...Analysis of Correct and Incorrect Usage This is a discussion about a business matter and the function of this conversation is professional. Personal requests should not be included (i.e. - how about dropping the Mr Peterson and calling me Bob). The informal tone is also inappropriate when discussing a business report. Mr Peterson is speaking to Ms Bank who is his direct supervisor. He would like to ask Ms Bank to analyze a report he has done. The first conversation has a number of errors in language usage based on the situation. Recognize all the mistakes conversation between Mr Peterson and Ms Bank : Mr Peterson : Oh, Anne, come here. It is a rude way to start conversation with the supervisor. Ms Bank : Yes, Mr Peterson. How can I help you? Mr Peterson : Well, first of all, how about dropping the Mr Peterson and calling me Bob. This is a discussion about a business matter and the function of this conversation is professional. Personal requests should not be included. If he insists on this, he can say it politely like “Please, call me Bob” Ms Bank : If you don't mind, I would prefer to talk about why you would like to talk to me. Mr Peterson : Come off it, don't be such a snob. Anyway, I finished the report you demanded. Wanna take a look at it? The informal tone is also inappropriate when discussing a business report Ms Bank : Yes, I would as a matter of fact. Mr Peterson : Well, here it is. Give it a good one over and tell me what...
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...SEP Exchange Places Allocation Grading System Strategic Objectives * In line with the School mission and vision, the overall allocation of places at Universities for Exchange is modified to recognize Business Students who embody the A.C.E attributes of our School’s Values : Analytical (Rigorous and critical thinking), Caring (Having a heart for those around them, and for global, social causes) and Enterprising (Embrace the spirit of leadership, entrepreneurship, creativity and boldness to step up, and step out) * Encourage holistic development of BBA students beyond academics * Improve the evaluation parameters in the allocation of SEP places to students * Increase transparency in the SEP selection system Operational Objectives * Reduce weightage of the Cumulative Average Point in SEP admissions/allocations * Include co-curricular parameters into the overall consideration for SEP admissions/allocations * Ensure a transparent, meritocratic system of selection/allocation of SEP places to students who demonstrate the values of the School (ACE) Grading Structure Parameter | Max number of points/Weightage (%) | Remarks | Cumulative Average Point (CAP) | 70 | CAP to be re-weighted to 70% (Out of a possible maximum of 70 points, down to 2 decimal places) | Co-curricular Activity (CCA) Involvement | Up to 10 | Applicants will be awarded up to 5 points for each CCA involvement. A maximum of 10 points (2 CCAs) can be counted.Can be NUS based...
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...London Metropolitan University Faculty of Computing Coursework Assignment Header STUDENT ID NUMBER: ___________________________________________________ FAMILY NAME AND INITIALS (Please print): ___________________________________ _____ MARK: ____________________ N.B. All marks are provisional until confirmed by the Subject Standards Board ASSESSOR'S INITIALS: ____________________ Module number : CC4002 Module name : Information Systems Module Leader : Penny Dekker Assignment no. : 1 Weighting : 20% Date set : wb 27 October, 2014 (Week 5) Date/time due : Printed, bound group report to be handed in at spoken group presentation around Week 13 by arrangement with tutor. PLAGIARISM You are reminded that there exist regulations concerning plagiarism. Extracts from these regulations are printed overleaf. Please sign below to say that you have read and understand these extracts: This header sheet should be attached to the assignment specification and to the work you submit. No work will be accepted without it. |Extracts from C3 Regulations governing allegations of Academic Misconduct on the part of a student | 3. For the purposes of these Regulations, the term ‘academic misconduct’ includes all forms of cheating, plagiarism and collusion. 4. The following are...
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...Communications Report | Effective Business Communications | | Effective Business Communications Prepared for Prepared by November 13, 2012 Letter of Authorization Alvin C. Miles Director of Business Development Lecturer of Management EMBA Coles College of Business Kennesaw State University October 29, 2012 Team Green Fusion EMBA Coles College of Business Kennesaw State University Dear Team Green Fusion: The documents (3 in total) directly beneath this assignment should be used to complete your formal communications report. This assignment is broken in to two parts: your team's evaluation of your assigned team's individual presentations and the formal communications report. This is to be a team assignment. This assignment is to be completed by November 18th Business report and presentation slides are available for review in the Business Communication Learning Module. Please look at the notes associated with each slide for additional information: A Microsoft Word template has also been supplied as a starting point for the formal report. If there are questions, the team is expected to delineate guidelines through research, inquiry, and rational decision making. I anticipate that teams will search for formal report guidelines to get specificity on structure, or look up white papers to read sample abstracts. In a Master’s program, this is the expectation. Each report will vary according to the interpretation of the requirements...
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...Leon J van Vuuren Department of Human Resource Management University of Johannesburg Abstract The Modes of Managing Morality (MMM) model provides a heuristic device to assist business ethics scholars and practitioners to make sense of the differences that exist in the ways in which different organisations manage their ethics. Although it is difficult to demonstrate a clear distinction between ethics advice and whistleblowing, these activities are often fused in organisations and the seeking of ethics advice may of necessity sometimes spill over to a need for whistleblowing. The extent and ways organisations are tolerant to and utilise ethics communication in each of these modes were illustrated in this paper. In particular, the varied prominence of whistleblowing and ethics advice facilities in each of the reactive (some whistleblowing), compliance (ethics advice supplementary to whistleblowing) and integrity (whistleblowing supplementary to ethics advice) modes were indicated. The seamless integration of ethics talk and ethics advice in the TAO-mode makes whistleblowing superfluous in this mode. The necessity for leaders and managers to acquire an ethics management competence that would, among others, allow them to actively engage in and encourage ethics talk, was emphasised. Keywords: Ethics, ethics talk, hotlines, help lines, help desk, whistleblowing, Modes of Managing Morality Model, compliance versus integrity, ethics management. ___________________________________________________________ ...
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...AN INVESTIGATION INTO HOW CREDIT RATING AFFECTS LOAN APPROVALS IN COMMERCIAL BANKS. MARCH 2013 “A research project proposal submitted to the school of business and public management in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the degree of bachelor if commerce finance option in KCA University.” TABLE OF CONTENTS pages DECLARATION 3 CHAPTER ONE 3 1.0 Introduction 3 1.1 Background 3 1.2 Statement of the problem 3 1.3 Research objectives 3 1.4 Research questions 3 1.5 Importance of the study 3 CHAPTER TWO: Literature review 3 2.0 Introduction 3 2.1 Literature review Error! Bookmark not defined. 2.2 Chapter summary 3 CHAPTER THREE: Research methodology 3 3.0 Introduction 3 3.1 Research Design 3 3.2 Population and sample 3 3.3 Data Collection Methods 3 3.4 Data Analysis 3 REFERENCES 3 APPENDIX ONE: Questionnaires Error! Bookmark not defined. APPENDIX TWO: List of Kenyan Banks in the study 3 CHAPTER ONE 1.0 Introduction Credit rating has been defined in different ways: Admin (2008) defines it as the degree of credit worthiness assigned to an individual based on the credit history and financial status. Credit rating also assesses the credit worthiness of a country and corporation. It helps lenders or investors to know if the subject will be able to pay back a loan and can also be used to adjust the insurance premium, to determine employment...
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...International Newspaper Report NAFTA, or the North American Free Trade Agreement is a trade bloc between the countries in North America, which are the United States, Canada, and Mexico. This agreement is very helpful when it comes to importing and exporting between these countries. Joining the trade agreement with the United States and Canada was a very smart decision for Mexico from a business standpoint. Mexico looks a lot better to other countries when they are trading with such great countries like the United States and Canada. The article “NAFTA: Learning to Deal with Thy Neighbor” talks about whether the North American Free Trade Agreement is working well between the countries or not. The overall emphasis of the report says that NAFTA has a positive effect on those countries involved, some more than others, but overall it is a positive thing. The leader of international affairs realized that free trade was the solution to the trade deficit, because it makes it much easier to trade between countries therefore more trading will go on between those countries. The article refers to specific sectors that are affected by such things as trade and NAFTA. The first of these sectors is economic. The fact that imports and exports of merchandise trade have rose to over $900 billion each year between the countries just goes to show that NAFTA is doing great things for the economy. The author states that this is great for the economists, but what about the manufacturers...
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...In this course we have learned about different types of business communiques that are used formally with communicated with other business partners. The communiques that we learned about are email, memo, powerpoint presentation and report. First let’s talk about emails and how effective they are within the business. When it comes to how well it conveyed the message well the status of how the due diligence is was not clearly the focal point of the message and the recommendation overshadows the message that is trying to be conveyed. It was the right type communication to be used. Emails are best for when talking between peers because is not a formal message. The ethical implications are the sharing of information over an email can be seen by others if the email is hacked or if your peer decides to show someone that they shouldn’t have. The information could be that shouldn’t be seen by any other person other than your peer. Then we have a formal written memo to the Chief Executive Officer. The message was very forward about not moving on with the investment. A formal memo is the best way to talk to such a high authority within your company. It shows the professionalism within yourself to your higher making it look like you know exactly what you are talking about and believing in what you are saying to them. Next there is the powerpoint presentation. With the powerpoint presentation it is very easy to read and understand with the slides and animations. It flows very well making...
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...APPENDIX: REPORT Dear Professor Miller, What follows is the report you requested on a possible speaker for the event that EU Business School will be hosting. After viewing various speakers’ presentations I have decided to analyze Noreena Hertz’s talk, “How to use Experts” in more depth. The purpose of this report is to demonstrate why Noreena Hertz is the right candidate to talk at the event. In my opinion Noreena Hertz is a very good speaker. This can be shown by analyzing her Ted Talk in light of the different parameters. Noreena is clear, complete and cordial. She makes use of good language and is articulate. Her message comes across very clearly. Even though she uses complex words she explains everything very well and keeps the audience interested. In fact, even without visual aids the message is conveyed in an interesting way. She makes good use of pauses which allows for the information to sink in. Throughout the talk she also uses tripling when giving examples, which explains the context well. Her use of repetition works well to enforce the idea of the problem that she is addressing. Although she only smiles occasionally her attitude is warm and inviting. Noreena has a slight natural crouch, however her stance is open and she leans forward to engage with the audience. Her tone of voice varies in different parts and she uses this well to stir emotion within the audience in order to get her points across. She makes good eye contact with the audience. In terms...
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...This report will be focusing on women’s progress in the Canadian workforce, specifically barriers that women have overcome, and the trends towards reducing gender inequality. I want emphasize the fact that it has been a slow progress and that a glass ceiling is still a predominant issue today. The first topic will be about the progress towards gender equality in the Canadian workforce. I will talk about some trends leading to this improvement. The first trend will be about the role of the women’s movement in the 1960’s. This movement was towards giving women greater equality in wages, working conditions, and to gain recognition of their social, economic and political position in society. I will talk about how this movement sparked the battle of gender equality in North America. The second trend will be focusing on the steady growth in the labour force participation among women with children. According to Statistics Canada, 64.4% of women with children under the age of 3 were employed, more than double the proportion of 27.6% in 1976. I will also talk about how there is a slight trend towards men taking more child care responsibility. The third trend will be about women and education. More specifically, how women seem to be more educated (graduating with more undergrad degrees) than men today. Based on data from Statistics Canada; women outnumbered men in 2009 with 34.3% of women having a university degree, compared to only 26% of men. In this section, I will also talk about...
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...Report on Doing Business in Norway Introduction This report provides all the information necessary for anyone intending to conduct business with the Norwegians. The information is based on interviews and observations. General appearance Norwegians are very distinctive looking people. They are all tall, slim, blond and athletic. They all have very blue eyes and pale skin. It is really easy to spot a Norwegian abroad since s/he always carries a backpack wherever s/he goes. Democratic Decision Making Process Norwegians believe wholeheartedly in democracy and there is no difference between salaries no matter which position a person occupies in a company. All decisions are referred to the workers and are taken on a group basis. Bosses should always listen to the needs of their subordinates. Adopting an authoritarian style of management would really be asking for trouble. The unions have a very strong position and the state plays an extremely important role in business life. All Norwegians support public ownership of services because they strongly believe that everyone should have the same rights, regardless of their income or where they live. Doing Business with the Norwegians In business Norwegians are absolutely honest, trustworthy and reliable. On arrival in a Norwegian company, you will find your Norwegian counterparts already seated at the negotiating table, prepared to do business with no time set aside for establishing a relationship or even breaking the ice. They...
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...Director 1. Mark Petrilli- Illinois 2. Micheal Myhre - Florida 3. Observer- Jacob Schpok, State Director Indiana Accreditation Explanation --Mr. Petrelli 7 standards that the accreditation is based on, affirm and clarify the information provided by the osbdc. Want to help improve the program. Talk to Bill about the information they find. --Mr. Myhre Explained to Dean Godwin the differences between this and the School Of Business accreditation. Not an audit, just looking to improve. --Dean Godwin Explains his background in corporate America and that he understands the standards. His goal is to support and embrace the center and wants to be active in the business community. He talked about where the OSBDC will be put in the new building and the traffic around the new offices. There are 5000 students at ECU, 1000 School of Business students. ECU values the relationship with this program and her travel. --Mr Myhre: What else is located in the new school of business building? Dean talks about the blueprints. Dean talks about the entrepreneurial program and the high profile business people who come here to present to our students and the community. The School of business is trying to share information with best practices with the students and the people from the community who come in. 1. Main Question: Tell us a little about the center and yourself? Speaker Name: Mr Petrilli Ann has been here 12 years this summer, grad from ECU, human resources masters. The center...
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...financial services firm. The company is trying to turnaround due to slow business performance. Carl Williams is the new aggressive CEO. He takes over the company and he assigns a new management team. The former head of Loan Operations, Jim Barton, is appointed as CIO. Barton has no background in IT at all. Barton has to figure out what effective IT management is about. He also has to deal with the issues and challenges taken place on the job. The first situation in the case study was about the leadership team meeting. CEO Carl Williams cancelled again and he couldn’t attend the meeting. Jim Barton wanted to inform his peers and the CEO with the firewall upgrades and other security measures. From experience, Barton said that he always had a hard time explaining things to Williams. Williams didn’t really like to talk about IT. Williams kept saying that he doesn’t understand IT related stuff and trusts Barton’s decision making. Next, the question “What are we doing in the area of Web 2.0?” was mentioned in the leadership team meeting. Bernie Ruben, Director of the Technical Service Group at IVK, forward an email attachment to Barton a few days earlier. Barton said that he received the email but he hasn’t had the time to review the report. He would discuss about it in the next meeting. The second situation in the case study was about the report from the email attachment that Barton received. The report was about social media and briefly mentions about blogs, YouTube, Facebook...
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...Employment-At-Will Doctrine LEG 500 – Law, Ethics, and Corporate Governance Professor: Renee Berry Strayer University April 29, 2014 Employment-At-Will Doctrine The unethical treatment of employees is a subject that have been discuss for long time in the business field and that also have been treated and sometimes improve with the application of different doctrines or even inside rules of the corporations in the work field. Bowie and Werhane (2005) claim that “managers have been criticized because they invade the privacy of employees through the monitoring of their email, drug testing, and even gathering information about their genetic disposition to a disease” (p. 40). The employers dictate all the rules and what can be done outside the job as well, and however sometimes the employees get fired anyway regardless to theirs attempt to follow the rules. Job security when an employee stays his or her entire life with the same company is a thing of the past, and with that also employee loyalty is long gone (Bowie and Werhane, 2005). According to Halbert and Ingulli (2012),” Employment-At-Will is a legal rule developed in the nineteenth century; giving employers unfettered power to dismiss their employees at will for good cause, for no cause, or even for cause morally wrong, without being thereby guilty of a legal wrong” (p. 49). This rule basically allows the employers to dismiss the employee services whenever it is necessary without a meaningful...
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...MAHEEN BASHIR 26258 DATE: MARCH 03, 2015 BUSINESS ETHICS CASE STUDY #2 SUMMARY Bill Church, a recent graduate of a prestigious business school has taken a job in Greenspan Company as an auditing division person. Where he faced problems like working late nights to get his assignments done on time, whereas the other employees working alongwith Bill complete their work efficiently within time. He worries about his position and promotion in company which is on stake due to his inefficient work compared with others. Later, he examines that working late hours is a common practice of almost all the employees working in the auditing division, but they do not report their working hours accurately. While inquiring about the issue, he came up to know that the bosses only want result by any means or at any cost. They want not to fully report about the working hours, and by cutting a little time they can show both the company and workers as efficient. The Reeds statement and Anns advice both has confused Bill. He want to meet up division manager to talk about the matter but he hardly knows anything about her. Question/Answers 1. What should Bill do? Bill should report his actual time taken to complete the tasks and should not involve in the practice of eating time because eating time is an unethical practice according to him. Bill should stay loyal to his company and inform the upper management about the truth. 2. Describe the process through which Bill might...
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