Version 1.0 CALIFORNIA PIZZA KITCHEN Everyone knows that 95 percent of restaurants fail in the first two years‚ and a lot of people think it’s ‘location‚ location‚ location.’ It could be‚ but my experience is you have to have the financial staying power. You could have the greatest idea‚ but many restaurants do not start out making money – they build over time. So it’s really about having the capital and the staying power. — Rick Rosenfield‚ Co-CEO‚ California Pizza Kitchen1 In early July
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Lena Reed/Period 1 Be Cool to the Pizza Dude Questions 1. What does “the pizza delivery dude” represent to Adams? What in her description of him leads you to your response? Why does she feel it is important to be “cool” to him and his kind? I think Adams is trying to have “the pizza delivery dude” represent those who are less fortunate than us‚ because if you are kind to those who have it harder than you‚ that kindness will come back to you in any way that you may need it. “What goes around comes
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Case #33 California Pizza Kitchen Synopsis and Objectives This case examines the question of financial leverage at California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) in July 2007. With a highly profitable business and an aversion to debt‚ CPK management is considering a debt-financed stock buyback program. The case is intended to provide an introduction to the Modigliani-Miller capital structure irrelevance propositions and the concept of debt tax shields. With the background of a pizza company‚ the case provides
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Last accessed 2nd December 2012. Evan Davis . (2007). Value Engineering. Available: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/evandavis/2007/05/value_engineering.html. Last accessed 3rd December 2012. Donkin‚ R‚ (2001) "Western Electric Discovers Motivation" from Donkin‚ R‚ Blood Sweat and Tears:The Evolution of Work pp.161-177‚ London: TEXERE Publishing Ltd Ritzer‚ G‚ (2008) "Efficiency: Drive-Throughs and Finger Foods" from Ritzer‚ G‚ The McDonaldization of Society pp.57-78‚ London: Sage Publications
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Definition of motivation Internal and external factors that stimulate desire and energy in people to be continually interested and committed to a job‚ role or subject‚ or to make an effort to attain a goal. Motivation results from the interaction of both conscious and unconscious factors such as the (1) intensity of desire or need‚ (2) incentive or reward value of the goal‚ and (3) expectations of the individual and of his or her peers. These factors are the reasons one has for behaving a certain
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Cheese pizza is a consumer product that is bought to satisfy individual’s personal wants. It is a shopping product that requires comparison shopping because it is usually more expensive and found in fewer stores. It is not as popular as pizza box and pizza hut‚ but it is an relatively new product in the market and offers an alternative for customers with different wants. Cheese pizza is now at the growth stage. It is experiencing increasing rate of sales‚ entrance of competitors‚ market consolidation
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Motivation is the driving force that causes the flux from desire to will in life. For example: a flower with no water still desires for water to sustain life; however‚ due to its incapability to move and get water‚ the flower cannot will for water‚ hence‚ suffering from a break in the driving force of motivation; it is not to say‚ however‚ that‚ necessarily‚ the flower lacks the driving force; therefore‚ all life can said to have‚ at its very minimal‚ the igniting spark of motivation. It can be considered
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Articles About Motivation Articles on motivation and on how to get motivated. Motivation is the power that activates the engine of success‚ and moves you to act and do things. Articles on Motivation Motivation and How to Get Motivated How many times have you started enthusiastically a weight loss program‚ began a bodybuilding or aerobics training program‚ or started learning a foreign language‚ only to stop after a short while?... Spurts of Enthusiasm and Lack of Interest Do you sometimes
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Motivation 1. How does Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory explain how companies are attracting and retaining Gen Y employees? Herzberg’s two-factor theory identifies job context as the source of job dissatisfaction and job content as the source of job satisfaction. Hygiene factor in the job context are sources of job dissatisfaction. Motivator factors in the job content are sources of job satisfaction. In this theory‚ job satisfaction and job dissatisfaction are separate dimensions in the two-factor
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Domino’s Pizza Introduction: This report is going to be based upon Domino’s Pizza‚ a franchised organisation derived in Michigan‚ USA. This report will firstly give a brief overview of the history of Domino’s; it will then establish and explain the micro and macro factors that affect Domino’s and their effects on the business. It will also contain a strategy which would allow Domino’s to adapt and thrive in its ever changing environment; the report will give details explaining which external
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