...Organizational culture and change. Based on my evaluation of Shaw communication, its organizational culture is open and driven by its customers. it concentrates more on how consumers enjoy using its products and how consumers will be delighted by its quick and accurate customer services. (Shaw culture, 2013) Shaw communication is one of the largest and unique culture-oriented companies in Canada, and it has maintained its special techniques to retain loyal customers and attract new customers because its organizational culture is matching with what consumers had anticipated. Shaw communication has tons of stores across Canada, and its active regional activities and sponsorships with regional communities have demonstrated that it attempts to attend any events that are beneficial and sustainable for the prosperity of the local communities. Shaw communication tries to counterbalance consumers’ perspectives of internet and home electronic services so it can provide quick and accurate services at a speedy time. Shaw communication also has its own consideration of its employees because it cares about the environments where its employees work, so it usually gets its employees involved in events that it conducted in local communities (shaw culture, 2013). Shaw communication also provides employees with intriguing and practicable events during the training processes, so employees in its company enjoy working and communicating with each other.By utilizing this approach, Shaw...
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...Corporate Reporting | | British American Tobacco was founded in 1902 and just 10 years after incorporation it was one of the world’s top 12 companies in terms of market capitalization. The group is the world’s second largest stock market listed tobacco group. With products being sold in over 180 markets worldwide, they have market leadership in over 50 markets. They have had a significant global occupancy in over a century and in 2011 alone, its subsidiaries had a sale of 705 billion cigarettes. They have 46 cigarette factories spread over 39 countries. (British American Tobacco, 2012) They employ a workforce of over 55,000 people worldwide. They work internationally with thousands of farmers, securing 70% of their raw material directly from farmers.. They have the most vertically integrated supply chain in the tobacco industry.(British American Tobacco, 2012) In 2011, the group agreed to purchase privately-owned Protabaco, the second largest cigarette company in Colombia. The deal was worth US$452 million and was internally financed. The group also set up a new company called Nicoventures, to develop and test alternative nicotine products. (The Financial Times, 2011) In December 2012, British American Tobacco acquired CN Creative, a UK-based start-up which specializes in the development of ecigarettes, for an undisclosed sum. (The Financial Times, 2012) Tobacco Industry: Tobacco companies have to deal with a highly competitive marketplace and despite the adversity...
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...CIMA Dates & Prices 2015 CIMA is changing. So are we, with your success in mind. From 2015 CIMA will be changing the structure of the syllabus and how the papers are examined. We have liaised with CIMA over the past 18 months to enhance our educational experience in line with those changes so you will not only be able to study more effectively, but are also in the best position to pass your exams. New for 2015 – BPP Momentum Our programmes see the launch of BPP Momentum – an exciting approach to learning that recognises that everyone, and the way they learn, is different. BPP Momentum puts you at the centre, giving you more flexibility, more personalisation, more support, more value and more confidence. At the heart of BPP Momentum is competency-based learning; it means you will learn by doing. By progressively gaining knowledge, practicing what you have learned and testing as you go, you will build your competence gradually and be in the best position to pass your exams. The more you attempt, the more you will be able to identify your weaker areas and with the range of support offered by BPP Momentum you will understand how to improve. Together we will ensure you succeed. Regardless of how you choose to study and whatever level you are at, BPP Momentum enhances every element of your learning experience, and our range of structured study schedules offers you the flexibility to control your own progression. Our new programmes have been designed with your success in mind,...
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...A. Background Burberry was founded in 1856 when 21 year old Thomas Burberry, a former apprentice to a country draper, opened an outfitters shop in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. Business thrived and by 1870 Burberry became known as an 'emporium' with an increased focus on the development of outdoor wear for local residents and visiting sportsmen who frequented the store. In 1879, Thomas Burberry invented gabardine - a breathable fabric made using an innovative process whereby the yarn was waterproofed before weaving. This fabric was not only water-resistant but also extremely durable. A patent was taken out in 1888. In 1891, Thomas Burberry opened his first shop in London at the Haymarket, now the site of Burberry's corporate headquarters. In 1901, Burberry was commissioned by the War Office to design a new service uniform for British officers. The Burberry check, registered as a trademark, was introduced as a lining to the trench coat in 1924. Soon the red, camel, black and white check became synonymous with Burberry. Burberry also played an important part in aviation, producing specially designed garments for aviators. The Burberry check had been primarily used as a coat lining until a presentation in 1967 saw the trademark design applied to umbrellas, luggage and scarves. In 1970, Burberry opened a New York flagship store at East 57th Street. The 1980s were a period of retail development in the United States. Burberry complemented the New York flagship with store openings...
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...India’s R&D policy and its influence on technology development and society Mohsin U. Khan National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies, New Delhi-110012 Technology import policy of India Period of liberalization until mid sixties. Period of tight regulations from then until the end of seventies. Period of relaxation of regulations from then until the end of eighties. Regulations were then relaxed and the policy became once again liberal. Why India gone for liberalization in 1991 India’s economy grew at the rate of about 5% during 1980s. Domestic inflation gone up to 17% in 1991. Foreign exchange reserves reduced to $ 1.2 billion barely sufficient to pay for two weeks imports. Central government fiscal deficit as a percentage of GDP touched the all time high of 8.4%. Current account deficit widened to $ 8 billion (2.6% of GDP) Policy changes since 1991 Drastically reduced number of industries reserved for public sector. Abolished industrial licensing except for a short list of industries related to security and strategic concerns, hazardous chemicals. The restrictions imposed by MRTP Act on large firms expansion, merger, amalgamation and take over etc..have been abolished. Cont.// The protection provided to the small firms being reduced. Now TNCs are free to decide whether they will use imported or local raw material. Now TNCs are free to use their brand names. Now TNCs can increase the permissible extent for foreign equity from 40 to 51...
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...[pic] Master of Business Administration (MBA) An analysis of the Effects of Rewards and Compensation on Employees’ Motivation and Performance Dissertation submitted in fulfillment of the requirements to the University of Wales for the award of the Degree Of Master of Business Administration (MBA) April 2012 DECLARATION This work has not previously been accepted in substance for any degree and is not being concurrently submitted in candidature for any degree. |Signed | |(Candidate) | |Date | | | STATEMENT 1 This thesis is the result of my own investigations, except where otherwise stated. The correction services have been used, the extent and nature of the correction is clearly marked in a footnote(s). Other sources are acknowledged by footnotes giving explicit references. A bibliography is appended. |Signed | |(Candidate) | |Date | | | STATEMENT 2 I hereby give consent for my thesis, if accepted, to be available for photocopying and for inter-library loan, and for the title and summary to be made available to outside organizations...
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...Contents M3.17 RECRUITING, SELCTING AND INDUCTING NEW STAFF IN THE WORKPLACE 2 RECRUITING AND INTERVIEWING 2 THE INDUCTION PROCESS 4 M3.13 DEVELOPING YOURSELF AND OTHERS 5 ANALYSIS OF DEVELOPMENT NEEDS AND LEARNING STYLES 5 DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS TO MEET DEVELOPMENT NEEDS 6 SUPPORT AND MONITORING 7 APPENDIX 1 8 APPENDIX 2 10 APPENDIX 3 12 APPENDIX 4 15 APPENDIX 5 17 APPENDIX 6 23 APPENDIX 7 30 APPENDIX 8 39 APPENDIX 9 42 M3.17 RECRUITING, SELCTING AND INDUCTING NEW STAFF IN THE WORKPLACE RECRUITING AND INTERVIEWING Within COMPANY we are currently recruiting quite a large number of staff due to our ever increasing sales and growth. Within my role as an Export Shipping Team Leader I primarily cover the Export Department, but from time to time also cover the European Sales Department, as aspects of the job overlap. Recently we identified that we required a new member of Staff in the European Sales Department and I was included in the recruitment and selection process. First and foremost after having a formal meeting with my line manager we realised that due to the growth in revenue of 1.5 million GBP, there was extra pressure on both the Export and Sales teams. We concluded that we required a new member within European Sales that would also handle some duties that my team in Export are currently handling. We identified the duties as well as salary of European Sales staff and agreed that with taking work from both my team in Export and also work...
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...Planning/Understanding Change in the Workplace & Achieving Objectives Through Time Management (M3.02/ M3.03/ M3.04) Contents Page Page 2 - Contents Page 3 - Executive Summary Page 4 - Introduction Page 5 - Background Page 6 - Identify a change Page 7 & 8 - Plan & Monitor a change Page 9 & 10 - Implications of Change Page 11 - Communicate & Implement the Change Page 12 - Conclusion Page 13 - Appendix 1: Door Quality Standard Page 14 - Appendix 2: P.E.S.T.L.E. Analysis Page 15 - Appendix 3: S.W.O.T. Analysis Page 16 - Appendix 4: Eight Step Change Model (John P. Kotter) Page 17 - Appendix 5: Gantt Chart / Covey’s Quadrant Page 18 - Appendix 6: The Deming Cycle / 5 S’s Page 19 - Appendix 7: Decision Power, Level of Interaction (DPLI) Page 20 - Appendix 8: Eight Basic Principles (T.Peters & R.H. Waterman) Executive Summary The purpose of this report is to firstly, identify the most cost effective change that we could make to the day to day running of the business and secondly...
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...Module: Logistics & Operations Management Student: szjlcklxjvl Date: Wednesday zncxz ,n Subject: Business Management Year 2 (Advanced Course) 1. Assignment Task 1.1. Individual Report 1.1.1. To complete this assignment ● Select any organisation of your choice. ● Identify component activities - Component activities are activities related to the core activities of the organisation of your choice. How the components are used to achieve the overall objectives / goal of the organisation. So a component might be IT department, HR department and so on. ● Then evaluate the performance objectives used by each. List the performance objectives and highlight the deferent ways it interlink with each other to accomplish a goal. ● Critically examine - Examine both internal and external factors influencing the Organisation performance objectives in relation the Organisational goals. ● Suggest ways in which the performance could be improved. With the above research and evaluation you should be able to recommend a better way forward. 2. Logistic Operations of Sainsbury & Tesco 2.1. Introduction To survive in the global market you need to adopt proper strategies and theories properly and effectively to ensure success. Global market is a competitive market where you cannot strive forward if you don't have proper planning and strategies. Logistics is an important factor in business which is all about flow of goods information and...
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...Marketing Plan Executive summary This marketing plan examines the case of TOPSHOP as a UK’s fast-fashion retailer. The following marketing plan is structured according the SOSTAC framework. Topshop is operating under the parental Arcadia Group. Over the latest years, Topshop has been one of the most popular UK’s fast-fashion retailers. The company is a multinational Omni-channel fashion retailer. Topshop is well-known for its high-quality products in medium low prices. The company’s portfolio owns a wide range of products and services. According to the Situational Analysis, the UK’s macro environment has changed over the latest years. The UK’s fast-fashion industry is becoming more and more cluttered with competitors from both UK and overseas. The business frameworks PESTEL, Industry key drives, Industry’s life cycle indicated that the UK’s fashion market is influenced from several external factors. The industry’s key drivers are the Europe’s economic recession, the social-media and e-tail evolution and the environmental crisis. However, the UK’s fashion sector remains a dynamic and innovative sector worldwide. Moreover, the buying behavioral is shaped by the UK’s market trends. The UK’s consumers are driven by the economical and political unstable environment and the digital evolution. The internal analysis indicated that the company is preforming well compared with its competitors. The SWOT analysis presented that TOPSHOP has important strengths and opportunities...
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...company that is based in the United States with Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as its headquarters. When it comes to revenue, Comcast is often regarded as the largest company in broadcast, cable and telecommunication industries. It was founded by Ralph Roberts, Daniel Aaron, and Julian Brodsky on June 28, 1963. Presently, the company is being chaired by Brian Roberts, who also serves as the current CEO of the company and is the son of the founder. Michael Angelakis acts as the Vice Chairman with David Chen as Executive VP. The company claims that it operates for business and is rooted into small businesses with 29 regional networks. As a large Internet provider, the company is equipped with 600,000 miles of fiber optics enabling users to have 10 Gbps and is also used for their cable connection (Comcast, 2015). Comcast offers products and services such as cable television, broadband Internet, and television broadcasting with channels such as E! Entertainment Television and NBC, motion pictures particularly Universal Pictures, radio broadcasting, sports franchising, and theme parks such as Universal Studio Parks and Resorts. The company's report revealed that it earned 1.1 billion in revenue during the first quarter of 2014. In 2013, Comcast has the operating income of US$ 13.563 billion with the revenue of $64.657 billion. It has the net income worth of $6.816...
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...owners’ homes, a young entrepreneur has successfully franchised the concept. Her firm now has more than 100 franchisees in many parts of Australia, as well as a few in other countries. In early 2002, she and her management team were debating how best to plan future expansion. STUDY QUESTIONS How did Christine Taylor succeed in evolving the local dog-washing service she developed as a teenager into an international franchise business? ________________________________________________________________________ Note: All financial data are in Australian dollars (AUD), whose exchange value in 2003 at the time of the case was USD 0.57 = EUR 0.58 = GBP 0.41. [More recent exchange rates reflect a sharp drop in the value of the U.S. dollar against the Australian dollar, euro (EUR), and pound sterling (GBP). By late 2006, AUD 1.00 = USD 0.76 = EUR 0.60 = GBP 0.40). These changes in exchange rates would not affect decisions by APM on expansion within Australia but could have an impact on the relative attractiveness of future investments in, say, the UK versus the U.S.] 1. © 2004, 2007 Christopher H. Lovelock 2. Compare and contrast the tasks involved in recruiting new customers and recruiting new franchisees. From a franchisee’s perspective, what are the key benefits of belonging to the APM franchise in (a) the first year and (b) the third and subsequent years? In planning for future expansion, what strategy should Christine Taylor adopt for APM and why? 3. 4. Analysis 1...
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...owners’ homes, a young entrepreneur has successfully franchised the concept. Her firm now has more than 100 franchisees in many parts of Australia, as well as a few in other countries. In early 2002, she and her management team were debating how best to plan future expansion. STUDY QUESTIONS How did Christine Taylor succeed in evolving the local dog-washing service she developed as a teenager into an international franchise business? ________________________________________________________________________ Note: All financial data are in Australian dollars (AUD), whose exchange value in 2003 at the time of the case was USD 0.57 = EUR 0.58 = GBP 0.41. [More recent exchange rates reflect a sharp drop in the value of the U.S. dollar against the Australian dollar, euro (EUR), and pound sterling (GBP). By late 2006, AUD 1.00 = USD 0.76 = EUR 0.60 = GBP 0.40). These changes in exchange rates would not affect decisions by APM on expansion within Australia but could have an impact on the relative attractiveness of future investments in, say, the UK versus the U.S.] 1. © 2004, 2007 Christopher H. Lovelock 2. Compare and contrast the tasks involved in recruiting new customers and recruiting new franchisees. From a franchisee’s perspective, what are the key benefits of belonging to the APM franchise in (a) the first year and (b) the third and subsequent years? In planning for future expansion, what strategy should Christine Taylor adopt for APM and why? 3. 4. Analysis 1...
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...On OKECHUKWU DIYOKE DIOKC81 | 1 INTRODUCTION An economy refers to the full network of distributers, producers and consumers of goods and services within local, regional or national communities. Globalization refers to the process of the increase in economic, political, social and ethnic relations across international boundaries. Globalization is aimed primarily at the constant theories that shape the political and socioeconomic development of nations across the globe. It looks at the continued increase in the collapse of trade barriers and increased world trade and integration; globalization can be seen as an extension that regularly restructures the way nations interact amongst themselves by breaking down their individual barriers in areas of culture, commerce, finance, communication, and several other fields of struggle. This on-going change can be seen from its thrust of legitimate governance, liberal democracy, gender equality, environmental stability, and free market economy among other aggregate values for people of the member states. Globalization creates a compelling inclination for the systematic development in the modern world today as a result of the problems it poses to the states in the form of challenges. This essay looks at the definition of globalisation, the concept of the process of globalization, and how it affects the Nigerian economy. OKECHUKWU DIYOKE DIOKC81 | 22/08/11 2 THE CONCEPT OF GLOBALISATION Many theories have been put forward...
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...Destination Clear Skies Marketing Plan for Success 08/21/2011 Keller Graduate School of Management MM522 Professor Szostek 1. Executive Summary: In the past 10 years, medical expenses and cost of living have increased to unprecedented levels in the United States, while the stock market collapse wiped out many savings. In some cases, individuals reaching the age of retirement cannot even afford to retire. This environment has provided DBS with an opportunity – facilitating the relocation of Baby Boomers reaching the age of retirement to Panama where due to the lower cost of living and free medical services most US citizen can still retire in style at a fraction of the US cost. DBS will target Baby Boomers and use both traditional and innovative approaches (TV advertisement, newspapers, seminars, and Internet technologies such as Facebook and Google (PPC)) to create an awareness and demand for the product. During the first year DBS will undertake a considerable amount of market analysis and testing before launching the services in order to accurately identify the unique characteristics of its target consumers. After the first year of operations, DBS will reach its break-even point and soon after generate initial profits of 60,000.00; these are projected to increase exponentially and continue to grow in as it captures the potential market. 2.0 Situation Analysis: Just as the Baby Boomer generation changed American...
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