6 Assignment 1 Sept 2013 SECTION A (60 MARKS) Note to student: You will be penalised for the copying of theory without explanation/application to the scenario provided. You should use the theory in support of your own answer. Non-application will result in a zero mark being awarded. Read the case study below and conduct your own research on Shoprite Holdings Ltd. Following your investigation answer the questions in Section A. South Africa and the global economic environment Since our previous
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PESTEL FRAMEWORK The framework provides a comprehensive list of influences on the possible success or failure of particular strategies. Important to do PESTEL analysis whilst developing a strategy! PESTEL is an acronym which stands for; Political This highlights the role of governments. Firms will be directly affected by the actions of government and other political events. These might be major events affecting the whole of the business community or they may be actions affecting just one part of
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Rhetorical Analysis of Split Skins The essay titled "Split Skins: Female Agency and Bodily Mutilation in The Little Mermaid‚" was written by Susan White‚ an English professor whose research is mainly on film criticism. Her essay was originally published in Film Theory Goes to the Movies‚ an anthology of film criticism in 1993 and again published in the Third Edition of the University Book‚ an anthology of writings‚ in 2003. In "Split Skins‚" White uses rhetorical strategies such as style‚ diction
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Assets in accounting In the financial accounting sense of the term‚ it is not necessary to be able to legally enforce the asset’s benefit for qualifying a resource as being an asset‚ provided the entity can control its use by other means. The accounting equation relates assets‚ liabilities‚ and owner’s equity: Assets = Liabilities + Stockholder’s Equity (Owner’s Equity) Assets = liabilities + Capital liabilities = Assets - Capital Capital = Assets - liabilities That is‚ the total value of a firms
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Assessment of the external macro-environment in which the firm operates can be expressed in terms if the following factors Political • In Britain political awareness of the importance of the motorsport industry has grown in recent years especially during the Blair tenure. Frank Williams was knighted in 1999. • Political pressure on Formula One has also strengthened abroad‚ with other countries gaining the right to host the races. • The Asian Countries: China‚ Indonesia‚ Malaysia
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favourite among Indian shoppers. [Online] Available at: http://thirdeyesight.in/articles/zara_india_favourite.htm [Accessed 9 March 2012]. Just-style.com. (2012). Zara takes a cautious step into China. [Online]. Available at: http://www.just-style.com/analysis/zara-takes-a-cautious-step-into-china_id92390.aspx [Accessed 10 March 2012]. Pallavi Srivastava‚ (2011). Zara: Premium Fashion. [Online] Available at: http://thirdeyesight.in/articles/zara_pitch.htm [Accessed 9 March 2012]. Saumya Roy‚ (2010). Fast
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S.W.O.T. Analysis of Primark Strength Primark offers high street quality clothes for cheap prices and quality services to attract its customers and it also provides clothing for all ages and sexes. The company is part of the ETI (Ethical Trading Initiative) which focuses on worker’s rights‚ their production of goods and bringing businesses together to work on labour rights issues. TNS ranks Primark as Great Britain’s second largest clothing retailer by Volume in terms of market
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The New York Times article “Exploited for Their Skin Color” by Dionne Searcey and Jaime Yaya Barry explain how people were abused because of their skin color. MIgrants from sub-saharan countries are called “burned” because of their color of skin. “Burned” is a racial epithet that is used for people whose skin is black. Migrants crossing the sea’s spent months working under difficult conditions and abuse. They face a huge risk crossing the Mediterranean‚ People die and get hurt. Some of the migrants
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PESTEL ANALYSIS The PESTEL framework categorises environmental influences into six main types: political‚ economic‚ social‚ technological‚ environmental and legal. Thus PESTEL provides a comprehensive list of influences on the possible success or failure of particular strategies. (G. Johnson‚ R. Whittington‚ K. Scholes (2011): 50). Political Relating to the protection of the environment Kraft Foods Inc. is subject to various federal and state laws in the United States‚ taking into account that
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all the more necessary. The documentary "Skin Deep" has about 23 college students from different universities around the country who talk about their deeply held attitudes and feelings about race‚ interviews‚ documentary segments and participation in a three-day weekend retreat. In candid interviews‚ the students reveal the challenges that remain in creating a racially tolerant society and their willingness to examine their own attitudes. Films like "Skin Deep" are powerful because they hit the issue
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