TMA 01 PART 1 FAO: PATRICIA LOGE RE: MY FINDINGS ON BISTRO LODGE CHAIN After carefully studying all aspects of your business‚ I have found a few areas which are affecting the brand. Structure is an important part of a business‚ and I feel this is where your business is lacking. I firmly believe in Pugh and Hicksons 1968 study‚ in which the main points of the study were: SPECIALISATION – In your case the French style bistro setting and food offered. STANDARDISATION – The same conformity
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TMA 01 – Question 1 Mean: The maximum value of a series of measurements (or numbers) divided by the number of those measurements. The definition of the ‘mean’‚ is an array of numbers added together and then divided by the amount of those numbers. The reason the first definition is incorrect is because it isn’t the maximum value of figures‚ it’s the total amount added together. Scientific notation: A notation that represents any number by expressing it as a simple power of ten‚ using a positive
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In 1999 Asda became a subsidiary of the largest retailer in the world‚ Walmart. Asda operates within the UK grocery market and currently rank second. Asda’s main area of business falls into the food sector and boast 500+ stores nationwide. Asda is a variety retailer stretched over numerous sectors‚ which include‚ entertainment clothing and footwear. It is considered a multi-channel retailer‚ with a blend of store locations and growing online presence. Asda’s stores are traditionally‚ large
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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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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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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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To: Patricia Lodge From: Sue Gill Contents Part 1(a) Part (b) SWOT analysis Part (c) Part 2 Part 1 (a) I have decided to use section 6 of the study session in book 1. From my research of the Lodge Bistro I have found the following problems within the company. 1) An annual meeting at HQ‚ instead of regular financial reports and audits. As Patricia has given café managers autonomy to manage their bistro‚ she computerised the financial report system and audit visits have been
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Amazon Relentless.com At 20 Amazon is bulking up. It is not—yet—slowing down Jun 21st 2014 | PHOENIX AND SEATTLE | From the print edition HIGH-TECH creation myths are expected to start with a garage. Amazon‚ impatient with ordinary from the outset‚ began with a road trip. In the summer of 1994 Jeff Bezos quit his job on Wall Street‚ flew to Fort Worth‚ Texas‚ with his wife MacKenzie and hired a car. While MacKenzie drove them towards the Pacific Northwest‚ Jeff sketched out a plan to set up a
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TMA 01 Task 1 Part B One of the areas studied by cognitive psychologists is that of the mental processes involved in memory. In this essay‚ I am going to explain and give examples of how mental images‚ concepts and schemas help us to improve our memory. I shall look at each of these in turn and illustrate how each one can help us improve our memory. On the whole‚ we are inclined to do most of our thinking as semantic thought which is thinking in words‚ as well as iconic thought which is
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A teaching assistant works alongside a class teacher in a primary or secondary school. All over Europe‚ they have different names‚ such as : ’aides ’‚ ’classroom assistants ’‚ ’learning support assistant ’‚ but the moment the most common one is the one used at the beginning of the sentence.(Study Topic 1) In present‚ their role is extremely important‚ and it is hard to imagine things as easily as they run now without their help‚ especially because there is a big deficit in the number
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