The external environment is the "external context within which an organisation exists and operates."1 One of the ways in which the external environment can be analysed is by assessing the impact of politics‚ the economy‚ social factors and technological factors (P.E.S.T. analysis). The organisations are affected either generally or immediately by the external environment. The immediate factors‚ also referred to as the operational environment‚ include aspects such as suppliers‚ financial institutions
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CU685 Produce Documents in a Business Environment 1 Understand the purpose of producing high quality and attractive documents in a business environment 1.1 Outline different types of documents that may be produced and the different styles that could be used A document is information produced in either printed or electronic format and may be one of many types such as: - • Letter - A formal form of communication and record consisting of a standard structured format and should include the
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This increase in global surface temperature is thought to have at least some effect on the frequency of extreme weather events due to climate changes (Folland et al. 2001)‚ and there is concern that these changes will have an enormous impact on various industries (Hitz and Smith 2004). Balancing environmental measures with economic development‚ that is‚ working toward sustainable development‚ is the fundamental goal of global environmental policies‚ including those for global warming (Hijioka‚ Masui
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Business Ethics Challenges in a Global Economy Nowadays‚ economy has entered a globalization era‚ it means that the economic globalization is increasing in competition between many countries‚ in particular‚ it will facing more serious business moral challenges. In practice‚ the competitive of the process of economic globalization is the competitive of business moral quality‚ thus it can be seen that business ethics are closely related with the global economy. 1. The importance of business ethics
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Unit 1 – the Business Environment Assignment 1- Types of Business Task 1 Tesco is a private organisation from the UK. Tesco is a supermarket which provides people with things they need like food and drink. It provides people with both a product and a service. In competition with Tesco are the other three major supermarkets from the UK‚ Morrisons‚ Asda and Sainsbury’s. Sainsbury’s increased its market share over the past year‚ it grew from 16.4% to 16.6% and had a growth of 5.1%. The other retailers
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Unit Title: OCR unit number Sector unit number Level: Credit value: Guided learning hours: Work with other people in a business environment 205 Y/601/2474 2 3 10 31 December 2013 Unit expiry date: Unit purpose and aim This unit is about working within a team‚ sharing responsibility with others to make sure that a team can achieve agreed goals and objectives. Learning Outcomes The Learner will: 1. Understand how your role fits with organisational values and practices Assessment Criteria
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science in global business The term "science" reminds us of the most mathematics and everything connected with it. For some reasons this is quite right‚ but economics is a science which deals with the rational use of all resources available to human. This applies not only money‚ but other resources as well. Economics consists of two main divisions - microeconomics and macroeconomics. Quite often some economists also treat as a division the International Economic Relationship and the Global Economy
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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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AND ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTS OF BUSINESS 1 Legal‚ Social‚ and Economic Environments of Business Andrew Desjardins American Intercontinental University LEGAL‚ SOCIAL‚ AND ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTS OF BUSINESS 2 Abstract There are three types of businesses: Sole Proprietorship‚ Partnership‚ and Corporation. Bases on the scenario represented in this paper‚ a sole proprietorship is the smartest decision when starting this business. The inventor
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services Gross Domestic Product- represents the value of a country’s national income in one year. An increase in real GDP means that the standard of living within a country is increasing. It is therefore used as a way of measuring a country’s economic growth. The Business Cycle- there are discernable patterns in these levels over time‚ there will be periods of time when economic activity is rising and other times when the level of economic activity slows down. The Business Cycle The Four
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