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Roles of Operations Manager

Operations manager in any manufacturing company is a key player in the production department. Firstly, he or she is responsible for managing resources within the department especially human and inventory. The manager takes the initiative of guiding and supervising employees within his or her docket to assist them in meeting the plans. Besides, he or she take the initiative of managing the inventory implying that he is in charge of purchasing and supplies. Secondly, the manager assumes the role of a financial manager in his or her department. In the department, the manager conducts the overall budgeting and cost ...

Impact of Financial Crisis on the United States’ Banking Sector

The 2007-2008 crisis also referred to as the global financial crisis affected the banking sector across the world in many ways and the US banking sector was not spared. Over the short term period, the crisis affected the banking sector in several ways. Several banks incurred huge losses because of the increased default rate as people and businesses were unable to repay their loans. Mortgage defaults were very high making the banking sector to enact legislation to curb the spread of the crisis. The crisis caused the interbank lending sector to freeze with credit to consumers and businesses drying ...

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McDonalds Company is an organization that I can define it as being a social enterprise due to its commitment towards enhancing social responsibility in areas where it operates. The company does this by the provision of quality products, services and focus on ensuring a clean environment. However, there need for the company to focus on addressing its ethical misconduct when it comes to environmental safety and cleanliness. The company is subject to various environmental issues something that impacts the company’s operations negatively. For instance, the chemicals used by the company to spread its cattle and the methane gas ...

Rob and Bunny Sherman want to file a suit against the Church of the Divine Light. They allege that one year ago, their 15 year old son called Rob Jr., was coerced into staying in the church. He was threatened by being told that if he left, he would be thrown into the eternal fires of hell. He was brainwashed and began believing that the church was his new family. He was also told to demand money from his parents to cater for his upkeep. Rob Jr. stayed in the church for a period of approximately six months. Rob Sr. and ...

The first glimpse of a newborn is a lifetime memory. The first hug, the first smile, the soft cry, the response of a child, makes heart yearn for more of it. The arrival also causes much flutter in the house. A child is a little bundle of joy, and at the same time, requires non-stop attention of the family. Both the partners are bound into an enduring yet sweet journey of raising a child. It is indeed an invaluable and priceless experience which nobody would want to miss. But as the working mothers are entitled to paid maternity leave barring few countries, such as, ...

The four financial hedging techniques are future, forward, money market and currency option hedge. Any business firm is supposed to compare it is the cash flow in determining which the technique to apply to hedge. The futures hedge is involved in the use of the currency futures. To hedge the future payables, the business or the associated firm is supposed to purchase a future currency contract in regard to the currency of the choice as it needs (Stephens, 2003). A forward hedge is the similar with the future hedge but the only difference is that the only forward contract ...

Introduction

The federal Tort Claims Act is deemed, and stipulated to have been enacted in the year, 1746. Its main theme was to allow or permit the private parties/ individuals to sue the government and representatives acting on behalf of the state government. Prior to the 1946 statute, there were tortuous activities that were experienced by the citizens from the wrath of the unruly leaders within the government. Ideally, this act was formulated with the intention of enabling the citizens to feel the maximum protection that they deserve with respect to their rights. Some of the issues that are the ...

Financial crisis is a situation in the economy of a country where the supply of money to the economy is over powered by the demand of money (Cali & Kennan, 2010). This situation causes deficits to the providers of money like banks where they are forced to sell their securities to get money and allow it to flow in the economy. The world has faced a financial crisis in the recent past, which was triggered by several factors. In this essay, we are going to look at this recent financial crisis and its aftermath. We will also look at what triggered it and ...

Why should stakeholders be involved in IT Governance?

Different stakeholders play different roles in IT governance. Some of the stakeholders include investors, providers and controllers (Isaca, 2011). Investors include business partners, business management, and IT management. They are important since they provide funding. In addition, they want to ensure that their investment is made in line with their strategic objectives. Controllers include external and internal audit officers, human resources, finance and risk and compliance officers (Isaca, 2011). These stakeholders monitor risk and ensure that the IT governance is compliant to any regulatory and legal requirements. Providers ensure that there is provision of procurement supplies. Further, they ensure ...

The concept of research is vital to any field of study or expertise. Scholars have since undertaken research and analysis of the data gathered in order to make informed assertions about any subject matter. Research strategies have been classified into either qualitative or quantitative research methods. Qualitative research methods have generally been defined a research that seeks to find data about subject matter that goes beyond simple numerical data. Some of the methods employed by qualitative research include interviews, observation, questionnaires and detailed document analysis. Observation is one of the most common qualitative data collection techniques. This research paper reviews ...

Language development in classroom communication

The backbone of any communication process is language. Language can thus be described as the means of passing information between two parties (Robertson, 2002). In a classroom, effective communication is essential for the learners to gain maximally. Poor language results in poor understanding of the subject matter in a subject. This translates into poor intellectual background of a learner. Social communication can also result in poor classroom communication (Brock-Ute, 2007). So as to analyze classroom communication, I choose to use economics as the subject of concern. This is mainly because economics extends virtually into all aspects of business regardless of the location ...

This essay discusses on the Australian vocational education and training (VET) as a formal learning system that is intended for out-of-school youth who are past secondary education. It explores the drivers that shape the economic, social and political contexts in which VET was established like human capital theory, changing nature of work, globalisation, lifelong learning and the learning society. The paper analyses and evaluates the VET strands and mode of delivery and argues that VET is a good channel for out-of-school youth to be mainstreamed to the job industry but the mode of delivery is not sustainable. The experiences of VET ...

PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL

My Opinion on the Experts’ Recommendations

Performance appraisal is all about evaluating the way an employee is doing their job and one of its main purposes is for career development. This is why I am of the opinion that the experts were right in asking Rob to separate the appraisals from salary increases. This is because salary increase does not necessarily constitute or result in an employee’s career growth. The current appraisal method has been ineffective in that the secretaries have been appraised as ‘good’ or ‘excellent’ just so that they don’t miss out on the annual ...