SUB: BUSINESS PLANNING & POLICY MANAGEMENT Instructions: 1. Maximum marks : 80 Marks 2. Attempt any 8 questions 3. Illustrate with examples wherever applicable Q1) XYZ Ltd. Wishes to adopt the cost-leadership business strategy for one of its SBUs. How should it ensure operational effectiveness in terms of productivity‚ processes‚ people and pace? If‚ after 1 year‚ the company wishes to change over to a differentiation business strategy‚ identify the changes it should
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areas: 1)focusing on the individual entrepreneur 2) his environment or 3) the actual activities undertaken by the entrepreneur during the start-up process. Sources of Opportunities If opportunities have such an integral role in entrepreneurship‚ where do they come from and what are their characteristics? Researchers have categorized the sources of entrepreneurial opportunity in many different ways: i. Discipline - psychology‚ sociology‚ economics‚ management‚ ii. Level of analysis (micro‚ meso‚ macro)
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Importance of Self-Care for Caregivers Michelle C. Hudson‚ MA‚ Psychology Intern Caregiving and Loss of Self Focus • Sacrifice own physical and emotional needs o Sleep deprivation‚ poor eating habits‚ failure to exercise‚ failure to rest when ill‚ postponement of own medical appointments o Feelings of anger‚ anxiety‚ sadness‚ isolation‚ exhaustion‚ guilt Health Impacts • Chronic Health Problems (Hyperlipidemia‚ hypertension‚ obesity) & Earlier Death • Caregiving spouses
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Formal Lab Report | Chemistry | | Student name: Sara Hattar Grade: 10 ”C” | | Teacher: Christine Ziadat | | | Title: Investigating the effects of changing the concentration of an acid on the rate of reaction between HCl and Magnesium. Aim: In this experiment we are going to see the effects of using three different concentrations of HCl when added to Magnesium metal on the rate of reaction. Hypothesis: If the concentration of the acid increased in reaction between HCl (the acid)
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FORMAL LETTER INTRODUCTION Dear Lindsay and Michael‚ I am writing you this letter to give you some friendly advice about interpersonal communication within your relationship with each other. I hope that these helpful tips help you both to make your communication thrive in your newly found engagement. There are many things that I would like to touch base on with you both; as I wish someone would have informed my fiancé and me when we decided to spend our lives together as well. An
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SECTION A 1. You are required to produce a cash flow forecast for the period April 2013 to March 2014 for American Pie using the estimated cash outflows and inflows. The opening balancing foe the start of April will be zero. 2. Identify the key trends in the forecasts you have produced and the possible reasons behind these trends‚ are there period when cash flow is a problem for this new business? What steps could Billy take to overcome these problems? Business may go bankrupt in the future
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microenvironment variables (customers‚ competitors‚ distributors‚ suppliers) that affect its ability to retain customers (Kotler‚ P. 2003). In order for it to achieve and enjoy a comparative advantage‚ the organisation executes a careful strategic planning‚ and using marketing strategies to achieve this aim (Dibb et al 2001). Hence‚ the notion of strategic marketing plan. Doyle advanced that a well defined strategy would incorporate the following: Scope of business; Objectives; Strategic business
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Sources of Motivation 1 Sources of Motivation Motivation can be defined as a process that initiates‚ guides‚ and maintains goal oriented behaviors. Motivation is the force that drives us to act‚ whether in something as simple as getting a drink when we are thirsty to studying hard to gain more knowledge (Cherry‚ 2010). Motivation may come from a number of different places; two important forms of motivation are extrinsic and intrinsic motivation. The way individuals behave also has a
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ARCHIVE- THE PLANNING PROGRESS: PEOPLE’S CAMPAIGN FOR DECENTRALISED PLANNING With the decentralisation of powers to Local self-government Institutions‚ Local administration department has an important role to play in the formulation of policy and implementation of developmental works at the grass roots level. Director of Panchayat and Director of Municipal Administration form the two field departments. Consequent to the 74th Amendment to the Constitution of India‚ the Local self-government
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1.0 Introduction The significance of efficient and effective data management system in development planning cannot be overemphasized. The basic tool for planning is data. Most decisions in policy making and development planning are related to an issue at a place or space. That is‚ they are geo-located. Geo-spatial information is information about place and space. There can be no effective development without geo-spatial information (Clarke‚ 2013). He stressed that the three essential requirements
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