...Out and About plc Capital is the funds that are invested into a business to be used for the growth and expansion of a business. In the case of Out and About plc, they are going to use this capital in order to fund its marketing budget. Out and About have a current ratio of 0.87:1 and an acid test ratio to one. This suggests that they are suffering from very severe liquidity problems especially short term liquidity. As they have £800 million worth of non-current assets, it would be useful for them to sell off some of these assets because it will increase the amount of cash they have, thus also increasing their current assets figure. Also, they could then use this cash to also reduce its current liabilities figure by paying off some its trade payables; this then will cause both their current ratio and acid test ratio to increase. Trade debtors are worth £70 million out of the £140 million of current assets. This means that they make up 50% of the total current assets. The trade receivables take 87 days to pay the business back; this suggests that they are to very quick in terms of repayment. This will cause further problems for Out and About plc because it could mean that they may not receive payments from its debtors causing them to write these debts off as 'bad debts'. If these bad debts start to build up, this can cause a business's expenses to increase and the value of the receivables asset to decrease. One major concern for Out and About plc is its profit margins...
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...Gearing = 280/780 X 100 = 35.9% ROCE = 16/780 x 100 = 2.0% Stock turnover = 137/64 = 2.14 or 170 days Gross profit = 53.6% Current ratio = 0.88:1 Out and About have a very low gearing ratio, of only 35.9%. A gearing ratio of 35.9% means that for every 100 pounds invested in this firm, only £35.90 is borrowed money. This could result in the potential for further borrowing because the ratio is very low. The higher the level of borrowing, the higher the risks to a business, since the payment interest and repayment of debts are not optional in the same way as dividends. The ratio indicates that a significant proportion of the 14 million could be borrowed, as Out and About seem to be a well-established business that would be financially stable to finance its activities using debt. Out and About plc could raise their capital because the gearing uses long-term debt, which is normally cheap, and reduces the amount that shareholders have to interest in the business. An advantage is that it will reduce interest payments, so more investment can occur elsewhere and the firm can have more cash flow to take on bigger and potentially more profitable projects. This would be helpful in the consideration of extending and diversifying their business. However, the poor profitability and liquidity problems could deter potential creditors. The current ratio is 0.87:1 and the acid test is 0.47:1. This shows significant liquidity problems, which further relates to the...
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...Coming Out about my Sexuality I have always felt differently about my sexuality growing up. We always hear “a man is supposed to be with a woman,” but I did not feel attracted to women, there was always this attraction to men. With me being from a small town, there was always this fear of hurting my family, so I kept it bottled up inside of me until the age of 16. Then I finally decided to tell the man that I Idolized most! When telling this to my grandpa he said “you can’t help who you have feelings for, as long as you are happy, you will be loved no less.” He then encouraged me to tell the rest of my family, and I did and of course, with mixed reactions. Starting to realize the difference of my attraction to men at the age of 9 or 10 made me realize that there was a problem; we were raised in a Pentecostal church. I knew that it was wrong for a man to be with a man. When my friends would stay all night I would have mixed emotions about what I was supposed to do and what I wanted to do. I always, of course would be in the closet with one of the girls or something like that, but did not want to be. So for many years I kept up this “fantasy,” I lived in a small town, which was a very racial town. My family “name” was very important to our family. My grandparents (father’s side) were pillars of the community and owned several businesses and my Aunt and Uncle were both school teachers in the community. It was very difficult for me to show my true self and it ate at me for years...
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...Speaking Out about Malt Case Study As the associate vice president for plant management at Whitewater Brewing Company, Mary Davis believes that the marketing of those cheap high-alcohol malt liquor is immoral and unethical, because these potentially harmful products may cause many problems in urban communities. Rafter, a malt liquor brewed by Whitewater Brewing Company, is bottled in a 40-ounce size like many other similar products, which are popular with inner-city teenagers. 40s have leaded to many teenage quick drinkers by whom 40s are called “liquid crack” and “date rape brew.” Some brewers don’t even put their company name on the label in order to avoid the indication of being manufactured by a respectable company. According to his categorical imperative, morally actions are defined as those can be made into a maxim that would be applied universally without contradictions, meaning that if the act cannot be accepted for all rational humans then the action is not moral. Using Kant's theory to distinguish right from wrong, we could conclude that the decisions of Whitewater Brewing Company’s board are immoral by applying the test of universal law. On one hand, if there is a maxim that all brewers would produce cheap high-alcohol malt drinks which teenagers can easily get and affordable. The CEO Ralph Jenkins himself and the families of the company board would resist those products because their children are under the same risk of adolescent alcohol abuse. On the other hand...
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...Brenda Parram Business Ethics Peter Trumbull, Instructor January 31, 2012 Case 2.1 Hacking Into Harvard Seeking unauthorized access to an institution’s website is unethical. However, it is easy to perceive how one might be tempted to do so in the Harvard case. Many students in todays’ “internet” world tend to feel entitled to access any available information by any means. I personally feel that I would not have taken advantage of the opportunity to access my results early even though I am sure the temptation to do so would have been overwhelming. Many factors come into play here and should be heavily evaluated, such as, (1) will the school administrators find out; (2) the consequences of my actions; (3) how will my actions affect the outcome of my application; and (4) the overall long term effect of my actions. After carefully weighing my options I would make the right choice and not access my file. The choice to not “hack” the system can be viewed as a moral and ethical decision. The basis for my decision is quite simple. Institutions incorporate policies and procedures to protect the integrity and privacy of confidential information. Therefore it is wrong to violate the policy by illegally accessing confidential information by unauthorized means. The practice of accessing the unauthorized information was unfair to the other applicants who followed the rules and waited to receive their admission status. Harvard’s response to their breach of policy was reasonable...
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...Out and About plc Capital is the funds that are invested into a business to be used for the growth and expansion of a business. In the case of Out and About plc, they are going to use this capital in order to fund its marketing budget. Out and About have a current ratio of 0.87:1 and an acid test ratio to one. This suggests that they are suffering from very severe liquidity problems especially short term liquidity. As they have £800 million worth of non-current assets, it would be useful for them to sell off some of these assets because it will increase the amount of cash they have, thus also increasing their current assets figure. Also, they could then use this cash to also reduce its current liabilities figure by paying off some its trade payables; this then will cause both their current ratio and acid test ratio to increase. Trade debtors are worth £70 million out of the £140 million of current assets. This means that they make up 50% of the total current assets. The trade receivables take 87 days to pay the business back; this suggests that they are to very quick in terms of repayment. This will cause further problems for Out and About plc because it could mean that they may not receive payments from its debtors causing them to write these debts off as 'bad debts'. If these bad debts start to build up, this can cause a business's expenses to increase and the value of the receivables asset to decrease. One major concern for Out and About plc is its profit margins...
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...don't use "and" after a comma, you know?" A 12 years old son takes many years later to fully understand the lesson his father gave him when he play balls and lost. His father doesn’t mind giving him money to continue playing until he wins in a match. But he lost finally. His father waits until the evening and tells him "You should know when to stop. Don't just play when you feel you can" A 13 years old boy takes long time to know how psycho his father was when he want his son to have a close girl friend. When he finds out, the chance has lost. A 14 years old son knows that men can cry when he sees his father crying, but why his father cry is the thing he keeps in his mind secretly. A every ages boy can know he is everything to his father when he see his father proud of him everywhere, every time, despite with his immaturity thinking, he knows he is just a normal boy like other boys The biggest lesson about heartless came when he were 15 and he remember it for the rest of his life. He only knows his father have a tattoo on his hand, but doesn't know it is his birth date. He came to know only when his father leaves him forever. People asked if he know what does the tattoo means, while his mother was drowning in pain. Simple warmth emotions, lessons came from his father are great influences to him...
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...-----------Essay l0lz get it? (mehican gangster) Your use of language sends out lots of little messages, not only just about your level of education and where you come from, but how you would like to be perceived. The use of language one uses sends out messages of how the speaker wants to be perceived by others or to the speaker him/herself. People can rapidly change their language depending on situation and context, in the public eye one will choose their language to create an identity or sell a point of view toward how they would like to be perceived. Language can be a determiner of your level of education or a locational marker but these ‘common traits’ are usually quite generalized and will change depending whether an individual is trying to achieve an overt or covert prestige within a group or greater public. Many Australians who have come from overseas speak in an ethnolect; the variety of English these people speak that promotes maintaining or increasing social distance and stresses common bonds, experiences and knowledge between the speakers. It is a way for these migrants to keep their accent and embrace their culture because this is how they would like to be perceived by their cultural groups and how the migrant themself wants to be perceived. A good example of this is the ethnolect variety “wogspeak” (term coined by Jane Warren) which is spoken mainly by ethnic groups of Lebanese and European. Jane Warren states that “Language plays an essential role in the...
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...and/or other organisations you know. ( 40 marks ) The main reason why Out and About PLC should adopt Lisa’s plan is due to the current success of the firm. The firms current market shares and profits have reduced by 15%, due to the increased competition by JJB and Argos. The new plan to target the extreme sports market would be beneficial to Out and About because the market is growing rapidly, which is complete opposite to their current position. Also, they could have an oligopolistic share of the market, which could mean increased profits, due to economies of scale and the reduction of costs. Whereas Out and About are losing 15% market share, the extreme sports market is growing by 15.7% in the next few years, and Out and About could enjoy a turnaround of success. A second reason why Out and About should adopt Lisa’s plan is because it would provide them with a new brand image. Currently, only 5% of under 21s and 15% of 21 to 30 are aware of Out and About. However, even less shop here and the reputation of traditional merchandise puts off younger shoppers. Out and Abouts market research has given them a specific market segment to target, and these individuals are participating in extreme sports. Also, the amount that these customers are willing to spend is increasing, which could create higher revenues. Out and Abouts current products are not what these customers want, and this strategy could let Out and About target a new segment, who are often described as having the most disposable...
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...to figure it out What if someone about to force it out It da best domestic agenda, Hillary Clinton and domestic agenda And not conversion, it’s ... Ina good to the good samaritean, Energies ... with the fist pumping Ina god say...instinct I let Detroit go bankrupt I let Detroit go bankrupt. The ego, is the most expensive thing. The ego The ego, is the most expensive thing. The egoThe American people aren't buying what he's selling the people So they have to figure it out What if someone about to force it out It da best domestic agenda, Hillary Clinton and domestic agenda And not conversion, it’s ... Ina good to the good samaritean, Energies ... with the fist pumping Ina god say...instinct I let Detroit go bankrupt I let Detroit go bankrupt. The ego, is the most expensive thing. The ego The ego, is the most expensive thing. The egoThe American people aren't buying what he's selling the people So they have to figure it out What if someone about to force it out It da best domestic agenda, Hillary Clinton and domestic agenda And not conversion, it’s ... Ina good to the good samaritean, Energies ... with the fist pumping Ina god say...instinct I let Detroit go bankrupt I let Detroit go bankrupt. The ego, is the most expensive thing. The ego The ego, is the most expensive thing. The egoThe American people aren't buying what he's selling the people So they have to figure it out What if someone about to force it out It da best domestic...
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...offering camping trips during the summer for kids, so these trips help children to learn and explore the world of science. * The museum provides many different activities for children such as tour inside the museum, workshops, and classroom presentation. * The museum has unique specimens of Shark Tooth Hill. * The Buena Vista Museum considers one of the important keys of educational institutions. * Local store. * Enthusiastic and helpful employees. * Wide range of national and international animal mounts. These collections from Australia, Africa, Asia, and North America. SWOT Analysis: Buena Vista Museum Weakness (Internal) * As a result of the survey, many people who live in Bakersfield don’t know much about this museum. * Lack of parking spaces, people who visit the museum, they parked their car far a way from the museum. * Lacks of sustainability, people drop memberships when their children grow up. * Lack of funding, the museum doesn’t receive any fund from city, state or federal sources. * Lack of staffs and volunteers that make it difficult for the museum to improve their marketing strategy. * Insufficient of school participation. * Tagline doesn’t show up after the museum name. * Limited days operation, just from Thursday to Friday. * Location in the downtown may make people don’t comfortable to visit the museum. Opportunities (External) * Significant to make recreation programs outside the...
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...is take the oxygen out your blood, COPD will cause coughing that produces large amounts of mucus, wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, hard to breath just walking to other side of the room. There are two different kinds of COPD; the two kinds of COPD are emphysema and chronic bronchitis, Emphysema is that the walls between the air sacs are damaged, causing them to lose their shape and become soft. The damage also can destroy the walls of the air sacs, leading to fewer and larger air sacs instead of many tiny ones. When this happens, the amount of gas exchange in the lungs is reduced; also the gas will built up into your body which can hurt the rest of the body at the same time. Chronic bronchitis is the lining of the airways is constantly irritated and inflamed. This causes the lining to thicken. When a lot of thick mucus forms in the airways, it makes it hard to breathe. COPD is the most leading cause of death in the USA. Over 12 million people are diagnosed with COPD; many more people may have the disease and not even know it until it is too late. There is no cure for COPD, there are treatments that can help with it, but to find the right that works is hard to find, you can live with this for year but you will die from this. Most the info that is out there, you can find out on the web, doctor or just watching TV, you can find a lot of good info on the web about the signs and other thing about COPD, like what treatment that are out and what their side...
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...the teacher; his education is of primary importance. She explained that the quality of education the teacher has to transmit to his students largely depends on the quality of his education. The teacher’s best teaching device is herself (Adams, 1994). It follows then that in order to be an effective communication of knowledge; the teacher should have sufficient background of the subject matter that he/she teaches. In Teaching, Every educator must master his/her lesson plan. And everything that a teacher will teach to his student must be based on her own learning and experiences. Every teacher has their own way of providing knowledge to their students. They have their techniques in teaching for the student to better understand everything about their lesson. There are so many factors that affect students’ performance, and it includes the way of how the teachers communicate to their students (Cuevas, 1991). Longman (1996), emphasized that the instructor’s behaviour affects the student’s performance. She stressed that an instructor should try to be fair and impartial to all students. She added that the instructor’s behaviour or attitudes influence the attitudes of the students. For this, an instruction should possess both personal and professional qualities, which are pertinent in classroom setting. The personality of the teacher may affect the academic...
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...rely on a bunch of pre-scripted lines and techniques but rather on applying real psychological theory based on real-life scientific studies. Not only have I learned what triggers attraction but I have the in-field experience to know firsthand which techniques work and which ones don’t. When you understand the principles of dating and attraction you can turn it on whenever you want. Not only will you never be alone but you will also be able to get the kind of girlfriend you’ve always wanted. In this manual, I’ve broken these steps down into a simplified form of what I teach to my students around the world. These six chapters will all come together to enable you to be able to use the information, go out there and see a massive difference in your own dating life. The scary thing about this is how easy it is, once you know what you’re doing. They say that dating is a game. I’m going to show you how to bend the rules. I Chapter...
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...researcher surveyed 21 respondents about the question ‘Do you have a girlfriend /boyfriend?’ 18 out of 21 respondents answered yes, they are in a relationship while 3 out of 21 respondents said they’re not in a relationship this clarifies that majority of my respondents are in a relationship. In this graph the researcher surveyed 21 respondents about the question ‘ Does your girlfriend /boyfriend influences you to study? ’ 14 out of 21 respondents answere yes lengthwise 7 out of 21 respondents answered no this concludes that still majority of the respondents are still studying eventhough they’re in a relationship. In this graph the researcher surveyed 21 respondents on question about ‘ Do you study with your girlfriend/boyfriend ’ 8 out of 21 respondents said they were studying with they’re girlfriend/boyfriend While 13 out of 21 respondents said no,they were not studying with they’re girlfriend/boyfriend. This conclude that majority of the respondents are not studying with they’re boyfriend/girlfriend. In this graph the respondents surveyed about the question ‘Do they get good grades when you study together? ‘ 15 out of 21 respondents said yes,they are while 7 out of 21 answered no they’re not getting good grades. This concludes that majority of the respondents are still getting good grades even they were studying together. In this table the 21 respondents are ask about the question ‘How often do you study together? ‘ 3 out of 21 respondents answered always while...
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