e-Business Applications Individual Assignment – Report

Read the article “The future of the retail store”.

Select a retail store (Nike retail store) to be the focus of this assignment.

Briefly describe the current operation of this store.

The ideas from these articles will be incorporated into the discussion in the main assignment.

An attachment to the assignment will list the correct Harvard referencing of each of the journal articles and a brief outline of the key points in the journal article that are relevant to the assignment.  Do not summarise the journal article.  Identify the key points and briefly describe them and their relevance to the assignment.

You should review and refine your refinement and polishing of the ideas and the communication of ideas, prior to the submission of the report.

Your report must lead to recommendations on how this retail store can become more effective through the use of internet technologies.

Assessment – The assignment is an opportunity to demonstrate that you have understood the concepts covered in the course, can apply them to a business situation and that you can enrich the discussion with ideas gleaned from Journal articles.

Prescribed Textbook: Chaffey, D. (2015), E-Business and E-Commerce Management 6th ed., Upper Saddle River, Prentice Hall.

Project part 1:

Naughton (2018) argues that China’s strong growth record after 1978 is driven by a gradual improvement of its economic and political institutions. In particular, growth accelerated when price, quota and work constraints were removed from farmers, China opened up to the world, it put some discipline and stability of economic and political institutions in response to the Cultural revolution and, introduced pro-market institutions. Summarize this narrative during the Zhao Ziyang (1978-1989; and, 1984-89 in particular) period of “reform without losers.”

(I already wrote it, please take a look, and write part 2, relate to it)

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Part 2:

In the second part of the project, you

will choose a related policy from the current day and write a succinct brief on it. (1400 words)

(please understand the topic, find the right reference, have a clear mind and complete the essay)

Summary of a Narrative of “Reform without Losers”

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Summary of a Narrative of “Reform without Losers”

Strong growth of China after 1978 is attributed to the gradual improvement of its economic and political institutions. In essence, growth accelerated when price, quota and work constraints were removed from farmers, and China opened up to the world, it put some discipline and stability of economic and political institutions in response to the Cultural Revolution and, introduced pro-market institutions. In fact, the narrative considers a particular period of “reform without losers” during the Zhao Ziyang (1978-1989; and, 1984-89). Intrinsically, this is always remembered in every anniversary of the Tiananmen Square movement because it was the turning point for China (Zhu, 2012) it consisted of the creation of balance between the economic reform and political reform as a result of a change in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

China started opening to the world and reforming its economy in the late 1970s through Deng Xiaoping. However, the CCP was suspicious about the speed at which that change is taking place probably in both the political and economic fronts. The Party has made significant progress in both the economic and political spheres, and it was trying to have a reasonable balance between the economic reform and political reform (Xu, 2011). Objectively, such balance is not natural to achieve because of challenges that exist due to the dynamics involved in both economic and political.

Towards 1989 especially from 1985 the CCP started facing a crisis about its legitimacy with a culmination in 1989 to the continuous rule of the CCP as well as its leaders who were compelled to opt on how they were going to deal with the situation (Zhu, 2012). Drawing from the past scenarios, leaders made the first conclusion that without political stability in China, it would be incapable to effectively champion for economic development (Guthrie, 2012). Inherently, this is the reason why the Chinese government has a strong belief in the stability theory for the recommendation for the leaders of the developing countries.

The party leadership guided by Zhao Ziyang decided to apply the possible resources for the sake of achieving a stable society and at the same time implementing economic reforms (Xu, 2011). From this decision, they quickly started to embrace free trade, market capitalism, and going global. It led to the opening of stock markets in Shenzhen and Shanghai which was coupled with the banking reforms (Guthrie, 2012). Intrinsically, this could be termed as the Party endorsing a “socialist market economy” in China and rejecting the old model which was primarily struggling to balance economic and political reforms (Zhu, 2012). It is the period known as “reform without losers” since the government applied ways which all the citizens were perceived to be equal and could benefit to all services. It involved the state in applying tight controls especially it when coming to the budget of the government towards maintaining social stability rather than concentrating on the defense budget (Guthrie, 2012). Eventually, it demonstrates that the democratization hopes were halted for some time for the sake of having a stable society.

The choice made due to Tiananmen Square protests was referred to as “1989 Choice” that entirely combined political repression and market economics to help in embracing globalization. The dramatic transformation of China over some time is fundamentally related to the 1989 Choice in which policies and decisions revolve from it (Xu, 2011).  Period of “reform without losers” depicts a transformation with exciting stories regarding the Chinese growth path since the 1989 Choice made by the Party.

References

Guthrie, D. (2012). China and globalization: The social, economic and political transformation of Chinese society. Routledge.

Xu, C. (2011). The fundamental institutions of China’s reforms and development. Journal of economic literature, 49(4), 1076-1151.

Zhu, X. (2012). Understanding China’s growth: Past, present, and future. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 26(4), 103-24.

Assignment Title: Evaluate Auditing Processes

Note: See attached assignment instructions

For this week’s lab, you will build a backyard weather station that you will use to collect at least five days’ worth of measurements (see Module 7 lab). The instructions for building most of the weather instruments are located here: https://aamboceanservice.blob.core.windows.net/oceanservice-prod/education/for_fun/BuildyourownWeatherStation.pdf (Links to an external site.). Directions for a do-it-yourself thermometer are found here: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/measure-up-with-a-homemade-thermometer/ (Links to an external site.). Following the instructions provided, construct a barometer and a thermometer, along with at least one of the other four possible instruments (hygrometer, wind vane, anemometer, rain gauge). When constructing your thermometer, please complete the calibration step, which will require a store-bought one (listed as optional in the instructions).

Take a digital photograph of each instrument that you construct. Include in your photo a strip of paper with your name and the date on it. These photographs will be part of your lab report for this week.

In addition to the weather instrument photos, for your Week Six Lab Report, submit a short essay covering every weather instrument in turn: thermometer, hygrometer, barometer, wind vane, anemometer, rain gauge (even the ones you did not build).

For each one, provide a brief history behind it; discuss what it measures; explain how your instrument works; and explain what information it provides about current and potential future weather conditions. Follow APA formatting guidelines