...seekers, the individuals commonly seek refuge in other countries as they flee from harsh economic social and political conditions present in their countries of origin. Since time immemorial, Australia has had international obligations to protect the refugee’s rights starting from how they arrive to where they arrive. The Australian government is internationally obliged under different treaties that ensure that the human rights of the refugees are respected as well as protected. According to (Phillips & Spinks, 2013, p.241), the number of refugees that arrive to Australia by boat is approximately 4586. Research question, significance and aims of the research (I) Research questions * What accounts for the high number of refugees that arrive to Australia per annum? * What are the necessary actions, to ensure that the management of refugees and asylum seekers that come to Australia is done in the appropriate manner? * Is there a link between the number of refugees that arrive to Australia per year and the quality of service that the refugees receive from the department of immigration and citizenship? (II) Significance The significance of this study is to: * Examine the factors that are responsible for the high number of refugees that come to Australia every year. * Identify the particular factors that are required to ensure that the refugee’s management is done appropriately. * Establish the relationship between the high number of refugees and the...
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...Marketing Management (AMN442) Assignment Introduction Masters Home Improvement is the trading name of an Australian Home Improvement chain, operated by a joint venture between Australian Retailer Woolworths Limited and Mooresville, North Carolina (United States) based hardware chain, Lowe's.[2] Masters was created as a way for Woolworths Limited to crack into the hardware retail space, which has been historically dominated by Bunnings Warehouse, which is owned by arch rival Wesfarmers. The two companies already compete with each other with groceries and general merchandise. The brand name was announced on 2 May 2011,[3] coinciding with the launch of a website at masters.com.au.[4] Hans Hulsbosch, who has designed brand identities for Woolworths & Qantas designed the Masters brand and logo.[5] The first outlet, located in Braybrook, Victoria, opened to tradesmen on 31 August 2011, and the general public on 1 September 2011.[6] In the Sydney Morning Herald, CEO Don Stallings is attributed as saying that staff will be trained for at least 100 hours, and the stores will offer over 35,000 products.[7] Ways in which Masters will differentiate from its competitors include stores which are more brightly lit, more colourful with polished concrete, large colour signage and store displays, it aims to place more emphases on attracting female shoppers, buzzers scattered around the store which when pressed, will send a nearby staff member to that location to help out a customer,...
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...[pic] Organisational Change Management in Stanley Works Introduction The change process of management in an organisation is not an easy task to implement and execute; especially, if the employee’s are already immune to the company’s existing organisational culture, practices, policies and standards. Waddell/Cummings & Worley (2011) cited in Lewin’s Change Process (2001) suggested that an evolutionary three phase theory would motivate people and cultivate newly acquired patterns of behaviour (Waddell/Cummings & Worley 2011). In addition, if the organisation is operating in diverse locations globally - the transition of change ideology to a state of equilibrium will be compounding. In this connection, the incumbent paper will discuss change of management implemented in Stanley Works Business Structure. The document will also contrast types of change adopted by Stanley works Australia (Andrews et al 2011 (p.1-7). representative of maintaining global competiveness and sustainability. The parent entity perspective will be highlighted and criticised as academic discussion to determine a structured adaptation of the four major components of the organisation; people, process, structure and technology utilised during transition. To improve the company’s ‘strength through structure’ the company’s performance would benefit from investing in collective intelligence, capability, competence and values, and in particular the adoption of a better marketing approach and methodologies...
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...markets, with only a modest level of research within Australia This paper suggests a new proposition to explain why M&A activity may be value destroying for the acquirers: Success or failure for the acquiring firm’s shareholders in M&A is a function of the combined tenure, personal motivation, and recent performance of the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the acquiring firm. This examination of the combined effectiveness of the Chairman and CEO is not something that appears to have been undertaken before. The paper will present the constituent hypotheses of the main proposition, followed by a literature review, a presentation of findings from a pilot study, conclusions and next steps. Four constituent hypotheses, each of which refers to the performance of the Chairman and CEO, arise out of the pilot study: Hypothesis 1. The length of time that the Chairman and CEO of the acquiring firm have been together in their respective positions at the time of the acquisition will determine the success or otherwise of the outcome of the acquisition. Page | 38 Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Corporate Governance Garrow Hypothesis 2. The personal motivation of the CEO and Chairman will determine the M&A activity within the acquiring firm. Hypothesis 3. The stability of the acquirer’s strategy during the three year period prior to the...
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...------------------------------------------------- WIN ID: 140545 ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Student contact phone number: 0469243041 ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Student email: harsimransinghlitt@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Unit of study code: BSBHRM512A ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Unit of study name: Develop and Manage Performance-Management Processes ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Unit of Study Trainer: Mr. Deyaco ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Assessment title and Number: ______ Implement Performance Management Processes and _Coordinate Learning and Development _________Assessment Task2____ ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Due date: 09/06/2015...
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...Executive summary The purpose of this report is to analyse the Australia’s leading hardware store Bunnings in terms of their marketing strategies. The research methodology is based on qualitative research based on secondary sources of information (PESTEL). This helps analyse the marketing strategy and tricks in the Bunnings .The research is based on credible and academic sources which help understand how marketing strategies and tricks benefit Bunnings to obtain economies of scale, Identify market trend and market segmentation. A comparison of marketing plans and identifies the strength and weakness of Bunnings through market matrix. 5 porter forces would help to identify the Bunning position in the market and recommendation for new strategies in the future. Table of contents Contents Executive summary 2 An Analysis of Bunning’s Warehouse Brands’ 3 Competitive Position 3 Scope of Analysis 4 PESTEL 4 Political 4 Economic 5 Social 5 Technology 5 Environmental 5 Legal 6 Market Trend 6 Identification of Market Segmentation 7 Market Matrix 7 Product 8 Placement 9 Price 9 Promotion 10 5 Porter Forces 10 Recommendation 12 Conclusion 13 Appendix: 13 Reference 20 An Analysis of Bunning’s Warehouse Brands’ Competitive Position Bunnings’ Warehouse is 128 year old (Bunnings, 2014). They specialize in selling home appliance, hardware and DIY. Bunnings remains to demonstrate economic success, which is secured on three simple components...
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...RMIT COMMERCIAL LAW [pic] Weekly Case-studies for Small Group Seminars Semester 1, 2012 Week 2 case study Deciding what legislation means Case-study: The toxic waste Late in the afternoon on 1 December 2009 Alex Demetriou, who owns a waste removal business, collects a truckload of contaminated soil from excavations at a building site in Melbourne. He drives the full truck back to his company’s yard in Werribee. He leaves it parked there overnight, intending to drive it to a remote dump the next day. A municipal inspector sees the truck in the yard and discovers that the soil in the truck is toxic waste. The inspector tells Alex that the law forbids storing such materials near a river or river bed without a special permit. Alex admits that the soil is contaminated and says that he cannot produce a permit. The Werribee River is three kilometres from the haulage company’s yard. The inspector makes a report to the Police, who charge Alex with a breach of s 3 of an Act called the Contamination Avoidance Act. Alex is given the option of admitting guilt and paying a fine of $1,000. Otherwise, he will have to defend the charge in court. Alex asks for your advice. He admits the soil was left in the yard, but says it was only left there overnight and that he always intended to move it the next day. He says that, in these circumstances, he does not...
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...automation defined Home automation is the use of computerised system/s to control some or all of a home’s functions and features automatically. A home automation system can include: ; Access control ; Irrigation systems ; Data networks ; Pool and spa systems ; CCTV ; Distributed audio ; Energy management ; Home cinema ; HVAC controls ; Lighting control ; Security systems ; Structured wiring ; Telephones and communications ; Window covering controls Home automation may also allow home functions to be controlled remotely from anywhere in the world using a computer connected to the Internet or a telephone. The fundamental components of a well-designed home automation system include the control system hardware, programming and interfaces (e.g. multi-function switch plates or touch screens), the various devices and systems to be controlled, cabling infrastructure with all the interconnecting cables and/or wireless links,...
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...Chapter 3 Influences in the Business Environment Personal use only Businesses operate in a dynamic, often turbulent, environment. The business environment refers to anything that affects the operation of a business. Farmers have understood the impact of the environment for centuries. The farmer has no control over aspects of the environment The business such as drought. However, the farmer can prepare for possible adversity in the environment and environment refers to quickly adapt to those changes. Effective managers are constantly monitoring the business environment to pick up any change that may impact on their business. If they pick up a change quickly and respond before their competitors, it may lead to a significant advantage to their business. This is what happened when Woolworths’ managers picked up the trend to the healthy life style before the managers of Coles. The Woolworths’ managers immediately responded by developing a focus on fresh produce, delicatessens, bakeries and dairy. Customers responded by leaving Coles and shopping at Woolworths. Now that Wesfarmers Limited has purchased Coles its managers are quickly implementing strategies to regain their competitive advantage. anything that affects the operation of the business 55 HomeThink Draw the Woolworths’ logo. What does it represent? Is it effective? 3.1 External influences The external influences from the business environment are those outside the control of a business’s managers. The...
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...timber Contents page 1. Background information * Bunnings warehouse * Mite10 * Home timber and hardware 2. Bunnings warehouse * Structural Factors 3. Technical Factors 4. Environmental factors 5. Environmental Factors 6. Sociological Factors 7. Personnel Issues 8. Workplace Health and Safety 9. Mitre 10 * Structural Factors 10. Technical Factors 11. Environmental Factors 12. Sociological Factors 13. Personnel issues 14. Workplace Health and safety 15. Home Timber and Hardware * Structural Factors 16. Technical Factors 17. Environmental factors 18. Sociological factors 19. Personnel issues 20. Workplace health and safety Background Information The industry in hardware is growing in Australia, and with three main companies all fighting to be number one it provides customers with great prices and great products. Bunnings warehouse, mitre 10 and home timber and hardware all have one thing in common and that is to provide every customer with the best service and products. In this industry study I will provide information on each hardware. Allowing customers to create an insight into the business. Bunnings warehouse Bunnings started in 1886 Western Australia by Arthur & Robert the Bunnings bros where they bought their first sawmill. Bunnings expanded in the WA market, adding building supplies to the existing timber business. Bunnings...
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...is there so little interest in retaining older workers? I believe that proponents of the above statement either base their arguments on myths and stereotypes about older workers (55 – 64 age group) or do not fully understand the value that they bring to organizations. I believe that retaining older workers is worth the so-called trouble. While it seems reasonable to infer that older workers enjoy higher salaries due to their levels of seniority, studies have shown little evidence. According to a labour force Survey by Statistics Canada, there is a very small difference in salaries between age groups of 25-54 and 55-64. Most likely the difference is explained by the added value they bring to organizations rather than simply by seniority. Many people argue that older workers are less productive than the younger employees. However, older workers often outperform their younger counterparts as they possess more life and work experience and have spent a lifetime developing their skills. A good example are sale persons at a home hardware store. These older workers may have spent years renovating their second of even third house while the younger 18-25 year olds have limited advice to offer. Furthermore, they are great on the job training resources that pass on the know-how to young co-workers in order to sustain growth for a company. They are usually more willing to share experiences with their younger co-workers and usually have fewer external responsibilities and distractions as...
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...International Journal of Digital Evidence Fall 2007, Volume 6, Issue 2 Computer Forensic Analysis in a Virtual Environment Derek Bem Ewa Huebner University of Western Sydney, Australia Abstract In this paper we discuss the potential role of virtual environments in the analysis phase of computer forensics investigations. General concepts of virtual environments and software tools are presented and discussed. Further we identify the limitations of virtual environments leading to the conclusion that this method can not be considered to be a replacement for conventional techniques of computer evidence collection and analysis. We propose a new approach where two environments, conventional and virtual, are used independently. Further we demonstrate that this approach can considerably shorten the time of the computer forensics investigation analysis phase and it also allows for better utilisation of less qualified personnel. Keywords: Computer Forensics, Virtual Machine, computer evidence. Introduction In this paper we examine the application of the VMWare (VMWare, 2007) virtual environment in the analysis phase of a computer forensics investigation. We show that the environment created by VMWare differs considerably from the original computer system, and because of that VMWare by itself is very unlikely to produce court admissible evidence. We propose a new approach when two environments, conventional and virtual, are used concurrently and independently. After the images...
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...university. While behavioral simulations provide an effective way of exposing students to realistic situations, our experience demonstrates that the integration of the university with the local business owner not only raises the profile of university and keeps it in the public eye but also for the students gaining practical insight into the day-to-day operational forces affecting business decision. Students have the opportunity to make a worthwhile contribution to business, by applying, the knowledge and skills accumulated over the years and hence, build up self-confidence before moving out into the business world as graduates. Introduction == The traditional teaching method used in many classrooms is to devise one or more case studies based on business activities for students to solve either individually or as a group project and while students gain experience in problem solving under the direction of the lecturer, both student and lecturer are sheltered from the real life business world and the complexities of business practices and interpersonal relationships within the workplace. To quote Susan Weil and Ian McGill from "A Framework for making sense of Experiential...
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...Caroline Barnes and Simon Jackson This paper offers a critical reading of Robin Boyd’s narrative of the Australian nation created for Australia’s pavilion at Expo’70. The critique offered is from an environmental perspective, using this example to lead into a broader reflection on Australian design history’s ‘modernity problem’. We argue that although the examination of Australia as a socio-cultural context for the practice of design continues to engage scholars, the will to profess the existence of progressive Australian design has precluded significant examination of design’s regressive effects. The current environmental crisis is, as Arturo Escobar argues, ‘a crisis of modernity, to the extent that modernity has failed to enable sustainable worlds.’[1] Design is implicated here for its contribution to environmental degradation, as is design history for accounts that validate designers’ development of concepts, processes and products that impose the unsustainable on societies. The latter is pronounced in Australian design history. When modernity and its cultural manifestations are understood as European inventions, admitting limited scope for cultural exchange, claiming historical significance for Australian design inevitably involves the uncritical application of imported principles.[2] The halting attempts to write Australian design history are mostly bound up in proselytizing for the values and benefits of the modern and eulogising designers’ efforts to force change in the...
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...industry for online communication as anyone nowadays can search for whatever, whenever and wherever he is through online internet connection. The aim of this research is to address the effect of investment in IT sector and the tourism firm profitability and how does it affect the growth and cost reduction in tourism sector by questionnaire and collecting finical data from a firms working that field. Abstract Information Technology (IT) has become mandatory in the businesses, till now many of the developing countries consider the IT as a very costly sector to invest in, unlike the civilized nations whom invest much more in IT although it is still expensive but they recognize how much it important to their business. The objective of this study is to find the relation and its direction between investing in the IT sector and the effectiveness on company profitability. Keywords: Information Technology, IT, Profit, Profitability, Tourism Literature Review According to Daniel (1994), IT is the application of technology to business processes, gathering data and creating...
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