No city in the world is as ironic and contradictory as Hong Kong. This city has not only the 6th highest per capita GDP‚ but also the highest Gini coefficient in the world (World Bank‚ 2011). Fortunately‚ the Hong Kong government isn’t turning a blind eye towards this dilemma but are instead actively looking for a trade-off between economic performance and social welfare. One notable example is the re-establishment of the Commission on Poverty‚ it is hoped that a clearly-defined poverty line will
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Does globalization cause poverty? Many people who are concerned about the fate of the world’s poor now attribute their plight to globalization. They argue that globalization has weakened the position of poor countries and exposed poor people to harmful competition. Their concern is understandable‚ especially since the gap between rich and poor has indeed become more glaring in recent decades. However‚ proving a direct link between economic globalization and poverty is a complex task for several
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Sainsbury Organisational Structure and Culture An Organisation’s structure is a network of interdependencies among the people and the tasks that make up the Organisation. It is created and sustained by the basic coordination mechanisms of mutual adjustment‚ direct supervision and standardization‚ all of which coordinate inter-dependent relationships among people and groups (Wagner and Hollenbeck 2009). Pugh (1990) simplifies this by defining an organizational structure as consisting of activities
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adjustments. The SWOT/PESTLE analysis is a popular modification in which the factors influencing the organization are categorized into six categories. The concurrence between SWOT and PESTLE provides a more detailed study of a complex system. This can be shown in Vorthman’s (2008) explanation where he analyses that SWOT serves to highlight the factors‚ both internal and external. (Sunje et al. 2010) discusses an application where SWOT is used for the internal factors whereas PESTLE for the system environment
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analysis) describes a framework of macro-environmental factors used in the environmental scanning component of strategic management. Some analysts added Legal and rearranged the mnemonic to SLEPT; inserting Environmental factors expanded it to PESTEL or PESTLE[citation needed]‚ which is popular in the United Kingdom.[1] The model has recently been further extended to STEEPLE and STEEPLED‚ adding Ethics and Demographic factors. It is a part of the external analysis when conducting a strategic analysis or
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Kong In-depth PESTLE insights PESTLE Country Analysis Report: Hong Kong © MarketLine. This report is a licensed product and is not to be photocopied REFERENCE CODE: ML00002-039 PUBLICATION DATE: October 2012 WWW.MARKETLINE.COM MARKETLINE. THIS PROFILE IS A LICENSED PRODUCT AND IS NOT TO BE PHOTOCOPIED ML00002-039/Published 10/2012 Page 1 OVERVIEW Catalyst This profile analyzes the political‚ economic‚ social‚ technological‚ legal‚ and environmental (PESTLE) structure in Hong
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authors including Fahey‚ Narayanan‚ Morrison‚ Renfro‚ Boucher‚ Mecca and Porter included variations of the taxonomy classifications in a variety of orders: PEST‚ PESTLE‚ STEEPLE etc. Due to the negative connotations of PEST‚ a STEP analysis
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publication database on land deals.: http:// Lay‚ J.‚ & Nolte‚ K. (2011). Neuer „Landraub“ in Afrika? Hamburg: German Institute for Global and Area Studies. Meadows‚ D.‚ Randers‚ J.‚ & Meadows‚ D. (2009). Oppeln‚ C.‚ & Schneider‚ R. (2009). Brennpunkt. Oxfam. (2012). “Our Land‚ Our Lives.” Time out on the global land rush UNESCAP. (2012). What is Good Governance? Retrieved from United Nations ESCAP: http:// www.unescap.org/pdd/prs/ProjectActivities/Ongoing/gg/governance.asp Voegele‚ J. (2011). Preface
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Assignment Title: The role of marketing in organisations P1: Describe how marketing techniques are used to market products in two organisations. Task 1 (a) Tesco Growth strategy Tesco has a well established and reliable strategy for growth‚ which has allowed them to strengthen their business and drive expansion into new markets. The underlying principle for the strategy is to expand the range of business to allow them to deliver strong sustainable long-term growth by following the customers
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org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/TrackingClimateChange.aspx [Accessed December 14‚ 2011] OHCHR. (2008b). Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples. from UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: http://wwww.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/ClimateChangeIP.aspx [Accessed December 5‚ 2011‚ Oxfam International The Great Warming. (2006‚ November 6). Climate Change Fact Sheet. from The Great Warming: http://www.thegreatwarming.com/pdf/climatechangefactsheet.pdf [Retrieved December 10‚ 2011] UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) UNFCCC.
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