to a problematic rise in older adults characterized as inactive and dependent. Social workers can challenge the ageist construction of older adults by using clients’ contextualized knowledge of how people age in their social environments. The demographic changes that are anticipated over the next decade magnify the importance of addressing disparities in health status. Different culture currently experiencing poorer health status are expected to grow as a proportion of the total U.S. population;
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The Demographic Transition model is a model that describes a population’s change over time. In 1929 Warren Thompson‚ an American Demographer‚ started to interpret and observe changes in birth and death rates. He used industrial societies and studied them and their trends from the past 200 years. This model is a simple composite‚ or picture‚ of the population’s trends. The model is used as a generalization and may not accurately describe every country on individual cases. There are 4 stages of the
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Impact of Demographic Trends to Indian Economy: An Excerpt INTRODUCTION India has made incredible progress with its economy ever since its independence‚ whereby after the economic tsunami in 2009‚ it has been frequently quoted as a likely contender of economic superpower even to the extent of overtaking China. This paper serves to understand the importance of demographic trends of India in shaping Indian economy‚ as well as the part that the unique caste system and religion have to play in the
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Apparel Industry Executive Summary It was in 1975‚ almost forty years ago when Zara‚ a small unknown Spanish apparel firm began its operations in La Coruna‚ a small seaside town located along the northwest Spanish coastline‚ approximately 300 miles from Madrid. Now the once small local apparel manufacturer has evolved into a flagship international group (The Inditex Group)‚ the parent of eight global retail chains‚ including Zara‚ Bershka‚ Massimo‚ Dutti‚ Stradivarius‚ and Oysho with a combined annual
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Inditex is one of the world’s largest fashion retailers‚ welcoming shoppers at its eight store formats -Zara‚ Pull & Bear‚ Massimo Dutti‚ Bershka‚ Stradivarius‚ Oysho‚ Zara Home and Uterqüe - boasting 6.104 stores in 86 markets. The Inditex Group is made up of more than 100 companies operating in textile design‚ manufacturing and distribution. The group’s success and its unique business model‚ based on innovation and flexibility‚ have made Inditex one of the biggest fashion retailers in the
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founded in 1975 by Amancio Ortega in Spain. Trendy clothing brand Zara is known around the world for dressing men‚ women and children in a sexy retail environment that feels a lot more expensive and exclusive than it is. Truly a global brand‚ Zara has hundreds of retail locations everywhere from Abu Dhabi to Uruguay and is the largest division of Inditex‚ one of the largest fashion retail groups worldwide. It is claimed that Zara needs just two weeks to develop a new product and get it to stores
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“ZARA: FAST FASHION” Case Study Questions October 1‚ 2013 LAB 4. Which of the five generic competitive strategies does Zara most closely follow? Provide support for your opinion. 5. How does Zara create competitive advantage? 6. Why might Zara “fail”? How sustainable is its competitive advantage relative to other apparel retailers? 7. What strategic recommendations would you make for Zara to Inditex CEO Jose Maria Castellano?
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0811866897310 Topic “Demographic change is expected to have a significant effect on a) the age composition of the workforce and b) the work-attitudes of different generations. “ Give an account of some of the changes that are expected in each of these areas and discuss the implications such change might have for approaches to: i) diversity; and ii) employee and manager’s behaviour. Introduction Demographic refers to characteristics of a portion of population. Demographic in workforce includes
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The demographic transition model describes how the population of a country changes over time. It gives changes in birth rates and death rates‚ and shows that countries pass through five different stages of population change (Stage one – High fluctuation‚ Stage two – Early expanding‚ Stage three – Late expanding‚ Stage four – Low fluctuating and Stage five – Decline) The demographic transition model has both strengths and weaknesses for example some strengths would include that the demographic transition
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Amancio Ortega Gaona is the founder and current chairman of Inditex. He is also Spain ’s richest man. Inditex runs over 4500 stores worlwide for different brands: • Zara International (833 stores) • Pull and Bear (423) • Massimo Dutti (360) • Bershka (354) • Stradivarius (257) • Oysho (146) • Zara Home (105) • Lefties () In Romania‚ Inditex is in a continuous development and has at this time 37 stores in the most important cities of Romania . Most stores
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