you learned‚ what could be applicable to your workplace or personal life‚ and how your knowledge has increased as a result of what you experienced through the learning activities in the previous week. * Submit your team summary of the discussion in a 1- to 2-page Microsoft® Word document. In week two I learned a lot about how different databases reflect in different ways according to the different business needs. During the second discussion question I learned about how the two major databases
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Internal economies of scale arise when firms increase their scale of production. Hence‚ they incur lower average costs of production‚ either through specialization or other factors. When average costs fall‚ giving the price of the good to be constant‚ profit margins of these firms will be increased. Thus‚ the individual firm benefits from internal economies of scale. External economies of scale arise when all firms in an industry experience decreasing average costs of production‚ which can be
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From a contingency standpoint – they did not have one. As a result‚ customers suffered and the company lost millions. Their processes were ineffective and upper management was not informed enough to understand the consequences of their actions. 2. Assume that you have been retained as a change consultant by BA management to advise them on how to avoid such a situation in the future. What lessons emerge from each perspective and what recommendations would you draw from each in constructing your
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External/Internal Factors External and internal factors come in many forms that can impact a business in different ways. Assessing external and internal factors that an organization may face can be vital to the planning function of management. As with any organization‚ there are always four functions of management. These functions are planning‚ organizing‚ leading‚ and controlling (Bateman & Snell‚ 2009‚ p. 19). Within the organization‚ Best Buy‚ which is known to be an electronics store
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The Difference Between External Auditing and Internal Auditing Jessica LeGrand Auditing – ACCT 420 Mrs. Hayes October 30th‚ 2012 Auditing was primarily as a method to maintain governmental accountancy and for record-keeping. It wasn’t until the 1800s during the Industrial Revolution that auditing expanded into a fraud detection and financial accountability field. Now audits are performed to manage and confirm the correctness of a company ’s accounting procedures. Auditing evolved into
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supervisors arranged in a command structure similar to that of a business hierarchy. The Army will also encounter internal and external factors that could impede or enhance operations. As such‚ planning‚ organizing‚ leading‚ and controlling must be used by managers appropriately to supervise the soldiers and operate the organization in a successful manner. This paper will discuss how internal and external factors could affect the command level’s ability to plan‚ organize‚ lead‚ and control. In addition‚ it
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Running Header Personal Leadership Plan: Personal Leadership Plan University of Phoenix Axia College Nadia Baboram HSM-230 August 19‚ 2010 Leadership means vision‚ principle and‚ integrity. The definition is the power to motivate others through your words and deeds; this word also can be defined as the process of social influence in which a person can enlist the aid and support of the accomplishments of a task (Wikipedia‚ 2010). When an individual becomes a leader there are required
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have the same hardware setup‚ which consists of the following: • Novell 4.11 Server for POS • 4 POS PII WIN9x Terminals • 10.1.50.0 Ethernet Network • UPS Standalone • PII 64 mg RAM WIN9x with Office 97 (Server) connected to a printer and an external CD burner • PII w NT Server IIS4 WinFax Pro Built-In Modem and CDROM Reader • 56k Modem for complete Internet access throughout The 56k Modems available at each location will have to be replaced with a DSL or Broadband connection in order for
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Week 2 Assignment Chapter 15 Bickley Engineering Company has a capital structure of 30% Debt and 70% Equity. Its current Beta is 1.3‚ and its Market Risk Premium is 7.5% Points. The current Risk Free Rate is 3.5%. Bickley’s marginal tax rate is 40%. What is the Unlevered Beta of Bickley? Unlevered beta = levered beta/(1+(1-T) D/E) = 1.3 /(1+(1-0.4)X(0.3/0.7) = 1.03 Bickley’s management would like to change its capital structure to 15% Debt and 85% equity by retiring its bonds yielding
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Internal and external factors Within travel and tourism inbound and domestic tourism are frequently changing‚ there are many internal and external factors which have a major impact and contribute to these changes. In this assignment I am going to analyse 3 internal and 3 external factors which affect the travel and tourism industry. Internal Strength of the pound Depending on how strong the UK pound is determines how well the country’s economy is; if the pound is strong this means the country
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