Essays on Contract

Information technology is a growing industry as more organizations, companies, and industries seek to modernize their workspaces. The automation of most systems makes it easier for the organization to streamline its service delivery and cut costs on inappropriate purchases and supply. Moreover, it helps boosts the organization overall turnover and revenue at the end of each financial year. Therefore, contracts related to information and technology continues to increase on a daily basis as companies, organizations, and industries seek to be ahead of their competitors. It would be ideal for the proposed company to focus on information and technology contracts, ...

Issue

Robert Olins, the defendant in the case was found to be in breach of contract by a lower court. A lease was drafted and signed by Robert Olins and Pan Handle Realty, LLC for a year’s period. Part of the agreement was that Pan Handle Realty, LLC was to unfurnish the property and Olins was to make payments for the amount of a year’s rent (Cross & Miller, 2015). Olins had issued a postdated check which was to be cashed after Pan Handle Realty, LLC had completed the modifications in the house. It was then that the plaintiff ...

Winning a contract is the ideal goal of many companies seeking tenders from different organizations. Landing a contract provides a good portfolio for future transactions with other clients. Therefore, it is ideal for any company to study and understand tender details provided by the client then come up with a team that will help to win the contract. It is necessary for one to consider several factors when considering another partner in one’s pursuit of winning tenders. Moreover, one has to understand the role required to play in different situations and gear them towards a specific contract. The ...

Purpose

This paper intends to investigate how well the Pakistan pharmaceutical industry’s supply chain system performs. The thesis aims to achieve this purpose by examining the transportation, outsourcing, logistics management, and government regulations, and how these factors influence the efficiency and effectiveness of the pharmaceutical industry of Pakistan. In particular, the paper provides insights into the performance related practices used in the Pakistani pharmaceutical industry. Consequently, it points out the need for more research aimed at capturing dynamics and specific operational characteristics of local networks for development and improvement. Further, by denoting the relationship between system practices and SCM ...

Introduction

As described in Fordham.edu, the given men desired a society where no one in society, state, or the world at large should let their personal ambitions infringe on the freedoms and well-being of the other.

What Is Best For Society According To These Men?

Montesquieu in describing what is best for the society he stated that there are three types of power in every government. The three types of power include the executive, the judiciary, and lastly the legislative power. He described an ideal society as one where there is political liberty. According to him, liberty involves a tranquility of mind of the subject. In particular, Voltaire: Patrie ...

Introduction

The paper compares the financial performance of Abcam and Novozymes for the FY 2015. The company (Abcam) spends a lot of cash on research and development. Therefore, it provides easy access to products, high development on the platform of e-commerce. The sales of Abcam increased significantly between FY 2015 and 2016. That is it almost made 90% of sales in other currencies such as the Japanese Yen, and Euro. The change in these foreign currencies during the recession period is favorable for the firm. Moreover, revenues of the product increased by over 15% on the reported basis during FY ...

Primavera Seafood Inc. is the world’s largest supplier of seafood. In the case at hand, Primavera is faced with a crisis involving uncertainties in prices of lobsters, yield levels of lobsters, and working mechanics of newly acquired equipment that are used to process the lobsters. As a result of these factors, the company faces the possibility that it may suffer losses from the current supply contract for lobster considering the strict requirements by the purchasing airline. After reviewing the situation, the company has discovered that the break in internal communication processes is the major reason for all the ...

Introduction

The financial crisis of 2007/9 was the worst in the U.S. since the Great Depression of the 1930s. It was the cause of the failure of some of the biggest financial institutions including Washington Mutual which was closed in 2008, and its assets transferred to JP Morgan. In 2008, the crisis reached its peak with loans dropping dramatically to the lowest levels to be witnessed in a half a century. For example, new loans to large borrowers fell by 47 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008 as compared to the previous quarter and by 79 percent relative to ...

In Tom Regan's article “The Case for Animal Rights,” he makes the case for the rights of animals on the basis of equal treatment of all living things that possess inherent value. He argues that morality should be centered on the equal treatment of all living entities, rather than the reduction of suffering and the amplification of pleasure. Consequently, Regan's involvement in the animal rights movement is based on three issues: the elimination of all commercial forms of animal testing, animal agriculture and animal hunting. Ultimately, Regan's argument stands as a sound defense for animal rights on the grounds ...

Introduction

The broad issue of gender equality and empowerment of women has been discussed in length and depth by various stakeholders in society. In fact, the topic stands out as one of the most highly debated issues through the years. The continued occurrence of incidences of gender discrimination clearly points out that the debates are yet to yield their ultimate objectives. The primary contention in all such arguments is the continuous portrayal of women as a lesser gender and thus belittling the morality and feminine’s obligations in society. Male chauvinists, who consider themselves superior and more potent have continuously ...

Issue

Have Adam and I formed a partnership? Rule Partnership Act (SA) 1891 Section 1- Definition of Partnership Partnership Act (SA) 1891 Section 2- Rules for determining Existence of Partnership Partnership Act (NSW) Section 2- Rules for determining Existence of Partnership A partnership entails the relationship that exists between two or more people with the intent of running a business for profit making purposes (Partnership Act (SA) 1891 s 1). Based on Partnership Act (SA) 1891 s 2 and Partnership Act (NSW) s 2, for a partnership to exist, the relationship must satisfy three aspects:

The establishment of a business;

In common; With a view ...

Introduction

Traditionally, employment relationships have generally been governed by the common law doctrine of employment at will. In the nineteenth-century American common law, the employment-at-will doctrine became the norm. The at-will-doctrine holds that unless the parties expressly agree in particular duration, the employment relationship can be served by either employer or the employee at any time and for any reason. According to the Bureau of Labour Statistics, however, there are major exceptions to Employment-at-Will including implied contract exception; policy exception and convention of good faith and fair dealing (Muhl, 2001). Employment at will is basically a voluntary and indefinite employment ...

Demographics

An aging population is likely to seek different kinds of medication and stop using the ones they have been using before. This necessitates the need for different kind of drugs and products that may be used to foster wellness. Another demographic is the women who opt not to have children. Many women are opting not to reproduce and instead spend their money on hair and beauty products which they can access easily from a drug store. Another demographic are the millennials who prefer to shop online for its convenience and positive reviews on pharmacies (Morgan, 2006).

Social Issues

Economic changes would ...

Recently, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of maritime employment disputes (Washington 844). My client wants to terminate her employment contract with Barbossa and return to Port Royal, something that has been opposed by her employer. I am initiating a lawsuit against Barbossa on behalf of my client for the following reasons. Barbossa has failed to honor international maritime employment policies, which are clearly stipulated in the employment contract (Donn 35). This has made Elizabeth to grow disillusioned with her job on the Pearl. Refusal by the company to terminate her contract violates her rights all ...

Businesses have no control over external factors, but they can plan their strategies to deal with the external environment. The business must prepare a plan that is best suitable as per the external environment and be prepared to survive in the market. Orlando Bizline is a restructured company that has introduced new members in the business. These members are the Vice President of Account Management, Director of Strategy, and Creative Director. These people replaced former executives who have joined a political agency. If Orlando Bizline receives a large new order with a tight deadline, then it could be challenging ...

Q. 1. A. To calculate nominal, real, and GDP deflator, the following equations were used. Nominal (NGDP = Quantity (year) X Price (year), while real GDP) can be expressed as (RGDP = Nominal / Deflator), and GDP deflator can be expressed as (GDPD = Nominal / Real GDP X 100%). Therefore; (See Table 1.) B. For multiple items, calculating CPI requires a weighed average of the commodity price. In this sense, the prices of listed items were calculated as (Average = Bread price +TV Sets + etc. / 5) for each year. After which, the CPI was calculated using the equation (CPI of Multi ...

Jim and Laura intend to buy a car, and upon visiting a dealer, they agree to give $100 deposit to hold the vehicle for a day. However, Jim and Laura later change their minds on purchasing the car upon which the dealer insists that the $100 deposit was meant to be part of the contract to purchase the car. The case raises important issues with regard to contract law. Therefore, before analyzing the facts of the case, it is essential to evaluate the various aspects that constitute a legally binding contract. An essential element of a legally binding contract ...

1. Since food and beverage experiences are very personal, how do food service managers design programs that will please customers and keep them coming back? Ans. The primary purpose of food service managers is to ensure customer satisfaction. They ensure that the quality and standards of food and service are up to the mark and the programs are designed in such a way that the customers keep coming back. The programs should include proper training of the employees, effective and efficient supply change management, monitoring the methods of preparation, portion sizes and presentation of food, ensuring the safety measures, ...

The only right decision, while giving a definition of culture is to define the main features, causes and ways of creative thought’s expression, and afterwards grouping the obtained data. This is what we can observe in the work of Cook and Glickman. After examining each of the options, one can give examples for each of them right away. However, the American culture in all its manifestations is versatile. And every issue within it is equally important. Though, it is sometimes difficult to navigate in the flow of information and ideas, and one has to “go on the reverse”. ...

Judicial Activism of the Court of Justice of the European Union

Since the ECJ handed down the 2005 Mangold v. Helm case, there have been several criticisms provided by different scholars of the decisions it made and what they believed had various consequences for the European Union law. Essentially, the decisions made by the court involved several queries, but the main one was applicability of European Union age‐based anti‐discrimination law in situations involving the fixed‐term employment contracts. The contracts were founded on the law that permitted the fixed‐term contract with no demands for the objective reasons that justified the limitations of the employment period past the ...

Set-asides are contracts awarded exclusively to small businesses to encourage their participation. There are several opportunities for small businesses to participate in business with the US government, the largest single buyer in the world. I would recommend the company to bid supply contracts under the prime contracts category. The company can benefit from the federal government’s goal that 23% of the total dollar value of contracts should be given to small businesses. Supplies are easy to deal with since no technical or specialized knowledge is required. Besides, the company qualifies for the contract since it is a small ...

The political elements of Star Trek show that the series had more insight than what is apparent. The show started in the 1960s when the Cold War was at its height. Many authorities argue that Star Trek is an exploration based on self-interest, colonialism, collectivism and control . However, George Gonzalez takes a different approach in The Politics of Star Trek where he undertakes a critical review of the story within the context of the actual implications of the actions of the characters. This paper will review the first two chapters of the book in order to present the critical ...

Scenario: Jill Intends to sell his car and places a “for sale” sign on her car, which prompts Jack to call Jill for inquiry about the car. Jill provides Jack with information about the car (year of manufacturing 2003 and the mileage 20,000 miles) and the price which is $12000. The next day they meet and exchange the car but Jack later goes to his mechanic who reveals to him that the car had been driven for at least 50,000 miles. Jill had adjusted the miles intentionally for the purpose of selling the car.

Issue: Establishing whether there is a contract between Jill and Jack

Analysis: Offer: a ...

We cannot deny that globalization is here with us and it is touching and affecting everything around us including our sexualities. Same sex relationships have been a sensitive matter since time memorial but with the world becoming a global village most of us have been forced to deal with the matter including some states legalizing it to end the stigma. This paper is going to summarize on the same but in the context of real life same sex couples in China. Qiaohui and Zhenzhen relationship act as a cocoon to seek solace from the other life part of marriage. ...

Abstract

The airline industry is, once, one of the most highly regulated industries in Canada. Initially a government owned company, Air Canada has enjoyed the monopoly and protection of the country’s legislation. However, the increased pressure to improve the country’s airline industry led to its privatization. In the modern era, the need to be more competitive has been more pressing than before as Canada’s airline industry became open for competition. In a bid to improve the company’s business processes and customer experience, in 2011, Air Canada employed IBM’s expertise in providing computing systems. This partnership ...

Interpreting Laws and Court Decisions

Introduction Laws are continuously changing and are always put in a language difficult for the common citizen to understand. The average working American is mostly unable to understand the legal language and terms. This makes the interpretation of laws and, even court decisions, a difficult undertaking. Labor laws in the US provide a necessary legal relationship among the workers’ labor unions, workers themselves, and the employers. The laws also form a basis on which the labor cases are determined in courts. The interpretation of both the court decisions and laws, therefore, remains significant to both the workers and their ...

LEARNING ACTIVITY 1

(1.) The common law of contracts would be applicable in this case (Clarkson et al., 2012). First, for all of its history the common law of contracts has always applied to real estate transactions. This case, which involves the selling of a house, is a real estate transaction. The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) is a newer form of contract law that mainly focuses on the sales of goods or tangible property. It was established in response to increasing commercial actions (Blum, 2013). (2.) A court would likely find that no contract existed. The fundamental elements of any contract is ...

Company Background

Fran’s Flower was founded by a business minded Fran, who graduated with an undergraduate degree in art in 2008. Fran combined her knowledge and the love of flowers to bring something new and that is the flower business.

Internal Strengths and Weakness

The greatest strength from the case is the love, and knowledge Fran has for flowers. Another internal strength is the positioning of the business. Fran’s Flowers are positioned in a strip mall offering a huge volume of walk-in clients. However, even though Fran is a skilled arranger, she has been forced to hire some unskilled personnel, something she feels ...

Scenario 1: Jack makes a call to Jill and says that he would buy 40 widgets for $300, but Jill counters the offer with $350 and Jack takes it

Issue: A determination of whether there is a contract between Jack and Jill

Analysis: Offer: For one to assume that the offer is valid it requires intent, particular or specific terms, and communication by the person offering. Acceptance: Jill offered $300 for 40 widgets but Jack presented the best deal at 40 widgets for $350 which Jill accepts. As such, one can conclude that there was an acceptance of the counter-offer. Consideration: The basis of this offer presents a subject matter with a ...

Activity 1

In determining whether or not Don can set aside the contract with Evan, it is important first to determine whether a valid, enforceable contract ever came into existence or was formed between the parties. According to MacMillan and Stone (2012), the essential elements of a valid contract include offer and acceptance, consideration, capacity, intention to create legal relations, and legality. In the present case of Done and Evan, a contract came into being when Don unilaterally accepted Evan’s offer in the form of advice to invest in his (Evan’s) new consulting business and went on to sign ...

The chief operating officer (COF) plays a key role in the development and implementation of various organizational processes in a healthcare organization. The COF has a complex and challenging role while opening a new ambulatory care centre in the city for his/her organization. The COF would have an option to opt for professional autonomy, social contract, or free market perspective to design the entire workflow process and structure for the new centre (Patterson, et al. 2015). The practice of social contract has its many benefits and disadvantages. It provides a widespread assessment of the society the needs of the ...

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Introduction It is common to see people using animals for sports and entertainment. Examples of sporting events that use animals are horse racing, cockfighting and many others, while zoos and circuses are among those who keep animals for entertainment. While most people enjoy these events and public display of animals, there are those who believe that such activities are unethical and morally wrong. There are, at least, four major reasons why people should not use animals for sport and entertainment. These are violation against nature; violation against the sensitivities of other people; cruelty against animals; and violation ...

Abstract

The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) is a highly broad and intricate assortment of regulations that govern the purchase process of the federal government. The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) ensures that the measures of purchasing are standard and unwavering, and guarantees that they are undertaken in an impartial and unbiased manner. It is imperative that owners of small businesses and the official mandated with contracting to understand and have a full comprehension of the FAR (Koprince, 2012). Failure to understand the regulation leads to pricey pitfalls, such as those which will be discussed in this essay. The Inchcape Shipping Service ...

PART 1

Risk is defined as a measure of future projections on uncertainties that affect the set goals, achievements, objectives and performance of business, project or organizations. Risk is often associated with programs such as technology failure, threat, design maturation, supplier capability and performance plan analysis. The mentioned programs are managed through integrated master schedule (IMS) and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). Industry risk assessment addresses potential variation in market capability, accessibility, cost structure, profitability, substitutes, cyclicality, and regulations. Therefore there are key elements that must be evaluated during risk assessment (Weagley, 2014). They include a root cause or risk projections that ...

Introduction

The European Union is the result of the flow of economic integration in the world. It was created in 1958 and became a powerful economic group. Within the framework of the Union, the benefits of mutual trade are established, the general economic policy is carried out, and restrictions on the movement of goods, capital, and labor are constantly removed (Krugman, Obstfeld, and Melitz, 2014). The creation of the EU was due primarily to the fact that in Western Europe after the Second World War, the contradiction between the international character of modern production and the narrow national and state ...

Uuniversity’s Name

Joe’s Options Joe needs to ensure that he does not lose PENINSULA Hotel as a client, but at the same time cutting prices by 10 percent would be detrimental for his job prospects. Therefore, he needs to offer Bill with the advantages of renewing the contract with UWEAR. Joe has several options, he can promise that UWEAR will offer better customer services than Threads4U and convince Bill that the competition cannot match the service standards. After getting approval from the management, Joe can also offer revenue generating opportunities for PENINSULA Hotel such as company meetings, conferences, corporate lunches, ...

Literature Review

Overview The research question is essential for any study; as it will enable the researcher to focus on a particular subject to do research. The research question for this study is the effect of direct communication between the CEO and the employees when it comes to Job satisfaction. The question allows the researcher to focus on the concept of job satisfaction, internal communication the roles of both the CEO and the employees, and the factors that influence communication enhancement. Internal communication is the frequency of interaction between the upper level of management and the lower level of management (Bloom, ...

Trade unions, as well as industrial actions, can be dated back to the industrial revolution in the eighteenth century. Notably, labor unions are organizations that have been set up by workers in particular professions to enable them to achieve common goals. Several issues are usually addressed by the groups, including protection of the rights of the workers, improving working conditions for the workers, increasing the remuneration and benefits of the employees, and enhancing welfare among many other issues (Heckscher & Carré, 2006). In other words, trade unions exist for the sake of the workers. Members use the unions to discuss ...

Summary of Observations

I visited the ONA News Agency in Mohandeseen, Cairo, Egypt with the aim of conducting research on the labor economics at the News Agency and the various patterns of income, wages, and employment among the workers in the News Agency. The agency has different workers ranging from the Agency employees and journalists to other workers like janitors, office assistants/boys, and security boys whose terms of employment, conditions of work and the compensation and remuneration they receive for their labor differ. I was able to interview three workers in the News Agency and managed to collect valuable data from them. ...

Introduction to Contracts

Just like any other website dealing with social media, Facebook has terms of service that users must accept by clicking on a box before they go on to create an active account. Many legal experts around the world have questioned the legality of the Facebook terms of service seeing that the agreement process is just ticking a box. However, such terms of service are legally binding, and a violation on either side can result in a legal issue. For instance, agreeing to the terms of service allows face access and use of your personal data for research and another ...

Austerity Policy Measures in the UK

Introduction The process of putting into place strategic measures with an aim of reducing of deficit and increasing economic growth in the United Kingdom has taken a paradigm shift from various aspects. The government of UK has put deficit reduction measures, which entail a series of strategically sustained reductions in public expenditure, undertaken towards a reduction of the government budget deficit and the UK’s welfare state. The design of this research paper is structured towards assessing the rationale on which the UK’s austerity policy is based with regards to deficit reduction and stimulation of economic growth (Burns, ...

Managed care models are strategies put in place to safeguard the functions and activities of the managed care facilities within a country. The managed care models usually have a continuum to guide their activities and operations. The continuum, therefore, is critical to understanding the differences between managed care plans. In particular, the continuum is responsible for the scope of control a managed plan has over the activities of health facility (Martino, Elliott, Haviland, Saliba, Burkhart, & Kanouse, 2016). As a result, it helps in clarifying the main reason behind the differences in the control of the managed care models. In ...

Report To Respond To DHS Request for Information

Report To Respond To DHS Request for Information It is worth mentioning that the Department of Homeland Security ensures that the nation is safe from the danger of attacks, especially external threats from terrorists and other attacks that may make Americans feel insecure. Apart from that, homeland security ensures that in the case of an attack on Americans, the impact does not escalate. Hence, it is an all-around entity that was set up to safeguard the security interests of all Americans regardless of which part of the country one resides. Also, both natural disasters and human-made disasters are taken ...

A family nurse practitioner refers to a registered nursing professional expert who provides family-based primary care. For example, a family nurse practitioner offers health care services to all family members (Social Community for Nurses Worldwide, 2016). In particular, working in a busy primary care practice is a pleasure owing to the relevance of the nursing skills. The core workers include a physician who happens to be the owner of the practice and is very easy to work with him. Owing to the fact that I have been working on a contract basis, it is now necessary that I renew ...

Analysis of Sustainability of Tomorrowland Event

Analysis of Sustainability of Tomorrowland Event

Introduction and Context

The focus of this report is about sustainable event management. It aims to look at a major event and the sustainability policy of that event. The report briefly analyses the policy versus its actual implementation in real-life. The report reviews the earlier literature about sustainable event management. It examines the various theories related to corporate social responsibility and ISO 20121, which is the international standard for sustainable event management. The report then relates the findings at the present event to the sustainability theory. The report then presents the conclusions.

Tomorrowland is an electronic ...

Policy Analysis: Issue of Health Disparities in Alaska Natives and American Indians

Health disparities among Alaska Natives and American Indians (AI/ANs) have been reported since the initial contact that occurred nearly 500 years in the past. Moreover, the disparities are common in every age and across a wide spectrum of various disease categories (Sarche & Spicer, 2008). Accordingly, AI/ANs endure persistent health disparities that include health status decline, barriers to essential health services, and high uninsured rates. The group also experiences a lower status of health in comparison to other Americans (Frizzell, 2016). The disproportionate burden of disease and reduced life expectancy in AI/ANs can be attributed to cultural differences, discrimination in ...

Legitimate Reasons for Which an Employee Can Challenge Wrongful Termination

Wrongful dismissal is a situation where the contract of employment of an employee is terminated by the employer where the employer breaches the terms of the contract of employment or provisions in the statutes or the labor law (Arnow-Richman, 2014). The following constitutes reasons of unlawful termination of the employee's contracts and may be used by the terminated employee as a ground to seek a legal recourse. An employee can challenge wrongful termination if they are discharged due to discrimination by their gender, sexual orientation, race, nationality, age, religion or any other discriminatory factors. In a similar manner, an ...

Negotiating and the Collective Bargaining Process

Part 1 Leadership Management Partnership (LMP) The purpose of Kaiser Permanente and the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions (LMP)’s was to develop a joint strategy to develop organizational change and environment of continuous learning and improvement. In addition, it is linked to the involvement of employees in decision making. It is considered the largest and longest-operating partnership in the U.S. (Labor Management Partnership, 2017).

Union Name and Type of Union

One of the 28 unions in the partnership was United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 7, Professional and Health Care Division. As described earlier, the union was a local union just like other 27 ...

Introduction

Our company, here in referred to as Greene’s LLC, is suing Jennifer Lawson, a former employee for breaching a confidentiality agreement signed during the course of her employment and subsequently breached after being dismissed from the company. Jennifer Lawson has subsequently countersued Greene’s LLC for wrongful termination. The substance of the matter is that Jennifer Lawson was summarily dismissed from the company by the HR officer Lisa Peele. Lawson subsequently went on to seek employment from a competitor, Howell Jewelry World, a competitor to Greene’s LLC. The bone of contention for our company is that in ...

Introduction

One could hardly imagine a resident of the developed country who has never delved into such aspect of popular culture as sport – either by buying a soccer ticket, buying exactly the same sneakers model David Beckham was wearing in that Adidas commercial, following the Olympics on TV or hunting some rare baseball cards. In the modern world, sport activities have become extremely different from the leisure games they used to be as they were invented. In the recent decades, significant societal, economic, political and cultural transformations turned sport not just into a socially meaningful phenomenon but rather in an ...

Essay

Democracy, for all its empowering aspects, isn't still practiced by every nation on this planet. Much like the Soviet Union, which collapsed on itself in the early 90s, there are a number of states in today's world that continue to be totalitarian in nature. For those living in democratic countries, this term might not be familiar and its practices even more so even if a business might want to expand to emerging markets that are controlled by their respective governments very different from the model that the United States among other democratic countries. While the definition of democracy is ...

The National Quality Strategy (NQS) is mandated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Act and established through a clear and combined process. NQS focuses on six major priorities to improve health and healthcare quality. These priorities are applicable for the consumer as well as for the healthcare providers. As a healthcare consumer, I believe that each person and family members must be engaged as partners in their healthcare. This priority is clearly depicted by PatientsLikeMe that was founded to educate people and families with chronic conditions and make them aware by providing answers to their chronic conditions. The initiatives ...

Difference between an Employee and Independent Contractor

Courts use various tests to differentiate between an employee and independent contractor and such tests include a contract of service, control tests, multiple factor test and integration test. A contract of service means that the person has a contract of employment with an organization while a control test refers to the control exercised by the employer on employees. Independent contractors do not enter into a contract of agreement nor does the employer have control over them. Integration test means that the employee is an essential part of the organization, which is not the case in independent contractors (Klandermans, Hesselink, & ...

Indentured Servants

Indentured Servants

Introduction

At the beginning of the seventeenth century a lot of labor market institutions were created with the purpose of promoting the movement of labor. The majority of plantations in Southern English America, which were involved in the cultivation of tobacco, sugar cane, indigo and rice, began to feel an urgent demand for labor. Modern machinery was definitely providing considerable solutions, though human blood and sweat was still essential for the planting, cultivation and reaping of these commercial crops. As a result, many planters started to gradually introduce the idea of indentured servitude. This system, created because of ...

Business: Cookies shop

Trade Format: countertop type store; Store Location: Boulevard mall; Property Type: Rental space of 50m2; Working hours: 9 AM – 7 PM; Sources of financing: own funds – 26,300 USD. Key performance indicators candy store: Monthly Profit in six months = 83,000 USD; Net profit margin = 3872%; Payback = first 10 days.

Specificity of the business

Various pastry shops are quite lucrative, since vast majority of people like treating themselves with sweet pastries and cakes. The specificity of such products involves only the development of the store on the local market, which determines its marketing strategy. Most pastry shops produce sweet products themselves, which leads ...

Public relations (PR) are essential in all organizations as a means of addressing issues in the society, influencing their opinions, and capturing their attention. John Marston gives an articulate procedure through which companies and individuals can implement public relations to derive its benefits. The four-step process which goes by the acronym RACE identifies four crucial areas in PR: research, communication, evaluation, and action. In the research phase, the firm or person highlights and describes the problem. The action stage involves planning and determining the appropriate course of action for the issue. The phase of communication, on the other hand, ...

Letter of memo transmittal

Re: Planning proposal Here is my planning proposal for cost estimation in Tatweer Buildings Company. It contains a budget which I request that you help me to fund. If you have any questions on it, I’ll be ready to respond.

List of illustrations

Page 5: images for the Tatweer buildings Company Page 9: table of schedule for the proposal Page 11: table containing the proposal’s budget estimates Abstract In this planning proposal, the variables that identify with the cost estimations in the Tatweer Buildings Company are initially considered. After which, the possible issues that results from these cost estimations, how ...

Which of the six change images discussed in this chapter can be identified in the assumptions about managing turnover that were held by

Gunter

On one hand, Gunter can be associated with the image of director. As the manager, he intended to develop the ability to exercise full control over the rate of turnover in the organization. From his perception, Gunter believed that an increased turnover was detrimental to the development of the organization and hence was a major problem that required to be solved. On the other hand, Gunter could be related to the image of the caretaker. As ...

Introduction

The success of any business venture is characterized by its ability to manage its assets, with respect to features such as the members of staff, the expenses incurred during the production process of its products as well as its distribution stratagems. The reason why most business entities and conglomerates fail to thrive in the long term is due to poor mismanagement of various core sectors hence leading to the redundancy for income generated and in an increase in the cost of productivity. The overall result is the decline in the trajectory of the business entity. Such was the characteristic ...

A) According to U.S. EEOC (para 2-5), hostile work environment is a situation in the workplace where an employee finds it hard to work due to harassment from other workers in the workplace. This is usually severe and pervasive. Harassment can be in the form of bullying, fondling, and the use of offensive language and remarks. Sexual harassment refers to bullying in the workplace in relation to an individual’s sex. It mostly affects female employees whereby they are coerced to have sexual relations with their colleagues in the work place. Sexual harassment takes the form of physical or ...