ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 1.1) Economic activity and economics (Pp. 14-16) Prosperity: The ready availability of goods and services to fulfil needs. Resources: Land‚ labour and capital. Scarcity: The excess of human needs over what can be produced. Economic activity: occurs when people (consumers‚ managers) make choices to maximise their prosperity using scarce resources. The Science of Economics: is concerned with the study of economic activity. This field is complex
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service. It operates under a public limited ownership as a tertiary business. A public limited company (PLC) means it is able to offer shares to the public. The owners of these PLC’s are the main shareholders. A tertiary business is one that provides a service to other business or individuals. Federal Express (later known as FedEx) was established in 1973. Ten years later‚ the company reaches $1bn in revenue – the first US business to achieve this status without merger or acquisition. Services extend
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Improving Organization Retention University of Phoenix October 29‚ 2012 Kelly Bonham Saakshi Malik When an organization has difficulty holding onto employees that are good‚ hard workers then that organization will fill up with those that are unqualified and will be understaffed as well. This will eventually affect the organization and its’ ability to be competitive. Retaining good employees is a big part in how an organization functions and whether or not it is successful. The way an
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the local business environment in the Leicester. My chosen business is eastern European restaurant. Product Market This restaurant will be aimed at a niche market for European people who live in Leicester. They are a lot of people from Eastern Europe like Poland‚ Latvian‚ Lithuanian and it will help to me make a profit. I look for European public‚ because I see there are lots of Asian restaurants in Leicester and not many European. Sector and industry changes This business falls into
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UNIT 203 Work in a Business Environment Knowledge & Understanding 1.1 Describe what is meant by diversity and why it should be valued. Diversity means different individuals valuing each other regardless of intellect‚ age‚ disability race or religion. Diversity should be respected and valued because everyone is different and can offer an alternative perspective. Everyone should be treated equally because everyone has something to offer and everyone has a strong factor/skill that they can
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A business plan is not only essential for starting a business or for raising funds‚ but it is vital for running the business. It will help you keep on a specific course or alert you to situations when things are not going to plan and force you to take action. 1. Give a structure to your plan The following can help you decide what should go in‚ and give a structure to your plan: What is the nature of your business? What is the market? Outline the potential of the business Management team
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Customer Service Management and Business Performance at Vodafone Chapter 1 Introduction Customers are considered as the key for any business survival. As the market begins to saturate‚ customer retention will be a key factor in determining the success of a company (Kotler‚ 2003). As a highly competitive market‚ the mobile phone company that has the largest customer base and highest customer retention rate will be a market leader in the industry (Turel and Serenko‚ 2006). Ultimately the quality
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Political Tesco has to pay corporation tax which comes out of the revenue as a cost which lowers the overall profits which the business receives this will affect them expanding/growing the business even more by maximise profits and having lots of retained profits to help keep the business expanding/growing. Tesco can be affected heavily by taxation from corporate tax‚ environmental tax‚ and even value added tax even though value added tax is put on top of
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responsible citizens of tomorrow cannot be ignored or undermined. Secondary school education is the stepping stone for unlimited opportunities for learners to explore the career choices that they have to pursue further in their lives. Every year the performance of secondary schools in the final examination come under spotlight as soon as the results are published. Many schools in the previously disadvantaged communities perform poorly in the matric examination each year. The main aim of this paper is
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Belbin’s Team Roles How understanding team roles can improve Practice performance When a Practice team is performing at its best‚ you’ll usually find that each team member has clear roles and responsibilities to which they are fully committed. Sometimes however‚ despite clear roles and responsibilities‚ a team can still fall short of its full potential. Dr Meredith Belbin studied team-work for many years‚ and observed that people in teams tend to assume different “team roles”. A “team role” is
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