Fitness Facilitates

Why Amazon Should Provide Fitness Facilitates at Their Fulfilment CentersOverarching Subject Workplace Fitness at Amazon Fulfilment centers. Statement of Purpose Because Amazon fulfilment centers often demand very physical work work, this recommendation report will address loss time at work and high employee turnover rates and provide a possible solution to provide fitness centers at their fulfillment warehouses. Annotated Bibliography Source One Bhasin, H. (2015). SWOT Analysis of Amazon-Amazon SWOT Analysis. Retrieved April 18th, 2 from http://www.marketing91.com/swot-analysis-of-amazon/ The source is composed of a that SWOT analysis for Amazon. The source will be helpful because it will provide an analysis which will be used to determine the available opportunities, areas to improve and how to start the fitness facilities business. A SWOT analysis gives a detailed description of the business and its operations. A SWOT analysis is important because it gives investors and top management a look into the business and help them make key decisions. Using the SWOT analysis to determine the business process would explain why having fitness facilities located at different fulfillment centers will help increase their productivity as well as other areas that need improvement. The quality of the source comes from online marketing blog and the quality to source. If the source can effectively describe any shortcomings Amazons fulfillment center and using it in conjunction of the sources can benefit the report by showing how productivity can increase. Source Two Grande, A. J., Silva, V., & Parra, S. A. (2014). Effectiveness of exercise at workplace in physical fitness: uncontrolled randomized study. Einstein, 12(1), 55–60. This source provides a study of workplace exercise for employee health by means of health-related physical activity components. The study was conducted by meta analysis of organizational wellness programs and their effects of employee wellness and absenteeism from at work. This article is important because there is a wealth of information on employee wellness programs as well as provides critical studies, specifically on the issue of fitness within the workplace. It gives detailed analysis on the issue as well as highlight conclusions drawn from the research that was done based on business needs and processes. The study provides visual charts, descriptions and conclusions of the study. The visuals provided also gives evidence that supports the article which was written by three authors from the University of San Paulo. The source should be relevant in that is highlights information provided by sources in the field relevant to the topic of the recommendation report. Source Three Zweifel M. (2016). 6 things to Consider before you Start your Own Fitness Facility. Retrieved March 13, 2016, from http://www.theptdc.com/2015/07/start-your-own-fitness-facility/ The article is written by a professional and experienced fitness instructor and highlights all the dos and don’ts’s when establishing a fitness facility. The information in the source is useful in the research, because it highlights the important things to put into consideration when starting a fitness business. Though Amazon is not in the business of fitness and is not starting a fitness facility for retail The information will be used to determine the facilities and strategies required for Amazon’s success. Moreover, the cost of installing a fitness facility, even a small one would incur significant cost the top managers at Amazon will consider. The article presents a valid an argument to those might be opposed to establishing a fitness center at any Amazon fulfillment center, however, it makes the recommendation report seems as if everything was taken into consideration and was not just provided by someone who wanted a gym at work. Source Four Das, B. M., Mailey, E., Murray, K., Phillips, S. M., Torres, C., & King, A. C. (2016). From sedentary to active: Shifting the movement paradigm in workplaces. Work (Reading, Mass.). The article acknowledges the essence of establishing fitness programs and health education at workplace. The author acknowledges how Different people view physical activities with different perspectives. Most acknowledge that physical solely means of weight control, while others view the practices as means to increase prestige and aesthetic body value, through muscle building. Health factors have also pushed people into serious regular workout sessions in the face of growing cases of lifestyle related conditions such as diabetes and hypertension. Which may lead to unintended absences from work. According to the article, people are more conscious about their health, a status driven by increased availability of information and hunger for awareness on the conditions killing millions of people every year. Fitness centers provide a variety of exercise equipment including resistance training machines and core stability equipment. The article aims to support the recommendation report by providing another highlight of work place fitness. There’s an intent to include as much studies on workplace fitness as possible to establish the convincing point of the recommendation report.