Ethics Competency Nasser Mardini Virginia International University Organizational Behavior and HR management – MBA 513 Fall 2011 – Med-Term October 20‚ 2011 Dr. Shawn Richmond Question 1: Is the "Fight-or-Flight" response evident in this case? Explain Yes. The fight-or-flight response refers to the biochemical and bodily changes that represent a natural reaction to an environmental stressor. When Colombo e-mailed the regional vice president for operations to report the wholesaler
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Describe positioning and operational effectiveness at Panera Bread. Identify numerous examples in your description. According to company’s profile given in case 8‚ Panera Bread’s establishment started in 1981 by Louis Kane and Ron Shaich as a bakery café. Sooner they have studied the market and opened café chains in different states. They had realized that they had an opportunity to compete with other fast food companies if they could offer higher quality and at the same time quick dining experience
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Case Brief Panera Bread Context Panera Bread is a chain of bakery-café fast casual restaurants in the United States that started out as Au Bon Pain Company in 1981 and was founded by Louis Kane and Ron Saich. The locations were mostly malls‚ shopping centers‚ etc. In 1993 APB purchased St. Louis Bread Co giving them 20 additional locations. During 1994 and 1995 market research concluded a need for quality dining which was fresh and fast. St. Louis locations went through major overhaul with
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Organization and Management of Panera Bread The formation of Panera Bread began in 1978 when Louis Kane bought Au Bon Pain‚ a retail producer of baked goods. Kane changed it to a wholesale business by opening two cafes and staffing them with bakers and employees‚ but high production costs made it impossible to cover his overhead. In 1981 Kane decided to remain responsible for site selection and financing‚ but he chose Robert Shaich to help turn the company around as President of internal operations
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Burger King is the world’s largest flame- broiled fast food restaurant chain. 65 As of mid- 2009‚ it operated about 12‚000 restaurants in all 50 states and in 74 countries and U. S. territories worldwide through a combination of company- owned and franchised operations‚ which together employed nearly 400‚000 people worldwide. Only Yum Brands ( A& W‚ KFC‚ Long John Silver‚ Pizza Hut‚ and Taco Bell)‚ McDonald’s‚ and Subway‚ with 36‚000‚ 32‚000‚ and 28‚000 restaurants‚ respectively‚ were larger. Given
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for. I did this primarily for two reasons: to learn about the mission statement and operations strategy of another company and to apply the quality improvement concepts to a completely new operation’s environment. I chose The Panera Bread Company (NASDAQ: PNRA). That is the place I have been studying for the last year where I could observe how they operate. During this time‚ I have seen several areas that could be improved. For this assignment I chose one in particular that has a strategic importance
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Panera Bread Company-2010 Strategic Audit I. Current Situation: A. Current Performance Healthy financial position: company experiencing growth without debts‚ increased revenue‚ increased earnings per share. Higher operating cost‚ small revenue compared to competitors Increased price per share Total company revenue increased by 4.2% Hoover Europe still showing losses. Net Income increased by 27.6% 55 net new Bakery cafes opened Highest sales revenue among the fast-Casual Chain Restaurants
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debt-asset ratio | 16.67 | 35.86 | 28.68 | 35.58 | 36.23 | Debt to equity ratio | 21.5 | 56.16 | 40.22 | 55.23 | 56.82 | Longterm debt to capital ratio | 0.172 | 0.215 | | | | From the end of fiscal 2002 through the end of fiscal 2011‚ Panera Bread company (PBC)’s net revenues grew from 282225
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COMPETENCY 2 1). Simplify the expression by combining like terms. 5x - y - 2x + 3y a) 3x + 2y b) 2x –y c) x - y d) None of these 2. Use the distributive property to evaluate the expression. 3( x – 3 – 2y) a) 3x - 9 + 2y b) x –y c) 3x - 9 -6y d) None of these 3. Perform the indicated operation: a) b) c) d)
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Panera Bread’s primary competition is comprised of many other fast casual and/or café-style restaurant chains‚ including Chipotle‚ Starbucks Coffee‚ Five Guys Burgers and Fries and P.F. Chang’s China Bistro. BALANCE SHEET ANALYSIS One of the significant changes on Panera Bread’s vertical analysis occurs with the Treasury Stock – Common account‚ which went from accounting for -17% of their Total Liabilities and Shareholder’s Equity to accounting for -51% of them. This change constituted for a decrease
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