...yourself to take care of your children. The balance is comprised of more than just child care; as the children get older its school and extra circular activities. In the sixties and seventies not all women worked full time. At the same time men in this country at least were not as involved in the day to day upbringing of their children. Many European countries are helping men to become more involved in their children’s nurturing from birth. They are provided paternity leave along with maternity leave. This makes for healthier and happier families and that equates productive and contented workers. Case Summary The article from the textbook tells of Sweden taking a different stand. “Whereas America stands almost alone in the world in not guaranteeing women paid maternity leave, Sweden provides sixteen months paid leave per child, with the cost shared between the employer and the government” (Shaw, 2014). Sweden, Germany and Iceland all provide varying amounts of time off for new parents. These countries are attempting remove distinction between men and women when it comes to working and having a family. America can learn a lot from these countries. “Women’s participation in the labor force has nearly doubled since 1960; today they occupy more than half of all professional and management positions” (Shaw, 2014). One would assume that the United States would be at the top of all countries offering maternity, paternity leave and help with child care. However that is not the...
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...raising of the National Debt Ceiling, and seeking immunity from prosecutors in a Mortgage deal are economic trends that Bank of America is facing today. According to Rugaber (2011), the Labor Department reported that unemployment benefits adjusted to 400,000, decreasing 1,000 from the previous four months (para.3-4). While in Washington, D. C., Brown (2011), reported that “after months of partisan gridlock, both houses of the U.S. Congress have approved a bill to raise the federal borrower limit and cut government spending (para.1). On the other hand, Touryalai (2011) confirms that Bank of America is seeking immunity in a Mortgage deal with prosecutors that would make the bank pay a hefty fine which would be used toward writing down certain homeowner’s mortgages (para.2). The trends described above are issues that Bank of America and other financial institutions are currently tackling and adapting to as they develop. The following business analysis will outline on how each development is affecting the organizational and operational philosophy of the bank; possible strategies that the bank can use to adapt will also be described; implementation of tactics to address each trend will be elaborated on; how the human resource management plays in helping the company achieve its business goals, and last the analysis will give a summary on whether Bank of America is a company worth to invest in or not. The unemployment trend is an issue that has been going on for the past decade. According...
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...Article summary The article I looked at was... Oil and the world economy The new grease? How to assess the risks of a 2012 oil shock This was from the 10th of March online Print edition of the Economist The article looks at increasing oil prices, reasons for the increases and the effects on individual countries and the global economy. Next slide High oil prices have become the latest source of worry for the world economy, and the four main questions everyone is asking in assessing the dangers posed by more expensive oil are: What is driving up the oil price? How high could it go? What is the likely economic impact of rises so far? And what damage could future increases do? The article starts by explaining that the price of Brent crude increased by more than $5 a barrel on March 1st, to $128, after an Iranian press report stated that explosions had destroyed a vital Saudi Arabian oil pipeline. After the Saudis denied the claim, the price fell back to $125, however this is still 16% higher than at the start of the year. Next slide It goes on to discuss reasons for the increase in oil prices such as a move by investors who are now investing into hard assets especially oil, increased global prospects which have increased expectation for oil demand and disruptions in supply. The article concludes that supply shocks, do more damage to global growth than higher prices that are the consequence of stronger demand. Next slide Even though this chart shows Saudi Arabia is...
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...The Bank of America - Capital Structure GB 550-01 Financial Management TABLE OF CONTENTS The Bank of America Abstract I. Introduction History of the Bank of America A. Corporate Structure B. Bank Ranking C. Impact from Recession II. Financial Markets A. Domestic Markets B. Global Markets C. Mergers and Acquisitions III. Capital Structure A. Growth Opportunities B. Business Risks C. Tax Position IV. Conclusion V. Summary VI. References Abstract This paper explores the turmoil the banking industry has faced during this current economic recession focusing primarily on the Bank of America, the role they played during the recession and their focus to conquer the global market to become the largest financial institution in the world. The Bank of America is operating in over 150 countries with over 6,000 retail banking offices and over 18,000 ATMs in the United States. During this recession, the Bank of America’s ranking fell considerable and were forced to lay off over 100,000 employees. The Bank of America operates offices in more than 20 global countries including Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Canada. A critical move for the Bank of America is investing their attention to the growth of their overseas operations. Currently, the Bank of America owns a minority stake in China Construction Bank. The Bank’s interest in growing overseas is motivated by opportunities...
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...| The Addiction of America | The Abuse of Prescription Drugs in the United States | Sean Barnes | Western Governors University | 12/19/2014 | The abuse of prescription drugs in the United States has reached epidemic proportions and continues to get worse. Most people, however, do not realize how big the problem really is. It continues to get worse every year and it demands our attention. In 2011, just three short years ago, an estimated 52 million people in the United States over the age of 12 had used prescription drugs for a non-medical reason (National survey on drug use, 2011). The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain relievers. Why are people abusing these drugs and where do they get them? This paper will attempt to answer those questions as well as pose a possible solution on how it can be corrected. Analyzing the Problem To begin, we must first take a look at why so many American citizens are abusing prescription drugs. Most will probably tell us that they became addicted to pain relievers after some sort of horrible accident or surgery. They were prescribed these medications by their Primary Care Provider and told to take them in the correct manner, which are usually one or two tablets/pills every four to six hours apart, as needed for pain. What they were probably not told by their Primary Care Provider is that they should not take them sooner than directed, nor should they take them whenever they are not experiencing pain. The directions on...
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...industry is working to scale up production of solar technology. Solar energy can be stored in what they call solar cells which are then made into large panels. By catching the solar rays the sun puts out including the suns heat it gives off it can be all used to provide all of us with the resources we need each day. Some utility-scale solar plants can store energy produced for use, and set it to be used after the sun sets in the evening. PLACE RAYKEYIA’S INPUT HERE Since the solar industry is now a big market that is propagating at a rapid past, it has also had a great impact on the economy. Companies and manufacturers in the USA that can be identified in this market are First Solar, Sun Power, United Solar Ovonic and many others that helping in the trend of solar energy. According to SEIA.com, the Solar Foundation's Solar Job Census 2012, there are more than 119,000 solar workers in the U.S., a 13.2 percent increase over employment totals in 2011. These workers are employed at 6,100 businesses operating at over 7,800 locations in every state. The increasing value of solar installations has injected life into the U.S. economy as well. In 2012, solar electric installations were valued at $11.5 billion, compared to $8.6 billion and $6 billion in 2010 (para. 1 ).” Solar energy being such a new market at this day in time, that competition amongst manufacturers is a...
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...Enrico, CEO (1996-2001) Wayne Colloway, CEO (1986-1996) "Potato chips make you thirsty; Pepsi satisfies thirst." Donald Kendall on merger. 1970s 1980s ‘Balanced three leg stool’ describes Wayne Colloway, however, strategic fit problems occurs 1990s Bottled water business starts. 1997 Due to several strategic fit problems, restaurant businesses have been spun off to form Tricon, later Yum! Brands. FTC’s bans to jointly distribute Gatorade with Pepsi for ten years. 2001 Acquisition of Quaker Oat Company, Adding Gatorade to arsenal Re-Organization of Structure Steven Reinemund (CEO 2001-2006) 2008 Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi, Chairman of the Board and CEO (2006-). Three division model. Strategic realignment. Page 2 2. BRIEF SUMMARY OF CASE SITUATION Business or Industry Description Particular Company Situation The case concerns the...
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...Answer this question for me is anything near you made in America? Check your phone, shirt, shoes, anything. Now the reluctant expected answer should be, no. Now you probably did find China, Vietnam,Mexico,Bangladesh, or Thailand. The reason for all this is to make a point on how much Americans lives are outsourced. Outsourced is defined as to obtain a good or service from an outside source.Outsourcing has benefited individuals, businesses, and the world for centuries, however, through its brutalized international evolution, the country could suffer. The first type of individual outsourcing that everyone has been aware of for centuries is obtaining domestic help. The world has outsourced in this way for a very long time. Everyone has done this for similar reasons as to why anything is outsources because it saves time and efficiency while wanted tasks improve. Proclaimed in U.S. News & World Report - Money on “Why You Should Outsource Domestic Chores”...
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...Summary vs Executive Summary Summary and Executive summary are two terms that are used quite often in education and business areas differently. A summary is a short or a brief account, sometimes elaborate too of the various events of a play. An executive summary on the other hand is a term used in business for a short document that summarizes a longer report, especially a business report. An executive summary is normally a condensed version of the full business document. Hence it needs skill on the part of the writer to execute an executive summary. On the other hand a summary should give salient features of any given aspect of a novel, or a short story or a play. This is the difference between a summary and an executive summary. You can write a summary of any particular episode of a novel or any other fiction written by Jane Austen. The particular summary should contain the various events of the episode in a nutshell or briefly. On the other hand an executive summary should be written in non-technical language. This is the main difference between the two. An executive summary should necessarily have a conclusion. On the other hand a conclusion is not necessary while writing a summary of a play or any scene of a play. An executive summary should ultimately make a business recommendation. No such intention is included in the writing of a summary. An executive summary should contain short and concise paragraphs. On the other hand a summary need not have short and concise paragraphs...
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...This is the message that is being sent to students across America. Young human beings are reduced down to a number, slapped on a piece of paper, or mechanically entered into some cyber sphere. This is the value of today’s students in America; the numbers that represent them. However, there are key principles taught by David McCullough in his address “Love of Learning,” and Thomas G. Plummer’s “Diagnosing and Treating the Ophelia Syndrome” that have given new insight into addressing the errors in our educational system that so many today are lamenting, yet are misdiagnosing, and treating with snake oil. These two men have been on both the learner and the teacher side of life, and I believe have correctly identified critical elements to true learning. And as they possess such experience, it begs the question: how does our country’s current approach to education align with these men’s ideas about learning? Let’s be so bold as to propose that it does not. These men provide the two key pieces to education that our country is currently lacking, and while both use rational thinking to arrive at their conclusions, Plummer argues that individuals stunt their learning and growth when they depend on others to do the thinking, while McCullough focuses on the distinction between learning, and the accumulation of information. The question remains, is there a distinction between gaining knowledge and just getting good grades? Summaries In the first article, “Diagnosing and Treating the Ophelia...
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...consumer/user prefers the latest, best and interacting featured technologies and also prefers these facilities in less cost. So, in this view, there is a very big and fast competition between many companies/manufacturers of cellular phones at the world level. Introduction to the Organization Company Information:- NOKIA is the world leader in mobile communications backed by its experience, innovation, user-friendliness and secure solutions. It is a very well knowned company having its vast offices world wide. Their specialized product is cellular phones. They have many house hold items as well. Board of Directors:- The current members of Nokia's Board of Directors were elected at the Annual General Meeting on March 27, 2003. Click here for a short résumé and information on the members' shareholdings. Corporate Responsibility:- Being a good corporate citizen means meeting responsibilities towards individuals, the environment, and society in general. We are making corporate responsibility an integral part of decision-making in all parts of our business. Financial Factor:- Nokia achieves excellent profitability in the first quarter 2003 and mobile phone volumes grow faster than market. Mission...
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...millions of computers connected together through the Internet. Wide Web in 1989 was established. By Christmas 1990, Berners-Lee had built all the tools necessary for a working Web. It proved successful when they put the CERN telephone directory on the web previously users had to log onto the mainframe in order to look up phone numbers. Paul Kunz from the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center visited CERN in September 1991, and was captivated by the Web. He brought the NeXT software back to SLAC, where librarian Louise Addis adapted it for the VM/CMS operating system on the IBM mainframe as a way to display SLACÕs catalog of online documents; this was the first web server outside of Europe and the first in North America. On August 6, 1991, Berners-Lee posted a short summary of the World Wide Web project on the alt.hypertext newsgroup. This date also marked the debut of the Web as a publicly available service on the Internet. The company changed its name to Netscape in April 1994, and the browser was developed further as Netscape Navigator. In May 1994 the first International WWW Conference, organized by Robert Cailliau, was held at CERN; the conference has been held every year since. In April 1993 CERN had agreed that anyone could use the Web...
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...Running head: COMMUNITY HEALTH ANALYSIS PART II Community Health Analysis Part II Patricia Thomas Thomas Edison State College Public Health Nursing NUR-443-NU001 Betty Daniels December 6, 2014 Community Health Analysis Part II Gap in Care or Service In Part I of my Community Health Analysis project I identified that the teenage pregnancy rate for the community of Asbury Park was more than twice that of the state, or nationally: Mother’s Age Live Births | Asbury Park2010 | NJ2010 | US2010 | 14 – 19 | 9.2% | 3.5% | 3.4% | As the Community Public Health Nurse, this is a topic I am going to try to tackle as I feel teen pregnancies have a snowball effect on the teen as well as the entire community. According to a government publication called Find Youth Info, only fifty percent of teen mothers have a high school diploma or GED, compared with ninety percent of adolescents who did not give birth; only ten percent had a two or four year college degree, and; teen fathers had a thirty percent lower incidence of graduating from high school than those that are not fathers (“Teen Pregnancy“, 2014, p. 1). Additionally, a sexually active teen increases their risk of contracting a sexually transmitted disease, and the pregnant teen may encounter health risks and complications due to the pregnancy. The children born to teen mothers are also at a disadvantage from the start. They have a higher risk of (“Teen Pregnancy“, p. 1): - Infant mortality. - Lower birth rate....
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...TABLE OF CONTENT Title Page Executive Summary …………………………..…………………………………………..… 3 Change: Kotter’s 8 Step Model Applied to Government’s Contracting Out 1. Contracting-Out Defined in Government Agencies……………………………..….. 4 2. Initial Acceptance of Change………… urgency (Step #1)….…..…………………... 4 3. Attempted Resistance of Change. Form a Powerful Coalition (Step #2) …………….…..5 4. Benefits of Government Contracting Out…………………………..…………….…. 5 5. Who benefits from government contracting out?. Create a Vision for Change (Step #3) .. 6 6. What is the method by which contracts are awarded?……………………………..….. 6 a. Competitive Bidding Contracts……… ……………………………………...… 7 b. Sole Sourcing …………………………..…………………………………...…. 7 c. Set aside Government Contracting……………………………...………..……. 7 1. Women-Owned Small Business………………………………………….…. 8 2. Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)………......… 9 3. Veteran –Owned Small Business (VSOB)……………………………….…. 9 4. Small Business (SB)………………………………………………………... 10 5. Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) ………….……….…10 6. Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB)…………………………….……........10 7. Small Disadvantaged Business 8(a) Certified [8(a)] Communicate the Vision (Step #4)………………………………………..……….10 7. What additional steps have been taken to encourage Federal agencies' use of WOSB, ...
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...Leadership Style Shelly Martin LDR 531 February 27, 2014 Joseph Walkowicz Leadership Style As a manager for the past 8 years, I have experienced different leadership styles from upper management. Knowing that different cultures and backgrounds will create diverse styles, there is always one person who will stand out from the rest. Community Loans of America (CLA) is a large company that operates approximately 1000 locations across the United States. There primary resource is in the title and payday loan industry. I have had the pleasure of holding a Branch Manager title for 5 years and there is one person, Toshya Allen, Louisiana Regional Manager, who has the leadership style that can be admired. Leadership Styles Toshya Allen has held employment with CLA for approximately 15 years. She began her career with the company in Mississippi as a Branch Manager and continuously moved up the chain of command. According to a PowerPoint presentation from IAAP (2009), in 1938, Chester Barnard defines leadership as, “The ability of a superior to influence the behavior of subordinates and persuade them to follow a particular course of action,” this defines Ms. Allen. The style of leadership she presents can fall into three categories: Democratic or Participative, Pacesetting, and Transformational. The Democratic Leadership style uses participation with the team and always open the floor for subordinates’ opinions. Pacesetting style suggests challenges and goals for everyone, and...
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