...Draft Assessment Cover Sheet Institution Name: SIST Program: Business Management Module: BSP4005 Research Methods 1 Assignment Assignment Title: Research Methods. Assignment Hand out date: Friday 28th March 2016 Marking Scheme included |STUDENT NAME: |PROGRAMME: | |STUDENT NUMBER: |YEAR: 2015 -2016 |GROUP: Level 4 | |Module Number: BSP4005 |Term: Semester 2 |Module Title: Research Methods 1 | |Tutor Responsible For Marking This Assignment: Abdelkader Abbou | |Module Leader: Abdelkader Abbou | |Assignment Hand Out Date: 28th March 2016 |Hand In Date: 29th April 2016 before 5:00 pm | |ASSIGNMENT TITLE: Research Methods 50% of overall grade) ...
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...IR/ER system of Australia against that of the Fiji Islands 4 The emerging issues & recent trends in IR/ER in both nations 5 Considered key roles & responsibilities by the major actors in an IR/ER system in each country 6 Major actor’s roles & responsibilities that are considered most significant in an IR/ER context & why 8 Bibliography 9 Introduction Employment Relations are the employer and employee relationship, it also describes the relationship between workers and employers in business (Employer and Employee Relations, 2011). Employment Relations is important because it encourages motivation, it builds up the reputation of a worker and the business through the increase in number of potential customers, investors and staff, increase in productivity output, efficiency and profit levels (Employer and Employee Relations, 2011). With the changing industrial landscape in every country or nation, the growth of new townships/cities and the dispersal of activity, a process of ‘industrial culturalisation’ of workers have set in. New working class areas have come into being and old ones are expanding. In new areas, adaptability to this culture depends on the extent and strength of workers’ linking and working together with a common goal. While in traditional industries, this change has been somewhat slow, it has been somewhat more significant in sophisticated employments such as...
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...responses coming from lubricant distributors. Independent lubricant manufacturers (ILM) account for 23% of the responses, as shown in Figure 1. What best describes your company's business activity: Figure 1 Distribution of Respondents 13% 23% 6% 2% 1% 54% Note: Does not add to 100% due to rounding. . COPYRIGHT © 2009 PETROLEUM TRENDS INTERNATIONAL, INC. Page 1 Quality Do you feel there is an issue with low quality and/or off‐spec lubricants in the market? Eighty five percent (85%) of the total say “yes” there is an issue with low quality and/or off‐spec lubricant in the market. Only 15% say there is not, as shown in Figure 2. Figure 2 Do you feel there is an issue with low quality and/or off spec lubricants in the market? No: 15% Yes: 85% Source: Petroleum Trends International, Inc. Interestingly, the responses to this question were relatively consistent among lubricant distributors, major oil companies, independent lubricant manufacturers, and additive suppliers. As illustrated in Figure 3 each group feels strongly there is an issue with low quality and/or off‐spec lubricants in the US market. Although responses to this question are consistent among...
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...fallacies that are built around this issue and the implication it has on the aspect of service provision. That will, therefore, provide the required insight into the issues with a broader perspective and understanding. It is, therefore, imperative that the organization understands the existence of these fallacies and therefore device ways of mitigating them. PART I Fallacies can be defined as issues that are considered true but lack subtle bases. They cannot be proven and but most people believe them blindly. They can be a set of arguments that are held dearly but cannot be proven. They may appear logical but may fail a simple critical test. Many fallacies exist in the precincts of human services department (Thompson, 2000). They entail issues that relate to the acceptance of human weaknesses as well as the challenges that emanate from the same. They are numerous and some of them are listed in the statements shown below. The first fallacy that is believed in the human services department is that most of their clients are rowdy. They, therefore, need to be subjected to constant controls to ensure that they are restrained. This provides the basis for the use of queues in the department. The second fallacy that is noted in the department is the fact that the clients lack substantive facts. This underlines the issue of ignorance as elicited by the staff members in this department towards the general public. This department assumes that most of the clients that it is expected to...
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...Change and Continuity in Contemporary Business Assignment Brief Cardiff School of Management Assignment Details Course Title Module Title Assignment Title Assignment format Assignment length Assessor Name Handing out Date Handing in Date (Due date for submission to LSBM) BSc in Business Management studies (top-up) Change and Continuity in Contemporary Business Globalisation Individual Assignment (100%) 3000 words Mark Powell 8th October 2012 17th December 2012 Assessor : Mark Powell Signature: Date: Internal Verification and Approval Internal Verifiers Date Reza Aboutalebi The College Notes Essential Considerations Note 1: No academic member of staff has the power to allow a late penalty to be lifted or for an extension to be given to a student(s). Note 2: Should you require assistance for submitting assignments, please refer to the BA handbook. Assistance from the office can only be given during office hours. Instructions for Assignment Submission Please refer to the LSBM general drop for detailed assignment submission instructions. You must follow these instructions exactly. Created by Mark Powell Page 1 Change and Continuity in Contemporary Business Assignment Brief Assignment Brief You are required to successfully complete one 3000 word essay from a choice of 3 questions examining Globalisation Choose Only ONE of the following questions: not required ones ( YOu can compare that one to books that are required herts friedman:...
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...These factors allowed Denmark to maintain a prominent international position. Due to the country’s geographic position upon the “Sound and the Belts”, a collection of Danish straits within the Baltic, Denmark had primary control over an important portion of the Baltic. This position gave Denmark a significant amount of power and wealth due to their insight on what entered and exited the sea. The development of an important merchant marine and navy aided in progressing Denmark’s trade thus boosting the country’s international power. In addition, one of the country's most profitable exportations was that of Norwegian lumber to Great Britain. Denmark was steadily growing in terms of international significance and power. Due to the late development of industrialization, the exportation of agriculturally produced goods was the country's main source of income. The country played an important role in the international trade economy by producing and exporting noteworthy amounts of grain, hides, timber, fish, and...
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...The Effect Of Capital Structure When Expected Agency Costs Are Extreme The Effect of Capital Structure when Expected Agency Costs are Extreme Harvey, C.R. Lins, K.V. Roper, A.H. Journal of Financial Economics 74 (2004) 3-30 RESEARCH MOTIVATION The objective of this paper is, using international evidenceto investigate whether debt can mitigate the effects of agency and information problems. Prior theoretical research has shown that debt can be used to align managers’ interest. More specifically, when a meaningful conflict exists between outside shareholders and management due to the separation of ownership and control, debt helps to discourage overinvestment of free cash flow by self-serving managers (Jensen Meckling [1976], Jensen [1986] Stulz [1990] and else). Moreover, even without conflicting interest, debt gives management the opportunity to signal its willingness to pay out cash flows or be monitored by lenders or both, and thus to show that they do not or will not overinvest (Ross [1977] and else). Benefits to debt could be greater (1) when management has a large base of assets in place that it can exploit, because assets in place generate cash flow that can lead to either overinvestment or the outright diversion of corporate funds (Jensen [1986] and else) or (2) when management has few future growth opportunities, because when a firm has expected future growth opportunities, debt can limit management’s ability to pursue positive net present value projects, leading...
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...affect your grade. Although not necessary for a passing grade, answers to some of the questions may be enhanced by doing additional research. Remember that your task here is to evaluate the author's argument as objectively as possible, not to give your own opinions on the issue. Be sure to use the analytical points as set out in the book, not your own thoughts on the issue. Prepare your paper in the format your instructor requires and post it in your Assignments Folder. The citations and the reference list in the paper should be formatted in accordance with the APA guidelines. This paper is due midnight the last day of Week 2. Objective 2: Use a critical thinking framework to evaluate alternative courses of actions and reach sound decisions in workplace situations. Competencies: Critical Thinking and Communication Skills Criteria | Excellent | Satisfactory | Needs Improvement | 1. What are the issue and conclusions? | Clearly identifies and succinctly summarizes issue and conclusion | Generally correct in identification of the issue and conclusion, but does not summarize issue and conclusion clearly. | Does not correctly identify issue and conclusion, confuses concept of issue and conclusion. | 2. What are the reasons? | Clearly identifies and succinctly summarizes all major reasons offered in the memo. |...
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...Running Head: MANAGEMENT PLANNING PAPER Management Planning Paper for Halliburton Introduction Halliburton is one of the biggest oilfield service companies in the world. The company primarily serves the upstream oil and gas industry with an all-inclusive range of services, from the place of hydrocarbons to the construction of oil and gas. Services offered by the company include furnishing production optimization, drilling valuation, fluid services and oilfield drilling software and counselling. The company combines tried-and-true well drilling and optimization proficiencies with high-tech investigation and modelling software and services (About Us, 2010). From the time of its inception, it works in conventional oilfields from the North Sea to the Middle East as well as in more novel sites in Southeast Asia and Africa. The company has made numerous efforts in different directions for managing their position in the industry and divestment of its KBR engineering and military contracts division is part of its efforts. The Halliburton took KBR public in 2006 by extending a 20% stake in an IPO and afterwards divested the rest, cutting all connects with the company in 2007. It rationalized its management along with number of other efforts of the company. Due to all of these efforts, in 2006, the company was awarded with a multimillion-dollar contract by Saudi Aramco as component of the Khurais oilfield development project, the greatest in the region since...
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...must be adjusted on a regular basis to reflect economic substance of their information, as the users need these amounts to faithfully represent the account balances as an indicator of a company’s future earning power. As IFRS is introduced into Canadian practice in 2001, companies will be required to focus on which methods will emphasize economic substance with the changes in accounting policies. In the following discussion, we will focus one aspect of the conceptual framework around IFRS, in particular, economic substance, as it relates to the application of IFRS in reporting Property Plant and Equipment (PPE.) Recognition of PPE to Reflect Economic Substance Changes to the recognition of property, plant, and equipment Among the most significant changes are the options of accounting policy regarding the ongoing valuation of an asset on a class by class basis. Under GAAP, the cost model was the only choice; IFRS provides two options, the cost model or the revaluation model. These options are mutually exclusive; one policy must be chosen and followed on an ongoing basis. By using the cost model the assets are recorded at cost, and then depreciated over the course of its useful life. The amount affects the balance sheet, and the income statement. In the revaluation model, the assets are revalued by a third party annually, changes in fair market value, increasing or decreasing but...
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...Deciding how to vote is now essentially a rational exercise In the early 20th century, most of the electorate would vote for a party that they have been brought up with or are a party that they identify strongly with. However, since the turn of the 20th century, this is much less likely to be the case as evidence shows that there is a great decrease in the percentage of people who vote by party identification. It has fallen from 45% in 1964 to 10% in 2010, it is apparent that voting may be becoming an issue of deliberated choice, a rational exercise rather than something decided by your upbringing or you socio-economic group. To name one reason, it is clear that voting is a rational exercise when we take into account party leadership, and how that has affected past general elections. Past general elections have shown us that the image of the party leader is in-fact of most importance, with elections having significant swings based on the image of the party leader. An example of such an occasion was the 1979 general election. Labour leader Michael Foot was a kind-hearted man, an ex-pilot and had credible policies, yet he cared not for his appearance and was often quite scruffy and poorly dressed. Mrs Thatcher on the other hand was well-spoken, well-dressed and an looked the part of a prime-minister - and it was her that won the election. It is also often the case that opinion polls also show this is the case, and that an appealing party leader will often result in a win at...
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...Teenage Pregnancy A Significant New Zealand Health Issue In the following assignment I will discuss the significance of teenage pregnancy, as a health issue, in New Zealand. This discussion will include the significance of the issue itself, and its impact on both infants and teenage mothers. I will consider this topic looking at populations in New Zealand and include international comparisons. In the last century there has been significant changes in family size, reproductive patterns and population dynamics. As shown by the New Zealand Health Information Statistics, when looking at births, it is apparent that New Zealand women now have fewer children, later in their lives, and many forgo parenting altogether (Statistics NZ , 2003). New Zealand is said to rate high in International comparisons for teenage pregnancy. However, most recently reports have indicated a drop in our teenage birth rates. Statistics New Zealand (2002) reported the birth rate for teenagers (aged under 20 years) dropped by 6.5 percent, from 27.7 per 1,000 in 2001 to a new low of 25.9 per 1,000 in 2002. The following table summarises these significant changes in birth patterns by age of mother over the past ten years. Distribution of Live Births by Age of Mother 1992 and 2002 Table 1. Statistics New Zealand Another recent report from the National Youth Health Survey...
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...has to face multiple issues every day, ranging from simple replacements of burnt out light bulbs in the office to the design of attractive products. As you can understand from the aforementioned examples, certain issues are highly significant, since they can determine whether a business succeeds or fails. These are the so-called critical business issues, the top priorities of every company's agenda. Critical Business Issues Defined • Critical business issues are the most important items of an organization's agenda and are directly connected to its success. For example, the creation of an attractive advertising campaign is a critical issue, as well as the elimination of a budget deficits. Another factor which distinguished critical issues from lesser ones is their urgency: A burnt lamp may remain for several hours without significant effects on productivity, but a budget deficit must be tackled immediately. Lesser Issues Becoming Critical • Lesser business issues can become critical when they deteriorate and or start affecting the organization's productivity directly. For instance, a slightly annoying squeak coming from the wheels of a plumber's van is not a serious issue; he can still drive to his business appointments. However, when the squeak becomes a howl, it is critical for the plumber to get it fixed, so that his business activities are not affected by a faulty vehicle. Source of Critical Issues • Business needs define most critical issues: Increased production...
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...Program Amsterdam Treaty obligated EU to implement some European research program and policies in order to not fall beyond the world’ powerful countries such as United States or Japan. Because of this obligation also involved a chapter on research and technological development, Framework Program of Research and Technological Development was established at early 80s. The main reasons of Framework Program focus on carrying European Union to the world standards in the basis of research and development and make EU to be able to compete with other countries on R&D areas, notably in energy and Information Technology. Even so Framework Program had been started as one of the supportive program of R&D, day by day it has become to be one of the most powerful and important component of EU policy. In connection with EU’s desire on becoming as one body, EU had to develop a way to be better at research and development areas than nation states. Nation states were already making investment on R&D therefore there was no need to depend on EU and this point of view was conflicting with EU’s. Therefore to avoid and block the diversification between member states and EU, EU has started to invest on Framework Program more and more by the time of progress and this made Framework Program sustainable and successful over time. Framework Program has become more importance with the release of European Research Area in 2000 and ERA made Framework Program more associated with EU research and innovation...
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...Case Analysis Paper AT&T Vs. Skype Author’s note This analysis will identify the key issues revealed in the case study, “Skype vs. AT&T and the future of telecommunications” (Strickland et al 2011). The analysis will explore the current state of the telecommunications industry with the rapid emergence of the Voice-over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology, wireless communications and the effects on traditional landline or what is known as Publicly Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). This effort will look into current problems and successes with increased focus on AT&T and Skype. Additionally, this paper will attempt to provide a perspective on the key issues with assumptions of what some of the causal factors may have been. Finally, what the companies’ leadership may consider for the future. Prior to examining the key issues of Skype and AT&T, what is Skype vs. AT&T? Skype was currently one of the industry leaders in VoIP and desired to challenge AT&T and other large phone companies. The telecommunication business is certainly going through a technological revolution with increased demands for faster speeds and services. Additionally the infrastructure is in demand to grow with the customer needs. AT&T along with several other landline based companies owned a major portion of the Internet infrastructure. Skype requires access to the Internet by way of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in order for Skype to provide their VoIP service...
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