UNIT 1: INVESTIGATING HOW BUSINESSES WORK Activity 1: Investigate what a business is and what businesses do (30 marks) RESEARCH (8 hours maximum)/WRITING-UP (4 hours maximum) – deadline 11 January 2013 Full details are given in the Controlled Assessment assignment brief. This is a help sheet based around this. As you will see‚ there are 5 tasks to Activity 1. One is the Bibliography and this should be done as you go along. You will be given a “Research Folder” in which to put all
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Abstract: The case describes in detail the various steps taken by Lenovo‚ the leading PC manufacturer in China‚ in its effort to go global. The steps include changing its corporate name from Legend to Lenovo‚ sponsoring the 2008 Olympic Games and most importantly‚ acquiring IBM’s PC unit. The case examines the need for Lenovo to globalize and critically analyzes the efficacy of the above steps in the company’s globalization plans. It also highlights the challenges faced by Lenovo in its path
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APPLE COMPUTER CASE ISSUES Core Competency (CI#1) : Apple design‚ develop and market numerous product and service lines. They sell their products to education‚ consumer creative professional‚ business and government customers. While apple seems to display numerous products and conduct business on different segments‚ it is legitimate to wonder what the company is really good at? Too much diversity is exactly what crushed Apple during the John Scully days. Cannibalization (CI#2): Through January
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of political correctness or‚ “PC culture‚” in our changing culture is viewed by many as a shift to controlling self-expression and the infringement on a individuals citizens First amendment rights. Political Correctness censors any speech and attempts to control any attitude‚ that does not align with the prevalent philosophy held by the majority power. The modern progressive definition of Political Correctness is a progressive ideology concept The avoidance
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Evaluate the importance of anti oppressive practice in social work. Illustrate your answer using the PCS model. Within this essay the areas in which discrimination and oppression occur will be highlighted and then evaluated to show how ‘good’ anti oppressive/ discriminative practice within social work can ‘aid’ and empower service users who are in groups that experience oppression and discrimination to overcome their problems. Gil (1994) states that “the conditions that cause people to seek help
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Background PC House (PCH) PLC was established in 1997 with the vision “To be the benchmark in ICT in Sri Lanka”. Its first showroom was opened with two employees & before the collapse in 2012; PCH had evolved in to a staff of around 500 employees with 35 Branches Island wide. The company engaged in the business of importing‚ assembling and distribution of all types of computers and electronic equipment. The values of the PCH were spreader among customer centric service‚ speedy service‚ commitment
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Comparing and contrasting PCs and mainframes POS/355 February 27‚ 2012 Comparing and contrasting PCs and mainframes Mainframes and personal computers have gone through an evolution‚ which computing power contains several times more than the past years. Personal computers (PC) are used by individuals one at a time‚ which are design to be use at home and office. PC is a small powerful system‚ with advanced graphical user interfaces‚ which support many output devices. Mainframes are costly
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play my computer. You see‚ I play on both the pc and consoles. I thoroughly enjoy playing both. Yet I know that one is better than the other. PC’s are superior to consoles in a myriad of ways‚ such as including a better variety of games‚ having upgradable equipment‚ acquiring more user freedom‚ and obtaining free online services. Building a PC is probably the best thing that you can do. But is requires a great deal of components. You can easily build a pc around $400 that will outperform a console
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As what I know about those definitions when I hear grandmother Mary Ellen has decided to get a computer‚ so I would define the following terms and concepts for her making a new ideas. PC is a short terminology of personal computer‚ which include software‚ hardware and operate system. In there‚ hardware is all what we see and what you touch‚ such as keyboard‚ mouse‚ monitor‚ video card‚ hard drive ‚…ect. Operation system controls the computer‚ operates the hardware with driver.
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Tablet PCS and the Decline of the Laptop Abstract On September 8‚ 2011‚ Gartner‚ Inc. lowered its forecast for personal computers for the remainder of 2011 and 2012. Based on the recent surge of tablet PCs‚ personal laptops are experiencing a decline as consumers hold onto their laptops longer or replace them completely with tablets. Increased mobility and a need for social media may be two of the forces driving consumers to choose tablets over laptops. This journal seeks to explain the
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