There are different types of ownership within the business sector. <br> <br>Sole tradership is when the business is fully owned and managed by one person‚ though others can be employed to help run the business. As the sole traders only financial income is from the business and/or bank loan‚ they do not have the resources to expand and cover regional or national areas. These types of businesses are located in the small business sector and usually cover local areas. Such businesses could be hairdressers
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Retail was total quality management (TQM) throughout the organisation. This meant that all top management displayed and practised TQM. The author takes us through what is TQM and what are the principles that BT Retail instilled in order to gain customer satisfaction. The following principles were discussed: * Customer Focus * Continuous Improvement * Employee involvement and Empowerment * Systems Thinking. These four pillars made sure that BT Retail was able to reduce the cost of poor
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Penta ltd (Investment appraisal) Introduction What is investment appraisal? It is the activity responsible for carrying out a cost benefit analysis to justify capital expenditure for a new investment. Capital investment decisions are those decisions that make current outlays in return for a stream of benefits in future years. . The characteristic of many investments is risk and uncertainty. many organisations prefer to avoid high risk investments but may consider these investments if they
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Ownership leaders make the group far better by the time they finish their term. In contrast‚ No-Ownership leaders crave attention‚ live in their own fantasy world‚ and bring the team to its knees. When the team’s result in a project or effort is less than ideal‚ the Leader Takes: No-Ownership of the Result Ownership of the Result Disown the Reality “I am a great person. It must be my team’s fault.” Own the Reality “I led this team. I Own this result.” Disown the Role as Communicator: “My team is
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personal assets and properties. A sole proprietorship essentially refers to a natural person or individual doing business in his or her own name and in which there is only one owner and no partners. 2. Partnership A partnership is a form of business ownership in which partners share with each other the profits or losses of the business undertaking according to their agreements. The consideration of a partnership whether it is a separate and distinct legal entity separate from its owners varies in different
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sector firms‚ restrictions on foreign investment‚ high tariff and non-tariff restrictions on imports‚ which held up the growth of the manufacturing sector in India. This has been replaced by a more liberal industrial and trade policy regime‚ through the inception of new economic policy in 1991. The major focus of these policies had been to dismantle the complex web of controls that severely constrained the emergence and operation of the private entrepreneurs. Investment performance has been a key emphasis
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Cost reduction Generally defined as the act of cutting costs to improve profitability. Cost reduction‚ should therefore‚ not be confused with cost saving and cost control. Cost saving could be a temporary affair and may be at the cost of quality. Cost reduction implies the retention of essential characteristics and quality of the product and thus it must be confined to permanent and genuine savings in the costs of manufacture‚ administration‚ distribution and selling‚ brought about by elimination
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Return On investment CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 6 The ROI Concept 6 Simple ROI for Cash Flow and Investment Analysis 7 Competing Investments: ROI From Cash Flow Streams 7 ROI vs. NPV‚ IRR‚ and Payback Period 10 Other ROI Metrics 11 LIST OF TABLES Table 1 6 Table 2 7 Table 3 8 Table 4 8 Table 5 8 Table 6 ………………………………....................... 9 Table 7 ………………………………...................... 10 Return on Investment: What is ROI analysis? Return on Investment (ROI) analysis
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the social value system‚ the positive and negative effects on the concept of globalization and what it can contribute to the world. Also‚ what happens when a non-indigenous value structure is introduced‚ and how it can affect one’s identity? The effects of a globalized social value system have been in great debate over the past few years with each person bringing his or her agenda or point of view on what globalization will have on their particular culture. Though there are dozens of effects globalization
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research. Parahoo (1997) identifies that the abstract should highlight the research question asked‚ providing the reader with sufficient information to decide whether the article is of interest. The abstract does state what the study wanted to achieve and what it did in fact discover. The author managed to outline the methodology used in this study‚ the aim and recommendations which are included in the abstract. The introduction usually identifies why the research was undertaken along
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