...Introduction (P1) STO State Trading Organization (STO) was established in early 1960’s. When they first start the organization the only resource available was tuna. At that time the development of the country was slow so there is no banking system, no available funds for major investments and no commercial industries as well. After some days in 1994 a fully-funded business was set-up by the government which is named “Athireemaafannu Trading Agency (ATA)”. Their main aim was to provide essential food items to the nation. 9th June 1979 is the day which ATA became STO with so much improvements. After that they kept growing and growing. Now the organization is a highly appreciated company which almost sells all the items. STO can be considered as the best organization in the retail industry in Maldives. STO is a very huge organizations which all the board of directors are set by the government. This is a partnership business. They have 6 subsidiaries in Maldives. At first this organization was a fully government organization but now this organization is partly government and partly managed by an individual. Their main purpose is to enriching lives through expansion and accessibility. Which means letting people purchase their goods freely and openly. They have a very huge shop in male’. And the customer service of the organization is very good. Which is why most of the people select STO as their best place to buy their goods. The organization give a very special focus on achieving...
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...basic of organizational behavior (OB) is how individual behave in an organization related to its work settings (McShane, Olekalns and Travaglione, 2013). In a shifting business environment, managing of workforce has been of huge concerned and OB has offered contributions in managing workforce over the years. Globally workforce is changing rapidly for reasons such as the labour force is growing older, workforce are becoming diverse, changers in workers attitudes and labour shortages (Weick and Quinn, 1999). As stated above one of the main causes of the changing workforce is the ageing population. As baby boomers are getting older and starting to retire, it is important that employers understand the needs and motivation of the younger generation (generation Y) who will soon be replacing the older generations (Anderson and Hussey, 2000). Moreover companies feel the need to recruits and retains younger workforce to replace an estimated amount of 75 millions of departing older workforce (Humphrey, Costigan and Pickering, 2003). The generation Y people are known to be disinterested and selfless about the welfare of others. In order to attract and retain them, companies have to be aware of their work values (Twenge and al, 2010). A consequence for the organization of this change is that older generations were fulfilling their job with the potential of a lasting relationship between the employee and the organization than the younger generations. The latter showed little interest in...
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...P1 Report on Promotional mix of two organizations Introduction This is a report written after investigation into two shopping plazas. The report will be describing the promotional mix used by two organizations, which are Arkan plaza and The Hub by Sodic Group. I will then provide details and support the promotional mix with examples. I will also give examples of whether these types of promotional mixes raise sales or establish a local profile (the image of the business) then I will be talking about how they use promotional activities to promote the other 3 Ps - (Price, place, product) and how promotion of the fourth P affects them. I will be extending this by explaining how one of the two organizations promotions is integrated with the rest of the marketing mix so that it is able to achieve its marketing aims and objectives. To do this I will begin by clearly stating marketing aims and objectives of that organization. To conclude my report, I will evaluate and justify the use of an appropriate promotional mix in relation to marketing objectives of the chosen organization. The promotional mix of The Hub by Sodic Group Advertising Billboard advertising Westtown hub advertises their organization and the businesses open in their Hub through billboards. They advertise their organization through billboards because this will allow them to have access to a very large amount of potential customers. As well as making people know what businesses are open in west town...
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...Expatriates in China Experiences, Opportunities and Challenges Ilaria Boncori ISBN: 9781137293473 DOI: 10.1057/9781137293473 Palgrave Macmillan Please respect intellectual property rights This material is copyright and its use is restricted by our standard site license terms and conditions (see palgraveconnect.com/pc/connect/info/terms_conditions.html). If you plan to copy, distribute or share in any format, including, for the avoidance of doubt, posting on websites, you need the express prior permission of Palgrave Macmillan. To request permission please contact rights@palgrave.com. Expatriates in China Experiences, Opportunities and Challenges Ilaria Boncori Expatriates in China 10.1057/9781137293473 - Expatriates in China, Ilaria Boncori Copyright material from www.palgraveconnect.com - licensed to University of Wollongong - PalgraveConnect - 2014-05-17 This page intentionally left blank 10.1057/9781137293473 - Expatriates in China, Ilaria Boncori Copyright material from www.palgraveconnect.com - licensed to University of Wollongong - PalgraveConnect - 2014-05-17 Expatriates in China Experiences, Opportunities and Challenges Ilaria Boncori University of Essex, UK Copyright material from www.palgraveconnect.com - licensed to University of Wollongong - PalgraveConnect - 2014-05-17 10.1057/9781137293473 - Expatriates in China, Ilaria Boncori © Ilaria Boncori 2013 Foreword © Heather Höpfl 2013 All rights reserved. No reproduction...
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...environment, political risks and social climate. Additionally, a comprehensive strategy has to be in place to overcome objections and make adjustments. Understanding the differences from a political, economical, social and cultural aspect as well as the ability to respond to different national standards and regulations are key factors. The Chinese Culture Culture is defined as the sum total of beliefs, rules, techniques, institutions, and artifices that characterize human populations. Actually, there are multiple ways in which culture is defined because culture has so many different and inter-related meanings. The most common definition of culture is the shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterize an institution, organization, or group. “For the purposes of the study of international management, culture is defined as the acquired...
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...Introduction This book is a reiteration of Sun Tzu’s philosophy from the ancient book The Art of War which is one of the oldest and most successful books on military strategy. It influenced eastern military thinking and emphasized the most efficient way of gaining victory with the least amount of conflict. The original text is purposely made obscure and difficult to understand, so that Sun Tzu remained employed, as the king would need him for interpretation. Although it has a mixture of profound philosophy and detailed tactical prescriptions that are great for battles about 2500 years ago, the book is also useful today. The teaching of Sun Tzu is powerful: it will not only instruct us, but also reveal where we stand and how to approach a problem, how to deal with adversity, and how to handle the whims of fate. The author, Chin-Ning Chu, perfectly applied Sun Tzu’s theory to integrate our styles and personal philosophy into every action we take. She provided examples, references, and anecdotes that were not available in the original book The Art of War. This book is written particularly for women because women have the ability to negotiate and they are able to be modest and understand that silence is golden. This book will guide us to use the full spectrum of the strategies that are contained in Sun Tzu’s The Art of War with a holistic approach to winning. This book contains 13 chapters and our team covered chapter 1 through 6. Book Summary Chapter...
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...TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY INTRODUCTION I. Where are we? 1. Belonging to the Vivarte Group 2. The 3V’s business model 3. The value chain analysis 4. The Boston Box matrix 5. Brand positioning 6. SWOT II. Where we want to go? The Chinese market analysis 1. General facts about China 2. PESTEL analysis 3. PORTER’s five forces 4. Competitive environment 5. The Chinese clients types III. How we will get there? Action plan 1. Why China? Which objectives to reach? 2. The Ansoff’s matrix 3. The 4Ps CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report will look at the strategy that the clothing firm Caroll has to adopt in order to penetrate the Chinese market. In order to manage the strategic marketing plan, we will structure the paper starting with a market analysis including PESTEL analysis of the Chinese market, target marketing and competitors analyses, then we will provide with a marketing audit, and finally we will dress the strategic marketing plan using tools such as the 3 V’s, Ansoff’s matrix and marketing mix. Our recommendations will also be given at the end of this report in order to evaluate the success or not of this implementation on the fashion Chinese market. INTRODUCTION Caroll is nowadays a very famous french brand in the fashion world, years after years the brand asserted its position on the fashion ready to wear market. Everything started in 1963...
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...Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde When reading the story of Dr.Jekyll and Mr. Hyde many readers are able to easily relate the situations that are occurring and place them into their own lives. Many psychologists and philosophers have also seen this and have done research to see why this has come to be. George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, a philosopher, began to research the duality of human nature before this story was even written; he concluded that every conflict has a thesis, antithesis, and synthesis. Hegel is easily able to explain the story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.Hyde by using his own Hegelian Dialectic. In the story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll is determined to find a way to let his alter ego; his other personality, the evil Mr. Hyde allows Dr. Jekyll to release the anger that he keeps in that are caused by the social ‘norms’ that are present in this time period. In comparison Dr. Jekyll is seen as being a cultures young man that had many of the characteristics or a well to do man in the Victorian time period. Mr. Hyde on the other hand is seen as vulgar, disrespectful and is seen as a monster throughout the book. Both personalities of Dr. Jekyll try and balance each other out but are not able to which leads to the ultimate self destruction of both. The idea of the Hegelian Dialect, that everything have a thesis, antithesis, as well as synthesis can be seen throughout the book as a reflection of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. One of the first impression that we receive of Jekyll is...
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...Heroism in the Twin Towers | | | 1) One reason as to why some people act heroically in emergencies while others do not is based on the fact that heroic people possess positive morals and traits (Johnson, 2012). Furthermore, those people that possess positive morals and traits make good choices and will respond to a situation immediately (Johnson, 2012). In the case study, Heroism in the Twin Towers, the rescuers displayed positive morals and traits by using crowbars to break through drywall and opening stairway doors in order to reach out and help the victims escape being fully aware that at any given moment they could have injured themselves in the process (Johnson, 2012). Another reason as to why some people act heroically in emergencies while others do not is based on the fact that heroic people have a high moral identity where moral principles and character traits are the core of their being (Johnson, 2012). Furthermore, people with a high moral identity have a positive approach to life as well as a strong desire to do the right thing demonstrating will power and integrity to help others in need (Johnson, 2012). In the case study, Heroism in the Twin Towers, the rescuers displayed the most notable case of a high moral identity as they were willing to sacrifice their life so that the victims can live (Johnson, 2012). 2) The type of characteristic traits that the rescuers demonstrated in rescuing the victims from the Twin Tower attacks were courage, determination...
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...In the novel Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a story of mischief and selfishness occurs. It's like this, there is a man called Dr. Jekyll he doesn't like who he is so one day he thinks of a potion that makes his good part split away from his bad part. That is when Mr. Hyde comes into the picture; he is the bad part of Dr. Jekyll. Mr. Hyde likes to party have a good time and cares less about others, but Dr. Jekyll is a caring Doctor whom everybody adores and loves. Mr. Hyde gets himself into a lot of trouble in this story for example he gets a man killed and pushes down little girls for fun Mr. Utterson, a lawyer and a friend of Dr. Jekyll's, finds something peculiar about Dr. Jekyll and decides to keep a close watch on him. One day the potion stops working for Dr. Jekyll and he can't turn back into himself, he stays in the body of Mr. Hyde, the dreadful, ugly, little midget whom nobody likes. When Dr. Jekyll becomes Mr. Hyde he is able is live out things he wouldn't dream of doing. It also scares him a bit because when he drinks the potion and becomes Mr. Hyde, he cannot control what Mr. Hyde does. He gets totally out of control and has no regard towards others. Which may be the the complete opposite of what Dr. Jekyll believes in. But in a weird way, being Mr. Hyde appeals to the Dr. because Mr. Hyde is the darker side of his identity. In this novel, Jekyll exploits his other half to do things that would make him lose all respect, things...
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...Memory Cost By Frank Bolton Phillips NT1110 Friday 6p.m. This is to help me discover and appreciate the difference in the cost of RAM and ROM in today’s market as well as where is where it came from and where it is going. It is easy to find information on this subject as everyone seems to want in on the computer boom and profit from the ever growing demand for faster computers with huge memory. Ten years ago you would have found yourself spending over $2,000 to get just 1GB of RAM. As computer manufacturers recoup cost of R&D, the prices start to drop. Today it would only cost around $20 to purchase the same 1GB of DDR3 providing considerable savings over a decade ago. What appears to be the best deal for the money is 2GB on RAM which runs around $40 and slows enough memory to run most applications. There are other types of memory available to all of us if you’re willing to pay the price of admission. For example, some of the more exotic types of RAM can still run hundreds, even thousands of dollars. For instance, I found Super Talent 1TB STT RAID DRIVE GS RAID0 for $4,815.00 on Memory Suppliers.com. They also offer iRam 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 SDRAM PC2-5300 667MHz for $119.00. I find this is a very nice web site that is easy to navigate through and find and compare the memory you’re looking for. The following table I got from Archive Builders web site. It shows the growth to cost difference for 32 years. This was determined by the increase of the density of disks...
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...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Knight_(film) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468569/ http://thedarkknight.warnerbros.com/dvdsite/ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_dark_knight/ 1. With reference to the opening sequence of one narrative you have studied this year, explain how the opening sequence of the narrative starts the chain of cause and effect and establishes characters. 2. Explain how Harvey Dent is established as a character at the beginning of the film. 3. Explain how the character of Bruce Wayne, and his relationship with both Rachel and Harvey Dents, is developed further using a combination of production elements (00:18:34-00:20:46) 4. Explain how The Joker is developed as a character using a combination of production elements when he meets the mob bosses (00:20:47-00:25:05). How does Nolan use stereotypical characterisation throughout this scene? 5. Explain how Nolan uses the structuring of time to compress Bruce Wayne’s journey to Hong Kong (00:27:27-00:28:23) 6. Explain how The Joker is developed as a character when he kills Gambol. How does Nolan engage the audience in this scene? (00:28:23-00:30:24) 7. Explain how Nolan uses the structuring of time when Dent tries the mob bosses and their associates (00:37:56-00:38:56). 8. Explain how Nolan uses a combination of acting, mise-en-scene, camera movement and music to develop the character of The Joker in the video of him tormenting the Batman impersonator (00:40:43- 00:41:46) 9. Explain how multiple...
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...Unproctored Mock-1 2013 Answers and Explanations 1 11 21 31 41 51 b d b b d b 2 12 22 32 42 52 b b a b c a 3 13 23 33 43 53 c c d a b a 4 14 24 34 44 54 a b d d c a 5 15 25 35 45 55 a a d b a b 6 16 26 36 46 56 c a b c b a 7 17 27 37 47 57 a b c b a d 8 18 28 38 48 58 b c a b d d 9 19 29 39 49 59 c d b c d c 10 20 30 40 50 60 d b c c a d Page 1 Unproctored Mock-1 2013 1. b 1! + 2 × 2! + 3 × 3! + 4 × 4! +…+ 12 × 12! = (2! – 1!) + (3! – 2!) + (4! – 3!) +…+ (13! – 12!) = 13! – 1 So the remainder = –1 i.e. 12 Let the smallest number be x and the three equal numbers be y. Then, x + 3y + x + 100 = 150 5 4. a A 2. b 3 y 2 Hence, y can take only even values. ⇒ 2x + 3y = 650 ⇒ x = 325 − 2 3 cm Also, 325 − 3 3 y < y < 325 − y + 100 2 2 B D 4 cm 6 0° F E C 3 y < 425 2 ⇒ 130 < y < 170 As y is even, the number of possible values of y ⇒ 325 < y + 168 − 132 + 1 = 19 2 Hence, the number of different possible values of the largest number i.e. (x + 100) is also 19. = 3. c Let the number of boys be x and the number of girls in the class be y. From statement A: x = 2y + 5 We cannot find the exact values of x and y. Hence, Statement A alone is not sufficient. From statement B: 0.4x = y We cannot find the exact values of x and y. Hence, Statement B alone is not sufficient. From statements A and B: Solving, we get x = 25 and y = 10. So the total number of students in the class = 35 Hence, both the statements together are required to answer the question...
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... Everything is worthless he killed for only one purpose, fun. The joker started in the movie by interrupt a group of criminals who are scared by the new Gotham’s hero, Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) the district attorney who is aiming to be the next governor, and if he reduces the amount of crimes in Gotham city he may have a better chance to be the next governor. However, after an incident made by the Joker Harvey’s face was burned, also his mind too was burned with criminal thoughts. The Batman and lt. Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) decided to cover Harvey’s last attempts as a criminal and let him die with an honor. In addition, Harvey and Bruce both have some emotion to Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal). The movie shows great fights between the two main characters Batman and The Joker. Batman wanted the most to arrest the Joker and brings him to the justice. However, the only concern for The Joker was to know who the real Batman is. “The only sensible way to...
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...Binary Numbers Binary numbers are ”Base 2” numbers. Binary numbers follow all the same rules as Base 10 number (our decimal system) Binary numbers are made up of combinations of 0's and 1's Place Value – Base 10 Base 10 numbers have place value... … 1,000's 100's 10's 1's These are powers of 10.... 1 = 100 10 = 101 100 = 102 1000 = 103 etc... Each place value increases by a factor of 10... hence ”Base 10” Place Value – Base 2 Base 2 numbers have place value... … 8's 4's 2's 1's These are powers of 10.... 1 = 20 2 = 21 4 = 22 8 = 23 etc... Each place value increases by a factor of 2... hence ”Base 2” Binary to Decimal Take the binary number 10110011... To convert this to a decimal number, look at each digit and its place value. Start with the right most digit (1). It is in the 1's place so it has a value of 1 (1x1=1). The next right most digit is in the 2's place. It has a value of 2 (1x2=2). The next right most digit is in the 4's place. It has a vlaue of 0 (0x4=0). And so on.... 1x27 + 0x26 + 1x25 + 1x24 + 0x23 + 0x22 + 1x21 + 1x20 = 179 So... 101100112 = 17910 Place Value - again... So, to summarize... We are working with binary numbers as they pertain to IP addresses. Since an IP address contains 4 octets and each octed is a byte (or 8 bits), we need only remember the first 8 place values.... 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1 Practice... Try convering the following to decimal... 11000011 11110000...
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