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SET 2B) Macro Environmental Analysis

Demographic Environment: Factors relating to population, such as size, growth rate, age distribution, religious composition, and literacy levels, and aspects like composition of workforce, household patterns, regional characteristics, population shifts, etc., need to be studied as they are all part of the demographic environment.

Economic Environment: The economic environment determines the strength and size of the market. The purchasing power in an economy depends on current income, prices, savings, circulation of money, debt, and credit availability.

Government Environment: Business is highly guided and controlled by government policies. Hence, the type of government running a country is a powerful influence... Continue reading "Macro Environmental Analysis: Factors Affecting Business and Marketing" »

The Strategy Concept - 5 Ps

1. For McDonald's, the egg comes first. False
2. Honda did not go after the biggest market. True
3. Mintzberg's five P's are all true definitions of strategy. True
4. Raises intriguing questions about intention: Perspective
5. Not one of Mintzberg's 5 P's: Perception
6. An ingrained way of perceiving the world: Perspective
7. Consistency in behavior: Pattern
8. Some sort of consciously intended course of action: Plan
9. Really just a specific maneuver: Ploy
10. A product or market: Position
11. The most difficult to change: Perspective
12. The most powerful: Perspective
13. Focused on direct competition: Ploy
14. The achievement of consistency: Pattern
15. Encourages us to look at the survival of the fittest: Position
16. How leaders try to establish direction for their organizations:

Cont 4: New Movement Shift from Faith to Science

It started questioning what’s happening around him/her. Nature went from being feared and respected to something to be tamed and subdued. During the period of conquest, modern anthropology was birthed. Michel Eyquem put forward a very important aspect at the basis of modern anthropology, which is relativism (written by looking at cannibalism). It is the belief that there is no absolute truth, only the truth that a particular individual or culture happens to believe.

Second Shock: Raw Materials to Semi-Finished Products

The industrial system experienced a revolution in each country, leading to more factories and increased human labor. This enabled another idea of evolutionism to appear (Darwin)... Continue reading "The Evolution of Anthropology: From Faith to Science" »

Impact of Factories on Society

The establishment of factories was a pivotal development during the Industrial Revolution, profoundly transforming daily life and society. This document examines the most significant impacts of the factory system, focusing on both the economic shifts it brought about and the severe conditions endured by child laborers.

Economic Shifts and Urbanization

Factories played a crucial role in the burgeoning economy. Prior to their advent, economies were predominantly agrarian. The rise of factories spurred mass migration to cities for various reasons. Initially, factories offered abundant job opportunities with relatively good wages, leading to increased wealth generation. However, as factory efficiency improved and automation... Continue reading "Industrial Revolution: Factories, Economy, and Child Labor" »

The Agrarian Revolution

The agrarian revolution started in England in the first half of the 18th century. There were changes in land property innovations in respect to farming techniques.

• There was a concentration of land plots (complots), in which common land became private property, meant the loss of rights of the peasant. As a consequence, part of the rural population had to migrate to the cities, where they looked for work in the factories, becoming part of the incipient proletariat.

The Technical Revolution

The technical revolution occurred particularly in two areas:

• Energy: The invention of the steam engine by Watt was the motor of change. The steam engine could be applied to the textile industry and to transport, of the steam train and the

Mast Rich:

The Treaty of Mast Rich has several characteristics. It marked a transition from an economic to a politico-economic organization. It also introduced co-decision procedures and initiated a monetary union. Additionally, it provided a social dimension to the EU and created European citizenship. Lastly, it enshrined the principle of subsidiarity.

Lisbon:

The Lisbon Treaty has the following characteristics. It increased the legislative and budgetary authority of the European Parliament. It also restricted the areas in which decisions must be unanimous. Furthermore, it established a common charter of fundamental rights for all citizens and created two new positions.

Differences between EEC and EU:

The EEC was a simple association for economic... Continue reading "The Evolution of European Treaties and Turkey's Quest for EU Membership" »

The Constant Role of Language Learning

Throughout the history of education, learning a foreign language or languages has been a constant component. Of course, many people feel that this is really an unnecessary part of education for everyone, but this is not a point of view that I share.

Arguments Against Mandatory Language Learning

Opponents of learning a foreign language might argue that most people do not travel that often outside their own country. In addition to this, out of all the countries of the world, comparatively few share the same language. Therefore, learning a foreign language will only be useful for the very limited time that one spends in a country where this language is used. For some people, the language might never be used... Continue reading "The Enduring Value of Learning Languages in Education" »

Why the Upsurge in Globalization?

1. Increased Customer Demands and Access

• Demand for more value for money
• Preference for global brands over local brands
• Access to global distributors

2. Increased Technological Innovation

Improved ICT facilitates access to markets, partners, and global networks.

3. Increased Power of Emerging Markets

4. Increased Globalization of Financial Markets

5. Shared R&D and Global Sourcing

• Companies spread their research across multiple countries.
• Outsourcing is more of a rule than an exception.

6. Evolving Government Trade Policies

Governments try to attract foreign investments.

Consequences of Globalization

Pros

• Free Trade Objective: No borders, fewer tariffs, lower prices, cost reduction, open markets.
• More Employment: New jobs,

Escalation and Revolutionary Measures

When Parisian militants expelled the Girondins, they “regenerated” their own sectional assemblies by purging local moderates. Radicals, including Jacques-René Hébert and Pierre-Gaspard Chaumette, subsequently took control of the Paris Commune. On September 5, 1793, they organized a mass demonstration, urging the National Convention to ensure affordable food prices and to implement terror as a reality.

In response, the Convention, in conjunction with the Committee of Public Safety, took decisive actions to control the popular movement. They proclaimed the necessity of terror against the Revolution's enemies, addressed economic crimes, and decreed a system known as the Maximum (price and wage control)... Continue reading "The Reign of Terror: French Revolution's Era of Radical Control" »

Formalism in Language Description

Defining Formalism in Linguistics

Formalism in language description is a tendency to create formal descriptions of language, formalizing its units and levels, and explicitly presenting its general and abstract organization as a code or system.

Form vs. Function in Linguistic Analysis

• In a formalist approach, form is opposed to function, which is understood as the ultimate goal of units and levels of language, serving as an instrument of communication.
• The structuralist and generativist paradigms are both more formalist than functional.
• Pragmatics is more functionalist, as its paradigm is more interested in communication and usage.
• For Generative Grammar (GG), function does not constrain form. Its main focus is not