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Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Every business needs a business plan but how do you put one together? Jay, a clothes designer, and Robin, in the forestry business, explain how they wrote their business plans. Objectives: the business plan has to state what the business has been set up to do. Marketing: the plan describes the product, who it's aimed at, how they'll buy it and at what price. Production: the production plan outlines how they'll make their product. Resources: will the...
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Three businesses and three business plans. Why did they need them? What did they put in them? Were they worth it? 1. Aims and objectives: Every business plan should have a company's aims and objectives. The Croft Tea Room has the ambitious aim of helping to regenerate the run-down area of St Mary Cray. And linked to a firm's aims will be a description of its product or service. In the case of the Spoonfed company this is a website where you find...
3) Urbanized
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Over half the world's population now lives in an urban area, and 75% will call a city home by 2050. But while some cities are experiencing explosive growth, others are shrinking.The challenges of balancing housing, mobility, public space, civic engagement, economic development, and environmental policy are fast becoming universal concerns. Yet much of the dialogue on these issues is disconnected from the public domain.
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Traditional pricing methods involve a trade-off. You want to charge as much as you can in order to maximize Profits, but not so much that there is a negative impact on sales. So when a customer rejects your price, does it mean that the price is too high? According to Tom Nagle, not necessarily. To get customers to pay for value, he maintains, you need to approach your markets proactively, with communications that justify your price in terms of value....
5) Bridesmaids
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Annie's life is a mess. But when she finds out her lifetime best friend is engaged, she simply must serve as Lillian's maid of honor. Though lovelorn and broke, Annie bluffs her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals. With one chance to get it perfect, she'll show Lillian and her bridesmaids just how far you'll go for someone you love.
"It definitively proves that women are the equal of men..."--Roger Ebert
"Through it all -- the free-form...
6) Ms. Matched
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A successful wedding planner is trying to make dreams come true for brides by organizing fairytale weddings. But when she is paired with a financial advisor at a wedding expo, she soon realizes that he is giving the exact opposite advice to their audience by telling them to save their money. When they are forced to spend a lot of time together, they find out that they have more in common than they think.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Carnegie Kincaid is a wedding planner and a perfectionist in both work and romance. When a murder occurs and a bride is kidnapped surrounding the wedding of a prominent family embroiled in a high profile fraud scandal, Carnegie becomes a suspect. She is questioned by police and pursued by shady news reporter Aaron Gold. To make matters more terrifying, Carnegie is pretty certain whoever is responsible for the crime is out to get rid of her.
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In a business environment of fastmoving markets, global supply chains, and dynamic technologies, executing strategy is becoming increasingly dif cult. How do you aim for a target that is constantly shifting while standing on a platform that is constantly destabilized? Professor Levitt provides the answer: plan in detail only as far out as you can see; keep questioning your assumptions about your markets, resources, and competitors; and revise your...
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
This New York Times Critics' Pick follows the story of reluctant activist Daniel Goldstein as he struggles to save his home and community from being demolished to make way for a professional basketball arena and the densest real estate development in U.S. history. Along the way, he falls in love, gets married and starts a family while living in a vacated building located at the heart of the project site.Over the course of seven years, Daniel spearheads...
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Why do we need creativity? The world is full of daunting problems, and so are our workplaces. We need solutions. While the scientific method we all learned in school has value for discovery, a similar process for invention is not widely taught—yet is a critical component of true innovation. Dr. Seelig’s model for the “Innovation Engine” allows us to alternate between discovery and invention. It incorporates the internal strengths of imagination,...
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
When Brad Smith took over as CEO, Intuit founder Scott Cook advised him to “Question everything.” Using this as his mantra, Smith set out to create innovative business structures that built on Intuit's strengths and retained market dominance in spite of an explosion in social media, unforeseen technology shifts, and radical changes in consumer expectations. In this highly informative presentation, Smith shares secrets that have led to revolutionary...
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This film looks at businesses, what they are and how they work. And how are they changing under social and environmental pressures? --TYPES OF BUSINESSES: Key to the development of businesses is the idea of limited liability. There are two main types of limited companies - public and private, but there are many other kinds of organisations, too - from sole traders to co-ops. The film examines how businesses are divided into functional departments...
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This program looks at the present and future population growth in the Gold Coast, Brisbane to Toowoomba corridor and Sunshine Coast from Caloundra to Noosa. The region of 22,420 square kilometres is likely to have up to 4 million people by 2026. This requires planning for future housing and commercial uses as well as for services and infrastructure. The South-East Queensland Regional Plan 2005-2026 will guide these and manage growth. Major aspects...
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Today's technology and business initiatives have broken free of the local enterprise by expanding to involve organizations and workers across the far reaches of the globe. In this report, Paula Wagner, project management expert and co-author of the popular new book, Global Program Management, discusses the rise of global program management and offers advice and best practices that will improve the design, delivery and management of global IT and business...
15) Healthy Cities
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A collection from ECU’s archive of documentaries and teaching films.
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Environmentally Sustainable Construction is a philosophy for designing and constructing homes and communities. By incorporating these principles, architects, designers, builders and tradesmen can create a living environment that is truly sustainable. Each chapter in the DVD is devoted to separate concepts that combine to contribute to the overall philosophy.
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Do you know when and where are you being targeted for marketing? It may be more often and in more places than you think. Advertising in the digital age features interviews with cutting-edge advertising and media professionals who give an overview of how to navigate new media marketing techniques in the digital age, including: Traditional techniques: Review of tried and true advertising techniques. New media, new techniques: Advertising is a mix of...
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
1. Retrofitting suburbia: Dr. Richard Jackson MD MPH, investigates the link between our nations obesity and Type 2 Diabetes epidemic with urban sprawl fueled by car dependency. To prevent disease through better urban planning, Boulder, CO redesigns the city to make bicycles a safe alternative transportation. Two Denver suburbs transform dead malls into --2. Rebuilding places of the heart: When U.S. industry and manufacturing collapsed or went elsewhere,...
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Change inevitably generates resistance. Even the best strategic plans will fail if this resistance is not met and overcome. The challenge is to create a wave of change by gaining commitment from your employees as well as the other stakeholders necessary to make it happen. Dr. Katz explains six principles. Change inevitably generates resistance. Even the best strategic plans will fail if this resistance is not met and overcome. The challenge is to...
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This program examines one of the world's largest urban redevelopment schemes and schows how a run down area of a city can be renewed. Sydney is Australia's largest city. The population of over 4 million is spread over one of the largest suburban areas of any city in the world. The State Government has a policy of urban consolidation to increase the densities in inner suburbs and reduce urban sprawl. The program examines the growth of Sydney and also...
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