BUSINESS SCHEDULE The success of every business depends on the productive hours of its employees. Different organizations have different work schedules for their employees relative to the kind of task the products and services rendered by the organization. Management of the various business organizations encourages the reduction of the working hours and days from the traditional five days to four days a forty-hour week. The changes in the work schedule have diverse effects on business operations. The different effects of the changes in the activities have an impact, as explained in the paragraphs below. The decrease in the work stress level. The employees have enough time to break the boredom the could otherwise result if they were to go through the regular work schedule (Bird, 2016). The reduced working days enable the employees to meditate find better ways to handle their activities better. Through the forty-hour week, the employees can improve their productivity as specialization and division of labor is greatly encouraged. The forty-hour week helps the business operations in minimizing the cost of services. The employee’s pad, based on…
Weight Management Weight management is a process of adopting healthy lifestyle to remain healthy and maintain healthy body weight based on a person’s age, height, and sex. If you want to live a healthy lifestyle you have to eat healthy foods and exercise daily. Dieting Weight management includes the set of practices and behaviors that are important to keep your weight at a healthful level. It is also known as “dieting,” because it includes the treatment of obese or overweight people and regulation of food intake. Nutritional Disorder People diagnosed with eating disorders that are not obese or overweight still need to practice weight management. Some health care professionals use the term “nutritional disorders” to cover all disorders related to weight. Obesity The term “weight management” also reflects a change in thinking about treatment of obesity and overweight during the past 20 years. Before 1980, treatment of overweight people focused on weight loss, with the goal of helping the patient reach an “ideal weight” as defined by standard life insurance height-weight charts. In recent years, however, researchers have discovered that…
Is Using Facebook a Form of Affective Labor? Yes, Facebook users provide affective labor to the company. There are an estimated 2.4 billion monthly users of Facebook, making it the largest social networking site (SNS) globally (Statista, 2020). With many SNSs in the modern digital world, from Twitter, Whatsapp, LinkedIn, Instagram, and many others, the conduct of the operations of these corporations need to be under keen observation due to the affective labor strategy they apply. Affective labor aims at the production of emotional experiences via the interaction of people and thus can be interfered with to create an economic effect (Adrian Scribano, 2019). This is the strategy being applied in the Web 2.0 versions like Facebook and LinkedIn in the modern global village in creating an almost self-sustaining exploitative economy through the social networking sites (Murphy, 2018). This essay seeks to expound as to why Facebook is a form of affective labor. Facebook users benefit from its’ operations in a variety of ways. The accessible communication that one can establish with any registered Facebook user creates a virtual…
Factors influencing the popularity of mobile devices Factors influencing the popularity of mobile devices There are various factors that influence the use of mobile devices among individuals. It offers great flexibility, accessibility, and freedom to the users. Some of the prime reasons for the increased popularity of mobile devices are discussed below. Improved network coverage With the faster internet speed (4th Generation and 5th generation) coming in and continuously improving network coverage area, the Internet service providers (ISP) have made it feasible and an option that is feasible and can be used in remote areas as well. Now the telecom companies are erecting more and more towers by each passing day to give their subscribers a more comprehensive coverage. Physically smaller The mobile device, like cell phones, tablets, pods, and laptops, is shrinking in size like anything. We can still remember the bulky cordless telephones and the mobile phones, which were available ten to fifteen years back, it was the same with the laptop and other mobile devices, and they were heavy and unmanageable. However, the mobile device…
Quality Management of WeWork Company WeWork Company WeWork, whose parent company is The We Company, was established in the United States. It got founded in 2010 as a commercial real estate company. Additionally, the company provided other services, including work spacing for technological enterprise startups. Nonetheless, its vision focused on the provision of collaborating short-term leases to other companies. Years later, the company ventured into WeLive, WeGrow, and Rise by We initiatives in a bid to raise apartment rentals, educational institutions, and gyms, respectively. Such investments saw the company attract a couple of interested investors who valued it at being a multi-billion, including SoftBank. Its high valuation was based on its successful definition of being a technology company, which was not the case. The Suffering from quality scandal Recently, in 2019, the company had a market valuation of around $ 47 billion. However, it was until August 14, 2019, when the red flags were revealed on how the company had suffered a tremendous quality scandal. WeWork’s release of the disclosure in its SEC S-1 form amid the initial public…
Memorandum 1 The education system in Afghanistan has been devastated by many decades of political unrest. Completing elementary school is a dream for many Afghanis children. Mainly, this is particularly true for children living in rural areas and girls despite recent strides in raising enrolment. In the remote and impoverished regions of the country, the levels of enrollment are very diverse, and girls experience disparity in access to education. Girls comprise 60% of the estimated 3.7 million children who are not enrolled in school. Lack of female instructors contribute in part, the low enrollment of girls. Just 16% of all the schools in Afghanistan are girls’ schools, with the majority of such schools lacking adequate sanitation facilities and amenities, which discourage many girls from attending schools. Besides, social, cultural elements and cultural beliefs undermine the education of girl child in the country. Because of a lack of education opportunities, underage marriage is very rampant in the country, with about 17% of girls marrying before age 15 years. In some areas, scarcity of schools and inadequate infrastructure, especially roads, hinder…
Formal Business Proposal Proposal for Organizational Security Management in Cloud Computing One of the major success factors for any organization includes the use and implementation of effective organizational data security measures. This can be achieved through the incorporation of privacy and security in cloud computing. Having served in the management committee from different industries, I find cloud computing being one of the major themes in information security that most companies wish to reap its benefits, and it has gained more concerns in the scholarly work. Despite the significant benefits that crop up from cloud computing, its information security is being questioned by many organizations with its security model presenting a myriad of complications under its cloud model. This research seeks to determine the implications of applying cloud computing in the organizational management system with a deep focus on the cloud computing models, benefits of i=using cloud computing, the future scope of cloud security, security issues around cloud computing in order to clear the fears behind the implementation of this technology in different organizations. eff of applying cloud …
Strategic Management: A Case of Twitter. Twitter has failed to provide financial gains since 2013 when it went public despite a constant increase in the number of users and the volume of use. In the Fourth Quarter of the year 2017, the company, however, recorded its first profitable quarter with more than 330 million active users monthly as well as notable users such as President Donald Trump, among other celebrities, influencers, and public figures. The report provides an analysis of the company’s strategies that led the eventual success. Twitter faced several challenges. Among them included accumulated deficits (C-138), miscalculated monthly users since the fourth quarter of 2014 (C-138), stiff competition from other social media companies from the year 2012-2018 (C-138), lawsuits and failure to provide net income balance from the years 2014-2018 (C-139). As a result, it could not make profits despite growing the business. The company resolved to restructuring as a means to counter the challenges. It decided to cut costs related to research and development, sales, and marketing expenses. Twitter resolved to restructuring as a strategy to maximize…
Global Energy Dilemma The world currently experiences an energy dilemma due to various reasons. One of the primary issues includes the overreliance on fossil fuels and its greenhouse effects. Although the world has depended on the use of fossil fuels as the source of energy for producing electricity, severe environmental problems are arising from it. Besides, there are fears that fossil fuels might diminish in supply, calling for the use of renewable energy sources. However, the current costs of renewable energy, such as wind power and solar power are costly that the majority of the world population cannot afford. Besides, there are problems with the safety of the use of nuclear energy since it threatens both life and peace on the earth’s surface. a) Overreliance on Fossil Fuels and its Greenhouse Effects The world cannot sustain its energy demands without the use of petroleum products. The fossil fuels are pivotal in the supply of electricity, cooking, and running of other areas of the economy, such as manufacturing plants and the motor-vehicles. Since oil is non-renewable, it is possible to exhaust…
Corporate Marketing: Gillette’s Ad on Toxic Masculinity Introduction There is little doubt that any company which treats corporate marketing as an afterthought, is preparing for imminent demise. Companies have long since learned that it is imperative to cultivate flourishing relationships with their clients, and other stakeholders, to maintain and expand revenue growth. Corporate marketing is a philosophy that describes a company’s strategy that includes how it packages and presents itself to its clients and stakeholders and how that affects its entire marketing approach (Löschenbrand, 2016). Over the years, the evolution of corporate marketing has demonstrated that ignoring any of these elements can spell trouble for a company’s strategic planning process in the competitive current business environment. This paper discusses the tenets of corporate marketing, through the critical analysis of a 2019 Gillette ad on toxic masculinity that resulted in public debate and controversy and, thus, evaluates the reasons behind said ad as well as the company’s overall marketing strategy. We’ll examine diverse viewpoints from media on both sides of the divide as well as the AC4ID test of corporate marketing…