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Case Study: Hard Rock Café's Global Strategy

Read about the Hard Rock Café's Global Strategy  You can also read more about its strategy on pages 55–56 in your textbook. Once you have read the case study, answer the questions below.

Case Study Questions

1. Identify the strategic changes that have taken place at Hard Rock Cafe since its founding in 1971.
2. As Hard Rock Cafe has changed its strategy, how has its responses to some the 10 decisions of OM changed?

Hard Rock brings the concept of the “experience economy” to its cafe operation. The strategy incorporates a unique “experience” into its operations. This innovation is somewhat akin to mass customization in manufacturing. At Hard Rock, the experience concept is to provide not only a custom meal from the menu but a dining event that includes a unique visual and sound experience not duplicated anywhere else in the world. This strategy is succeeding. Other theme restaurants have come and gone while Hard Rock continues to grow. As Professor C. Markides of the London Business School says, “The trick is not to play the game better than the competition, but to develop and play an altogether different game.”* At Hard Rock, the different game is the experience game.

* Constantinos Markides, “Strategic Innovation,” MIT Sloan Management Review 38, no. 3: 9.

From the opening of its first cafe in London in 1971, during the British rock music explosion, Hard Rock has been serving food and rock music with equal enthusiasm. Hard Rock Cafe has 40 U.S. locations, about a dozen in Europe, and the remainder scattered throughout the world, from Bangkok and Beijing to Beirut. New construction, leases, and investment in remodeling are long term; so a global strategy means special consideration of political risk, currency risk, and social norms in a context of a brand fit. Although Hard Rock is one of the most recognized brands in the world, this does not mean its cafe is a natural everywhere. Special consideration must be given to the supply chain for the restaurant and its accompanying retail store. About 48% of a typical cafe’s sales are from merchandise.

The Hard Rock Cafe business model is well defined, but because of various risk factors and differences in business practices and employment law, Hard Rock elects to franchise about half of its cafes. Social norms and preferences often suggest some tweaking of menus for local taste. For instance, Hard Rock focuses less on hamburgers and beef and more on fish and lobster in its British cafes.

Because 70% of Hard Rock’s guests are tourists, recent years have found it expanding to “destination” cities. While this has been a winning strategy for decades, allowing the firm to grow from one London cafe to 145 facilities in 60 countries, it has made Hard Rock susceptible to economic fluctuations that hit the tourist business hardest. So Hard Rock is signing a long-term lease for a new location in Nottingham, England, to join recently opened cafes in Manchester and Birmingham—cities that are not standard tourist destinations. At the same time, menus are being upgraded. Hopefully, repeat business from locals in these cities will smooth demand and make Hard Rock less dependent on tourists.

All key elements of the assignment are covered in a substantive way.

• Introduction
• Problem identification
• Analysis (pros and cons)
• Solution choice and rationale
• Conclusion

Week 5 individual assignment

Purpose of Assignment 

The purpose of this assignment is to develop students' abilities to combine the knowledge of descriptive statistics covered in Weeks 1 and 2 and one-sample hypothesis testing to make managerial decisions. In this assignment, students will learn how statistical analysis is used in predicting an election winner in the first case. In the second case, students will conduct a hypothesis test to decide whether or not a shipping plan will be profitable. 

Assignment Steps 

Resources: Microsoft Excel®, Case Study Scenarios, SpeedX Payment Times 

Develop a 700- to 1,050-word statistical analysis based on the Case Study Scenarios and SpeedX Payment Times. 

Include answers to the following: 

Case 1: Election Results 

• Use 0.10 as the significance level (α).

• Conduct a one-sample hypothesis test to determine if the networks should announce at 8:01 P.M. the Republican candidate George W. Bush will win the state. 

Case 2: SpeedX

• Use 0.10 and the significance level (α).

• Conduct a one-sample hypothesis test and determine if you can convince the CFO to conclude the plan will be profitable. 

Format your assignment consistent with APA format. 

Assignment Instructions

 Field Analysis and must use the book as reference to the paper

Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is to recognize sociological concepts at play in your lived experience.   Keeping a field log of your social and institutional experiences for one day, you will critically discuss how your daily life is shaped and constrained by society. This will allow you engage with many of the sociological concepts learned in class.

Writing expectations

The paper should be 4-6 typed pages, double-spaced, 12-point font, with 1" margins.  Remember to use APA format to cite and reference your sources.

A presentation that offers additional assistance in completing the assignment is available at https://prezi.com/view/DTakPcZ9NlkobNn93EMi/

Instructions

1) Observation 

Create a field log (example).  For one day, observe and record the key interactions and institutions in your lived experience.   Starting with waking up, who is the first person you talk to?  What do you do next- take family members to school, go to the gym, go to work and interact with coworkers?  Throughout the day you will take on different roles by interacting with different people and in different situations, and be in contact with different social institutions (education, government, health, etc). Type or photograph your field log and submit it with your written Assignment.

2) Application 

Try to wait one or more days before starting this step.  Revisit your field log and apply sociological analysis to your observations.

• Describe how our day is shaped and constrained by social norms. 
• Analyze how at least four sociological concepts learned in class (eg. roles, institutions, interactions, impression management, stage theory, emotional labor) apply to your field log observations.  This part of the paper should not be focused on the general social norms you described earlier, dig in with specific concepts in this from our text (refrain from using dictionaries).
• For at least two of the concepts, find and incorporate an appropriate source that highlights how sociologists study this concept in everyday society (for example, emotional labor in the restaurant industry).  Not sure what constitutes an appropriate source?  See our Announcement on this in the classroom- tips and a learning module are provided there.  For example, we discussed gender socialization:
  • In an article by Crespi (2011) that studied gender socialization and gender roles within the family, results showed that a cross-gender relationship between fathers and daughters, mothers and sons has emerged as significant in determining traditional and non-traditional gender attitudes. The research suggested that the relationship with the parent of the opposite sex could be a strong factor in reducing stereotyped attitudes regarding gender roles (Crespi, 2011). *Use a different example in your paper, the purpose here is to show your research skills rather than repeat my research skills.*

3)      Reflection

Reflect on your role as a larger part of society (i.e. your motives, instincts, feelings, and/or structural constraints).  Discuss ways other people affected you and the ways you affected others in the social experiences of your day.

Sample Field Log

Below is a brief field log to give you an idea of the social interactions and institutions you might look for in your day.  With the observations are sample course concepts that relate to the observations.  Be creative in exploring and applying concepts- we will all apply concepts differently even if the scenes we observe are very similar.

5:45am: Wake up, interact with children.

Gender roles, nuclear family, folkways

6:30am: Interact with spouse and children.  Eat breakfast, run, shower.

8:00am: Arrive at airport, check in interaction with airline customer service; interaction with TSA.

Social structure, bureaucracy, norms, mores, social control

9:00am: Wait with other passengers to board flight; purchase a drink at coffee shop; employees have a tip jar; a family sitting close by is watching the news and commenting on what they think is wrong with other cultures.

Emotional labor, ethnocentrism, Piaget’s stages of development

9:30am: On flight with family having a difficult time with small children; flight attendant offers to help them. 

Emotional labor, gender roles, family

12pm: Arrive at destination airport; drive two hours to see extended family.  Along the road there are farmers with fruit stands.  See homeless person asking for assistance in exchange for work. 

Poverty, inequality

4pm: Extended family arrives for potluck dinner; look at family photos together and share family memories.  Watch evening news-  local robbery and assault.

Social deviance, material culture

6pm: Stop at church to meet family friend, see a bible study group inside; lots of religious symbols; someone remarks on a new church being built to accommodate a different racial group.

Religion, race, monotheism

Assignment 3 meets the following course objectives:

• Apply a sociological perspective to the social world.
• Analyze contemporary social issues using the sociological imagination and use sociological theories and concepts to analyze everyday life.
• Recognize and define social structure and social interaction
• Explain the reciprocal relationship in the influence between societal and structural factors, individual behavior and the self's development

Chapter 1 – Discussion Question.Main Themes in Anatomy & Physiology. History. Scientific Method.Holism and Holistic Medicine.
Your discussion about Holism and Holistic Medicine, should contain your point of view in favor of this concept and the use of alternative medicine, or against it, and the reasons for your decision or opinion, advantages or disadvantages, risk and consequences, specific examples, etc.
Requirements:• Your discussion should be approximately 200 words.• Read and respond in approximately 100 words to one of your classmates in the discussion area.• Check spelling.

How has the Christian movement changed from its early beginnings when the Church was holding councils and discussing the theology of the Holy Trinity, to the Church in modern times? 

Topic: Environment and Planning

Take Exam and receive a passing grade. 

EXAM 1 

EXAM ONE QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT LECtURE 1 and Lecture 2. 

Lecture Note1. MGT-420 Lecture 1

Read Lecture 1.

MGT-420 Lecture 1 

Textbook1. Exploring Management

Read Chapters 1 and 2 in Exploring Management.

http://gcumedia.com/digital-resources/wiley/2013/exploring-management-custom_ebook_4e.php

2. Organizational Behavior

Read Chapter 1 in Organizational Behavior.

http://gcumedia.com/digital-resources/wiley/2013/organizational-behavior_ebook_13e.php

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Lecture Note1. MGT-420 Lecture 2

Read Lecture 2.

MGT420.L2_6-10-13.docxTextbook1. Exploring Management

Read Chapters 5, 16, and 17 in Exploring Management.

http://gcumedia.com/digital-resources/wiley/2013/exploring-management-custom_ebook_4e.php

2. Organizational Behavior

Read Chapter 9 in Organizational Behavior.

http://gcumedia.com/digital-resources/wiley/2013/organizational-behavior_ebook_13e.php

How do spiritual beliefs impact political ideologies and the policy process? How have they affected the health policy reform process? Using respectful communication, debate your response with two other classmates. Give examples and support your reasoning with appropriate references.

Create a 1,400 word analysis addressing the following: Identify one theory that appeals to you the most from the leadership theories discussed in your team and in the text.
 

Research two local companies: one in which the leadership seems to exemplify this leadership theory, and one that seems to be in direct contrast.
 Analyze how each leadership style might affect the respective company's performance and alignment to values. 
Discuss which leadership style to which you are most aligned. 
Discuss how you would practice this leadership style in your current work environment.
 If you are not currently employed, discuss how you would practice this style of leadership in a future job you might like to hold.
 

 Format the assignment consistent with APA  guidelines.

Write a paper of 750-1,000 words examining your personal values and beliefs. Include the following: APA format, 3 references

1. Describe your personal values and spiritual beliefs.
2. Using the elements of cost, quality, and social issues to frame your description, differentiate your beliefs and opinions about health care policy. Give examples of relevant ethical principles, supported by your values.
3. Analyze how factors such as your upbringing, spiritual or religious beliefs/doctrine, personal and professional experiences, and political ideology affect your current perspective on health care policy.
4. Examine any inconsistencies you discovered relative to the alignment of your personal values and beliefs with those concerning health policy. Discuss what insights this has given you.