One external factor that could affect a child’s development is poverty and deprivation. This splits into 5 categories; diet‚ housing‚ education‚ play & leisure opportunities and aspirations & expectations. If a child is born into a family of low-income‚ the 5 categories above tend to be negatively affected due to a lack of money and opportunities. A poor diet‚ for example‚ can mean that children are fed an unhealthy diet of processed food‚ meaning they are not as healthy and they are unlikely to
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1-pepsico External Environment Consumers today are not as much joyous to cola products as they were before. Age and ethnicity are two main characteristics that affect consumer preference for soft drinks and alternative beverages. With age‚ health concerns become more of a factor when choosing a beverage. To illustrate‚ some studies show that cola products or soft drink in general may cause kidney stones and other related diseases. In contrast to older consumers‚ younger consumers—particularly
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GENERAL ELECTRIC General Electric is a company who strives to put their best foot forward. For more then 120 years‚ General Electric has been number one in the products they sell. From airplane engines to light bulbs‚ their attitude has been admired not only in America‚ but worldwide. GE serves customers in more than 100 countries and employs more than 300‚000 people worldwide. After all GE has accomplished‚ including revenues of 152.4 billion dollars in 2004‚ the company still maintains
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Running Head: FUNCTIONS OF MANAGEMENT Functions of Management July 13‚ 2009 Abstract Planning‚ organizing‚ leading‚ and controlling are interdependent core elements of successful management. Adequate attention needs to be spent on all four management functions to form a strong foundation for success. Functions of Management Four fundamental principles of management are planning‚ organizing‚ leading‚ and controlling. Established corporations as well as start-up businesses are dependent
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Diversity: Impacts on the Four Functions of Management Often when we hear the word diversity the first thing that comes to mind is ethnic diversity. There are actually many kinds of diversity; racial‚ ethnic‚ cultural‚ and religious diversity are those most readily apparent. But let us not forget the diversity of skills‚ talents‚ experiences‚ age‚ and gender. There is even geographic diversity; the list goes on and on. All these types of diversity impact our daily lives and the organizations we
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time that it has become its own entity. This super store is the world’s largest retailer and company. Unbelievably‚ it is bigger than General Motors‚ General Electric and Exxon Mobile. Fast Company reports: "Wal-Mart sold 244.5 billion worth of goods last year. It sells in three months what number-two retailer Home Depot sells in a year. In a category of general merchandise and groceries‚ Wal-Mart no longer has any real rivals. It does more business than Target‚ Sears‚ Kmart‚ J.C. Penny‚ Safeway
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Four external forces that affect an Organization Written by Nazar Elkhawad Table of Contents Terms of reference: 3 Introduction: 4 Global perspective 5 Economic growth 5 Inflation 5 Interest rates 5 PEST Macro analysis 5 Political atmosphere 5 Social environment 6 Technological development 7 Economical environment 8 Bibliography: 9 Terms of reference: This report was commissioned by the lecture of Management and Organisation Behaviour as individual assessment on four external
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year. This was mainly because the combined mobile phone business company now offered a range of mobile communication products that went far beyond the simple mobile phone technology of its time. Marketing Marketing‚ more than any other business function‚ deals with customers. Creating customer value and satisfaction is at the very heart of modern marketing. Marketing is the delivery of customer satisfaction at a profit. Sound marketing is critical to the success of every organization--large or small
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P1 – Construct an introductory planning sheet to help identify how two organisations plan recruitment using internal and external sources. In this report I will be identifying how two organisations plan recruitment using internal and external sources. I will also be outlining the reasons for recruitment and the time and cost implications regarding each method. I have chosen Asda and River Island as my two organisations. Asda Internal Recruitment This refers to the filling of job vacancies from
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International Factors Affecting Patton Group Changes in the international economic environment have an effect on the Patton Group in a variety of different ways. Some changes can have quite a large and significant impact. For example‚ a change in oil prices will have a large knock-on effect on the Patton Group‚ as they‚ like every other company in industrialised nations‚ require oil to run their machinery and vehicles in order to work effectively. Uncertainty about oil creates a concern that countries
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