...Pearson BTEC Level 5 HND Diploma in Business(QCF) | UNIT 16:Managing Communications, Knowledge, and Information | Student name and ID number | Assessors name | Kamiesha Lewis H1409030 | Abraham Pius | Date issued | Completion date | Submitted on | 25thJanuary 2016 | 08th May 2016 by 5.00pm | 03 May 2016 | Internal Verifier | Dr George Panagiotou | Assignment title | Google Inc | Instructions | * An electronic copy of your assessment must be fully uploaded by the deadline date and time. * You must submit one single PDF or MS Office Word document. Any relevant images or screenshots must be included within the same MS Office Word or PDF document. * The last version you upload will be the one that is marked. Your paper will be marked if you have indicated this as your final submission. * Review the mitigating circumstances policy for information relating to extensions. * The file size must not exceed 20MB. * Answer the criteria in order, clearly indicating the pass criteria number. * Ensure that all work has been proof-read and checked prior to submission. * Ensure that the layout of your documents are in a professional format with font style Arial, font size 12 for the text, font 14 for sub heading and font 16 for main heading, line spacing 1.5 and justified. * Use the Harvard referencing system; otherwise it will be considered as plagiarised work. * Ensure that you back-up your work regularly and apply version control to...
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...BTEC Level 3 90 Credit Diploma in Business Unit 1 The Business Environment Assignment One Formative Assessment 2015-16 Mr Ranghel ST FRANCIS XAVIER COLLEGE BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Business How to present your work: * Your work must be word-processed. * Every page should have a footer (font 10) which includes: * Candidate name * Tutor group * Student number * Centre number * Page number Look at the bottom of this page for an example of how to layout a footer. * Every page should have a header (font 10) which includes: * Your name * Unit number and Title * Unit teachers name. Look at the top of this page for an example of how to layout a header. * Your work should also have a title page and contents page. * At the end of your work you should have a list of the sources/resources you used. * Your work should be in Times New Roman or Arial font for general text. * Text should have a font size of 12 (use 14 for headings). * Any image you include should have an explanation of what it shows and where it is from. This could be in font 10 or 11. * Please check your work, for spelling, punctuation and grammar. Your work should be well organised, using paragraphs, showing clear development of information and ideas. * Your work should be stapled together, to avoid losing any sheets of your work. * The work must be your own and written in your own words. If it...
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...II. A THEORY STATED: STRATEGY’S LOGIC There is an essential unity to all strategic experience in all periods of history because nothing vital to the nature and function of war and strategy changes. Strategy provides a coherent blueprint to bridge the gap between the realities of today and a desired future. It is the disciplined calculation of overarching objectives, concepts, and resources within acceptable bounds of risk to create more favorable future outcomes than might otherwise exist if left to chance or the hands of others. It is the consideration of the relation of how to apply resources to achieve desired results in a specific strategic environment over time. In the context of the state, strategy is the employment of specific instruments of power (political/diplomatic, economic, military, and informational) to achieve the political objectives of the state in cooperation or in competition with other actors pursuing their own— possibly conflicting—objectives.9 In other words, it is the application of the power inherent in the natural and societal resources of the state toward policy ends in an emerging, dynamic, and competitive strategic environment. Both strategy and planning are subordinate to the nature of the environment. Strategy has distinct attributes and differs from planning in its scope, assumptions, and premises, but it provides the structure and parameters for more detailed long-range and short-term planning. Both strategy and planning...
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...Chapter 19 – Pricing 1. State three factors that influence the price of fish and chips (3 marks) 1. Target market 2. Location 3. Community 2. Calculate the price charged to the customer if a firm adds a 300% mark up to a product costing £12 (4 marks) If the firm adds 300% it would be 3 lots of 12 because it is the whole of the price. Therefore 12 x 3 is 36. = £36.00 3. Explain why a product retailing at £99.99 is likely to be more appealing than one selling at a price of £100 (4 marks) This is promotional pricing, it is used when a business is trying to gain additional sales or sell old unused stock or services. On an aeroplane they discount the price just to get rid of the last seat, as the plane is going to fly anyway so they might as well get some money from it. It is a very common method of pricing. People perceive the item to be worth much less. 4. Analyse which method of pricing is most likely to be successful to a firm selling a. A plasma television set (4 marks) b. Remaining seats on an aircraft (4 marks) Remaining seats on an aeroplane would fit the method of discounting the price. This is because they want to make as much profit from that flight as possible, if the cost is lower there is more chance it will be sold. If a plasma TV is priced as £90.99, it means its promotional pricing. This is where customers perceive the price to be lower than it actually is and because TV’s are expensive this will help it sell. ...
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...[pic] The Institute for Shipboard Education Registrar Services Work-Study Grant Instructions and Application *Note: Students with work-study positions traditionally board the ship one day prior to ship embarkation. Applicants should wait to make flight arrangements until after the award date. This application is for students interested in a work-study position in the Registrar’s office aboard the MV Explorer. Students receiving this grant will be expected to work 2 hours every day while at sea. There will be no work expectations while in port. Students will also be expected to arrive one day before embarkation to assist the faculty and staff with pre-voyage preparation and student check-in. Work-study students hold an esteemed position within the shipboard community since they will have a special relationship with the faculty and staff onboard. With this award comes increased presence and responsibilities. As a result, recipients are expected to hold themselves to the highest standards when it comes to work performance and personal demeanor. Duties specific to the registrar services work-study position include: • Aiding in the add/drop process • Assisting with all student related registration matters • Assisting with course evaluation process • Additional duties as assigned Students are expected to perform work duties as assigned by the Registrar or Assistant Executive Dean. Any student failing to perform duties as assigned may be removed...
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...How political, legal and social factors impact on businesses. In this assignment I will be conducting a PESTLE (Political, Environmental, Social, Technological, Legal and Economical) analysis of two companies, McDonalds & Samsung. I will be looking at the factors which affect the business at this current time and also factors that may potentially affect them in the future and what they can do as a response and the benefits and drawbacks that may come with their response. McDonalds “McDonald's is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, serving around 68 million customers daily in 119 countries across 35,000 outlets” and was founded in the United States in 1940 and currently have more than 1,200 restaurants in the UK. Political Politics can heavily affect the way in which McDonalds operate, as regulations set by the government have to be followed by organisations or could result in consequences, fines and bad publicity. Firstly, one political factors could be, that the governments are trying to cut down the rate of obesity in the UK (it is estimated that around 25% of the UK is classed as obese and that is set to rise to 50% by 2050) by: encouraging the UK population to eat healthier and to cut down on fast foods and sugary foods and to inform the population more about the health risks associated with obesity e.g. (diabetes & strokes). McDonalds have responded to this by; introducing healthier recipes and products – such as a wider...
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...Furama’s Structure 3 2. Culture 4 a. Furama 4 b. Sheraton 4 c. Type of culture of Sheraton and Furama 5 d. Similar and Different between Sheraton and Furama’s Culture 5 3. Relationship between organization structure and culture - Its effect on business performance 6 4. Factors influence individual behavior at work 7 THE ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY 9 1. Theories which strengthens principles and practice of organizing and management 9 2. The applied theories of Sheraton and Furama 10 3. Compare different approaches to management and theories of two companies 11 REFERENCES 11 APPENDICES 12 INTRODUCTION Vietnam is one of the most attractive tourist destinations in the Asia-Pacific region. In recent years, Vietnam's tourism industry develops strongly, there are a many hotels, and tourist resort 5 stars in Vietnam. Among them, the Furama or Sheraton is one of the ideal destinations for domestic and foreign tourists. This report is divided into two parts: • The first section will address the organizational structure, culture, relationship between organization structure and culture, and five factors (Personality, Perception, Attitude, Ability, Stress and change) that influence individual behavior at work of Furama and Sheraton Corporation. • The following section will analyze the organizational theory that strengthens Principles and practice of organizing and management of the two corporations. STRUCTURE AND CULTURE OF TWO HOTELS 1. Structure a...
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...Business Communication at Work Marie Henkel COM\285 Charzeta Spencer May 8, 2012 Business communication is the key to running a successful business. In today’s society people communicate generally through technology, no one really talks face to face anymore. The way many business gain recognition is through social networks such as facebook and linked in. Technology is the new trend of communication, society uses technology to communicate through Iphones, and computers. I am currently looking for a job, so communication plays a big role in my everyday life. In today’s society in order to gain employment a person must network his or herself through means of the internet. When a person networks his or herself it has to be done through online applications, job seeking, and resume writing. For example, first a person would type in local job search, this will give a list of job search engines (monster, jax jobs, and remedy staffing), then after clicking on a search engine the person will be guided through local companies hiring and how to apply. Very few business’s now a days except paper applications, this way the company can pick and choose people based on a resume and the company does not have to be bothered by people constantly calling to check the status of his or her application. The internet also provides people with specific tools for helping write resumes or just gain skills needed to impress employer. This is the way I must communicate very day in order to find...
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...Imagine being employed by a company that lets you work whenever you want. You can work a one-hour week or a 50-hour week. You can take a 10-minute lunch or a 10-hour lunch. You can turn up at 7am or you can rock up at 3pm. You can work whatever hours you like … and still get paid a full-time wage. Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, it actually exists. It was a trend that was started in 2004 by Best Buy, a retail chain in the US. The organisation introduced a system in their head office of 3000 workers called ROWE – Results Only Work Environment. In essence, it meant one thing: employees were judged on their performance, not their presence. The result was a 35 per cent increase in productivity as employees started working at more convenient times and during periods when they were more energetic. Since then, ROWE – or variations of it – has been rolled out in just a few companies. It is an innovation so radical, for now at least, that the vast majority of businesses prefer to stick with what they know, the nine-to-five grind. Only the brave attempt it, and one of those that's taken the plunge in Australia has been BigCommerce, a fast-growing SME of 65 employees, specialising in online stores. Advertisement: Story continues below BigCommerce’s co-founder and co-CEO is Eddie Machaalani. I asked him why he put such an extreme version of flexibility in place. “From day one we set about creating a supreme company culture in order to attract the best talent and keep our people...
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...Business Communication Trends Crystal Schultz XCOM/285 December 7, 2014 Janet Waldron Companies are changing everyday due to business trends. There are currently ten business trends. These range from technology to balancing work and families. The main priority for any company is to grow and gain strength. This is done by providing both employees and customers what is needed to be successful. Most employees have families so they need job flexibility. There are now regulations that need to be met concerning diversity in the work place. Then there are the things that are required of employees. The ability to work in a team environment is one of those requirements. Most companies are following one of these trends. Technology plays a huge role in my daily business communication. I am required to contact clients by phone and email every day. There is often times that require that I call for a follow up and then have to e-mails that were lost or misunderstood. Before the technology advancements I would have to write purchase orders and invoices to mail the customer or client. It took longer to receive payment and when there was a problem it took double the time. I am now able to call to ensure the customer received the products and allow them to submit a payment. This also allows the time to do extra work daily. When I get to the office in the morning I will respond to any e-mails we received then move on to sending out new invoices that are due payment. Submitting these documents...
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...|Unit Title: |Unit No:1 |Date Issued | |Business Environment | |Week beginning 11/02/13 | |Student Name |Student ID |Due Date – 03/06/13 | |Lecturer Name: Ibrahim kevin, Sujata,& Issac |Internal Verifier Name | | |Mr. M. Azam | Rules and regulations: |Plagiarism is presenting somebody else’s work as your own. It includes: copying information directly from the Web or books without | |referencing the material; submitting joint coursework as an individual effort; copying another student’s coursework; stealing coursework from| |another student and submitting it as your own work. Suspected plagiarism will be investigated and if found to have occurred will be dealt | |with according to the procedures set down by the College. Please see your student handbook for further details of what is / isn’t plagiarism.| Coursework Regulations 1. Submission of coursework must be undertaken according to the relevant procedure – whether online or paper-based. Lecturers will give information as to which procedure must be followed, and details of submission procedures and penalty fees can be obtained...
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...UGANDA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY Faculty of business and administration MUKONO DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT UGANDA WANKULUKUKU ROAD BY KEMIHINGIRO BONITA REG NO: S1324/1003 Internship report submitted to The faculty of business and administration in partial fulfillment for the Award of a bachelor’s degree in project planning and entrepreneurship April 2015 Agency supervisor NAME…………………………….. SIGNATURE…………………….. DECLARATION I kemihingiro Bonita declare that this internship report is my original work and has never been submitted to any institution for any award of a Bachelors’ Degree in Project planning and entrepreneurship Signed …………………………. Date ………………………… APPROVAL This is to certify that this internship report by kemihingiro Bonita has been carried out at mukono district local government He has been under my supervision and the internship report is now ready for submission to the faculty of Business studies at Uganda Christian University. Name ……………………………… Signature …………………………… Date……………………………. DEDICATION I dedicate this piece of work to my grandfathers, Brothers, Sisters and Friends for the continued support and encouragement both financially and academically throughout my course of study. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Like any other report, is not well presented by the name of a single author, rather its contents reflect the contribution from various sources without anyone of which the report would certainly have been much...
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...pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. for 13 years. India, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea are few countries in which he was posted during his working years. Later, he joined Squibb, as Vice President for the Japan/Pacific region. During that tenure, Squibb went into a joint venture with two Chinese partners in Shanghai. Though he was not directly involved in the venture, still he was highly influenced by his two bosses to see China’s potential. After leaving Squibb, he joined Salvatec in 1990 as President of the region comprising of Europe, Middle East and Africa in 1995. Soon, he became senior VP and joined the company’s Executive Committee. Soon, he covered Canada and Latin America and then was promoted to run company’s international business, outside its home base. A number of achievements followed like he was appointed senior VP...
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...through the recession and continue to be so. Welch responded by employing a strong strategy supplemented by the necessary structural changes. Welch followed the strategy of “as a unique, high spirited, entrepreneurial enterprise…… the most profitable, highly diversified company on earth with world quality leadership in every one of its product lines.” Clearly, Welch wanted the GE to be entrepreneurial, most profitable, diversified and quality leader this was the driving force behind the initiatives. Welch took the following initiatives, their effectives is tested below: a) Sell of Close – To be most profitable, GE needed to be in the business in which they had leadership and earning profits. And to come out of the businesses which were not profitable. Welch clearly articulated this by guiding to be either #1 of #2 in business of get out of it. As a result, GE sold more than 200 businesses. This initiatives was in perfect line with the strategy. Only by remaining #1 or #2, GE could remain most profitable. b) Diversification – GE made over 370 acquisitions, clearly moving on its strategy of diversification. Acquisitions made were in diversified fields. c) Lean and Agile – Profitability also arise from the internal efficiency. An envisioned in the strategy, to be quality leader of world, GE needed to have a lean and agile workforce. Value addition test brought to the individual level by making each individual to thick how did he add value. Major lay offs were made...
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...numerous tools designed to help one comprehend the work that employees perform. One tool is a needs assessment, this needs assessment will help determine the compensation, training, job performance, and financial decisions within the company. A needs assessment consist of an individual, job, and organizational analysis that will help management change policies, manage performance, classify jobs or develop effective training. This paper presents a short version of my very own individual, job, and organizational analysis performed utilizing an Accountant position (AIU Online, 2013; Noe, 2010). Needs Analysis Survey: Accountants Needs analysis surveys are the most important step for designing training classes; this assessment helps distinguish the knowledge of employees and the content to learn. It also serves as the foundation for content selection, trainers, the materials, techniques and the resources that it would take to proceed. Therefore, utilizing the information from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Outlook Handbook I will prepare an organizational, individual, and job analysis along with questions to ask an Accountant. Based on the information from the Occupational Outlook Handbook, an Accountant examines and prepares financial documents to guarantee accuracy and on-time payments of taxes. They also ensure that business finances are accurate enough to run efficient and effectively; these individual’s work a full-time, 40-hour shift depending on the time...
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