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In the UK, the study of pay data reveals that total pay for the median chief executive officer (CEO) of a FTSE 350 company increased by 82 per cent in real terms over the period 2003–2014/15. There have been some controversial pay raises among the CEOs recently. For example, remuneration package of Pascal Soriot—a CEO of Astra Zeneca Plc—rose by almost £5 million to £13 […]

Part A (1,400 words) Conduct a research in the internet to find the following case: LISBETH ENTERPRISES LIMITED V MANDY LUK IN THE COURT OF FINAL; APPEAL IN THE YEAR 2005. Please note the date of hearing of the case was in 2006. Note down: (a) The general area of law involved in the case; (10 marks) (b) The specific issue or issues in the […]

Question 1 As at 31 December 2014, the summarised balance sheets of Ronaldo and Messi were as follows: On 1 January 2015, Ronaldo acquired all of the shares in Messi in exchange for 40,000 of its own newly issued shares, the fair value of which is £21 per share. You are also given the following information: (1) Included within Messi’s tangible fixed assets is property […]

Part B Describe the Value Chain Model proposed by Porter (1985). Choose and describe a business familiar to you which operates in the UK.  Use the Value Chain model to examine the internal environment of your chosen business. Focus on only the relevant primary and/or supporting activities for the chosen business. Reflect on the usefulness of the Value Chain Model in helping you understand the […]

For many years, Tesco (https://www.tescoplc.com/investors/) used a balanced scorecard called the Steering Wheel to measure and manage the performance of the organisation. However, in 2013 Tesco reported a 23.5% fall in half-year profits: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24361465 Subsequently, Tesco has stopped using the Steering Wheel and now uses a “Big 6 KPIs” strategy. Discuss why Tesco may have switched their approach away from using the balanced scorecard to […]

Question 1 Demonstrate the following knowledge and understanding: Analyse and critically evaluate the issues of citizenship and welfare in contemporary settings, exploring the philosophical, sociological and political elements that have affected policy, debate and practice. Question 2 Demonstrate the following skills and abilities To understand and critically synthesise research from a variety of academic disciplines and backgrounds on citizenship and culture in education.   Assignment […]

Question 1 Using the Kolb (1984) Cycle of learning reflect upon your learning process. Identify your strengths and qualities and reflect upon your personal development and provide an action plan of how you will further develop your personal learning skills. LO1: Identify the skills required within the workplace, and illustrate their use and application, particularly within management and/or practitioner context LO2: Identify personal qualities and […]

Exercise 1: Question 1: For the compound cross-section shown in Figure 1a, determine the position of the Centroid (e.g. calculate the coordinates xC and yC) with respect to the origin of the coordinate system shown in this figure. Question 2: For the compound cross-section shown in Figure 1b, calculate the Second Moment of Area of this cross-section about its horizontal axis X-X passing through the […]

Element 1 Title: Evaluate the given system in terms of usability and user experience goals, and interaction design principles. Task details You will be responsible for the evaluation of a specified interactive system (see Appendix). You should become familiar with the design problem. Sub Task 1 Based upon your understanding of Chapter 1 of the Interaction Design textbook (Preece, Rogers and Sharp), choose five usabilities […]

Exercise 1 A positive integer is perfect if it equals the sum of all of its factors, excluding the number itself. Using a list comprehension, define a function perfects :: Int -> [Int] that returns the list of all perfect numbers up to a given limit. For example: Ghci>perfects 500 [6,28,496] Ghci> Exercise 2 Write a Caesar Cipher program:  example Text: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Shift: 23 Cipher: […]