Essays on Services

[Institution’s Name]

- Executive Summary
The main perspective of this assignment is to analyze the strategic alliance and its advantage for the company, with the name of Oslo Financial Services that is one of the world’s largest insurance founded specifically in the year 1958 by Stake Blackstrom and his campaign, Kevin Sandbech. The company, offers services in terms of insurance, life insurance, casualty insurance and property insurance The Company had grown tremendously well from last few decades due to its vast and active operations and its propensity to be in the strategic alliance with all of the

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A selection criterion for vendors and suppliers is required to lower the cost of conducting business to unnecessary levels. As the expenses of operation increase, margins of profit shrink, and force the business to either raise prices or lower profits, and none of these options is appealing. Selection criteria are needed to control cost, maintain prices within competitive levels, and sustain desirable profit (Wang & Liu, 2009).

Recommended Selection Criteria for Vendors and Suppliers

Documenting Organization’s Needs
Before any form of selection of the prospective vendors and suppliers to offer the service of supplying office supplies and equipment maintenance, a detailed documentation must be done. The

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Business plan

Part 1: Business idea
My business idea is a starting barbershop. The name of this barbershop will be JD Barbershop. It will be serving males across all ages. It will be open from 1000hrs to 2100hrs on weekdays and 0800hrs to 2000hrs on weekends.

Essay layout

The layout of this essay will be characterized by several sections based on each question. For question one, the first section will concentrate on the business idea. The other section will have details on Michael Porter’s Competitive Forces. For question two, the first part will be based on the type of the business model

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Health care reform has long been an issue within the United States given the necessity for quality health care and insurance needed to survive in the modern world. However, while the intension of health care reform is for the benefit of all Americans, positions regarding such idea remains heavily contested even at the present time due to the beneficiaries of such reform and the impact it would have in the health care industry. On the one hand, there might be an increase on taxes to pay for those who do not have their own insurances and cause health care

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Cloud Computing

Cloud computing is a recent concept and a new development that enables on-demand and convenient network access to several configurable computing resources such as; servers, applications, networks, services, applications and storage. It provides data access, computation, software, and storage services that do not necessitate knowledge of the configuration and physical system of the system by the user. Cloud computing can also be defined as the set of networks, hardware, services, interfaces, and storage that are combined to convey services that involve computing. Notably, there are four fundamental characteristics in cloud computing; automatic deprovisioning and self-service provisioning, elasticity and the

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A physical impairment refers to a dysfunction that limits an individual’s ability to move. Physical impairments limit the academic capability of individuals. In addition, physical impairments are either acquired or congenital. Impairments are medicinally diagnosed. In contrast, disability depicts an individual’s limitation or loss of an opportunity to get involved in the usual community life on the same level with the rest because of social or physical hindrances. The definition of a physical impairment relates to the perceptions of the society regarding an individual’s potential. The unequal circumstances and classification of people guided by their physical

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Introduction

This paper handles three articles with different views in the business world. Each article will be summarized separately on its views on how various agents or players should be guided and the expected results.We then have a discussion concerning the three articles. Conclusion is prepared to give a clear view of the three articles’ view and a judgment is made on the lessons learnt from the three articles.

1st article

This Paper talks about Jack Stack who in the last 10 years has been speaking to the students in MIT School of management concerning the ideals and values of the engine

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In order to impact change in the nursing profession, it is necessary to provide the necessary facilities that nursing faculty requires in order sustain it. Such facilities are clearly workable through authoritative influence toward a positive working environment and better wages for nurses. One of the key ways in approaching influence over faculty shortage is using high ranking officials in the nursing profession to push for labor concerns as well as the concerns of the public that direly needs nursing services.
It is important to consider mentorship strategies when addressing the problem of faculty shortage in the nursing profession.

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Introduction

A couple J. Willard Marriott and his wife, Alice Sheets Marriott, founded Marriot Hotels in 1927. This was after the two opened a root beer stand to serve residents who needed a cold drink, and a place to relax after a long day. The two later expanded their business to create a chain of restaurants and hotels in different cities. Their first business was in Washington DC. The first hotel under their name was the Twin Bridges Marriott Motor Hotel located in Virginia, and it was opened in 1957. J.W. (Bill) Marriott, Jr. saw the company navigate international markets

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“Customer service is a critical element of services marketing. In services companies, customer-contact employees serve as the face of the company to the consumer. Therefore, it is reasonable for these companies to mandate that customer-contact employees act “happy” when they are on the job as this is what they are hired to do”.
Rather than saying that customer service employees should act happy because the management requires them to be, it would have been better to motivate the employees to be empathetic. Internal marketing means the services company must keep their employees to be motivated to be customer oriented.

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Answer 1)

The role of each of the financial statement is explained hereunder:
Income Statement:
Also known as Profit and Loss Statement, income Statement, indicates the net profit or loss of the company during the year.

Balance Sheet:

Also known as the Statement of the Financial Position, Balance Sheet provides information about the financial position of an entity at a given date. Balance Sheet consist of following items:
- Assets
- Liabilities
- Equity
It works on the principle of Assets= Liabilities+ Equity

Cash Flow Statement:

Cash Flow Statement provides information about actual cash transactions in the entity held during the year. The movement of cash

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Introduction

Tourism has developed into one of the biggest industries in the past few years. According to Lai & Vinh (2012), growth rate in the tourism industry has exceeded that of other industries. In addition, the tourism sectors of many countries are proving to be the driving forces behind regional development. Successful tourism can raise the number of tourists visiting a particular destination, infrastructure, income employment opportunities and government revenues. The approaches used to attract tourists to a given destination determine the level of success of the tourism sector to which the destination belongs. Undoubtedly, destination image has an effect on

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Business Process Model and Use of Technology Assessment at Catholic Charities

The Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington is a human services organization commissioned by the Catholic Church. The Catholic Charities Organization is tasked with the role of spreading the gospel to over twenty one countries worldwide and more than six independent cities to the northern part of Virginia through charitable actions and programs to the poor and vulnerable. It has a working force of more than 100 specialized staff and over 1000 volunteers all situated at different sub-branches and offices within different parts of the countries under which it operates who monitors the running of its programs which

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There have been major strides in the healthcare sector. Irrespective of this improvement, differences continue to exist among the racial and minority groups. The Blacks are the minority group in the State. In Florida, there have been differences between the blacks and other groups regarding the access of health care services. Health care services are important in treating diseases, reducing pain, increasing the quality of life and facilitating medical prognosis. Health care utilization has evolved as a result of changes in the peoples’ need for care over time.
There are various disparities in the quality of health care services

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

In today’s world of brutal competition, companies are being forced to reduce their operating costs. Although this seems an obvious choice, reducing the costs too deeply can result in loss of precious customer loyalty. Customers have become more demanding and they are well aware of the fact that their loyalties have become important for the survival of companies.
Organisations have started taking measures that have reduced certain customer privileges, but the top companies are doing their best to reverse this trend. Most of the large companies are trying to avoid any reductions to their customer service budgets. These

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As the saying goes, every land has its own law. In the same manner, every field has its own set of requirements. In the field of mental health services, for instance, the workers have to posses good communication skills, have a good sense of maturity and judgement, and possess the capacity to remain calm when faced with stressful circumstances. Although this list is not exclusive, the skills and characteristics mentioned are crucial to the success of a mental health service professional in his or her work.
The human services fields is a relatively new field compared to other established

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There is no doubt that Microsoft SharePoint is here to stay as a custom for sharing customized information. Microsoft SharePoint is big and has a 70% adoption rate among enterprises. Users are largely embracing SharePoint for connecting disconnected islands of data, targeting and personalizing information and integrating technology for individual and group users. Microsoft SharePoint is an effective strategy to manage information growth instead of being overwhelmed by it. In this case, by use of Microsoft SharePoint, Wild Frontier will be able to manage its information growth as a result of its expansions without any difficulties.
One of the

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Sales Job #1

Company/Employer: Unishippers
Industry: Transportation Services
Job posting Website: http://sales-jobs.theladders.com/

Summary of Job Description:

Unishippers is a leading global logistics firm. The employer needs an experienced logistics sales person whose job will entail developing and closing corporate logistics accounts in Atlanta market. The successful candidate will be provided with a health insurance policy, laptop and cell phone.

Job Requirements:

The eligible applicant should have a minimum of two years experience outside business to business sales experience and a proven track record. The applicant should be a holder of a four year degree and prior experience in shipping/logistics will be an added advantage.

Job Functions and Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will

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A Proposal for the Lease of a Commercial Premise:

Following being engaged as the exclusive broker for the Explorer Club, I have searched for a suitable building to lease.
The Explorer Club (EC) requires a premise to set up a small retail store (1,000 square feet) and a space in the same building for offices and an auditorium (50,000 square feet). It intends to lease for a period of ten years with two and three, five year options for renewal. Most of the promising buildings have ground leases which have been used to secure loans from a high risk lender, Fortress Financial Inc. In five to

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Introduction

This essay provides reasons why a mandatory period of national service (either civilian or military) for all young U.S. citizens is not a good idea. The concept of universal service arises from time to time, and in this instance surfaced following remarks made by General Stanley McChrystal at the 2012 Aspen Ideas Festival. He is quoted as saying that “our notion of ‘service’ had become dangerously narrow, with less than one percent of Americans serving in our military, and challenged us to explore new pathways and opportunities for service to country.” Those remarks of his triggered the Aspen Institute

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There are different types of dogs as defined under the Americans with disabilities act (ADA). There is a lot of confusion in understanding the terms therapy dogs, service dogs, as well as emotional support animals. This paper looks at various definitions and distinguishes the differences among the three types of dogs. It also gives instructions on how to certify therapy dogs, service dogs and emotional dogs. They all serve different duties according to their training and the rights that their owners are granted by the American Disabilities. Some may not be pet dogs as many people would think, and

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Abstract

Ethics is an integral part of a corporation’s effort to ensure all its services are accomplished with an act of good faith and acceptable to all the parties. In as much as ethics can be described as an individual’s personal judgment on the right course of action when presented with a specific situation, it is important that we evaluate the effect of every activity we do on others. The convergence of different forms of technological inventions has transformed the world. Sikorsky Aviation Company is evaluated with respect to the effect of their operations and strategies to the

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1.0 Introduction
TiVo digital video recorder enables the audience to program their own viewing. To subscribe to this service, it is simple since the only requirement is a TiVo black box. This enables one an opportunity to find shows that match interest. One can also connect to a home network to enable the download of movies and television shows, photo viewing, and music downloads. The essence of TiVo is to take control away from networks and place it in the hands of consumers. TiVo Inc develops and markets this product with a bid of restoring fun in television viewing.

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Introduction

There is a lot of talk and debate about cloud computing technology from the time of Web 2.0. it is one of the technologies that has been lauded to be cost-saver. Although this is the case, there is still some laxity with the implementation of cloud computing by most companies. This is because there are still security issues and vulnerabilities that are associated with cloud computing. Cloud computing is vulnerable to attacks just like any other technology. Most companies prefer to secure their resources and assets than let them reside in the cloud (Latif, Abbas, Assar, & Ali, 2014).

Cloud vulnerabilities and threats

There

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[University affiliation]
The article “Will it get better?” explains the health care sector in the USA. This issue is very relevant and very sensitive to the American society. One of the most richest and powerful countries in the world has the worst healthcare sector possible. The non-affordability to the low-income and elder population and inefficient provision characterizes the healthcare sector, in accordance with market-based insurance system. The key idea of the article lies in the claim that the USA expenditures on the healthcare are tremendous, and on average 18% of American GDP are directed to cover health care costs.

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Channel Management and Distribution

The channel management technique is through choosing the most effective channels or routes to market for Olive Garden. This will be a derived force to achieve the best outcomes from those channels. The application of the significant financial, training or marketing resources help in accomplishing best results from the channels (Bowersox & Cooper, 1992).
The major factors influence the channel management decision on the marketing are the usage of specific channels for market share or sales volume, costs changing of delivering to market and achieving customer satisfaction (Bowersox & Cooper, 1992).
The main consumers have been recognized as people who like

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Introduction

The National Trust is a legal registered charity with over four million members. It is an organization known to welcome over nineteen million visitors to its special places and properties, which are open to each individual who is interested. However, there are observable internal and external issues which affect the operation of the National Trust.

The National Trust has achieved in making people within the community achieve a certain level of financial stability. There are business opportunities within the National Trust of which members can easily benefit from. The major shortfall that arises is that the Trust relies on

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Problem Statement

Leadership is very important in ensuring that government and private sector departments run in satisfying manners. Over the past years, there has been continuous awareness creation on policy demand through advocacy and lobbying as well as community sensitization. Currently in the United States and other nations in the world, there are inequalities in the public health care sectors based on economic, socioeconomic, and psychosocial barriers. These barriers include poverty levels, racial origins of the population (immigrants), and age as well as sex.
It has been noted that according to the social stratification based on class, the poor members of

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Initial Intra-organizational Bargaining and Attitudinal Structuring Processes

Introduction
Attitudinal structuring and intra-organizational bargaining are mainly applied in the determination and distribution of rewards. With an attitudinal structuring approach, the main goal is to influence the attitudes of the participants towards each other. The intra-organizational process seeks to increase the consensus among the participants.
My own starting point tends to put additional emphasis on the rights of the immigrant workers. The team members’ starting point focuses on the management rights clause. Then this is followed by handling issues regarding the protection of immigration workers and wages increase. The wages increase is placed at 6% each year. My

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1. In the opinion of Omachonu and Ross (2004), the criteria for determining what to do are cost, time, technical specifications, quality, and finally modeling the firm with a leading company.
5. Firstly, quality attitude is considered because it pervades the whole firm. Quality is not a mere unique activity controlled by quality director in a high-ranking position (Omachonu & Ross, 2004). Establishing a suitable vision and culture is a problem faced by top management. Secondly, the infrastructure of the company is considered to back up the perceived attitude. Firms should have a system and means to get targets, assign

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Office of the Chief Financial Officer Office of the General Counsel (HHS)

Office of Safety, Security and Asset Management
Office of the Chief Operating
Office of the Chief Information Officer CIMS Program Management Office
Enterprise Information Technology Portfolio Office
Freedom of Information Act Office Information Technology Services Office Management Analysis and Services Office Management Information Systems Office Office of the Chief Information Security Officer

Division of Executive Secretariat Division of Management, Analysis and Coordination

Officer
Office of the Chief of Staff
Office of Equal Employment Opportunity
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
CDC-Washington Office
Office of the Associate Director for Science
Office of the Associate Director for Communication
Office of the Associate Director for Policy
Office of Science Quality Office of Scientific Integrity

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INSTITUTING AFFIIATED

- How to we optimize costs and services for transportation, routing, and load?
Optimization of cost and services for transportation, routing and load, can be achieved through using the Just-In-Time operations, JIT operations are where stocks whether raw materials or finished goods are enough at any given period t meet production requirements and consumer demand. This leaves a firm with little to store therefore, reducing inventory costs and improving consistency in supply since the quantity demanded is known for each period. The JIT strategy will program supply and distribution of their products in bulk therefore, reducing transport costs further (

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The actual charge associated with profitable health advancement implementation can be disappointing. Middle managers employ a likely important however badly recognized position inside health advancement implementation. Health care, in the US undoubtedly, is suffering along with wanting assist. Indeed, hospital treatment has produced unbelievable innovations in the past. The actual well-known problems range between professional medical glitches, which in turn through a few company accounts are the ninth primary cause of dying in the states, for the soaring charge associated with health. Just how much used right now presents in relation to one-sixth of the U.S. gross domestic merchandise;

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There are numerous kinds of emergency services, but all comprise of aspects that promote health and the safety of the public. Emergency and rescue organizations are involved in promoting awareness and prevention programs within the community, to assist people in detecting, avoiding, and reporting emergencies efficiently. Communication is one of the most important aspects of emergency services. It makes big difference when it comes to saving lives during emergencies, because poor communication implies the start of the failure in any emergency rescue mission (Coyle and Mary, 1). Therefore, communication is one area that has attracted significant attention, particularly on

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Abstract

This paper contains analysis and discussion of the proposed distribution channel, members and organization for an assisted living facility in United States of America. The proposed distribution strategy was borrowed from Emeritus Senior Living Home. The facility shall have a direct and single distribution channel under Corporate Vertical Marketing System form of organization.
Introduction Distribution is the process of delivering goods and services to users, consumers or businesses. It is one of the most critical functions of businesses which ensures that good and services reach intended consumers. Emeritus Senior Living uses direct means to distribute its assisted living services

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Introduction

Success of any business relies on employee competency, which is through several measures intertwined with effective planning. Developing an effective employee program is very important part of this process that looks into imparting skill and effective delivery of the work. A training program gives several benefits for both the employee and the company. Design of a two day training program for a group of 20 Info Age Solutions employees is the main focus in this paper. The training program proposal concerns the improvement and conveyance of a preparation program for all new directors of the business by Info Age

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The country of choice

Brazil is the country of choice for foreign investment. According to A.T Kearney consultancy, Brazil is ranked as the third most attractive country for foreign investment in the world. The other best countries include China, India and Poland. Brazil is the 7th largest economy in the world. It has stable political environment and has attained maturity in its institutions. The information technology infrastructure of Brazil is ranked 4th in the world with a turnover of $233 billion in 2012 . Brazil is a country that has shown positive growth since 2002 because of the increased demand for commodities. 2002 was

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Internal customer service is the interaction between employees who support the company and those who work directly with the customers. The ways employees treat each other and find solutions internally has an effect on the bottom line and the customers.
It was observed that effective listening took place in the company. This is because all the departments in the stores were working together for best results. Mavis L Davidson took down notes in the companies meeting showing effective listening.
The major aim of any communication is to pass information and that information must be understood. It is worth noting

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Purpose of the Paper

Every business that strives for success needs to define success. A goal or set of goals is referred to the success. The paper focus is towards providing complete details on goal setting and use of goal setting strategies to achieve success in an organizational environment. Further, the paper will analyze FedEx goal setting application within the organization. Moreover, the paper will discuss the external and internal factors of FedEx through analyzing the trends, threats and competitive advantage of the management external and internal environment. The Porter Five Forces Model is used to examine the threats/challenges faced by the company

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It is a moment that the nurses should move their roles from care management to health care policy making. Nurses have good communication and leadership skills. These skills are of importance to the bedside just like in the boardroom. Nurses are an untapped resource in the board of governance (Buchbinder, 2014). Engagement of nurses in the board of governance is very important. This is because it allows the nurses to participate in decision making processes that directly or indirectly affect their work.
The specific contributions that nurses serve in the board of governance include; providing the board with knowledge

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