...2013 UCL Pre-sessionals - Harvard Referencing System 2013 This document explains how you can reference your work according to the Harvard Referencing System (henceforth simply referred to as Harvard). While there are a number of different referencing systems used in academia worldwide, Harvard is the most common and, consequently, is the one most likely to be useful to you in your future academic studies. This is why we expect you to use Harvard for referencing on the Pre-sessional. Once you have been admitted to the university department where you will be studying for your degree, you should, however, check which system your department favours and adapt your referencing practices accordingly. This guide is only an introduction to Harvard, so if you find it does not fully cover your needs or you would like to take a more comprehensive look at Harvard, we suggest that you refer to either: Chapters 5 and 6 of The American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. Washington DC, USA: American Psychological Association. or: The American Psychological Association (APA) website at: www.apastyle.org. What is referencing? Referencing is a method for standardising and presenting systematically the words and ideas of others in your own writing. Such ideas may include direct quotations, facts, figures, ideas and theories from both published and unpublished works. Why reference? Referencing is necessary to avoid plagiarism. It...
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...Plagiarism When submitting work for assessment, students should be aware of the LSBF guidance and regulations in concerning plagiarism. All submissions should be your own, original work. You must submit an electronic copy of your work. Your submission will be electronically checked. Harvard Referencing The Harvard Referencing System must be used. The Wikipedia website must not be referenced in your work. Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this assignment you will be able to • Develop a managerial, rather than a descriptive, appreciation of issues related to marketing management. • Examine critically advanced theoretical frameworks. • Integrate the theoretical, conceptual and analytical considerations of marketing management. • At the end of the course, you will have mastered a range of methods and techniques and have a clear appreciation of their theoretical and empirical foundations, range of relevance, applicability and limitations. Scenario Kotler describes marketing as ‘the process by which companies create value for customers and build strong relationships in order to capture value from customers in return.’ To do this successfully, firms need to embrace a culture of market orientation and put the customer at the forefront of everything they do. Communication of the marketing strategy and plan across the organisation plays a vital part in making this happen. Your Task 2 Using academic learning, briefly outline a marketing plan for an...
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...P. ASSIGNMENT: GUIDELINES FOR THE FX MARKET ANALYSIS & TRADING STRATEGIES REPORT Foreign Exchange Treasury Dealing Report Task You are a foreign exchange dealing team working for a large Vietnamese bank. Your team trades major Asian and world currencies (VND, AUD, SGD, JPY, USD, EURO, GBP and HKD) and has been asked by your senior manager to provide him with a report on the following: 1. An outline and explanation of the behaviour of the at least two currency pair (e.g. VND/USD, VND/EURO, and VND/AUD, USD/JPY, USD/EUR, etc.) over the past two years. 2. An outline and explanation of your market view concerning the behaviour of these exchange rates over the next three to six months. 3. An outline and explanation of what foreign exchange trading strategies you will undertake, to achieve maximum profits for your bank, as a consequence of your market view outlined in part 2. (You should include the bank’s role both as a price maker and as a possible speculator). 4. An outline and explanation of what risks and obstacles you might encounter in attempting to implement your strategies. Note that you should not use derivatives product only currency spot. CONTENT OF THE REPORTS The following structure and guidelines are provided to assist you in writing your reports. Executive summary or synopsis Your report must include an executive summary or synopsis. Introduction What is the name of your organisation? What is the objective of the report? What are the pairs of currency your team...
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...1.0 Executive Summary Air Africa is an establishing private limited African budget airline based on passenger and cargo air transportation service linking the whole southern and northern African region. We provide cheap and fast routes service to destinations within Africa with the aim to ease pressure on the middle and low income earners and give them an experience of also flying than resorting to bus and trains. Air Africa has healthy projected sales by the third year hopefully the market entrant would have been accepted and plans to transport 40 000 people monthly. It was started to provide and add and ease the transportation gap in the regional market. From our research we saw that there are some African routes which are not served or underserved so our Airline has targeted such destinations. Our customers are business executives and women who are involved in round tables were they sell products in different parts of the region to enhance cultural diversification. School children travelling within Africa to further education will not have the hassle of travelling by bus for long distances for example from Zimbabwe to Namibia which is a two day journey by road and will cost around US dollars 100. Tourist travelers who will be on the search of the African passion and wild life, Africa is well known for the BIG 5 and also possessing some wonders of the world and that’s the most rewarding trip of Africa to meet its people. Air Africa will cut the gap between the...
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...AN ANALYSIS OF THE BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF AN ORGANISATION OVER THE PREIOD OF THREE YEARS THE CASE STUDY OF ACCESS BANK PLC BEING A PROJECT SUBMITTED TO OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE AWARD OF B.SC (HONS) IN APPLIED ACCOUNTING BY xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ACCA REG. NO: xxxxxxx E-mail: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx MAY, 2011 PAGES: 29 WORD COUNT: 6345 TABLE OF CONTENTS PART 1 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Reason for choosing the topic 1.3 Aims and Objectives of the report 1.4 Research questions 1.5 Research Approach PART 2 Information gathering 2.1 Sources used for information gathering 2.2 Description of methods used: 2.3 Limitations of information gathered 2.4 Ethical...
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...换一个你的 School of Management, University of Glamorgan Research on Internal Audit Participate in Risk Management-Based on the ERM Framework of COSO By: Weichen Zhu Candidate no: 学号 September 2012 Supervised by: 你导师的名字 The dissertation is submitted as part of the requirement for the award of Masters of Science: 你专业的名字 Declaration This Dissertation has been prepared on the basis of my own work and that where other published and unpublished source materials have been used, these have been acknowledged. Word Count: Student Name: __________________ Signature: ______________________ Date of Submission:______________ Acknowledgement This is my first time to go aboard for studying. During different campus life in the UK, it is wonderful with deep impression. I learned how to use my internal power to make things happen and how to live my own life. All efforts contribute to my growth, but I cannot forget people who encourage and help me. Probably, I am not happy to study in my whole postgraduate time without support. Firstly, I would like to thank my supervisor 你导师的名字. He helps me develop the ideas and complete this dissertation. Especially, when I make a survey in China, I communicate with him through email. Sometimes, I am afraid that my timetable could have bad effects on him. However, he usually gives me feedback as soon as possible. Therefore, I only use 20 days to finish my survey. This kind of strong professional ethic is worth to learn...
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...Fundamentals of human resource management African Studies Centre / University of Groningen / Mzumbe University African Public Administration and Management series, vol. 2 Fundamentals of human resource management Emerging experiences from Africa Josephat Stephen Itika Published by: African Studies Centre P.O. Box 9555 2300 RB Leiden asc@ascleiden.nl www.ascleiden.nl Cover design: Heike Slingerland Photos: Evans Mathias Kautipe Printed by Ipskamp Drukkers, Enschede ISSN 2211-8284 ISBN 978-90-5448-108-9 © University of Groningen / Mzumbe University, 2011 To all those who believe that African countries, organisations and people have a contribution to make in the meaningful adaptation and application of Eurocentric concepts, theories, assumptions, principles, techniques and practices and in anticipation that such contributions will liberate African managers from mismanagement and inefficiencies. Preface This book is not just one of the many introductions to Human Resource Management that are published, year after year, for use in HRM classes. Authors of those introductions face many challenges, such as the need to produce something that is both theoretically sound and practically valuable, or to find a way to integrate discussions on a variety of topics into one comprehensible teaching tool. The author of this book took up those challenges by, on the one hand, closely following the conventions that HRM scholars all over the world adhere to with regards to the demarcation...
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