Author:Mohammad Azim Ulfati

* The entrepreneurial spirit fuels growth in the U.S. economy, discussion about the founder’s vision for the Mission Essential Personnel company and how it has been realized over the years.

Ernst & Young the founder of Mission Essential Personnel LLC are recognized as the entrepreneurs of the year 2006 for emerging Markets at the regional level and as national finalists.

Mission Essential LLC expanded since it’s founding in early 2004 to meet client’s needs and provide global professional human-capital solutions services to government and corporate clients.

The company which is leading provider of linguists, cultural advisers, intelligence, training and technical supporters with more than 8,300 personnel in 13 countries across the middle East, Africa, Asia and Europe, recently won $629 million in 2010(Mission Essential Personnel & ).The company was a small business company with handful of employees but when the company expanded to meet the clients needs, it was authorized bigger contracts and company revenue was $6.7 million in 2005, $185 million in 2009. And in this year of 2009 the company opened a major office in Chantily VA in order to focus on business development (Mission Essential Personnel & ). Not only American small business coalition presented the company with its founders Award for rapid growth and success serving U.S Government personnel overseas but also Inc.Magazine included this company on its “Inc.500” roll of the fastest growing companies, at number 8 in the government services category.

* Identify three characteristics of the founder’s vision that could be transferred to similar companies to improve their profitability.

The characteristics of the founder’s vision in Mission Essential Personnel LLC are outsourcing, offshoring, near shoring, forming strategic partnership that brought by marketplace demands and competition, and also being committed to the highest standard of ethics, transparency and accountability on a global scale for the military, civilian government, the intelligence community and development organization.

“There are companies who have similar goals and want to be similar to Mission Essential Personnel LLC, but have not been successful to get contracts like the mentioned company.

In order to improve and provide the best quality services to the customers along the road to greater success and make profits, Mission Essential Personnel LLC Company always looks out for outstanding business partners”. The business partner whether they are small business, large business companies, or minority institution, this company values interest in partnering with them for subcontracting. Each partner that display valuable experience and great capabilities that enable Mission Essential Personnel Company to target higher than mandated goals.

References:

(n.d.). Missione essential personnel. WE DELIVER CERTAINTY, Retrieved from http://www.missionep.com/

(n.d.). Missione essential personnel. Language, Intelligence, Training & Technical Services from Mission Essential Personnel, Retrieved from  http://www.missionep.com/company/

 “New Harvest Coffee Roasters

Provide examples of the four factors of production that New Harvest uses that contribute to a successful operation.

There are four main factors of production that an economic system needs for a successful operations and they are natural resources, capital, human resources and entrepreneurship. I believe that Kleinfeldt has considered all these four factors in the new harvest coffee roaster business as follows.

Natural resource:

In order to keep consumers happy and satisfied about the place and always have the best taste of coffee drinks, the company locally grows, produces foods, roast and harvest coffee beans and as well as connect and have farmers know that the company depends on them for a livelihood which is sustainable. (Organically grown coffee)

Capital:

The company improves its products and applies the highest standards of excellence, purchases the best technology for roasting, organic and fresh delivery of coffee. In order to accomplish this mission the company also uses the media as a tool. (Social media)

Human resources:

The company provides the best customer service through well -trained workers and enthusiastically satisfies customers all the time. They share and communicate activities comments and news with consumers, retailers and coffee shops via positive media. They also have the growers to help provide the best natural products. (Growers, farmers)

Entrepreneurship:

The company takes risk in order to be recognized profitable and successful, therefore they find a good demanding market, invest and develop coffee business (New Harvest Coffee Roasters). and at the same time consider to do business through corporation of social responsibilities. ( New Harvest Coffee Roasters).

*From Case Study 1.3, critique how environmental sustainability aligns with the social and ethical responsibilities of New Harvest Coffee Roasters and how the company can demonstrate its commitment.

As commitment to great governance, decision making, ethical conduct and social responsibilities are the fundamentals and core for doing a business therefore the company seems committed to all of them. To be committed to all those, the company strongly aligns to develop and increase share holders value, attract and retain partners, keep loyal customers, strengthen the supply chain of command via production of social, environmental and economic benefits to the community in which they operate.