...To:Dr Raju From:Sharifa Al'Busaidi Subject: SOWT Analysis of Wish You Wood Toy Store Date:10/11/2015 Introduction Wish you Toy store is a store that sells hand-crafted kids toys. It is located is a special location, yet has limited customers. To enhance potential growth, it launched an online store with a partnership with Amazon.com.At the beginning, the purchase rate was high. However, it started going down because of the competitive prices of Amazon itself. This business brief discusses toys store in terms of d strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. It also discusses possible strategies to overcome weaknesses and threats and enhances strengths and opportunities. Strengths The key strength is the special location in the main shopping strip. The location brought loyal and regular customers. It also sells original and unique toys which are rare these days. It also offers entertainment and fun for families and people who pass by the shop. In addition, having a particular web site has helped the shop to obtain more customers and keep regular ones updated about the new items. Weaknesses One of the store major weaknesses is the limitation of customers. Many customers' purchases are seasonal. Mostly they buy during occasions like Christmas and Birthdays. Others come to enjoy browsing the items but not purchasing them. Although the store has its own website, it remained on dealing and communication with the same in store customers. Opportunities Targeting...
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...www.mbapgdmstuff.blogspot.com Home Human Resource Marketing Information system management Images You are visitor # Case Study- Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in the Twenty-First Century 110,588 Search This Blog Translate Select Language ▼ Category Assignment Business Communication Business Environment Business Law Case Study Compensation MAnagement E- Business Summary: "Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in the 21st Century” explains the economics of the soft drink industry and its relation with profits, taking into account all stages of the value chain of the soft drink industry. By focusing on the war between Coca‐Cola and PepsiCo as market leaders in this industry – with a 90% market share in carbonated beverages – the study analyses the different stages of the value chain (concentrate producers, bottlers, retail channels, suppliers) and the impact of the modern times and globalization on competition and interaction in the industry. Analysis: It is quite clear that there was a “war" between Coca‐Cola and PepsiCo: not only have they been rivals for entrepreneurship For your Information Formates Human Resource Management Human Resource Mangement Human resource Planning Indian Labour Law Industrial Relation Information system Management International Marketing Internship Managerial Economics Marketing Strategy ages but they have always followed each other’s moves...
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...1 ACCT2162 Ethics and Accountability COCA COLA and PEPSI Student name: Pham Thuy Vy Vy Ta lam Han Tieu Thien Tam Assignment: Ethics and Accountability ACCT2162 1|Page 2 ACCT2162 Ethics and Accountability RMIT International University Vietnam Bachelor of Commerce Program ASSIGNMENT COVER PAGE Your assessment will not be accepted unless all fields below are completed Subject Code: ACCT2162 Subject Name: Ethics and accountability Location where you study: RMIT Vietnam- SGS campus Title of Assignment: Group assignment File(s) Submitted: Cocacola_Pepsi Pham Thuy Vy Vy Student name: Tieu Thien Tam Ta Lam Han Student Number: S3325175 S3324340 S3275812 Learning Facilitator in charge: Samia Ibrahimo Assignment due date: 18th April 2013 18th April 2013 Date of Submission: Number of pages including this one: (Please number your pages like this: 13 page 1 of 7, etc.) 2200 words (exclude references, table of content and Word Count: reference) (Main Content) 2|Page 3 ACCT2162 Ethics and Accountability Contents INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................................... 4 COMPARE AND CONTRAST POLICIES, PROCESSES AND GUIDELINES ......................................................... 5 a) Health and Safe Work Environment: .....................................................................
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...Masters Programmes ------------------------------------------------- Assignment Cover Sheet Question: [Analyze a strategic issue facing Samsung Electronics Company] “This is to certify that the work I am submitting is my own. All external references and sources are clearly acknowledged and identified within the contents. I am aware of the University of Warwick regulation concerning plagiarism and collusion. No substantial part(s) of the work submitted here has also been submitted by me in other assessments for accredited courses of study, and I acknowledge that if this has been done an appropriate reduction in the mark I might otherwise have received will be made.” Introduction Samsung Electronics Company (SEC), Ltd founded in 1969 is a South Korean multinational electronics company and is the flagship subsidiary of the Samsung Group, accounting for 70% of the group's revenue. Since the introduction of monochrome television sets in 1971, it has grown on average 38 percent a year, broadening its product range from simple consumer electronics and home appliances to advanced information and communication equipment, computers and peripherals and semiconductors (Renee, 2007) . It is currently the world's largest manufacturer of mobile and smart phones, LCD Panels and televisions and displaced Apple Inc. as the largest technology company in 2011 (Renee, 2007). Industry boundary Samsung electronics has the following divisions * Consumer electronics (CE)...
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...ASSIGNMENT BRIEF FOR UNIT 10: MRM Course Title | EDEXCEL LEVEL 7 BTEC ADVANCED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN MANAGEMENT STUDIES | Student Name | | Unit Title: | MANAGEMENT RESEARCH METHODS | Reg. No | | Unit Number | 10 | E-mail | | Batch No | 1 | EDEXCEL No | | Assessor | KWAKU F.DARKWAH | Learner Signature | | Semester | 2 | | | | | | | Issued | | Date | | Submission Date | | Received By | | Review Dates | | | | | Progress of the student | | | Date / Signature | | UNIT 10: MANAGEMENT RESEARCH METHODS (MRM) Task 1: Identify a research proposal: L.O. 1.1: Identify a research question or hypothesis and justify choice I am doing research on the buying behavior of customer based in Ahmedabad of various diamond ornament brand like Asim, Tanisque, Gilli gold, etc Research question (1) While purchasing Jewellery what kind of Jewellery you love to wear? ( ) Branded ( ) Unbranded ( ) Both (2) Which Brand’s Jewellery you love to use the most? ( ) D’damas ( ) Gili Gold ( ) Sangini ( ) Nakshatra ( ) Asmi ( ) Others (3) Do you prefer diamond in your Jewellery? ( ) Yes ( ) No (4) In Which Jewellery You prefer the Diamond the most? ( ) Earrings ( ) Rings ( ) Penndel’s ( ) Bracelets ( ) Neckles (5) While purchasing the diamond jewellery which factor you consider? ( ) Price/...
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...Assignment Task 1 1.1 Management is a fragmented and interdisciplinary area of study, with a lot of academic branches. Willman argues this tree is narrower at its roots, and these roots lie primarily in social science. Key to the purpose of the book is to present management theory as applied social science. (Paul Willman, 4 Nov 2014) The organization and coordination of the activities of a business in order to achieve defined objectives. Management is often included as a factor of production along withmachines, materials, and money. According to the management guru Peter Drucker (1909-2005), the basic task of management includes both marketing and innovation. Practice of modern management originates from the 16th century study of low-efficiency and failures of certain enterprises, conducted by the English statesman Sir Thomas More (1478-1535). The directors and managers who have the power and responsibility to make decisions and oversee an enterprise.The size of management can range from one person in a small organization to hundreds or thousands of managers in multinational companies. In large organizations, the board of directorsdefines the policy which is then carried out by the chief executive officer, or CEO. Some people agree that in order to evaluate a company's current and future worth, the most important factors are the quality and experience of the managers. Manager’s roles and skills Manager is responsible for planning and directing the work of group of individuals...
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...Introduction To start up a business there are different decision that one has to make, you will have to take into consideration a number of aspects of the business i.e. competition, customers, location. In this assignment I am aiming to formulate a report to show the process of starting a new business and to look at different areas of an existing organisation. I am focusing on a bricks and mortar business. A business plan is usually drafted by start-up businesses a range of information can be found in this document. Task 1 1.1: Discuss a range of decisions to be taken * What source of finance to use to start the business * How to find suppliers * The location * What strategies to put in place to deal with the competition Finance There are different sources of finance available for starting up a new business. The organisation needs to know the range of sources of finance and how it will affect the business in the long and short term. Sources of Finance could be Internal or external. Information on sources of external finances are available in different forms e.g. if it’s a bank loan information can be found on the banks website, leaflets or from a bank personnel. Information includes rates of interest to be paid on bank loan over what period of time. Suppliers The relationship between an organisation and its supplier is very important, as suppliers ensure both the price and quality of the product you sell. The supplier’s price dictates how much you sell...
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...UNIVERSITY OF LUSAKA NAME: NDULA SICHALWE COURSE: ICT STUDENT NO: BFIN 0512014 PROGRAMME: BANKING AND FINANCE ASSIGNMENT: 1 1.(a) In plain words ‘E-commerce’ is simply Electronic commerce. E-commerce is the buying and selling of goods and services by businesses and consumers through an electronic medium. Below are three models of Electronic commerce; • Business-to-Business(B2B) – In this type electronic commerce, the trade is only between businesses or other organisations. An example of B2B is Cisco. Cisco is a corporation that designs, manufactures and sells networking equipment,. Cisco trades with other businesses and organisations. • Business-to-Consumer(B2C) – This type of electronic commerce involves a business and an individula shopper. Businesses sell goods and products to individual shoppers(Consumer). An example of B2C is Amazon. Amazon is a E-commerce company that deals with online retailing. Sells to consumers. • Consumer-to-Consumer(C2C) – In this model electronic commerce, the trade off is done between consumers directly. An example of C2C is e-bay. E-bay is an E-commerce corporations that enables C2C (b) Internet The Internet is a ‘Network’consisiting of a worlwide interconnection of computer networks that facilitate data transmission and exchange. As organisations grow larger...
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...MBA & MBA (IB) THIRD SEMESTER -- CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM (NEW SYLLABUS) COMPULSORY PAPERS Title: Total Quality Management Subject Code: 3001 Contact Hours: 45 hrs Work load: 3 hrs per week Credit Points: 3 Evaluation: Continuous Internal Assessment – 25 marks Semester End Examination -- 50 marks Objectives: This cour se is designed to help students to develop basic appreciation of quality concepts and learn the tools and techniques to achieve quality. It also gives the totally integrated effort for gaining competitive advantage by continuously improving every facet of an organization’s activities. Pedagogy : Lectures, Assignments, case studies, seminar, MODULE 1 Introduction to TQM: Various definitions of quality and TQM, Core concepts of quality, The masters of quality(W Edwards Deming, Joseph M Juran, Philiph B Crosby, Kaoru Ishikawa, Ginichi Taguchi, Shigeo shingo) Evolution of quality, The Total Quality Management Excellence Model, Strategic Quality Management, Lecture, Numerical Exercises on cost of quality, TPM 1. Basterfield H Dale and others, Total Quality Management, Pearson Education/PHI, Inc. 2006. 2. K.Shridhar Bhat Total Quality Management (Himalaya publishing house 2005). 3. Poornima M Charantimath, Total Quality Management, Pearson Education, 2003. MODULE 2 Continuous process improvement: Concepts of Kaizen, Kaizen vs. Innovation, Kaizen Strategy...
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...* All assigned chapter readings are covered. * All TCOs are covered. * The Final Exam is 230 points total broken out as follows: 5 Short Answer (10 pts each), 4 Essays (45 pts each). * You have 3.5 hours to complete the exam. * SAVE frequently, because when the time limit is reached you will automatically be exited from the exam. * There are 2 pages for the exam. They do not need to be completed in order. * Help Desk phone number: 800-594-2402. * See Syllabus/"Due Dates for Assignments & Exams" for due date information. Week 8 : Final Exam and Looking Ahead - Final Exam ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Time Remaining: | | Page: 1 2 | Page 1 Question 1.1. (TCO A, B) How is job dissatisfaction reflected in an organization? (Points : 10) Job satisfaction is the collection of feelings and beliefs people have about their jobs. Job satisfaction is a positive feeling about your job resulting from an evaluation of its characteristics as we studied in the last weeks job dissatisfaction is reflected within any organization or company through the attitudes , actions and performance of that dissatisfied employees within that organization, we all agreed in our weekly Discussion that when employees are dissatisfied they are less likely to perform their job effectively and efficiently, show no enthusiasm to go the extra for the company or fellow employees, and tend to be absent a lot, if...
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...* ------------------------------------------------- Contents * ------------------------------------------------- 1. Hypercity: * ------------------------------------------------- 1.1 History * ------------------------------------------------- 1.2 Structure * ------------------------------------------------- 1.3 Financials * ------------------------------------------------- 1.4 Hypercity, Bannerghatta Road * ------------------------------------------------- 2. Store Strategy and Structure * ------------------------------------------------- 3. Store Environment * ------------------------------------------------- 4. Employee Conflicts and Politics * ------------------------------------------------- 5. Store Decision Making * ------------------------------------------------- 6. Store Culture and Core Values * ------------------------------------------------- 7. Store Innovation * ------------------------------------------------- 8. Information and Control Processes * ------------------------------------------------- 9. Store Technology and Design * ------------------------------------------------- 10. Employee Training and Benefits * ------------------------------------------------- 11. Conclusion * ------------------------------------------------- * ------------------------------------------------- * ------------------------------------------------- 1....
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.... UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY College of Business Administration Foundations of Management – 10047 - 01 MBA 5140 – 01 3.0 Credit Hours Fall Term I 2014-2015 Prerequisite : Completion of the MBA Core Meeting Day, Time and Place: Mondays from 6:40- 9:10 PM Room C & F 228 Day One = August 25, 2014 Instructor Information : Instructor: Dr. Thomas Mawhinney, Ph.D. Office: C & F Room 217 Office Hours: Class meeting days 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. & by appointment at other times Phone (text enabled cell): 313 205-7590 Email: Thomas.Mawhinney@udmercy.edu College of Business Information : Emergency Phone: 313 993-1200 Ask for Wendy FAX (U of D, running most of the time): 313 993-1673 UD Mercy Bookstore Textbook Information & Online Purchase Options Follow either link below, first is bookstore “in general” second is for our specific text book: CAUTION and ADVICE : DO NOT use an “international edition” of this text book or any other edition unless it is THIS text in paperback or electronic format. The campus bookstore will have the exact text we will use in class. There is a good chance that if you use a different edition, e.g., international edition, it will differ in some important ways from the text described above. Please use the following: Title: Organizations: Behavior, Structure, Processes Fourteenth Edition Authors: James L. Gibson, John M. Ivancevich, James H. Donnelly, Jr., Robert Konopaske Publisher: Published by McGraw - Hill, Copyright © 2012 ISBN 978-0-07- 811266 -9 (...
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...Strategic Planning of Marks and Spencer Group Executive Summary: In this report a step by step analysis of Marks and Spencer group strategic planning is presented. Mark and Spencer is one of the biggest retail company in UK and leading company producing women apparels. The report is begun with analyzing various external environment of the company that includes STEEP analysis and it helps to understand the external environment of the company. After that the report covers the business plan of the company with its strategic planning section, and how the company is able to implement its strategic planning. Whereas the focus of strategic planning is on the whole organization and the focus of the business plan is on a particular product or service. Contents Executive Summary: 2 Introduction and Company background: 4 Task 1 5 1.1 The importance of external factors affecting Marks and Spencer Group: 5 1.2 Analyze the needs and expectations of stakeholders of Marks and Spencer Group: 7 1.3 Analyze the major changes taking place in the external environment that will affect strategy of M&S: 8 Task 2 8 2.1 Use appropriate tools to analyze the effects of current business plans 8 2.2 Review the position of M&S in its current market 9 2.3 Evaluate the competitive strengths and weaknesses of M&S 10 Task 3 10 3.1 Use modeling tools to develop strategic options for M&S 10 3.2 Develop a comparative understanding of activity from organization...
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...1.0 Executive Summary A quality education is sorely lacking in Asaba Delta State, Nigeria. The lack of quality education has had a detrimental impact on families and the society in that part of the state. Infant Jesus Academy School will be a top-notch and English-medium higher secondary school imparting quality education to children in the city of Asaba Delta State, Nigeria. The purpose of this business plan is to raise $100,000 for the development of Infant Jesus Academy School while showcasing the expected financials and operations over the next three years. Infant Jesus Academy School. (“the Company”) is a Nigerian based partnership that will provide Secondary education to customers in its targeted market using the Infant Jesus Academy School system. The Company is founded by the six (6) partners namely: 1. Okocha Daniel 2. Kekeh Peter 3. Erhiaganoma Orhien 4. Oweifie Onyinkuro 5. Jude Ekezue 6. Anwasia Anthonia The school will be managed by Dr. Okocha Daniel who is the General partner while the other five will be limited partners. 1.1 Vision Statement We at The Infant Jesus Academy School seek to cultivate a happy and caring community that fosters a culture of learning where success is celebrated. Aims * To create in our school a climate where everyone is recognised and respected. * To encourage everyone to achieve their goals and dreams. * To promote a healthy lifestyle which embraces physical, mental and emotional wellbeing amongst all. ...
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...| Sustainability management | | | | | * Executive Summary Sustainability is a key concern for the business now-a-days. Firms are now triggering resources and practices towards the sustainable growth of the business. Shell Group, a leading firm in energy industry, is trying to turn their resources for being sustainable in their business practices. For being so, they can follow two approaches such as Carroll’s four part model of CSR and stakeholder analysis. It has become a vital concern for the firms like shell to conduct CSR activities as they have to operate in an environment where they have to be economically viable as well as conforming to the legal laws, rights and obligations of the society. Not only the corporate social responsibility but also the stakeholder’s satisfaction can influence a great deal in the firm’s success. So, the stakeholder’s theory means a lot to the firms. Stakeholders can be internal as well as external. For applying those approaches, shell has to consider several analysis like cost benefit, life cycle analysis, environmental impact analysis, stakeholder matrix , segmentation analysis and so on. Finally, the company will get findings of taking one approaches as per the analysis to implement for being sustainable. * Contents Executive Summary 1 1 Introduction 3 2 For effective management of sustainability, these two approaches can be considered by the Shell Group as prescribed. The approaches are 4 2.1 Carroll’s...
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