(2006)‚ describe the VRIO framework as a good tool to examine the internal environment of a firm. They state that VRIO “stands for four questions one must ask about a resource or capability to determine its competitive potential: 1. The Question of Value: Does a resource enable a firm to exploit an environmental opportunity‚ and/or neutralize an environmental threat? 2. The Question of Rarity: Is a resource currently controlled by only a small number of competing firms? [are the resources
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Assignment 303 Task B: Leaflet Induction for new Social Care Workers in adult social care It is vital that diversity‚ equality‚ inclusion and discrimination is understood and adhered to at all times as a social care worker. By this we mean treating everyone equal no matter what their race‚ gender‚ religious views‚ ability‚ culture‚ age or appearance. We expect Service Users to be included in events and not excluded because of a disability or any other reason. We expect EVERY Service User
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1) Bill Gates believes that Microsoft’s ability to attract‚ motivate‚ and retain superior people is its source of competitive advantage. Do you agree or disagree? Why? Yes. Gates had long recognized that it took exceptional people to write outstanding software Microsoft is all about software. Microsoft is a pioneer in this industry and hence attracted extremely intelligent‚ creative and ambitious college graduates since its start up days. Bill gates knack of recognizing genius
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Your client is a multinational organisation with more than 10‚000 employees in a service industry. Your client hires you to assist them in implementing an IS governance framework. Assuming that you are an IS auditor‚ answer the following questions: Executive Summary Information Technology (IT) Governance is a subset of corporate governance that focuses on the management‚ assessment‚ performance and risk of IT resources in an organisation. IT governance was strongly pushed after the Sarbanes-Oxley
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elasticity of demand positive. v) On the other hand‚ with complementary goods such as hotdogs and hotdogs buns. If the price of hotdogs increase‚ then no one would by buns since both complementary making the cross elasticity of demand negative. 3) Discuss income elasticity as it pertains to inferior goods and to normal goods (sometimes also called superior goods). c) Income elasticity of demand measure change due to income only. If a person
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Chapter 7: Strategies for competing in international markets 1. WHY COMPANIES DECIDE TO ENTER FOREIGN MARKETS 1. A company may opt to expand outside its domestic market for any of these five major reasons: 1. To Gain access to new customers: Expanding into foreign markets offers potential for increased revenue‚ profits‚ and long term growth and becomes an especially attractive option when a company encounters dwindling growth opportunites in its home market. 2. To Achieve lower costs through
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Anthony J. La Salata BS‚ Business Management 3/1/2012 Student I.D. #000254042 My Mentor: Nicole Sandburg Cell# 1(360)941-4062 Arlington‚ WA –PST A. Summarize the four major pieces of legislation collectively known as the Antitrust Laws. United States antitrust law is a collection of federal and state government laws‚ which regulates the conduct and organization of business corporations‚ generally to promote fair competition for the benefit of consumers. The main statute was the Sherman
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TEAM ROLES: BELBIN FRAMEWORK Over the last few years‚ work teams have become a common and increasing characteristic of organisational life. Organisational successes‚ gains in productivity‚ quality and profitability are all attributed to team working. There are a number of factors which contribute to the performance of teams; for instance‚ the organisational structure within which the team works‚ the type of task to be accomplished‚ resources available and the characteristic of the team and the
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TABLE OF CONTENT Background 3 I. Current Situation 3 Current Performance 3 Strategic Posture 3 1. Mission 3 2. Objectives 3 3. Strategies 3 4. Policies 3 II. Corporate Governance 3 Board of Directors 3 Top Management 4 Shareholders 4 III. External Environment: Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) 4 Societal Environment (P.E.S.T Factors) 4 1. Political - Legal Factors 4 2. Economic Factors 4 3. Socio-cultural Factors 4 4. Technological Factors 4 Task Environment (Industry) 4 Porter’s Approach
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| The CobiT Framework | | | | | 12/31/2010 | | | With the increased use of IT within organizations there is a need to develop mechanisms that help management to satisfy the reliability‚ availability and security requirements for the information they produce‚ transmit and store. Moreover‚ with the amount of investments in IT becoming more complex and riskier‚ management should learn to administer their organizations’ IT resources in terms of infrastructure‚ applications
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