Business Revision Topic 1 – Business Organisation and Environment * What is business activity? Inputs – Land‚ Labour‚ Capital & Enterprise Outputs – Goods or Service & Waste. Processes – Research and development‚ Production‚ Marketing‚ Finance‚ Administration‚ Human Resources. * Functions * Production – the changing of natural resources into a product or service. * Marketing – IT is to do with identifying consumer needs and pleasing them. Eg: Pricing‚ advertising
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THE SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF ORGANIZATIONS -Daniel Katz & Robert L. Kahn Book Review By - Dhiren N Panchal © www.hrfolks.com All Rights Reserved 2 INTRODUCTION NOTE: The book review has been written in present tense and as if I myself would have been an author. This book has its origin in the program of research on human relations in organizations launched by Rensis Likert in 1947 as one of the major programs of the survey research center of the University of Michigan. From its inception
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the process of acquiring‚ deploying‚ and retaining a workforce of sufficient quantity and quality to create positive impacts on the organization’s effectiveness. The managerial function of staffing is defined as filling positions in the organization structure through identifying work-force requirements‚ inventorying the people available‚ recruitment‚ selection‚ placement‚ promotion‚ appraisal‚ compensation and training of needed people. The managerial function of staffing is defined
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Forms of Business Organization Western Governors University The study of business organization is a study of complexity: as each business is different‚ each form of business organization is also unique. From a local hot-dog vendor to a trucking company‚ from a restaurant to a multinational‚ each business has different legal‚ moral and ethical concerns‚ and there is no "one-size-fits-all" approach to determine how a business should best be organized. Take the first two businesses
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Social Organization of Singapore Kenneth Cline ANT 101 Jo Macek November 7‚ 2010 My research will be based on Political‚ Economic‚ and Social Organization of Singapore—an industrialist city-state. Even though Singapore ’s history dates from the 11th century‚ the island was little known to the West until the 19th century. Singapore is one of the World ’s largest ports‚ because the city of Singapore has become a major port‚ with trade exceeding that of Malaya ’s‚ Malacca and Penang combined
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FIRM CORPORATE ETHICS POLICY ETHICAL FOUNDATIONS ADOPTED MAY 2012 The Sanctum of Questions and Answers Consulting Firm exists wholly to provide consultative services to non-profit organizations that provide philanthropic solutions to less fortunate individuals. The CEO‚ CFO and COO of SQA Consulting stand firm in our belief that the non-profit organizations that we consult for commissioned our services because of our willingness to conduct our business in a way that provides open-ended
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-Alice Walker Ethics of Vegetarianism In many societies‚ ethical issues regarding the consumption of meat have arisen. These ethical objections are commonly divided into two categories: opposition to the act of killing in general‚ and opposition to certain agricultural practices surrounding the production of meat. Reasons for objecting to the practice of killing animals for consumption may range from animal rights‚ to environmental ethics‚ to religious reasons. Some people‚ while not vegetarians
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Criticisms leveled against Ethical Theories 1. Criticisms leveled against Consequentialism. Consequentialism is based on the consequences of actions. It is sometimes called a teleological theory‚ from the Greek word telos‚ meaning goal. According to consequentialism‚ actions are right or wrong depending on whether their consequences further the goal. The goal (or‚ "the good") can be something like the happiness of all people or the spreading of peace and safety. Anything which contributes to
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Environment racism a topic that a lot of people don’t talk about. It’s also something that affect many people around the world: whites‚ people of color‚ rich‚ but mainly the poor. Environmental racism is happening to people and places around the United States and is just becoming more and more of a dangerous act. To begin with‚ people everywhere are being negatively affected by the environment. ”This study found that of 27 hazardous-waste landfills capacity -- were located in the five southern
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Cultural diversity is an essential basic foundation in today’s society. Much of the daily tasks of an individual‚ involves some types of interactions with others of different ethnic groups and cultural background. In order for an organization to be successful‚ it must be able to have an open mindset and embrace diversity as a whole. Part of being able to recognize diversity and multiculturalism in a specific organization is reflected towards their Web site. Therefore‚ in order to understand and
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