A SWOT Analysis Of Dunkin Donuts Business That Sell Food Products - 550 Words

A SWOT Analysis Of Dunkin Donuts Business That Sell Food Products (Other (Not Listed) Sample) Content: Name Professor Task SWOT analysis of Dunkin Donuts Dunkin Donuts is a business which sells beverages and food to the locals near a place where I stay. The main product offered in this business that is beverages and food. The strengths of this business are the excellent knowledge of the staff about the product which is offered by the business. The staff has managed to comprehend the procedure and ingredients the food and beverages are made from. This enables then to respond appropriately to any question a customer may ask in regard to the product being sold. The location of the business is strategically which give the business an advantage. The business is located at a town where there is a wide variety of customers who make the business to record high sales. The main weakness of this business is frequent breakdown of the equipment which makes some drinks not to be available in the business for most of the days. This makes the business not only to lose the revenue but also the...

Common Land and Property Terms Definitions and Examples

The land and property industry has its own language. Many words, idioms, and phrases are based on the law, while others are more common words that have a certain meaning when used in relation to land and property records, either current or historical. Understanding this special terminology is essential for correctly interpreting the meaning and purpose of any individual land transaction. Acknowledgment A formal statement at the end of a deed certifying the validity of the document. â€Å"Acknowledgement† of a deed implies that the interested party was physically in the courtroom on the day that the deed was recorded to swear to the authenticity of his signature.   Acre A unit of area; in the United States and England, an acre is equal to 43,560 square feet (4047 square meters). This is equal to 10 square chains or 160 square poles. 640 acres equals one square mile. Alien To convey or transfer unrestricted ownership of something, usually land, from one person to another.   Assignment A transfer, typically in writing, of right, title, or interest in property (real or personal).   Call The compass direction or â€Å"course† (e.g. S35W—South 35) and distance (e.g. 120 poles) that denotes a line in a metes and bounds survey.   Chain A unit of length, often used in land surveys, equal to 66 feet, or 4 poles. A mile is equal to 80 chains. Also called a Gunters chain. Chain Carrier (Chain Bearer) A person who assisted the surveyor in measuring land by carrying the chains used in a property survey. Often a chain carrier was a member of the landowner’s family or  a trusted friend or neighbor. The chain carrier’s names sometimes appear on the survey.   Consideration The amount or consideration given in exchange for a piece of property. Convey/Conveyance The act (or documentation of the act) of transferring legal title in a piece of property from one party to another.   Curtesy Under common law, curtesy is a husband’s life interest upon the death of his wife in the real property (land) that she solely owned or inherited during their marriage, if they had children born alive capable of inheriting the estate. See Dower for the wife’s interest in the property of her deceased spouse.   Deed A written agreement conveying  real property  (land) from one person to another, or transferring title, in exchange for a specified term called the  consideration. There are several different types of deeds including: Deed of Gift  -  A deed transferring real or personal property for something other than the normal consideration. Examples include a token amount of money (e.g. $1) or for â€Å"love and affection.†Ã‚  Deed of Lease and Release  -  A form of conveyance in which the lessor/grantor first transfers usage of the property by lease to the lessee/grantee for a short-term and token consideration, followed within a day or two by execution of a release of his right to recover the property at the end of the lease, in exchange for a specified consideration that more accurately reflects the true value of the property. Together the two documents act, in effect, as a traditional deed of sale. The lease and release was a fairly common form of conveyance in England and in some American colonies, to circumvent laws of the Crown.  Deed of Partition  - a Legal document used to divide property among several people. Often seen in wills where it is used to divide property among multiple heirs.Deed of Trust  -  An instrument, similar to a mortgage, in which the legal title to real property is temporarily conveyed to a trustee to secure the repayment of a debt or fulfillment of other conditions. If the borrower defaults on the requirements, the property is forfeit; the trustee may transfer the property to the lender, or sell the land to clear the debt. A trust deed may sometimes be called a  security deed. Some states use trust deeds in place of mortgages.  Quitclaim Deed  -  A record of the release from a seller to a buyer of all rights or claim, real or perceived, in a piece of property. This does not guarantee that the seller is the sole owner, thus only covers relinquishment of all  rights,  or even possible rights, held by the seller; not the absolute title to the land. A quitclaim deed is most often used to clean up title to a property after the owner has died; for example, several heirs may quitclaim their shares of their parent’s land t o another heir.  Warranty Deed  -  A deed in which the grantor guarantees clear title to the property, and can defend the title against challenges. Look for language such as â€Å"warrant and defend.† The warranty deed is the most common type of American deed.   Devise To give or bequeath land, or real property, in a will. In contrast, the words bequeath and bequest refer to the disposition of  personal property. We  devise  land; we  bequeath  personal property. Devisee The person to whom land, or real property, is given or bequeathed in a will. Devisor A person giving or bequeathing land, or real property, in a will. Dock To curtail or diminish; the legal process in which a court changes or â€Å"docks† an entail to land held in fee simple. Dower Under common law, a widow was entitled to a life interest in one-third of all land owned by her husband during their marriage, a right referred to as dower. When a deed was sold during the time of the couple’s marriage, most areas required the wife to sign a release of her dower right before the sale could become final; this dower release is usually found recorded with the deed. Dower laws were modified in many locations during the Colonial era and following American independence (e.g. a widow’s dower right might only apply to land owned by the husband at the time of his death), so it is important to check the statutes in place for the particular time and locality. See Curtesy for the husband’s interest in the property of his deceased spouse.   Enfeoff Under the European feudal system, enfeoffment was the deed that conveyed land to a person in exchange for a pledge of service. In American deeds, this word more commonly appears with other boilerplate language (e.g. grant, bargain, sell, alien, etc.) referring only to the process of transferring possession and ownership of property.   Entail To settle or limit the succession to real property to specified heirs, generally in a manner different from that set out by law; to create a Fee Tail.   Escheat Reversion of property from an individual back to the state by reason of default. This was often for reasons such as property abandonment or death with no qualified heirs. Most often seen in the original 13 colonies.   Estate The degree and duration of an individual’s interest in a tract of land. The type of estate may have genealogical significance—see Fee Simple, Fee Tail (Entail), and Life Estate.   et al. Abbreviation of et alii, Latin for â€Å"and others†; in deed indexes this notation may indicate that there are additional parties to the deed not included in the index.   et ux. Abbreviation of et uxor, Latin for â€Å"and wife.†Ã‚   et vir. A Latin phrase that translates to â€Å"and man,† generally used to refer to â€Å"and husband† when a wife is listed before her spouse. Fee Simple Absolute title to property without any limitation or condition; ownership of land that is inheritable. Fee Tail An interest or title in real property that prevents the owner from selling, dividing, or devising the property during his lifetime, and requires that it descend to a particular class of heir, typically lineal descendants of the original grantee (e.g. â€Å"the male heirs of his body forever†). Freehold Land owned outright for an indeterminate duration, rather than leased or held for a specified period.      Grant or Land Grant The process by which land is transferred from a government or proprietor to the first private owner or title holder of a piece of property. See also:  patent. Grantee A person who buys, purchases or receives property. Grantor A person who sells, gives or transfers property. Gunters Chain A 66-foot measuring chain, formerly used by land surveyors. A Gunters chain is subdivided into 100 links, marked off into groups of 10 by brass rings used to assist with partial measurements. Each link is 7.92 inches long.  See also: chain. Headright The right to a grant of certain acreage in a colony or province—or the certificate granting that right—often awarded as a means of encouraging immigration to and settlement within that colony. Headrights could be sold or assigned to another individual by the person eligible for the headright. Hectare A unit of area in the metric system equal to 10,000 square meters, or about 2.47 acres. Indenture Another word for â€Å"contract† or â€Å"agreement.† Deeds are often identified as indentures. Indiscriminate Survey A survey method used in the U.S. State Land  states which uses natural land features, such as trees and streams, as well as distances and adjoining property lines to describe plots of land. Also called metes and bounds or indiscriminate metes and bounds. Lease A contract conferring possession of land, and any profits of the land, for life or a certain period as long as the terms of the contract (e.g. rent) continue to be met. In some cases the contract of the lease may allow the lessee to sell or devise the land, but the land still reverts to the owner at the end of the specified period. Liber Another term for a book or volume. Life Estate or Life Interest The right of an individual to certain property only during their lifetime. He or she cannot sell or devise the land to someone else. After the individual dies, the title transfers according to law, or the document which created the life interest. American widows often had a life interest in a portion of their late husband’s land (dower). Meander In a metes and bounds description, a meander refers to the natural run of a land feature, such as the â€Å"meanders† of a river or creek. Mesne Conveyances Pronounced â€Å"mean,† mesne means â€Å"intermediate,† and indicates an intermediate deed or conveyance in the chain of title between the first grantee and the present holder. The term â€Å"mesne conveyance† is generally interchangeable with the term â€Å"deed.† In some counties, particularly in the coastal South Carolina region, you’ll find deeds registered in the Office of Mesne Conveyances. Messuage A dwelling house. A â€Å"messuage with appurtenances† transfers both the house, but also the buildings and gardens belonging to it. In some deeds the use of â€Å"messuage† or â€Å"messuage of land† appears to indicate land with an accompanying dwelling house. Metes and Bounds Metes and bounds is a system of describing land by specifying the exterior boundaries of the property using compass directions (e.g. â€Å"N35W,† or 35 degrees west of due north), markers or landmarks where the directions change (e.g. a red oak or â€Å"Johnson’s corner†), and linear measurement of the distance between these points (usually in chains or poles). Mortgage A mortgage is a conditional transfer of property title contingent on repayment of a debt or other conditions. If conditions are met within the specified period, the title remains with the original owner.    Partition The legal process by which a parcel or lot of land is divided between several joint owners (e.g. siblings who jointly inherited the land of their father upon his death). Also called a â€Å"division. Patent or Land Patent An official title to land, or certificate, transferring land from a colony, state, or other governmental body to an individual; transfers ownership from the government to the private sector.  Patent  and  grant  are often used interchangeably, although grant typically refers to the exchange of land, while patent refers to the document officially transferring the title. See also:  land grant. Perch A unit of measurement, used in the metes and bounds survey system, equal to 16.5 feet. One acre equals 160 square perches. Synonymous with  pole  and  rod. Plat A map or drawing showing the outline of an individual tract of land (noun). To  make a drawing or plan from a metes and bounds land description  (verb). Pole A unit of measurement, used in the  metes and bounds  survey system, equal to 16.5 feet, or 25 links on a surveyors chain. One acre equals 160 square poles. 4 poles make a  chain. 320 poles make a mile. Synonymous with  perch  and  rod. Power of Attorney A  power of attorney  is a document giving a person the right to act for another person, usually to transact specific business, such as the sale of land. Primogeniture The common law right for the first-born male to inherit all real property upon the death of his father. When a deed between father and son did not survive or was not recorded, but later deeds document the son selling more property than he bought, it is possible that he inherited through primogeniture. Comparing deeds of possible fathers for a matching property description may help to determine the father’s identity. Processioning Determining the boundaries of a tract of land by physically walking them in the company of an assigned  processioner  to confirm markers and bounds and renew the property lines. Owners of adjoining tracts often chose to attend the processioning as well, to protect their vested interest. Proprietor An individual granted ownership (or partial ownership) of a colony along with the full prerogatives of establishing a government and distributing land. Public Land States The thirty U.S. states formed from the public domain make up the public land states: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Quitrent A set fee, payable in money or in kind (crops or products) depending on the location and time period, that a landholder paid a landowner annually in order to be free (â€Å"quit†) of any other rent or obligation (more of a tithe than a tax). In the American colonies, quitrents were generally small amounts based on total acreage, collected mainly to symbolize the authority of the proprietor or king (the grantor). Real Property Land and anything which is attached to it, including buildings, crops, trees, fences, etc. Rectangular Survey The system used primarily in  public land states  in which property is surveyed prior to grant or sale into 36-square-mile townships, subdivided into 1-square-mile sections, and further subdivided into half sections, quarter sections, and other fractions of sections. Rod A unit of measurement, used in the metes and bounds survey system, equal to 16.5 feet. One acre equals 160 square rods.  Synonymous with  perch  and  pole. Sheriff ’s Deed/Sheriff ’s Sale The forced sale of an individual’s property, usually by court order to pay debts. After appropriate public notice, the sheriff would auction the land to the highest bidder. This type of deed will often be indexed under the sheriff ’s name or just â€Å"sheriff,† rather than the former owner. State Land States The original thirteen American colonies, plus the states of Hawaii, Kentucky, Maine, Texas, Tennessee, Vermont, West Virginia, and parts of Ohio. Survey The plat (drawing and accompanying text) prepared by a surveyor showing the boundaries of a tract of land; to determine and measure the boundaries and size of a piece of property. Title Ownership of a specific tract of land; the document stating that ownership. Tract A specified area of land, sometimes called a parcel. Vara A unit of length used throughout the Spanish speaking world with a value of about 33 inches (the Spanish equivalent of the yard). 5,645.4 square  varas  equal one acre. Voucher Similar to a  warrant. Usage varies by time and locality. Warrant A document or authorization certifying the individual’s right to a certain number of acres in a certain area. This entitled the individual to hire (at his own cost) an official surveyor, or to accept a prior survey.

Essay about Information Processing Theory - 1186 Words

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Question: Discuss About The Organizational Culture Management Theories? Answer: Introduction Ursula Burns was the Ex-Chairwoman of Xerox Corporations since 2010 and was ex-CEO from 2009 to 2016. She was the first African-American woman who headed Fortune 500 Company. She succeeded Anne Mulcahy and became the 22nd most powerful woman in the world as rated by Forbes. She led a workforce of more than 140,000 employees who served clients over 160 companies. She exhibited missionary leadership style where she encouraged her employees to give their best and reflected optimistic personality. Therefore, the following report involves the exploration of the chosen leader, Ursula Marketing, leadership style and theories, organizational culture and change management theories. Ursula Burns: Leadership style Ursula Burns started her career at Xerox in 1980 when she joined as summer intern and joined the company permanently in 1981. In January 1990, she made an unexpected turn and became senior executive. Later in June, she became the executive assistant to chairperson and finally chief executive. In 2009, she became the CEO and continued until May 2010. She got married to Lloyd Bean residing at Manhattan (Humphrey 2013). Gone are those days of autocratic dictation and Ursula Burns is the prime example. Her recruitment as CEO marked the major milestones. She became the first African-American woman, CEO of an esteemed organization and secondly, she became the first woman to succeed another woman at the top position of such a large size company. Her leadership trait exhibited authenticity and self-awareness. Her positive personality resonated with her employees and the community. She is humble, open and grounded. She has profound knowledge about technology along with sharp humour, frankness and willingness to take challenges. She is an example of such kind of leaders who is not egocentric and self-serving, rather assertive in helping the employees (Byrnes and Crockett 2009). The missionary leadership style of Ursula is aimed at aspiring to succeed and significance. She believed that it is important to build something original, meaningful rather than winning and beating others in the competition. It is about making an impact and difference rather than making money. Her leadership style depicts that human values are important driving success rather than economic value. Therefore, she is different from the classic entrepreneurs and take risks, although, it is short-term and makes less impact than expected. This set her apart from the other leaders who just run the companies, but she aims to run the company to a cause. Helping others and human values are the things that matter in this leadership style. She prioritizes the building of relationships rather than making money and business. She reflected on her own values, morals and priorities in life (Shambora 2009). The power of leadership that she possess is built upon values, honesty and being straightforward. She has the power of culture that helped her to succeed in her business. The good times are strengthened, diversified teamwork and changing the bad times became the culture itself in the organization. This is the reason missionary style helped her to know the employees and motivate them to know what they are. This power of vision helped her to get gain the highest success and exceed forward. When they shared a common goal, it recognized the power of people and helped them serve customers better making them the centre to everything. She understood the value of leadership being honest, consistent and forceful (Gilbert, Eyring and Foster 2012). Ursula Burns followed unique leadership traits that made her a successful leader as she listens to her employees, authentic, measure goals for better outcomes in making decisions and help employees to enjoy their job so that they can have most success. Reddins 3-D Theory (Missionary) This theory was developed through the modification of Blake and Monton Managerial Grid Theory. It explains that in missionary leadership style, the individual enjoys a friendly relationship with others in the organization. This leadership style was adopted by Ursula Burns where she valued her employees and involved them in the decision making process. According to this theory, the missionary style is unique that believes in harmony and value humanity. It is a supportive and an effective approach where it emphasizes on promoting positive climate and congeniality at the workplaces. The missionary style leaders try to keep their employees happy and provide supportive behaviour rather than defensive counterpart (Bonilla-Rodriguez 2016). From the Reddins 3-D theory of management, missionary leadership style is the empowerment of others working in harmony. The goal of this type of leadership is to become critical thinkers who empower staffs and involve them in the decision-making process. The leader creates a collective purpose and become active members in the organization. Committed and creative staffs are the most important asset as compared to the development brought by an administrator (Limbare 2012). With the same vision, Ursula Burns brought the highly motivated employees together, each with a common vision and moulded them into a team with single vision. This task is challenging, yet rewarding where all the employees are set out to work impossible against odds and a team is formed that have sense of fulfilment and successful. She promoted vision, directed people, promoted good working condition and work together to pursue the companys wishes and goals (Pawar 2014). Criticism of missionary leadership style However, this missionary leadership style is less effective than other leadership style. Audit are charismatic leaders who are proven activators, however they lack follow-through in terms of execution. These leaders might miss on the practical and finer technical details as they focus on human relationships and values. They are also criticised as self-promoting leaders, however, it has its own strengths. They inspire their followers to act and head towards the goals. The key phrase for these leaders is working together that helps them to connect together and work in achieving goals (Pea-Acua 2017). This is the reason Ursula Burns is highly appealing to her followers and her leadership style help to forge lasting relationships in business. As these leaders respect human values, they are easily approachable and help to build strong relationships with the followers. Transformational leadership theory Missionary leadership style aligns with the transformational leadership where the leaders and their followers work together to achieve the highest level of motivation and morality. They are driven by commitment to the cause and convictions. The transformational leaders set clear goals and have high expectations from the employees and organization. Ursula Burns and her ideas went into process that helped her to become a transformational leader by creating a clear vision that is inspiring and far-sighted (Garca-Morales, Jimnez-Barrionuevo and Gutirrez-Gutirrez 2012). She motivated her people to deliver the vision by building trustworthy and strong relationships. This leadership theory explains that the leaders create a high performing workforce and inspire people to work beyond the requirements of the task. The transformational leaders have a charismatic appeal who works with people to change the way an organization works (Sadeghi and Pihie 2012). There is a consistent mission, vision, and leader guide follower by giving them a sense of challenge and meaning. They are creative and innovative in nature that encourage ideas from people and focus on problems rather than on the blaming part. This made her a transformational leader where she motivated her employees and pulled the organization from brink of failure. Followers and Organizational change To follow the missionary leadership style was not easy for Mrs Burns. They have to face resistance and challenges in building an effective team of motivated employees. When she joined as the CEO of Xerox Corporations, she put all her leadership advice into test. She did not try to put an end to all the problems, rather tried to find solutions. She started building her teams and set a clear picture of the hurdles that Xerox is experiencing from outside. There was a lot of change witnessed at the Company and she tried to build a great and diverse team whom she can trust, listen and get honest critic on which she could rely on. She believed in trusting and listening to her team that she considered is the key to success and helped her become an effective leader (Cornileus 2013). Employees at Xerox greeted her with open heart as she created a philosophy on how to grab opportunity and take individual responsibilities. She made people work, think and talk together so that they can be brough t into discussion and propose a clear vision. She made her followers believe that an insider (employee) can bring the change rather than an outsider and that brought incomparable institutional knowledge and deep well of trust and respect in the organization (Lee et al. 2014). Every organization has a culture depending on its diversity and strength influencing behaviour and attitude of the organization. To change something, resistance and barriers are encountered at every step. Organizational culture is defined as the system of meaning that are shared by the employees distinguishing one from the other organizations. When she joined as CEO, she brought about two changes in the organization by taking initiatives in two directions: getting Xerox into the domain of information technology and in 2011, she introduced the Xerox Cloud that includes business process management and mobile printing. She also took initiative for the cultural change management from terminal niceness to embracing frankness and risk-taking (nytimes.com 2017). The old Xerox culture of terminal niceness offers counter production to growth and innovation. She maintained a delicate balance between frankness and civility that requires humility. This made a change at Xerox where employees were open, honest and decisive. She focused on innovation and inculcated the risk-taking behaviour in her employees. The decisions taken within the organization is people and team oriented so that the outcomes have positive effects on the people. She believed that where one is, is not the person one is. One has to perform his or her own responsibilities and that she tried to make the Xerox culture. Ursula had to face many challenges from the competitors like digital imaging and so the company had to focus on the information technology and client services business. She was able to establish this transition as there was diversity of ranks and opinions within the diversified workforce in the organization. Ursulas leadership style greatly motivated her employees and that led to the productivity at Xerox and sustainable business. The main leadership trait of Ursula is that she instilled self-motivation and transformed the employees towards the accomplishment of organizational goals (businesstoday.in 2017). Change management Ursula Burns followed the theory of being nice to neighbours that means to run a successful business; one has to maintain good relations on a global basis. This led to the sustainability and became a part of customer value proposition as well as the associated working communities. The diverse workforce along with active, passionate, dedicated and engaged workforce helped to manage the change that was initiated in the organization. She made a diversified and leading workforce that worked to sustain the change and maintain position at the Fortune 500. The repositioning and change brought in the organization was strong and fast enough being sustained and confirmed (Cuthbertson, Furseth and Ezell 2015). It offered a brand new range of opportunities and growth for the employees and organization as a whole. The diversification and community engagement helped the company to manage and sustain change in the organization. This diversity was the key success for Xerox that helped the company to achieve its societal and financial goals. Xerox is more than a photocopying company now. Employees at Xerox have a sense of importance in the decision-making that led to a profitable, sustainable and successful business (Ndubuizu and Britton 2016). Conclusion Missionary leadership style of Ursula operated in a way where the employees received positive motivation for performing well. Her leadership style worked well as she possess personality trait to bring out the best in her employees. She exhibited missionary leadership style where she encouraged her employees to give their best and reflected optimistic personality. 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