Contrast the ownership and purposes of two of the businesses used in P1. The two businesses chosen must have different ownership and purposes. HSBC and my local newsagent are businesses with two different types of ownership and purposes. HSBC is a bank which is opened to all the public‚ all the public are entitled to use these premises only if they have a valid bank account. This is called being a public limited company. HSBC’s purposes are to help people manage their money as well as insurance
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P1 The two contrasting businesses that I chose are ‘Apple’ and ‘Action for Children’ Activities Apple Inc. Action for Children Can sell shares x Tax reductions x Limited liability x For profit x Fund by UK Tax system x Apple Inc. designs‚ manufactures and markets mobile communication and media devices‚ personal computers and portable digital music players‚ and sells a variety of related software etc. the products include; iPhone‚ mac‚ iPod‚ Apple TV etc. the company
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Cambridge Bike Ride. 1.2 Type of Business The British Heart Foundation is a charity‚ so is in the tertiary industry and they aren’t looking to make any profits as they are raising money for a cause in order to prevent heart diseases. The British Heart Foundation is therefore a not for profit organisation. 1.3 What Sector is it under? The British Heart Foundation is under the Voluntary sector and the Private sector‚ because they are a not for profit organisation as they are a charitable and a voluntary
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required to produce a detailed report on two contrasting medium/large sized organisations. My two chosen organisations are Nike and Tesco who I have briefly described above. Both Nike and Tesco are two contrasting business in the business world. They both are very successful at what they do and are continuing to grow. Tesco is a retailer‚ whereas‚ Nike is a large organisation which markets its logo‚ and its product are made via other sectors of their organisation (There are specialized departments which
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The type of business‚ purpose and ownership of two contrasting business In this task‚ I will be describing the type of business‚ purpose and ownership of Thorpe Park and Langley Park for girls. For each organisation‚ I will have to describe the range including local‚ national‚ international and global; public‚ private‚ not-for-profit and voluntary; primary‚ secondary and tertiary. Furthermore‚ I would describe the purpose which also includes product/service and the difference between profits or
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P5-Describe the influence of two contrasting economic environments on business activities within a selected organisation Within my selected organisation‚ Tesco‚ there are 2 important economic environments that have an influence on business activities. Both economic environments will have a different way on affecting Tesco. The economic environments are growth and recession. Economic growth occurs when more goods are being produced and consumed‚ and incomes are rising. A growth company tends to
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truffles; a black‚ warty fungus that grow in the roots of oak and hazelnut trees. Truffles are really expensive and they use trained pigs to find them. The study compares these two countries France and Kenya within the setting of International Management practices. Comparing and Contrasting France Verses Kenya Kenya is located in East Africa and borders Somalia to the northeast‚ Ethiopia to the north‚ Sudan to the northwest‚ Uganda to the west‚ Tanzania to the south
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Tuesday 10th February 2004 Business Studies - Portfolio In this portfolio I am going to investigate two contrasting businesses and I will be collecting information from each of them such as: ØTheir main activities‚ aims and objectives and ownership. ØHow they are organised. ØHow they communicate internally and externally. ØTheir external influences. The two businesses I have decided to investigate are Richer Sounds and the Tanning Shop. Richer Sounds Activities: Richer Sounds main activities
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new perspective to the workplace by improving the efficiency of the working class man (Blake & Moseley‚ 2011). The theory highlighted that companies could use simple training techniques so that workers could focus on one task‚ which would run the business more efficiently (Berdayes‚ 2002). Taylor’s theory has had a positive impact on the 21st century for companies such as Harvard University‚ Toyota and McDonalds Fast Food. However the theory hasn’t always been successful in all businesses‚ especially
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Barclaycard Bernardo Bátiz-Lazo and Nurdilek Hacialioglu with contributions by Jarunee Wonglimpiyarat and Douglas Wood 1. INTRODUCTION The case study is concerned with how a long-standing market leader tries to maintain market share and develop its business in an industry undergoing significant change. Students are challenged to formulate‚ evaluate and compare a range of strategic options and to choose the best way forward for Barclaycard 2. POSITION OF THE CASE The Barclaycard case study lends
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