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Analyze the following case study from the Hunt Library: Baumann, C., Bretherton, T., Troy, S., and Taksa, L. (2017).Ā Facing Some ‘Home’ Truths: Brand Backlash and the Case of Qantas.Ā (Links to an external site.)Ā In SAGE Publications.

The case describes the challenges associated with building and maintaining a brand through promotional branding efforts. After reading the case study, address the following topics:

  • Three key stakeholder groups—Qantas corporate interests, workers, and customers—provide qualitative commentary about Qantas and its recent marketing. How do their perceptions differ? Are there any areas of shared understanding or perception of the Qantas brand held by all stakeholders?
  • While the sentimental narratives of homecoming and family reunion have been long-standing features of Qantas branding since the 1980s, based on the stakeholder commentaries presented here, the ā€œFeels Like Homeā€ campaign has failed to connect with many key aviation industry stakeholders. Why has this disconnect occurred?Ā Identify the strengths and weaknesses in the ā€œFeels Like Homeā€ television campaign approach used by Qantas to re-invigorate the brand.
  • A gap appears between corporate representations and understandings of a brand (the brand ā€œidentityā€ held by a company) and diverging stakeholder perceptions of brand (brand image) that can have significant implications for the success of an advertising campaign. In the context of this case study, how can qualitative analysis of these different commentaries help to shed light on the gap between ā€œbrand identityā€ and ā€œbrand image?ā€
  • Summarize the major decisions involved in developing an advertising campaign. How might Qantas have approached its advertising campaign differently?
  • Visit the Qantas News Room and evaluate the role of public relations (PR) as a component of the promotional strategy.

 

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    Facing Some ā€˜Home’ Truths: Brand Backlash and the Case of Qantas

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    Author: Chris Baumann, Tanya Bretherton, Troy Sarina & Lucy Taksa Online Pub Date: January 04, 2017 | Original Pub. Date: 2017 Subject: Brand Management & Strategy, Organization Studies, Strategic Management & Business Policy Level: Intermediate | Type: Indirect case | Length: 3235 words Copyright: Ā© Chris Baumann, Tanya Bretherton, Troy Sarina, & Lucy Taksa 2017 Organization: Qantas Airways Limited | Organization size: Large Region: Australia and New Zealand | State: Industry: Air transport Originally Published in: Publisher: SAGE Publications: SAGE Business Cases Originals DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781473999022 | Online ISBN: 9781473999022

     

     

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    Abstract

    This case study explores the complex challenges associated with building and maintaining a national and iconic brand. Stakeholder perceptions of organizational behaviour can have signif- icant implications for the success or failure of a brand campaign. In this case study, the authors examine qualitative commentaries on the Qantas ā€œFeels Like Homeā€ television advertisement campaign in order to shine light on how different industry stakeholders perceive and construct meanings of brand. This case study also demonstrates how qualitative analysis and techniques can be used to provide expository insights on the differences between brand identity and brand image.

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    Learning Outcomes

    This case will help students to:

    • understand the challenge of effective brand management in the aviation industry; • undertake a systematic branding analysis and understand the role of qualitative (narrative) analysis; • highlight and evaluate the integral role of effective media management; • analyse the Country of Origin effect on emotional attachment to brands; and • understand the role branding can play within an organization’s overall marketing strategy.

    Identifying the Context: Is Qantas Experiencing Some Turbulence?

    A range of commercial, industrial and political events have created challenging times for Australia’s most icon- ic airline—Qantas. Since 2010 the airline has taken radical steps in an attempt to protect its market position. Due to increased deregulation of the aviation sector, Australia has been subject to an ā€œopen skiesā€ policy, with an influx of international competitors as well as resurgence in competition between a small number of domestic airlines. This trend towards ā€œderegulated skiesā€ is global due to bilateral aviation agreements forged between countries. As shown in Figure 1, the competitive pressure has reduced Qantas’s market share from 28.6% in 2005 to 15.7% in 2015. There is also evidence that internal management strategies adopted by the organization in response to these pressures have weakened the positive reputation the airline previously had with its Australian customer base.

    Figure 1: International passengers by major airlines 2014–2015.

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    Source: Aviation: International airline activity 2014–15, Statistical report, Department of infrastructure and Regional Development. Retrieved from https://bitre.gov.au/publications/ongoing/files/International_airline_ac- tivity_FY2015_m.pdf

    Figure 2 provides a summary of key events in the Qantas timeline since 2011 including: large-scale job cuts and redundancies; industrial turmoil and lockouts of employees; restructuring of the organization away from domestic maintenance and operations towards offshore operations; the posting of significant financial losses; and the airline’s call for legislative reform which would allow Qantas greater access to international capital and investment. Figure 3 shows the values and attributes propagated by key stakeholder groups.

    Figure 2: Timeline of major events 2011–2014.

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    Figure 3: Narratives on Qantas as a ā€œnationalā€ airline brand: values and attrib- utes propagated by key stakeholder groups.

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    The Qantas ā€œFeels Like Homeā€ Campaign: Identifying Key Elements

    As a response to challenges faced in maintaining market share, Qantas launched a new television-based advertising campaign, ā€œFeels Like Home,ā€ in November 2014. Initial reactions to the campaign were mixed: some viewers said that the campaign ā€œfelt like a comaā€ while others felt the campaign was, ā€œThe best ad I’ve seen in ages. Beautifully madeā€ (Campaign brief, 2014).

    The campaign itself comprises a series of five two-minute commercials which chronicle the journeys and emo- tional reunions of Australians flying home from remote and overseas locations to family and friends. Cinematic scenes of emotional travellers include images of a fly-in fly-out miner commuting from a shift in the Pilbara, a mother travelling to Australia from Hong Kong, a backpacker returning from South America, a granddaughter leaving Los Angeles, and a young woman departing London to board a flight to Australia. Emotional vocals represent a strong feature of the campaign, as a young female Australian singer (Martha Marlow) provides the narrative for the advertisement through a sentimental acoustic rendition of the Randy Newman song ā€œFeels Like Homeā€

    (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7XFafi4IGo&list=RDx7XFafi4IGo).

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    Key Stakeholder Commentaries on the Qantas Brand

    All organizations must understand the role of the stakeholder, but the stakeholder has particular importance for airlines. Researchers examining aviation have identified that the ā€œpoint to pointā€ nature of aviation requires a high level of ā€œrelational coordinationā€ between stakeholders such as workers, management, and institutional representatives (Gittel, von Nordenflycht, Kochan, McKersie, & Bamber, 2009). Without creating high-trust, highly effective work processes, attracting, retaining, and meeting the expectations of customers will be diffi- cult to achieve. It is this desire to understand the perceptions of stakeholders which has guided the qualitative analysis undertaken in this study.

    Understanding how various stakeholders perceive a campaign can highlight the difficulties organizations ex- perience when they roll out a new branding strategy. In this section we examine a sampling of qualitative comments, where stakeholders discuss Qantas and the television advertisement which forms the basis of the ā€œFeels Like Homeā€ campaign. Stakeholders include customers, workers, marketing directors, and trade unions, as well as the CEO of Qantas.

    The Role of Qualitative Analysis

    Undertaking a qualitative analysis of stakeholder commentary provides an effective process of analysis. Qual- itative data is often rich in information, providing insights to readers that would otherwise not have been cap- tured by more quantitative based research including surveys (Collis & Hussey, 2009, p. 63). Qualitative analy- sis allows for the study of social events and phenomena from the perspective of the individual actors them- selves, thereby minimizing the risk of the researcher imposing their own bias on the study (Jupp, 2006, p. 249). Qualitative analysis also allows you to gather more powerful data that supports propositions.

    This case study is supported by the findings of a narrative analysis of key aviation industry stakeholder com- mentaries on the ā€œFeels Like Homeā€ campaign, including commentaries and statements made by Qantas ex- ecutive and organizational representatives; worker and employee observations shared through online forums and social media applications; and customer and consumer statements from formal critiques and editorials through to more informal (reactive) remarks.

    The period of data collection spanned six weeks from the launch of the ā€œFeels Like Homeā€ television ad- vertisement (November 7) through to December 19, 2014. During the period of observation, over 150 com- mentaries—ranging from short commentary strings of a few lines through to extended prose (consolidated articles)—were gathered, and categorized by author (stakeholder). These commentaries were thematically analysed to identify key issues raised about the content and approach of the campaign.

    Qantas Corporate Representations and Commentaries on Brand

    Two important goals for the ā€œFeels Like Homeā€ campaign are revealed in an analysis of statements by Qantas executive staff. First, Qantas hoped the Australian public would form an enduring, emotive, and patriotic con- nection to the Qantas brand as a national airline. Second, Qantas viewed the campaign as a creative or artis- tic re-interpretation of these nationalistic sentiments.

    Our hope from the [new] ads is it is all about rekindling that emotional connection with Qantas that we all know Australians have for the airline… The airline has run the ad past a lot of focus groups and received an emotional response… We have been having to provide tissues to our focus groups. (Olivia Wirth, cited in Freed, 2014)

    We know that we’re the spirit of Australia. (Neil Lawrence, cited in Ironside, 2014), 2014)

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    We often hear that seeing the Qantas red tail at the airport, or stepping on board of a Qantas aircraft makes Australians feel like they are halfway home already. That is the spirit that we want to capture. (Alan Joyce, cited in Freed, 2014)

    In launching the campaign, Mr Joyce said now was the right time to invest in reinforcing what makes Qantas special. (Qantas, 2014)

    The stories we’re telling through this campaign are repeated everyday across our network. They re- flect the special pull of home, the love of family and friends, and the way Qantas helps bring Aus- tralians together around the country and around the globe. (Alan Joyce, cited in Campaign Brief Australia, 2014)

    Consumer–Stakeholder Commentaries on and Perceptions of the Qantas Brand

    At first, many consumers reacted with overwhelmingly positive responses to the ā€œFeels Like Homeā€ campaign, which highlights how consumers have historically connected to the Qantas brand and how the message could ignite a sense of nationalistic pride.

    Just a great ad…. very biased, but there is nothing like seeing that red kangaroo which is going to take you back home…. great stuff. (Starman, in Flynn, 2014)

    Wow, fantastic!! I must admit to being converted already as l flew CX and SQ whilst living in Asia for 7 years but always boarded a QF flight home for that exact reason. A great job to capture that. (Burgo, in Flynn, 2014)

    What a great ad. The line about how people see those ā€œred tailsā€ and how they feel walking onto a Qantas plane on the way home is so true. Very clever of Qantas to tap into it. (Al, in Flynn, 2014)

    In the beginning, the campaign generated some negative responses as well:

    I think this is really bland and dated. It’s depressing and has no real idea. The pictures are nice but lack any real story telling and the ending is so overdone. Sorry but not my cup of tea. (Sorry, in Cam- paign Brief Australia, 2014)

    Employee–Stakeholder Commentaries on and perceptions of the Qantas Brand

    Trade unions, such as Australian Workers Union (AWU), also seized upon the Qantas branding campaign to voice their position. The AWU represents a number of occupational and worker groups at Qantas. Qantas has been facing increased competition from new international competitors on key routes, and these international competitors are not subject to the same ownership and capital investment restrictions that Qantas faces. The AWU took the opportunity to advocate for removing international investment restrictions, launching the ā€œFair Go 4 Qantasā€ petition to protect and sustain Qantas and address its erosion in market share. The campaign fostered strong nationalistic, loyalist and proud sentiments about Qantas as the ā€œnational airline,ā€ the ā€œnational carrier,ā€ and an important ā€œnational providerā€ of both skills development and jobs.

    The Australian Workers’ Union is encouraging members to sign the ā€Fair Go 4 Qantasā€ petition, which calls on the federal government to level the playing field for the national carrier so that it can

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    compete fairly against Virgin Australia… For the better part of a century Qantas has been a massive contributor to our national employment, skills base and economy. Allowing this important role to be chipped away by the current unbalanced situation is not in the interest of Australian workers or the Australian economy. (AWU, 2014)

    Insights from Customer and Worker Commentaries on the Qantas Brand and the ā€œFeels Like Homeā€ Campaign

    Despite initial positive reactions, it soon became clear that stakeholder reactions to nationalistic elements of the campaign had some adverse consequences. Critics gave a range of reasons for disparaging the Qantas brand, such as the perceived failure of the airline to reward the loyalty of long-standing customers (changes to the frequent flyer program) or to maintain high standards of customer service during travel, as well as shifting market emphasis away from domestic customers and towards overseas interests.

    How to trash your Corporate brand for Dummies. Written by Qantas management, based on true events. (Williams, 2014)

    Joyce seems to relish his relentless mission to damage the Qantas brand and prepare it for sale at bargain price. (Jack, 2014)

    I love Qantas and have no desire to avoid it – but I want it to deserve my loyalty and to have a CEO who’s worthy of the brand. (Schadenfrieda, 2014)

    Sickly sweet and laced with cliches. I’m surprised it wasn’t released the same day that Alan Joyce announced he had fixed everything and the airline was back in the black. No mention of sacking over 5,000 people to achieve it not to mention the knock-on effect to the severed relationships with a multitude of Australian companies resulting in further job losses. Surly staff with a ā€œI can’t help you… nextā€ attitude quickly make you realise that this is the Qantas welcome home. That annoying cough that Qantas has with customer service is likely to be a chest infection and no amount of incredibly expensive sweet TV syrup is going to fix it. (Mumbrella, 2014a)

    Whatever you think of the ad campaign, it’s like putting a new frock on a damaged body. Qantas’ problems lie in their mistreatment of Frequent Flyers, whose loyalty has been repaid by slaps in the face for the past decade. When you treat customers with disrespect, they move away. It’s really a very simple formula, and equally simple to fix. But no – Qantas will go down in flames before they admit that mistake. (Mumbrella, 2014b)

    Employee–Stakeholder Commentaries

    Qantas workers also had negative reactions about the campaign. This was in part due to timing. The cam- paign was rolled out as the company implemented a number of managerial strategies aimed at restructuring the business to compete more effectively, such as downsizing the workforce (as outlined in Figure 1). The comments made by workers reveal that these stakeholders believe a national airline has the responsibility to deliver ongoing and stable employment to Australians and exhibit non-combative leadership and manage- ment qualities. Workers perceive that Qantas has failed to deliver on these responsibilities, and therefore they view with cynicism company representations that exalt the values of nationalism and national spirit and use emotive themes such as homecoming and reunion.

    By the end of Qantas’ current ā€œtransformationā€, 5000 hardworking Australians will have lost their

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    jobs. (Phillips, 2014)

    Qantas workers are the backbone of our national carrier and the reason the airline enjoys the excel- lent reputation that it has. They deserve better than being buffeted by a series of horror announce- ments from the airline’s management and an uncertain future. (Blue Mountains Union News, 2014)

    Alan Joyce, should resign with head in hand and very ashamed of the way he has ran Qantas into the ground. This is our heritage not yours. The whole board should be on notice. Do you think any other company would still have these people running the show? I just hope that they rethink top level and start with new management. (Rosemary, cited in Phillips, 2014)

    One could be excused for thinking that Joyce’s brief on joining Qantas was to run it into the ground to make it ripe for takeover by its competitors or foreign ā€œinvestorsā€ who will then strip it of its cash and infrastructure assets and laugh all the way to their banks leaving the Australian government with the problem of the wreckage of people’s lives. If that is not the case Joyce has a peculiar way of showing it! (Cassandra, cited in Phillips, 2014)

    Similar negative sentiments were expressed by the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU):

    For over 90 years Qantas has been the spirit of Australia employing tens of thousands of Australians, training thousands of apprentices, keeping regional communities connected and playing a key role in national crises such as the Bali Bombings and Boxing Day Tsunami… Australians rightly expect the flying kangaroo to be in the skies for the years to come… (ACTU, 2013)

    Conclusion

    Examining the responses to Qantas and its re-branding campaign through qualitative thematic (narrative) analysis can permit a deeper examination of constructed meanings of brand. For employee–stakeholders the emotive images of travelers presented in ā€œFeels Like Homeā€ evoked strong reactions to and criticism of the ad campaign, seemingly calling into question the credibility and authenticity of an emotional narrative. Numerous stakeholders even perceived Qantas as combative and less customer-focused than in the past, which led to an increase in negative comments about the campaign.

    There is considerable complexity associated with constructing and maintaining a national brand. In the case of the ā€œFeels Like Homeā€ campaign, Qantas struggled with changing public perceptions of the airline, shaped by the turbulent financial, political, and industrial challenges it has faced since 2010. Criticism of the campaign spread quickly across internet-based forums. The ā€œFeels Like Homeā€ campaign shows that although the emo- tional and nostalgic themes of ā€œhomecomingā€ and ā€œnationalismā€ formed a longstanding part of Qantas’s brand profile in Australia, effectively managing stakeholder perceptions and meanings of key concepts underpinning a brand requires more than a single brand campaign.

    Discussion Questions

    1. Three key stakeholder groups—Qantas corporate interests, workers and cus- tomers—provide qualitative commentary about Qantas and its recent marketing. How do their perceptions differ? Are there any areas of shared understanding or perception of the Qantas brand held by all stakeholders?

    2. While the sentimental narratives of homecoming and family reunion have been long- standing features of Qantas branding since the 1980s, based on the stakeholder com- mentaries presented here, the ā€œFeels Like Homeā€ campaign has failed to connect with

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    many key aviation industry stakeholders. Why has this disconnect occurred? 3. A gap appears between corporate representations and understandings of a brand (the

    brand ā€œidentityā€ held by a company) and diverging stakeholder perceptions of brand (brand image) that can have significant implications for the success of an advertising campaign. In the context of this case study, how can qualitative analysis of these different commentaries help to shed light on the gap between ā€œbrand identityā€ and ā€œbrand imageā€?

    4. Identify some strengths and weaknesses in the ā€œFeels Like Homeā€ television campaign approach used by Qantas to re-invigorate the brand.

    5. How might Qantas have approached its advertising campaign differently? Is it possible for organizations to effectively re-brand in the face of widespread ā€œbad pressā€?

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Chapter 7 Essay Questions

1. How can an individual employee potentially mitigate the onset and effects of downsizing?Ā (page 231-232)

2. What are the four types of workplace violence?Ā (page 236)

(1) crimes committed by strangers and intruders in the workplace

(2) acts committed by nonemployees, such as customers, patients, students, and clients

(3) violence committed by coworkers

(4) incidences involving those with a personal relationship with an employee

3. How is quid pro quo sexual harassment different from hostile work environment harassment?Ā (page 240)

A type of sexual extortion where there is proposed or explicit exchange of job benefits for sexual favors. Hostile work environment harassment Less direct than quid pro quo harassment, it involves epithets, slurs, negative stereotyping, intimidating acts, graphic materials that show hostility toward an individual or group, and other types of conduct that affect the employment situation. Unlike quid pro quo cases, one incident may not justify a legal claim

4. What is workplace diversity, and why might a firm embrace diversity?Ā (pages 245-247)

Workplace diversity is focuses on recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce as a business imperative.

5. Why would an organization strive to become an employer of choice?Ā (pages 252-254)

6. What are employees’ responsibilities to their employers?Ā (Pages 224-227)

Psychological Contract, Communications, via interactions with managers and coworkers. Especially important for new employees who are trying to make sense of their new roles. Perceptions of the corporate culture are often formed by watching management and leadership. When promises and expectations are not met, a psychological contract breach occurs and employees may become less loyal, inattentive to work, or otherwise dissatisfied with the employment situation. Career development opportunities deserve more attention from managers to strengthen the psychological contract and provide incentives for employee retention

 

7. How have employment laws affected employee/employer relationships in areas such as wages and benefits, health and safety, and equal opportunity?Ā (pages 232-238)

Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) 1970: Sought to ensure safe and healthy working conditions for all employees by providing specific standards that employers must meet

OSHA proposed rules to increase employer responsibility for ergonomics, the design, arrangement, and use of equipment to maximize productivity and minimize fatigue and physical discomfort

 

Chapter 8 Essay Questions

8. ā€œThe customer is always right.ā€ Explain why this well-known saying is not really true.Ā (pages 263-265)

9. How has consumerism affected public policy over the past four decades?Ā (pages 273-274)

10. What concerns about the right to privacy has the Internet raised? (pageĀ 277)

11. How can a firm use philanthropy to enhance relationships with consumers?Ā (pages 278-279)

12. Discuss the various types of consumer fraud. What are the ramifications of consumer fraud on organizations?Ā (pages 263-265)

13. Discuss how consumers are stakeholders and their influence on organizations.Ā (pages 262-263)

14. Describe how the FTC affects consumers through legal issues.Ā (pages 266-268)

15. How does product liability effect businesses and its relationship with consumers?Ā (pages 271-272)

16. What challenges do firms face while implementing responsibilities to consumers?Ā (pages 280-281)

Chapter 7 Essay Questions

1. Describe the transformation of the employee-employer contract over the past century.Ā (pages 225-229)

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2. What are some issues to be considered before embarking on the downsizing process?Ā (pages 229-232)

The organization should commit to assisting employees who must make a career transition as a result of the reduction process. To make the transition productive for employees, this assistance should begin as soon as management is aware of possible reductions. ā—Through the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN), U.S. employers are required to give at least 60 days’ advance notice if a layoff will affect 500 or more employees or more than one-third of the work- force.

 

Issue i.External factors also play a role in how quickly employees find new work and affect perceptions of a firm’s decision to downsize.

ii. Companies must be willing to accept the consequences of terminating employees. The years of knowledge, skills, relationships, and commitment that employees develop cannot be easily replaced or substituted.

iii. Although workforce reduction is a corporate decision, it is also important to recognize the potential role of employees in these decisions.

3. Define the various types of sexual harassment and discuss how socially responsible organizations can train their staff to avoid these situations?Ā (pages 239-242)

 

 

Chapter 10 Essay Questions(no need)

4. Describe how the internet has impacted society.Ā (pages 328-331)

Not only changing many traditional products, such as books and music, but also the way in which we conduct everyday issues. Each advance in technology seems to lead to new developments across industries. Sometimes making things more convenient. Relates to the broad nature of technology as it moves through society. Every community in both developed and developing countries has been influenced by cellular and wireless telephones. Web conferencing and video conferencing are becoming more popular alternatives, although it may be difficult for technology to fully replace the nature of face-to-face encounters

5. How successful have privacy policies been in ensuring consumers that websites are safe?Ā (pages 331-339)

6. What is the future outlook for biotechnology?Ā (page 344-349)

7. What is cloning and what are its possible applications?Ā (pages 345-346)

8. How have the internet and other technology affected productivity and trust in the workplace?Ā (pages 390-391)

9. How have concerns over intellectual property changed with the growth of the internet? Discuss the effectiveness of policies in protecting intellectual properties.Ā (pages 339-343)

 

10. Discuss the arguments for and against genetically modified foods?Ā (pages 347-349)

 

Chapter 11: Sustainability Issues

1. How does sustainability relate to social responsibility?Ā (pages 361-362)

In very basic terms, corporate social responsibility refers to a firms actions towards creating some benefit to society for example, creating jobs, reducing pollution, ect. And corporate sustainability typically refers to the firms goal as far as profitability, efficient productivity, and other factors that relate to the business aspect and ensures company growth.

 

2. What are the negative effects caused by air pollution?Ā (pages 363-364)

The World Health Organization states that 2.4 million people die each year from causes directly attributable to air pollution, with 1.5 million of these deaths attributable to indoor air pollution. majority of respiratory disease cause by air pollution e.g. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) include diseases such as chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and some forms of asthma. Direct causes of air pollution related deaths include aggravated asthma, bronchitis, emphysema, lung and heart diseases, and respiratory allergies. many heart disease also due to air pollution.

 

3. What factors have contributed to increased concerns about the available quantities of water?Ā (pages 370-371)

4. What is urban sprawl, and what negative environmental impacts have resulted because of it?Ā (page 374-375)

5. Describe the advantages and disadvantage of different forms of alternative energy.Ā (385-389)

6. How should a company address stakeholder concerns about environmental issues?Ā (pages 389-392)

A company should always address all stakeholder concerns by analyzing each one for validity. Once a valid complaint is recognized the company must take appropriate measures that satisfy their expectations while meeting the requirements of environmental protection agencies and legislation. Some of the different ways a company can address environmental issues is to seek alternative energy sources, reduce air, water, and land pollution, control waste management, or anything else that disrupts the ecosystem and damages the natural environment. Companies are coming up with creative ways to address these issues not only to boost morale in the workplace, build trust with stakeholders, and build a high level of social responsibility and reputation between its stakeholders but also because it may actually be more cost efficient for the company, increasing revenues and reducing costs

7. How have such issues as land pollution, waste management, and deforestation impacted organizations and industries?Ā (pages 371-373)

8. What is land pollution? How is it related to the Greenhouse Effect? P. 371-372

9. Why is the Endangered Species Act controversial? P. 383

10. What are genetically modified plants and the genetic engineering of animal cells? p. 376

Chapter 12:

1. What role does cultural intelligence play in a company’s success in managing stakeholder issues in a global environment?Ā (pages 404-406 )

Cultural Intelligence plays an important role in a company’s success in managing stakeholder issues in a global environment as it is important to have the ability to handle the cultural differences and formulate strategies and policies for ensuring interests of the stakeholders are considered and well addressed. It will improve the team effectiveness, participation and performance as it will foster a positive environment to work.

2. Identify and discuss the goals and strategies of the four types of partnerships for development.Ā (pages 419-423)

The four types of partnerships can be identified as Business partnerships, Corporate Social Responsibility partnerships, Corporate Accountability partnerships, Social Economic partnerships. The goals of Business partnerships are to improve the efficiency of the business and provide and products and services to public to earn profitability on their investments. The strategies used by them are to invest in sectors that have demand in market and share resources with private and public companies in order to have capital gains from these partnerships. The profit maximization goal is achieved by using different strategies like technology, competition, resource development and asset acquisition.

3. What is fair trade and why is it an example of consumer relations in regards to social responsibility in a global environment?Ā (414-415)

Fair trade is a trading partnership based on dialogue, transparency, and respect that seeks greater equity international trade and contributes to sustainable development

4. What distinguishes cooperatives from traditional businesses?Ā (page 421-422)

Cooperatives are distinguished from traditional businesses as cooperatives are democratically owned and often conduct their business operations without any profit goals with aim of distribution of goods and services to their communities following trade and business accountability standards. Traditional businesses may have ownership like families or groups investing their money for earning profit or gains from their business and their business operations may vary in different fields unlike cooperatives to focus on specific community needs.

5. Describe stakeholder issues that are likely to be present when planning and conducting business outside of a company’s home country.Ā (pages 406-408)

 

6. How do the difference between countries employment standards and expectations effect companies conducting business around the world?Ā (pages 410-413)

 

7. What does the Fair Trade label signify?Ā P. 414

 

8. What is the purpose of microcreditĀ ? P. 420

9. What is a subculture in comparison with the dominant culture? P. 406

10. Define free trade and fair trade. How are they different? P. 414

 

 

 

 

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International Marketing Group Assignment

MKW3444 INTERNATIONAL MARKETING

Assignment 2 (International Market Entry Plan)

Weight: 25% of assessment Group or Individual: Group Assignment Length: 3000 – 3500 words (excluding references, title page and executive summary) Due date: A week after the presentation in Tutorial Class.

Suppose you are a Manager in charge of marketing your company products. For further expansion of its

market the company intends to expand its business in foreign markets through export mode of market entry.

The Company president has advised you to prepare an international marketing plan for the company to

enter into a foreign market including a review of its competitive advantage that can be exploited in an

overseas market and selection of a potential country market in a region to expand its business. Take note

that the company has no plan to expand its manufacturing operation in the near future.

For this task in your hand, follow the steps below and prepare a draft proposal for consideration of the

Company President and CEO (to be presented as per schedule in the Tutorial class):

1. Select a local company that may have export potential for the first time or expand its current

international marketing activities within the region or in a psychically distant regional market.

2. Evaluate its competitive advantages and challenges for the intended possible expansion in the

context of an overseas market.

3. Select a potential country market for first time entry or further expansion of business. Briefly justify

your selection using appropriate theory(ies) of internationalization

4. Conduct an environmental analysis on the selected market with an objective of assessing the

nature of international marketing activities of the company in the market. This analysis should have

significant implications on your entry strategy and marketing program strategies.

5. Evaluate market entry strategies and select one of the alternatives with justification.

6. Prepare a marketing strategic plan to enter into the market highlighting on product, pricing,

promotion, and distribution strategies.

7. Identify any environmental challenges the company may face in next 3 to 5 years’ time and their

implication on doing business in the market.

Marking Criteria:

1. Brief description of the company’s current product-market and competitive capability analysis of

the company for international marketing activity (approx. 250 words excluding any table and figure)

2. Selection and Environmental assessment of the foreign market. This is one of the main tasks of

this assignment (approx. 1000 words excluding any table and figure)

3. Market entry strategy (approx. 250 words)

4. Marketing strategies. This is one of the main tasks of this assignment (approx. 1250 words)

5. Future challenges in the market and their impact (approx. 2500 words)

6. References (use APA citation rules in the body and reference list – in alphabetical order).

Provide full citation details for all sources. No word count will apply.

 

Follow other instructions provided for the assessment task in the Unit Guide

 
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