...development for employees. My objective is to show how the current technological advances and future development of information technology infrastructure can satisfy both categories. Using my Strategic implementation our organization can continue to develop employees while reducing cost associated with the training. Information technology can develop the workforce, and increase the profitability. In my research I investigated all aspects of employment development known as E-Learning. I applied this advanced training methodology to my current company for direct analysis. I wanted to develop a plan based on the research that could present to the company showing the advantages of E-learning. Even though I don’t have direct financial access to all of the company’s resources, I could still show the fiscal impact of my research and request a proposal for implementation. Keywords: E-Learning, infrastructure, costing, development, advantages, information technology E-Learning: Employee Training and Development When reviewing the company’s strategic plan I noticed a decreased budget in training and development without a qualitative solution to supplement the change in planning. As I began to think of solutions I used my learned knowledge in Information Technology to suggest idea’s for change. When analyzing the company’s current developmental plan I noticed a lack of advancement in technology and how it applies to training. I suggest we visit the topic of E-Learning. This teaching tool...
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...Marketing strategy and planning Introduction This learning guide was written by Sara Panter, an associate tutor at Ashridge. It is one of a series produced by the Learning Resource Centre. Each guide sets out to give you a quick summary of the main theories on a particular topic backed up by a practical commentary based on Ashridge's long experience of consulting on and teaching management issues. We hope that it whets your appetite for more information. The guide points you in the direction of other sources such as key books, articles and videos. Overview Introduction Stage one: Defining strategic marketing objectives Stage two: Determining strategic focus Stage three: Defining customer targets Stage four: Competitor analysis Stage five: Differential advantage Stage six: Marketing mix Stage seven: Implementation Stage eight: Monitoring market performance Introduction The terms marketing strategy and strategic market planning are often used interchangeably, which sometimes leads to confusion. We will use the term marketing strategy to mean the overall strategy of an organisation in relation to a particular market. In this learning guide we will explore the process of analysis and decision making which organisations go through as they define and implement their approach to that market. Marketing plans will form part of this process, in particular when it comes to implementation. Key aspects of the process are that it is cyclical, ie subject to constant review and reiteration;...
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...delivers top quality graduates who provide advice of the highest order to the business world. Approximately 23 000 CPA Australia members hold the position of General Manager, Financial Controller, Chief Financial Officer or Chief Executive Officer. CPA Australia strives to continually enhance the CPA Program’s global relevance and provide more ways for people to develop a career built on professional accounting skills. The CPA Program ensures candidates develop the appropriate skills, knowledge and values required of a CPA through a combination of coherent learning experiences. As shown in the following CPA Program diagram, the CPA Program formal education model consists of two levels: ■ The foundation level—core knowledge requirements that can be fulfilled through CPA Australia’s series of eight foundation exams or through an accredited or recognised higher-education degree program. ■ The professional level—six postgraduate level segments plus three years’ mentored experience. The syllabus for the CPA Program focuses on strategy, leadership and international business. Content is globally...
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...media. Each area, along with others, will be studied in greater depth in subsequent courses in the degree program. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. My Contact Info. chaylett@email.phoenix.edu (University of Phoenix) coriehaylett@hotmail.com (Personal) 419-575-8322...
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...“Distance learning” is a field of education that focuses on teaching methods and technology with the aim of delivering teaching when the source of information and the learners are separated by time and distance, or both. The development of computers and the internet have made distance learning distribution easier and faster and have given rise to the “virtual university”, the entire educational offerings of which are conducted online. It is yet very important to understand: Why educational institutions might embrace distance learning? 1) Expanding access: distance education can assist in meeting the demand for education and training demand from the general populace and businesses, especially because it offers the possibility of a flexibility to accommodate the many time-constraints imposed by personal responsibilities and commitments. 2) Alleviate capacity constraints: being conducted off-site, the system reduces the demand on institutional infrastructure. 3) Making money from emerging markets: due to the increasing acceptance from the population of the value of lifelong learning, beyond the normal schooling age, the institutions can benefit financially from this by adopting distance education. 4) Catalyst for institutional transformation: the competitive modern marketplace demands rapid change and innovation, for which distance education programs can act as a catalyst. Research Problem: 1) Tough competition in the market of distance learning: In 2006...
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...MEMO Date: March 31, 2014 From: To: John Doe Cc: Re: Leadership Approach for Success Thank you for the opportunity to lead a new team to execute the organization’s strategic plan. I will make every effort to lead the team to achieve its goals. To effectively manage the team and ensure everyone work cohesively, I need to understand his or her values, motivations, needs, and interests. To uncover the personality differences, my team and I have taken the personality assessment to get a better understanding of our personality type. My leadership approach will depend on the dynamics of personality types within the team. Learning more about my personality traits can help me understand my strengths and weaknesses, and how I can effectively interact with my team members. Learning about my team members' personalities can help me develop the ability to view situations from their perspectives and improve my management skills. The assessment shows that my personality type is an ESTJ. I am an extrovert who finds my energy by being around others. I am quite realistic, logical, decisive, and like to run a business in an organized manner. The first team member personality type is an ENTJ. She is also an extrovert. Her personality type appears to be argumentative, has some tolerance for incompetence, and often seen as a natural leader. The second team member personality type is an INTP. This personality type is socially cautious, likes problem solving, and highly conceptual. The first...
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...|Unit: |4 |Marketing Principles | | |Credit Value: | |15 credits | | |QCF Level 4 | |Unit Code: F/601/0556 | | |Assignment ref: 4/Term2/2012 | |Learning Outcomes: | | | |1 Understand the concept and process of marketing | | | |2 Be able to use the concepts of segmentation, targeting and positioning | | | |3 Understand the individual elements of the extended marketing mix | | | |4 Be able to use the marketing mix in different contexts. | | | | |Learner’s Name: | | | ...
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...Simulation Analysis Danielle B. Western Governors University Simulation Analysis Introduction In the following information below I will discuss many elements of decisions that were made while completing the Business Fundamentals Marketplace Simulation by Innovative Learning Solutions. These elements include, product design decisions, target markets, sales office locations, marketing research, international markets, and considerations for a heavy international commitment. Product Design Decisions Product design decisions are a very important piece of any company’s success. In the Web Marketplace Business Simulator I had three personal computer markets (PC) to choose from; Workhorse, Mercedes, and Traveler. The Workhorse segment wanted an easy to use computer for use by office workers. The Mercedes segment was looking for a high performance computer to use with engineering and manufacturing applications. The Traveler segment wanted a proactive computer to use on the road. In order to determine my product design decisions I first had to decide on which PC markets I was going to target. The PC markets that I chose to market my computers to were the “Traveler” and the “Workhorse” markets. The reason I decided to choose the Traveler and Workhorse markets was because I was hoping that if I initially sold to one market that I may also be able to sell to the other market eventually. The reason behind my thinking with this tactic was that office workers sometimes have...
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...BRAND AWARENESS OF HCL LEARNING - CDC (Career Development Centre) -A Study in Chandigarh- Submitted to Lovely Professional University In partial fulfilment of the Requirements for the award of Degree of Master of Business Administration Submitted by: Gaurav Sharma University Registration No. 3450070065 DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY JALANDHAR-NEW DELHI GT ROAD PHAGWARA PUNJAB Acknowledgment This project was result of my life’s best efforts till now and ultimate industry and corporate world experience. However, it would not have been possible without the kind support and help of many individuals and organizations. I would like to extend my sincere thanks to all of them. I wish to express my sincere gratitude to my Training Coordinator, Mr. Ashwani Panesar and my Mentor and project guide for Summer Training, Ms. Mandakini, Lecturer in Management Department of Lovely Professional University, for providing me an opportunity to do my Six week Summer Training Project on “BRAND AWARENESS OF HCL LEARNING-CDC” in “HCL Infosystems Ltd., PHASE-8, MOHALI.” I am highly indebted to my project guide in HCL Infosystems Ltd, Mr.Tarun Kumar, Business manager-North, HCL Infosystems Ltd. for their guidance and constant supervision as well as for providing necessary information regarding the project & also for their support in completing the project. I would like to express my gratitude towards my parents & officials and...
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...financial banking both business and personal is by continued evaluation of the company’s strategy regarding competition, as well as their internal and external environment. Evaluation of a company’s external environment is paramount to the future success of the business. A company must always be sure that it is understood on what factors they face within their course of business. To successfully deal with uncertainty and achieve strategic competitiveness firms must be aware and understand these segments and how they impact the corporation either positive or negative. The general environment as stated within the course lecture states that it is grouped into seven segments of Demographic, Economic, Political, Sociocultural, Technological, Global & Physical. Based on the evaluation of Bank of America as a corporation shows that they as a corporation would rank highest in the Demographic & Economic market segment. As stated in the course text and lecture notes the demographic segment is a way for companies to review their influence in the marketplace based on population, age, geographic distribution, ethnicity and income...
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...Management Studies A SUMMER PROJECT REPORT AUGUST 2014 This is to certify that the project report entitled A STUDY ON THE BUSINESS PRACTICES IN E-LEARNING is the bonafide record of project work done by SIVAKUMAR S Register Number: 1391041 of Department of Management Studies during the year 2013-2015 Project Guide Director-Management Studies Submitted for the project Viva-Voce examination held on Internal Examiner External Examiner DECLARATION I affirm that the Project titled “A STUDY ON THE BUSINESS PRACTICES IN E-PATSHAL” being submitted in partial fulfilment for the award of MBA is the original work carried out by me. It has not formed the part of any other project work submitted for award of any degree or diploma, either in this or any other university. SIVAKUMAR S 1391041 I certify that the declaration made above by the candidate is true. Dr. S. KRISHNAPRABHA Associate Prof. Department of management studies ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I am very thankful to the Management, Dr.A.Ebenezer Jeyakumar, Director (Academics) and Dr.N.R.Alamelu, Principal of Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College for providing facilities to complete the project work. I express my immense gratitude to Dr.K.Chitra, Director, Department of Management studies and to Dr.S.KRISHNA PRABHA,...
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...contribute to the diversification of the problems, where an unsupervised learning algorithm is used for finding interesting patterns in data, which come from different types of sciences, and this way also tries to make a comparison between three types of clustering algorithms. The work is organized into five chapters, as presented below. The first chapter – Machine Learning – gives an introduction to the scientific field of artificial intelligence, after that it contains a general description of the basic concepts related to machine learning. This part of the work details some of the most important supervised learning algorithms and the general idea of reinforcement learning. Chapter two – Unsupervised Learning – presents the main characteristics of the unsupervised learning algorithms and it emphasises on detailing two of the most important algorithms from this category, namely on Hebbian learning and on Self Organizing Maps. Chapter three – Clustering – aims to give a general description of these methods, it adverts briefly to different definitions of the term cluster. As we know, the classic way of classification of the clustering algorithms defines two main types: hierarhical clustering and partitional clustering. This chapter presents the main methods of each type, pointing out the differences between them and the problems we can meet during their usage. The fourth chapter – Applications of Cluster Analysis – summerizes the main fields, where the researchers resorted to different...
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...1.1 Marketing Principles Unit 4 1.1 Explain the various elements of the marketing process 1 I. Situation Analysis 1 a. Identify the customer needs 1 b. Understand the firm’s capabilities 2 c. Marketing Environment................................................................................................................2 II. Marketing Strategy 3 Segmentation 3 Targeting 4 Positioning.................................................................................................................................................4 III. Marketing Mix Decisions 4 IV. Implementation and Control 5 1.2 Evaluate the benefits and costs of a marketing orientation for a selected organisation 5 2.1 Show macro and micro environmental factors which influence marketing decisions 7 2.2 Propose segmentation criteria to be used for products in different markets 10 2.3 Choose a targeting strategy for a selected product/service 12 2.4 Demonstrate how buyer behaviour affects marketing activities in different buying situations 13 2.5 Propose new positioning for a selected product/service 18 1.2 1.1 Explain the various elements of the marketing process Marketing is a mutualism between companies and customers. It is a beneficial process and interaction by which people acquire what they need and want through an exchange; the companies supply the needs of the customers who buy their products. Marketing aims to create value for...
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...a number of measurement concepts in decision-making including our ch. readings and assignments related to decision-tree analysis, forecasts, and pay-off table. The course material and the hands-on excel assignment was definitely a huge contribution to what I now know and understand of it. Investigate effective measurement techniques GB519: Understand the ongoing issues in decision-making such as investment risks, residual income, or performance-related issues pros and cons today. GB519: Unit 2’s discussion on decision making and analysis in today’s music market segments directly helped me understand effective qualitative measurement techniques in making decisions. Forecasts is another great pointer for making decisions based on quantitative understanding. Applying ethical principles GB519: Explore current cases in management decisions and identifying issues. GB519: There were several unit discussion topics that helped enhance my view in understanding ethics in decision-making including our insightful threads on biases, data integrity, and auditing. Understanding leadership approaches to processing decision GB519: Learn to be proactive and determine what’s good, bad, or what can change. Develop formulaic ways to decision alternatives. GB519: Our recent unit materials covered topics that are related to budgeting and it was definitely the best learning experience to acquiring the knowledge to the many leadership approaches in decision-making. Applying theory into practice...
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...Tool for Growth Map ASSIGNMENT _CHALLENGING BUSINESS ASSUMPTION Vinaya Thite | MBA 2013-14_MG6506 | December 6, 2013 PG. 0 Table of Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................ 1 Key Aspects to learn ........................................................................................................................................... 1 Literature Review .................................................................................................................................................. 2 Force Field Analysis .......................................................................................................................................... 2 Figure 1 Force Field Analysis ........................................................................................................................... 2 Theory of Business ............................................................................................................................................ 2 Business model .................................................................................................................................................. 4 Integration of Theory of Business and Challenging business assumptions ....................................................... 5 Case Study - i-Secure Consultancy ................................................
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