...statewide. Goals and Student Learning Outcomes/Objectives, with Any Associations and Related Measures, Targets, Findings, and Action Plans G 1:Prepare Individuals for Career Success in Insurance Industry Prepare traditional and non-traditional students to enter the insurance business world with: • the knowledge and understanding gained through a broad-based liberal arts education, • the specific knowledge and skill sets associated with a thorough understanding of risk management and insurance, and • true respect for the role these disciplines play within our economic system. SLO 1:Achieve Liberal Arts, Risk Management and Insurance Comprehension Both in terms of liberal arts competencies, such as writing, mathematics, science, and communication, and business-specific knowledge, such as management, finance and operations, ensure program graduates can demonstrate in-depth comprehension of, and exhibit their ability to successfully apply that comprehension to, risk management in general and to both personal and commercial insurance disciplines specifically. These disciplines include, but are not limited to, underwriting, rate making, compliance, claims, marketing and distribution. Achieve this outcome in part by offering the...
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...Evidence Based Management and Psychological Contracts: The Success of Apple. Aaron Wood Ottawa University * Introduction For decades, the application of organizational behavior theories to business management has been an ongoing process of discovery and innovative thinking. Concepts like evidence based management (McShane, 2013) and psychological contracts (Braekkan & Tunheim, 2013) are being employed in some of the world’s leading corporations. For the purpose of this paper, the synthesis of material into conceptual application will be applied to a single corporate entity. By choosing a company with global interests who continues to espouse very personal, individual based value perspectives, Apple is a good representational fit. This paper will highlight not only how Apple in some cases is using these concepts successfully in the market place, but also ways in which their former CEO failed miserably in utilization of these concepts while achieving enormous corporate success. This paper will also look to Apple’s future and how study of these theories along with others may be further developed. Multiple references from a wide array of media sources and fields of study have been researched to show the breadth of Apple’s stakeholder and business positioning strategies from the earliest days up to resources compiled as late as November 2013. As the development of information threads lead to fields like manufacturing, education, supply chains, demography, and even...
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...AFIN328 Financial Risk Management Department of Applied Finance and Actuarial Studies Faculty of Business and Economics Unit Guide D2 Day; Offered in Session 2, North Ryde 2012 Table of Content Table of Content General Information Convenor and teaching staff Credit Points Prerequisites Corequisites Co-badged status Unit Description 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Learning Outcomes Graduate Capabilities Problem Solving and Research Capability Creative and Innovative Effective Communication Commitment to Continuous Learning Discipline Specific Knowledge and Skills Critical, Analytical and Integrative Thinking Engaged and Ethical Local and Global citizens Capable of Professional and Personal Judgement and Initiative 4 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 Assessment Tasks Class Test 1 Class Test 2 Group assignment Final Examination 10 10 10 10 11 Unit Schedule Delivery and Resources Policies and Procedures Academic Honesty Grades Grading Appeals and Final Examination Script Viewing Special Consideration Policy Student Support Student Enquiry Service Equity Support IT Help 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 Research and Practice 16 Page 2 of 16 General Information Convenor and teaching staff Unit Convenor: Alan Rai Email: alan.rai@mq.edu.au Phone: 9850 1169 Office: E4A 228 Consultation Hours: 1-3pm Monday Lecturer: James McCulloch Email: james.mcculloch@mq.edu.au Consultation Hours: Consultation during tutorials or via email Credit Points 3 Prerequisites ACCG252...
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...75 minute attack? It is clear that iPremier was not prepared for any sort of cyber attack, and their subpar performance during the 75 minutes was a clear representation of their operational deficiencies, lack of preparedness, and lack of leadership. This led to a complete disregard of any formal procedures and caused many involved to fall for common psychological traps. On page 281, Applegate lists four key emotional obstacles that must be overcome during an incident: 1) Emotional responses, including confusion, denial, fear, and panic, 2) Wishful thinking and groupthink, 3) Political maneuvering, diving for cover, and ducking responsibility, and 4) Leaping to conclusions and blindness to evidence that contradicts current beliefs. From the very beginning of the incident, there was confusion and panic with the people involved. However, amongst the panic, everyone did a decent job of prioritizing the safety of the customer’s information. Without a formal plan, it obviously took longer to diagnose the problem and to determine solutions, but Bob Turley did a good job of keeping everyone focused on the customers. However, he did not offer much support to Joanne Ripley, the one person who was actively trying to identify and fix the problem. For example, Turley didn’t even acknowledge the issue with Qdata when Ripley brought it to his attention during their first conversation. This is a complete misstep on Turley’s part since iPremier is paying Qdata to secure the iPremier firewall and...
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...| |Unit 7: Aspect of Contract and Negligence | |UNIT TITLE & CODE | | | | |STUDENT ID |CT/HNDBM/50 | |STUDENT NAME | | | | |ASSESSOR |Mr. Seevali Amithirigala | | |1 of 1 |WORD COUNT | | |ASSIGNMENT | | | | |ASSIGNMENT HANDOUT DATE |21/11/2014 |ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION DATE | | |ASSIGNMENT REVIEW DATEs | | |ASSIGNMENT RESUBMISSION DATE |09.01.2015 | |FINAL GRADE |ORIGINAL SUBMISSION | |RESUBMISSION | | ASSESSMENT CRITERIA TO BE ASSESSED IN THIS...
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...World Wide Web technology and web design that aims to enhance creativity, information sharing, and collaboration among users. These concepts have led to the development and evolution of web-based communities and hosted services, such as social-networking sites, video sharing sites, wikis, blogs, and folksonomies. The term became notable after the first O'Reilly Media Web 2.0 conference in 2004. Although the term suggests a new version of the World Wide Web, it does not refer to an update to any technical specifications, but to changes in the ways software developers and end- users utilize the Web. Basically, the term encapsulates the idea of the proliferation of interconnectivity and social interactions on the Web. Tim O'Reilly regards Web 2.0 as business embracing the web as a platform and using its strengths. The features that encompasses the essence of Web 2.0 are building applications and services around the unique features of the Internet, as opposed to building applications and expecting the Internet to suit as a platform. Web 2.0 websites allow users to do more than just retrieve information. They can build on the interactive facilities of "Web 1.0" to provide "Network as platform" computing, allowing users to run software applications entirely through a browser. While Web 2.0 technologies are difficult to define precisely, the outline of emerging applications has become clear over the past year. We can thus essentially view Web 2.0 as semantic Web technologies integrated...
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...Ngoc – Tam Thuy Ngo International innovation Dr. Deli Yang The Two Most Impactful inventions in the world: iPad and World Wide Web Ngoc – Tam Thuy Ngo International innovation Dr. Deli Yang The Two Most Impactful inventions in the world: iPad and World Wide Web 1. Introduction Nowadays, technology has become an irreplaceable part of human society. It is undeniable that tablets, smartphones and the internet has play an important role in recreating our world and making it become a better and more imaginative place. Yet technology cannot become what it has become without millions of brilliant inventors throughout the world. Two of the most impactful inventions that will be examined further in this final project are the Internet and the World Wide Web. The reasons behind this selection are because of the iPad and the World Wide Web has influenced so many people around the world. In another word, they changed the way human interacts with technology and with each other. The structure of the paper will start off with the background of the inventions, then follow with the patentability assessment, their impacts, reasons behind the impact, internationalizing patents and conclude with a concise and comparative (ending?) on the two impactful inventions. 2. Background 3.1. Ipad Ipad is an IOS – based line of tablet computers designed, manufactured and commercialized by Apple Inc. The first iPad was invented and developed by Steve Jobs in Cupertino, California...
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...Critical Thinking Means Business: Learn to Apply and Develop the NEW #1 Workplace Skill By Judy Chartrand, Ph.D., Heather Ishikawa, MA, & Scott Flander Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. 3881-09 Table of Contents Introduction to Critical Thinking Means Business ...................................................... 1 Too Little Critical Thinking = Big Problems .................................................................. 2-3 Critical Thinking in the Workplace ................................................................................. 4 How Critical Thinking Works: Introduction to the RED Model .................................. 5 Using the RED Model in Decision Making: A Case Study ........................................... 6 For Trainers - Developing Critical Thinkers and Problem Solvers Using the RED Model: A Sample Training Program ................................................... 7 Conclusion .......................................................................................................................... 8 References .......................................................................................................................... 9 Critical Thinking Means Business Introduction When more than 400 senior HR professionals were asked in a survey to name the most important skill their employees will need in the next five years, critical thinking ranked the highest – surpassing innovation...
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...University of Phoenix MGT/521 Tim Leyes, Sr. December 14, 2015 Career Connection: Leadership and Your Career Paper Leadership is all about constructing and collaborating a vision and being able to find a team capable of helping you achieve the vision. Constructing a vision, is imperative in leadership to be able to motivate and unite people. The ability to effectively communicate concepts verbally and in writing are essential to developing superior leadership skills. At any given time we may find themselves in different roles where leadership skills are vital to achieve what has begun. The ability to be objective when dealing with people under your leadership is a critical and vital trait of a good leader. Developing your own style of leadership is dependent upon you becoming a viable leader. Identify one theory that appeals to you the most Kinicki and Williams (2015) stated, “There is no one best style that will work in all situations. This is the point of view of proponents of the situational approach (or contingency approach) to leadership, who believe that effective leadership behavior depends on the situation at hand”. This type of theory is better suited to the position I currently hold at my job. Becoming a good leader, regardless of the method, revolves around how you interact with others. How we interact is in a state of constant change due to advances in technology and innovative techniques. Establishing...
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...Mälardalen University School of Sustainable Development Of Society And Technology EFO705-Master thesis BUDGETARY AND MANAGEMENT CONTROL PROCESS IN A MANUFACTURING: CASE OF GUINNESS NIGERIAN PLC. BY: AMALOKWU OBIAJULUM JOHN LAWRENCE NJILEFACK NGOASONG ABSTRACT Date Level Authors : : : June, 2008. Master Thesis EF0705, 10 points (15credits) Amalokwu Obiajulum John (820821) Lawrence Njilefack Ngoasong (770901) Title : Budgetary and Management control Process in a Manufacturing Organization. Roland Almqvist. What is the budgeting practice in the Nigerian Manufacturing companies? The aim of this study is to investigate the management control practice (budget being the tool for management control) in Guinness Nigeria Plc and to suggest what seems to us the most appropriate practice based on findings from literatures and empirics Supervisor: Problem Purpose : : Method : The study was described based on a qualitative approach. Furthermore, we described why we chose the company, sources of literature, techniques employed in data collection (primary data), research purpose, data analysis as well as critiques to the method use. Conclusion : The Integration of strategic Management and Budgeting enhances competitiveness which when attained is translated as high performance. Keywords : Management Control, Budgeting, strategy, High performance and Competitive advantage. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Firstly we give thanks to God Almighty for the strength to work on...
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...HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Human Resource management in UK perspectives Contents Introduction 3 Literature review and Critical analysis 4 World War I and II 4-6 Training and development 6-7 Total Quality Management (TQM) 7-8 Conclusion 8 References .............................................................................................................................................9 Introduction The purpose of this essay is to consider the work of Audrey Collin in British perspectives compared to the international perspectives. Secondly to identify human resource issue and look at in British point of view. The studies of HRM by Collins provide us a colourful findings and rich competing theoretical outlook. HRM run through all human resource processes such as recruitment, selection, and performance evaluation as well as formal human resource policies, which direct and to some extent hamper the progress of specific practices; and over arching human resource thought, which state the principles that inform an organization's policies and practices. Ideally, these embrace a system that exert a pull on, develops, motivates, and maintain workers who guarantee the effective operation and survival of the business and its component. To be on familiar terms with HRM in context we must think about how these elements of HRM are affected by the internal and external environments of organizations. The internal organizational contextual factors...
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...1. How does e-Enabled create value for Boeing? In the “Essentials of information systems for managers”, Piccoli does not only define value creation as the genesis of worthwhile things that did not exist before (Pic, 214), but also explains the two major ways with which added value could be created (Pic, 222): either increasing customer willingness to pay by doing something of value for customers, or decreasing supplier opportunity cost by working with the firms’ suppliers on providing the needed resources for less money. The former (CWP) is defined as the maximum amount the customers are ready to spend on the firm’s product or service (Pic, 215), whereas the latter (SOC) is defined as the minimum amount of money the suppliers are willing to accept before providing the needed resources (Pic, 215). As far as Boeing is concerned, the new e-Enabled strategy focused on increasing the customer willingness to pay, and I quote from the case (LYN, 1): “Boeing unveiled a new strategy that executives believed would help its airline customers improve efficiency and profitability and also differentiate its products in the market place.” If we analyze this quoted statement, we will see that the way Boeing intended its customers to create added value from e-Enabled is twofold: First, from e-Enabled’s potential to reduce costs complexity, provide real-time situational awareness for both flight crews and airline operations centers, improve operational efficiency, enhance the travel experience...
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...ability of students to apply the theory they’ve learned to a ‘real world’ situation … where good accounts of specific events can help exemplify and illuminate theory” (Harvard, 2000). The use of cases based on or around real organisations and/or current issues provides an entirely different approach to learning from that of lectures or more conventional tutorial exercises, where students solve specific problems in isolation from the world of business. Case preparation is a significant part of both undergraduate and postgraduate business study – particularly in the English-speaking world – and it is important to learn to do it effectively and efficiently. I have provided two introductory readings to help you with this process: “Learning Information Systems with Cases” (a pdf file available from your KXO223 MyLO resources) and “Notes on Writing a Case Study Report” (included in this document as Appendix A). Please begin by reading these carefully. Cases are usually based around real-world companies. I have drawn on two difference types of source for the mini-cases in this assignment: real organisations (which have been anonymised to the greatest extent possible) + up-to-date commentary, often from well-known tech blogs, which are designed to highlight industry opinion on a particular topic. The first type of...
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...PGP27271 PGP27285 PGP27286 PGP27287 PGP27288 PGP27327 Ankit Jain Tejas Choudhari D. Jhansi Amit Deshpande Gaurav Mangla Taniya Biswas Web 2.0 MIS Project Report Submitted by: PGP27271 Ankit Jain PGP27285 Tejas Choudhari PGP27286 D. Jhansi PGP27287 Amit Deshpande PGP27288 Gaurav Mangla PGP27327 Taniya Biswas Section E Group 5 25-03-2012 SUBMITTED TO: PROF ASHWANI KUMAR Web 2.0 Group 5 Table of Contents 1. Pre-Web 2.0 .................................................................................................................................. 3 2. Web 2.0 ......................................................................................................................................... 5 3. Applications of Web 2.0 ................................................................................................................. 5 3.1 Marketing ................................................................................................................................ 5 3.2 Pedagogy ................................................................................................................................. 7 3.2.1 Case Study on Classroom 2.0 ............................................................................................. 8 3. Web 2.0 Business Models .............................................................................................................. 9 3.1 Case Study - Facebook .......................................
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...Accountancy writing and preparation of documents Writing and accountants Determining the Purpose (aim) Investigating Planning the document Writing the document Revising the document Style of professional documents Good and poor writing Audience Tone Language Overwriting (padding) Overgeneralisation Spelling, punctuation and grammar Abbreviations Expressing numbers Paragraphing Headings and sub-headings Quantitative information Recommendations Letter writing for accountants Claim letter Letter of advice Letter of engagement Letter of enquiry Letter of refusal Management letter Memos E-mails Research Essays, Reports and Resumés Research essays Reports Resumés References and Bibliographies iii v 1 1 2 2 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 10 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 13 14 16 17 19 21 22 23 24 26 27 27 31 40 41 iv Preface Writing for Accountants is a brief guide to the types of writing that accountancy students and practising accountants are most often called on to do. It is not intended as a definitive text, but rather as a general guide for students at the Queensland University of Technology. It is intended that the booklet be used in conjunction with the lectures and tutorials presented to students, and as a guide in the writing of their assignments. Topics cover: ! ! ! ! ! the types of writing that accountants and accountancy students are expected to undertake; steps in the preparation of...
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