Describe the Political and Economic Characteristics of Feudalism Feudalism is a term that refers to a decentralized political system that emerged in Medieval Europe due to a need for order in society. While the definition of feudalism varies among historians‚ there are certain characteristics that define feudalism as a whole. We can divide these ideas into governmental and economic characteristics. The basic structure of government in a feudal system involves the exchange of land for military
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Market Segmentation The market segmentation includes: Demographical bases. Geographical bases. Behavior bases. Psychographic bases. 2.1 Demographical bases (age‚ family size‚ life cycle‚ occupation) Looking into Apple‚ the Demographical market segment is successful because they are developing products on the age‚ life cycle‚ occupation of the people. They are distributing their products into various places and the PCs are categorized on age‚ family size‚ for example they would have more games and
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POLITICAL SCIENCE AS A SOCIAL SCIENCE Political Science is in part a social science‚ and in part a humanity. Both are important. In this topic‚ we will look at the basics of social science inquiry‚ and then proceed to show how this differs from‚ on the one hand‚ inquiry in the natural sciences and‚ on the other‚ inquiry in the humanities. Social Science Social science inquiry seeks to develop empirical theory. �Empirical�
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How technological change impact upon economic growth There have been dramatic changes in global economics in the last two decades through the flow of trade‚ foreign investment and of course technology‚ with a major rise in the manufacture and spread of information and communications technologies (ICT). For the course of this paper‚ ICT‚ a general purpose technology will be used to include in broad terms‚ computers – software and hardware‚ telecommunications‚ satellite communications‚ email and
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Week (Lecture Dates) Topic Reading Assignments Tutorial Assignments 1 12 Aug Introduction to the Course. Introduction to Marketing Chapter 1 None 2 19 Aug Marketing Planning Process Chapters 2‚ 22 None 3 26 Aug Environmental Analysis Competitor Analysis Chapter 3 Tutorial 1 (Week 3 or 4) 4 2 Sept Consumer Buying Behaviour Chapters 5 5 9 Sept Business Buying Behaviour Marketing Research Chapters 6‚ 8 Tutorial 2 (Week 5 or 6) Individual Assignment One 6 16 Sept
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Collective Bargaining for Environmental Protection: A Union Case Study from the Philippines Summary In a country where the environment has emerged as a major public concern‚ a breakthrough was achieved when an industry leader and its union negotiated an environmental protection clause into their collective bargaining agreement. The Congress of Independent Organizations-Associated Labor Unions (CIO-ALU) reached an agreement with the San Miguel Corporation‚ the Philippines’ largest company‚ which
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to notice that there are many geographic factors that effect regions across the world. A few of the most noticeable are monsoons and deserts. Over time these factors have altered the relationships between certain regions and benefitted our development in society. However‚ they can be extremely demoralizing as well. Not only is nature disrupted but the way in which people live on a daily basis. We are forced to make changes and adapt to the overwhelming geographic factors. Monsoons are one uncontrollable
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3‚ 2011 Western Union in 2008: Send Me The Money! Western Union in 2008: Send Me The Money! Current Situation Summary Western Union was founded in 1851 and started its history as a telegraph and wire services company. In 2006‚ Western Union discontinued its telegraph service and focused exclusively on money transfers (Pearce & Robinson‚ 2011). Jorge Ochoa‚ Vice President of Finance and Raul Duany‚ Director of Corporate Communication joined The Western Union Company (WU) in November
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The political environments which include political stability ‚ government support for different types of organisation‚ fiscal‚ direct support‚ providing infrastructure‚ enhancing skills of the working population‚ organisations to support businesses and membership of international trading communities. Political factors can affect a business in the following ways: Political stability affects a business because taxation‚ legal framework‚ policies and laws are all under threat of drastic changes
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External and Internal Environmental Analysis “Environmental scanning is the internal communication of external information about issues that may potentially influence an organization ’s decision-making process” (Albright‚ 2004‚ p. 34). For organizations like Fresenius Medical Care‚ a worldwide company‚ the awareness of external environmental factors is vital to maintain competitive on the dialysis industry. Even though there are multiple external factors to analyze‚ in recent years the government
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