...Assessment 2 - Forming a Business Individual Consultant’s Report (2500 Words) Feed forward Document Based upon Draft Submissions Submission Rules. I require a copy of your Consultant’s Report to be upload using that Final Submission upload button which is located in the relevant Moodle Portal Area before the deadline. – try not to leave it until the last possible date !!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Please save your word document using the agreed formula: You should save your file using the following protocol – Surname followed by capital letter of first name followed by the word”final”. Thus when I look at it, it should look this this – “sawyerjfinal.doc” or “sawyerjfinal.docx” Your Consultant’s Report may start with a “Front Page” with your business details (nothing too fancy) HOWEVER it must contain the following information: Your Name, Student ID Number, Course Title, Course Code, Assessment Number (“2”) and Type (Consultant’s Report.) and the word count. You should include a short formal declaration that the final work is your own work and that all plagiarism rules have been complied with NB Put your “Instructions” at the back of the document as an Appendix. If you use an introduction and executive summary if it is in italics I will not count it towards the word count. Your document must be in Times New Roman or Calibri 11. Your footnotes must be in TNR or Calibri 9 No other Fonts are acceptable This is a Consultant’s Report and your structure and language should fit the relevant...
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...Pricing 1. Discuss the implications of price controls and dumping in the pricing decisions of international companies? 2. Discuss the cost and benefits of price controls and dumping in the pricing decisions of international companies? Developing Pricing Strategies * The pricing strategy must match its overall international strategy * The product of a company that is a low cost leader in its industry usually cannot be sold at a premium price * Few special features * Stresses functionality rather than uniqueness Two Pricing Policies Worldwide Pricing * One selling price is established for all international markets * However, very difficult to achieve Why? * Cost of production differs * Keeping production costs the same is not possible for a company that has production bases within each market it serves * Selling costs reflect on this * Exporting and distribution costs * Exporting costs are diff for diff countries * Distribution costs differ across markets * Where distribution is efficient selling prices may be lower than in other locations where distribution systems are archaic and inefficient * Markets with lower purchasing power * Managers may lower the price of a product so buyers can afford them and the company can gain market share * Fluctuations of exchange rates * When the value of the currency in a country where production takes place...
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...Consultancy Report—South Africa Executive Summary Crates-for-car is a manufacturing company which is producing wooden boxes for cars, this company is located in north of UK and 150 employees working for the head office. Currently, the company has five manufacturing branch located in South of England, around 75 workers employed in each branch. Recently, the company decided to increase its operations in other country, which would in the same size of plants this company already possess currently, South Africa is involved in the company’s extending plan. The responsibility of the HR Office is producing a consultancy report. This consultancy report will evaluate the situation in South Africa from various aspects to help this plan. This report is made up of six parts. Firstly, this report will introduce the general information of South Africa include economy, population; Then, this report focusing on the current political situation in South Africa and analyze the specific political environment which could related to establishing a operation in this country; Thirdly, in order to gain the correct information of local labor market, this report will elaborate the informal sector work in South Africa from the aspects of legal recognition, wages and protection; In the fourth part of this report, the employment legislation in South Africa and the government policy linked to the disability discrimination will be covered in this part; The subsequent paragraph will analyze the skill...
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...SARAWAK INFORMATION SYSTEMS SDN BHD (SAINS) Contents SARAWAK INFORMATION SYSTEMS SDN BHD (SAINS) 1 CHAPTER ONE 4 1. INTRODUCTION 4 1.1. Mission, Vision and Core Values of SAINS 4 1.2. Core Competencies 5 2. CHAPTER TWO 6 2.1. SAINS Environmental Analysis 6 2.2. SAINS Key Drivers of Change 8 2.3. SAINS Value Chain 8 2.3: 5 M’s of Marketing 11 2.4. Porters 5 Forces of SAINS 12 2.5. Internal analysis and External analysis 13 2.6. Applying Direct Policy Matrix 16 2.7. Potential Strategic Challenge/Issues 17 2.8. SAINS Marketing Objectives 19 3. CHAPTER THREE 22 3.1. ANSOFF MATRIX 22 Market Penetration 22 Market Development 23 3.2. SAINS Marketing Mix 24 Product / service 24 Promotion 24 Price 25 Place 26 People 26 BUDGET AND FINANCIAL FORECAST FOR NEXT 3 YEARS 28 CHAPTER FOUR 33 4. RECOMMENDATION 33 Value 33 Rarity 33 Imitable 33 Organizational Knowledge 33 5. CONCLUSION 34 CHAPTER ONE 1. INTRODUCTION Sarawak Information Systems SDN BHD (SAINS) is a leading ICT System Integrator and Solution Provider in the state of Sarawak, Malaysia. It has effectively enlarged and intensified the utilization of ICT resulting in IT growth among state government agencies in Sarawak since the mid 1980’s. In the mid 1980’s, the use of IT among state government agencies in Sarawak started to grow. Shortly thereafter, in 1991 SAINS was formed and was given the task of leading the development and implementation...
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...Leeds Metropolitan University 4/30/2012 IFM PLC | Consultancy Report | Financial Analysis and assessing future options for the company | Mohamed Kamara and Iwi Ugiagbe-Green Jens Hagenbeck ID: 33269369 Executive Summary This consultancy report aims at the Board of Directors of IFM Plc a multinational company providing financial services and was being ordered by Finance Director Mrs. Diana Worth. It analyses and evaluates a prospective joint venture between a German subsidiary and EMF Plc, re-domiciling the parent company from France to Monaco and expanding into Asia. The financial analysis showed that a joint venture requires an €2 million investment, which could be funded by the shareholders offering a yield of return of 12%. Using the financial data provided and calculating the weighted average cost of capital and the Net Present Value, a WACC of 10% and a NPV of €2.051 million were the results, proving the worthiness of the investment into the joint venture. Before signing any agreements further research needs to be taken to evaluate non-financial aspects such as opportunity costs and other investments. The second part of the report deals with the re-domiciling of the parent company from France to Monaco. From a business perspective and logical point of view this step makes sense as a lot of business operations are being run in Monaco, but it could still damage the company’s image to move from France just for profit and also shareholders might...
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...K-Bell Consultancy Report Erik Ploeger 17-10-2011 Consultancy Team H (BK 2.08): Timothy van Beelen 2511873 Iris Hosman 2061597 Beatrice Munnichs 2121670 Index 1. Business and IS analysis Approach to and objectives of the IS strategy 3 Internal and external business environment 3 SWOT analysis of K-bells current situation: 4 IS environment 4 2. Data Analysis Redesigning the VoD system 6 3. IS Solutions Changes in existing IS and data-organization 7 4. IS Implications and implementation Structure and Culture 10 Changes in structure and culture 11 Decision making 11 Resistance to the system 12 Implementation system 13 5. Recommendations Overview of Recommendations 15 6. References and Apendices References 16 Appendices 17 1. BUSINESS AND IS ANALYSIS Approach to and objectives of the IS strategy The first step of our consultancy report for K-bell is to analyze the internal en external business and the information system environment. K-Bells latest information strategy opens up new possibilities for expanding and can even improve customer satisfaction. The rapport we will present shall explain how K-Bells can best implement the improved system. New improvements will be added in a way that K-Bell can even redefine their strategic objectives. K-Bells new IS objective is to be a intermediary between supplier and consumer in. Both parties should be able...
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...CONSULTANT REPORT FOR CASH MONEY CHEQUE CASHING INC. PRINCE ATTAKORA-OFORI 3448366 mba 7511: MANAGEMENT SKILLS DEVELOPMENT 1 SECTION 2 TANYA CHAPMAN MARCH 12, 2014 Contents Abstract 3 Introduction 3 Literature Review 4 Good People 5 Attracting Good People 5 Retaining Good People 6 Developing Good People 7 Application in the work environment 7 Cash Money Cheque Cashing Inc. 8 A Tradition of Excellence 8 The Cash Money Promise 8 What is a payday loan and who uses it? 9 What Cash Money Employees Are Afraid Of ….. 9 Implementation Plan 10 Reference………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 17 Abstract Good people are hard to find, the saying goes. "Without loyal, dedicated, competent workers, no company can satisfy the expectations of its customers - internal or external. Employee retention to build a stable, productive workforce will be the competitive advantage in this decade." (Roger Herman, 2014). Attracting and keeping good people has become a challenge for a lot of companies. One would think that changing jobs during economic down times is difficult but the fact is that good people will always find jobs during strong or weak economy. Both business leaders and senior managers agree that it is becoming increasingly difficult to keep good people as employees seek greater mobility in the market place (Sexton, G., 2007). This report looks at attracting, keeping and developing good people in Cash Money Cheque...
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...Anglia Ruskin University Marketing Consultancy, Report on ‘eBay Inc.’ Name: Mohammad Russel SID: 1351826/1_IM Faculty: Lord Ashcroft International Business School Module Code: MOD003058 Module Title: Marketing Consultancy Date: 14/11/2013 Academic Year: 2013/14 Semester: 01 London School Of Marketing Marketing Consultancy Report On ‘eBay Inc.’ Reported By: Mohammad Russel Report Date: 14/11/2013 Content Introduction 1. A brief history of eBay Inc. …………………………………… 03 2. Market position of eBay Inc. …………………………………… 03 3. Client Issues …………………………………… 05 4. Implications, if client problem is not treated …………………………………… 06 Situation Analysis of Market Market situation comparison .……………………………….….. 06 Situation Analysis Models ……………...……………………. 07 Internal Analysis: SWOT Analysis …..……………………………...... 07 External Analysis: PEST Analysis ........................................................ 08 Porters Five Force Analysis ........................................................ 08 Recommendations .….………………………………. 08 Appendix …………………………………… 09 References …………………………………… 12 ...
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...Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction……………………………………………………………….3 2.0 Bangladesh Economy………………………………………….................3 2.1 Relatively investor friendly open policy regime………………………3 2.2 GDP Growth……………………………………………………………4 2.3 Foreign Exchange Reserve……………………………………………..4 2. 4 Remittance…………………………………………………………….4 2.5 Money Supply………………………………………………................5 2. 6 Savings………………………………………………………………..5 2.7 Investment……………………………………………………………..6 3.0 Overview of Capital Market in Bangladesh……………………………6 3.1 Stock Exchange as an Organization……………………………………...7 3.2 Instruments………………………………………………………………..7 3.3 Share Categorization: A, B, G, Z & N……………………………………..8 3.4 Key Market Segments…………………………………………………9 3. 5 Players………………………………………………………..............9 3. 6 Principal market Instruments………………………………...............9 4. 0 Recent Trend in the Capital Market……………………………………10 4.1 Market Analysis……………………………………………………...11 4.1.1 Insurance Sector…………………………………………………..11 4.1.2 Banks and NBFI sector…………………………………..............12 4.1.3. Mutual funds…………………………………………………….12 4.2 Performance comparison with International Market………………..13 4.3 Highlights of the year 2010…………………………………............14 4.3.1 Increase of BO accounts and brokerage branches……………….14 4.3.2 Recent Crash……………………………………………………..15 4.4 Bangladesh Capital Markets – The Future…………………………..15 4.5 Recent Regulations and Opportunity Space…………………………16 ...
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... | |Tata Consultancy Services | |Mumbai | |umesh.ashok@tcs.com | ABSTRACT This White paper describes the POC Experience of migrating reports from Business Object XI R2 to Cognos BI 8.3 It highlights the challenges, solutions and best practices implemented for seamless transition TARGET AUDIENCE Cognos Architect and Developers of BO to Cognos Migration project PRE REQUISTIC Knowledge of Cognos BI 8.3, Business Objects XI R2 and RDBMS Databases. INTRODUCTION XYZ uses Business Object as a reporting tool to develop and deliver reports to the business to analyze the data. XYZ wants to upgrade these BO reports into Cognos reports using Cognos 8 BI suite. Existing BO Reports presented quite a challenge for migration because of many reasons like diverse formats of reports and multiple interfaces. Cognos BI environment is available with the XYZ. Prime goal to migrate BO reports to Cognos BI. BUSINESS CHALLENGES • Non Standard reporting formats • Installing BO in users machine and maintaining • Reports residing on users machine • Non...
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...What is a report? A report ‘reports’ on something in a concise, formal way using clearly defined sections presented in a standard format, which tell the reader what you did, why and how you did it and what you found. It is the formal writing up of a practical experiment, project or research investigation. A report is written in a way which presumes that the reader knows nothing about your experiment or research. It is usually written more concisely than an essay, with headings and sub-headings and perhaps bullet-point recommendations, etc. A research report must be written in sufficient detail so that someone reading it would be able to replicate your research exactly. It usually contains arguments and critical evaluation to support a proposed course of action, or to evaluate a business issue. BEFORE YOU START WRITING… • Firstly, check with your lecturer and the module handbook for precise instructions, i.e. the prescribed report structure, word count, deadline. All UHBS reports are module and assignment specific, so this guide only gives a very general idea of structure and content. • Be very detail minded. All UHBS reports will require accurate referencing, good clear English, professional presentation, i.e. clear structure, coherent, free of spelling, grammatical and punctuation errors. • If you are compiling a group report, assign roles. One person in the group could be assigned the role of ‘editor’ to finally ensure the report is put together...
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...REPORT WRITING GUIDELINES ACADEMY OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT & FACILITY MANAGEMENT NHTV BREDA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES By Marina Brinkman (Brinkman.M@nhtv.nl) Alinda Kokkinou (Kokkinou.A@nhtv.nl) Jelmer Weijschedé (Weijschede.J@nhtv.nl) Version 1.0 08 September 2011 Summary The purpose of this document is to provide you with information on report writing and serve as an illustration of what your report should look like. The document also addresses the content and style of your report and how you should reference others’ ideas and information. Table of Contents Acknowledgments ................................................................................................................................................................... 4 1. 2. 3. 3.1. 3.2. 3.3. 3.4. 3.5. 3.6. 3.7. 3.8. 3.9. 4. 5. 5.1. 5.2. 5.3. 5.4. 5.5. 5.6. 5.7. 6. Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Types of Reports ............................................................................................................................................................ 5 Structure of a Report .................................................................................................................................................... 5 Cover Page, Title of the Report,...
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...GOA INST IT UTE OF MANAGEMENT Dividend Policy and Market Performance of Tata Consultancy Services S ection D, Group 3 Gaurav Sethi - 2010199 Kshitij Varshney – 2010206 Rengarajan S – 2010221 Saumya Rawat – 2010224 Sonal Gawde -2010228 Introduction Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is software services consulting company headquartered in Mumbai, India. TCS is operational in 42 countries and has more than 142 branches across the world. It is the largest provider of information technology and business process outsourcing services in the world. TCS was founded in 1968. TCS began as Tata computer Centre for the Tata Group. It was headed by Chairman JRD Tata. F C Kohli was the first General Manager. The main business for Tata Computer Centre was to provide computer services to the Tata group companies. One of the first assignments for TCS was to provide punch card services to sister concernTata Steel (then called TISCO). In early 1970s, TCS started exporting its services. The company pioneered the global delivery model for IT services. Its first off-shore client came in 1974 from Burroughs, one of the first business computer manufacturers. In the early 1990s, the Indian IT outsourcing industry grew tremendously due to the Y2K bug and the launch of a unified European currency, Euro. TCS pioneered the factory model for Y2K conversion and developed software tools which automated the conversion process and enabled third-party developers and clients to make use of it. In 1999, TCS...
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...(Executive Director) Dr. Vijay Kelkar Ishaat Hussain Company Secretary Suprakash Mukhopadhyay Statutory Auditors Deloitte Haskins & Sells US GAAP Auditors Deloitte Haskins & Sells Registered Office 9th Floor, Nirmal Building Nariman Point, Mumbai 400 021 Tel : 91 22 6778 9595 Fax : 91 22 6778 9660 Website : www.tcs.com Registrars & Transfer Agents TSR Darashaw Limited 6-10, Haji Moosa Patrawala Industrial Estate 20, Dr. E. Moses Road, Mahalaxmi Mumbai 400 011 Tel : 91 22 6656 8484 Fax : 91 22 6656 8494 E-mail: csg-unit@tsrdarashaw.com Website: www.tsrdarashaw.com 9 Corporate Office TCS House Raveline Street, Fort Mumbai 400 001 Tel : 91 22 6778 9999 Fax : 91 22 6778 9000 E-mail: investor.relations@tcs.com Annual Report 2010-11 Management Team Function Corporate CEO CFO Corporate Affairs Global Human Resources Geography Heads North America Europe APAC Surya Kant A S Lakshminarayanan Girija Pande Vish Iyer Qi Qi Dong Masahiko Kaji Latin America MEA India Functions Marketing Corporate Communication R&D Human Resources John Lenzen Pradipta Bagchi K Ananth Krishnan Ritu Anand Ashok Mukherjee K Ganesan Thomas Simon S Narasimhan Legal Finance Satya Hegde B Sanyal V Ramakrishnan Pauroos Karkaria G S Lakshminarayanan Rajesh Gopinathan Company Secretary Chief Compliance Officer Security Suprakash Mukhopadhyay Ravindra J Shah R K Raghavan Henry Manzano Girish Ramachandran Srinivasa G Raghavan N Chandrasekaran S Mahalingam Phiroz Vandrevala Ajoyendra Mukherjee...
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...Strategic Management Strategy Analysis of Indian IT company- Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Strategic Management Strategy Analysis of Indian IT company- Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Aditi Puri, Harsha Jonnala, Huzaifa Dadarkar, Karan Jaiswal, Piyush Jain Aditi Puri, Harsha Jonnala, Huzaifa Dadarkar, Karan Jaiswal, Piyush Jain Table of Contents INDIAN IT INDUSTRY OVERVIEW 3 INTRODUCTION 3 EXTERNAL ANALYSIS 3 PORTER’S FIVE FORCES MODEL (INDIAN IT INDUSTRY) 4 SWOT ANALYSIS - IT & ITES INDUSTRY 5 TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES 6 INTRODUCTION 6 SWOT ANALYSIS ..7 TCS’ RESOURCES & CAPABILITIES ..8 TCS’ STRATEGY ANALYSIS ...9 Generic Business Strategies Global Strategies Corporate Level Strategies RECOMMENDATIONS 14 REFERENCES .15 INDIAN IT INDUSTRY OVERVIEW The IT-ITeS industry in India has today become a growth engine for the economy, contributing substantially to increases in the GDP, urban employment and exports, to achieve the vision of a “young and resilient” India. During the year, the sector maintained its double digit growth rate and was a net hirer. This growth has been fuelled by increasing diversification in the geographic base and industry verticals, and adaptation in the service offerings portfolio. Consequently, India has attained leadership position in the global sourcing market. India is now the leading country in providing IT Enabled Services in the world. According to a recent study, Indian IT & ITES is...
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