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GCSE Citizenship Studies 3280 (Short Course) 3280/02: Participating in Society, Internal Assessment Front Sheet Centre Name Theresa olubakinde Centre Number 1026 Candidate Name oluwatobi olubakinde Candidate Number 4122 This form is designed for electronic completion and where necessary boxes will expand as you type. Once fully completed, this form must be printed for submission and both teacher and candidate authentication statements signed by hand. Please ensure that all pages are fastened securely prior to submission. Description of Citizenship Activity Describe how you participated in a school or community based activity. The activity was (please select as appropriate): a. Describe the activity As a whole class we learnt about the differences about charities and youth philanthropy initiative (YPI) we then were instructed to get into groups to raise a sum of money for a charity to present to the class referring to charities based on these headings, domestic violence, homelessness, caregivers, rehabilitation, poverty, unemployment, living with health problems, immigrant/refugee and rehabilitation. b. Describe your role In my group of five my role was to make sure the presentations were completed, this was done by asking my assistant if she has also completed the part of the charity presentation and me completing it and checking it by reading it
Market Research
Market Research What Is Market Research? Market research means systematically gathering, recording and analyzing data about the market for goods and services. To find out what the customer wants, a wide variety of market research techniques are used. These involve asking various questions like: - * What is the target market? * Where are they? * What do they want? * When do they want it? * Can we satisfy them? * How can we improve it for them? Methods Of Market Research? A firm can employ either its own marketing department or get an outside specialist organisation. There are two main types of market research: * Desk Research. This involves using existing sources of information to research the market. This can also be called secondary research. * Field Research. This is the process of gathering new information about the market by going into the 'field' (like house-to-house etc.) This can be called primary research. For my business I will be mainly using field research by handing out questionnaires around my school and collecting the results and by interviewing DJ Chrissy-P from Scream Records and Marcus Akanbyi from Red Records. My research will tell me what type of age groups listen to what kinds of
Product development
Product development New product development * Generating ideas o Identify gaps in market through market research o Scientific research o Creative ideas * Analysis o Analyse ideas o Is product marketable o Decide if product fits in with company's objectives * Development o Technical development in laboratory o Production of prototype o Carried out by research and development department * Test marketing o Test marketing of product o Less expensive to make mistakes on smaller scale * Launch and commercialisation o Solve problems found during test marketing o Decide on marketing package it will use to give the product launch the greatest chance of success Constraints on new product development * Availability of finance and resources o Profit margins squeezed o Financial & HR unable to develop new products * Cost o Cost of developing new products may be prohibitive o Less time to recover development plans as products have increasingly shorter life spans * Market constraints o Little point in company developing new product unless consumers are prepared to purchase it at a price which can cover development and production costs * Legal constraints o Legalization must be taken into
The recruitment process of marks and Spencer
Task 2 employee recruitment and training Flow chart showing M&S recruitment process The recruitment process of marks and Spencer is documented as a policy. The policy must be followed by all managers recruiting new employees. This policy insures that the manager explains clearly the process of the policy to all staff, to ensure the business uses the right process to get the right people and fairness in the recruitment process to avoid breaking the law such as discrimination against people such as people's ethics origins or disabilities or they might discriminate because of
Business Report part 4 (presentation)
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Compare and contrast Plato and Aristotle in philosophy
DAYSTAR UNIVERSITY MARKETING TRIP TO ARUSHA, TANZANIA AND COLOURS CREATIVE DESIGN LIMITED A PROJECT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE COURSE MARKETING STRATEGY AND MANAGEMENT (MAK 418) PRESENTED TO: MR. RICHARD MASWILI PRESENTED BY: NAMUSONGE MATURU STUDENT NO: 02-0832 DATE DUE: 19TH DECEMBER 2006 ATHI RIVER
Sole traders, advantages and disadvantages. Government grants to help small businesses.
Sophie Pattinson 10T11 4th November
Business - Review PLC and Ltd
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