effect of expansion on productive efficiency‚ which can be assessed by looking at changes in average costs at each stage of production. How does a firm expand? A firm can increase its scale of operations in two ways. 1. Internal growth‚ also called organic growth 2. External growth‚ also called integration - by merging with other firms‚ or by acquiring other firms By growing‚ a firm can expect to reduce its average costs and become more competitive. Long run costs The firm’s long run average
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External/Internal Factors Introduction Since the start of apple in 1976 apple has established a unique reputation in the consumer electronic industry. Apple started out as a computer company and expanded into other electronics within the last decade. Apple has about 35‚00 employees world wide and had world wide annual sales of 32.48 billion in its first fiscal year ending September 29‚th 2008. (Para Amitt‚ Singh 2004) This paper will explore how Apple used the Four levels of management
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The Organisational Domain and The External Environment An organisation’s domain is its chosen environmental field of action. It is the territory that the organisation stakes out for itself with regard to products‚ services and markets served. This is also strongly affected by the organisation’s external environment. The external environment incorporates all the elements that exist outside the boundary of the organisation and have the potential to affect all or part of the organisation. Task Environment:
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responsibilities of internal auditor and external auditor in relation to: I. The design and operations of systems and controls Internal auditor | External auditor | Internal auditing activity is primarily directed at improving internal control. Internal auditors perform audits to evaluate whether the systems and processes are designed and operated effectively as well as providing recommendations for improvement. | External auditors may be called upon to determine if an organization ’s internal controls
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Internal & External Factors Internal and external factors have a large impact on the four functions of management within an organization. What these factors are and the kind of impact they have depends on the business and its particular goals. McDonald’s goal is reflected in its mission statement which is to “be our customers’ favorite place and way to eat” (McDonalds‚ 2009). In order to achieve this goal‚ McDonald’s executives and managers must follow the four functions of management which are
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Internal and External Sources of Finance I will explain the different sources of finance‚ some of which are internal and external to the Loxford Business unit. I will state the advantages and disadvantages of each of the sources of finance. Loxford Business Unit use both internal and external sources to get money in order to run the Business Unit successfully. Source of Finance Definition Internal or external Advantages Disadvantages Applicable to the Loxford Business Unit Retained Profits
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Section 1 Internal environment and external environment Internal environment • Manager: On one hand‚ in order to understand a management situation of a company‚ the organization structure is the key issues which should be involved. Xin hua bookstore is being a traditional organization has the traditional structure that functional organization structure. This type of organization always has many layers including senior management‚ middle management and base management level in the pyramid
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Google: External/Internal Factors University of Phoenix Google‚ which was created in a dorm room at Stanford University by Larry Page and Sergey Brin‚ is considered the most recognizable and largest search engine in the world. What started as a company of three in 1998 out of a garage in Menlo Park‚ CA is now a worldwide company of over 20‚000 employees. Internal and external factors can have a direct impact on planning‚ organizing‚ leading‚ and controlling a business like Google. Management
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Distinguish between internal and external environment of business and in each case explain five components of the environment. The term business‚ in economic sense means human activities which are performed with the objectives of earning profits. Human activity for earning profit may be in the form of production‚ extraction or purchase of goods for sale. It is expected of business to provide goods and services to the society in an effective manner. Thus‚ in today’s competitive environment‚
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External/Internal Factors of Management in the Microsoft Corporation When the company name‚ Microsoft‚ is heard‚ it is automatic to think of the industry leader in software program technology. That was until the company settled in court on November 12‚ 2002‚ with a consent decree forcing them to allow other companies to use their program information to make competitive company programs compatible with Microsoft programs already on most desktops (Settlement Program‚ July 8‚ 2006). The Microsoft
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