...In: Business and Management Business Information Questions What major features of a business are important for understanding the role of information systems? To achieve operational excellence. To develop new products and services. To attain customer intimacy and service. To improve decision-making. To achieve competitive advantages. To ensure survival. Define a business and describe the major business functions. A business is a formal organization whose aim is to produce products or provide services for a profit. The type of business and organizational setup determines the major business functions. Production will need to be developed; the requirement for machinery and people will be set. Next will need some sort of marketing and sales group, to make and keep track of sales. Then a finance and accounting group to track all expenses. Lastly, an HR department will hire, recruit, and train the work force. Define business processes and describe the role they play in organizations. The actual steps and tasks that describe how work is organized in a business are called business processes. They define how business tasks are performed and refer to unique ways work, information, and knowledge are coordinated in a specific organization. Many business processes are tied specific functional area. Like mentioned above the manufacturing and production group will assemble the product, check quality and producing a bill of materials. The Sales and marketing group identify customers...
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...Annales Universitatis Apulensis Series Oeconomica, 11(2), 2009 639 THE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE ECONOMIC CRISIS Rodica Gherghina 1 Florin Văduva 2 Mirela Anca Postole 3 ABSTRACT: The need to reduce public spending in the developin g process and funding of public services has led to the introduction of performance indicators in the public institutions. Moreover, the need to optimize the educational activity, the implementation of an efficient management, insuring the quality and the compatibility of the e ducational systems has led to numerous investigations in this area by adopting, as a theor etical reference framework some organizational models to explain the functionality of the educatio nal system and to define a performance appraisal system. Each model generated by default a certain p hilosophy regarding the evaluation methods of the institutional performance, design and use of th e performance indicators on education institutions . Key words: economic crisis, performance, indicators , education JEL codes: I21, H52 Introduction Changes in higher education in Romania, just as thr oughout Europe and elsewhere, were as many and radical as they were continuous. Since the early 1990s, the first private universities were established in Romania and the number of public uni versities, of the faculties or of the new curriculum...
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...Conclusions This statewide epidemiological study for the years 1995–2009 finds that incidence of appendicitis has increased over time, incidence rates are higher in the summer months, and whites and Hispanics are at a greater risk of appendicitis compared to African Americans or Asians. Hispanics and Asians have higher odds of perfo- ration compared to whites, and patients with Medicare, This study provides important updates on the epidemi- ology of appendicitis, including information on risk factors of appendicitis, risk factors of perforated appendicitis, and an examination of trends in surgical management. How- ever, it is unknown why the incidence of this disease is increasing over time, is higher during the summer months, or varies by race. More research must be done to under- stand the etiology of this common disease in order to identify possible preventative measures. Examining a Common Disease with Unknown Etiology: Trends in Epidemiology and Surgical Management of Appendicitis in California, 1995–2009 Jamie E. Anderson • Stephen W. Bickler • David C. Chang • Mark A. Talamini Conflict of interest The authors declare no conflict of interest or financial ties to disclose. I. Epidemiology Discussion: Provide a brief description of the epidemiology of the disease process, focusing on national, state and local epidemiologic information. Reflection should also address observed trends in morbidity/mortality, population or ethnic dimensions and/or other contributing...
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...Harrington Limited: $500-$1,000 Sopra: $400-$800 Christina Cole: $300-$700 Vigor: $150-500 Promotion Objective: To provide convenience to retailers, and help them obtain and sell the brand Strategy: Push Tactics: Retail sales force well trained; Offer channel partners more support and incentives than most manufacturers; Offer retailers valuable inventory and sales advice. Channel Objective: To provide convenience to both retailers and final consumers by offering the Harrington collection at only the best retailers or directly through e-commerce Strategy: Dual channel strategy Tactics: Company owned retail stores (20% sales); upscale department stores (60% sales) and specialty stores (40% sales); e-commerce Perfo rmance Sales $2,433,900,000 in retail sales Total revenue: $1,344 million Manufacturing Group: $538 million Retail Group: $806 million Total Profit before tax: $118 million Market Share: 2007 women’s apparel industry = $133...
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...Monitoring Optimization Case Study Food Manufacturer Eliminates SPAN Shortages Fortune 2000 food product manufacturer rapidly increases network visibility, extends useful life for existing tools, and accelerates MTTR for troubleshooting problems “We selected the Anue Net Tool Optimizer to eliminate our SPAN shortage problem. Since it has been deployed, we have also seen a significant improvement in network visibility, cost savings on tools, and faster MTTR for diagnostic troubleshooting.” – Lead Network Administrator “The Anue Net Tool Optimizer allows us to share traffic from our limited number of SPANs with eight tools, without dropping packets or overloading the tools with data.” – Lead Network Administrator Company Profile The Customer is a $4B food product manufacturer in North America (FY 2010). With products that distribute across the continent, in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, the Customer is one of the leaders in packaged coffee, health/natural foods, and a variety of other packaged edibles. Problem The Customer runs a complex network with approximately 7,500 networking devices deployed at their headquarters, as well as 33 remotely located sites, 75% of which are primarily manufacturing facilities. They use a variety of tool types, including Application Performance Management (APM), Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), URL Filtering, Packet Capture, and Data Loss Prevention (DLP). With such a variety of tools, the Customer’s networking team found...
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...‘How to Develop a Business Plan’ Introduction Most successful organisations have a clear vision or sense of purpose. They also have well defined objectives to aim for and a way of measuring their performance. These are the vital ingredients of a Business Plan. Some of the benefits of business planning are that it: • Forces people in the organisation to stand back, and review business performance and the factors that are affecting the business • Encourages people to consider strategic options and make informed decisions • Improves communication and builds commitment by involving people throughout the organisation • Can be captured in a single document and communicated to everyone involved. Definitions Business Planning is a process that identifies where the organisation wants to be and by when, and shows how it will get there from where it is now. A Business Plan is a document that captures the outputs from the business planning process. Key steps in business planning The key steps in creating a Business Plan are: 1. Setting a vision for where you want to be 2. Gathering and analysing information about where you are now 3. Setting performance objectives and making plans to close the gap 4. Planning how to monitor progress. Learning Resources Tel: 08456 047 047 Web: www.traintogain.gov.uk Email: traintogain@businesslinksw.co.uk 1. Setting a vision for where you want the organisation to be The core of your Business Plan is your vision for the future. Steve...
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...HND Business 4-Marketing Principles By: Contents Introduction 3 Task 1.1 4 Task 1.2 4 Task 2.1 5 Task 2.2 6 Task 2.4 7 Conclusion 8 References 9 Introduction This discusses the details of marketing principles and this assignment has considered Coca cola, a company which is in the soft drinks industry as the base. This includes evaluation of benefits and costs of a company being market oriented and the deviation from its core activities. Further this discusses the micro and macro factors that affect Coca cola and how the marketing decisions should be taken considering these factors. The segmentation aspect which is adopted in Coca cola is discussed here. And effective strategies adopted in a company lead the company to achieve competitive advantage is been highlighted in this assignment. Further Targeting strategies, buyer behaviours that impact Coca cola is been discussed along with proposition for new positioning of the beverages of Coca cola. The distribution also plays a major part in a company’s marketing activities. And the strategies used by Coca cola are discussed here with the setting of prices with the aim of achieving objectives and the promotional activities adopted are discussed here. Additional elements of marketing mix, and the different strategies that should be adopted when selling to businesses rather than customers and the strategies that are used in international marketing are discussed in this assignment. About Coca Cola The company Coca...
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...A Comparative Investigation and Evaluation of Oracle9i and SQL server2000 with respect to Performance and Scalability By Phathisile Sibanda Supervisor: Mr John Ebden Computer Science Department, Rhodes University 26 September 2005 Abstract: Performance and scalability are two omnipotent factors determining database availability and reliability. This is especially true for modern computer systems due to the inclusion of the Internet in Online transaction processing (OLTP) and E-commerce applications which use databases. This evolution gave birth to an enduring need for high throughput, good response time, excellent data consistency and concurrency control. This paper evaluates SQL server 2000 and Oracle 9i with respect to performance and scalability. Initial performance tests showed that at low to medium workload both database systems behaved in a similar fashion in terms of throughput and response time. At high load however Oracle 9i emerged victorious in both cases. market and use of the Internet in databases. The first point has lead to competition between commercial and open source database vendors while the second has resulted in a need for high performance database systems. This whole controversy has in the past lead database vendors to employ numerous tricks in bid to improve the processing speed of their systems during benchmarking and thus falsely prove that their databases products are superior to other competitors. Some of their...
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...The Reaction of Corporate Human Resources Management to the Economic Crisis Finding the ways-out in HR KINGA ILONA BÁRDOSa - ERIKA VARGAb Dobó István Grammar School Széchenyi út 19, Eger 3300, Hungary cetebe@hotmail.com b Károly Róbert College Mátrai út 36, Gyöngyös 3200, Hungary evarga@karolyrobert.hu a T he cyclical movement of the economy is a natural process but, fortunately, a global economic crisis is a rare phenomenon. The credit crunch starting in September 2008 has grown into a global one primarily affecting car manufacturing and then it has its percussions in the whole economy-gradually reaching all the players. The crisis management in human resources implies layoffs, redundancies or shorter working hours and weeks. In many cases there were not wellthought corporate strategies for crisis management as managers as well as employees had to face a problem they had never experienced before. One of the corporate operative steps is to examine and realise how deeply the organisation itself is affected in the crisis. Our objective is to present what theoretical and practical solutions were or are invented besides the ones already mentioned. Keywords: crisis management, human resources management, atypical employment 1. About the crisis in general About a year ago the credit crunch became widespread primarily hitting the financial institutions worldwide and had its impacts felt in the motor industry reaching all players of the economic life. There were no companies...
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...Supply Cha S ain Manage nt Pro emen oject ‐ Reta ail Sup Chain at pply C Project Group – Balaji Nag garajan (Roll n no: EPGP‐04A A‐016) Deepak M Mittal (Roll no: EPGP‐04A‐0 026) Kannan S (Roll no: EPG GP‐04A‐044) Mahesh R Rajesham (Roll no: EPGP‐04 A‐115) Mansi Sha arma (Roll no o : EPGP‐04 A‐ ‐051) Dr. Priyan nka Mallick (R Roll no : EPGP‐04 A‐068) Sandeep G Gawde (Roll n no : EPGP‐04 A‐030) SCM Project – Retail Supply Chain at Wal‐Mart Table of Contents 1. 2. I. II. 3. Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 3 About Wal‐Mart .................................................................................................................................... 4 Operating Divisions ........................................................................................................................... 4 Competition and Regional Alignments ............................................................................................. 8 Components of Supply Chain Management (SCM) ............................................................................ 11 A. Main Elements ................................................................................................................................ 11 4. Wal‐Mart’s Method of Managing the Supply Chain .............
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...GUJARAT UNIVERSITY SYLLABI OF THREE YEARS LL.B. PROGRAMME WITH CREDIT BASED SYSTEM (As prescribed b y the BAR CO UNCIL OF INDI A and as per the Rules of Legal Education, 2008) Effective from the academic year 2011-12 THREE YEARS’ LL.B. POGRAMME First LL. B. Semester – I FIRST LL.B. - S EMES TER 1 (MONSOON ) PE R WE EK S UBJEC TS LEC TURE S OT HER S T OT AL C RED IT S (SE M)29 CORE COURSE 101 L aw of T ort i ncludi ng MV A cci dent And C on sum er Pr ot ecti on Law s 4 1 5 5 CORE COURSE 102 Crim in al Law P aper – I (General P rinci pl es of P en al Law ) 4 1 5 5 4 1 5 5 4 1 5 5 4 1 5 5 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 CORE COURSE 103 CORE COURSE 104 CORE COURSE 105 FOUNDATIO N 106 F SOFT S KILL 107 K Crim in al Law P aper – II (S pec ific Off enc es) L aw of C ont ract S peci al C ontr act C on sti tuti on al Hist ory of I ndi a Use of Law J ournal s and L egal S oftw ar e 1 Semester – I Monsoon Semester CORE CO URSE 101 : LAW OF TO RT I NCLUDI NG M V ACCI DENT AND CO NS UM ER P ROTECTION LAWS Objectives of the Course : Wit h rap id industrializat ion, to rt actio n came to u sed again st manu factu rers and industrial un it fo r p roducts injurious to human beings. Present ly the emphas is is o n extend ing th e principles no t only to acts, which are h armfu l, bu t also to failu re to co mply with stand ards that are continuously...
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...NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENT IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS Draft Document – Work in Progress FEBRUARY 2004 ASSESSMENT IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS NCCA Draft Document FEBRUARY 2004 1 Contents Preface 5 1. Introduction 7 Education Act 1998 9 Primary School Curriculum (1999) 10 Developments in assessment since 1990 10 Context and purpose of an overarching statement on assessment 10 The structure of the document 11 2. Recent developments in assessment 13 Assessment for teaching and learning 16 Assessment across the curriculum 16 A range of modes of assessment 17 Assessment and the early identification of learning difficulties 18 Recording and reporting the results of assessment 19 Assessment competencies 19 Professional development for teachers 20 2 3. Re-envisioning assessment 21 What is assessment? 23 Assessment for learning and assessment of learning 23 Assessment and Information and Communications Technology (ICT) 28 Access to assessment information 29 4. General considerations in developing an overarching statement on assessment in primary schools 33 5. Developing a school policy on assessment 37 The use of assessment results for the purposes of assessment for learning 39 The use of assessment results for the purposes of assessment of learning 40 The different dimensions of the child’s learning...
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...Cooperative Strategy ‘The authors have provided an ambitious overview of the cooperative strategy literature. The book will be welcomed by serious students and scholars focussed on this important phenomenon.’ Paul W. Beamish, Canada Research Chair in International Business, Ivey Business School, University of Western Ontario ‘This book provides a comprehensive, well-organized and richly illustrated analysis of inter-firm cooperation. While relevant for managers and business students, it extensively draws on the most up-to-date research, making it also a valuable source for academics studying strategic alliances and the wide array of management issues they raise. Child, Faulkner, and Tallman have done a remarkable job of putting together in a highly consistent way all the knowledge available on what has become an essential facet of business development, namely Cooperative Strategy.’ Pierre Dussauge, Professor of Strategic Management, HEC – School of Management, Paris ‘I highly recommend this book for alliance scholars and practitioners. The breadth of coverage of the practical and theoretical literature on cooperative strategy is one of the book’s primary contributions. The authors demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the subject matter and the numerous case studies demonstrate a close connection with actual experience.’ Andrew Inkpen, J. Kenneth and Jeanette Seward Chair in Global Strategy, Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management ‘Companies need...
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...SODASTREAM INTERNATIONAL LTD. (Report of Foreign Issuer) FORM 6-K Filed 02/29/12 for the Period Ending 02/29/12 Telephone CIK Symbol SIC Code Fiscal Year 972 (3) 976-2323 0001502916 SODA 3630 - Household Appliances 12/31 http://www.edgar-online.com © Copyright 2012, EDGAR Online, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Distribution and use of this document restricted under EDGAR Online, Inc. Terms of Use. UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 6-K REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the month of February 2012 Commission File Number: 001-34929 SodaStream International Ltd. (Translation of Registrant’s Name into English) Gilboa Street, Airport City Ben Gurion Airport 70100, Israel (Address of Principal Executive Office) Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F: Form 20-F R Form 40-F £ Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): Yes £ Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): Yes £ No R No R Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of...
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...MANAGING CORE RISKS IN BANKING: CREDIT RISK MANAGEMENT Industry Best Practices BANGLADESH BANK CREDIT RISK MANAGEMENT Industry Best Practices PREPARED FOR: BANGLADESH BANK PREPARED BY: FOCUS GROUP ON CREDIT & RISK MANAGEMENT Team Co-ordinator: Team Members: Sudhir Chandra Das Ali Reza Iftekhar Niaz Habib A.G. Sarwar Brian J. McGuire Naser Ezaz Bijoy Page 2 INTRODUCTION: Risk is inherent in all aspects of a commercial operation, however for Banks and financial institutions, credit risk is an essential factor that needs to be managed. Credit risk is the possibility that a borrower or counter party will fail to meet its obligations in accordance with agreed terms. Credit risk, therefore, arises from the bank’s dealings with or lending to corporates, individuals, and other banks or financial institutions. Credit risk management needs to be a robust process that enables banks to proactively manage loan portfolios in order to minimize losses and earn an acceptable level of return for shareholders. Central to this is a comprehensive IT system, which should have the ability to capture all key customer data, risk management and transaction information including trade & Forex. Given the fast changing, dynamic global economy and the increasing pressure of globalization, liberalization, consolidation and dis- intermediation, it is essential that banks have robust credit risk management policies and procedures that are sensitive and responsive to these changes...
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