...Sir Dr. Fazle Hasan Abed ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Native name ফজলে হাসান আবেদ Born 27 April 1936 (age 77) Baniachong, British India (now Habiganj, Bangladesh) Residence Bangladesh Nationality Bangladeshi Ethnicity Bengali Citizenship British Education Naval Architecture Alma mater Dhaka College University of Glasgow Occupation Social worker Known for Founder and chairman of BRAC Parents Siddiq Hasan (father) Syeda Sufya Khatun (mother) Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, KCMG (Bengali: ফজলে হাসান আবেদ; born 27 April 1936) is a Bangladeshi social worker and the founder chairman of BRAC(formerly, Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee). For his outstanding contributions to social improvement, he has received the Ramon Magsaysay Award, the UNDP Mahbub Ul Haq Award, the inaugural Clinton Global Citizen Award and the inaugural WISE Prize for Education. He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in the 2010 New Year Honours for services in tackling poverty and empowering the poor in Bangladesh and globally. ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Early life Abed was born into the esteemed Hasan family, Baniachong, British India (now Habiganj, Bangladesh). He passed the matriculation exam from Pabna Zilla School and went...
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...Introduction Sir Fazle Hasan Abed is a social worker and the founder and chairman of BRAC, the largest NGO in the world. Fazle Hasan Abed was born in 1936 into a landed family in Baniachong in Bangladesh’s Habiganj district. Fazle Abed's father and his three uncles were adopted by Syed Shamsul Huda, who was one of the most influential personalities in Calcutta. Under Syed Shamsul Huda's direction, Fazle Abed's father Syed Mustafa Ali and his three uncles received education from the prestigious St. Xavier's College, Calcutta. However Fazle Abed's family moved out of Calcutta and he matriculated from Pabna Zilla School and went on to complete his higher secondary education from Dhaka College. Then He left home to attend Glasgow University, where, and in an effort to break away from tradition and do something radically different - he studied Naval Architecture. Later he joined the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in London. The 1971 Liberation War of Bangladesh had a profound effect on him, then in his thirties, a professional accountant who was holding a senior corporate executive position at Shell Oil. The war dramatically changed the direction of his life; he left his job and moved to London to devote himself to Bangladesh's War of Independence. There, he helped to initiate a campaign called "Help Bangladesh" to organize funds to raise awareness about the war in Bangladesh. Fazle Hasan Abed, the founder and chairperson of the world's largest NGO, he is...
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...studying the theoretical aspect of a subject matter, understanding its practical implications is one of the prime steps of learning. Our assignment is on history of legendary and successful Entrepreneur, which is fully in the organizational context. During the process of preparing this assignment, we could enrich our knowledge about many aspects of the Entrepreneurial Management that we have explored with the light of our limited knowledge. The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady acceleration. Therefore, we have chosen Sir Fazle Hasan Abed - a living legendary leader, organizer, risk taker and an innovator who has cosmopolitan acceptance to complete our assignment. His life history as a successful entrepreneur inspired us to take extra interest and effort to know about him and we have become more resourceful on this living legend. SIR FAZLE HASAN ABED - A SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEUR Born 1936 (age 74–75) Baniachong, British India (now in Habiganj District, Bangladesh) Residence Bangladesh Nationality Bangladeshi/British Education Naval Architecture Occupation Founder of BRAC Parents Syed Mustafa Ali (father) Introduction An entrepreneur is person who assumes the organization, management, and risks of a business enterprise. He assumes the risk and management of business; an undertaker of economic...
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...Personality of Sir Fazle Abed Extraversion: Sir Fazle Abed is very friendly to his subordinates. Sir Abed was eloquent but soft-spoken, almost surprisingly so for the leader of such a large international development organization, illustrating the qualities of ‘quiet leadership.’ He was inspiring in his humility and down to earth nature, without a trace of arrogance in his demeanor. And perhaps most of all, he was open about the challenges BRAC has faced and continues to face over the years. An intern asked Sir Abed how he feels 40 years later, having built such a large and incredible organization. Did he feel proud of all he had achieved? His response was that BRAC still has a long ways to go in improving development in Bangladesh; their work is far from over. He was glad, certainly, to note BRAC’s progress – but recognized how much more there is to do in Bangladesh. He was focused on the future, on improving the organization, on pushing to be better. He realized that BRAC could not afford complacency. Agreeableness Fazle Abed sir is highly agreeable person because he meets with his subordinates when he is going to take any decision. These principles have helped BRAC constantly innovate and never take its progress for granted, and I believe that these leadership qualities are essential for the next generation of leaders in social justice, human rights, and development efforts. Conscientiousness He is very conscientious person. He is very responsible of his work. He tries...
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...& Walker, 2010). A company that is attempting to sell a product that is not an easy sell must research through surveys and other means to learn how their customers feel about the product, if the customer has any real interest to buy or have the product in their home or to use it. The company must have a good understanding of their customers by listening to their customers while they gather information, analyze, and understand the customer’s problems and tailor their offerings to the customer’s needs (Abed & Haghighi, 2009). A well established customer oriented relationship can help sales people satisfy buyers needs on a long term venture. The sellers must spend considerable time and be dedicated to understanding and then satisfying the customer through buyer – seller relationships. The success for most companies is the sales skills of its people, this enables them to have long - term relationships, develop trust and friendship, commitment, all coupled with honesty (Abed & Haghighi, 2009). The exchange relationship can impact the customer because they are looking to buy goods and services for their own personal use or the use of others in their household, these are called consumer goods and...
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...MIDDLE EAST Middle Eastern countries are at various stages of their economic development with a common heritage. In most of the countries oil wealth has played a major role in its development gaining the attraction of the interest of other developed countries. Globalization has become one of the significant factors of its development, thus forcing the countries to alter its economic policies and reforms as well as the accounts standards. (International monetary fund, 2014) http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/med/2003/eng/abed.htm "Challenges of Growth and Globalization in the middle East and North Africa by George T. Abed and Hamid R. Davoodi." Challenges of Growth and Globalization in the middle East and North Africa by George T. Abed and Hamid R. Davoodi. International Monetary Fund, n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2014. <http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/med/2003/eng/abed.htm>. JORDAN The government of Jordan has adopted IFRS in may 15th,1977 by passing Company Law No.22 which came into effect after thirty days of its issue. The Public companies were informed to classify their accounts according to the International Financial Reporting Standards. (IFRS, 2011) Egypt The companies in Egypt were monitored by the IFRS until the Capital Market Law passed in 1992 which obliged all the registered companies to follow Egyptian Accounting Standards set by ministry of Finance. The Central Bank made it mandatory for all the Banks to follow the EAS.However, as per the current report, the...
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...[pic] Ten Successful Entrepreneurs profile in Bangladesh « on: August 05, 2012, 10:22:24 AM » 01: A.K Azad Born A.K Azad comes of a respectable Muslim family of Jhiltuli, Faridpur on December 31, 1959. His father’s name is Late Alhaj MA Aziz who was a respected personality among the people of Faridpur. Education This talented and self determined industrialist. Mr. Azad did his B.sc Honors in Applied Physics in 1983 from University of Dhaka. Early Career After completion his higher education Mr. Azad did not try to have any government job rather he engaged himself with business. Despite having many impediments as well as problems in his business Mr. Azad overcome it with courage and by applying his merit and perseverance he established a business hub namely ‘Ha-Meem Group of Companies’ and since inception he has been carrying out his responsibilities as its Managing Director. Meanwhile Ha-Meem Group of Companies has earned name and fame both at home and abroad. The uninterrupted continuation of this group is moving forward to the industrialization of the country and at the same time it has been contributing enormously in the economic growth of the country also. Mr. A.K Azad does not think the initiative of commerce and industry only based on profit; he considers it the best way for resolving the unemployment problems also. It seems to him if the private entrepreneurs are not coming forward to industrializations, the country might lag behind and the rate of unemployment...
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...sitcom formula, that the show has developed a deep fan base that keeps the show alive. Community reflects American culture through its use of stereotypes, sitcom structure, and its development of a cult following. Community’s main cast is very diverse in race, age, and culture. Though the 7 characters are all diverse, they fit into stereotypes sometimes. Troy the black male, was supposed to play sports for Greendale community college, this follows the stereotype of schools getting black athletes to come to their schools. Troy is also portrayed as unintelligent which touches on the stereotype that athletes are not smart. Though Troy follows these stereotypes, Dan Harmon challenges them by making Troy dorky. Troy becomes best friends with Abed, an Indian character that very weird and is only into movies and television. The two have a very strange, childish relationship. They created a best friend hand shake, play pretend in one of the rooms in their apartment, and once created a giant pillow fort throughout the community college. These are not actions that you would expect from a black athlete. They do not fit the stereotype. Dan Harmon is not the only person to do this. Hitchcock challenged popular stereotypes in his movies....
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...1. Introduction Pre conditon Of development :Transforming population(unskilled manpower) to skilled Manpower(Human resource) Unskilled People donot come to any use of the country or socity.on the other hand the skilled people not only become successful personally but also can speed up the economic activities of the state.The skilled manpower turned into economic resourses of the state.The unskilled people are considered as the burden of of the state.the skilled people are called human resource .such type of people can acquire or produce resources.This is the productivity of man.The more personal productity is increased,the more the country wioll be productive. Pre conditon Creating skilled Manpower(Humam Resource): Leadership Leadership means vision, cheerleading, enthusiasm, love, trust, verve, passion, obsession, consistency, the use of symbols, paying attention as illustrated by the content of one's calendar, out-and-out drama (and the management thereof), creating heroes at all levels, coaching, effectively wandering around, and numerous other things. Leadership must be present at all levels of the organization. It depends on a million little things done with obsession, consistency, and care, but all of those million little things add up to nothing if the trust, vision, and basic belief are not there. (Haapaniemi, 2006) Leadership is more than just being confident that you can manage a number of people and make them follow your lead. Each one of us influences at least...
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...AARONG – THE BRAND STORY The Beginning Aarong started with a clear ‘Purpose’, a purpose that emanated from BRAC’s core vision of alleviating poverty and empowering people towards a better future. BRAC started its operations soon after the liberation war, on resettling and rehabilitating refugees returning from India. Later, in 1976, BRAC began training women in sericulture in Manikganj and Ayesha Abed, who worked at BRAC, initiated many of the major activities of Aarong by identifying and experimenting with various crafts that women could produce at home. At that time there were only a few buyers who were scattered across Dhaka. Weeks, even months, would pass before the women would get their payment. The idea of Aarong was born out of a need to ensure that the women silk rearers, embroiderers and block printers of Manikganj were paid for their goods upfront, so that they could feed their families. When BRAC decided to open its own retail outlet under the brand name Aarong, meaning ‘village fair’, it broadened its arms to include other artisans and master craftsmen throughout Bangladesh who were involved in the making of handicrafts for generations, and were finding it extremely difficult to survive in the newly formed country. Bangladesh has a long history of folk art and crafts but in general art and crafts were infrequently marketed as a meaningful enterprise for the poor. In the 1970s, BRAC was examining any and all possibilities for alternative forms of productive...
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...defined as the conducting of business communications and transactions over networks and through social media. It includes the buying and selling of goods through a website and also connecting global organizations through email, web conferencing or EPS systems. Online banking and travel reservations are other examples of e-commerce in today’s society. According to CSO office (2014), 61% of Irish Enterprises use social media in running their companies. Social media can provide many advantages to small and medium size business due to the relatively low cost of setting up a webpage or facebook page. They do not need to have IT specialists. This helps them to create awareness for their product and help build their brand online, according to Abed et al (2015). Most large companies now compete on a global scale and can have plants in different parts of the world. E-commerce has greatly helped in this area. Companies can now hold web conferencing online for example instead of flying executives across the globe. They also use enterprise-wide systems to track inventory and sales throughout the various plants. Both of these examples help the companies reduce waste in their systems and cut costs. E-commerce has also changed the way we conduct our day to day lives. According to CSO (2014), 82% of household now own a computer. The internet...
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...Internship report On The Practice of Human Resource Management in Aarong & AAF Submitted to Farhana Nur Malik Lecturer BRAC Business School BRAC University Submitted By Mehjabin Tanjila ID: 05304024 Brac Business School BRAC University Date : 26th Septerber,2010 Letter of Transmittal September 26th, 2010 To Mrs. Farhana Nur Malik Lecturer BRAC Business School BRAC University Subject: Internship report on “The practices of HRM in Aarong& AAF” Dear Madam, This is to inform you that I’m a student of BBA program of BRAC University, Major in Human Resource Management and Marketing. It is my pleasure to carry out the internship report under your supervision. As a requirement of preparing an internship report based on the practical situation in an organization, I selected Recruitment as my core concentration along with few other HR practices that I have come across during my internship program. So I have prepared a report on the “practice of Human Resource Management in Aarong & AAF. I hope this report reflects on the contemporary issues on the Human Resource Management that are being Practiced by organizations in our country. I would like to request you to accept my internship report for further assessment. Sincerely yours, ……………… Mehjabin Tanjila ID: 05304024 BRAC Business School Acknowledgement I would like to take this opportunity to convey my heartfelt appreciation to them whose blessing and cooperation was important...
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...Internship report On [pic] The Practice of Human Resource Management in Aarong & AAF Submitted to Farhana Nur Malik Lecturer BRAC Business School BRAC University Submitted By Mehjabin Tanjila ID: 05304024 Brac Business School BRAC University Date : 26th Septerber,2010 Letter of Transmittal September 26th, 2010 To Mrs. Farhana Nur Malik Lecturer BRAC Business School BRAC University Subject: Internship report on “The practices of HRM in Aarong& AAF” Dear Madam, This is to inform you that I’m a student of BBA program of BRAC University, Major in Human Resource Management and Marketing. It is my pleasure to carry out the internship report under your supervision. As a requirement of preparing an internship report based on the practical situation in an organization, I selected Recruitment as my core concentration along with few other HR practices that I have come across during my internship program. So I have prepared a report on the “practice of Human Resource Management in Aarong & AAF. I hope this report reflects on the contemporary issues on the Human Resource Management that are being Practiced by organizations in our country. I would like to request you to accept my internship report for further assessment. Sincerely yours, ……………… Mehjabin...
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...Micro Chapter 22 Practice Problems #2 Key 1. One feature of pure monopoly is that the demand curve: A) is vertical. B) is horizontal. C) slopes upward. D) slopes downward. Answer: D 2. The demand curve confronting a nondiscriminating pure monopolist is: A) horizontal. B) the same as the industry's demand curve. C) more elastic than the demand curve confronting a competitive firm. D) derived by vertically summing the individual demand curves for the buyers. Answer: B 3. Under pure monopoly, a profit-maximizing firm will produce: A) in the inelastic range of its demand curve. C) only where total costs are zero. B) in the elastic range of its demand curve. D) only where marginal revenue is zero. Answer: B It shows the demand schedule facing Nina, a monopolist selling baskets. [pic] 4. Refer to the above table. What is the change in total revenue if she lowers the price from $20 to $18? A) $10 B) $20 C) $30 D) $40 Answer: C 5. Refer to the above table. What is the change in total revenue if she raises the price from $10 to $12? A) –$300 B) +$300 C) +$120 D) –$120 Answer: D 6. A profit-maximizing firm should shut down in the short run if the average revenue it receives is less than: A) average variable cost. B) average total cost. C) average fixed cost. D) marginal cost. Answer: A 7. A pure monopolist which is maximizing short-run profits will produce: A) on the elastic portion of the demand...
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...“Our museum is accessible: we have ADA compliant restrooms.” “It’s too expensive to make the museum accessible to such a small minority.” “There is nothing for a blind person in an art museum.” (McGinnis 138) These are the unfortunate views of some museum professionals regarding Universal Design. Universal Design is an important concept that moves beyond ADA regulations to emphasize ethics and values in attitudes, behaviors, and institutional structures. ADA compliancy is not enough, especially in one area of a building. Universal Design does not have to be expensive; some fixes are simple and easy. Additionally, an art museum can offer a blind person an equally rewarding experience that someone without a visual impairment may have; it just takes a little Universal Design. A lot of what the Americans with Disabilities Act accomplished is now taken for granted as the standard and it is forgotten that the world was, not that long ago, a very different place. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), passed on July 26, 1990, guaranteed equal rights, treatment, and protections to all persons living with disabilities within the United States (Americans 5). This was not the first law to afford protections to those with disabilities; however, it is undeniably the most comprehensive formulation of the rights of individuals with disabilities in the history of the United States. More than fifty million Americans have some kind of physical, sensory, cognitive, or mental disability...
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