...CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background The turbulence with which organizations and individuals operate in today’s life leaves changes as the only constant. It is paramount to note that individuals and institutions that choose to meddle through turbulence find it very difficult to survive. Indeed there are many reasons that inspire change. According to McKinley survey on change management (2006) organizations will change to reduce costs, to move from a good performance to a great performance, turn around a crisis situation, and catch up with rivals or to direct part of the organization. In doing so according to Davis and Holland (2006) organizations use systematic methods to ensure that the organizational change is guided in a planned direction, conducted in a cost effective manner and completed within a targeted time frame with desired results. Further Todd A (2008) focuses on the people aspect by arguing that change management is a structured and systematic approach of achieving a sustained change in human behavior within an organization. The success of implementing change is generally associated with those who facilitate the change process. The change agent is defined here as a manager who seeks “to reconfigure an organizations roles, responsibilities, structures, outputs, processes, systems, technology or other resources” (Buchanan and Badham, 1999) in the light of improving organizational effectiveness. The role of...
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...A Review Of Costing Function’ Submitted By: Syeda Afrina Sarwar ID: 07304063 BRAC Business School Submitted To: ------------------------------------------------Ms. Rahnuma Ahmed Lecturer BRAC Business School BRAC University, Bangladesh August 2011 Letter of Transmittal August 10, 2011 Ms. Rahnuma Ahmed Lecturer BRAC BUSINESS SCHOOL BRAC University 66, Mohakhali Dhaka-1212 Subject: Submission of Internship Report Dear Madam, I am submitting an internship report titled for ‘Management Accounting Practice At Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd: A Review of Costing Function’ as a part of the requirement of the course. Your guideline has been followed in every aspect of preparing this report. I have really enjoyed working on this project and I hope that my work would meet the level of your expectation. Any query on this report is appreciated. Thank You. Sincerely, Syeda Afrina Sarwar ID:07304063 Acknowledgement It’s difficult for me to thank all of those marvelous people who have contributed something of them to this report. There are of course some very special people who cannot go without mention. At first I express my gratitude and indebtedness to our respected faculty, Ms. Rahnuma Ahmed for her continuous guidance, important advice, encouragement and suggestion during the preparation of the report. I thank of him for sparing her valuable time to read the report. Then, I express my sincere gratitude to Mr. Jamal Ahmed Choudhury, Executive Director, in...
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...A Review Of Costing Function’ Submitted By: Syeda Afrina Sarwar ID: 07304063 BRAC Business School Submitted To: ------------------------------------------------Ms. Rahnuma Ahmed Lecturer BRAC Business School BRAC University, Bangladesh August 2011 Letter of Transmittal August 10, 2011 Ms. Rahnuma Ahmed Lecturer BRAC BUSINESS SCHOOL BRAC University 66, Mohakhali Dhaka-1212 Subject: Submission of Internship Report Dear Madam, I am submitting an internship report titled for ‘Management Accounting Practice At Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd: A Review of Costing Function’ as a part of the requirement of the course. Your guideline has been followed in every aspect of preparing this report. I have really enjoyed working on this project and I hope that my work would meet the level of your expectation. Any query on this report is appreciated. Thank You. Sincerely, Syeda Afrina Sarwar ID:07304063 Acknowledgement It’s difficult for me to thank all of those marvelous people who have contributed something of them to this report. There are of course some very special people who cannot go without mention. At first I express my gratitude and indebtedness to our respected faculty, Ms. Rahnuma Ahmed for her continuous guidance, important advice, encouragement and suggestion during the preparation of the report. I thank of him for sparing her valuable time to read the report. Then, I express my sincere gratitude to Mr. Jamal Ahmed Choudhury, Executive Director, in...
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...NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTIVITY Nicholas Bloom John Van Reenen Working Paper 16019 http://www.nber.org/papers/w16019 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 May 2010 This paper has been prepared for a chapter in the Handbook of Labor Economics Volume IV edited by David Card and Orley Ashenfelter. We would like to thank the Economic and Social Research Council for their financial support through the Center for Economic Performance. This survey draws substantially on joint work with Daron Acemoglu, Philippe Aghion, Eve Caroli, Luis Garicano, Christos Genakos, Claire Lelarge, Ralf Martin, Raffaella Sadun and Fabrizio Zilibotti. We would like to thank Orley Ashenfelter, Oriana Bandiera, Alex Bryson, David Card, Edward Lazear, Paul Oyer, John Roberts, Kathy Shaw and participants in conferences in Berkeley and the LSE for helpful comments. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research. © 2010 by Nicholas Bloom and John Van Reenen. All rights reserved. Short sections of text, not to exceed two paragraphs, may be quoted without explicit permission provided that full credit, including © notice, is given to the source. Human Resource Management and Productivity Nicholas Bloom and John Van Reenen NBER Working Paper No. 16019 May 2010 JEL No. L2,M2,O32,O33 ABSTRACT In this handbook of labor economics chapter...
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...Ecotourism Investment and Development Models: Donors, NGOs and Private Entrepreneurs Susan Heher smh53@cornell.edu Johnson Graduate School of Management School of Hotel Administration Cornell University December 2003 -1- 1. 1. INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM AND ECOTOURISM 3 7 7 8 12 15 17 17 20 22 26 27 29 31 32 33 34 36 37 39 39 42 46 55 58 61 64 70 75 77 79 81 SUSTAINABLE TOURISM AND ECOTOURISM COMMUNITY BASED ECOTOURISM THE SCALE OF ECOTOURISM MARKET DEMAND 2. DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FROM DONORS AND AID AGENCIES THE RISE OF DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM PROJECTS OVERVIEW OF TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS AND ASSISTANCE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES AND NGOS THE ROLE OF CONSULTANTS THE PROJECT PROCESS: ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION CONCLUSIONS 3. PRIVATE SECTOR ENTREPRENEURS AND DEVELOPERS PROFILE OF ECOTOURISM ENTREPRENEURS SOURCES OF FINANCING AND CAPITAL STRUCTURE GROWTH, PROFITABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY: THE ABILITY TO HAVE AN IMPACT CONCLUSIONS 4. 5. HYBRID: NGO VENTURE CAPITAL CASE STUDIES A. INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK, IADB B. US AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, USAID C. WORLD BANK: LESOTHO D. THE EUROPEAN UNION: SWAZILAND E. WORLD BANK IN SWAZILAND F. THE NATURE CONSERVANCY, TNC G. CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL, CI H. CONSERVATION CORPORATION AFRICA, CC AFRICA I. TURTLE ISLAND J. MAHO BAY K. KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, MALULEKE COMMUNITY AND MATSWANI SAFARIS 6. CONCLUSION -2- 1. Introduction...
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...A HANDBOOK FOR VALUE CHAIN RESEARCH Prepared for the IDRC by Raphael Kaplinsky and Mike Morris* We are grateful to colleagues in both our individual institutions and in the Spreading the Gains from Globalisation Network (particularly those participating in the Bellagio Workshop in September 2000) for discussions around many of the issues covered in this Handbook and also to Stephanie Barrientos, Jayne Smith and Justin Barnes. An Important Health Warning or A Guide for Using this Handbook Lest anyone feel overwhelmed by the depth of detail in this Handbook, especially with respect to the sections on methodology, we would like to emphasise at the outset: this Handbook is not meant to be used or read as a comprehensive step by step process that has to be followed in order to undertake a value chain analysis. We know of no value chain analysis that has comprehensively covered all the aspects dealt with in the following pages, and certainly not in the methodologically sequential Handbook set out below. Indeed to try and do so in this form would be methodologically overwhelming, and would certainly bore any reader of such an analysis to tears. Our intention in producing a Handbook on researching value chains is to try and comprehensively cover as many aspects of value chain analysis as possible so as to allow researchers to dip in and utilise what is relevant and where it is appropriate. It is not an attempt to restrict researchers within a methodological strait-jacket...
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...3122-prelims.qxd 10/29/03 2:20 PM Page i International Human Resource Management 3122-prelims.qxd 10/29/03 2:20 PM Page ii 3122-prelims.qxd 10/29/03 2:20 PM Page iii second edition International Human Resource Management edited by A n n e - Wi l H a r z i n g J o r i s Va n R u y s s e v e l d t SAGE Publications London l Thousand Oaks l New Delhi 3122-prelims.qxd 10/29/03 2:20 PM Page iv © Anne-Wil Harzing and Joris van Ruysseveldt, 2004 First published 2004 Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form, or by any means, only with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction, in accordance with the terms of licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the publishers. SAGE Publications Ltd 1 Olivers Yard London EC1Y 1SP SAGE Publications Inc 2455 Teller Road Thousand Oaks, California 91320 SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd B-42, Panchsheel Enclave Post Box 4109 New Delhi 100 017 British Library Cataloguing in Publication data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0 7619 4039 1 ISBN 0 7619 4040 5 (pbk) Library of Congress Control Number...
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...ii ABSTRACT FOR TRADE INFORMATION SERVICES 2007 C45 586 TRA INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTRE UNCTAD/WTO (ITC) SMALL & MEDIUM ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (SMEDA) Trade in Services: An answer book for small and medium-sized exporters Lahore, Pakistan: ITC/SMEDA, 2007. xiv, 196 p. Guide for small and medium-sized enterprises in the services sectors in Pakistan; provides practical advice to help them improve their export performance or enter new markets. Using a question and answer format, the topics covered include the decision to export, preparing for export, choice of market, identifying customers, selecting a strategy, cultural considerations, promotional materials, quality assurance, pricing, securing payment and temporary market entry. The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and the functions of the World Trade Organization (WTO) are also described. National appendices include overviews of the services sector in Pakistan, Pakistan’s role in the WTO GATS negotiations, including Pakistan’s schedule of GATS commitments, key national laws and regulations of interest to services exporters, and a list of information resources for services exporters. Subject descriptors: Services, WTO, Multilateral trading system, Pakistan. English Palais des Nations, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland 6th Floor LDA Plaza, Egerton Road, Lahore 54000, Pakistan Trade in Services: An answer book for small and medium-sized exporters is a joint publication published by ITC and SMEDA...
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...Dictionary of Travel, Tourism and Hospitality By the same author Britain – Workshop or Service Centre to the World? The British Hotel and Catering Industry The Business of Hotels (with H. Ingram) Europeans on Holiday Higher Education and Research in Tourism in Western Europe Historical Development of Tourism (with A.J. Burkart) Holiday Surveys Examined The Management of Tourism (with A.J. Burkart eds) Managing Tourism (ed.) A Manual of Hotel Reception (with J.R.S. Beavis) Paying Guests Profile of the Hotel and Catering Industry (with D.W. Airey) Tourism and Hospitality in the 21st Century (with A. Lockwood eds) Tourism and Productivity Tourism Council of the South Pacific Corporate Plan Tourism Employment in Wales Tourism: Past, Present and Future (with A.J. Burkart) Trends in Tourism: World Experience and England’s Prospects Trends in World Tourism Understanding Tourism Your Manpower (with J. Denton) Dictionary of Travel, Tourism and Hospitality S. Medlik Third edition OXFORD AMSTERDAM BOSTON LONDON NEW YORK PARIS SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO SINGAPORE SYDNEY TOKYO Butterworth-Heinemann An imprint of Elsevier Science Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP 200 Wheeler Road, Burlington MA 01803 First published 1993 Reprinted (with amendments) 1994 Second edition 1996 Third edition 2003 Copyright © 1993, 1996, 2003, S. Medlik. All rights reserved The right of S. Medlik to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted...
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...This text was adapted by The Saylor Foundation under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License without attribution as requested by the work’s original creator or licensee. Organization The overarching logic of the book is intuitive—organized around answers to the what, where, why, and how of international business. WHAT? Section one introduces what is international business and who has an interest in it. Students will sift through the globalization debate and understanding the impact of ethics on global businesses. Additionally, students will explore the evolution of international trade from past to present, with a focus on how firms and professionals can better understand today’s complex global business arena by understanding the impact of political and legal factors. The section concludes with a chapter on understanding how cultures are defined and the impact on business interactions and practices with tangible tips for negotiating across cultures. WHERE? Section two develops student knowledge about key facets of the global business environment and the key elements of trade and cooperation between nations and global organizations. Today, with increasing numbers of companies of all sizes operating internationally, no business or country can remain an island. Rather, the interconnections between countries, businesses, and institutions are inextricable. Even how we define the world is changing. No longer classified into simple and neat...
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...people through responsible application of knowledge, technology and skills. ACI is committed to the pursuit of excellence through world-class products, innovative processes and empowered employees, to provide the highest level of satisfaction to our customers. Our Vision To realise the Mission, ACI will : Provide products and services of high and consistent quality, ensuring value for money to our customers. Endeavour to attain a position of leadership in each category of our businesses. Develop our employees by encouraging empowerment and rewarding innovation. Promote an environment for learning and personal growth. Attain a high level of productivity in all our operations through effective utilisation of resources and adoption of appropriate technology. Promote inclusive growth by encouraging and assisting our distributors and suppliers in improving efficiency. Ensure superior return on investment through judicious use of resources and efficient operations, utilising our core competencies. Our Values Quality Customer Focus Innovation Fairness Transparency Continuous Improvement Annual Report 2014 Page 1 ISO 9001 Quality Management System ACI in the first company in Bangladesh to have obtained ISO 9001 Certification for Quality Management System across all categories ACI Quality Policy One of our important vision is to provide products and services of high and consistent quality, ensuring value for money to our customers. To attain...
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...people through responsible application of knowledge, technology and skills. ACI is committed to the pursuit of excellence through world-class products, innovative processes and empowered employees, to provide the highest level of satisfaction to our customers. Our Vision To realise the Mission, ACI will : Provide products and services of high and consistent quality, ensuring value for money to our customers. Endeavour to attain a position of leadership in each category of our businesses. Develop our employees by encouraging empowerment and rewarding innovation. Promote an environment for learning and personal growth. Attain a high level of productivity in all our operations through effective utilisation of resources and adoption of appropriate technology. Promote inclusive growth by encouraging and assisting our distributors and suppliers in improving efficiency. Ensure superior return on investment through judicious use of resources and efficient operations, utilising our core competencies. Our Values Quality Customer Focus Innovation Fairness Transparency Continuous Improvement Annual Report 2014 Page 1 ISO 9001 Quality Management System ACI in the first company in Bangladesh to have obtained ISO 9001 Certification for Quality Management System across all categories ACI Quality Policy One of our important vision is to provide products and services of high and consistent quality, ensuring value for money to our customers. To attain...
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