Contrary Reports Samples For Students

Abstract

With virtually everything going international, globalization has become an inevitable concept. Technology has reduced, and to some extent eliminated the miles between the nations across the world – a situation that has seen business among people and organization from various countries flourish. The shortening and elimination of the distances has seen a rapid growth in the number of multinational corporations in the last three decades. Research indicates that internationalization of the firm is no longer an affair for the big organizations. On the contrary, small and medium enterprises are operating globally, with e-commerce being the main form of business. With globalization come ...

Sports Direct – A Brief Corporate Insight

Sports Direct International Plc (Sports Direct) is a chain of a retail store that was established in 1982. The entity was formed by Michael James Wallace Ashley, prominently known as Mike Ashley, who is also the owner of a football club, Newcastle United. Sports Direct is an origination of the United Kingdom (UK) and has more than 670 retail stores globally (Sports Direct, 2016).
The corporate operations are segmented into two divisions namely Sports and Leisure, and Fashion and Lifestyle (Sports Direct, 2016). The Sports and Leisure division offers multiple and popular brands to target audience such as Nike, ...

Intellectual property: A Summary

Unlike tangible property, intellectual property is more complicated in terms of ownership and possession. With regard to such complexity, the legal frameworks in place have come up with various provisions aimed at protecting the ownership and exclusive rights of such property. For purposes of such protection, intellectual property is divided into: copyrights, patents, trademarks, and registered designs. Contrary to common misconception, a single product can be protected under all these types. For instance, an iPhone, a product of Apple Inc, can have the company control its distribution and enhancement by use of patents, copyrights, registered designs and trademarks. Typically, patents are ...

This report comprehensively discusses the significance of keeping financial records and how financial information available in the financial statements of an entity help wide range of stakeholders in assessing company’s performance to make viable economic decisions. Moreover, as follows the report also defines the budgetary control process and different costing methods and their effects on short term and long term performance of the business. I would also like to discuss the statutory requirements of recording and reporting financial information for entities operating in the United Kingdom.
There are several reasons for companies to retain their financial records. ...

Part Four – Anthropology.

1. Man’s Creation.
a. Preliminary Considerations.
i. The fundamental difference between humans and angels, as Shedd states, is that “God created man male and female.” This implies that man is “incomplete if in isolation from one another.” However, angels are “sexless” which means that although they have been created with “reasonable and immortal souls” like man, they are not man or woman and are therefore, infinitely more complete than man.
1. This means that we must live at one with our alter-gender counterparts and consider each other equally as important. We are only whole humans ...

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For purposes of this assignment, the author uses Tesco and Samsung to explain the stakeholder influence in the two organizations.

Business sector
Samsung is a recognized brand in the production and distribution of electronic products ranging from smartphones, semiconductors, wearable devices, household items and computers among other electronics. Tesco, on the contrary, is the largest online food and grocery retailer in the United Kingdom, with retail stores in Europe and Asia.

Business purpose

Samsung’s business purpose is to give its customers innovative products to help them discover new experiences, connect them and open doors of possibilities with technologically savvy products. Tesco’s purpose, on the other hand, is to serve shoppers better in the United Kingdom; with ...

Introduction

This paper seeks to conduct an analysis for the financial performance of Lexus in relation to other industry competitors; Jaguar, Mercedes, Porshe and BMW. In order to arrive at objective results, the analysis will compare various financial and performance metrics for the businesses. It is a purely objective analysis that will be based on the figures obtained from the annual reports of the companies.

Return on capital employed (ROCE)

Return on capital employed is a metric for a company’s profitability and the effectiveness of its capital employment.
ROCE = Profits before interest and tax/Capital employed.
A significantly huge amount of ROCE is a clear ...

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Executive Summary
Introduction
Globalization is one of the major factors that influence the way people and groups such as organizations go about their lives today. Essentially, globalization refers to the integration of people, organizations, cultures, and sectors around the world. Progress and development, particularly in technology, facilitate globalization in that it creates small communities that interact and brings about various outcomes. In the business sector, globalization has made possible the development of the multicultural or diverse workplace. As organizations transition into multinational companies and as they acknowledge the advantages and contributions of diversity to their business, businesses ...

Executive Summary

Health policy is particularly unique and unlike public policy in other areas, has some characteristics that set it out as a special kind of policy. Perhaps this is the reason why it attracts substantial political attention. The interest groups of health policy – the patients, the professionals, the government, the policy makers, the government and the non-governmental bodies – are keener on the changes in such policy than are stakeholders of other forms of social policy. This report focuses on health policy, with special attention to the ideas fronted by Dutton (2013), for his coalition regarding the Medicare locals. The policy is ...

Non-Hospital vs. Acute Hospital Comparison.

Health care can be defined as overnight patient care that requires supervision of the health condition of a patient. Non-hospital care refers to care that does not require overnight stays in hospitals, and can be managed during patient’s visits to a hospital (Griffin, 2008). A non-hospital health care facility operates under four elements; curative medicine, disease prevention, health promotion, and rehabilitation. However, these functions or elements differ in various non-hospital care providers (Singh, 2010).
Some non-hospital health care facilities specialize on treatment, others on rehabilitation while others specialize on disease prevention. In a non-hospital care facility, there lacks a clear classification ...

Executive summary

This business report is an analysis of Marks and Spencer retailer, found in Britain. The report focuses on the background of the company, its vision, mission, values and corporate objectives. Further, it highlights the stages involved in the planning process, which entails corporate objectives, marketing audit, SWOT analysis, marketing objectives, and marketing strategies, marketing programs, budgets and control evaluation. Additionally, the report conducts a PESTLE analysis of the company, where it focuses on the different factors that affect the performance of the company. These factors include the political, economical, social, technological, environmental and legal factors. Notably, the report also conducts ...

HR CULTURE-CROSS HR STRATEGIES

Hofstede came up with the cultural dimensions which are still being practiced today as a pre-requisite to the understanding of the concept of cross cultural communication. These dimensions are also said to have a strong influence on the values of members of a society and also on how these values link to the behavior. Cultural dimensions give insight into how organizations and businesses would make policies for a specific location. The six dimensions of culture include power distance, individualism, masculinity, uncertainty avoidance, long term orientation and indulgence (Hofstede, 1984; Hofstede, Hofstede, and Minkov, 1991). Before actually relating these dimensions ...

Abstract

The main objective of this research is to investigate how the neuroscience information among public is relevant to their explanation for logic implementing neuroscience cognitive psychology. A total research participant of 368 people was selected as research participants that were divided into two groups. One group included the people that had the knowledge of neuroscience and the second group includes the participants that did not have knowledge about neuroscience between the ages 16 to 59 years (Weisberg, Keil, Goodstein, Rawson, & Gray, 2008). Our results show that there is a difference between individuals with neuroscience knowledge and without neuroscience knowledge ...

Integrative Research Project

Abstract
This research project aims to establish how the organization can increase its competitive advantage by requiring supply chain vendors to meet ENOC’s standards. A qualitative research methodology was used, and the research design is to carry out semi-structured interviews over the telephone. The semi-structured interview allowed interviewees to expand on their thoughts and experiences while the researcher guides the conversation to say on the topic. Interviews were performed over the telephone with employees at ENOC and employs with ENOC’s supply chain vendors to collect data. The data analysis was carried out by evaluating the results of ...

Use of Fossil Fuels for Power Generation and the Need for Renewable Energy

According to Nelson (2011), more than 85% of the world’s energy consumption, which is estimated at 520 exajoules, is generated through the burning of fossil fuels such as petroleum, natural gas and coal (p.19). Electric power generation from non-renewable sources will, unequivocally, result in their exhaustion and creation of a major energy crisis. For this reason, it appears primordial to shift in a greater scale to alternate power generation, such as solar, wind, hydroelectric, etc. Amongst these, Sorensen (2011) explains that though hydroelectric power does represent one of the major forms of power generation, its growth is stagnant ...

Abstract

The aim of this experiment was to determine the relationship between the Young’s Modulus and the deflection of a beam. Since different materials have different values of Young’s Modulus, the students selected three different materials for the experiment. In this case, the materials used include timber, aluminium, and steel. All the materials were identical in terms of the dimensions such as width and length. The each beam of the three materials was subjected to some magnitude of force at the centre and deflection measured. Data concerning the magnitude of load and the corresponding defection were then gathered ...

Panther I.D.:

“The expression of ampicillin resistance and luciferase enzyme genes by E. coli transformation using the pUC18 and lux plasmids”
Abstract
The transformation process allows the uptake of DNA from the environment, with the incorporation and expression of genes. During this process, changes in the DNA of the receptor cell occur, producing some selective advantages in some cases, such as resistance to antibiotics. pUC18 and lux plasmids were used to determine the transformation process in Escherichia coli. Cells were made competent by the addition of calcium chloride and heat shock in order to induce the incorporation of the ...

Influence of Temperature and Neurotransmitters on Heart Rate in crayfish

TA for the Experiment:
Introduction
The cardiovascular system achieves key physiological functions in animals. Particularly, crayfish (Procambarus clarkia), also known as freshwater lobster, have been used to study physiological processes. This is because it is easier to study them in this species than in any other organism. In Crayfish, the circulatory system is open. Blood moves from the heart through the arteries and goes back through the open sinuses. Their heart is located in the cephalotorax, in front of the first abdominal segment, in the dorsal portion.
Basic heart rate beat and rhythm in adult crustaceans depends on a ...

In this article, McDermon highlights on the various surviving paintings done by Hieronymus Bosch many years ago that are now on the display in his hometown in the Netherlands. Hieronymus Bosch, who was a Dutch painter, died 500 years ago, and in commemorating this occasion, his hometown made the decision of assembling his first major exhibition to display for a least a few centuries. Through his major works, Bosch paintings were depicting human depravity and divine punishment basing on the perverse imagination. The article entirely sets out to highlight these surviving paintings by Bosch, which thus sends the message ...

Management

Abstract
Conformity and differentiation are strategic tools that businesses utilize in order to gain advantage in the competition. However, institutional theory, including the resource-based literature opposes the existing view about differentiation. The trade-off in many industries suggests that extreme differentiation and conformity appears to damage performance while moderate differentiation creates an opposite effect. This discussion will explore the context of conformity and differentiation from related theories and evaluate the statement, whether the trade-off could provide a better advantage for the any industry.

Introduction

The context of differentiation and conformity refers to how an organization or business establishes its identity. Every ...

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CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY

3.1 Introduction
The chapter three is comprised of the research approach that will be applied in order to examine the factors of attractiveness of Kuwait shopping malls from the shoppers’ perceptions. In this manner, the current study aims to analyze the accessibility, parking, store tenant mix, atmosphere, orientation and infrastructure facilities of Kuwait's shopping centers and their relation to the shoppers’ perception of the mall's attractiveness. The current research will also enlighten the problem statement, research objectives and research questions. Afterwards, the research will incorporate the research design in accordance with its purpose and methodology. The structured ...

According to the Federal Trade Commission, the test for unfairness assumes a tripartite approach. Three critical aspects are considered in analysis whether a practise is unfair or not. The paper shall briefly examine the three steps of analysis. Foremost, the substance of the injury is examined. The injury must be substantial in a way as to cause economic, social safety and or a health damage. According to this test, the harm occasioned by the conduct of the market player needs to be substantial enough to occasion an injury to the consumers and that injury must to be against public policy. Secondly, the test ...

“Lord of the Flies” is a debut allegoric novel written in 1954 by a Nobel Prize-winning author William Golding. The novel intended to be an ironic commentary on “The Coral Island” by R.M. Ballantyne (1858) – an adventurous story for the young generation praising the optimistic imperial conception of the Victorian England.
The novel depicts the life of a group of children during the wartime on a deserted island, who survived a plane crash during evacuation from England. As a result of the elections Ralph has been chosen as the community leader. He strives to establish an upright and accurate way of life on the ...

Introduction

Bromford Group is an organization deeply committed to offer a variety of quality housing services that meet the needs of our clients. Our work always revolves around the aspect that we need to be dynamic and sensitive to consumer needs and as well as keep at par with the emerging trends and issues. We have engaged the services of revered professional to ensure we give the best. Over the past decade, we have improved steadily, a sure sign of our solid mastery of the social housing provision services. We hope to grow and become the leading housing organization globally.

Housing organizations

A tenancy ...

Part 2:

Introduction
The Capital Structure Propositions proposed by Nobel Laureates, Franco Modigliani and Merton Miller has a significant relevance even in the modern day financial theory. The propositions proposed by them are popularly known as MM Propositions which they proved under restrictive set of assumptions to counter the traditional approach of capital theory which states that there is always an optimum mix of capital structure for a firm that assists in attaining maximum value for it. The difference in the traditional approach and MM Propositions will be discussed in detail in the succeeding sections, while now we will explain the propositions ...

The strategy explains the idea of how businesses successfully create competitive advantages in the market place. It reflects that battling with the competitors is not a successful tactic to succeed from competitor. Rather a company can succeed in competition by creating a “blue ocean” in the market place that is still uncontested. According to the Mauborgne and Kim, this strategic policy enhanced the value of a business by increasing the values foe employees and customers. They further explain that the strategy helps in exploring the new potential markets. In this way, a business enjoys a monopoly in the newly discovered market, as there are no ...

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Introduction
Adaptation refers to a general process used by people, animals, plants, and the biological organisms living in the atmosphere. As change in nature is a constant process, one must learn to adapt to the change of the environment in order for survival. Adaptation to change is essential to the evolution of life. The evolution is an ever-going process that brings changes within the environment. From the moment we are conceived and take birth in this world, we are constantly adapting to certain forms of evolution (birth, infancy, childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, and middle aged adulthood) and advancing through different ...

Vertigo case study

- Situational Analysis
- Strategic analysis

Mission

Vertigo Chain Stores is devoted to providing an exceptional fashion environment, which gives the customers distinctiveness. The outlet is committed to excellent customer service, which keeps every customer on the cutting edge of fashion. Besides, the business is dedicated to operating at a profitable rate through minimizing costs and sound economic decisions.

Strategies

The Chain Stores will constantly change its appearance to stay in the step with the modern fashion trends of the global market. In addition, the business will always strive to provide real value and great service to our clientele and business ...

1.0 Introduction
The recent financial and banking crisis in UK can be traced to five years back (2007/2008). However, the root causes of the problem could be traced to the 1970s and the 1980 when the US and UK governments when UK and US deregulated their financial markets. The relaxation of the existing financial regulations enabled financial institutions to raise money from different areas of the world. This enabled the rapid growth of financial service businesses to levels that had not been witnessed before. However, the net effect of liberalizing the credit market was the massive expansion of ...

Introduction

In general, families are binding force and unite the member of the family. A typical family consists of a man, a woman, and children. Family gives a supreme sense of safety, strong support, and confidence to each member of the family. It implies that families play a significant role in shaping a good society. There are some cases that the decline in values in a family affects the society. There are many changes in family life since the 1960s. The 1960s is a time of change. The insight of the family is changed. A family no longer consists of a father, a mother, and a child. Women are more independent. ...

Abstract

Popper’s View on Science Applied to Management Theory

Introduction

Popper’s view on science disregards the induction, considering that theories must be submitted to experiments before considered scientific, otherwise things, if they cannot be experimented, theories are not scientific, but of other nature, such as metaphysical, and the philosopher aims to differentiate between the empirical science and the metaphysics (Corvi, 2005). This perception contributes to expanding human knowledge, because taking knowledge for granted determines scientific stagnation, while testing proven theories as falsifiable leads to further discovery and learning new theories, generating scientific advancement. Applied to management, Popper’s view ...

Relevance model of criminal justice in Warren Court

The relevant model was applied in the Warren court to formulate their decision concerning the criminal cases was the crime control model. The police and authority presumed the individuals to be guilty and treated them as guilty rather than suspects. The model assumes when a person has been arrested on crime charges, they must be considered guilty and should face punishment for their crimes (Scheingold, 1997). The court therefore applied this model to rule the cases on individualism basis not communism.
The court argued that the individual rights were not protected during the police procedure. The perpetrators were tortured ...

Psychology Report

Theories are continuously being conceived concerning the organization of the memory system. The memory system is the representative of meaning in terms of words and objects (Deacon, 467). Researcher of day consider the early models as local, in view of the information they give with the mapping of an item with a single memory node (Collins et al,1975).
Recent studies have more concentration on semantic distribution in the sense that, individual aggregate of item features are in representation by a different node, except in the extreme cases where the attribute will map itself onto an individual node (Masson, 1995). ...

Background

Arguably one of the most renowned American poets, Robert Frost was born on the sixth day of March of the year 1874 in San Francisco, California. The famous poet, who gave all his works a touch of uniqueness, has been criticized various, with the critics citing a reason or two for such criticism. Robert Frost died on the 9th day of January 1963, having fathered six children with his wife Elinor Miriam White. Frost’s father William Prescott was a man an immigrant from England, and his mother, Isabelle Moodie was a woman of Scottish descent (Ellmann and O'Clair 45). Robert, who wrote ...

What was the general purpose of the study (hypotheses)?

The general purpose of the study on the Saints and the Roughnecks by William Chambliss was to investigate on the reasons that made the community, school and police have a perception that Saints were respectable, honest and non-delinquent youth with a good future while they viewed the Roughnecks to be tough and young criminals with a tough future. Secondly, the study aimed at finding out why the Roughnecks and the Saints had varying careers after completing high school, which was expected by most of the community members.

Who were the participants/subjects in the study?

The significant participants of the study included two groups of student from varying schools. The ...

Introduction

In the contemporary world, the medical field and the business world are the most recognized in all careers fields. Many factors affect career choices and identifying these factors gives tutors, parents, and the overall industry an idea where the students place more emphasis and trust in the career selection process. People or student seeking a firm foundation in their life has an option either to select a career in the medical field or a career in the entrepreneur field. The purpose of this paper is to compare the career choices both in the medical field and in the business world. Students have ...

Electric vehicle

Abstract
The following paper discusses at length the various kinds of Electric Vehicles (EV) available by giving examples and discussing their specifications in order to make the reader aware of the available electric vehicles in the market. The Greenhouse effect is a major cause of concern and can be controlled by watching ones carbon footprints. Investing in an electric vehicle is its stepping stone. The paper is thus written with the view of providing a comprehensive view in the available short, medium and long range electric vehicles.

The growing percentage of air pollutants let into the air due to ...

Building a balanced securities portfolio is a difficult task taking into account tendencies of contemporary stock exchange. This paper is devoted to this issue and represents two strategies of building stocks and bonds portfolios implementing fundamental and technical analyses. Also, main concepts of allocation of securities were described and analysis of created portfolios with the help of appropriate benchmarks was represented.

Investment Analysis and Strategy

Part 1. Fundamental and Technical Analyses of Securities

A) Fundamental Analysis of Stocks

Fundamental analysis aimed at buying stocks which prices are below the potential value. There are several methods used by analysts that help determine the right stocks to ...

Business proposal report: Cost analysis on the advantages of building a computer from scratch rather than buying the pre-made computer from computer companies such as Dell and HP.

Here is the business proposal report you requested on Cost analysis on the advantages of building a computer from scratch rather than buying the pre-made computer from computer companies such as Dell and HP.
The suspicions that people spend more money in buying pre-made computers from computer companies are right. It is more cost effective to build a computer from scratch than to buy a pre-made computer from computer companies such as Dell and ...

PRICING STRATEGIES AND MARKETING CHANNELS

Explain at least four of the seven steps for setting an initial price for a product or service

Every time an organization introduces a new product or service into the market it is required to set a price for it. This new price is one of the factors influencing whether or not the product or service will be bought by the target market. This therefore means that the process of setting up a price for a new product should be thorough and effective in considering all available factors to increase the sales for the new item. There are several recommendable pricing processes that an ...