Question 1 A) Innovation is about finding new or better method of making something‚ a product or a service. Innovations are born due to several reasons .Peter Drucker has outlined seven sources of innovative chances or opportunities .I am going to identify them below. 1. Unexpected happenings‚ as a sudden event that can be a indication of a distinctive chance for innovating or entrepreneurship. 2. Incongruity‚ as the divergence between what everyone think of a thing and the reality of it ‚
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Part 1 I decided to carry out a PEST/STEEPL analysis on MacDonald’s‚ the fast food chain. Although in their own Mission and Value statement they describe themselves as a franchise business. The STEP analysis proved to be relatively easy‚ in some was it is similar to SWOT‚ in that once a start has been made it is difficult to stop. I used a copy of their 2011 Annual Report as the basis for the analysis‚ this did make things difficult in term of economic factors as the report was mainly financial
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Ethical Statement In accordance with the ethical guidance (The Open University 2013) I have followed the BERA guidelines including changing any names. My Role I am a parent volunteer in a Church of England primary and nursery school. I am currently supporting the mixed year 1 and 2 classes. I work on Monday and Wednesday mornings from 8.45 -12 pm. I have a variety of different supporting roles within the classroom not just with the helping the teachers but also the pupils‚ school and curriculum
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ACC203e Managerial Accounting Group-Based Assessment January 2011 Presentation Lecture Group T01 Mr Wong Nee Tat Names Chen Yawen Gwendolin(Y1072354) Chng Chyi Da (K1115100) Teo Zhen Wei (Z1010291) Question 1 UrPrint Job U12 Cost Sheet $ Direct Materials: Plain t-shirts 4‚800 Paints 1‚400 Design & making of silk-screen 2‚000 Direct Labour: 600 t-shirts1 4‚200 Factory Overhead2 840 Additional Costs: Correction
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By firstly understanding what the term carer means I can look at the challenges both care givers‚ and care receivers face. According to a government website a “carer is someone who looks after a friend‚ relative‚ or neighbour who needs support because of their sickness‚ age or disability.” A 2001 census report noted that “6 million people said that they provide unpaid care to a family member.” This is 12% of the adult population in the United Kingdom. This is a great amount of families providing
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A plan of Parts 2 and 3 of my EMA For this assignment I can confirm I have adhered to the E105 ethical guidelines by using information gained from my own setting. Parents of children whom I have observed as part of my studies have given written permission‚ and are aware they may withdraw this consent at any time. Parents‚ colleagues and other professionals acknowledge they will not be identified at any time during this assignment. Self-Assessment Profile I am now aware of the United Nations Convention
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Student ID: 1312311 Full name: Hùynh Văn Lâm ASSIGNMENT 06 1). Exercises 6.5.1: Write the following database modifications‚ based on the database schema Product (maker ‚ model ‚ type) PC (model ‚ speed ‚ ram ‚ hd ‚ rd ‚ price) Laptop (model ‚ speed ‚ ram ‚ hd ‚ screen ‚ price) Printer (model ‚ color ‚ type ‚ price) of Exercise 5.2.1. Describe the effect of the modifications on the data of that exercise. a)Using two INSERT statements store in the database the fact that PC model 1100 is made
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I have been asked to discuss the possible changes to income that might happen over an adult life course and how such income patterns can affect financial planning for both families and individuals. Over the course of a person’s life they will go through certain changes‚ from being a youth through adolescence and becoming an adult. The thing with the life course is that everyone doesn’t follow the same pattern. Everyone is pretty much guaranteed to grow old as its basic biology but everyone is not
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The statement is false. This is a tricky question! Although the Buchanan Report and the Monderman thesis do offer visions of how to manage traffic they also offer us two competing visions of social order. The Buchanan Report is underpinned by a social order which privileges the segregation of humans and motors through an array of measures in urban design and the regulation of the conduct of both drivers and pedestrians. This social order emphasises the value of a social environment delivering the
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UNIT 1 QUANTITATIVE DECISION MAKING - AN OVERVIEW Objectives After studying this unit‚ you should be able to: • • • • • • • understand the complexity of today’s managerial decisions know the meaning of quantitative techniques know the need of using quantitative approach to managerial decisions appreciate the role of statistical methods in data analysis know the various models frequently used in operations research and the basis of their classification have a brief idea of various statistical methods
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