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.