Unit 1 Exploring Business Activity Assignment 3 P5 In this essay I will be describing how three external factors are impacting upon the business activities and stakeholders of John Lewis and Oxfam. The first of the three external factors I have chosen is the credit crunch. The credit crunch is a decline in the availability of loans or a tightening of conditions required to take out a loan from banks. It also means that there are reductions on the interest rates set up by banks for saving
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Manage Own Performance in a Business Environment Understand how to plan work and be accountable to others 1.1 Outline guidelines‚ procedures and codes of practice relevant to personal work There are a number of guidelines and procedures in place to enable me to do my job not only to the best of my ability but in a professional manner. Whilst on the sales team‚ there are procedures that need to be followed relating to various aspects of the job including correct procedures to answer the telephone
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HARRIS-STOWE STATE UNIVERSITY Anheuser-Busch School of Business BSAD 0220‚ Legal Environment of Business Section 61 Saturday‚ 12:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Instructor Dr. Johndavid Kerr “Attendance Discussion Question” By Brandon Dickson Homework assignment presented to: The Anheuser-Busch School of Business‚ Harris-Stowe State University‚ St. Louis‚ Missouri 63103 in partial fulfillment for the requirements of the degree Bachelor of Business Administration September 13‚ 2014 1. To ensure
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more intense‚ many different factors and dimensions would be considered by the customers when they are going to measure the quality (Stevenson‚ 1999). In order to remain competitive among those rigorous competitions in the dynamic changing business environment‚ organizations have to maintain and enhance the quality of the products or services being delivered. “Quality is consistent conformance to customers’ exceptions” (Slack‚ Chambers and Johnston‚ 2007). There is no definite definition for
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The teachers should help the students in selecting any one element of the following: 1. Changes witnessed over the last few years on mode of packaging and its economic impact. The teacher may guide the students to identify the following changes: a) The changes in transportation of fruits and vegetables such as cardboard crates being used in place of wooden crates‚ etc. Reasons for above changes.b) Milk being supplied in glass bottles ‚ later in plastic bags and now in tetra pack and through
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efficient way can produce their products or carry out their services. It is therefore important for companies to keep an eye on new technological innovations. The technological elements of the external environment are a part of the LoNGPEST analysis‚ which is being used to scan a firms environment‚ so it in a best possible way can adopt to it. In this essay‚ I will attempt to explain how technology has been a vital reason for the globalization‚ and how it has made the world more efficient. There
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Contents Page Executive Summary – Page 1 Main Reports – Page 2 Appendices – Page 6 References – Page 9 Executive Summary page The Current State of the Economy ( Overall: The Swedish economy experienced severe recession from 2008 due to global finance crisis. However‚ thanks to the active fiscal supports from the Swedish government and sound credits from consumers‚ Sweden is recovering relatively quickly from the recession. ( Export and import: Due to the recession‚ both imports
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GAWAD KALINGA A Research Paper Presented to Professor Alex Lazo Department of Social Sciences and Humanities San Beda College In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements in SOCAN Sociology and Anthropology in the Philippine Business Environment Presented by: CALING‚ Michael Allan M. _______ ------ ------- _____ March 2‚ 2011 GAWAD KALINGA Gawad Kalinga (GK)‚ which means to "give care" in Filipino‚ is officially known as the Gawad Kalinga Community Development Foundation
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Design and Produce Documents in a Business Environment. There are many different types of documents that can be produced in a business environment. Business cards: These are used to give the customer information on how to contact the company. Fax Document: Another type of document used in business is a Fax document; these are very useful in business and are the fastest ways to transmit documents. These are in paper format‚ either in colour or black and white. Agenda: Agendas tell you what is going
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Communicate in a business environment Outcome 1 – Understand the purpose of planning communication 1.1 Explain the benefits of knowing the purpose of communication The purpose of communication is for humans and animals to be able to understand each other in different ways and different reasons. It can vary‚ it’s not just verbal. We achieve this by developing our skills since childhood. In this way we can use communication to help us express ourselves‚ meet our needs and learn or explain something
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