English for business

English for Economic Sciences Adriana Vintean Communication is essential to life and imperative if business is to prosper and survive in a competitive environment. It can be: Verbal - the written word Oral - the spoken word Visual - the illustration Numerical - the written and interpreted number Electronic - using a computer Communication should be received and understood so we must ask ourselves not what we want but what the audience wants. The term communication skills covers a number of defferent areas, including: -speaking clearly, fluently, convincigly. -understanding and responding to non verbal communication(body language). -Producing effective written communications, including briefs and presentations. In business life it' s important not only to be efficient and do your job but also to look and sound friendly, confident, sincere and helpful. Poor communication is the cause of all breakdowns in business relationships. When they try to communicate people go through different stages and the lack of care at any of them lead to confusion and wasted time and energy. 1.The need or desire to communicate with someone else- aiming. 2.The translation of internal thoughts and feelings into an external means of transmitting them as a coherent message- encoding. 3.The transmission of the message(spoken, pictorial, written, body language, tone of voice,

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Business Studies

Business Studies Topic 1: Business management and change . The Nature of management: The nature of management > Large companies have shareholders, they employ people to run the business > Successful managers coordinate the work activities of employees to ensure everyone is working towards a common objective • The importance of effective management > Effective management is achieving the goals of business and not wasting resources > In international markets it has been essential for Australian businesses to increase their efficiency to be competitive • Management roles Interpersonal > Way managers deal with/interact with people > Based on effective communication > Leading involves; setting standards, fostering workers loyalty, establishing goals, encouraging and motivating workers to achieve their potential Informational > Must be aware of what is happening in the business > Receiving, collating and analyising information and giving it to the appropriate people > Concerned with monitoring information > The control process needs to develop standards, measure performance, and make comparisons to see whether corrective actions need occur such controls include: * Input controls: these controls are set up before production takes place to prevent problems occurring- may insure the correct number of inputs and standards of quality. * Concurrent controls:

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Business studies - Business Plan

Contents Introduction - Page 2 Planning Self-Assessment - Page 3 Skills and Talents - Page 6 Brainstorming - Page 8 Gaps in the Market - Page 10 Decision Time - Page 13 Findings Customers/Market Research - Page 15 Personnel - Page 23 Marketing - Page 25 Production - Page 30 Finance - Page 33 Evaluation - Page 36 Bibliography - Page 38 Introduction In this report I will be looking at all the needed sections in order to start up my business. I will begin with a self assessment of myself; this is in order to see if I have the needed skills in which to run a business and if I am capable to do so. I will then be looking at my skills and talents and how they help me in the running of my business and dealing with my customers. I will be making some brainstorm diagrams to give myself an idea of then type of business I would like to run and I shall also be looking at the advantages of my ideas. The final sections in my planning are looking at the gaps in the market, I will do this to see if there is a need for a one my business ideas in the city I wish to set up, I will also be able to see how much completion I would with each of the business ideas. After that is the decision time, I will be looking at all of my previous sections and using them I will decide the most suitable business for myself to start up, I shall list the reason I have chosen said business as well.

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Business Studies Edexcel Coursework

Introduction For my Business Studies coursework I will be focusing on a small sole-trader business named Errol Anderson Motors in the area of Harrow. The owner, Errol Anderson, is about to start up his own business; primarily serving as a car mechanic's garage. He has asked me to help him draw up a marketing strategy. A marketing strategy consists of the main plan a business must follow to succeed. Errol must consider many factors which would affect his success - he must incorporate his ideas into plans which would help him in the long term or for a short term. Examples of some of these factors are his media choices, market research, and marketing in general. Errol Anderson Motors was established as a result of Errol's strong passion for cars and mechanical engineering. Errol had been working for David Turner, who mentored and aided him into becoming a well experienced and matured mechanic. Errol, after having reached the highest possible status in the job next to Mr Turner, continued to develop his customer service skills and broaden his ever-growing knowledge of cars. However, Mr Turner desired to retire to Scotland with his family, as he fell ill from old age. This is when Errol decided to found his own company. He was confident that he had enough skill and experience to build a company just as successful as Mr Turner's, and perhaps surpass it. Mr Turner was keen to aid

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Describe the aims & objectives of the school.

Emily Robinson- STRAND A A1 Describe the aims & objectives of the school Aims and Objectives are goals that you intend to achieve by the end of the year. An aim is an important target that helps you achieve your own goal that you give yourself by the end of the lesson and to achieving your mission. An objective is a small scale goal that helps you achieve your aim it also helps you understand your aim for the lesson and to help you get a good grade for your work. This means you are setting yourself a really good challenge then you should have something to work for and something to achieve. The main aims for the school are: * Raise attainment at KS4 * Raise attainment in core subjects/ * Improve contextual value, by adding scores in line with the national average or better * Raise school profile in the community * Improve attendance The main objective for the school is to increase GCSE by 10% each year so students can learn to their best of their own ability at KS4 and the same with the core subjects. The school could provide after school booster lessons so that students can learn a bit more so they can work towards achieving their objective that they set themselves each year. School wants students to work how they want to work and to achieve what they want to achieve so they wont be disappointed when the get their results. Another objective is to try and persuade

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The Effects of Non-monetary Incentives on Employees

Running Head: THE EFFECTS OF NON-MONETARY INCENTIVES ON EMPLOYEES The Effects of Non-monetary Incentives on Employees [Name of the writer] [Name of the institution] The Effects of Non-monetary Incentives on Employees Chapter 1: Introduction ?utlin? Thi? r????rch f?cu??? ?n th? v?ri?u? ??p?ct? ?f N?n-m?n?t?ry Inc?ntiv?? ?n ?mpl?y??? ?nd c?mpri??? ?f th? f?ll?wing ch?pt?r?: (1) Intr?ducti?n (2) Lit?r?tur? R?vi?w (3) Pr?p???d M?th?d?l?gy R?ti?n?l? Thi? ?tudy highlight? m?ny i??u?? r?l?t?d t? N?n-m?n?t?ry Inc?ntiv?? ?nd giv?? ? br??d ?n?ly?i? ?f t?ngibl? n?n-m?n?t?ry inc?ntiv?? t? ?cc?mpli?h ? firm'? ?mpl?y?? m?tiv?ti?n g??l? b?tt?r th?n ? c??h inc?ntiv? ?f ?qu?l m?rk?t v?lu?. Firm? f?c? th? ch?ll?ng? ?f m?tiv?ting th?ir ?mpl?y??? t? put f?rth th? ?ppr?pri?t? ?m?unt ?nd typ? ?f ?ff?rt. ?n? t??l firm? u?? t? ?cc?mpli?h thi? ?bj?ctiv? i? th? u?? ?f ? lump-?um b?nu?. F?r ?x?mpl?, ? firm might giv? ? ??l??p?r??n ? $5,000 c??h b?nu? f?r ?xc??ding hi? ?r h?r qu?t? f?r th? y??r. ?lt?rn?tiv?ly, th? firm c?n pr?vid? high-?nd m?rch?ndi?? ?r v?c?ti?n tr?v?l ?uch ?? ? trip t? H?w?ii f?r which th? ?mpl?y?? w?uld n??d t? p?y $5,000. I will u?? th? t?rm t?ngibl? n?n-m?n?t?ry inc?ntiv? t? d??crib? inc?ntiv?? lik? thi? trip t? H?w?ii which ?r? p?rf?rm?nc? b???d, n?n-c??h, with n?n-trivi?l m?rk?t v?lu?. Wh?n ch???ing th? typ? ?f ?xtrin?ic inc?ntiv? t? ?ff?r, ? firm w?uld lik? t?

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Electical Shop

Electrical Shop This project requires me to produce a imaginary business. To do this I must research into all aspects of a business, using books, people, and computer resources. To help me do this I will create action plans, that I will evaluate and redesign as I proceed during the project. The reason for the action plan is to help keep track and organise what I am doing, it also shows points that I must cover for my business to be successful. In this project there are certain parts of the project that can be decided before I created a action plan these are: What will I sell- I will sell electrical goods like televisions, videos, and hi-fis My shop name- I will call my shop "Kes" (Kapur's electrical shop). From what I already know I have decided to make my business a sole trader operation as these are the easiest to set up. Also in a sole trader business I will get to keep all of the profits. Also as I am a sole trader business there are less regulations that I have to comply with. As a sole trader I do not have to make my business accounts available to any one except the inland revenue. This is useful as it saves me time, and it keeps my business dealings secret to the public. What is the aim of "kes" The aim of "Kes" is primarily to be able to compete with other companies in the local area. Also to brake even, but provide a high quality service to the public. Then

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Applied Business Unit 1

Asda Asda was formed back in 1965 when associated dairies and the Asquith brother's supermarket chain joined to form Asda Stores Ltd. Asda was an independent business which was expanding throughout Britain offering shoppers 'permanently low prices'. In 1999 it was taken over by Wal-mart a foreign American company. Since then its present ownership has been a PLC. Asda's main activity is selling food based products some of which are leading brands and others are its own local brand. The local Asda brand outsells the leading brand by a stunning 10 to 1. The other activities include a limited range of consumer electronics, home and leisure products and a wide range of cleaning products etc. Recently Asda has introduced its own clothing brand called George which is now a £2 billion a year global business. It is so successful that it can also be founded at Wal-mart stores as well. Asda has now entered into the booming market of financial services, it now does credit cards with rewarding interest rates and has entered itself to do pet, car and travel insurance. In recent years it has opened up a website that provides online shopping to customers and also provides a standard delivery service. Aims and Objectives Asda's aim since it started of in 1965 to present is still the same. 'To be Britain's best value retailer exceeding customer needs... Always' In simpler words

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Business Plan. After putting a lot of thought into what kind of business we would set up we came up with a unique proposal of choosing a milkshake bar with a twist.

Introduction The purpose of the unit for this year is to create our own business plan. We could either work individually or in a group. The reason for making and managing our own business is to show us how companies manage their finances and other resources. The business has put a lot of thought into what kind of trade it wanted to create as there are many factors that would have to come into consideration. We wanted to design a business that would be unique and have something different to offer. When creating the business we decided it needed to have a unique selling point so that customers would choose us rather than our competitors. The aims and objectives that have been set for the business need to be met. For example we need to think about how much money would need to come in each month to keep the business standing, and then we would need to reach that target. One of the main goals would be to expand the business so that it would become successful. We need to decide what form of ownership we would want for the business, and take into consideration what the good points and bad points would be for the chosen ownership. If we want to create a business we would need quite a large amount of money to help us start off then we would have to think about stakeholders and what input that they would have in the business, also how they would affect it. With a lot of research we

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External influences related to Jaguar Cars and Marriot Hotels

External influences An external influence is an influence that takes place outside the business that still has an affect within the business and their overall performance. The three main external influences are: market competition, economic conditions and environmental constraints. Environmental constraints: Environmental constraints are the environmental issues that affect the business. This means that a business would have to do all the things necessary in order for them to be considered "environmentally friendly" which will increase the reputation of the business. Some types of environmental issues are pollution (air, noise and water) the wastage of natural resources. For each of these there are acts that have been put into place which will give a clear guideline to what the business has to abide by in order to stay trouble free, these are: the environmental protection act, clean air act, water resources acts and noise act. Pollution for example this would fall under the clean air act and the environmental protection act. If a business is producing a lot of pollution it may put of the customers and may also make the employees want to leave the business. Customers will be put of by the business because of the fact that they will feel as the business does not care for the environment, employees may also leave the business as they may feel that they are not doing the

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