2015F- WDI-1001-MB2-Workplace Diversity
Canadian Business Comparison Report
Professor: Ruth Drewitt
Submitted by: Sri Harsha kodali
Student Id: c0665398
Date: November 24, 2015
Introduction:-
The Canadian business report consists of the comparison of Canadian business with one of my home country business. For this I have choose, The Book Keeper (Queen of Reading), Sarnia, ON and Crossword store in India.
Crossword store is a retail store which is owned by Shoppers Stop Ltd which was launched on 1992 August 15. It has more than 90+ stores across 28 states in India. It is one of stores which is increasing its customers day by day with their ideas, sales, books and their offers for their customers. Since its inauguration it has got a worldwide recognition for its achievements and various articles about the crossword in India. It has been featured in Advertising Age International, USA, as one of the Marketing Superstars for 1994. The Bookseller, UK, has also described it as being on the cutting edge of retailing’ in India. (Crossword, 2015)
The Book Keeper store is located in Sarnia, Ontario. The store is commenced in 1980 in Sarnia. Its carrying its activities from last 35 years and the owner Susan took over the store’s responsibilities from 15 years i.e. 2000. It’s the most popular book store in Sarnia among the few. It has a caption of BOOKS are DREAMS. The name itself shows their interest in books. (Sarnia Bookkeeper, 2015)
Observation:-
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The Canadian business comparison report comprises of the companies details and also the comparison between a Canadian local business and Indian local business. For this report I have chosen Canada’s Dollarama and India’s D-Mart as both company have same target market. Dollarama is Canada’s leading dollar store with 900 locations across Canada. Larry Rossy, a third generation retailer, founded the company in 1992. The first Dollarama store opened in April 1992, in a shopping center "Les promenades du St-Laurent" in Matane, Quebec. The products sold are in single or multiple pieces at selected price point of not more than $3. The company aims to provide customers with a consistent
The first company is Tim Horton's. Tim's is a quick service restaurant in Canada and some parts of the US. Its primary products are coffee, lunches donuts. It is a top 50 quick service restaurant in the US (Oches, 2012) and is #1 in Canada. The company was founded by Maple Leafs player Tim Horton in his hometown of Hamilton in 1964. The company has grown rapidly for much of its existence. For a time, it was owned by the American burger company Wendy's but in 2005 was spun off again. Tim Horton's is again growing rapidly, this time internationally. In addition to its US presence, the company has arrangements with Spar stores in Ireland and the UK, and is now opening outlets in the United Arab Emirates. Within each geographic area, Tim Horton's targets a broad market, judging by its market share.
In the year 2020 after multiple failed debates,Kanye West was still elected president of the United States of America.Two weeks ago Kanye was just shot and killed shopping in a Target by Donald Trump.North West, Kanye’s daughter and vice president and next in line to being elected.President North was the worst president by far, North often blew off conferences to play with friends.North eventually made school days twice a month and sold all rights of America to Canada.
This survey was introduced to observe the way society lives in today's world, and how they live paycheck to paycheck. The Canadian Payroll Association had a conclusion after this survey that most Canadians are not happy with the way they live. Because of the weak economy, Canadians believe that they are not going to be able to retire at an early age, there just won't be any money saved. Statistics prove that the economy in the housing market is the biggest factor most families face in today's world because society dictates that we need things in life to survive. People are living above their means, and that’s why the credit card companies are getting richer.
Over the years the Canadian government continuously tries to create multiple ways to help progress the economy. Currently the government is doing a poor job improving the economy, however, it has potential to positively develop in the future. The Canadian government is negatively influencing the economy due to the decrease in value of the Canadian dollar, lack of regulation on policies, and the current position of the business cycle in Canada. However, the Canadian government demonstrates potential improvements in the economy through the creation of job opportunities and decrease in governmental expenditure methods.
The Canada Health Act is federal legislation that puts in place conditions by which individual provinces
They take the constructive feedback they receive from customers and apply it to future enhancements. A unique feature is, they hand-pick their books; these books consists of Canadian small presses, national publishers, and international imprints as they echo the diversity of their customer’s interests (BryanPrinceBookseller, 2015). One of the main reasons why this bookstore has been so successful is because of the passion held within the business. The owners are all enthusiastic readers and highly value the art and heritage behind literature. In addition they are always happy to discuss what they are currently reading and are capable of making
The Fredericton chapter of the Council of Canadians meet on the first Wednesday of every month, at 7pm at the Conserver House on St. Johns Street in Fredericton, New Brunswick; they discuss issues that are occurring within Fredericton and the surrounding areas of New Brunswick. The Council of Canadians are a nationwide group, consisting of over 100,000 members, within 60 chapters all across Canada. They aided the shale gas protesters, and also sent 1,000 pairs of headphones down to the protesters at Standing Rock, because the police were blasting them with loud sound guns. Each meeting, the Council of Canadians devise an agenda to discuss; this meeting consisted of issues surrounding the Standing Rock protest, government plans for Mount Carleton,
Overall business in America and Canada resemble each other closely. “The two countries share a lot of political and economic ties as well as similar laws in many areas.” However, with business they are different in ways such as working over time, terminating an employee, and the language.
The federal government and the governments of British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan have each enacted legislation regarding minimum employment standards, pay equity, occupational health and safety, workers ' compensation and labour relations.
Rogers can control some of the key factors for our generation if you let them. Rogers is the most influential Canadian Company in our lives today. Rogers controls many things that we use today, some including: TV, Radio, Mobile Devices, Media, Broadcasting, etc.
Canada’s Banking Industry is the section I used and think is useful for my essay because it explains the banking industry very well. This section provides a mass variety of information about the industry, some of which were not talked about in my other references. This is a reliable source because it is the textbook I use for my International Business class. Lorie Guest has also written, The World of Business: A Canadian Profile. Along with writing business textbooks, she is also a high school business teacher in Waterloo, Ontario.
Incorporated in 1970 and headquartered in Verdun, Quebec, BCE is the largest provider of communications services in Canada and is often referred to as the "Ma Bell" of Canada. The Company provides residential, business and wholesale customers with a range of solutions to all their communications needs, including wireless, high-speed Internet, Internet protocol television (IPTV) and satellite TV, business Internet protocol (IP) broadband, and information and communications technology (ICT) services. The Company’s segments include Bell Wireless, Bell Wireline and Bell Media. The Company's Bell Wireless segment provides wireless services that are available to virtually all of the Canadian population. The Bell Wireline segment includes voice and data network; high-speed fiber deployment, and bell direct to home (DTH) satellite television service. The Company's Bell Media segment
| Considering the turret press was old and broke down often, this causes a delay in customer lead time and unnecessary costs because parts are expensive and hard to find.
Canadian Pacific began as a railway, then soon became a global transportation system and eventually evolved into a diversified industrial corporation (Murray, 2011, p.9). Individuals who were involved in this company were, George Stephen and Donald Smith, cousins from Scotland whose vision made Canadian Pacific possible; William Cornelius Van Horne, a gifted railroader who guided the company through its perilous years of construction and early operation. Thomas Shaughnessy was the administrative and logistics wizard who strengthened the railway both physically and financially. Edward Beatty, helped the company survive the challenges of vigorous competition and demoralizing economic conditions. Norris Crump, an up from the ranks railroader