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- 7031: The Relationships Between Quaker, The Company, and Semiotics
- ... about the Quaker building and how could a picture of a Quaker be so significant in today's culture. I also thought that this whole image of Quaker could not be that overwhelming, however, with great embarrassment I was completely mistaken. This one business and more specifically building has so many signified meanings and linguistic meanings that I did not no where to start from. When I stood at the foot ... wholesome. They attack you from every angle, such as pictures, words, colours and even their building. Quakers linguistic sign system is not a simple letter like "M" is for McDonalds, or a word such as "great" for frosted flakes. Its a slogan, "You prepare them for life, we prepare them for the day". If you compare them to these other linguistic sign systems I have listed you notice that reading an ...
- 7032: The Relevancy of the Heartland - Hinterland Distinction in Canada's Economic Geography
- ... hinterlands from the capital service industrial heartland and reveals the metropolis or dominating city of the system. At a national scale, the Canadian metropolis is Toronto, and the region with the most influence is the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands. But while immense influence radiates outward from the metropolis located in the heartland, the relationship between hinterland and heartland is one of intimate mutual dependency. In modern Canadian economics, neither region ... nation's population and 70% of its manufacturing industries in only 14% of the nation's area. Canada's heartland is southern Ontario and Quebec stretching from Quebec City to Windsor. This heartland, occupying the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands, coincides with several favourable physical characteristics such as fertile Class 1 and 2 soils in addition to humid continental climate for optimal agricultural conditions. However, the "hinterland regions display harsher or ...
- 7033: World Populations and Development
- ... rates, with the birthrates sometimes falling below the death rates, resulting in minimal population growth or no growth at all and sometimes even a population decline. Countries in the second stage of demographic transition experience great difficulties in technological development because improvements result in larger population that automatically negates the benefits of those improvements. Many of these nations make great efforts to educate their people about the benefits of small families and the negative impact of large families. 6.) Comparing the 5 most populated countries of the world; birth/death rate, lifespan, income. - Among the ...
- 7034: TQM In An Accounting Environment
- ... 1913. The first expansion came to the south into California, and in 1919 the name again changed to what it is today, United Parcel Service. After this expansion, business increased rapidly. This expansion was so great, that by 1927, UPS serviced all the major cities along the Pacific coast. Delivery service on the east coast began in 1930. United Parcel Service pioneered the service which is now called common carrier. This ... the best way to allow me to have my potential changes reviewed and considered. By allowing me to submit an alternative policy to the management structure at UPS, I feel I will be showing a great deal of initiative and concern with the problems we are facing on a day to day basis. I believe that by alerting the management to my feelings on this issue I will be establishing a ...
- 7035: U.S. and Swedish Trends in Tax Reform
- ... also discusses some of the tax reform proposals that are now currently being thought about in Congress. In 1986 the United States Congress enacted the Tax Reform Act (TRA-86). The act passed with a great deal of bipartisan support. This support was made possible by two features of the act. The first was that federal income tax rates were to be cut dramatically. While this would lead one to believe ... well to do, were allowed to make. Many of the complains about the tax system in the United States that preceded the Tax Reform Act were about the gross horizontal inequities that it allowed. A great deal of press preceding TRA-86 showed the public how many of the country's wealthiest individuals were able to get away with paying little or no federal income tax. Eliminating many of these tax ...
- 7036: The Investment Industry
- ... people the perception that they are able to make an increased number of higher quality investment decisions. Finally, the entrance of banks into the industry has increased public interest. First of all, banks carry a great deal of trust which is extremely important to the average investor. Second, banks are higher profile marketers so they reach a larger number of people. In addition, the large number of branches makes the product ... the industry a boost because of their large client base, credibility, high-degree of technology, marketing expertise, and "retail store" environment. Banks can offer an entire array of financial services and instruments which provides a great deal of convenience. Customers can easily open direct trading accounts with their branch and make transfers to and from their savings accounts. This "one-stop shopping" approach has made the securities industry more attractive and ...
- 7037: How Employees Affect Consumer Behavior
- ... was treated poorly, telling other people about their bad experience with your company. This might not seem like a big deal, but it is and it's even worse when people are telling others how great your competitor treated them. I've had a few experiences where I have felt that I haven't been treated properly or fairly by store employees. Most of the time I've been able to ... good example. Have your best worker train the others in your organization and offer additional training and development. Seek out opinions and ideas and let them feel needed. You need to reward employees for their great service. If their behavior isn't supported and rewarded they will never change. Give them handwritten thank-yous and acknowledge them publicly when possible. When all else fails offer monetary bonuses. The concept of employees ...
- 7038: New Financial and Statistical Measures to Monitor The Success of GE
- ... investment or another corporation in which to invest their money.13 I will suppose that the closest investment, for a household, to buying shares of GE is buying bonds. Bonds certainly do not have a great potential for very large profits. In addition the risk when buying a bond is very low. Therefore the new measure should combine these two characteristics of buying a bond and compare them with the profits ... this measure and its effect on the creditability of the company will first of all affect the way we think before entering a bid. We often try to make a deal for which there are great doubts if it is going to offer any earnings in the future and at the same time our chances to be preferred are quite limited. If we do not take the above ratio under consideration ...
- 7039: Corporate Development During the Industrial Revolution
- ... was not a monopolist and disliked monopolistic trusts. John D. Rockefeller came to dominate the oil industry. With one upward stride after another he organized the Standard Oil Company, which was the nucleus of the great trust that was formed. Rockefeller showed little mercy. He believed primitive savagery prevailed in the jungle world of business, where only the fittest survived. He persued the policy of "ruin or rule." Rockefeller's oil ... in some aspect of their corporation building to get to the top. The success of the Standard Oil Company and U.S. Steel company was credited to the fact that their owners ran them with great authority. In this very competetive time period, many new businesses were being formed and it took talented businessmen to get ahead and keep the companies running and make the fortunes that were made during this ...
- 7040: Management's Achievement Claims Perspective
- ... surprise that Coca-Cola is one of the world's largest companies. Fourteen years ago, Coca-Cola began building credibility to its investors by never over-promising, just consistently hitting long-term growth targets. In Great Britain, Coca-Cola surpassed two leading teas of consumption per capita. People said it would not be possible, but Coke did it. That is just one example. Coca-Cola's management believes in the theory ... South Africa, and Canada. Of all the Financial Reports I have read (Anderson Consulting, Home Depot, Green Park, etc.), Coca-Cola is a company in which I believe what the management claims. Coke has a great responsibility of making investors, employees, and consumers happy all over the world. Why would they blow it?? Coke realigned their management team at the beginning 1996 to more accurately reflect the global nature of their ...
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