Unit 1: The Business Environment Task 1: P1 – Here I will describe the type of business‚ purpose and ownership of two contrasting businesses. HSBC – The for profit business I have chosen is HSBC. It was founded in 1865 in Hong Kong. They are now based in Canary Wharf‚ London. HSBC offer various different financial services all over the globe. These include securities‚ multinational banking‚ loans and holdings. They are in the service sector. Profit in 2013: £10.4 billion Employees: 254‚066 worldwide
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I am going to evaluate the influence that stakeholders have on Microsoft. The first stakeholder I’m going to evaluate is customers which are external stakeholders. Customers contribute to profit through purchasing their products and providing loyal support to all their goods. People are stakeholders in a company for financial reasons; Microsoft’s customers don’t want to be paying an excessive amount for their goods. If a rival company‚ such as Apple‚ produce cheaper products than their customers
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understanding about the difference between Responsibility and liability and what is the relation between them? Limited liability- I would try to answer some of the question as where it come from and why? How its effect the company‚ shareholders and stakeholders? What the resolute of it in our society? Manager Responsibility as agent- What their responsibility? Whom they working for? To whom they report and need to benefit? The assumption in the agent theory- Do we really know what going on in the company
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P1 & P2 & M1 P1 – “Describe the type of business‚ purpose and ownership of two contrasting businesses” Willen Hospice Willen hospice cares for people who can no longer get their illnesses treated. They work around Milton Keynes‚ Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire. Willen Hospice is a charity and a charity is a business that requires funds from the NHS and general people who donate‚ it is also non-profitable business. Willen Hospices aim and objective is: “Our vision is to be the lasting and thriving
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strategy of sustainable development and the way this has been communicated. Lesson objectives: ➢ to identify the stakeholders of Nestlé ➢ to identify the values and culture of Nestlé ➢ to appreciate the importance of culture in determining a firm’s success. Introduction (3 minutes) Introduce the lesson: you will look at Nestlé and examine the stakeholders of Nestlé and the company’s relationship with these. Then look at how Nestlé’s structure and how it is adopting sustainable
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in my opinion is a key resource and an important tool in the growth and well being of a business. For example companies that are socially responsible have fewer conflicts with stakeholders who disagree with the company over they way the company uses its resources and these companies are more likely to influences stakeholders to become advocates of company products. Another example is that research shows that socially responsible companies have higher financial performance and better ability to recruit
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discussion on the value of marketing to customers. Procedure 1. In the forum‚ discuss the value of marketing to the consumer‚ the stakeholder‚ and the stockholder. Your forum post should address the following: a. The value you place on marketing. b. The value of marketing to customers and consumers. c. The value of marketing to stakeholders and stockholders. 2. Return to the forum and respond to at least three of your classmates’ postings and respond to all those who have
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Ethics of Globalization 4/12/2012 Adriano The Perils of Globalization & Learning Social Responsibility: Nike‚ Inc. As time has gone on‚ the world has begun to transform due to a phenomenon that affects just about everyone‚ the phenomenon is referred to many as globalization. In the past‚ it was somewhat accepted that the people of one country owed no obligation to the people of another nation. Each nation kept to themselves and worried predominantly about themselves and no one else. But
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(Jamali 2008). The purpose of this paper is to critically analyze the two different views of social responsibility of business among scholars and business practitioners. The first is the shareholders view of Milton Friedman and another one is the stakeholder view of Bob Dudley‚ Group Chief Executive of BP Corporation. I will outline key arguments and point out drawbacks of the two perspectives to clarify the underlying principles of business responsibility to society in theory and practice. These analyses
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT Project management can be said to be the management or control of a unique set of co-ordinated activities‚ with definite starting and finishing points‚ undertaken by an individual or team to meet specific objectives within defined time‚ cost and performance parameters. There exist various methods for managing projects. The most common which is most suitable for large size projects is PRINCE2 Pons (2008).
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