2011 WINTER EXAMINATION Module Code: SP Programme(s): MBA/MSc Marketing Student ID: Module Title: Strategic Planning Seat Number: Exam Date: Exam Duration: 05 January 2011 3 hours No. of Pages (including cover sheet): 3 ALLOWABLE MATERIALS Open Book Examination Non-programmable calculator permitted INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES 1. Answer 3 questions out of 9 2. All questions carry equal marks. 3. This exam is worth 50% of the final marks for this module. You are required to
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This report on “Quality Planning” aims to answer the following questions: 1. What is quality education? 2. What are the different concepts of quality education? 3. What are the five areas of improving quality in education? 4. Why plan for quality education? The contents of this report primarily obtained from “Defining Quality Education”‚ a paper presented by UNICEF at the meeting of The International Working Group on Education Florence; and some information were obtained from the textbook
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RESPONSE PAPER 9th Sep.‚ 2013 Peng Zhang MAIN IDEA The chapter 3 of Allen`s Chapter talk about the communication objectives and targeting issues. As the starting point of event planning‚ the second step is setting communication objectives based on situation analysis and fit with corporate and market objectives. While setting a communication objective‚ planner could use some tools such as gap analysis and Ansoff matrix within the SMART rules; meanwhile‚ the objective should follow the communication
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Funeral Planning Introduction Mankind’s history of burial practices and funeral customs are as old as civilization itself. There is no specific way to planning a funeral. Every civilization and culture has provided for their dead in different ways. Religion and personal beliefs play an important role in the burial practices and funeral customs of a given culture or civilization. Furthermore‚ each civilization and cultured ever studied have three things in common: some type of funeral rites
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Strategic and Financial Planning: Wal-Mart Mark Embriani‚ Ellen Jones‚ Devon Knowles‚ Laurie Martin FIN/370 August 25‚ 2014 John Rapa Strategic and Financial Planning: Wal-Mart Wal-Mart started over 50 years ago as a small company providing consumers with low prices and convenient shopping. Throughout the years Wal-Mart has shown continued growth for it shareholders by focusing and developing new ways maintain lower prices and customer satisfaction. The 2014 annual report posted by Wal-Mart
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states “as a social service worker‚ you must respect the rights of service users while seeking to ensure that their behaviour does not harm themselves or other people”. The health and safety executive give clear guidelines that should be used when planning a risk assessment. Step 1 Identify the hazards Step 2 Decide who might be harmed and how Step 3 Evaluate the risks and decide on precautions Step 4 Record your findings and implement them Step 5 Review your assessment and update if necessary
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Synopsis This case follows a manufacturing firm ModMeters (later MM) looking to expand its business beyond North America as well as create a portal for direct to consumer sales. In this case‚ we are following along from the viewpoint of the IT manager. In lieu of this expansion‚ the case looks at the IT budgeting process‚ as it has existed and the changes required to accommodate these larger initiatives. In this analysis we will examine IT’s role in supporting expansion as well as day-to-day business
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Manpower Planning Purpose Human resource planning is the process by which management determines how an organization should move from its current manpower position to its desire manpower position. Through Manpower Planning‚ management is able to assess short and long term manpower requirements for an organization based on its operational needs. Manpower Planning Input Manpower planning is based on the following major qualitative and quantitative inputs: * Existing and expected levels
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cation PlanninCh. 8 Location Planning and Analysis Summary Location Planning Every firm must use location planning techniques. There are many options for location planning. Corporations choose from expanding an existing location‚ shutting down one location and moving to another‚ adding new locations while retaining existing facilities‚ or doing nothing. There are a variety of methods used to decide the best location or alternatives for the corporation. Methods such as identifying the country
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Lecture 8: Media Selection Knowledge of media options The Media Process The Media Selection process Against clear objectives and the specific parameters (Budget‚ timing ‚ regionality‚ seasonality etc) we need to go to our “armory of weapons” to determine those most appropriate. Seven Guidelines of Media Selection 1) objectives and goals will have the most influence on media selection 2) budget plays a major role often precluding first choice media 3) deploying all your
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