Skill – Reading Comprehension Name: _________________________ Is Pluto a Planet? By: National Geographic Kids (Adapted by Have Fun Teaching) Many people are saying that Pluto is no longer a planet. Are they right? Is Pluto no longer a planet? There’s debate in the scientific world about this issue. National Geographic News says that‚ according to the International Astronomical Union‚ a full-fledged planet is an object that orbits the sun and is large enough to have become round due to the
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SWOT Analysis for Royal Dutch Shell (1999-2003) Simply known as Shell‚ Royal Dutch Shell‚ which was headquartered in The Hague‚ Netherlands‚ is a multinational oil company engaged in oil and gas exploration and production as well as transportation and marketing of natural gas and electricity and marketing and shipping of oil products and chemicals. Shell also has interests in renewable resources of energy such as wind and solar and hydrogen. With its extensive operation in over 140 countries
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A SWOT Analysis of A Sample Business Plan Angela Acton Foundations of Business 210 Mr. Dennis Keegan January 23‚ 2011 Abstract When an entrepreneur comes across an opportunity to open a new business‚ there is a lot of planning that must be done in order to be successful in the new venture. An important part of the process is to create a business plan. A good way to test a business plan is to use a SWOT analysis. In the following I will conduct a SWOT analysis on a sample business plan for
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Auntie Anne ’s‚ Inc. Company Overview Company Overview Auntie Anne ’s‚ Inc.‚ the world’s largest hand-rolled soft pretzel franchisor manufactures and sells pretzels. Its products include pretzel dogs‚ gourmet bread sticks‚ pizza knots‚ pretzel kits‚ mixes‚ twists‚ and baked pretzels‚ as well as various drinks and dips. The company was founded in 1988 by Anne and Jonas Beiler and is headquartered in Lancaster‚ Pennsylvania. . Auntie Anne’s‚ Inc was purchased in 2005 from Anne and Jonas
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SWOT Analysis SWOT analysis is a very useful technique for looking at the overall future of a leisure and tourism organisation. STRENGHTS: What is the business good at? What is the business’ advantages in terms of its products‚ services and facilities? What things do the customers and staff see as good? WEAKNESSES: What is the business not good at? Where does the business fall down in terms of its products‚ services and facilities? What holds the business back? OPPORTUNITIES: THREATS:
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SWOT Analysis A scan of the internal and external environment is an important part of the strategic planning process. Environmental factors internal to the firm usually can be classified as strengths (S) or weaknesses (W)‚ and those external to the firm can be classified as opportunities (O) or threats (T). Such an analysis of the strategic environment is referred to as a SWOT analysis. The SWOT analysis provides information that is helpful in matching the firm’s resources and capabilities
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management has decided to do a SWOT Analysis of the following areas-: (1) Customers‚ (2) Suppliers‚ (3) Competitors and (4) Intermediaries. (a) What does the term SWOT Analysis mean? (4 marks) (b) Identify and outline the impact on the company’s operations of the TWO trends in EACH of the four areas identified above. (21 marks) (a) In order to develop a marketing plan or strategy which can identify preferred and likely directions‚ the firm can conduct a SWOT Analysis which is a general and quick
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Planet Venus and Earth are often called twins because they are similar in size‚ mass‚ density‚ composition and gravity. However‚ the similarities end there. [Photos of Venus‚ the Mysterious Planet Next Door] Venus is the hottest world in the solar system. Although Venus is not the planet closest to the sun‚ its dense atmosphere traps heat in a runaway version of the greenhouse effect that warms up the Earth. As a result‚ temperatures on Venus reach 870 degrees F (465 degrees C)‚ more than hot
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PESTEL Analysis (Environmental Trends Analysis) Political‚ Economic‚ Social‚ Technological‚ Environmental‚ Legal To analyze the external environment and generate ideas where are the opportunities and threats. -Economic (government spending) -Social (health) -Legal (new regulations‚ good or bad) What is SWOT Analysis? SWOT allows you to look at the interactions between the INTERNAL factors of Strengths and Weaknesses and EXTERNAL factors of Opportunities and Threats to develop action plans
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SWOT has a long history as a tool of strategic and marketing analysis. No one knows who first invented SWOT analysis. It has features in strategy textbooks since at least 1972 and can now be found in textbooks on marketing and any other business disciplines. It advocates say that it can be used to gauge the degree of "fit" between the organisation’s strategies and its environment‚ and to suggest ways in which the organisation can profit from strengths and opportunities and shield itself against weaknesses
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