Describe the characteristics and explain the causes‚ of tsunamis. (8 marks) A Tsunami is a large and potentially destructive sea wave often produced by a submarine earthquake‚ subsidence or an underwater volcanic eruption. They occur when a large volume of water is displaced in the ocean. The characteristics of tsunamis differ slightly from normal sea waves. For one‚ they often have extremely long wave lengths‚ in deep water an initial wavelength can be up to 100km. Their amplitude contrasts with
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MB0047 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM Assignment Set 1 Q.1 What is MIS? Define the characteristics of MIS? What are the basic functions of MIS? Give some Disadvantage of MIS? Ans.: A management information system (MIS) is a system that provides information needed to manage organizations effectively. Management information systems are regarded to be a subset of the overall internal controls procedures in a business‚ which cover the application of people‚ documents‚ technologies‚ and procedures used
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Introduction: a lot of business uses market research‚ to collect information to help them provided a suitable and a sustainable marketing product or service. To attract customers interest in order to make their business more success able. Primary research: this is information which is collected from scratch‚ as company gather primary research based on their research feedback. They get from the date which company team members produces‚ this is a primary effort because new fresh data which has been
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Accounting Information Qualitative Characteristics Gap: Evidence from Jordan Ahmad N. Obaidat Tafila Technical University‚ Tafila‚ Jordan [Abstract] The general objective of financial reporting is to provide useful information to present and potential investors‚ creditors‚ and others to help them make investment‚ credit‚ and other decisions. The purpose of this paper is to find out whether there is an existing gap concerning the importance of accounting information qualitative characteristics from
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Executive Information Systems (EIS) and I will focus on its impact upon the automotive industry. I will firstly introduce EIS and the automotive sector‚ then assess the impacts that implementing EIS would have‚ try to recommend the best course of action when introducing EIS and finally try to sum up the implementation of this technology in an executive summary. Introduction The term "Executive Information System" was first coined in 1982 by Rockart and Treacy and is used to describe a flexible
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Knowledge Solutions January 2010 | 72 Marketing in the Public Sector By Olivier Serrat Marketing in the public sector may be the final frontier. Agencies operating in the public domain can use a custom blend of the four Ps—product (or service)‚ place‚ price‚ and promotion—as well as other marketing techniques to transform their communications with stakeholders‚ improve their performance‚ and demonstrate a positive return on the resources they are endowed with. The public sector is the part
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Qualitative Characteristics of Accounting Information Qualitative characteristics are the attributes that make the information provided in financial statements useful to users. The four principal qualitative characteristics are understandability‚ relevance‚ reliability and comparability. It is also pointed out that these qualitative characteristics may need to be balanced against one another. (John Wiley& Sons Australia‚ Ltd‚ 2009) The relative importance of the characteristics in different cases
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Qualitative Characteristics of Accounting Information Business owners can use accounting information to conduct a financial analysis of their companies’ operations. Accounting information often has quantitative and qualitative characteristics. Quantitative characteristics refer to the calculation of financial transactions. Qualitative characteristics include the business owner’s perceived importance of financial information. Business owners often require financial information when
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P1 Describe the structure and organisation of the retail sector M1 Compare the function of formats and locations in retailing 1. Retailing Defined “The sale of goods to ultimate consumers‚ usually in small quantities” Source: www.dictionary.reference.com “The activities involved in the selling of goods to ultimate consumers for personal or household consumption” Source: www.merriam-webster.com Retailing is the selling of goods directly to the consumers; this can be achieved in many locations
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Principles of team leading Understand leadership styles in organisations 1.1 Describe characteristics of effective leaders An effective leader is someone who has the ability to influence the people in there team to get the task at hand done‚ They will get the team to work as a unit rather than individuals which makes the task easier to achieve‚ This makes them an essential part of any business. Leaders share similar characteristics such as • Being self confident • Able to adapt to varying situations
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