4.5 Assessment details 4.5.1 Assessment task 1: The manager’s job in context (Individual Report)‚ Worth 20% Due in Week-5; Length: 1800 words The purpose of the task This task is designed to develop your awareness of: * the complexity of the managerial role; * the reliance of a manager on other people both inside and outside the organisation; * the necessary interaction of both informal/interpersonal factors and formal/ organisational factors in fulfilling organisational purposes
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Context: Shakespeare’s England In groups‚ choose one aspect of 17th Century England to research (each group should have a different topic). Your task is to create a brief‚ yet informative PowerPoint that explains your chosen aspect of 17th Century England (about 3 minutes). You should (in dot point form): - Provide an overview to educate your classmates. - Explain how this affected people and life in general during this time. - Try to make some connections to ‘King Lear’. - Ask if there are
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Case Study: The Fashion Channel (TFC) June 30‚ 2009 Overview The Fashion Channel (TFC)‚ founded in 1996‚ is a successful cable TV network dedicated to all things fashion. Although quite young compared to other TV networks‚ TFC has experienced steady growth and in 2006 forecasted its revenue at $310.6 million. TFC operates primarily as a niche network‚ focused solely on fashion and fashion related programming‚ but still manages to reach almost 80 million US households that subscribe
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Foundations of Mythology Short Answers How is the word myth used popularly? For example‚ what does the statement‚ “It’s a myth” mean? In contrast‚ how is the word myth used in the academic context? After considering the definition in your textbooks and course materials‚ write a definition in your own words. The word myth is used popularly in stories or tales that have been told over periods of time that are usually not completely true‚ but are told in way to be believed as true ("The white hat
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a part of this fashionable era. Food has always been a big part of the Pakistani culture‚ but with the current revolution in the means of media‚ the food industry in Pakistan seems to have exploded. Food is ubiquitous in Pakistan. Exclusive food channels are growing day by day which broadcast cooking shows throughout the day. Newspapers and magazines are filled with advertisements and recipes for food items. One might even get the impression that the Pakistanis live to eat‚ rather than the other
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Critique: Distribution Channel Profitability The article‚ Distribution Channel Profitability was published in a trade journal in January 1995‚ the era of Activity-Based Costing (paradigm C). The author‚ Kenneth H. Manning‚ poses the question “Do companies know which of their distribution channels is most profitable?” The purpose of the article was to evaluate distribution channel systems using ABC concepts to make strategic decisions. The author advocated the need to understand the revenue and
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HBS CASE: THE FASHION CHANNEL Answers by Chenghao Zheng (Chuck) 1. What insight do you get from the consumer and market data? TFC’s revenue for 2006: $310.6 million ($80 million from affiliate fees and $230.6 million from ad sales) Strength: the only network dedicated exclusively to fashion‚ with up-to-date and entertaining information broadcast 24/7 Weakness: no detailed segmentation‚ branding‚ or positioning strategy According to customer analysis: there are four groups of customers‚ Fashionistas
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of effective communication and interpersonal interaction in a health and social care context. Client group‚ professional | Context | Communication forms | Communication and language needs and preferences | Interpersonal interaction | An elderly woman in day care centre communicating with a nurse. | You can have a one- to- one communication with the client. | Form of communication that can be used is oral communication. This type of communication implies through
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Abstract: Co-channel speech may be defined as a speech that is mixed with another speech. An example of a co-channel speech signal is generated when two or more people are speaking simultaneously (e.g. the cocktail-party. Processing the co-channel signal‚ i.e speaker identification‚ speech recognition‚ etc.. still have problems. Questions like how many speakers are talking together?‚ and if it is possible to decide for sure that a certain speaker is presented among the talking people‚ may need some
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is often vital to have an awareness of its context. Particularly in the works of Judith Wright‚ it is important to have a familiarity with her life and also some knowledge of Australian during her time. Without an understanding of the context‚ poems such as "Woman to Man" and "Bora Ring" could be challenging when considering what they are reflecting on. However other poems such as "Rainforest"‚ do not require such an in depth comprehension of the context to be appreciated. "Woman to Man"‚ a poem
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