An analysis of how the current Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis might affect netflix and its marketing strategy

After graduating with a Food Technology degree, Elina is planning to start a business that manufactures halal and natural food flavoring, including cake & cookies mixes. She has bought a factory in Rawang and is currently equipping it with food manufacturing machines. Elina is also in the process of hiring some production line workers, who will be trained to work using these machines.

1, To conduct her business, Elina will be managing her administrative and marketing staff in their Kuala Lumpur office, as well oversee their production operation in their Rawang factory. Elina is equipping the factory with machines and hiring production employees. In the next 3-6 months, she may also buy some lorries & hire some drivers to transport the products to her customers. Based on Elina’s business operations, advise her on the types of business insurance that she needs to consider, and their legal effect.

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Timing-Waiting Lines

Joe Hammer is thinking about setting up a special counter for the do-it-yourself customers at which they can get, not only help where to find products in the store, but also some quick advice about the best way to handle their upcoming projects. Experience has taught Joe that six minutes is a good figure to allow for the average time required to serve a “do-it-yourselfer” and that these customers will arrive every 15 minutes throughout the day.

a.) If joe sets up the counter under these conditions, what operating characteristics might he expect?

b.) What might Joe do to avoid the costs of idleness?

c.) What is the likelihood(probability) that three or more customers will be at the counter, either waiting or being served, at any given time?

Calculate the Utilization rate, idleness rate, Average time in queue, Average time in system, Average number in queue, Average number in system, and probability that three or more customers will be in the counter system at the same time.

Research Enterprise Rent a Car company and its leadership team.

1.- what are the company’s strengths and weaknesses?

2.- Who is its main competitor and how do they market themselves?

3.- Who is there target customer audience?

4.-Create a Leadership Development Program that can be used for their domestic and international employees.

5.- explain the dynamics of this company.

In what areas have you seen conflict recently in nation/global fronts and how was it handled? How would you recommend it be resolved if you were in charge of handling the latest world-wide pandemic?

The coronavirus is hitting businesses and their employees. Some businesses are still open and millions of employees are working to serve customers. Some of the employees work in their workplaces while some others work from home. Almost all employees worry whether they will lose their jobs or if they will have a pay cut. It is obvious that unemployment will rise because millions of employees will lose their jobs and the remaining employees may have a pay cut (10, 20, 30, 50%) depending on the position in his/her workplace.

Because of the coronavirus, the business environment has started to change. It is becoming a challenging fast-changing environment. Currently, many managers are faced with difficulties. In the near future and in the long run, they will need to deal with important issues.

Lastly, you have to remember that one can easily manage firms during prosperous times but effective managers flourish during difficult times.

Below is a sample list of terms that you can use when answering the questions.

Job security and protection; Employee morale; Employee stress; Anxiety; Employee wellness; Effective decision making; Work performance; Key competencies; Productive employees; Quality of work produced; Work-life balance; Mental health; Employees in a high-risk health category; Illness; Government sector; Health sector; Security forces.

What would be the possible changes and developments in the workforce and workplace diversity in the near future and in the long run? Discuss.

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Why would inconsistency between policies and codes of ethics is considered problematic for managers?

Assignment Instructions – You must answer three questions from each chapter, for a total of 6 questions. The answer to each question that you choose should be approximately ½ page in length, single-spaced.

Chapter 10 Questions --- Answer ANY 3

1. Define technology and describe three characteristics that can be used to assess it.
2. What effect has technology had on the U.S. and global economies? Have these effects been positive or negative?
3. Many people believe that the government should regulate business with respect to privacy online, but companies say self-regulation is more appropriate. Which approach would most benefit consumers most? Business?
4. What is intellectual property? How can owners of intellectual property protect their rights?
5. What is bioethics? What are some of the consequences of biomedical research?
6. Should genetically modified foods be labeled as “genetically modified”? Why or why not?

Find a job opening that interests you (something you are at least partially qualified for at this stage of your career) and produce a brief (30 to 60 seconds) video profile of yourself, highlighting the skills mentioned in the job description. For tips on producing effective video.

(a) use the data n the table to construct a standardized p-chart,

(b) interpret your chart, and

(c) give reasons for out-of-control conditions

Assignment Instructions – You must answer three questions from each chapter, for a total of 6 questions. The answer to each question that you choose should be approximately ½ page in length, single-spaced.

Chapter 9 Questions --- Answer ANY 3

1. What are some of the issues you might include in a defense of strategic philanthropy to company stockholders?
2. Describe your personal experiences with philanthropy. In what types of activities have you participated? Which companies that you do business with have a philanthropic focus? How did this focus influence your decision to buy from those companies?
3. How have changes in the business environment contributed to the growing trend in strategic philanthropy?
4. Compare and contrast cause-related marketing with strategic philanthropy. What are the unique benefits of each approach?
5. Compare social entrepreneurship to cause-related marketing and strategic philanthropy.
6. What role does top management play in developing and implementing a strategic philanthropy approach?

1. MagnetoBalls are composed of 216 strong magnet beads that can be arranged into different shapes. Due to the mutual attraction between the mini magnet poles, Bucky balls small magnets cube can be combined in to any geometry freely. These are sold and marketed by MagnetoBalls, Inc. In their marketing Magneto Balls states that they are a “stress relief desktop toy” and “cool magnetic building intellectual toy”. All of the advertising and marketing materials produced by the company contain the prominent warning: “Caution: Keep Away from all Children” but does not explain that the magnet balls can cause severe injury or death to children if swallowed, despite notification from the Consumer Product Safety Commission that an explanation of the danger is needed. The television commercial for the product shows several scenes of people enjoying Magnetoballs, including an executive making different shapes while at a meeting and a group of 13 year old student in class using Magnetoballs for a physics experiment. Ginny Genius, age 13, sees the commercial and purchases Magnetballs to do her own experiment. One of the balls comes loose from the shape she has formed and she accidentally swallows it. That night she complains to her parents of severe stomach pain and she is rushed to the hospital. The hospital removes the magnet but informs her parents that she has lasting damage to her stomach lining as a result of the magnet. Ginny sues MagnetoBalls for the medical costs as well as pain and suffering currently and in the future from this incident. Please evaluate this claim against MagnetoBalls.

⦁   CASE STUDY

The Allure of Franchising

Neil Erlich knew that he wanted to be an entrepreneur when he helped start a contracting business when he was just 14 years old. During his junior year at Sonoma State University, Erlich, with help from his father, a corporate executive, began investigating franchise options that would suit his interests and skills. They honed in on the automotive service industry and reviewed the regulations of several franchises, including Total, Jiffy Lube, and Midas, before settling on Express Oil Change. Erlich was particularly impressed with the support that Express Oil Change offered its franchisees. When Erlich graduated with a business degree, his father put up $375,000 to help him purchase and set up the $1.5 million franchise operation. Erlich, who is the youngest franchisee in the Express Oil Change system, sees the franchisor’s support as one of the greatest benefits of choosing to open a franchise rather than an independent business of his own.” The franchisor is there for you," he says. "It’s very comforting. "

Like Erlich, a growing number of college graduates and twenty-something adults who are disenchanted w*+
th the prospects of a dull job in the corporate grind are looking to franchising as a promising career choice. Indeed, franchising is attracting people of all ages and backgrounds, from corporate dropouts and military veterans to retired Baby Boomers and corporate castoffs.
” People say, ’I put 20 years into a company, and because they ran into some tough times, they let me go,’” explains Ray Titus, head of the United Franchise Group.” They think, ’Do I want to put myself into a position where I may get laid off again?’ Instead, they take control of their future by running their own businesses." For many of them, franchising is the perfect fit.

Retirees who are looking for second careers also are turning to franchising as well. "They’ve got school-of-hard-knocks experience and business skills that they can apply on day one at a franchise," says Michael Shay of the International Franchise Association. Judy Divita, a retired corporate human resources manager, and her husband Charlie, a retired college professor and consultant, decided to embark on second careers as franchisees rather than stop working. After researching franchise opportunities, they opened a Subway franchise in Columbia, South Carolina, not far from where Charlie had taught at the University of South Carolina. Over the next nine years, the Divitas opened five more sandwich shops in Columbia, including one on the university campus. In addition to their built-in market of college students, they target the players on the athletic teams that come to campus to participate in more than 400 sporting events ranging from baseball and football to basketball and volleyball each year. The Divitas have won the MVP Award Winner for Innovation from Multi-Unit Franchisee magazine. Their nine outlets generate $4.5 million in annual sales, and the couple’s goal is to have 13 Subway locations within 10 years.” The franchise gives you the basic things to put you in business pretty quickly," says Charlie.” You have to take it beyond that and be creative to come up with novel ways of doing things that are particular to your company and your community.”

Franchising can be the ideal path to owning a business for people in almost any phase of professional life, whether they are retirees looking for a new direction and extra income or recent college graduates who are ready to embark on exciting careers. "Boosted by a brand name, training, advertising, and an established business plan, a franchise can ease the struggle and the risk of opening a business and still let you call some shots,” says one business writer.

⦁   QUESTIONS:
Answer the below questions based on the text above, the course material, your own experience and information search on the internet and in academic sources from the AOU e-library. (i.e. companies’ webpages, AOU e-library databases…)

⦁   These examples show people at different stages of their professional lives choosing to become business owners with the help of a franchise. What conclusions can you draw from their stories about the benefits and appeal of franchising? (300 words – 40- marks)

⦁   What are the disadvantages of investing in a franchise? (200 words – 30 marks)

⦁   Suppose that one of your friends who is about to graduate is considering purchasing a franchise. What advice would you offer him or her before signing the franchise contract? (200 words – 30 marks)