(1)What is a Business Environment? Answer A Business Environment is the physical and operational factors‚ both internal and external‚ that affect the flow of activities in a business. They include; customers‚ competitors‚ suppliers‚ distributors‚ industry trends‚ substitutes‚ regulations‚ government activities‚ the economy‚ demographics‚ social and cultural factors‚ innovations and technological developments. (2)What Are the Types of External Business Environments? Answer There are many types
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10/11/2014 Abstract Dollar General Corporation is United States largest small-box discount retailer headquartered in Goodlettsville‚ Tennessee [1]. Dollar General offers both name brand products and generic merchandise [2]. Its competitors include Family Dollar‚ Dollar Tree which also operate in deep discount segment of US retailing. The following case study discusses about the various political‚ economic‚ social and technological forces that Dollar General have faced and their impact on the
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Computer Organization with Assembly Language Digital Computer: A digital computer is a fast electronic calculating machine that accepts digitized input information‚ processes it according to a list of internally stored instructions‚ and produces the resulting output information. Types of Computers: 1. Personal Computers 2. Workstations 3. Mainframes 4. Supercomputers Basic Operation of a Computer 1. The computer accepts information in the form of programs and data through an
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THE GENERAL PROCEDURE There are several variations in problem analysis. But the general approach is the following: Step One: Determine the appropriate product or activity category for exploration. This has already been done if the product innovation charter has a use‚ user‚ or product category dimension in the focus statement. Step Two: Identify a group of heavy product users or activity participants within that category. Heavy users are apt to have a better understanding of the problems‚ and
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The core idea behind "learning organization" is that organizations of all kinds will not survive‚ let alone thrive‚ if they do not acquire an ability to adapt continuously to an increasingly unpredictable future. Or in other words‚ in order to survive and succeed for businesses‚ it is essential to establish or build stronger relationships with customers‚ where there are rapidly changing‚ turbulent and/or highly competitive market. Through learning‚ organizations may be better equipped to meet
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great progress in the years the come. Over the past few years‚ many foreign insurance companies have ventured into the Indian landscape in order to harness the immense untapped latent potential of this industry. Moreover‚ the favourable regulatory environment ensures stability and fair play in the entire market. Industry Dynamics Seamless growth in the insurance segment is dependent upon certain factors. Some of these include- Effective distribution channels – the efficacy and cost of various distribution
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The Environmental Impact 95 percent of electronic waste is recyclable. However‚ unregulated recycling can cause more harm to the environment than landfilling. While many companies‚ such as Apple‚ have safe and effective recycling programs‚ the majority of recycling companies export some percentage of their electronic waste to China or poor countries in Africa‚ where the waste is “recycled‚” or destroyed and stripped of its valuable metals. Though this seems like a good thing on the surface‚ because
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the Organization Bryant Cozart University of Maryland University College Table of Contents Human Resource Management 3 Staffing 3 Job Analysis 3 Questionnaires 4 Interviews 4 Observation 4 Diary/Log 5 Recruitment 5 Internal Recruiting 6 External Recruiting 7 Web-based Recruiting 8 Selection 8 Interviewing 9 Human Resource Management Staffing the Organization Human
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A proper flexible organization provides its work force arrangements where employees are given greater freedom to balance their work and personal commitments such as family‚ higher education‚ community activities‚ religious commitments‚ professional development‚ and general interests. Above is Atkinson’s model of a flexible firm. He argued that firms increasingly seek 4 kinds of flexibility functional‚ numerical‚ pay‚ distancing. Functional flexibility is a qualitative approach to work‚ and
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We as human beings are very fortunate to be living on this planet that we call Earth. We toil over the land‚ and in return we receive provisions off of which we live. Even though we get all that we need from this bountiful land‚ we still for some reason feel like we need to alter it. In doing so we also end up ruining the land that we thrive on. We reshape the world to fit our individual needs‚ and the earth just doesn’t work that way. Everything on this planet has a purpose‚ from the largest animal
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