1.1 Nature of Business Activity A business is a decision-‐making organisation which uses a combination of inputs‚ processes and outputs. Inputs ideas‚ money‚ labour‚ employees‚ raw materials‚ equipment Processes action of turning inputs into outputs cooking‚ delivery‚ manufacturing Outputs final products goods or services Businesses exist to satisfy the needs and wants of people‚ organisations and governments.
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efficiently and effectively achieving the objectives of the organization with and through people. What is an Organization? Purpose Structure People Management Essentials • Primary Functions of Management – Planning – establishing goals. – Organizing – determining what activities need to be done. – Leading – assuring the right people are on the job and motivated. – Controlling – monitoring activities to be sure goals are met. Human Resource Management • process of acquiring‚ utilizing
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YOUTH EMPOWERMENT THROUGH QUALITY EDUCATION BY OKWUOLISE A. GIFT (gift4classics@yahoo.com‚ 08067322718) A RESEARCH FELLOW‚ ENUGU STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL)‚ ENUGU PRESENTED AT THE 1ST ANNUAL CONFERENCE Venue: No 25/27 Colliery Aveneu‚ Surveyor House‚ Enugu THEME: DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR NATIONAL TRANSFORMATION ABSTRACT Youths are considered very important in the development and transformation of any nation
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Women Empowerment through Microfinance Services DEEPIKA BARANWAL PhD SCHOLAR DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND NUTRITION COLLEGE OF HOMESCIENCE MAHARANA PRATAP UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY UDAIPUR‚ RAJASTHAN Email Id – deepika.baranwal@yahoo.com Introduction: The UN commission on status of women observed ‘ women who contribute half of the world’s population by virtue of an accident of birth‚ perform two-thirds of the world’s work‚ receive one-tenth of its income and owns less than one-hundredth
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to the objectives of organization in formulating the organization’s future mission in light of the changing external factors and in planning the resources deployment. Therefore‚ strategy management is a management’s game plan for Running the business Strengthening firm’s competitive position Satisfying customers Achieving performance targets Generic Importance of Strategy and Strategy Management “A well-formulated strategy helps to marshal and allocate an organization’s resources
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structure. However‚ Professor Child (2005) went further to explain that structure is about responsibilities and behaviour of organization’s members and how process will lead to good performance. I see structural organisation as a hierarchal‚ vertical‚ rigid structure‚ whereas process organisation as an interconnected‚ horizontal‚ soft structure. My organization is
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Factors for going public through an IPO Strengths When an organization is private they have decisions to make. Going public through an initial public offering‚ or IPO is one decision they can choose. When going through an IPO there is going to be increased capital. A public offering will allow a company to raise capital to use for various corporate purposes such as working capital‚ acquisitions‚ research and development‚ marketing‚ and expanding plant and equipment (FindLaw‚ 2013). Other advantages
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Optimizing School Climate through Leadership Barry Joel Desaine‚ B.Sc. Management Studies‚ M.Sc. Organizational Leadership A school’s climate is influenced by its administrators’ leadership style—by the way they motivate personnel‚ gather and use information‚ make decisions‚ manage change initiatives‚ and handle crises. It is an essential factor for success as a poor environment can account for as much as a third of all deficiencies. Unfortunately‚ many administrators fail to appreciate how deeply
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This article deals with a new perspective of learning for managers in corporate America. The old traditional paths of learning are outdated in today’s business world. Managers cannot plan as they once did they must be adaptable to ever changing technological and social forces. A manager’s greatest strength is that which comes from daily experience. What this paper has done is to add an analytical process that can help explore causes‚ develop and test hypotheses‚ and eventually produce new knowledge
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Commodus aspires to be. Whilst Maximus’s glass is full of orthodox qualities‚ Commodus’s is almost empty‚ apart from a few unvirtuous qualities he embodies. It is this emptiness that makes his lack of moral fibre so transparent. Marcus Aurelius sees through the glass and intends to deny Commodus succession by reverting Rome to a Republic. It is here in Commodus’s murder of his father that we see the true extent of his destructive capacity. Maximus has the love of Lucilla‚ in which Commodus intensley
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