1. ASSIGNMENT 2: OPERATIONS DECISION Introduction This document will briefly describe the details of a fictitious business (X-QUIZIT INC). It will show an assessment of the current environmental scan factors that are relevant to the business decision making process and the factor that will have the greatest impact on the business operations and management’s decision to continue or discontinue its operation. It will also show an evaluation of the financial performance of the company using the
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passenger car‚ Tata Motor’s main product line was commercial truck followed by buses. CVs are an important source of transportation of both goods and passengers. According to NHAI estimates‚ 85% of the passenger traffic and 70% of freight traffic in India is carried by the roads with the balance being carried by the railways. So entering the passenger vehicle segment was a major diversification for the automobile maker. Diversification strategy - F-E-R approach– Focus on core‚ Expand beyond core‚
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cat150 years of University Education in India : Challenges Ahead Prof. K. Sudha Rao Dr. Mithilesh Kr Singh Introduction The emergence of a world wide economic order has immense consequences for higher education more so under the changes that have taken place in the recent past with regard to globalization‚ industrialization‚ information technology advancement and its impact on education aided to these are the policy changes that have taken place at the UGC‚ AICTE‚ DEC‚ NCTE‚ Medical Council
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Taxation in India The Indian Tax Structure is quite elaborate‚ with clear distinction in authority between Central‚ State and local governments. The taxes levied by the Central government are on income (other than tax on agriculture income which would be levied by the state government)‚ customs duties‚ central excise and service tax. The State government levies Value Added Tax (VAT)‚ sales tax in states where VAT is not applied‚ stamp duty‚ state excise‚ land revenue and tax on professions. Local
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ABOUT INDIA INDIA: India‚ officially the Republic of India‚ is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area‚ the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people‚ and the most populous democracy in the world. Capital: New Delhi Population: 1.241 billion (2011) World Bank President: Pranab Mukherjee Official languages: Hindi Language‚ English Language Government: Constitutional republic‚ Parliamentary system‚ Federal republic . INTRODUCTION: It is impossible
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Matt Wallace Mrs. Madrid English 1 13 October 2014 Decisions In life‚ there are hard decisions you have to make‚ and sometimes‚ the decisions you make are controversial‚ like the decisions George has to make about Lennie in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. Even before the story starts‚ George has to make hard decisions‚ such as forcing Lennie to leave Weed to keep him out of trouble. Steinbeck shows the important decisions made in friendship through George’s character. George is committed to Lennie
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Effective Decisions Saumya Bhattacharya expressed her thoughts on how to come up with effective decisions and how to prevent its downsides. She quoted the source from the book of Michael J. Mauboussin‚ Chief Investment Strategist and a Professor of Finance at Columbia Business School‚ called Think Twice—Harnessing the Power of Counterintuition. Mauboussin’s first step is to have enough knowledge in the situation that you have. This would help in making effective decisions if you are understand
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n International Journal of Engineering and Management Research‚ Vol. 2‚ Issue-1‚ Jan 2012 ISSN No.: 2250-0758 Pages: 31-36 www.ijemr.net FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN RETAIL IN INDIA Dr. Gaurav Bisaria Assistant Professor‚ Faculty of Management & Research‚ INTEGRAL UNIVERSITY‚ Lucknow‚ INDIA. gaurav_or@rediffmail.com I. INTRODUCTION FDI Foreign direct investment (FDI) or foreign investment refers to the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10% or more)
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Mini Case - The MBA Decision 1. How does Ben’s age affect his decision to get an MBA? Ben’s age is a very important factor which can affect his decision to get an MBA degree. Firstly‚ Ben is now 28 years old and expects to work for 40 more years. So he has an expected work life of 68 years. So the earlier he gets an MBA‚ the better for him. For example: probably it won’t benefit him much if he decided to get an MBA at the age of 60. No one would hire him as an investment banker even if
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Identifying and Overcoming HR Challenges during Merger and Acquisition Activity HROB*4060 Human Resources Planning March 22nd‚ 2013 The goals of mergers range from reducing the number of competitors‚ to access of new products (Belcourt et al.‚ p 330). Statistics show that 80% of new product developments fail (Howells‚ 2011)‚ partly due to challenges and conflicts with human resources functions. Mergers and acquisitions are the fastest way to enter new markets. “It is estimated
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