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Efficiency in customer service delivery is a cardinal requirement to attain customer loyalty and satisfaction. Indeed, this should be the overriding objective of any business or organization that seeks to take compete relatively well within the market which it operates. The key to attaining the requisite levels of efficiency is ensuring that an organization is properly structured and managed. Additionally, the organization should ensure that it significantly reduces unnecessary bureaucracy and red tap since such things hinder efficient service delivery. All programs adopted and implemented by an organization must aim at promoting productivity, accessibility and efficiency not only for specific ...

Question 1

a). Calculation of variances
The material price variance is calculated as the budgeted price less the actual price. The standard per cost is 3.8 dollars per kg (£15200/4000=£3.8) while the actual per unit cost is £14742/3780=£3.9 per kg. This means the material price variance is £0.1 per kg.
Material usage variance is the budgeted quantity of materials and the actual quantity valued at the budgeted per unit price. The budgeted per unit price is £3.8. The difference in the two quantities is 4000-3780=220kgs. This valued at £3.8 gives a material usage variance of £836. The labour rate ...

Introduction

This paper is going to describe one of the most popular games in the world – “Monopoly”. The game was founded in United Stated, created by Parker Brothers. It gained its popularity in 20th century, and became one of the most played games in the world. The major idea behind this game is to build a monopoly (to become the only owner of the businesses) and become the most successful and powerful businessman in the game. Moreover, the main task of the player is to lead other players to the bankruptcy. However, the most fascinating merit of this game is that ...

The world of multinational corporations has witnessed a myriad of scandals involving its top management. However, no scandal has drawn much attention like the Enron Scandal. In 2001, revelations about the Enron Scandal began to resurface. The scandal involving top level management led to the state of bankruptcy of the firm (Sterling, 2002). Additionally, it contributed to the dissolution of one of its partners, Arthur Andersen, an audit firm. Apart from being one of the biggest scandals in the United States history, the scandal exposed the weaknesses in the audit sector. The paper seeks ...

Governing Policy, Board Members, Roles, Responsibility

Stakeholders, Clients, and Community
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Introduction

Every organizations are not without a stakeholder. It only means that every organization is rightfully composed of different individuals who are classified as the “organization’s stakeholders.” In an article published in 2014, the author described the stakeholders as the brand of the organization. In other words, the stakeholders serve as an image that represents the organization and what it generally stands for. There are two types of stakeholders. These include the (a) external stakeholders, and (b) internal stakeholders . Each type of stakeholders have a specific role in the organization and each contributes ...

Introduction

The motherboard is the connection point where all the other components of the computer are attached. The motherboard is the heart of computers, and it is responsible for handling system resources and the core components of the computer such as BIOS, CPU and the system memory. It carries system buses, circuits and the RAM chips. This paper will be a description essay. I will describe a motherboard, technical description of a motherboard and its specifications.
The motherboard is alternatively called the Mb, mobo, mainboard. Mobd, board, boardbase, system board, main circuit board, printed wired board or the logic board. It is a ...

Introduction

Parole refers to the release of a prisoner after they have completed their prison sentence. It occurs at some point during the imprisonment where most prisoners will be eligible for release on parole. It involves an agreement made by prisoners where they comply with certain conditions given to them before they complete their maximum sentence period. Basically, parole does not mean that prisoners have been set free or that they have completed their sentence, they are still under strict supervision and if they engage in any criminal activity they will be taken back for imprisonment. Parole however differs from an ...

Economics of Global Money Markets

When money became a commodity, money market became part of the financial markets for the reasons that assets that are involved in short-term buying, borrowing, selling and lending with the original maturities of about one year or less. The trade in money markets is carried out over the counter and as such it is wholesale. There are various instruments that exist and they include deposits, treasury bills, bankers’ acceptances, certificates of deposit, bills of exchange, commercial paper, federal funds, repurchase agreements and asset backed securities. This provides a funding that is liquid for the global financial system. Capital markets and money ...

The history of African Americans is an essential part of the whole history of the United States. Starting from the sixteenth century and the beginnings of slavery, Blacks had experienced a lot of struggles and had traveled the long path in order to achieve the social and political equality with western people. During their presence in the United States, they underwent a lot of events that contributed to their rise, supported their pride, and highlighted their racial identity. This paper aims to discuss four of such events and to analyze their mutual influence and significance for the establishment of ...

1. Singapore as a country and its tourism: the overview
1.1 Singapore country profile
Republic of Singapore is a Southeast Asian city-state located on 63 islands. It is separated from Malaysia and Indonesia by the straits of Johor and Singapore Strait respectively. The population of the country amounts to approximately 5.3 million and is constantly growing, and with total area of just 710 km2 Singapore is in the world top-3 by the density of population with 7,315 people per square kilometer, which implies that there is a need for land creation, which is being done through land reclamation.
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Introduction

Strategic Management is an important, albeit an often taken for granted part, of organizational management . What most people do not realize is that trends and changes in consumer behavior and preferences exist in any market and so successful implementation of major initiatives and goals as elected by the top management, in behalf of the owners and members of the board, are imperative for a continuously successful and evolving company . As many of us know, a company that fails to change and evolve is a company that would eventually fail to survive. The objective of this paper is to discuss the overall organizational ...

Every organization is developed through formulation of a plan. The plan can be either arbitrarily present in the mind of the founder or well documented by a panel of experts after due deliberations. The size and operational level of the organization determine the extent to which expertise are applied for the formulation of the organizational plan. An organizational plan forms the basis of an organization through defining its mission, vision, values, structure, size, type, processes, resources and strategies etc. The organizational plan for a fictional company named zRock Inc. is developed in this paper that requires detailed considerations to be undertaken due ...

Philadelphia School Board

Strength
Adequate textbooks and learning resources
Adequate students’
Presence of qualified teaching staff
Qualified non-teaching staff
Weakness
Inadequate finances in funding major projects
Opportunities
Disciplined and determined students
Committed and ambitious staff
Committed Board of School
Good legislations in education
Threats
Low political will power
Competition from neighbouring schools
High prices of food
Poor climate
Describe how the school board could benefit from using a S.W.O.T analysis as part of a strategic financial plan
In any institution, a SWOT analysis remains as a very important ...

The corporate governance of any firm or company is extremely beneficial because it will influence the rate and level with which people will be willing to invest in the company. A company with an uncommonly admirable form of corporate governance is likely to attract more investors than a company whose form of corporate governance is not exceptionally convincing. Corporate governance is a broad term that is used to refer to the rules, processes and laws that a specific company or business is regulated or controlled. However, this term refers to the internal factors in the company that are defined by the managing ...

Introduction

In any democratic society, every citizen s entitled to equal basic rights and protection from the
Government. These rights are proposed through bills, formulated into Acts and entrenched in the constitution. In the education sector teachers rights are governed by several laws which if breached has dire consequences. For instance, In United States of America, The Civil Rights Act of 1964, protects teachers in both public and private institutions against sexual, racial or religious discrimination. Other enacted Acts are Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 which protects teachers aged above 40years against age discrimination, Pregnancy Discrimination Act ...

INTRODUCTION

The Federal Reserve System also known as the Federal Reserve was formed on December 23rd 1913 after the approval of Federal Reserve act (Beckhart, 2). The enactment of the act was accelerated by a series of financial panics, mainly by a severe panic in 1907(Bechart,2).It’s main objective was; to provide economic stability by formulating and implementing monetary policies that will ensure price stability, to facilitate discounting of commercial papers and lastly to regulate the activities of commercial banks (Prochnow,3).
However the goal of the Federal Reserve has changed overtime and broadened to accommodate other economic ...

Organization of Focus

The organization that will be reviewed in this case is ECOBANK. For two years, I served as an employee in this firm where I worked in the organization’s risk management department which was mandated in guiding the firm through all manner of risks. Having served in this organization for two years, I am confident that I adequately understood its function and operations as well as employee culture and organization structure.
The organization is one of the largest African multinational banks. The bank’s key operations are in West Africa. However, the bank has made great strides in penetrating ...

- Can schools be managed and operated like business?
Management of schools should take a form similar to any other organization that is geared towards achieving certain results. Management, in a general sense, involves several functions that lead to the coordination of peoples’ efforts in a manner that would make them achieve some desired goals and objectives. These goals and objectives are set by the management of these organizations that undertake the coordination of the said efforts. For the coordination to take place, there must be the deployment of certain resources that must also be used in an effective and efficient ...

Oliver L. Brown, et. al. vs. The Board of Education of Topeka, et. Al
The number of plaintiffs totaled up to thirteen and they were parents representing their children. Oliver Brown represented his daughter Linda who was a third grader. The basis of the case was racial discrimination in schooling. The Educational Fund and the legal defense of NAACP represented a big group including Jews who were invited by Mr. Brown as Amicus Curiae (friend of the court). At the district court Oliver lost the case but applied for an appeal to the U. S. Supreme Court. It is in ...

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First cosmonaut of the planet was born March 9, 1934 in Gzhatsk (now Gagarin), Smolensk region in farmer's family. "The family in which I was born - he wrote later Yuri - very ordinary; it is no different from millions of working families of our country. "
The first years of his life spent in the countryside Yuri Klushino, where his parents lived father - Alexei Ivanovich, and mother Anna Timofeevna.
In May 1949 he graduated from the sixth grade Gzhatsk junior high school, and on 30 September of ...

The Great Debate is whether or not, “Looking for the Next Big Thing,” is a worthwhile strategic approach or not? The answer is that it is certainly one of many strategic approaches that a company or management team may choose to use to succeed in today’s business world. There are five main aspects to consider when looking into, “The Next Big Thing;” (1) How is it found?; (2) What is the best way to look for it?; (3) Is there a new one every week?; (4) Is the person managing it capable of doing so?; (5) How is ...

Accounting fraud is crucial to any company. It can cause a company’s downfall or closure. For the past five years, there have been several companies that were involved in accounting scandal and one of them is Groupon Inc. The said company connects the merchant and the customer to provide goods and services at a discount (Securities and Exchange Commission, 2011). This paper will discuss Groupon’s accounting fraud in 2011 and 2012 and the legal and financial liabilities concerning the Fraud.
A Venturebeat news article dated November 3, 2012 noted various accounting fraud applied in Groupon’s financial statement. ...

Airline Deregulation Act of 1978

In the field of aviation and transport, airline regulations had been a cause for debate considering the nature of its policies and restrictions. In the past, airlines were seen as regulated utilities, putting them in harsh conditions that prevents them from practicing flexible competition and providing service that would not hamper their service to their clients. Requests for reform and approval were either rejected or refuted by advisory boards that would stop all reform, believing it would be detrimental to the industry. The United States aviation sector had longed felt this sentiment from the 1930s up to the late 1970s ...

Real Madrid CF

Real Madrid is a Spanish, professional football club founded in 1897, and with upwards of thirty Spanish League (La Liga) titles, seventeen Spanish Cups, nine European Championship Cups and two UEFA trophies, it is easily one of the most successful football clubs in the world ( Real Madrid, 2012). It was voted the 20th Century’s most successful club by FIFA and by the close of 2011; it was the richest club in the world, with annual revenues reaching upwards of $695 million and $204.0 million in operating revenues. The club, which is entirely owned and controlled by its members, is ...

Abstract

Health care managers or health services administrators are responsible for directing and managing operations in hospitals, nursing homes and other healthcare institutions. They are in charge of physical infrastructure, programs, services, staff, relations with other institutions and finances. Initially the above functions were performed by appointed physicians or other healthcare workers with little or no training in management, thus the ambiguity in the roles of healthcare managers. The healthcare managers also represent the institution in professional and community meetings. The educational qualifications and skills for this position vary from one institution to another as well as from one state ...

THE CADBURY EXPERIENCE

How Effective Are Performance Appraisals?
The Cadbury Experience
Research Methods Used
The research methods employed consist of online note-taking and consulting with research journals on the topic of performance appraisal with regards to Cadbury PLC. However, few pieces of information were obtained due to the fact that information for a business entity is usually private. The author attempted to gather qualitative and quantitative data in order to support points that answer to the guide questions given.

Introduction

Cadbury is a multinational confectionery company from the United Kingdom owned by Mondelez International, Inc. (formerly Kraft Foods, Inc.). It carries a wide ...

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Section 1: US Government

When the US constitution was set up, the founders divided the new government into three co-equal branches of government: The Legislative, the Executive and the Judicial. Each was given separate areas of responsibilities, that were designed to make the branches work together to govern the county. The idea was that no one branch would grow to dominate the other two. To make sure that didn’t happen, the founders built a system of checks and balances into the constitution. This system consists of a series of powers that each branch has over the other two, to prevent any one branch from ...

Lexus is a luxury automobile brand that belongs to Toyota Motor Corporation. The brand was established in 1989, and it has gained global market popularity over time. Lexus remains the best selling brand in Japan’s premium cars. The brand name ‘Lexus’ is derived from two words ‘elegance’ and ‘luxury’, which represents the highest quality and technological image of the product. It has a mission to deliver high quality product that exceeds the customers’ expectations; this is accomplished through the provision of personal facility design and comprehensive consultation to the firm’s dealers. This mission is essential in ensuring that the ...

LOGISTICS IN OPERATION MANAGEMENT AND CONTEMPORARY BUSINESS

INTRODUCTION
Fast paced business world has increased immense pressure on organizations to increase agility and the adaptability of business operations. Along with understanding of changing market demand and customer trends, to remain competitive organizations are to remain on toes to meet the challenges posed by the managing operations of business. Therefore, operations of the organizations in the contemporary business world are constantly looking for the business practices that would enable them to manage business with more connectivity and coordination. Therefore, in order to address these factors successfully various management functions are constantly being evolved for greater coordination (Stevenson & ...

Abstract

Ever since deregulation in the airline industry, airlines have had the freedom, to select their choice of routes and have been given the freedom to determine fares. The paper gives a discussion of three basic route architecture networks that are in adoption, in the airline industry. These route networks include hub and spoke, point to point and multi-hub networks. Hub and spoke network is the most widely used route network architecture owing to its high cost and revenue advantages.

Keywords, Route, network, hub and spoke, point to point network

Introduction
Aviation management forms a significant and one of the most crucial parts in the aviation industry. Over the years, the ...

Statement

Since social enterprises are a business form on its own, there should be a code of corporate governance specifically to govern social enterprises.

My stand: I disagree with the statement

Introduction
In every corporation, quality management is essential to ensure that all the activities are well carried out and the involved parties, which include; stakeholders, employees, directors and the managers enjoy being associated with the company. All activities in an organization should run according to the corporate laws whereby the organization holds the accountability and responsibility towards its stakeholders as it conducts its businesses in an ethical manner. All organizations whether large, medium sized or small, possess a ...

This paper focuses on the 2009 case on Ricci v. DE Stefano, and the decisions made by the Supreme Court based on the hearings of the case. This case also had a big impact on how employers and employees relate in their work settings. This case’s decision turned out to be a dangerous outcome for employers in terms of testing and hiring of employees. This is in relation with the United States’ anti-discrimination law. This case can be analyzed using two legal theories of civil rights. They include the adverse impact theory and the disparate treatment theory. The two theories ...

Rehabilitation is defined as something that inspires positive change in someone during their confinement period (Foster 2006). Rehabilitation is seen as a humane and progressive form of punishment that intends to reform a convict to lead a productive life. Rehabilitative theories believe that prison is not the ideal way to achieve corrective behavior of offenders because it seeks to isolate offenders from life’s realities which in essence they should be trying to learn how to cope with. Prisoner imprisonment encompasses drug rehabilitation behavior change and vocational training.

The origin of rehabilitation in the United States goes back to the late 18th ...

Netflix’s marketing strategy change

Introduction
Change is an integral part of everyday life both for organizations and individuals. It is often considered negative, since it involves a certain level of stress for the system and a disruption of the conventional organizational practices. However, along with the negative side, change also entails benefits, if it is conducted in the right way. This paper aims to present an example of the recent change in Netflix strategy and to explain the possible reasons for its failure. This example applies change management theories and concepts to the Netflix case, in order to identify what went wrong and, thus ...

Abstract

Accounting scandals are business scandals that arise following the uncloaking of financial misdeeds by some trusted personnel in corporations. Some of the misdeeds usually involves some complex methods for embezzling, understating, misdirecting money, overstating the value of assets or in other words, underreporting the available liabilities. This is mostly accomplished in collaboration with workers or affiliate in corporations. In companies with public status, this kind of innovative accounting qualifies to fraud whereby investigations and inquiries are commenced by agencies of the government in place. In United States for instance, some of the government oversight agencies that are eligible to ...

Successful planning, construction, and completion of a large scale project like the one undertaken for completing the One World Trade Center is not easy since it requires a strategic focus on the construction plans in a realistic manner. Project leaders need to give external reviewers an opportunity to have an outside view of the whole project and suggest ways that can ensure completion within the stipulated time while avoiding deviations from the initial budget. The delays experienced during the construction of the Freedom Tower create the impression of how ineffective functional operations can lead to major changes in designs ...

Introduction

The Canadian labor market is abundant with skilled and qualified workers, and hence, the country’s labor market is becoming increasingly competitive. In this context, it is necessary for the government to ensure that all these candidates are employed and getting paid fairly. However, it is identified that Canada’s unemployment rate soared high during the recent recession and it has not yet recovered completely. Since Canada is a well-developed country, it is particularly important for the Canadian federal government to analyze the short-term as well as long-term costs of high unemployment rate to the country’s economy. This ...

My two-year crop rotation plan will include seed corn and soybeans. Soybeans will be planted in the first year on a virgin land followed by seed corn in the second year. The inclusion of a leguminous crop, like soybeans, in crop rotation, improves the soil fertility as well as the structure (Mohler and Johnson, 2009). Legumes releases nitrogen to the soil, which will reduce the amount of nitrogen fertilizer needed for the sweet corn in the following year (Griffin, Liebman, and Jemison, 2000). These crops will be planted in North Carolina.

Soybeans

The soybean cultivar to be planted is Envy, ...

Introduction

Corporate social responsibility is the main topic of this paper and from our class notes the definition of corporate social responsibility is the process in which organizations take responsibility for the impact of their activities on all members of the organization. These members may include employees, customers, suppliers, shareholders, communities and a wealth of other vested individuals. The corporate social responsibility extends also to the environment. In this vein the direction is not on legal statute responsibility but the voluntary steps to do the right thing by corporations. These steps help to improve the quality of life for employees ...

Introduction:

The act of deception of another human being through the use of electronic mail is known as email fraud. The idea of deceiving people online became effective immediately after the introduction of email as a source of communication. As the curiosity of people increased, so did an obsession of hitting the jackpot of luck through the internet by winning a lottery or by winning a vacation, pretty much an idea of anything that could lure people into believing they have won something precious was brought to use.

In the today’s world email frauds have taken a very different and ...

Abstract

Recently, attention has been diverted to clean, alternative and renewable technologies due to the depletion of petroleum resources and increase of the green house gases from the combustion of fuel resources. Fuel cell is the fore-runner of these technologies and has received immense impetus due to its relatively clean source of energy. Fuel-cells are devices that produce electrical energy from chemical transformation reactions. Electrodes are placed within an electrolyte medium that facilitates oxidation of fuel. In these electrochemical reactions, ions are generated that generate electricity. This electrical energy can be effectively harnessed to carry out a myriad of functions. Since ...

Executive summary

I chose to focus on functional strategy formulation and strategic choice in their application to real business world. This would aid me in understanding the topic in this “Strategic Management and Business Policy” textbook written by Thomas L. Wheelen and J. David Hunger. This report will be aimed at analyzing topic seven and eight, as they appear in the above class textbook. Chapter 7 and 8 concentrates on functional strategy formulation and strategic choice that concerns the full cycle of business life. This topic analyzes various strategies a business undertakes in the pursuit of growth and stability as well as ...

Instruction

System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is a process of scheduling, selecting/picking, and evaluating a healthcare information system (Agarwal & Mohan, 2011). According to Garmany, Walker and Clark (2005) these four stages have a number of tasks within each stage. Garmany et al. (2005) indicates that, in this stage, problems are identified and picked as opportunity for advancement. Notably, the organization at this level is determined by whether the new system is required and if needed, is it financially feasible in the current time. After determining that the new system is needed, the requirements of the user are put into consideration. The process is ...

This paper is divided into three sections. The first section is a review of academic research and studies on corporate theories, positions and counter-positions. The second part discusses the two theories – stakeholder value theory and shareholder value theory. This section evaluates key arguments associated with each theory. In the third part, the paper evaluates why value-driven stakeholder approach should be embraced by managers of corporations. The paper finalizes the discussion by concretizing the arguments in a summary and offering submissions for future managers.
This paper hypothesizes that profit maximization is no longer the only priority of organizations; other non-economic features ...

Introduction

The Great Belt Fixed Link (Storebæltforbindelsen) is the fixed link connecting the islands of Zealand and Funen across the strait of Great Belt. The link is composed of three mega structures: a road suspension bridge (known as the East Bridge), a railway between Zealand and Sprogø, and a box girder bridge (known as the West Bridge) between Sprogø and Funen (Railway-Technology, n.d.). The link was purposely designed to replace the primary means of crossing the Great Belt (Transportation Research Board, 1995). Combined purpose and aesthetic perfection, this majestic link exhibits eccentric engineering skills and craftsmanship, a true man-made wonder.
Figure 1. ...

Individual Rights

Individual Rights
Individual Rights vis-à-vis Social Order
Individual rights pertain to the liberties and freedoms embraced in the human rights of every person. These rights are validated, confirmed and guaranteed by the Bill of Rights and the Constitutional amendments. These rights include the freedom to practice (or not) religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, freedom of petition, right against self-incrimination, right against self-incrimination, right to due process, and other rights granted in criminal proceedings (US Constitution). In democracies, such as the United States, individual rights play a significant role in society. Social ...

Financial Accounting and Reporting:

Financial accounting refers to the process of recording, summarizing and reporting of the accounting transactions. The objective of financial accounting and reporting is to provide an accurate image of a company’s financial standing to the users of the financial statements. Important to note, that, all the financial reports made under the financial accounting process are as per relevant accounting standards as US GAAP or IFRS.

Financial reporting is the by-product of the process of financial accounting and includes the following:

- Preparation of the financial statements which includes; Balance Sheet, Income Statement and Cash Flow Statement
- Notes to the financial statements
- Press Releases and Conference Calls for declaration of quarterly ...

The housing bubble and its subsequent burst in late 2006-07, were cited as one of the primary reasons for the financial crisis of 2007-08 that left the whole global economy in tense situations. In the US alone, millions of people went homeless, and thousand of real estate companies were having unsold homes and commercial properties. The financial pundits and researchers blamed the easy financing and relaxed regulation on the financial sectors that fed into the bubble, allowing it to grow to proportions and such level, from where it was not possible for the federal system to save the economy ...

International marketing plan

Molson Coors Company needs the expansions of its commodity market. The best way to do it is the entry on the foreign market, because the increase of the amount of selling on the existed market is not rational and effective.
The Thai market is interesting and suitable for the Molson’s expansion. In this section we will examine the ways of Molson’s entry on this market and the strategy of that entry. The product which we want to sell on the market is the beer. The type of the beer can be chosen from the production line ...

Management Organizations

Executive Summary
A manager, as the term itself implies, is someone who has been given the task of managing an organization. The organization that a manager has been given the task of managing can either be a for-profit or a non-for-profit organization. In general, a manager is hired by a company owner or appointed by a corporation’s board of directors to coordinate and integrate the efforts and processes of various company departments and people in order to accomplish the organization’s goals and objectives using the allotted available resources in an efficient and effective manner, limiting wastages as much as possible . Evidently, a manager’ ...

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Introduction
A hybrid car is a car used to drive the drive wheels more than one source of energy.
Modern car manufacturers often resort to sharing of the internal combustion engine and an electric motor, which avoids the mode of the internal combustion engine in low loads, and also to realize the recovery of kinetic energy, increasing the fuel efficiency of the power plant. Another common type of hybrids is vehicles, in which ICE is combined with engines running on compressed air.

It should be distinguished from hybrids vehicles with electro-mechanical transmission, such as locomotives, some tractors and tanks.

As it written in the Analysis of ...

Introduction

Governments are tasked with a challenging responsibility of adopting informed and justifiable decisions when budgeting for the country’s resources. Investing in unproductive or unhelpful projects is not acceptable because this characterize misuse of public resources. Amtrak is one of the major projects in United States that has realized attention of policy makers. A group of policy makers has lobbied for the continued funding of this project while other argues that the company should lose its subsidiaries. Deciding whether the government should withdraw its support from Amtrak or continue funding the project is challenging because either of the options carry ...

Introduction

This article summarizes the reasons why formal education is important is important in improving in the performance of health practitioners particularly in the vocation of dosimetery. The author premises on the argument that the primary role of healthcare workers is the protection, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations. For this reason, an extensive, solid knowledge and expertise in the area of research is required for the purposes of removing harm that imparts ...

Introduction:

Sony Corporation started planning in 2003 for some big personnel changes, all the way to the top. Their stock had hit a high point in 2001 and was steadily dropping and they decided it was time for changes. By 2003 they were in trouble. Once a nimble young company capable of challenging the behemoths because of their exciting ideas, they had become one of the behemoths. This put them in the awkward position of being a little of everything, but not the best at anything. This is not a good place to be, especially if the company is on the way downhill at ...

Internet fraud refers to any type of fraud scheme that uses web sites, chat rooms or message boards with aim of carrying out criminal activities such as fraudulent transactions or transit data of fraud to financial institutions. Internet fraud includes spam, spyware, identity theft, phishing and internet banking fraud. This paper looks at the organization internet and analyzes how the organization has been attacked by fraudsters. The two main fraud techniques that the organization has been attacked through are the phishing and identity theft.

Phishing

Phishing is a technique used to gain personal information which will be used for identity theft.
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SURVIVAL AND SUBVERSION

In the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, the Federal government enacted the 13th Amendment freeing the slaves and the 14th Amendment, which granted African Americans citizenship. In 1870, the 15th Amendment was passed, which gave black males the right to vote. In a few short years after Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, African-American enfranchisement was the law of the land. And yet, in a vast region that had been conquered in a long and bloody war, social change was superficial. In practical terms, there was little difference between slavery and the world in which former slaves lived. Segregation was an absolute ...

The Sarbanes - Oxley Act of 2002 was passed after the corporate scandals of certain companies such as Enron and WorldCom. The responsibility of the senior management was increased to a higher level. First of all the management are supposed to establish and oversee the implementation of the internal controls of the firm (Strawser, 3). They must accept this responsibility. The acceptance of this responsibility must be disclosed in the financial statements. The management is also expected to disclose whether the internal controls have been effective in the financial reporting process. The Act expects the management to disclose the framework ...

Accounting and Financial Management

Question 1.
A. Taking into account Centro management experience, there are three main issues that are to be addressed, namely: company directors do not have to consider signing financial reports as formality and remember that they are the ultimate authority which controls financial statements; overload with information cannot be used as an excuse for absence of control over the accounting process; there must be a person who would check financial reports in the company (internal financial auditor) and consult top management regarding financial issues.
B. Eight former directors of Centro were accused in failure to disclose short-term debt ...

Background of the Case

In 2007, Peoples Company acquired a large manufacturing plant from Lexington, Inc. The new manufacturing plant was run by one of Peoples' subsidiary companies, Choice Manufacturing LLC. They built upon the acquired management team, diversified the client base and made significant investments in the plan. Choice Manufacturing LLC has consistently exceeded expectations for Peoples Company. Since acquiring the new plant from Lexington, they have been able to attract new non-Lexington types of manufacturing. They also considered taking the company public. Choice Manufacturing was the premier business until they ran into a cash flow crisis two and a half years later. They sought ...