Unit 3 For a hotel that wants to compete in any area of the market it has to offer some sort of value which nobody else offers or something better then others. If a hotel is competing in the market of short breaks for couples there have to be advantages for people to choose this hotel offer instead of other ones. The hotel must offer six major elements to attract people: Price‚ quality of room‚ quietness‚ sights or locations‚ cleanliness and service. Price is most important criteria for most
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Question 1 A) Innovation is about finding new or better method of making something‚ a product or a service. Innovations are born due to several reasons .Peter Drucker has outlined seven sources of innovative chances or opportunities .I am going to identify them below. 1. Unexpected happenings‚ as a sudden event that can be a indication of a distinctive chance for innovating or entrepreneurship. 2. Incongruity‚ as the divergence between what everyone think of a thing and the reality of it ‚
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Part 1 I decided to carry out a PEST/STEEPL analysis on MacDonald’s‚ the fast food chain. Although in their own Mission and Value statement they describe themselves as a franchise business. The STEP analysis proved to be relatively easy‚ in some was it is similar to SWOT‚ in that once a start has been made it is difficult to stop. I used a copy of their 2011 Annual Report as the basis for the analysis‚ this did make things difficult in term of economic factors as the report was mainly financial
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Ethical Statement In accordance with the ethical guidance (The Open University 2013) I have followed the BERA guidelines including changing any names. My Role I am a parent volunteer in a Church of England primary and nursery school. I am currently supporting the mixed year 1 and 2 classes. I work on Monday and Wednesday mornings from 8.45 -12 pm. I have a variety of different supporting roles within the classroom not just with the helping the teachers but also the pupils‚ school and curriculum
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ACC203e Managerial Accounting Group-Based Assessment January 2011 Presentation Lecture Group T01 Mr Wong Nee Tat Names Chen Yawen Gwendolin(Y1072354) Chng Chyi Da (K1115100) Teo Zhen Wei (Z1010291) Question 1 UrPrint Job U12 Cost Sheet $ Direct Materials: Plain t-shirts 4‚800 Paints 1‚400 Design & making of silk-screen 2‚000 Direct Labour: 600 t-shirts1 4‚200 Factory Overhead2 840 Additional Costs: Correction
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By firstly understanding what the term carer means I can look at the challenges both care givers‚ and care receivers face. According to a government website a “carer is someone who looks after a friend‚ relative‚ or neighbour who needs support because of their sickness‚ age or disability.” A 2001 census report noted that “6 million people said that they provide unpaid care to a family member.” This is 12% of the adult population in the United Kingdom. This is a great amount of families providing
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A plan of Parts 2 and 3 of my EMA For this assignment I can confirm I have adhered to the E105 ethical guidelines by using information gained from my own setting. Parents of children whom I have observed as part of my studies have given written permission‚ and are aware they may withdraw this consent at any time. Parents‚ colleagues and other professionals acknowledge they will not be identified at any time during this assignment. Self-Assessment Profile I am now aware of the United Nations Convention
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1. Unit based costing first assigns overhead costs to departmental pools and then assigns these costs to products using predetermined overhead rates. a. True b. False ANSWER: True 2. Management information systems can be divided into a unit-based type and activity-based type. a. True b. False ANSWER: True 3. Predetermined overhead rates are calculated at the end of each year using the formula: overhead rate = budgeted annual driver level/budgeted annual driver level. a. True b. False ANSWER:
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One Processor‚ one job type Utilization Analysis Utilization (u) = fraction of time a resource is busy. Calculate u for each resource as shown on following slides. In a network (i.e.‚ system) where jobs flow through multiple resources‚ the one with the highest u is the “bottleneck.” Utilization must be kept below 1 (i.e.‚ 100%)‚ and as we will see later‚ if there is variability then u may need to even be kept significantly below 100%. The system capacity is the job flow rate R that yields
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Example: Having demonstrated its versatility as a high-tech newswire‚ Twitter drew the attention of those who would prefer to see certain information suppressed. Synonym: adaptability Explanation: I chose the synonym adaptable because‚ the word used in the example "versatility"‚ shows that Twitter was able to change to fit every person’s needs or personal standards. So‚ I wanted a word that fit in the sentence for a skill. Example: Millions of users attempted to log into Twitter only to be greeted
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