Tuesday, 12 November 2013

Sharing Moment! O-Shima Restaurant

Hi guys! this week I really need to update my blog, since i realize that keep delaying our work will not make us feel comfortable but BURDEN!
In this week there is no lecture but it replaced by a sharing moment with O-Shima Restaurant and there is no tutorial session in this week too. The MC for the sharing moment was Arep Malik and Zainul Akmal as the Du'a reciter, it was funny actually when we can see that Zainul was very nervous when he recited the du'a. Mazidah and I almost burst into laugh but we just hold it in (but our body was shivering because of that :),hee sorry Zainul-------feeling guilty :'(    but I can feel that if I'm in his position on that time maybe I can't say a word! at least he still have the confident right?
The talk specially given by the owner of O-Shima Restaurant, Mrs. Asnidar Hanim Yusuf.




She had degree in engineering in Japan, Master in the same field but now she's pursue her studies in USIM in other field which is BUSINESS. She should be of the person we have to admire because she's really brave to tried something different from what she's good at (of course engineering).  The way she started the business was quite unique because she started from BIG, but it is the mistakes or failure that brought her to be a good entrepreneur. What makes this restaurant different from other Japanese restaurant? She said that they only served halal food in her restaurant with no non-halal ingredient involved. Do you know that I'm one of  the anime fans and also Japanese drama? YES! I do! In every Japanese movie or drama, you can see that they are usually having 'sake' with their family and friends, that is how they make their relationship stronger. The parents or the elders will pour the 'sake' to the younger one but they have to pass their minor age first, after that the younger one also have to pour the sake too after that, but you can find that they way they pour and received it are different based on their age and status.




 'SAKE' or pronounced as 'sah-keh' is one the alcoholic drink in Japan and they also served this alcohol in the sushi restaurant.
So, in order to follow the Shariah, they execute the sake from their menu and tried to get the halal certificate from the JAKIM. They can ensure that their food free from any non-halal ingredient but one of the challenge she faced in this industry is the supplier refuse to get the halal certificate since they think it as something that is not so important. When the Japanese supplier realized that the halal certificates can bring many benefits to their country like it can attract more tourist to come to Japan, they started to applied for the halal certificate but they charge high to those who make business with them. That also another challenge that she had to face. From the sharing moment I got a lot of information about the reality of business is extremely outside the textbook and in every success there is always 'SACRIFICE' and 'FAILURE', but just like Mrs. Asnidar said, we have to keep positive! Okay, let's take a look on these few picture on the sharing moment with O-Shima Restaurant. ~credit to our beloved Miss Ummi ^^









Sunday, 10 November 2013

Updating! assignment: GENERIC STRATEGIES


topic 7: Strategies for Competing in International Market

Hoho! this topic is SUPERB interesting, you know why? 
because we're watching a lot of videos regarding to this topic. You won't be sleepy in this week,seriously!  
seriously, when I saw one of my favorite Taiwanese actor in one of the McDonald commercial ads in Taiwan, it makes me more interested to this topic.


We learnt that McDonald applied a GOOD strategies in their company (even though I hate it!), because they are very particular about their customer cultures. Based on the video we watched before, their commercial ads also different based on the common and culture of the country. In Japan, they are focusing on anime or kids and also free gift. For example, Kamen Rider.


While in Taiwan, there are using celebrities in their commercial ads like Wang Lee Hom and Jolin Tsai


In Korea, they are focusing on celebrities as well. For example, Song Hye Kyo.



but in Malaysia there are focusing on family eccentric and collective. so that's why we can see trough their commercial in Malaysia is about sharing the happiness between family and friends. Proud to be Malaysian!


topic 6: Strengthening a Company's Competitive Position

Hoola! In this Sixth topic for this subject we are going to learn about BLUE-OCEAN STRATEGY. What is the meaning behind the word blue ocean? wanna know?hee,,


Do you know that our government already applied this strategy in Malaysia? Lately, when I was searching in Mr. Google explorer (hihi..) about the Blue-Ocean Strategy, I've found that there are several programs and activities under government which they called them as NBOS. The activities are 








topic 5: The Five Generic Competitive Strategies

Hi, guys! Now we have to move to the next topic which about five generic competitive strategies. In this topic we learnt the strategic used by each companies, but before that I want to show you a feature to show the five generic competitive strategies.




Actually this great strategy was introduced by Michael Porter. He believes that strategies allow organizations to gain competitive advantage from three different bases : cost leadership, differentiation, and focus. During this lecture Miss Ummi tried something different in her teaching. What is the different from the usual? hmmm...she's using our mobile as a medium to answer the question regarding the topic. Unique and interesting right? haaha..but unfortunately I can't join the activity in the lecture because my phone battery was already empty on that time. so, I'm just helping my friend answered the question. One of the knowledge that I gain from the lecture was Air Asia used the low-cost strategy to make their company success. Instead of being like MAS who provides the high quality service for their customer, Air Asia offers their interesting tagline "now everyone can fly". It means that even someone who are not wealthy or just common person like me can travel everywhere by plane. Ha! I forgot to tell you that my Strategic Management tutor is one of the strategist for Air Asia in their early opening. that's all, bye! ^^,


Saturday, 9 November 2013

topic 4: Evaluating a Company's Resources, Capabilities, and Competitiveness

I guess I have to update my blog since I totally forgot about it. sorry....maybe I do have a lot of assignments to do, but wait..this BLOG also one of the assignment assign to all students! I'm not suppose to forget about it. Once again, I'm terribly sorry Miss! :(
 okay, can we start now? Actually I don't know what should I write since Miss told us not to make notes on our entry.  I think during lecture she shared with us about something which related to the topic but i can't remember it. hee,,
do you know one of the tool that we can use to improve a company problem is SWOT. S stands for strength, stands for weakness, O stands for opportunities, and T stands for threats


This tools can clearly shows us the capabilities and the weakness, so that the company can overcome it. During tutorial on the next week with Mdm.Huda, we tried to applied the tools in the study case of Ambang Mata Sdn Bhd together. By doing that, we can clearly see the weakness of the company. The company's problem is they manage the company traditionally and they are not in line with the current technology. I also do a survey on their website and I realize that they have to hire a new graphic designer because their book's cover are not interesting at all except for their children magazine, aulad. I can't wait to study TOWS on the next topic! Why? because this tool helps us to make the weakness become an opportunity.