Ayushman Lahiri (B3-Period 7) 28/10/10 Extra Credit Reflection on Sri Mariamman Temple Visit I went on Sunday from 10-11 AM When I arrived at the temple‚ I was overwhelmed by the amount of people who were there to pay witness to the fire walk on this momentous day. I got to the temple‚ took my shoes off and entered quietly hoping not to be noticed as the well-dressed foreigner . I quickly realized that even though they were simply dressed‚ social hierarchies played no part in this temple. All
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Sri Lanka’s Continual Civil War The ethnic tension between Sri Lanka’s majority and minority populations‚ the Sinhalese who are mostly Buddhists being the majority and the minority being mostly Hindu and are called Tamil‚ has been going on for many of years. Finally in 1983 the ethnic tensions finally spilled over into civil war. The civil war has been mostly between the government of Sri Lanka and the militant organization called the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. The LTTE are fighting for
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view on an international well-known organization-Nokia Corporation on highlighting the basic purpose of management including ensuring the organization’s goals are achieved in an efficient and effective manner and perform the following tasks:- A.) PEST Framework. B.) Departmentalized by geographic location. C.) Social Responsibility. 2.0 NOKIA CORPORATION 2.1 Company Background The roots of Nokia go back to the year 1865 with the establishment of a forestry industry enterprise
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Political – The political risks are the same in any emerging market and all have to be considered by the possible new organisation. Russia has a reputation for organised crime and corruption which has long been an issue for any investors. There are very strict laws in Russia to do with mode of entry and so the country usually prefers to trade with its former Soviet allies. Potential tourists could be eliminated from entering Russia due to the strict rules on visas for all tourists entering
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Open Government Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats Politics Transparency Everyone’s opinion counts and has the potential to be heard Weakens national security ? Does too many cooks spoil the broth? Who ensures integrity and quality of data? Increased legitimacy and trust by more collaboration & participation from citizens Citizen takeover Too many opinions‚ not enough action (gridlock) Economics Reduced costs by citizenssourcing (Maybe increase
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Pest Analysis of Sony Pest analysis is another marketing tool. Pest analysis examines the changes in the marketplace caused by political‚ economic‚ social and technological factors. Political factors changes involve one party to another who are in control. For example rises in private healthcare and privatisations‚ which is under the conservative government. Economic factors changes include changes such as a recession creating activity at the lower ends of the product price ranges. Also for
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Introduction: I was asked to prepare a PEST (political‚ economical‚ sociological and technological) analysis report for two companies of my choice. I decided to choose firms from the leisure industry and then compare them. I analysed the business environment and ethical factors that affect the leisure industries as a whole. In my report I will distinguish between the impacts on the different political‚ economical‚ sociological and technological factors and will then draw conclusions based on my
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International Strategy ■ Create value by transferring valuable core competencies to foreign markets that competitors lack ■ Centralize product development functions at home ■ Establish manufacturing and marketing functions in local country but head office exercises tight control over it ■ Limit customization of product offering and market strategy – Strategy effective if firm faces weak pressures for local responsive and cost reductions Multidomestic Strategy ■
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1. What is a pest control management program? Integrated pest management (IPM)‚ also known as Integrated Pest Control (IPC) is a broad-based approach that integrates a range of practices for economic control of pests. IPM aims to suppress pest populations below the economic injury level (EIL). The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN defines IPM as "the careful consideration of all available pest control techniques and subsequent integration of appropriate measures that discourage the development
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PEST Analysis Using the PEST analysis to assess the macro environment of the newspaper industry shows that the technology and recession are two of the major factors that have been affecting the newspaper industry as well as the socio cultural side. Technology The Internet‚ a powerful and advance technology‚ has changed the model of mass communication. The Internet has had a major impact on the external environment of the newspaper industry and has been gradually substituting the prints. It has
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