Higher National Graded Unit Specification General Information for centres This Graded Unit has been validated as part of the first year of the HND Global Trade and Business. Centres are required to develop the assessment instrument in accordance with this validated specification. Centres wishing to use another type of Graded Unit or assessment instrument are required to submit proposals detailing the justification for change for validation. Graded Unit Title: Graded Unit Code: Type of Graded
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MARKETING MANAGEMENT November 2007 Nokia cell phones have been arranged into four different categories‚ according to use‚ price‚ need etc. The four categories are Multimedia‚ Business‚ Lifestyle and Connect and each category contains several different phone models. Here for this exercise‚ I shall evaluate these different business units in relation to the 4Ps model of marketing. 1) In what way are the 4P issues different in Nokia ’s different mobile phone business units? The business units
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Supplier Relationships: A Strategic Initiative Jagdish N. Sheth Goizueta Business School Emory University Arun Sharma University of Miami Jagdish N. Sheth is Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Marketing‚ Emory Business School‚ Emory University and Arun Sharma is Associate Professor of Marketing‚ University of Miami. This paper extends research published by the authors in Industrial Marketing Management (March 1997). Please address correspondence to Arun Sharma‚ Department of Marketing‚ University
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employee? A supplier? Answer: The SWOT strategy is one of the most useful tools in analysing data and information from the company. By using this SWOT tool‚ company will know itself clearly that which part is powerful‚ what to improve‚ what more can do and what to challenge. In my opinion‚ Threats is the most important overall because if there is no threats any more‚ companies will not be worried about the quantity of sales. For example‚ NOKIA (mobile phone)‚ if there is just NOKIA mobile exist
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Human Resource Management Negotiation strategy Introduction Negotiation strategies and tactics come from understanding the negotiation process and knowing how other people use it. This allows the person negotiating to watch out for tricks another person might use to convince him that he’s wrong. Negotiation is about working a problem out so that both parties are happy‚ but it’s still best to know tricks that others ... Read More » Internship Report on Forecasting HR Needs and Planning A study on
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assembly operations‚ while carefully probing the capabilities of domestic suppliers. Honda has established new auto manufacturing facilities in Mexico and increased exports to Central and South America . Suppliers in the car industry have very little power. In fact quite the opposite is true they are at the mercy of the manufacturer. The importance of avoiding suppliers that fix their own terms because they are the only supplier of the produce. Honda Motors has addressed this situation in rather interesting
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There are three potential suppliers available to Platinum to replace the existing machinery; JabaKing‚ the existing supplier‚ who enjoys a very close strategic relationship with Platinum‚ Merakuri – a supplier out of South Korea who offers cutting edge technology‚ and Pnutype – a relatively new supplier in the market who offers preferable financing options‚ service and superior technology. In order to arrive at a decision on choice of supplier (or mix of suppliers) I have taken the approach
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Introduction Nokia is a firm company in mobile phone industry with long history. As a leader in mobile phone industry‚ Nokia have to face with changing of business world all the time (Nokia1‚ 2012). However‚ in globalized circumstances‚ Nokia is challenged by new technology‚ short life cycle product‚ and new competitors‚ who would like to replace leader position as Nokia used to be. Ali-Yrkkö et al. (2011) mentioned that Nokia is using supply chain management to co-operate with suppliers and customer
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The term “Collective Bargaining” originated in the writings of Sidney and Beatrice Webb‚ the famed historian of the British labour movement‚ towards the end of the 19th century. Collective bargaining is a process of joint decision-making and basically represents a democratic way of life in industry. It establishes a culture of bipartism and joint consultation in industry and a flexible method of adjustment to economic and technical changes in an industry. It helps in establishing industrial peace
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we produce goes straight to landfill. The aim is to close the loop and recycle materials back into the manufacturing process. This will conserve the earth’s mineral resources‚ save energy (by reducing mining and transportation) and reduce waste. NOKIA PRODUCT CYCLE Life cycle thinking‚ the so called “cradle to grave” approach‚ requires that environmental performance of all members in the chain is known and managed. M= Material E= Energy W= Waste & Emissions FROM START TO FINISH Ever
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