It is crucial for anyone who earns money or plans on earning money in their lifetime to understand finance. Make sense of the stock pages as you learn how money moves through the market. Finance explains annuities, interest rates, portfolios, bond valuation, Internal Rate of Review, and much more! This show will help with your Finance Homework and is a great review for Finance 101. (10 x 26:00)
Subjects: General Business
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Business in the New Millennium
The business world is continuously changing, adopting new policies and even newer technologies. Keeping up with these changes and embracing them is vital to success in today’s workplace. This series explores recent changes and encourages viewers to look for opportunities hidden in the chaos of change, so they can adapt and thrive in the new millennium. (8 x 30:00)
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Cutting Their Own Cloth: Entrepreneurial Clothing Designers
In this program, we look at two enterprising young sisters turn a lost opportunity into a commercial gain. Twin sisters, Lou and Sophie McDermott, after missing out on the fashion TAFE course of their choice, have set up their own successful business designing and manufacturing club wear. The program examines the processes of setting up a small business from scratch, the issue of mass marketing versus niche marketing, their inspirations for designs, the logistics of manufacturing and the decisions they now have to make to expand the business and keep ahead in a highly competitive market.
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Hospitality
Sustainable environmental practices not only minimize an organization’s environmental footprint but there is also potential for significant bottom-line gains. This program focuses on environmental sustainability in hospitality where the focus in recent decades has been very much about efficient resource use, minimizing waste and maximizing productivity. Areas covered include identifying resources and environmental issues, compliance with regulations, and improving resource efficiency. Award-winning Melbourne-based Alto Hotel, Australia’s first carbon-neutral hotel, presents an excellent case study. Further expert comment is offered by an industry trainer from Kangan Institute’s Centre for Competitive Operations.