BUSINESS PROFILE (Example) Type of Business: Corner Store‚ service station & Deli (operating 24/7) Contact: John D. (owner) Assessment Request: John‚ “I just bought this place and I could use all the advice I can get to help reduce my costs.” Business History: John recently retired from a local utility company and bought the business which had been in operation for over 15 years. Several of the other staff had 3 to 4 years history with the previous owners. Number of Staff:
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JOHN MOLSON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY Graduate Diploma in Business Administration Organizational Behaviour Professor: Ronald Ferguson INDIVIDUAL PAPER October 28th‚ 2013 Montreal‚ QC – Canada THE SCENARIO The scenario used and analysed here‚ for the purpose of this assignment‚ is a true scenario with true managerial issues‚ where I once found myself in‚ a long time ago‚ in the role of an employee: a traditional and well-known restaurant was facing
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Culture change: Does HR have a role? Much has been said lately about culture and the impact it can have upon organisational performance. In the first part of a two-part article‚ Carolyn Taylor looks at how culture change works and details HR ’ s role in the process Recent high profile corporate disasters have moved culture to centre stage as an executive priority‚ risk management issue for the board and an opportunity for real performance differentiation. Culture was named as a primary cause
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The Downfall of Today’s Music The nineties began with the grunge scene‚ an alternative style of rock and roll that revolutionized rock music today. This music that was once praised by MTV was gradually pushed out to make way for the sound of generic rap beats‚ watered down heavy metal and sugar coated pop tunes. The pattern of the nineties is nothing new. The seventies and eighties both saw fresh new music that preceded a pour attempt at a new innovative sound. In the seventies disco
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Have you ever had a hero? Well‚ I do. And you’re going to learn about him. He had to work hard to get the job he has now in and before college. When he got his job he worked late into the night to keep it. Barry Brothers has inspired me through his work ethic to do the same things that he did. Through the years he showed me that hard work will pay off in the long run. In high school he worked on a neighbor’s farm to get enough money to go to college. When winter would roll around he would go work
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Opportunity cost Have you ever been in the situation deciding which cloth to buy? Have you ever facing the dilemma of to study or to play? Have you ever consider as a seller and choose to lower the price or raise it? In the field of economics‚ here’s a solution for you. The magic word is “opportunity cost”. Opportunity cost in terms of economy is the highest-value alternative one has to give up to engage in an activity. In other words‚ using the same resources such as money and time‚ the best
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NOTE: If you have difficulties to execute the application‚ you might not have .Net Framework 3.5 installed on your computer. You can download it here: www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=333325fd-ae52-4e35-b531508d977d32a6&displaylang=en Description: This is an application to generate all timetable matches for MMU students. You can filter both wanted and unwanted timeslot‚ and find out which matches fit you the best. With Timetable Zen‚ you could: 1) Filter unwanted subject’s section
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Discuss some Problems in Establishing Objectivity in Social Science * Scientists have heralded ‘objectivity’ as their shibboleth‚ warranting a perceived superior or privileged position relative to other forms of knowing. George Simmel‚ (1858 – 1918) for example‚ saw objectivity as the greatest achievement of Western cultural history. In recent decades however‚ the ‘magnificent Minotaur’ of objectivity (Gouldner‚ 1961-62: 1) has been pushed back into its lair‚ accused of acting as a subterfuge
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How is poverty constructed as a social problem in the UK today? Abstract. The term ‘social problem’ refers to certain problems that are socially recognised by society and are felt to threaten certain values cherished by the public. This essay will investigate the different types of poverty that occur in the U.K and will explore the sociological arguments as to how poverty links with social problems such as social exclusion‚ gender discrimination in the work place‚ lone-parenting and disability
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is ‘equality of opportunity’? “Equality of opportunity is a political ideal that is opposed to caste hierarchy but not to hierarchy per se” (Arneson) The rational behind this political ideal is that society is uneven‚ with privileges‚ standing and potential for success being heavily influenced by many different factors predetermined by birth. The political ideal places an individual in any given rung of social hierarchy as a result of their background. Equality of opportunity calls on a ‘fairness
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