OF EXTRA-MURAL STUDIES MASTERS IN PROJECT PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT LDP 601: FUNDAMENTALS OF MANAGEMENT PRESENTED BY: GROUP 1 SUBMITTED TO: PROFESSOR HARRIET JEPCHUMBA KIDOMBO DATE OF SUBMISSION: APRIL 15‚ 2014 Question: Examine the concept of ethics and illustrate with a case study how it has been institutionalized in an organization Group 1 Members No Name Registration No. 1. Michael Ngumbu Nguri L50/71712/2014 2. Anne Wanjiku Waititu L50/71437/2014
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human development theories are • Behavioural • Psychoanalytical • Humanistic • Post Modern 2. Explain the concept of nature versus nurture. Nature is the biological qualities that an individual inherits from his parents through conception and nurture is the environmental factors and experiences that influence the individual from birth. 3. Explain the concept of genetic inheritance and how it applies to counselling. Genetic inheritance defines the inborn biological traits
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Assignment 2 Basic Accounting Concepts and Business Structures Basic Accounting Concepts and Business Structures Before the Great Depression and the crash of the stock market‚ there were no groups governing the accounting world‚ nor had any principles been put into place. Because of this‚ various groups and GAAP had to be formed to ensure that quality financial reporting was exhibited. There are still discrepancies in accounting but with the hierarchy
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Laura Balmer “Politics is a many sided concept only to be understood if viewed from various angles”. Discuss. Every day we will experience the activities and ideas of politics around us‚ despite not knowing its definition. When the majority consider politics they instantly think of government‚ laws‚ debates and scandal. However‚ the real question of what politics is has been pondered for thousands of years by many profound names‚ one of the many reasons why Aristotle referred to
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CHAPTER 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 8‚ 12 Business strategy: A guide to Effective Decision making. Kourdi‚ Jeremy Introduction Strategies decisions depends highly on perceptions‚ people’s attitudes and assumptions‚ therefore they are rarely straightforward or simple. Strategic decisions determine the direction as well as success of an organization‚ which is why it is essential for decision-makers to understand the decision-making process in order to make the right decisions. Chapter 2‚ 3‚ and
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The four concepts which organizations use to design their marketing strategies (product concept‚ production concept‚ selling concept‚ and societal marketing concept) are important because they serve as a guide for businesses to plan and carry out their marketing and selling efforts. The production concept is the oldest of the concepts in business. It proposes that customers prefer products that are cheap and widely available. organizations that focus on this concept are likely to concentrate on
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3. Keeping decisions simple Apple company follows the keep-it-simple concept. one of the real reasons that Apple is very successful is because it releases a single product at a time. This helps minimizing the process of decision making for the customers by making decisions as simple as it could be. At the same time it is the only company who does this which make its unique. This is actually a point because normally in the companies stores‚ they usually have a large number of different
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Chuck Jones aimed to have a new design decision process supported by data and surveys instead of a return or payoff on the investment approach. At first when he presented his idea‚ authorities requested poof and Mr. Jones was unable to show them proof. Then M. Jones started his process. 1. As a first step‚ he surveyed 15 "design-centric" companies‚ including BMW‚ Nike‚ and Nokia. To his surprise‚ few had a system for forecasting return on design 2. Mr. Jones needed to provide a new plan to focus
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only be unlocked by a member of staff. This is because they will all know the parents and will know who is picking up/dropping off the child. If they do not recognise the adult then they will have to ask for identification and the “password” which would have been given by the parent. This is to ensure that the person collecting the child is who they say they are. The password is confidential and nobody else except the parents and staff should know it unless the parents have told someone who is collecting
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determined to enhance the performance as well as the efficacy of the business by adapting a strategic decision support system (DSS) that exploits recent advances in the Information technology. This paper makes an attempt to formulate various strategies for BFF Ltd aimed at enhancing the organisational efficiency and performance. The paper first dwells on the concept of Business organisation in context of BFF Ltd and moves on management decision-making process across the organisations in general and in BFF
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