...this course, students should understand and be able to do the following: 1. Estimate the cost of capital for corporate investment decisions; 2. Make corporate investment decisions using discounted cash flow method; 3. Manage working capital and corporate long-term growth. Supplemental Learning Outcomes: While not assessed, it is anticipated that students will develop the following: 4. Understand the importance of corporate governance for achieving long-term corporate financial objectives and valuation; 5. Understand some unique features of Chinese capital markets. TEACHING AND LEARNING The course will be a mixture of lectures, case discussions and individual and group practices. Students are expected to do the following. 1. 2. 3. 4. Read the assigned textbook chapters BEFORE the classes. Prepare for cases BEFORE case discussions, and submit case work as required. Do homework. Actively engage in class discussions. METHOD AND WEIGHTING OF ASSESSMENT In this course, students are evaluated by the following means of assessment: In-class participation (10%) Participation in class discussion, group discussion,...
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...MARKETING TERM PAPER TOPIC: Marketing of Kerala BY SHARAN C.K USN : 12PB12MBA16 INTRODUCTION According to the American Marketing Association, "Marketing is the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large. From a societal point of view, marketing is the link between a society’s material requirements and its economic patterns of response. Marketing satisfies these needs and wants through exchange processes and building long term relationships. It is the process of communicating the value of a product or service through positioning to customers. Marketing can be looked at as an organizational function and a set of processes for creating, delivering and communicating value to customers, and managing customer relationships in ways that also benefit the organisation and its shareholders. Marketing is the science of choosing target markets through market analysis and market segmentation, as well as understanding consumer buying behaviour and providing superior customer value A practice involving the application of branding and sales strategies to different regions, cities, states or countries. An example of place marketing in business consists of tourism departments and city councils with place marketing teams competing to attract tourists and new residents use branding techniques. Also called territorial marketing or place branding...
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...Assignment On: Creating Brand image of Bangladesh Course Name: Marketing Management Course Code: MKT-5134 Submitted to: Mr. Ishtiaque Arif Assistant Professor, School of Business Studies Southeast University Submitted By: Name | ID | Md. Zobair Hossain | 2013210005066 | Md. Nazrul Islam | 2013210005067 | Md. Nooruddin | 2013210005086 | Rubel Hossain | 2014010005075 | Al Jabir | 2013210005064 | Date of Submission: May 2, 2014 Acknowledgment At first we desire to express our deepest sense of gratitude of almighty Allah. With profound regard we gratefully acknowledge our respected course teacher Mr. Ishtiaque Arif to give us such an essential task to do an informative report. In this report we mainly focused about how we can create a brand image of Bangladesh through developing our tourism sector. Table of Contents Chapter | Topics of Discussion | Page | 1 | * Introduction * Tourism in Bangladesh | | 2 | Major Tourism attraction of Bangladesh * Cox’s Bazar * Kuakata * Shundarban * St. Martins Island * Maheskhali * Bandarban * Paharpur * Mohastanghar | | 3 | Marketing Tourism Sector of Bangladesh * Setting Vision, Mission and Values * Tourism Destination Management * Tourism Marketing | | 4 | Tourism Marketing Promotion * Branding in Tourism * Use websites as a marketing tool * Using social Media for social marketing * Sustainable tourism marketing * International Marketing | | ...
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...is deforestation? Deforestation is the removal or damage of vegetation in a forest to the extent that it no longer supports its natural flora and fauna. In other words, deforestation can be defined as the transformation of forest land to non-forest uses where forest land includes lands under agro-forestry and shifting cultivation, and not simply closed canopy primary forests (FAO/UNEP, 1982). However, this definition does not include “logging”. More inclusive was Myers’s 1980 definition, where deforestation refers, “generally to the complete destruction of forest cover through clearing for agriculture … [so] … that not a tree remains, and the land is given over to non-forest purposes … [and where] very heavy and unduly negligent logging … [result in a] … decline of biomass and depletion of ecosystem services … . So severe that the residual forest can no longer qualify as forest in any practical sense of the world.” Alan Graigner (1980, AS quoted in Saxena and Nautiyal, 1997) asserts that selective logging does not “lead to forest clearance and does not constitute deforestation”, whereas Norman Myers (1980, 1993) thinks that logging is crucial because, although it may only affect a small proportion of trees per hectare, it damages wide areas and is the precursor of penetration by the forest farmers. For the purpose of this study, the FAO’s latest definitions (1993) will be used. The FAO defines forests as “ecosystems with a minimum of 10% crown cover of trees and/or bamboo, generally...
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...School/Portfolio: | The Business School | Course Code/ID: | BUMGT5921 | Course Title: | Organizations: Behaviour, Structure, Processes | Teaching Location: | Melbourne Institute of Technology | Program(s): | Master of Business Administration | Coordinator: | Dr Syed Uddin | Level: | Introductory | Semester: | 2/2013 | Prerequisite(s): | Nil | Corequisite(s): | Nil | Exclusion(s): | Nil | Credit Points/Progress Units: | 15 | ASCED Code: | 080307 | Adopted Reference Style APA 1 COURSE ORGANISATION: 1.1 Student Responsibility It is the responsibility of every student to be aware of the requirements for this course, and understand the specific details included in this document. For full details of programs and school procedures, please refer to the University of Ballarat handbook (http://www.ballarat.edu.au/future-students/handbook ) and The Business School Programs Handbooks available at http://www.ballarat.edu.au/business/handbooks Students should be aware of the content of the handbooks, particularly: * * Special Consideration process and forms * Assignment Coversheet * Submission of tasks and assignments * Grading codes * Appeal process * Unsatisfactory progress - Early Intervention * Appeal process * Unsatisfactory progress - Early Intervention * Grading codes 1.2 Staff The most appropriate contact is your teacher. If necessary they will contact the Course Coordinator at...
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...environment. Continued reliance on trees for fuel and wetlands for farming and its resources has lead to deforestation and wetland encroachment. Annual flooding continues to destroy property and frustrate farming. The DEAP highlights priority themes and activities for the District towards achieving sustainable development. The report is divided into eight chapters. Chapter one gives the challenges of sustainable development and also describes the rationale for and preparatory process of the DEAP. The chapter introduces the district’s main profile covering the physical features, demographic, agroecological zones, and main environmental issues. Chapter two describes the District’s Environment and Natural resources of Land, Water, Biodiversity (forest, wildlife, and Dry lands biodiversity), wetlands and agriculture, livestock and fisheries. For each resource, major environmental issues, challenges and proposed interventions are identified. Chapter three discusses the Human settlements and infrastructure in Meru North District covering situation analysis, challenges and proposed interventions. Environmental challenges addressed include; waste management, sanitation, pollution, diseases, land use, demand for water, energy, materials for construction, land and wetlands degradation, policy and legislation, biodiversity loss and land tenure. Chapter four addresses...
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...every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect. Because every one counts. Thoraya Obaid, Executive Director, UNFPA 1.1 BACK GROUND OF THE STUDY Bangladesh though a small country in area, is one of the densely populated countries in the world along with136.7 (BDHS 2004) million people having 953 ( national economic review 2007) persons per square kilometer. But it is a country of variety with different landscapes and waterscapes. The south- eastern hill tracts of Bangladesh including three districts Rangamati, Khagrachari, and Bandarban are the biggest abode of different tribal communities which occupy one tenth of our land and more than one percent of total population of the country. In Bangladesh there are approximately 45 tribal communities (MOHFW 2004) like Chakma, Marma, Murang, Khumi, Hajong, Monipuri, khashia, Garo, Mog, Rakhain, and the majority of them live in these hilly districts. The tribals are the economically backward ethnic group. They are food gathers, hunters, forestland cultivators, and minor forest product collectors. They lived in isolation with near to nature hence, called son of soil. Tribes constitute separate socio-cultural groups having distinct customs, language, traditions, marriage, kinship, property inheritance system and living largely in agricultural and pre-agricultural level of technology. The dependency on nature and impoverished economy affect population growth and control, literacy, sex ratio, pregnancy procedure, sexual and health care...
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...spillovers from globalization have resulted in increasing demands for multinational corporations (MNCs) to adhere to international standards and codes of responsibility. Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have been important advocates for development and adoption of these standards and codes. • In this paper, we provide a brief review of the emergence of NGOs and their influence on debates about globalization, and a specific assessment of NGO efforts to promote stronger labor and environmental policies of multinational corporations. • We examine the role of NGOs in development and enforcement of twelve international agreements and codes of conduct addressing labor issues and environmental practices. We use findings from these cases and insights from international business and other managerial theory to develop propositions that explain the circumstances under which NGOs have more or less influence in developing and enforcing international codes. Key Results • We suggest NGOs will achieve the greatest impact on codes of conduct when: 1) they intervene early in the code development process; 2) they forge transnational coalitions with other organizations, including other NGOs, MNCs, and governments; 3) codes are devised outside of international organizations; and 4) the structure of the codes or agreements explicitly provides for involvement by non-business and non-state actors. Authors Jonathan P. Doh is assistant professor of management in the College...
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...ORNL/TM-1999/264 Environmental Sciences Division Bamboo: an overlooked biomass resource? J. M. O. Scurlock Environmental Sciences Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory P.O. Box 2008 Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6407 U.S.A. D. C. Dayton and B. Hames National Renewable Energy Laboratory 1617 Cole Boulevard, MS 3311 Golden, CO 80401 U.S.A. Environmental Sciences Division Publication No. 4963 Date Published: January 2000 Prepared for the U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Office of Transportation Technologies EB 52 03 00 0 and Office of Utility Technologies EB 24 04 00 0 Prepared by the OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6422 managed by LOCKHEED MARTIN ENERGY RESEARCH CORP. for the U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY under contract DE-AC05-96OR22464 Contents Page Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Abstract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2. What Is Bamboo? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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...WRITTEN REPORTS AND ESSAYS: GUIDELINES FOR REFERENCING AND PRESENTATION IN RMIT BUSINESS VERSION: 1.0 APPROVED: DECEMBER, 2003 REVIEW DATE: NOT LATER THAN DECEMBER, 2005 Contents TABLES iii STUDENT FEEDBACK iv 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Getting started 3 1.2 Editing 3 1.3 Confidentiality 3 1.4 Referencing 4 1.5 Reference lists 5 2 plagiarism 2.1 RMIT definition 5 2.1.1 What is plagiarism? 5 2.1.2 What is the penalty? 5 2.2 Examples of plagiarism 6 2.3 How to avoid plagiarism 7 3 referencing sYSTEM 3.1 Harvard system 8 3.2 Abbreviations 18 4 ESSAY WRITING Introduction 19 4.1 Checklist for success 19 4.1.1 Research materials 19 4.1.2 Critical analysis 20 4.1.3 Synthesis 20 4.1.4 Application 20 4.1.5 Argument 21 4.2 Sources of information 21 4.3 Common essay faults 24 4.3.1 Lack of argument 24 4.3.2 Lack of relevance 24 4.3.3 Poor level of literacy 24 5 ESSAY PREsentaTION How to format your essay 25 5.1 Title 25 5.2 Contents 25 5.3 Synopsis or abstract 25 5.4 Body of essay 25 5.5 Reference list 26 5.6 Appendices 26 5.7 Word Limits 26 5.8 Submitting your essay 27 5.9 Essays vs. Reports 28 6 REPORT WRITING 6.1 Business reports 29 6.1.1 Purpose 29 6.1.2 Form & content 29 6.1.3 Communication needs 29 6.1.4 Pertinent information 29 6.1.5 Simple, clear and concise 30 6.1.6 Repetition 31 6.1.7 Personal...
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...Executive Summary Agricultural activities are rarely the focus of accounting research, and up until December 2000 no accounting standard existed for accounting activities in the industry at an international level. This report investigates the AASB 141 Agricultural accounting standard, discusses the background of the standard, which entities are affected by the standard and evaluates its usefulness and applicability in the industry. It was found that despite been acknowledged as a standard which provides a good conceptual framework it is often held back by its focus on theory and shift away from practicality (Elad, 2004). Intro & Background to the standard Recently, as jobs are getting diverse, there are people or companies interested in agriculture and spending time on growing their biological assets and selling the produce from the assets. It is obvious that people or companies describe above are doing those not as hobby but job because they earn profit from the activities. The size of the activities might be different but mostly regardless of how the size is, the activities and the following outcomes need to be reported in financial statements. To describe what the activities are and explain how the activities shall be treated in accounting, AASB 141 was made. AASB 141 Agriculture focuses on recognising, measuring, and disclosing agricultural activities such as biological assets and agricultural produce. Agricultural activities are defined in AASB 141 as ‘the management...
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...organizations. According to Ongori (2009), employee empowerment have benefited many organizations through managing and taking care especially enhancing employee commitment and reducing employee turnover. As the case of the Regency Grand Hotel, the new management introduced the empowerment practice while at the same time expecting the employees to go beyond guidelines and standards to consider guest needs on a case to case basis (McShane & Travaglione 2007). Employees’ empowerment is needed in organization in order to expect employees to be in position to make quick decision and respond quickly to any changes. However, in order to effective and efficient, empowerment is required trust, motivation, decision making and breaking the inner boundaries between manager and employees (Thite 2004). There are internal and external factors which affecting the employee empowerment in the organization. Employee empowerment often fails due to various patterns and attitudes of employees. Most of people would feel uncomfortable and do not want to accept the change in management. Ongori (2009) stated that people may believe they want greater freedom and responsibility, while on the other hand, after years of being restricted, people may be unwilling and unable to take advantage of empowerment. In the case of Regency Grand Hotel, the previous management enforce employee to always work according to the management’s instruction and ensuring that the instructions are carried out diligently and conscientiously...
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...TASK 1- ANALYSIS In Shafait’s hospital, there were some rumours among nurses about the time table issue that needed to be solved. The management came up with the new working arrangements without any consultation with the staff. They imposed it on the staff, resulting in a number of nurses living the hospital for others. According to Rensis Likert’s Theory, when management uses fear and threats and communication is top down with decisions taken at the top and there is a gap between superiors and subordinates, that management style is exploitive authoritative. In Paula’s case ward sisters were invited to a meeting with the matron. In turn the sisters organised a meeting with they own staff to explain the new arrangements and its benefits. Questions were invited, although some said there have no impacts on the management’s final decisions about what was best for them. From Rensis Likert’s Theory perspective, when information flowing upward is restricted to what management want to hear, policy decisions come from the top and only some prescribed decision that can be delegated to lower levels, one can easily assume that a benevolent authoritative management style is being applied. Contrary to Shafait and Paula, In Jackie’s hospital the ward sisters were instructed to discuss the problem of changes with their own nurses. Afterwards the ward sisters attended a meeting chaired by the matron where they discussed all the viewpoints of the staff. After the...
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...The Greek poet Homer (who, if he was one person, was born between 850 and 1100 BCE) was, to use a modern term, the source code for Greek literature and poetry, and therefore for Western literature, heavily influencing practically everyone who followed him, including, of course, the great Florentine poet Dante Alighieri ( 1265-1321 A.D.). Both poets’ visions of Hell, as depicted in The Odyssey and Inferno, are noteworthy because they open important windows into the philosophical and theological underpinnings of the worlds into which these authors were born. Why is this important? Because their elaborately drawn visions of Hell represent the two great divides in how humans for 3,000 years have been seeing themselves and the universe they perceive surrounding them. In the Homeric vision, life is tragic and arbitrary. We as humans are mere playthings of the Fates and the gods. Sometimes justice occurs, but usually only by accident, and even then it comes wrapped up in irony. Good is punished and evil triumphs. The hero, instead of enjoying the fruits of his victory, is brought low by some tragic flaw. Homer’s portrayal of the gods and of hell in the Odyssey…[big long quote] For Dante, in sharp contrast, the universe is ordered and just. The wicked are, eventually, punished and the righteous are rewarded, if not in this life, then in the next. Existence, while often painful and scary, is not arbitrary, but proceeds according to a mysterious divine plan devised long ago by...
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...author and editor – Erach Bharucha Unit 1 – Erach Bharucha Unit 2 – Erach Bharucha, Behafrid Patel Unit 3 – Erach Bharucha Unit 4 – Erach Bharucha Unit 5 – Shamita Kumar Unit 6 – Erach Bharucha, Shalini Nair, Behafrid Patel Unit 7 – Erach Bharucha, Shalini Nair, Behafrid Patel Unit 8 – Erach Bharucha, Shambhvi Joshi Case Studies – Prasanna Kolte Co-ordination and compilation – Behafrid Patel Textbook Design – Narendra Kulkarni (Mudra), Sushma Durve Manuscript review and editing – Chinmaya Dunster, Behafrid Patel Artists – Sushma Durve and Anagha Deshpande CD ROM – Jaya Rai and Prasanna Kolte © Copyright Text – Erach Bharucha/ UGC, 2004. Photographs – Erach Bharucha Drawings – Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of Environment Education and Research All rights reserved. Distributed by University Grants Commission, New Delhi. 2004. ii Environmental Studies for Undergraduate Courses Preliminary Pages.p65 2 4/9/2004, 5:06 PM Vision The importance of Environmental Studies cannot be disputed. The need for sustainable development is a key to the future of mankind. The degradation of our environment is linked to continuing problems of pollution, loss of forest, solid waste disposal, issues related to economic productivity and national as well as ecological security. The increasing levels of global warming, the depletion of the ozone layer and a serious loss of biodiversity have also made everyone aware of growing environmental concerns. The United Nations Conference on Environment...
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