...another student's work. If you have any doubts about how to refer to the work of others in your assignments, please consult your lecturer or tutor for relevant referencing guidelines, and the academic integrity resources on the web at www.academicintegrity.utas.edu.au/. The intentional copying of someone else’s work as one’s own is a serious offence punishable by penalties that may range from a fine or deduction/cancellation of marks and, in the most serious of cases, to exclusion from a unit, a course or the University. Details of penalties that can be imposed are available in the Ordinance of Student Discipline – Part 3 Academic Misconduct, see www.utas.edu.au/universitycouncil/legislation/ord9.pdf The University reserves the right to submit assignments to plagiarism detection software, and might then retain a copy of the assignment on its database for the purpose of future plagiarism checking. Requirements Modelling Report for the Sales & Book Tracking System Prepared for: Pinnacle Publishing Company 20th December, 2011 Prepared by: |Name |Student No. | | |...
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...Miranda v. Arizona: Half a Century Later by: September 2nd, 2014 I. INTRODUCTION A. Executive Summary – In 1966, the U.S. Supreme Court deliberated the case Miranda v. Arizona the most important aspect of due process and criminal procedure ever affecting law enforcement and prosecutorial conduct of an investigation. The main issues in this case were: * The admissibility of a defendant’s statements if such statements were made while the defendant was held in police custody or deprived of freedom of movement in a significant way; * What procedures were required to guarantee the defendant’s privilege against self-incrimination according to the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution? This case is considered the summit of the criminal procedure evolution establishing specific procedures to safeguard the rights of defendants beyond the courtroom and onto the police station. The procedural details and the breadth of civil rights tangled in these four cases, made this decision the pinnacle case in the area of criminal procedure. Nowadays, this decision gave the name to what is widely known as the “Miranda Warnings” which include: 1. The suspect has the right to remain silent, 2. Anything he/she says may be used as evidence against him, 3. He/she has a right to the presence of an attorney during questioning, and 4. If indigent, he/she has a right to a lawyer selected for him without charge. II. STATEMENT OF FACTS RELATING TO THE...
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...Sources of Information for Case Writing and Analysis The primary sources for case study research are the University Library and the Worldwide Web. A summary of their resources is listed below. I. The University Library The typical University library provides a valuable collection of databases useful for both primary and secondary data collection on a company or industry. Some of the leading information databases are as follows: 1. Macro-Level Industry Information - Standard and Poor’s Industry Surveys Quarterly - U.S. Industrial Outlook - Value Line Industry Survey - Corporate and Industry Research Reports - Guide to the Economic Censuses and Related Statistics - Market Share Reporter 2. Company-level information - Moody’s manuals for financial information - Standard and Poor’s Corporation Records Current Issues - Hoover’s Guides and Handbooks on companies - Dow Jones News Retrieval - Annual Reports and other Corporate Documents - SEC File - EDGAR PLUS - Stock Brokerage Reports (Investex, Corporate and Industry Research Reports) Besides the above sources of information, the library commonly provides an online database on industry and company related information. The ALADIN software, for example, provides a guided menu to explore these databases. Two prominent sources on ALADIN are: ABI/Information on Business & Management and the Business and Industry database. These databases provide search driven abstracts and articles. II. The Worldwide Web While the library provides...
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...Total Quality Managemen t Cost of Quality: Pinewood By: Oana Pirtan Charles Mentzis Tong Xie Mubarak Tiibaa Daniel Hummelsund  EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This group report examines Pinewood Technologies PLC’s cost of quality. Pinewood offer a dealer management system (DMS) called Pinnacle to retailers in automotive industry, offering a wide range of features integrated in one software. We have examined Pinewood’s cost of quality by following the Six Sigma framework DMAIC, utilising Project Charter, Cause and Effect Diagram, 5 Whys and Affinity Diagram. To start off the project we spent the first day at their offices, where we were given an induction talk by Tim Barney, Pinewood’s quality leader. After the meeting we received a comprehensive set of data comprising details of their business, allowing us to start our analysis. Firstly we created a Project Charter to define our project and Pinewood’s problem, which we would investigate. Further on, the Cause and Effect Diagram was used to identify possible factors causing increased quality costs. At this stage we received the data from Tim Barney, but this was initially really hard to analyse as it only gave us an overview. However, by applying the 5 Whys analysis we managed to go beneath the data and find the root causes for why Pinewood experienced a high volume of support issues. After the 5 Whys analysis we applied the Affinity Diagram which allowed us to organise and categorise all of Pinewood’s barriers to quality,...
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...Kingston, Jamaica Author(s): M.G. Smith (With R. Augier and R. M. Nettleford). Published by: Institute of Social and Economic Research, University College of the West Indies, 1960. 54p. Reprinted in: Reprinted in 1968, and in Caribbean Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 3, (September 1967), pp. 3-29; and vol. 13, no. 4 (December 1967), pp. 3-14. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF THE WEST INDIES THE RAS TAFARI MOVEMENT IN KINGSTON, JAMAICA. By M. G. Smith Roy Au/;ier Rex Nettleford INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1960 CONTENTS Foreword Chapter I II III Introduction History of the Movement Recent Developments 7 8 15 IV The Doctrines of the Movement V The Movement's Current Organisation VI VII What Ras Tafari Brethren Want Summary of Recommendations 22 28 33 38 Appendices I II Letter: Land Grant Letters: Ethiopian Orthodox Church 39 41 43 III Niyabingi Men IV The Creed of a Ras Tafari Man 48 20th July, 1960. My dear Premier, At the request of some prominent members of the Ras Tafari brethren, three members of the U.C.W.I. staff, Roy Augier, Rex Nettleford, and M. G. Smith, spent every day of two weeks with Ras Tafari brethren, making a survey of the movement, its organisation and its aspirations. They have produced a report, which I enclose herewith. The team has made a number of recommendations, which require urgent consideration. The movement is large, and in a state of great unrest. Its problems require priority treatment. Though...
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...Situation Analysis First of all I consider your instant closing of old branch as a major setback from the operations point of view. Since last two years you built an amazing rapport there with your customers and established your technical acumen as a brand, you should have atleast provided some overlap plan rather than shifting instantly to the new Arcade so that it could have contributed to your image building at new location and consequently you should shut down this premise once your brand attained pinnacle in terms of value creation. Secondly also looking at following projected Sales (in case if you continued at the same place) and Actual Sales at new place (considering the uniform trend for the next 6 months as initial 6 months), it can be easily inferred that continuing at the same place assuming you maintain uniform profit margin over second and third year, would have helped you to achieve higher sales projections than what you achieved in Arcade owing to lack the visibility substantially. Hence arcade should have been an option of extension of your services and visibility rather than core and sole functional premises. You should have invested part of amount recieved from partners into aesthetics development at same outlet and part of that should have been invested in your services improvement aspect. Also, business lacked the important aspect of having a common mission among all the three partners, because of varying operating philosophies, at a very critical time...
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...The course of considering the no kid left back bill in the year 2001 refocused America’s attention on endeavors towards transforming the Americans public education structure. Researchers as well as lawmakers are presently evaluating a range of strategies, starting from initiating new answerability standards towards encouraging school selection and contest, equally in an attempt to establish whatever modifications can be created to public education to upgrade its quality. The significance of teacher excellence is extensively acknowledged like one of the great important constituents of successful education and therefore policies that enhance teacher operation via the utilization of enticements are gaining impetus. In spite of several findings that enhancement in value is connected with momentous reduction in learners accomplishment. A study has previously pinpointed which teacher features are most problem-solving of value (Aaronson, et al.33). For instance, quantifiable teacher attributes such as race, sexual characteristics, education background, or periods for teaching practice) merely relate to three percent of the teacher’s control on student accomplishment (Goldhaber 20) .The teacher’s skill is never considerably connected with student success subsequent to the preliminary few years within a classroom (Rivkin 12). The findings propose that it is demanding to gauge teacher distinctiveness, for example personal incentive, job contentment, or tolerance and individuality are...
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...Bally Total Fitness – Case Summary Bally Total Fitness is born in 1962 and become leading firm in US Health club industry. Since 2002, Paul Toback as CEO has did a lot of intervention to avoid Bally from banckrupcy. Consumer demand for health club has been arise in USA. By 2004 US health club industry took in revenur of $ 14.1 billion with more than 26.000 health club operated in the United States, compare in 1987 only 11.800 health club (Exhibit 1). The demand cause Americans become more concern about their health since two third of adult population categorized as overweight and nearly one third as obese. The motivation to join health club are a disire to lose weight, to get in shape, to meet people or to reduce stress. The frequency of health club attendance in 2001 has arise compare to 1987. The people visited health club more than 100 days per year in 1987 only 31% become 41 % in 2001 (Exhibit 2). More people in younger age has increase as member in health club 12.3% in 2001 compare to 1997, and people in age 45-54 also increace 11.5% as well as age 55+ increase 13.1%. Most club equipped facilities with aerobic and weight machines. Some health club provide swimming pool. Total capital required for 40.000 – 50.000 square-foot health club was roughly $1.5 million, with $500.000 in equipment alone. Smaller health club can be built with cost $144.000 to buy equipment for 10.000 square-foot. Health club format in United States : * Owner-operated clubs : Operated...
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...low calorie alternatives to beer, wine, and other dark spirits, Vodkas popularity comes as no surprise. The rise of vodka has also brought about another growing trend in the spirits industry and that is the growth of flavored vodkas. Flavored vodkas allow consumers with particular taste to enjoy an easy-to-drink spirit and also allows consumers to create many different drinks with one base liquor. One of the companies that has seen immense success in this booming market is Heaven Hill Distilleries’ line of Burnetts’ Flavored Vodka. Featuring over 33 unique and distinct flavors, Burnett’s is one of the largest players in the flavored vodka market and continues to lead in innovation of flavors as well as nationwide distribution. Executive Summary While there continues to be new competitors entering the market almost every day, one of the largest, most competitive firms in the flavored vodka market is Burnett’s Flavored Vodka. Burnett’s, widely known throughout the nation by young collegiate aged individuals and young professionals, offers one of the lowest price points for vodka in the entire industry. In addition to this, it features a product line with over 33 different flavors including seasonal flavors such as pumpkin spice vodka. By and large, Burnett’s has seen wide success without using an overly extensive marketing strategy, relying intensively on social media and in-store promotions at both liquor stores and bars. Heaven Hill Distilleries, which owns over 50 different liquor...
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...Name: Instructor: Course: Date: Teachers’ Tenure System Should Not Be Eliminated The course of considering the no kid left back bill in the year 2001 refocused America’s attention on endeavors towards transforming the Americans public education structure. Researchers as well as lawmakers are presently evaluating a range of strategies, starting from initiating new answerability standards towards encouraging school selection and contest, equally in an attempt to establish whatever modifications can be created to public education to upgrade its quality. The significance of teacher excellence is extensively acknowledged like one of the great important constituents of successful education and therefore policies that enhance teacher operation via the utilization of enticements are gaining impetus. In spite of several findings that enhancement in value is connected with momentous reduction in learners accomplishment. A study has previously pinpointed which teacher features are most problem-solving of value (Aaronson, et al.33). For instance, quantifiable teacher attributes such as race, sexual characteristics, education background, or periods for teaching practice) merely relate to three percent of the teacher’s control on student accomplishment (Goldhaber 20) .The teacher’s skill is never considerably connected with student success subsequent to the preliminary few years within a classroom (Rivkin 12). The findings propose that it is demanding to gauge teacher distinctiveness...
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...Submitted By, PRATIK CHATTERJEE ROLL-40 REG NO:1226112240 SEC-B FACULTY, Dr. CH VENKATAIAH OPERATION STRATEGY IN SERVICE: Jet Airways and Indigo. Both are India’s fastest-growing domestic market in aviation. OBJECTIVE AND STRATEGY: Jet Airways: Jet Airways objectives achieve consistent profitability, achieving healthy, long-term returns for the investors and providing its employees with an environment for excellence and growth. 1. Changes to its cost structure. 2. Factors affecting demand in international travel to and from India, including the general condition of the global economy. 3. Operational, financial, marketing and legal challenges (including compliance with foreign laws) that are different from those that we currently meeting. 4. Its ability to operate and manage in a cost effective manner, a larger operation. 5. Ability to secure a sufficient number of additional aircraft on favorable lease or purchase 6. Its ability to trained sufficient numbers of pilots, flight crew and engineers with international experience. In-flight services of Jet Airways: 1. Jet Screen offers a virtual feast of entertainment for the guests- from blockbuster movies to the latest music albums, from award-winning TV shows to the best games, experience a journey that redefines in-flight entertainment...
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...Coca-Cola Company Case Study GB 518 Financial Accounting Principles and Analysis Kaplan University SUMMARY Accounting is an important aspect of business because it is the foundation that offers support to management for planning, and controlling activities as well as decisions. When an organization is doing business they need a way to keep score of operational financial activities. The purpose of my research paper is to discuss the details of my interview with an accountant at Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta headquarters. Mr. Joe Angus has worked with the company for twelve years and sat down with me for a 25 minutes interview in his office to eagerly share the accounting practices of the company, and the operating activities within the business that generates revenue and move the business forward. Company Overview The Coca-Cola Company is the largest beverage company in the world that provides consumers with more than 500 sparkling and still brands of refreshing drinks. While Coca-Cola is the most valued brand in the company’s portfolio, it features 15 billion dollar brands including Diet Coke, Fanta, Sprite, Coca-Cola Zero, vitamin water, PowerAde, Minute Maid, Simply, Georgia and Del Valle. Globally, Coca-Cola Company is the number one provider of sparkling beverages, ready-to-drink coffees, juices, and juice drinks. Throughout the world’s largest beverage distribution system, consumers in more than 200 countries enjoy Coca-Cola Company beverages at a rate of more...
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...similar in research quality): TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS EXCELLENCE QC6. JOURNAL INFORMATION Editor’s Name: Dr Alex Douglas Web Address: www.emeraldinsight.com/tqm.htm Institution: Liverpool John Moores University, UK NATURE OF SUBMISSION QC7. Primary submitter type (tick one box only) Higher Education Institutional Submission (e.g. formal submission from Business Faculty/School) Peak Body Submission (e.g. AFAANZ, ANZAM) Individual Submission QC8. Primary submitter: Professor Alan Brown Institutional Affiliation: Edith Cowan University, Australia QC9. Are there other signatories to this submission? Yes No If yes, how many signatories are there (including the primary submitter)? QC10. Executive Summary (word limit: 250 words fully...
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...Retail Right Retail Right marketing strategy report A Blueprint to Baker’s Heaven Prepared by Adam Stone For Baxter Bakeries 23 Flinders Lane Brighton SA 5048 Australia 31/01/2015 Executive Summary Baxter Bakeries are a small business situated in the suburb of Brighton which is in the city of Adelaide and currently has a population of 14,907 people (ABS 2014). The suburb of Brighton is only ten minutes from Glenelg which is a popular tourist spot in Adelaide, and has over 50% of its population with people over the age of 45 (ABS 2014). Currently Baxter Bakeries is owned and operated by James Baxter who is an experienced pastry chef, with years of experience in making exotic and delicious pastries. James and his small team have a vision of delivering an experience to customers that not only creates a moment, but a lasting memory for the consumer. In order for James and his team at Baxter Bakeries to be able to achieve this outcome a competitive marketing strategy must be formed to ensure that this goal can be fulfilled in the near future. In order to create a competitive marketing strategy one must look at all the aspects that make up a market starting with the analysis of the market that Baxter Bakeries want to enter. In this analysis we will look at everything that could influence or create challenges for James and his team, including the buyer behaviour, microenvironment, and the macroenvironment. The purpose of looking at the buyer behaviour is that...
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...Chapter 10 Internal Control, Control Risk, and Section 404 Audits Review Questions 10-1 Management typically has three broad objectives in designing effective internal controls. 1. Reliability of Financial Reporting Management is responsible for preparing financial statements for investors, creditors, and other users. Management has both a legal and professional responsibility to be sure that the information is fairly presented in accordance with reporting requirements such as GAAP or IFRS. The objective of effective internal control over financial reporting is to fulfill these financial reporting responsibilities. 2. Efficiency and Effectiveness of Operations Controls within an organization are meant to encourage efficient and effective use of its resources to optimize the company’s goals. An important objective of these controls is accurate financial and non-financial information about the entity’s operations for decision making. 3. Compliance with Laws and Regulations Section 404 of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act requires all public companies to issue a report about the operating effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. In addition to the legal provisions of Section 404, public, nonpublic, and not-for-profit organizations are required to follow many laws and regulations. Some relate to accounting only indirectly, such as environmental protection and civil rights laws. Others are closely related to accounting, such as income...
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