most companies‚ organization design is neither a science nor an art; it’s an oxymoron.” I like this sentence very much. Because when I proposed the restructure project‚ I bumped into this kind of challenge. When my company set the branches in mainland China‚ we needed to support and control these branched. The first way we adopted is just add the responsibilities on my group‚ the result was that we can not support and control them effectively. We faced the difficulty and we need to adjust our structure
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Supplier DiversityProgram(http://www.starbucks.com/responsibility/diversity/suppliers) Tweet Our commitment to diversity reaches beyond us to the suppliers we work with. By actively seeking diverse-owned businesses to purchase from‚ we help build prosperous communities. We believe our Supplier Diversity Program has been a great success‚ and we’re happy to report that the amount of business we conduct with diverse suppliers grows every year. In addition to our buying practices‚ we support supplier
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SWOT analysis of Pacific Coffee Strengths A. Pacific Coffee is a very profitable organization‚ earning in excess of $17.6 million in 2010. B. It is a Regional coffee brand built upon a reputation for fine products and services. It has almost 98 cafe shop in almost 8 cities. C. Pacific Coffee strives to be a contributing member of the communities serve. Pacific Coffee fund raising efforts are dedicated to the disabled or less fortunate children in its community and supporting
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variety into its business. Finally‚ a brief conclusion is drawn. SWOT Analysis 1. Opportunities 1.1. Increasing Mainland Visitors Due to the introduction of “Individual Visit Scheme” in 2003‚ the number of Mainland visitors increases significantly year by year. According to a report released by Savills (Hong Kong) Limited on hospitality industry in Hong Kong‚ the number of Mainland visitors in 2012 soared by 543% compared with that in 2004. Visitors normally want to try some indigenous foods. Tsui
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Executive summary Background: Disneyland wants to know visitors’ ideas of what improvements can be made to enhance their satisfaction. For this purpose‚ Disneyland desires that a quick survey of their visitors be done to elicit their opinions. Justification: Disneyland always receive many of complaints for the tourist ‚it found that the common problem is cutting in the line and the place & facilities is not enough. Recommendations: Disneyland should find out the main problem and rectify
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perspectives are different among newspapers from local and global news agencies. In the following‚ I am going to analyze the differences with the reference of three news agencies‚ the Oriental Daily (local)‚ Taipei Times (international) and Renmen Ribao (Mainland China). It is not difficult to realize that the ways of reporting this issue by local and global news agencies are different. This is due to the difference in background and political stands or pressure from government of local and global news agencies
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China Myths‚ China Facts China Myths‚ China Facts Globalization has changed a lot of ways corporations are operating these days. It has been very hard for most of the companies to adjust in this new environment. One of the countries that these companies had challenges was China. Businesses are learning every day that successful managers need cross cultural skills and training to succeed in a position outside of their country. In his new book‚ “What Chinese Want”‚ Tom Doctoroff‚
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is to teach children how to be good people‚ not successful people. There are many cases show that successful people are not equal to good people‚ such as Chan Chunchuen‚ Yeung Kashin. 720 GMAT score is considered very high outside China but just average on the mainland. To be a successful person is hard‚ but be a good person is much more harder. The style of “Tiger Mother” may lead Hong Kong to a dull and homogenous society. Next‚ interest is the most important thing in learning; otherwise children
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Based on Geert Hofstede’s research‚ Hong Kong is a high power distance society. I agree with this analysis. An inequality social hierarchy is instituted in Hong Kong. For example‚ salary range between Hong Kong’s upper class and lower class is wide. Minimum wage for workers is $30 per hour‚ but some upper status people can get more than $3000 per hour.1 Besides‚ the Gini Coefficient of Hong Kong is the highest in the developed countries‚ since 1981‚ the coefficient increased continually and
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guess the only reason for this issue is the limited land supply but surging number of citizens in Hong Kong. However‚ three other main reasons – high land premium policy‚ land developers’ hoarding of residential land and excessive immigrants from mainland – are emerged after in-depth investigation of the housing problem in Hong Kong. Hong Kong Government’s high land premium policy is one of the main causes of the housing problem. This policy was rooted about three decades ago. Wong‚ Chau and Ma
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