EMR has calculated that it operated at an average of 70% capacity throughout the 2009/10 ski season. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages to EMR of this level of capacity utilisation. (18 marks) Acting at 70% capacity utilisation is regarded as the best way for a business to work at‚ as EMR are still making use of its equipment‚ whilst at the same time‚ not having any problems that come with 100% utilisation‚ with regard to reduced customer service and productivity. However‚ in EMR’s case
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"With the entire world as a market and national borders becoming increasingly meaningless‚ the potential for organizations to grow and expand is almost unlimited" (Robbins‚ 2003‚ p. 101)‚ and business is increasingly international due to increasing sales and accessing resources(Wild‚ 1999). In such circumstance‚ organizations must learn how to survive and prosper in a global environment that is highly dynamic and unstable. Managers in this setting not only deal with a set of social ‚ economic‚ legal
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responsibility to society is to provide goods and services and to return maximum benefits to shareholders (Robbins‚ Bergman‚ Stagg and Coulter‚ 2003: 136). The Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman endorsed this classical view. Friedman said the primary responsibility of manager’s is to operate the business to satisfy the interest of shareholders‚ and this interest of course is profit maximization (Robbins et al.‚ 2003: 136). At the other extreme‚ there is the socioeconomic view that states business
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to Basics ’‚ Chief of Air Force ’s Message to Commanders‚ Global email to Commanders on RAAFNET‚ February 1999. Nankervis‚ A.R. Compton‚ R.L. & McCarthy‚ T.E. 1999‚ Strategic Human Resource Management‚ 3rd edn‚ Nelson ITP‚ Melbourne. Robbins‚ S.P. Bergman‚ R. & Stagg‚ I. 1997‚ Management‚ Prentice Hall of Australia‚ Sydney. Rogers‚ Air Vice Marshal D.N. 1996‚ ‘Managing the RAAF Beyond 2000 ’‚ New Era Security: The RAAF in the Next 25 Years‚ downloaded from internet 6 Nov 99.
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AS A SUBJECT FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 2009 – 2010 An Undergraduate Thesis Presented to the Faculty of College of Education MaryHill College Lucena City In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Secondary Education in Social Studies By ROJO D. PORNASDORO March 2010 Approval Sheet This thesis entitled GULANG-GULANG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION IN SOCIAL STUDIES AS A SUBJECT FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 2009 – 2010‚ prepared and submitted by
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example of the benchmarking club for food and drinks industry (FDBC). Moreover‚ the factors what can weaken the value of benchmarking will be analyzed through some appreciate examples. This paper uses the definition of benchmarking elucidated by Robbins (2009‚ p. 312) who conceptualizing benchmarking as ‘the search for the best practices among competitors or non-competitors that led to their superior performance’. Benchmarking is widely applied in current by various fields‚ including business‚ education
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Scientific management is defined by (Robbins et al.‚ 2012) as ‘an approach that involves using scientific methods to define the “one best way” for a job to be done’. Frederick W. Taylor is said to be the forefather of scientific management‚ during his time many people criticised Taylor and his work‚ however it is easy to see that many of his approaches are used in contemporary management systems. This essay will provide a review of the article ‘The Ideas of Frederick W. Taylor’‚ Academy of Management
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Australia (Ewan 2010‚120) This paper will be arguing against the commencement of the Whitehaven mining activities around this area with the support of the 3 ethical decision making approaches which are utilitarian‚ moral right and justice( Robbins‚ bergman et ol‚ 2012). BODY: Ethical principles provide the foundations for various modern concepts for work‚ business and organisations which in turn broaden individual and corporate priorities far beyond traditional business aims of profit and shareholder
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The term ’ethics’ can commonly refer to the rules and principles that define right and wrong conduct of individuals (Robbins‚ Bergman‚ Stagg and Coulter‚ 2003‚ p.150). Ethical Behavior is accepted as "right" or "good" in the context of a governing moral code. Ethics can be viewed as a way of behaving that can be prescribed and imposed by the work environment (Garcia-Zamor‚ 2003). Virtually all societies have developed rules and regulations about how business should be transacted and how business
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In 2009 the United States Government spent $950 billion in a fiscal stimulus package. Discuss the extent to which this stimulus will affect output‚ unemployment and inflation. (18 marks) Before we look into how the United States Government investment in a fiscal stimulus package effects output‚ employment and inflation‚ we must ensure we understand what is meant by a fiscal stimulus or policy. It is defined by economists as a package of economic measures put together by the government to stimulate
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