6 Assignment 1 Sept 2013 SECTION A (60 MARKS) Note to student: You will be penalised for the copying of theory without explanation/application to the scenario provided. You should use the theory in support of your own answer. Non-application will result in a zero mark being awarded. Read the case study below and conduct your own research on Shoprite Holdings Ltd. Following your investigation answer the questions in Section A. South Africa and the global economic environment Since our previous
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atoms when bonds form. Lewis dot diagrams for elements are a handy way of picturing valence electrons‚ and especially‚ what electrons are available to be shared in covalent bonds. The valence electrons are written as dots surrounding the symbol for the element: one dot is place on each side first‚ and when all four positions are filled‚ the remaining dots are paired with one of the first set of dots‚ with a maximum of two dots placed on each side. Lewis-dot diagrams of the atoms in rows 1 and
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PESTEL FRAMEWORK The framework provides a comprehensive list of influences on the possible success or failure of particular strategies. Important to do PESTEL analysis whilst developing a strategy! PESTEL is an acronym which stands for; Political This highlights the role of governments. Firms will be directly affected by the actions of government and other political events. These might be major events affecting the whole of the business community or they may be actions affecting just one part of
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Assets in accounting In the financial accounting sense of the term‚ it is not necessary to be able to legally enforce the asset’s benefit for qualifying a resource as being an asset‚ provided the entity can control its use by other means. The accounting equation relates assets‚ liabilities‚ and owner’s equity: Assets = Liabilities + Stockholder’s Equity (Owner’s Equity) Assets = liabilities + Capital liabilities = Assets - Capital Capital = Assets - liabilities That is‚ the total value of a firms
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favourite among Indian shoppers. [Online] Available at: http://thirdeyesight.in/articles/zara_india_favourite.htm [Accessed 9 March 2012]. Just-style.com. (2012). Zara takes a cautious step into China. [Online]. Available at: http://www.just-style.com/analysis/zara-takes-a-cautious-step-into-china_id92390.aspx [Accessed 10 March 2012]. Pallavi Srivastava‚ (2011). Zara: Premium Fashion. [Online] Available at: http://thirdeyesight.in/articles/zara_pitch.htm [Accessed 9 March 2012]. Saumya Roy‚ (2010). Fast
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How attractive is the Russian ice cream market? How is it likely to evolve? Market attractiveness refer to all the characteristics that contribute to the success of organizations within the market. Profitability is one and Exhibit 9 suggests profit margins for retailers and distributors are about 30% - 50%‚ and producers’ is about 15%. This is high in the Russian food industry where‚ the profitability in the confectionary industry was only 6% - 8%. The russian ice cream industry had about 300 companies
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Assessment of the external macro-environment in which the firm operates can be expressed in terms if the following factors Political • In Britain political awareness of the importance of the motorsport industry has grown in recent years especially during the Blair tenure. Frank Williams was knighted in 1999. • Political pressure on Formula One has also strengthened abroad‚ with other countries gaining the right to host the races. • The Asian Countries: China‚ Indonesia‚ Malaysia
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Political Factors: All Saints ensures that all regulations are met by having their vendors‚ suppliers and subcontractors sign their compliance manual based on the core conventions of the International Labour Organisation. The provisions of these conventions constitute the minimum and not the maximum standards all suppliers must meet in order to do business with All Saints. (http://www.allsaints.com/new-faqs) Economic Factors: All Saints and the All Saints website
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Critical Analysis of "Fire and Ice" One said‚ "Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words." Four time Pulitzer Prize winning American poet‚ teacher‚ and lecturer‚ Robert Frost quoted this. Frost was born in 1874 and died in January of 1963. He lived in New England for practically his whole life‚ only moving to England for a short time to pursue his writing career in which he wrote many popular and oft-quoted poems. In his poem‚ "Fire and Ice"‚ Frost uses
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CASE STUDY 1. Describe the service organization culture at Amy’s Ice Cream. Amy’s Ice Cream culture is rather laid back. The atmosphere in the parlor is cheery and everyone exhorts a friendly and happy attitude. Amy encourages employee empowerment by allowing the employees to dress as they wish and to interact with customers in a way that is more suitable to their personality. The customers’ attitude is very important to the management as well as the employees so they make sure that customers
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