Complete 2 page APA formatted essay: Honest Tea: Is It a Good Business Opportunity.

According to the research findings, it can, therefore, be said that Seth Goldman, an MBA graduate from Yale, started the Honest Tea business, using top of the line tea leaves, and that catapulted to success as it continued to exhibit potentials for increased growth rates. With the company’s competitive advantages being proffered, Seth reflects on future prospects to sustain success in the light of competition posed by other specialty stores and retail locations. The Honest Tea was defined to possess distinct competitive advantages in terms of: (1) being differentiated from other beverages. (2) focuses on the strength of being classified as a USDA organic product where “harmful pesticides and other toxic chemicals have not been used in growing or producing the product”. (3) contains two thirds less sugar as compared to competitors’ products. (4) adheres to ethical standards and concepts of social responsibility where economic activity and promotion to non-profit organizations are supported. and (5) consumers feel good about buying the product due to its health benefits and being part of assisting community programs and projects of the company. Competitors’ tea products were deemed to cost less and other specialty stores, such as Starbucks, who sell high-end tea products that boast of health benefits and high-quality feature the same benefits as Honest Tea. As a consumer, the most important competitive advantage of Honest Tea would be its strengths in providing a product of high quality (being a certified organic product) where purchasing it would enable one to be of assistance to the various socially responsible endeavors of the company. It is like shooting two birds with one stone. By purchasing the products, consumers are accorded its health benefits, and at the same time, be instrumental in helping others through the various programs and community projects of the company.

Write 14 page essay on the topic Cross Cultural Managment and Communication at Mitsubishi.

Such a lack of communication is causing problems in the Rand D department in the US. Moreover, there are time delays due to poor communication, lack of coordination and the general employee dissatisfaction of not having the work done between the two departments. With the frameworks, the report intends to identify the problem areas of these two departments and thus be able to come up with a solution to these problems.

The frameworks used in the report are Hofstede and the research of Hall. These have been chosen as they will help highlight the problems that the two departments of Mitsubishi are facing. As per Frank, M. (2001) the first framework analyses the organizational culture which is influenced by the national culture. This thus gives a stark comparison of the two cultures and thus the differences once highlighted indicate to the solutions of the problems. The Hall research has been used to analyze because it analyses and highlights the characteristics of the individual employees as well as their collective characteristics as a team. Such characteristics reveal the problems that they face and thus help in understanding the situation better. With the use of these frameworks an attempt has been made to analyze the problems for Mitsubishi and to see how the cross cultural communication and management affects the working of an organization. Moreover, what factors create such problems and make things difficult for a firm’s progress are illustrated.

Mitsubishi has its operations in US that oversees sales, finance, manufacturing and research and development. However there are stark differences in the culture and management styles in the operations of the firm’s Japanese and American operations. This is because there are cultural, legal, political and economic differences in the two countries which account for the differences in the management styles.