Management and The Body Shop
In this paper I will be taking a look at basic management functions. The approaches, and the synthesis of two views of management. I will attempt to take an overview of culture and its effect on a company.
In today's changing global environments many companies have joined the open trade policies, and existing foreign opportunities available to growing companies with positive views and socially responsible attitudes.
It all sounds like a lot to cover in a short essay so I will introduce a company that has in its short, yet very successful existence transformed through all the levels and practices mentioned above. The company is called "The Body Shop", I hope you have heard of it for that would make our journey through it's development even more enjoyable.
Management is described as the process of getting activities with and through other people. This philosophy has been so widely examined that there are literally millions of opinions and differing views on the subject. We will only be examining the functions of management where the basics of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling apply to The Body Shop. In 1976 an inexperienced Anita Roddick got tired of unsubstantiated Management and The Body
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claims of the cosmetics industry that their products couldn't deliver. She decided to make a decision that would change her life forever. Anita became a manager of her own small business in Brighton England. Selling the natural secrets found throughout the world; learned from extensive travel while employed as a teacher with the U.N., she created a cottage industry of exotic personal body care products.
Planning proved to be the first big obstacle to learn in the road to efficient management. Taking care of buying from around the world for her special products had plunged Anita into a frightening and difficult role that she needed help with. Anita organized her financial burdens by taking on an investor Ian McGlinn, in turn giving him a 50 percent stake in the business.
Furthermore she sold the name The Body Shop to personal recruits, carefully lead and controlled by her own philosophies and ideals. Anita had become an ideal example of the classic top level manager taking on the responsibility of decision, communication, and information needed to project her company as a serious competitor, ready for today's gl...
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...e locations for Canada - BC.
If interested, the Body Shop Web Site can be located at:
http://www.the-body-shop.com/contents.html
In conclusion, The Body Shop has a very effective style of management with Anita
Roddick still in control of the planning, leading, organizing, and making decisions for all the franchise stores. The general management views and culture are responsive to the needs of their employees and their customers. The Body
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Nursing theories are the backbone of nursing. They are very important in the application of evidence-based practice (EBP). Furthermore, they help to improve not only the quality of care that we are providing to our patients but, they can also help us make better clinical decisions. The theory that I am interested in is Hildegard Peplau's theory. It is a middle range theory that focuses on interpersonal relations. This theory teaches us on how to interact with our patients so that they feel more in control of their treatment. In this paper, I will be talking about the importance of nursing, the summary of Peplau's theory, and how nurse practitioners can apply it.
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Health has been acknowledged as fundamental human right and oral health is a vital part of overall health and can be called the first line of contact to the human body. Behavioral and social factors significantly impact oral health. Diet, oral hygiene practices, pain control, treatment adherence, dental anxiety, oral health knowledge and literacy, access to healthcare and dental insurance, as well as other socioeconomic factors, are some of the many behavioral and social oral health-related issues. Americans are enjoying increasing level of oral health. However, oral health improvements and dental care services are not being experienced evenly across the population. The poor, some racial and ethnic minorities, institutionalized elderly people
Nursing theory provides the basics for nursing practice and makes it more meaningful. Nursing theory is necessary for the nursing profession because it serves as a foundation for nursing knowledge, enhances nursing practice and strengthens the focus of care. It helps guide the nursing practice and provide the framework that supports in decision making, planning care and interpreting evidenced-based data and evaluate outcomes. Many well-known nursing theorists made an impact in the nursing profession. This paper will discuss nursing theorist Hildegard Peplau and her theory of interpersonal relations.
Traditionally, cheerleaders have not always competed, and many people do not consider routines to be a “sport” like basketball or football. Mariah Burton Nelson, author of “The Stronger Women Get, The More Men Love Football: Sexism and the American Culture of Sports.” believes that cheerleading should not be considered a sport. Nelson states “Cheerleaders are not athletes as long as their primary position is along the sidelines.” (Is Cheerleading a Sport? par. 7). Many people fail to realize that cheerleaders do much more than just cheer on the sidelines. Many high school and college cheerleaders compete in addition to sideline cheering. The article “Is Cheerleading a Sport?” states “Unlike traditional cheerleading, competitive cheerleading featured acrobatic stunts that often required intense practice and considerable athletic ability. Furthermore, competitive cheering teams did not simply ‘root’ for football and basketball teams, but rather battled other cheer teams in national tournaments.” (Is Cheerleading a Sport? par. 4) As a former competitive cheerleader, I have experienced first hand just how hard competitive cheering can be. All of the rigours routines and long practices would leave me aching and exhausted just like any other sport
The growth expansion of the firm was too rapid and sales, margin and stock prices began to decline as a result. The growth rate quickly declined as competitors such as Bath & Body Works flooded the market. This decrease in market share led to poor decision making by the owner. The Body Shop quickly saturated the market and began to dilute their brand name. It quickly became a mass-market line franchised to every suburban shopping mall and street corner.
Hildegard Peplau was a president of the American Nurses Association that developed the theory of interpersonal relations. When the theorist discusses interpersonal relationships, Hildegard Peplau describes a relationship of two or more people that attempt to reach the same objective. This theory defines person, environment, health, and nursing, identifies the roles of a nurse, and discusses four phases of the interpersonal relationship. The marvelous aspect of this theory is how it relates nursing care to a therapeutic art form of healing individuals with illnesses and depression. Exceptional nursing care is truly an art form that is specifically modified based on an individual’s health need. There are multiple concepts in Hildegard Peplau’s Theory of interpersonal relationships, one concept states that the nurse and patient bloom into well-informed and experienced individuals by working together ("Nursing Theories," 2012). In this theory, both the patient and the nurse, rely on each other to develop these characteristics while in the process of reaching the common goal, such as relieving symptoms of depression. Another concept of Peplau’s theory is that to reach a desired objective, one must take a sequence of actions that follow a pattern. According to Peplau’s theory, the definition of a person is one that attempts to decrease his or her anxiety that is caused by his or her needs. One would think the definition of the person relates more to the patient than the nurse in this theory as patients typically experience a multitude of essential emotional needs. There are numerous diverse roles of the nurse that are accurately described in this theory, including leader, teacher, resource, counselor, surrogate, mediator, safety agent, and leader ("Nursing Theories," 2012). Nursing
The text will provide an analysis of Peplau’s interpersonal relationships theory and its impact on patient care. In this analysis, a discussion of an advanced clinical practice concern will be provided. Application of Peplau’s theory will be presented as a resolution to the identified concern. Lastly, a summary of the nursing theory and concern will be given followed by a self-reflection of acquired knowledge in respect to theory application.
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When looking at Willy Loman, his character is seen to be surefire that he is a great salesman. Being good at his job is what he
Planning is the foremost step of any organization. This is the base on which next step formed in an institute. Without planning does not decide anything. It includes resources, strategies, goals, objectives, needs, set standards and so on. Planning provides a direction to the manager, reduce waste from work
Petersen, P. E. (2009). Global policy for improvement of oral health in the 21st century–implications to oral health research of World Health Assembly 2007, World Health Organization. Community dentistry and oral epidemiology, 37(1), 1-8.
The purpose of this paper is to discuss Hildegard Peplau’s interpersonal relations theory with an application to a case study. Peplau’s career as a nurse theorist will also be discussed along with an examination of her theory.
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