Unit 1: The Business Environment P2: To describe the influence of stakeholders on the business. Stakeholders: A stakeholder is anyone with an interest in a business. Stakeholders are individuals‚ groups or organisations that are affected by the activity of the business. There are two types of stakeholders: – Internal: These are groups within the business including owners and workers. – External: These are groups from outside of the business including the community.
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High- Stake tests‚ depending on how they are made‚ can either a positive and negative effect on a child’s education. They are tests that make important decision about students‚ teachers‚ schools‚ and districts and their purpose is accountability. There has been debates on if the high- stakes tests in America are having a negative effect on their children. These tests have been around for a long time and have served as a great way to measure students’ knowledge and growth as a whole. Based on some
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English 121N4 February 22‚ 2011 Unit 1 Paper “What High School Is‚” is a chapter from a book called Horace’s Compromise: The Dilemma of American High School‚ and was written by Theodore R. Sizer in 1984. Mr. Sizer starts the chapter out with a story of a typical boy named mark who is in the eleventh grade. In this story the author describes in detail how Mark spends one of his time blocked days in high school. Mr. Sizer feels it is important to analyze how Mark spends his time because
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In discussions of students with disabilities and their academic success‚ a controversial issue is weather or not students with identified learning disabilities should be required to participate in high stakes testing. While some argue that all students should be held to the same academic standards‚ regardless of their disability‚ others believe that these tests are too difficult for some students‚ namely – those with learning disabilities. Although it may not seem unfair to hold all students to the
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Stakeholder versus Shareholder Stakeholder theory thinks that the enterprise is a series of contracts with various stakeholders to form various stakeholder consultations‚ the outcome of a transaction‚ whether investors‚ managers‚ employees‚ customers‚ suppliers‚ or government departments‚ community‚ etc.‚ they are enterprise-specific investments and bear the risks. On the other hand‚ Shareholder theory thinks that not only the market will be sound‚ permanent‚ and viable‚ but also the ethical issues
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There are multiple challenges in teaching on a day to day basis‚ these include scheduling issues‚ behavioral management and maintaining a positive rapport with students throughout the year. Furthermore‚ high stakes testing‚ text selection and engaging students with learning needs are all relevant to how we plan and apply lessons. Each specific discipline will have their own challenges and ways to overcome these and English is the same. One challenge is maintaining the relevance of Shakespeare to
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High-Stakes testing is something that Joel Spring highlights early on in Chapter 3 of American Education. He cites most of the facts behind why and how these tests are distributed throughout schools across the United States (Spring 63). However‚ the problem with these tests is that they don’t accurately reveal what students may actually know. Often times these tests are given just as the title implies in high stake situations. Whether it be for college entrance or elementary grade promotion I feel
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apologizing to Lillian Jean and begging for forgiveness. When this affair happened‚ the white folks felt superior to Cassie‚ therefore forcing the little girl to be pushed into the road and begging for her forgiveness. Racism has come a long way from the 1930’s‚ but do we see a difference in the
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Using high-stakes testing is a great way to hold the school‚ the district‚ and the educators accountable for how the students do. This is because the district‚ school‚ and educators can compare how their school is doing compared to another school. “If standardized test scores are constantly low for one school district‚ this shows a problem at a higher level. This means that the students are not being taught subjects in a way that is helping them retain information” (Lombardo‚ 2015). If this is the
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AL & Eskerod. P 2008‚ ‘Stakeholder analysis in projects: Challenges in using current guidelines in the real world’‚ International Journal of Project Management‚ vol.27. no.4‚ pp.335-343‚ viewed 08 May 2014‚ Elsevier SD Freedom Collection. B. Introduction: Stakeholder management is a part of quality strategy in any project. It is a challenge for any project manager to successfully manage the stakeholder. In that process first comes the analysis of the stakeholders. The article puts the current
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