Assignment 2 (a)Outline the main forms of flexibility as defined in Atkinson’s (1984) model of the flexible firm (b) What are some of the strengths and weaknesses of the Atkinson model? ANSWER PLAN: Introduction/Background o What are the aims of flexibility o Guest (1987) de-centralisation helps to create flexibility o What are the main forms of flexibility that modern organisation need Body: 4 types of flexibility o Functional/Temporal/Numerical/Financial Body 2: Atkinson’s
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------------------------------------------------- Firms Duties to the Employee “Hey Placement season is full on.” “Which all companies are coming to recruit?” “DHL‚ FedEx‚ Unilever‚ P&G‚ Damco and many more you ever dreamt of” “What is the average package they are offering?” “Must be around 12‚000 UAE Dhms.” “That’s great!” It rarely ever happens that a probable employee ever thinks of whether the company would do all duties due to the employee. The employee once enters the company becomes
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lifestyle of Hong Kong citizens‚ the 4 major landfills in Hong Kong are going to be saturated. From the government’s words‚ these landfills will be fully saturated before late 2010s. The situation is getting worse in these years‚ as people have no improvement in their consumption style. They are not aware of their responsibility on reducing waste. Also‚ people cannot develop the routine on recycling‚ and send much unnecessary rubbish to the landfill. With the rare land resources in Hong Kong‚ we cannot
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FIN 30220: Macroeconomic Analysis Long Run Growth The World Economy Total GDP (2013): $87T Population (2013):7.1B GDP per Capita (2013): $13‚100 Population Growth (2013): 1.0% GDP Growth (2013): 2.9% GDP per capita is probably the best measure of a country’s overall well being Note. However‚ that growth rates vary significantly across countries/regions. Do you see a pattern here? Region GDP % of World GDP GDP Per Capita Real GDP Growth United States $17T 20% $53‚000 1.6%
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for Decision Making (2013) Instructor: David Yip Financial Analysis CEC INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED Stock Code: SEHK00759 / 759:HK Author: Anthony Lam City University EMBA 2013 Cohort 759 Store CEC INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LTD. Hong Kong Stock Exchange Code: SEHK 00759 / 759:HK COMPANY History CEC International (CEC) was founded by Lam Wai Chun (the current Chairman) in 1979‚ as “Coils Electric Company”. Initially when the company was formed‚ it was a sole proprietorship
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Sustainability; Vol. 2‚ No. 2; 2012 ISSN 1925-4725 E-ISSN 1925-4733 Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education Development Strategy for a Textile Firm Luu Trong Tuan1 1 University of Social Sciences and Humanities‚ Ho Chi Minh City‚ Vietnam Correspondence: Luu Trong Tuan‚ University of Social Sciences and Humanities‚ Ho Chi Minh City‚ Vietnam. E-mail: luutrongtuan@vnn.vn Received: September 26‚ 2011 doi:10.5539/jms.v2n2p136 Abstract The researched firm is a state-owned company
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Making a Miracle Author(s): Robert E. Lucas‚ Jr. Source: Econometrica‚ Vol. 61‚ No. 2 (Mar.‚ 1993)‚ pp. 251-272 Published by: The Econometric Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2951551 Accessed: 21/02/2010 22:13 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use provides‚ in part‚ that unless you have obtained prior permission
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the practical part of my studies I travelled to Hong Kong to complete a six month traineeship at a private school. Besides the food and cultural difference I noticed that the people were aware of the fact that their live was dramatically different compared to the life of the rest of Chinas population. Especially the term “One country‚ two system “points out Hong Kong´s special political situation in connection to China. The term was originally used to describe a constitutional principle‚ which was
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Weikfield International‚ which it disposed of on 25 June 2012.[5] Contents 1 Sustainable Development Society 2 See also 3 References 4 External links Sustainable Development Society The Sustainable Development Society (Sundesh)‚ a non-profit organisation started by Dr. Burman‚ aims to carry out welfare activities in the spheres of health care‚ education and other socio-economic activities. Dabur drives its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives through Sundesh.[6][7][8] Dabur was
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the Hong Kong Courts re Winding Up and Unfair Prejudice Petitions — Are Offshore Companies Safe? Hong Kong law contains a number of provisions designed to protect the interests of minority shareholders‚ including the “unfair prejudice” remedies under section 168A of the Companies Ordinance (the Ordinance) and the Ordinance’s “just and equitable” winding-up provisions. These protections can‚ in some cases‚ also be invoked by shareholders of non-Hong Kong companies. However‚ as the Hong Kong
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