...Solving Business Problems BM0129 Busby Manufacturing Company Ltd. Consultancy Report Executive Summary Busby Manufacturing over the course of the year have highlighted a number of difficulties and tasks that needed to be completed. Beginning with their first problem, it needed to be researched into how the launch of their new product would sell after predictions dude to demand, pricing and costs were all taken into consideration. A user-friendly active model has been constructed to portray the final figures based on predictions and allows any percentage changes to portray new data. This has allowed them to change sale figures from 10% to 7% etc. to determine if the product is feasible to produce and launch. Busby has also been investigating its monthly advertising budget and have needed to analyse the sales projections from television, newspaper and billboards. In order to portray these in a simple manner, scatter diagrams have been constructed to highlight the correlation between the total sales and each of the individual sales. This then led to the conclusion being made when concerning the advertising team’s plans for next month. The calculations that were made have come forward to positively support these plans as they still adhere to each other like previous monthly spending. In concerns to Busby’s investigations into current absence and salary pay across their three companies in the UK, statistical analysis has been put into place. This analysis has been able...
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...* Collect a copy of the reading pack from the faculty office * Attend both lecture and seminar sessions as stated on your timetable * Arrive in time for the start of all taught sessions * Read the preparatory reading before the taught sessions each week * Undertake any directed learning that may be set * Seek help from the module tutor if you are having any problems with any aspect of the module * Hand in assignments on time Tutor contact details: Module leader: Dr Roz Sunley Roz.Sunley@winchester.ac.uk Module tutor: Dr Natalia Yakovleva Natalia.Yakovleva@winchester.ac.uk Module administrator: Karen Robbertze Karen.Robbertze@winchester.ac.uk Contents Introduction and learning outcomes 3 Weekly schedule 4-6 Assessment 7-9 Useful texts 9-11 Feedback, Harvard referencing etc 12 Study guide for each week 12 - 17 Marking criteria 18 – 20 Background to Principles of Responsible Management The Winchester Business School is one of a select group of business schools to join an exciting new management education initiative set up by the United Nations. Winchester Business School was the thirteenth business school from the UK to play an active role in the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) that includes over...
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...March 2015 Assignment title Unit 19: Marketing Planning Learning outcome Assessment criteria In this assessment you will have the opportunity to present evidence that shows you are able to Task No. Evidence (Page no) 1 Be able to compile marketing audits 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 2 3 Understand the main barriers to marketing planning Be able to formulate a marketing plan for a product or service 2.1 2.2 3.1 3.2 3.3 Review changing perspectives in marketing planning Evaluate an organization’s capability for planning its future marketing activity Examine techniques for organizational auditing and for analysing external factors that affect marketing planning Carry out organizational auditing and analysis of external factors that affect marketing planning in a given situation Assess the main barriers to marketing planning Examine how organizations may overcome barriers to marketing planning Write a marketing plan for a product or a service Explain why marketing planning is essential in the strategic planning process for an organization Examine techniques for new product development 2 (b) 1 (b) 1 (a) 1 (e) 1 (c) 1 (d) 2 (e) 2 (a) 2 (c) 1 3.4 3.5 4 Understand ethical issues in marketing 4.1 4.2 4.3 Justify recommendations for pricing policy, distribution and communication mix Explain how factors affecting the effective implementation of the marketing plan have been taken into account Explain how ethical issues influence...
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...Resources for 11 Countries in the Western Pacific Region Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 1 Key elements in choosing the channels of communication ................................................ 2 Cambodia Summary of media resources ...................................................................................................... 8 Media directory ............................................................................................................................ 10 China Summary of media resources ........................................................................................................ 18 Media directory ............................................................................................................................. 20 Fiji Summary of media resources ....................................................................................................... 26 Media directory ............................................................................................................................. 27 Lao People's Democratic Republic Summary of media resources...
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...for planning its future marketing activity Examine techniques for organizational auditing and for analysing external factors that affect marketing planning Carry out organizational auditing and analysis of external factors that affect marketing planning in a given situation Assess the main barriers to marketing planning Examine how organizations may overcome barriers to marketing planning Write a marketing plan for a product or a service Explain why marketing planning is essential in the strategic planning process for an organization Examine techniques for new product development 2 (b) 1.2 1.3 1.4 2 3 Understand the main barriers to marketing planning Be able to formulate a marketing plan for a product or service Submitted on 2.1 2.2 3.1 3.2 3.3 Evidence (Page no) 1 (b) 1 (a) 1 (e) 1 (c) 1 (d) 2 (e) 2 (a) 2 (c) 1 3.4 3.5 4 Understand ethical issues in marketing 4.1 4.2 4.3 Justify recommendations for pricing policy, distribution and communication mix Explain how factors affecting the effective implementation of the marketing plan have been taken into account Explain how ethical issues influence marketing planning Analyse...
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...Nordic Journal of African Studies 11(3): 403-410 (2002) NEWSPAPERS AS INSTRUMENTS FOR BUILDING LITERATE COMMUNITIES: THE NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE EMMANUEL TAIWO BABALOLA Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria ABSTRACT This paper recognizes newspapers, the world over, as useful tools for promoting literate communities. Because of their invaluable functions of informing, educating, entertaining and constructively bringing the activities of the government nearer to the people, newspapers are now very popular and common with adults and young alike. Newspapers are veritable tools for promoting literacy through reading, writing and dialogues (among readers and critics), which are the hallmarks of effective and efficient use of language. Newspapers have a built-in capacity to motivate readers. As a result, it is the common practice in most parts of the country to have people congregate around newspapers stands and vendors every morning reading and discussing the contents of the newspapers. Newspapers can thus promote critical thinking, retention of information, problem solving and questioning of information source. This paper is an account of an on-going study regarding the effectiveness and noneffectiveness of English medium newspapers for facilitating literacy empowerment. Given the need to exploit the enormous resources of newspapers, as vehicles for facilitating literacy empowerment among literate communities, this paper suggests steps that can be taken by newspaper publishers, members...
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...Personality and Individual Differences 46 (2009) 147–153 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Personality and Individual Differences journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/paid Cognitive-behavioural training to change attributional style improves employee well-being, job satisfaction, productivity, and turnover Judith G. Proudfoot a,*, Philip J. Corr b, David E. Guest c, Graham Dunn d a School of Psychiatry and Black Dog Institute, University of New South Wales, Randwick 2031, Australia Department of Psychology, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK c Kings College London, University of London, UK d Health Methodology Research Group, School of Community Based Medicine, University of Manchester, UK b a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t We report, for the first time in the literature, a cognitive-behavioural training waiting-list controlled study that changed employees’ attributional style, reduced turnover, increased productivity, and improved a number of individual differences measures of well-being. One hundred and sixty-six financial services sales agents (98% male, mean age 36.2 ± 9 years) were randomly assigned to either (a) a sevenweek cognitive-behavioural training program or (b) a waiting-list. Significant improvements resulted in employees’ attributional style, job satisfaction, self-esteem, psychological well-being and general productivity. A significant reduction in employee turnover over a 4.5 month period was observed...
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...Click to add text to title page ACCT3583 Management Accounting 2 ACCT3583: Seminar 1 Administration Seminar 1 – Analysing the External Environment Welcome to ACCT3583 – Management Accounting 2! We will begin with a course overview – referring to the ACCT3583 Course Outline Outline. This is an opportunity to discuss learning outcomes, assessments and general course admin., as well as providing a subject overview We will then cover Topic 1: Analysing the External Environment 2 ACCT3583 Management Accounting 2 ACCT3583 Teaching team Teaching Team Contact details Brian Burfitt (Lecturer‐in‐Charge) Yee Shih Phua ACCT3583 Teaching team Consultation Tues 10am – 12Noon Teaching Team Contact details Mark McCoy Consultation By Appointment Email: b.burfitt@unsw.edu.au Telephone: 9385 5807 Office: Quad 3081 Email: Y.Phua@unsw.edu.au Telephone: 9385 5812 T l h 9385 5812 Office: Quad 3062 Thurs 12Noon – 2 Th 12N 2pm Email: TBA Telephone: TBA Jonathan Yuen Email: jonathan.yuen@unsw.edu.au Telephone: 9385 6283 Office: Quad 3089 Mon 4pm ‐6pm Yichelle Zhang Email: yichelle.zhang@unsw.edu.au Telephone: 9385 6283 Office: Quad 3089 12Noon – 1pm 3 ACCT3583 Management Accounting 2 4 ACCT3583 Management Accounting 2 ACCT3583 Seminar overview ACCT3583 Course assessment Seminar overview Seminars comprise lecture content and in-class discussions You must view the podcast, read the assigned readings and...
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...PD2 Assignment 3B Table of Contents 1. Introduction- 2 2. Project Definition 2 3. Project Objective 2-5 a. Operational b. Financial c. Marketing d. CSR 4. Stakeholders and Analysis 6 5. Legal and ethical Considerations 6-7 6. Project Schedule 7-9 7. Resources 10-11 8. Budget 11-15 9. Risk Management 15-16 10. References 16-17 1. Introduction Woolworths is one of the largest retailing companies in Australia. It deals with food and staples. Mr Grant O’Brien is the Managing Director of this company. It holds 190,000 employees across Australia and New Zealand. As it is one of the largest companies in Australia although it’s not a manufacturing industry, it’s indirectly impacting on the environment by producing CO2 through its operation by consumption of electricity and wastage product produced through its day to day operation. By taking this in mind, we decided to work under Woolworths and help it to reduce its carbon emission that is affecting the environment and community as a whole. Therefore, our project will be focused on reducing the impact of carbon emission that is emitted from the day to day operation of Woolworths. 2. Project definition Project “Hello Green” will be fully committed towards the green. Therefore this project will be taking substantial steps to address to today’s emission by reducing the energy uses, focusing on...
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...Subject Outline Subject Name: Managing Entrepreneurial Enterprises Code: LB5207:03 Study Period: SP21, 2014 Study Mode: Internal Campus: Brisbane Subject Coordinator: Dr. Boaz Bernstein Pre-requisites: If pre-requisites apply to your subject, provide link to subject in Studyfinder <https://secure.jcu.edu.au/app/studyfinder/index.cfm> e.g., For prerequisites for EV3010, see https://secure.jcu.edu.au/app/studyfinder/index.cfm?subject=EV3010&year=2013&transform=subjectwebview.xslt Note that where a subject is offered across different campuses and/or modes and/or teaching periods within the one calendar year, the learning outcomes will be the same and, other than in exceptional circumstances, there will be no variation in assessment type or weighting. Any minor variation in assessment type or weighting will be authorised through relevant School/Faculty processes and by Head of School, and documented in the subject outline/s, prior to the commencement of the subject. The design of course content and learning experiences across different campuses and/or modes and/or teaching periods within the one calendar year will ensure equivalent opportunity for students to achieve learning outcomes. This subject outline has been prepared by the School of Business, Faculty of Law, Business and the Creative Arts, James Cook University. Updated 20 March 2014. Q1. This subject is offered across more than one campus and/or mode and/or teaching...
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...Curriculum Vitae Daniel Alex Wache Kapila Tel: Mobile: +260 977 12 33 91 or +260 972 45 95 63 or +260 954 12 15 58 email: dwaj2007@yahoo.com |PERSONAL PROFILE | | | | | |SEX: MALE | | |DATE OF BIRTH:29TH August, 1973 | | |AGE: 39 YEARS | | |Married and Children : 4 ( two Boys and two Girls ) | | |Nationality: Zambian ...
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...Tutor Marked Assessment- Submission document 3PRM Supporting Good Practice in Performance and Reward Management |Your Name |Karolina Mehmeti | |HLC Student Number | | |Cohort/Group |November 2014 | |Your Tutor |Lisa Stevens | |Date of Submission |01/11/2015 | |Number of words used in this TMA (discount references and tables, charts and graphs) | | Save this document as Full name, Unit, Cohort, Assessment For example AngelaSample_3PRM_Jan15_Assessment It will be returned as AngelaSample_3PRM_Jan15_Assessment_Feedback CIPD Assessment Activity |Title of unit/s |Supporting Good Practice in Performance and Reward Management | |Unit No/s |3PRM ...
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...Marketing Research Assignment (MAN4273M ) ------------------------------------------------- Caroline LY – Varun Menon – Jörn Meyer – Koen van Luxemburg Course Leader = Helen Preece We certify that this assignment is the result of our own work and does not exceed the word count noted below. Number of words __2554____________ (excluding appendices/bibliographies, tables and diagrams) Executive Summary This research had the intention to find out whether the launch of a new student discount card was feasible or not, and what students’ expectations of this card would be. This was then broken into this three marketing research objectives: 1. To understand students’ needs 2. To examine their attitudes towards and usage of the existing competitor card (the NUS Extra card) 3. To measure potential demand The focus group results pointed out that existing NUS Extra card holders were rather pleased with their card, but that they found the discounts provided by the card rather lacking. Those that did not have an NUS Extra card were unaware of the concept and put more emphasis on supermarkets, bookstores and various online shops. During the questionnaire, we interviewed 100 students. But we could hardly find students having the NUS Extra card already. Hence, only 8 respondents had an NUS Extra card. Of the remaining 92 students, the majority indicated that they had never heard of the concept. Others however indicated that they saw little advantage over the...
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...Part 1 – VCAT and Applied law 12 Part 2 – VCAT and Contextual analysis 13 Hypothetical Case Studies 15 • Residential Tenancies List 15 • Planning and Environment List 18 • Anti-Discrimination list 20 Assessment criteria 22 Reading guide 24-28 Su Robertson, Unit Coordinator su.robertson@vu.edu.au 9919 1823 Unit rationale BLB1101 Australian Legal System in Context: • Provides you with a working foundation in the technical structure of Australian legal systems, using applied practical teaching and learning methods; • Exposes you to ways of making sense of Australian legal systems in a legal academic way using the themes of economics, sustainability, race and gender; • Inducts you in the ways of the lawyer, including appropriate language use and structure, ethics and legal professional behaviour, using reflective, applied and theory-based teaching and learning methods. Learning outcomes Upon successful completion of BLB1101, you will: • Be able to identify and understand the components of Australian legal systems, how these components intersect and interact, and how lawyers use these systems; • Be able to identify and use the language of law in the way of a legal professional; • Be able to situate and analyse Australian legal systems within broader social and political contexts; • Be able to format and write about law in a coherent and professional way; • Have the ability to use reflection as a legal professional learning tool. ...
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...(Academic) Project Manager Associate Professor Sandra Jones – Director Learning & Teaching Unit Project Officer Brenda Novak Report written by: Associate Professor Sandra Jones and Brenda Novak. Case studies written by: Dr Mali Abdollahian, Ian McBean, Geoff Outhred, Dr Kate Westberg. Photographs - Copyright © 2009 RMIT University Photographers Margund Sallowsky and Kate Ebbot unless otherwise stated. ISBN 978-1-921426-36-0 Support for this project has been provided by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council, an initiative of the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. The views expressed in this report do not necessarily reflect the views of the Australian Learning and Teaching Council Ltd. This work is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution- NoncommercialShareAlike 2.5 Australia Licence. Under this Licence you are free to copy, distribute, display and perform the work and to make derivative works. Attribution: You must attribute the work to the original authors and include the following...
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