Module Title: Understanding and Promoting a Business Module Code: 4FBS1196 Assignment Format & Maximum Word count Individual Business Report Weighting: 40 % Submission Date/Time & Method: 9pm Saturday 25th April 2015 Electronic submission on StudyNet Tutor/s Marking: Assessment Criteria Learning Outcomes: Knowledge and Understanding tested in this assignment: 1. The planning‚ organising‚ and leadership functions of a business 2. The applications of a wide range of sales and
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Positioning Strategies in Business Markets An executive summary for managers and executive readers can be found at the end of this article Positioning strategies in business markets Stavros P. Kalafatis Markos H. Tsogas Charles Blankson Professor of Business Marketing‚ Kingston Business School‚ Kingston-upon-Thames‚ Surrey‚ UK Senior Lecturer‚ Kingston Business School‚ Kingston-upon-Thames‚ Surrey‚ UK Assistant Professor‚ Grand Valley State University‚ Allendale‚ Michigan‚ USA Keywords
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Use Office Equipment 1.1 Identify different types of equipment and their uses 1.2 - Describe the different features of different types of office equipment At K training‚ the office equipment mainly used by the staff are the computers‚ photocopier‚ printers and the telephone. Computer In my work placement‚ I use the computer to email clients and other companies’ information‚ use Microsoft Word to create documents and certificates for the clients‚ enter and update information on to databases
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Case Starbucks -week 1- 1. How well is Starbucks performing? Starbucks: the world’s biggest supplier of coffee drinks; but as any thing in life‚ Starbucks had its ups and downs. There’s an old saying that it is not about how you fall‚ it is about how you get up‚ and Starbucks has not disappointed when it came to getting back on its horse. The particular down began in 2000‚ when founder Howard Schultz stepped down from the CEO position and the company took a wrong turn. In numbers‚ Starbucks shares
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Strategy is determining where you are now‚ where you want to go‚ and how to get there. It’s the art of developing and implementing specific actions and decisions that will help a business to achieve goals and objectives as set out by the owners. Through the strategy process the overall direction of the company is set including opportunities and threats in the outside world and the internal strengths and weaknesses of the business. The aim of a business strategy is to ensure that the threats posed
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Key Success of STARBUCKS Introduction Introuction of Starbucks Introduction Nowadays‚ most of the industries around us are competitive in every minute. They are trying to stand out‚ hand over its competitor with its competitive advantages. One of the most competitive industries in the world is the food and beverages companies. Being one of the shopping and tourist capitals in the world‚ Hong Kong has many competing companies in these industries. The coffee market in Hong Kong has been markedly
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Strategy on Market Segmentation Targeting and Positioning with the Marketing Mix 1.0 Introduction: The Starbucks Corporation was founded by three entrepreneurs at the place called Seattle in 1971. Initially they were selling of whole bean coffee in one Seattle store and by the year 1982 the business had grown tremendously and has opened five stores selling the coffee beans‚ a roasting facility‚ and a wholesale business for local restaurants. When the Starbucks started its business it was
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as an administrative function and ignore the need and opportunity to align it with its strategic plans. The irony with HR being left out of strategy planning is that by its nature‚ HR is about people‚ which is the core of an organization and its strategic plan. It is hard to measure HR success and thus it is considered “soft” and not important in the strategy development. In contrast to the HR administrative function‚ strategic HR practices are more contemporary concepts. A definition of strategic
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countries in Asia and Middle Eastern region. As mentioned above in the Porter five forces‚ Ya kun faces both direct and indirect competitors in the industry. The direct competitors are Toastbox and Killiney kopitiam. The indirect competitors are Starbucks and Macdonalds. Although the indirect competitors are not in the traditional coffee and toast industry‚ they still possess threats that affect Ya Kun Identify Product offering Scale of operation Local Regional Global Limited Wide Product
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Starbucks Contents Introduction 3 The organization’s strategic position 3 External drivers affecting this organization 6 Value adding in Starbucks 9 Sustainability of Starbucks’s strategic position 13 Conclusion 14 References 15 Introduction Starbucks‚ the biggest coffee retailer in the world‚ grows from a small‚ regional business into the undisputable leader in the specialty coffee industry. It arrives in the UK in
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