features of a business (2009 Para 1-2). Wollongong as a region has its advantages which can be translated into strengths by Rumsey Jordan. First of all, it has many pedestrians around the square. Moreover, this area is the core of churches and schools and has multiple entries, so customer turnout is likely to be high. Furthermore, it is the center of business with easy accessibility to banks, chambers of commerce, and grocery stores. Besides, it is centrally located with a high presence of security, friendly people, and has a hygienic environment. The potency Jordan has as the owner of the business is the experience in the industry; he has been operating for over 20 years in the same retail. In addition, he has two waitresses who are skilled in the business and have acquired awards for better performance. This will enable him to gain a competitive advantage over other industries. Nonetheless, the front-of-house manager will be relocating to Wollongong with him. Therefore, this will be his benefit, since in Wollongong the chances of finding a skilled worker are very minimal. Details of strengths can be viewed from appendix E SWOT-Analysis. Investin
Introduction Nestle Coffee is the company which requires top quality raw material to produce the coffee which may compete with other brands at the international market. The competency at the coffee market is too high, therefore, Nestle manages to remain one of the leaders of the coffee niche. Producing different types of coffee, the company need top quality beans. The procurement of Nestle Coffee’s coffee bean products is based on the direct purchase of the beans with the farmers. It allows the company to follow the quality of the raw materials. However, there are situations when direct procurement is impossible and the purchase with dealers takes place. Procurement of Nestle Coffee’s Coffee Bean Products The procurement of Nestle Coffee’s coffee bean products is provided on the basis of the Nestle corporate business principles, quality policy and Nestle procurement policy. According to the Nestle Corporate Business Principles (n.p.) and the quality policy (n.p.) the company procurement programs are based on (1) consumers, their nutrition, health and wellness, quality assurance and product safety and communication; (2) human rights and labor practices in business activities, (3) staff when the advertising dwells upon the leadership and personal responsibility along with safety and health at work; (4) suppliers and customers, their relations and agriculture and rural development, and (5) the environment which bothers people from different parts of the world. The procurement strategy is based on these principles in order to satisfy the needs of the most demanding consumers. The procurement of the Nestle coffee beans is based on the direct purchase of the product from the farmers. However, sometimes the purchase from dealers takes place, specially in such companies as UK, where it is impossible to find the farmers who will be ready to satisfy the needs of the country (Nestle 2). The company tries to offer the best prices for the farmers and it is aimed at engaging the farmers in niche markets. This will allow the coffee makers to increase their production. The company tries to make sure that the farmers are given an opportunity to diversify the product (the green beans are used as one more source of income for farmers). Nestle refers only to direct procurement, which helps the farmers to retain more value of the sold coffee. The company cares for the quality of their product, therefore, they feel responsibility in assisting the farmers (“What can be done?” 5). To make sure that procurement is based on the quality, the Nestle company financed the farmers and delivered to the farmers it worked with 220 million high-yield disease-resistant plants in 201
Introduction Several multinational organizations, including Wal-Mart, BP, Volkswagen, and NIKE, among others, have been charged with unethical behaviors. However, this study focuses on Starbucks. This international corporation, which operates in the fast-food industry, was linked to a diversity-related ethical issue that adversely affected its image and performance. As it will be revealed in this paper, Starbucks was accused of racially discriminating against its customers amid the existence of legal provisions requiring companies to treat stakeholders equally, regardless of their backgrounds. Hence, it is crucial to identify Starbucks’ practices that led to such allegations of unethical behaviors. Starbucks’ Unethical Practices Diversity in the contemporary business world is one of the key factors that contribute to the success of many industry participants. According to an article by Byrne (2018), Starbucks allegedly engaged in unethical practices that negatively interfered with its image and performance. In particular, it was accused of improperly treating customers from the African-American background among other minorities in the U.S. (Byrne, 2018). The extension of such unethical practices in other stores beyond America has the potential of significantly harming the image of the entire company. Disreputable engagements such as racial discrimination considerably undermine the realization of equality in the business setting. This situation affects the performance of an organization on a global scale. In the current context, the observed racist occurrences challenged Starbucks’ values and profitability because customers ended up seeking services and products of other companies. The racial bias incident against two innocent businesspersons damaged Starbucks’ reputation following the intensified accusations against this coffee company. According to Morais et al. (2014), remarkable customer service is one of the factors that not only reinforce a company’s brand image but also foster its ethical operations. In particular, customer service excellence requires an organization to provide products and services that meet customers’ needs and expectations. However, Shamah, Mason, Moretti, and Raggiotto (2018) argue that showing favoritism to clients based on their racial grounds is unethical and counterproductive because it undermines the realization of quality customer experiences. In the current case, Starbucks faced public criticism that indicated the degree to which tribal bigotry influenced clients’ perceptions of its services in the U.S. and beyond. According to Byrne (2018), Starbucks recorded its lowest customer perception score since November 2015 after the racial bias instance. Therefore, this company compromised the need for promoting equality and diversity in the workplace setting. Treating clients fairly is crucial toward creating positive perceptions among cu
Europe was in the condition of physical and economic collapse after World War II. The Marshal Plan was one of the most important documents created after World War II which was directed at the program aimed at Western Europe recovering up to 1951. The main directions of the plan were resuscitation of industry, modernization of agriculture, and assuring financial stability. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and development was created which, in its turn, created NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization). This organization was a good instrument in the Cold War and integrity again Russia. Apart from political consideration, countries required economical changes. Modernization in the economical sphere, particularly in trade and agriculture created an opportunity to improve the activities of such countries as Italy, Great Britain, Western Germany, and the USA. The countries’ development was rapid as each country wanted to reach the activities it had be4fore the war and even increase those. This increase was inevitable as the creation of new markets and the implementation of the innovative technologies in the functioning of plants were important aspects. However, the problems remained and in the 1970s Western Europe appeared before the trouble of unemployment. Moreover, inflation was also present (Calvocoressi, 2001). The tense relationships with the USSR and the Cold War affected negatively these processes. Therefore, even though the economical increase is seen after World War II in Western Europe, unemployment created many problems in the 1970s. Reference List Calvocoressi, P. (2001). World Politics, 1945-2000 . London: Pearson Education.
The sight and smell of the cheese burger will result in the initiation of the digestive process since these can result in the secretion of saliva and gastric juices. When you take a bite of the cheese burger, the digestion process begins and the mechanical digestion occurs as the teeth cut, tear and grind the food into smaller pieces. As the teeth break the food down into smaller pieces, the tongue mixes it with saliva, a digestive liquid produced by the salivary glands, located below the tongue. Saliva is made up of mucous and an enzyme, salivary amylase which is primarily responsible for the breakdown of starch into sugar. The bun contains starch which is turned into sugar with the help of the digestive enzymes in the saliva of the tongue. Starch is broken down into sugar as a result of the salivary amylase. The mucous of the saliva also helps to lubricate the food and turn it into small balls called bolus, which is pushed down into the food pipe with the help of the tongue. The food is pushed down from the esophagus into the stomach with the help of muscular contractions called peristalsis. When the food enters the stomach, the chemical digestion of the food begins. The walls of the stomach secrete gastric juice which is a mixture of several enzymes and hydrochloric acid. This acid kills all the germs in the food and the enzymes act on the food to further break it down, Hydrochloric acid denatures protein which means that it chemically alters the structure of the protein in order to make the protein more easily digestible. The gastric juice containing hydrochloric acid converts pepsinogen to pepsin which digests the proteins found in the cheese and beef patty breaking them down into peptides. Food is digested in the stomach through the mechanical process of Peristaltic contractions. From the stomach, the food then enters the duodenum which is the first part of the small intestine. Chime enters the duodenum in tiny spurts and at this point, the proteins and carbohydrates of the burger sandwich are not completely digested and the lipid digestion has not begun. The pancreas produces a digestive juice, pancreatic juice which enters into the small intestine through a small opening. The enzyme pancreatic amylase digests the starch of the bun, to maltose while the enzymes trypsin and chymotrypsin digest the proteins of the beef and cheese to peptides. The Carboxypeptidase is a pancreatic enzyme which splits peptide fragments into individual amino acids. The lipase digests the fats into glycerol and fatty acids contained mainly in the cheese. Bile produced by the liver and stored in the gall bladder enters the duodenum through a duct and emulsifies/breaks up the fat in the food into small droplets so that they can easily mix with the water and can be acted upon by enzymes. A number of other enzymes of the small intestine and pancreas act on the food which leads to the formation of small molecules so that they can be easily absorbed into the blood stream. The carbohydrates found in the bun, cheese, and pineapple, are turn
The book The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains written by Nicolas Carr is aimed at examining the effects that the Internet produces on the way people think. In particular, the author accepts the benefits that information technologies have brought. However, at the same time, he argues that they impair many of the cognitive processes, especially attention and critical thinking. Thus, modern information technologies can eventually hinder the development of the society. This book is both interesting and thought-provoking because it throws light on the pitfalls associated with the use of the Internet. Furthermore, Nicolas Carr’s ideas should be considered by various professionals such as educators or business administrators who make use of new technologies. Nevertheless, the author does not take into account that the Internet can be viewed as a tool that can be used or misused. Provided that this tool is applied efficiently, it can offer many opportunities to a person. These are the main aspects that can be distinguished. The author provides an analysis of how different technological innovations changed people’s conception of knowledge. For instance, the writer discusses the invention of printing by Gutenberg and the impact of this technology. More importantly, he refers to the experimental studies showing how new technologies such as the Internet can influence the cognitive processes of a person. For example, one can mention those studies indicating that Internet users are often unable to concentrate on a certain task for a long time. Additionally, Nicolas Carr notes that students, who read various online articles, find it more difficult to retain and analyze information. In many cases, these people just skip through a text. This is one of the reasons why they learning can be impaired. This effect can influence the work of many professionals. On the whole, by focusing on experimental studies, the author can make his arguments more convincing because the readers can see that the writers’ claims are not based on mere speculations. This is one of the main issues that can be distinguished. On the whole, the writer believes that information technologies offer a great number of distractions that make it impossible for people to work on tasks requiring deep thought. This is one of the concerns that Nicholas Carr expresses. Yet, it is critical to remember that the claims about the effects of information technologies have to be evaluated more closely. Nicolas Carr provides examples demonstrating that the negative effects of the Internet and other information technologies can
Environmental ethics   * Is concerned with the ethical relationship of human beings with the environment.   * Human beings must relate ethically with all other living organisms.   * Should be applied in professions like engineering, law, medicine, and business. Environmental ethics is an environmental psychology branch concerned with the study of the moral relationship between human beings and the environment. All living things are part of the natural environment and therefore human beings must relate with them ethically. Many industrial activities that human beings engage in are causing a natural imbalance and endangering the existence of plants and animals. Environmental ethics should be applied various professions such as engineering, law, medicine and business. Environmental ethics require that all activities that human beings engage in should not cause harm to the environment and all living things. The natural environment is affected through business activities like building, mining, fishing, animal testing, agriculture and hunting. Engineers have an ethical responsibility to design products that are not harmful to the environment, for instance, sustainable building designs and environmental friendly chemical processes. Lawyers and medical professionals should also carry out their professional responsibilities without causing harm to the environment. Smoke emission from factories. Effects of environmental pollution   * Air pollution is harmful to human health.   * Exhaust gases cause acid rain.   * Stimulation of the growth of algae.   * Depletion of the ozone layer.   * Causes global warming. Factories and oil companies are causing environmental pollution by releasing smoke and exhaust gases into the atmosphere. This has several effects on the environment. These gases cause acid rain which destroys trees, statues and buildings, and acidifies water and soil making them uninhabitable for fish and other wild animals. Nitrogen oxide released from factories leads to nitrogen getting into water bodies and stimulating the growth of algae. This leads to death of fish and other aquatic plants. Air pollution is harmful to human health as it can cause respiratory problems, genetic mutations, birth defects and cancer. Releasing of gases into the atmosphere also leads to the depletion of the ozone layer. The ozone layer protects the living things from the harmful ultraviolet rays from the sun and destroying it can lead to increased cases of impaired immune systems, skin cancer, cataracts, and damage to sensitive trees and crops. Greenhouse gases such as methane and carbon dioxide r
This section of the report is aimed at discussing the treatment of intangible assets in Billabong International Limited. In particular, it is necessary to determine if this treatment complies with the existing Australian accounting standards. Overall, this enterprise recognizes three types of non-monetary and non-physical assets, namely goodwill, brands, and computer software (Billabong, 2011 p 66). They are directly related to profit generation. However, one can single out some other intangible assets such as marketing rights, copyrights, patents, customer lists and so forth (Deegan, 2009). They are not quite applicable to this company, but they are of great importance to many modern businesses. On the whole, it is possible to say that the management of Billabong accurately identified each of its non-physical and non-monetary assets. In this respect, their financial reporting practices are quite appropriate. The company treats these intangible assets in different ways. For instance, they do not amortize goodwill because it has an indefinite life. This means that one cannot determine when their commercial reputation, customer connections, or brand image will stop to bring revenues for the organization. Such practice is quite consistent with Australian as well as International Financial Reporting Standards. This company allocates goodwill to cash-generating units in order to test impairment. It should be noted that they compare the fair value of a unit with its carrying or book value. Again, such methodology is compatible with the standards accounting adopted in Australia (Deegan, 2009). Similarly, Billabong does not calculate the amortization of brands since their economic life can also be indefinite. It should be noted that this enterprise determines the recoverable amounts of cash-generation units or CGUs on the basis of value-in-use calculations (Billabong, 2011 p 78). Such calculations require the forecasts of the company’s future financial performance. This method of impairment testing fully conforms to Australian accounting standards
The Capstone project is dedicated to the analysis of UiPath, an international company that develops software for robotic process automation (RPA), and is aimed at analyzing how UiPath could improve the installation plan of its products. RPA technology grants businesses an opportunity to save costs, boost productivity and resilience, maximize profit, and even increase employees satisfaction with their job (UiPath, n.d.). Nonetheless, the implementation of the necessary technical and operating requirements is a hindrance to the installation of this technology. More precisely, as it has been outlined in the preceding essay, the technical staff of a company should consider multiple questions, including the protection of infrastructure assets, the architecture of the target environment, characteristics of the application access, to name but a few. Therefore, these factors prevent RPA technology from unleashing its full potential and being implemented in more companies. For this reason, the project focuses on how to improve the installation and implementation plan for RPA. To accurately assess the problem, several sorts of data is needed. First of all, the author should access detailed sales reports because they would help to detect the primary purchasers of UiPaths RPA technologies and estimate the demand for RPA technologies. Information on sales could be derived from the annual reports that are commonly published on official websites. The main reason why this data is needed for the current Capstone project is that it enables the author to trace sales dynamics. The recent report published on June 8 informs that the losses of UiPath increased from $ 52,178 in 2020 to $ 238,276 in 2021 (UiPath, 2021). The author suggests that the development of an improved plan for the implementation of RPA technologies will help reduce financial losses. Secondly, the present Capstone project requires the analysis of general statistics of the RPA. More precisely, the author needs to know in which industries the demand for such technologies is the highest one. This information could be retrieved from such business data platforms as Statista and such consulting firms as Deloitte. This type of data is needed for the previously identified problem because it shows the current trends in the RPA market. Besides, it makes the author to think of the reasons why in some industries RPA technologies are more demanded than in others and how this situation could be fixed. Even though the current study is based on quantitative research methods, the author supposes that it will be helpful to include qualitative methods as well. Since the project targets the issue of complexity of RPAs implementation plans, it is rational to discuss this topic with staff members. Therefore, the author suggests conducting semi-structured interviews with the managerial personnel of UiPath to know whether they agree that the implementation plan is too complex. Besides, it seems reasonable to conduct focus groups or interviews with employee