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Best Practice Strategies for Customer Base restaurant
Get PDFThis report presents an analysis of responses by the employees of “Vege-King” to find the best strategies t improve the customer base by taking care as how they feel working with the company. The hypothesis was taken as more satisfied employee with the company better customer service he will give. To know that various aspects were taken into consideration. As a part of my course I have done research to make this project and this project will mainly focus on finding the best strategy by taking care of the marketing mix to increase the customer base for that will the company to gain customers, regain the former customers and retain current customers. This project will help to find who are the main competitors of this company and the “target group”. As, this project will highlight who are the main competitors of “Vege-King”, competitors are those who are providing the same products which are offered by “Vege-King” within 5 to 7 Kilometers that are targeting the same customer which this company is targeting. Quantitative and qualitative both method of research has practiced that included surveys and interviews. Research could have few of the problem like the actual feedback from employees, limited budget and time constant. Company may not like the employees to complete the survey or questioner in the working hours. This report will give the brief introduction about the company then will show the organizational content that will include internal (things that are in control of company) as well as external analysis (things that the company have no control on). There are few limitations that has been highlighted in the report so the data that has been collected and analysed is influenced by some aspects and these things are well mentioned in limitation part. Ethically there should not be any issues to any one with the report but still steps have been performed to make sure things are done in more ethical way. The project is not very costly to do that makes sure no financial burden is put on any of the participant. Literatures are read on different marketing mix to undertake he research properly. This report will also give a look on the competitors of Vege-King and the competitive advantages of this company over others. At the end this report will show the discussion and conclusion driven from the survey done and will also give highlight recommendation for the company to have even stronger customer base. All the collected information in survey are attached in the appendix at last
The impact of new financial reporting standards on charities in New Zealand
Get PDFThe whole paper is based on the impact of the new financial reporting requirements on charities in New Zealand issued by the External Reporting Board (XRB). The new reporting requirements came into effect on 1st April 2015. The compliance with the new reporting standards which is called generally accepted accounting practice (GAAP) is mandatory for all the registered charities in New Zealand. According to new reporting standards, charities are required to prepare general purpose financial reports (GPFR), which is further followed by the Tier system.
The research is based on the semi-structured interview methods and two local (Waikato) charities have been interviewed. The research also focuses on the historical criticism and the current literature of charity accounting. Semi-structured interviews helped the researchers to go through the deep insights of the topic. Thematic analysis has been carried out for the findings and conclusions. It has been concluded in this research that the new reporting standards have significantly increased the accountability of the charities. However, there are few of the charities who are non-compliance with the new reporting standards
Factors Affecting the Decision of Consumer’s behaviour of Real Estate Purchasing
Get PDFThe purchase of property is a complex process of decision making by expensive cost, rare buy, hazard, high self-expressiveness, and mindfulness among purchasers of huge contrasts among the options. Purchasers are extremely specific about the property qualities that they are mulling over, in this manner, offering ascend to contrasts in trait inclinations among them. In this unique situation, property showcasing can be hazardous if developers do not have an adequately entire photo of purchasers' inclinations for such attributes. The goal of the research is to explore the key variables factors influencing decision making on property purchasing in New Zealand. 100 questionnaire survey forms that are printed for 100 respondents to fill. The results of the research indicates a positive relationship between the financial factor and the process of decision making. The other two factors house feature and location also has a positive connection of the decision making. The condition of neighbourhood is less relative but still important. Other factors such as the price of property, age of house and park area are some factors that are analysed in this report. There are some recommendation for the developer to make market plan and strategy related with these results and analysis for the organisation development
Effective operations management for selling fresh produce in Supermarket
Get PDFThis research report will be divided into eight parts: introduction, research aim, problem or question, literature review, research methods, research results, discussion, conclusions, and recommendations. The introduction part will include the background to the research and the organisational context of Newsave Supermarket. The research aim, problem or question part will identify the specific focus of the report that it wants to achieve, which is a basis for all the other parts of the report. The literature review part will be a discussion of the relevant points from sources that have already been published, which are all the ideas referenced from the used sources. The research methods part will identify how to complete this research, which includes the reasons for the choice of methods how they were analysed. The research results part will describe the results of this research. The discussion part will analyse the results and show how they fit with other research in the area. The conclusions part will summarise the discussion shortly, which connect the analysis with the original research assumption/ problem or question. Last, the recommendations part will provide informed suggestions for solving the problem or implementing the answer to the question, which is not included in all reports
Analysing freight shippers' mode choice preference heterogeneity using latent class modelling
Get PDFThis paper describes a study to improve understanding of the decision-making process of New Zealand firms, freight shippers and agents when making freight transport mode choice decisions. Such studies, despite their importance, are relatively scarce due to issues related to data confidentiality, restraining firms from taking part in such studies. To achieve the objective, we use latent class (LC) modelling, which postulates that firms’ behaviour depends on two components: 1) some observable attributes, such as travel distance and size of operations; and 2) unobserved latent heterogeneity. The latter is taken into account by sorting firms into a number of classes based on similarities in their characteristics. Subsequently, the behaviour of firms in each class is explained by a set of parameter estimates, which differs from the sets assigned to other classes. In this study, data were gathered using stated preference surveys from 190 NZ firms, freight shippers and agents. Based on their freight operations, participants were grouped into: 1) long-haul and large shipments and 2) long-haul and small shipments. Furthermore, as each participant evaluated 18 choice scenarios, the data set contains 3,420 choice records. The results of the LC modelling allow policy makers to design more appropriate strategies and policies for different segments of the population to improve intermodal transport and to attract the largest latent class for both cases. In addition, the LC model indicates that the potential improvement in modal shift, which can be achieved by applying different policy options, varies with both transport distance and the size of shipments. Furthermore, in order to promote sustainable freight transport, one policy would be to increase the reliability of both the rail and sea freight transport services
The politics of saying sorry: Making good on intentions
No full textThe NZ Human Rights Commission has addressed the New Zealand prime minister, asking for an independent inquiry into abuse of people held in state care – for a public apology and for redress. The Confidential Listening and Assistance Service was mandated in 2008 to listen to the stories of New Zealanders who were abused, neglected or had concerns about the way they were treated in state care before 1992. A recommendation in their 2015 final report was that the government provide “a public statement to the people of New Zealand about what happened to those who suffered abuse and neglect in state care and acknowledge the wrongs of the past.” This call for an inquiry and public apology was an echo of similar requests made over the years by many iwi, political and social service leaders. It continues to be made and has never happened. This blogpost is a description of the issue and calls for action
Synaesthetic Confessions - Hamilton Gardens Arts Festival 2017
No full textSynaesthetic Confessions
A taste and sound booth in collaboration with Jamieson Hudson and Tony Nicholls
“There seems to have been an increased fetishisation around food in the past few years. The boundaries between food and art are constantly being blurred, and restaurant showpieces become a specifically designed experience for all the senses. This work draws upon these ideas by still presenting an exquisitely crafted taste experience, but placing the “dining experience” inside a space that has other connotations. This whole physical experience is then combined with music. Drawing upon neurological and sensory science studies, links have been found between specific tastes and specific frequencies, so much so that the experience of listening to something while you eat can change you experience of that flavour. This work explores that phenomenon.
Blood Sugar - Très Court International Film Festival 2017
No full textBlood Sugar
Four-year-old Dahlia takes us into her bittersweet world of blood, needles and sugar.
Dahlia is scared of needles, but she needs insulin injected several times a day. She is not alone; New Zealand has one of the highest rates of paediatric diabetes in the world. Blood Sugar explores diabetes through the eyes of this active and boisterous pre-schooler and brings to life a child’s interpretation of what can be a life-threatening disease.
Directed by Joe Hitchcock
Produced by Morgan Leigh Stewart
19th edition of the Très Court International Film Festival
Screening 79 times around the world simultaneously in 28 countries.
http://trescourt.com/en/citie
Pianist for Coaltown Blues, Waikato Season
No full textPianist for performance of Coaltown Blues, a play written by Melvyn Thompson, and performed by Chris Green. Performances at:
Te Aroha Little Theatre, 7 May 2017; 12 May 2017
Te Awamutu Little Theatre, 27 May 2017
Matamata Little Theatre, 28 May 2017; 2 June 2017
Meteor Theatre, Hamilton, 7-10 June 201
