DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) TIRUCHIAPPALLI – 620 002 MBA (FULL TIME) COURSE PATTERN FOR TWO YEAR MBA PROGRAMME FOR THE BATCH 2010-2012 SEMESTER PAPERS NUMBER OF HOURS CREDITS PER WEEK 10PBA1101 – Management Process & Organisational Behaviour 10PBA1102 – Quantitative Methods 10PBA1103 – Managerial Economics 10PBA1104 – Soft Skills for Managers Semester I 10PBA1105 – Accounting For Managers 10PBA1106 – Information Technology for Managers 10PBA2101 – Entrepreneurship
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An Empirical Study of Consumer Switching from Traditional to Electronic Channel: A Purchase Decision Process Perspective Alok Gupta* (agupta@csom.umn.edu) Bo-chiuan Su (bsu@mgt.ncu.edu.tw) Zhiping Walter (Zhiping.Walter@cudenver.edu) ALOK GUPTA (agupta@csom.umn.edu) is an Associate Professor of the Department of Information and Decision Sciences‚ Carlson School of Management‚ University of Minnesota‚ USA. He received his PhD in Management Science and Information Systems from the University of Texas
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of less than $19‚223 for a single adult with three children (2004). This definition creates a rigid line forming two populations in the United States: those who fall under the line are poor and those above the line are not poor. David K. Shipler highlights the shortcomings of such a definition in The Working Poor: Invisible in America. As the title suggests‚ there is a needy population often overlooked by public assistance‚ job training programs‚ charity organizations‚ and the greater population
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CONSUMER THEORY I Consumer theory – deals with how a consumer chooses the best bundle of goods he/she can afford. BUDGET CONSTRAINT To know which bundle of goods a consumer can afford‚ we have to look into the consumer’s budget constraint. We first assume that there are only two goods‚ say good x1 and x2. A consumer can choose from bundle A (3‚ 2) – 3 units of good 1 and 2 units of good 2; bundle B (6‚ 5) – 6 units of good 1 and 5 units of good‚ so forth. Given the price of good 1 (p1)‚
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gestation which is the age of a viable fetus. If a diagnosis is made earlier than 20 weeks the mother and her physician must decide whether the wait or deliver. Waiting until the fetus is viable is highly dangerous due to the fact that preeclampsia leads to eclampsia and serious and fatal complications. Cause. The cause is unknown but it is believed that blood vessels in the placenta do not develop properly. Inadequate blood supply to the uterus‚ damage to the placental blood vessels‚ genes‚ and
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HIGHER DIPLOMA IN ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT MRK 2302– CONSUMER AND ORGANIZATIONAL BUYING BEHAVIOUR 2013/2014 SEMESTER 1 ASSIGNMENT: What are attitudes? How they are learned? Describe attitudes’ nature and characteristics. Explain two Models of Attitudes. Show how experience leads to the initial formation of Consumption-Related Attitudes. Discuss the various ways in which consumers’ attitudes are changed. SUBMITTED BY: Gordon Caruana Group A – 1st Year - Semester 1 SUBMITTED
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CONSUMER SATISFATION OF MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS OF MILMA INTRODUCTION Milk is an opaque white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals (including monotremes). It provides the primary source of nutrition for newborns before they are able to digest other types of food. The early lactation milk is known as colostrum and carries the mother’s antibodie to the baby. The exact component of rawmilk varies by species‚ but it contains significant amounts of saturated fat‚ protein and calcium
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Vulnerable Population: The Poor “A vulnerable population is a group or groups that are more likely to develop health- related problems‚ have more difficulty accessing health care to address those health problems‚ and are more likely to experience a poor outcome or shorter life span because of those health conditions.” (Maurer & Smith‚2009‚ pp. 533) Poverty is linked with marked deprivation of well-being of an individual due to inability to meet basic needs. It could be due to lack of income or
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Consumer choice: Do I really want this? Can I afford it? Is there something better? Price: How much is it?This is usually one of the first things you want to know. If the price of a good is more than you can afford‚ you will probably not buy it. Consumers want the best value for their money: that is‚ they want to pay the lowest price for the best quality. Price is one of the main factors affecting consumer decisions. Age: As a baby‚ you most probably wanted a toy or rattle. Now you are a teenager
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Unique among low-income consumer in wanting and buying items such as Nike shoes. As one expert says. “The low income consumer wants the same product and services other consumer want”. He suggests that marketing efforts reflect those desires. Another expert state. There’s this stereotype that they don’t have enough money for toothpaste and that’s just not true. There has been some significance to them being called lower income‚ but they do buy things. The working poor are forced to spend a
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