AST1/Task 1 Tiare Rush Student ID#000305228 Strategies for Motivating Scooter Dealerships Company S is excited to be ready to enter the motor scooter market with our newly engineered scooter with much better fuel economy than all of our biggest rivals. Although our scooters cost a fraction more than the ones on the market today, we believe that the value added will make our company successful. I have identified here several strategies to help motivate the dealerships to help us to move our product. 1. Avoid Taking Business from your Dealerships Our partnerships with our dealerships are built out of trust.
When my family and I first bought our family car I was very excited; I imagined it would bring us great joy. The purchase actually turned out to be one of the greatest buys of my life, the car proved to be extremely useful, almost as if it was a necessity. I do recall another purchase that I thought would bring me great joy but really did not; this was when we bought our home. Initially the happiness I imagined I would receive was great but in reality the purchase turned out to bring about a lot of pressure. All in all I realized buying the material you dream of does not necessarily guarantee happiness; sometimes the happiness you imagine turns out to merely be an illusion.
They want to be able to trust the dealer in knowing that I got a good deal. At the same, the co-signer would want to be able to trust me in know that I will make the payments as planned. Co-signer is putting themselves out there fully trusting me. So, if I do not make the payments, it falls back on co-signer which could pose a lot of stress on both that person and me. For the car dealer, as far as economic outcome, I feel what matters most is that they made a good profit from their customer, in other words, they got the money (Curhan, Elfenbein, & Xu, 2006).
These overall improvements have been a step in the right direction for Lowes’ future. These improvements however do cost money but like every good business man or woman knows to make money you sometimes have to spend it. So this can affect Lowes financial planning in the present and future, currently sales and profits have grown because of the new mobile devices therefore the risk factors are minimized due to the knowledge that these improvements are working but Lowes must continue to analyze the cost for these new improvements every year make sure these things do not become a financial burden. Therefore cost analysis is one factor that can affect the financial planning of the company also minimizing the use of these devices to only the stores is another factor that needs to be considered in the financial planning process. Spending money on training of these devices are also factors that must be considered this takes employees time and cost the company man hours and thus money that could be spent on other things.
Most of the time the prices are higher than the rest of the other companies for product, but Zappos offers their customers a different experience. Zappos is able to maximize profits in this market because this company figured out how to dominate with their morals they have created. Zappos focused on how to provide wowing services to online customers. This is a company that knows they have to constantly change and embrace it. Zappos owners wanted his company to be fun and weird, making sure to stay adventurous with an open mind.
On the other hand, Bobby found trade off his physical sense better option. Being “Pretty Boy”, he always longed for “entertainment” and fame more than anything else. By participating in research, he not only fulfilled his desires, but also is contributing towards a phenomenal project which opened doors to new dimension change the perception of whole world. Thus for “Pretty Boys” with moral ethics similar to Bobby, they were better off in virtual world inspite of losing their physical
He becomes quite good at stock investments and lives life luxuriously, buying a car and flaunting material objects around. Whereas, Dunstan, though having a good amount of money after selling his inheritance, lives much simpler. He put his money into good use – education – and even works jobs in the summer to avoid dipping into his school fund. Even though he has a fair amount of money, he lives humbly and never boasts with it. Boy is known to be very youthful, as his new name suggests, and he is thought of as very physically attractive, glowing in his appearance.
For those of us who didn’t grow up in the most sturdy and high incomes, seem to care a lot more for things that they acquired by working hard for their own money. Personally, I don’t have a lot; not to say I don’t strive for better things for myself. Just to paint a more vivid picture; everything I own can fit in the trunk of a car, and the material possession I value the most is my Xbox, not because it’s a highly popular game console, but it’s the first thing I bought with my own money. Other than that, I really don’t care for money, its something one must seek to survive in a materialistic world. You don’t always have to spend, spend, spend to have fun, fun , fun.
Just as the novel mentions, “he spoke as if Daisy’s reaction was the only thing that mattered.” (Fitzgerald, 2001: 192) Gatsby is nimble and ambitious in making money, which shows the “sagacity” of modern people, but towards love he gives us the impression of “a naive young man.” The reader may wonder what makes Gatsby great? Gatsby is great because of his loyalty to love. He has the desire to repeat the past, and the desire for money. For Gatsby, Daisy is the soul of his dreams. He believes he can regain Daisy.
Reflected appraisal has a huge impact on ones own self worth. Having high self esteem helps people accomplish their goals and helps them to communicate well with others. The biggest influence on our self-esteem is the reflection on how other people view our self worth. One way to have a positive self perception of ourselves is to be around positive people who won't drag you down. Making sure I have A good viewpoint of myself I know I can accomplish my goals and dreams.