...Management Agreement When to Use This Document: The following contract is an example of a management agreement between an artist’s personal manager and an artist. Such agreements are always subject to extensive negotiation, which may vary, based on individual circumstances applying to both the manager and the artist. Factors such as pre-existing success on the part of the artist, or other artist management commitments on the part of the manager should help guide negotiations with respect to such contract points as percentages and the length of the term. Always consult a respected music industry attorney before signing a contract. Why this can be a critical document: This agreement sets forth a broad range of agreed upon parameters related to the structure and details of an artist’s career and the various sources of revenue generated. Choosing a personal manager is a critical moment in an artist’s career and a document such as this indicates in detail many important financial and informational guidelines that will govern the legal aspects of a relationship between an artist and manager. Read through a document like this personally, even if you have an excellent attorney representing you (which you should), and be sure that you are clearly informed and comfortable about the process of being represented by an artist manager as it is written in your agreement. NAMES OF ARTISTS GO HERE p/k/a "GROUP NAME HERE" (Note: p/k/a refers to group name and is an acronym for Professionally...
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...goes into it than people think. Live Performance In live performance, an artist must take marketing and advertising of the event into consideration. The best and most effective way to advertise an artist is by using social media. By doing this, barely any work is being done but the artists’ work is being spread massively using the internet making a bigger audience and gaining more fans. Tour managers make sure a concert tour run correctly. They look after tour finances and make sure everyone is doing what they are meant to be doing and generally making sure that everyone on tour is on task. Tour managers also deal with personal problems for people on tour with the artist and they make sure people are okay and happy. Events managers jobs is to make sure that the event is well planned, and that the jobs are carried out according to those plans. The job could involve finding acts to perform and find a well suited venue. They make sure the gear travels safely from place to place, food and drink is supplied, there are enough staff etc. A good events manager will help publicise the event. The technical crew are required backstage who control all the technical aspects of creating a live performance. On smaller events, you might have one person to control lights and to control music however when the performance is on a larger scale, people are assigned to...
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...Issues faced by organizations Student’s Name Course Instructor Institution Date Business has become the hub for many nations’ economy. Globalization and international trade are so trending in the modern business world. This means there is a lot of diversity in the range of products, service delivery, and quality management hence exerting a lot of pressure to organizations or companies to conform to the rapid changes. This report seeks to explore some the findings on the issues faced by Human Resource Managers and the strategies that can be put forth to cub these issues, following an interview with HR Manager, CARE INTERNATIONAL. Findings on issues faced by the organization Human resource challenges The organizations is faced by human resource challenges in different ways. Recruiting of appropriate and qualified staff is a very difficult task since recruitment panels are so filthy with corruption and bias. This makes them recruit staff who are incompetent in work hence poor performance is inevitable. In some cases, retaining staff in an organization becomes challenging as some of them leave jobs with their own personal reasons or lack of job satisfaction. Finding employees who are loyal and trustworthy has also become tricky to managers and so cases of fraud are so rampant. Employees want the organization to look into the healthcare legislation by providing a healthcare coverage. Staff training is also a very serious issue on human resource since employees...
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...MINICASE Jack Tar, CFO of Sheetbend & Halyard, Inc., opened the company confidential envelope. It contained a draft of a competitive bid for a contract to supply duffel canvas to the U.S. Navy. The cover memo from Sheetbend's CEO asked Mr. Tar to review the bid before it was submitted. The bid and its supporting documents had been prepared by Sheetbend's sales staff. It called for Sheetbend to supply 100,000 yards of duffel canvas per year for 5 years. The proposed selling price was fixed at $30 per yard. Mr. Tar was not usually involved in sales, but this bid was unusual in at least two respects. First, if accepted by the navy, it would commit Sheetbend to a fixed-price, long-term contract. Second, producing the duffel canvas would require an investment of $1.5 million to purchase machinery and to refurbish Sheetbend's plant in Pleasantboro, Maine. Mr. Tar set to work and by the end of the week had collected the following facts and assumptions: The plant in Pleasantboro had been built in the early 1900s and is now idle. The plant was fully depreciated on Sheetbend's books, except for the purchase cost of the land (in 1947) of $10,000. Now that the land was valuable shorefront property, Mr. Tar thought the land and the idle plant could be sold, immediately or in the near future, for $600,000. Refurbishing the plant would cost $500,000. This investment would be depreciated for tax purposes on the 10-year MACRS schedule. The new machinery would cost $1 million. This...
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...We are comparing Wal-Mart’s’ ratios with, Target’s and Kmart (Sears Holding Corp). They are Wal-Mart’s’ main competitors and the only ones that Wal-Mart’ competes in all divisions. We calculated the ratios for Wal-Mart’s’ and its competitors for each year from 2009 to 2011. Wal-Mart has a higher current ratio than Target and Sears. Wal-Mart has a current ratio of 3.1, which means that Wal-Mart must be able to convert each dollar of current assets into at least 0.5 dollars (1/3.21) of cash to meet short-term obligations. Wal-Mart’s’ competitors on the other hand must be able to convert each dollar of current assets into at least 2.21 dollars of cash (Target), and 1.97 dollars of cash (Kmart (Sears Holding Corp) to meet their short-term obligations. As a result Wal-Mart’s current ratio compares favorably with Target but not with Kmart. Wal-Mart’s’ quick ratio compares favorably with Target but is unsatisfactory compared to Sears. The company has a quick ratio of 0.21, which shows that Wal-Mart’s’ current assets are equal to 210% of the current liabilities. On the other hand Sears’ competitors’ current assets are equal to of the current liabilities for Target, 160% of the current liabilities for Target and 110% for Kmart. Wal-Mart’s’ days to receivables ratio is 45 days, which compares unfavorably with Target’s 90 days, and Kmart’s’ 120 days. Wal-Mart’s’ inventory turnover ratio compares favorably with Target but not with Kmart. This indicates that Wal-Mart’s has larger investment...
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...Today's Date Course Name Score Learner Name Sep 23, 2013 H&W Engagement Counseling Certification Course 76% Edgar Arellano - 030-00107 Test Date Test Name Test Duration 09/ H& Ce 7m 0 points Multiple Choice 0 points Multiple Choice 0 points Multiple Choice 0 points Multiple Choice Multiple Choice 1) The definition of Triclycerides is: (A) Blood Sugar (B) Good Cholesterol (C) Cardiac Risk Ratio (D) Fats in the Blood (E) Blood Sugar 4 points True or False 4 points True or False True or False 2) The Engagement Counselor should be sitting down when the participant arrives for the Engagement Counseling session. This will put the participant at ease: (A) True (B) False 0 points Multiple Answer 0 points Multiple Answer Multiple Answer 3) The Engagement Counselor must complete the Critical Value Notification Form for which out of range results: This question has multiple answers: (A) BMI (B) Glucose (C) Pulse (D) Body Fat Percentage (E) Blood Pressure 4 points True or False 4 points True or False True or False 4) Speaking quietly does not always insure privacy during an Engagement Counseling session: (A) True (B) False 4 points True or False 4 points True or False True or False 5) The Engagement Counselor must provide diagnostic advice to the participants. (A) True (B) False 4 points Matching 4 points Matching Matching 6) Match these possible participant questions with the correct answer: (A) Should I go You should locate a physician or visit a medical...
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...organization, building a team that breeds creativity and productivity, there are other variables within and outside the organization that every manager must be technically equip to deal with. One of the most critical components of course is knowledge and technical skills in planning, organizing and controlling. Managers will be dealing with external factors like market trends, market competition, maintaining and expanding market niche, and even after sales and service issues. Simultaneously, managers will also deal with product designs and quality, cost efficiencies and other financial aspects, productivity, among other things, all requiring great deal of knowledge to make informed decisions. These complex decision areas are consequential to an organization’s success, becoming imperative on managers to possess profound understanding and knowledge of how the whole process works in order to effectively discharge their functions and manage the expectations of customers and achieve the organization’s objectives. Another component and equally critical in managerial success is the ability of the manager to deal with his own self-esteem and put a self-check mechanism that will level off his satisfaction from the things he is suppose to be doing. This could mean self-motivation and courage. The ability to remain motivated drives a manager to keep those creativity and productivity juices flowing. Courage, on the other...
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...Perspective The role of communications in business success The importance of effective communication Rudyard Kipling once described words as “the most powerful drug used by mankind.” It is a sentiment with which staff of Levi Strauss can sympathize. Many of them have become members of Toastmasters, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving communication and public-speaking skills. Levi Stauss is one of a growing band of companies which recognize the importance of effective communication. KPMG Accountants has developed a telephone-skills course for administrative employees. It includes a humorous videotape entitled “Telephone Behavior: the Power and the Perils,” and role playing which allows employees to share positive experiences and frustrations. The course emphasizes the three stages in many telephone conversations – the “verbal handshake,” imparting the message and offering help. Federal Express has improved the selling capabilities of its audit staff by having the sales staff provide them with training. General Electric has developed a three-day class to train auditors to become effective facilitators. And Motorola has a course on dealing with difficult people. It aims to help auditors to handle situations in which the people being audited do not want to hear the recommendations being made. Abstract Research and experience show that employees are most highly motivated and make their greatest contribution to the business when there is full and open communication...
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...Nowadays, the concept of human rights has shaped up quite well, aiming to secure at least the very basic moral standards by which a living person should be respected. Even so, there are far too many breaches in them for us to call them finished and refined. There is still a lot of tyranny in the world, a lot of shady practices and even in the strongest upholding countries for human rights. Be it because of a complicated political or moral situation or pure savagery or tyranny, let’s look at the list of countries which still violate the very basic we are born with. What document guarantees international human rights? - The Universal Declaration of Human Rights guarantees international human rights. The United Nations General Assembly passed this document in 1948. - What international organizations are responsible for protecting human rights? - International concern for human rights has been evident outside of the United Nations. The Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, which met in Helsinki in 1973-75, produced the Helsinki Final Act. The European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, which first met in 1950, produced the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the European Social Charter; the Ninth Pan-American Conference of 1948 adopted the American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man; and the Organization of African Unity in 1981 adopted the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights. There are also...
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...Bird’s Nest Market in Taiwan Bird’s nest soup is a delicacy in Chinese cuisine, it has been considered as a highly nutritious and luxury food supplement for people’s mind. The Chinese name for bird's nest soup, “Yan Wao” (燕窩), translates literally as "swallow's nest". This soup has been consumed in both China and Taiwan for over excess of 1000 years. According to Yun-Cheung Kong, a professor of biochemistry at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, swiftlet nests were first traded in China during the T’ang Dynasty (618-907 A.D.). Sometime between the years 1368 and 1644, Admiral Cheng He introduced foreign nests to the imperial court of the Ming Dynasty. It is believed that even at this point in time domestic supplies of the nests had been largely depleted, which made imports in high demand. Edible bird’s nests are among the most expensive animal products consumed by humans. The material is also used in Traditional Chinese Medicine and in Traditional Vietnamese Medicine. Harvesting Swiftlets (collocaliini) are tiny insectivorous birds that are distributed from the Indian Ocean, through Southeast Asia including Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines and Indonesia and North Australia to the Pacific. The small birds eat insects only and catch these insects on the fly as they fly from nearly first light until nearly dark. Amongst various species of swiftlets in the genus of Collocalia, only the nests of four species mostly spread throughout Southeast Asian region have...
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...[pic] Tariq Rafique "A confident speaker can handle weak areas of ppt presentation". Usually, in a presentation we speak to a group of people in one of three situations: (1)When we are doing most of the speaking ourselves either to inform or to persuade, (2) when we have more give and take with our audience, to answer questions, or (3) when we solve problems as a group. Certainly, most people would agree that terms such as speech or lecture imply that the speaker is doing most of the talking. All the presentations can not be perfect. There can be some weak areas in the presentation, which can decrease the credibility of the speaker but a confident speaker can handle weak areas of presentation by his confidence. There are many ways to boost the confidence during the presentation. Speaking in front of an audience is not an easy job, however, good preparation before a presentation is essential to boost our confidence during our speech. Following are some suggestion to boost one’s level of confidence in front of an audience. Usually, we are given a speech topic in advance. It can be a couple of weeks before. If so, we should make use of the ample time given to do some proper research. There are many ways to research on our topic. We can check out the daily newspapers for example, and cut out any relevant materials that we might need. With the advent of technology these days, we can easily research for our speech materials online as well. Also, we can check out E-Journals...
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...Managers Role In Functional Areas Of Business 1 Managers Role In Functional Areas of Business MGT/521 January 12,2015 University of Phoenix Managers Role In Functional Areas of Business 2 According to University of Phoenix MBA overview, businesses have eleven areas within the company that play a major role with its overall success. (University of Phoenix). Without these functional areas working symbiotically, the business would most likely not be able to operate at its fullest potential, and it would ultimately not succeed. Each functional area is important and offers a very specific objective to ensure the organization’s success but what is more important than these functional areas of business is the manager, the person behind the scenes making sure that all of these areas of a business and the employees are operating to the best of their ability in order to make the businesses a success. “Managers perform certain activities or functions as they efficiently and effectively coordinate the work of others (Robbins & Coulter).” In this paper I will discuss three of the functional areas of business management, human resources and marketing and what role a manager plays in that functional area of business. Management...
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...Curriculum Vitae Daniel Alex Wache Kapila Tel: Mobile: +260 977 12 33 91 or +260 972 45 95 63 or +260 954 12 15 58 email: dwaj2007@yahoo.com |PERSONAL PROFILE | | | | | |SEX: MALE | | |DATE OF BIRTH:29TH August, 1973 | | |AGE: 39 YEARS | | |Married and Children : 4 ( two Boys and two Girls ) | | |Nationality: Zambian ...
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...The Roles of Managers in Functional Areas of Business Maureen Glidewell MGT 521 1/30/14 Shirley Fitzgerald Managers are a key element in the operation of any business or organization. The success of any business is going to depend on managers and the employees that they manage. While different types of business will dictate different job functions for a manager, all managers will have the same fundamental roles, planning, organizing, leading and controlling, in whatever functional area of business they are working. The most important role that a manager plays in any functional area of business is that of planning. Planning in a business involves setting goals and formulating strategies to meet those goals. Planning is necessary at any level of management and provides a roadmap for the organization to follow to meet the organizations goals in the most efficient manner. A manager is responsible for taking the goals of the organization and providing direction to the employees to meet the goals in the most efficient manner. Anticipating areas in the business that may hinder the organization from meeting its goals is a vital activity for managers and key to keeping employees productive. Proper planning will help to keep the business running efficiently and effectively and give purpose to the organization. (Thorn, 2012) Planning will reduce uncertainty as external forces that may affect the business have been taken into account during planning. Proper planning by management...
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...Functional Areas of Business: The Role of a Manager While career seeking, many occupations may come to one’s mind. Many will go through great heights to reach their goals, life-long dreams, and accomplish them. Education is the key source for accomplishing those goal. It can be thought of as a prerequisite to greater links to one’s future. While thinking over my own career path, I have come to terms that I have spent majority of my work life in the Human Resource field. What better way to broaden my knowledge by advancing my career into Business Administration? Knowing that I would have to take my education to another level, I sought out a master’s degree in that field to get a better understanding of what I do but at a higher level. When speaking in terms of business, one needs to also think about management. In this passage, the roles of a manager in a functional area of business will be discussed. Though it is evident that all managers’ roles will not be the same, it all depends on what level they are managing. For this discuss, we will discuss the most common fundamental traits that all managers must possess such as leadership, organizational skills, and planning. Leadership A manager is a leader who leads from the front and not the back. Subordinates look to their leader for guidance, reassurance, and knowledge. The manager must be able to provide all of those things. They are counselors in the workplace standing ready to stabilize emotions, solve problems, and guide...
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