Marginalized individuals in the community are most of the time stigmatized due to their condition.

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Introduction

Marginalized individuals in the community are most of the time stigmatized due to their condition. For this assignment, I chose to interview a homeless man who also happens to be an African American, due to this the man to whose name shall not be closed as he opted his name to be anonymous, he suffers double marginalization. During this interview, I chose four topics which were the main challenges faced by the homeless individuals, and these include; food and shelter insecurity, income insecurity, healthcare problems, and basic needs insecurity. There are multiple challenges faced by the homeless, but for this paper, it was better allocating some priorities as there are other problems faced by other ordinary people in society.

Exploration

Food and shelter are a crucial factor in a person’s life, and it is hard to live without them. Some time we don’t take our thoughts back and think of the less fortunate people, how do they get their daily food? How do they sleep at night? Do they feel secure? Before this interview, I completely had no idea of how these people live, where they get their food as well as how protected they are, due to this, I never had a reason to classify them as marginalized persons. But after listening to John, not his real name, I realized that there are lots of privileges that we people are accorded to and we fail to acknowledge them. In matters regarding food, it is unfortunate that there is no guarantee for any meal for homeless people. One day you might be lucky and get yourself a proper lunch donated by a well-wisher, but this does not continue for the rest of the days. According to John, “Most are the days that I have gone hungry, no breakfast, no lunch, and even dinner, it has been a hell of a situation. Sometimes I get lucky; someone may offer me some few dollars which I will use sparingly enough to take me for a week”.

Being an African American, John has not only higher chances of being denied food but also has a higher probability of being discriminated because he is black. John says that people around are not so much friendly and often ignore him, especially for the whites. He says that although they don’t show the hatred directly, the actions and facial expressions are an indication that he is not wanted. He says, “Some of my fellow homeless people are whites, but they receive better treatment from their fellow whites despite facing the same problem as me.” People experiencing homelessness do not have a place where they can call home and therefore spend their nights in homeless shelters, abandoned buildings, streets, or even accommodated by a friend to sleep in a couch. John is not lucky as he does not have a friend who can accommodate him and thus has a special place in the street where he calls home. There, John has a small mattress and a blanket that helps him fight against the cold nights waiting for the next day. The lack of shelter along with food insecurity that involves not knowing where the next meal will come from only makes it more difficult for the homeless people to get back to their feet and this is the case with John.

Unlike most people who are always assured to have a regular income, the case is different for the homeless. Many people experiencing homelessness do not have some income. However, there are some cases that they may be lucky to have some, but their income might come infrequently. For John, the situation is similar; he has an infrequent income. According to him, “I don’t have a stable income to boost my life, I mostly work as a garbage collector and the little I get help me secure some food. The problem with this job is that garbage collection in this area does not happen on daily basis and thus my income is not stable”. John cannot buy a home or rent because of the infrequent income as saving the money to find an apartment or rent is challenging as most of it is spent on food.

John says that most of the homeless people, especially those who he refers to as his community, are faced with major illnesses, but getting medical attention is the main problem they have been facing. John says that it has been difficult to pay for his insurance health coverage since he does not have enough, for him, food is a priority, and the same case happens for the rest of the homeless. Due to lack of access to healthcare, most of the homeless people die in the street and sometimes left disabled in case of recovery. When asked issues regarding the basic needs, John says that they suffer on chronic basis as most of them are deeply stricken by poverty. Accessing dry clothes, water, food, and warmth is a challenge as it is never guaranteed.

Research

Homelessness is caused by many factors and takes different forms. In this research, I found out that most of the people are homeless because they cannot afford rent (Pasquale, 2016). Most of the homeless people do not have a reliable income and in the event that they are unable to save enough money to cater for the basic needs and at the same time pay rent. The lack of affordable housing is one of the primary causes of homelessness. The government has cut its budget by over 50 percent in recent decades, and this has resulted in the loss of over 10,000 units of subsidized low-income housing every year. From this, the main fact about homelessness that emerges is that most people are homeless because they are unable to raise money for rent.

Domestic violence is another factor that can be attributed to the rising levels of homelessness in the United States (Rollinson & Pardeck, 2018). According to the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, more than 90% of homeless women are victims of severe physical and sexual abuse. Most of these women become homeless because they escaped abuse making it a contributing factor to homelessness. From this concept, the fact deduced is that domestic violence, whether physical or sexual is a contributing factor to homelessness, especially among women.

The government does not help much in reducing the number of homeless individuals (Lee, McGuire & Kim, 2018). There is enough public rental assistance to help about one out of every four households from extremely low-income. Most of the people who do not receive the help tend to be kept waiting for long in the lists. One of such examples is, Charlotte opened up their applications for public housing assistance for the first time in 14 years and to surprise, more than 10,000 people applied for aid in housing. The fact arising in this case, therefore, is that the government is capable of helping the homeless by providing grant and subsidies, but the fact remains that the government does not work to expectations.

Conclusion

The issue of homelessness has been controversial for decades with people claiming that those who are homeless are in that state in their will, but this is not the case. Various factors are responsible for homelessness that include domestic violence, irregular income, and lack of government support through policies. According to John, I learned that being homeless is like being in hell as they suffer from chronic lack of basic needs such as food, water, and clothing, not forgetting healthcare. I would recommend the government to change policies and at least provide the homeless with subsidies and jobs so that the number of homeless people can reduce from the street. Unfortunately, the number of veterans in the street is high, which as a shame to the government considering that these people dedicate their lives in protecting the nation.

References

Lee, D., McGuire, M., & Kim, J. H. (2018). Collaboration, strategic plans, and government performance: the case of efforts to reduce homelessness. Public Management Review, 20(3), 360-376.

Pasquale, F. (2016). The Disownership Society. Commonweal, 143(9), 24.

Rollinson, P. A., & Pardeck, J. A. (2018). Homelessness in rural America: Policy and practice. Routledge.

Lesson 8 Assignment

Lesson 8 Assignment

Answer question 5 in “Problems and Applications” from the end of chapter 7 (p. 156). You will want to answer questions 3 and 4 first, but you are not being asked here to submit detailed answers to those questions.

Question 5. Consider a market in which Bert from problem 3 is the buyer and Ernie from problem 4 is the seller.

a.Use Ernie’s supply schedule and Bert’s demand schedule to find the quantity supplied and quantity demanded at prices of $2, $4, and $6. Which of these prices brings supply and demand into equilibrium?

b.What are consumer surplus, producer surplus, and total surplus in this equilibrium?

c.If Ernie produced and Bert consumed one less bottle of water, what would happen to total surplus?

d. If Ernie produced and Bert consumed one additional bottle of water, what would happen to total surplus?

For part (a), please fill in the chart below with appropriate numbers.

Price Quantity

Demanded Quantity

Supplied

$2 $4 $6 For parts (b)–(d), please show your calculations.

3. It is a hot day, and Bert is very thirsty. Here is the value

he places on a bottle of water:

Value of first bottle $7

Value of second bottle 5

Value of third bottle 3

Value of fourth bottle 1

a. From this information, derive Bert’s demand

schedule. Graph his demand curve for bottled

water.

b. If the price of a bottle of water is $4, how many

bottles does Bert buy? How much consumer

surplus does Bert get from his purchases? Show

Bert’s consumer surplus in your graph.

c. If the price falls to $2, how does quantity demanded

change? How does Bert’s consumer surplus

change? Show these changes in your graph.

Answer:

a)

b) At the price of $4, Bert buys two bottles of water. The value of first bottle is $7 but pays only $4 for it, therefore consumer surplus = $7 – $4 = $3. Area A in the graph is consumer surplus. The value of second bottle is $5 but pays only $4 for it with a consumer surplus = $5 – $4 = $1. Hence, Bert’s total consumer surplus = $3 + $1 = $4, which is the area of A in the figure.

c) When the price of bottle falls from $4 to $2, Bert buys three bottles. The consumer surplus includes both area A and area B. Hence, the consumer surplus rises by $7 – $2 = $5.

4. Ernie owns a water pump. Because pumping large

amounts of water is harder than pumping small

amounts, the cost of producing a bottle of water rises as

he pumps more. Here is the cost he incurs to produce

each bottle of water:

Cost of first bottle $1

Cost of second bottle 3

Cost of third bottle 5

Cost of fourth bottle 7

a. From this information, derive Ernie’s supply

schedule. Graph his supply curve for bottled water.

b. If the price of a bottle of water is $4, how many

bottles does Ernie produce and sell? How much

producer surplus does Ernie get from these sales?

Show Ernie’s producer surplus in your graph.

c. If the price rises to $6, how does quantity supplied

change? How does Ernie’s producer surplus

change? Show these changes in your graph.

Answer:

When the price of bottle is $4, Ernie sells two bottles of water. The producer surplus is area A in the figure. He received $4 for the first bottle but the cost is only $1. Hence Ernie has producer surplus of $4 – $1 = $3. He receives $4 for the second bottle which costs $3 and hence the producer surplus = $4 – $3 = $2. Therefore, the total producer surplus = $3 + $1 = $4.

When the price of bottle increases from $4 to $6, Ernie sells three bottles of water. The producer surplus consists of area A and area B.

Producer surplus from 1st bottle = $6 – $1 = $5

Producer surplus from 2nd bottle = $6 – $3 = $3

Producer surplus from 3rd bottle = $6 – $5 = $1

Total producer surplus = $5 + $3 + $1 = $9

Hence, the producer surplus increases by $5.

5. Consider a market in which Bert from Problem 3 is the

buyer and Ernie from Problem 4 is the seller.

a. Use Ernie’s supply schedule and Bert’s demand

schedule to find the quantity supplied and quantity

demanded at prices of $2, $4, and $6. Which of

these prices brings supply and demand into

equilibrium?

b. What are consumer surplus, producer surplus, and

total surplus in this equilibrium?

c. If Ernie produced and Bert consumed one less

bottle of water, what would happen to total

surplus?

d. If Ernie produced and Bert consumed one

additional bottle of water, what would happen to

total surplus?

Answer:

a)

Price Quantity supplied Quantity demanded

$2 1 3

$4 2 2

$6 3 1

b) At price $4, consumer surplus = $4 and producer surplus = $4. Hence, total surplus = $4 + $4 = $8.

c) If Ernie produces one less bottle, the producer surplus would fall to $3 (from problem 4). If Bert produces one less bottle, the consumer surplus would fall to $ (from problem 3). Hence total surplus would fall to $3 + $3 = $6.

d) If Ernie produces one additional bottle, the producer surplus would fall by $5 – $4 = $1. If Bert produces one additional bottle, the consumer surplus would fall to $4 – $3 = $1. Hence, total surplus would fall to $1 + $1 = $2.

A Comparative Study of the ministry of Interior General Directorate of Residency and Foreign Affairs-Dubai with UK Government

A Comparative Study of the ministry of Interior General Directorate of Residency and Foreign Affairs-Dubai with UK Government

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1.0 Introduction

In the study, a comparison of both the UK government and the ministry of foreign affairs in Dubai is going to get elucidated. The two get selected so as to bring an insight of the real issues reigning in both countries. The paper will look at the chronicle of aspects, governance and politics, economy, environment and organization, performance and strategy. In two instances, the issues arising from the investigation is going to get highlighted. Discussion of the findings is going to follow and in the end a way forward, and conclusion done.

2.0 History

It is a city with a large population in UAE and follows Abu Dhabi in second place in terms of size. Situated in south-East of Persian-Gulf, it places the city in a hub for international investors. It is a cosmopolitan and is now an international city. Dubai’s oil profits assist speed up the initial growth of the town. However, its investments are inadequate. The generation intensities are minute: nowadays, less than five percent of the emirates’ proceeds originate from oil. Tourism, real estate, financial services, and aviation are not the emirate’s model trade driving the economy. The city of Dubai gives international investors an urge to come and invest. It has the world tallest high-rise buildings and skyscrapers. Besides the construction, the city has man-made islands as well as hotels coupled with big shopping malls. Even though, there are archaeological sites, the real inhabitants of UAE cannot get established. The town that was in the region was centers for trade between the western and eastern side. There are pre- Islamic arts such as the Umayyad arts depicting that people worshiped Bajar. The proximity to Iran makes it a suitable location for doing business and acted as a focal point for international tradesmen and was well known for its pearl trade (Davidson, 2008). Hence the ministry of Interior General Directorate of Residency and Foreign Affairs-Dubai get to look provisions of services on behave of government of Dubai. UK in history is known to set the pace for a number of countries during the period of colonization that spanned to various parts of the planet including Africa. They competed with France, Germany, and Portugal in territorial colonization (Rutherford, 2014).  The UK government has a website for assisting clients on any issues both residents and foreigners.

3.0 Structures

3.1 Governance

The nation of Dubai was ruled by Al Maktoum from 1833 and has been a monarchy where no election gets done apart from citizens taking part in the federal college election for federal national council of UAE. The municipality gets established for provision of services, and planning and has established e-government as one way of empowering the clients in service delivery. In the judicial system, the law enforcement consists of a civil court, criminal court, and has sharia court. All these are to act in different capacities for the sake of dispute resolutions in Dubai (Acuto, 2014). Owing to territorial and long period of governance, UK has a well-structured system of governance that gets emulated by many nations of the world especially those it colonized. Every country in UK has a separate system of governance grounded on devolved systems (Payne, & Phillips, 2014).

3.2 Economy and Business

The economy of Dubai gets erected on the basis of oil exploration. As at 2011, the GDP was approximated to be $83.4 billion. Currently, the revenues from oil and gas have gone down. It is approximated to be 7% with real estate taking the center stage with 22.6%; financial system is 11%, and trade is 16%. The decision of the government to invest in tourism in place of oil related task is valuable and thus people from diaspora get to come to Dubai in large numbers. The ministry provides guidance plan of how to start business, start with 51% ownership being the governments and the remaining is for the owner. In expansion of business, one needs to get establishment labor card, and immigration card and to employ large percent of local residents. The employees must get better pay and medical allowance to allow them get government card (Ahrens, 2014).

In comparison with Dubai, UK’s economy is very stable and is ranked as the sixth in the globe. It is a place in the planet with a soaring cost of living where only the able ones can survive. It has in recent time encountered migration of people especially from EU states who are members. The policy of EU member states permits people of these states to live and work freely by any member nation with no hindrances. The provide support on how to get business capital, property regulations, taxes, employees’ benefits, patents, and good/services and data protection (Sanders, 2005).

3.4 Business Environment

The environment in Dubai is conducive in the region of Gulf. It emanated to be so since the diversification shift from oil dependent to other sectors of growing the economy, and it has progressed over the years to the state it is at present. It has attractive sceneries for tourism and thus persons from diverse parts of the planet visit the region. There is safety owing to low crime rates. It is attributed to the proper security mechanisms put in place. The attractive issue in terms of career in the salaries that is motivating. It gets attributed to free income levy to employees’ wages guarded by the law. The lifestyle get advanced and people long to working in Dubai as it gives a fast track on career progression as well as skills acquired to work in multinational companies in the region. The ministry’s conditions in supporting foreign affairs are diverse. In order to support and foster their services, the ministry has set up their websites. It is where clients go when they require immediate assistance. Furthermore, since the ministry is in proximity to the heart of Dubai, it makes it more accessible to the people (Cummings, & Worley, 2014). 

UK governance has the most interesting atmosphere of freedom and free atmosphere. The clients and the employees are free to exchange ideas for the sake of the client. The liberty to ask one’s rights is the driving force in the system of governance. Devolution has made every this decentralized down to the people. In every country under UK, they have their governance. The organization is one that is down to up. It is the employee at the bottom who get to have a say. The top management acts as direction pointers based on views of people at the bottom. However, there are cases where the management must determine on what to get accomplished based on the transformations. Technology gets fully embraced with complete system automation (Choo, 2002).

3.5 Residents’ Information

In the residents tap, the ministry is doing great task in ensuring the people from diverse parts of the planet get their documents for residency and travel within Dubai in a very short time. The internet is one of the methods employed to give clients information that get required from time to time so as to avoid being acquainted on the bad hand of the law. It provides options of selecting schools, marriage, parenting, divorce, and job search. In comparison with UK, Dubai’s performance is still low. The crime reporting section gets highlighted. UK as well has an elaborate site with all elements that a client requires ranging from crime and justice, environment, housing, visas and immigration, working and jobs. It optimally presents their undertaking and efficiency is what clients enjoy most (Borman, & Motowidlo, 2014). 

3.6 The strategies Employed

In looking at the strategies, both Dubai ministry of foreign affairs and UK government gets grounded on giving the clients the best within a very short time. Their website get to elaborate on many services that any client can look for thereby easing them of over-crowding. It is with this respect that both have laid down structures begged on culture, management of change, and design. The culture embraced by the two embraces use of togetherness and hospitality-thus making the client feels at home. They perceive client as a priority is service delivery. The strategy of management of change gets to come in line with the adoption of changing modern work-place and technological advancements (Greenwood, & Langley, 2014).

4.0 Issues/problems

4.1 International laws

The international laws are in a number of cases hindrances to the discharge of duties to the clients by the ministry. These laws are stern and rigid giving them difficulties in serving clients as envisaged in the ministry’s mission. For instance, the laws governing trade globally compel them to impose measures that scare away potential investors and thus barring big businesses to the country. UK, on the other hand, encounters the same issues even though they have the upper hand since it is among one of the nations bestowed in drafting these laws. In most instances, they are to their favor (Khani, & Mohammadi, 2014).

4.2 Terrorism and Related vices

It is an act that has been a problem to the international community. People for the Middle East get tagged with association and funding of terrorist groups. These are a great barrier to dealing with people from the diaspora. In UK, it is as well an issue. Gangsters have high skills of raiding people’s residences as well as banks and steal from them. It gets attributed to the engagement in drugs (Canter, Sarangi, & Youngs, 2014).

4.3 Environment and related issues

The environmental laws governing the environment are widespread and cut across the nations of the world. These are instances geared to guarding the planet for future generation. The ministry of foreign affairs gets a lot of challenges owing to people, businesses, and other sectors of government not adhering to these laws. It puts the ministry in a bad picture with the outside worlds. As a result of this sanction is in many occasions imposed to the nation (Thomas, 2014).

4.4 Drug Trafficking

Drugs such as cocaine and heroin are drugs trafficked across borders. These are drugs that cannot be allowed in any nation. The ministry gets a lot of challenge in dealing with the issues. It is because the trafficking is in a number of instances linked with prominent people in the government and are sometimes forced to go against the law. It is a case as well in UK in that trafficking gets done by people with high esteem in the government. Owing t this is very difficult in combating it completely. There are instances where laws have to be made strictly to punish anybody caught in the drug cases. In UK, the governance instills stern measures on anyone found to be part of the trafficking (McSweeney et al., 2014).

4.5 Human Trafficking and Human Rights

People get to Dubai through means that do not concur with the rules prevailing. There are culprits engaging in human trade. They ferry people from various parts of the world especially the developing nations at a fee. It is done contrary to the laws and without passing through the ministry of foreign affairs. It poses a big challenge to ministry (Davidson, 2008).

The Government of Dubai has been in the lime-light of torturing foreigner people. There are cases where expatriates get their passport held up by a company one is working for the reason of making the person lack freedom. Also, house managers get mistreated and tortured by their bosses. These are some of the cases of violating human rights. The ministry of foreign affairs is got in the mix not knowing what to do. People from other nations coming for employment in Dubai come with a positive attitude of getting to reap according to their skills, but they end up being slaves. In UK, the issues are not as augmented as in Dubai. The government of UK has set laws and regulations that guard the rights of an individual. People engaged in trafficking get to face the wrath of the law (Rainey, Wicks, & Ovey, 2014).

5.0 Discussion

In the investigation, it is apparent that both country’s’ governance not the same. In UK, there is complete devolution where every country gets to handle tasks that national government would have done. It makes services faster, and the people at the ground get services at their door steps. The foreign ministry of Dubai is centrally located only in Dubai. It implies that people must come to the city so as to get services. Even though, UK is a mature nation, it gives a challenge to Dubai to entrench full democracy in their systems of governance. The issues raised are in a way comparable. However, the issues are more rampant in Dubai. It gets attributed to laws that are not followed to the later. Dubai legal systems are still not tight thus paving a great challenge to the foreign affairs ministry in implementing these laws.

6.0 The Way Forward

In order Dubai to be the center of attraction globally, it has to embrace full democracy and allow devolutions of state functions to the people. It is through this that the people are going to enjoy the fruits of democracy.

The foreign affairs ministry through the government of Dubai must enhance law enforcement system. It allows culprits defiling the law culpable of stern punishment. In order to speed up efficiency in services delivery, full automation is mandatory.

Conclusion

Dubai is a nation that is growing at a fast pace. When proper laws, structures, and automation get done, it is going to be at bar with developed nations of the world and act as an example to developing nation. Proper laws and enforcement will eradicate all the vices and hence reduce issues at hand.

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Research, 38(5), 1732-1748.

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comparison of the three Islamic terrorists. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 19(1), 160-178.

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A Comparison and Contrast Essay School Uniforms versus No School Uniforms

A Comparison and Contrast Essay: School Uniforms versus No School Uniforms

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A Comparison and Contrast Essay: School Uniforms versus No School Uniforms

Some debate has taken place over recent decades concerning whether public

schools should incorporate uniforms into their dress code. Many elementary schools do

this now, especially in poor inner city districts. Sometimes the adoption of a dress code is

seen in middle schools as well. However, the adoption of a dress code at the high school

level is much rarer. Possibly for that reason, little empirical evidence is available on the

benefits of implementing a uniform in schools (Adams, 2006). When considering

whether to adopt a school uniform, several factors need to be taken into consideration.

First, if debating whether to require uniforms in a high school, consider if wearing

uniforms will be a new concept for that student body. If these students have had to wear

uniforms in elementary and middle school, then requiring first year high school students

to continue doing so will not be as controversial as it might if the requirement was

completely novel to the students. From there, students would continue to wear school

uniforms each year until they graduated (Walmsley, 2011). In contrast, if high school

students have not been required to wear uniforms during the earlier years in school, they

may strongly protest. The easiest way to begin a program requiring school uniforms is to

start in elementary school and let the students continue each year from there.

A second point to consider in comparing or contrasting the use of school uniforms

is cost. Often, the thought of dress codes evoke visions of school jackets with

emblazoned insignia, button-down Oxford shirts, ties, slacks, and skirts. Parents become

concerned about cost. However, a school uniform can simply mean uniformity of dress.

For boys, this can mean dark or kaki colored slacks and polo-styled shirts in basic colors

of navy blue and white. For girls, it might also mean polo-styled shirts and slacks or

skirts in designated colors. These items can be found in various department stores at

various prices (Alleyne, LaPoint, Lee, & Mitchell, 2003; Walmsley, 2011). In contrast,

what one thinks of as regular school clothing can be as expensive or as inexpensive as a

uniformed style of clothing; any article of clothing can be bought in different levels of

quality, at different prices, in different stores.

Some who are proponents of having a school uniform or uniformed style of dress

note that school administrators spend considerable energy on discipline each day focused

on student violation of dress code (Walmsley, 2011). Requiring boys to wear properly

fitted slacks, polo-styled shirts, belts, and standard shoes would address the wearing of

inappropriate printed t-shirts and poorly fitted pants, for example. Having girls to wear

slacks or skirts, standard shoes, and polo-styled shirts would address most concerns about

clothing that reveals too much. Length of skirts could continue being an issue, though.

Another point to compare or contrast in utilizing a school uniform has to do with

school safety. Some argue that tress-passers on school property can be more easily

identified if students are wearing clothing that is uniform in style and color (Alleyne et

al., 2003). This may be a valid point. Schools have had intruders to come onto campuses.

This is a complex issue, but utilization of a school uniform might help.

Of course, students and parents are sometimes concerned with issues of

individuality and self-expression. However, most people conform to expected standards

for work, attending court, church, and a number of other activities. Self-expression is not

more limited in school than elsewhere. In all, more research needs to be conducted to

determine if having a school dress code has possible benefits for a school.

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Adams, A. T. 2006.

Uniforms in public schools: A decade of research and debate.

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Ava DuVernay is the director of the American documentary titled 13th that was produced in the year 2016. – Copy

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Ava DuVernay is the director of the American documentary titled 13th that was produced in the year 2016. The documentary explores the intersection between justice, race and mass incarceration in the United States. The documentary derives its name from the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States that was responsible to ending slavery in the US and therefore prohibited slavery, but with the exception of slavery as a punishment for a crime committed.

According to the documentary, slavery has been perpetuated in practices through such actions such as criminalizing behavior and as well as enabling the police to arrest poor freedmen forcing them to work for the state under convict leasing. Another act through which slavery has been perpetuated is through the suppression of the African Americans through the disfranchisement, lynching and Jim Crow. Furthermore the action of the politicians declaring a war on drugs that weigh more heavily on the minority communities as well as the continued mass incarceration of the black people in the late 20th century are also some of the acts that are clearly depicted in the documentary to have slavery perpetuated over the generations in the United States ever since the end of the American Civil war.

At the beginning of the documentary we encounter the sentiments made by President Barrack Obama that the united states are composed of a total population of 5% of the globe’s population, but 25% of the world’s prisoners are found in the United States. The statistics simply paints a picture of the number of inmates that are in the American prison system. Since the end of slavery, the American prison system can only be termed as a shame as it is a continuation of slavery and the systemic denial of freedom to the African American is tied up in the institutions. According to the documentary, the rate of incarnation in the United States might be worse than slavery as there are more African Americans that are entangled in the criminal justice system in present days than those enslaved during the 1850s.

Slavery would have been abolished in the year 1965 by the establishment of the 13th amendment, but this was not possible due to the presence of a single small clause that or but the grandfathered slavery back in for the sake of crime and punishment. The requirement explains that slavery shall no longer exist in the United States borders ‘except as a punishment for a crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted”. It is due to the presence of that clause that America has not been shying of about the exploitation of the clause to generate maximum profits ever since the enactment of the 13th amendment.

The narrative of the documentary 13th spans for decades starting with Reconstruction when the 13th, 14th, and the 15th amendments were supposed to foster the just transition of the African Americans from slavery to citizenship. Instead of the just and fair transition, the African Americans were hunted and locked up while others were shot for committing petty crimes such as loitering and vagrancy; these were the criminalization of the behaviors if the transient nature of the people of color as they looked for freedom from terror in America’s wilderness.

The period was followed by the era of Jim Crow where any of the African American who was caught trying to enjoy freedom through crossing the lines of segregation were captured and swept into the expanding industries of imprisonment as well as convict leasing. By the 1950s and 1960s the African American Civil rights activists were made or turned into criminals just because of fighting for freedom, and by the 1980s, the United States began the criminalizing en masse black people who turned into drugs namely crack. The war on drugs was strengthened by the presence of politicians such as the Democrat presidential candidate Bill Clinton who joined the war on drugs after losing to them, and this dawned to the people of color that the search and fight for true freedom were futile and that it was difficult to be achieved.

Reference

Ava DuVernay, (2016). 13th Documentary: Retrieved from: https://www.netflix.com/title/80091741

Ava DuVernay is the director of the American documentary titled 13th that was produced in the year 2016.

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Ava DuVernay is the director of the American documentary titled 13th that was produced in the year 2016. The documentary explores the intersection between justice, race and mass incarceration in the United States. The documentary derives its name from the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States that was responsible to ending slavery in the US and therefore prohibited slavery, but with the exception of slavery as a punishment for a crime committed.

According to the documentary, slavery has been perpetuated in practices through such actions such as criminalizing behavior and as well as enabling the police to arrest poor freedmen forcing them to work for the state under convict leasing. Another act through which slavery has been perpetuated is through the suppression of the African Americans through the disfranchisement, lynching and Jim Crow. Furthermore the action of the politicians declaring a war on drugs that weigh more heavily on the minority communities as well as the continued mass incarceration of the black people in the late 20th century are also some of the acts that are clearly depicted in the documentary to have slavery perpetuated over the generations in the United States ever since the end of the American Civil war.

At the beginning of the documentary we encounter the sentiments made by President Barrack Obama that the united states are composed of a total population of 5% of the globe’s population, but 25% of the world’s prisoners are found in the United States. The statistics simply paints a picture of the number of inmates that are in the American prison system. Since the end of slavery, the American prison system can only be termed as a shame as it is a continuation of slavery and the systemic denial of freedom to the African American is tied up in the institutions. According to the documentary, the rate of incarnation in the United States might be worse than slavery as there are more African Americans that are entangled in the criminal justice system in present days than those enslaved during the 1850s.

Slavery would have been abolished in the year 1965 by the establishment of the 13th amendment, but this was not possible due to the presence of a single small clause that or but the grandfathered slavery back in for the sake of crime and punishment. The requirement explains that slavery shall no longer exist in the United States borders ‘except as a punishment for a crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted”. It is due to the presence of that clause that America has not been shying of about the exploitation of the clause to generate maximum profits ever since the enactment of the 13th amendment.

The narrative of the documentary 13th spans for decades starting with Reconstruction when the 13th, 14th, and the 15th amendments were supposed to foster the just transition of the African Americans from slavery to citizenship. Instead of the just and fair transition, the African Americans were hunted and locked up while others were shot for committing petty crimes such as loitering and vagrancy; these were the criminalization of the behaviors if the transient nature of the people of color as they looked for freedom from terror in America’s wilderness.

The period was followed by the era of Jim Crow where any of the African American who was caught trying to enjoy freedom through crossing the lines of segregation were captured and swept into the expanding industries of imprisonment as well as convict leasing. By the 1950s and 1960s the African American Civil rights activists were made or turned into criminals just because of fighting for freedom, and by the 1980s, the United States began the criminalizing en masse black people who turned into drugs namely crack. The war on drugs was strengthened by the presence of politicians such as the Democrat presidential candidate Bill Clinton who joined the war on drugs after losing to them, and this dawned to the people of color that the search and fight for true freedom were futile and that it was difficult to be achieved.

Reference

Ava DuVernay, (2016). 13th Documentary: Retrieved from: https://www.netflix.com/title/80091741

Lesson Pacing for the English Language Learner (ELL) Students

Lesson Pacing for the English Language Learner (ELL) Students

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Institution Wise decision making is crucial for effective teaching. Students in the classroom have unique needs. This requires teachers to closely monitor them in order to become aware of those needs. As such, teachers should seek to develop instructional decisions in order to not only be aware but also meet these needs. Hofmeister & Lubke (1999) assert that it is the hallmark of effective teachers to develop instructional decisions founded on both the performance and needs of their students. Lesson pacing one such instructional decision that teachers could adopt.

Echeverria et al (2002) argue that lesson pacing can be determined by creating an illusion of speed to students. As such, teachers should ensure that lesson delivery appears to be ‘moving at the right speed’ to the students. This generally means that the lesson should appear to be unfolding more swiftly. One technique to create the illusion of speed is to employ various activities to accomplish a given lesson objective. Also, moving systematically, from one objective to another, helps in effecting lesson pacing the classroom.

Davison (2007) defines lesson pacing as the speed at which a learning activity or lesson is conducted. Lesson pacing in a classroom is thus of utmost essence. He argues that there are two reasons why lesson pacing should be considered. First, effective lesson pacing assists teachers hold the attention of the students. Secondly, paying attention helps students to learn. According to Davison (2007) students who do not pay attention cannot be learning.

Lesson pacing in the classroom is normally affected by many factors among them complexity of content and presence of ELL students. It is not uncommon to have a classroom with students from various backgrounds especially in the elementary schools. These students usually possess inadequate English skills. In such cases, lesson pacing is pivotal. The main difference in approaches to lesson pacing between a normal class and a class with ELL students is the speed of delivery of content. For English Language Leaner (ELL) students, the teacher should avoid rushing through the lesson content. Instead, he should break down lesson content and concepts into smaller, manageable chunks of information, and gradually introduce them.

Also, the teacher should seek to employ graphical organisers such as concept maps, flow charts and Venn diagrams to introduce new information. Echevarria et al. (2002) argue that pre-instructional activities and graphical organisers allow ELL students to draw a connection between the lesson content and their prior knowledge and experiences.

Where a class has both ELL and mainstream students, the pace of the delivery of content should be slow. However, the pace should not be slow to an extent that the lesson becomes boring (Davison, 2007). In case of complex information, the teacher should provide for slightly longer pauses in order to give ELL students time for processing the information.

Furthermore, where the content is difficult, the teacher should seek to breakdown the lesson content into small steps in order to increase comprehension for all students in the classroom. Brainstorming and discussion could also be introduced to review the content of the lesson.

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Davison, B. (2007). Lesson Pacing In the Classroom. Retrieved on November 6, 2011, from

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/243143/lesson_pacing_in_the_classroom.html? Page=2&cat=4.

Echevarria, E. J., Vogt, R. & Short L.M. (2002). Making Content Comprehensible for English

Language Learners. Bilingual and Compensatory Education Resource Team,

Dearborn.

Hofmeister, A., & Lubke, M. (1999). Research into practice: Implementing effective teaching

strategies (3rd ed.). Logan, Utah: Utah State University.

Margret Higgins was among the early feminists as well as the activists for the women rights and to whom is credited for the n

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Margret Higgins was among the early feminists as well as the activists for the women rights and to whom is credited for the naming it ‘birth control’ and also worked hard in ensuring its enactment (Sanger, 2016). Sanger was born on 14th September 1879. She was born in Corning, New York. She moved to Greenwich Village in 1910 and initiated a publication that aimed at promoting the rights of women to Planned Parenthood. She was forced to flee her country due to the obscenity laws until 1915 when she went back. After her return from exile, Margaret opened the first clinic in the United States that was concerned with birth control. Margret Sanger dedicated her entire life to fight for the rights of women, and she died in 1966.

Margaret Sanger advocated for the rights of women in birth control through her speeches and writings to which she used to convey messages to the women (Ross et al. 2016). The main reason as to why she wanted to advocate the women’s right is because her mother was a victim whereby she had so many kids, and this affected her health greatly. Sanger on seeing this became concerned and therefore took an initiative to help the women to control their births and have children of their choice and thereby protecting their health. The government arrested her for being involved in the distribution of information to the women while it was against the law to provide such information to women. Sanger believed that it was essential to liberate the women from the unplanned pregnancies for a social change to be generated. With her determination, she eventually founded the American Birth Control League in the year 1921, and this initiative later developed to the Planned Parenthood.

Susan B. was a suffragist, author, speaker, and an abolitionist and as well as the leader of the National American Women Suffrage Association (DuBois, 2018). She was born on February 15th of the year 1820 and died on March 13th of 1906. Susan was a lecturer and a writer and was forefront in ensuring the women’s right to vote. Susan was brought up in Quaker household and worked as a teacher. She partnered with Elizabeth and to whom they eventually became leaders of the women association in the fight for the voting rights.

Susan was an American social rights activist and played an instrumental role in various issues affecting the women. Among her work included the campaigning for the equal rights for both women and the African American. Susan also worked to abolish slavery and therefore played a significant role in ensuring not only equality in the rights of women but also for both men and women from the minority communities. Susan together with Elizabeth Cady was involved in the collection of signatures to petition the Congress for the right to vote and urged the politicians to consider an amendment to the constitution allowing the women to participate in voting. Susan was successful in her fight for the suffrage rights as the amendment famously known as the Susan B. Anthony Amendment was passed through it was after her death in the year 1919 (Chambers, 2018).

Margaret and Susan had a lot of major similarities in their career. One of the similarities is that both were activists fighting for the social rights of women in an era that women were not much regarded. Another similarity is that both of the women were writers and therefore they used their authorship skills to formulate messages to which they used to air their grievances as well as advocating for the rights of women. Both of the women dedicated their entire lives in serving the community, using most of their resources and skills to nature other leaders to whom assisted them in the advocacy role of fighting for the rights of the women. The two women were leaders at different levels and therefore were equipped with various leadership skills that aided them to organize rallies making them be more vocal and attracting a large number of crowd.

By spending their entire lives in fighting for the rights of the women in the country, they depicted a similarity as selfless leaders who were had vowed to improve the lives of their fellow women. The two women, Susan and Margret, were successful in the advocating role as both initiatives started by the women came to being. With Margret’s case in the fight for Planned Parenthood, she was able to set an organization that advocated for the family planning issues, and at the same time, she was successful in that she started the first family planning clinic in the United States. Susan on the other side as well as successful and this can be seen through the abolishment of slavery and the groundbreaking amendment that was named after her, the 19th amendment that guaranteed for the women’s right to vote.

Despite the two women, Susan and Margaret had several distinctions that made them unique from one another. One of the major differences is that both had taken a different route despite their union in fighting for the rights of women. Susan was much focused on ensuring and advocating for the rights of the women to vote while at the same time fighting for the abolition of slavery and discrimination. In general, Susan focused on the fight for equality between the men and women especially in the guarantee of the voting rights. Margaret, on the other hand, specialized in the fight for the birth control rights that was also in the line for the rights of women. She emphasized the rights of women to have planned pregnancies such that they could monitor and maintain the health of the mothers through controlled births. The two women, therefore, played a crucial role in ensuring social change as well as ensuring gender equality and the rights of women.

Reference

Chambers, J. (2018). Abigail Scott Duniway and Susan B. Anthony in Oregon: Hesitate No Longer. Arcadia Publishing.

DuBois, E. C. (2018). Women’s Rights, Suffrage, and Citizenship, 1789–1920. The Oxford Handbook of American Women’s and Gender History, 443.

Ross, L., GutiŽrrez, E., Gerber, M., & Silliman, J. (2016). Undivided rights: Women of color organizing for reproductive justice. Haymarket Books.

Sanger, M. (2016). The Selected Papers of Margaret Sanger, Volume 4: Round the World for Birth Control, 1920-1966. University of Illinois Press.

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The innovative suggestions for a Māori organization

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Table of content TOC o “1-3” h z u The innovative suggestions for a Māori organization PAGEREF _Toc46489403 h 1A case study of Oha Honey PAGEREF _Toc46489404 h 1Table of content PAGEREF _Toc46489405 h 21.Introduction PAGEREF _Toc46489406 h 32.Evaluation of enterproneurial opportunities PAGEREF _Toc46489407 h 42.1 Problems PAGEREF _Toc46489408 h 42.2 Customer segment PAGEREF _Toc46489409 h 62.3 Solutions PAGEREF _Toc46489410 h 93.Market evaluation PAGEREF _Toc46489411 h 103.1 Unique value proposition PAGEREF _Toc46489412 h 113.2 Unfair advantage PAGEREF _Toc46489413 h 113.3 Channels PAGEREF _Toc46489414 h 123.4 Cost structure and revenue PAGEREF _Toc46489415 h 144.Risks and key metrics PAGEREF _Toc46489416 h 154.1 Inventory risk PAGEREF _Toc46489417 h 154.2 Customer satisfation risk PAGEREF _Toc46489418 h 164.3 E-commerce operation risk PAGEREF _Toc46489419 h 185.Conclusion PAGEREF _Toc46489420 h 19References PAGEREF _Toc46489421 h 20

IntroductionIn recent years, New Zealand’s Mānuka honey has attracted worldwide attention due to its powerful antioxidant, antifungal, and antiviral properties (García, 2018). Ngāi Tahu is the main Māori tribe in the South Island of New Zealand. Its subsidiary, Oha Honey, is New Zealand’s largest 100% Māori -owned Mānuka honey company (Oha Honey, n.d.). In addition to covering sales in New Zealand, Oha Honey is actively exploring the global market. Currently, their Mānuka products are sold in more than 1,000 retail stores and leading online stores worldwide.

Despite being one of the major producers in the Mānuka honey industry, Oha Honey’s sales have been unsatisfactory in recent years (Ngāi Tahu, 2019). Hence, it is very important to help it solve the company’s current core problems through innovation and opening up market opportunities. Therefore, this report aims to identify the company’s current market problems by adopting Lean Canvas and give innovative suggestions through analysis.

This report includes 5 parts. The first part is an introduction and an overview of Lean Canvas. The second part clarifies the company’s current problems through analysis and gives solutions based on customer positioning. The third part is an in-depth market analysis of the current solution. The fourth part analyzes the possible risks and related metrics. The fifth part is the conclusion.

Figure SEQ Figure * ARABIC 1 Lean Canvas for Oha honeyEvaluation of entrepreneurial opportunitiesThis section aims to identify gaps and opportunities by analyzing the Oha honey’s business activities and gives business innovation suggestions consistent with the Māori culture.

2.1 ProblemsAt the end of 2015, Ngāi Tahu Holdings established a cooperative relationship with Watson & Son. In 2017, Ngāi Tahu Holdings took full ownership of the honey business and renamed Oha Honey (Te Karaka Makariri, 2020). Oha Honey includes two global flagship brands, rose gold, and Watson & Son, mainly dealing with Mānuka honey, and its product form mainly includes honey and lozenges (Ngāi Tahu, n.d.). In New Zealand, Oha Honey exports 80%-90% of all its products (Ngāi Tahu, 2019).

Figure SEQ Figure * ARABIC 2 Honey products of Oha honey (Oha, n.d.)Judging from the products sold by Oha Honey, the current products cannot meet customer needs in the following aspects. First, there is only one kind of packaging for the liquid honey with three sizes including 50g, 500g, and 1kg, which are not portable. For example, Air New Zealand (2020) stipulates that containers with a capacity exceeding 100 ml cannot be carried on board the aircraft. Second, the research on honey by Bogdanov et al. (2008) shows that honey can have multiple positive nutritional and health effects if it is consumed at a higher dose of 50 to 80 grams per intake. However, Oha honey’s honey products are packaged in larger volumes. As a result, the daily dosage is not easy to control for consumers, which is not conducive to better exerting the antibacterial properties of Mānuka honey. Therefore, it is recommended that Oha Honey launch innovative products to meet these needs of consumers.

According to the report of Wiseguyreport (2020), the main producers of Mānuka honey in the New Zealand honey industry are Comvita, Watson & Son, and Mānuka Health. They accounted for 43.01%, 11.01%, and 24.34% of revenue in 2019, respectively. Among them, Comvita and Mānuka Health control 85% of honey exported from New Zealand. It can be found by reviewing Comvita’s honey products that it has products with smaller capacity in sachets package. But its sachets package capacity is very small, only 10ml per package (Comvita. n.d.). In addition, the ordinary plastic packaging used in its packaging materials does not conform to the environmental and health concepts.

Figure SEQ Figure * ARABIC 3 Comvita  Mānuka Honey Sachets 12 (Comvita. n.d.)It is worth noting that in recent years, with the increasing demand of consumers for environmentally friendly products, especially the consumption of healthy food, it has exceeded environmental friendliness in terms of consumer benefits (Grönman, 2013). At the same time, the importance of packaging design is increasing because the packaging has become the main tool for communication and brand marketing (Baik & Suk, 2010). Studies have shown that consumers are more inclined to environmentally friendly packaging products than traditional packaging because the eco-friendliness of packaging makes products more valuable and can also increase consumers’ willingness to buy (WTB) (Seo et al., 2016). Therefore, for Oha honey, the use of environmentally friendly packaging is more in line with market expectations.

2.2 Customer segmentIt is pointed out that through customer segmentation, the company can more effectively allocate marketing resources to specific customer groups, identify potential customers, and improve customer service and customer loyalty (Rust et al., 2004). Therefore, this section will further subdivide Mānuka Honey’s customer base to help Oha locate its target customers more accurately.

Geographical segmentation – Mānuka honey in New Zealand is currently exported worldwide. According to New Zealand’s Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI), as of the end of April 2019, 719 tons of Mānuka honey was exported to China, which accounted for more than half of New Zealand’s Mānuka honey exports (MPI, 2019b). In the past three years, China has been New Zealand’s top three honey consumer market (MPI, 2019b). Therefore, it is recommended that Oha use the Chinese market as the main export target of Mānuka honey.

Figure SEQ Figure * ARABIC 4 New Zealand pure honey1 exports by destination, 2017 to 2019 (MPI, 2019b)

Figure SEQ Figure * ARABIC 5 New Zealand pure honey1 exports by floral type by destination, July to December 2019 (MPI, 2019b)

Behaviour segmentation – Research showed that Mānuka honey has good anti-viral and immune-boosting effects (Alvarez-Suarez et al., 2014). Therefore, the consumer group concerned about the efficacy of health products is the target group of Oha Mānuka honey. Besides, for those business travellers, portable products could better meet their needs.

Figure SEQ Figure * ARABIC 6 Benefits of Mānuka honey (Wallace et al., 2010)Demographics segmentation – According to the report of the Ministry of Primary Industry below, obviously, because of Mānuka honey’s efficient quality, it has a high customer unit price in the bee products industry. Therefore, Oha should focus on middle- and high-income people.

Figure SEQ Figure * ARABIC 7 Prices/returns for apiculture products, 2013 to 2019 (MPI, 2019b)

Figure SEQ Figure * ARABIC 8 Product prices of Oha Mānuka honey2.3 SolutionsIn addition to the above analysis, the sachet marketing will be focused on in this section. To meet the ever-changing needs of modern consumers, some FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) manufacturers are taking advantage of the increasing popularity of ‘functional’ sachet packaging, which has become one of the biggest trends in the industry. Not only that, in addition to the personal care and cosmetics industries, the food and pharmaceutical industries also have a large proportion of sachet packaging consumption, as shown in Figure 7 (FMI, 2019). At the same time, the lightness, portability, and cost-effective packaging of the pouch satisfies the consumption preferences of business professionals and young consumers. The research predicts that the future market will show a growth trend for sachet packaging as shown in Figure 8 (FMI, 2019). Therefore, the introduction of Mānuka honey sachet packaging will meet the market development trend.

Figure SEQ Figure * ARABIC 9 Sachet packaging consumption application, 2019 (FMI, 2019)

Figure SEQ Figure * ARABIC 10 Sachet packaging market growth, 2019-2027 (FMI, 2019)In summary, it is recommended that Oha Honey develop new products as Mānuka honey sachets with sustainable packaging, and actively explore the Chinese market, and focus the target customer group on upper-middle-class people who pay attention to the health benefits of food.

In addition, the innovative products suggested for Oha honey are in line with the Māori cultural values ​​that it has always advocated, that is, Whanaungatanga and Manaakitanga, respecting each other, living in harmony (Oha honey, n.d.). The first principle of new product design is to respect consumers and solve their immediate problems. To be specific, the new product adopts fixed-dose and portable sachet packaging that is conducive to the effectiveness of the drug, taking into account the health of consumers and the convenience of use to the greatest extent, as this design allows the medicinal properties of honey to be maximized, thus benefiting consumers. Not only that, but consumers can also easily take the product to travel and even board the plane. Besides, the new products use environmentally friendly packaging, which embodies the Kaitiakitanga cultural values ​​that Oha has always followed (Oha honey, n.d.), actively protecting the environment for future generations and being committed to environmental sustainability (Hook et al., 2007).

The report provides a clear account of a selected Maori business activities to identify a gap in its business activities to introduce a new/improved business innovation. To improve your grade, add your discussion of the alignment of the innovation with Maori values.

Market evaluationThis section will evaluate innovation from four aspects including unique value proposition, unfair advantage, channels, cost price, and revenue streams.

3.1 Unique value propositionA unique value proposition is a commitment to the value of the products or services delivered, which can turn unfamiliar visitors into interested potential customers and make them fall in love with company brands or products (Payne, Frow & Eggert, 2017). Based on the analysis of Oha Honey’s background and product characteristics, its unique value proposition can be stated as ‘A sachet a day to protect our immunity; easy to carry and making our lives healthier’.

First of all, ‘a sachet a day to protect our immunity’ is the first value proposition. Research shows that consumers of healthy foods pay more attention to the effect rather than price (Kim & Lee, 2011). Also, to a large extent, the sales success of functional foods depends on whether consumers have the awareness of the positive health effects of these products (Brunsø, Fjord & Grunert, 2002). Mānuka honey is loved by consumers for its excellent antioxidant and antibacterial properties. The new packaging with a fixed dose of 50ml per pack encourages consumers to take one pack at a time, which can maximize the medicinal efficacy of Mānuka honey and give play to the inherent advantages of the product to better give back to consumers.

Second, easy to carry and make our lives healthier is the second value proposition. The new product adopts sachet packaging, which is convenient to open and easy to take, making it an ideal choice for office workers and travellers. Also, the new packaging adopts environmentally friendly materials, which are consistent with the health characteristics advocated by honey products, making the products more valuable and bringing more confidence to consumers (Nordin & Selke, 2010).

3.2 Unfair advantageCompared with other competitors in the honey industry, Oha honey’s new product has outstanding advantages. First of all, the fixed 50ml sachet packaging can enable users to consume enough Mānuka honey at one time to obtain better health effects (Bogdanov et al., 2008). For example, it is can be emphasized by adding explanatory text on the outer packaging, studies have shown that taking 50ml at a time is more effective! However, Comvita’s sachet product is the only 10ml, which is slightly insufficient in promoting the effectiveness of the product.

In addition, Comvita’s sachet packaging uses ordinary plastic while Oha honey’s new product uses environmentally friendly materials, which can convey a stronger health awareness to consumers (Baik & Suk, 2010). Huang et al. (2019) pointed out that Chinese consumers are moderately willing to purchase functional foods, but health awareness can offset the negative impact of price on their purchase intentions. In addition, the packaging can use certified environmentally friendly materials, which can increase consumers’ willingness to buy, and furthermore help promote the implementation of corporate accountability and enhance the company’s public image (Seo et al., 2016).

3.3 ChannelsThis new product positioning is mainly for the Chinese market; hence, the product promotion channels mainly consider the Chinese market demand. First, vigorous marketing should be carried out on the e-commerce platform. At present, China’s e-commerce is developing rapidly. In the past, Comvita actively invested in Mānuka honey brand influence and e-commerce sales promotion in China, which made its seasonal sales during the 2020 Lunar New Year increase by 19% over the previous year (Comvita, 2019). As shown in the figure below, Comvita ranked first in the sale of dry food in the promotion on November 11, 2019 (Zjnews, 2019).

Figure SEQ Figure * ARABIC 11 Comvita tops the sales of honey categories on Tmall and jd.com platforms on 11. Nov. 2019 (Zjnews. 2019)Second, the short video platform can be used to publicize and promote brand and product value. In recent years, China’s short video platforms have developed rapidly, especially TikTok, whose downloads and daily active users rank first in various social media lists, as shown in Figure 4 (IQBAL, 2020). Therefore, many brands use Tiktok for promotion. For example, Chipotle is a well-known restaurant chain in Mexico. It released a video on National Avocado Day, and in just one week, the number of hits reached 168,000 (PamelaBump. 2019).

Figure SEQ Figure * ARABIC 12 TikTok Usage Statistics(IQBAL, 2020)

Figure SEQ Figure * ARABIC 13 Chipotle on Tiktok (PamelaBump. 2019)In addition, it can also be promoted on social media, such as WeChat and Weibo. In addition, promotion activities can also be carried out in large supermarkets to expand the popularity of the products.

3.4 Cost structure and revenueGenerally, the business model cost structure is divided into two types of cost-driven and value-driven (Wrigley & Straker, 2016). Based on the unique value proposition analysed above, the new product launched by Oha Honey hopes to maximize the value of the product, so it is positioned as a value-driven product. However, research shows that the vast majority of companies end up somewhere in between. Therefore, Oha honey’s new products should also consider the rationality of costs on the basis of realizing its value concept (Heiß, 2015).

Figure SEQ Figure * ARABIC 14 Cost structure of Oha honey new productProduct cost: various expenses for producing and managing honey, mainly including raw materials, research and development expenses, packaging, MPI and eco-friendly certification, human capital, and manufacturing expenses

Shipping cost: and the cost of delivery in New Zealand, the cost of transporting honey from New Zealand to China, and the cost of delivery in China

Marketing cost: expenses for product marketing and promotion

Storage cost: the cost of storage in New Zealand and China

Taxes: taxes in both New Zealand and China

Because Oha Honey’s innovative solution is to launch a new product, the source of its gross profit margin needs to depend on product sales. From this perspective, the revenue stream includes the following two categories, B2B (Business to Business) and B2C (Business to customer) (Cohen & Whang, 1997). On one hand, the target audience of b2c is wider, so it is important for Oha honey to develop the widest possible network to maximize the visibility and demand of the company’s products, and ultimately realize revenue (Iankova et al., 2019). On the other hand, the target of B2B should be positioned as a company with a certain income or a company that conducts business in a specific vertical field (health products, commercial companies, medical, etc.). Although potential customers in the B2B model may be more difficult to identify and close, their average customer value is higher (Iankova et al., 2019).

Overall, this part presents a clear market evaluation of the proposed innovation. Require more systematic, coherent development of the elements of the Lean Canvass. The market evaluation does show sufficient secondary research information to support assertions. Need to differentiate UVP and Unfair advantage clearer. Need to add discussion of revenue streams.

Risks and key metricsThis section assesses the possible risks of new products in the business process and provides solutions to use key metrics to avoid or reduce risks.

4.1 Inventory riskInventory risk is the opportunity that a company will not be able to sell its supply of goods or its value will fall (Cachon, 2004). The food retail industry is an inventory-intensive field and faces high inventory risks. First, as consumers’ demand for speed and convenience is higher than ever before, they have higher requirements for delivery time (Marino, et al., 2018). 59% of consumers said that if their grocery store fails to meet expectations in terms of distribution and delivery, they will change the brand (FMI and Nielsen, 2018). Especially in China, online shopping is gradually replacing traditional offline shopping methods. Second, a good customer experience depends on whether there are enough products in inventory, but too much inventory will affect profitability (Cachon, 2004). Therefore, Oha Honey faces risks in inventory management.

According to Hill & Zhang (2010), two metrics can be used to measure and evaluate the inventory turnover rate and days sales of inventory (DSI). Inventory turnover rate refers to the number of times a company can sell or use its inventory within a specific time period (for example, quarterly or annually) (Hill & Zhang, 2010). The higher the inventory turnover rate is beneficial to the company, indicating better sales. DSI indicates the liquidity of the inventory and the duration of the current inventory, which can determine the sales efficiency (Hill & Zhang, 2010). Lower DSI is better, as a high DSI means that the company is not managing its inventory well or that its inventory is difficult to sell.

Therefore, when the inventory turnover rate is too low or the DSI is too high, it means that the company is experiencing inventory risks and measures should be taken to improve the current situation. According to Rao (2009), the following actions could be taken to address this problem. The first is promoting product sales. For example, various promotional activities can be carried out to speed up inventory sales, such as BOGO (buy one get one free), group purchase, free shipping, etc. (Gilbert & Jackaria, 2002). The second is speeding up the turnover process. For instance, the delivery time could be shorter than the market level to enhance operational efficiency and accordingly service quality. Third, improve the matching degree of inventory and customer demand. For example, pre-sales and customized products can be carried out (Thomas et al., 2014).

4.2 Customer satisfaction riskFor the modes of both B2B and B2C, Oha honey faces the risk of losing customer satisfaction during its business process. According to data from the White House Office of Consumer Affairs, the average value of loyal customers is 10 times the value of their first purchase (Anderson, Fornell & Lehmann, 1994). Some studies have shown that the cost of acquiring new customers is 5 to 6 times the cost of maintaining existing customers (Khan, 2013). Therefore, how to increase customer satisfaction and reduce customer complaints and churn in marketing activities is very important.

There are two metrics that can help Oha honey focus on customer satisfaction includes customer satisfaction indicators and customer retention. The customer satisfaction score (CSAT) is a numerical score that summarizes customer data indicating the health of the company’s relationship with customers (Birkett, 2018). Customer retention rate refers to the proportion of enterprises that continue to maintain transaction relationships with old customers, and can also be understood as customer loyalty (Zahorik & Rust, 1993). Zahorik & Rust (1993) pointed out that the ability of enterprises to retain old customers is the key to maintaining market share.

Figure SEQ Figure * ARABIC 15 CSAT (CallMiner. 2018)

It is recommended that Oha honey adopt the following measures to improve customer satisfaction. The first is being a responsible supplier. It is of great importance for Oha honey to make the product quality be guaranteed, but also to respond quickly to customer needs. It is because that the new product will be conducted on the e-commerce platform in the Chinese market, and responding quickly to customer needs can improve customer experience (Gessner & Volonino, 2005).

Figure SEQ Figure * ARABIC 16 Quick response expectation (Courtney Seiter, 2014)

The second is providing active customer service. By posting value-added content such as small videos related to Mānuka’s health characteristics and easy-to-understand popular science essays on social media, users are provided with high-quality customer service and high-quality communication and hence satisfied the customers (Kuo, Wu & Deng, 2009).

Figure SEQ Figure * ARABIC 17 Customer service is going social (Courtney Seiter, 2014)

4.3 E-commerce operation riskFor those companies that conduct products on the e-commerce platform, traffic determines their sales. When shopping online, people tend to pay more attention to the products that can be displayed on the home page or the top rankings, so the higher the ranking or the recommended products will enable the more people to browse and thus results in the higher the click-through rate and the greater the volume of transactions. For Oha honey, the new products have no accumulation of previous sales and cannot obtain a natural sales ranking. Therefore, in the early stage, they can only get a display opportunity by investing in various advertisements. Whether the advertising costs invested can be correspondingly rewarded, and whether the advertising investment is excessive, will bring certain risks to the merchants (Mitchell, 1999). 

Therefore, two key metrics, click-through-rate (CTR) and conversion rate can be used to evaluate the marketing level of an e-commerce platform. CTR refers to the click-through rate of online advertisements, which is an important indicator for measuring the effectiveness of Internet advertising (Peska & Vojtas, 2012). Conversion rate refers to the ratio of the number of completed conversion actions to the total number of clicks on promotion information in a certain period. Conversion rate is the core of whether a product can ultimately be profitable (Lee, 2005).

By testing these two indicators, operational interventions can be made to effectively improve sales performance. The reason for the low CTR is that, first, it is possible that the display opportunity is low, and second, although the display opportunity is high, the number of clicks is low. If the CTR is low, it means that the relevance of keywords and copywriting may not be high, so it cannot meet the needs of potential audiences. As a solution, the relevance of keywords and copywriting, image and small video quality, etc. could be improved to increase CTR (Peska & Vojtas, 2012). If the conversion rate is low, the following measures can be taken, like improving the management of product content, carrying out sales promotion methods such as bundling sales and implement precise marketing for users (Lee, 2005).

ConclusionOha honey’s existing honey products have problems such as large capacity, inconvenient use and carrying, unsure of the daily dosage, and non-environmental packaging, which brings inconvenience to users. Therefore, this article introduces innovative products and evaluates them from many aspects through Lean canvas model, in order to solve these problems.

It is recommended that Oha Honey launch a new product with a fixed dose of 50ml in a sachet package with eco-friendly materials. This product can better exert the effects of Manuka honey, is convenient for customers to carry, and is also conducive to sustainable development, in line with Oha honey’s value positioning. However, there are also certain risks in the process of new products being launched in the market. Although the article provides corresponding metrics for evaluation and measurement and gives some recommendations, due to research time constraints, there are still certain limitations. Therefore, further analysis and evaluation are recommended.

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Literary Analysis: The Handmaid’s Tale

Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaids Tale is a novel categorized as dystopian published in 1985. The novel is set in the near future of New England in a strongly theocratic and patriarchal state of Gilead after it overthrew the United States government (Atwood, 36). Offred is the narrator and central character in the novel. She plays the role of a handmaid and is one among the many women that are captured and forcefully assigned the duty of producing children for commanders who are the ruling class at the time. The novel explores the theme of a patriarchal society using the narrator’s voice and experiences. It delves into resistance and attempts by not only the captured women to gain independence but also independence and individuality. The title of the book echoes the deep limitation of people’s rights particularly women who are not only denied the right to control their reproductive abilities but also denied the right to read, handle property and even handle money.

Worth noting, the author of the text does not bring out the main idea of the thesis as it is not easy to easily point to the central idea of the book at the first glance. However, the author made sure to let the readers know that the text is about the suffering that women go through at the hands of the radical political groups which attacked and killed the US president and majority of congress (Bacci, 156). The readers experience the mood that transpires during the regime of military dictatorship under Gilead. From the main idea, it is clear that the author took sides and was not in support of the oppression that people were put through. The essay employs an introduction that presents the central idea of the text. By just reading the introduction, the readers have an idea about what the story will be all about. Generally, the writing is vivid and understandable. One does not struggle to know exactly what the story is about. Without a doubt, some parts of the essay are rather confusing particularly the scene where Offred is being dragged away after Seren discovered that she had a relationship with the commander and she was pregnant. It is not clear where the men want to take Offred and her capture leaves the reader with questions about where they would take her.

The essay is well organized with the ideas developed and separated into paragraphs. The middle section does not have many subheadings but either way it is well-coordinated and organized. Each paragraph is well developed with a topic sentence which gives the reader an idea about what the paragraph will address (Beatriz, Costa and Danielle, 61). Further, the author employs the use of well-structured transition sentences to help bring correlation between the previous paragraph and the one that follows. The text used does not have a strong vocabulary; the language is persuasive and understandable for the reader. The authors employ the use of strong nouns, verbs, or adjectives that are well understood by the reader. Further, the text uses facts to support its claims and it employs minimal use of quotes from the novel. Additionally, the author uses quotations from the secondary source. The quotations are in line with the updated MLA guidelines for each work cited, there is a corresponding citation. The quotations that have been introduced are well explained. The essay has a concluding paragraph that summarizes the central ideas in the text and restates the thesis. Without a doubt, the conclusion provides a sense of completion for the essay. As regards, the formatting, the paper is well-formatted in line with academic writing guidelines.

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