The reluctant business person.

2013 ◽  
pp. 201-210
Author(s):  
Bruce E. Bennett ◽  
Patricia M. Bricklin ◽  
Eric Harris ◽  
Samuel Knapp ◽  
Leon VandeCreek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Business Person

A Manager's Use of Anthropology

1988 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Reeves-Ellington
Keyword(s):  
Technological Change ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
International Business ◽  
Scientific Methodology ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Great Opportunity ◽  
Native Culture ◽  
Agents Of Change ◽  
Business Person ◽  
Positive Effect

In the last half of the 20th century, the business person has had a great opportunity to exert a positive effect on international understanding, technological change, and general human improvement. Those managers who seize this opportunity consciously work as agents of change, using what they learn in their relationships within their native culture and in the foreign cultures where they work. Success in international business requires the ability to understand and interact with foreign cultural environments. Scientific methodology as applied by anthropologically-trained social scientists serves as an excellent model to solve business problems. Its focus on the whole and relationships binding the whole offers the manager far more insight than do the Newtonian and Cartesian processes of studying things in their smallest element.

Contested Terrain

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E. Weems
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
African American ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Black Business ◽  
Early Twentieth Century ◽  
National Bank ◽  
Contested Terrain ◽  
Business Person

This chapter examines the “contested terrain” associated with the founding of Chicago’s Douglass National Bank in 1921. Anthony Overton, one of history’s most prominent African American entrepreneurs, is widely regarded as the founder of the second national bank organized by African Americans. Yet, the evidence indicates that this distinction should go to Pearl W. Chavers, a relatively obscure early twentieth-century black business person. The story of Anthony Overton’s ascent and P.W. Chavers’ descent in the Douglass National Bank’s administrative hierarchy reveals the power of money and influence. It also illuminates the nuances of both group and individual entrepreneur-based strategies for African American economic development.

scholarly journals Determine Entrepreneurial Characteristics Using Mobile Android Game Freezer

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ismail ◽  
Ahmad Fuad Ibrahim ◽  
Mohd Rafi Yaacob ◽  
Asrul Hey Ibrahim ◽  
Mohd Nazri Zakaria ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Personal Development ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Psychometric Test ◽  
Entrepreneurial Characteristics ◽  
Individual Trait ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Trait Measurement ◽  
Business Person ◽  
Simulated Scenario

<h1>Psychometric Test has been used as an individual trait measurement for a long time for both experienced entrepreneurs as well as young generation who are looking for their potential in entrepreneurship. The assessment and measurement of strength and weaknesses of key entrepreneurial traits provides the entrepreneurial level and personal development planning for entrepreneur or those who want to venture into business. However, the traditional psychometric test lacks of fun element which is less enjoyable activity during answering the test. Furthermore, it requires basic understanding of business jargon that difficult for certain respondents to provide accurate respond. The purpose of this study is to propose a gamification approach which is mobile game application called ‘Freezer’ that can measured entrepreneurial traits of the player. In this sense, ‘Freezer’ creates a simulated scenario for respondents to play as an ice cream business owner and to win as a successful business person, each action done will be measured as entrepreneurial traits criteria. At the end of the game, the result will be presented that can describe the entrepreneurial characteristics of the individuals based on their planning and activities during playing the game.</h1><p> </p><p> </p>

scholarly journals Kualitas Produk yang Dihasilkan Mempengaruhi Perilaku Pembeli (Studi pada Bisnis Keluarga di Perusahaan “Achiyat” Blitar)

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Sunarsasi Sunarsasi
Keyword(s):  
Product Quality ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
T Test ◽  
Buyer Behavior ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Business World ◽  
Product Innovations ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
Business Person

With the growing development of the business world, the competition is also getting tighter, so as a business person must always find various ways to win the competition, so as not to experience losses or bankruptcy especially with similar products. And do not forget about the product innovations so that they are not outdated, in the sense that buyers' interests can be maintained. To meet buyers' interests, the quality of the products produced must always be maintained. Product quality greatly affects the behavior of buyers; therefore the authors use variables for this study and buyer behavior. While this type of research uses quantitative descriptive to draw conclusions through statistical analysis. Using the buyer as a population and the sample took as many as 50 people as respondents. Data collection techniques using purposive sampling with questionnaires that are validity and reliability. For the hypothesis using simple linear regression analysis and t test. While the test t count = 3.905 with a probability of 0.00. Which means the probability is <0.05, then the results of the t test are appropriate and the hypothesis is accepted. Based on the results of the data analysis above, there is a significant influence between product quality and buyer behavior.

scholarly journals ANALISIS KECACATAN PRODUK CRUDE PALM OIL (CPO) MENGGUNAKAN METODE QUALITY CONTROL CIRCLE (QCC) PADA PT.RAMAJAYA PRAMUKTI

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 243-251
Author(s):  
St Nova Meirizha ◽  
Dian Kristina
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Free Fatty Acids ◽  
Palm Oil ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Fatty Acid Content ◽  
Crude Palm Oil ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Research Journal ◽  
Business Person

Quality is the overall characteristics and characteristics of a product or service whose ability to satisfy needs, both expressed and implied (Irwan & Haryono, 2015). In this era of increasingly competitive industrialization, every business person who wants to win the competition in the industrial world will pay full attention to quality. QCC is a new concept to improve the quality and productivity of industrial/service work. It is evident that one of the success factors of industrialization in Japan is the effective implementation of QCC. In this research journal, the quality of crude palm oil (CPO) levels is decreasing. There are 3 types of defects, namely levels of FFA (Free Fatty Acids), levels of Moisture (Water) and levels of Dirt (Stool). Of these three, the most dominant are FFA levels and Moisture levels. Free fatty acid content (FFA) of 158 samples tested contained 150 samples of free fatty acids (FFA) which were outside the company standard. Then followed by moisture content with a total defect of 45 samples from 158 test samples. At the level of dirt (Dirt) there are absolutely no samples that are outside the company's standards.

scholarly journals Role Conflict Among Women Entrepreneurs in Information Technology (IT) Sector

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 2169-2174
Keyword(s):  
Role Conflict ◽  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Her Family ◽  
Business People ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Family Autonomy ◽  
Business Person

Deliberate examination of ladies' progress in the executives is moderately new. It started in North America, fundamentally in the USA, during the 1970s, in Western Europe in the mid 1980s and in Asia towards the mid-1980s to look at the role conflict face by ladies business people. Aim of this study is to decide the helpers and difficulties come before ladies business visionaries in IT sector. There are numerous components which urge ladies to enter in this field uniquely to gain cash, money related help to family, autonomy and so forth yet there are numerous obstacles before them like continuing in market, capital, sex biasness, and job struggle. Ladies face more job struggle then men business visionaries as social desire are more from them. Life partner's help is an incredible quality for them. Organizing capital is major ordeal for another business person. Furthermore, to maintain a business she should have a decent systems administration. Next to bunches of requirements on the off chance that she get support from her family and particularly from her life partner it will assist her a ton with maintaining her work-life-balance

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