Patrick Graham

Business and Corporate StrategiesWrite a report describing and analysing the management style of Mr David John Lewis, the CEO of TESCO. After undertaking an extensive research on the company, students are required to analyse the problems, issues and challenges faced by the firm and examine the strategies used by the CEO in order to regain the market share. The topics from the module to be covered are given below from A to E. For each task given (FROM A to E, you are expected to incorporate...

Task Learning outcomes: LO1: Examine and critique contemporary issues relating to organisations and demonstrate familiarity with relevant published works. LO2: Critically reflect on identified contemporary issues facing a specific organisation, including assessing the relevance and potential impacts. Conditions: This is a compulsory assignment. It must be submitted and it makes up 42% total of your final result for this paper. Submission is required by the due date as prescribed. Assign...

Financial Performance AnalysisAssessment TaskSelect a PLC for your assignment. The listed entity chosen must have published consolidated financial statements for an annual reporting period ended during the calendar year 2019.  The financial statements must have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards. The entity should be engaged in commercial activities involving manufacturing, service provision, distribution, general trading, or any mix of these. Th...

TaskThe list will grow or shrink by adding, when needed, given amounts of free nodes to the free gap between the stacks. The number of free nodes added to the list will be the same at each time and fixed by a macro, BLOCKSIZE, defined at the beginning of the program. As all integers stored in the list will be nonnegative, free nodes will be marked with the fixed negative value 1. To keep track of all dynamic memory allocations, you will use a leak-aware allocator and deallocator that update a...

Business Plan and IT initiativeThe Highgate Central Library (UK Fictitious Name) is looking to enhance its IT services, automation where possible and reduce its complexity to improve its processes. It supports other libraries within the area as well.  The plan is to fully refurbish its entire computing infrastructure throughout, for example: - to provide people and staff access to the latest technology to support their duties.  This will include new hardware, software and net...

Water ingress mitigation in The Shard’s large three-storey basement Question 1The Shard, London1a). Weighting – 15% of total question grade. Water ingress into any size of basement can be problematic. Explain how this issue was mitigated during the construction of The Shard’s large three-storey basement.1b).  A concrete raft and Piles support the tower. The initial plan was to cast the raft in a number of sections. However, there were practical difficulties in doing th...

TaskLO1 Explore and discuss key stakeholders in the New Zealand hospitality industry. LO2 Analyse legal compliance for the New Zealand hospitality industry. LO3 Explore the impact of major events and attractions on hospitality in New Zealand. LO4 Explore aspects of gastronomy in regional cuisine in the New Zealand food and beverage industry LO5 Explore international trends in the hospitality industry and their implications for the New Zealand industry Analyse: Break an issue down i...

Task: Variables for the questions :Solving polynomial functions and inequalities Curriculum expectation:solve problems involving polynomial equations graphically and algebraicallya) Create and solve a polynomial equation of at least degree 4 where one of the solutions of the equation is one of your numbers A, B, or C.You must: i) Demonstrate how you know that your number is a solution of the equation using one of the the remainder theorem, synthetic division, rational zero theorem, factor the...

Current Situation of Poppy CaféAn individual essay on the principles of layout and flow.Poppy Café are a very busy city centre café, open for breakfast and lunch . In the past 2 years, they had invested significantly in new equipment for the kitchen to cope with high volume orders, given their popularity with shoppers and local retail businesses. In terms of their offering, they have a smaller, refined menu. They will however match to customer needs they are especially go...

Brazil is one of the countries most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with more than 16 million confirmed cases and 454 429 confirmed deaths by May 26, 2021 (according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center).  Brazil was and still is one of the countries most impacted by the first wave of Covid-19 which first recorded case on 26th February 2020 and reached community transmission from 20th March 2019 onwards to dates, that caught Brazil unprepared and unable to response d...