Chapter 2 The external environment: Opportunities‚ threats‚ industry competition and competitor analysis Knowledge objectives 1 Explain the importance of analysing and understanding the firm’s external environment 2 Define and describe the general environment and the industry environment 3 Discuss the four activities of the external environmental analysis process 4 Name and describe the general environment’s six segments Knowledge objectives 5 Identify the five competitive forces
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Defects in Societal Roles In the book Chronicles of a Death Foretold‚ Gabriel Marquez manipulates his characters in a systematic fashion that unveil the universal occurrence of societal pressure that forces categorized people into specific classes. An important element Marquez often alludes to is the abstract notion of honor‚ which holds a relatively high importance to those tied designated to the male gender in Latin America. On the other side of the spectrum‚ marianismo is the idealized female
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competitive business environment‚ business organizations are striving to stand out from their competitors and attract targeted audience by providing consistent and reliable customer service. However‚ if a business organization is to implement effective customer service programs‚ they must have their employees acquire a set of skills that collectively encompass the business social/interpersonal area. Although business social/interpersonal skills cover many dimensions of business‚ some common business mistakes
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Environmental protection is a practice of protecting the environment‚ on individual‚ organizational or governmental levels‚ for the benefit of the natural environment and (or) humans. Due to the pressures of population and technology‚ the biophysical environment is being degraded‚ sometimes permanently. This has been recognized‚ and governments have begun placing restraints on activities that caused environmental degradation. Since the 1960s‚ activism by the environmental movement has created awareness
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HEREDITY AND ENVIRONMENT The nature versus nurture controversy— that is‚ how much of our behavior is due to inherited factors and how much to environmental factors Heredity is the passing of traits to offspring (from its parent or ancestors). Biology affects behavior also through mechanisms of heredity regulated by genetic principles. Researchers in the field called behavioral genetics study‚ through both family and twin studies‚ the way in which genetic factors affect behavioral traits. In family
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interval (0‚1); b) if f(x)= 2e-2x U(x) Q 4-7‚ Show that if the uniform variable x has an Erlang density with n=2‚ then Fx(x) = (1-e-cx-cxe-cx) U(x) Q 4-8‚ The random variable x is N (10; 1)‚ Find f (x | (x-10)2 <4) Q 4-9‚ Find f(x) if F(x) = (1-e-ax) U(x-c). Q 4-10‚ If x is N (0‚ 2) find a) P{1≤ x ≤ 2} b) P{1≤ x ≤2 | x ≥ 1} Q4-14‚ A fair coin is tossed 900 times and the random variable x equals the total number of heads. a) Find fx(x)‚ 1: exactly‚ 2: approximately
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this experiment‚ what was the independent variable? The independent variable in the first part of this experiment was the method of presentation ‚single digits in part 1 or grouped numbers in part 2. 2. In part three and four‚ what was the independent variable? The independent variable in the second part is type of stimuli .Binary numbers in part 3 or letters in par 4. 3. In these experiments‚ what was the dependent variable? The dependent variable is the number of digits that you can remember
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Variable costs are those costs that increase as the output the restaurant increases. As example‚ assume for the Teen Burger Direct Materials cost $1.50 per burger. A day with one thousand burgers sold would cost of $1500 dollars. In comparison‚ a day with two thousand burgers sold would cost $3000 dollars. While the cost per Teen Burger remains constant the total cost per day varies with the output each given day. Electricity costs would increase in the same fashion as each time a burger is cooked
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Lesson 1 BUSINESS AND ITS ENVIRONMENT NATURE OF BUSINESS Business may be understood as the organized efforts of enterprise to supply consumers with goods and services for a profit. Businesses vary in size‚ as measured by the number of employees or by sales volume. But‚ all businesses share the same purpose: to earn profits. The purpose of business goes beyond earning profit. There are: • It is an important institution in society. • Be it for the supply of goods and services • Creation of
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2.0 THE PROJECT ENVIRONMENT 2.1 The Projects: Projects are products of ideas initiated to fulfill a need or exploit an opportunity. The Project Environment also known as Project World are the external factors influencing projects. The single most important influence on any project is whether or not it is being carried out by Public Sector usually undertaken by government to provide public service or Private Sector usually undertaken by individual companies or consortia to
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