In 1968 Dr. Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull put into print a book called The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong which describes a simple observation that states anything that works is often used in progressively more challenging applications until it fails. This means that a machine will only function optimally at the tasks it was specifically designed for and once it is used beyond its intended task its usefulness will degrade or the machine will utterly fail. This also applies to
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The most significant case in my life where the disclosure principle played a role was the purchase of our house. Soon after we bought our new property in a well-known suburb of Sofia‚ problems came to light. When we were buying the house‚ we knew that it was not in a perfect condition‚ but we were unaware of many of the problems that we faced later. Because we bought the house from acquaintances‚ we did not find it necessary to hire a private inspector to do full inspection prior to the purchase
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BSB51207 Diploma of Marketing Subject name: Marketing Principles Subject code: MR02 STUDENT HANDOUT ASSESSMENT PART ONE MARKETING RESEARCH REPORT Unit of Competency: BSBMKG501B - Identify and Evaluate Marketing Opportunities /35 C or NYC Intellectual Property of The Australian Institute of Professional Education (AIPE) Updated 14 September 2010 V1.3 BSBMKG501B – Identify and Evaluate Marketing Opportunities Page 1 of 9 BSB51207 Diploma of Marketing MR02 - Identify and Evaluate Marketing
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INTRODUCTION: Ikea has appeared as a concept in the 1940s in Sweden‚ but in 1960-1970 Ikea open stores across multiple markets. IKEA logo colors are yellow and blue‚ representing Swedish flag colors. It currently has over 270 stores open in about 38 countries. All Ikea stores are operated under franchise from Inter IKEA Systems BV. (IKEA‚ 2013) The product range is very diverse in Ikea stores customers can find home décor products from plants and furniture to toys and whole kitchens. (IKEA‚ 2013)
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Athens‚ the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Thales Thales was a Greek Pre-Socratic philosopher from the Ionian city of Miletus in Asia. He predicted a solar eclipse‚ according to Herodotus‚ and was considered one of the 7 ancient Sages. Thales started the field of Greek astronomy and may have introduced geometry into Greece after traveling in Egypt. Together with Anaximander and Anaximenes‚ Thales formed the Milesian school of philosophy. Mencius Mencius was a
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Marketing Principles Task 1 – Understand the concept and process of marketing 1a) Following are the elements of the marketing process * Marketing strategy : Targeting * Marketing strategy : Segmentation * Marketing strategy : Positioning * Marketing strategy : Targeting : One need to focus on the following elements * ·Economic factors * ·Demographic elements * ·Technological trends * ·Political/legal events * ·Social/cultural environment *
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THE PRINCIPLES OF PLATING There are no hard and fast rules to determine how a dish is to be plated‚ but there are standards and guidelines that have been proven to work. Balance is the key element to success in the creation of any dish and that element applies to many areas of the plating process as well. Achieving Balance: Proteins‚ Starches and Vegetables * One primary consideration when putting together a dish is nutritional balance. * It has long been stated that a nutritionally balanced
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Principles of Distillation What is distillation? Simply‚ distillation is the process in which a liquid is vaporized (turned to steam)‚ recondensed (turned back into a liquid) and collected in a container. Nature uses a form of distillation to turn salt water (seawater) into fresh water (rain). Why do you use distillation to recycle waste solvents? Solvent-based waste contains volatile material (solvents) and non-volatile material (contaminants like paint‚ ink‚ grease‚ fiberglass‚ etc.). Many of the
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buying new equipment four years from today. Today‚ it is adding another $5‚000 to this account. It plans on making a final deposit of $7‚500 to the account next year. How much will be available when it is ready to buy the equipment‚ assuming it earns a 7% rate of return? a. $19‚430.84 b. $19‚683.25 c. $20‚194.54 d. $20‚790.99 2 Question 5 What is the future value of investing $3‚000 for 3/4 of a year at a continuously compounded rate of 12%? a. $3‚163 b. $3‚263 c. $3‚283 d. $3‚287 Question
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1. "More centralization and decentralization are not advisable" - Do you agree or disagree? Justify. Suggest when and where these two concepts effectively applied in corporate I AGREE WITH THE STATEMENT. Centralization and Decentralization Centralization is said to be a process where the concentration of decision making is in a few hands. All the important decision and actions at the lower level‚ all subjects and actions at the lower level are subject to the approval of top management
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