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...ELECTRONIC ASSIGNMENT COVERSHEET | | Student Number | 32695016 | Surname | Zhang | Given name | Ming | Email | Zhangming_90@hotmail.com | | | Unit Code | BUS317 | Unit name | Strategic Management | Enrolment mode | | Date | 4th Oct 2015 | Assignment number | 1 | Assignment name | Short Eassy | Tutor | Frankie Yee | Student’s Declaration: * Except where indicated, the work I am submitting in this assignment is my own work and has not been submitted for assessment in another unit. * This submission complies with Murdoch University's academic integrity commitments. I am aware that information about plagiarism and associated penalties can be found at http://www.murdoch.edu.au/teach/plagiarism/. If I have any doubts or queries about this, I am further aware that I can contact my Unit Coordinator prior to submitting the assignment. * I acknowledge that the assessor of this assignment may, for the purpose of assessing this assignment: * reproduce this assignment and provide a copy to another academic staff member; and/or * submit a copy of this assignment to a plagiarism-checking service. This web-based service may retain a copy of this work for the sole purpose of subsequent plagiarism checking, but has a legal agreement with the University that it will not share or reproduce it in any form. * I have retained a copy of this assignment. * I will retain a copy of the notification of receipt of this assignment. If you...
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...change, disaster risk reduction, biodiversity, poverty reduction, and sustainable consumption. It also requires teaching and learning methods that can motivate and... Save Paper Travel And Tourism Bussiness Plan Business plan: As a part of Travel & Tourism AS course we had to organize a trip.From the first day we were a group of five persons.However,due to some... Save Paper The Virtual Office’s Impact On Employee Work-Life Balance And Business Sustainability 1 MGT 3201 The virtual offices impact on employee work-life balance and business sustainability Prepared for: Mr. Ray Hingst Submitted: 18 October 2013 Prepared... Save Paper Travel And Tourism UK, and over 200,000 small and medium-sized enterprises. People are employed in tourism right across the country, in every constituency, in cities, in seaside towns... Save Paper Energy For Sustainable Management: Unit 3 Assignment able to produce as much useful energy as they consume, the break-even point. Sustaining reactions that produce enough energy to make them a commercially viable power... Save Paper The Sustainability Of Bws Under Philippine Laws Sustainability of BWS under Philippine Laws (A Position Paper) The case of People v. Genosa in 2004 was a landmark case that allowed for the Philippine... Save Paper Can Coke And Pepsi Sustain Their Profits In The Wake Of Flattening Demand And The Growing Popularity... best rates for the majority of their needs. Coca-Cola and Pepsi can sustain their profits in spite...
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...Coordinator | BBus (Accg); BBus (MgtFin) | One trimester | Level 3 | Dr Ross Spence | 1.2 Core or elective subject/unit Indicate if the subject/unit is acore subject/unit or elective subject/unit BOTH Core subject for BBus (MgtFin); elective subject for BBus (Accg) | 1.3 Subject/unit weighting Indicate below, the weighting of this subject/unit and the total course points (eg 10 credit points for the subject/unit and 320 credit points for the course). Subject/Unit Credit Points | Total Course Credit Points | 1 unit | 24 units | 1.4 Student workload Indicate below, the expected student workload per week for this subject/unit: No. timetabled hours/week* | No. personal study hours/week** | Total workload hours/week*** | 4 hours/week | 5 hours/week | 9 hours/week | * Total time spent per week at lectures, tutorials, clinical and other placements etc ** Total time students are expected to spend per week in studying, completing assignments,etc *** That is, * + ** = workload hours. 1.5 Mode of Delivery Indicate if this subject/unit is delivered face to face: YES 1.6 Pre-requisites Are students required have undertaken a prerequisite/co-requisite subject/unit(s) for this subject/unit? YES If yes, provide details of the prerequisite/co-requisite requirements below: Prerequisite: BUS201 | 1.7 Other resource requirements Do students require access to specialist facilities and/or equipment for this subject/unit: NO Section 2 – Academic Details 2.1 Student learning outcome...
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...Bethany White 14468477 Events Management Managing the Environment for Tourism and Events Individual Assignment Critically examine the extent to which venues and facilities are making efforts to mitigate environmental impacts. Martin Elliot-White/Chris Phelan Word Count:1830 Mitigation refers to the reduction in emissions of greenhouse gases (Unep.org, 2015), which effect the environment, this can be achieved in several ways, such as reducing waste left after festivals or using renewable energy. These aspects will be discussed in more detail during this assignment, as well as how tourism and event managers use Limits of Acceptable Change methodology when assessing environmental impacts and how to mitigate them. Venues and facilities, such as festival destinations or stages used at the festival, within events and tourism are making efforts to mitigate environmental impacts, for example the venue should use data which has been collected and analysed to identify and evaluate appropriate measures to mitigate environmental impacts and include them when development planning (Department of Regional Development and Environment, Executive Secretariat for Economic and Social Affairs, Organization of American States, 1991). With the use of a case study, this assignment will examine the extent of which venues and facilities are mitigating environmental impacts and what...
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...Assignment: TLE *Choose your desired topic to research on the internet Topic #1 Puerto Prinsesa subterranean river #2 Tubataha Reef #3 Coron Island Visit websites associated to the chosen topic & complete information of the following areas: 1.Unique description of the tourist destinations. 2. Government and NGO environmental programs. 3. Role of the public in the reservation of the environmental and heritage sites. Coron Island Coron Island or Calis as the Tagbanuas called it, is the third largest island among the Calamianes group Islands. Coron is a part of the ancestral domain of the Tagbanuas. Meaning, some of the places here in Coron are exclusive and are not open for the public. The Government of the Philippines gave the right to them due to these following reasons: Many Tagbanuas spend their lives protecting and maintaining the beauty of the island, and this Island serves as the burial place of their loved ones. Due to this ancestral right, Tagbanuas are very cautious when it comes in allowing tourists to enter certain places. Coron is one of the best tourist attractions here at the Philippines. Along the Island, you can find white sand beaches, lagoons, and many more attractions. These include Kayangan lake, Barracuda lake, Twin Lagoons, Banol beach, Beach 91, Atuwayan Beach, Maynuno Beach, Skeleton wreck and many more. One of the attractions here is the Siete Pecados Marine Park. It is a cluster of 7 limestone islets in the entrance of the Coron...
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...Business Strategy Essay - (Unit 7) Introduction In my report i will cover all the criteria given in are assessment; also i will use real life examples of various companies to assist in the answering of my questions. In addition i will explain how and why these strategic methods are implemented in this business unit to achieve this i believe that i have to show in a real life predicament how these tasks that are complex can actually work by planning and using certain elements that will make the company more efficient. I believe that the mangers role is important and that he or she must know how and when to imply their skills to assist in the running of an organisation by having prepared paper work regarding goals targets how staff are working, when is the most efficient time of business. I will also be covering stakeholder analyse whereby i will use given examples to show the importance of being in the no with your stakeholders. In addition to the above i will be organising an audit for a given company and shall use the information i have read to assist in the creation of the audit. I hope you find my report interesting and credible thank you. P1 - Explain Strategic contexts and terminology Mission is and an important assignment carried out for political, religious, or commercial purposes, typically involving organisations. They use these terminologies to help and create better work ethics, for example Wal- mart has a vision whereby they beliefs...
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...of Computing, Engineering, and Technology The Life cycle (Environmental and Economic) Assessment of Complex Building Construction Project A Critical Reference Report Project Management and Control ENGM91 Assignment 1 Name: Manoj Rajendran Student ID: 149142740 1. Introduction Environmental issue has become economically important from the civil construction project. Especially in complex building project. As the construction field in need of resources like steel, cement, and power generation, it could definitely affect the eco-friendly system. Hence the sustainability of environmental and economic assessment should be conduct in entire life cycle of building construction project (Chan-joong Kim, 2015)The economic, social development and environmental protection are the major aspects of sustainability in building industry, which represents the impact of using raw material. Moreover the developed countries like Europe and USA has the findings that building operation contributes more to greenhouse gas emissions (B. De Meester, 2008). The usage of energy intensive elements is right from the start of the building which gives more importance to the development of environmental sustainability. But it is highly concern that environmental...
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...[pic] ENERGY MADE BETTER Submitted by – Mr. Preetam Chowdhury Pradip Kumar Chowdhury STUDENT ID: 3655740. Executive summary……………………………………………………………………….……..3 1. Introduction………………………………………………………………………..……...3 1. Background ……………………………………………………………….…….4 2. Critical competitive analysis……………………………………………………………4 1. U.K Competitive analysis………………………………………………………5 2. PESTEL analysis…………………………………………………………….….5 3. Porter’s five forces…………………………………………………….………..6 4. SWOT analysis……………………………………………………….…………8 3. Financial Analysis………………………………………………………………….……8 1. Return on capital employed…………………………………………………...8 2. Profit margin………………………………………………………………….….8 3. Liquid ratio…………………………………………………………………….…9 4. Working capital……………………………………………………………..........9 5. Current ratio………………………………………………………………….....10 6. Debt ratio…………………………………………………………………….…..10 7. Inventory turnover…………………………………………………………....…10 4. Corporate strategy………………………………………………………………....……11 1. Current strategy…………………………………………………………….……11 2. Corporate social responsibility…………………………………………...…....11 5. Future strategy direction………………………………………………….…………..…11 1. Balance scorecard………………………………………………….………...…11 2. Recommendations………………………………………………….…………..14 6. Conclusion…………………………………………………………………….…………14 7. References……………………………………………………………….…….………...14 8. Bibliography……………………………………………………………………...
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...Course/Unit Information | Course | Postgraduate Diploma in Supply Chain Management and Logistics. | Awarding Body | The Association of Business Practitioners | Batch | SCML - 1406 | Instructor Information | Name | LeenaWanganoo | Phone | +971501139849 | Skype | Leena.wanganoo@gmail.com | Email | Leena.westford@gmail.com | Assignment Information | Full/ Part Assignment | Part – Task 1( LO1, LO2) | Date Assignment Issued | 4.07.2014 | Date Assignment Due | 25.07.2014 | Student Information(To be filled by the student prior submitting the assignment) | Name | Siji Sundaran Manalikkattil | Email | sijisundaran@ymail.com | Date of Submission | 19th July 2014 | Student Assignment covering form is an integral part of the assignment document and should be submitted along with all submissions. Student Declaration I, Siji Sundaran Manalikkattil hereby confirm that this assignment is my own work and not copied or plagiarized. It has not previously been submitted as part of any assessment for this qualification. All the sources, from which information has been obtained for this assignment, have been referenced as per Harvard Referencing format. I further confirm that I have read and understood the Westford School of Management rules and regulations about plagiarism and copying and agree to be bound by them. Students Signature : Siji Student Name : Siji Sundaran Manalikkattil Date : 19th July 2014 Learning Outcomes and Assessment...
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...I. Introduction BP is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors". It is vertically integrated and is active in every area of the oil and gas industry, including exploration and production, refining, distribution and marketing, petrochemicals, power generation and trading. It also has major renewable energy activities, including in biofuels, hydrogen, solar and wind power. BP has operations in over 80 countries, produces around 3.8 million barrels of oil equivalent per day and has 22,400 service stations worldwide. Its largest division is BP America, which is the biggest producer of oil and gas in the United States and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. As at 31 December 2010, BP had total proven commercial reserves of 18.07 billion barrels of oil equivalent. The name "BP" derives from the initials of one of the company's former legal names, British Petroleum. II. Issues 2010 was a year that called BP’s sustainability into question. The remarkable accident in the Gulf of Mexico on 20 April 2010 cost 11 lives, leading to a major oil spill and a widespread loss of trust in BP, caused irreparable damage on the surrounding environment. What did they do before and after the event, how to build a safer and stronger BP as they claimed? The Gulf of Mexico oil spill, which flowed unabated for three...
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...Module 14 Demand-side management sustainable energy regulation and policymaking for africa MODULE 14: DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT page iii CONTENTS 1. MODULE OBJECTIVES 14.1 1.1. Module overview 14.1 1.2. Module aims 14.1 1.3. Module learning outcomes 14.2 2. INTRODUCTION 14.3 3. WHY PROMOTE DSM? 14.5 4. WHAT DRIVES DSM? 14.7 4.1. Cost reduction and environmental motives 14.8 4.2. Reliability and network motives 14.10 5. TYPES OF DSM MEASURES 14.13 5.1. Energy reduction programmes 14.13 5.2. Load management programmes 14.31 5.3. Load growth and conservation programmes 14.34 6. INFORMATION DISSEMINATION ON DSM 14.37 7. CHALLENGES OF IMPLEMENTING DSM PROGRAMMES 14.39 8. CONCLUSION 14.41 LEARNING RESOURCES 14.43 Key points covered 14.43 Answers to review questions 14.43 Exercises 14.44 Presentation/suggested discussion topics 14.45 Relevant case studies 14.45 REFERENCES 14.46 INTERNET RESOURCES 14.47 GLOSSARY/DEFINITION OF KEY CONCEPTS 14.47 Case study 1. Lighting retrofitting in the United Republic of Tanzania 14.49 Case study 2. United Republic of Tanzania: Power factor correction 14.59 Case study 3. Zambia: Automatic load control and alternative energy supply at Lusaka water and sewerage company 14.67 Case study 4. Zambia: University energy assessment 14.73 Case study 5. Why DSM initially failed in Ghana 14.79 PowerPoint presentation: ENERGY EFFICIENCY Module 14: Demand-side management 14.87 SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REGULATION AND POLICY-MAKING TRAINING...
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...Assignment #2 Strayer University James Crews Introduction to Criminal Justice – CRJ 100 Professor Michael Sherwin January 24, 2013 “The new paradigm of “evidence-based medicine” holds important implications for policing. It suggests that just doing research is not enough and that proactive efforts are required to push accumulated research evidence into practice through national and community guidelines. These guidelines can then focus in-house evaluation of what works best across agencies, units, victims, and officers (Sherman, 1998).” One of the advantages of applying evidence-based policing is that police can root their decisions upon findings and proven methods of investigation. Furthermore, they can form on previous evidence and move onto other procedures through innovations based on the experience other of police officers. A disadvantage of evidence-based policing is that polices and procedures, or regulations and events (another way of looking at it), will only be taken for the research that was founded on the subject. In many cases, people that found the information may not be acceptably thorough with their statements, retrieved data, experimenting methods. If any of these subjects are negative, the conclusions that came from that research may be a contradiction. It just goes to show that many police officers may not be sufficiently versed in research methods to properly implement these strategies; or qualified for the today’s standards. Lastly, people have to...
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...lift the American corporate community out of its disreputable position and accelerate its return to global superiority -- as both economically productive and socially/morally unassailable. There are two aspects to the Corporate Responsibility Code which the President wants addressed. First, what conduct or practice rules, principles or policies should be in place for corporations, and how they function as business entities, interacting with other institutions and with individual members of the public? Secondly, what conduct or practice rules, principles or policies should be in place for individual business managers, and how they function and relate to their subordinates, their stockholders, and members of the public? Your assignment is to draft the two parts of this Code. Congress will only approve the new Corporate Responsibility Code that is proposed if it addresses key issues for both corporate conduct and individual manager conduct, and if each rule, principle or policy listed is well-supported by research findings. II. Response According to the commission from President Obama, concerning the need and long term value of the standardization of principles and policies to support the ethical, financial and responsible actions of all corporations, small businesses and organizations...
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...OPEN UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA FACULTY OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION BMIT 5103 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR MANAGERS Individual Assignment Abdul Matheen Abdul Sattar - S1409012172 Telephone: 7965141 Email addresses: abdul.matheen@villacollege.edu.mv Lecturer Name: Ahmed Shareef Learning centre: Villa College Eydhafushi Campus Trimester: January 2014 VILLA COLLEGE EYDHAFUSHI CAMPUS MBA B11 GREEN IT Abdul matheen abdul sattar s1409012172 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to express my deepest heartfelt appreciation to my lecturer who has given guidelines, advice and support during his hectic schedule which will not be forgotten. Without the supervision and commitment this dissertation would not have been possible. I would also like to thank people whom I have interviewed to get the information from the different companies; Hussain Meeaadh from Baa Atoll Office, Thoriq Abdul Rahman from Baa Atoll Education Center and Mr.Prashaad from Sonevafushi Resort. Without their engagement and full support this project would be incomplete. Finally I would like to express the deepest appreciation to my classmates, where this project could not have been accomplished without the support of you all. ABSTRACT This research involves the study of the attitudes namely the awareness and readiness of IT managers towards Green IT adoption. The goal is to identify how much companies are aware and readiness towards Green IT adoption and propose the best...
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...Corporate Financial Analysis 25743 Autumn Semester 2012 Assignment 1 ON Done By: Student Name Ai Ling HONG Wendy LUONG David PARK Peichao WANG Ying ZHU Student Number 11261308 11159249 11174354 11282047 10679140 Page 1 Table of Contents: 1. Business Description 2. Whitehaven Coal Ltd’s Performance Vs ASX200 Energy Index 2.1 Profitability Ratios 2.2 Asset Utilization Ratios 2.3 Capitalisation Ratios 2.4 Market Ratios 3. Quality of Financial Data 4. Revenue & Profitability Growth Forecast 4.1 Industry Life Cycle 4.2 Sustainable Growth Rate 4.3 Macroeconomic and Technological Factors Affecting Growth Rate 5. Business Risks: Porter’s 5 Forces 5.1 Threat of New Entrants 5.2 Bargaining Power of Suppliers 5.3 Bargaining Power of Buyers 5.4 Threat of Substitutes 5.5 Rivalry Among Existing Competitors 6. Recommendation Pg 3 Pg 3 − 5 Pg 5 Pg 6 Pg 7 − 8 Pg 9 Page 2 1. Business Description ASX Ticker: WHC Current Share Price (5th April 2012) Market Capitalisation Shares Outstanding Revenue from Ordinary Activities FY11 NPAT FY11 Diluted EPS (cents) Whitehaven Coal Ltd is an Australian listed company whose main $5.67 operations involve developing and operating coalmines in NSW. $2, 814m 496m and the development of the Narrabi underground mine. Initial Currently, its focus is on coal production in the Gunnedah Basin resource assessment by WHC projected that the Gunnedah Basin is $622.19m able to support at least 1.5 million tonne per annum (Mtpa)...
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