The United States Postal Service: A Toxic Workplace Abstract What factors contribute to a workplace being considered "Toxic"? The United States Postal Service has suffered a number of incidents throughout history that speaks of the problems within its organization. Many of its problems are caused by a lack of motivation and teamwork within the organization. This paper will cover the history of the United States Post Office‚ which will provide an account of how the Post Office has evolved
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Assignment 1 Strategy The article I read was‚ What is Strategy? By Michael Porter. In this article Porter talks about the abilities to set objectives‚ facilitate resources and the ability to target the right customers. Porter goes onto talk about operational efficiency. He says that operational efficiency is basically preforming similar tasks better than your rivals in the market. He emphases being different than your rival‚ don’t try to be better and always out do them‚ be different and unique
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until one day the mailman‚ whose name was Steve‚ isn’t there. Not because he passed away‚ but because he had been let go. The United States Postal Service is very important and should not be expected to change in this changing world‚ because it is part of our history‚ gives people jobs‚ and is cheaper than other services like UPS and FedEx. The United States Postal Service (USPS) is part of american history‚ the true first postal office‚ beginning on July 26‚ 1775. This was when USPS’s
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ADRC-TAE Issue Brief February 2007 Private Industry Lessons: Branding Concepts and Strategies for the Social Service Sector Prepared by: Gilbert Thompson The Lewin Group thanks Catherine Adams Hunt‚ Marketing Specialist at Iowa State University Extension‚ for her thoughtful review and contributions. INTRODUCTION The Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRC) initiative is designed to serve as a “single point” of entry to public long-term care support programs‚ benefits and resources. Its national
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Segmentation Segmentation may be defined as the process of dividing a heterogeneous market into homogeneous sub-units. To get a product or service to the right person or company‚ a marketer would firstly segment the market‚ then target a single segment or series of segments‚ and finally position within the segment(s). Segmentation is essentially the identification of subsets of buyers within a market who share similar needs and who demonstrate similar buyer behavior. Segmentation aims
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Poverty in the United States is an unacceptable scourge on our society. Poverty is born out of situation and mindset rather than sheer laziness. To figure out the causes and solutions of poverty‚ we must understand what poverty is. Poverty occurs when a person’s basic needs for food‚ clothing‚ and shelter are not met. Poverty is measured by the government in what they call a poverty “threshold”. This poverty “threshold” is based on family size and income falling below the poverty line established
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the short-run and long-run implications for the economic situation of the drug industry. Include in your answer the impact on prices‚ new development‚ etc. of drugs. Include appropriate graphs showing the difference between monopoly pricing and competitive pricing. The drug industry currently takes on both monopolistic and competitive market structures. When a drug company develops a new drug‚ there are patent laws that allow the company to have a monopoly on selling the drug. In the short-run
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Bilingual Services Shouldn’t be Provided in the United States When people speak one language they become as one and become a society. Speaking one language and using the same language for public services unites everybody; which in this case is English. When immigrants comes to America from all over the world they should assimilate with America’s culture and learn the American language English‚ which is spoken by more than half of American citizen’s. The government as well as the American should
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Selecting a Pricing Method 3 major considerations in price setting : costs of production‚ distribution‚ communication set a floor to the price competitors’ prices and the price of substitutes provide an orienting point customers’ assessment of unique features establishes the price ceiling (plafond) Companies select a pricing method that includes 1 or more of these three considerations. We will examine 6 price-setting methods: Mark-up pricing‚ target-return pricing‚ perceived-value
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12/17/2010 MSc OR/BAC | Courier Services | Managing Business Operations | SERVICE OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT - group 5 | Contents Service Definition 2 Intangibility 2 Heterogeneity 2 Inseparability 2 Perishability 2 Service Classification 3 The Volume Measure (Silvestro) 3 Other Service Classification Models 4 Service Design 5 What is the philosophy behind the service design? 5 What to deliver to courier service customers? 6 How to deliver? 7 The blueprint diagram 7 Customer actions
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