...PRET A MANGER Marketing Audit Functions: PRODUCT – Freshly prepared natural food handmade with good, honest (free of preservatives and chemicals) ingredients delivered to all our shops every day, which include premium sandwiches, squeezed juices, sushi, salads, bakes and desserts along with fresh fruits as well as self-branded soft drinks, crisps and chocolates. PRICE – * Premium pricing throughout the menu * Average per customer: Eat-in/Take away – * Average price of a sandwich * United pricing strategy per country PROMOTION – * In store menus and posters and overhead ads, local advertising on delivery trucks, food packaging and merchandise along with advertising through a comprehensive, well-designed and attractively illustrated website. * The recent campaign being ‘EAT WITH YOUR HEAD’, advising people to eat fresh and healthy food. * Also the PRET Card, the quickest and easiest way to pay without fumbling for loose change. PLACE – Located on King’s high Street in the County of Hammersmith & Fulham easily accessible from one of the busiest underground stations-Hammersmith being a Business Hub and also the Shepherd’s bush which is an entertainment hub. PEOPLE – * Pret employs its staff from different nationalities and value the cosmopolitan feel this gives the company. They wear jeans. * Twice a year, Pret throws a massive party. Some have passed into Pret legend. Everyone at Pret is invited. * The work culture developed...
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...ACCT 340 Exam #2-Fall 2013 Take Home Discussion Question (10 points) Due on Tuesday, November 12, 2013 at the beginning of class Instructions: Read the “Refer-a-Friend Program” Case. You have just been hired by Runway Discount as the assistant controller and one of your first tasks assigned to you by the controller is to evaluate the company’s accounting treatment of the “Refer-a-Friend Program” described in the case. The controller expects you to research the case and have your written recommendations on her desk by November 12. Write a 1- to 2-page double spaced research paper which addresses the three required questions of the case. Explain the journal entries you recommend in the case requirements. Support your conclusions with citations from the Accounting Standards Codification and International Accounting Standards. A summary of IFRS is included in your Spiceland text. You may also access IFRS at: http://www.ifrs.org/IFRSs/IFRS.htm. You may register for free access to the unaccompanied International Accounting Standards (excludes implementation guidance) at this site to access additional information about the measurement of revenue under IFRS. Your response should be prepared working independently from others and in accordance with the American University Academic Integrity Code. You may use the Spiceland text, the Accounting Standards Codification., IFRS, and other assigned class materials. If you quote a phrase directly from these resources...
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...Question 1 1. An internal accountant should always take the following step after exhausting all avenues of appeal within the organization when there is a difference of opinion with top management on an accounting or financial reporting matter: Answer | | Inform the SEC | | | Terminate employment with the entity | | | Seek legal advice before taking any action | | | All of the above | 1 points Question 2 1. Choosing the action with the best overall consequences for everyone concerned is an example of: Answer | | the principle of egoism | | | the principle of ethics | | | the principle of deontology | | | the principle of utility | 1 points Question 3 1. Each of the following is an element of honesty according to the Josephson Institute except for: Answer | | Reliability | | | Loyalty | | | Fairness | | | Integrity | 1 points Question 4 1. If one's reputation is tainted it may create a: Answer | | Conflict of interests | | | Loss of independence | | | Lack of trust | | | All of the above | 1 points Question 5 1. In the Student's Dilemma case, the main ethical issue for Helen is whether: Answer | | She should use the copy of the final exam given to her by her friend to maximize her grade in the course. | | | She should give a copy of the final exam she found in the Accounting department to her friend. | | | She should steal the final exam from the instructor's...
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...Shell History in Pakistan History of Shell Shell has an over 100 year’s presence in the Subcontinent [pic] The Shell brand name enjoys a 100-year history in this part of the world, dating back to 1899 when Asiatic Petroleum, the far eastern marketing arm of two companies: Shell Transport Company and Royal Dutch Petroleum Company began importing kerosene oil from Azerbaijan into the subcontinent. Even today, the legacy of the past is visible in a storage tank carrying the date - 1898. The documented history of Royal Dutch Shell plc in Indo_Pakistan subcontinent dates back to 1903 when partnership was struck between The Shell Transport & Trading Company and the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company to supply petroleum to Asia. In 1928, to enhance their distribution capabilities, the marketing interest of Royal Dutch Shell plc and the Burmah Oil Company Limited in India were merged and Burmah Shell Oil Storage & Distribution Company of India was born. After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, the name was changed to the Burmah Shell Oil Distribution Company of Pakistan. In 1970, when 51% of the shareholding was transferred to Pakistani investors, the name of changed to Pakistan Burmah Shell (PBS) Limited. The Shell and the Burmah Groups retained the remaining 49% in equal propositions. In February of 1993, as economic liberalization began to take root and the Burmah divested from PBS, Shell Petroleum stepped into raise its stake to 51%. The years 2001-2 have...
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...Ronald Leven, Ph.D. Head of Foreign Exchange and Macroeconomic Content Thomson Reuters Three Times Square New York, NY 10036 Tel: 1-917-971-1082 June 17, 2015 To Whom It May Concern: In addition to my full time position at Thomson Reuters, I teach a course on Emerging Market Investment Strategies as an Adjunct Professor at the Columbia School of International Affairs. I had the pleasure of having Tian Tian as a student in my class last year and would be happy to provide a recommendation on her behalf for the Research Analyst position at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Tian was one of the best students in my class and consistently did A level work on all assignments. The course required term papers on selected countries and her papers on Mongolia and Taiwan were professional caliber. Both papers required sourcing and analyzing macroeconomic and firm specific data. Her work was technically competent and the presentation provided a nice assessment of the economic prospects and investment opportunities available in these countries. Tian Tian also regularly contributed to the in-class discussions and consistently made well thought out and insightful comments. Tian Tian and I have remained in communication since she graduated and several times she has made me aware of articles that were of relevance to my class which I much appreciated. Again, I want to vouch for Tian Tian’s technical competency and also her ability to write and speak...
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...BUSN300-1204B-09 Lower Division Capstone Lawrence Hawkins American Intercontinental University Abstract Computers are part of almost everyone’s life. They are use in school, offices, and in small as well as in big companies. It has become a store place for their important data and records. Therefore we need to have something to keep the data in the computer save. Away from dangerous viruses that may corrupt or delete data on your computer, and e-mail program to spread the virus to other computers. My research paper is about the best anti-virus program that can protect your system from any virus. Title of Paper People used computer everyday all day it had become a part of one life, in school, business, home, and in our local stores. From the desk top to the lap top now on the cell iPod we are in touch with the world. Paying bills looking for what is new and just playing games the computer is important to us. Well keep in mind that there are some people that would like to close you (your computer) down. So here come the viruses into your computer and how we have a big problem. Not just in your home computer, but around the world this is a global problem. So we are looking for an anti-virus program that can stop the virus and clear up the computer too. There are so many programs that o the market and we trying to see which one was be the best for us. Some anit-virus program only can do some of clearing up and stopping the virus and other are better than other. Computer...
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...|Right Management Hong Kong Ltd. | |Suite 1401, Dorset House, Taikoo Place, 979 King’s Road, Quarry Bay, HK | |T (852) 2290 0100 F (852) 3009 7854 www.right.com | THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE SIGNATURE PROGRAM高效人士的七個習慣 June 12-13, 2014 Dear Participant, This is to confirm your participation in the above upcoming program. Welcome. I am Florence Leung and I will be the facilitator for the workshop. The 7 Habits Signature Program is one of the most exciting learning experiences we offer that will help you learn the key principles that deeply underlie effective and productive living. I am confident that you will benefit greatly from the experience and I look forward to meeting you there. As a quick mental warm-up, below is a summary of the 7 Habits and the kind of results you can achieve. Take a few moments and note which of these desired results interests you most. Draw a circle around the ones you really want to focus or work on (you can select more than one option). 親愛的學員, 你好，我是Florence Leung。我將會是這課程的導師。首先歡迎你的參與。為了令你在課程中得到最大的收穫，我會給予一些簡短的資訊和一份課前問卷。 高效人士的七個習慣是我們所提供的課程中，最富有教學體驗的。這課程的目的，是幫助你學習重要的理論，使你的生活更為有效和豐盛。我非常有信心，你將會獲得實用的知識。 以下是一份關於七個習慣的綜合撮要，了解什麼是七習慣和一些能達到的結果，讓你有所準備。現在請用數分鐘，完成以下問卷，圈上你所渴望的結果 (可多於一個選擇)。 |THE HABIT習慣 |DESIRED RESULT渴望的結果 ...
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...Organizational Theory, Design, and Change Jones 6th Edition Test Bank Click here to download the solutions manual / test bank INSTANTLY!!! http://solutionsmanualtestbanks.blogspot.com/2011/10/organizational-theory-d esign-and-change_18.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------Organizational Organizational Organizational Organizational Theory, Theory, Theory, Theory, Design, Design, Design, Design, and and and and Change Change Change Change Jones Jones Jones Jones 6th 6th 6th 6th Edition Edition Edition Edition Test Test Test Test Bank Bank Bank Bank -------------------------------------------------------------------------***THIS IS NOT THE ACTUAL BOOK. YOU ARE BUYING the Test Bank in e-version of the following book*** Name: Organizational Theory, Design, and Change Author: Jones Edition: 6th ISBN-10: 0136087310 Type: Test Bank - The test bank is what most professors use an a reference when making exams for their students, which means there’s a very high chance that you will see a very similar, if not exact the exact, question in the test! - The file is either in .doc, .pdf, excel, or zipped in the package and can easily be read on PCs and Macs. - Delivery is INSTANT. You can download the files IMMEDIATELY once payment is done. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us. Our response is the fastest. All questions will always be answered in 6 hours. This is the quality of service we are providing and we hope to be your...
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...MOHSEN MAHMOUD MOHAMMED. Personal information - Name : MOHSEN MAHMOUD MOHAMMED - Date of Birth :8/5/1952 - Place of birth : EGYPT - Nationality : Egyptian - Marital Status : Married - phone Number : 01000525056 - 01003025964 Qualifications . 1. B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (Automotive Department), Minia University . 2. Grade : good . Experience 1. 1983 : 1992 : Engineer in the field of maintenance and repair of heavy duty trucks , heavy equipments , hydraulics and petrol engine at Nile Company for goods transport 2. 1991 : I received courses in Holland for twenty-nine days in D.A.F trucks factory 3. 1992 : 1997 : Diesel trainer in Vocational training center in kingdom of Saudi Arabia 4. 1997 : 2006 : Engineer in the field of maintenance and repair of heavy duty trucks , heavy equipments equipments , hydraulics and petrol engine at Nile Company for goods transport 5. 2006 : 2011 : Workshop Manager at Nile Company for goods transport: • Recommends equipment servicing policies. • Monitors equipment maintenance programs. • Coordinate and assists vehicles replacement planning. • Develop and implement maintenance schedules for company fleet...
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...THE MORAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF MANAGERS 'The moral responsibilities of managers, whether in the public or private sphere, generally include upholding the law, fulfilling the legitimate duties of their positions, observing relevant codes of ethics and otherwise abiding by generally held moral principles such as honesty and not knowingly doing harm.' (Teehankee, 2007) In the past, traditional duties of managers were recognised to only focus on administrative work and controlling the employees so as to ensure productivity was efficient and profitable. However, Henry Mintzberg, a Canadian academic, disagreed with the typical view of mangers and found that managers were not the 'robotic paragons of efficiency' that they were usually made out to be (The Economist, 2009), but were figures of authority that had great responsibility to ensure employees were happy, safe and motivated within the workplace. Mintzberg's book, 'the Nature of Managerial Work' looked at the different responsibilities and 'managerial roles' that are enforced on a manager today. He divided the roles into three categories: a)Informational b)Interpersonal and c)Decisional. Interpersonal roles are those important to the moral duties of a manager, and Mintzberg rated these just as highly as administrative duties. These interpersonal duties include role and moral responsibilities included being a “figurehead” for employees i.e. someone the workers can come to for help and who can voice the complaints and opinions...
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...Managers in the 21st century have faced many challenges differentiating greatly from the previous decades this is because the world has been moving at a faster rate with a whole rage of new innovation ideas, development, etc.The organizational sectors have becoming more dependent upon professional managers, who can bring success to an organization. Issues such as globalization and decentralization add to the need for organizations to hire flexible managers capable of leading. That is why the role of mangers have gone from simplicity to complexity, the managers roles have believed to have expanded gradually in time and now have become a great aspect or backbone of an organization for a manager is the only individual that directs the activities in an organization, also mangers are considered as the master minds of an organization for they tackle the very issues affecting and increasing the complexity of management today such as, competition in work place, ethical and trust issues, changing technologies and finally global economic uncertainties. Competition is unavoidable in life and as well in the work places, competition in a certain organizations work place affects the organization as a whole. In a work place there are basically different levels of managers, The top manager who is usually at the top of the organization and makes decisions about the direction of the organization while the middle managers who manages the activities of other managers and finally the first-line...
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...How to be a better General manger As someone wise said ''start with the end in mind '' before this class I only know what the end was but not the process of push start. for me before class I see it like there was a taxi waiting outside of my house I know I want him to take me to the best places I just did not know how I am going to lead him there. So vivid management class was all about bringing people together and work together to get the job done I just did not know how to bring them to one place work together. Coming from low masculinity highly collectivist country where things are yet in the process of growing people are taught that they must look after one another, guide the young once, remain with old family values and at the end of the day regardless of how a horrible day that you had, saw a young boy get hit by a car or you just came from your daughter’s wedding and she is expecting a baby. You have to share your news with the people that cares about you and they make sure you get the best treatment regardless when you get to the house at all time because they yet not know if you had good or bad news for them always making sure the napkin or the knife is there to cut the cake. In my country Ethiopia there is one thing that takes huge part of peoples day to day life in every corner every town and every single house and for most people it is internet that made the people stay connected with each other instantly so easy you don't even have to meet the person...
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...non-profit entities, to small private businesses and within all levels of each organization. An organization is composed of 10 functional areas in which managers play an important role in order to meet the firm’s objectives. I am going to touch upon the various roles a manger plays within these 10 functional areas of a business: Law, Human Resources Management, Leadership, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Research and Statistics, Operations Management, Marketing, and Strategic Planning. The legal department has the responsibilities of protecting the organization from any legal issue, ensuring all aspects of the business are complying with any state laws and federal laws. A manager’s role within the legal department various depended on his position, but ultimately they are the legal experts within organization when legal issues appear and must stay current on key federal, state and local laws and regulations. “HR professional in small to midsize companies often wear many hats. Their time can be spread across staffing functions, employee relations, benefits and compensation, human resources information systems, payroll, organizational development, and even facilities management in some cases” (Post et al., 2010). Mangers within the HR department either directly perform these responsibilities or delegate and oversee. Leadership is not a department within an organization, but the process of leading in which all levels of managers must strive to improve on, since this directly effects...
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...choosing the best management team is the key to success to a company as well as group. All mangers use a different techniques when planning, organizing, leading and controlling a team. What do I define as management? Management is defined as someone who is uncontrolled of a tem, organization, or company What are some good qualities of a manger? Some good qualities a good manger should have is a positive attitude, a manger should want to motivate other’s as well as the team, Cultural Affinity a manger should be comfortable talking about culture to the team expressing how different cultures make up our team and express how learning each person cultures makes the company successful. Also a manger should have Prioritization, because research shows it’s the number one reason why small companies fail today, Last but not least a manger should have empathy strong mangers work with their teams to setup priorities and their encourage their direct reports What are some poor Qualities of a manger? Lack of communication to the team, poor work ethics, not completing task, also another poor quality would be not showing sympathy, or empathy towards other people in your team, or even patients or patients family members about their situation. Do qualities change based on different situations? I do believe that qualities do change depending on what kind of situation occurs either way a good manger is willing to accept that change it helps that an effective leader be persuasive to help...
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...Duties and responsibility Similarities. The similarities of duties and responsibility that cabin crew and event mangers have is they both have to deals with customers face to face. For example cabin crew members would work to ensure safety with passengers on the plane. As for Event mangers they would have to personally speak to their customer and discuss what they would want, going over the risk assessment that may happen during their event. Cabin crews that work in British Airways needs for example would need to create relationships with their members and services partnership. This is so they can continue to use their services and results when working together will be better. This is the same for event mangers as they would need to keep a good relationship with its partnerships as they would later on need its services for another client. This is because many clients an event manger works with require the same services and products. Both jobs needs to keep providing excellent services and behaviour to all customers they deal with. What is also the same is that both jobs needs to be on time. For a cabin crew member they would need to be on time as they work with the time of the airlines departures. They would need to come earlier as they would need to check if all the equipment is working and bring on board their own bag before the flight starts. As for an event manger they would need to be earlier to event that they have created with the customer. This is because they would need...
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