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European Debt Crisis Spain

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Please write a research paper about Crisis handling, the European Debt Crisis: . Spain, the condition before and after the crisis in Spain and causes of it . the effect on European countries. please do the following 1. vary the resources using different journals , books ,essays and other research paper cornering that matter with only maximum 10 resources no more than 10 . 2.write between 10,000 word up to 12000 word in 15 to 20 page.3. identify

Please write a research paper about Crisis handling, the European Debt Crisis:. Spain, the condition before and after the crisis in Spain and causes of it . the effect on European countries. please vary the resources using different journals , books ,essays and other research paper cornering that matter with only maximum 10 resources no more than 10 . Please write between 10,000 word up to 12000 word in 15 to 20 page. 3. identify (write ) aim and objective of research 4.make an abstract and acknowledgement and table of content .

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British Petroleum

 

Module Title Strategic Management Analysis
Word Limit 3,000 words
Number of questions set: 4 out of 7 (please follow instructions)

Instructions to Candidates

1. The assessment contains four sections that cover the four main thematic areas of the module. For sections 1, 2, and 3, select and answer one question. Section 4 contains only one question, which is compulsory.
2. You are required to carry out your own research on this case organization and collect relevant information beyond what is provided in the case-study (i.e. corporate reports, corporate websites, press releases, media outlets etc.).
3. 5% towards the total mark will assess your presentation skills, that is appropriate use of Harvard System of Referencing, formatting, style
of writing and use of language, word limit.

QUESTIONS:

SECTION 1. MISSION, VISION, AND STAKEHOLDERS (20%) [LOs 1-2]
Select and answer one of the following questions:

1.1. Write a mission and a vision statement for British Petroleum (BP).

1.2. Identify British Petroleum’s (BP) key stakeholders and map these stakeholders in terms of the power/interest grid.
SECTION 2. SCENARIOS AND INDUSTRY ANALYSIS (25%) [LOs 2-3]
Select and answer one of the following questions:

2.1. Describe and analyse some of the key trends and uncertainties facing the energy (oil & gas) industry over the following 10 years. Build on this analysis to generate two possible scenarios for British Petroleum (BP). What implications are there for British Petroleum’s (BP) strategy?

2.2. By employing relevant data from the case, conduct a five forces analysis of the energy industry. What do you conclude about that industry’s attractiveness?
SECTION 3. RESOURCES AND CAPABILITIES (25%) [LOs 2-3]
Select and answer one of the following questions:

3.1. Evaluate the bases of British Petroleum’s (BP) strategic capabilities by utilizing the VRIO/VRIN criteria (value, rarity, inimitability, organisation and/or non-substitutability). Which are the key strategic capabilities that provide, or could provide, British Petroleum (BP) with a sustainable competitive advantage? Why?

3.2. Evaluate British Petroleum’s (BP) resources and capabilities by utilizing the value chain framework. How is the company creating value? Discuss how could the company develop and improve further in respect to this?
SECTION 4. BUSINESS AND CORPORATE STRATEGIES (25%) [LOs 1-4]

British Petroleum (BP) has shrunk after selling assets in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico disaster in 2010 and is now worth considerably less than rivals Exxon Mobil or Shell (i.e. The Economist, 2014; Financial Times, 2013)*. Moreover, in April 2015, the company reported ‘a sharp fall in profit as the dramatic fall in oil prices took its tall’ (BBC News, April 2015)**. What suggestions could you make to British Petroleum’s (BP) senior management team to achieve sustainable competitive advantage in the competitive global energy market?

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Speech

in order to answer the following questions:
1) What are the 6 basic guideless to follow when creating Visual Aids?

2) What are the seven guidelines when presenting Visual aids.

3) Name the 6 basic principles when formatting power point slides.

4) Name 5 basic principles for the use fonts.

5) Define what is meant by the term persuasion and discuss why it is the most difficult type of public speaking.

6) List the four types Persuasive speeches and explain each of the processes.

7) What is meant by term Credibility? Name the 3 types of Credibility.

8) Name the 4 types of evidence and explain each.

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Strategic Review Individual Management Report

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company:TUI group
1.Analysis of the organisation’s strategic direction:
Examination making practical use of mainstream strategy concepts, models and frameworks (Ansoff matrix BCG, GE/McKinsey) chose two of them.
2.Critical evaluation of the organisation’s strategy: This is in terms of its suitability, acceptability, feasibility and sustainability (SAFS Framework).
3.Recommendations:The ability to draw together a coherent and consistent set of recommendations, as appropriate to the organisation.
Grounded in reality.
3.Application of Industry Analysis: Demonstrates knowledge, understanding and the ability to apply Porter’s 5 Forces model within a critical context.
4.Conclusions:Demonstrates the ability to draw together a coherent and consistent set of conclusions.

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You should select only ONE question for part (a) and ONE question from part (b) for completion.

 
Section A 1500 words

1. Select a BRICS or N-11 country that is NOT China. If you were to advise a company from a developed country on the choice of entry mode when entering that emerging market economy, what choice of entry mode would you recommend? Use the Doing Business data of the World Bank and the Global Competiveness Report of the World Economic Forum, as well as other measures, such as cultural distance etc., to justify your recommendation. You should contextualise your work as you see fit.

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2. Research available information on Tesco, the UK retailing organisation, in China. You should search for information from a range of sources, both academic and otherwise.

Write a short report for an imaginary Manager discussing Tesco’s approach in China. Your report should include:

• The background to the important issues as you see them
• Rationale for Tesco’s approach in China
• An evaluation of Tesco’s approach in China

In your work, you shouldn’t, merely present the information obtained through your research. Instead, you should also critically analyse the information, and suggest reasons for the success or failure, as you see it, in light your knowledge of the international business literature.
Section B 1500 words

1. Debate the arguments for and against differing levels of ethnocentric management for international organisations. You should illustrate your points with contemporary examples, wherever possible.
OR

2. Compare and contrast the resource based and institutional views, and comment on the extent to which each complements the other in informing international organisations. You should justify your position using your knowledge of the issues gained from your lecture readings and beyond

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Thesis statement: Art extracts out of life for Marden is an essence of feeling, thought, memory, and experience that attains its independence and self-sufficiency.

 

Outline: Introduction: Briefly introduce the artist–where, and when of making. Introduce the artist’s practice. Introduce their practice in the larger field of discourse (i.e.-film theory, post-internet art, zoology, anthropology, etc.) And give us your thesis statement–what you will focus on and the idea you set out to prove or the proposal you are putting forth. Body of text: In the order that makes sense for your particular Case Study: Specifically describe works that support your thesis. Write out how you are thinking through this practice (the thesis statement). Define important terms and concepts related to the work. Be sure to cover not only the conceptual underpinnings of the work, but the materiality and process of the artist as well. Conclusion: Beyond restating your thesis and what you’ve laid out to prove it, what new conclusions are drawn? What is the relevance of this type of work and process? This may be an opportunity to project forward the importance or urgency of this work in this particular moment. (After all, you as practitioners today must be responding to something of our zeitgeist that draws you to this particular artist’s work.)

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Political

 
Short Essay

1. According to Marx, what is the difference between a natural self in a natural society and a natural self in a modern society?
2. What did Emma Goldman mean when she wrote that women are victims of morality?
3. Discuss the differences between Martin Luther King and Malcolm X as illustrated in Letter from Birmingham Jail and The Ballot or the Bullet.
4. What is the significance of the Hobby Lobby case as it relates to individual freedoms and the free exercise of religious beliefs?

Essay

1. Affirmative Action programs are designed to remedy years of discrimination based on race. Discuss the facts and outcomes of the Bakke case and the U. of Michigan cases. What is the significance of the Paradise case as it relates to racial quotas?
2. Women’s Rights today centers around reproductive rights. Discuss the significance of the three (3) early landmark decisions in Griswold v. CT, Roe v. Wade and Casey v. Planned Parenthood. What is the significance of the Supreme Court recognizing that a right is a “fundamental right”?

Short Essay
1. What is institutional racism? Can it be argued that the U.S. Criminal Justice system can be looked at as an example of institutional racism? Why or why not?
2. Since Roe v. Wade and Casey, various states have enacted laws that some argue takes away or limits a women’s right to choose. Discuss limitations that the courts have deemed constitutional and unconstitutional.

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The Curator_American Art History

What does a curator do? He or she comes up with ideas for exhibitions that they think are important of interesting to the public. They design the layout of the exhibition (i.e. how and where the works are displayed), write a brochure or wall labels, and sometimes give tours of the exhibition. Imagine that you have been given this job and the director of your museum has asked you to come up with a concept for an art exhibition that includes at least five works of art that were either discussed in the lectures or in your textbook. The works in your exhibition must support a common theme, style or idea that you think would be compelling for the public but do not need to be of the same time period. The theme is entirely up to you. The only theme you may NOT choose is the work of only one artist. Once you have decided on the artworks to be displayed, create either an exhibition brochure, the exhibition design or film/record yourself giving a tour of the show. If you choose the exhibition brochure, it must include at least two-pages of text explaining the theme and why each work was selected. If you design the exhibition or film yourself giving a tour you must do it in a format that can be uploaded to the course for grading (docsharing works well) and you must write a two-page paper explaining why the works are important, why you made the choices you did and how the works relate to each other.

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Human Resources

 
1. Which of the following describes managing the behavior of employees through a formal system of
feedback and reinforcement?
A. Behaviorally anchored rating scales
B. Organizational behavior modification
C. Behavioral-observation scales
D. Critical incidents
2. If a performance measure lacks _______ reliability, determining whether an employee’s performance has
truly changed over time will be impossible.
A. test-retest
B. interrater
C. external
D. strategic
3. Which of the following statements illustrates effective feedback?
A. “You’ve achieved 100 percent of your target in less than six months.”
B. “Overall, your performance has been satisfactory.”
C. “You’ve become careless; you came in late three times last week.”
D. “I don’t see any progress from the last review; you’re lazy.”
4. Generally speaking, the contents of employees’ e-mail and voice-mail messages on companies’ systems
are
A. private, protected communications.
B. protected and private only if they’re directed to parties outside of the company.
C. not private, protected communications.
D. protected and private if job-related.
5. Which of the following is a false statement about using peers as a source of performance information?
A. Peers have expert knowledge of job requirements and bring a unique perspective to the evaluation, often resulting in extremely
valid assessments of performance.
B. Peer ratings, according to research, are highly influenced by friendships.
C. Peer ratings are particularly useful when supervisors don’t have the opportunity to observe employees.
D. Peers are more willing participants in reviews used for employees.
6. The type of performance management system in which a company assembles performance data on an
individual from most or all of his or her contacts within and outside the company is known as
A. the critical-incidents technique.
B. 360-degree performance appraisals.
C. management by objectives.
D. behavioral-observation scales.
7. An employee refuses an employer’s request to falsify the contents of a report to the EEOC. The
employer subsequently discharges the worker for “not following orders.” In a wrongful-discharge suit, the
employee is likely to argue which of the following exceptions to the at-will-employment doctrine?
A. Reverse discrimination
B. Public policy
C. Implied contract
D. Equal employment
8. Advantages of result-based measures include three of the following. Which is not an advantage of resultbased
measures?
A. Result-based measures are very effective in providing guidance on how to improve.
B. Result-based measures are highly acceptable to employees and managers alike.
C. Result-based measures are relatively easy to link to the organization’s goals.
D. Result-based measures are generally less subjective than other kinds of performance systems.
9. Three of the following are trends in executive education. Which one is not a trend in executive
education?
A. Due to increasing costs, employees are increasingly being asked to cover tuition and other program-related costs.
B. Formal educational programs are being supplemented with other developmental activities.
C. Distance learning is being used more frequently by companies.
D. Employers and education providers are developing short courses with content designed specifically for the audience.
10. Three of the following are likely outcomes or benefits of conducting annual employee satisfaction
surveys. Which of the following is not a likely outcome or benefit?
A. The surveys provide a means for empirically assessing the effects of changes in personnel practices on worker attitudes.
B. The surveys provide evidence of the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform specific jobs.
C. The surveys allow the company to monitor trends over time.
D. The surveys give employees an outlet for voicing their concerns.
11. What is the employee’s responsibility in the self-assessment stage of career management?
A. Communicate performance evaluations
B. Identify opportunities and areas of needed improvement
C. Identify steps and a timetable to reach goals
D. Provide assessment information to identify strengths, weaknesses, interests, and values
12. Which of the following statements about benchmarks is false?
A. The managers’ supervisors, their peers, and the managers themselves must complete the instrument to ensure its effectiveness.
B. The instrument measures 16 skills and perspectives, such as how well managers deal with subordinates, acquire resources,
and create a productive work climate.
C. While managers enjoy completing the instrument and find the results interesting, research is inconclusive regarding the skills
measured and their relationship to on-the-job performance.
D. The items measured by benchmarks are based on research into the lessons that executives have learned as a result of critical
events within their careers.
13. Total quality management differs from traditional performance measurement in that TQM
A. has an external, rather than an internal, focus.
B. assesses both individual performance and the system within which the individual works.
C. is a top-down review process.
D. focuses on support decisions about work assignments, training, and compensation.
14. The step in the career management process in which employees receive information about their skills
and knowledge and where these assets fit into the organization’s plans is called
A. goal setting.
B. self-assessment.
C. reality check.
D. action planning.
15. Which of the following statements correctly describes in-basket exercises?
A. In-basket exercises simulate the administrative tasks of a manager’s job, using a pile of documents for the employee to handle.
B. In-basket exercises require participants to take the part of a manager or employee in a situation involving the skills to be
assessed.
C. In-basket exercises are paper-and-pencil tests designed to measure participants’ communication styles and skills.
D. In-basket exercises require teams of five to seven employees to work together to solve assigned problems within a certain
time period.
16. To improve performance of underutilizers, managers should
A. link rewards to performance outcomes.
B. withhold pay increases.
C. demote them from their current position.
D. offer temporary assignments for skill development.
17. An Individual Coaching for Effectiveness program is designed to
A. improve managers in succession planning.
B. help prepare managers for overseas assignments.
C. reduce the effects of the glass ceiling.
D. help managers with dysfunctional behaviors.
18. The primary use of assessment centers is to identify
A. employees’ personality types and job interests.
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B. decision processes and communication styles that inhibit production.
C. the strengths and weaknesses of team members.
D. employees who have the personality, characteristics, and skills needed for managerial positions.
19. If peer review doesn’t lead to a settlement, a neutral party from outside the organization hears the case
and tries to help the people in conflict arrive at a settlement. This process is called
A. mediation.
B. open-door policy.
C. arbitration.
D. progressive discipline.
20. Why would an employee seek a downward move?
A. To learn different skills
B. To increase salary and visibility
C. To have more authority
D. To have greater challenges

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You are traveling as a Western European Christian in the same year that the Adventures of Ibn Battuta

 
This is instruction of this paper.

“You are a Roman Catholic Church lawyer whose home is Paris. You speak French, Latin, and a little Greek. As a young man, you decide to travel abroad.
Uncannily, you begin and end your travels in the same year that Ibn Battuta did (1325 and 1354), and you travel to many if not all of the same places that he did. You are traveling, however, as a Western European Christian, not a Muslim legal scholar who speaks Arabic and Persian. Write a first-person account of your twenty-nine years of travel, telling about your itinerary, your adventures, your problems, and your crises. Be concrete and specific about geography, places, kingdoms, ethnic peoples, and so on”