Business Portfolio Mike Judge’s “Office Space “is a classic example of a comic cry of rage against the difficulty of contemporary life and culture in the office. Peter Gibbons, a leading character in the movie, works as a programmer for Initech. He is living in misery due to the draining nature of the job. He later on agrees to visit a hypnotherapist with the girlfriend and the session does not go as planned, as the therapist gets a heart attack and dies while Peter is in hypnosis. Such alternatively changes Peter’s life where he is stuck in the new found state of mind having a different perspective of his life and work. Peter decides to skip work more often and often finds excuses for his absenteeism, this forces his girlfriend to leave him and later makes his moves on a waitress that he liked called Joanne. Meanwhile at work, there is a new twist when Peter with his new found trance and straight forwardness gets him recognized with the upper management and therefore receives a promotion while his two friend…
The case of Lerepco IT Group – Ways of securing backup media The Lerepco IT Group has been concerned about backup procedures, and it was facing challenges associated with clients. The existing solutions were not functioning appropriately, and client-related issues were becoming widespread. The company has 320 end-users across 10 locations (The Lerepco IT Group, 2020). It has been transporting its physical tapes to a remote facility; however, it was inconvenient for the company. The data amount that required backup expanded significantly. Moreover, unsustainable procedures and timing issues were also creating problems. Across all the ten locations, the clients were unable to handle backups comprehensively. Cybertheft, along with unexpected disasters were rampant, and the company required quick restoration of its local data. The necessity of securing and safeguarding data developed as well. All the attempts towards successful data backups were in vain. The need of the hour is to ensure the availability of local data. Moreover, data should have been encrypted and could have been stored in secure data centers. It would have been possible to gain a productive and…
Economic situation analysis in Turkey Turkey experienced a major financial and economic crisis in 2018. The economic crisis was a result of a debt and currency crisis. Turkey’s currency, Lira, has had a tremendously plunging in its value by 40 percent against the American dollar. As a result, the cost of importing goods become more expensive, and there was high inflation. The crisis was caused by excessive current account deficit and hugely long and medium foreign currency of where two-third of the debt being owned by the private sector. Besides, President Erdogan’s authoritarianism and his ideas on the interest rate policy has contributed to the crisis. Moreover, the geopolitical conflict with the United States has worsened the crisis. Turkey has had intense business diplomacy and thus has signed free trade agreements with more than 20 countries and intending to sign agreement more than the other 17 countries in the future. The free trade agreement has boosted Turkey’s ever-growing exports. The open market significantly impacts the economy of Turkey, where 54.2% of the country’s GDP is from both exports and imports.…
Why protecting customer data is necessary? A company might have numerous data related to transactions and history of customers and other vital details. In a large scale company, these data are used to monitor a customer, and their behaviors, which are studied and analyzed accordingly, losing these data might be problematic for the company, as they may have to spend a considerable amount of money on their part to recover it. What are the problems in securing customer data? The first and foremost challenge that a company faces in securing customer data is the inexperience of the staff who handle the data. This leads to improper data storage and handling. To avoid this, the staffs need to be appropriately trained in data handling and data management by professionals in the field (Pearson, 2017). Sometimes, the data may be accessed by an unauthorized person present within the company, which might lead to unwanted altering of data and increase the chances of data-stealing. To avoid this, proper authentication must be issued to the staff who are handling customer data by providing them…
Dominos’ marketing mix Dominos’ marketing mix analyses the 4Ps of marketing (Product, Price, Place, Promotion) and explains the Dominos’ marketing strategy. Consumers tend to favor brands that have incorporated one’s self-image that they tend to portray. Through the use of a lifestyle marketing perspective, marketing professionals can include marketing mix in their strategy to reach an expanded market reach. Product The Domino’s Pizza products are marketed under five broad groups, each of which is a separate line of items. It is all sold under the Domino’s Pizza brand name; the company sells a variety of products which gives room for customers to choose the product variety suits them. Its products are perceived to be of higher quality compared to that of its competitors. Price Dominos has got economical pricing for its pizzas; the company has two main competitors who are almost equally; hence it has to be prudent in pricing its products. The prices differ according to 3 different sizes, and the price is comparatively higher for non-vegetarian pizzas. The aspect of affordability is the key to the tremendous achievement…
British-Dutch transnational company Corporates generally are managed by a board elected by the shareholders who then appoint the professional managers to run the organization. However, different countries have different policies which differ in terms of these differences. Unilever, for example, is a British-Dutch transnational company dealing with consumer products such as beverages, beauty commodities, energy drink and food. It has its headquarters in two countries; England and the Netherlands. Unilever group has two companies, the NV and the PLC. The boards of the two are one-tier boards where there is the executive directors and also the non-executive directors (Jones et al., 122). The boards are the ones to decide on the number of both the no-executive and executive directors. The shareholders pick the directors during the general meetings of both NV and PLC. This system is in contrary to the German system of corporate governance and the Japanese system. In the German system, employees are the main stakeholders and therefore, they participate in the management of the organization. It has two boards; supervisory board which is elected by the shareholders…
Microsoft Company Development in the Gaming Industry The Microsoft company is among the renowned company worldwide for its success, and unique products since Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded it in 1975. The Microsoft company’s major divisions are based on the development of smart clouds and personal computing applications, manufacturing and licensing software products, software development tools, among other services that applicable in today’s technology devices. The company’s products have continued to improve and dominate their categories in the market, and they include Microsoft office Xbox, DirectX, Microsoft windows, and games. The release of Xbox in 2001 and later the Xbox Live in 2002 marked Microsoft’s journey of releasing a series of improved game consoles in the market. The company also released the Xbox 360, which was a more powerful gaming console in 2005 to counter competition in the gaming market. The intense competition saw the Microsoft company struggle to make profits from its console until 2009 when it reduced the price of the Xbox 360 Elite by almost 25% (Hall & Zachary, n.d.). The Xbox contributes to significant revenues…
Introduction to Business Name: Institute Affiliated: Date: Question One Naomi engaged in the misconduct of using the organization’s resources for personal gain. Furthermore, she did not fully dedicate her office time to the company, using a part of it for her benefits. Naomi used the company’s internet and computer for her gains. In this case, she could have used the time and energy in carrying out other duties beneficial to the company. Using company assets such as vehicles and space is not ethical. Such acts only lead to the company recording unnecessary operational costs (Mitchell, Reynolds & Treviño, 2017). For instance, when using a company’s vehicles for one’s own gain, the company will incur fuel losses. Additionally, the company will suffer further losses in vehicle maintenance. Codes of ethics are an essential tool for any company. Human beings relate to each other differently. If left uncontrolled, human beings, in their efforts to achieve comfort, may end up costing organizations. Codes of…
Countries invest numerous and expensive resources toward security. Threats to countries arise from various sources, some of which include terror groups and other bodies within particular countries or foreign ones. One of the most common and severe security threats in the present-day world is cybercrimes. The United States security organ is responsible for ensuring the security of US citizens and its territories. Among the major areas that concern the United States Security department is physical, political, economic, as well as ecological security. Cybercrimes have the possibility of tampering with these four areas hence its importance. Globally, many trends in the cyber domain pose a significant threat to the United States National Security. One of the risks to US national security is China’s Cyber espionage. China’s Cyber Espionage With competition for global resources, power and economic superiority, the world is witnessing growing cases and episodes of cybercrimes. Cybercrimes are becoming a popular method through which nations advance their agenda towards acquiring global supremacy. China has been on the spot in recent years over its cyber espionage. It has carried out various…
Effects of covid-19 on digital marketing The attack of the covid-19 pandemic has brought the whole world at a standstill in all aspects. It has affected businesses, schools, health facilities, and socialization. Literary, everything has been grounded. General marketing and branding have not been spared. The pandemic has impacted all industries and businesses in one way or another. Different companies have either partly or entirely shut down. It has led to a rise in massive buying in some sectors, especially food. It is hard to identify all implications of the global actions to curb the spread of the virus because there are diverse impacts in all sectors. One thing to note is that covid-19 effects will have a long-term impact even if we go back to our usual way of life within months. The business world that has been forced to close down or are struggling through these difficult times will take a lot of time to pick up if they ever do. Covid-19 has not made it easier for any business as working from home sounds so typical…