...Dividend Policy at FPL Group, Inc. Executive Summary Florida Power & Light Company was formed in 1925 through the consolidation of numerous electric and gas companies. After enjoying steady growth until the 1970s, FPL began experiencing operating problems and reduced profitability due to factors like rising fuel costs and construction over-runs. To address these problems, Chairman Marshall McDonald decided to diversify into higher growth businesses and guided FPL to make four major acquisitions- Colonial Penn Life Insurance Company, Telesat Cablevision, CBR Information Group Inc. and Turner Foods Corp. FPL Group also established a real estate development subsidiary called Alandco, and an alternative energy subsidiary called ESI Energy. To address complaints from consumers, FPL instituted a quality control program inspired from Japanese methodologies. Despite all these moves, FPL continued to face underlying growth problems due to losses at Colonial Penn business, federal concerns over FPL’s nuclear reactor safety and going overboard with their quality control program. James Broadhead succeeded McDonald in 1989 and started developing a long range strategic plan for FPL. Broadhead simplified the quality control program. He wanted FPL to focus on its core business and made plans to sell several non-utility businesses that the group held. Broadhead started an aggressive capital expenditure program of $6.6 billion for expansion. To cut costs, Broadhead flattened the organization...
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...Omar Gonzalez AP Language Mrs. Edwards “Connect the dots” Essay 15, December 2011 Today, I am an artist sponsored by Roseta Santiago, who is also an artist.It has been quite a journey full of surprises, mistakes, success, and disappointments. I never expected to make it this far, I could only dream of this to happen to me. Now that my dream is a reality, I am just going to live it and hopefully one day, I’ll make it to the top! As a kid in elementary school, I always loved to doodle on my notes and I would enjoy going to art class and making little clay pots and whatnot. I was just always drawing at home, school, and wherever I was. Even though I would draw a lot, I never thought or believed that it would get me somewhere in life, because you would never think of asking a kid what he or she want to be in life and getting the response: “I want to be an artist”. Once I got into middle school, I had this sudden interest in art because I was alright at it and I really didn’t like anything else. Although I liked it so much, I would still never think of telling people my interest in it. I always thought for the longest time that art was just a hobby, that it wouldn’t get me anywhere. As I went through seventh and eighth grade, my passion and interest in art grew even more. Still, I didn’t like art enough to think of it as an occupation because everyone else would always think to be a doctor or lawyer, I was still “exploring” my options. I got the opportunity to take art...
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...At Lund International, our brands, and the products under them, are the focus of everything we do. And it shows. It shows in more than 150 product lines we offer, in the care and craft we put into every product we introduce, and in our tireless commitment to leadership and innovation (2008; Lund International). Lund International has chosen to branch their products Internationally with the main location being the country of Kava. Once we landed in Kava we realized this country was not as we had pictured it. Kava appeared to be a mess which could cause problems with branching Lund products. I arrived at the office to meet Alex who would be my boss and mentor but to my surprise the office was also a mess which now raised doubts about how successful this task would be. Alex was a one man show. There was no receptionist only Alex so it was clear that Alex and I would be a two man team, I guess you could say we were short staffed. As Alex was briefing me on the facts about Kava I realized there were numerous problems that would certainly cause problems for us. The population of Kava consisted of 50% of the individuals were under the age of 15 as well as several different languages including English, Spanish and French. Another fact was the economy being mostly petroleum, coffee, cocoa, spices, bananas, tourism, fishing and natural gas which proved there was not much competition in the truck accessory field. This normally would be a great thing but considering that over half...
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...- I could not find my suggested next steps because the program kept giving me an error screen. So I could not even begin to say what they should be or in what direction to look. -I’m going to use the skills I mastered for the rest of the questions because those are the only ones I can view. The three skills I mastered were; sentence skills, punctuation, mechanics, and spelling, and the third was the craft of writing. These skills apply to my academic life because I have to apply all these skills in writing papers for classes. In order to write a quality paper, everything must be near perfect. I believe these skills give me a good base to work on a paper. -These skills apply to my professional life in a lot of ways. Each quarter we are to write reports on what we feel we could improve on as a department, having quality writing skills so everything looks more professional and you are taken seriously. My future profession which is to be a high school teacher also requires these skills, if you expect your students to have good writing skills you should develop them yourself first. -I was very surprised by the results. I say this because all throughout high school, English and writing was my weak spot. I always had trouble putting my thoughts onto paper and use proper grammar. My spelling was also terrible but after graduating high school I picked up reading and I believe that helped me greatly increase my...
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...The outcome of My Foundations Lab® Path Builder was that I have mastered the Punctuation, Mechanics, and Spelling module and The Craft of Writing module. I need work on improving my sentence structures which includes run-ons, fragments and sentence skills. The skills that I have mastered and the skills I need to work on are greatly important in my academic life. I will have to apply these skills to papers that I will have to write and to the people I will have to communicate with through the forums. It is important I have these skill sets as I will have to make sure I am understood on what I am writing whether it is though discussions or responses. The skills that I have mastered and will be improving on will help me in my professional life. As of yet I have yet to determine what I will be majoring in, but I do know it will be in the healthcare field. If I was to choose to be a CNA or part of the administrative part of the field, I would have to be able to write clearly in a form that is acceptable. I was not surprised by the results. I have always struggled with sentence structures. Writing papers have always been my weak points that I have tried to improve on. The items that I mastered, I was not surprised as I have always usually been on point with punctuation, spelling and the basic mechanics of...
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...Spotlight on Influence Spotlight Artwork Jessica Snow Curly Words, 2011, acrylic on paper 17" x 21" HBr.org Amy J.C. Cuddy is an associate professor of business administration at Harvard Business School. Matthew Kohut and John Neffinger are the authors of Compelling People: The Hidden Qualities That Make Us Influential (Hudson Street Press, August 2013) and principals at KNP Communications. Connect, Then Lead To exert influence, you must balance competence with warmth. by Amy J.C. Cuddy, Matthew Kohut, and John Neffinger July–August 2013 Harvard Business review 55 Spotlight on InFluEncE Is it better to be loved or feared? Niccolò Machiavelli pondered that timeless conundrum 500 years ago and hedged his bets. “It may be answered that one should wish to be both,” he acknowledged, “but because it is difficult to unite them in one person, it is much safer to be feared than loved.” Now behavioral science is weighing in with research showing that Machiavelli had it partly right: When we judge others—especially our leaders—we look first at two characteristics: how lovable they are (their warmth, communion, or trustworthiness) and how fearsome they are (their strength, agency, or competence). Although there is some disagreement about the proper labels for the traits, researchers agree that they are the two primary dimensions of social judgment. Why are these traits so important? Because they answer two critical questions: “What are this person’s intentions...
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...Connect, Then Lead I think a leader, no matter which level. Whether you are one of the team's founder, or switched to a new team, should understand one thing: if you want your team longer be able to gather around you, and be able to follow your instructions to do something, do not over-rely on their own power. First, leaders should be able to output their values. As a leader should guide and help other members of the team grow. Play the role of spiritual leader. Team leaders need to establish a positive good atmosphere, so as to gradually make the team coordination. Team set up by the same values tend to be more ties to withstand the test of time and difficulties, and capable of forming motivation to succeed. Secondly, leaders should give employees due respect. Leadership should be equitable treatment of other members of the team, not because of his power generated arrogant mood. Leadership and staff just different jobs and different responsibilities and powers. A leader only enough respect to employees, Employees will also respect you and work for you. Third, we should be able to work reasonable planning, distribution of tasks. Resources are limited, the staff is limited, the staff's energy is limited. Leadership assigning tasks, staff work hard. But finally you find that 10 working arrangement only a sense, the rest is useless, meaningless or even all, repeat after a few nobody will take seriously your work arrangement. Some might say that, as a leader have to take...
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...PART 3 discutir- to argue enfermarse- to get sick enojarse- to get angry ponerse (avergonzado) - to get embarrased portarse- to behave? quejarse- to complain recordar- to remember reírse- to laugh Ok so heres what I think the paragraph is supposed to mean. When Julia doesnt answer well, he laughs because hes nervous. When I dont (remember?) the correct response I (get embarassed?). When we dont turn in our homework on time the professors (get angry?) When there is an exam all the students (complain?) because they didnt get enough sleep. All of them (laugh) because they say they have a lot of work to do. Generally, college students are responsible and (behave?) well in class. The teachers dont like (arguing?) with students about the grades they give them. PART 13 ok so for 13... a relative has died and in his will hes left various people stuff. the questions are asking "to whom did he leave his furniture/car/truck/new camera/etc." So the assignment is to replace the thing thats being given with the pronoun that corresponds to it. So for the first one it asks "To whom does he leave his furniture?" The answer is "he left it to ana and ernesto." because its trying to teach you not to be redundant. So break it down. A quién le dejó sus muebles? to whom he leaves his furniture? (AKA To whom does he leave his furniture?) Le is the indirect object pronoun and is the dead guy. muebles is masculine and is replaced by los as its pronoun. and must always...
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...Adobe Connect James Scott Professor: Kristine Tressler ENG 315 8/24/2012 August 24, 2012 James Scott 242 Harris Lane Atlanta, GA 30074 (440) 123-3456 Donnie.Monette@gmail.com Mr. John Thomas 2845 Bullhead Drive Atlanta, GA 30342 Dear Mr. Thomas Enclosed you will find a copy of my justification report detailing implication and integration of the communication platform Adobe Connect. At Adobe Connect, we’ve found the key to the connected experience is providing the right content at the right time in the right context and in the right channel. Every business and government agency has a unique workflow that is optimized for their particular needs. Any new communication, conferencing, or collaboration application should complement existing workflows and not disrupt operations. Therefore, most deployments need to be customized with and easy way to sign-on, extract data to serve other applications, provide reporting, and connect with other systems in the network. I have included in the report an acquisition strategy along with a budget analysis for you to review at your convince. Should you have any questions regarding the information enclosed, feel free to call or email me at the contact information provided. I look forward to hearing from you, and please let me know if I can do anything to further assist you. Sincerely, James Scott Enclosure: Final Report Table of Contents Executive Summary……………………………………………………………………………………………………..4 Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...
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...One of my greatest accomplishment is being part of the Connect Us Academy. My experience during Connect-us has been good. My first time I was pretty nervous because I didn't know what to expect when I came to the connect-us office. But when we started doing the ice breakers like ZIP ZAP ZOOM I started getting a little comfortable with everybody. Going to connect-us made me feel like I had a real job and my dad is always complaining about how i'm always stuck in bed and never doing anything, so doing the program i'm showing him that i'm doing something with my life. After a few weeks past doing the connect us it took me out my comfort zone because I never liked talking out loud with everybody, but now I don't have a problem with speaking out...
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...Memorandum Date: 10/11/2013 To: Neil Peart From: Jon Paul Jones Subject: Web Conferencing Programs During the our last meeting you requested that I research Web Conferencing Programs. I have conduct a The two web conferencing programs that I have chosen and believe to be the best choices are Adobe Connect, and Instant Teleseminar. The reason I chose Adobe Connect is because it is the best value for unlimited online meetings. It is fully hosted and has PC, Mac, and mobile phone capabilities. Where Instant Teleseminar has a higher price, unlimited use, a higher 500 person capacity as well as customizable web page templates which can enhance the conference. Comparing the two top choices, the Instant Teleseminar is the best choice, with more... Program information: Features Infinite Intercall Ready Talk Participants 1000 125 150 Operating System Windows Windows All Application Sharing Yes Yes Yes Audio Yes Yes Yes Desktop Sharing Yes Yes Yes File Transfer Yes Yes Yes Schedule Meetings Yes Yes Yes Encryption Yes Yes Yes User Authentication Yes Yes Yes Meeting Recording/Playback Yes Yes Yes As shown in the above chart, each of the programs that I have considered have excellent qualities, but Web Interpoint is the only one that I feel meets all of our company’s needs. The cost of the program is higher than the others, but when the extra features are considered the additional cost seems to be worth it. The file transfer feature will allow each meeting...
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... What is Adobe Connect * Adobe Connect is a collaboration tool that includes video conferencing, application sharing, live polling, chat, whiteboards, and power point presentations with small or large groups by only connecting to a website on your computer. * Using Adobe Connect, you and other meeting attendees can join a live, on-line meeting from anywhere in the world, as long as you have a browser, Flash Player plug-in, and an Internet connection. A meeting can have as few as two or as many as several hundred attendees. Benefits of using Adobe Connect * Save real money by reducing expensive travel and training costs at the same time as improving productivity and the learning experience. * Increase student enrollment rates * Being able to record lectures for on demand playback. Example would be watching a past lecture to help study for test. Companies that use Adobe Connect * Military, Colleges, Hospital even the president of the United states Reach out to colleagues around the world and across platforms Adobe® Connect™ software eliminates technical barriers between meeting participants. Not only is it designed to work on a variety of platforms, it also leverages the power of Adobe Flash® Player software. With Flash Player already installed on over 98% of Internet-connected PCs, users can instantly access online meetings, virtual classrooms, and presentations without cumbersome downloads and IT support. And since Adobe Connect is engineered to...
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...Research for a new, easy-to-use web conference program Message: On your request I have done some research into various web conferencing programs. Included is a table of the different programs I researched. In my research I came across several very good programs, but as I continued with my research one program stood out above the rest, Adobe Connect 8. When I did my research I was looking at usability, cost, features, and company reliability. Beck (2010) states, “Adobe Connect 8 is easier to use, offers better collaboration, richer audio and video experiences, improved access and extensibility, and increased security and support.” Connect is set up so that web conferencing is easier to setup and connect to. It has optimized screen control and enhanced audio and video controls. According to Info Tech (2011) "on a relative basis, Adobe maintained the highest Info-Tech Value Score of the vendor group." Value score: "Vendors that score high offer more bang for the buck(e.g. features, usability, stability, etc.)than the average vendor, while the inverse is true for those that score lower." (Info Tech, 2011) I recommend that we purchase Adobe Connect for our web conferencing needs. Not only it will it be easy to integrate into our system but it also has applications for eLearning and webinars, making it a great tool to help our people stay on top of the game. Source: Info Tech Research Group,...
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...www.NetLiteracy.org | [PickP a date]| 1 the g e 1 Basic Computer Components Computers come in different shapes and sizes. However, there are several parts on a computer that are universal to all computers. Hardware vs. Software Hardware includes the parts of the computer system that you actually can touch (like the keyboard, mouse, monitor, or CPU). What’s a CPU? It’s explained below. Software refers to the programs that you use on your computer (like a wordprocessing program) or the programs that make your computer work (you physically cannot touch these). Programs are also called applications. CPU (Central Processing Unit): This box is the brain of a computer system. It processes, stores, and communicates information. Wires connect your CPU to your monitor and other devices. Computers are somewhat similar to people. They have memories just like us. The memory on a computer is stored in data on disks. Disks look like small heavy old style records. Disks function similarly like records. As the disk spins inside the computer, the data on the disk is accessed. The programs that you use (such as word-processing) and the program that runs your computer (the operating system) are stored on the CPU’s hard disk. Monitor: This part of the computer system that visually communicates with the user. It is somewhat like a television. Almost all information communicated from the computer to the user is through the monitor. (The monitor is also referred to as “the...
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...Chapter 19 is about international trade, and what the benefits of international trade are. US Trade Patterns Imports are the goods and services that we buy from people and firms in other countries. Imports represent 18% of total GDP. Exports are the goods and services that we sell to people, firms, and governments in other countries. The U.S is the world's largest exporter, but exports represent a small fraction of total output. The trade balance is the difference between the value of exports and imports. When imports exceed exports we have a negative trade balance called a trade deficit. The opposite is a trade surplus. Motivation to Trade Specialization increases total output. Without imports a country cannot consume more than it produces. Because just by changing the mix of output in at country total world output increases, that country has a motivation to trade. This works because when nations specialize in production, they can export one good and import another and end up with more total goods to consume than they had without trade. PURSUIT OF COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE The ability of a country to produce a specific good at a lower opportunity cost than its trading partners is called comparative advantage. Nations export goods with relatively low opportunity costs, and import goods with relatively high opportunity costs. Some countries may have absolute advantage, that is, the ability of to produce a specific good with fewer resources than other countries. ...
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