My Big Fat Revision

Explain the general purpose of legislation from the point of view of a business (4 marks) The purpose of legislation from the point of view of the business helps protect businesses with weaker bargaining power, and also ensures competition is fair, employees are treated fairly, that due attention is paid to the environment, that consumers are considered and that health and safety regulations are met. Legislation essentially instructs how a business environment is ran – in an orderly fashion. Explain two advantages to a business of legislation related to competition (6 marks) One advantage to a business of legislation related to competition is anti-competitive agreements. Law is put in place to prevent, restrict or distort competition. This prevents the agreement of the fixture of selling prices, agreements that limit production, investment, development and agreements that apply different conditions to similar businesses. In this case, legislation is beneficial as it allows for an even ...

  Write ‘How global is the appeal of your three main texts? [30]’ for Film. If a text has global appeal, it has qualities that make audiences from different worldwide cultures like it. Each of the three films have varying degrees of global appeal however their respective box offices figures are a telling sign of the extent of this. Gravity was the most successful in this field, followed by The World’s End and finally The Machine. Gravity achieves great global appeal in a number of ways, and an example is use of star theory. The film boasts Sandra Bullock who is a successful actress who has won a number of awards and an Oscar. It can therefore be argued that she gives the film a sense of global appeal because she is one of the world’s most famous actresses and has been in a number of films that have been successful at the box office, both domestically and internationally. Gravity also has a narrative which is centred around a theme that is universal: the fascination of space. The fi...

  Plan a global reach/appeal question for all texts studied so far. Breaking Bad: global appeal - they embraced and encourages user-created content through setting up a Tumblr to allow fans to post art. It has a vibrant presence across platforms: television, website, social media, podcasts, character perspective blogs, videos, iBooks, email marketing and more. They connect with users in more personal ways and through doing so, learn what works best. Breaking Bad has multi-screen viewing so people can watch it anywhere and participate in exclusive content. The show’s availability on Netflix – allows viewers all over the world to watch shows almost immediately after they air. Global reach/appeal is major because of the amount of channels of distribution and how they attract and embrace user generation content. Having such strong audience engagement means it will automatically become global because it will be a talking point for people. Lynx Excite: global appeal - Using Lynx's 170,...

JEAN PIAGET Argued that children develop their intellect through interacting with the world. This happens in stages where the child gets an understanding of the world they live in. The Schemata Child develops internal representations of mental and physical actions. Some schemata are already present in a newborn (sucking, gripping or crying) whilst some are developed as the child grows. The schemata are built through 2 processes: 1. Assimilation – fitting newly acquired knowledge into what the child already knows. 2. Accommodation – as new experiences occur which do not fit into existing schemata, the child adapts them to fit, or creates new ones. Assimilation > Equilibrium > New Situation > Disequilibrium > Accommodation > Assimilation (restart) This process happens when the child encounters something unfamiliar. The child applies an existing schema, but is not successful. They modify the schema to suit, and the cycle starts again. Piaget explains that children mov...

Unit 10 Managing Change – Revision Questions 1. Give 4 reasons why change is important to business. Change is important because if a business does not change they are likely to lose their competitive edge and not meet the needs and wants of the customer. They would not have taken advantage of developing technologies – either administrative processes or manufacturing tasks. Customers’ needs change and this creates demand for new types of goods and services which opens new areas of opportunity for businesses that are prepared to change to meet these needs. Change has improved working conditions and job satisfaction for employees – this increases productivity. Employees can learn new skills and explore new opportunities. They can be more creative in ways that benefit the company. 2. Give an example of internal & external change Internal change could be the introduction of new technology. External change could be a change in legislation. 3. What is disruptive change? Give 3 examp...

"Mystical experiences are best explained in scientific terms". Discuss   A mystical experience is an alleged experience of oneness with God, as claimed by mystics. Experiences like this can be used as evidence to prove that God exists, however, there are cases where these events are beyond imagination and contradictory which can push people towards finding an explanation through science. Whilst it could be argued that religious experiences can be explained in ways which are not scientific, this essay will argue that science is best at explaining the occurrence and content of these experiences. Mystical experiences cannot be described in words so it cannot be explained in scientific terms. It can instead be explained in religious terms as William James has four characteristics of mystical experiences which are from his book ‘The Varieties of Religious Experience’. This book concentrates on the first-hand accounts of religious experience, of which James th...