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The importance of values and vision in a growing organisation
Get PDFThe organisation came to me stating that they were having problems with employee retention and quality control and they did not know what was causing it. They personally have strong visions and values, but were not sure if their employees were on the same page as they were, from a SWAT analysis. The values of an organisation are the behaviours that the employees of an organisation demonstrate, or are expected to demonstrate. This consists of what are perceived to be good or bad behaviours, or traits. Strong shared values lead to a strong culture and employee retention. Values that aren’t shared are often frowned upon, and persons with different values can be looked down on or discriminated against. The vision of an organisation is the goals that the organisation wishes to achieve and which push the organisation forwards. This form’s vision is expansion and becoming one of the best and most sought-after bakery’s in New Zealand. Organisational growth breeds change. Poor management of change leads to unhappy staff and staff who don’t understand the reasons for things happening and don’t feel it is necessary. When an organisation grows, management become more detached from day to day activities. The research aim was to find how to make sure that an organisation has strong values and vision and how to maintain these throughout the growth of the organisation. Finalized results are not yet available. Questionnaires will be given to staff, interviews held with management, then observations held to assess staff. Recommendations include that change management plans and training process and tracking training be implemented
Feasibility study of introducing a laser printing service
Get PDFContinuous evolvement is a key to maximizing profits for any business. Adding extra mileage to business requires the introduction of new products and services into the market. Development of services requires rigorous research which includes internal and external environment scanning and requires a feasibility study. Thus, the purpose of this research report is to study the feasibility of introducing a laser printing service. The feasibility report studies various factors, in particular the internal factors that affects the functioning of the business, and the external factors, including factors such as government policies, technological changes and social factors. The feasibility report also attempts to study financial requirements and business requirements such as the machinery requirements, technology and space. Based on the aim of the research, a desk research was conducted to study the feasibility of introducing the service of laser printing. After a detailed study it was found that there are four predominant reasons that back the success of introducing this new service. The location, which plays an important role for any business, brand value, a while-you-wait option, and the option of getting favourite designs printed on coffee mugs or T shirts
Marketing and branding strategies of the construction industry
Get PDFNowadays the construction business is one of the most developed businesses in New Zealand, while competition has increased in the same field. As a result, it has become essential to have good strategies which can help one company to be different from other companies. Among different strategies, marketing and branding strategies are most significant for the success of any business. This project has the aim of finding different marketing and branding strategies that are used by the construction company and showing different steps, which can be helpful for making it more unique and to attract more customers. Qualitative research method has been applied in which primary and secondary research has been conducted. In primary research, an interview has been carried out with one participant and in secondary research, various web searches have been done to find out the importance of social media as a marketing strategy. How customer service, website, brand awareness can be helpful for branding strategies has been discussed. As a result, it was concluded that social media can be the most helpful way of advertising and increasing the number of customers. Again, for making a successful brand, customer service is very significant and website, logo, etc., as well play the same role. After analyzing the results of primary and secondary research, various recommendations have been given such as increasing website visitors, upgrading the website, increasing the use of social media and having a budget for both strategies
Whakaari
No full textA multimedia work by Kent Macpherson, Mark Purdom and Paul Nelson.
Whakaari (White Island) is New Zealand's foremost active volcano. The name Whakaari roughly translates as “to display” which the island does constantly. The island itself appears strangely peaceful, yet in close proximity, the geology and the geophony present an entirely more violent agenda.
In December 2017, the three artists chartered a helicopter to the island at dawn to capture a documentary of sorts. Not a tourist centred approach but more a ‘detail’. An homage to the significance of the islands sheer majesty.
The artists seek to recontextualise the island by focusing their lenses and microphones on the hidden contrasting elements. A closeup of microcosms and microclimates
Adventure in sound
No full textA series of curated avant garde and experimental music and sound events held seasonally at Nivara Lounge in Hamilton
Strategic positioning of a supermarket
Get PDFThe purpose of this research is to identify the strategic positioning of a supermarket to remain competitive in the market. Strategic positioning is an important consideration for every business. Strategic positioning means a strategy of business by which it provides value to its employees, customers or stakeholders. Strategic positioning helps to differentiate the business from others. The business is operating in a highly competitive environment and product differentiation is hard for business. This organisation is independently owned and divided into different departments such as deli, bakery, florist, produce, grocery, seafood, and butchery. The research was conducted by mixed methods. Interviews were conducted with the store manager and human resources manager to gain information about resource capabilities, primary and support activities of the company. Quantitative research was done by questionnaire to 50 customers to gather information about customers’ views about the organisation. 27 customers preferred the supermarket on the basis of service quality. However, five customers preferred it due to price, 10 due to convenience, and 12 due to products. Out of stock products, customer service, price, and unclear labels were reasons for the dissatisfaction of 20, 12, 15, and 3 customers. Focusing on SWOT analysis, the research concludes that the organisation is competing on the basis of quality of product and service at premium prices. On the other hand, the organisation has to focus on supply chain and innovation
Internal control system in small businesses
Get PDFThe purpose of this research is to evaluate the effectiveness of the financial part of the internal control system in an organisation. This research is conducted to examine the effectiveness of the financial system. This study adopted qualitative methods by using semi-structured interviews. The primary data collection was by face-to-face interviews. The number of participants was five people, including the manager, owner and two employees working in the organisation. Thematic analysis was used for the primary textual data. The main findings revealed that inventory is not classified according to its types, e.g. food and beverages. There is no separate account used for the financial transaction of food from beverages. The inventory is consumed randomly. In the restaurant no computer system is used, all the transactions are done manually. No allowances are made for urgent cases. There is an inability to detect fraud due to inaccurate manual recording. The organisation does not adopt any strategy of pricing, the process is made randomly. They do not have any future plans. They only have records that relate to sales, which are calculated at the end of each day. It is recommended that the inventory needs to be classified according to its types. The consumption of inventory should be made systematically. A computer system should be used to prevent errors and fraud. A skilled employee who can guide current employees regarding the operations of financial system in the organisation is needed
In a space capsule of the mind - part 1
Get PDFDrawing inspiration from the music created for the 'Where We Overlap' project, Megan Rogerson-Berry, Kent Macpherson and Jeremy Mayall perform a live ambient sound work. This piece utilises monophonic synthesizers with vocal processing and cutting edge gestural multi-timbral keyboard instruments to create an atmospheric soundscape.
Drawing upon the practice-based traditions of improvised music, and electronic musical composition/production the boundaries between composer/performer and instrument are blurred
GPS analysis of a team competing at a national Under 18 field hockey tournament. (Technical Specialist Support)
Get PDFThe purpose of this study was to utilise global-positioning system (GPS) technology to quantify the running demands of national Under 18 field hockey players competing in a regional field hockey tournament. Ten male players (mean ± SD; age 17.2 ± 0.4 years; stature 178.1 ± 5.2 cm; body mass
78.8 ± 8.8 kg) wore GPS units while competing in six matches over seven days at the 2018 New Zealand national under 18 field hockey tournament. GPS enabled the measurement of total distance (TD), low-speed activity (LSA; 0 -14.9 km/hr), and high-speed running (HSR; ≥ 15 km/hr) distances. Differences in running demands (TD, LSA, HSR) between positions were assessed using effect size and percent difference ± 90% confidence intervals. Midfielders covered the most TD and LSA per game and strikers the most HSR during the 6 matches. There were “very large” differences between strikers and midfielders for TD and LSA, strikers and defenders for LSA and HSR, and defenders and midfielders for LSA. These results suggest that these playing positions are sufficiently different to warrant specialised position-specific conditioning training leading into a field hockey tournament
