...SUNDERLAND ASSESSMENT COVER SHEET / FEEDBACK FORM BA (HONS) BUSINESS MANAGEMENT Student ID: Module Name: Center / College: Assessment Title: Learning Outcomes Assessed: Learning Outcomes Assessed: Feedback relating learning outcomes assessed and assessment criteria given to students: Mark: Student Name: Module Code: Due Date: Hand in Date: Areas for Commendation: Areas for Improvement: General Comments: Assessors Signature: Overall Mark (subject to ratification by the assessment board) Moderators Signature: Students Signature: (you must sign this declaring that it is all your own work and all sources of information have been referenced) University of Sunderland REPORT S I M3 3 7 Contemporary Developments in Business and Management Name: Student number: Hand-In-Date: Eugen Nagel 089 111011 08 January 2010 Abstract This is a management report of 3,500 to 4,000 words on the organisation TUI Aktiengesellschaft (AG = PLC), situated in Germany, which operates globally. This report should assesses the impact of external and internal factors on the organisation and evaluate the organisation responses. (In the case of a large organisation or industry-sector it is permissible to confine your report to part of the organisation or industry-sector.) The report consists of two tasks: The first task is to describe and analyse the primary internal and external influences to which the organisation TUI (Touristik Union International) is subject. The second...
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...TUI Marketing analyses of : [pic] I. INTRODUCTION TUI Group GmbH (Touristik Union International) is a German multinational travel and tourism company established in 1968 and headquartered in Hanover. First, it was an association with some medium-sized companies like Touropa, Scharnow-Reisen, Hummel Reise and Dr.Tigges-Fahrten. During 33 years, TUI joined airline companies and participated to different hotel brands. They also expended their company to Switzerland, Holland, Austria and Belgium. In 1998, they took acquisition of the group Hapag Touristik Union and 3 years later, in 2001, they became 100% subsidiary of an industrial and transportation Company named Preussag AG, which in the 1990’s decided to concentrate their company on tourism, shipping, and logistics. On 3 September 2007 the tourism division of TUI AG merged with First Choice Holidays PLC to create TUI Travel PLC, an international leisure travel group listed on the London Stock Exchange. TUI AG owns 43% of the new company, operating in 180 countries and serving 30 million customers. On March 2009, they decided to sell big parts of their important container shipping company Hapag Lloyd AG to the to the Albert Ballin consortium of investors. TUI retains a 43.3% stake in the firm and continues to wholly own and operate the cruise line Hapag-Lloyd Kreuzfahrten. This means that TUI has become a pure tourism oriented company. This...
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...Running head: Relating Leadership Styles to Organizational Behavior 1 By Keta Johnson A Paper Submitted to Dr. Wanda Corner In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for BTM7001: Advanced Scholarly WritingError occured in marking Attendance. Some error occurred. Please try again. Error occurred in getting Attendance data. Advanced Scholarly Writingjhkkk Northcentral University Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration Specialization in Public Administration September 14, 2014 Running head: Relating Leadership Styles to Organizational 2 Relating Leadership Styles to Organizational Behavior Numerous studies have been conducted to demonstrate the various relationships between managers and subordinates. The purpose of this paper is to discuss a critical analysis of peer-reviewed articles in which researchers have addressed various leadership styles and how it affects employees. The literature review section will provide an analysis of the theoretical framework and case studies presented by authors. After analyzing the articles, the discussion and findings section will offer conclusions that can be drawn from the results; and also provide an interpretation of what the findings from the scholarly studies mean. The recommendations section will then identify what organizational leaders can do to address the gaps and/or the organizational leadership issues related to the literature review and discussion. Lastly, the conclusion section...
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...John Doe TUI University ITM 436 Operations Mgmt and Operations Sys. John Doe, Ph.D. What I learn about supply chain management during this tutorial? Successful supply chain management is significant to the survival of today’s business. To review supply chain strategies and evaluate proposed changes that impact the business as a hole, supply chain managers should be able to assertively predict their network’s performance under a range of conditions. This apparently impossible task has urged a search for better software to help decision makers analyze the design and operation of their supply chain. Computer simulations have become the tool of choice. Since simulation capture real world system variability, a simulation program helps managers to better understand the supply chain as it presently exists. Most significantly, a simulation gives planners a realistic view of what will happen in their supply chain under conditions that do not currently exist, but might take place. The tutorial presented a distribution network for a root beer beverage. The simulation starts in week 16 of the inventory with 170,000 cases of root beer on backlog. Having product cases on inventory or backlog will add additional expenses to the company (inventory $.50/bottle and Backlog costs $1/bottle). The business objectives include reducing inventory and backlog cost. The simulation project provides managers a tool for supporting strategic supply chain decisions. The simulation system is used by...
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...TUI University Donald Dunn Module 1: Case #1 ITM501: Management Information System and Business Strategy Sam Biragbara July, 25, 2011 Donald Dunn Mgt. Info Syst. And Bus. Strategy Sam Biragbara July 25, 2011 Module #1 – Case: How taking a socio-technical perspective can be more productive in helping organizations manage information overload than either technical solutions or organizational solutions alone. The current workplace environment presents a constant reevaluation for businesses and organizations. Downsizing has become status quo for these same businesses, organizations and US military alike. At the same time they are expected to remain competitive, relevant and effective. The term,” doing more with less comes to mind.” The one common expectancy with these businesses and organizations is that workloads will increase instead of decrease. These groups need to “generate value from their intellectual and knowledge based assets. Generating value from such assets involves codifying what employees, partners and customers know and sharing that information among employees, departments and even with other companies in an effort to devise best practices.” (Levinson) The developing relationships between socio and technical elements can lead productivity and wellbeing of all involved. On a daily basis the information age continues to move forward. There is a constant battle within businesses and organizations in this information age to control...
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...TUI UNIVERSITY MICHAEL J. GILLIARD ACC 501, Accounting for Decision Making MODULE 2: Case, A Revised Income Statement, The Contribution Margin Approach Anthony Culpepper, PHD In the 21st century the business environment is changing very rapidly. These changes are reflected in global competition, rapidly advancing technology, and improved communication systems, such as the Internet. The activities that make an enterprise successful today may no longer be sufficient next year. A crucial role of managerial accounting is to continually assess how an organization stacks up against the competition. I do agree with the notion of value costing for the 21st Century organizations. Traditional accounting systems distribute indirect costs on the basis of direct labor hours, machine hours, or material costs. This leads to a distorted picture. The costs of products and services must be accurate, or management can be misled. In the last 15 years value costing has been at the forefront for businesses in the 21st century. New cost concepts allocates costs to the things people are doing in companies and assures that these costs are paid by the products that generated them. Virtual enterprise and efficient supply chain management systems will shape the future of these enterprises. Organizations are trying to become agile enterprises with the help of strategic alliances of firms and integration using information technologies. Traditional performance and cost measures are no longer suitable...
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...“Discuss and explore issues surrounding the recognition of elements in financial statements” Contents Title: 3 Introduction & Objectives 3 Definitions 5 Recognition 5 Measurement 6 Discussion 6 Revenue Recognition (IAS 18) 6 Property, Plant and Equipment (IAS 16) 8 Xerox Revenue Recognition Scandal 9 Recognition in the Annual Statements 10 Conclusion 13 Bibliography 14 Appendices 17 Appendix 1 – Standards from IASB 17 Appendix 2 – Proposed plan for FASB and IASB 18 Appendix 3 – TUI Travel Plc Annual Statement 21 Appendix 4 – Thomas Cook Annual Statement 27 Appendix 5 – PSA Peugeot Citroen Annual Statement 31 Appendix 6 – Daimler AG Annual Statement 37 Appendix 7 – Xerox Annual Statement 42 Title: Discuss and explore issues surrounding the recognition of elements in financial statements Introduction & Objectives Accounting has many elements to producing an annual statement each fiscal year; these different elements have regulations in which organisations have to abide by. Regulations have three categories; legislation, accounting standards and stock exchange regulations (Melville, 2008). Legislation can differ from country to country, which is the same for accounting standard board as each country has individually developed their own standards (Accounting Standards Board for the UK, also, International Accounting Standards Board that is trying to consolidate standards, which can be accepted globally). Attempts by...
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...Notes to the Financial Statements Audit Report Corporate Governance Statement Shareholder Information Corporate Directory NZOG Annual Report 2011 Chairman’s Review During the year ended 30 June 2011 the company faced a very challenging time in dealing with the adverse flow-on impact of its investments in Pike River Coal Ltd (PRCL), whose mine near Greymouth suffered from explosions and a tragic loss of lives in November 2010. However, despite the resultant losses on NZOG’s investments in PRCL, which have been provided for in the financial statements, NZOG still ended the year in a very sound financial position and having an expanded outlook overall for its oil and gas operations. sands. There is potential for a sizeable discovery. NZOG holds a 90% interest in PEP 51311 but is amenable to farming down its equity to around 50%. As an adjunct to these and other New Zealand activities, which still form the core of NZOG’s operations, the company has now acquired interests overseas, through the award of a prospecting permit in offshore Tunisia and a joint study area in onshore Indonesia (Sumatra). In Tunisia the Diodore permit encompasses the Alyane prospect over which it is intended to acquire new seismic data before the end of calendar 2011. NZOG was successful in obtaining this area 100% and will look to have a partner join it ahead of drilling this very interesting prospect. Management The recruitment process to select a new chief executive for NZOG is well under way, following...
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...INT401I/202/0/2013 Tutorial Letter 202/0/2013 Information and Technology Management IV INT401I Year module School of Computing This tutorial letter contains the model answers to assignment 1 & 2, and the Oct/Nov 2013 examination and Jan/Feb 2014 supplementary examination preparation notes. Bar code CONTENTS 1 TUTORIAL MATTER THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED TO DATE .................................. 3 Plagiarism ................................................................................................................................... 3 2 THE MODEL ANSWERS TO ASSIGNMENT 1 ........................................................................... 3 3 THE MODEL ANSWERS TO ASSIGNMENT 2 ........................................................................... 6 4 THE OCT/NOV 2013 EXAMINATION AND JAN/FEB 2014 SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATION PREPARATION NOTES ............................................................................................................12 2 INT401I/202 1 TUTORIAL MATTER THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED TO DATE Title Description TUTORIAL LETTER 101/0/2013 Tutorial letter 101 contains important information about your module. VERY important information. TUTORIAL LETTER 201/0/2013 TUTORIAL LETTER 202/0/2013 Tutorial letter 202 contains the model answers to assignment 1 & 2, and the Oct/Nov 2013 examination and Jan/Feb 2014 supplementary examination preparation notes (this tutorial letter). Plagiarism NB: Plagiarism is the act of taking words...
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...TUI UNIVERSITY Module 2 Case Assignment MGT501: Management and Organizational Behavior Dr. Frank P. Nolan In Module twos case assignment we will be taking a look at the mega-giant internet company Google. More specifically, I will focus on Google’s corporate values and goals concerning their employees and customers. We will then see how these values and goals translate into a combined business model which creates job satisfaction and motivates the people who work there. I will provide Google’s business philosophy which consists of ten ideals that the company operates on. Also, I will use some additional sources and personal experiences I have found online. Next, I will explain whether or not Google’s business model is one that everyone should adopt. It is working so great for them, would it work great for everyone? Lastly, I will conclude by briefly reviewing what was discussed in this assignment. Before we can understand Google’s values and goals as a business we need to know what they are. Google.com provides a list of 10 philosophies the company tries to always live by: 1. Focus on the user and all else will follow: specifically ensuring that they are ultimately there to serve “you”, the user, and not their internal goals and bottom lines. 2. It’s best to do one thing really, really well: while the company is involved in a multitude of other projects, their true bread and butter is Google search. They have one of the world’s largest research groups dedicated...
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...TUI UNIVERSITY Angelica M. Johnson Module 3 Case Study ITM 501 Management Information Systems and Business Strategy Prof. Sam Biragbara March 14, 2014 Introduction The purpose of this case study is to examine whether the availability and use of social media on the internet really provides businesses with new and different useful information. We will explain the reasons why we feel this is true. Additionally, we will provide a counterargument to my original position, and finally, re-address my original position in light of the counterargument. Businesses and Social Media The availability and use of social media on the internet absolutely provides businesses with new and different useful information. The key question is; are businesses ready to use social media, and the information exchange opportunity it provides, to their advantage? The internet and social media is a fast moving train; businesses can either get on that train, deliberately evolving in this frightening economy, or get run over by the train and die a sure death (Rodriguez, 2011). What Not To Do United Airlines Customer service is something all businesses know is important; however, not all businesses invest and prioritize customer service in their vision or strategic plans. If a business is a service or product provider with a well known name and brand, not paying attention to customers could be a big mistake. One such service provider, United Airlines, committed one of those big mistakes...
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...Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism Agenda 1. 1.1 ICT and tourism – introduction Tourism as information business 1.2 2. 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 eTourism – ICT usage in tourism ICT usage in tourism – overview and case studies Tourism stakeholders and interfaces Tourism suppliers and eTourism Intermediaries and eTourism Destination organisations and eTourism Tourism management and eTourism 3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Trends and future applications Social Media & Web 2.0 Website optimisation Interoperability and semantic web Software agents Recommender systems Dynamic packaging Mobile services & ambient intelligence Online auctions in tourism 2 ICT in Tourism © copyright IFITT 1.2 eTourism – ICT usage in tourism Definition and history of eTourism Facts & trends Reasons, advantages and implications of ICT usage ECCA – eTourism Competence Center Austria 3 ICT in Tourism © copyright IFITT 1.2 eTourism – ICT usage in tourism Definition and history of eTourism Facts & trends Reasons, advantages and implications of ICT usage ECCA – eTourism Competence Center Austria 4 ICT in Tourism © copyright IFITT Introduction - ICT ICT - Information and Communication Technologies Umbrella term for technological developments for the Production, analysis, storage, search, distribution and use of information ICT includes a combination of hardware software telecommunications netware groupware humanware ICT enables effective data processing & communication...
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...INT401I/202/0/2015 Tutorial letter 202/0/2015 Information and Technology Management INT401I Year Module School of Computing IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This tutorial letter contains model answers for assignment 6. CONTENTS 1 Tutorial letters that you should have read to date .......................................................................... 3 2 Model answers for assignment 6................................................................................................... 3 Unisa PO Box 392, UNISA, 0003 Copyright © Unisa 2015 In terms of the Copyright Act 98 of 1978 no part of this material may be reproduced, be stored in a retrieval system, be transmitted or used in any form or be published, redistributed or screened by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of Unisa. However, permission to use in these ways any material in this work that is derived from other sources must be obtained from the original sources. Printed in South Africa by Unisa. 2 INT401I/202 1 Tutorial letters that you should have read to date Title TUTORIAL LETTER 101/0/2015 TUTORIAL LETTER 201/0/2015 TUTORIAL LETTER 202/0/2015 (this tutorial letter) Description Tutorial letter 101 contains important information about your module. Tutorial letter 201 contains model answers for assignment 5 and the Oct/Nov 2015 examination and Jan/Feb 2016 supplementary examination preparation...
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...Transforming Thomas Cook March 13, 2013 Thomas Cook Group plc Disclaimer and cautionary statement This presentation is for information purposes only and does not constitute an invitation or inducement to underwrite, subscribe for or otherwise acquire or dispose of (or engage in any other investment activity in relation to) any Thomas Cook Group plc (“Thomas Cook”) shares or other securities. No part of this document, nor the fact of its distribution, should form the basis of, or be relied on in connection with, any contract or commitment or investment decision whatsoever. This presentation contains certain ‘forward-looking statements’. These include statements which are not statements of historical fact and may include, among things, statements relating to Thomas Cook’s strategies, plans, objectives, initiatives and targets, its businesses, outlook, potential future growth, operations, financial condition, results of operations and growth prospects, liquidity, capital resources and capital expenditures, expected industry trends and development of markets, anticipated cost savings, anticipated uses of cash and the expected outcome of contingencies, as well as the intention, beliefs or current expectations of Thomas Cook and/or its directors concerning the foregoing. The words “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intends,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “project,” “will,” “may,” “should” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve...
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...MARKETING CASE STUDY Table of Contents 1. Introduction and History 2. The Mission Statement of easyJet 3. Competitive Analysis (Porters five competitive forces) 4. Marketing Mix 5. SWOT Analysis 5.1 Internal Analysis – Strengths and Weaknesses 5.2 External Analysis – Opportunities and Threats 6. Situational Analysis 7. PEST Analysis (Marketing Plan) 8. Conclusion 8.1. Strategic Issues facing the airline Industry 8.2. easyJet’s future 9. Appendices 1. Introduction and History A successful example of a European no frills airline is easyJet. Stelios Haji-Ioannou (Greek) founded the company in 1995. It is based on the low-cost, no-frills model of the US carrier Southwest. The concept of easyJet is based on the belief that demands for short-haul air transport is price elastic. That means, if prices for flights are being reduced, more people will fly. Traditionally airline concepts are based on the assumption that airline traffic grows in line with the economy and that cutting prices will only lead to a decrease in revenues. With the introduction of the ‘no-nonsense’ concept to the European market, after its deregulation in 1992, easyJet has proven this theory wrong and goes from strength to strength by actually increasing the size of the market and more recently by taking away passengers from the majors (see www.easyjet.com for passenger...
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