...Media Task 1 Public concerns about science in the media * Climate Change * Stem Cells * Gmos * Recreation of The Big Bang * End of the World * Pesticides Task 2 Concerns of Climate change raised in the media and justification * Global temperatures would continue to rise for decades. IPCC states, "the range of published evidence indicates that the net damage costs of climate change are likely to be significant and to increase over time” – concerns are raised as the extent of climate change effects on individual regions will vary over time and with the ability of different environmental systems to adapt to change. * Due to climate change getter worse, a global concern has been raised as this would affect sea levels rising and consists of longer and intense heat waves. “This increase in heat waves creates serious health risks, and can lead to heat exhaustion, deadly heat stroke, and aggravate existing medical conditions” – scientists around the world have come together and discussed possibilities to the raised concerns of climate change that affects the environment and human beings. “Global warming is now accelerating the rate of sea level rise, increasing coastal flooding risks to low-lying communities and high-risk coastal properties” – scientists have revealed since 1880 sea levels have risen 8 inches and is expected to rise more over upcoming years due to climate change. * Over the next century temperatures to rise by 2.5% to 10oC...
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...YYo u can E You can choose one from these two case studies for your term paper and it will be valued 30 %. Dead line is the 28.04.2015 Transforming travel Managing external influences Introduction We all make use of the services provided by transportation companies. For example, you will probably have caught the bus into town or travelled on a school bus or made an intercity journey by train. Some of you may have travelled on a super green energy-efficient tram or used a Park & Ride bus service. FirstGroup plc (known as First) is the UK’largest surface transportation company. It has s revenues of over £ billion a year. It employs over 135,000 staff throughout the UK and 5 North America and moves more than 2.5 billion passengers a year. •First is the largest UK rail operator carrying almost 270m passengers every year. This is one quarter of the passenger network. First operates rail passenger services, which include regional, intercity and commuter services such as First Great Western, First TransPennine Express, First Capital Connect, First ScotRail and Hull Trains. •First is Britain’largest bus operator running more than one in five of all local bus services. s A fleet of nearly 9,000 buses carries around three million passengers a day in more than 40 major towns and cities, such as Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow. •The company also operates First GBRf, a rail freight business and the Croydon Tramlink network which carries almost 25 million passengers a year. •In North America...
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...the most important drivers and barriers affecting its development. Answer Drivers and barriers affecting development of any industry revolve in the fraternity of globalization. Globalisation in business is the worldwide movement toward economic, financial, trade, and communications integration (Frank, 1998). It implies the opening of local and nationalistic perspectives to a broader outlook of an interconnected and interdependent world with free transfer of capital, goods, and services across national frontiers. Drivers in the business concept are critical forces which can be built within business strategy to enable a company to attain its set goals (Gilbert, 1994). Barriers to industry development are forces that deters the business organization from attaining the desired goals and these are encountered both in the internal as well as external business environment (Hough et al 2011) It is therefore imperative to evaluate key drivers and barriers affecting development in a bid to craft strategic tools that can stimulate strategic thinking, generate strategic foresight, provide a basis for testing existing strategies, explore and understand complexities of the future (Trompenaar et al, 2003). This can aid decision making and contribute to preparation for the future. As such, this essay seeks to explore key issues in strategic management and key theoretical models in the South African (SA) Wine Industry and that of the United Kingdom (UK) in order to stimulate strategic thinking...
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...the main factors affecting product pricing in the UK? The Oxford English dictionary defines price as “ a value that will purchase a definite quantity, weight, or other measure of a good or service”. Simply put, the price of an object represents the overall demand for that product at a specific time. However, every firm had a different ideology about price and they way they set price. One of these main factors that affect price is the actual objective of the firm. Traditional theory suggests that firms will charge a profit-maximizing price where price is determined when marginal cost equals marginal revenue. They operate to seek a maximum return on the investment and costs they have input. The diagram below shows how firms produce at the profit maximisation point (MC=MR) and what costs they incur (point C). It also shows that most firms that follow a profit maximizing strategy incur a profit (price is greater than cost) . Figure 1 From Wikipedia.org Figure 1 From Wikipedia.org Although profit maximization looks like the most viable business objective that a firm can adopt, the majority of firms tend not to follow it. Research done by economist Shipley in 1981 states that “of 728 firms studied only 15.9% are true profit maximizers” (Sloman, Wride (2009). Economics. 7th ed. London: Pearson Education. p7.). Baumol in 1959 and Williamson in 1963 stated that this was because managers were more focused on sales revenue since their salaries were matched with how much was actually...
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...the normal levels. Climate change, devastation of the ecosystem, melting ice over Arctic and Antarctic regions, negative impacts in the agricultural sector are just the problems caused by global warming. Many damages have been caused by this phenomenon. Policies on global warming are made each day. Global average temperature rose significantly during the past century. The prevailing scientific view is that most of the temperature increases since mid-20th century has been caused by increases in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations produced by human activity. Most scientists agree that planet’s temperature has risen 0.5 degree Celsius since 1900 and will continue to increase at an increasing rate. As a result, the world is getting warmer. The year 1990 was the hottest year in the last century. There are both positives and negatives to global warming, although the good is heavily outweighed by the bad. Global warming is important for agriculture. It's conceivable that the world's current breadbaskets could become even more productive as temperatures warm, increasing yields. Farmers accustomed to one harvest a year may even see two. What's more, a larger variety of crops could be grown in more locations than is currently possible. As the globe warms, however, high-latitude zones now on the verge of cultivation could become agriculture-friendly. More food for the world's people is certainly a good thing, although it must be acknowledged that climate change could at the same...
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...Dr. Andreea AVADANEI Marks&Spencer Report 2011 With a 21 million customers visiting weekly its stores and group revenue of £9.7bn in 2011, Marks&Spencer (M&S) is one of the most important UK retailers. Expanded all across Europe, Asia and Middle East, M&S has a store network of 152 wholly-owned and partlyowned locations and 209 franchises (2011), transforming more and more into a strong international business presence that offers great value clothing, extremely high quality food and a variety of home products. M&S strategy is to become a global multi-channel retailer (Bolland, 2011) in order to reduce its dependency on the UK market conditions and economic climate and to create a powerful brand serving a worldwide customer base. With an extraordinary understanding of customers selective needs based on a complex combination of market analyses and research feedback to identify trends and factors influencing their choices and decisions, M&S provides quality, value and innovation, positioning customers at the heart of the entire business. This report presents an overview of M&S activity and perspectives using a) a comprehensive PESTEL analysis to point out the trends and the environmental influences affecting the business, b) Porter’s five forces framework to explore and evaluate M&S attractiveness, c) a detailed SWOT analysis to highlight the company’ main advantages and hot spots and to identify any opportunity it can capitalize on and challenges that may endanger its future...
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...Table of Contents Introduction 2 Changes in the market 3 Economical 5 Political-legal 7 Regulatory pressure 8 Conclusion 8 References 11 Introduction The UK property market has experienced remarkable development in the last 50 years; with a notable shift in the trends investors tend to use, (Halifax, 2010). The housing market in the UK has seen great change when comparing the figures over the last 15 years. According to Beckett (2014), the rise of housing prices have led to the creation of a good investing opportunity both in the residential and in the commercial property market. The housing boom has been in chaos since the market crashed in the 2007, but as many industries continue to struggle, the UK housing industry is to experience a recovery, many experts speculate. This is due to the increase in the need for housing due to the increase in demand of properties, both for commercial and residential use; and the decrease in supply. Even with most individuals in the UK still struggling to recover from the 2007 market crash, market watchers estimate that the base line is bound to increase and revive the industry. The property industry though has been experiencing a constant boom through the years. A survey by De Montfort University in 2005 showed that the development finance was at £23 billion; this was up from £9 billion, 6 years earlier, (Gibertson, 2006). The trend has been in constant growth despite a few setbacks due to the strain in the economic pressures...
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...Climate Change concerns among low income communities in Ireland. Introduction Climate change is the most serious environmental problem facing humanity today, raising many questions that are fundamentally normative and ethical in their basis. An increasing body of research highlights that, although everyone is susceptible to the effects of climate change, such effects will be experienced unevenly, with the most vulnerable people in the most deprived communities bearing the most of damaging of the effects of climate change, (Smith, 2006). It must be recognised that the experiences and concerns of the people who are themselves living in poverty must be taken into account. This is especially of concern given that deprived groups and individuals will experience the most difficulty in coping with market based responses to climate change. This research will seek to address the current gap in our understanding of the relations between climate change and the experience of living in poverty in Ireland. Aims and Objectives The aim of this research essentially is to try and gain a broader understanding of how climate change is affecting those living in less than acceptable standards in Ireland. This research will attempt to: 1) Document the major climate change concerns that emerge for people experiencing poverty in Ireland; what are key economic, social and political concerns related to climate change that arise for people experiencing poverty? 2) Examine how these concerns are...
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...Describe and explain the characteristics of the British climate (40) The purpose of this essay is to describe, with specific reference to highland and lowland regions, the British climate. also an explanation of how air masses, latitude, continentally, and ocean currents can interact to determine the British climate before reaching a conclusion as to the ultimate determining factor. The climate or average weather conditions in Britain for a protracted period of time can be classified as ‘Temperature Maritime’. This is the climate typical of the west coasts at middle latitudes of most continents, and generally features warm summers and cool winters, with a relatively narrow annual temperature range. In 2014, the UK mean temperature for summer was 14.8°C and in the winter the mean temperature was 5.2°C. In the UK, the average rainfall in the lowlands is a lot lower than the average rainfall in the highlands. the overall total rainfall for 2014 was 1300mm, 113% of the 1981-2010 average. Highland Britain, lies north of Tees-exe line, is usually colder, in both winter and summer than lowland Britain Manchester is located in highland Britain and is much colder than Brighton, which is located in lowland Britain. The mean maximum temperature in summer between 1981 and 2010 in the UK’s lowlands was 20°C, and the minimum mean temperature was 11°C. In the highlands however, the mean maximum temperature was 15°C and the mean minimum temperature was 8-9°C. in the summer, it was...
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...`P4 Explain the main factors affecting the current patterns of health in the uk M2 - Discuss the factors likely influence current and future health patterns in the uk D1 - Evaluate the influence of government on factors that contribute to the current patterns of health and illness in the uk It is highly known that there is a difference in social classes, culture and socio-economic lifestyles between the north and south of England. This ranges from the accessibility of treatments, the range of income and life expectancy and also morbidity and mortality rates. (© Times Newspapers Limited 2015) This can be known as the postcode lottery. Although the government try to enforce health care provisions to prevent these health inequalities it is evidently failing. The map on the left shows that the highest amount of premature deaths are from northern citizens. This may be down to access to facilities, as a majority of Britain’s money is invested into the south which leads them to having more treatment facilities. This diagram also shows that cause is likely to be stroke, lung disease, heart or liver disease. A major factor of this could be due to social class. The north of England is very industrialised as it has many large factories where working class people are employed, these are physically demanding jobs on a low income that can eventually lead to chronic back pain and the low income most probably will lead to poor diet and housing. However, in the South of England there...
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...In 21st century, one of the biggest issues is the problem of global warming, in which the temperature of Earth is rising quickly than ever before, and it is affecting every aspect of life on this planet, from agriculture to animals to humans. It is believed by many, that the advance technology is one of the main reasons why it exists, but the debate never ends on this. Along with that, emission of greenhouse gasses and deforestation are also considered some main reasons for its cause. . Global warming is not just a scientific concern but also encompasses economies, geopolitics and individual lifestyle. Several policies have been issued throughout the world, with the motive of conserving our nature, and helping reduce its effect on our planet. Other than that, there are also several ways which every individual can follow, which in turn will contribute to fight its cause in one way or the other. Global warming is not just man made but is also a natural cause. There are definitely several man made causes, such as the carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel burning power plants. Most of the power plants are operated by burning fossils, and with the growing technology and new gadgets, we are dependent on using electricity for almost everything. Also, nowadays almost everyone have their own car, and to meet the demands, more and more cars made and used every day with the help of burning fossil fuel. When the gasoline is burnt in the atmosphere, it releases carbon dioxide, which...
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...SUMMARY 3 LIST OF FIGURES 3 LIST OF TABLES 3 1 Introduction 4 2 Literature review 6 3 The economic crisis and the transition in methods of motivation: The need for an innovate benefits package 9 3.1 Impacts of the economic crisis on employees and employers 9 3.2 The transition in methods of motivation: The need for an innovative benefits package 12 3.3 The traditional benefits package and its motivating effectiveness 14 4 The flexible approach to benefits provision in a gloomy economy 16 4.1 Effectiveness of the flexible benefits schemes in motivation 17 4.2 Factors affecting the motivating effectiveness of the flexible benefits schemes 18 4.3 Current issues influencing the adoption of the flexible benefits schemes 20 5 Conclusion 21 APPENDIX - Changes in the British WorkForce 22 REFERENCES 23 FURTHER READING 27 * EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In recent years, in the UK, both employees and employers have to bear negative impacts from the recession, especially employees with their financial difficulties and diverse needs. It is more important than ever for motivation. However, employee motivation is getting harder and harder in the face of economic crisis. In times of gloomy pay awards, employers are finding ways motivate their workers through benefits. Benefits than can address the financial concerns and the diverse needs of employees would work effectively as motivational factors. The traditional benefits package is likely to be ineffective during recession...
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...Supervisor: John Hird ----------------- Daniel Szuster Table of Contents Introduction 5 Methodology 7 The Meaning of Green 8 Introduction 10 Theoretical Framework 11 Background Information 13 Theoretical Framework 14 Green Marketing 15 Environmental management 15 Why green marketing? 17 Marketing defined and corporate social responsibility 22 What is Green Marketing? 25 Green marketing strategies 28 Implications for organisations 30 Green Consumerism 34 Consumer behaviour research 35 The green consumer 38 The green buying process 41 Influences on purchase and consumption decisions 47 Global Warming and the Impacts of Climate Change 49 Human caused global warming 49 The impacts of climate change 50 The opposition to human caused global warming 52 Background Information 53 British Airways 54 Past and present 54 Carbon Offsetting 55 Datamonitor’s SWOT analysis 58 The British Green Consumers 59 Perception and Attitudes in Relation to the Environment 59 Information on the environment 62 Solutions to environmental problems 65 SWOT Analysis 67 Strengths 68 Weaknesses 71 Opportunities 73 Threats 75 Conclusion 76 List of Literature 78 List of Websites 80 Summary 81 Appendix 82 Introduction “During humankind’s recorded history, extensive and sophisticated consumption systems have evolved to meet the needs of the earth’s human population...
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...Environmental Change 17 (2007) 445–459 Barriers perceived to engaging with climate change among the UK public and their policy implications Irene Lorenzonia,b,������, Sophie Nicholson-Coleb, Lorraine Whitmarshb a School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK b Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK Received 25 August 2006; received in revised form 12 January 2007; accepted 17 January 2007 Abstract This paper reports on the barriers that members of the UK public perceive to engaging with climate change. It draws upon three mixed-method studies, with an emphasis on the qualitative data which offer an in-depth insight into how people make sense of climate change. The paper defines engagement as an individual’s state, comprising three elements: cognitive, affective and behavioural. A number of common barriers emerge from the three studies, which operate broadly at ‘individual’ and ‘social’ levels. These major constraints to individual engagement with climate change have implications for achieving significant reductions in greenhouse gases in the UK. We argue that targeted and tailored information provision should be supported by wider structural change to enable citizens and communities to reduce their carbon dependency. Policy implications for effective engagement are discussed. r 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Keywords: Climate change; Engagement;...
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...________________________________________________ Page 5 Methodology ______________________________________________ Page 6 Findings/Results ________________________________________ Page 7 – 16 Conclusion/Recommendation _________________________________ Page 17 References _________________________________________________ Page 18 List of Tables and Diagrams Table 1: “Key Financials and Employees” (FAME database) ___________________________ page 7 Table 2: “Number of passengers travelled through UK airports for the years 2007 till 2011” ______________________________________________________________________________ page 9 Table 3: “Interest Rates” _____________________________________________________ page 10 Table 4: “Estimated increases in rate of APD paid by a family of four” __________________ page 11 Table 5: “Percentage of people aged 65 and above”__________________________________ page 11 Table 6: “Change from a year earlier in visits abroad by UK residents” __________________ page 12 Table 7: “Overweight or obese population in percentage”_____________________________ page 13 Table 8: “Unemployment”______________________________________________________ page 13 Table 9: “Flybe Employees and costs”___________________________________________ page 14...
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